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The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

Mrs. Florence Terrell, prominent
scial leader and wife of DIR. Price
Terrell says, He is foolish TO say
it's a closed book, and he never
said why he joined the Khan in the
nrst place. 1 think he still has the
same ideas he had when he joined
the Khan"
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

DR.. G. B. Lennox, prominent
physician says: "A nan in the pu
bic eye cannot give his opinion on
a man in Blacks position"
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09
SHORT
STORY


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young Grihnel, khowed ms toiNs
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right good man Among emf
DO you Know SAID the lie
from his task Of thinning nai n 5
too lourishing h'dse TO look OVER
al his neighbor reading has paper
on the piazza. do you know Int
there is money IN the land around
here?"
maybe there isl" said Mr.. VIII
son, rafting his paper as he turned
to the sporting news. Maybe there
isl"
.'You know that spur track at
harrington the United Railway
used TO take the help to the mills
during war-time2 That track could
he rim about a mile into the coun-
trv and hrinp folks rieht to Barring
ton roach
.Trh.bnh = ansyarea Mr. Wilson
~intent on his naner.
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st s,v Won ant riding with Jirnmv
Harrison last week when 7 was in
The citv said the little meek man
Tditb nearly choked.
"You know that2 And do you
know that is the reason I came out
here to see you today-you-you
-busybodyf' M She shook her sit-
yer spoon at HIM. you know Jim
my, too.
He chuekled.
Il know hun, and there Is nobody
finer than he is-and when the right
time comes, you tell him for me that
I am saving a couple Of my choice
lots down here for first class bunga-
lows, and Id like nothing better than
to have him for my neighbour"
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The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

Mr.. Gross, of the Gross Loan and
Jewelry Company, oath and Ersk
inc streets: "Once a Klu Klux, al
ways a Klu Klux. He was about
AZ years old when he joined, and
at that age, a man should be firm
enough in his own opinion what
xxx stands for. I think with his
knowledge and education, he should
never c%onsented.to belong to such
q destructive organization that is
undermined. The American people
who are firm in their belief in
equality, and religious freedom for
all, not just a few. Therefore, l am
opposed to his appointment for
Justice of the Supreme Court"
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

Mr.. Sherman, of Edholm and
Sherman, says: 1.-THE fact that
President Roosevelt appointed him
issufficient enough for me. But he
is already appointed, so why not
make the best Of it.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

Mr.. T. W. Pratt, musician with
the Nat Towles aggregation, says:
I don't think that Black is the
right person. I am absolutely op
posed to him, and I am positive
that he is very much against the
Negro.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

piazza. approached
the door. and rang
the bell
The whole Wilson
family came out to
decide the color and
texture of the shin
giles that we're bad
~
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

Mr.. Robinson, of Robinson Drug
tore says: 81 definitely think he
hould be out Of the Supreme
court. Any person that belongs to
IN organization like the Ku Klux
Klan should not belong to any
junction which has anything to do
With a free country Ike the United
States. You can't teach cid dogs
1ew tricks"
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

n. Craig Morris says: Il don't
link he a treat Negroes, Cath
olcs and Jews right as he took an
oath against these people. He also
took an oath to the Supreme Court
but he can't be very true if he
took two oaths to two different
things.
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

Mr.. Clifton Hill, 2515 Burdette
street, bartender at the Harlem
night club: 81 don't think much of
Senator Blacks appointment, first
Is. because he was a xxx at one
time, and says now that he is not,
md never rejoined again, but [
think a Klan is just like any other
group, Once, Always, and that he
still has its general ideas, and [
believe that any matter that comes
up before the court that is concern
ing the Negro, he will be unfair"
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

n, Jsbn Elliot, student of Oma
10 II y lily says: 81 think we
',or1. Give him a try. Other pro
merit Negro groups endorse him
IS being satisfactory"
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

DR.. Hutton, prominent physician
says: "He will make a wonderful
Supreme Court Judge. l think he
IS a victim of birth and environment
Records in the Senate shows that
he is in favor Of dealing fair with
the forgotten man,
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

Mr.. Mike Cotton, owner of Col
ton Furnishings says: "What he
was five years ago could be what he
is now"
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

DR.. and Mrs. Herbert Virgins
The Omaha guide., 1937-10-09

DR.. Singleton, prominent dentist
says: "I am greatly against Sena
tor Black. IF he once took an oath
to such an organization as the Ku
Klux Klan he is still a member in
my eyes"
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01
"BurIy Black Rapis+" Proves
TO Be White Business Man:
Dolly Press Embarrassed

