Coach M. Thomas Names
All Star Senior Team
Players from the Senior Mid City
Center basketball 1. ague were chos
en on the myth :-al all star team by
Martin Thomas Mid City Center Di
rector
The All Star five include:
Forward—William Ware; Tuxedo
A. C.
Forward—Collins Lee; Tuxedo A
C.
Center—Martin Thomas; Tuxedo
A. C
Guard—Herman Kemp; Mid City
Aces
Guard—-Rainey Merrill; Woodson
Center.
Honorable mention was given to
Fred Harrison and R- Brown of the
Mid City Aces as forwards; Cecil
Merrill; Woodson Center as center
Robert Smith and Claude McKinney
Urban League as guards.
The season ended last Monday
March 12- All games were well at
tended.
Tuxedoes Prep For Coming
Indoor Season
.’he'Tuxedoes Nebraska’s fastest
diamond ball aggregation will open
practice sessions nert week at 22nd
and Paul Streets
Clyde Frampton captain and
manager will lead his orange jersey
ed diamond bailers to a series of stiff
work outs in preparation of the com
ing season. With twelve regulars
hack from ast year and many new!
men from the Junior Leagues the
Tuxedoes should enjoy another sea- j
son among the top notchers
The schedule will include games;
throughout Nebraska and Iowa with
the team centering their attention on
the Cook County Championship in
June.
Junior Athletes of Mid City
Form Athletic Association
—
Fifteen boys between the ages of!
thirteen and seventeen elected Robert
Manning president Fred Mease vice
president and Louis Whitner secretary
reporter.
The object of the association is to
promote clean sports all year round.’
A resolution was adopted to form an j
eight team pre-season loop with the
date for registration of teams being
Monday March 19- The place for re
gistration is at the Mid City Center
gym
South Dakota Boxer De
c:g bnc Billy Love
FORGO S- D. March 12—Billy Love
Omaha Lightweight was defeated here
by Johnny Slanten of Minneapolis.
Love was true to form fighting his
' slow listless way.
Senior Athletic Association
to Form Pre Season Loop
Adophle Bolden president of the
Senior Mid City Athletic Association
announced intentions of forming an
eight team pre season diamond ball
loop.
Pour teams have already asked for
admittance- The Tuxedoes the Hunter
All stars the Long Tigers and the
Grant Ramblers.
Fifteen new members joining the j
association brings the total to sixty
seven- Final plans will eb made Mon
day night March 19 at seven thirty at
the Mid City Center.
Mid City Ping Pong Matches
Postponed
All Mid City Ping Pong matches
will be postponed until next week on
account of participation of players in
the YMCA- tournament.
St- Phillips Church Women to Give
Social Affair—Cake to Be Given
The Women of St. Phillips Church
will give an affair at the Mid City
Community Center; Saturday March
17th. A cake will be give away and
old pictures displayed
Willie Peterson Innocent
White Officer Tells Gover
nor
MONTGOMERY Ala. March 11— j
“I don't think Willie Peterson is the !
guilty Negro. I don’t think he was -
given a square deal ”
This challenging testimony from j
Charles Nollner special policeman1
and first officer to reach the scene j
where three socially prominent Bir
mingham white girls were shot down
supposedly by a Negro on August 4 i
1931 was the highlight of the Peter-!
sou clemency hearings held in the
office of Governor Miller last March 1
d. Peterson condemned • to die on
March 30 is still confined to the hos-,
pital with an incurable case of tub
erculosis.
Attorneys for Peterson retained by
tho National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People pres
ented police circulars of the Negro [
who allegedly had killed Miss Aug
usta Williams and Miss Jennie' Wood
to show that they did not fit the de
scription of Peterson- Numerous af
fadavits were read into the record to
challenge the description given by
Miss Nell Williams in the early
stages of the case and the descrip
tion of Peterson. «.
Special emphasis was laid on the
fact that the police circular offering
$3300 reward for the arrest of the
murderer stated that he had gold in
lay work on his lower teeth and that
many suspects were released after it
was found that their dental work
did not correspond on this point
Peterson has no such dental work
A letter from E. S- Cade of Bir
mingham who served on the grand
jury stated that several members of
the grand jury had stated after view
ing Peterson in he county jail that
they would never have indicted him
if they had been given a chance to
see him before the indictment was
voted
There were frequent fiery clashes
between the prosecution lawyers and
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the defense attorneys. Efforts were j
made by the prosecution lawyers to |
shake Nollner’s testimony when he
was called to the stand by the de
tense and swere that he was the first I
officer to reach the scene of the I
crime jmd said that Miss Nell Will- j
iams gave him a description of the
accused Negro that did not fit Willie j
Peterson. He was subjected to a rigid j
cress examination which sought to j
assail his character
It is a most amazing spectacle to ■
find almost all white Birmingham
believing in the innocence of Willie j
Peterson and urging clemency for
him- Such sympathetic interest in the
case of a Negro accused of murder
ing white women is unprecedented
but is only to be expected say local
NAACP. officials in view of the fact
tn.ii: there is overwhelming evidence j
cf Peterson’s innocence
BUILDING LOAN'S PERCENTAGE;
OF LOSS IS LESS
Omaha—the record of building and
.can associations in Nebraska is out
standing for their relative strength
during the period of the business de
pression according to Kirk Griggs;
president of the Occidental Building
and Loan Association; in an article
in “The Occidental News.”
