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The Omaha guide., 1935-10-26
KELLY MILLER
SAYS:
THE CALL OF THE SOUTH TO
EDUCATED YOUTH

Dean Kelly Miller,
Howard University,
Washington, D. G.
Ny Dear Dean Miller:
I am a former graduate from the
Dental School, Howard University,
class of 1922. | returned to my home
state to practice my profession
which I began Sept. 3rd, 1922, after
having passed the State Board of
Dental Examiners, June 22nd, 1922.
j have been here since / began
practice, and have done very well l
think, to date, but there are so
many things practiced against the
Negro by the other race that quite
naturally, | don't like in the least but
I cannot help myself.
/ am mailing to you under separ-
ate cover, a copy Of a paper printed
here daily, and you will please note
the editorial page of said paper, and
from your vast knowledge Of right
and wrong, keen understanding of
the Negro; / want to ask that Y U
will please take the time from your
! daily duties, and do your very best to
answer this editorial and to be sure
to, in some way known best to you,
have the said editor see your an
swer. In the first place, / cannot
answer for reasons that I I'M in the
town of , and in the sec
ond place, | do not feel equal to the
task nay not so as you naturally
would be, as a born writer Of facts,
you really know them touching o r
group.
Please don't use my name to your
closest friend, but get busy in the
Negroes defense, and let me see a
copy thereof. | am,
The Omaha guide., 1935-10-26
LaGuardia Gets ID
On News Situation

new York, Oct. 26-(By the
Newspaper Guild Of New York
for ANP)-Mrs. Saddle Warren
Davis and her daughter, Mrs.
Odessa Morse, controlling stock
holders in The Amsterdam News
now under fire for having fired
ID Of its employees for union ac-
tivity, were assailed Tuesday in
a report given to Mayor Fiorello
III. LaGuardia by Mrs. Gilmore M.
Herrick, chairman of the Regional
Labor Board.
Mayor LaGuardia invited the
two owners to the city hall the
day previous and strongly urged
they hold a conference with the
Newspaper Guild Of New York Of
which the Is employees were mem
bers, in Mrs. Herrick's offices.
After agreeing to be present, the
women did not show up although
the former workers and William
I'll. Davis owner Of more Amste-
dam News stock than any other
single individual was present.
Davis openly admits the employees
were fired because of the Guild
connections and not through rea-
sons of economy as are advanced
by Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Morse.
$500 WEEKLY FOR CAMPAIGN
The Emergency committee Of
the Guild has set a $500 weekly
budget to be used to support the
ousted News staff membres, for
telephone, literature, and all other
efforts to slash circulation, reduce
advertising and present their case
to the public pending a settle
ment, Carl Randall, president, an
nOunced. Volunteer and financial
services is being asked Of the pub
lie to make the campaign success
full.
According to the Guild, 1000
Harlemites have made pledges
not to buy the Amsterdam News
until the controversy is settled.
Support from as many as 100
churches is expected, 100 labor
organizations have promised as
sistance, and 100 citizens are COM
pleting an auxiliary program.
PROMINENT PICKETS
Among the pickles who have
marched before the News offices
are Angelo Herndon, under a
Georgia chain gang sentence Fora
INOalO HurstOn, noted novelist;
James Egert Allen, president Of
the local NAACP, T. Arnold Hill
of the Urban League, and Hoy
wood Broun, white columnist and
national president Of the Guild.
Ten ministers are understood as
having promised to take the pick
ct line when called.
BrOun spoke on the guild cam
paign over radio station WEVD
Thursday night during which he
interviewed Allen, Hill and the
Rev. A. Clayton Powell, Jr., Of
Abyssinian Baptist church.
The Omaha guide., 1935-10-26

