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The Omaha guide., 1936-01-11
SharecrOpper Case
In United States
Supreme Court

Washington, Jan. 1.-THE
appeal of three colored Miss
issippi sharecroppers for a new
trial will be heard here Janu-
airy 9th by the United States
supreme court, it was announc-
ed this week.
The three sharecroppers, Ed.
Brown, Yank Ellington, and
Henry Shields, were convicted
in Kemper county, Miss. of the
murder of Raymond Stewart,
a white tenant farmer. There
was no evidence to connect the
three men with the crime, ex-
cept their Confessions, which
were secured through inhumaD
torture.
Two justices of the Mississip-
pi supreme court declared the
Scottsboro cases were models
of judicial procedure compared
to the Kemper county case.
They also declared that the tor
ture inflicted upon the three
men riyalled that of the Middle
Ages and was unbelievable in
modern civilization.
The argument for the trio
will be made by Earl Brewer,
Esq, of Jackson, Miss, who is
being retained by the National
Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People, the
Interracial Commission, and
other groups. John A. Clark,
Esq, of DeKalb, Miss, vino
acted as attorney for the men
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-11
Italian Fascists
Spread Propaganda
IN American Town

Washington, D. c., Jan. II Ital-
ian Fascists, threatening bodily vi
olenee to opponents of Mussolini's
invasion of Ethiopia, are carrying
on wholesale propaganda in the
United States, many italian
Americans m complaining to
Washington authorities
For fear that the Fascists will
make good their threats of retail
iation against relatives in Italy,
opponents of Mussolini in this
country cannot be identified indi-
vidually. But they testify to
strong a~nti-fascist sentiment of
Italian workers in America and to
their hatred of the faseist-launch-
ed war.
"Fhe administration of the
State Department are to be blam-
ed for permitting the extensive
campaign of fascist propaganda
in this country and the open in
timidation of our political repre-
sentatives by organizations direct
ly under the control of and an
swerable to the Propaganda Blu
reu of Rome," said one Italian
American.
A recent congressional commit
tee gave some attention to Nazi
propaganda but none to the Ital-
ian faseists whose attempts IN the
United States to popularize fas-
cism havve doubled since the start
of the war.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-11
MORRISON COLLEGE ADMIT.
TED TO CONFERENCE

Orangeburg, S. C. Jan. II "a
n p Morriston College of Nor
riston, Tennessee, was admitted to
full membership in the South At
lantie Conference at the annual
meeting of the body here recent
ly at Claflin University thereby
raising the membership to thir-
teen institutions
The other members of the con
ference are: Allen University, and
Benedict College, Columbia, Olaf
lin University, Orangeburg, Haine
Institute and Paine College,
Augusta, Ga, Georgia State Col
lege, Savannah, HARRISON College,
Irma, S. c., Livingstone College,
Salisbury, N. c., Morris College,
Sumter, S. c., Schefield College
Aiken, S. c., Senec Junior College,
Senec, S c., nd Voorhees, Institute
Denmark, S. C.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-11
IN THE REALM OF
IS PO r = S..
sGORILLA JONES KAYOS LIT
MAN IN ONE ROUND

Milwaukee, Wis, Jan II amp
1t took less than two minutes of
the first round for Gorilla Jones,
former middleweight champion,
to knock out TAFT Littman, Mill
waukee, and successfully launch
his comeback campaign.
A capcity crowd of 5000 saw
Jones send Littman to the floor
for a count of eight. A straight
right landed flush on thewhite
boy'sjaw to score the knockout.
Littman got up but took a left
hook to the body and another to
the chin and went down for the
full count. Jones weighed 157 and
his opponent 161.
The fight was scheduled for ten
rounds. Littman recently fought
Oscar Rankin twice, considered one
of the best Negro West Coast
middleweight prospects, winning
one and losing one decision.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-11
Still Coughing?

No matter how many medicines
you have tried for your cough, chest
cold or bronchial Irritation, you can
get relief now with Creomulsion.
Serious trouble may be brewing and
you cannot afford to take.a chance
with anything less than Creomul-
sion, which goes right to the seat
of the trouble to aid nature. to
soothe and heal the inflamed mem
branes as the germ-laden phlegm
is loosened and expelled.
Even If other remedies have
failed, don't be discouraged, your
druggist Is authorized to guarantee
Creomulsion and to refund your
money If you are not satisfied with
results from the very first, bottle.
Get Circumcision right now (Adv)
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-11
By F. NJ. DAVIS
For A.N.P)1
BELIEVE THEM OR NOT
FOOTBALL STORIES

