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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
ASSERTS PLEA FOR
AID SPURNED

BY R. R.
My husband has a job. He works
80 to 80 hours a week at 40 cents
an hour. This week he will have
$1240. We have nine in the fam
| lily. We do not receive help from
any one. I have some children 60
ing to school and the school board
has refused to get them anything. 1
have asked several times. They are
going to school now with no stock
| ingS, no underwear or shirts. All
they have are pants and sweaters.
OF all the money that was gath
cred by different charity groups, my
| children did not receive anything.
| They had no Christmas because our
money would not buy any. We have
my husbands mother to take care
of. She is 70. 1 asked at the truS-
tees office for help for her and was
almost thrown out.
Now, I ask why things are like
this in a country where there is so
much. I don't care about myself,
but do hate to have my children
suffer. Why is there no one who
will help one who is trying to do
for themselves and not living al
| together on the government.
I have a baby months old. We
have no heating stove and the bitter
cold weather has made her sick. 1
could not get doctor and I could
not take her to the City Hospital
and tho doctor would not come to
the house. Now that is the condi-
ton we are in and there are many
more persons in the same fix. My
husband is not a Federal Emergency
Relief Administration worker, and it
seems as if one must depend en-
tirely on the government or charity
or they will not get help at all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
PRINCE OF WALLS

I Until now we've considered the Prince of
Wales the most estinlable of young Eng
hshmen. He was, we thought, exemplary in all
things, even to the right royal way he fell off
of horses Word now comes that he has lust
composed slow march for bagpipes, and pre-
sented it to the Scots Guard to play in his
fathers jubilee Worse yet, the story says he
has learned to play one of these Instruments
Over here the definition OF perfect gen
tleman is one who can play the saxophone and
doesn't. Now what can be said of the Prince
of Wales who can play the bagpipes and does?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
URGES PAYMENT TO
VETERANS NOW
BY Virgil NJ. Colbert

BY Virgil NJ. Colbert.
My hat is off to James Brooks
and M. o. Otto for replying to
certain Juniors contribution to this
column. The writer would like to
see just what kind of a monkey this
Junior is. In case he wants to show
me he can find my address in the
city directory.
The writer is a veteran of no war
except the present one, but I firm
ly believe the veterans should get
what has been theirs for a long
time and they should get it now!
There is no need for me to say any
thing as to why they should get
their money Any idiot should know
why they need and deserve it. Just
wait until the next war, if any, and
watch the Juniors howl and rave
about being paid to fight.
I think about the most disgrace
full, un-American, revolving thing
this great country Of ours could do
is not pay the man who fought and
suffered and died for those who
stayed home and read about it.
l only hope our great President
and our great Congress see fit to
do what is right and pay the adj
justed service certificates and nowG
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
THE PUBLIC BE DAMNED

TINE little hard-up town of Everson, Pa,
Il gets its water from a private company.
Because some 80 per cent of the families are
on relief, the town is two years behind on
annual water payments.
According to a recent United Press dis
patch, the company lost patience and sent out
a crew armed with sledge hammers They
wrecked the fire hydrants, say borough off,
Gals, leaving water to gush forth and freeze.
The towns 1900 inhabitants were left with
out protection from a disastrous fire.
The water company hardly helped the cause
of private utility ownership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
ANOTHER BLUNDER

