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Evening star., 1932-10-24
UTAH FINANCIER DIES

Salt Lake Banker Succumbs After
Long Illness.
SALT LAKE CITY, October. "a CP.-
William w. Armstrong. 81, financier,
died yesterday after a long illness.
He was chairman of the board of the
National Copper Bank here.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
From the Front Row
Reviews and News of Washington Theaters.

was that Oracle Barrie who sang
"It's Great to Be Alive? 1t looked
and sounded like her, anyway.
Well, another week, and 1t may
be another story.
E. de s. MELCHER.
Evening star., 1932-10-24
ROBBERS PREY.ON STORE,
so OWNER CLOSES 1T
Burglars Can Have It, Says Drug
gist, Victim of Nine Calls
in Three Years.

in Three Years.
BY the Associated Press.
KANSAS CITY. Kans.. October "a
Three years ago hold-up men visited
the retail drug store of P. M. Tank.
Last year he was held up three times.
This year began rather quietly. He
looked down the pistol barrels Of un-
welcome visitors only twice until Sep
tember. Then another hold-up took
place.
Last Tuesday three robbers made
call. Two more came Friday.
Yesterday the long suffering druggist
visited his establishment, posted sign
in the door and departed.
The sign said CLOSED"
1.-The robbers can have the store" Mr.
Tank said. IF any one wants to pur-
chase 1t or the stock they can come
and see me. quit Saturday night"
Evening star., 1932-10-24
Forward March"
Opens at the National.

TN its present chaotic state, the
new Brown and Henderson mu-
sical revue, Forward March"
which opened last night at the
National, is humorless en-
terprise. boasting a tuneful score,
some excellent young talent and
scores of beauteous young ladies,
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-03

This is largely a world Of tears
q baby doesn't have to be told that
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-03
Shark Got Half Catch"

AS far as the records 90, Ernest
Pilman of Nantucket is the only man
on the island who caught half a
bluefish. Already having caught five
Pilman felt mighty tug on his line
and was positive he had hooked a
big fellow. When he pulled it up on
the shore he found he had hooked
the front half Of bluefsh. A shark
had apparently made grab for the
bluefish after it took the hook and
had bitten it off amidships as clean
as though cut with knife.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-03
MercoIize Wax
Keeps Skin Younu

Get and directed. Fine particles ged
skin peel of until all defects such pimpes liver
spots tan and freckles disappear Skin is then soft
and velvety Your face locks younger Mercozed
Wax brings out the hidden beauty of your skin. To
remove wrinkles use one ounce Powdered Saxolita
dissolved in one-ha pint witch hazel AT drug stor a.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-03
Ice Cream Patterns

Martha Louise's family had moved
to an apartment that had an electric
refrigerator. Her mother told her
that when they went to grandma's
they would get her receipt for max
Ing ice cream in the refrigerator
They had only arrived when she
said:
Grandma, we want some of your
patterns for making ice cream"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-03
India,a Oldest Man 12Q

The title of "India's oldest man" Is
claimed by Sadhu Kalyandas Ram.
das of Kurali. He is one hundred
and twenty nine, and can remember
events 115 years ago. Sadhu is
devotee of Vishnu. lie recalls the
fall Of the last Peshwa, hereditary
head of the Maratha state, in 1917.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-03
Forewarned Is Forearmed

II must 80 out because have an
appointment"
with whom?"
"With my tailor. He Is bringing
The bill here at eight o'clock. Der
Wahre Jakob (Berlin).
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-03
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings Of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
Portland
THE MARKETS


Wheat - Big Bend bluestem, hard
wheat. SIC; soft white and western
white, 43c; hard winter, northern
spring and western red, 41c.
Hay-Buying prices, t. o. b. Port
And; Alfalfa, Yakima, $12.
Butterfat-16@1Sc.
Eggs-Ranch, 26@29c.
Cattle-Steers, good, S4.75@5.75.
Hogs-Good to choice, $3.35@415.
Lambs-Good to choice, $4.25@45O.
Seattle
Wheat - Soft white and western
white, 441ac; hard winter, western red
and northern spring, 43tac; bluestem,
531ac.
Butterfat-2Oc.
Eggs-Ranh, 31@32c.
Hogs-Good to choice, $4.5OG5.
Cattle-Choice steers, S4.50@5.5.
Sheep-Spring lambs, $4@4.30.
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, $4.50@5.
Hogs-Good to choice, $3.65@3.SO.
Lambs-Medium to good, S3@3.5O.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-03

