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The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24

be stopped at once and the guards
guilty of these violent attacks on the
youths be removed and punished were
made in a telegram to the warden of
the prison by Frank Spector. assist
ant national secretary Of the LID.
The telegram follows:
LEARN prison guards torture fog
otherwise brutally mistreat S~cottsboro
boys confine Birmingham jail. Inter
national Labor Defense demands you
Immediately order vicious illegal at
tacks these nine innocent boys stopp.
ed. Demand remove punish guards
guilty of these inhuman cruelities.
Holding you responsible well being,
health, lives Of these boys"
A similar demand was sent to Gov
ernor B. M. Miller Of Alabama.
Spector also instructed General
George w. Chamlee. chief Of the LID.
S%cottsboro legal defense corps to
make an immediate demand he be al
lowed to visit the boys and for a ces-
sation of the brutalities.
At the same time, all lid. districts
and branches, liberal organizations,
trade unions and others were called
upon to rush kilograms Of protest to
Governor B. M. Miller of Alabama,
and to the warden Of the jail at Birm-
ingham.
News of vicious persecution of the
nine innocent Sc~ottsboro boys was re.
vealed as preparations are under way
for arguments on a motion for a new
trial June 22 on behalf Of Haywood
Patterson, convicted and sentenced tc
death again after his recent Decatur
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
SCOTTSBORO BOYS FLOGGED.
TORTURED IN JAIL BY GUARDS
LID. RAISES MASS PROTEST TO
PROTECT THEIR LIVES

New York-A series Of fiendisb
cruelities have been resorted to Nv
birmingham prison guards to break
the spirit and wreck the health Of the
nine Scottsboro boys.
They are brutally logged almost
daily, are kept in a small cell and not
permitted to see visitors or even com
municate with the outside world Ev.
cry trick and threats are used to pre-
vent any intimation of the i'll treat.
ment from leaking out.
This information reached the nat.
ional office of the International Labor
Defense today. friday.
Immediate demand that this lawless
vicious attack on the nine Negro BOYS
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
Square Deal Grocers Hold BANQUET
BIG BANQUET HELD AT PILGRIM
BAPTIST CHURCH

The Square Deal Stores. House
Wives League and the Business and
Professional Mems League sponsored
the largest event hat has been given
in the history Of Omaha in the form
Of a free banquet last Thursday even
ing at Pilgrim Baptist Church. At
this banquet more than 100 guests
attended and were g~raciously served.
The menu consisted Of veal loaf. hot
biscuits, rolls, fresh tomato and hard
boiled egg salad, macaroni salad.
mashed potatoes. milk, cocoa malt.
lemonade jeiio with whipped cream
and cake.
These organizations are putting
forth a strong fight in the interest Of
the Negro group as far as giving
your dollar justice wherever it is
spent. If you spend your dollar in
some business house be sure in re-
turn you are not only getting your
values worth in cents. but will also
be buying your child a job and est
abllshing racial independence.
Here the organizations were happy
to present on their program such
speakers and supporters as DR.. A. L
Hawkins, principle speaker, who un-
falteringly maintains that in order 70
raise the Negro standard we must
first capitalize within our group.
With Mr.. j. H. Kerns Of the Urban
League and Miss R. Taylor of the
YWCA. celebrating on the saving Of
Negro youth for reconstruction and
then two Of the younger group in the
persons of Mr.. Julian Mcpherson and
Miss Mary Jones, who are seeking
to find their own in our race Among
the others were Rev. Banks and DR.
w. Jones. AS guest artist. Nh. Thorn
as Jones favored the gathering with
an unusual vocal solo.
These organizations are doing work
III their own set field and have Sc
cured Jops now where six years ago a
Negro would not even be considered
They have the faith that the public
VIII believe and work with the fidelity
Of a true Catholic to solve u prob-
lens Of injustice.
Following up this program Or a
L. Hawkins appointed Speakers from
the Business and Professional Mems
League to make five minute talks in
every church in the city Of Omaha
ms will reach more than 5000 peo-
pie through this channel. Perhaps.
never before in the history Of Omaha
pas such a constructive program been
set forth and the men behind this
program pledge TO carry through to
successful end.
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
N. A. A. C. P. ASKS JOBS FOR
NEGROES UNDER 3-BILLION
RECOVERY ACP