If Arthur p. Davis tho kim in
Norfolk, Va, thinks he has some
football yarns, let him avoid this
unless he wants to fool frustra-
ted. I've collected a pretty fair as
sortment that will stack up along
side practically any. For instance,
there's the case of a quarterback
at Western University near Kan
sas City whose team battled with
the Langston eleven, exceptionally
strong that year. The story took
place in 1927 or '28. For three
quarters on a muddy field Lang
ston had showed under Western.
The Kansas boys could do nothing
but take it-and were glad to be
still able to do that. But midway
of this final stanza the Western
quarterback intercepted a pass
and started rs yards goalward
without a Langston player within
snorting distance. Halfway to a
touchdown, curiosity conquered
and he stole a glance backward to
see if he was in danger of being
tackled. His foot twisted in the
mud and he stepped on his own
foot, hurting himself into the slush
and incidently tossing off a shoe.
Looking hastily around to e if
he could arise and continue, the
back got up, grabbed the "pig-
skin" to dash madly into the end
zone. He paused for the plaudits
of the crowd. There werenone. He
turned around and saw a Langs-
ton prone in the mud as if he had
recovered q fumbled bail. Appre-
hensive, the Western university
field general looked under his left
arm. Tire football' which he had
carried to n touchdown was his
own shoe tossed from his foot as
he fell.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-11

This also happened in Kansas.
Kansas Vocational school of Tope-
ka was playing a school located in
Sedalia, Mo-, whose gridsters all
had helmets the same color as
footballs. Came a tumble in the
second quarter and a K. V. S.
player dived to the earth to recov-
er. AS the teams lined up to re-
sumo action the referee noticed an
athlete still lying there motionless
and stopped the game to go over
and inquire what was the trouble.
"Oh, man, / got the ball." said
the reclining Kansan.
mo you amt" replied the Off
cial and pointed toward the pig
skin above which lowered the OPP
posing center.
Reluctantly the K.V.S. player
was convinced he ought to look at
his possession. He did. It was the
helmet of a Sedalia gridster. 1t is
a matter Of history that the re-
coverer Of the tumble had to be
expelled from the game for at
tacking teammates and foe in the
outlaws that followed.
Then there is the story about
Georgia Tech and its national
championship team of around 1924
which took on little Cumberland
university down in Dixie, beating
their weak rivals by a score APP
proximately PIP to 0. Cumberland
players caught the devil. Tech
backs ran for touchdowns every
time they got the ball, while those
bad Georgia linemen put a Cum
berland player out of commission
each time he tried to lug the oval.
By the third quarter all the sub
stitutes and regular players had
been injured and Cumberland had
to start over the list. For about
the doth time, one of the losing
teams backs fumbled the bill.
Tech tackles refused to fall on It,
lowering near in gleeful anticipa-
ton Of sandbagging a Cumber-
land player who would grab it.
"Fall on i'll fall on it." shouted
the Cumberland quarter to enc of
his mateswithin grabbing distance
His fellow player looked slowly
at the bounding hog hide, then up
to his team general. Fall on it
yourselfp he said walking away.
"Wassamatter? You mad t me?
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-11

in the lower court and fought
the case in such a way as to
preserve their constitutional
appeals, has been named on the
1885 honor roll of The Nation,
along with Justice Virgil Grit
fifth of the Mississippi supreme
court, who wrote the dissenting
opinion. The case has attracted
nationwide attention.
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-11
Your Hair
At Home

Our newest product turns the
most stubborn kinky hair into soft
l~ustrous straight hair. Applied at
home in a few seconds. Costs but
a few cents. Write for free offer.
CHEMCo PRODUCTS, 115 Har-
borview Ave., Bridgeport, Conn
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-11
A Baby For You?

II You are denied the blessing
of a baby of your W and yearn
for a baby's arms and a baby's
smile, do not give up hope. Just
write in confidence to Mrs. Mil
bred Owens, Dept. R512 Hanan
Bldg, Kansas City, Mo-, and she
will tell you about a simple home
method that helped her after be-
ing denied for Is years. Many 9TH
ers say this has helped bless their
lives. Write now and try for this
The Omaha guide., 1936-01-11

