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The Omaha guide., 1944-08-26

1Sh III color.
Il got in the back seat of the car
and they drove about a quarter of a
mile from my fathers house. The
man l didn't know did the driving.
They kept telling me that my father
and l were smart niggers' for going
to see a lawyer.
three of them remained in the
car with me; three walked up to my
fathers house.
Some time later, l saw the three
men returning with my fatherl They
were Noble Rider, Harper Dawson,
and another nan Ct can't remember
whether ito was one of Rider broth
ers or Spillman.)
Noble Rider and the other mar
were walking on either side of my
Sc year father, Isaac Simmons, while
Dawson walked behind him kicking
and punching him.
when they reached the car, they
made my father get in the front seat.
They all got in the ear.
MY father begged them and pray
ed with them lot t o hurt him or me
as they drove down the road. Two
Of them kept beating me as / sat in
the back seat.
Some distance down the road they
stopped the car near a side road where
there were lots of thickets. Let's
take them down here one of the
white men said.
They told my father to get out of
the car. He got out and started to
run from the road. One of the men
leveled the shotgun and fired twice
at my father. One reloaded the gun,
the other two ran in the direction my
father had taken. The man who re-
loaded the gun ran off in that dir
ection also, then l heard another shot
I begged the men in the car to spare
my life.
"A while later, the other three re-
turned. They all talked in low tones
behind the Ear.
Finally, they came around and told
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-26

New Orleans, La,-A lynch-killing
of a &c year old minister last March
26 in Amite couny, Miss, because he
hired a lawyer to safeguard his title
to a 22O acre free farm, has just been
revealed in an affidavit sworn to by
Eldridge Simmons, son of the muir
dered man.
Rev. Osaac Simons was going peace
fully about the business of running
his farm and had no trouble until it
began to be suspected that there was
oil on his land. Whites then tried to
muscle in" and take his property a.
way. When they found he had con-
suited a lawyer they got together a
small mob and killed him in the pres
ence Of his SON, VISA was later driven
from the county.
Eldridge Simmons sent his affidav-
it to the NAACP in New York which
in turn has asked Governor Thomas
L. Baileh of Mississippi to investi-
gate. The NAACP also has asked
Attornel General Francis Biddle to
examine into the possibility that Fed
eral conspiracy statutes have been Vi
olated.
The dramatic story Of the lynching
is told in the following paragraphs
from the affidavit:
Between II am. and ~ o'clock
noon, March 90, 1944-which was on
a Sunday group of white men in
GLIDING Noble Rider, two of his bro
theirs, Harper Dawson, Rabbit Spill
man and a man | did not know, came
to my house which is located about a
mile from my fathers house, both
being on the property owned by us.
"The men asked me if | knew how
the property line ran. ! told them I
thought l did. They told me to come
and show them.
Il went down the road with them
for some distance then we came to a
car. The car was a late model Stude
baker, l believe, with the gear shift
on the steering wheel. 1t was gray
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Women Begin House -to-t louise
Canvass for Registered Voters

been provided as follows:
South Omaha areas
South Side City Hall, oath and o.
Streets. Friday and Saturday Of
each week during the month of Sept
ember, to-wit September l and 2; s
and 9; Is and 16; % and %; 90 and
80.
North Omaha areas
North Branch Omaha Public Lib
rary, goth and Ames Ave, Basement
North Entrance.
Monday Except Labor Day. and
Tuesday of each week during Sept
ember, to-wit: September 5; II and
10; is and 10; 25 and &c.
Urban League Community Center,
2213 Lake Street. Fridays and Sat
urdays OF the last three weeks Of
September, to-wit: September Is and
16; % and 80 30 and 80.
Benson Area.
Fire Engine House, Goth and Maple
Streets: Wednesday and Thursday
Of each week during the month OF
September, to-wit: September 6 and
Z; 10 and IA; 20 and 81; 81 and IS
All of the above places except the
South Side City Hall will be oper
from l p. m. to 9 p. m. South Side
City Hall will be open from 9 a. m
to 9 p. m. The above schedule is sub
ject to discontinuance in the event OF
lack of registrations. Voters who
prefer to do so, may register at the
Election Commissioners Office at thu
Court House daily from $50 a. m
to 4:30 p. m, except Saturdays to l.
noon.
All voters (ecept those voting b,
mail because of absence from Doug
las County, who have not registered
heretofore, o. who have changed
their residence, or their names b,
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-26
Child's Welfare
Breakfast Held at
FOntenelle Aug q