“The mutual associations of Neb
raska have stood up under the trying
experiences of the economic depres
sion to such an extent that there
should be no question in the minds of
the pubilic regarding the usefulness
and desirability of the associations
as a place for the investment of sav
ings. I am not advised of any line of
business which has caused its owners
so small a percentage of loss as
building and loan associations- This
is particularly applicable to such in
stitutions in Nebraska;” said Mr.
Griggs
Most building and loan associa
tions in the stace are paying divid
ends and there has been little loss to
stockholders in principal investment.
“Many shrewd buyers have been
going through the state trying to
purchase building and loan stock; or
trade other stock or bonds of less
value for it;” said Mr. Griggs.
“Many times we have warned our
stockholders against selling or trad
ing their shares. As business returns
more nearly to a normal basis; no
doubt building and loan associations
will continue in their very important
work of providing funds for the
building of homes and offering a safe
place for the accumuation of savings
AKSARBEN’S SAYS HORSES
HOME
Although less than two weeks old
Aksarben's campaign to restore leg
alized pari-mutue racing in Nebraska
has resulted in the formation of an
effective volunteer organization em
bracing all of the ninety-three coun
ties in the state; it was announced by
George Brandeis; president of the
Knights of Aksarben
Hundreds of petitions bearing
thousands of names of men and wom
en seeking return of the sport of
king already have been received at
Aksarben headquarters
Captains will be named in all
counties to direct the work of the
volunteer petition circulators; see
! that the petitions are properly sign
ed and the required quota of five
percent of the vote at the last gen
| eral electon is obtained in each coun
ty
“I am more than gratified at the
response to our movement from all
sections of the state;” Mr. Brandeis
•said- “Hundreds of men and women
throughout Nebraska have volunteer
I ed their services to help Aksarben- I
count this a remarkabe tribute to
Aksarben and the work it has car
ried on for 40 years in the interest
of the live stock and horse-breeding
industry of Nebraska-”
W. H. Schellberg chairman of Ak
sarben’s annual live stock show; said
the speed with which the movement
has gained momentum is an accurate
barometer of what the people think
of the state’s most famous booster
organization.
“This fall Aksarben will observe
its fortieth birthday and it may look
forward to many more years of con
structive work in behalf of our state
if the proposed amendment to leg
alize pari-mutuel racing is given ap
proval of the voters at the election
next November.”
DOTTED NOTES — FROM NED E
WILLIAMS MILLS ARTISTS
Last year after “Stormy Weather”
was first sung by Ethel Waters at
the Cotton Club in New York it rain
ed almost incessantly for weeks- Ted
Koehler and Harold Arlen now won
der what sort of weather will follow
will be sung for the first time at the
their hit sequel; “111 Wind;” which
club Sunday night by Adelaide Hall
.... London is shouting “hi de ho”
with Cab Calloway who began a four
weeks engagement with his orches
tra at the Palladium Theatre there
on Monday (5th) • • Following his
work at the Paramount studios in
Earl Carroll’s “Murder at the Van
ities” and with Mae West in “It
Ain’t No Sin;” Duek Ellington and
his Famous orchestra will be fea
ur d on tha s :age at the Paramount
Theatre in Los Angeles . ■ . Luekv
_i.Ilu.der and the Mills Line Rhy
thm Land on tour far E- iv- 0-; will
play at the opening Ot the \etcians
Hospital in Do- Moines; Iowa on
March 20 . . . Fletcher Henderson;
no*- recording exclusively for Victor
has just written a new low moan
called “Harlem Madness” • • Jimmie
Lunceford . and his boys will have
nifty new oulfits of gaberdine for
the premiere • of the Cotton Club
how on Sunday night • . . Henry
King will close at the Embassy club
in Miami on March 17 and return Xo
his original haunt; the Hotel Pierre
in New York . - - Duke Ellington’s
Music will be heard on a commercial
broadcast emanating from the Paci
fic coast soon - . - “Smokey Joe;”
Cab Calloway’s pet Chow has lost
weight since his master and mistress
went to London leaving him in a
boarding kennel- His keeper is ob
liged to coax him to eat • . • Samuel
Goldw-yn will be ring sided at the
Cotton Club on Sunday night for the
new show premiere . • • Lucky Mill
inder and the Mills Blue Rhythm
Band are rehearsing nightly for their
debut in the Kentucky Hotel; Louis
ville; next month.