Ole Powell didn't ever live IN this mouse. De
he went off to hunt work they lived down the
street in a smaller house-a much nicer one, says
Mrs. Powell it had glass windows.
%SCOTTSBORO MOTHER ILL
Mrs. Powell is a very sick woman. She can
hardly move around her squalid room. She is grow
ing blind and her dim, misery-filled eyes bore
straight through you when she talks. She walks
doubled up with pain. The hospital people say that
'tsomething amt right with her stomach but all
they give her is the same old medicine and tell her
to come back next week. Mrs. Powell can't pay for
treatment, so she doesn't get much attention. The
relief "don't give her nothing because she has a
grown daughter and son-in-law with whom she
lives. The fact that neither Of them can find any
work means nothing to the "relief".
The poverty Of the Powell household is tragic.
No member of the family has a decent piece of
clothing except what was sent from the Information
al Labor Defense. The money Mrs. Powell gets
every month, goes at once for food for the children.
She refuses to take care of herself first. And with
50 many mouths to feed none Of them ever get real
ly enough to eat. The beds they have to sleep on
are rickety frames with boards to hold the mattress
up. And it's been the same ever since Mr.. Powell
died-and that's why Ole went away to hunt for
work somewhere also, out Of Atlanta, out Of the
misery of that hungry home.
This is the background Of two Of the Scots
boro boys. And because the white lynch lords Of
the South want to preserve this state Of misery and
oppression they are ready to railroad the Scottsboro
boys to their death-stopping at nothing, new
frame-up warrants, repetition Of the same discredit-
ed lies to keep a whole people Gin their place..
Chattanooga, Tenn.-After you cross the rail
road tracks and walk through the yards Of the
Southern Railway system of Chattanooga, you come
to a wide-open field with great, tall trees on it.
Under each of these trees, you see a group of boys
and men, Negro and white. Some are sleeping,
some are mending their clothes land others are play
ing cards.
1t looks like any ordinary field. But it takes
on a strange significance when you see the remains
OF a burned-up house on one edge Of it. There's
little left of that house except its brick legs and
charred beams. ID. Z. Lewis used to live in that
house, before he was murdered-poisoned. 1t
stands on the edge Of the now world-famous "hobo
Jungle" where Ruby Bates, Victoria Price, Lester
Carter and Orville Gilley spent the night Of March
"A, 1881, waiting to hop a freight to carry them
back to Huntsville, Alabama. 1t carried them to
ScottSboro, to the beginning Of one Of the most in
famous frame-ups in the worlds history. Lewis is
dead because he told the world from the witness
stand that he saw them there together, when the
l%ynchers ease again the boys demanded testimony
proving they were not.
Ann-1r
The Omaha guide., 1935-10-26

met. Ole Powell didn't ever live in this house. Be-
fore he went off to hunt work they lived down the
street in a smaller house-a much nicer one, says
Mrs. Powell: it had glass windows.
The Omaha guide., 1935-10-26

Notice, Subscribers: If you don't
get your paper by Saturday, 2 D. M,
call Webster 1850. No reduction in
subscriptions unless request il com
Piled with.
The Omaha guide., 1935-10-26
DON'T SEE WHITE PEoPLED

Mrs. Mamie Williams, motherof Eugene. the
youngest Of the Scottsboro boys, noticed Us from the
doorway and came down the precarious stairs to
meet US, as fast as she could walk. She can hardly
drag her feet.
She wouldn't let us sit inside the house, which
rs a long, dark hallway with rat-hole rooms opening
out on either side Of it-six Of them-exactIy alike.
No wall paper, broken plaster, no light, with one
or maybe two bedsteads in them, and a chair. The
beds are painfully neat in their ragged, patched-up
counterpanes, pulled as tight as the bumpy mattress
es and springs will permit.
She kept shooing the children off the porch
where we sat and talked, but they'd keep wander
ing back, huddled together and shy as squirrels. As
soon as tried to talk to them, they'd scurry away
SO fast I couldn't see where they went. Mrs. Will
Jams apologized for them. "They don't see any
white people out this way very often, especially on
their own porch."
Mrs. Mamie Williams can hardly talk above a
whisper. She is just getting over a very severe ill
ness. Her heart isn't waht it ought to be, she says,
and smiles. Her big kind eyes fill with tears the
minute she mentions Eugene. Yes, she just had a
letter from him and he sounds all right. Wonder
ing about the new trial and what it will bring. "He
gets 50 tired in that old jail, month after month, II
she says. 81 wonder if that child remembers what
grass looks like!
Continued next week.
The Omaha guide., 1935-10-26

