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The Omaha guide., 1942-09-19
TO BE DEFENDED
BY NAACP.

Macon, Ca. Captured after the
biggest manhunt in years here, last
ing 81 hours, Private Edmond Reed
charged with the murder Of a local
policeman. Will be defended when he
goes on trial soon, by the Macon
branch ard the national office OF
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People.
Colonel A. T. Walden, member If
the NAACP national legal commit
tee, will handle the Negro soldiers
defense.
Private Reed, in the army for five
years, was arrested here August 20
by a military policeman. Sgt. NJ. "
whitmire. on suspicion Of being
AWOL. While waiting for the pol
ice patrol wagon to come it is claim
ed that the MP hit the soldier with
his fist. Reed is said to have
thrown up his hands to protect his
head.
At this point a city policeman
standing nearby stated: Turn him
over to me-"
A crowd began to gather threat
ening the soldier. He was Struck
a severe blow at the back of the
head, leaving a deep cash. He then
is said to have grabbed the pistol
of the MP and to have shot the city
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DIVISION H UNITED WAR & COMMUNITY
FUND CAMPAIGN TO BE DIRECTED BY
MRS. WALTER IRWIN; SPONSORED BY
URBAN LEAGUE, AND N, SIDE YWCA.

! One Of the important leaders in
the United War and Community
Fund campaign to raise $500, 900 in
Omaha October 10 to 29 will be Mrs.
Walter Irwin. She will direct the
volunteer women's corps compris-
ing Division H. The work of this
division is sponsored Jointly by the
Urban League and the Northside
YWCA., both Of which will benefit
from the fund.
Territory for these workers Will
be eastward from goth Street he
tween Cunning and Pinkney streets.
Welfare and relief activities serv-
'ng armed forces Of the United Stat
es and warshocked civilians Of our
allied nations have been allocated a
substantial share Of Omaha's quota
The largest part of the fund will he
spent in fortifying the home front
through the 80 welfare and relief
agencies Of the Community Chest.
eff you can't go. .GIVEr' is the
slogan adopted for the campaign.
And in giving Omahans' will at one
time discharge their obligation for
an entire year toward supporting
the following agencies serving or
the national overseas fronts:
USO. UNITED Service Organizat-
ions which include the YMCA., wv
CA, Jewish Welfare Board, Nation
al Catholic Community Service, Ma
tional Travellers Aid Association.
an dthe Salvation Army Polish-A-
merican Council, Greek War Relief.
C}een Wilhelmina Fund, Russian
War Relief, United China Relief,
British War Relief Society, War
Prisoners Aid, American Field Serv-
ice, Navy Relief Society, U. S. Com
mittee for the Care of European
Children.
All of these agencies, Chairman
Dale Clark emphasizes, have been
iniorsed and their budgets sifted 5
times: by a committee appointed by
President Roosevelt, by the Nation
al Budget Committee for War APP
peals, and by Omaha Defense Funds
Inc, Applications of several other
agencies for participation in the O.
maha Campaign are now pending
before the Omaha sitting group
To present the facts Of the drive
to the public, a speakers bureau has
been formed. Organizations. seell-
ing a speaker to explain the drive
are asked to phone AT. 1894.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-19
A o ACCEPTING
PILOTS APPLICATIONS

Washington, Sept. IA amp AS
revealed exclusively through AMP
several weeks ago. the Civil Aero
nautics administration has received
authorization from the army to train
Negroes in its new program Of pre-
parng noncombat pilots for the air
forces and is now accepting appli-
cations.
The bulk Of the Negro trainees
r destined for service as instruct
ors in line. with Sec. stimson's rel
cent statement that final approval
has been given to a plan which calls
for the pilot training Of a. further
limited number Of Negroes"
All applications for CAA training
under the army plan must be from
Is to SO years Of age inclusive and
If under n, must be declred inelig-
ible for training as combat pilots by
an aviation cadet selection board Of
the army. They must. however, be
able to pass the CAA physical and
mental examinations.
Courses lasting approximately 36
weeks will be given at Tuskegee In,
stitute and Coffey school Of aero,
nautics, Chicago.
Room and board. health and acct.
dent insurance, will be provided for
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Demand Action In Beating
OF Two Baptist Ministers

