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The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30

A high point in the testimony be-
fore the audience was reached when
a southern white woman told the
story of how the Khan in South
Carolina had left a disabled Negro
war veteran naked on her front
porch at night after he had been
beaten by the Khan nearly to death.
John P. Davis, national secret
airy of the Congress, in a statement
to the press following the meeting
dashed out vigorously at what he
termed the "gross negligence of the
Attorney General of the United
States in refusing to bring instant
federal prosecution in these flag
rant cases of violations of the fed
eral statutes on peonage and night
riding"
The Congress official declared,
1.-THE Attorney General of the Uni
ted States may not escape the re-
sponsibility for having failed even
to investigate grave charges of
violation of federal law brought be-
fore the Department of Justice by
many individuals and organizations
involved in these asses. In the
Georgia peonage cases, despite the
sworn affidavitts of numerous Ne
gro poems who escaped from a Geo
rgia plantation to Chicago, the
Federal Bureau of investigation
has refused to conduct an inquiry
into the facts and has informed
the organization presenting the in
formation to them that the case is
closed. In the South Carolina cas-
es, the Civil Liberties Unit of the
Department of Justice has declar-
ed that there was in most of the
cases no federal jurisdiction and
that they could not act. But in
other cases where the head of the
Civil Liberties Unit, Mr.. Harry
Schweinhaut, admitted jurisdiction
the Department of Justice has re-
fused even to investigate. In the
latter Ease involving a reign of
terror b the xxx. against Negro
children at an NYA. camp in Lex
ington County, South Carolina, the
Department of Justice has refused
to act.
1--WE have brought these witness
es to Washington" said Mr.. Davis
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30
KHAN VICTIMS AND GEORGIA
Poems LAY PROBLEMS BE-
FORE DEPT. OF JUSTICE

Washington, March % In Wash
ington this week are victims OF
brutal treatment by the Ku Klux
Klan in South Carolina and two es-
capped Negro farm workers from
a Georgia peonage farm who were
held in bondage for more than ten
years.
They were brought here by the
National Negro Congress for the
purpose of presenting their COM
plants to officials of the United
States Department of Justice. An
appointment for them is scheduled
for sometime during the coming
week with Assistant Attorney Cen
eral o. John Royce.
At a meeting held here Tuesday
of this week, at which Congressman
Vito Marchantonio, president of
the International Labor Defense,
presided, the witnesses who came to
Washington told a tragic story of
brutal terror and semi-slave condi-
lions in South Carolina and Geor-
gia.
One witness, Will Fleming, the
father of ten children, told a horror
stricken audience of Washington
citizens, that he had been chained
in his cabin at night to prevent his
escape from a peonage farm in Og-
lethrope County, Georgia. TIE test
flied before the audience that he
and his wife and his children had
all been forced to work on the PLAN
tation during a period of some %
years and that in that whole period
the family earnings for any one had
never been more than $1,000.
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30
DEWEY'S M
PROGRAM HAILED

Favorable reaction rising often
to the most enthusiastic applause
in both agricultural states and in
dustrial centers has followed
Thomas E. Dewey's announcement
of his eight-point farm program
in his address at Lincoln, Neb., in
early March.
Measured by editorial express
sions, Mr.. Dewey, leading candi-
date for the Republican p%residen-
tial nomination, has laid down a
series of suggestions on which
town and country can at late unite.
Along with the attractiveness OF
the program, many commentators
found occasion for praise in the
candor with which it was pre-
scented.
"Dewey's Best Speech" said q
Sioux City (Iowa) Tribune head
line. "Thus speaks a man of ac-
tion," declared the Renville MINI.
Star Farmer. The latter paper
found works, not theory" to be
Mr.. Dewey's method and asserted
that a Dewey Administration with
a sympathetic Congress would &c
far in repairing the oss due tt
New Deal bungling," and putting
agriculture, our nations greatest
industry, on the road to prosperity
the balance of the nation with it
The Rockford (Ill.) Star headed
its comment, "Sense, Not Pana-
ceas," while the Topeka (kans.)
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30

