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The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
MAPLE WHITE INCIDENT
NOT CLOSED; WHITE
TELLS COPELAND

Washington, March 23.-In a
strong letter to Senator Royal S.
Copeland dem. N. Y.,) chairman of
the Senate Rules Committee, Walter
White, secretary of the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People, has scored the effort
of the New York senator to close the
incidsnt. On March IL the Associa-
tons board of directors at its month
ly meeting condemned the brutal as
sault of Miss Mabel Byrd and the re-
fusal to serve her in the Senate Of
flee building restaurant, and request
ed an immediate investigation of the
incident. On March IA Mr.. White
wrote to Senator Copeland advising
him of the boards resolution and re
questing notification of the time and
date of hearings on the matter so the
Association might have witnesses
present to testify. To this the sena-
COI IcpllcQ Luak nave POAoOiA@y
taken action on the matter which you
write and it is best to consider the
incident closed"
"The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People Is
greatly surprised at your letter Of
March 49," Mr.. White replied. "re-
garding the Senate restaurant mat
ter. Will you advise US what the
personal action is which you have
taken?
"A respected and respectable color
I'D woman was brutally assaulted oy
employees of the Senate. We asked
YOU as chairman of the Rules Com
mittee for an investigation and punl'
tive action against those responsible
for this assault. On the available
evidence and the situation as it IS q
present. we must decline to acceP
vonr dictum that it is best to consld
or the incident closed. If your com
mittee will not act we shall nave u
resort to the courts and to every otn
or means within our power to inform
the country of the details OF what ap
meas to us to be an effort to husn VI
a thoroughly vicious situation"
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
SIX YEAR FIGHT OF n. A. A
c.. p. WINS PAROLE IN
NORTH DAKOTA CASE

Bismark, N. d. March 23.-The
long arm of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, reaching out into this far north
west country, where there are only
a few hundred Negroes in the entire
state, succeeded this week in secur-
ing the parols of Claude Peoples aft
er six years of untiring effort in
Peoples, behalf. Peoples had served
sixteen years Of a life sentence for
murder, but after he was convicted,
new evidence was slowly uncovered
which finally accomplished his par
ole. The N. A. A. c.. P. became
active in the case in February, 1928
but was handicapped because the
nearest branches of the association
were in Minnesota and South Dakota
Peoples was paroled to Mrs. Nina
Summers, 1928 Armstrong avenue
Kansas City Kans.
$50 -
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
COOPERATION OR WHAT?

Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
advocates that we adopt a middle
road between nationalism and inter-
nationalism. We would both sell and
buy more abroad than we do at pres
ant. And an essential of that, as MIR.
Wallace pointed out, is that about
s ,OOO,O 900 acres of first-class agricul-
tural land be retired from production.
Acreage and crop control is the
most persistent Of agricultural prob
lens now. Every farm economist
every qualified observer, every pro-
gressive farmer, knows the need OF 1t.
In certain agricultural fields-notably
cotton-a large measure of success
has been achieved in obtaining it,
due to the intensive work of cotton
c-ooperatives, whose membership IN
cludes a heavy percentage OF the
farmers Of their areas.
Unorganized farmers, each pursu-
ing his own policy irrespective OF
markets or price levels, are the great
obstacles to crop regulation. They
continue to produce SURPRISES thai
must be thrown into already gluttec
markets, forcing down prices-ane
governmental work has made hardly
a dent. The way out is through NOR
intensive voluntary cooperation. Co
operatives are, essential to recovery
and to prevent government regulation
of farms.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
MID CITY MEMBER OF NATIONAL
DIAMOND ASSOCIATION

The Bee News Diamond Ball Association, is sub
sidiary of the National Diamond Ball Association and is
governed by all their rules and regulations. All teams
playing under the Bee-News are registered members of
the National Diamond Ball Association. Winners are eli
gible to play in the national tournament championships.
They will use the sixty foot diamond, thirtE-seven
foot pitching box and the twelve inch in seam or out seam,
either will be accepted. -Four leagues have been formed
throughout the city, with the Mid City Junior and Senior
leagues bring the total to six. Six teams registered so far
and with plans for church leagues in the making any
teams wishing to enter see Marty Thomas.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
MID CITY CENTER
PREPs Q
TRACK
INDOOR CHAMPIONS HEAVY
FAVORITES FOR OUTDOOR
CHAMPIONSHIP

