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The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
A. p. SPEARS, NEXT
OF A. C. f. LEAGUE

Sumter, S. CAR Sept. % (Cal-
win Service by per-
sons in African Methodism to be
the most logical candidate, who
ought 10 be elected to the position
of Secreiary-Treasurer Of the Al
len Christian Endeavor League,
the Reverend A. P. Spears. brill
liant South Carolinian will take
his rightful place in the 1910 elec-
ton to be held in Detroit.
The Reverend DR.. Spears has
Rad wide experience based on an
educational background obtained
in the New England States. This
distinguished Christian gentleman
who has been in the Ministry for
20 years, has had conspicuous
cces For the past IL years he
has served his denomination in the
capacity of Presiding Elder. At
present he presides oven the Mar
ion District in the Iodine State"
and he is unquestionably the
young peoples man.. Rev. Spears
has been a leader of the North
east Conference and is very active
in community affairs in his home
city. In addition to his religious
work, this energetic idealist finds
time to efficiently manage an
Undertaking concern, which is
worthy of mention. He has a keen
sense as a business man and as
a man of integrity and character,
Re believes in honesty. DR.. Spears
received special training fo<
young peoples work. For many
years he headed the young peo-
pies department of the Church fOw
the State of South Carolina. The
fact that for two quadrenians he
received, next to Rev. Morris, the
largest number of votes, is in it
self an indication of the peoples
choice for the office which he
rightfully seeks.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
PRICES AND
H WAR

One immediate result of the
outbreak of war in Europe has
been a sharp and sudden rise in
the wholesale prices of many
basic commodities. After current
stocks in the hands of retailers
are exhausted, the increased cost
mus be felt by the consumer.
1t is the governments hepe to
prevent plice-profiteering. But,
as any economist can tell you,
prices must inevitably rise sub
stantially in many fields, even
though profiteering is eliminat-
ed. This is perfectly natural, on
the basic of supply and demand.
Nations at war present an almost
Unsuitable appetite for a long
list of commodities-grains, dairy
products, metals, etc. When con-
sumption takes a great and inn
mediate jump, the sources of sup
ply are strained and price rises
follow.
The current situation makes it
all the more important to prevent
artificial and avoidable increases
in prices, both wholesale and re-
tail. AS a specific case in point.
those various existing "anti-con-
sumner" laws which encourage
price fixing, discourage honest
competition. and attempt to ham
per the efficient distributor in
order to aid the inefficient, may
be cited. To an extent never be-
fore true, laws of this character
menact the millions of hard rsess-
ed American families, to whom
making both ends meet is a diff
ficult problem.
In other words, let real, un-
hampered competition do all it
can to hold prices to fair and
natural levels, for the benefit of
the consumer.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
Adams Leads In Race For AME. Bishopric
More Than 10 Candidates in Race
For Exalted Office

tNote-This IS the result of a re-
cent survey made by a represents
tive Of Calvin's Service who has
just returned from a tour of twtn-
ty-five States.)
New York, Sept. %, (By ca
vim Service)-Of the more than
40 candidates seeking high honors
at the forthcoming conference of
the A. M. f. Church which will
take place in Detroit, Michigan,
next year, only II are being prom
inently mentioned for the Bishop
ric. Among those whom the lay
people all over the country are
particularly interested include the
distinguished Rev. f. A. Adams
of Columbia, South Carolina. The
Rev. DR.. Adams is said to be the
peoples choice due largely to his
broad educational background. DR..
Adams, a Presiding Elder, has
been in the ministry for more
than % years, and is widely rec
ognized for his business acumen
duo largely to the efficient manner
III which he has maintained the of
flee of President of the Victory
Savings Bank OF Columbia, which
is unquestionaolv one of the few
substantial Negro banks in this
country. Rev. Adams has gained
the wholeheartea support of e
ligionists and others everywhere
and his success is based on ability
as a Christian leader with genuine
ideals. Always active in civic af-
fairs, the Rev. DR.. Adams who is a
Trustee of Allen University and
Z member of the Financial Board
of the NJ. E. Church, is GER
tainly the most widely discussed
candidate in the race. Next in
line, according to the survey made,
is the Rev. Joseph Gomez of
Cleveland, Ohio, and followed by
Rev. H. M. Collins Of Los Angeles,
California, Rev. C. A.. Stewart.
Portsmouth, Va, Rev. D. Ward
Nichols, New York, N. Y, Rev. F.
NJ. Reid, st. Louis, Mo-, Rev. A.
ID. Avery, Greensboro, N. c., Rev.
S IS. Morris, Nashville, Tenn,
Rev. Wayman Ward, Chicago, ILL.,,
Rev. A. j. Allen, Cleveland, Ohio,
Rev. George Baber, Detroit, Mich.
Il ev.J. S. Johson, Pensacola, Flor
IDA, and Rev. III. Clayborn. Lit
III Rock. Arkansas.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30

