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The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
ST. LOUIS RETAIL STORES
OPERATED BP NEGROES

WASHINGTON March 13-(CNS
)St. Louis Missouri had in 1929 80
retail stores operated by Negro pro-
prietors according to the Census Of
Retail Distribution taken in 1880 and
covering business operations for the
preceding year. The Missouri city
ranked eighth in number Of stores
under Negro proprietors following in
the order named Chicago Philadel-
phia New Orleans Atlanta New York
Memphis and Detroit each with the
exception Of Atlanta having q larger
Negro population. The ratio of Negro
population to stores was 302 a ratio
greater than that for Atlanta Chi
eago Houston Memphis New Orleans
Philadelphia or Richmond. Lunch
ROOFS candy and confectionery stores
OUT .mbered al other specified kinds
Of business representing practically
40 per cent Of al stores
The 80 stores reported sales for
the year amounting to $1457427 or
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
LOUIS BRADFORD OF ALABAMA
NOW 123 YEARS OF AGE

BIRMINGHAM Ala. March 14-(C
NS) = A claim is made that Louis
Bradford of Goodwater this State is
1923 years Of age having been born
June 6 1910. His baby boy is 63
years old and his oldest son is 81. He
has five other children.
Other claims for Bradford are that
he has good sight and hearing and
has never worn glasses. Also that he
smokes a pipe and likes a little
"toddy" in his coffee. He hasn't had
a dose of medicine in so years. All Of
his children but one are living and
that one a daughter died last Octo-
Der. He has never been out of the
State of Alabama and has never been
pensioned.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
Money Hard Aad
Soft

The growing complexity Of the
money problem found its echo lately
in the resignation Of two high gov
eminent officials.
The subject of monetary Standards
is very likely to be the hottest Of
subjects when Congress convenes.
And unless the public pulse changes
its beat materially the bulk Of senti-
ment will be in favor of a reason
zDiy conservative stand Most bust
nesses and individuals believe that
gold should remain the backbone of
tho system-and there is = strong
4. mand that m~onetization of silver
BE- adopted in order to provide gold
with an ally in doing essential work.
Not since the days Of Bryan has
Money 80 excited the electorate-nor
caused SO much dissent AmongA null
titude Of experts.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17

skilled worker. In his discussion of
present day conditions he called at
tention to the general effects Of de-
preston the growth Of organized
labor in the South and the general
exclusion Of the Negro from the
ranks not only of skilled labor but
also from many branches of unskill-
ID labor.
Continuing he said upon the fu-
ture of the Negro worker rests the
whole development of the 100000
eolored people Of the United States
only of the laboring classes but
Of the professional groups as we'll.
Negro workers DIR. Alexander
said came out Of slavery in 1865
with two distinct advantages. The
one was a certain skill which they
possessed along with certain tradi-
tions and also full possession of seer
tions and also full Possession of Ger
ed as jobs to be held by Negroes. In
the long u it is q good deal better
for Negro workers to compete with
other workers for jobs in spite f diff
ficulties than to be crowded into an
eddy for eventually jobs will 60 to
the man who can do the job best.
He spoke Of Negro migration from
the South and said that it was not go
much Of a migration from the South
to the North IS it wss from agricul-
ture to industry.
He also stated that many employ
r of this country are ignorant Of
the ability Of the Negro IS = skilled
worker especially those Of the North
and that many Of the factories in the
South are owned by Northern en-
ployers who are ignorant rs 10 the
Negroes relation to skilled labor in
the past. "They are also ignorant"
said he las to the fact that Negroes
and whites Al working together
and cited cases in the South where
they were laboring together salts
f~actorily and tremendously.
Finally" he said "there is no fu-
ture for Negro workers in this coun-
try as q group of workers; they must
become a part of the working group.
The Negro workers in this country
must be encouraged to become more
class conscious and less race con-
scious."
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
WHITE FRIENDS SAC MISS BYRD
DID NOT ACT DISORDERLY
In SENATE

