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The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
Under Fire For
Substituting American
Legion For Khan

Birmingham, Dec 81 (By Wal
ter C. Murdoch for ANP-Both
the colored and the white daily
and weekly newspapers have pro-
tested against the statement made
by Jefferson County's Sheriff
Elect Harry f. Smith. He is
credited with saying "The old khan
is dead but we have the American
Legion and you sheriffs can and
should get in touch with them at
anytime" The statement was made
at the Alabama Peace Officers
Convention.
"T'he American Legion has been
and still is one of the patriotic or
CARNATIONS of the USA.a People do
not believe or degenerate the
American Legion to mean a substi-
tute for the repudiated Ku klux
Klan," said the Birmingham World
colored weekly, NOR would anyone
like to interpret Sheriff Smiths
words to encourgage the American
Legion to take on the anti-Ameri-
can program of the Internal hood
ed floggers."
The powerful Birmingham News.
white daily, spoke bitterly in an
editorial on the Sheriff's plans for
s~ecret-order law endorsements and
his plans for vigilante committee,
in white neighborhoods. Arresting
Negroes found walking through
them after dark.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
So Votes Elect Mound
Bayou Mayor

Mound Bayou, Miss, Dec. 29-
(C)-Only So votes we're polled by
Attorney B. A. Green on Tuesday,
December 13, and he was pe-elected
for the tenth consecutive two-year
term as mayor of this, the famous
"Negro town" which was founded
by the late Isiah T. Montgomery.
Mr.. Green's opponent, Prof. I. E.
Edwards, polled only 80 votes.
There was an upset, however, in
the Board of Alderman, the Square
Deal Party, which has been in con-
troll for two year being routed.
Five members were defeated The
treasurer, H. A. Riddle, had no OPP
ponnent, and received "a votes. Ma
yor Green is a Harvard man.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
OMAHAN, RESIDENT FOR
HALF CENTURY. DIES AFTER
FALL

Mrs. Alice Brown, "a died Mon
day January 2, 1899 at 40 P. M.
at her home, 4215 N. 26th st. with
a heart attack. She died after an
illness of 3 weeks. The illness was
brought on by a fall in which she
broke the end of her spine and
complications set in
Mrs. Brown came to Omaha with
her husband and children 48 years
ago from Leavenwolsth, Kansas.
She has been a window for a num-
Der of years and the mother of a
number of children of which three
survived, one daughter, Mrs. Della
Wynn of San Francisco, Jesse
and Roy Brown, of Omaha, who
resided with her, and brother,
Mr.. Hiram r. Greenfield, also of
Omaha, two grandchildren, Jessie
Lane of Omaha, and Rowena Wynn
of San Francisco, one neice, Mrs.
Marie Gray, and a nephew, Eugene
Davenport, both of Omaha. She was
employed for 81 years in the late
bankers family, Mr.. Milton Bar
lowe, and she was well known and
had a host of friends. She was a
member of the Ruth Chapter Or
de- Eastern Star. and a member
60 Hillside Presbyterian Church.
The body is at Lewis Mortuary.
/ Funeral arrangements have &c not
yet been completed, pending the ar
rival of her daughter, Mrs. Della
Wynn.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
Chicago Detective
Captures Daring Wo-
man Bank RObber

Chicago, Dec. 81 (ANP-Al-
though he had no reason to doubt
that the white woma who had just
robbed the Drexel State Bank of
$4,000 at noon Wednesday, would
blow up the place with nitrogly-
cerine as she had threatened, City
Detective Chris 0ovingbon, who
happened to be present at the time
risked his life to seize the robber
and save the money. For his bra
very, he may receive a hero's re-
ward
The woman, Mrs Mary Cheek
McCollum Schucb, went to the
presidents office and after a short
conversation presented him with a
printed note stating she was "Bess
Carney, boss of the Carney mob"
and demanding $4,000. In her coat
pocket was what seemed a gun.
Then she produced two small vitals
containing a clear liquid she de-
clared was nitroglycerine. Outside
the bank, she said, were four mem
bers of her gang, two wearing cab
drivers caps, and all heavily arm
ed. The bank president looked
through the widow. Peering in was
a man with a cabbie's cap. So the
official made out a draft, went to
the teller's window, and got it cash
ed. He gave her the money and she
started out, saying, "It's a good
thing you did this
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
FAITHFUL MARY" RETURNS
TO FOLD