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jun pa
fair shar of jobs and relief to be made
available under the 3-billion-dollar in
austria recovery act was asked for the
suffering Negro workers of the coun-
try of General Hugh S. johnson. d.
rector Of the huge program today by
Walter White, secretary of the N. A.
A. c. p, who vas in Washington for
a series of conferences.
Negro Americans constitute one,
tenth of population Of the United
States, but because of the prejudice of
labor unions, employers and the pub
lie the Negro unemployed number four
times the Negro proportion of the
population in many cites" declared
Mr.. White.
The NAACP. secretary asked
also that qualified Negroes who have
first hand information of the acute
needs of the colored population, be
placed in administrative positions. The
director of the national bro.
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
JUDGE NEBLE GIVES JAIL SEN.
FENCES TO POLICY WRITER'S

On SATURDAY ewing, June 18th De
tectives Birch, Rose, Rogers. Morten-
sen, Edwards and Nelson raided a
policy headquarters located at 1922
North oath St.
The evidence found on the premis.
es was: One Victor adding machine
a cigar box containing duplicates
three boxes of carbon paper. n box
containing lottery sheets, tabs in pad
letters, a can Of purple ink, pa
per sack containing sheet of rules
box of membership cards, small books
lottery pads, a small press. a small
letter file, a large book of names and
addresses and a quantity of money
wrappers.
Those taken to the station were
Otto Mason, 2036 Parker ST.. who
was booked on the charge of keepine
a d~isorderly house and operating 3
lottery wheel. The other writer's and
workers taken were: Charles Newly
2O24 Burt St., Presley Gamble. 29Os
Charles St, Arthur Watson, 1924
Caldwell St., Willie Hays, 5O14 So.
18th St, Louie Williams, 1917 n
24th St., Julius johnson. 2436 Park
er, Joe Stevens, 1910 So. 18th St.
Haywood Bascom. PIG Lake St
VIM. Lawson, zoos N. 10th St. Char.
les Damerson, 2612 Parker St.. Metz
Marion. 2318 Palvels Ave Ira Bur.
ross, 1914 lizard St., Miles Dixon
1889 Ohio ST., Fannie Jimmesen 1911
lizard St., Emma Oats, 1905 Grove St
Alberta Brown, 1886 Parker St.. En-.
erson Green, 2426 Caldwell St Louis
Knox, PHI Burdette St.. Laura Green
1874 North 22nd ST., and VERGE Thorn
as, 2432 Decatur St
They were tried and found guilty
by Judge Neble and sentenced to
from five to ten days in Jail.
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
VIRGINIA JUDGE CALLS NEGRO
FOR GRAND Jury SERVICE.

ALEXANDRIA. Va. June "a For
the first time in the history of this
city a colored man, Lucius Gaines. has
been called as a member of the grand
jury. Judge William P. Woods on
Monday called Game after he had
been told by Charles H. Houston. at
torney for the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, and j. Bryon Hopkins Of this city
that the question of unconstitutional
Indictment would be raised if Ne2coes
were excluded from the jury panel in
the case about to be tried.
Without waiting for the attorney to
file their papers, Judge Woolls called
a new grand jury with a Negro on it.
This is the identical point raised by
the n. A. A. G. P. in its fight on the
attempt of Virginia to extradite
George Crawford from Boston to
M~iddleburg, Va, for trial for murder.
The N. A. "A. @. P. attorneys in the
Crawford case contend that Crawford
Is illegally and unconstitutionally in
dicted because Negroes were barred
from the grand jury which indicted
him.
In the case here in Alexandria. a
colored man, Lloyd Wade. of New
York. is being held for m~anslaughter
arising out of an automobile accident
June A here in which a white man was
killed. Wade's attorne US, Mr.. Hopkins
and w. Butts of this city consulted
with Mr.. Houston, who has been active
in Crawford case, and Messrs Hous-
ton and Hopkins obtained from Judge
Woolls a statement that he never con
sIdered Negroes for jury service. The
attorneys then served notice thew
would raise the constitutional ques-
ton and the judge acted immediately
without waiting for formal legal
action.
+. (. Hoffman, clerk of the court
stated that the names of 20 colored
persons would be added to the regular
jury list within the next few days by
the jury commissioners.
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
POLICE COMMISSIONER MYERS
SAYS, SQUARE DEAL TO ALL"
Is HIS MOTTO
Omaha Guide Acting Editor Holds
Interview with Police Commissioner
Myers