With the coming Of warm days and
= springy turf. Marty Thomas and
his red jerseyed cinder artist will
start In preparation for the outdoor
track meet to be held April %.
The Community Center champions
will be strong in the spirits with the
Lee brothers, Stewart and Collision
leading the senior division, and Tay-
lor, McGruder and Brown, the middle
weights; Whitner and Lazine, the
lightweights; Anderson and Madison
in the high jump. Elliot and Peter
son in the weights are sure point
winners.
The Senior relay team composed of
H. Lee, G. Lee, Kaplan and Stewart,
and the Junior strint relate team Of
Taylor, Collision, Brown and Kemp
will defend their crowns.
Chief competition will come from
Benson Community Center and the
Friendship house. with both probable
heavy point winners in field events.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
NRA PUSHING TOWARD JIM
CROW CODE FOR NEGROES

code Of fair competition yaiafiafwy
Washington (CNS)-The first
code of fair competition, signed by
President ~oosevelt and promulgated
by Hugh Johnson NRA Administered
or, left the Negro workers of the
South out of the picture and now
John P. Davis, executive secretary Of
the Joint Committee on National Re
covery, makes public what he terms
as the "most vicious bit of propaganda
thus far ssued against Negro work
ers in the South"
The document is entitled, ''The
Subnormal Negro and the Sugnormal
Code" and was RELEASED by J. F.
Ames, white, Of Montgomery, Ala
an employer Of several hundred Neg
70 workers; and is being widely dis
tributed.
The pamphlet which has been sent
by the Selma, Alabama Chamber Of
Commerce to every Southern employ
er of Negro labor, declares in sub
stance that Negro workers are less
efficient than white workers, that
they do not need as much to live on
as white workers, and that they
should receive about 80 per cent less
in wages than white workers. A sub.
normal code for Negro workers is
proposed in this pamphlet.
In his letter of transmittal, Ames
stated: "We feel at the present time
the issue in connection with rates fol
Negroes as compared with white PEG.
pie is paramount to every other is
sue and should be settled without
unnecessary delay.
I'VE believe the industrial South
can use this subnormal code for Ne
groes profitably in connection with
| white labor at higher rates and thai
the combination of the two races al
their respective rates will provide ar
average rate which will enable. the
under mechanical industrial South to
maintain it's integrity.n
Accompanying the letter was a
statement ~purporting to show such
authorities as Lothrop Stoddard that
unfortunately the African Negro
must be plated very low in the scale
of intelligence and, consequently, at
the bottom of worthwhile accomplish
ment in the affairs Of the world since
the beginning of time"
"The rates specified for the colored
race" writes Ames, gin my Judge
m0nt, and without any definite figure
on the subject, properly applied and
accepted by all, will very nearly
double the earnings of the Negro
race employed industrially and will
afford them on the whole a better
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
WHAT G EDITORS
ARE SAYING
The Negro Removal Act"

IF the NRA permits Negroes to
be forced out Of jobs, BY employers
who object to paying them the mini
mum wage, the time will eventually
come when white workers will get
treated in the same unfair way. What
hurts Negro workers, also harms all
other workers. We have enteed upon
a new era in the economic and indus
tial progress of this nation and the
world. 1t is high time for the mass
es, white and black, to realize that
all workers have common interests
and r entitled to the chance to Sc
cure work at a living wage, whatever
the color or creed be."-The Tribune
Independent, March 10, 1884.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
| LOOK TO
THE FUTURE


The Greenville, South Carolina
News points out that the railroads of
the country now face substantially
better business prospects than they
did last year, and adds: at is graft
flying, however, to observe that the
railroads are not depending merely on
Improvement in general business.
During the last year many Of them
have taken vigorous steps to make
their service more attractive to the
shipper"
Railroads progress eve ends. A
number of lines are developing high
speed. stream-lined passenger trains
which mark a new high in safe, swift
and certain land transportation. Con-
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
8 League
Starts Out

