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The Omaha guide., 1945-02-10

This paper is proud to announce
the addition Of a Southern white
man who grew up in a Texas cotton
patch, and who is known throughout
America as a fighter for Negro
rights, to its list of distinguished
columnists.
Harold Freezes home made col
umn for homemade folks" "THR
LIVING SOUTH will appear
weekly III THE OMAHA GUIDP
EXCLUSIVELY, beginning next
week Written in the everyday Ian
guage of everyday people, this col
umn has u up a record for its
message OF unity between white and
Negro Southerners during the two
years when it has been an exclusive
feature of the Chicago Defender.
The South is changing and white
Southerners are changing it," Mr..
Preece told this paper. "Bilbo,
Rankin, and Pappy O'Daniel make
more racket than a bunch OF TOM
cats on a treadmill, leading a lot OF
good folks up North to think tina,
they are speaking for the South. Blu,
that outfit is just talking for yester-
day.
Right now. we have more white
and Negro Southerners organized
and pulling together than at any
time in the South's history. We
have new forces coming up from the
cities and the cotton patches Of ev-
cry Southern state to make our
South a homeland for all its child
rem who will learn to live together
III peace, freedom and prosperity"
ANCESTORS FOUGHT
SLAVERY.--
Mr. Preece is the grandson OF
Texas m-ountaineers who organized
guerilla companies Of Southern Un-
ionists to fight slavery and bush,
whack" the Confederate forces dur
ing the Civil War. His grandfath-
er was a s~harpsooter in a Southern
Union regiment, the Texas Noun.
tain Eagles. His great grandfath.
err a cousin of Daniel Boone. wa.
doorkeeper of the first Texas Re
construction legislature, having beer
elected to this post by Negro anc
poor white legislators.
And Mr.. Preece follows in tn
footsteps of his Reconstruction an
cestors by fighting slavery. He ha
written for practically every Negr'
magazine and newspaper in the Tn
tied States and went all the way t
New York last year, to attend tn
convention OF the National Negr
! Publishers Association. He is act
lively identified with every Souther
organization fighting to bring dem
ocracy to Dixie.
Ex-Congressman Martin Dies O
Texas hates Mr.. Preece like poiso
and accused our new columnist. in
printed blast Of being one Of thos
responsible for driving him out Q
Congress. Put Harlem Congress.
man Adam Clayton Powell is one {
those whom Mr. Preece counts Z
his friends Mr.. Preece has prom
ised he will tell Off Bilbo, Rank
and their associates whenever the
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-10

Throughout the African Methodist
Episcopal Church, Sunday, February
18th will be celebrated as Founders
Day." in honor OF Richard Allen.
the founder Of the AME. Church
and its first consecrated Bishop.
Born a slave, February IA, 1850 in
the state Of Pennsylvania, he by his
own labor purchased his own free
dom after he was grown for $4,000.
Being thoroughly reliable and a con-
sistent christian, he was in constant
demand in colored and white church,
es of his day, even when he was a
local preacher, he was highly respect
ed. Even his own master was con-
verted by his preaching.
In 1887, the major part of the Me-
gro membership of St. George Me-
thodist Episcopal Church, (In Phila
delphia, Pa-) because they were re-
legated to the balcony and snatched
off their knees while in the act OF
prayer, resigned their membership,
and organized the Free Will African
Society. Out of this Society" de-
veloped St. Thomas Episcopal
Church (opened in 1894 with Abb
solem Jones, ordained as its rector,
the first Negro rector in the United
States), and Bethel Methodist bought
and erected by their W efforts in
1898 on Lombard ST., with Richard
Allen as its leader.
Richard Allen and his followers at
Bethel suffered many embarrassing
experiences at the hands OF the
white pastors and brethren OF Sam;
George Methodist Church in the
matter Of appointment Of pastors
and other things.
About this same time, many color
ed churches OF Baltimore and SUR
rounding places were experiencing
similar difficulties. So, upon the in
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-10