ito keep them here until response
BILE officials of the Department of
Justice are willing to take enough
of their valuable time to hear the
stories of terror and diserimina-
ton against Negro Americans
which these witnesses have to tell.
So far Department officials have
not been as Cooperative as they
might in making themselves avail
able to hear these stories, even
though they know that maintenance
of the witnesses here is costing $40
a day. Our request for an inter-
view with the Attorney General
was refused, perhaps because he is
too busy trying to become elected
President of the United States. We
stated to Department of Justice Of
ficials that we would be willing to
present our case to Mr.. Rogge, but
even here there has been unneces-
sary delay. However, WI are de-
teremined not to let the witnesses
leave Washington until an official
of the Department of Justice, who
can speak with full authority for
the Department and the Attorney
General, gives us a hearing"
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30
BRITISH PRESENT RADIO
VERSION OF PAUL ROBE
SONS LATEST PICTURE

London, England, March 28-
(ANP)- The popularity of Paul
Robson in the British Isles rose
to new heights last week when a
radio version of his latest picture
1.-THE Proud Valley" was given a
highly successful broadcast from
Wales. The broadcast from Wales
was noteworthy because seldom is
a version of a new British film
presented over the air.
1.-THE Proud Valley" deals with
the homes and hearts of a Welsh
colliery valley and Robson plays
the part of David Goliath, an I'M
employed Negro stoker.
Paul Robson was not a stranger
in this life of Golfers and choirst
for he had sung at Mountain Ash,
Meath, Swanson, and Cardiff, and
on each occasion had felt at home
among the Welsh people. After
one great concert at Meath he had
been presented with a volume OF
Songs of Wales and in speech of
thanks had told the audience that
he looked forward to the day when
he would be privileged to sing a
Welsh folk song in an important
British film. The opportunity has
come in The Proud Valley, a film
in which he sings, among other
songs, All Through the Night and
the Welsh national anthem.
Wales was combed for actors to
support Robson. The players
finally selected were drawn from
the ranks of South Wales artists
and one of them, Rachel Thomas
has already been hailed by critics
as a sensational film discovery
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30
ed SO clip this song from the paper and save it. Sing
and play it everywhere.

Each time she sang the Welsh
hymn of prayer, 'Yny Dyfroedd',
Robson was moved to tears, and
as the film progressed he declared
that he had never played opposite
a finer natural actress. "If l am
privileged to see this film a thou
sand times" he said to her on leav-
ing for America, 81 shall melt into
tears when | watch the pit-head
scene and hear your song"
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30
Need Laxative take
ALL Vegetable One

Morning usually brings punctual
satisfying relief from constipation
and its symptoms such as head ach-
es, biliousness, sour stomach, no
appetite or energy.
BLACK-DRAUGHT'S main in
gredient i an Intestinal tonic lax
ative" which helps tone intestinal
muscles. 25 to 40 doses, only 25c.
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30

Don't let impotence lead you into
harsh measures for the relief of
constipation.
There's no use, for a little spicy,
all-vegetable, BLACK-DRAUGHT,
taken by simple directions, will
gently persuade your bowels.
Taken at bedtime, it generally al
lows time for e good nights rest.
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30
We Want Dewey
For President

Because
By his ability and courage and
his faculty of surrounding himself
with competent assistants, Dewey
won nationwide attention through
his campaign against rackets and
political corruption in New York.
Because
He is America at her best
clean, strong, courageous, hopeful
and able.
Because
He belongs to the generation
which will have to correct today's
mistakes and solve tomorrow's
problems.
Because
His stout heart and fresh cour-
age will enable him to carry eff
fectively the heavy burdens of the
nations highest office.
Because
He is able to state the case
against the New Deal in convinc-
ing terms and to show up the
New Deals defeatist policies as
they affect everybody.
Because
He is quick to root out misuse of
public funds and public authority.
Because
His plurality in 1887 when he
was elected district attorney and
La Guardia was elected Mayor, was
20 per cent greater than La Guar
dia's thus demonstrating that he
can get the support of voters in
great cities - voters who usually
support Democratic candidates.
Because
He received more votes as Re-
publican candidate for Governor in
1888 than any Republican Presiden-
tial candidate ever received in New
York State.
Because
He, more surely than any other
Republican candidate, can carry
New York State.
Because
He does not trust to luck,-in-
stead he weighs each factor care
fully, reaches his decision, Their
drives unhesitatingly ahead.
Because
He would r~e-create the Cabinet
form of government and by team
work with able department heads
give the nation a balanced admin.
istration.
Because
He picks good assistants, gives
them authority and responsibility
and public credit for successful
performance of duties.
Because
He is an able administrator a,
shown by the efficient way he runs
one of the largest public lega
offices in the country with a stat.
of IS lawyers and a total office
staff of $50 men and women.
Because
His experience during the pas
ten years has given him a clea.
insight into and a broad knowledge
of every important line of human
endeavor such as only one MAJ
in a million gets in a long life time
Because
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30