Alvin E johnson, chairman of
the campaign organization which
will raise the funds, said in COM
menting on the amount set, "The
money needed for next year is the
responsibility of every citizen in
Omaha. To attain the goal OF
$5553,417 it will be necessary be-
cause of deaths, unemployment,
and removals from the city of
some subscribers, for this years
donors to increase contributions
approximately 20 percent over the
amounts donated last year. This
means sacrificial giving to meet
the needs of the chest. We must
not fall short.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
STATEMENT SENT TO EVERY
MEMBER OF CONGRESS

TIL eNAACP will keep a close
watch o n~legislation during the
present special session of Con-
eress, officials of the o~rganiza-
ton said, in order that the feder-
al anti-lynching bill shall not be
manuevered out of its present
position at the head of the House
calendar
The special session has been re-
quested by the President to de-
vote itself to proposed changes in
the Neutrality Act only. The
House voted on Thursday, Sept
ember 81, to mark time and take
yhree-day adjournments until the
Senate acted. If leaders of both
Hoses of Congress do not succeed
in limiting legislation Ito Neutral
ity legislation, then the associa-
ton will go into action immedi-
ately to bring up the Anti-lynch-
ing bill.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
GOAL OF CITY'S COMMUNITY
CHEST SET AT $553,417.O0

The goal for the 1939-40 Com
munity Chest campaign viii be
$553,417, an increase of $33,404
over the amount raised last year.
This was decided last Friday fol-
lowing a meeting of the Board of
Governors of the Chest with the
Budget Committee.
The addition of two new agen-
Cies and one new service, togeth-
er wit hthe increased cost of food
stuffs, clothing and other things
given to the needy by chest agen-
ces, and the increase in demands
for services of the agencies make
up the reasons for the increase
according to William L. Holman
vice-president of the Chest. The
CIV agencies added are the Me-
braska Council for Crime Proven
ton, and the Minerva Home. The
new service is a medical worker
whose activities will be carried
on in connection with the Creight-
on University Dispensary.
According to Casper Y. Offutt,
chairman o fthe budget committee
the new agencies added carry on
programs that do not conflict in
any way and do not cover the same
ground as any other participating
agency in the chest.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
POLANDS'S WAR Is
EVERY NEGRO'S FIGHT
By William L. Patterson
Associate Editor, CHA

Of YOU can keep your head
when all about you men are tell
ing lies-youll be a man, my
son."
onfusion is rife. 1t is being
broadcast consciously. Lies are
being manufactured by the min
ute in the editorial offices of the
'big" Dailies. Their foreign Eek
perts" are finding all kinds of
quotations from this or that I'M
named diplomat or authority on
Europe. All condemn the Soviet
Union for protecting the lives of
its own people after its preferred
protection for Poland was brazen-
ly rejected by Chamberlain and his
Polish puppets.
CT course, some of these lies go
ove;.
l listened to several persons tai
king the war over. "It's a white
rlan's war, let them keep it up
one said.
But this theory dies, and it dies
in the pocketbook when you STOP
to realize that out of the killing
in Europe, American Wall Street
r are making millions by raising
prices of the foods we eat.
Was the war of 1776 a white
mans war? The Haitians did moi
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
OTHER STATE CONFERENCES

Washington, d. c. Sept. % (C)
Continuing an attack on Negro
unemployment on a broad-Na alton
wide front, Lieutenant Lawrence
A. Oxley, Supervisor of the Ne
gro Placement Service in the Blu
reau of Employment Security, an
nounced Saturday the plans for
a New England Regional Confer
ence on Negro employment prob
lens. The four Governors of the
New England States Massachu-
sets, Rhode Islam, Connecticut,
New Hampshire, T officially
sponsoring the Conference. Be-
sides outstanding individuals in
the fields of industry, labor, and
civic leaders on the promising
program at Boston on the Both
of this month. 1t is significant that
the Boston meeting marks the LIST
time in the history of that section
that there has been indicated a
feeling of need for special study
and emphasis in providing equi-
table job opportunities for the
Negro in New England. Other
Statewide Conferences, are being
developed under the direction of
Lieut.. Oxley in Ohio, Illinois,
Michigan, Texas, New York, Ar
kansas, Virginia, West Virginia.
Indiana, Missouri, South arolina,
Tennessee and California. These
Statewide Conference on employ
ment problems of the Negro work
er are not ''fault-finding" Con-
ferences but have for their pur-
pose the focusing of attention on
the problem of the Negro worker
in his search for adequate, pro
ductive and continuing employ
ment.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
WHITE MOBBISTS
PLEAD GUILTY IN NEW
JERSEY ATTACK CASE