The Mid City Center Big s kitten
ball league opened with a bang. Tua.-
day. A large crowd witnessed Soma
Of the most erratic playing seer on
the diamond for a long time, the Hit
Tess Wonders topping all with eigh-
9 e errors chalked up against them.
n first game lasting only four
innings, between the Globe Trotter.
and he Maroons, brought out the
master1ul qualities of Wicks, pitch
ing for the T~rotters. allowing only
five hits during the entire gam. and
ne himself banging a home un.
home runs were also clouted by HoI-
ioway, Melton, Sleek and M. Grant.
The score by innings:
Iiooe Irotters = 8 0-1s is 3
Maroons -------- 0 2-5 2 10
The second classic was more true
to the form Of kitten ball. Adler on
the mound pitching for the Merrurys
only allowed three hits in the five
innings he was there. A fast break
ing breaking gall kept the Chat IN"
Nibbles well in his hand. His team
also brought him good support b.
sides banging out II hits.
The score by innings:
III. r. e
Mercurys -----.. 3 0 l Ill S 5
Chat IN" Nibble / 0 0S 3 3
The Wilson All-Stars defeated the
Hitless Wonders in the closing act Is
to 8. Wolfe pitching for the winners
also only allowed three hits and two
in four innings.
The score by innings:
III. R E.
Wilson All Stars 6 3 S lis IS S
Hitless Wonders -- 0 0 2S 2 Is
Play will be resumed next week
and each week thereafter.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
CITY WIDE
TOURNAMENT
To SOON

A city wide elimination checker
tournament will be conducted by CWS
Recreational personnel. under the di-
rection of C. w. McClandless, begin
ming Monday, April 2 to April s.
A beautiful silver loving cup will
be donated by City Park Commission
er Frank E. Frost. The champions
name will be engraved on the trophy
and will become in possession of any
one winning three consecutive years.
Entry blanks will be available at
the Mid-City Center.
There will be no entry fee, but all
contestants. must fill. out. entry
blanks. All contestants must be six
teen years of age or older The as
signments and place drawing will
take place on Thursday March 20.
Each contest will consist of three
games; the winner of two out Of
three games being advanced.
Finals in all clubs or Centers
must be finished by Friday, April g..
The champion and runner-up from
each club or Center will then compete
in the City wide finals on Saturday,
April z.
The Mid-City Center, one OF the
twenty centers and clus, will be rep
resented by Mr.. Ben Dixon, former
Nebraska State Checker Champion OF
1927, and runner-up in second place
in the recent state tournament, and
his runner-up, Mr.. Leslie E. Green,
a rising young checker expert.
These two stellar players will prob
ably place first and second.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31

living than they have enjoyed in the
history Of their existence and, as q
matter of fact because of their simple
wants, a better living than is pos
sible for a white mar OF woman on
the basis of their minimum rates OF
$1,000 and $500 a week"
Attached to the statement is a
QUESTIONABLE asking such leading
questions as, "Do you believe that the
difference in industrial capability
between white men and women and
colored men and women is 25 to 80
per cent?" Southern employers sent
the statement are also asked to con-
tribute "a proportionate part of the
expense incident to concerted effort
to have these matters presented to
the NRA."
Robbed By NRA
In commenting on the pamphlet,
Davis said, "This pamphlet is gotten
out by the same group of men re-
sponsible for driving a Negro minist-
er out of Selma, because he refused
to sign a petition for lower wages
for Negroes. 1t is gotten out by
the same group of men who were
successful in getting a petition sign
ed by a number Of Negro leaders in
Alamaba asking that the Southland
Manufacturing Company be allowed
to pay it's Negro employers Is per
cent below the NRA wage. It is
gotten out by a group Of men who
have threatened to fire their Negro
employees if they do not gain their
point and who have already in sew
eral places discharged several hum
bred Negro employees as a warning
to others not to kick. This group,
spreading propaganda all through the
South, have collected large sums of
mon to defeat the claims of Negro
workers for a square deal. Recently
a South Carolina congressman APP
peared at a code hearing and demand
ed that Negroes be paid 6 cents al
hour less than whites. In dozens of
codes the pleas Of white Southerners
have been allowed and Negro work
ers have been robbed by the NRA.
What is SO discouraging in all this,
is that most of us are sitting idly
by while the MIRA is robbing the
Negro workers of millions of dollars
a increases every week"
The Joint Committee executive
promised that the Southern manu-
facturers would receive a hot recep-
ton when they brought their plea for
a Negro MIRA code to Washington
meanwhile we must have the sup
port Of all Negro citizens if we are to
make our fight a success" The ad-
address Of the Joint Committee is the
Prudential Bank Building, Washing
ton, D. c..
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
Ethel Hodges Injured

