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The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
Harlem Gives Mass Wei
come to ]. W.. Ford

Harlem turned out in force last
Saturday evening to a banquet at the
Spanish Workers Club to welcome
James W. Ford as new organizer of
the Harlem Section of the Comm
unist Party, and to bid farewell to
Steve Kingston. who has been drawn
into the work Of the district The hall
was crowded to its doors and out into
the corridors. There were so many
people present that they had to be
seated for the banquet in relays.
Louis Sasse, organization secretary
Of the Section, acted as Master of
Ceremonies, welcoming Ford 10 Har-
lem. The speakers included Ford,
Kingston, Earl Browder, National
Secretary Of the Party; Louis Camp
bell, organizer Of the Harlem Unem-
ployed Council; Charles Krumbein,
organizer of the New York District.
Ruby Edwards, Jack Stachel assist
ant secretary of the Trade Union
Unity Council, and other prominent
Negro and white leaders Of the re-
volutionary movement. DR.. Reuben
Young, guest speaker, told of his visit
to the Soviet Union. The speakers
stressed the Importance attached by
the Party to Harlem in appointing
Ford, a member Of the Patry's high
est committee to Harlem.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
N. A. A. C.P. PRESSES BEAVER COUNTY
DEPORTATION PROSECUTION
DeCastrique-N A. A. G.. p. Has Witnesses Ready
Thanks PinchOt for Rebuke of County Attorney

NEW YORK - Governor Clifford
Pinchot of Pennsylvania was today
thanked by the NAACP. for his lettef
to District Attorney A. B. DeCas-
trique of Beaver County. Pennsylvan
la, in which DeCastrique was bitterly
scored by overnor Pinchot for the
County Attorneys failure to prose
cute the people who shanghied forty
six Negro workers last January and
deported them from the state. The
N. A. A. G. P. letter Of thanks to
Governor Pinchot commended his
strong language in which the Gov
ernor wrote DeCastrique that "your
refusal to prosecute the people who
perpetrated this outrage is more than
a shame and a disgrace 1t is deliber-
ate defiance Of the law which you are
sworn to uphold" The NAACP also
pledged to Governor Pipchet contin-
anc of its unremitting efforts led by
Attorney Homer S. Brown of Pitts
burgh, President Of the local branch
of the NAACP and Attorney Joseph
B. Givens, who made the original
investigation of the deportation and
who have ~assiduously brought pres
sure 10 bear through the Pittsburgh
Branch and the National Office Of
the MAACP.
The Association urged upon Gov
ernor Pinchot that he use every
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
APPEALED FILED TO CONVICTION OF HERNDON
IN GEORGIA SUPREME COURT

ATLANTA, Ga.-(CNS) = "You
can't kill a man because of the Books
he reads" said Ben. j. Davis, Jr.
while arguing an appeal that has
been fled in the Georgia Supreme
Court to the conviction of Angelo
Herndon, under sentence of from IS
to 20 years imprisonment on a charge
of attempting to incite instruction.
Herndsn, who said he came South
with a message of communism, was
found guilty by a jury which DELHI
Eated more than two hours after a
trial lasting three days. The charge
carried the death penalty or impri-
sonment for from five to twenty
years, and a jury fixed the term. The
jury was all white, a fact that led
the defense to contend that the trial
was unfair. The defense contended
that Negroes were excluded from
jury service.
The State based its ease on Hern-
don possession of literature distri-
buted by the Communist Party u.
s. A., and csntended he had wiIlhl
intent to overthrow the government.
Herndon was organizer for the Com
munist Party. The States plea was
that his actions constituted an at
tempt to incite instruction. It said
Herndon sought and accepted mem
Ders to the party, received dues and
had in his possession books and pa
pers which advocated establishment
OF a communistic government in the
United States.
Some Of the literature, introduced
as evidence, advocated self desermin
alton Of Negroes in the black belt of
the South. "The Negro Toilern was
one OF the books which played a
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
CONSTRUCTION M E N
DIE FIR NJ GLASS
DUST STANDARDIZATION

