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The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
Negro Composer Nominated For ASCAP Board
ASK PROMPT PROBE OF SHOOT
ING OF SOLDIERS AT Fl. BRAGG

New York (NNS)-For the
first time in its twenty five years
ASCAP has nominated a Negro
for its board of directors, a dis
tinction not even "St. Louis Blu
es" gained for w. G, Handy. The
nominee is Harry Thacker Bur-
leigh, rs year old composer, best
known for his arrangement OF
Deep River.
In ASCAP circles, Mr.. Burleigh
Is known not as a "pop writer,
but as a STANDARD composer.
whose works run in the semi-clas-
steal vein. He has written more
than so spirituals, innumerable
pieces for choral groups Of all
sizes, and sacred anthems. One
Of his better known works Is his
arrangement of Little Old Moth
er of Nine" which John McCorm-
ack included in his repertory for
many years. Mr.. Mccormack, IN
ci~dentally, was one of Mr.. Bur
leigh's closest friends and once
quit his rooms at the Ritz Carl
ton, swanky New York hotel be-
cause a Ritzy clerk forced Mr..
Burleigh to use the freight eleva-
tor.
Another close friend of Mr.. Bur-
Ieigh's was ]. P, Morgan, the ED
er, who invited him to many
Christmas parties at the Morgan
home and who left, when he died,
a written request that Mr.. Bur-
leigh sing Calvary at his funer-
al.
Mr.. Burleigh has been baritone
soloist at st. Georges Protestant
Episcopal Church in New York for
forty five years, during which time
he also sangs, for twenty five
years, in the choir at Temple En-
anu-El. He has a traditional a.
merican style success story. His
musical rec began with a
scholarship at the National Con-
servatory in New York, where he
met Anton Dvorak, for whom he
sang many Southern folk songs
One was "Goin' Home" which
Dvorak incorporated in his New
World Symphony.
For many years now, Mr.. Bur-
leigh has been a music editor for
G. Ricordi and Sons in New York
once a staunch ASCAP firm, but
now a BMI affiliate.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
A NEGRO p r. OFFICER
AT CAMP


Camp Banding, Florida co. NV
One of the most important appoint
ments for Negro troups was made
this week when Thomas Davis
was appointed in charge Of Public
Relations for Negro units at Camp
Banding. Davis, a Philadelphian
has attended Temple University
and has done post graduate work
at the University of Pennsylvania.
He has had A years Of public rela-
tons work in civilian life and is
a former member of the Air ard
Medical Corps.
There has long been a need at
Camp Blanding for a Negro PR,
man and Davis appointment is
very welcome He is well fitted
for the job and is an excellent
speaker. Davis is % and single,
Said he after his appointment, q
only want the continued cooper
alton of our newspapers and The
fine folks of Jacksonville and 9TH
er communities surrounding Camp
Banding.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
JAMES S, ANDERSON
INJURED IN ACCIDENT

The Rev. James S. Anderson of
Omaha, Nebraska, NATIONAL known
Evangelist, writer and the Cen
eral Secretary and Treasurer of
the National Baptist Evangelical
Board Inc, was serious injured
from a fall in the Tulsa Depot in
Tulsa, Okla.
After closing a great revival
meeting in Texas, he came to Ok
lahoma to conduct meetings Of q
similar nature. On his arrival in
Tulsa from Dennison, Texas, ne
entered the Colored waiting room
at the depot and spent sometime
there. On leaving the room he
rushed out to take a taxi cab and
on his way out, he stepped on a
decayed peach or peach peeling-
slipped and fell down on his right
side, striking hard on the handle
lock and rim of his suitcase and
then onto his back against the
marble floor. AS a result of the
accident, he is now and may be
for several weeks, confined in 6
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
POLISHED STOCKED BY
A & p INSULT TO RACE

