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The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17
Philly Already
Preparing For
A Meet

Philadelphia, Feb. II, CAMP =
Five months early, this city is hard
at work for the coming 31st annual
conference of the NAACP., June
$3.50. with Mayor Robert E. Lam
berton, honorary chairman and At
torney Theodore o. Spaulding, gen.
eral chairman of arrangements and
supported by nine committees.
First major project of the joint
committees is a huge dancefast to
top the Penn relays weekend, on
Saturday evening, April 81, when
three orchestras will be on hand in
the Wharton Street Armory, Broad
and Wharton Streets. In this way
it is hoped to raise the money to
underwrite the expenses of the
meeting. Raymond Pace Alexan-
der is head of the finance comm
ittee, responsible for meeting the
expenses.
Although all committee chair
men have not been named, the COM
mittees are divided into housing,
hospitality, publicity, church coop
Grafton, finance, program registra-
ton, information, cuisine.
The housing committee, under
Miss Mamie E. Davis, general sec
rotary of the Southwest YWCA,
will begin its work almost at once
sending subcommittee to visit ev-
cry home which will be open to del
egates. The leading city hotels
will also be visited.
Tindley Temple Me. church,
Broad and Fitzwater streets, will
be the conferences meeting place
with the business headquarters at
1906 Catherine street.
Dr.. Harry w. Greene is president
of the Philadelphia branch of the
NAACP.
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17
SIX NEGROES ATTEND UN-
PLOYMENT CONFERENCE

Washington, Feb. II, CAMP =
Six prominent Negro women were
among the one hundred women
from all parts of the country called
here to discuss the unemployment
of young women in the country. At
tending were Miss Thelma Dale of
the Youth Federation of Washing
ton, Washington; Mrs. Crystal
Byrd Fauset of the WPA, Pennsyl-
vania; Miss Jane Hunter, of the
Phyllis Wheatley House, Cleveland;
Mrs. Vivian Carter Mason, admin
istrator of one of the district offic-
es of the Emergency Relief bureau
in New York City, and Mrs. Mary
Mcleod Bethune of the NYA.
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17
COLORED ATTY. ONE OF
MAIN SPEAKERS AT
LINCOLN DAY DINNER

New York, N. Y, February 49,
Aaron H. Payne, young Colored
Attorney and Republican leader of
Chicago, delivered one of the three
maor addresses at the Lincoln Day
Dinner of the National Republican
Club of New York, here tonight.
Chairman John Hamilton and Mrs.
Robert A. Taft, wife of the Senator
were the others.
For the first time in more than
30 years, a representative of Color
ed Republicans was accorded a
place on the Speaking Program.
Attorney Payne called attention to
this fact when, in opening his ad-
dress, he said:
"Many years ago the beloved
Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee
was n of your Guest Speakers.
He richly merited the distinction,
for he was universally accepted as
the accredited spokesman for his
people. He has no successor. Able
spokesman that he was, the cause
of Republicanism and the love of
Abraham Lincoln were no stronger
in his heart than in mine; and re-
CARELESS of what some few may say
the fundamental attitude of my
people, North and South, IS no diff
ferent from my own.
while perspective is not yet
far enough removed for all of US
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17
C0NNALLY ATTACKS FOES
OF LYNCHING AT SENATE
COMM. HEARING ON BILL