MONTGOMERY, w. va.-SiIicate
dust strangulation resulting from
tunnel construction work near here il
blamed for he death of 240 men,
of them Negro workers in the drill
ing Of the tunnel under New Riger at
Hawks Nest here.
Silicosis is the technical nan1e Civ
en- to the infection resulting from
gradually inhaling glass dust mined
out Of quarries. The glass dust grad
ually cakes the wall of the lungs and
solidifies into glass. There il no
remedy for his condition. In all about
800 workers are affected; $40 are said
to be Negro from Georgia, Alabama
Arkansas and North and South Car
DINA. They were employed At starva
ton wages to drill a three mile tun-
mel under New River at IS cents an
hour. The wage scale for drilling work
is rs cents an hour.
Several lawsuits Of the Negro
workers were throwR out Of court
but lat 50 far have settled with the
company for s235,OO0. They are 4,
get checks ranging from $3.50 to 81.
700 according to how close thew ar.
to death.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
NEGRO WORKERS WIN STRIKE ON BARGE LINES
SECRETARY OF LABOR HEEDS PROTEST OF
NATIONAL B LEAGUE ..

ion of the National Urban League
prevented serious racial disorders,
for Negro strikers had been arrested
at the request Of the Barge Line
authorities and charged by the local
police with melting a riot.
The conditions which led up to the
strike were described in the follow
ing telegram which Mr. Hill sent
after a thorough investigation Of the
situation by the st. Louis Urban
League:
Your help in adjusting the follow
ing matter is requested stop Negro
employers Of Federal Barge Line
operated by War Department went
on strike in East st. Louis and st.
Louis on August Twenty Second in
protest against intolerable conditions
Investigator reports men were COM
peeled to remain on duty from twelve
to fifteen hours before being checked
out at night but received pay only for
work actually done step they were
compelled to buy meal tickets from
Restaurant designated by superin-
tendent were refused hearings of
complaints against discrepancies in
hours work and pay and intimidated
by police summoned by government
officials.
The machinery Of the Urban Lea
que with its AZ branches in many
different cities has been geared to a
high point of coordination for the
purpose of protecting Negro workers
in the present crisis, and the League
office is being daily advised Of con
ditions of Negro workers.
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major part in the trial.
"This book" said Defense Attorney
Ben. J. Davis, Jr himself a Negro,
SHOULD have been written in the
blood Of Negroes who were burned
at the stake by mobs. l say lynching
is insurrection. The only defense
Herndon committed was that he ask
ed for bread for childrsn-his only
crime is his color"
The defense said much of the lit
erature found in HerndoR's posses
sian could be found in the great lib
raries ct the world-including the
Carnegie Library in Atlanta.
"Some of the books are considered
classics, "he told the jury. "You
can't kill a man because Of the books
he reads
The State said: STAMP this thing
out now with a conviction"
The statute that was invoked was
passed more than sixty years ago,
when Georgia was in the hands of
carpetbaggers. Authorities said the
original purpose of the law was to
prevent white advocates defeated in
the Civil War from Ssnspiring to
overthrow the reconstruction govern
ments- dominated by carpetbaggers
and Negroes.
In an unsworn statement at his
trial, Herndon said that Capitalists
use racial prejudice as a means of
exploiting workmen,~ and added: "Do
with me what you will; there are
thousands of others to take my place.
He predicted collapse of the capital
istic system and spoke to a crowded
court room for fifteen minutes on
principles Of the Communist party.
Herndon said he was arrested with
out cause and treated "inhumanly" in
the Fulton County Jail. He said he
was held eleven days on a change of
suspicion and was imprisoned six
months without trial. His imprison-
ment was a nightmare" he said,
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The strike of Negro workers on the
Federal Barge Lines operated BY the
War Department at East St. Louis,
Illinois and st. Louis, Missouri, was
satisfactorily settled yesterday in a
victory for the striking Negroes, ac-
cording to information received by
T. Arnold Hill, Director of the De-
partment Of Industrial Relations of
the National Urban League, New
York City.
T~elegraphic information in reply
to a protest wired by Mr. Hill to
Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of
Labor, DR.. Leo Wolman of the In
dustrial Mediation Board, and Cen
eraI Hugh S. johnson of the N. R.
A., was received from the Director
Of Cancellation, Of the Department
Of Labor, Hugh L. Kerwin, as fol
lows:
Replying to- your telegram secre-
dry IcIhlItS mdttcI up war DcPoAt-
ment agreement reached and fer
warded this day to I'll. r., O'dell
Federal Barge Lines, st. Louis
agreement was approved by the War
Department and accepted by the
workers provided work shall start
eight o'clock pay of all laborers shall
be thirty five cents per hour time and
half for overtime and for Sunday
and Holiday wsrk if any is perform
ed and will recognize committees Of
the workers no job dependent upon
buying meal tickets and eating at
Terminal Restaurant
1t is probable that the prompt act
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
Of being the Oldest colored newspa
per in Nashville
A r n
WEEK PROCLAMATION