Mccall is dark complexloned,
dark haired, has black eyes and
sharp features. In the half light,
police said, he might easily be
mistaken for colored man."
That her assailent could not
have been Negro was revealed
after Mccall was arrested. He
repeated his words to Miss Austin
during the attack which were,
"You know me. You've seen me
in the hotel" However, the wo-
man forgot" them when she
started police searching for a
colored prowler and remembered
this statement only after Mccall
told it to officers.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01
Clothing Merchant Foil RObber
SUFFERED SCALP WOUND
FROM GUN BULLET

GEORGETOWN, KY, Oct Lat Morgan county, Georgia OLA
(ANP) Saturday night TO- 1887 where ne was
Crmpley serving 20 sentence Tor
walked up widely holdup in Macon Ga 1850
known j. D. Ofutt conducted
rs Clothing Store examining trial Monday after
standing register Cupey pleaded guilty and
and with drawn held to the October term
ed that staging the Grand session with
circuit court without bond
tho nso and in the struggle penalty armed robbery
gun was discharged Kentucky is Fl life or
ceive slight scalp wound The death
woudbe instantly Mr. Miller who operates one OF
floord bv in this section has
clerks held conducted highly uccessu puS
thera until arrested mess years enjoying the
Cupley hepatronage and respect OF DOTH
had chain gangraces
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01
WOMEN, MEN IN
RACE TO STAKE
DIAMOND CLAIMS

CAPETOWN, South Africa, Oct.
1 (ANP) = Last Saturday, as
thousands watched, two women
and 238 men, lucky drawers Of
claims, rushed to the Blauwbanks,
farm in this regions latest dia-
mond rush to stake out pre-
ferred locations. Metal discs serv-
ed as licenses emitting the posses
sor to stake off three claims. They
were drawn from a bag, handed
to the diggers who rushed away to
stake claims. Only a portion of
he Blauwbanks farm, on the veldt
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01
Bishop Phillips
TO Be Esedrd
Here Sggneluv

Bishop Charles Henry Phillips
of Cleveland, Ohio, and DR.. F. L.
Lewis, Jackson, Tenn, General
Secretary Of the Kingdom Exten-
sion dept. of the CINE. Church,
will arrive in the city Saturday
enroute to the annual conference
of the C.M.E. Church which will
be held in Los Angeles, Calf, >,
Sept. 3Oth to Oct. 3rd. Bishop
Phillips will preach at the C.M.E.
Church at IL am Sunday. The
distinguished visitors will be the
house guests of Rev. and Mrs.
Rucker.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01
81. Louis A.. Of l. Agrees
TO Recognize Negro Skilled
Workers If They Organize

81. LOUIS, Oct. 1 (ANP) =
If 1,egro house and sign painters,
papt hangers and furniture finish
ers rganize local union of their
own a charter will be issued to
them by the Building Trades Coun-
Gil, il. was announced last week by
L. M Rafferty,, new international
vice., resident Of the Brotherhood
of Pa nters.
Thi. is the first step taken by
the B. 'ilding Trades council toward
accepl ,nce of Negro skilled work
ers. Tie local Urban league branch
has 10 ,g wag:d heated fight in
behalf of A. y. of L. recognition
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01
Say BIack's Sect On
Supreme Bench Is Ded+h
Blow TO New Deal

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (ANP)
Republican Party leaders, and
the county chairmen or their as
sistants from every city in the
country having more than 5000
population last Tuesday heard the
rallying cry here of Republican
National Chairman John D. NJ.
Hamilton to make the 1888 con-
gressional campaign the most in
tensive in the party's history.
National Chairman Hamilton
told the party leaders of the nee
essity for organization from the
high command clear dOwnto the
precinct worker, declared the Re
publican party would no longer
be one with just a few at it's head.
Submitted reports indicated that
in the nations various centers of
population the situation, from a
Republican standpoint favor
able in some cities while in others
there remains much work to be
done.
All present at the confab were
agreed that appointment of Sen
ator Hugo L. Black to the U. S.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01
Name Colored Catholic
AS Messenger For
Klansnan Black