Washington, Feb. II (CNA) -
Witnesses testifying in support of
the Wagner-Gavagan Anti Lynch
Bill were subjected to scurrilous
attacks by Senator Tom Connally
of Texas al a Senate Judiciary sub
committee opened hearings on the
bill recently passed by the House.
Senator Connally also assailed the
presence at the hearing of many
Negro and white supporters of the
bill.
As the hearings opened, the fight
for passage of the measure entered
a crucial stage. The strategy of
Senator Connally and other tory
foes of anti-lynch legislation is to
keep the bill bottled up in the Jud-
iciary Committee as long as poss-
ible and hearings were devised as
one step in this process.
Powerful sentiment i'm favor of
passage of the bill was developing
throughout the nation as the fight
got under way before the Senate
subcommittee. In Detroit, the City
Council voted endorsement of the
measure and forwarded requests to
Senator's V~andenberg and Prentiss
Brown of Michigan to vote for the
bill.
: Connally, who demanded hear
ings on the bill, has arranged to
have a string of reactionary Sou
thern witnesses appear in defense
of lynching.
The first witnesses who have APP
peared however, were strongly in
favor of the measure. DIR. Arthur
Raper of Decatur, Ga, who conduc-
ted an extensive study of lynehing
several years ago, told the comm
ittee that passage of a federal law
was necessary because only one =
tenth of one per cent of those guilty
of lynching are brought to justice
by local authorities.
Connally FLASHED repeatedly with
the witness, referred to Negroes as
"niggers" and said he couldn't I'M
derstand chow any man with white
blood in his veins" could take the
stand that Raper did.
Walter White, secretary of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People,
sharply assailed Connally and
charged that some members of
Congress were using "vitriolic at
taeks on legislation like this" to
gain reelection.
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17

NEW YORK, Feb. II, (ANP)-The IL "Am-
erican Negroes of distinguished achievement for
1882 were announced over the New York radio sta
ton, WEVD, Tuesday night, Feb. 13. DR.. L. D. Red
dick, curator, gave the results of a nationwide poll
sponsored by the %Schomburg Collection of Negro Lit
York Branch of the Association for the Study of Ne
gro Life and History. The IL were chosen on the
basis of sheer merit of achievement in terms of So
cial value to the race and humanity. Al times a glor-
ious defeat or failure reveals distinguished courage
social intelligence"
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17
WOOD TO OPEN COCHRAN
HEADQUARTERS

John O. Woodf veteran politician
and campaign manager, has been
selected by the State committee to
manage the campaign of Governor
Cochran for the U. S. Senate.
Headquarters are being opened
at 2405 Lake ST., and a vigorous
campaign will be launched, he stat
es.
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17
WHITE COLLEGE PLANS
$40 900 MEMORIAL FOR
NEGRO JANITOR

Macon, Ga, Feb. II (ANP) "A
unique memorial, said to be with
out precedent in the Nations his
tory, was disclosed this week when
it was learned that at MERGERS un-
.iversity, 107 year old Baptist insti-
tuition, a memorial will be erected
honoring Robert E. Lee Battle, Ne
gro janitor for 40 years at Mercer
who died last Dec. 8, leaving an es-
tate consisting mainly of a $36 bur-
ial insurance policy.
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17
Outstanding Negroes And
Whites of 1899 Named

lean life.
No attempt was made to rank the
six. There were scattered votes
for a great number of labor organic
ations which have organized with
out regard to race
Music for the program was furn-
ished by the Phi Beta Sigma Glee
Club under the direction of Prof.
John A. Sharpe. DR.. Reddick stat
ed that the poll would be an annual
feature of Negro History week.
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17

to see clearly and fully appreciate
the true stature of Lincoln; each
passing year reduces the ranks of
those who would withhold from him
the palm of eternal greatness"
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17
Select Al1-Ameri-
can Swing Band
THEATRICAL WRITER'S Sc
LECT ~ALL-AMERICAN
SWING BAND FOR 1910