You have probably heard about
the high school coach with an abb
solutely green team who, despair
ing of ever teaching his charges
anything, sent his quarterback in
at the seasons opener with in
instructions to try an end run on
first down, a line plunge on second
down, a pass on third and a kick
on fourth The quarterback re-
ceived and returned the hog-hide
to midfield. An end run gained IL
yards. A line plunge added Is. A
pass took them to the enemy three
yard line. But as twas the fourth
down, the quarterback punted.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18

watching the river to determine
when the flood stage will reach
Washington. The last flood bull
letin issued by the division pre-
dicted rise in the Potomac
from Harpers Ferry down for
the next two or three days.
All of Hancock was reported un-
der AZ feet of water with the crest
of the flood not reached.
Loss of livestock was reported
as heavy as the Swirling waters
covered the farms in radius OF
half a mile from the river.
Rise to Continue
The rist in the Potomac will
continue for the next two or three
days at and below Harpers Ferry
the river and flood division of the
Weather Bureau warned.
With more rain expected. warn
ing was issued to prepare for flood
stages as high as occurred in 1924,
the last serious flood on the river.
At Cumberland it was reported
that 1000 feet of line of the West
ern Union main wire to Chicago
was out, disrupting communica-
tion service.
In the Shenandoah valley COM
municationS were cut off and
homes were without lights as
power plants were shut off when
it was feared the rising waters
would explode boilers at the
plants.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18

TOLL OF DEATH
RISES, WATER
AT 45FEET
Property Damage Will
Run in Thousands;
Residents Flee

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Red Cross, and cooperate with that
relief organization, which IS mobil-
izing its disaster relief units.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18
I FL|ERS TELL
FLOOD HORROR
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Continued from Page IL
so bad as this" Land
ing here they said:
"At McKeespOrt, Pa, the ap-
prOaches Of a bridge across the
MOnOngahela River were washed
away, tying up street cars and
automobiles. All down the
YOughiOgheiy River valley the
roads and fields are covered by
% floods.
But the worst was below Cum
berland. AS we flew over that
city we had q hard time to find
=. big factory which we always
use as q landmark. The reason
we had difficulty was that the
water was up to the caves.
Below Cumberland we saw .
big hOuse-must have been a
1O-rOOm hOuSe-breaking in two
as it was swept down the river.
And we saw scores Of small
houses and barns that had been
swept away and were being car
ried down the current.
I'VE had good weather on
leaving Pittsburgh, but ran into
. fog and rain at Cumberland,
and came in at about 1000
feet. 1t was q terrible sight to
see the destruction all around"
The Washington times., 1936-03-18
! DIE HELPING
FLOOD VICTIM

HUNTINGDON, Pa. March 1a
G.N.SD Death toll in Pennsyl-
vania's latest flood disaster was in.
creased by two today when Cloyd
Haun, 81, and June Bell, 20. both
of PeterSburgh, were drowned after
going to the rescue of a marooned
victim of the flood waters.
The two youths, with a com.
panion, Raymond Piper, also Of
Petersburg, set out in boat to
rescue John Eckley, marooned in
hes Petersburg home. Returning
with Eckley, after effecting his
rescue, all four were thrown into
the swirling water as the boat
overturned.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18
Food Shortage Faces
Victims of Flood

REMOVE. Pa. March lS
GN.SD.-With a fourth Of its
population homeless and hud-
died in emergency shelters, this
community emerged today from
a night of flood panic to find
a shortage of food and no pros
pect of immediate relief from ris-
ing waters.
Store shelves were virtually
bare of food and other neces-
stiles as approximately TOO Re
novo residents and several hun
dred from surrounding towns
crowded into schools and
churches on high ground along
the west branch of the raging
Susquehanna.
Suffering in some sections was
The Washington times., 1936-03-18
Amateur Radio Operator
Tells of Flood Damage

CARLsTADT, N. j.. March 1S
O.N.SD.
"JOhnstown Is coming up out
Of the water. The downtown
area is still submerged under
Is feet, but conditions are con-
Siderably improved"
This message, received at sta
tion WRH this morning, was from
George Coleman, amateur naval
reserve operator at station W8FRC,
Located on a hillside just outside
of Johnstown. Coleman'S station
was put out of commission by the
rising flood waters shortly before
3 a. M, but he succeeded in gener-
ating sufficient power to return to
the air with the coming Of day
light.
Coleman said that hundreds Of
persons were still marooned in Of
flee buildings in the downtown
area Of JohnStown. but that the
loss of life was believed slight.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18
Flood Control Witness
Called 10 FIoodSCene
International News Service

G. A. Phillips, chief engineer of
the Lackawanna railroad, who was
to testify before the Army board
of engineers today on the pro-
posed $34,000,00O flood control
program in lower New York and
northern Pennsylvania, was noti-
fled early today to rush back to
Hoboken. N. j., to supervise the
repair of damage caused by last
nights flood.
The message reported that con-
siderable trackage of the line had
been swept away.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18
c. & 0. Only Line Here
Usinq Own Rails West