A man may like making fortune
even better than preparing his son
70 take care of 1t.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-11-03

Every fool style plays out; but so
10 the sensible ones.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
HARRY BRADLEY SERVES 30
YRS. IN NEBR. LEGISLATURE

Mr.. Harry Bradley, colored is
one Of the few men Of the race to
have held such honor as was
given him in the Senate Journal.
Mr.. Bradley has been assisting in
the Legislature fer thirty years,
having started under Governor
Dietrich, as custodian, being then
employed in the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes. He Witnessed the
election Of two United States
Senators by the Legislature in
JOINT session that year, as the Gull
limitation Of a deadlock which
lasted more than ten weeks.
Mr.. Bradley has never missed a
session OF the Legislature since
then, and makes himself SO useful
that many solons have come to
regard him Is an Indispensable
adjunct Of the business of law
making. His home is in Seward
Nebr. He has worked at both the
Seattle and Portland expositions,
serving as special guard to Susan
b. Anthony, the famous suffrage
leader, now dead.
Bradley's mother come to Ne
braska about ga years ago with
the family Of Senator Hitchcock.
father Of Gilbert M. Hitchcock.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
BURKE INVITES COLORED
VOTERS TO HEAR GOVERNOR
ROOSEVELT AT SIOUX CITY

Ed. r. Burke, candidate for
Congress from the Omaha district
told a gathering of ex-servicemen
AT the Castle hotel, Wednesday
that he was for payment Of the
soldiers bonus to needy ex-ser-
vice men and that if elected to
Congress. he would vote accord
ingly.
When | make you this prom
Use I'll keep it" said Mr.. Burke.
III not tell you one thing to get
your votes and then when elected
vote the opposite way just be-
cause some big corporations try
10 change me-.
Burke said that nothing is
worse than being hungry or hav-
ing a hungry family and that he
would vote to allow the needy ex
soldiers to collect their bonus.
However he did say that those
not needing their bonus at this
AZ should not be allowed to
have it.
Speakers especially herated the
Republican administration for US
ing tear gas and machine guns on
the ex-soldiers in Washington.
The speakers said that they have
positive proof that the Republic
an administration was unusually
brutal in driving the soldiers
from Washington.
Burke said that he was forming
a caravan Of 100 cars to go to
Sioux City TO hear Governor
Roosevelt on September %, and
that already he has six cars of
ColOred Roosevelt boosters who
viii make the trip. He would like
to get at least twenty ears of col
ored voters. Reservations should
be made at the Burke headquar-
tiers in the Fontenelle Hotel.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
light At National
Baptist Convention
RUMORED BOYD FORCES
SEEK TO RETIRE PRESIDENT
Nurse

New York, Aug. (ANP) The
organization of a new state Bap-
fist Association here by Henry
Allen Boyd, secretary of the Ma
tional Baptist Convention unin-
corporated, is a harbinger of live
ly doings when the convention
meets at Houston, Texas, next
month, it is reported in Baptist
circles here.
The New York Baptist State as
ISOLATION of which Rev. Bowles is
president is said to be openly in
dignant at the invasion of the
state by Mr.. Boyd and his spon-
sorship of the new organization
winch is known as the Progress
i've Baptists State Association.
Its chief purpose, according to
rumor, is to promote the fight be-
ing made upon DR.. j. W. Nurse of
Kansas City, present president Of
the National Baptist Convention
Boyd Faction. Opponents Of
DIR. Nurse are said to have worked
very quietly spreading the report
that he was incompetent, and
lacking in vision and ability to
lead the Baptist hosts. In order
to line up opposition in New York
1t was necessary to start a new
state association.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
WEIGH < THE END
by r. A. Adams

CThe Literary Service Bureau)
Whatever you may have in mind,
Whatever you may have designed,
Of deeds you'd do or words you'd
say,
Without cavil, without delay,
lis my advice to you, my friend,
Ere you begin, weigh well the
end"
Whatever others may advise,
If foolish it may seem, or wise,
1t will be found, in every test
Under all circumstances, best
This vital truth to comprehend
lin all things, first weigh well
the end"
So | advise you, friends of mine,
Whatever may be your design.
Whatever may your purpose be,
Ii you'd escape calamity,
Unto this warning grave attend:
In all you do, weigh well the
end"
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
(The Assoc. for the Study of
Negro Life and History, Inc.)