cry forward-looking citizen interest
ed in political action as a rampant a.
gainst reaction, should read THE
FIRST DOUND. 1t is both a splen
did record Of what the CIO Polite
al Action Committee has accornp-
lished to date, and a primer on the
important educational approaches
leading to political action. / heartily
recommend this book for YOU.
PHILIP MURRAY. President
Congress Of Industrial
Organizations.
PAC is here to stay. 1t has al
ready demonstrated its usefulness in
our struggle to preserve and to
strengthen our democracy. PAC's
educational and political efforts will
undoubtedly increase and expand.
Anyone who wishes to obtain an ac-
curate account Of PAC's detectives
and methods should read THE
FIRST ROUND. 1t contains good
food for deep thinking on Il polit-
ical future.
SIDNEY HILLMAN. Chairman
Go Political ActioH Committee.
THE FIRST ROUND belongs on
the desk of every labor leader and
every citizen interested in the polit-
ical life OF America. Here is a hot
off the press account of how Amer
lean labor has put on its political
long pants Read THE FIRST
ROUND and you'll understand and
help win the second round.
II. J. THOMAS. President.
United Automobile Workers of
america.
l liked Nh. Gaer's book very
much and think everyone with an in
terest in the labor movement and II
! politics will want to keep a copy Of
The First Round" in their library
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
THE FIRST ROUND is the au
thoritative, inside story Of the be
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-10

get "rambunctious."
An authority on Negro culture and
history throughout the world, Mr..
Preece co~-authored with Arthur l.
Hayman the book. Lighting up Ii
beria," published BY Creative Age
Press in 1913. His next book, Dew
On Jordan written in collaboration
with his wife Celia Kraft, will be
published this year by E. P. Dutton
and Co.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-10
BISHOP IN CITY
FOR 4 FEW DAYS

Bishop F. c. Scott of Oklahoma
City will be in the city with the
Church of the Living God, 1916 N.
25th St, Monday night, February
u, 1915 at s pm Bishop Scott will
hold services for three or four days.
The public is invited to hear this
great mar preach each night-Mon-
day, Tuesady, Wednesday and per
haps Thursday pm also.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-10

NEGROES BECOME MILLION
AIRES OVERNIGHT IN MISS.
So reported through the columns
OF Golfers Magazine by Harry
Henderson and Sam Shaw, noted
writers.
The Omaha Guide received this
advanced release from the Crowell
Publishing So, $50 Park e
New York, NY, who are publishers
Of the magazine.
CLAY COUNTY YIELDS
POT OF OIL
On August %, 1929, a well drilled
by the Union Products Co., brought
m G. G. Woodruff No. i, Mississip-
pIs first commercial oil we'll. The
well expanded SO rapidly that now it
is the third oil producing well in the
country.
You will find in the columns OF
the Collier Magazines next issue
such headings as the following:
CLAY HUNT YIELDS POT O,
GOLD", "BIG MONEY IN THE
MAKING. "WHEN IGNOR-
ANCE WAS NOT BLISS.
One item especially interesting is
about Mrs Husband. 1T seems
said Mrs. Husband, we just didn't
know a thing" One day Mrs. Hus-
band accepted 500 from a strange
white man for a third Of her royalty
A few days later, her son Norman.
TO whom she had given some land,
accepted $3.50 for a third of his rov
alties. Not until a sister got $4,000
Tor a similar share did they realize
the value of the rights. Yet Mr..
Husband is not bitter about it. She
IS a woman who has come a long
way on a long road, and knows
there is still quite a stretch aheac.
She built Heideiburg's first school
Tor Negro children BY selling COT
Tee and cakes to teamsters on Cotton.
wagons and trains as they passed
her home. She say simply. God
made tie flowers and God made ne,
pie, too People are like flowers
All always think. They are all dir
ferent coolrs. But they are ali alike
and they are all brothers. God
made all OF Us, people and flowers"
She lives comfortably in a little
white cottage and works endlessly on
quilts for her "A grandchildren. her
2s great grandchildren and her only
great-great grandchild.
There is an old axiom among oil
men that wherever there's mud. bad
roads and bad titles, there's OH.
Mississippi fulfills all these uualir-
loations and Heidelberg wins special
honors IN the matter OF unclear It'll
es- Oilmen told us fifty percent Of
the land titles in the field are tieo
up IN law suites. The chief cause OF
all tbs legal snarling seems to have
been the general poverty Of the land.
Land would sometimes be sold ane
the deed never recorded, because no.
body else wanted it. In MANY cases
the boundaries are vague, often ider.
Z
titled by things, like "the old white
post" which have long since disap.
peared
On our way out of Mississippi.
we walked into the bus station in
PTentiss. in jeff Davis County.
Quick" called out the ticket seller.
a well just came in and Mr.. Reggie
Dale says he is going to shout il
from the courthouse roof" We
chased and caught Mr.. Dale, who
with l4oo acres Of land, was fairly
busting with the good news. He
wasn't deady to climb the courthouse
until the well was officially compiler
; cd But I'm going to do i wber
its official" he said I've wa;ted
twenty years for this. and anotbe,
thing. I'm going 10 get 4 "a, i,
fresh oil and pour it owe nv bank,
er's bald head. He alwavs s.;d
xraS rrazv.-
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-10