Ethel Hodges, 10, of 2728 North
Twenty-second street, was cut about
the face and William Fenquay, IS Of
2615 U street was cut and bruised
early Sunday morning, March 25,
when the car in which they were rid
ing crashed into an iron pole near
Nineteenth and Ames Avenue.
The police charged Donald Rosse-
tir, 2451 South Twentieth street,
driver Of the car with reckless
driving.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31

Councils department Of international
and race relationships. The council
represents 1000 white and 100 color
ed church women of Oakland. Let
ters were written to CALIFORNIA; con-
gressmen to back the anti-lynching
bill.
The council is planning the organi-
cation Of an i%nterracial committee
for Oakland as a result of the race
relations institute held in the city last
autumn.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
SOUTH BEND CLUB GIVES
S45 TO N. A. A. C.. P. FUND

New York, March 23.-The St.
Pierre Ruffin Club of South Bend,
Ind, has contributed $45. to the 25th
Anniversary Cent-a-Negro Fund Of
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People, through
Mrs Zoia Smith, its secretary.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
THANKS

Great strides have been made in the field Of sports
in the last three years, previous to this time Negro sports
enthusiasts in the younger groups had no means Of
gratifying this desire. For the three years basketball
has been predominant as a major sport, with the Senior
ing athletes and public lovers of clean sports entertain
ment twice a week for a pereiod of three months each
year. Too much credit cannot be given to the officers Of
the league for their understanding and tireless efforts to
make this league a success.
Fred Diyon, ex-Tech High and Omoha University
athlete, as president; with Martin Thomas as vice presi-
dent Travis Dixon as secretary; William Ware as trea-
surer and George Curry, reporter, has been the major
factor in a cause that has reacheda peak of success with
no financial backing.
Fred Dixon, a social worker has made a study of
community conditions and with this thorough knowledge
community conditions and with thin thorough knowledge
of human needs and desires is a fitting exponent to carry
on this work and to him we tender this vote of thanks.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
KITTEN BALL NO GAME FOR SOFTIES

Ever since kitten ball started to become popular
about three years ago, l have heard remarks from a lot of
hard ball players that the game is for softies. | would like
to see a lot Of you fellows who play hard ball get into a
game, with even the small boys and I'll wager that you
don't even hit that big hall near as much as they do.
Kittenball, or indoor baseball, call it as you
will. is played with ten men on a side and with a small bat
and large ball. When professionals play it, it can't be a
game for softies.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
JObS-Taxes - Investments
Opportunities

The meaning of silver stimulation
to the West can be aptly expressed
in four words: Jobs, taxes, invest
ments, opportunities.
A few years ago the mining indus
try, in a number of states, was by
far the greatest employer and tax
payer. Half or more Of the population
derived its support from it-by jobs
within the industry, and through the
money spent for food, clothing and
other necessities and Injuries, by
mining workers.
Bring mining back and watch the
recovery temperature rise.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31

slant experiment is carried on to in
creas freight car speeds, improve
and broden service las in the Ease of
do~or-to-door freight delivery, in max
ing trains more quiet and comfort
able, in improving signaling and safe
ty devices, and SO on.
1t is essential that legislation
should be passed to give the railroads
a better break in meeting competi-
ton. Such a law is in the making now
and will probably appear during this
congress. But the most encouraging
Of all railroad factors is the constant
vision and progressivness of railroad
Arrangements themselves.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31

And here is the best joke of the
year-Puget Sound cities of Wash
ington deeply in bedt for municipal
ly-owned electric plants, protest
against competition of federally-own-
ed hydro electric plants ON the Column
bia River, which threaten cheaper
rates. These plants, II now getting
a dose of their own medicine COM
petition from tax-exempt publicity
subsidized plants. Excuse US for
laughing!
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
CHURCH
WOMEN BACKING
COSTIGAN-
ANTI BILL