The seven workers had been taken
70 Middlesex Jail in New Bruins
wick, where they were being de-
tanned in a deception room as
material witnesses.
Calling Assistant State Prose-
cutor White at New Brunswick,
the NAACP learned that the nine
mobbists had pleaded guilty and
thrown themselves on the mercy
of the court. Because this pre-
cluded a trial and the necessity -
material witnesses, he advised the
NAACP that the workers wou!.i
be turned over to the Assocla in
today.
DIR. Anthony and E. Frederic
Morrow, coordinator of NAACP
branches, left Immediately for
New Brunswick where they were
to meet Frank H. Wimberly OF
Trenton, N. j., who has been re-
tanned by the NAACP temporari-
ly and arranged to take the group
of seven to Newark.
At a State Conference held Sat
urday afternoon, September 16,
at Far Hills, N. ]. by the NAACP
the question of action against the
mcbbists for damages was taken
up.
Association officials said the
low bail for the mobbists and
the possibility that they would get
short sentences would play a big
behalf of the potato pickers.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
NORTH CAROLINA DOCTOR
LEADS FULL LIFE

Henderson, N. c., Sept. % (Bv
Calvin Service)-One of the most
prominent physicians in this
State who he's gained considera-
able recognition as the result of
hard work in his chosen field is DR..
S. M. Beckford. DR.. Beckford, a
native Of Jamaica, B. w. l., has
been ~practicing in this thriving
North Carolina City for many
Years. He is President of the Old
North State Medical, Dental and
Pharmaceutical Society. A grad
uate of Howard and Boston Uni
versities, DIR. Beckford is also on
the Staff of the Jubilee Hospital
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
UP FOR SENTENCE

New Brunswick, N. Sept. II
Mine members of the mob OF
white hoodlums who brutally at
tackled seven Negro potato pick
ers, including a woman, August
II, ON the farm of Raymond Dey,
white landowner nea Cranbury,
N. J.. pleaded guilty this morning
in Middlesex County Courthouse
TO charges of assault and bat
terry.
The mobbists, all of whom were
men, was sentenced here by the
Court Friday, September % at 10
am. A tenth member of the mob,
who have escaped capture to date.
They are sad to have fled Inc
safe
By pleading guilty and throw
ing themselves on the mercy of
the Court the members of the mob
forestalled possible indictments at
the hands of the Middlesex grand
jury and a trial.
Their appearance here before
the Court followed a series of
the State police of New Jersey
that appeared questionable to of
ficials of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People, until they were ex-
planned.
The first action on the part of
the police involved the Negro po-
tato pickers. When DR.. David An
thony, president of the New Jer-
sey state conference of NAACP
branches, arrived at the Dey farm
in Cranbury to arrange transpor-
ttion of the migratory workers to
Newark, N. j. where they were
to be lodged in a hotel until the
trial, at the expense of the AS
ISOLATION, he was told by one of
the four remaining potato pick
NJ (who had not been assaulted
by the mob) that the seven work
N ha dbeen wished away Thurs
osy afternoon by police to be
held as material witnesses in the
case, as soon as the workers were
paid off.
DIR. Anthony went immediately
to Newark, where he met E. Fred
eric Morrow, of the Associations
staff, who come prepared to pay
for the boadd and lodging of the
workers. The two went to New
York, where an investigation got
under way Immediately.
A phone call to Col. Mark o.
kimberling, head of the New Jer-
sey State Police, at his office in
trenton elected the information
that he knew nothing about the
arrest of the workers. K~imberling.
stated he would investigate at
once. Shortly thereafter the
NAACP received a phone call
from Captain Lamb, second in
command of the state police
forces, who told the NAACP that
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30

