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The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
Omaha, Nebraska.
July II, 1888.


The Editor,
The Omaha Guide
Path and Grant Street,
City.
Dear Mr.. Editor:
Please grant me the personal favor
by Publishing this letter in your
column, since you take delight in al
lowing your paper to stoop TO the IN
warranted, low. vile and unsppreciat-
&c phase Of our personal conduct in
the community.
] have always had a great deal of
respect for your paper and its pro-
gram 20 raise the standard Of our
community. But since you have
adopted an entire different program,
/ like many other respectable citizens
feel that your paper has become a
menzce to the Colored People Of
Omaha, and should be suppressed.
Your item in coium headed Miss
Eyes" is a disgrace to you Mr.. Gal
lovzy, and the item concerning Mr..
Chandler and myself is false and with
out foundation.
May / remind you that "Jim and
Hary's Column contributed more thar
anything else 70 the failure Of one O,
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
FOREMAN SHOOTS INTO CROWD
OF WORKERS

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. = Negro and
white workers employed on a Red
Cross relief job project mere are high
ly aroused today over the abuse white
foremen have heaped especially on
Negro workers. One foreman ever
drew a gun and fired a shot into q
crowd of workers.
He is H. L. Agee. As he finished
cursing a Negro worker who had not
been informed that suddenly the start
ing hour was changed from z a. m. to
s a. m. and therefore was late, Agee
drew his revolver and fired. Only .
accident avoided a murder.
Because the workers have protested
srainst the brutal treatment from
foremen, the city has threatened to
replace civilian foremen by policemen.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
KILLER POSING AS DEMENTED
is PREDICTED

TUSKEGEE, Ala.-The town Of
Tuskegee is terror stricken with the
murder of Professor Atkins stlf up
permost in the minds of all the e7tI-
zens and students. Many persons be
lieve that the wholesale murders that
have occurred in the past three years
will still remain unsolved, and are
not at all sure that ]. D. Thompson
confessed slayer of Professor Atkins
will throw any light on the two pre-
vious Sayings which occurred on the
Campus. Mrs. Mary Booth, head
nurse of Tuskegee hospital and sister
in-law of DR.. Motion, was shot to death
in 1880 and Mrs. Mary Howard, for
Is years a resident of Tuskegee a
killed last NovembR. Both these NIUE
ders rave remained unsolved.
Thompson Friend Of Mrs. Booth
Thompson, murderer of Atkins, wsus
a friend Of Mrs. Booth. He Is AK
bachelor Of some 40 odd years, and
while running his cafe it was his plea
sure to fix tasty dishes for Mrs
Booth and she was a frequent visitor
to his cafe. It is alleged that prSoE 30
the murder Of Mrs. Booth she amdR
Thompson engaged in a heated quar-
rel because Thompson allowed Allen
Motion, her nephew to get soft drinks
at his establishment. After the quar-
rel she is said to have entertained her
friends at the cafe of Mrs. Howard
who was murdered several moHthss
ago.
It is said that Thompson showed z1
fondness for Atkins and that he aBdl
his wife ate regularly at Thompson's=
cafe until they too left his establish
ment and began boarding elsewhere.
Professor Atkins was overseev of
the Chamblis hotel, in which TEorsp--
sons cafe vas located. Thompson was
threatened with expulsion from his
cafe because he was heavily in arrears
with his rent. The authorities refused
to allow Thompson to be interviewed
for fear that he will talk and 10 Is be
! lieved that several unknown angles
will be develop when Thompsau d
permitted to talk. The remarkable
presence of mind of Professor Atkins
is shown by the fact that after he WIZ |,
shot by Thompson he attempted &C.
write the name of his assassin ON, the
back Of an envelope that he was hold
ing in his hand and only succeeded z
scribbling the first name when his
hand was stilled BY death.
Jack" Atkins Probable Aid In =
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~tnSTeaOle, tHe toulAdiheHl VIII NC Cut
to SO holes instead of " holes.
TO JIM McRAE:
Death has a peculiar way Of taking
people like you, INC" 1t sent its
steaming mass of steel to lay you on
your back; and then sneaked upon
you before you could recover your
self. There is OF a one of US. INC"
that doesn't believe that if you had
regained consciousness, that you
would have won your fight with the
grim reaper.
Our minds go back to days when
we were kids out at the Country Club
caddying; there was you, "Chuck,'
the Dorseys, Joe and Dwight, Jimmy
Jewell and myself. We had a lot of
fun in those days.
Then there was a period when we
lost track Of each other, High School
and College days passed. Except for a
greeting on the courses now and then
we would seldom see each other. Like
most of US, "Mc", you were busily
engaged in raising a family. A de-
serving and helpful wife, two tots
that r chips of the block. They will
be taken care of, "Mc," by the same
Man who rules in your new world.
When we organized our Golf Club,
we were all brought back together
again and that's where we really
learn to know each other, INC" and
where We learned those sterling
qualities that made you one Of the
most popular men in our midst. You
were predictibly dependable, "Mc",
you were loyal and helpful to a fault.
Your contagious smile was always a
welcome asset in any foursome and
at any meeting. We elected you our
secretary, INC" and how well you fit
in. You were making a wonderful
success until your working hours
would not permit you to attend our
meetings, and you had to resign, and
we took that opportunity of telling
you how much we appreciated your
hard work, and that we would ali be
looking forward to the time when you
would meet with US again. The meet
ing will have to be at the 10Th hole of
life. You have turned in your score,
and with all the good deeds and
happiness that you have left in your
weight, counting as brides, and your
mere ac~quaintances and friendships,
counting as pars, you have had a SUBJ
par round.
Arthur B. McCaw.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
INES DISCOVERS" CHURCH
RACK TS