New York, Jan. 13 (By Francis
for ANP)-"Faithful Mary, the
back sliding angel, of Father Di-
vine Heaven, is back again in the
"'Peace Brother" Movement.
After II months of fueding she
entered Harlem last week in .
sleek limousine with Father as her
distinguished escort.
Ttalkative angels said that Dir
vine himself pleaded with Mary
to return to the fold and she die
tated her term. Mary demanded
to travel in luxuryon Pullmans
Divine to meet her at Bridgeport
and stipuatel also that transporta-
ton to Harlem must b Elm a limou-
sine. Apparently, the Father conn
piled.
Once publicly, Mary denoo
the Father. She said: he amt no
God; he's jest a foolish old man."
Just before her return to Har-
lem from Chicago, she told her
followers that Divin els "just a
damn man and a fake"
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
CIO n AT. OF L.
UNITE BEHIND
ANTILYNCHINGB BILL

New York, Dee. % Both the
Congress of Industrial Organizat
tons and the American Fedora
ton Of Labor will support the
fight for passages of a federal
anti-lynching bin during the COM
ing session of Congress, officials
Of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People re-
veal here today
Passage of the bill is called for
undet the civil liberties section of
CLOS 1889 legislative program,
according to an announcement
mado in Washington, December
81, by John l.. Lewis, president of
the organization.
At its first convention held in
Pittsburgh, Pa, recently the CIO
gave a vigorous setback to EN-
ployers who seek TO break down ia
boris strength by appealing to race
prejudice, when the following reso-
luton was passed:
Resolved that the CIO hereby
pledges itself to uncompromising
opposition to any form Of discri-
mination, whether policital or eco
nomic, based upon, race, color, or
creed or nationality.
Replying to a telegram from
Walter White urging that the
American Federation of Labor in
clude actice support of a federal
anti-Lynching bill, and a non-dis-
elimination clause in the federal
Governments program for the dis
tribution of education funds to
southern states ointhe Federation's
1889 Legislative program, William
Green said:
1.-The American Federation of La
Dor is in accord with the sugges-
tons submitted in your telegram
Green's statement was issued in
2. telegram sent from the Wash
ington headquarters of the Fed
GRAFTON December 81.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

Miss Lois Anne Herndon, Ere
mont resident and well known in
Omaha, made a special trip to the
city Friday, Dec. 30th to undergo
2 blood TRANSMISSION in an effort TO
save the life of her aunt Mrs. U.
s Watts, also of Fremont who had
been under the care of physicians
at the st. Joseph Hospital for
more than three weeks. Doctors
who typed Miss Herndon's blood
said it was of a fine quality and
hoped it would aid Mrs. Watts in
regaining her health. After leav-
inc the hospital, Miss Herndon
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION
PAYMENTS BEGIN

Lincoln, Nebr., Dec. 31-Thou-
sands of Nebraska workers who
have earned rights to benefit under
the Nebraska Unemployment Com
~pensation law will file initial claims
for unemployment benefits during
the week beginning Tuesday, jan
uary 8, in twenty offices of the
Nebraska State Employment Ser
vice.
R T. Malone, Director of the
Nebraska Unemployment Compen-
sation division, stated Wednesday
that a fund amounting to $685.
900 was available for benefit pay
ments. Final plans have been COM
pleted for accepting claims and
processing them sc that valid
claims can be paid promptly and
accurately.
Only persons who have worked
some period of time since January
1. 1888, for an employer subject
to the law are eligible as covered
workers for Unemployment Com
~pensation benefits.
A covered worker must have
earned wages approximately eight
weeks of fulltime employment UNI
der employers subject to the law
during the first nine months of
1888, in order to file an initial
claim through the State Employ
ment Service office during the first
three months of 1889.
Benefit checks will amount to
one-half the workers most recent
full-time wage with SIS as a max
imum benefit and So or three
fourths of the full-time weekly
wage, whichever is the lesser, as
the minimum. The law provides a
maximum of sixteen weeks of bene-
fits in any consecutive fifty-two
week period. No claim can draw
any more than $240 in any one
year.
Types of employment not cover
ed by the Nebraska law include
agricultural labor, domestic SER
vices in private homes, service per-
formed as offices or GREY of a
vessel on navigable waters, ser
vices performed by designated
members of ones family, services
performed for a religious, education
charitable, or scientific institution,
nen-profit in character, and SER
vices performed for federal, state
county, or municipal governments
or any political subdivision Thereof.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