New York, N. Y.-Asking for
immediate discrimination of sal
es Of a stove polish carried by A,
and 2. stores which displays the
head Of a grinning Negro and is
called "Nigger Head Stove Pol
ish", the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie made a formal protest to j. e.
Andrews, regional director Of the
Atlantic and Pacific stores.
The NAACP. got wind Of the
insulting can top several weeks a.
go when a purchase was made at
an "A, and p, store at Hill Lin
den Boulevard, Jamaica, N, Y, The
purchasing agent for the stores
was Immediately called and pro-
test was made but the agent den
led that the stove polish was stock
ed by the stores.
Following further complaints,
the NAACP sent a representative
to the Jamaica store where anoth-
er can Of the polish was purchas-
ed on August 2.
The NAACP declared that the
legend and illustration on the can
are not only ~repulsive to all Nc
groes, including the many Negro
customers Of A, and p, stores, but
that it seems to be purpose.y
drawn up to ridicule the Negro
race.
I'VE r confident" the state
ment concludes, that the Atlantic
and Pacific stores will not continue
to use this method Of holding up
the Negro race to ridicule, and TO
insult the many Negri customers
Of their stores"
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
GEORGIA GOVERNOR TO ASK
LEGISLATURE TO BURN IN
TERRACIAL BOOKS

Atlanta, Ga, (C)-Governor
Gene Talmadge Of Georgia, cul-
m~inating his attack on people who
advocate racial co-education is
recommending to the 1943 Legis-
lature that they burn all books in
Georgia schools and libraries
which defend education Of Negro
and white together.
Anticipating that he will be re-
elected next year, the Governor
read several excerpts from the
book entitled, "We Sing America"
which tells Of white and colored
children attending school togeth-
er, becoming friends and sharing
a sandwich.
1--WE are going to get rid Of that
book and all books Of that kind,
he said. Pm going to turn them
over to the Legislature and ask
them to pass a resolution to burn
them"
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
SENDS OWN LEGAL STAFF
MEMBER TO SCENE OF
MILITARY FRACAS

New York, N. Asking for
an investigation of the double
shooting Of a Negro soldier and a
white military policeman on a bus
carrying soldiers to Fort Bragg,
N. c., last week, the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People wrote Secretary of
War, Heny L. Stimson that white
military police constitute the great
est source of friction and trouble
between the races in uniform, and
that sooner or later the Negro
soldiers, becoming tired of the ar
rogance and brutality of the white
military police, would be certain
to take matters in their own
hands" Curtiss Todd, member of
the NAACP legal staff of Raj
eigh, N. c., was sent to Fort Bragg
to begin immediate Investigation.
The NAACP, declared that the
manner in which the shooting took
place makes it appear that Serg-
cant Russell Owens merely shot
the first Negro who happened to
emerge from the bus.
The NAACP. letter called the
attention of the Secretary of War
to the Pittsburgh Courier series
on and other reports from military
camps in which the writer of the
series describes the situation Gre
ated by white military police as
"unbearable", and predicted that
it would not be long before the
poin would be reached where Ne
gro soldiers would not submit to
such treatment.
Intervention of city police in the
Fort Bragg and similar incidents
was also cited as a source Of fric-
CIOH, anu IuO uIdl CT0dCIn0nI OF
Negro soldiers in Houston, Tex
as, during the last World War re-
called.
The letter closed with the state
ment that, "This Association sub
mits that when the treatment of
Negro troops in southern comm
unities led by arrogant, i'll trained
and prejudiced white military po-
lice reaches the point where Ne
gro soldiers are willing to fight
and die on the spot instead of
training themselves to fight the
declared enemy of the United
States, then the situation is one
which requires the most careful
attention of the War department,
and prompt, remedial action"
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
$4,000 WPA GRANT TO
LINCOLN UNIVERSITY