WASHINGTON March 13-(CNS)
The story that Miss Mabel Byrd
was elected from the public restau-
rant of the Senate because she was
d~isorderly has been declared by eye
witnesses as absolutely untrue"
When Miss Byrd entered the din
ing room she was accompanied by
three white persons Miss Sears com
missioser of Cook County Illinois
Trevor Bowen and Mrs. Clara Paul
Paige supervisor Of the department
Of public welfare of Cook County.
When the "disorderly conduct" story
was read " Miss Sears she at once
expressed surprise that it should
have been made and more surprised
that a colored newspaper should have
given any credence to it..
"That is absolutely untrue she ~
serted. miss Byrd and Mrs. Paige
reached the door of the dining room
ahead of Mr.. Bowen and myself look
ing for a table. A waitress approach
ed and asked Mrs. Paige in the pre-
sence Of Miss Byrd if Miss Byrd was
colored.
when told that she was the wait
ress said that she could not eat there.
We all protested against that. Short
ly a p~lainclothes man approached
and supported the stand taken by the
waitress. l asked him who his super
ior officer was an Immediately
sought this person in the guardrooni.
In the meantime uniformed men
came and seized Miss Byrd. She did
not curse but rightfully told them
not to touch her in asmuch as she
had committed no crime and had
created no disturbance any more than
anyone else in the party of four.
Miss Sears said that she had explain
ed the incident to Senator Arthur
Capper in the presence of Congress
man DePriest."
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
PHILADELPHIA BAPTIB I
CHURCH CHANGES NAME
TO GET RID OF ODIUM'

PHILADELPHIA March 13-(CN
S)-To get rid Of the odinm attached
to the name Star Of Bethlehem" the
Baptist Church located at the corner
OF seth and Vine Streets in this city
has changed its name to the Jehovah
Jireh Baptist Church. Its pastor the
Rev. J. E. Philpot ex-president Of
the Baptist Minister'S Conference Of
Philadelphia and vicinity told Of the
changes as follows:
Baptist Church five years ago and
formed the Star of Bethlehem Bap-
fist Church so conducted their church
affairs that they gave the church q
bad name.
Nearly a hundred of them left the
Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church
around three years ago and organ
lied the frovident Baptist Church.
They finally disbanded that church.
But the public continues to believe
that the brethren worshiping at 56th
and Vine Streets are the same group
that came out of Mt. Carmel some
years ago and we were spoken of in
that light so often that the church
decided to get rid of the odium at
tached to that name representing a
certain happening in the church life
Of West Philadelphia and also mis-
leading to the public. Without one
dissenting vote we decided to change
Che name Of the Star Of Bethlehem
Baptist Church to the Jehovah Jireh
Baptist Church.
"The new church voted to assume
every financial obligation of the old
church"
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17

approximately $39500O more than
the sales reported for Baltimore
where the Negro population exceeds
that Of st. Louis by nearly 10000. The
total number of persons employed in
GLIDING proprietors and firm MEM
bers not on pay roll was $50 and SAG
SIG was paid out in wages to the 258
full and part time employees. Stocks
on fund at end of the year had an
inventory value of $116670 with
Drug stores without fountains
leading with a value of $4,000.
Approximately SO per zen of the
total sales $l457427 was reported by
. combination of the two food groups
FOOD" with 80 stores reporting $422
794 and Restaurants Cafeterias and
Eating places" with 100 establish
ments reporting S432391. Average
sales for all types Of retail stores
was $4701. The highest average sales
per store $17406 was reported for
Drug stores with fountains" follow
ed in the order named by "Combina-
ton stores groceries and meats
Drug stores without fountains" Re
staurants with table service" and
Filling stations" The highest per
cent Of total sales was reported by
Combination stores groceries and
meats"
The miscellaneous group includes
{ Florists 2 Other food stores s
Printers and photographers 2 Radio
and Music stores l Sanitary supplies
and Q Undert2kers' and funeral sup
plies.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
DR.. JOHN r. MOTT TO PROBE
SLAVERY IN AFRICA
NEW YORK CITY March

NEW YORK CITY March I3-(C
NS)-Dr. John R. Mott president Of
the international Missionary Council
and head Of the International Coun-
ell of the Y. M. C. A sailed March 6
on the Cundarder Berengaria on his
way to Africa. DR.. Mott goes to in
vestigate reports that thousands OF
members of the Bantu tribes in South
Africa are working in slavery under
exploitation of Europeans.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17

Callahan's decision if he refuses a re-
hearing.
The /. L. d. has called for intensi-
fication of the campaign over the en-
tire country for the immediate. un-
conditional and safe release Of the
nine Scottsboro boys. Protests and
demands should be addressed to the
state supreme court and to Governor
B. d. Miller at Montgomery Alabama
and to President Roosevelt.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17