Recognizing the great value to our
state Of the work being done b. thu
Nebraska Congress Of Parents AN
Teachers, ! am glad to declare the
entire first week of October 1919 70
be Nebraska Parent Teacher Week
The program Of this excellent organ
izatlon aims to promote Tie hipbast
advantages for every child II wv
home, school, church and commnri+,-
1t also emphasizes the vasue Of nar
ent education and encourages create.
cooperation between the home ard
the school. 1t is hoped that the state
wide observation Of Parent Teacher
Week will strengthen the local asso
Citations with an increased enrolment
Of members and result in better pro
grams throughout the wear and III
crease the number Of definite child
welfare projects having to do with
health, safety and character edu
cation. There should be a parent
eeacher association in every school
De q unit Of the State and National
Congress Of Parents and Teachers.
One fourth Of the entire population
In Nebraska is going to school which
places upon u educational system a
heavy responsibility involving the
future Of our civilization. The schools
must have the proper support, intelli
gent direction and efficient operation
which a strong public spirit of co
operation and harmony will do much
to give The Parent Teacher Asso-
citation is az important factor III
developing such a spirit. Every citi-
zen should be deeply interested in
making the lives of the school child
rem better and happier, in bringing
about a better understanding between
home and school, in solving. the pro
blems Of child welfare in the comm
unity.
NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Charles
W Bryan, Governor of Nebraska, do
hereby set aside and proclaim Oct
ober 1st to 7th inclusive to Be Neb
raska Parent Teacher Week and urge
that it be generally observed as such
throughout u state. Let US during
that week in u churches and schools
and IN other public gatherings give
particular consideration to the pur-
poses and program Of the great or
ganization of mothers. fathers, teach
ers and interested friends who are
giving 50 much Of their time and eff
fort to the Parent Teacher work Let
US endeavor to give our bows and
girls, the citizens cf tomorrow. the
best possible opportunities physically.
mentally and morally
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I have
Aereunto set my hand ard caused tho
Governors seal to be affixed.
Done at Lincoln, Nebraska. this
18th day Of Septembos, in she
year Of N Lord. Nineteen Hun
dred and Thirty three.
CHARLES W. BRYAN.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
Johnson Denies That He Is
A Candidate for Liberian
Mission

WASHINGTON D. C.-(CNS)-Dr
Joseph L. Johnson of Columbus,
Ohio. one of q socalled "big four" in
the last campaign, and at one time
Minister to Liberia, under a former
Democratic administration, denies
that he is a candidate for reappoint-
ment>to that diplomatic position.
To convince the skeptical, DR..
Johnson exhibits documents to prove
that he has been offered the post, but
declined the honor.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

power at his command to force De-
Castrique to prosecution vigorously
or to take such steps as r possible
under the law against DeCastrique
for failure to perform duties which
are required of him.
The Pittsburgh Branch is backed
by the Pennsylvania State Confer
ence of Branches of the NAACP. /,
which was organized at Harrisburg
on August L. At that time. a large
delegation headed by Attorney Civ
ems, representing the Pennsylvania
branches, and Walter White. National
Secretary, conferred at length with
Attorney General William A. Schan
der and urged speed and vigor in his
report to Governor Pinchot. 1t was
shortly after this conference that Mr..
Schnader's report to Governor Pin
chot was submitted, which led to
Governor Pinchot's letter to DeCas-
trique.
In answer to the statements attri-
buted to DeCastrique that the Negro
witnesses have left Beaver County,
the NAACP. stated to Governor
Pinchot that the Pittsburgh Branch
of the NAACP., can produce these
witnesses at amy place desired within
twenty four hours, and can produce
them in Beaver County within ten
minutes.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
Price Makes Report