Jefferson City, Mo-, Aug. IL
Lincoln University officials ann
ounced the approval of a $4,000
WPA grant to the school to be us
ed in the Improvement and devel-
opment Of the twenty-acre camp
US. Included in the extensive pro-
gram which has been drawn up is
the building and rehabilitation Of
roads and sidewalks, seeding, sod
ding, the planting Of trees and
shrubbery and general landscap-
ing. Mr.. George R, Cotton, head
of the University's Mechanic Arts
Department, will supervise the
road work, and Nh, G. E, Dicker-
son, landscape architect, also a
member Of the Mechanic Arts
staff vii ldirect the landscaping
project. Work On the campus inn
provement program is scheduled
to begin early in September.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
SOUTH CAROLINA ACTS TO
AVERT TEACHERS SALARY
COURT ACTION

Columbia, S. C.-The board of
education here adopted a plan de-
signed ito reduce the inequality
between comparably trained Negro
and white teachers" on August s.
The plan was included in a re-
port Of a special committee nam
ed by the governor and proposes
salary Increases Of from $40 a
year for Negro and white teach
ers with two years of college train
ing $50 a year for teachers of
both races with three years Of col
Iege training; $50 a year to white
teachers holding college degrees.
and s120 a year to colored teach
ers holding college degrees.
The Increase would amount to
$694,960 for white teachers as a.
gainst $326,68O for colored. The
plan was admittedly adopted to a.
vert court action for equal pay
South Carolina is On the MACE
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16

BOYD VERNON GALLOWAY
President of the Central States
Golf Association representing
nearly 400 players in Missouri,
Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and
Kansas.
The CSGA, will hold its 18th An
nual Championship Tournament at
Elmwood Saturday and Sunday,
August 16 and II. Hundreds of
Omahans and out of town visitors
ere expected to witness the COM
petition. There will also be two
other tournaments of Is holes on
Friday and Monday and a Ladies
Tournament Friday morning at
Miller Park.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16

Mr.. and Mrs. John Dotson, 2213 Miami ST., ann
ounce the engagement of their daughter, Asilee, to
Mr.. Ernest L. Turner.
Miss Dotson is a member Of the Tau Alpha chap
ter of the Zeta Beta SORORITY. The Young Women's
Association. Limosna Club of the Urban
League.
Mr.. Turner is a member Of the Past Exalted Rul
er Council, Iroquos Lodge No. 90 Of the IBPOE. of
w.
The couple will be married September 7th.
(photo by Bliven)
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
DEPUTY TREASURER OF
COUNTY so YEARS

Topeka, Kans., Aug. IL (ANP)
John M, Wright of this city, first
deputy treasurer of Shawnee
county and the Oldest employe in
point Of service in the court house
here, was rendered a surprise
party in his office. Mr.. Wright
has served since July 1891, The
s+affs of the various offices in the
building gathered to honor Mr.,
Wright while Judge George A.
Kline read a resolution voted by
the county commission praising
Mr.. Wright's services. Active in
~fraternal affairs and for many
years a stalwart Of the National
Negro Business league, Mr. Wright
remains on duty.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
TELL STIMSON @ OFFIC-
Frs WHO TELL DRAFTEES
DON'T SHAKE A NICCERS
HAND

New York, N. Y.-Quoting from
an editorial in PM, New York dali
ly Newspaper, which told how ar
my officers at Camp Upton, New
York, in speaking to draftees a
bout to be sent to Camp Croft, So
Carolina, warned them not TO
drink with niggers', and that
"down there you don't shake a
Negroes hand when he says good
by" the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored PeO-
pie protested to Secretary of War
Henry D. Stimson that the action
on the part of responsible offic-
ers of the United States Army is
viciously anti-democratic."
The PM editorial was based On
a letter written by a white sold
Ter who was among the group
warned against f~raternizing with
colored soldiers. The men were
also told that if they got into
trouble while with Negroes cts
you men who're going to locked
up, not the niger"
The NAACP called for an in
vestigation at Camp Upton to de-
termine which officers were guilty
and asked that prompt action be
taken. 1t was also suggested that
the War Department issue a mem
orandum to all officers of the ar
my on the subject.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
SEEK SUPPORT OF $4,000
NEGRO DELEGATES FOR USO.