ton Work Bruce Melvin Subsistence
Homesteads Division Department Of
Interior DR.. Clark Foreman Be az
ment of Interior Edward F. McGady
Assistant Secetary of the Depart
ment Of Labor DR.. Charles =. Roos
Division Of Research and Planning
National Recovery Administration.
Meanwhile the Washington Tri-
bune in a current issue editorially
calls for action and action now
"clamors" for q square deal under
the New Deal as follows:
Advice to Advisors"
For some reason the various adj
visors appointed by the sdministrs-
ton to look after Negro affairs are
strangely silent. We heard q lot
about them before they we're APP
pointed but 50 soon as they were
sworn into office they lost their ton
CUES.
I'm the meantime Negroes all over
the country as well as those here an
der the advisors noses' are clamor-
ing for a square deal under the new
deal. Segregation is rife discrimina-
ton is rampant and Jim crowism 10
raising its head under the dome Of
the Capitol.
What has happened to these al
legged advisors? What are they doing
other than drawing fat salaries ?
Not one has raised his voice against
injustices committed against Negroes
all over the country. We hear Of
these advisors only when they make
pole speeches at pink teas. They
may as well be in China as for the
good they are doing. After all we
are of the opinion these advisors do
not care to advise as it might disturb
the tranquility Of their bosses-and
the salary Of an advisor is not to be
sneezed at"
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
ANOTHER FRIEND OF NEGRO
EDITS NEW YORK EVENING
POST

NEW YORK CITY March 14-(C
NS)-Dr. Ernest H. Gruening form
srly an editor of the Nation a liber-
al long interested in the Negro
question and one who has rendered
signal service to the Republic Of
Haiti has been appointed editor Of
the New York Evening Post the old
est daily newspaper in the United
States. DR.. Gruening has been man
aging editor Of the New York Tr-
bune and editor of the Portland
tHe.) Evening News He is author
Of Mexico and Its Heritage"
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
LYNCH SUSPECT NAMED IN
HEARING TO APPEAR BEFORE
SENATE HEARING

WASHINGTON March 13-(CNS)
William H. Thompson a druggist
at Princess Anne Maryland and one
of the eight men named before the
sub committee of the Senate as one
of the lynchers of George Armwood
ray testify before the committee.
Attorney General William Preston
Lane Jr. Of Maryland told the sub
committee at a hearing ten days ago
that Thompson a Princess Anne
druggist was of those in the
lynching. He also named seven other
alleged participants.
Thompson in a telegram to Senator
Van Mugs characterized Lanes state
ment as "false and libelous" and
asked an opportunity to appear.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
FLORENCE K. ALLEN OPPOSED
BY NAACP. NAMED FOR
FEDERAL JUDGE

WASHINGTON March 1A-(CNS)
President Roosevelt has nominated
Msss Florence E. Allen Of Cleveland
DO be judge Of the Sixth Circuit
Court. She is the first woman to be-
aamed to q iudgeship of this rank.
The NAACP. opposed her being
named and may make . fight against
her confirmation for the opinion she
expressed in the Doris Weaver cage
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
INTER DEPARTMENTAL CON,
1 FERENCE GROUP IN SECOND
DISCUSSION, MEETING

WASHINGTON March 12+(CNS)
The Inter Departmental Confer
ence Group organized at the sug-
gestion of Harold l.. Ickes Secretary
of the Interior to discuss problems
concerning activities of the various
Federal units represented which are
considered Of Importance to Negro
welfare; held its second meeting Fri
day March 2 in the Department of
Commerce. An official release state.
Problems associated with the
participation of Negro skilled and
unskilled labor in the set-ups of labor
organizations rs well as various as
poets of the rural situation particu-
larly in regard to loans and acreage
reduction as applied to Negroes were
the principal topics of discussion"
The following subcommittee were
set up to study the two problems:
LABOR: Eugene Kinckle Jones De-
partment of Commerce Chairman;
DR.. Charles F. Roos NRA Eugene
F. McGrady Department of Labor;
DR.. Robert c. Weaver Department Of
Interior Forester B. Washington
FERA and CWA. AGRICULTURE:
J.. Phil Campbell AAA Chairman:
DR.. Clark Foreman Department Of
Interior; Bruce Melvin CCC H. A.
Hunt FCA Forester B. Washington
FERA and CWA.
The group was received by Secre-
tary Roper who gave a brief talk of
welcome and good will. The Com
mere Department meeting was held
at the invitation of Eugene Kinckle
Jones OF tnat Department with Rob
ert L. Vann representing the De-
parGmen5 of Justice acting a. Chair
nan
The next meeting Of the group will
be held in the Department of Agri-
culture when the labor committee is
prepared to report.
The names of fifteen members of
the group the first four Of whom arr
colored men with the Federal organ
izations they represent are as fol-
lows: Forester B. Washington Di-
rector Of Negro Work in the Civil
Works and Federal Emergency Re-
lief Administrations; Eugene Kincklc
Jones Adviser on Negro Affairs De-
partna mt of Commerce; DR.. Ambrose
Caliver Bureau of Education Robert
L. Vann Assistant Secretary to the
Attorney General Department of
Justice DR.. E. H. Shinn Extension
Service Department of agriculture
William D. Bergman Chief of APP
pointment Division Navy Depart
ment; J. Phil Campbell Regional AS
sistant Division Of Program Plan
ming Agricultural Adjustment Adj
ministration DR.. Floyd W. Reeves
Tennessee Valley Authority W. H.
MeReynolds Administrative Assist
ant to the Secretary of the Treasury
Department W. D. Searle Chief Divi-
sion of Civilian Personnel War De
partment J. J. McEntee Assistant
Director of the Emergency Conserva-
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
NEGRO RACE LOSES FIRM
FRIEND IN DEATH OF DIR.
PHILIP PEABODY