First band:-Trumpet, Louis
Armstrong; Erskine Hawkins,
Harry James.
First band, Trombone: Tommy
Dorsey, j.. {. Higgenbotham, (Arm-
strong), Jack Teagarden.
First band, Alto sax: Johnny
Hodges (Ellington), Benny Carter,
Jimmy Dorsey.
First band, Tenor sax: Soleman
Hawkins, Chu Berry, Galloway
First band, clarinet: Benny
Goodman.
First band, Piano: Teddy Wilson.
First band, Guitar : Charlie
Christian (Goodman).
First band, Drums; Joe Jones,
(Basie).
First band, Bass: John Kirby
Artie Bernstein (Goodman).
First band, Male vocalist: Bing
Crosby.
First band, Girl vocalist: Ella
Fitzgerald.
First band, Best instrumental
soloist: Lionel Hampton Good
mani.
First band, Best composition of
1889: My Prayer.
First band, Best hot band: Count
Basic.
Second Band
Second band, Trumpet: Rex.
Stewart tEllington), Muggsy Span
Ter, Roy Eldridge.
Second band, Trombone: Law
renee Brown (Ellington), Juan Ii
zol Ellington, Trummie Young,
Lunceford.)
Second band, Alto sax; Willie
Smith (Luneeford), Charlie Barn
ct, Eddie Barefield CD
Second band, Tenor sax: Lester
Young, Joe Thomas (Lunceford),
Second band, Clarinet: Barney
Bigard (Ellington).
Second band, Piano: Count Basic.
Second band, Guitar, Floyd
Smith, (Kirk).
Second band, Drums, Gene Kru-
pa.
Second band, Bass: Pops Foster
armstrong; Bobby Haggart,
Crosby
Second band, Male vocalist: Bill
Kenny link Spots).
Second band, Girl vocalist: Billie
Holiday.
Second band, Best instrumental
soloist: Sidney Bechet.
Second band, Best composition of
1889: faint What You Do.
Second band, Best hot band:
Duke Ellington.
Harry James, Tommy Dorsey,
Jack T%eagarden, Jimmy Dorsey,
Benny Goodman, Artie Bernstein,
Bing Crosby, Muggsy Spanier,
Charlie Barnet, Gene Krupa Bobby
Haggart, all are white musicians.
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17

Also the six white persons who
during the past year had done the
most for the improvement for race
relations in terms of a real dem
ocracy were named. The citations
were as follows:
Negroes
Miss Marian Anderson to whom
Toscini said "only one voice like
yours is heard in a hundred years..
Miss Anderson's recital on the
steps of the Lincoln Memorial be-
fore an estimated audience of 49,
900 and a radio audience running
into the millions gave a clear ans
wer to the prejudice which preven-
ted her appearing in Constitutional
hall, Washington.
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People. I'm
der the leadership of Walter White
this organization has led the fight
for the enacting of a federal anti
lynch law. The legal staff of the
association has scored court victor
les toward the admission of Negro
es to the state supported %universit-
les of the south and equal pay for
Negro teachers in Maryland.
Miss Jane Bolin whose appoint
ment as justice of the court of do
nestle relations, New York City,
on the basis of merit marks her as
the first Negro woman judge in the
history of America. Justice Bolin
is a symbol of other Negro women
in and out of administrative and
political office who demonstrate
leadership and ability.
DR.. E. Franklin Frazier of How
ard university whose book "The
Negro Family In The United Stat
es" is one of the noteworthy schol-
arly productions of the past year.
Of this book Prof. Ernest w. Bur-
CESS of the University of Chicago
says: ut is, in fact, the most valu-
able contribution to the literature
on the family since the publication,
20 years ago, of the Polish Peasant
in Europe and America by w. L.
Thomas and Florina Znaniecki."
Joe Louis who by demolishing all
corners has maintained his position
as the champion physical warrior of
the world and who despite his fame
and earning has demonstrated a
modesty and craftsmanship seldom
found.
DR.. George Washington Carver
of Tuskegee Institute. DIR. Car
yer, though not always orthodox in
his methods, has in his winning of
the Roosevelt medal and other a.
wards, focused attention upon the
contributions to science by the Ne
gro.
Sam Solomon of Miami. The
outstanding, but not the only, ex-
ample of Southern Negroes who led
a march to the ballot box, to exer-
else their constitutional rights, des-
pite the threats of the KuKluxKlan.
Rev. Glenn 7. Settle, Cleveland,
as the founder and director of
wings Over Jordan" a weekly C..
b. S. broadcast each Sunday morn
ing. This was the outstanding ra-
dio series rendered by Negroes
during the past year.
DR.. Carter G. Woodson who as
editor of the Journal of Negro His
tory since its founding in 1916 and
as director of the Association for
the Study of Negro Life and His
tory and the originator of "Negro
History Week" itself brought to a
high point during 1889 his remark
able effort in stimulating the scien-
tific and sympathetic study of the
Negro.
Owen Whitfield who led the evic-
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17