livery Monday morning.
Tuesday morning about HOO a
m | had a telephone call from a, Mr..
Adolph Storz, stating he would like
to see me He made an appointment
with me at his office for 800 p. m
Tuesday 18th instant.
| could have taken the Chairman
of the Legal Redress Committee with
me, but | thought it was more fitting
to take Johnny Owens, legislator
for the 9th District, who had labored
hard to put the Beer Bill over, to find
that his people had been SLAPPED in the
face by saying stay out. We had a
very pleasant visit in the office Of
the Beverage Company were assured
by Mr. Adolph Storz, that the Bev-
erage Company had nothing to do
with those signs being displayed, and
they were very sorry that it ever
happened. After talking for a while
Mr. Adolph Storz, called a cousin Of
his who he "was in charge of the re
tail place
The manager of the retail place
let us know one that the signs had
been removed, and they were going
to serve everyone. They had found
out that could not be done. It would
have never started had it not been for
his wife No colored PRISON had mis-
behaved in the place. 1t was just fan
idea of his wife. What Johnny Owens
told them was a plenty. | shall let
Owens tell what t%ranspired in the
private office of the COMPANY.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
I'll A r l. E M WORKERS
PROTEST DOUBLE


NEW YORK = (CNA) - Irving
Schwab and Allen Taub, I. L. D at
torneys prevented by Judge Foster
from defending the murdered Dan
Pippen, Jr., and A L. Harden. were
he chief speakers at a memorial
meeting Thursday night for these 2
victims of the Alabama lynchers. The
attorneys outlined the background Of
the case, exposing the lynch incite-
ment Of Judge Foster which lead CD
to the brutal double lynehing and
the life of a third victim of the Tus.
caloosa frame up against five Negro
crsppers.
A large crowd attended the meet
ing, packing to capacity the Comm
unity House Of the Mother A. M. e.
Zion Church at ISL West 136th St
Other speakers included Samuel S
Leibowitz, S~cottsboro attorney, Jas
w Ford, organizer Of the Harlem
Section Of the Communist Party; Bob
Minor, Communist candidate fer
mayor; Mary Craik Speed, Southern
white woman fighting for tho Scots
boro boys, and Roger Baldwin Of the
Civil Liberties Union.
Demands raised for the release Of
the other three prisoners held in Tus
caloosa Jail on the framed charged of
murder; for the constitutional rights
of the defendants to choose their own
attorneys; for the right Of the Ne
groes to serve on juries and for the
immediate safe release Of the Scots
boro boys.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
Continued from o. IL

make an investigation as to the au-
thenticity of the membership club
The next day | received a report
from chairman no /, that he had IA
white men who would take the
stand, and swear that the whole thing
was a sham, and was not a member
ship affair. Chairman No. 2, notified
me that it was a sham, and nothing
to the membership affair.
Having received the names Of my
witnesses, their telephone numbers,
was ready to call a mass meeting
for the purpose of ascertaining what
the people thought Of that form Of
discrimination. SO | could refer the
matter to the Executive Board.
should like to mention, Joseph Rosen
bloom, told me he would take the
stand, and testify that he had been
served and was not asked for men,
bership card.
Last Sunday evening, / told Mr.
MCGOWAN the insurance man that
would call a mass meeting for the
following night. Mr.. MCGOWAN
spoke up, and I should like very much
to have you invite Storz over to the
meeting. Extemporaneously Mr.. Nc
Gowan uttered a few words that he
said, he would have in the letter
Those words were so sensible for a
letter Of hat nature, | sprang from
my chair, and said, dictate that
letter to me. The letter was written,
mailed that evening for the first de
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
NASHVILLE PAPERS CON.
SOLIDATE AS NASHVILLE
GLOBE AND INDEPENDENT

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-(CNS)-The
consolidation of two of Nashville's
weekly journals was announced last
week and September 2 the Nashville
Globe and Independent will appear as
the successor to the Nashville Globe
and the Nashville Independent The
editorial Stats of both papers have
been combined and the paper will be
published from the office of the Nash
vile Globe. which has the distinction
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
RITZ Theatre

Sunday and Monday-Miriam Hop
kIns III THE STORY OF TEMPLE
DRAKE also Loretta Young in 200
IN BUDAPEST.
Tles-Wt S-Thurs-Ann Harding,
R0bt Montgomery in WHEN LAD
les MEET also Helen Twelyetrees
III -USASHAMEDr!
Fri. Sat-Ann Dvorak in THE
STRANGE LOVE OF MOLLY LOU
VAIN" also William Powell in
PRIVATE DETECTIVE 62"i
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

the defense, could not testify expert
ly on the nature of literature as they
were not qualified by Herndon's
lawyers as experts The professors
are instructors in economics and the
court overruled the defense's plea
that communism is an economic
question.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16
UNIVERSITY GRILL
DIRECTOR ON JIM CROW PRACTICES