spent the balance of the day at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Drake, 1431 N oath st. before re-
turning to work at Fremont Sat
urday.
On Monday sic received the sad
news of Mrs. Watts death. The
deceased is survived by her hus-
band and two daughters, Marjorie
of Fremont. who was at her moth
er's bedside and Mrs. Henry Jack
son of Kansas City, Mo. Funeral
services will be held Friday, Jan
9th at Fremont.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
Woman Federal Employe
Has Perfect" Record

Washington, Dec. 20 (C)-Mrs.
Frances L. Green, an employee for
80 years of the National Park Ser
vice, and a member of the United
Government Employees from it's in
ception two years ago, has never
been late to work, and has no marks
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
Register
AT THE URBAN
LEAGUE 2213 LAKE ST. NOW
Adult Education-opportunity

Adult Education-opportunity
classes
Glasses begin Thursday, January
s, 1899
Courses offered:
Practical Arithmetic
Conversational English
Negro History
Writing
United States History
Courses leading to Grade school
Certificates.
Mr.. Robert Moody, Instructor, A
dult Education Dept. Board OF
Education.
For further Information call;
Mrs. Gragce Bradford, Neibhbor-
hood Secretary, Webster 5000.
Classes each Thursday and Fri
day.
Other Classes:
I Phyllis Wheatley Home
5625 So. oath st.
South Omaha
Ma. 0573
Mondays and Tuesday evening
from 7 to 8 P. M.
II North 18th ST.
1912 N. 18th ST.
Wed. and Fri mornings
from 10 to IL moor.
III Mount Nebo District
Call us for Information, Mrs. J
S. Bradshaw, 1920 J. A. Creighton
Blvd. WE. 7677.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
Crippled Colored Children
To Benefit by Presidents
Infantile Paralysis
Program

Washington D. C. Dec. 20 (ANP)
Nation wide support this year
is being given the President Roose-
velt Annual Ball by Negroes due
TO the fact that the infantile Para
lysis Assa,iation, beneficiary of
this annual event, had decided to
turn its attention to making the
benefits avaible to colored Child
rem.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
Van Nuys Will Renew
Anti-Lynch Bill Fight

136ta St, in a Christmas appeal
Tor contributions to the fund. says
although Negroes are only five per
cent Of TIE population of New York
City then constitute % per cent
Of the city's unemployed.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
Sponsor Exgects Bitter
Fight; Sees Support
L 0 Bill Growing