Further on, a little nearer the station, is the
place where nine Negro boys, four of them in one
group and the other five each going his own way
jumped on the same freight train, whose FIRST stor
for them was a death sentence in the electric chair
After you walk on about three miles past the
railroad crossing on a road that has no pavement
that is banked on either side by mountains of rusty
cans and garbage behind which nestle ricketv little
houses on wobbly brick legs-the homes Of the Ne
gro population of Chattanooga-you come to a hill
that's called Plum's Nest. Only goodness knows
why. 1t is bare and barren Of everything but gar
bage as you walk up. On the downward slope are
a few small cornfields and potato patches. After
you cross the corn field at the left, you come to a
large old house. Once it was painted green. Today
1t IS the color Of pOverty-gray and dark and miser-
able. The house is literally over flowing with child
rem. Stunted little black children, barely covered
with rags and ~tatters, and barefooted. In the yard
two older girls are bending over huge tubs Of wash
ing. The temperature is over 102, and the sun beats
down on them. Their only protection is a few more
rags tied over their heads.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-31

The Riverview high school B. B.
teams played the Umatilla teams
at Umatilla Saturday evening. The
Riverview girls lost to Umatilla
6-12, while the local boys won 49,
81.
Buster Heddington and John Nc
coy left Tuesday for Underwood.
]. r. Ayers visited the sheep
camp on the Grosscup ranch Tues
day.
Mrs. Wallin organized junior
girls Camp Fire club Wednesday
evening.
Mrs. C. B. Ashby entertained at
a dinner party Sunday honoring
Mr.. Ashby's birthday. Covers were
laid for fifteen.
Superintendent Benson and n. S.
Hughes were Yakima visitors Sat-
urday in the interests of the VERA
project for the Riverview schools.
The Twin City Four orchestra
will furnish music for a dance at
the Finley hall Saturday night.
Miss Lulu Hughes returned home
from the Kennewick sanitarium,
where she was employed for a few
days.
Mrs. C. Slaybaugh spent tn e
weekend with Mrs. John Lewis in
Kennewick.
Miss Marion Clifford visited with
friends in Pasco Saturday.
Mrs. Clarence Thomas, who has
been in the Kennewick sanitarium,
was able to return home Saturday.
Rev. Beutler conducted Bible
study class at the B. B. Stewart
home Thursday evening.
Finley grange will entertain Po-
mona grange at Finley Saturday,
February 9.
Lawrence Dimmick has returned
from Mottinger, where he was
looking after his cattle.
j. r. Ayers was in Eureka Flats
Wednesday in the interests of his
sheep.
Mrs. w. F. Ashby was hostess at
an all day quilting at her home on
Thursday.
Charles Montague left Monday
for Seattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tholman entertain
ed Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Stewart and
Mrs. G.. Landell and children at
dinner Sunday.
Shakespeare "The Tanning of
the Shrew," will be presented by
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the English class Friday evening
in the high school auditorium at
8 o'clock.
Mrs. Ayers attended Horticulture
club at the home of Mrs. Durbin in
Kennewick Monday.
Mrs. j. r. Ayers attended the
Pink and Green club at the home
of Mrs. Al Williams in Kennewick.
Miss Thelma johnson of Sites,
Idaho was the weekend guest of
Mrs. Harry Hampton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hampton
came from Yakima and spent the
weekend in Hover.
Luella Lewis of Kennewick was
the guest of Irene Slaybaugh over
the weekend.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-31
THE ETERNAL QUEST

