Volume 1. Number 9Lincoln 3, NebraskaDecember 6, 1946
Indict Three Columbian Leaders
Mrs. Luella Thornton,
Church Leader. Dead
Mrs. Luella Thornton, 68, Oma
$3 area superintendent of the A.
M. E. Church missionary societies,
died last Tuesday at home, 2311
North 27th Avenue. Mrs. Thorn
ton was a member of Bethel A M.
E. Church.
Survivors: Husband, John D.;
stepson, John D., Jr., Chicago, 111.,
b-others, Morton Graces, Kansas
City, Kansas. Services were Sat
urday, Nov. 29, 2 p.m., Bethel A.
M E. Church, the Rev. H. W.
Bietson officiating; burial Kansas
City, Kansas Thomas Mortuary
was in charge.
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Scouls On Program
Troop No. 60 under the direc
tion of Scout Master J. R. Kelley
took part in the ceremony honor
ing the American Citizens Natur
alized at Lincoln, Nebraska, dur
ing the year December, 1945—
December, ^946 at the Lincoln
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday,
December 4. The ceremony con
sisted of a Dinner and Program
at which, greetings were given by
Mayor Lloyd J. Marti.
Scouts taking part were: Lloyd
King Jr., Theodore King, James
and Roosevelt Bass.
Men's Club
The Men’s Club, which meets
each Wednesday evening at 8
p.m. This club was originally or
ganized in 1943 and has devoted
its efforts toward many commun
ity betterment projects. Member
ship is open to any male citizen
of Lincoln who is interested in a
better Lincoln. Mr. James Wad
kins is the president. The present
objective is a study of the em
ployment status of the Negroes of
Lincoln. In making this study,
personnel and public relations of
ficials of various industries will
be asked to tell of their policies
with respect to Negroes.
PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW
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Cornhusker Lodge 579 I.B.P.O.E.W. held its election of officers Monday evening in
the Lounge of the Urban League.
9 Members pictured left to right seated in first row: Emory; McCulla; Moss; Bradley, ^
Tyler elect; Foster, Inner guard; Clair; Gill. Second row: Adkins, Royal Knight;
Nevels, Leading Knight; Kelley, Secretary; Pearson; Gimblin; Motley; Tarpley, J
Exalted Ruler elect; McFields; Bass; Miller; Brown, Lecturing Knight. Third row:
standing, Todd; Gantz, District Deputy; Bowen; Allen, Treasurer; Omaha guest;
Knowles, Exalted Ruler; Layer, Chairman of Trustees: Estes, Esquire; Walker and
Polk.
. ATLANTA—(ANP)— The Ful
ton County Grand jury last week
returned indictments against
three leaders of Columbians, Inc.,
anti-Negro and anti-Jewish or
ganization, on charges growing
out or racial disturbances in vari
ous sections of the city.
James R. Childers, 17-year-old
youth, who was bound over for
grand jury investigation by City
Recorder A. W. Callaway, was in
dicted for rioting, a felony, in
connection with the beating of
Clifford Hines, a Negro.
Emory Burke, president of the
Columbians, and Homer L. Loom
is, secretary of the hate group,
were charged with misdeameanor
offenses—usurping police author
ity—on five separate counts.
Specifically, Loomis and Burke
were charged with using police
tactics to patrol areas on Gari
baldi and Formwalt streets, bor
derline housing areas; conducting
an investigation of an alleged at
tack on a white woman, and
warning a Negro resident against
disturbing a white Garibaldi
street resident.
In a resolution, adopted unani
mously Monday, the Atlanta Juni
or Chamber of Commerce pledged
its full support to efforts to com
bat the Columbians, Inc., and
denounced the organization a s
seeking to “incite racial and reli
gious hatred and violence strange
ly similar to that spread abroad
by the Nazi party of Germany.”
Copies of the resolution were
sent to Gov. Ellis Arnall, Atty.
Gen. Eugene Cook, Atlanta Mayor
William B. Hartsfield and Chief
of Police M. A. Hornsby.
The Columbians previously
were granted 10 days to prepare
a demurrer in a civil suit filed
by the state to revoke the organi
zation’s charter.
Asst. Atty. Gen Dan Duke had
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