think so. Eight hundred black men
from Haiti fought with Lafay-
cite on these shores. They saw in
our independence an aid to Eman .
eieation. There are no white men
or black mems wars. Let us rec
ognizo that.
Let us see that our place is a.
gainst imperialism and imperial
lists. This war will touch upon
the future of the colonial peoples
sooner or later. Are we not con-
cerned with this question
What is so easily recognizable
if we will only think is that those
in America who hate and perse
cute Negroes are the friends of
the facsists. In fact, the promo
tiers of the Khan and the many
kinds of gangster legions, includ-
ing some of the jim-crow advo-
Gates in the American Legion are
borrowing from the Nazis' racial
theories. The friends of fascism
are the enemies of Roosevelt and
the New Deal policies.
No, this is not a white mans
war. The Polish people must
have all possible support from the
Negro people. They have common
enemies in the Hitlers and Cham
berlains and Daladiers.
Against fascism everywhere at
home and abroad is our cry. Full
moral and economic aid to the Pol
ish people and those who help Po-
land defend its national indepen.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
YOUTHS THRONG TO COL
LEGE

Some dea of the eager rush
to college which is taking place
this year can be gained from the
figures at Bishop college, the wei.
known Baptist institution located
a Marshall, Texas. Above are
pictured 100 freshmen who regis
cred the first day. 442 students
had enrolled by the end of the
first week, 238 of these being
freshmen, the largest number
since the institution has been un-
der the guidance of its first Ne
gro president, DR.. Joseph j. Rho
ads. amp
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
WHITES EXPLOIT HEAVEN
TO JACK UP LAND VALUES
AT SATAN'S TOE

White Plains, N. Y, Sept. 28-
tCNA)-Recent reports that Fa-
Their Divine, cut leader was about
to establish a ''heaven" on Edge
water Point, a ritzy White res
dental area facing Long Island
Sound at Mamare neck, were part
of a plot by which David Wark
Griffith, producer of the anti-Ne-
gro film Birth of a Nation" for
mer Representative Woodson R.
Oglesby and other whites attem-
ted to force residents of the Point
to purchase property at an exor-
hitant price, according to charges
filed here this week in Supreme
Court
Earlier in the year Father Di-
vine had opened "heavens" in New
Rochelle and Yonkers and the re-
port that he was negotiating for
land in the Satan's toe area Of
Edgewater Point caused rich Re-
publican neighbors to lay off
their pet New Deal hate for a
while to concentrate on the Divine
menace.
The papers filed thi week dis
closed that Neal r. Andrews,
head of Satan's Toe, Inc, a real
estate concern, is suing Griffith,
Oglesby and seven others for re-
fund of money paid Griffith and
ether defendants in a land deal.
Andrews charged that in 1888
Griffith owned thirty-two acres on
the Point, where he made several
pictures, and that Oglesby and OF
hers acquired an interest in the
property. Griffith and Oglesby
then, according to the charges,
fodced Andrews and desidents of
the Point into buying more land
+fby threatening to sell otherwise
to undesirable people, to colored
people,"
In 1887 Andrews, because of the
alleged threat, purchased what he
thought was all of the Griffith
land, but last Spring Griffith and
Oglesby tried to sell him a plot
they had retained, he charged. IN
successful, they then had a dunn
my-titleholder sell to a woman
living in Harlem, suing a Negro
lawyer and a Negro real estate
dealer in the transaction, according
to tibet complaint. The Harlem
woman paid nothing for the land,
it was said.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30

dence and who still will aid Eth
opia.
We + concerned with securing
a democratic peace because we
know the fight for social security
at home will be. aided by it. Where
the people stand TO win, we stand
to win, for we too are the peo-
pie.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30
City Edition
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Copy

Weather outlook for the Period
September 25 to September 30.
Upper Mississippi and Lower
Missouri Valleys and Northern
and Central Great Plains, not
lures normal or above for most
precipitation Indicated; tempera-
par:.
The Omaha guide., 1939-09-30

here and occasionally finds time
to preach the gospel.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Citizens Weigh Cycle Ban
After Police Fatality

Georgetown citizens today were
considering an appeal to Police
Supt. E. w Brown that motor cycles
be abandoned in favor Of scout cars
as safety measure.
Such a move was discussed fol-
lowing the accident in which Ray
mond E. Grant, seventh precinct
motor cycle officer, was killed yes
terday.
At a meeting of the Georgetown
Lions Club yesterday John Paul
Jones, past president of the or
ganization, offered a resolution sug-
costing that wherever possible scout
cars be used by police instead of
motor cycles.
Mr.. Jones pointed out that acci-
dents in which motor cycle police
men figure are numerous, and that
this mode of transportation is haz-
ardous, particularly on rainy days.
The resolution, which would be
forwarded to Maj. Brown, was re-
ferred to the clubs Safety Com
mittee for study and report.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Five Chest Camps
To Hold Open House
Tomorrow Afternoon
Opportunities Provided
1900 Children Will Be
Shown in Program