NEW YORK CITY - In addressing
his flock Sunday morning. Rev. Will
lam Lloyd lines, Liberal pastor of
st. James Presbyterian Church, who
has suddenly discovered that racket
eere In ministers in Harlem put milk
and egg men and Speakeasies in the
church, opened fire upon and all but
shot down in cold blood, his fellow
shepherd, "Father" DIVE, self styled
"God over children of Harlem"
Brother lines stated: "In our pull
pits, yes in our pews, we have people
of the racketeering spirit. We hear
much popular outcry against such
religious leaders as the late Mr.. Beet
on, whb was slain by gangsters, and
the present Father" Divine. 1 do not
blame such leaders half so much as !
pity their followers. It is because we
have the racketeering instinct in us
that such leaders arise.
"A racketeer, whatever else he is,
is anyone who exploits a public or So
cial matter to make private gain and
who willfully, persistently and intent
ionally continues in this prostitution
of the public good to serve his own
private and selfish ends. If this be
even a partial definition of the racket
eer, organized religion must be on its
guard that the spirit which makes
possible the degradation of our faith
shall be exposed, forsaken, and utter.
ly outlawed from, the church today
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
A. NJ. E. BISHOPS LOSE COURT
FIGHT

NEW YORK CITY-(CNA) - The
court battle which began last week
between two factions of the A. M E.
Church for the post Of secretary of
the A. M. E. Board of Home and
Foreign Missions was settled in favor
of Rev. L. L. Berry against whom the
fight was directed. The decision was
rendered by the Justice Sheinley Of
the Manhattan Supreme Court.
Rev. Berry had been elected to the
post after the death of Rev. Colt. The
Bishops Council, which met recently
in Wilkesbarro held his election illegal
and against the principles of the
church. The council then appointed
Rev. Carl Flipper to the post, thus
ending up in a court fight.
Rev. Berry has represented in court
by the Assistant Attorney General
Harry Bragg and Aiken Pope.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
GETS SCHOLARSHIP IN
DENMARK

CHICAGO Miss Thrya ]. Ed
wards, n of Chicago's best known
social workers, has just been notified
that she has been awarded a scholar
ship at the International Peoples
College in Denmark. Miss Edwards
will leave America for the Danish
country October 1. She is at present
employed as a senior ease worker
in the Unemployment Relief Service
here having returned to this city at
ter the summary closing Of Brook
wood College, Katonah, N. Y, where
she was q student last year.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
ANGELO HERNDON DENIED NEW
TRIAL: APPEAL TO BE FILED

"A, Nd.-A new Gioi woe
denied to Angelo Herndon. young
Negro organizer Of the unemployed,
condemned to 1920 years on the
chain gang, in a decision handed down
last week by Judge Lee B. Wyatt,
original trial judge.
The states evident intention, in
this decision, to send him directly to
the chain gang to be killed, will be
defeated by immediate filing Of a
notice of appeal to the State Supreme
Court, it was announced by John H.
Geer, young Negro attorney, who with
Benjamin j. Davis, Jr., has been re-
tanned by the International Labor De-
Tense to defend Herndon.
An appeal for funds to cover the
expenses of the appeal, to be sent to
the National Office of the I. L. D., 80
East 18th Street, New York City, vas
issued by the Atlanta section of the
organization. The bill Of exceptions
on the basis of which legal appeal will
be made, must be prepared and filled
by July Is, it vas pointed out.
Protests against the continued i'm
prisonment of Herndon, whose
"crime" was that he organized Negro
and white unemployed workers into a
demonstration which forced addition
al relief from the county authorities,
and against the murderous attempt to
railroad him to death on the chain
gang, should be sent to Governor
Eugene Talmadge at Atlanta Ga.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22