NEW YORK CITY March 13-(C
NS) = DR.. Philip G. Peabody noted
traveller and scion of a noted Ameri-
can family died in Copenhagen Dem
mark on February %. DR.. Peabody
a foe of race prejudice in all Of it's
forms "a one Of the best friends
the Negro race over had.
It is claimed that from 1913 to
1881 inclusive he gave over $4,000 to
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People to help
it fight ~lynching.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
]. l.. d. FOILS CALLAHAN LYNCH
PRANS: FILES SCOTTSBORO AP-
PEALS; MOVES FOR REHEAR-
ING ON MOTION FOR NEW

DECATUR. Ala. March Is = De-
ftating the obvious lynch vancouver
of Judge w. w. Callahan and At
torney General Thomas E. knight
who openly sought to rob the SCOTS
soro boys Of their appeal rights the
international Labor Defense last
week filed the narrative bill Of sx-
ceptions which forms the appeal u
the cases of Haywood PatterseA and
Clarence Norris with the state su-
preme court.
Instead Of accomplishing their set
purpose in misleading the attorneys
CT the LID. in which Callahan went
70 far as to make three rulings and
finally over rule himself on all threS
the Southern lynchers only spurred
the l. l.. d. to greater efforts. On the
legal side a staff of SIX lawyers I'M
del the direction of Osmond X. Fra
enkel who is in charge Of the appeals
1OI the 10 IL. ~. Qay IAN LtSn@
TO accomplish in ten days work for
which ninety is normally allotted.
The six lawyers Joseph Brodsky
Mrs. Carol Weiss King Sol H. Cohen
Eli Schwartzbart E. Kuntz and Shad
Polaire kept three printing plants
busy day and night as they reduced
the $500 pages Of the record to nar-
rative form had it printed flew it
down to Montgomery and filed the
papers with the court Callahan and
Knight on March S. March 6 was the
last day on which the appeal could
be filed.
With the appeal in these cases fill
ed in spite of Callahan and knight
the l. L. D. lawyers turned their at
tention to a motion for reargument
Of the motion for a new trial on the
motion for a new trial on the ground
that Callahan deliberately misled
them in granting extension after ex-
tension and then conveniently can
ceiling them on the ground that he
had conveniently forgotten" the
statute which would have prevented
him from giving these extensions.
~ This legal move will help further
to expose the ruthless lynch role Of
Callahan and Knight. This motion
vas set for argument before Cal
lahan in chambers on March 9. Eli
S~chwartzbart was in Decatur to ar
que it. An appeal is possible from
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
LIBERIA TO SEEK NEW FIN
ANCE PACK

WASHINGTON March 14-(CNSl
Word has been received here that
Liberia will 0 0 dispatch = mission
TO the United States to negotiats d
new agreement for financial assis-
lance.
This action follows upon Liberals
recent reply to . League Of NatiOa's
plan for financial aid. Although the
reply accepted the leagues plan In
principle officials voics the cpiAisR
that it constitutes virtual rejectiOM
Of the plans provisions.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
ACCT WOMAN BURNED
DEATH

