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The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21
FIRST DISTRICT AME CHURCH
HOLDS MID YEAR CON-
FERENCE

Atlantic City, Oct. 20 amp
With Bishop David H. Sims pre-
siding, the seventh annual session
of the mid-year conference and
the second annual religious edu-
cational congress of the First Dis
trict, AME church, was held here
last Thursday and Friday at st.
James Church. Choirs from the
following New Jersey cities fur
nisheG the entire musical pro-
gram. Atlantic City, Pleasantville,
Ocean City, Salem and Gouldtown.
Among those addressing the
conference were Doctor d. o. Wal
ken president, Wherefore univer-
sity; Doctor C. S. Spivey, dean,
Payne Theological seminary; Rev.
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21
RETHUNE-COOKMAN DAY AT
THE WORLDS FAIR

New York, N. Y. Oct. 10 Co.
Negro education, with emphasis
upon Americas Tenth Youth,
held the spotlight in the Fashion
and Arts Theatre al The New
York Worlds Fair Saturday Oct.
7th designated as Bethune Cook
man College at Davt,na Beach,
Ella. and Director Of the Division
of Negro Affairs of the Nation
nj Youth Administrator r. o.
Hara Lanier is D. Bethune's
assistant in the NYA.
Miss blanche Holly told the
audience what Bethune-C Goodman
meant to It's students and Prof.
Henry F. Coleman gave visual
eiimpses of the college. Rev.
Lorenzo II. King was master of
ceremonies, and Bishop ]. w.
Brown and Rev Shelton Hale
Bishop rendered the invocation
and benediction ~e 'pectively.
Trustees and advisory commit
tee were presented as follows:
Or. Merrill j. Holres Board Of
Education of the ME- Church, DR..
Charles s.. Johnson, Forester B.
Washington, Attorney Edward
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21
(By Dean Gordon B. Hancock)
Dictator for u. S. Inevitable;
Our Frontier On The Rhine

For several years | have been
contending that dictatorship for
this country is inevitable. This
conclusion had two bases, one
~philosophic and the other econo-
mic. The first of these hinge
abound the fact that culture cy-
cles are getting shorter incident
to the strides of science and
these shorter cycles VIII make
e.lange-i so rapid that democratic
processes will be detrimental to
social and economic advance. In
war time, a state of emergency
exists and even in this country
oul. president is clothed with die
tatorial powers to cope with a
critical situation. We have con-
tended that the %quickened tempo
of a scientific age would make
for a state of perpetual emer-
gency and therefore for a con-
tinuation of dictatorship.
The second of these bases
hinge around the idea of effici-
ency in economic endeavor. How
ever disinclined to may be to
acknowledge the good points of
a dictatorship we must admit it
il efficient. In Russia, the busin-
ess cycle has been eliminated and
and so has unemployment. The
same is true in Germany and to
a lesser degree in Italy. Such
happy results could never be
in a democracy where the wheel
of government moves more clum-
silly.
The best instance of the
wastefulness of a democracy and
of its clumsiness in a critical sit
uation is found in the present X
ira session of Congress where
the debate of repeating the en-
barge has begun. The politial
guns of the short-range states
men have already been unlim-
bered. Here in our so-called de-
mocracy these narrow-guaged
statesmen just have enough pow
er to thwart the lofty designs
of Roosevelt, who is without
doubt one of the greatest per-
sonalites of the generation.
Roosevelt knows as most close
students ought to know that the
United States is face to face with
facisln and nazism, and only the
defeat of the Nazi-Facist-C Com
munist axis promises the surviv-
al of what is left of democracy.
Roosevelt's sympathy is with the
allie now as in the past war, for
they are verify fighting u own
battles.
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21
SEQUOIA GIGANTEA
General Sherman - The Big
Trees