New York. Federal action is
imperative, to redress the beatins
of Baptist ministers DR.. J. c. Jack
son, rs, Hartford, Conn, president,
of the New England Baptist Confer
ence and Reverend S. A. Young,
Washington. D. c., on September S..
the NAACP told President Roose-
velt. The NAACP has offered legal
assistance to the ministers.
The NAACP wire, told how DR..
Jackson, a passenger on a Memphis
bound train was struck in the face.
breaking his eyeglasses and cutting
his eyes and lips, because a white
passenger objected to the ministers
passing through the white coach On
the way from the dining car to his
Seat. Reverend Young was also
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, Rev. Leroy A. Story. Pastor OF tfsc
Cleavcs Temple CINE. Church OF tkis
city and his congregation, will be
host to the Kansas-Missouri, Denver
and Nebraska Annual CME- CaaA-
ference to be held here in Omaha at
the Cleaves Temple CINE. Church.
25th and Decatur streets, startin.
next Wed. morning, Sept. %. 1912.
Discussions and meetings will be
held daily and nightly until the con-
ference ends. Sunday night Sept III
Bishop Hamlet OF Kansas City
Kansas is presiding Bishop over the
District.
The Church is expecting many
delegates from the surrounding ter
ritories and are making PREPARATION
to are for them when they arrive
Come out and enjoy a Conferences
both educational, interesting AMI
which will have many moments or
entertainment for you.
Meals will be served for visiting
delegates and guests from out on
town.
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and night, helping with the surviv-
ors Of torpedoed ships.
On four different occasions when
the men were brought into the hos
pital covered with oil, their job wa
to cleanse them and make the pat
tents more comfortable before act
ual treatment could be given.
1--WE are going to have to depend
upon these women more and more
later on" said the volunteer nurses
aide chairman, Mrs. Mary Fergus.
so far they have been a godse,Id
to the hospital. ... untiring in their
efforts and most anxious to serve
whenever they are needed
approximately 26 Negro aides
were graduated in three classes.
Another class is now being organ
lied.
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ASKED TO

BY GA. WARDEN

New York. -. Information tina
members Of the Georgia state high.
way patrol have been instructed /
stop and search every Negro W
raw on the highway after 9 o'cloc'
at night, use our blackjacks o
them, jerk them out of ears an
search the cars. Run them off the
highways" was transmitted by the
NAACP Friday. September II, to
Wendell Berge, assistant u. S. At
torney General, asking an immed
late investigation of the state high.
way patrol.
These instructions are attributed
to Commissioner John Goodwin OF
he Georgia State Highway Patrol
Commission, and are quoted in a
affidavit signed by a district com
mander of the Georgia Highway
patrol, who was designig. The dis
trict commander also stated: He
said we should tell all the troupecs
to do this to all Negroes"
Goodwin's instructions r a clear
violation Of the civil rights statutes,
he NAACP told Mr.. Berge. adding
that It is a type of terrorism which
also would hinder the war effort in
hindering Negroes in going to their
jobs in Georgia factories.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-19
DANCING DINAH REVUE
RETURNS TO OMAHA AFTER
WEEKS ENGAGEMENT
IN LINCOLN

The Dancing Dinah Revue. head
ed by Eddie LIE Monte Nemons) ace
comedian, has Just returned to Om-
aha after a successful engagement
with Nat Towles and His Orchestra
at the Kings Ballroom in Lincoln,
Nebraska By popular demand Mr..
LeMonte will present his versatile
cast in another superb midnight
show. Saturday night. Featured in
the show will be Peg-leg Jefferson,
the sensational acrobatic dance and
Mary. Queen of the Jitterbugs. 9th
in the cast include Chick and
Chiikie, Herbert Underdew, and Ed
monia Collins), Dancing Demons,
Dennis Stewart, boy with the II
sane Feet" who is equally as good
in his Spoon Dance, Eddie LeMonte
Hisself) and Mrs. Jean Nontgom-
cry, the very capable manager.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-19
UNION HALTS
DISCHARGE
OF G WORKERS
BY MOBILE FIRM