Support for the USO. by
than $4,000 Negro delegates and
visitors to the annual convention
of the Improved Benevolent and
Protective Association of the Elks
Of the Whole Wide World will be
sought August rs to 30 at Allan
tic City. This announcement was
made last Thursday by Perry S.
Howard, grand legal advisor of the
fraternal order.
"The Elks will be more than
glad to do their part in providing
recreational facilities for our boys
who are serving in the armed
forces of the nation, as we are
assured that the funds raised will
be distributed fairly in providing
recreation facilities for all races,
colors, and creeds," Mr.. Howard
said.
The order, one Of the leading
colored organizations in the Uni
ted States, annually attracts thous
ands Of Negro leaders from all
parts of the country to its conven-
ton. A record attendance is ex-
pected this year, and officials are
urging that each delegate and
visitor make a contribution to u.
S. o.
nate in having been assigned To
duty at a camp in his own home
state.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16

ter he had a gun she ran out slam
med the door fast and followed,
screaming, as he dashed up 10Th
St. Patrolman John Cox, heard
her cries and saw Emmett run in
to the Waldorf-Astoria where he
nabbed him. Emmett is being
held on 500 bail for Special SEES
sions.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
SUMMARY OF CSGA.
GOLFGRAM

Friday, August Is, s a. m, Ladies
Tournament at Miller Park.
Mems Invitational at Fontenelle
at 12:45 p, m,
Picnic and Dance at Fontenelle
from 6 p. m,
*###*
Saturday, August 16th-Qualify-
ing at Elmwood 1920.
General meeting at Urban Lea
que 800 p, m.
*****
Sunday, August 17th,-Finals al
Elmwood. 1st round $50 a, M
End round 100 p, m,-Dance at the
Dreamland 900 p. m.
#*#*#
Monday, August 18-Consolatior
Tournament.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
WHITE GIRL
THIEF

New York (C)-Emmett Free
man, 20 year old colored youth
made a heroine Of Frances Wing
EFT, white, when he snatched $4.GO
from the ticket cage of Beverly
Theatre, 3rd Ave-, between both
and 51st Streets, where she is
cashier.
Frances, 10, was inside the
booth when Emmett reached in
and scooped up the change and
bills Without the thought of whe-
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16

ceedings may be had and such
other and further orders may be
entered In conformity with the OPP
inion of the Supreme Court of the
United States rendered April %,
1941, on the appeal decided therein
and according to right, justice and
law Of the United States"
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
BECOMES SERGEANT AT IS

BECOMES SERGEANT AT IS
Camp Wheeler, Ca, Aug. II "a
MP Serving in the United States
army or less than one year, Is yr.
old Thomas Henry, Jr, Of Comp
any e" the 10th Training battal-
ion, is one of the youngest Negro
es ever to have earned sergeant's
stripes before reaching his major
ity.
Henry, whose service record
since his entry into the army in
October of 1910, has been excell-
ent throughout, was made 4 ser
geant at Camp Wheeler In May
Of this year.
A native of Albany, Ga, he re-
CARDS himself as particularly fortu-
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
NEGROES MUST REDOUBLE
EFFORTS

It's Harlem branch today moved
into expanded headquarters in the
national office of Fight for Free
dom, Inc, 1910 Sixth Avenue.
Edward White, EXECUTIVE Sec
rotary Of the Harlem Division,
was officially welcomed into the
central office of Fight for Free
dom by Uric Bell, chairman of the
executive committee.
Fight for Freedom has given
further evidence Of the opportam-
tiles for Negroes in a democracy
by the voluntary unity in our or
ganization," Mr.. White declared.
If we want to preserve that
unity, we must fight for 1t. All
Americans, particularly Negroes,
now must r double their efforts on
behalf of freedom at home and a.
broad"
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16
ICC. REOPENS MITCHELL'S
CASE ON JIM CROW w
TO REVIEW POLICY AS RE-
SILT OE SUPREME COIIRT