(By William Pickens for AMP
General Sherman" great tree
in the Sequota National park a
bout 65 miles from Tulare Calf,
and roughly 1000 feet above tee
ca largest and oldest living
thing containing more than 1900
tons of matter-with timber e.
enough to build a village of 40
houses, each with 5 rooms. The
tree stands 270 feet high, and has
a limb above 100 feet from the
ground, which is itself a great
tree, being more than 6 feet thick
and rising more than lao feet
from where it stems off from the
tree.
The great tree itself is more
than SO feet at is base, the width
of 2 and a half New York City
houses. 1t is more than $500
years of age. 1t was a venerable
giant when julius Caesar was a
bat1y and when Alexander the
Great roamed and strutted and
screamed around, this tree had al
ready stood for more than a thous-
and years. 1t was a young thing
lization was young. 1t has looked
out over creation and laughed at
$50 generations of mere men. 1t
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coveted a~ppc'a.nen. rs cn ass tant
professor in biology in a lc- &c
college. lie was popular wish the stu
dents I'd the faculty and in line for
promotion to a full professorsiiip.
Among his students was an arroran.,
fippant, young lazy whose father WIS
chairman of the eaneEc board OF d.
rectors. Size VS. inllifcrent II Ter
studies and boosted that no teacher
would dare funk her. This news
reached Charles and he realized that
the student body wa waiting to see
what he wou.1 do. The other teachers
passed the young lady, although her
scholarship did not warrant 1t.
HIS PROBLEMs-To give her a
passing grade would cause him to lose
the respect of the students ard his own
self-respect.
To funk her would undoubtedly
bring ;soat his dismissal, and posi-
tions are difficult to obtain.
If you were in Professor Charles
place, WHAT WOULD YOU DOp
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
REJECT NEGRO STUDENTS

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 20
(By o. B. Taylor for ANP)-Led
by Attorney C. A. Cowan, district
representative for the NAACP, Jo-
seph Michael, P. L. Smith, Ho-
me, L. Saunders, w. S. E. Hardy,
Ezra Totten and Clinton Marsh,
all of Knoxville were refused ad-
mittance to the graduate school
of the University of Tennessee by
Dean Smith Tuesday.
Arriving in two cabs, the std
dents went Immediately to the Of
flee of the dean. Climbing the
stairway, they met President Hos
Hoskins coming down who gave
them a look of surprise, but con-
tnued on his way without COM
ment.
cit is unlawful for white col
ored people to attend school to-
gether," said Dean Smith. IF my
memory serves me right there : a
fine of $50 and 30 days in Jail in
Tennessee for violation of this
code. The legislature and mol this
university is the proper place for
your compliant"
Eve do not want to enter the
University of Tennessee per Sc"
said Atty. Cowan, spokesman for
the students. Its not just be-
cause it is a white school, what
we are asking for is equal educa-
tional facilities for Negroes in
this state"
1.-THE constitutional and the
white attending school together
code both forbid Negroes and
law-the Tennessee law" said
and we are going to obey the
Dean Smith.
"The next move by these six
students is pFobltmatioal," said
Atty. Cowan as they departed.
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21
I~INCOLN-HOWARD CLASSIC
ON UP-SW1NG

Philadelphia, Oct. IL, amp
With the fall weather. here and
football practice started, plans
for the Howard-Lincoln football
classic to be held here on Tur-
key day are on the up-swing.
First good news is that the
game will not be played in huge
Franklin field, but in the smaller
Drexel Tech sthdium, home lof
Drexel institute athletics and
which has never been let to an
outside agency before.
Easily reached, the stadium is
at 10th street and Haverford ave-
nue. in the midst of the West
Philadelphia Negro community,
and is we'll kept up. This small
er field should allow the cheer
ing squads of the two schools to
Ego to town" in grander style,
since all the "old grads will be
seated much closer together and
can "do their stuff" to greater
advantage.
Walter K. Jackson, eX-legisla-
tor and man of affairs here, is
manager of the traditional grid
game. He is a Lincoln alum
nus.
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21
GETS MUSIC POST
WITH CRESCENT CITY
SCHOOL SYSTEM

New Orleans, Oct. 20 AMP The
Orleans parish school board has
appointed Miss Lucille Levy Hut
ton as visiting teacher in music,
beginning with the 1939-40 ses-
sion. She is a graduate of Straight
college and of Oberlin colleges
school of music, and for several
years taught music in the elemen-
tary and normal divisions of Va
lena C, Jones public school. Miss
Hutton is a member of the Fine
Arts club, New Orleans Teach
ers' association, American FEEDER
alton of Classroom teachers and
other organizations.
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the Lines