Washington, Dee. 91-Tae as74i-
lynching bill loomed today As enc
Of the major issues facing the roth
Congress when it convened Tues
day.
Senator Frederick Vaa Nays.
Democrat Of Indiana, one Of she
original sponsors of the measure,
said h. would introduce it again
during the first week o. the new
sessiaa
Indicating that he was SCI to
begin the fight all oeer asain, Van
NUS, said that one of his first
moves would be to confer with SEN
ator Robert F. Wagner, Democrat
Of New York. co-author of the BIZ.
Snothered at the last session BY
the desperate FL hrstc~ Of :. hand
full & Southern tory Senatops the
deter mined reactionary Opposition.
SUPPORT GROWS
II will be a bitter figat
as il has always BEEN" "a
NLys said in discussing tna !.
prospects for he measure.
During the intervening NOR rs
since last Spring VIXEN the bill was
killed support from church an la
Dor CARNATIONS for enactm3a. OF
Federal anti-lynchlng legisia u
has grown considerably.
Beth the clio and AFL ave
PLACED themselves on record IL
favoi of the Wargner-Van f'uys
measure and sentiment in the South
against lynching was rallied by the
recent Southern Conference for
Human Welfare.
Although there may be some
minor changes, it is expected that
the anti-lynching bill will be sab
stantially the same as at the last
session.
One of the important questions
which will decide the fate Of the
bill will be the stand of the Re-
publicans in the Senate. Refusal Of
Republican Senators to vote for sis-
ture to shut off the filibustec help
ed kill the bill.
C1oiture, which requires a TIVE
thirds vote, viii probably be need
ed if the bill is to pass since the
Southern reactionaries r. again
expected to try a filibuster.
Senator Van Mugs said that he
does not anticipate any trouble in
getting the bill past the Judiciary
Committee where it will probably
be referred.
He heads the subcommittee,
which will consider the bill, and
he expects approval from both his
group and from the entire coma
mittee.
Following committee approval,
Van Mugs said, the next move will
be "to find a place for it on the
calendar"
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

Whatsoever against her for delin-
quency, according to B. c. Gardner
chief Of perations and protection
Of the National Park Service. Mr..
Gardner introduced Mrs. Green to
the audience of the U. G. +. forum
Sunday afternoon.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

largest Negro population served is
Georgia,e1,071,1 24; the New York
population served is 412,S14. The
second highest population served
is MississippiL1,0O9 ,718-with 3
nurses.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
Negro Is % Per Cent of
New York Unemployed

New York, Dec 30 (c)-Curtis
J. Beard, vice president of the
Empire City Savings Bank, 231
West 125th street, and treasurer
of the emergency fund of the New
York Urban League, 220 West
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07

Pittsburgh political leader
whose bolt from the Democratic
party in Pennsylvania was sue
cessful, and he may now dictate
patronage in the Republican
camp. Mr.. Vann claims the
Democrats did not live up to
their promise Of ten percent OF
state jobs for Negroes, so he
"purged" them singlehanded,
throwing out of office David
Lawrence, Democratic State
Chairman, Vann's arch enemy.
The Omaha guide., 1939-01-07
City
Edition

The Weather
Weather Outlook for the
Period January 2 to 7.
Upper Mississippi and
Lower Missouri ValIe~s,
not much probation a.
Gated south portion: tenn
perature mostly near or
below normal, except a.
bove normal at tines ex-
treme south portion.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

has braved many a "protest COM
mittee" in line of duty as admin
istrator for New York City.
Army men dislike to talk about
these civilian jobs-except to say:
when the commander-in chief
issues orders, we obey" Such nom
military assignments do not jeopar-
die an officers standing in the
Army, and he is free to accept the
higher salary of the civilian post
in lieu of his Army pay.
Civilian officials in the Govern
ment venture the opinion that Army
men sometimes are a valuable asset
| to an agency. They cannot be
touched by political pressure. They
know the red-tape of Government
and how to cut through it. Their
technical skills in engineering fields
is respected.
Fleming's appointment to the
wage-hour post drew Bronx cheer
from Representative Connery, DEM
ocrat, of Massachusetts, a member
of the House Labor Committee.
Said he:
1T seems to me such executive
positions call for someone with ex-
perience in dealing with labor re-
lations, not for military disciple
narianS."
No Clicking of Heels.
But one New Dealer remarked:
If any Army officer has a social
conscience, Fleming has one"
There's no clicking of heels or
stiff saluting in the civilian Of
fees where the Army men work
any more than there is at the War
Department, where hundreds of
officers in multi call each other by
the nicknames they knew at West
Point.
The President threw the Army
into some tough spots in the early
days of the New Deal. In the dead
Of winter, Army aviators were Or
dered into the dark skies to carry
the mail when private contracts
Evening star., 1939-10-29