| found some highly educat-
ed Negroes denouncing me the
other day on the charge that | am
advocating for the Negro a sort
OF education different in many
respects from that now given the
white man. | plead guilty. |
am fearlessly advocating this very
thing.
Such Negroes are afraid of any
thing that sounds like discrimin-
alton; and, in a sense, you can
not blame them. They are anx-
lous to have everything the white
man has, even if it is a razor to
cut his throat. A sort of nomin-
al equality can thereby be main
tanned. Ii the whites decide to
take up Mormonism, then the
Negroes must follow their lead
The possibility Of originality in
the Negro therefore, is discounted
one hundred per cent.
| must confess, however. that I
do not have such insanity. | con-
slider the educational system as II
has developed both in Europe and
America an antiquated process
which does not hit the mark even
IN supplying needs of the white
man. Ii the white man wants fl
mold on to it, let him do so: but
the Negro should develop and
carry out a program Of his own.
furthermore, I do not consider
lmparting information as educa-
ton. In real education we must
deal with the person to be taught.
we must consider his past and ap-
proach him through his environ
ment. If these happen to be diff
terent from those of others. the
method of attack must be differ
ent. The facts presented NAV he
OF one sort or Of another. but
these facts must deal with life as
It IS, and the training must result
IN making a man think and do
The element Of race does not en-
ter here. It is merely a matter Of
exercising common sense in deal.
ing with conditions as you would
IN the ase of others similarly cir
cumstanced.
The socalled modern education
with all its defects, however. does
others so much more good than #
does the Negro, because it has
been worked out in conformity
to the needs Of those who have en-
shaved and oppressed weaker
peoples Tt will be a fatal error
| then, for the Negro to continne
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
COLORED BOY SERIOUSLY
WOUNDED AFTER EATING
BREAKFAST IN LINCOLN
CITY MISSION

An article taken from a Lin
coin, Nebr., daily states that. a
colored boy, Hezekiah Smith. "a
years old Of Columbus, Ohio and
a white boy, Dewey Ross. IL years
old, Of Springfield, Mo, ate
breakfast in the Lincoln Mission
an argument started while they
were leaving the mission, which
resulted In a street fight, the
white boy stabbing the colored
boy in the left side, half an inch
below the heart with a four inch
blade knife. The doctor report
ed that the colored boy has less
than an even chance to recover.
An Omaha reporter promises the
story in full details and to state
the nature of the argument.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
U N E III P L o YED MARRIED
MEMS U N STARTS
PLANS

The meeting of the Unemployed
Married Mems Council was held
at their new home formerly the
Telephone building) at 22and and
Lake Streets, Monday noon A
very large attendance. President
Redding of the Central headquar-
tiers was present and spoke. Pres.
Redding stated that he had con-
tacted the Farmers Holiday as
ISOLATION and they promised to
pass the trucks through the block
ade belonging to the Unemployed
Married Mems Council. Rev.
Jones Of the Mt. Moriah Baptist
Church assured the council his
support in any way needed.
Rev. Burckahrdt and Rev. Bell
of the board of advisors also
spoke.
Mr.. Gerald LaViolette, legal adj
visor of the U. M. M. G.. stated
that any member Of the council
in need of legal advice, to call
upon him and he would take care
Of them
Several women were present
and expressed themselves. Plans
are now under way to move into
the new home and the canning Of
fruits and vegetables are to begin
very soon. Watch the Guide for
the opening.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
Big Food Carnival
Delights Housewives

away during the remaining three
days of the exhibition. A variety
Of sandwiches are being supplied
by the Cudahy Packing Co., and
Roberts Dairy. The booths which
are said to be the most beautiful
ever contracted in this commun-
ity, are in charge of schooled
demonstrators, explaining the
merits of the different products.
The first nighters seemed to be
unusually pleased with the flavor
of the ADVO coffee being served
by McCord Brady & Co, Other
demonstrating are Uncle Sam
Breakfast Food Co., Urego Min
eral products Co., Nebraska Pow
er Co., Harding Cream Co., Mod
ern Priscilla Cook Book and Art
and Study Club.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
Murder P|0t" 0fNEGR0 FIREMEN EXPOSED
WHITE MEN eONFESS BEING
PAID FROM s25 to s125 FOR
KILLINGS