The weightier matters of in
ternational emergency are far
more important than many of
our nalvowf minded statesmen
will admit. In fact, in our con-
gress there is too much so-called
craftsmanship conceptions in
matters of great moment, yet we
arc afflicted today with some of
thu flimsiest diplomatic
vers of modern times. Not only
do the allies need our materials,
but they actually need our sold
iers to fight at their sides in the
trenches of the Western front.
Ii France and England are
doomed then so are we. The day
Of isolation is past, and it Is just
as impossible for nations to live
unto themselves az for races and
individuals.
One of the great handicaps
this country must face IS a Few
statesmen who still believe that
the white man can save himself
while the Negro is destroyed. 1t
cannot be done, and the sooner
this is realized the sooner the
deck will be cleared for actions
on mary of cir vital and mutual
problems. Just as the white MAN
cannot rise without the Negro,
neither can America live and
prosper if democracy falls in
Europe. Whether Roosevelt said
il OF not, he would have said well
had he said that the frontier of
this country is on the Rhine" We
have the sorry spectacle today of
seeing in session a congress where
political considerations are out
weighing the pressures of the pre-
en- emergency. 1t was ever true
and will be thus until some sort
of a dictatorship corrects the stu
alton.
In matters of survival, it is not
much what we want or what we
would like to do, but rather what
We must do to be saved. 1t takes
e. dictatorship to compete with a
dictatorship. Dictator Germany
dooms a democratic Britain or
France. The only hope is that the
dictatorship that displaces u
quasi-democracy in the present cri-
sis may be supplanted in time
a true democracy. Aloofness is a
thing of the past, however hesi-
tant we may be to admit it. Those
so-called statesmen who believe
that ours is a separate destiny
that stands apart from the rest
of the world are living in the 18th
century. However we may wish
it otherwise, we should face the
ugly fact that the destiny of Eu-
one, just as the destiny of the
whites and Negroes + one!
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21

Dickerson, trustees, Aletaea
Fleming of Cleveland Addie
Dickerson of Philadelphia, Bessie
Bearden of New York, advisory.
Sponsors included nationally
prominent individuals; also Beta
Alpha and Gamma Chapters Of
the lambda Kappa Mu Sorority;
Delta Simga Theta Sorority; Ma
tional Council of Women Inc;
National Association of Colored
Graduate Nurses; and Tanadega
Knoxville and Bethune-C Goodman
College Clubs.
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~sir. we must have had too many in fine elevoioz."

has been a green, living, push
ing thing for nearly four million.
There it stands now-"General
Sherman"-having been discover
ed and named by an officer who
had served under that e%vanescent
worthy of the Civil war-discov-
cred in 1879 after it had stood
and lived and flourshed indie
pendent of man for over 80 GEN.
turtles. Had it not been remote
from e man, it could not
have lived so long. There it
stands now, in the western ranges
of the Sierra Nevadas, with some
of its ancient mates scattered a
bout, fenced in by a low human
made railing, and introduced by
a human placard, asking foolish
man not to tear the tree apart,
ounce by to cart home.
Some of its mates + fallen
giants; so large is one that All
ample auto road is constructed
along its PROSTATE trunk. The
fire and the LIGHTNING of many
ages have not downed nor dcs-
troyed some of these trees, which
still grow, with their green bran
ches near their far tops. As they
grew up, evidently the lower bran
ehes died or wre destroyd by fire
and other forces. "Red woods"
their great red trunks look like
upshoots of the earth itself on
which tree-like branches grow.
Setne have fire-gutted hollows in
them, but their powerful and
ancient sappy bark keeps them "a
live, and the remains of their
everlasting sinews keep them
standing.
They are the only living, nom
human things that | have ever
felt like taking off my hat to and
bowling before.
Since General Sherman sprou-
ted forth and began to grow a
century and a half before the
Christhn era, every other liv-
way, mostly in many generations
ing thing has died and passed a.
every animal, every germ, every
vegetal thing.
The race from which 'Gener-
al Sherman descends reaches
back into prehistoric times. Per-
haps his ancestors covered most
OF the parts of this continent
that theun existed. 1t was a
time when things grew gargan-
tuan, both p'hnts and animals.
1t took huge trees to co-exist
with huge beasts.
About 80 miles through the
plains and foothills and then IL
miles up the picturesque wind
ing mountain road, two good
hours of skillful driving from Tu-
lare, will bring one to this won
der of all the world of life. See
it sometimes! And climb Moro
Rock nearby and look at the west
ward stretching plains, fay over
the mountains and foothills.
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21
CROSSWATTH APPROVES OF
AN1I-COMMUNIST