There he worked with Rear Ad-
miral Henry A. Wiley, who had re-
tired In 1929, to mold q new mer-
chant marine for the Nation.
Comdr. Howard L. Vickery, still
on active duty in the Navy, was
ordered to handle the commits
sion's building of a new fleet of
merchantmen. Another naval Of
ficer, 1t. Comdr. g. H. Easton, heads
the trial board which tests out
new ships when finished.
Craven Aids F. C. C.
Comdr. T. A. M. Craven, first
fleet radio officer of the combined
fleet, was appointed in 1887 to the
Federal Communications Commits
sion. Thus, he joined in the per-
picking task of working our con-
trolls for commercial radio within
the limits Of free speech demands
Comdr. Craven had resigned from
the Navy in 1885 to work as a con-
sulting engineer for private in
dustry.
To tell the farmer in Iowa and
the mariner at sea of sun or storm
ahead. the President took the Navy s
outstanding expert on aviation
weather. Comdr. F. w. Reichel.
derfer became chief of the Weather
Bureau last January, after az years
of Navy work. He's a qualified pilot
Of airplanes, dirigibles and bal
Evening star., 1939-10-29

had been Cancelled. Thousands Of
Army and Navy officers built camps,
recruited jobless wanderers, and
nodded them together in the c. C.
G. In F. E. r. A., c. w. A., w. p.
A. and p. w. A., dozens Of Army
engineers strained to put millions
OF men to work quickly on feasible
building jobs.
Rear Admiral Christian j. Peo-
pies, who labored to keep the raw
materials of war moving east IN
19l7-18, was plucked from the Navy
to buy the materials for new post
omces, bridges and dams. Gov
ernment reorganization released
him only recently from his posi-
ton as procurement chief for the
Treasury Department.
Pleased ut Performance.
Apparently, the Commander-in-
Chief in the White House was
pleased at the emergency per-
formance Of his officers. More and
more. he has drawn on the skilled
brass hats Of Army and Navy to
NIL crucial posts in civil agencies,
Rear Admiral Emory s. Land
line omcial at many a Navy foot
ball game-had no sooner retired
from the service in 1887 than the
President drew him back into Gov
ernment as q member-later chair
man-of the Maritime Commission.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

By the Associated Press.
They're hanging brass hats be-
side the scholars mortar boards in
the cloakrooms of Government.
When President Roosevelt, as
commander-in- chief of the Army,
ordered a second Army colonel into
his Little Cabinet" Washington OBJ
servers, counting military noses,
found a number of Army and Navy
men running important units OF
the civilian government.
Army camps and battleships. as
we'll as college campuses and busi-
ness houses. have been recruiting
grounds for the New Deal, they
found, since its beginning.
1t. Col. Philip B. Fleming, an
officer with a reputation for know
ing so much about red tape that
he knows how to keep it from get
ting around his neck" takes over
direction of the Wage-Hour Di-
vision at a time when some de-
mands for stronger enforcement
of the law had been heard.
Tackles Tough Job.
Col. Fleming, mustached officer
and gentleman, who managed the
West Point football team in the
late 20s, has been taking tough
assignments from the White House
since the New Deal began He
bossed the Public Works Admins
tration for Secretary Ickes built
neat cottages at Passamoquoddy for
workers on embarrassing prof.
ect which could not harness a flood
of political attacks, and co-ordi-
mated the Resettlement Admins
tration when its Rex Tugwell had
been target for political DART
throwers.
He walked into the Wage-hour
job just in time to catch the task,
assigned by Congress, of jacking
up the wage minimums and lower
ing the ceiling on hours.
In the Little Cabinet Col.
Fleming takes his place beside Col.
F. c. Harrington, an Army officer
who took over the job of admins
tering relief at a time when the w.
P. A. was under fire from Con-
gress.
"Pinky" Harrington's first big job
at w. P. "A change in wage
scales which some workers opposed
went through without hitch this
fall.
Col. Harrington, who modified
engineers for the front during the
World War, had served the New
Deal before as a mobilizer for the
c. c. c., and as chief engineer
of the far-flung work-relief prof.
ects.
Army Standing Not Affected.
He has several Army officers on
his w. p. A. Staff-mostly hold
overs from the days of Harry Hop
kins-including Bart Harloe, who
succeeded him as chief engineer;
Maj. Ronald Hicks, head of the
Airways and Airports Division, and
1t. Col. Brehon B. Somervell, who
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Catholic Radio Hour
Purty Is Planned