jackson, Miss, Sept. 1-One Of
the most dastardly murder plots
IN the bloody record of a guilty
South was revealed here III the
arrest and confessions of five
white men, who allegedly admit
ted their participation in a plot
by discharged white employees to
murder Negro firemen Of the III
llnois Central railroad in order to
that white men might get their
jobs.
Cold-blooded attempts to MUIR
der Negro firemen resulted in a
reign of terror" on the Louis
lana system Of the railroad for
the past six months, during which
five Negro firemen were killed
shot from ambush-and several
others were wounded. The shoot
ings for which the arrested men
r held did not result fatally to
any of their victims, although all
OF the men were seriously injured.
The would be murders were
paid for their attacks from a pool
made up by persons yet u%nreveal-
ed, on a basis Of $25 to 1926 de-
pending on the accuracy of the
intended killer" and the result
of his shot, they stated. One
man admitted that he was to re-
ceive $25 for his part in one Of
the attempted murders, but he
actually got only So which was
to pay for the gasoline to drive to
the cen of the shooting and to
buy his supper.
George Royan Of New Orleans,
a special agent of the Illinois Cen
trail railroad, who has been in
charge of the investigation, said
the confessions dove-tail in almost
every particular. Royan said the
confessions revealed that Varnado
was the trigger man. in all Of
the shootings in which four Of
the Negro firemen were wounded,
three at McComb and 0 ne at
Brookhaveri, and that Lees auto
mobile was used in connection
with each affair.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
PRIZES AWARDED

300 people attended the LIST
night Of North Omaha's most Law
ish Food Demonstration being
given under the auspices of the
State Ladies Clubs and The
Omaha Guide. Mr.. Ollie A. Will
liams 2407 Grant ST., won the
first prize which consisted of a
package of assorted Haskin Soap
Products. Miss Jean Terrell.
daughter of Price Terrell, 25O2 N.
24th St., won second prize, a box
OF assorted chocolates, awarded
through the courtesy of the Wood
ward Candy Co., Council Bluffs,
Iowa. Many other prizes includ-
ing flour, hams, soap products,
cookies, and candies will be given
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
Ed Lane Tennis Champion

4 smiling, cOIOred youngster,
formerly Of the Technical High
tennis team, ceded No. /, Satur-
day, August 9th, defeated vii
liam Karos, one of the leading
South Omaha players, $40. g.,
6-3, Ga in the finals of the south
Omaha Tennis tournament. The
victory elimaxed a sensational
campaign Lane began earlier in
the summer, when he won the
eolored city championship spon-
sored by the Racquet club at oath
and Maple SITS.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
OMAHA GUIDE WORKING
MEMS COMMISSIONERS

The regular meeting Of the o.
=. ". NJ. G. was held at the Guide
office, Tuesday noon, DR.. g. b.
Lennox, President, presided. Rev.
Alfred Clay was the newly elected
member. Rev. Clay expressed his
willingness to campaign in inter
est Of the organization. Interest
ed members are asked to be pres
ent next Tuesday, Sept. 6 at the
Omaha Guide, 2418-2O Grant st.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
Survey Depicts Industrial and
Business Conditions of Omaha

followed in detail by the writer.
as one Of the most interesting
chapters of the thesis.
He states the chief changes in
Omaha since the World War fav-
orable to the Negro as
(a) Accumulated experience Of
the Negro in Industry.
(b) Expansion of Negro business.
(c) Entrance Of Negroes in new
occupations.
(dl A growing feeling Of race
consciousness.
(e) Chances in attitudes of en-
ployers.
Cd Increasing political influence.
The second part Of the study
is devoted to Negro business.
Those business establishments are
studied in which there is a keen
competition with establishments
operated by other racial groups.
A discussion follows Of the prob
lens of the Negro business man,
and an attempt on the part Of the
writer to analyze criticisms Of
Negro business men and their
merits.
In spite Of the obstacles Of the
Omaha Negro Business Man, Mr..
Kerns states that they have a
great opportunity for success.
Though he faces a number of
problems which seem unsurmount-
able. He possesses also a num-
Der Of highly important advant-
ages. The study points out, first,
as contrasted with the units of
larger organizations he enjoys a
greater freedom Of action. He is
at liberty to adjust his methods
and his stock to the particular
tastes and moods Of his patrons.
The close personal contact he has
with the trading public, most Of
which are members Of his race,
makes it quite possible for him
to render a pleasing individual
service, which is one Of the great
est assets of the independent mer-
chant. The fact that he has start
ed business with limited capital
may be a handicap, on the other
hand the local Negro business
men who have achieved under
similar handicaps seems to prove
that willingness to work and util-
lie new methods, and take advan-
tage OF new conditions partially
overcomes this handicap.
AS an aid to the Negro business
man the writer makes the follow
ing Suggestions:
]. Acquaintance with Domestic
Commerce literature dealing with
small business units.
2 A system Of joint advertise
ments as practiced by some Of the
local chain stores.
B. More careful study Of business
methods and an application of
these methods to the various bust
ness enterprises.
4. Cooperative purchasing.
The study does not attempt to
completely cover all phases Of
industrial relations nor all bust
ness enterprises. Tt attempts, ac-
cordlng to Mr.. Kerns, from the
synthesls Of data revealed and an
alyzed based On methods Of social
research to serve as intelligent
guidance in tive Of the major
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03