New York, Oct. 10 Cen
dorsing an anti-communist reso-
luton which would drive out all
party communists, Frank r.
Crosswaith who was chosen one
of the two candidates of the
American Labor Party, climaxed
a stormy meeting when he Bit
terly assailed efforts of Negro
communists to interpret the
German Russian Pact as an aid
to Negro people of the world.
Said Mn. Crosswaith: "Non-
white millions now under the
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21

sn and French domination
woold be in a far worse state OF
domination under a to-aliarian
form of government. For in
stance in the West Indies it is
possible to organize labor unions
and carry on agitation for indie
pendence. Under Stain that
would be impossible"
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21
DOROTHY MAYNER WINS
G X f A T OVATION

New York N. Y. Oct. 10 &C.
Dorothy Mayner, whose soprano
voice created quite a sensation
his Summer again displayed her
talent with the great Boston
Symphony Orchestra under its
famous conductor and her disco
verer, Serge Koussevitsky. This
time Miss Mayner sang a duet
with the protege of Roland
Hayes, Leonard Franklin, which
was accorded a big ovation.
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more school authorities have de-
cided to merge white and Negro
classes, but in the merger drop
ped Miss Bragg while employing
white teachers.
As the law goes the tenure act
protects Mrs. Bragg even if the
school board does not want her to
"teach white children"
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21

S. S. Morris, secretary, ACE lea
que: Miss Gladys R. Holmes, d.
rector of religious education, New
England annual conference and
many others. Bishop Sims deliver
ed the closing message.
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CASE OF COLLEGE PROFESSOR

Charles r. was a poor boy who sold
newspapers In the late afternoon and
evening to be able to go through high
school and help support his family.
His c in college were trying ones,
serving on tables and taking odd jol
IN summertime to raise tuition. lie
finally graduated with the degree OF
Doctor Of Philosophy and received a
The Omaha guide., 1939-10-21
By DIR. ". fIssoN HaENNEF
Noted C-im-no.ocist

gHetuoi life rroblsms which In vdTious
Ecys hove faced persons at different times
suIinq for decisions of visul is1poriuree.
keuders ors invited to write their opIaiona
- alternatives oIven IN these cones cfiect-
nc The happiness. the liberty and some
amss the lives OF people. Numss win be
smitisd. II desired.
II you howe a personal problem about
=whleh YOU seek odvics. write 10 DR.. bron'
ssr In core OF this newspaper. Fer On an
veIops. Communicu,ions trsuted In eonh-
annca.l
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ghould q teacher promote an incompetent a.1.ezs IN o--sr ID
suve hG position?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-23
POLl'S

Direct from New York's famed Harlem, to the stage of the Loew- Poli theater tomorrow evening. comes the worlds biggest hotsy- totsy all colored, all star revue.
 The headline attractions of this smash stage bill are Tip, Tap and Toe, stepping away with the show as they perform one brilliant dance routine after another. Audiences will thrill to the sensational drum dance, to be performed by these artists exactly as they first di dit in the Eddie Cantor hit, "Ali Baba Goes to Town" Tip, Tap and Toe have long been famous in Hollywood and on Broadway, having appeared in numerous films for 20th Century Fox and in the popular George Whites Scandals" of recent years.
 Next on this gigantic bill is a grand contribution from the Duke Ellington Band, songstress Dolores Brown. and when Dolores goes to town, high notes take wing through the air! A bit of comedy is in jected into the melodious proceed ings by Wilson and Garner, Broad ways foremost colored comedians. For the tops in song an Struttin' swing. we give you the 3 Yams, songstresses who hold record for the longest engagement with the widely-famed Cotton Club. Adding
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-23
STRAND

Performances this evening at Warner Bros. Strand theater con- cludes the engagement of Errol Flynn in the technicolor epic Dodge City" ;also Society Lawyer" with Virginia Bruce and Wlater Pidgeon.
 Starting tomorrow and for the following three days the Strand will brin gto its screen another of those popular giant twin feature bills, wi htthe 90-minute laugh hit Mid night" spotlighting the bill.
 In the opinion of critics it is the happiest hit of the season and brings together for the first time Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche in the co-starring leads. Of course the cast contains many more fa- nous names, being long and spec tacular one beginning with John Barrymore, and including Francis Lederer, Mary Astor, Hedda Hopper, Rex OMalley and Elaine Barrie. TShe last named is, of course, the young wife of Barrymore. now mak- ing her first appearance on the screen.
 As the co-feature the manage ment will present the screens num- Der one bad man." Humphrey Bo- gart, in the exciting picture ''You Can't Get Away with Murder" Tn Che supporting roles are Gale Page. Billy Halop, leader of the Dead End" kids, and John Litel.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-23
M The Local 7henters