III REVIEW POLICY AS RE
SUIT OF SUPREME COURT
RULING
Washington, D. c. August II
The Interstate Commerce Comm
ission announced today that it is
going to review the complaint by
Representative Arthur w. Mitchell
Chicago Democrat against the Chi
cago-Rock Island Railway Co.,
even though the Supreme Court
has decided in Mitchell's case that
Negroes are entitled to Pullman
Accommodations and other first
class services On railroad trains.
In November, 1888, the commits
sion decided against Congress
man Mitchell's contention that jim
crow practices were illegal. Mitch
ell was removed by the railroad
from a Pullman to a second class
colored car as he neared the Ark
ansas border, in April, 1897. The
Negro car, he complained, was
Filthy and foul Smelling. The
ICC. dismissed the case on the
grounds that because there was
comparatively little colored travel
the lack of equal Accommodations
was not unjust or undue.
Mitchell then took the case to
the Supreme Court. Even the 10
Southern states protested against
any review of the constitutionality
of State Jim Grow laws as applied
against travellers in interstate com
merce, Chief Justice Hughes de-
clared that the issue was not a
question of segregation but one
of equality of treatment and that
therefore it was unnecessary to
consider the protest of the II
states.
The ICC. is now ordering the
complaint reinstated, 'to the enc
that such other and further pro,
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16

ember 6 when fire destroyed the
church just before the services.
Rev. Branham, for % years asso-
ciate pastor and National Baptist
Convention official, praises the
loyalty, vigor and christian spirit
Of the church group. He announ-
e that an outstanding young
Baptist leader will shortly be call
ed to the ~pastorate. (ANP)
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16

REV. JOSEPH h. BRANHAM
who led the hosts of Olivet Bap-
fist church in Chicago as they
completely rehabiliated that fam
Gus shrine. The congregation will
meet in the rebuilt edifice Sunday
August 10th for the first time
since the funeral of the late DR..
L. K, Williams, it's pastor, Nov
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16

list for the institution Of an equal
pay suit.
The Omaha guide., 1941-08-16

nate in having been assigned To
duty at a camp in his own home
state.
Evening star., 1941-01-31

New Hospital Planned
For Bethesda. Chevy Chase

A new general hospital for the
Bethesda-Chevy Chase area, to cost
approximately 100000, is being
planned by a group Of Is Montgom-
cry County physicians, DR.. Walter
G. Eisinger said today.
The project will be known as the
Bethesda General Hospital and will
have capacity Of 100 beds, accord
ing to present plans. 1t will have
a charity ward for white and colored
patients as well as general hospital
facilities, DR.. Eisinger said.
A steering committee of six
physicians will meet next week to
consider three sites favored by vari-
GUS groups, one near the new Naval
Hospital on the Rockville pike, one
on Old Georgetown road, and a
third in the Bradley boulevard sec
ticn. On the committee with DR..
Eisinger, who is serving as tempo
rary chairman, are Drs. Benjamin
c. Perry, Wheeler o. HUFF, E. A. A.
Dunn, Bruce Benjamin and Bradley
Hodgkins.
DR.. Eisinger said the building will
be of brick construction and in
colonial architecture. The project
Is being privately financed, DR.. Ell
singer said.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Adequate Care Is Asked
For World War Veterans