He comes from a small town IN
the Middle West where he learned
reverence for American institu-
tions and the American way of
life.
Because
He is a Republican born and
bred; the son of a Republican edi-
tor, the grandson of George Martin
Dewey, Sr., a founder of the Re-
publican party.
| Because
He can win the election and in
winning enable the Republican
party of today to meet its chal-
lenge as successfully as the Repub-
lican party of his grandfather's day
helped Lincoln meet the challenge
to the American form of govern
ment.
Thomas +. Dewey says -.
Eve in America have made up
our minds. If there is n thing
upon which we are all agreed, it
is that we shall send no American
to die on the battlefields of
Europe"
"Onlv a new broom can sweep
clean the ~budgetary litter of the
New Deal'.'
1--WE can and will again have a
government which keeps the faith.
We will keep faith with the needs
of every man on relief. And in a
larger sense we will keep the faith
so that he may again his
American birthright- an oppor-
tunity to earn his livelihood in a
proper place among his fellow
men,
"If any business man violates
the law, name him, indict him, con-
Wet him, fine him, Jail him. But
stop bringing the whole of a group
into disrepute and encouragement.
Stop furnishing the innocent and
the guilty alike"
what we need is to be shown
that the climb back up the hard
road toward solvency has begun.
Show it."
"After seven years of narrowing
the country the New Deal has not
yet scratched the surface of the
farm problem" "In working
toward a solution, / believe govern
ment must first seek the advice of
the farmers rather than the ad-
vice of clustered theorists" A.. . . i
"Politiculture has triumphed over
agriculture"
y 4 4
81 say to you that both capital
and labor want work, that both
detest idleness. We are going to
get exactly nowhere telling lies
and libels about one another"
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30

He comes from a small town in
the Middle West where he learned
reverence for American institu-
tions and the American way of
life.
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30

Journal observed: "There is punch
in Mr.. Dewey's speeches. His
statement snap and crackle. He
finds the tender spots and hits
hard. That is why the New Deal
fears him more than it does any
other Republican candidate at this
time" The Johnstown (Pa.) Tri-
bune thought it evident that Mr..
Dewey understood what he was
talking about" and added: "Thom-
as E. Dewey grows in political
stature as the pre-convention cam
paign advances"
Similarity of viewpoint appear
ed in the opinions of the Baltimore
Sun and the Detroit Free Press.
The Sun pointed out that Dewey
did not slight the need of business
prosperity in a program of farm
parity. "In his approach to the
farm problem" it continued, "he
thus seems aware of n of the
New Deals gravest errors" The
Free Press felt that "Thomas E.
Dewey hit the nail on the head,
when he said that any plan to get
American agriculture back On its
feet is bound to fail unless it is a
part of a larger program to get
the whole national economy back
on its feet"
The New York Herald Tribune
registered the same point: "The
candidate for the Republican Presi-
dentia nomination is putting his
finger on the chief weakness of the
New Deal farm policy when he
declares: I'VE cannot have a pros
porous agriculture amid a PROSTATE
America"
In Chicago, the Tribune judged
that Dewey proved his statement
that "politiculture has triumphed
over agriculture" under the New
Deal. 1t continued: "Mr. Dewey is
proving in his successive speeches
that his extraordinary record in
the courts is no accident. His talent
for Analysing and simplifying com
plicated material is of a high or
der; his ability to discover the es-
sential weakness in his opponents
armour, and without firing his au-
dience with REPETITION, to attack the
weak point, is astonishing"
The Salt Lake City Tribune felt
that the people of Utah "are par
tial to doors" and said many of
both parties were inclined to look
upon Mr.. Dewey as the kind of q
leader they had been seeking. The
Anderson Qnd.) Herald saws
"words of wisdom" in his asser-
ton that government must first
seek the advice of farmers rather
than 'cloistered theorists and then
act on that advice" dewey is No
Quack- Salver," declared the Wat
erbury Comm American, and
Dewey Is Alert" summarized
the Savannah (Ga.) Press. The
latter found he "is setting a hot
pace" and asserted that "the New
Yorker seems to be the best cam
paigner of the COP side of politics
at the moment"
"He left a peasant impression in
Nebraska" said the Nebraska
State Journal of Lincoln. "He is
quick at repartee. His eyes twinkle
as he parties impertinent ques-
tions. He has magnetism and a
smile that does not appear to be
forced. He is in excellent physical
health, and with that has youth.
Even those who are supporting
other candidates for the Republican
nomination were pleased with
Dewey. They found no fault"
The Omaha guide., 1940-03-30