WITHIN 48 hours the Roosevelt Admins
w tration has made two serious plumbers
ieopardizing our foreign relations and trade.
First it mishandled a legislative situation and
by needless delay and er-confidence lost the
World Court victory which was within its
grasp. As a result foreign nations are now
suspicious of our good faith in important po-
htical and trade negotiations.
On top Of that hasco, the Administration
last night went out of its way not only to
break of trade and debt negotiations with
Russia. but to do so in provocative manner
We do not pretend to pass Judgment on the
merits of the secret proposals and counter
proposals in the American-Russian negotia-
tons. Doubtless each side maneuvered to get
as much as possible, as usual.
But we do know that it was the job of the
United states government to make every effort
to get q settlement so that American manufac-
turers. the unemployed, and cotton farmers
could reap the waiting benefits of billions of
dollars in Russian trade.
These are not matters on which the Ad-
ministrauon can afford to get temperamentaL
The debts still exist, and the trade IS still
needed. Only yesterday. Secretary Corden
Hull admitted to a, congressional committee
that we can not get anywhere with our trade
agreements unless We keep on speaking terms
with these nations Sympathetic nations
90 not yet have faith in our intentions AS
for debts. with the sole exception OF little Fin
land. we can not induce the Other governments
even to discuss more payment. SO the United
states can rot wisely scorn Russian negotia-
lions and offers.
Giving the Administration every benefit OF
doubt and admitting for the sake Of the argu-
ment that the Russian proposals were abso-
Iutely unacceptable. the fact remains that there
was no excuse for interrupting the discussions
bare five minutes after the Russian ambaSsa-
dor arrived and then CURLY ammo uncing all ne
gotiations at an end. Such action is unprece-
dented in the history Of the State Depart
ment.
Does it mean that President Roosevelt and
Secretary Hull are running to cover before the
blind and destructive isolationist drive which
defeated the World Court resolution?
That is not leadership.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
BACK-TO-BEARD
ERA PROPOSED
BY Walter Scott.

BY Walter Scott.
am going to try to start a
crusade amongst the women Of this
nation so that there will be no OBJ
lection on their part if the men Of
these gre; United States forswear
shaving and become men again
with the flowing beard that nature
designed for them.
Our forefathers ali wore boards
except, perhaps George Washington
and Thomas Jeferson-and who
knows that the portraits Of these
tw were not faxed in some way OF
another?
Santa Claus has a beard. General
Grant wore whiskers, also Robert E
Lee. Chief Justice Hughes of thu
United States Supreme Court has a
nice chin piece also Justice George
Sutherland is adorned likewise
Then, with all those examples be-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
HE DOESN'T CARE FOR
WESTBROOK PEGLER
Rv a Times Reader.

By a Times Reader.
I like The Times and all of
its writer's except Westbrook Peg
Ter, and he has a bad case Of ego
tism, if I am not mistaken, or is he
just a plain smart-aleck? However,
it was. by looking over one Of his
articles 1 discovered the Townsend
pension plan. I knew it must be
good, for he knocks the good things;
outside of that, he just rambles
along. Don't worry, Pegler; maybe
all the old folk will stop reading
your articles, which is very likely,
then all you need to do is hunt for
a job the rest of your time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01

of it monthly it would start recov-
cry right now. We would not have
to spend billions on work relief prof.
ects, but could have work making
the necessaries of life. Furniture,
clothing, cars, etc, are the needed
things now and we do not need fur
ther expenditures at this time for
ANYTHING unnecessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

stock have erected upon that stock second,
third and even fourth capital structures, all Of
which they are struggling to keep afoat"
Again. the best interest Of the much-taIked-
of widows and orphans is shown to be- not
with the lobby attempting to shield utility
hold Ing companies, but with the Admiristra-
ton attempting to regulate such companies
effectively.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
So They Say

I venture the prediction that our
present age, because of its craze for
the new regardless of the true, will
be looked back upon with amaze
ment and ridicule-Dr. Robert A.
Millikan, famous scientist.
The question Of war and peace
is not one on which the opinion
of the uninstructed should be in
vited.-Sir John Simon, British For
eign Secretary.
From a purely commercial view
point, the recognition Of Russia has
proved a delusion-United States
Senator w. w. Barbour, New Jer-
sey.
For my part, I believe that the
forgotten man is he who by his in
dustry, economy and honest ef-
forts earns his living and supports
his family-Silas H. Strawn, attor-
ney.
am not a prophet, but feel
absolutely, or at least nearly, sure
that it will not be possible to con-
vert matter into energy for prac-
teal purposes.-Prof. Albert Elm
stein.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01

What glorious life children have before
them-imagine being able to take Vitamin B
for your health without being obliged to eat
spinach or turnips!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01

A woman in Chicago threatens to bob her
hair to spite hairpin maker, if she doesn't
get the Republican nomination for Mayor
such has the Republican party come to.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01

Now if the World Court could knock the
'l' out Of the world" maybe there would be
less objection to letting our Senators join it,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01

The scientist who drank heavy water and
lived has nothing on many Americans who
have survived bootleg liquor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01