ted white and Negro sharecroppers
of Missouri until outside assistance
was forthcoming. Whitfield and
his followers are the people we read
about or see in Grapes of Wrath"
Richard Wright whose prize
winning stories won for him a Gug-
genheim fellowship for 1889 and
whose great novel written on that
fellowship, Native Son., has been
chosen recently as a book of the
Month Club selection.
The Negro Press. One of the
single greatest influences towards
giving the Negro a conception of
himself in terms of achievement
and self respect. Incidentally, the
editor of one Negro paper has been
named on the honor roll of the state
of Virginia-al others on this I'll
being white.
Nc attempt was made to rank the
twelve.
Whites
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt who al
ong with her husband, the president
has given more dignity to the rela-
tions of the White House to the Ne
groes of America than has any such
couple within recent history. Mrs.
Roosevelt has frequently spoken
out in her column for the rights of
all men and resigned her member
ship in a well-known organization,
connected by name with the Amer
lean revolution, when the bar of
color prejudice was raised against
a world-famous Negro singer.
Harold F. Ickes, secretary of the
Interior, whose consistent champ
ioning of democracy reached a eli
max during the past year when he
granted the use of the Lincoln
Memorial plaza and himself presid-
ed at the Marion Anderson recital
previously mentioned.
Maury Maverick who has added
to his former record of positive sup
port of the anti-lynch bill when he
was a congressman from Texas.
Now as mayor of San Antonio, at
the risk of his political career, has
stood up for the rights of Negroes,
Mexicans and labor. In the Vir-
ginia Quarterly Review for winter,
1899, Mayor Maverick wrote an ar
ticle addressed to the South which
was entitled Lets Join the United
States"
Mayor Fiorella LaGuardia of N.
York City, who has addressed him
self to the problems of all of the
peoples of that city. Mayor La
Guardia has set a high standard by
including Negroes in important po-
sitions in the official life of the
greatest American city. Among
his recent appointees are Judge Mi
les A. Paige and Justice Jane Bolin.
Benny Goodman for his employ
ment of distinguished musicians IT.
respective of color in his we'll
known orchestra. The list of Ne
groes who have served in the Good
man band includes Lionel Hampton,
Tedy Wilson, Fletcher Henderson
and Charles Christian. In the
words of Langston Hughes he has
done much toward breaking down
the color bar in the dance music in
dustry.
University of North Carolina for
its liberalism in a land where it
takes unusual courage to be liberal.
It's president, DR.. Frank P. Graham
has also served as the head of the
Southern Conference on Human
Welfare. It's press has set a high
level, with a few notorious except
ions, for objectivity and scholarship
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17
SENATOR TAFT SPEAKS IN
MIAMI

Miami, Fla, Feb.-Speaking be-
fore a large Republican rally at
Bayfront Park in Miami, Senator
Robert A. Taft told Floridians and
winter residents that the key to
recovery is the encouragement of
small business under a friendly ra-
Their than a hostile administration. :
The Omaha guide., 1940-02-17
MRS. ROOSEVELT TO SPEAK
AT BETHUNE COLLEGE