WASHINGTON March 14-(CNSl
Mrs Maria Middleton Is a resid-
ent Of Washington for many years
was fatally burned Wednesday Mar
Oh 8 when her clothes caught fire
from n gus stove.
Mrs. Middleton is the mother Of
hrs. Esther Middleton Barnes wife
Of q prominent Greensboro NJ. G.
dentist and Raymond Middleton o.
Howard graduate and now an en-
sineer in Pittsburgh. Mrs. Barnes
formerly taught school In Washing
Con.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17

summarily court martialed found
guilty Of characterization and shipped
home minus a months Fay Ia.
week. The statement is made that
the boys refused to dig rocks and
Dad trucks in two feet of snow in
weather so cold that the thermoter
registered 10 degrees below zero.
According to a story told a Philad-
elphia newspaper Wednesday
morning February % the boys start
ed their round of work as usual. In
fact they all piled into the army
trucks to be taken IL miles to Owls
Nest where they were to dig and
dynamite rocks covered by at least
two feet of snow. Rubber boots
which had been issued prior to ar
rival at Camp Kane had been taken
from the boys on Tuesday afternoon
and they only had gasloshes in which
to trample through heavy snow
drifts. They and not mind this in
spite Of the fact that they thought
they were being unfairly treated.
However the heavily laden trucks
refused to pull through the snow
Quilted dirt roads. The boys accord
ingly returned to the Mess Hall.
1t DR.. Clever camp health officer
stated that it WAS too cold for the
toys to &c out in the open to work
but according to the boys Captain
Nossly ordered them out anyway.
They refused to 60.
After being advised by a colored
sergeant who seems to have a great
deal Of authority is the camp accord
ing to the boys they still refused to
70 out in the snow to grub brush
hidden by tightly packed snow. This
they refused to do in spite Of the
warning that they would be sent
home. Soon thereafter Captain
Aosely and Captain Lane who is in
command of the Third Corps Area
came into the Moss Hall blew a
whistle for attention and held a sum-
mary court martial The 81 boys
were then charged with insubordina-
ton and ordered from Camp. Trans
%portation was provided. Forty five of
the boys were from Philadelphia four
from Pittsburgh and two from Dur
ante City.
Refusal of the majority of the boys
to buy foot lockers led to the whole
affair some of the boys stated. Those
boys who did not buy the lockers
which sold from $3.50 to $3.50 could
not pass inspection and those who
did not pass inspection we're fined.
The fine was taken from the pay en-
velopes.
Although the day they were dis
missed was payday and that a mon
this pay was due them the boys claim
that they did not receive any money.
Captain Mosley instructed the boys
that he would try to get their money
for them if they would write back to
camp after they returned home. Sew
eral have already sent their letters
but seem rather pessimistic about
receiving a reply.
Captain Called Boys Ephthet
According to one of the boys Cap
tain Mosely called the boys one night
when he came into one of the bar
racks and found them chatting after
hours. One hundred and n boys
were sent to Camp Kane from
Philadelphia and before the whole
sale discharge last Wednesday SO had
already been sent home by Captain
Mosely. The boys claim that his
southern management of the camp
makes it impossible for anyone to re-
main.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLES
UNION MEETS IN WASHING
TON IN JUNE

WASHINGTON March 14-(CNS)
Five thousand delegates from all
parts of the United States r ex
pected to attend the National Color
ed Baptist Young Peoples Union
here June 20 "a in its annual con-
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17

President Roosevelt has been in
vited to address . mass meeting cf
the young people here during h.s
ucnvsation,
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-17
SOUTHERN CAPTAIN SENDS
FIFTY BOY FROM CONSERVA-
TON CAMP

PHILADELPHIA March 13-(CN
S)-Fifty one colored boys in a Civil
ian Conservation Camp at Kane Nc
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-11-20
NOTICE OF SALE

Pursuant to a decree OF the SUI
nor;or court of Henderson coun-
~ N c., entered on the 18th
d Ssi of of November, 1884, in the
case of A.. T. Collins, executor OF
r G. Collins, deceased, VS.. j. l..
Bolton, ct al, will. on the l4th
dav of December, 1884, at II
o'clock moon at the courthouse
door in said county and in the
Citv of Hendersonviile, offer Tor
Sale at public auction to the high
est bidder for cash, the following
described land, situate, lying ana
being in Hendersonville town
Shin. Henderson county, n; g.,
known and designated as follows
Tract /: All that land convey
ed by D. L. Miller and wife to
B. G.. Collins by deed recorded IN
book 25,, page. 462 of the records
of deeds for Henderson county,
described as follows: BEGIN
MING, at 2 small Spanish oaks on
the northeast side of a HILL, and
runs north Sc poles to a stake II
the. bottom on the southeast OF
Clear creek; thence east lO4
poles to a stake; thence soutf
lao poles to a stake and point
ers; thence west 90 poles to {
stake; thence north so poles tC
the BEGINNING, containing 9S
acres. CO.'S. -,.... ::
Tract 2: All that land conveyed
bv D. l.. Miller and wife to B. q
Collins by deed recorded in booE
al, page 24O, described as fol
lows: BEGINNING at a stake