A law is being sought in Germany to pre-
vent hunters from telling tall tales of their adj
ventures. Those Germans take everything so
seriously
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01

This movement for single house state legis-
latures is promising as a step toward no leg
islatures at all.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
The Message Center

Times reuters are inUtted to cypress
their Uiei0s in these columns. Make your
letters short, so all can have chance.
Limit them to $50 toords or leSs.)
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
Daily Thought

Remove from me reproach and
contempt; for I have kept thy testl-
monies -Pslams, 1922.
TINE first great law is to obey.
Il Schiller.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01

Postal jobs in Germany hereafter will go
only to active Nazi workers. Germany has
lea rned that much from Postmaster General
Farley.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01

Whatever you may think of the Rev, Father
Coughlin, when he tells his Listeners to wire
Washington for any reason at all, the tele-
graph companies are al for him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01

Ohio is collecting a sales tax to prove to
the rest of the country that people are buying
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01

JEFF Davis, King of the Hoboes" has job,
the tWo-faced traitor!
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-02-01
Afterthought
BY KATHRYN MASON

1 think. if , could have you
Id run from you instead,
For once, f I should give my neart
I'm sure I'd lose my head.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
Relief Rolls
Have Decreased
In The South

Columbia, S. c., Dec. Ia, (ANP)
According to a statistical report
of the State Emergency Relief
Association here Tuesday, there
has been only a slight decrease in
the number of families on the re-
lief rolls due to the fact that as
fast as removals are made
through the work relief projects
an equal number is enrolled.
Negroes constitute the largest
pro-rata due to the lack of inter
est shown by the directors of the
various projects in placing Ne
groes on the work lists, accord
ing to leaders here. This condi-
ton has been brought to the atten-
ton of the administrators but to
date little has been done to rem
edy it, but those promoting the
movement to see that the Negro
citizens receive their share of the
jobs on the PWA projects are yet
hopeful.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
Orleans NAACP
Elects Officers

New Orleans, Dec. IA, (ANP)-
Jas. F. Gayle was elected presi-
dent of the local branch of the
at the annual meeting of
the organization which was held
here Thursday night at the Pyth-
ian Temple and at which the ac-
tivities of the organization during
the past IL months was reviewed.
Reports showed that the year had
been fraught with notable achieve
ments, climaxed by the victory in
the famous Wilson Case, which
resulted in the release of the en-
tire Wilson family from prison.
Other officers were: Emile Le-
has, vice president; J.. B. La
Fourche, secretary; Camille Har-
rison, assistant secretary, and DIR.
F. P. Creuzot, John D. Brown,
Professor j. S. Tyner, G. C. Vale,
Frank Napoleon Dillon and Aim
csc Lenard, members of the execu-
tive board.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
OMAHANS CELEBRATE
5OTH
BOrah Statement
Will Lose Votes

Washington, D. c., Dec. ID
The belief that Senator William
e. Borah's statement that he
would veto a federal anti-lynehing
bill if he were elected President
may lose him votes in northern
and western states was expressed
by G. Gould Lincoln, political
writer for the Washington EVEN
ING STAR. Mr.. Lincoln also de-
clared that Senator Borah's
statement would not gain him any
support in the South. His para
graph follows:
Senator Borah's letter declar-
ing that if he were President and
an anti-lynching bill, on the line
of the Costigan- Wagner bill, were
presented to him he would veto it,
may have wide political effect.
His flat declaration that he would
ret approve such a law, on the
ground that it was unconstitution-
al and invaded Safes rights, was
made to the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People. 1t was unequivocal. Con-
sidered from a practical political
viewpoint, it may cost the Sena-
tor delegates in the Republican
National Convention next year. II
is not likely to get him the sup
port of delegates from the South
ern states, and it might lose him
delegates in States where the col
ored vote is considerable and
holds a balance of power. In Ohio,
for example, the colored vote is
to be reckoned with. Mr.. Borah's
blunt reply on the lynching bill
question, courageous at it was,
did not have the sound of a man
seeking to WOO delegates to the
national convention"
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
Boston Attorney
Succumbs to Heart
Attack Suddenly
By e. W. Clark