Mrs. Bart, Department Chairman
for the State American Legion Aux
iliary presided at a breakfast in the
beautiful Black Mirror Room of the
Hotel F~ontenelle last Tuesday, Aug.
22nd.
Mr. Biart, Department Chairman
for the Legion, gave a report on
Child Welfare Activities in Nebraska.
Judge Herbert Rhoades gave an
interesting talk on Child Welfare.
Punishment does not cure crime
he said. Education, discipline and
supervision are important
Judge Rhoades said, IF | had my
way in some cases, | would send the
parents away and keep the child at
home"
Ladies of Roosevelt Post
Unit attend ......
Admist the one hundred and ten
guests at the Child's Welfare Break
fast were ten ladies of Unit No. 80.
They were Mrs. Eva Milsap, Unit
President; Mrs. Lula Bryant, Mrs.
Sadie Nelson, Mrs. Pearl Brummell,
Mrs. Zodie Gardner, Mrs. Anna Pier
son, Mrs. Florence Garland, Mrs.
Jessie Covington, Mrs. Ora Glass,
Mrs. Pearl Thomas.
Hold Hour Of Memory.
On Monday, August q, 1914 at II
a. m. An Hour Of Memory was held.
Scripture reading, Mrs. L. E. Hut
chins, Department Chaplain.
Vocal Solo 90 Dry Those Tears
by our own, Mrs. Lula Bryant.
Roll of the Departed Members.
Tribute to Minnie Freeman Penney
first Department President by Mrs.
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marriage DR. otherwise, since their last
registration, must register in order to
vote at the general election Novem-
Der Z, 1914 and such voters are res
p~ectfully urged to register at their
earliest convenience and thereby a.
void unnecessary last minute conges-
ton. Registrations will close Friday
October 81, 1914 at 9 o'clock pm.
Joseph A. Vojir, Election Commits
%sioner, Douglas County, Nebraska.
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The Jim Crow Train is among the
foremost of the vicious evils prac-
ticed against colored Americans. Jim
Grow transportation hurts Us more
than the poll tax. The colored Am
erican feels more keenly the effects
Of Jim Grow railway travel than he
does public bans against intermarriage
prime among the cardinal sins in the
eyes of the white man. In story and
in song the Jim Crow Train has been
the barometer at gauging the temper
ature Of the Negro minority.
Aside from the ignomy Of being
victims Of the practice, Negroes who
ride the Jim Grow Train also suffer
major discomfort. They are herded
like cattle into dirty, ill-kept, out
NODDED coaches tagged On behind the
coal car. In the heat Of the south
ern summer they get thick coats Of
smoke streaming in from the open
windows their eyes, their hair. their
clothing are filled with hundreds of
flying particles of cinders. They are
forced in many instances to sit in the
aisles on their luggage; to eat stand
ing up; to sleep in every conceivable
kind Of homogeneous position. Yet,
they pay the same fare as the white
passenger in the cars behind who ride
IN relative comfort, cleanliness and
are not packed like pigs in a pen.
WHAT I'm CROW TRAIN
MEANS.
Yes, the whistle of the Jim-Crow
train screams throughout the track
less expanses of the broad south. 1t
creams its message of intolerance. of
greed, hatred and derision and mil
lions Of people hear it and pray for
the day when the Jim Crow Train IS
derailed and cannot be set Alright a.
gain. And with the Jim Grow Train
its defiant whistle, goes the tobacco
chewing, redneck conductor who arro-
gantly walks through the Jim Crow
Train barking his orders to those
whose money is divided as being Ne
gro money, and Negro fares With
the Jim Crow Train go the ignorant
hillbillies from the Ozarks, the Ten
nessee mountains, the crackers from
the lowlands Of the delta region. the
peckerwoods from the bowels OF
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.
They are elevated in their ego to the
status of lords by the fact that the
system calls for travel facilities much
worse than the homes from which
they come for people who are thereby
set apart as permanently on a lower
level than they.
These things, these conditions make
the work Of the Committee to Abol-
ish Jim Grow Transportation in the
United States Of cardinal Importance.
This group has its headquarters out
in Detroit and stresses the motto; ~
"Let Us, AS Americans-Clean Our
Own House"
This Committee states its objective
as "our comon cause in quest of
means for group betterment and nat
ional unity. 1t is the only organiza-
ton engaged exclusively with this
most vicious form Of Jim Crowism."
1t contends that when a patient IS
suffering from a malady that is
deep-eated and difficult to reach By
ordinary means, it iSa custom among
physicians to call a consultation with
the skillful to determine the most eff
fective method of treatment. Jim
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Granted by
p. wv. a.