Washington, ID. G. Sept. l9E2-
AFL President William Green gsx7-
graduated Harry Stevenson. TesI-
dent of the International MoEdgs
and Foundry Workers Union OF
North America, for courageous sr-
ton which prevented an empfoFsr
in Mobile. Ala, from getting axzay
with a particularly vicious example
Of racial discrimination against Ne
gro workers.
The management of the Mobile
Pulley Works, Stevenson reported.
discharged q number Of Negro work
ers and finally brought about a cris-
is by firing the Negro financial sec
rotary of the local union when he
took three days off because OF n
death in the family.
The other Negro workers then
quit their jobs. Stevenson, after
comforting with representatives az
the Navy Department. prevailed ND
on them to go back to work with
the understanding hat the case OF
the financial secretary would ne
taken up later. How rer, the com-
pany' refused to take the Negroes
back.
Stevenson then notified ConciIia-
ton Director John Steelman that
his organization would give the lis
charged Negro workers full financ-
ial support. He also ordered the
forty white workers in the plant to-
quit the job.
Explaining why he acted In this
way, despite the AFL no-strfke pI-
icy, Stevenson said:
81 told the men that this comp
any had defied the President of the
United States who had asked hat.
there should be no determinations
toward colored workers in this un-
try"
The company was finally forced To
take back all the men, including
the discharged Negroes.
In a letter to Stevenson, PresI-
dent Green said:
1.-The best interests Of the Amer
Jean Federation Of Labor win De
served by accepting Negro workers
into membership in our unions and
by according them an opportunity
to work in manufacturing plants
where AFL unions are certified -
collective bargaining agents I cam
see by this policy and that o arg
officially trying to carry it into ef-
feet"
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struck and his eye glasses broken
for the same reason.
Pointed out to the President was
a similar attack on Professor Hugh
NJ. Gloster of Morehouse college,
who was thrown off a train at Tu-
pleo, Mission Sept. 2 by Policemen
and-a conductor, beaten, imprison-
ed and fined, because he requested
that Negroes standing in the jim
crow ear be permitted to sit in an
empty white car adjoining.
This Association has presented
to the U. S. Attorney General and
the Office Of Defense Transporta-
ton the facts in other brutal a.
saults on Negro soldiers in trains,
buses and other public carriers in
the South" the wire stated. This
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-19
Name Negro Minister
To Oppose Rankin
IN MISS. ELECTION

Chicago. Sept. IA ANPGDelegaT-
es to the National Baptist conven-
ton. unincorporated, in sessions
here at Ebenezer Baptist Church
last week endorsed the movement
lead by Edgar G. Brown, director
of the National Negro council, to
elect 4 Negro to the congressional
seat Of REP. John p. Rankin, Dm.
Miss) outstanding foe Of the anti
pon tax amendment to the soldiers
vote bill.
Named as candidate for the office
bis the Rev. James Arthur Parsons
of Tupelo, pastor Of four churches
lin Rankin's home district. That
chances to defeat Rankin are excel
lent was indicated by figures pres
ented by Brown in an address to
the convention. He said Rankin
was recently renominated by a total
vote of only 5000. The 10000 votes
OF Negroes now serving in the arm
ed forces would be sufficient to &C.
complish his political death, he add
Continued on pageG|N
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TEXAS CAPITAL BLOC


Washington. Sept. Is amp That
the south is in the saddle in the gov
eminent is a well known fact, but
the most influential group Of sou
therners operating in the capital IL
the Texas delegation, which never
fails to get what it wants.
In the matter Of war industries.
Texas is reported to have more than
any other state in the union AMI it
is the general belief that the power.
full influence Of the Texas delegat-
ion caused the present postpone.
ment if not the complete abandon.
ment Of the FEPC's contemplated
Ell Paso hearings.
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ence to the calling on of 1t. Col.
Mcqueen, who is greatly admired
by Dean lands.
Officials are loathe to discuss the
problems since OCD has been a sore
spot for a number Of months with
no one to know just what is going
on as far as its program is concern
ed.
Negroes have not been wide a.
wake tt the possibilities of the O.
CD and there has always been a col
or question raised whichever the
problems Of war We're discussed.
This has been the topic Of many a
iissions by groups coming to Wash
ington, none Of which ever received
my satisfactory explanation of the
workings Of the organization.
There is a general feeling that
OCD should stand a little investiga-
ton as far as its treatment Of Ne
groes is concerned and that the pub
lie is entitled to know SOME Of ting
things it plans to do and how it
)Ians to do them.
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Association has done all within its
limited power to secure redress. But
there is a limit to human endurance
1t is apparent that ~subversive fore
es in the South are deliberately pro-
voking some of these attacks, hop
ing that riots and other clashes
may occur the NAACP statement
continued.
Those responsible for such at
tacks are destroying at a terrible
rate the already low morale of %
million American Negroes. In do
ing SO they injure Americas war
effort and effectively aid the cause
Of the Axis. We submit that the
situation is SO grave that federal
action is Imperative"
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ACCUSED OF

officer. who died, and the MP. who
suffered wounds. Reed then ran
away from the crowd which was
said to have BEEN beating him.
The NAACP stated that there II
evidence that other Negro soldiers
had been beaten before the attack
on Reed.
White citizens of Macon, Joined
by Mayor Charles L. Bowden, form
ed a mob numbering hundreds which
secured the countryside in search
of the soldier.
When Reed was captured, after
a 27 hour pursuit, he had a bullet
wound in his right leg, which mem
bers of the posse refused to explain.
and was bleeding from a cash in his
head. He was dragged from a
small lake near the Southern rail
road switchyards.
Reeds case was scheduled to go
to trial about September Is.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-19
THE
L E S
(BY DEAN GORDON b.
FOR AMP
WANTED: A THIRD FRONT