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 1
(ANP) = Colored citizens in the
Capital City this week pondered
the possible reaction of Klansman
Hugo l.. Black of Alabama, new
ly appointed associate justice OF
the u. S. Supreme Court, when he
learns that a Catholic, and col
ored one at that, has been selected
to serve as his messenger. Mr..
Black, it is said, can veto the
selection should he so desire, in
which case it was predicted that
he would scan the list of active
Klan members" with an eye sing
ular to selection of one worthy of
Klan traditions.
1t was explained here that a
colored messenger is assigned to
each justice of the High Court.
Smallwood has been connected
with the Supreme Court Marshals
office.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01
A.M.E. Delegates
Return To
The City

Rev. G. L. Upthegrove, pastor
Of the Tanner Chapel, A.M.E.
Church and Mrs. Upthegrove, Mrs.
Farmer and Rev. ]. w. Bonds.
pastor of Globe and Mesa churches
returned to the city Tuesday after
attending the annual conference
which was held in Albuquerque,
N. M, at Grants Chapel A.M.E
church. The delegates report that
this annual conference was the
greatest in the history of the dis
trict. Mr.. J. B. Henderson also
attended the conference. He will
go to Texas before returning to
Phoenix.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01

Supreme Court was good cam
paign thunder" for the Repubh-
can party and some openly de
clared the Black appointment
would sound the death knen Of
the Democratic party in 1910, the
next presidential year.
Among the COP. county lead
ers present at the big meeting
were: Leo e. Anderson, chairman
Los Angeles County Committee
and Fred w. Pape, chairman st.
Louis Central Committee, the lat
ter stressing the need for extern
sive organization work, because:
"At present things don't look any
too bright, for the Democratic ma
chine seems too well entrenched."
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01

CHICAGO, Oct. 1 (ANP) = A
"burly black man" who recently
attacked several white women IN
a loop hotel has, much to the en-
barressment of the white press,
been found to be a respectable
white business man by day and
e rapist by night.
Thomas Mccall, 80, an engraver,
was arrested Wednesday and con-
fessed he assaulted Virginia
Austin, artist and sculptor, in her
room at the Washington hotel
August IS. He was jailed after
Miss Natalie Ortuso, 16 year old
dancer, described him as the
prowler who tried to get into her
room a week ago Saturday night.
He is also being quizzed in con-
nection with the rape of Aida
Deery, an actress on September
25, 1886. All of these occurred
in the Washington hotel where
Mccall had lived intermittently
for five years. Negroes were
blarned in the Austin and Deery
cases.
Efforts are also being made to
link the white man with II other
Jnaior sex attacks and murders III
totels and hospitals. In practical
y all of them, policemen have
sought Negroes as the culprits.
Daily papers hre have played up
e::ch assault and hundreds Of Ne
groes have been picked up ION
suspicion" as the white press
fought for the arrest and convic-
til n of the "black morons" re-
81 onsible.
Miss Austin, who was first hit
Wi h a brick while she lay sleep
in, and then assaulted when she
aw ;.kened. said she thought her
ass ailent was a colored man. The
Chicago Tribune pointed out that
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01
Organize To
Aid Domestic
Workers

CHICAGO, Oct. 1. (ANP) =
The newly organized Citizens
Committee of the Domestic Work
ers Association held a dinner meet
ing Thursday at Poro Tea Room
for the purpose of electing per-
manent officers.
Neva Ryan, president of the as
sociation, opened the meeting with
a short address on the need for
continued organization among
household employees. Atty. G. w.
Burton, of the National Negro
Congress, spoke briefly on the
three important functions of a Cit
liens Committee, pointing out the
need for understanding the prob
lens affecting domestic workers,
arousing a favorable public opin-
ion, and devising means Of financ-
ing a drive among the underpaid
group. Agnes Nestor, president of
Illinois Womens' Trade Union
League, spoke Of the part the
league has played in securing bet
ter conditions by helping workers
to help themselves.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01

and in order to prove their quail
fications as skilled workmen, col
ored mechanics are building a
movie theatre. Early this month
Al Towers, A. r. Of L. representa-
tive, began comforting with Negro
leaders and union officers to settle
the question.
Rafferty, said group of colored
painters recently applied for mem
bership in the Painters union. He
said his organization recognized
the soundness of their claims that
many members of the race prefer
giving work to Negroes, with the
Continued on Page 81
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01

Paint has been invented for the
outside of houses from which dust
is washed by rain.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01
YOUTHS CONFESS
ROBBINC HOME OF
JAMES ROOSEVELT