We had the pleasure of being intro.
duced to Police Commissioner Myers
and Mrs. Alice A. Holman. On ou1
call to the police station. we met a
very fine, high, strong. positive. clean
cut Police Commissioner, Mr.. Frank
Myers.
Commissioner Myers complimented
the fine group of police officers he
was working with and said that he
had no friends to favor or no enemies
to punish. He said he did not ARE
what the past record was Of a police
officer for he appreciated the fact
that they had been working under a
handicap and that he was looking for
service from the police force and that
MS Job was to take politics out of
the police department.
The Editor asked the Commissioners
did he consider the new position ex-
lieutenant Harry Buford had been
placed IN, a promotion or demotion
His answer was sharp, positive and
to the point.
Il consider Harry Buford the best
car driver in the city of Omaha |
think hg's the best fitted in the de-
partment for the position I have him
on now"
Mr.. Myers stated that when he
came to the police station as notice
commissioner, he found too many gen
erals and not enough privates. What
we want is to put these men where
they can a service to the community
The Editor asked the Commission
er, What have you for me to tell the
people out North"
Again, we got the same quick. a.
lert answer to the point. from the
Commissioner, "Mr. Galloway. Just
tell the people out North that all they
have to do to get along with the DO.
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24

lice is to do the right thing and they
won't have any trouble with our de
partment whatsoever. All we want is
no law violators. If they should be
weak enough to break the law, they
can suffer the consequence for we full.
ly expect to protect life and property
in u city"
We are glad to state to our read
ers that we believe Commissioner
Myers is a square shooter and will
make a record at the police station if
ne continues his present attitude that
mas never been made in Omaha and
Will be appreciated by the public at
large.
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
RACE MAN TO GET U. S. Posi-.
TION

Mr.. Charles L. Newman. Berkeley
first man west Of the Rockies, receiv-
ed a notice from the fearless warrior
Major A. V. Dalrymple, Prohibition
Director, at Washington, d. c., to re-
port there at once for duty. Mr.. and
Mrs. Newman will leave Friday. June
18th. via the Panama Canal to make
Washington their home for an indef-
mite period.
Mr.. Newman who is president of
the United Progressive Democrats,
was the first race Democrat to come
out in the open in the 1882 campaigr
and notify Northern California that
he was for the new deal.
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
To Attend Convention

Mrs. Emma Avant, President of the
Emat Evans Chapter AW Mothers and
Mrs. Estelle Saunders, state Historian
OF the American War Mothers, left
Tuesday, June 10th for the convention
to be held in Lincoln, Nebraska at the
Lincoln Hotel.
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
WHITE, HOUSTON, LOvETT ON
VIRGINIA TOUR FOR CRAWFORD

PETERSBURG, Va, June 81
Charles II. Houston and Edward p.
Lovett of Washington and Walter
White of n. York spoke here tonight
on their tour of Virginia explaining
the Crawford e~xtradition ease and the
program Of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie. Other cities on the tour are: Rich
mond, Norfolk, Roanoke and Hampton
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
Otto Mason, Haywood Baseom
Get Jail Sentence

in Chicago every took up a collection
for the "dead-head'. | didn't know the
name but | heartily recon-
mend him as a necessary adjunct
TO all rundown buses.
Now that you know where | am To-
-ated and how | got here I promise
you some up-to-date "dig esting" in
this collmn from now on.
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
WRITING RON CHICAGO

MkAAlNM
Heretofore my ~"digesting" has been
done from a prison cell No longer
u that necessary. ! find myself.
through no effort Of mine. but al.
through the kindness Of Harry II.
Pace. president Of the Supreme Lib
erty Life Insurance Company. in a
second floor office in their home Of
flee building I look out the window
on the "Avenue-and see hfe as It
passes. remain in the office and "dI-
gest" n news that m to me
Through many papers. releases and
personal letters. Life is wonderful
and I'm grateful 70 be alive.
The building IN which / am located
Is a virtual beehive Of Negro 5usin-
ess. af-ording direct daily employ
ment te about n hundred in the var
ious offices and stores. and seven or
eight hundred more in the field. The
building is owned BY Negroes and in
II ear ~ found every form OF racial
enterprise. And from my scant obser-
walton Of its tenants there are but
two firms that I shall be reluctant u
patronize-one Is the beauty parlor
and the other Is the undertaken
fru are wondering how / got to
Chicago? By bus, my friends. by bus
often wondered how the buses could
transport people 50 cheaply but after
riding from Jackson. Michigan 10
Chicago. am wondering no more. In
fact. congratulate myself that Z ac-
tually got here. huff saidl But nav
q was on the wrong bus line. How
ever. 20 anyone seeking cheap trans
portation / can recommend the bus
from experience.
On the bus was 4 colored porter
and another eolored fellow vino was
"dead-heading- to Chicago. II 1 had
not been for the dead head" we nev.
er would have reached Chicago in the
same bus we left il. I asked the req
uiar porter what was wrong VITA the
bus 70 which he replied. "O' this ISM
our regular bus. Our regular bus i
broke down. the extra bus got lost and
ms was the only bus left" What a
bus
Our first trouble came before reach
ing Battle Creek. Having to wait
there an hour OF so for "adiusmens"
strolled around the city. I visited
with lawyer John r. Golden. who.
some Of my readers will remember.
ny writing about sometime ago when
ne vas the first eolored man in Battle
Greek 70 run for a City Commission
ership. While there I met DR.. Evans.
dentist. and II I had Of known how
long the bus would have been laid
up for adjustments" I could have
given the Doctor a little dental job
However. ! was anxious to get to Chi
cage. 80 back 70 the bus station 7
went After waiting there a half hour
or 50 our lawyer friend entered the
station with a very charming young
lady whom he introduced as Miss
Frances Watkins. his former score
ATy and VINO Is slated for ! govern
mental JOB al Lansing the first Of
July, 80 learned eoEfidentially
Finally the dead head" managed
20 get the motor OF the bus running
and Tor his pay he announced he was
riding % Chicago. And thank hesv.
ems that he did. although he did more
working than riding. That bus had
more trouble than a cat has kittens,
but thanks t. the c0lored ~dead-headr
he always managed 70 get the "durns
thing running again. When We got
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
n. A. A. G. p. PROTESTS LYNCH.
ING OF TENNESSEE WHITES