~ SOAAAA NALAC ~ &A@ N@6A ~
American life.
Akin, E E., IDEALS AND
Barnes, A. @, NEGRO ART IN
AMERICA.
Bond, Frederick, THE NEGRO.
AND THE DRAMA.
Brawley, Benjamin G., EARLY
NEGRO AMERICAN WRIT
Frs.
NEGRO BUILDERS AND
HEROES,
NEGRO GENIUS.
Brown, Sterling A.. THE NE
GRO A
Chestnut, Charles w, THE
HOUSE BEHIND THE
CEDARS,
THE WIFE OF HIS YOUTH
THE CONJURE WOMAN,
BRIEF LIFE OF FREDER-
lex DOUGLASS,
Conrad, Earl, HARRIET
BEECHER STOWE,
Cromwell Otelia, READING
FROM NEGRO H
Cullen, Countee, CAROLING
DUSK,
THE BALLAD OF THE
BROWN GIRL,
COLOR.
THE MEDIA AND SOME
POEMS,
ONE WAY TO HEAVEN.
Daniel, Sadie l., WOMEN
BUILDERS.
Dubois, w. E., BLACK FOLKS
THEN AND NOW
DUSK OF DAWN,
SOUL OF THE BLACK
FOLKS,
NEGRO COMMON SCHOOL
SUPPRESSION OF THE
AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
AND DILL, A. G., NEGRO
AMERICAN ARTISAN.
Dett, Nathaniel, IN THE BOT
TOMS "a suite containing
JUBA DANCE)
Dunbar, Paul Lawrence, CAN
DIE LIGHTING TIME.
THE FANATICS,
COMPLETE POEMS,
LIFE AND WORKS,
Embree, Edwin R, BROWN
AMERICA (s37),
? BROWN AMERICANS C3)
d.
AMERICAN HEROES, A
Handbook,
THIRTEEN AGAINST THR
ODD.
Frazier, E Franklin, NEGRO
YOUTH AT THE CROSS
WAYS.
Fuller, T O., PICTORIAL HIS
TORY OF THE AMERICAN
NEGRO
Graham, Shirley and Lipscomb.
DR. GEORGE WASHINTON
CARVER,
reen, Mrs. E. A, THE NEGRO
IN CONTEMPORARY AM
ERICAN LITERATURE.
Hare, Maud c.. NEGRO MUS
ICIANS AND THEIR MUSIC
Haynes. G. F., THE NEGRO
AT WORK IN NEW YORK
CITY,
Helm, Mckinley, ANGEL MO
AND HER son, ROLAND
HAYES,
Holt, Rachman, GEORGE
WASHINGTON CARVER.
Hughes, Langston, THE WEARY
BLUES,
THE BIG SEA,
THE lD~REAMKEEPER AND
OTHER POEMS,
FINE CLOTHES TO THE
JEW.
FREEDOMS PEOPLE.
Hunter, Jane, A NICKEL AND
A PRAYER.
Johnson, James Weldon. GODS
~TROMBONES,
NEGRO AMERICANS.
WHAT NOW.
COLLECTION OF POETRY
AND BIOGRAPHY.
johnson. Charles s., EBONY
AND TOPAZ,
THE NEGRO COLLEGE
GRADUATE,
THE NEGRO IN AMERIC-
AN CIVILIZATION.
Kaufman. H. L. ARTISTS IN
MUSIC OF TODAY,
Locke, Alain l., LEGACY OF
THE ANCESTRAL ARTS
THE NEGRO IN AMERICA
THE NEGRO IN ART.
THE NEW NEGRO.
Loggins' Vernon, THE NEGRO
AUTHOR,
Lott. Philip, RISING ABOVE
COLOR.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-10