WASHINGTON, Oct. I (ANP)
- Local police last week reported
that two colored youths had con-
fessed the recent robbery of the
nome Of James Roosevelt, son Of
the President. Detectives said
they had found young Roosevelt's
studs, with otehr miscellaneous
jewelry at the youths home
The Arizona gleam., 1937-10-01

eight miles from Barcley West,
VaN River, has been declared a
public diggings.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-13
FOUR MIGHT SEEK
1889 SPEAKERSH|P
Cherry Giving Them Chance
to Show Their Capaci-
ties to House
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter HOtel

Raleigh, March 13.-Several poten-
tial candidates for speaker of the
House in the 1899 session of the Cen
eral Assembly are being given work
outs by Speaker r. Gregg Cherry,
which gives the house members an
opportunity to see how they work
and hear how they sound-in the
speakers chair.
Among those regarded as potential
candidates for speaker in 1889 are Re-
preventative Robert H. House of Kin
ston, who occupied the speakers chair
during much of the Friday session; D.
L. Ward of New Bern: Victor S.
Bryant of Durham; w. e. Fenner of
Rocky Mount Nash county and Sam
M. Blount of Washington, Beaufort
county.
Those who have heard and seen all
of these preside over the house at
the invitation of Speaker Cherry-the
speaker may designate any member
of the House to preside at any time
most observers agree that Rouse
Continued on Page Two.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-13
If Newspapers Exceeded
Their Bounds, 1t Was
Done in Excitement
of Occasion
DRAWN FOURTH BY
LAGUARDIA SPEECH
New York Mayors Outburst
Against German Regime
Created Understandable"
Indignation Throughout
Reich, Which Was Not Any
Insult

Berlin, March 10 (AP)-Foreign
Minister Won Neurath, sources close
to the Wilhelmstrasse said today, has
answered United States Ambassador
Dodd's representations against Ger
man press attacks with the explana-
ton they were not intended to OFFEND.
Won Neurath, they said, pointed out
the structures of Mayor Laguardia of
New York against the German regime
and said they created understand
able 'indignations throughout the
Reich.
If some German newspapers exceed
ed proper bounds in their comments,
the foreign minister was said to have
asserted, it was because of their ex-
element over the Laguardia remarks.
Won Neurath assured the ambassador
no insult to the United States nation
was intended, it was said.
In so far as the German govern
ment is concerned, foreign quarters
said, the incident is closed.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-13
Several Obstacles to Sine
Die Move Eliminated
by Enactment in
Past Week
SOCIAL BILLS ARE
ENACTED INTO LAW
So, 345,OOO Of Bonds for
Permanent Improvements
At State Institutions Will
Likely Be Authorized;
Capital Punishment Set-Up
Is Unchanged
Bv RALPH l.. ROWLAND

Raleigh, March 13 (AP)-The Gen
eral Assembly, weary from the RAPID
pace at which it has been working
removed this week several obstacles
to adjournment as leaders disagreed
upon the exact time the final gavel
will be sounded.
Next week probably will be the
busiest of the session as the calendars
are cleared in attempt to dissolve the
term by the weekend. A host OF
minor details await attention togeth-
er with the road reorganization,
school machinery and permanent I'M
provements bills.
Even a pleasure trip to Edenton,
scene of one of the first general as
semblies, did not result in the loss of
a days work Thursday as the legls-
lators received and passed measures
in the historic town.
Social Measure Enacted
Enacted into law this week were
the aid to blind, old age assistance
and relief to dependent children mea-
sures, designed to cost $16,OOO,OOO dur
ing the biennium. Over the protest
of Representative Ward, of Craven,
the legislature retained the original
Continued on Page Six.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-13
DIR. ELIHU THOMSON
INVENTOR, is DEAD
Was Contemporary of Thomas Edison
and Discovered Art of Elec-
trio Welding