Word has been received from Sen.
Hugh "A. Butler that final approval
has been made by the Federal Works
Administrator for a grant Of $4,000
for Improvement and enlargement OF
the oath Street USO Club.
The appropriation brings to a sue
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-26
North oath USo
Club To Get
New Building

cessful end, efforts Of the director to
secure a better and nor spacious
building and facilities for members of
of the armed forces in this area.
Mr.. Mosley, director of the USO
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Club here stated that the new club,
when completed will be one of the
best in the country.
Work on the new club is expected
to begin in the near future.
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-26
Sets Colonial Example Policy
F or Postwar World to Follow

Harold Diers of Omaha.
Memorial Address, 1t. Margaret
Servine, WAC.
Presentation of Memorial Electric
Organ to Mr.. E. R. Burke, manager
Lincoln Veterans hospital.
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-26

TALK.
BY DAN GARDNER

THE jim ROW TRAIN
STILL ROLLS THROUGH
THE SOUTH; THIS COMMIT
TEE IS no
DERAIL HUMILIATION
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IF YOU DON'T REGISTER
YOU CANNOT VOTE NOV. 7th

Don Larson, chairman of the Om-
aha Junior Chamber of Commerce
Governmental Affairs Committee, dis
closed that the annual Jaycee Get
Out The Cote" campaign got on its
way Monday, August 81, One hun
dred civic minded ladies ebgan a hous,
to house campaign i norder to deter
mine whether or not all Omahans are
properly registered.
Larson pointed out that past cleo
ton experience shows many would-be
voters have been disfranchised by
their failure to register on moving
to Omaha, on coming Of age, or
when changing address locally. This
campaign is being conducted as part
of a far reaching Junior Chamber of
Commerce program 10 reawaken civ
&c responsibility.
The Jaycees ask the assistance of
all Omaha housewives in extending
every possible courtesy to their fellow
housewives who are making this sur
vey.
The following ladies are assisting
in conducting the canvass in our
community Cleota H. F. Reynolds,
Ida T. Willis, Gussie Ellison Nc
Pherson, Christine Althouse, Eva S.
Milsap, Mrs. Carl Bone, Celeta Nc
Falls Mona Abram and Esther Starks
NOTICE Of SPECIAL PLACE.
FOR REGISTRATION OF
VOTERS IN SEPTEMBER
Notice is hereby given that specia'
places for the registration of voter:
residing in the City Of Omaha have
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-26
PRAISES BAHAMIAN

DUKE PRAISES BAHAMIAN
FARM WORKERS.
The Duke of Windsor praised the
Bahamian farm workers whom he
visited in Delaware during his inspec-
ton tour recently for the fine way
they are helping their American Ally
produce vital war food. The Duke
is shown examining a basket Of pea
ches picked by the Bahamian who
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-26

Notice is hereby given that special
places for the registration OF voters
residing in the City Of Omaha have
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photo bv Cooper.
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-26