IV NO4NAJ n uelSSd
ton selected at the symposium on
"The Way Out for the Negro" held
last Friday night at Mcmillan Thea
tire, under the auspices Of the World
Problems Cosmopolitan Club, visit
ed Director Coss last Monday to ask
what steps the administration was
taking to end discrimination against
Negro students.
The World Problems Club has
proven conclusively that discrimina-
ton exists in the d~ormitories, in en-
ployment, and in campus social act
~ivities. Director Coss, however, not
only denied to the delegation that the
University discriminates against any
race but stated further that Columbia
University has done more for Negro
students than any other university in
this country.
Living Accommodations
Director Coss did not deny that six
University dormitories have not
admitted any Negro women students
this summer. These Include Grant,
Sarasota, Whittier, Hewitt, Brooks
and Bancroft Halls, Seth Low and
Johnson dormitories, the only ones
which admit any Negro women stud
ents, house less than a dozen Negro
students. There are in the neighbor
hood of two hundred Negro women
students attending the summer ses-
sion.
Job Discrimination
Director Coss did not deny that
there were no Negroes employed in
the $500 positions in the offices and
on the teaching staff. When asked If
Mr. Gentzler's statement that "Uni-
versity department heads have al
ways asked me for white students to
fill white collar positions" was not
an indication Of a definite discrim
inatory policy Of the University, DR..
Coss refused to comment.
Social Life and Activity
Director Coss did not deny that
conditions Of prejudioe existed on the
campus which kept Negro women
students from using the swimming
pool, and which kept all Negro stud
ents out Of dances, student organ
izations, and general social activity.
The National Student League, 5s3
sixth Avenue. In denouncing Jim o
conditions at the university, points
out that the policy maintained by the
Columbia administration, that of
training Negro students to teach in
Jim Crow schools and giving courses
ia dual education, promotes the Sc
gregation Of the Negro people. This
policy sustains the Negro people in
their present position in society as
an oppressed people. The Board of
Trustees of Columbia University,
which represents those manufactur
ers and bankers who utilize the Cd
pressed Negro people to their own
advantage (for cheap labor, etc. is
the body which dictates this policy to
the administration.
The students interests, however,
r not those Of the Board Of Trustees
Students and teachers are faced with
problems of increasing fees, reduction
of teaching stats, lowering of salar-
les, etc. United actisn on the part Of
the students and teachers is neces-
sary to effectively combat these con
ditions.
The white students, because of
s.eir position in society, are better
able to break down the barriers Of
aee prejudice which divide the stud
ents. The white students at Columbia
University must take the lead in Sc
curing full equality for the Negro
students as a prelude to effective
action on their common problems in
the future.
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

and for a time he was forced to live
in a cell with a corpse. He said his
party was recognized in Georgia, ex-
planning that the Communist ticket
was entered in the State in the last
Presidential election.
The court held that two Emory
University professors, presented by
The Omaha guide., 1933-09-16

Sextette Of Philander Smith
College will render a Pro-
gram at Clair Chapel. 22nd
4 Miami St., Sept. 18th, at 5
p. m. Admission Free!
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-17
( 1HE MYSTERY GERALDINE
j by ANTHONY ABBOT


Therefore the Medical Examiner
was right when he said the body
had been in the grave for thirty.
six hours. But the pigeons had
given me q clue, which the autopsy
substantiated. The girl had been
IN the grave thirty-six hours but
she was killed on December "a. It
had been the design Of * to make
lie seem that Geraldine had been
killed on January 8, when Doctor
Maskell could not account for his
movements. Here great cleverness
came into play.
"'X' figured that the doctor
could be lured to some place who're
he had no means Of proving that
he was, then the police would be-
lieve that he was lying, and the
full result would be accomplished.
Accordingly, on January 4, he re.
|ceived q telephone call. He was
told that it was Geraldine Foster
|talking-he believed it-and he
was further told that If he would
come to her at once he could save
her from great trouble. She SEEM
ed ready to commit suicide. The
doctor was an impulsive man and
went to keep the designation. She
said that he was to meet her at the
Pelham entrance to Bronx Park.
He went there and waited two
hours and saw no one. But such
was his isolated position that no
one who knew him saw him there.
"That made the doctors story
look fishy to US, and the District
Attorney wisely laid stress on it
Just - * intended he should.