Mrs. Franklin ID. Roosevelt has
accepted the invitation of Mrs.
Mary Mcleod Bethune, president
of Bethune-C Goodman College, Day
iona Beach, Florida, to make the
principal address at the celebrat-
ion next week of the schools 35th
anniversary.
The observance, which will open
with an all-day meeting of local
educational leaders on Friday. Feb
ruaiy 10, will be climaxed on Sun
day afternoon, when Mrs. Roose-
welt and Aubrey Williams, execut-
i've director Of the National Youth
platform.
Administration, will share the
Another highlight of the observ-
ance will be the presentation, by
the college students on Friday eve
ming, of a pageant, Unfolding a
Dream" which will depict the his
tory of the school. A concert by
Roland Hayes on Sunday evening
will conclude the three day cele-
bration.
Paige move in order to qualify for
the post. When asked how long
Paige must live in Brooklyn in or
der to establish a legal residence,
the mayor replied. five minutes"
Assigned to special sessions for
the past several weeks, Paige is
expected to be sworn in this week.
Evening star., 1940-02-18
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BANK AND BUSINESS REr-
ERENCES REQUIRED FROM
EVERY ADVERTISER eEKk.
ING CAPITAL THROUGH
ADvERTI5EAlENT6 IN THE
STAR UNDER BUSINESS
OPPORTUNITIES.
Advertisers In the Business OPP
portunities columns Of The Star
seeking capital must furnish
one bank and two business ref
erences. Announcements must
also pass The Stars general
rules Of acceptability, which are
framed to exclude all mislead-
ing, questionable or otherwise
Objectionable statements. While
The Star does everything within
Its power to safeguard readers
against the fraudulent, inde-
pendent investigation should be
made before definite closing Of
negotiations.
In order that sufficient time
may be allowed for investiga-
tion such advertisements for
The Sunday Star cannot b &C.
oepted later than II pm.
Thursday.
Evening star., 1940-02-18

COLOR&O BARBER SHOP, sale or lease;
8 chairs; good business. Owner III. 1929
OWING 70 nj HEALTH have decided
to sell out boarding and roomin9 houAe,
near Navy Yard. 10 large rooms. Box 79-C,
RooMMd HOUSES FOR sALE OR RfNT.
AfhhTMrNTs. AfRaE AM9 cAf sMHLl; LADAxs @ @s27s.s SNAIL
QROC.. AND DEL. ne. section. Rent, $45.
CIR. 5000 wkly. Can be increased very
s.sl s:sly ,sss ss|iins on acct. Of death; sl7so'
WANTED-Actiye exeeutive-type partner
for weli.established and sroxins, pr1ntahls e
offer the best Of references and expect
same: $1,000 required; excellent annual
return on investment. AL replies conf
DENTAL. Box 346-D. Star.
DRU0eIORE. profitable business in .grow-
position. ca. 1851. res. ch. 400
GROCERY AND NEAT MARKET. does
$3.50 week. Price. $1,000; cash. bal.
terms; close g pm. daily. al day Sun.
ezs A. z v conen e. 1ssof fssf .a 1ots e. 4sc
LOVELY HONE AND 0UKgT .HOUeI
Good reason for selling; save ~ buying
direct from owner. boz 18z-C. AEar.
IL ROOMS 8 baths. rent 500. on 18th
st. 12 mtns. downtown; reas. terms- Box
106.O. star.
BARRY gTAND. In large market; estab.
sqs.ss:sss sq,ss 300 da0it el n;s1G ssE s:Ez e
s ss2.osa s'asss ss5z, s9s y shA
1905 istk NV. ''''' -
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
CASING SET TOO
LOW SHUTS OFF
PRODUCING SAND

An effort to bring back the pro-
duction Of the Cobb-Tetrud No. 1
well in North Cut Bank. in NE
NEA NEH 24-37N-5W. is to be
made by A. B. Cobb, following es-
tablishment of the fact that the
casing was set too low in the sand.
shutting off most of the production.
When the well was drilled in.
oil rose 1850 feet in the casing.
The casing was set high above the
sand so it was under-reamed down
to the top of the sand. After cas-
ing was set. no more oil came into
the hole. 1t was then discovered
that there had been a mistake in
the measurements and the sand had
been shut Off The casing was pull
ed back up 10 feet and the we'll
then showed As barrels in the first
"a hours but it was not possible to
swab the well satisfactorily. so It
was shut down pending the return
Of Cobb who was called to Georgia
by the illness Of his mother.
The well was not drilled through
the sand, but 1t is believed by some
to be producing from the top Of
the Cut Bank sand rather than
from the lower Sunburst sand, as
first understood.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
Two More Wells
Seeking Trend"