By speeioi arrangement with the pub
fishers. you moy obtoin O copy Of the
speeiol edition Of The First Round for
S1.5o. plus 20 cents for poekins and melting.
The FirH Round sell, for $3.50 in bookstoresl
Bot we suggest ihoi you place your order i'm
asdiossiy while this special offer is in effect.
Evening star., 1945-04-27

nouncement may perhaps be withheld
for time for military reasons, and
since such an announcement must de-
pend on the decision OF the field COM
mAnders on both sides 1t Is possible
that 1t has been delayed because OF
difficulties OF communication and diff.
ficulties in getting decision from all
the front commanders concerned.
What We do not vet know, nor can
guess, Is the number Of German troops
left to the north Of this junction, be-
sides the defenders Of Berlin who are
pretty well pinned down In the city
itself. A fair guess would be that the
Germans have succeeded in. pulling .
considerable number Of troops south.
ward into Bohemia.
So far, the German defense of Boz
hemia has been fairly stiff. The in
dustrtal resources OF that region are
very important to the defense of the
German southern citadel. and the re-
cent bombing of the skoda works at
Pilsen suggests that the Germans may
be making special last-minute efforts
to turn out q much in the way Of
weapons and munitions - they can
from that center before they lose It.
The closing of the Danube corridor By
IN American-Russian Junction from
RegenshWg to Linz viii. Of course, cut
on Bohemia from the inner citadel In
the Alps, but that has not yet been
accomplished. 80
In addition to the regions already
noted. the Germans stiil are holding
on In western LAtvia. In Pillau. In
Breslau, In the Western Netherlands
and In the French ports Of Dunkerqus,
Lorient and 81. Naxaire, and they
still hold . part Of Northern italy,
though It does not seem likely that
they win continue TO hold 4 long. the
fall Of Verona suggests. Thus slowly
and surely the German forces are be-
ing broken into fragments which b.
come smaller and mora widely 6ep-
arated - time ross On and . Allied
press,ires increase.
scosyrisAt isls.S 81
Evening star., 1945-04-27

they value their necks. they win pay
heed to It.
As for the German people as
whole, the Allies are acting wisely
in giving the widest possible pub
licity inside the Reich to the terrible
things uncovered In the Nazi horror
camps. BY photographs, newspa-
pers, radio, special billboards and
movies, the average German is go-
ing to be made aware of the grue-
some story. The more of this the
better He should be made 50 aware
OF 1t, in fact, that 1t should burn In
his mind all the rest of his days as
enthusiastically frightful lesson new
er to be forgotten by him or his chill.
dren or his children's children. This
is one way, certainly, to help edu-
cate Germany back to the decency
and the civilization it gave up under
Hitler.
Evening star., 1945-04-27
Warning and Lesson