NOTICE Of SPECIAL PLAC
FOR OF
VOTERS IN SEPTEMBER
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-22
Baby
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his perambulator- at the
Vandersippe home at 8 am,
yesterday.
DR.. Victor H. Wolfson, of
Mount Clemens, called to the
home by sheriffs deputies when
the family was unable to contact
physician, found the child dead
when he arrived.
He pronounced death due, %
suffocation, caused by the child
sleeping face downward.
ACCIDENTAL DEATH
DR.. Wolfson notified Coroner
Howard V. Groesbeck Jr., who
consulted with the parents ana
later reported the death acct
dental. An autopsy later con-
firmed the findings.
Neither the doctor or coroner
were informed by the pa
ents" of the child's true identity,
and neither knew the back
ground of the case until inform
ed by the Monltor-Leader.
At no time during the lengthy
period they spent comforting
with the VanderSIppeS, WolfSon
and Groesbeck said, did the
family give any indication that
the baby was not theirs.
Adolph and Betty Vandersippe
gave their names to Coroner
Groesbeck as the parents of the
child and GroesbeCk, in an oblt-
uary notice, listed the parents
as the only SurViVOrs--untll the
error was pointed out TO him.
MOTHER NOT MENTIONED
At no time was the name OF
Mrs. Mary Humboldt Haggerty'
undisputably the childs mother
mentioned at the Vanderslppe
house.
Groesbeck and Wolfson were
informed by the Vandersippes
that the child was sleeping at
midnight when Vandersippe
went to work at the Mount
Clemens Sugar factory, and Mrs.
Vandersippe went to bed.
When Vandersippe returned
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War Bonds
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so far include: the National
Council Of Catholic Women, st.
Peters and ST. Louis !.,.tts; the
VIEW and Legion AuXiliarieS, the
Order of the Eastern Star and
the Navy Mothers Club.
Presidents of service clubs
(due TO disruption of meetings
caused by the holiday are ex-
pected to appoint their chairman
and GallantS. Supplies for all
are available at the office of
county chairman Ralph w.
Clark, at the Consumers Power
Company.
Schwartz said he had faith
that retail merchants and
clerks who spearheaded the for
mer appeals, will be leading sup
porters of this one. He urges all
businessmen TO stimulate unique
plans for investment in bonds.
Schwartz pointed out in this
connection that Leon Mandell, Of
the GlenWood Hotel, has
pledged the hotels gross re-
,ceipts as bond investments until
the drive ends.
On Monday, Lieut.. formerly
SergtD Thaddeus (Ted) Strong,
of Selfridge Field, a veteran of
the South Pacific and also Medi
terranean campaigns, walked
into SChWark's office and asked
for two $500 bonds He could
only spare a few minutes time,
he explained - he was on his
way 10 further assignment.
"Only by such patriotic sac
rifice and sincere effort can we
reach our quota" Schwartz said.
Other cities are nearing their
quota already. We must not be
left behind" he asserted.
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False Alarms
Plague Police
Public Asked
70 Aid Officers

A strong appeal to the gen.
eral public TO combat a new
wave of false fire alarms IN
Mount Clemens was issued to-
day by Fire Chief +. Edward
Willert, who pointed out that
nine false calls have been made
since Oct. /.
If this rate were continued,
last years record-breaking to-
tai of 40 false alarms would be
far exceeded.
The latest hoax call came
from Box 81, South avenue at
Queen street, at 430 a. m, to-
day, and firemen left their beds
and rushed 10 the scene with all
available apparatus, because
the alarm box is located in
thickly populated residential
district.
Chief Willert points out that
a standing reward of 500 offer
ed by the city for anyone who
nabs a false alarm-puller still
stands and will be paid If a
court conviction is registered.
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Thanks
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men and women in all parts of
the world.
Business will be at practical
standstill Thursday. Banks and
the County building will be clos
ed. No mail delivery will be
made, but the Post Office lobby
will be open to boxholders.
Specials and perishables will be
delivered and the movement of
mails will continue.
The Fine Art of Gratitude"
will be the sermon theme of Rev.
Joseph Grosa, pastor of the Gill
bert Memorial Baptist Church,
at the Union Thanksgiving Serv-
ice at the Methodist Church
Thursday morning.
Rev. Joseph L. Kennedy, of
the First Presbyterian Church
will offer the Thanksgiving
Prayer, and the Scriptures will
be read by Rev George A. Meri-
field, rector of Grace Episcopal
Church. The service will be in
charge Of the host pastor, Rev.
Alfred p. Landon.
Even in this grim hour, local
ministers point out that the ma
ton has many reasons to give
thanks. They welcome the pub
lie to the service of thanks.
The central theme of the serv-
ice will be Henry Affords great
Thanksgiving hymn, Come Ye
Faithful People, Come:
Come, We thankful people,
come,
Raise the song of harvest
home:
All is safely gathered in
Ere the Winter storms be-
gin;
God, our Maker, doth pro-
vide:
For our wants to be sup
piled:
Come to Gods own temple,
come,
Raise the song of harvest
home.
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so SORRY

SO SORRY
1t was enormously reported in
the Monitor-Lcader, Nov. Is,
that Conrad Zychski, of 2506
Chesterfield road, Route 3,
Mount Clemens, was ticketed
for failing to stop for the right
of-way, preceding an automo-
bile accident, Nov. IA Harry
J. Ezrow, of 1866 Lillibridge
road, Detroit, was ticketed. not
Zychski, according TO Sheriff S
office reports. Zychski was trav-
cling north on M-97, not M-87,
as published.
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Expenses
Continued from Page II