Impatiently is the world waiting
for the opening Of a second front.
Like the old proverb about the wea-
Their, must is said about it but moth
ing done. From the historians OF
the future Russia is going to wiring
b paens of wondrous praise for the
noble stand she is making. Already
her endurance and valor have amaz-
r1 world. Honest men who hon
estly spurn Russia's political lu,y
oCy must admire her heroic defense
against the finest wac machine the
world has ever known. To date the
fighting l~aurels Of World War II
go to Red Russia.
This matter of opening a Second
front is becoming grave indeed, TO,
Russia cannot win this war by her
self, however valorous her armies
may prove in mortal combat. There
GENES times when human nature
a do no more; and should this
time come upon the Russians before
the opening of a second front, it
will mark a tragic development in
the cause of the united n~a1ions. Ii
makes one sick at heart to contem-
plate the concentration of German
controlled Europe on Great Britain,
for the conquest of Russia will put
at Germany's. disposal vast stores
of materials that would prove ire
mendously powerful in '~pUlverizing
the British Isles.
But our great concern here is NO
20 much the first front on which
Russia and Germany are locked in
mortal combat this very hour, nor
in the one we hope will be establish
ed soon, however important these
SNO AIOhOo AAdS DG- we dIS PIliI--
arily interested in opening a moral
front whereby the v~ictorius nations
may prove themselves worthy OF
victory. The question of the hearts
of the victors is even more import
ant than victory itself; for unless
the warning nations undergo a
change of heart victory is going to
be but an empty episode of battle.
We are fighting today because the
hearts Of the victOrs of World War
l Were not right; n unless the
hearts OF the current victors are
right Jul peace will prove but a pre-
lude to a World War III that VIII
be even more devastating than the
war that is upon us. Life is not a
matter of the head but of the heart.
Our OF the heart are he issues Of.
life and this is as true Of nations as
of individuals.
This article is inspired by what is
transpiring in India. II the rcu
of-its greatest peril, Great Britain
seems bent on defeating the aspir-
atoms of the Indians to be free. The
Continued on page Eg ~
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-19
SPECIAL REVIVAL

The Salem Baptist Church will be-
gin its City wide Revival starting
Monday Sept 21st. 1880 p. m. Each
evening and continuing through un-
til? These series of services VIII
Be conducted by the Rev. W. p
Woods OF Tulsa. Okla. We do cal
upon every Church and Christian 10
attend and participate in making
thsi one of the greatest Soul Saving
Campaigns ever attempted here.
The Revival will get underway On
Sunday night with an all request
Musical Program sponsored by the
Senior Choir. Follow the crowd TO
the little white church on the hill.
18th and Decatur st. Mrs. F. B
Moorer, Clerk, Rev. w. E. Fort,
Minister.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-19
0 c D. DOESN'T
WANT NEGROES
or Liberals?; DANIELS RESIGNS
BY AVN E. WHITE

WASHINGTON, ID. G., SEPT. IS
ANP1That all is not well with the
Office Of Civilian Defense is indie
ated through the resignation of Jon
athan Daniels, North Carolina lib
eral, who has often been referred e
as a champion of the rights of min
ority groups.
Mr.. Daniels suddenly rendered his
resignation to Dean Lands, direc-
tor of OCD, under circumstances
which have not been fully explain
ed.
1t was reported last week that
Mr.. Daniels contemplated resigning
He submitted his resignation to hi.
superior last Monday. 1t is report
ed further that Mr.. Daniels could
not get results and was stripped OF
most of his authority several week.
ago.. However. the White House i.
said to have offered Daniels an i'm.
portant post On the Presidents staff
On the other hand, all is not wei
with the colored personnel at OCD.
Apparently, Negroes were neve,
wanted in the setup, for most of
those who were there during the
Roosevelt-LaGuardia regime are as
signed to other agencies and are
not on the OCD payroll. First of
these was Will Alexander who was
shunted to OFF and later to the
Office of War Information. Then
Miss Thelma Tabb was knocked out
and sent to the personnel division,
Office of Emergency Management.
Now there is talk that there is a
wide difference Of opinion between
Mrs. Crystal Byrd Fauset, a compet
ent administrator, and the powers
that be. 1t is known that Mrs. Eau
set is seldom in her office in the
building which houses OCD, al.
though her secretary makes al
pointments there for her.
What has transpired, no one
knows, for all concerned are strang
ly silent on the matter.
There has been talk that 1t. Col
Howard Mcqueen, a Waehingtonia
now assigned to the 36Sth infantry
in Massachusetts,, is to be brought
into the Office Of Civilian Defen.,
in some capacity. Mrs. Fauset is
racial relations adviser and has hell
this post for sometime. Her relat
ions with Mr.. Daniels and others
who have left the OCD were mo-
cordial.
On the other hand, there IS Y
strong report current to the effec
that OCD is planning a system OF
education for certain persons select
ed in VARIOUS cities to do civilian
defense work exclusively. Federal
funds are to be provided for this in
struction which take place at four
colleges. Tuskegee has been men
TONED as one of the four and the
only Negro institution.
The courses are to be conducted
by military officers under immed-
late supervision Of the war DEPART.
ment. This would lend some cred
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t~rainees, but they will receive 10
salary until they go on active duty
with the army. During the CAA
training period, they will be on IN
active status in the enlisted reserve
Of the army air forces.
The Omaha guide., 1942-09-19
NEGRO VOLUNTEERS
NURSE SHIP SURVI-
VOR