NEW YORK June PA protect
against the lynching of two white
men by a mob at Huntsville, Tenn,
June 8 and a request that the lynchers
be caught and punished was sent to
Governor Hill McAllister by Roy Viii
kins, assistant secretary Of the Nat
ional Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People last week.
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ing July 1 of the oath annual confer
ence OF the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People in
Chicago.
Other speakers at that meeting,
which will be held in the Ebenezer
Baptist church, 4501 Vincennes ave-
nue., will be Miss Marion Cuthbert of
New York City, member Of the staff
of the national boar Y w. G.. A wha
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24

Ala, retrial. Judge James E. Horton,
who presided over the retrial which
resulted in the lynch-verdict, will hear
the arguments at Athens, Ala.
The next day, at Decatur, Judge
b. L. Malone, is scheduled to conduct
Juvenile court hearings in the Ease Of
Roy Wright and Eugene Williams. the
two youngest Of the Scottsboro boys
These proceedings will take place at
Decatur,
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
JEFF SMITH VACATIONING IN
OMAHA

Jeff Smith, an ex-Omahan and the
former worlds greatest cornet solo
list and first trumpeter in Desdunes
band, is in the city for a two months
vacation. He is stopping at 2025 Will
lis Avenue.
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24

will speak on Honesty in Race Re-
lations;" Mrs. Addie w. Hunton, New
York, of the Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom, who
will pay a brief personal tribute to
Mr.. Yergan; and Mr.. Yergan, who is
expected to tell something Of his work
in i%nterracial relations in the difficult
and ultra prejudiced section Of South
Continued on Page q
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
MRS. Fl. GREENFIELD REPORTED
IMPROVING

Mrs. Hiram Greenfield, 1905 North
10th Ave, who was operated on at
the Methodist Hospital for ruptured
appendix and gall stones is reported
doing as nicely as could be expected
at this time.
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24
EMBREE TO PRESENT SPINGARN
MEDAL AT N. A. A. C. p.
CONFERENCE

NEW YORK, June 24-Edwin r.
Embree, PRESENT of the Rosenwald
fund and member of the Spingarn
medal award committee, will formally
present the nineteenth medal to Max
Yergan, Y M G A., secretary in
South Africa, at the night mass meet
The Omaha guide., 1933-06-24

gram hopes to see five million persons
re-employed within the next 90 DAYS
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-04-06
WILLIAM GRIFFIN

William Griffin, 60, of Deer Park,
died Monday night in Oakland, and
according to corners jury death
was caused from acute alcoholism.
Mr.. Griffin for many years was an
employee of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company. He was born in
Deer Park on October IA, 1869, of
Irish parentage and was highly re-
spected by all who knew him, being a
liberal contributor in all things of a
worthy nature. He is survived by
a sister, Mrs. Michael Garrett, of Ak
ron, Ohio, and by three nephews,
James Griffin, William F. Griffin and
Leon Griffin, all of Elkins, West Va.
The deceased had been living at
Warren, Ohio, and had just arrived in
Deer Park during the past week. He
came to Oakland on Saturday. Fun
eral services were conducted this
morning in St. Peters Catholic church
by the pastor, Rev. FIR. w. ]. McVeigh,
followed by interment in the Catholic
cemetery. ~
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-04-06
Historic Nuts Planted by Oak
land Scout Troop