Here is the official Whisker Son written by
Judge Lester Palmer. Copies of the song are limit
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-08
THE HAGERsTOWN GLOBE

Beniamin 4. BEARD
.A.lvcrtisiNg Manager
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-08

AS Spring comes on. people
throng to the automobile show
rooms. A man may have no in
tention Of buying car when he
begins to look at them. but the
marvellous beauty and convenience
of these machines often convince
him that he cannot exist longer
without new one.
When he compares the automO-
bile of today with those turned
out quarter of a century ago
the change seems a miracle. Those
who recall riding in the wheeling
and splitting old machines of 1915
will remember many sorrows of
the road, how the old bus would
go back on them at the most criti-
cal moments and leave them to
walk miles to the nearest repair
show. They recall how it labored
Up the hills as if its strength
might give out any minute-and
t often did,
The speed. power, flexibility
and instant responsiveness of the
modern car passes all belief. The
automobile makers of 25 years ago
scarcely dreamed that such a pro-
duct could be created. The mind
Of man has so refined that intri-
cate combination of mechanical
parts that it Obeys the slightest
touch of its master The endur-
ance of these cars is another mir
acle. They traverse rough roads,
necessarily jolted and yanked by
ruts and stones, yet somehow they
keep purring along like little
clocks on a secure shelf.
The mind of man has produced
the most marvellous machine for
overcoming space, but the mind Of
the driver remains about as it
was. If he is inconsiderate or
reckless or uses poor Judgment.
what becomes of mans mechanical
triumph?
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-08
Weary of Frying Pan

Love for the nazi fatherland
appears to be on the wane. if the
number of persons who plan to
make their exit from that country
is any indication.
The United States state depart
ment has just announced that the
total number of aliens registered
for immigration at American con-
sular offices as of last June 80,
was 309,7S2 from Germany prop
er. Since that date, it is reported
the total registrations from Ger
many have increased. 1t can be
assumed that many thousands liv
ing in nazi-subjugated Poland re-
Gently have signified their inten-
lions to come to America.
No one truthfully can say that
this widespread desire to leave
the nazi paradise" springs from
glowing accounts of the United
States published in German news
papers American democracy does
not enjoy a good press in the nazi
domain, where all newspapers are
under the domination of Hitler
In fact. the diatribes already pub
lished against the American form
of government run into millions
of words. Nor do the German pa
pers minimize the "crime situa
ton" in the United States.
1t is fair to surmise that many
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-08