The warning has been made un-
mistakably clear. Every German
now knows what is in store for him
If he is found guilty of crimes
against Allied prisoners of war, in
ternees or deported citizens. BY ra-
dio and air-bQrne pamphlets he has
had reported to him the solemn
statement made Jointly by Prime
Minister Churchill, Premier Stain
and President Truman on behalf of
all the United Nations: The wrong
doers, the bullies, the sadists, the
killers are to be "ruthlessly pursued
and brought to punishment"
Nor will these people be able to
save themselves by pleading that
they have merely been obeying the
orders of their superiors. Every one
of them, no matter how obscure,
"of whatsoever rank or service" will
be held Individually responsible for
the safety and welfare" of all those
under his watch, whether in battle
zone, on lines of communication, in
a camp, hospital, prison or else
where" From Hitler on down, in
short, the criminals are to, be made
to pay for their crimes, the guilt
cannot be transferred.
"A world horrified by the un-
speakable atrocities committed at
such places as Buchenwald will vel
come this warning in the hope that
it may save the lives of the defense
l&ss legions still held prisoner in
Germany. The topmost Nazis are
ptobably too far gone in evil to be
stayed by anything, but their under
lings are likely to think twice about
being criminal when they know that
the war is very close to an end and
that they will be searched out and
held accountable for the things
they do. In any case. stern notice
has. been served upon them BY the
highest Allied authorities, and Il
Evening star., 1945-04-27
German Redoubts
BY Maj. George FieId;ns Eliot

SAN FRANCISCO. - The fall Of
Bremen to the British and Of Stettin,
to the Russians, together with the clos
ing up Of the British I'd Army, to great
part, Of the course Of the lower Elbe
marks another phase in the cutting up
Of the German northern redoubt.
We now have two principal pieces in
the German northern area: Cd Norway,
Denmark and Schleswig Holstein; ca
the area between the Elbe and the Oder,
including Berlin, north Of the extremely
narrow corridor where the Russian and
American armies are closing up In the
vicinity Of Dresden. These two areas
are still In communication with each
other, but the military events above
referred to suggest that they may
shortly be separated by Russian thrust
along the coast from Stettin and .
British thrust to meet the Russians
across the lower Elbe.
Once this northern junction has been
accomplished, the reduction Of the
Schleswig Holstein peninsula and the
liberation OF Jutland should present no
very great military difnculties because,
though the Germans will be defending
a comparatively marrow front, both their
fianks are exposed to attacks from the
sea and the weather may be expected to
moderate with the coming Of May 20
that both air and amphibious opera
tions viii be facilitated
~ -
OF course, 1t may not be 20 easy to
liberate the Danish islands. and Norway
Is still very difncult military PROPOSE
tion. An attack on Norway from the
sea y IN fact 50 dinicult from our present
bases that It may not take place until
We are nrmly established In Denmark.
There = Just one development which
would place the German garrison IN
Norway IA an Immediately hopeless
position and that IS the Intervention Of
Sweden.
Meanwhile, It seems quite possible
that the long heralded Junction Of
the Russian and American torces south
Of Berlin, IN the vicinity of Dresden.
has already taken place. odacial an
Evening star., 1945-04-27
Latin American Periodicals