Congress was urged yesterday not
to permit the defense program to
interfere with adequate care Of
World War veterans, their widows
and orphans.
Spokesman for the American
Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars
and service organizations made that
appeal to the House Veterans Com
mittee in the opening day of hear
ings on a wide variety Of veterans
legislation.
Milo j. Warner, national COM
mander of the Legion, told the
committee that while his organiza-
ton advocated proper program of
national defense, it did not believe
opponents of proper protection"
for World War widows and orphans
should be allowed to confuse" the
issue with arguments that the cost
of such cares should be diverted
to defense purposes.
Evening star., 1941-01-31
Roosevelt Broadcast Text
President Points to Yeur In, Year Out
National Fight Against Paralysis

The text of President Roosevelt's
birthday celebration address last
night follows:
From the bottom of my heart
I thank all of you-every man and
woman and child who has labored
with my old friends, Basil O'Connor
and Keith Morgan, in this great
cause And let me, at the outset,
also give you my thanks in behalf
OF all those victims of infantile
paralysis to whom this celebration
tonight spells new hope and new
courage.
Most of all, I am grateful to
Amortization reaffrming at this
hour Americas humanity, Americas
active concern for its children. This
Is the eighth birthday in row
which all of you have made an
occasion for joining hands in this
national humanitarian effort.
I cannot say, as you can we'll
understand, that this is for me
completely happy birthday. These
are not completely happy days for
any of us in the world. Shall we
say that American birthdays this
year are being made at least happier
than they would otherwise be be-
cause all of us are still living under
a free peoples philosophy?
Lights of Peace Blaze.
II is not only that the lights OF
peace blaze in our great cities and
glow in our towns and villages
that laughter and music still ring
out from coast to coast--that we
will return to safe beds tonight.
1t is not that we feel no concern
for the plight of free peoples else
where in the world; that we do not
hope that they may continue the
freedom of their governments and
their ways of life in the days to
come.
1t is because we believe in and
insist on the right of helpless and
the weak and the crippled every
where to play their part in life
and survive.
It is because we know instinctively
that this right of the unfortunate
comes under our free peoples phil
osophy from the bottom up and can
never be imposed from the top down.
I do have satisfaction on this
birthday anniversary of mine be-
cause of the fact that definite prog
ress has been made in these past
20 years on a national scale in the
fight against infantile paralysis.
In very broad but very definite
sense. this fight is true part of the
national defense of America.
A National Fight.
! have always tried to remember
that the particular problem of in
fantile paralysis does call for a
truly national fight. We have it in
every State Of the Union. We are
at last organizing adequately to
fight it.
We have had to face the necessity
Of uniting medical scientists and
doctors and nurses and public health
officers and the general public into
q unique offensive-and the battle
year by year is gaining greater
success.
The year-in, year-out campaign
eliminating on each January 80
Evening star., 1941-01-31

has had the support Of almost
every one-from those who give large
sums down to the school children
who contribute their pennies. Clear
ly, unquestionably, we are winning
the flght-winning it, thanks to all
of you.
And SO, to all of you I give my
own thanks for the rarest birthday
present of all-the gift Of your
charity, your kindliness to each
other and to the Nation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-02-03
l N I H E
 H 0 U 5 E

INTRODUCED-H. J. M. 6, by Peterson, asking Congress to direct the Public Roads Administration to make preliminary surveys for a trunk highway system for Alaska.
 INTRODUCED--H. B. g by liar vey Smith, imposing an annual li- cense tax of $15 on coin machines for playing games or music.
 INTRODUCED H. B. 10, by Egan, making it illegal for em- ployers to employ persons on 2 wage contract basis unless funds for pay of the employees are avail able.
 PASSED Committee Substitute for H. B. 5, by Committee on Ways and Means, appropriating $81 500 for deficiencies.
 PASSED-H B. 6, by Shattuck, appropriating $1,000 for transporta- tion of indigents to the Pioneers Home. .s
 PASSED-S. J. R. 2, by Walker, appropriating $500 for transporting Legislators to Sitka to visit the Pioneers Home. PASSED--H. J. M. 2, by Davis and Harvey Smith, asking Congress to forbid the appointment of a nonresident as Governor of Alaska