Boston, Dec. IA, (ANP)-In a
race with death here last Sunday
afternoon, Attorney Charles Hay
ward Scales was the loser when
he succumbed to a heart attack
Just as he reached the office of
DR.. L. M. Holmes. He was laid
to rest here Friday following fun
eraI services held from the
Twelfth Street Baptist Church.
with Rev. w. H. Hester ~officiat-
ing.
The death of Attorney Scales
brings to an end a colorful career
fraught with battles for equality
of opportunity for the Negro in
all walks of life and activities in
fraternal, civic and political cir
cles. He was born in Alexandria,
Virginia, in 1865 and was a gradu-
ate of the college and the law
school of Howard university.
Following his graduation from
Howard university he went to
Chicago where he practiced law
for several years before coming to
Boston 81 years ago. He was a
staunch Republican and vas a
member of every fraternal organ
ization operating locally. For a
number of years he has suffered
heart attacks and Sunday after
noon, feeling an attack coming on
he rushed to the doctors office
only to fall PROSTATE upon enter
ing the medic's office.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
TOrOture Case
Is Feature In
Nation Article

New York, Dec. lathe fam
Gus Mississippi Torture case in
which three colored sharecroppers
have been convicted for the MUIR
der of a white tenant farmer fol-
lowing brutal torture to secure
confessions" is a feature article
in THE NATION for December
IL. Robert w. Horton, Washing
ton, d. C. newspaper man is the
author of the article and he de-
scribed in detail the beating of
Ed Brown, Yank Ellington and
Henry Shields with studded straps
with buckets in order to force
them to agree to every line of a
confession written by the deputy
sheriffs.
The lawyer for the three
sharecroppers appealed to the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People
after their conviction in the lower
court and their failure to secure
a new trial from the Mississippi
Supreme Court. The NAACP
agreed to finance an appeal to the
United States Supreme Court.
The appeal it to be heard shortly.
The case has attracted wide at
tention and is the subject of an
editorial in the New York Herald
Tribune for December 6, entitled
1.-THE Mob in the Court Room"
The NAACP has appealed for
funds to meet expenses of argu-
ing the ease before the u. S. Su-
preme Court. Contributions
should be sent to 90 Firth Ave
nue., New York, N. Y.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
No jim Grow for so Years
Musician Praises
Spirituals After
European TOur

Memphis. Dec. Ia, CAMP
That Negro S~piritualists repre-
scented the only contribution
America has made to music, was
the declaration made by Charles
Naegeles, Jr., white pianist before
a large audience of whites here
Tuesday night.
Naegeles is a native OF TINS
CITY. the son of Charles Neageles,
Sr.. famous portrait painter ana
has recently returned from a con-
cert tour in Europe. Appearing
in concert here Tuesday night the
noted artist who is now making
his home in New York City, de-
l;vered a discourse on the eve
opment of music throughout the
world during which he made the
statement as to the Importance Oh
the Negro spirituals in music
pointing out that:
"From the Negro melodies Jazz
developed to break down the con-
ventional forms of music in serious
compositions. The Spirituals con-
stitute the only real American
contribution to music. Through
out the European continent they
find favor with music critics n
lovers and furnish an outlet from
he postwar music as European
are again seeking the serious
type of music, which expresses
the natural feelings of human
beings as is found in all ok
songs"
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
Race Relations To
Be February 9, 1885

New York City, Dec. IA, (ANP)
DIR. George E. Haynes, execu-
tive secretary of the Department
Of Race Relations of the Federal
Council of Churches, announced
here Tuesday that the 18th annual
observance of Race Relations
Sunday will be held February 9,
1886. In making the announce
ment DIR. Haynes stated: "The
people of America ned to be re-
awakened to the racial crisis in
world affairs at this turning tide
of history and all churches of the
country are urged to aid in MAX
ing this observance the most sue
cessful in our history"
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
Sentenced to Five
Months For Perjury