Brown, or being the companions OK
Winifred, and third degreed- Many
more Negroes were beaten up on the
streets of Charlotte.
Shortly after the crime, three Ne
gro boys, Earl Rattarce, IA, Feather
stone Mandelhall, 16, and Edwards.
were picked up like the others, heart
en-. held for four or five days and them
turned loose.
A few days later Edwards was mr.
rested on a trumped up charge sk:
stealing cigarettes and sent to the
chain gang for a year.
Wednesday night, May IL, police
kidnapped Mandelhall at three o'clock
in the morning, took him out to the
chain gang where Edwards was, ask
ed Mandelhall if he knew Edwards.
When he said he did, they took both
back to Charlotte, and charged them
with the murder Of Brown. Rattaree
was also arrested and held as a mat
erial witness.
Next day, Thursday, Mande fhan
and Edwards were indicted.
Friday, they were tried By am ALI
white jury.
Saturday, the jury acquitted Man
delhall, found Edwards guilty. and
recommended mercy.
Monday, Judge Ogelsby sentenced
Edwards to die in the electric chair
July Z.
Confessions" the police said they
had extracted from the boys were the
only evidence produced. y. D. Mccall,
white lawyer appointed by the coart
to defend" Edwards and Mande hall,
produced no witnesses, accepted the
police story entirely, and asked ~for
mercy"
During the trial, the International
Labor Defense called on the lawyers
who said a notice Of appeal would be
filed and a stay of execution obtained
while |. L. ID. would prepare a case.
Witness were found who can prove
that none of the boys were near the
scene Of the crime. The lawyers I'D
pointed by the court deliberately re
fused to make use of this defense
No appeal was filed.
"All | know about the case IS whaE
| read in the papers. / don't know IA
an appeal was filed or not,- MeCalA
told l. L. ID. representatives.
The International Labor Defense
obtained the services Of Conrad O,
Pearson Of Durham, N. c., an sx-
torney who re-opened the case By Oh
tanning a filing application for "A re-
prieve. The indignation Of the Negro,
and white workers of Charlotte was
organized into mass protest by the n
l.. D., and the reprieve won.
The sixty days reprieve obtained
will be used to further organize Ola d
mass basis the campaign to AVE Ed
wards life, while legal steps are tax
en- around which the campaign VIII be-
built.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
GIVEN LIFE FOR MURDER OF
WHITE BOOTLEGGER

COLUMBIA, S. C.-Willie d. Koon.
alias Sunky Koon, "a sentenced to
life Imprisonment Monday when he
vas found guilyt Of Staying Herman
Pruitt white, May 8, in a gang fight.
Seven others were indicted on the
charge. Jasper Lewory was not tried.
His case was put on the contingent
docket by the solicitor. The rest plead
ed guilty to assault and battery and
were sentenced to six months in pri-
son.
Pruitt was slain, it was charged
when Koon and a gang of colored men
set upon several white men. It was
alleged that the colored men we're try
ing to steal some liquor from Pruitt.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
NORTH CAROLINA FRAME-UP
EXPOSED BY I. L. ID.


ization Forces 60-Day Reprieve
CHARLOTTE. N. C.-Winning Of a
sixty day ~reprieve for John Lewis Ed
wards, Is year old Negro boy framed
on a murder charge and railroad to a
death sentence is the first victory Of
the International Labor Defense in a
campaign to save his life and expose
the legal ~lynchings which have be-
come the order of the day in both
North and South Carolina.
Edwards was indicted, tried and
convicted in II hours, for the murder
Of w Brown, a white street car mot
orman, who was killed Saturday night,
March 9. He was sentenced to die
July z.
There were no witnesses to the
murder. No money was stolen. Two
shots were fired, one Of which hit
Brown in the head, killing him in
stantly.
A white woman told a newspaper
man that two white hen ran past her
and told her not to go a the scene.
Forty five minutes later, another
motorman, on another street car line
shot and killed q Negro named Wini.
fred, who was on his way to work
Police refused to permit the body OF
Winifred to be taken to the hospital
in a private ambulance, and ordered
the undertaken to whom II was taken
after they had taken it to the hospital
themselves, not to let anyone see it. II
was discovered, however, that Wini.
fred's faces showed signs of terrific
beating. The motorman said Winifrec
and two other Negroes tried to hold
him up, and the police closed the Ease
The Southern Public Utilities offer.
ed $1,000 reward for the capture anc
conviction Of the murderers of Brown
and police announcing that the muir.
derers were Negroes, set their frame.
up machinery to work.
During the two months following
more Than 100 Negroes were picked
upon the street, taken to the police
station, accused Of the murder o,
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22