Oakland, Calf, March 23.-At its
recent annual meeting, the Oakland
Calf, council of Church Women
voted unanimously in favor of the
Costigan-Wagner Anti-Lynching bill
mon the motion Of Miss Delilah L.
Beasley, noted colored newspaper
woman and for years head Of the
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
WADE & eRExBY
ADVANCE

William Wade and Paul Grexby
reached the semi-finals of the check
er tournament, being played at the
Community Center gym, by beating
Harper, 2 to 0 and Harris, 2 to 0 re-
s~pectively.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
Maurice Hundus. born in Russi,

Maurice Hundus, born in Russia
and its friendly critic, said, in a
public address: "The poorest person
IN America has a getter meal, better
clothing and better bed than the rich
est in Russia" If such a statement
had been made by other than one who
has spent most Of his life in Russia,
It would be impossible to believe. And
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
WIN LETTERS

Buddy Garner, las pound wrestler
at Central High received his mayor
letter in that sport this week, John
Elliot received his letter in basket
ball.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
Bell Returns
To Omaha

Theodore Bell, who left last week
to play an engagement in Chicago
with the Globe Trotters Basketball
team, returned Thursday morning to
Omaha.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
Mid City Kitten Ball League Opens With A Bang; Wilson, Globe Troners & Mercurs Win
MID CITY CENTER SPONSORS TRACK MEET
LEAGUE GAME
POSTPONED

The games in the s league were
postponed Friday on account of the
heavy snow that fell.--This did not
cause any set back because the lea
que has begun quite early.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
BIG s TEAM STANDING
BATTING AVERAGES OF THE
BIG s LEAGUE

6 alb h r av.
Tincanney IS Mercurys / 8 8 2 1000
Rich'son Ct Mercurys / 8 l 1000
J. White If Chat Nibble / 2 2 l 1000
d. Stevens RI Maroons / l 0 1000
Cant p Globe Troters / 1 / o 1000
Grant ct Globe Trotters / 8 8 8 1000
Augusta 2 hitless wdrs / / / 0 1000
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT
BEGINS

A horseshoe tournament, with
twenty-three contestants was started
this week at 22nd and Paul streets.
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31

in Russia capitalism has geen wiped
out for the benefit of the masses.
Who is to blame for their suffering?
The Omaha guide., 1934-03-31
n A A C p CAMPAIGN
DIRECTORS OFF TO
PACIFIC COAST

Pittsburgh. Pa. March 2S-Mrs.
nsisv E. Lampkin, regional field Sec
retary Of the N. A. A. Q. r. ano
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-16

characterizes courageous leaders of the jobless as
yellow dogs" but in an action against the Daily
Worker the city authorities join in defending the
seamy characters Of professional thugs and strike
breakers
1t is interesting to note that District AttOr-
ney Dodge one of the few high Tammany Of
cialS placed in Office during the last city election
and it is an open secret that the La Guardia
forces did not actively oppose him as result of
deal made with Tammany.
The workers must defeat this Tammany-La-
Guardis combination which plots to send Hathaway
and Raymond to prison for long terms.
The Daily Worker its part, will continue
to expose the murderous strikebreaking activities
not only Of the professional agencies Of the Sher
wood type but Of the city administration which
not only does not expeI them from its confines but
jealousy guards their unsavory reputs tons.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-16
Tries to Kill
USSR Envoy
To Finland
British Subject Shoots
Soviet Employe
in Embassy

MOSCOW, June Is CBy Radio) -
An attempt at assassination of the
Soviet Ambassador to Finland and
employees of the Soviet Government
was made in Helsingfors yesterday
at the Soviet Embassy here by a
British subject, Herman William
Broun.
On the morning of June IA an
unknown person entered the En-
bassy and demanded an audience
with Ambassador Stein, or the re-
sponsible deputy. He was asked by
courier to state the aim of his
visit. In reply, the unknown visitor
fired two shots, one of which
wounded the courier The assailant
then rushed into the apartment of
the employees of the Embassy Again
he shot at employees who attempted
to seize him.
The nature of the attack shows
that the assailant intended to kill
the Ambassador or other official
representatives Of the Soviet Union.
The sssailant, Herman william
Broun, is a British subject who has
recently settled in Helsingfors.
The Embassy of the U. S. S. r.
has made representations regarding
the occurrence to the Finnish gov
eminent.