Three hundred walnuts from his
toric trees in various parts Of the
United States were planted last Sat
urday on city property by members
of the Oakland Boy Scout troop. The
nuts were provided by the Oakland
Civic Club, which organization had
obtained several hundred last fall and
had distributed nearly all of them to
persons throughout the county.
Approximately forty of the nuts
were planted around the edge Of the
town lot on Third street where tennis
courts will be made and a playground
marked off this summer. The remain
der of the three hundred were planted
on the "Water Farm" northwest of
town.
The Scouts were assisted in the
planting by A. L. Sines, forest war
den, and Grover C. Stemple, mayor.
The scouts present and doing the
work included John Darby, How "a
Smouse, Bill Grant, John Michael,
and Jack Lawton, Eagles; Jack Hine-
baugh, Grow; George Stuck, Ralph
Kahl, Wilbur Altstetter and Walter
Stevens, Beavers; Charles Mason, Guy
Hinebaugh, Foxes; Edward Lauer,
Bill Glotfelty, Bill johnson, Rattle
snakes; Robert Altstetter, junior as
sistant.
John Michael asked to be enrolled
in the troop at last Fridays meeting.
Including the five boys who have yet
to pass their Tenderfoot requirements
and be regularly enrolled, the Oakland
Troop now numbers So.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-04-06
Recreation Club Organized

The Muddy Greek Recreation Club,
Inc, was organized by sportsmen to
take over the land owned by the form
er Muddy Creek Hunting and Fishing
Club in the northern portion of Pres
ton county, W. Va, near the Mary
land line, embracing about 1920 acres.
Two streams are within the reser-
walton, Muddy and Beaver creeks, and
both have been stocked with trout. The
forest land within the acreage has
been stocked with deer and wild tur-
key.
The following officers have been
elected by the club: J. L. Packard,
Cuzzart, president; Charles Bucklew,
Terra Alta, vice-president; James T.
Daley, Kingwood, secretary-treasur-
er. These officers with Carl Price and
DR.. ]. ]. Gather, of Morgantown, con-
stitute the board of directors.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-04-06
Gnegy Sunday School Elects Da'
vid Gnegy, Superintendent

The Gnegy Sunday school held its
annuel election of officers on Sunday,
April 2, and David Gnegy was elected
superintendent; Hervey Evans, assis-
tant superintendent.
The Sunday school was organized
43 years ago with D. o. Roth super
intendent, who served for a number
of years. Following him, S. C. Mos
ser, Robert Lathrum, Hervey Roth
and others served in that capacity.
The class meets every Sunday at 9:15
o'clock.
The song service at the church was
we'll attended. Three choirs were in
attendance. The Red House choir,
led by Rev. A. K. Jones, the Glade
View-Gortner choir, led by Harvey
Fike, and the home choir led by Geo.
Wolf. A quartet was also present
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-04-06

Mrs. bessie Wolfe spent Saturday
and Sunday in Morgantown, West
Va, with friends.
Mrs. Emroy Bolden, Mrs. Ralph
Thayer, Mrs. Carl Brown, Miss Edith
Bolden, and Mr.. Cartwright May
spent Saturday in Cumberland.
j. J. Magruder and son Fred O..
Magruder, of Barton, spent Thursday
in Oakland on business when they
called at The Republican office.
Mrs. Robert White and little daugh-
ter, who have been visiting Mrs.
Whites mother, Mrs. j. w. Hart, will
return to their home in Cleveland, O.,
on Sunday.
Pickles." a musical comedy, is to
be presented by the Glee clubs of Oak
land High school, the latter part of
this month or the first of May, it has
been announced. The play is under
the direction of Miss Ruth Conley,
music instructor.
Nominations for directors of the
Oakland Rotary club were made at
the meeting of that organization last
Friday evening. Those nominated in
clude Foster D. Bittle, A. T. Shaw, w.
w. Dawson, William w. Grant, Paul
B. Naylor, Jesse J. Ashby. Election
will be held this Friday evening.
A fair-sized audience attended the
play, "a Lady to see you," which was
presented last Friday evening by the
Dramatic club of Oakland High school.
The play was in charge of Miss
Margaret Kochenderfer. Between acts
Miss Sarah King rendered two solos.
Those taking part in the play included
Willard Gibson, Lois Ross, Mary Eve
Ign Moon, Walter Dawson, John
Treacy, Stuart Hamill, Frances Fill
singer, Louise Moon, Ethelrae Yelling
and Charles Hardesty.