Santa Rita announced a new To-
cation along the trend" of the
Lander pool, to the northeast,
while Texaco surveyed out a loca-
ton on the southwest trend.
Santa Rita-Tribal No. ~ was spot
ted in the center of SWA SW Il
Sec. 10-35N-6W, a half mile north
east of the nearest trend" produc-
err
The Texas company, sighting
across the derricks of the sensa-
tional wells spotted Texaco-Tweedy
No. 3 southwest of the Tweedy No.
2. in the approximate center of
the SWA NWA Sec. 21-35N-6W.
Exact location is $50 feet east of
the west line and 1880 feet south
of the north line Of the section.
Materials for rotary rig are on the
ground and the contract was let to
Manning & Martin.
The third location is Sandgren e.
Nyhagen-Anderson No. A, in NV
NEA SWA Sec. 26-35N-6W. Rig
mas been moved in and r. G. Tar
rant will drill the we'll as soon as
Continued on Page Five)
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
Deep TEST on
MOSBY DOME IS
DOWN 800 FEET

Drilling is proceeding at SOC feet
on the AFRO oil G Refining COM
pany's deep test Of Mosby dome,
Cat Greek field in SW 4 NV 4 Sec
ton 81, Twp. 15N, Rg. 30E, on the
Charles farm. Location Is on the
bank OF the Musselshell river, not
far from the Frantz- Charles dis
covery we'll. The Mosby dome pro-
duced but little oil in the Cat Creek
sands, the principal field being
found in the west dome Of the same
anticlIne. The AFRO proposes to
test the formations below the
Kootenai sands to the top OF the
Madison lime and possibly deeper.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
WATER DELAYS
COMPLETION ON
Waller TEST

Difficulty in shutting off flow
of water found in upper sands
caused a delay in the completion
of the Tarrant-Lang No. l we'll in
the Waller area, south of Cut Bank
oil field, this week. Casing was
set at 275O feet and. drilling con-
tinued to 2755 when the water
broke in. Location is in Sc cor
ner SEA NWA 14-S1-5W. on the
Lang farm.
Operators have been unable to
the structural position of
this well as based on the Colorado
shale at 3SS feet and a surface ele-
vatino of 3716 feet. Some contend
that the Colorado should have been
at 427 feet but even so, the well is
checking far higher than any other
well in the area. Three strings of
casing have been run: an 8-inch
cave string, 7-inch string at 2690,
below the Sunburst sand at 1856
z705 and a " inch string at 275O.
None OF the pipe was cemented.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1940-09-07
ABSAR0kEE
TEST DRILLS
BELOW $500

MOntana's southern wildcat wells
are bidding for attention during the
next few weeks, as The Texas COM
pany's test on Absarokee structure
in Saltwater county, gets in full
swing. Drilling with rotary tools.
this well, in G SEA NWA 10-4S-
19E. is expected to make rapid pro-
gress until it reaches the Dry
Greek horizons at around $500
feet Last reported drilling depth
was $500 feet.
This well was slow in getting
started as the contractors. Manning
and Martin. moved in their finest
equipment. including the tallest der
rick in the state and their lar
gest power unit. 1t is the largest
and most modern rotary rig ever
used in the State of Montana.
Location of the Absarokee Unit
No. test is in center SEA NWA
10-4S-19E.
Another Montana well, near the
Wyoming border. is Continental Oil
company's Prigge No. we'll in
Sc SEA SEA 33-9S-25E. on the
Montana side of Frannie oil field,
now drilling at ESQ feet and due
for early completion.
r. C. Tarrant's Mckay No. 2 IN
Sc "a NWA 4-6S-18E, is shut down
at 3057 feet.
In Big Horn county, Massey Oil
& Gas-Government No. 1, in Sc
SWA SEA 11-2S-31E. is drilling
at $40 feet. Surface pipe was ce-
mented at 102 feet. This is on
what is known as Two Leggin struc-
ture. near the Wyoming boundary