When men and women pass their eight
ieth milestone, and especially when they be-
come nonogenarians or centenarians, they in
variably are interviewed by the local press
on their secret of longevity of life It is a
custom which reveals mans desire to live
long and his unceasing search for the spring
of eternal youth.
Florida was discovered by Spaniard
while in search of the waters which he was
told would restore his lost youth and guaran-
tee to him everlasting life. ALI medical science
has for its purpose the lengthening of human
life.
Since the beginning of recorded time
man has sought the secret of eternal life on
earth None has found that secret, but many
have prescribed rules to be followed by those
who wish Ito live to be hundred"
Nietazche's recipe for full and happy
old age was to Give dangerously; build your
house on the side of volcano"
Another advises those who have passed
the brow of the hill that 'sYouthfulness con-
sists in forward looking; senility in back
ward looking"
A third philosopher on life has faith in the
work cure" for premature death.
In each theory there is much of wis
DOM To live long man must live actively.
A man is as old as he makes himself. Those
who refuse to grow old never lose the child
heart of Menicus. Those who do not keep
their minds and bodies at work can not hope
to attain ripe old age. Without work there
can be no ambition, without ambition life
grows heavy on ones hands, without the de-
sire to live long the spark of life cannot ling
er long.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-31
ALL TAXES ARE SALES TAXES

No form Of taxation is so bitterly assail-
ed as the sales tax. The political friends Of
the common people" have been especially vir-
the burden of the tax falls more heavily on
persons of small and moderate means than
on the wealthy.
That is all very well. But very vital
point that the people do not realize is this:
There is no other kind of tax, so far as the
effect is concerned, than the sales tax
Every tax must be paid, and paid in full,
by the ultimate consumers of goods and pro-
ducts. Every tax levied increases the cost
of necessities and luxuries we need and buy
and use. When we buy pair Of shoes we
must pay score of taxes-the tax that was
paid by the raiser of the CATTLE by the rail
road that transported them, by the factory
that tanned and cured the leather, by the
manufacturer, by the distributor, and final
", that paid by the dealer is included in the
cost of the pair of shoes we get. That is
true of food, clothing, entertainment a d
everything else.
The common people" families of mod
crate income the most to lose from
tax extravaganza, and the most to gain from
tax economy. There aren't enough rich in
this country to carry the cost of government
for a week all but small part of govern
ment income stems indirectly from work
ers and salaried people and from those who
have little coming in from Investments The
sales tax by name may be unpopular but
we all pay it. We cannot get rid Of it-but
we can, by mass action, demand government
economy, efficiency and retrenchment that
will lower it's cost.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1935-01-31
GRoUNDHoG's JOB

One fears that Bre'r Grounding will have
q lot of sympathy for President Roosevelt
and some other politicians after February 2.
He is due to learn that this is a time when
promises are hard to keep.
Normally, Prophet Grounding can see
his shadow or not see it and know his pre-
diction of six more weeks Of winter or an
early spring will come to pass as per schedule
In some sections Of this great but, at this mo-
ment, dramatically uncertain land. But all
weather predictions fail this year. Even ma
ture missed bets she never lost before.
When it SHOWS in the South and the
trees blossom in Pennsylvania in January,
Forecaster Grounding, if he is as wise as he
processes, will stay in his hole on February
2 and let winter and spring fight it out them
selves. Any attempt at forecasting will be
at the risk of his reputation.
Should the grounding have more winter
under his shadow let him rush it along be
fore the blossoming fruit trees, in regions
where May is the normal budding season,
bring forth buds to have them nipped by pur-
suing freezes and frosts.
These are parlous days for goosebone
prophets and almanac compilers. They will
be long time explaining their miss by a
mile in the winter of 1934-35.
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INCOME TAX IN A NUTSHELL


WHO? Single persons who had
net income of 81 LOCO or more or
gross income of $1,000 or more,
and married couples who had net
income of $500 or more or gross
income of $1,000 or more must file
returns.
WHEN? The filing period be-
gins January and ends March Is,
1885.
WHERE? Collector of internal
revenue for the district in which
the person lives or has his princi-
pal place of business.
HOW? See instructions on forms
1040A and 1910.
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GETTING DOWN TO EARTH