NAA
] am writing for my mother, Mrs.
Pearl Combs, who is a widow of a
Spanish War Veteran, deceased. She
wishes me TO make application for re
lief 70 the amount Of SIS. 90. The
request for this relief is justified by
the fact that Mrs. Pearl Combs is
nov paralyzed and unable to art for
herself in any manner. which neces-
states my staying at home to care
for her. ] am but 16 years of age,
and have never had experience at
holding a job, yet in this very serious
condition, ] would attempt to do any
thing 70 net financial gain for myself
and mother. The only income we
have is a pension of $500 per month.
We could get along on this if my
mother were well, but being seriously
III, as she is, medicine, ice and other
sick room necessities require more
finance than the SIS. 90 we are re
eeiving. Therefore. we call upon yoJ
IN this emergency to help us.
Thanking you in advance for al
early reply,
Respectfully yours,
Miss Combs.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22

newspapers. "a hint to the wise is
sufficient.
Give the people what they want
Good, Clean, wholesome, NEWS.
Respectfully,
Sergt. Bailey.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22

Omaha, Nebraska.
July IL, 1888.
Miss Eyes.
Omaha Guide,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Miss Eyes:
| want to tell you how much I en-
JOY your column. Really you are the
only wire on that whole staff of back
numbers. Now I do not know if you
are the editor or the assistant, but
whoever you are, you are making the
thing go over for a while at least. /
used to be subscriber to the Guide,
but / cut it out because it never had
anything printed until a week or
more after it was stale news. Now ]
am buyingit every week at the John
son Drug. You see l am just blue and
out Of sorts these days Of depression
and I get a good laugh out Of you.
If they added you for a seller, then
somebody got the right dope for you
really put it yer
Well Miss Eyes keep it up, you'll
get plenty of knocks from the "crabs'
but you have nerve and spice and
that will "get it" You don't tell us
anything new but you present it te
us in a spicy but innocent way and
you have as in your corner and l fol
one, is on your side, if you write me
up, I'll take it good naturally anc
buy the paper right on.
Now as to your identity, don't re.
veal your name it will spoil the
column for US to know you. l am SURF
however that you are a man or rather
a High School kid that has a goo6
command of English and a full
knowledge Of what is going on. Nov
if you happen to be a girl-oh, vel
your not, so that is that.
When I subscribe again I shall mai
my subscription to you then you vii
know who ! an.
An Interested Reader.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
WINS GOLF

The golf tournament which was
held at Lyon Park playground July
1912 on q 9 hole layout was won by
James Payne with q low score Of 81.
Bernard came second with SO. Payne
was awarded a putter by the Durham
Book and Stationery Co
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
ONE KILLED, FOUR HURT. IN
ACCIDENT

NEW YORK-(CNA)-Willey Bos-
well, "a year old domestic worker, was
instantly killed last Thursday night
when an auto in which she was riding
crashed into a stone wall at Old Will
mot Road and North Avenue, New
Rochelle. Four other persons were in
jured and IN in the New Rochelle
Hospital. One is in q critical condition.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
PROBATE NOTICE

In the matter of the estate of Ed
ward Addison, deceased.
Notice is hereby given: That the
creditors of said deceased will meet
the administrator of said estate, be-
fore me, County Judge of Douglas
County, at the County Court Room
in said County, on the 28th day of
August 1888 and on the 18th day Of
October 1888. at 9 o'clock A. M, each
day, for the purpose of presenting
their claims for examination, adjust
ment and allowance. Three months are
allowed fer the creditors to present
their claims, from the 18th day Of
July 1888.
Bryce Crawford,
County Judge.
st beg. July 9Th
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
JIM CROWNED IN JOB AGENCY