Political Observers differ as to
IT,. 4na-,aua Term tradition; but
III .4euf W won four sJraignt
L44l34js ana finished close
St ,Io IN ,he finch year. SO the
X. SJX ana six other American
League teams cannot rely On any
n-aui5le jmX to keep the Yam
KEGS from making it five straight
International law is something
which belligerents make and un-
make as they go along, without
consulting neutrals; and Judge
Lands certainly gave lot Of
young bail-players a break with
his ruling against big league
farms. Pretty soft for that young
ster Mccoy. huh? Forty grand
isn't hard to take. Wonder how
Connie Mack enjoyed giving it.
Financial experts probably could
work out some way of getting the
budget back into balance, if the
politicians would give them a
chance; but how about Carl Hub
bells arm? Yes, the Giants old
meal ticket will be 81 years old
this summer; but don't forget
that he was the second most eff
fective pitcher in the National
League last year, in spite of that
operation on his arm.
Did Jim Farley Outsmart John
Hamilton in the matter of cOnven-
ton dates? Whatever the answer
the Brooklyn Dodgers will be sure
to forfeit their reputation for daft
finess - and perhaps regain a lit
tie of the fans affections if
they play as fast and sensible
baseball in 1910 as they did in
1889.
This tome was intended to con-
tain something about world af-
fairs = something intelligent and
pungent and persuasive, But how
can a commentator keep his mind
on such things, now that the ma
jor league baseball teams are be-
ginning their spring training?
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-08

Germans do not believe these
newspaper accounts stressing the
decay and degeneration of the do
main Of Uncle Sam. Many resi-
tents of nazi Germany have visit
ed these shores, still more have
relatives living in the United
States and Canada, They are
we'll aware that America is not
perisning, and that it still is the
and of the Free.
Those who do believe the jour
lalistic lies about the United
States and still desire to come
Aere .musr have arrived vat The
conclusion that the fire is to be
preferred to the slow torture Of
he nazi frying pan.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-08

times seen out-of-doors feeding on
decaying vegetable matter in
damp soil and on decaying wood.
They are brownish or dark ma
hogany in color.
At certain seasons, particularly
in the fall. millipedes leave the
soil and crawl into houses. They
prefer dampness and go for the
basement Millipedes do not bite
persons. harm house furnishings.
or eat sound wood. They can be
controlled by using poison bats
and spraying outside the founda-
ton walls with creosote oil, or by
scattering naphthalene flakes or
paradichlorohenzene crystals along
the walls. BY putting out Jumps
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-08
MEANS TO DESTROY
CENTIPEDES CITED
Yet State Entomologist
says There's No Way
To Control Them

Sometimes they are called
Thousand leggers." though cent,
pedes," meaning "a hundred legs"
is the correct name. and actually
they have from Is to y pairs Of
legs. There are two common spe.
cies Of centipedes that get into
houses. says Dr. Ernest \. Cory.
State Entomologist. The larger
species are from 4 to 6 inches
long and live normally out of
doors. They feed on insects and
other small animals and do not
injure plants or house furnishings.
But they do get into the houses.
and may be found hiding in dark
places. Ordinarily a centipede
will run away quickly and will not
bite human beings. But. if it were
pinched when a person touched or
put on clothing where it was hid
ing, it might bite quite painfully.
The bite would not be dangerous
unless a secondary infection fol
lowed.
The house centipede is a small
er species that thrives in damp
easements. 1t often finds it's way
to upper floors, particularly to
bathrooms where the moisture at
--'~ o+" it. This centipede has
wOrm-like, soft body about an inch
or more in length with a pair of
very long antennae and Is pairs Of
long legs. 1t can run very fast.
EntOmologists say it is doubtful
if it ever deliberately bites man
because its jaws are rather weak
The house centipede feeds on
cOckroaches, flies. moths, spiders,
and small creatures.
There is no satisfactory control
for centipedes If troubled by the
outside varieties, Tightening the
house foundations as much as pos
sible may keep them out of the
cracks in the walls Remove rub
Dish and debris from about the
house. Once centipedes get in the
house, the only remedy seems to
be to kill them where they are
found. Ammonia or baking soda
will help to take the sting out of
a centipede bite. Follow this APP
plication with a mild germicide to
prevent secondary infection.
The real Thousand leggers" are
the "millipedes." which are some
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-08

of dough sweetened by molasses,
many millipedes can be attracted
and later destroyed.
When millipedes are present in
large numbers it may be necessary
to use a kerosene-pyrethrum spray
several times on them.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-08
MULE KICK FATAL

Herbert P. Owings, Al, died at
the Maryland University Hospital
as a result of a kick by mule.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1940-03-08
WINTER PARK SCENES

Hiedwohl's Studios have display
ed in their entrance on West
Washington street. two beautiful
winter scenes, taekn in the City
Park.