A demonstration Of the oppor-
tunities provided nearly 1900 chill
dren this summer at five Communi-
" Chest agency camps will be
given tomorrow afternoon in the
Chopawamsic area.
The Family Service Association,
Chest agency which sponsors Camp
Goodwill, and the National Park
jervice are cooperating in putting
il the open-house program, to
which the public is invited.
The program will open with a tour
f the camp at 2 pm. Children
.om all five of the camps-now
.umbering 600-Will put on a water
arrival at 3 o'clock. A picnic sup
'er will be served at O'Clock. each
1isitor providing his own food, and
l general assembly will be held at
5, followed by camp pageant at 7.
The visitors will include Commits
sioners Melvin G. Hazen and David
McCoach, jr.; Judge Fay Bentley of
the Juvenile Court, Lewis Barrett,
co-ordinator of recreation, and Will
liam n. OdVul, ulleCUOI VI Ulle all
lily Service Association.
Hugo w. Wolter, director of Camp
Goodwill, expressed hope that many
Washingtonians would visit the
Chopawamsic camps tomorrow so
that they might learn the unlimited
possibilities for health, character
building, good citizenship and out
of-doors enjoyment which they pro-
Nde.
Members of the Program Com
mittee include Mrs. Charles H. Dodd,
director of Camp Happyland, spon-
sored by the Salvation Army; Mrs.
Edward P. Lovett, director of Camp
Pleasant, sponsored by the Family
Service Association; Lee w. john
son, director of Camp Lichtman,
sponsored by the Twelfth Street
Y. M. c. A.; Benjamin N. Rosen-
berg. director of Center Camp. spon-
sored by the Jewish Community
Center, and w. r. Hall. project
manager of the National Park
Service.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
Bicycle Safety Club Starts
:or Children Of Area

Formation of the Bicycle Safety
Club for juvenile cyclists Of the
District and nearby Maryland and
Virginia was announced today by
The American Automobile Associa-
ton.
The club hopes to reduce bicycle
accidents and to improve cycling
habits of children, the association
stated.
In order to join, each boy and
girl must sign pledge agreeing to
abide by certain safety rules. Mem
bership, which is free, includes
small red reflector to be attached
to the bicycle, a record of serial
number to provide against theft
and a booklet on bicycle regulations
and safety suggestions.
The local A. A. A. offices pointed
out similar clubs have been started
recently in St. Louis, Detroit and
Cleveland and have proved highly
successful.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
New Junior High
Bids to Be Opened

Bids will be opened this after
noon on the $775,000 Jefferson Jun
ior High School, it was announed at
the District Building.
The new school will be located
between H and I and Seventh and
Ninth streets SW. One wing will
be branch OF the Public Library.
Evening star., 1939-08-15

Don't gamble with traffic safety.
The odds are one minute to four
score years and ten.
Evening star., 1939-08-15

Bordered and allover patterns
in two-tone effects. All wanted
colors. as yds. long. Also / and
2 of a kind rayon or ninon show
room samples.
Evening star., 1939-08-15

100 inches wide to the pair. Two
and one-half yds. long. Fully
lined. Complete with tie backs.
Blue, rust, gold, red, green, wine,
eggshell.
Evening star., 1939-08-15
SURE-FH SLIP COVE

Floral pattern cretonne In
wine. blue or green with large
motif. Corded seams. Box
pleated skirts. Club. wing,
lounge, or cogSwell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-28
Pension MeasuresMad de UnanimousInAssenbl
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amend the measure to make the ban "all-inclusive" prosecutors jobs, court cierkships and messengers, as well as state officials and judges. But there was some doubt as to whether that party could present g united front, which was vital tf amendments were to pass.
 Some Democrats Favor It
 Reports persisted two or three Democrats favored the bill in it's original form and would vote with Republicans to pass 1t as is. On tho other hand, one or two Republicans were expected to go over to the with the hope the bill would be Democrats on the amendments, sent back to the House.
 The two Socialist Senators will vote for the original bill, along with the Republican majority. These two votes were expected to find a re- sponsive chord in the Republican ing bond bill comes before the Sen- ranks when the Bridgeport refund- ate, also today. Passage of the S2,- 44o,0OO bond bill was vital today, because the city's tax rate must be set by midnight tonight.