There is nothing new or novel in
the fact that the entire Western
Hemisphere is magazine conscious.
But 1t will be matter of some sur
prise to the average citizen Of the
United States to learn that 249 pages
OF closely printed type are needed
merely to list the Latin American
periodicals currently received in the
Library of Congress and the Library
OF the Department of Agriculture.
Yet such is the case. A recently
issued photography, now available at
the office Of the superintendent Of
documents In the Government
Printing Office, mentions no less
than 1878 magazines, bulletins, re-
views, memoirs and ANIMALS of
general, cultural, legal, scientific
and official nature"
Newspapers, the preface of the
volume stipulates, are not included.
The reason for their omission obvi-
ously is that they merit a biblio-
graphic study distinctively their
own. It is the purpose OF the pc
riodical index merely to be guide
to magazines as zone of the best
sources for the study Of intellectual,
social and economic developments
in Latin America" The list begins
with "A. c. B.; publicacao mensal
sob os auspicios do Automovel club
do Brasil" Rio de Janeiro, and ends
with "Zafra; revista mensual," or
gan OF the Sindicato de la industria
azucarera y similares de la Repub-
Icana mexicana, Mexico City. Be-
tween the two extremes there is dis
played an almost incredible wealth
OF contemporary writing about lit
orally everything under the sun. The
variety of subjects treated-not just
occasionally but Systematically from
week to week or from month to
month over many years-is infinite.
History, as might be expected, is well
to the front. Poetry, articles about
music, discussions Of painting and
sculpture, stories concerning cur
rent industrial and economic de-
velopments, commentaries on mill
tary and naval strategy, papers on
every conceivable branch Of science
follow in profusion. Curiously, the
number OF magazines devoted to
partisan politics Is few. The en-
phasis throughout is on cultural
7 enterprises.
Yet the photography Is not high
brow" Without compromising its
character as I scholarly production.
the editors - Charmion shelby,
Evening star., 1945-04-27

Totals ---------- 07584,l5 80 ,306 1927
These figures explain the long extant
enigma of how America could subsist
when the New Deal was paying such 4
large percentage of its citizens to be
idle. The deficiency OF American pro-
duction was supplied by imports and
paid for by charging the national debt.
which rose from about II billion $3.50
per household) to $50 billion $4,000 per
householD in II years.
Comprehend how the national debt
leaps upwards with startling bounds a
the imports preponderate over the ex-
ports complete reversal of the condi-
ton which made America 80 great.
What q striking consistency Of reasonl
In consideration of these figures there
is cause not only for Republicans but
for all sane Americans to be alarmed.
But being alarmed is not sufncient. We
must act quickly and intellgently If
America is to be ransomed from the
perdition to which obviously 1t is headed.
MARK j. HAMMETT.
Landoyer, Nd.
Evening star., 1945-04-27

Il would be hiding our head Ii the
1and not 70 recognise that the whole
future Of world peace depends entirely
on the harmonious relations between
the y. B. 3. n. and other western pow
ers. The few Central European and
Balkan countries such - Yugoslayia
and Csechoslovakia which have sent
Representatives TO San francisco are
already Russia's satellites and will fol-
low Mr.. Molotov's words obediently.
Whether the Soviet government Il Will
ing TO recognize this automatic fact
remains to be seen. But from minor
details which are now being reported
from San F.rancisco It seems that the
Russians continue to have that deep
seated suspicion that they are not sur
rounded by friends but BY rivals.
Not only have the Russians brought
with them boat from which Az COM
municationa with Moscow are dis-
patched but all the walters and other
help have been eliminated from the
floor Of the hotel reserved for the Soviet
delegation and replaced by Trustworthy
Russians brought over for this purpose.
The mission headed by the Soviet For
eign Commissar is the only one Of the
46 which brought In walters, chamber
maids and bodyguards in large mum.
bers.
When President Roosevelt went to
Yalta he was preceded by two transports
which were intended to be used as lodg-
ing places and also to transmit various
communications to Washington. This
was considered necessary because the
communications system was very de-
ficient and could not take care OF the
thousands Of words to be sent out by
the STATS Of the Big Three
No such difficulties could be foreseen
ut San Francisco where everything from
living accommodations to communica-
ton Is more than ample.
On the surface, this is an unimpor-
tant matter. But the general picture Is
less inviting when 1t is coupled with
other minor factors such - the stubborn
refusal Of our Russian allies to permit
American military men to 60 to Poland
and the limitations placed on the move
ments of the American military and
diplomatic missions in Romania, Bull
garia and Hungary where theoretically
we have at least the same rights as the
Russians.
Taken individually these can be de-
scribed as minor incidents which should
not obscure the broad picture of world
security. But put together they are not
conducive to that reciprocal confidence
which Is 50 essential to real success at
San Francisco.