A study Of the industrial and
business conditions of Negroes in
Omaha has recently been made by
j. Harvey Kerns, Executive Sec
rotary of the Omaha Urban
League and released for the pub
lie. The study was made as a
thesis for a partial fulfillment for
the degree of Master Of Arts Of
the Municipal University Of ON
aha. Mr.. Kerns tells the causes
OF Negro migration to Omaha and
the early emphasis placed on his
work and his relation to industry.
He shows the comparative move
ment Of Negroes to industrial cit
les North and West depicts the
various sections which have at
tracted Negroes from certain
Southern communities to North
ern and Western Cities.
The study shows how the
change Of environment and occu-
pations contributed to many of
the problems of the earlier mig
rant. He states the first impetus
Negroes received to migrate to
Omaha was the development Of
the Union Pacific. The second
impetus for Mass Movement was
the industrial opportunities af-
ferded by the World War. The
process of change in industrial
opportunities from 1910 to 1920
and from 1920 to 1880 are des-
cribed and analysed.
""The early migrant" said Mr..
Kerns, "Were employed largely
as domestics and in personal SER
vice, the latter ten years finds
Negroes engaged more largely in
industrial work as may be indie
ated in the packing houses and
smelters."
The study combines a wealth Of
documentary materials, extracts
from letters, interviews, to show
how the city in which the Negro
lives and acquires status looks at
him. Mr.. Kerns points out in the
study obstacles which prevent
Negroes securing employment. ~
Lack Of reliability and dependab-
ility, ~ Lack Of specialization on
the part of Negro workers. (3)
Clannishness Of foremen and
straw bosses, az prejudice, %
attitudes Of labor unions toward
Negroes.
The study devotes considerable
space to the Negro and trades IN
ions and attempts to analyze lab
or attitude toward the Negro and
the Negroes attitude to the lab
or union.
Mr.. Kerns states in the thesis
that three queries were raised BY
persons interviewed which have
a definite bearing on the Negroes
relation to local industrial condi-
tons. He lists these queries as
follows:
l. Why did the Negro come to
Omaha.
2 Is it becoming less difficult or
more difficult for him to secure
work.
3. Will he be able to survive the
competition.
Z. What is the Negroes future in
Industry.
Answers to these questions are
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
One Fourteen Hour Day
is the Educated Negro A Liability"

to hold on to what has worked his
undoing.
For example,, the philosophy
and ethics resulting from our ed
u~cational system justified the re-
cent lynching in Hawaii. The
oppressor has the right to kill the
oppressed. The god of the OPP
pressor heartily approves this; an
therefore, he will be praised for
evermore. Negroes daily educat-
Continued on Page 81
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03
Suggesting a Solution.

Recently, ! journeyed a few
miles from the village in which
4 have lived for a number OF
wears. and thoroughly inspected
a mammoth institution. The i'm
PRECISION given. and the subsequent
thoughts. no doubt, would have
been equally as productive by an
inspection of a similar institution
in any stale III the union. The
only difference being that the in.
%stitution visited happened to be
the largest OF its kind in the
world
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03

problems confronting the Omaha
Negro.
The published study may be
seen In the reference room of the
Public Library and in the Library
OF Omaha Municipal University.
The Omaha guide., 1932-09-03

This Thought, and Impressions
OF my visit may ~ entirely i'm
practical, and there may be reas-
ons why i j. better to build more
and bigger prisons 10 support men
In idleness; why il is better to in
erease taxes in order to support
the unemployed; why it is better
Tor men. women and children ia
starve and 20 raggedy merely n
maintain artificial market prices,
Nevertheless, ! am presenting INV
suggestion For a solution.