The only railroad operating
out of Washington on its own
lines to the West today is the
Chesapeake and Ohio and agents
here reported some slight delay.
Trains on the Baltimore and
Ohio have been routed over the
C. & o. through Charlottesville
and Clifton Forge. The Penn
sylvania railroad is routing pas
sengers over the Erie railroad
from Sunbury. Pa, to Elmira.
N. Y, and then back on its own
lines to the West.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18

acute, but early today, before COM
munication was cut off, no loss
of life had been reported.
DR.. Frank Dwyer, a local ply
sician, was taken by boat through
the flooded area to Farwell, sew
eral miles away, to attend a
child birth.
Only two railroad passenger
cars were available in the Penn
sylvania yards here. and these
were taken out to provide refuge
for many of the homeless.
Lives of so school children,
huddled in a school house at
Drury'S Run, several miles away
were imperiled when they became
panic-stricken and would not
leave the building.
The Washington times., 1936-03-18
Break Tradition

The so-called axiom that the
team that leads the league on
July 4 will win the pennant was
slightly out of order in last base
ball season. The Cubs won the
National League flag, but they
were 1912 games out of first place
on Independence Day. Maybe
nobody told them about the July
4 gag.
The Washington times., 1936-11-10
WOMEN PLAN
VOTE PROGRAM

Seeking complete merit system
within the Government service,
the National League of Women
Voters this week is holding its
semiannual session of the board
Of directors for the purpose of
formulating a legislative program
for presentation to the Seventy
fifth Congress.
Continuing a campaign for
trained personnel in public serv-
ice," the league will conclude its
sessions Friday, after which an in
tensive publicity campaign in
favor of the merit system will oe
launched prior to the opening Of
Congress.
Miss Marguerite M. wells. Min
neapoliS, is president of the or
ganization, which cooperated with
the National Federation of Federal
Employees at the Democratic Ma
tional Convention in urging plat
form plank against SpoilS appoint
ments in the Federal service.
The Washington times., 1936-11-10
R RETIR EN- f N t
LESSONS GIVEN .

Government employees took the
first of a series of lessons on the
Federal Employees Retirement Act
late yesterday in the auditorium
of the Interior Department.
The course, conducted by Ulrey
]. Biller, vice president of the Ma.
tional Federation of Federal EN-.
ployes and an authority on the
subject, will continue each Mon.
day at 4:45 p. m. until Decem'
ber IA.
Among the subjects to be GOV.
cred by Mr.. Biller are age group
classificationS, method of com.
putting annuities, involuntary sep.
aration from service and accumu.
lations-including the "Tontine
Dollar"
The Washington times., 1936-11-10
Cardinal MundeIein
Visits With President

An invitatin extended by Presi-
dent Roosevelt during his cam
paign tour brought Cardinal Mum
delein of Chicago to the White
House for luncheon yesterday.
When the President was in Chi
cago, Cardinal Mundelein told him
he expected to come East after
election and was invited to call
at the White House.
The Washington times., 1936-11-10
Polish Colgate Unit
Permitted Dividend

NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-The Col
gate-Palmolive-Peet Company has
been informed that the govern
ment of Poland, which restricts
transmission of funds to foreign
countries, has granted the Col
gate-Palmolive Spolka z. o. o. Of
Warsaw permission to remit a
dividend of 6 per cent for the
year to it's American stockholders.
This word has been received
from the offices of the Colgate
Palmolive Spolka, according to an
announcement by S. Bayard Col
gate, president of the Colgate
Palmolive-Peet Company. The
Polish company is one Of its af-
filiates.
The Washington times., 1936-11-10
Shot by Cannon, Yet
Lives to Tell Tale

He was probably the first man
to be "shot" by a cannon, but he's
alive and healthy today.
That is the miraculous story Of
Clyde Engel, of 1914 Pennsylvania
Ave. S. E., who now has been re-
tired from the Navy Yard since
1884.
They were building some six
inch submarine guns at the yard,
and were testing a mechanism to
try out the recoil. The gun held
5000 pounds of air, and Engel was
called to help out in the testing
operation. He said:
"Just as / got in front of the
gun, the air was released and hit
me. don't know what happened
until the boys told me later"
THE boys" however, explain
that Engel was blown high into the
air and finally landed on the rail
road tracks in the yard. AS one
said:
I'VE felt certain EngeI was
dead. We were almost afraid to
go pick him up. But we did and
rushed him to hospital, where
nine hours later he regained
consciousness"
Peculiarly enough, not a bone in
his body was broken, and besides
the shaking up that he suffered
he came out of the affair with
only a fractured wrist and other
minor injuries. Two weeks in the
hospital and several more at home,
and Engel was back at his job
again.
He had learned his machinists'
trade at MartinSburg, w. Va, and
came here in 1898.
The Washington times., 1936-11-10
zi0nists 10 Hear
Talk on Palestine