more enjoyment to the show is a streamlined melody and dance team pdirect from the Kit-Kat Revue, Mccain and Ross, putting songs and steps over in their own original way! Completing the grandest hour of social entertainment that you have ever been privileged to enjoy are the Rascal of Rhythm, with plenty of musical surprises.
 Furnishing the Cab Galloway type of music for this stupendous show are Gus Meyers and the Loew Poli Theater orchestra.
 On the screen is Big Town Czar" in which famous reporter, Ed Sul- livan, bares the secrets of Big Town racketeering revealing the bru- tai operations of sinister band in breath-ta taking |. amazing fashion!
 Portraying the leading roles in this dynamite drama are Barton Mac Lane and Tom Brown, with a stel- lar supporting cast headed by Eve Arden, Jack LaR ue, Jerry Marlowe, Frank Jenks and Walter Woolf King.
 On the same program is another smash hit, 8 laugh and love riot, For Love or Money" featuring Robert Kent and June Lang.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-23
BULLDOGS TAKE
 DOUBLE HEADER
Ruby Pitches NO-Hit Game Against Gent Juniors
 Yesterday

The South End Bulldogs. won a double-header Saturday at Halnil- ton Park. They defeated the Maple Hills by a score of 8 to and the Gent Juniors by 6 to o. The fine pitching of Johnny Reardon and Louis Ruby enabled the Bulldogs to win their third straight game.
 Reardon Yields Two Hits
 In the first game of the double header Johnny Reardon held the Maple Hills to two hits. Besides giv- ing up two hits Reardon walked one and struck out eight batters. The South Enders nicked Champion Maple Hill pitcher for nine hits and eight runs. Jackie Traver get ting two hits out of two times at bat featured for the winners at bat. Roy Lockhart playing third base for the losers was the only one who made two hits.
 Louie Ruby who is wearing the colors of the Bulldogs pitched a no- hit no-run game against his former mates, the Gent Juniors. Besides pitching no-hitter Ruby struck out eleven, walked none, and batted in two of the. winners runs. The fine fielding of Traver, Joey Cicco, and Procopion enabled the Gent Juniors not to reach first base.
 Harold Paranteau, Jimmy Mc- Carthy and Joey Cicco helped Louie Ruby in his no-hit no-run game. Each of them had a perfect day at the plate getting two hits and SCOT ing a run. Jackie Traver who caught 8 line drive in the third inning and Cicco who caught one of Shea $ liners performed fine fielding in Sat- urday's game. This game was the third no-hit no-run game that the Bulldogs have won in two years. Last year Traver won two consecutive no-hit no-run games.
 The South End Bulldogs are without game this Saturday and would like to play the Elton Hotel baseball team of the Recreation League for this week. The manager of the Elton baseball team may con- tact Sammy Procopion by calling 3-9631.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-05-23
STATE

Union Pacific" Cecil B. DeMille's great production of the first trans continental railroad, continues to draw huge crowds to the Warner Bros State theater where it will continue to be shown until final performances on Thursday evening.
 The film is currently the talk of the town and the thousands who have viewed it since the opening on Friday are indeed praising it to the skies. It is truly one of the greatest adventure films ever screened.
 Brabara Stanwyck and Joel Mo- Crea in the co-starring leads turn in performances that are probably the most outstanding of their ca rers. Barbara in the role of Mollie, an Irish colleen, won the whole hearted applause of the audience whole McCrea as the law" of the Union Pacific is excellent.
 The comedy angles are brought out by two favorites, Akim Tamiroff and Lynn Overman. It is needless to say that the walls of the theater with the laughter which this new comedy team brought forth from the audience.
 In addition the management pre- sents Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police" with John Howard in the leading role.
 Starting Friday the State will again scoop the entertainment field in Waterbury with the picture you have been waiting for "Only Angels Have Wings" with Cary Grant, star of Gunda Din" and Jean Arthur of "You Can't Take It with You" fame in the co-starring leads. In-' this marks the first time that the two stars have been seen together.