Memphis, Dec. Ia, amp
Pleading guilty to charges Of
perjury five defendants in the
"racket-suit case were sentenced
to five months in the workhouse
here Monday morning by Judge
Wallace. The defendants were:
Charlie Graham, Elizabeth Jack
son, J. B. McAlister, Dave Banks
dale and Willie Payne.
The case grew out Of an at
tempt on the part Of Payne to Sc
cure a large sum of money from
the Dixie Pickery for alleged in
juries received on one Of their
trucks. Each defendant pleaded
to having given false testi-
mony at the hearing of the suit,
with the intention to defraud.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
Diocese
Founded Fifty
Tears Ago
PONTIFICAL MASS

The 50th anniversary of the
Catholic diocese of Omaha was OBJ
served Sunday with pontificial
mass celebraed by Most Rev.
Bishop James Hugh Ryan at st.
Cecelia's cathedral. A capacity
throng of more than 1000 attend
ed.
Rev. E. J. Flanagan, known
throughout the country as the or
ganizer of a home for boys eleven
miles west of Omaha, delivered
outlined the growth of the church
here from the time of the first
vicar apostolic, an Irish Trappist
monk who was established in Ne
braska Jan. 6, 1877, to the installa-
ton of Bishop Ryan just II days
ago.
The diocese of Omaha was
erected Oct. 2, 1885, with Most
Rev. James O'Connor as the first
bishop and the second vicar apos-
tolic. Yesterdays golden jubilee
event had been postponed since
Oct. End, SC Bishop Ryan could at
tend.
The diocese of Omaha, which
extends 14,051 square miles and
embraces nearly 100000 Catholics,
includes the following counties in
ADDICTION to all of Douglas and
Sarpy:.
Boyd, Holt, Antelope, Boone,
Pierce, Madison, Stanton, Wayne,
Cedar, Dixon, Dakota, Thurston,
Cumming, Dodge, Burt and Wash
ing ton.
Bishops, priests and LAZY were
among the visitors from several
points outside of Omaha. Some
of them met Bishop Ryan for the
first time.
Other spiritual heads of the
Omaha diocese since 1885 include
Bishop Richard Scanned, Arch
bishop J. ]. Harry, Bishop Fran
els ]. L. Beckman of Lincoln,
apostolic administrator here from
1926 to 1928 and now archbishop
at Dubuque, Ia, and Bishop JOS
eph Rummel, now archbishop in
New Orleans.
Father Flanagan lauded Mon
signor A. M. Colaneri, Oldest liv-
ing priest of the Omaha diocese,
whose work here dates back to the
vicariate of Nebraska-60 years a
priest, here for 81 years and
chancellor for 55 years.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
Juvenile Pianists
Please Audience

New York, Dec. ID, (ANP)-A
piano recital by the pupils of Ruth
Sanders Richardson was presented
in the Little Theater of the 135th
Street Y. M. C. A. Friday night.
Eighteen members of the class
participated.
The students range from 6 to 10
years of age, but the work of each
was that of an artist. Showing
an astonishing amount of poise
and ease before the capacity
house, the pupils surprised their
listeners by their complete mast
cry of the numbers presented.
Each number offered was played
from memory by the pianists.
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
Omaha Guides Food Show Lasts Until December Fist
FOOD SHOW TO
CONTINUE
WEEK

We are pleased to announce to
our many friends and the general
public, the continuation of u
greater food show and household
exhibit next week up to and in
Guiding Saturday the 21st.
Each evening of next week a
specially program will be rendered
by well known persons, including
vocal selections by Mrs. Estelle
Newland, Miss Margaret Lee, and
Mr.. Melvin Small, tap selections
by proteges of Mr.. Buddy De-
Loach.
Come out and win some of the
many prizes!
The Omaha guide., 1935-12-14
Rabbits Robe
"TOO Hot To Hold"

Macon, Dec. Ia, (ANP)-De-
claring that the rabbits robe which
was part of the loot stolen from
a local synagogue, was "too hot
to hold" Rubber Middleton sur
rendered to police here Thursday
morning and confessed to the rob
berry. In his confession, Middle
ton told the police that he had
thrown the robe in the river but
that he just could not refrain
from giving up.
The synagogue was burglar
lied on the night of November 81
and the identity of the thief was
a complete mystery until Middle
ton made his sensational confess
sion Thursday morning. A mir
ror which was the other part of
the loot was found at a pawn
shop where Moore said he had
borrowed so cents with which he
bought something to eat.