The Washington Catholic Radio
Hour will hold an Armistice Day
card party and dance at the May
flower Hotel at $50 pm. Thursday,
November 8.
Patrons include the Czecho-Slo-
vakian Minister and Nine. Vladi-
mir Hurban, Andrew l. Hickey, Isaac
Cans, Leo Rover, Chaplain William
j. Walsh, DR.. Ernest Aschenbach.
DR.. William Argy, DR.. Joseph Mum
dell. DR.. and Mrs. Winthrop Pea
body, DR.. Elizabeth Solon, DR.. Mar
jorie S. Stewart, DR.. and Mrs. John
Keaveny, the Minister of Lithuania
and Nine. zadeikis, DR.. and Mrs.
George McMurray, DR.. and Mrs.
Martin Kelley, DR.. and Mrs. John
F. Brazinsky, Prof Harry w. How
ard and many others.
DR.. John K. Cartwright, pastor of
Immaculate Conception Church,
Eighth and N streets NV, who con-
ducts the radio hour each week. is
honorary chairman of the function.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Maj. George O. Clark
Dies of Iona Illness

Maj. George o. Clark, infantry,
died yesterday at Walter Reed Hos
pital after an illness of several
months.
His last detail of service was at
headquarters of the Philippine De-
partmcnt in Manila. He was born
in Buffalo, N Y, November 4, 1891.
He was commissioned q reserve Sec
ond lieutenant August IS, 1917, and
accepted q commission in the Reg
Evening star., 1939-10-29

daughter, Dorothy Jane Clark. The
funeral will be held at 3:15 pm.
tomorrow at Arlington National
Cemetery, with honors at the grave
side. Chaplain John F. Monahan
will officiate.
Evening star., 1939-10-29

ular Army in November Of that
year. He was awarded the Purple
Heart decoration for a wound re-
ceived In France in 1918.
Maj. Clark is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Clara H. Clark. and a
Evening star., 1939-10-29

looms, guided . gasbas through Z
menacing storm during the Brus-
sells international balloon race Of
1923 and landed in . turnip patch
In Holland.
Evening star., 1939-10-29
Propaganda Drives
Seek 10 Influence
u. ). Sentiment
Reich Seen Doing Better
Job Than Allies, but
Gets No Results

It may not be our 1Dar, but ne
are subject to daily "hot-air"
raids - propaganda raids that
might nell be as fatal to our
neutrality as bombing attacks.
In this article a propaganda an
dlyst tells hoD nations at 1Ddr
hare attempted to 1Din American
Jdpor. He considers also the re-
suits obtained.
La gaceta., 1939-04-18

patio DEF circulo cubane, cue Sc,
ra inaugurado e. dia 20 de ma
70, con una srandiosa fiesta.
Para esa ,Reehe aniTersaric
de la fundaci6n de Ia RepGblica
lie Cuba, han sido contratadas
"a cinco %orQuestas, Don Francls
20, Manuel Sanchez, Eddie Ed.
wards, La Tropical y La Sonora.
Ccoperara Ell piblico con Ia
pIestigiosa sociedad.
La gaceta., 1939-04-18
De Los LedleS

La Secci6n de Damas y Sofia
>ilidad de los Caballeros Leales
ienc anunciada un bale para ell
dia 20 de abril, en- la sala de los
rCaballeros del Aguila de Orc,
Ncvena avenida y Gale 16.
Empezara a las IL de la nOche
lerminara a las 3 de la madru-
ada. Tocara la orquesta que di-
;ge Don Francisco.
va saben nueStros lectores
re la Seccion de Beneficencia o
3enefactora organiza un Picnic
9ara ell dia 81 de mayo, en- La Go
Umna.
Dos orquestas tocaran en- el
Picnic, La Sonora y Don Fran
cisco.