In his article, 'aThe Future" in the Sat
urday Evening Post, General Johnson states
some frightfully plain truths. The one out
standing point he made is that the conf
dence necessary to encourage the spending
of savings, the development of industry and
the employment of labor, is lacking.
No amount of belaboring business and
talking about timidity, by men who never
conducted business in their lives, is going
to change these essential responsibilities, !"
said General Johnson. Many thoughtful and
sincere students of present d ay problems
have pointed out this fact continuously.
The government cannot discourage pri-
vate enterprise by going into business in
competition with it with tax-exempt plants
financed by public funds, and expect private
industry to go ahead. It simply cannot be
done. ~ ~
1t cannot increase expenses of industry
by heavier taxes, NRA requirements and ex-
treme regulation which drastically limits or
destroys earnings or opportunities, and ex-
pect the investor to pour his savings into la
Dor producing projects.
Industry wants to go ahead, it wants to
employ labor, but it cannot draw on the tax
payer to meet deficits as can government OPP
Grated industries. It has to see chance to
make a profit before it can risk its savings.
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Private business cannot compete with
government business, and threats cannot
change that situation.
Regardless Of whether one agrees with
General Johnson, many Of his statements
have for the first time presented in plain
language some Of the underlying causes that
are retarding or preventing recovery.
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WHAT? Four percent normal
tax on the amount Of net income
in excess of the personal exemp.
ton, credit for dependents, earned
income credit, dividends Of domes.
tic corporations subject to taxa.
ton, and interest on obligation
Of the United States and obliRa.
tions Of instrumentalities Of The
United States. Surtax on surtss
net income in excess Of $4,000.
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"Man Mountain" Dean, Sl7-A
wrestler, gets part in movie com
edy.-News item. Il should Be a
entertaining gruntie.
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Fifty Hunters Attend
Rabbit Drive Saturday
HOVER

About fifty men from Finley
Hover and Kennewick took part in
the rabbit drive Saturday. Shoot
ing was not so good as the rabbits
had gone back in the hills. Dinner
was served at noon.
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eporter est january "a l9os-Consoaed April l. 1914
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lamp has been approved
BY the Illuminating En-
cheering Society and
endorsed for lighting e.
fectiveness by the Light
ing Committee Of the
Edison Electric Institute
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READING NEWSPAPERS

When readers open their newspapers,
to which page right or left-do their eyes
first turn as they turn leaf after leaf?
Advertisers, those who sell advertising
and newspaper readers who have pondered
the matter have long maintained that there
is strong impulse to turn to the right hand
page first. For that reason some advertis-
ers insist on space on pages opening to the
right.
What is believed to be the first scientific
test of his habit has been completed by Prof.
Howard E. Nixon, of Columbia University.
AS is so often the case it refutes the popular
superstition.
Professor Nixon personally observed
400 readers during his unique and useful
survey. He watched the readers Of both
regular and tabloid newspapers, of both
sexes and while in waiting rooms and on
trains. And his conclusion is that the inn
pulse is to read newspapers book fashion.
More than half of his subjects were con-
secutive readers Many start from the back
page and read toward the front.
If initial attention is advantageous to the
advertiser, then the right-hand page has been
enjoying an undeserved prestige with ad-
DEPRESSION TEACHES LESSON
The problem of how to make your earn
ings of today work for you in old age is ire
mendously personal
The problem has been described as get
ting old mems dollars out of young mems
incomes.
Even in normal times, poverty stricken
old age constitutes one of our gravest social
difficulties. Only small percentage of per-
sons past seventy are self-sufficient finan-
cially-the rest must depend on relatives or
private or public relief.
There are grounds for forecasting that
the present depression will be the means of
lessening this old age problem, and if it does
that, hard times will have been worth their
cost. More and more men and women are
investing money wisely and safely, with an
eye to security and steady earnings rather
than possible profits. They are investing it
in life insurance, annuities and trust funds.
They are determined that when their earn
ing period has passed, they will spend their
declining years in comfort provided by their
own thrift and foresight when young.
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