NEW YORk-(CNA)-When Eta
Anderson, Negro worker, went to the
Blue List Exchange, an employment
agency at 621 Lexington Avenue, she
was told to sit on one side of a screen
separating colored and white workers.
Protesting against jimcrowism, she
was told it was the policy of the en-
ployment agency that Negro and
whiteworkers should not sit together.
This policy of the white ruling class
is aimed at preventing the unity Of
the workers in joint struggle against
unemployment and hunger conditions.
The workers Negro and white. must
unite to smash this jim-crow policy.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
Weekly Record

Deaths
Lula E. Taylor, AZ years, hospital
Mathews Pear, 46 years
hospital.
Births
Laura and Mark L. Patterson,
3452 Pinkney ST. Girl.
Vernetta and Willie Mills.
2432 Franklin ST., Boy.
Elgie and Chesley Pierce,
1922 Franklin ST., Boy.
Alberta and Isaiah Davis,
2518 Maple ST., Girl.
Hazel and Edwillis Hill,
1851 Burdette ST., Boy.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
NEGRO filters START FLfGHr
ACROSS IT. g

ATLANTIC CITY, N. July IT..
Two Negro aviators took off from At-
lantic City early Monday, hoping o.
be the first Of their race to span the
continent by air.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22

Tennis enthusiastists were for a
long time longing for a Tennis courts
close enough TO our part Of the city
70 be convenient. Last season some 20
of them organized the Maple Leaf
Tennis Club, and built 3 courts at oath
and Maple Streets. Last year the play
on the courts, was very heavy and
tenHis was q very popular sport. This
year the courts were renowned and
there has been very little play upon
them. Not enough, in fact TO keep the
weeds off. In order to stimulate inter
est in the game, and also secure pro-
Epective members for next year, the
club has decided TO sell membership
for fifty cents for the rest Of this
season. The club has had communica-
tons from Des Moines and other
cities with regard to holding inter
Gritty matches. They plan to have a
match sometime during the coming
month with Des Moines here. ,
Charlie Howard, president Of the
Central States Golf Association has
written lie member clubs Of the As
ISOLATION asking that the tournament
to be held here IN August be confined
70 the n day. August 6. More than
likely this win be carried out and
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22

To The State Fund Relief
Committee,
Spanish War etsran's Dept,
Lincoln, Nebraska.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22

Miss Eyes IS wondering "How
Gomez some folks can wine and dine
Big Shot Orchestra men,. Where
do these Would be big shots bugs
get that way Of doing anyway. Well,
Miss Eyes is ready to hang her head
in shame because of what she heard
the last orchestra Big Shot" thought
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
Oh Boy, who would have thought Il

Oh Boy, who would have thought it
Some of these churches don't care
who becomes a deacon or leader for
them. A certain deacon in one of
the smaller churches has more nerve
than anyone Miss Eyes has ever
e He has been running the big
gest and most notorious designation
for the past IL years I'D now he has
opened a little tin horn, nickel cab
aret in his neighborhood. He goes
to the churches ~socials, picnics and
is . big shot in the church Is wen
but Miss Eyes is wondering how
long he thinks that he can get away
with it.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
Sports-by ART

therefore, the tournament will be cut
to SO holes instead of " holes.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
Miss Eyes Letter

Omaha, Nebraska
July IL, 1888
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-04-27

sueh use, if envisioned in its en-
urety,' said the President in his
message. "transcends mere power
development; it enters the wide
neld of flood control, soil erosion.
anorestation. elimination from agrf-
culture use of marginal lands. and
distribution and diversification of
Industry. =
In short, this power deyelop-
ment OF war days leads logically to
national planning for a complete
.ner watershed involving many
sld.es and the future lives and
Nellare of millions. 1t touches and
gives life to all forms of human
concerns. : -. - : NC =
l. therefore, suggest to the con-
s.ess legislation to create a Ten.
. sessee valley authority-a corpora.
Ou cioeaed with the power of gov
s,,.. out possessed of the flexi-
terprise. p""'e eli
HI, i should be charged with the
n. oauest duty of planning for the
n,vper use, conservation and devel.
~ puent OF the natural resources
Sa., .ne Tennessee river drainage
tha s'n and its adjoining territory for
ra,. general social and economic
r. re OF the nation. This author
nso SHOULD also be clothed with the
nlssary power to carry these
plans an into effect" '
,r. .ne residents plan includes the
ava." of electric power into
tion.. farm, to control crop produc-
foras.to build dams and promote
NJ ss,n projects in the interest
fa,..a neSins unemployment. 1t is a
Voc eaching plan which will take
10 work out. but if a plan is