NNuiAihuVu iiOhi nSS -
CeSSful in his bid for the Regis
ter of Deeds Post spent $236.l6
.. advertising.
William Tcgeder (R), Bru-
neels opponent, spent 1865; nc
reported.
George Roberts. non-partisan
candidate for Circuit Court
Commissioner, spent S80.37 on
his campaign.
Walter G. Steffcns, (R) unsuc-
ccsSful candidate for State Rep
resentative in District 2 spent
al even 500 on his bid for Of
flee.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-11-22
Detroit News Seeks
TeIevsion License

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22-(P)
The Federal communications
announced today receipt OF an
application from the Evening
News Association. license of sta
ton WWJ, Detroit, for a COM
mercial television station at De-
troit on channel No. 100000
$4,000 kilocycles).
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Girls
Continued From Page One

Soh'inueu from rage ohe
IT," said Captain Moorad. "A
girl friend boasts about how she
lifted cosmetics or jewelry. They
try it out. It's easy. And they
try it again"
The shoplifting, she thinks,
stems from truancy-youngsters
with time on their hands and
nothing to do. Not a single ar
restee has been from a group
like the Campfire Girls or Girl
Scouts, who had other outlets
for their energy.
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Safe
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Thomas H. Kaltenbach, finger
print expert Cornelius Gudenau,
Jr., and a Detroit Police detect
i've checked the car and safe for
fingcrprints. Lifting the safe into
the car must have required tins
combined efforts of several men,
officers asserted.
The large door Of the. safe
had been forced open with crow
bars and an inner compartment
was also open.
The car in which the safe was
found was listed as stolen Tues
day from William j. Martin, Of
2O442 Hull avenue, Detroit.
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Versch
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today, that he believed state po-
lice had raided the place on at
least one occasion.
The inn actually was located
just outside the Roseville viii
lage limits in Erin township.
Police Chief Arthur I. Rosso
said today that he was unaware
of Vesch having at any time
lived in Mount Clemens.
Most recent reports concern
ing Versch were that he was en-
ployed in a Detroit factory.
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Pacific
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prisoner on Saipan, Guam and
Tinian of the Marianas and Pc
leliu and Angular of the Palau
group. y
At least 40 and possibly 81
more imperial aircraft were deS-
troyed. Of these, 20 confirmed
ad l6 probables were shot down
by superforts over Japan's
Omura aircraft center during
the first major test of BIOS in
combat.
Reshuffling Of about a dozen
high ranking officers in the i'm
perial army was reported by
Tokyo radio.
The War Ministry announced
Gen. Yasuji Okamura, COM
mander in North China, has re-
placed Field Marshal Gen.
Shunroku Hata as commander
in-chief of all expeditionary
forces in China. Both have re-
Gently been reported in South
China where Hata this week
completed his successful cam
paign OF bisecting the country
and eliminating advanced u S.
Air Bases. Hata becomes Inspec-
tor general of military educa-
ton.
FUTILE ATTACK
In the Philippines campaign
the Japanese made another fu-
tile Counterattacks against a
U. S. oath Division road block
on Northern Leyte in a costly
attempt to reach Limon and re-
lieve the crack imperial First
Division which Gen. Douglas
Macarthur said is being sacri-
feed lin a desperate effort 20
retain this critical position"
The U S. 32nd Division con-
tinued hammering at interplac-
ed defenSes north of Limon,
CruX of the campaign. MacAr-
thu recommended the rugged
terrain of the mountain pass,
ideally suited to defense, COM
pels tlme-consuming, piecemeal
destruction Of enemy pill boxes,
entertainments and pockets of
resistance in order TO minimize
/ our losses
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dollhouse
(Continued from Page u

both in Britain and the United
States for talks he made on the
German radio in 1941. but in
September of this year in Paris
he denied reports that he lived
in luxury.
He said his talks were merely
his manner of letting his friends
know he was we'll and acknowl-
edging their packages and let
tiers and their help in seeking
his release.
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Strike
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under 81 years of age, with IL
quor in efforts to get them to re-
turn to their jobs"
He made the assertion at an
open hearing in response to a
question whether he would re-
quest the strikers to return to
work.
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More than rs per cent Of the
people Of the United States live
along surfaced roads, it is esti-
mated.