Swampscott Mass, March 10 (AP)
DIR. Elihu Thompson, 83, of the
General Electric Company, inventor
of electric arc welding and contem-
porary of the late Thomas Edison,
died today at his home. He had been
seriously ill since January.
The famous inventor, who received
his first patent on electric welding in
1896, would have been "a on March 20.
Last fall engineers gathered in De-
troit and Lynn, Mass, to celebrate the
5Oth anniversary of his discovery of
electric welding. Then he exchanged
greetings over a special wire with the
two celebrations. It was his last pub
lie activity.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-13
Final Agreement With Gen
eral Motors Does Not Get
Wage-Hour Goals
for G. |. 0.
INJUNCTION RULING
PUT OFF TO MONDAY
Steel Conferences To Re-
sumo Monday; Is Strikes
In Chicago Involve 5000
Workers; Police Guard
Furniture Foctory in Mem
phis, Tenn.
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press)
Industrial union enthusiasts
counted one big gain in the
automotive industry today and
pressed campaigns in ohter
fields.
Final agreement in the Gen
eral Motors strike, affecting
$4,000 employees, brought
wage, hour and other conces-
sions to an affiliate of the C.
I. O., but did not achieve the ma
tional minimum hourly wage
nor 3O-hour week goals. Rati-
fication by union locals was
withheld temporarily.
To t..e Wayne county court at De-
troit was transferred temporarily the
controversy between the u. A. w. A.,
G. I. 0. union, and the Chrysler
Corporation. Arguments in the cor
poration's plea for legal custer of s.
600 sitdowners from its plant jam
med the court room and brought a.
picket line to the building itself. The
court deferred decision until Monday.
On the steel front, the Blawnox
Company end four Subsidiaries an
CONTINUED on Page Six.)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-13
North C6rOn1n1aF1S III
National Capital

delaying formal transfer of the 4OO,-
900 acres of virgin forest to the park
service. North Carolina has taken
over acquisition of about 1900 acres
in Tennessee.
Representative zebulon Weaver, of
Asheville, sought in a House bill this
week to clear up the matter of the
Blue Ridge parkway entrance to the
Great Smoky Park.
His measure would provide right
of-way through the Cherokee Indian
reservation by giving the Indians
other land in the park.
The committee for industrial organ
izations drive to unionize the textile
industry promises to give North
Carolinians a first-hand observation
of C. I. o. tactics.
Francis German, president of the
United Textile Workers and member
of the C. I. o. textile organizing COM
Continued on Page Two).
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-13
BY PAUL BARKLEY
Associated Press North Carolina
O0~rocnonGnnf

Washington, March 10 (AP)-The
path from the Capitol to the White
House is being trod often by North
Carolinians in Congress who are seek
ing assurance the Great Smoky Noun
tains National Park will be formally
taken over by the National Park Ser
vice this year.
Representative Robert L. Doughton,
of Laurel Springs, dean of the States
House delegation, called at the White
House this week in the interest of the
park, coming away with the express
ed belief a way would be worked out
for the government to assume Jurls-
diction.
Previously, Senator Robert r. Rey-
nolds had trekked to the White House.
Upon his return to Capitol Hill, he
too, was optimistic over the park pos
sibilities.
The matter of land acquisition is
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-13
GouemorHus;
Sneak Bills -
Read Closely


Raleigh, March Ex-Governor Clyde
Hoey is in favor of speed and has
helped to keep full head of steam
the legislative boiler throughout
the present session. But he does not
celleve in taking any chances or run
nlng any risks which might be costly
10 the State later on. AS a result, some
TWO or three weeks ago, the governor
asked the attorney general to install
safety valve and speed regulator on
the legislative machine to guard a.
galnst the enactment OF any danger
GUS or improper legislation.
AS result, the attorney general
mas employed a temporary assistant
whose business it is to read and study
every bill enacted by both houses as
soon as these bills reach the enrolling
ONCE and before they are enrolled
and ratified, in an effort to discover
any defects or errors. This assistant
Continued on Page Two)
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-13
Great $40; 600! 600
State Tax Bill Is
FlnaHyMadeLau
Plane Is Downed
With Explosives

Cheyenne, WyO., March IL (AP)
Lost in a night snOwstOrm and
flying a cargo of nitroglycerine, an
airplane pilot made a forced land
ing safely today at Fort Warren
military reservation.
The fiier, ID. A. Mcintyre, said
he was unable to locate the Chey-
enne airport in the storm. The
snow was described by Weather
Bureau officials as the most ex-
tensive of the season, bIanketing a
wide area along both sides of the
continental divide.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-03-13
VESSEL ON FIRE IN
MIDDLE OF PACIFIC

San Francisco, Cal, March 10
(AP)-The British motor ship
Siiverlarch, with. a fire in her
hold and 48 persons aboard, wire
lessed today that the flames were
being kept in check as the ship
raced toward the United States
navy cruiser northwest of Hawai-
ian waters.
Globe wireless reported receipt
of a message from Captain f. HI.
Henderson, of the Silverlarch, adj
dressed to all ships giving the yes
sel's position as northwest of the
Hawaiian islands.