Southport, N. c., Sept. Is amp
With no fuss and feather-no fan
fare-a group of Negro Red Cross
volunteer nurses aides have worked
long hours in a local hospital. dav
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-06

present IN amazingly high content, I'm many
sea plants. Some sea plants have 200 times
more food iron than does spinach, and 900
times as much as lettuce.
The Federal Government has become aware
of this and have the honor to bc cooperating
with one governmental agency engaged in de
termining the nutritional value of sea vege-
tation
To most land-mbbcrs an sea vegetation is
kclp, a shiny mess that sometimes gets tan
glcd up in your legs when you go bathing at
the beaches. Yet actually, according TO scien-
lists, there are some 435 different species of
edible sea plants that thrive in different oceans
of the world
Just as all species of land plants differ
from one another SO too do these 435 sea
plants differ one with another.
Moreover it has been found that the sea
soil, if one may use that term differs in all
oceans and all seas. This is completely UNI
dcrstaudable because the top soil erodcd from
different regions of the world is quite diff
fcrcnt AS only one contrasting example
consider the different mineral content of the
mud washed out 10 sea by such rivers as the
Mississippi and the Amazon.
The Mississippi drains one OF the worlds
greatest farming areas. The Amazon drains
-truT1rrrt JrrrTtCs wtTTCn ha1e never been and
perhaps never Will Doe cultivated. II is not sur
prising that sea plants feeding on the dis
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-06

and turtle eggs and those Of the sail-fjsh.
marlin and other sub-tropical vcrtebratcs
If the family wanted steak there are any
number of large fish whose steaks" are al
ready familiar But in addition there are shark
steaks which some cpicures claim are as
tasty as beef steaks
Those ediblcs are not much different from
foods found regularly on most menus. But
more unusual are the scawecds and the tiny
plants and animals which float through the
ocean in a lazy fashion myriads of them 20
the cubic inch, known 10 scientists as plank
ton. None of these enters very often into
American diets
Yet there are many people in the world
who do eat such foods in fact would starve
or at least be extremely unhealthy without
them.
The Gulfweed, a form Of brown aIgac,
well-known TO mariners as the Sargassum
weed found in the famed Sargasso Sea is
dehcacy in Japan where its tender tips are
cooked as a vegetable.
Helps also belong 60 the brown algae fam
lily but they are the giants the Sequoias, Of
the sea. I'm regions where kclp is a common
source of food goitrc is unknown because that
seawccd is one of the chief sources Of iodine.
/, is puzslhle To varieties ~ hitt
treated I'M different ways, 20 make ones cot
Zee cereals, bread and rehshcs
Sugared kcp stalks are sold ON the Pacific
Coast of thjs country as kind of candy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-12-06

charged waters of these two rivers should be
quite different And so it is all over the
world
Besides the plants Of the sea there are
the living creatures in it that have ever been
a staple food OF coastal peoples Indeed with
a bit of thinking it is possible 10 cnvsion
whole weeks menu for family, obtained
from the sea and the living things in IL.
If a housewife wished to 60 on an all-occan
diet for her family she could get the morning
milk from seals, offers, walrus, soacows and
other mammalian creatures OF the deep such
milk would supply vitamins A and G and min
erals like lime phosphorus, iron and potash.
Instead of bacon and eggs for breakfast
the husband of the house could cat tortoise