"Storm over Palestine" will be
the topic of an address by IItamar
Ben-Avi, author and orator, at a
meeting at the Jewish Community
Center Thursday at $50 p. m.
The meeting is sponsored by the
local Zionist District and the
Washington chapter Of Hadassah.
Rabbi ISadore BreSlau. president
of the Washington Zionisti district,
will preside.
The Washington times., 1936-11-10
II Students Praised

Merit cards for excellence in
scholarship at Francis Junior
High School have been awarded
Audrey Carter, Evelyn Boyd, Edith
Daniel, Talmadge McCloud, Mil
dred Lyons, Grant Taylor, Adele
Wilson, Catherine Fenwick, An
CELIA Ferguson, Margaret Carroll
and Hyacinth Bowie.
The Washington times., 1936-02-29

GL A M o r GUS
Ginger Rogers finds
pleats graceful for
dancing. She wears
this gown in FOL
low the Fleet" It
is of gold cloth, the
plests stitched to be-
low the hips, and
the bodice cut low
front and back,
lifted at the waist,
and held by colorful
bands Of stones on
the shoulders
The Washington times., 1936-02-29

WHITE chiffon,
pleated as finely as
possible, makes a
beautiful dinner and
evening gown for
Gladys Swarthout.
The pleats are so
close that the gown
is slender, following
her figure. The gir-
die is embroidered
in gold and studded
with colored stones.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
Judge Schuldt.

The resolutions now being adopted by
many of the organizations of citizens
in the District urging the reappointment
of Judge Schuldt to the Police Court
attest the esteem and respect in which
this native son of Washington is held
by his fellow members of the COM
munity, many of whom have known him
since he was boy. Judge Schuldt has
been a good judge. bringing wisdom and
dignity to a position he has filled with
merit
In furtherance of the universal desire
to strengthen the various branches Of
law enforcement, those in the Federal
Government who hold the power of
recommendation and appointment of
judges would set good example by
refusing to consider politics in such
selections, making the test one of fit
ness, merit and character. Judge
Schuldt by such standards is eminently
well qualified to succeed himself. His
experience on the bench is an additional
qualification. He has won, by hard and
conscientious work, the right to be
chosen and should be reappointed.
Evening star., 1936-02-06
The Champion of Business.

Chairman Farley again advances the
theory that President Roosevelt and his
New Deal are the friends of American
business. He insists that only q minute
minority OF American business is hostile
to Roosevelt and his administration.
Addressing a Roosevelt dinner in Miami
last night, he predicted that in the
November election American business
men will vote ten to one" for the re-
election of the President and the con-
tinuance of his policies. While Mr.. Far
leys claims in regard to forthcoming
events usually cover a wide territory, is
not this latest prediction of success a
trif1e extravagant?
The American Liberty League was the
object of Mr. Farley's particular ire and
fire. To Mr.. Farley this organization is
just gang It's membership includes, as
he admits, some of the biggest business
men in the country. But they compose
the gang opposed to the Roosevelt New
Deal. Mr.. Farley Indignantly asserts:
They know it is absurd to charge the
Roosevelt administration with being the
enemy of business. It's whole successful
effort has been to save and restore busi-
ness and it has accomplished that very
thing"
1t may seem absurd to Mr.. Farley to
say that the Roosevelt administration
has been unfriendly to business, and he
doubtless believes. on the other hand,
that the administration has been friend
ly to business. But what does American
business think? How many business men,
big or little, will agree with Mr.. Farley?
And, after all, is that not the main point?
Mr.. Farley would not have devoted so
much of his time to denunciation of the
American Liberty League, which includes
within its membership Al Smith as well
as big business, had not the league caused
ripple of discomfort in, the region of
the Democratic solar plexus. He was
careful not to mention Al by name. His
job was to take the American Liberty
League to pieces and to show it to the
people as reactionary, plutocratic and
selfish in the extreme. But if he did
good job of that, how much did he
accomplish in the way of proving his
point that the New Deal is the friend
of American business?