IS THE FEMALE OF THE HUMAN
SPECIES STRONGER?
By R- A. Adams
(For The Literary Service Bureau)
A man and his wife were walking
together. The day was cold and the
ground was wet. The man wore spats
and rubbers. The woman wore pumps
—the lowest kind too. A little girl
and her brother were at play. The
day was cold- The boy wor» long
trousers and long stockings- The lit
tle gild wore low shoes her dress was
above her knees and her legs were
bare. A woman urged her husband
to put on galoshes to go just a few
blocks- She was afraid he would
catch cold. But she would go out in
the cold or even in the rain wearing
low shoes and the thinnest stockings
Observing these things one is in
clined to wonder if women consider
themselves stronger than men that
girls are stronger and can endure
more exposure than boys
Perhaps a few women would make
the contention that women are
stronger than men. Perhaps a few
mothers might declare sincerely that
their little girls “can stand more”
than their little boys. But few will be
foolish enough to use such unsup
ported statements. Then if the fem
ales of the species are not stronger
j* how do we account for this differ
ence in methods of protection and
this gambling with heath—and with
life itself? There is but one explana
tion—female vanity. And it works
serious and irreparable injury to hu
man well being.
NOTED PHILADELPHIAN BE
COMES NAACP. LIFE MEMBER
PHILADELPHIA March 14— Mr
Henry Carter Patterson noted white
liberal for ten years a member of
the executive committee of the Phil
adelphia branch of the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People; this week became a
life member of the Association. Life
memberships costs $500 and such
members have their names inscribed
on a bronze tablet in the National
Offce of the Association in New
York City
SAYS CORDIE CHEEK LYNCH
QUIZ WILL BE FARCE
NEW YORK March 14—Charging
that the pending investigation by
i Maury County Tennessee authorities
i of the Cordie Cheek lynching on Dec
ember 15 will be a “white wash”
Professor Albert E. Barnett of Scar
ritt College Nashville who led a
group of prominent white people to
Washington recently to testify in
favor of the Costigan Wagner bill
declares that only federal action will
bring the lynchers to justice- Cheek
was kidnaped and lynched after be
ing absolved by a white grand jury
of the charge he attempted assault
on a white child
In a letter to Walter White secre
tary of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
Professor Barnett writes: “The
Maury county grand jury plans to
investigate the lynching. The David
j son county authorities have taken no
action and are probably delaying in
! the hope that Maury County will
\ take the initiative- Of course if the
i case goes into the Maury county
courts it will be a straight ‘white
wash’ ... In my estimation the Ne
groes who have the most valuable
evidence in the case will be afraid to
appear in court in Maury county
whereas they would appear ift David
son county. This added to the hos
tility of the Maury county citizenship
will make any trial staged down I
there a perfect farce. The case illus- ■
trates conclusively the ineffective
ness of our local courts in handling
lynching cases and the absolute
necessity of relief through federal
action. I wish it were possible to
bring the sheriffs and prosecutors of
Davidson and Maury counties to
Washington under Senate subpoena
and quiz them thoroughly before the]
committee-”
Charges Prosecutor Condoned Mob ,
m a letter to Senator Van Muys;
chairman of the judiciary sub eom
t..aduct.ng hearings on the
Costigan Wagner anti lynching bill
Professor Barnett urges that the
Maury and ifavidson county officials
oe haiied u Washington for cross
examination. “Citizens here have j
raised $1000 to employ a spec.a! pro-;
secutcr" Professor Barnett writes
“but it is not improbable that the
prosecutor will bioelf his function—
ing and he himself has on at least
one occasion publicly condoned tne
lynching- Lei me reiterate the con
viction expressed in my statement to
the committee that the fine on the
county in which a lynching takes -
place is the most effective provision
of tnis (.costigan Wagner) bill. As a
citizen and a taxpayer 1 want to help
indemnify the family of mob \ re
tinas.”
White Woman Gives Cent
A Head Cor Ail iNegroes
in Uhio Town
NEW Wit*, luarcn ia — There is
no branch of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Colored
People in Yellow Springs Ohio
where the famous Antioch College is
located but there are 750 Negroes in
the town’s population of 1400- Hear
ing of the NAACP. 25th Anniversary
Cent A Negro drive Miss Martha
Potgieter a white school teacher and
chemist in the Fels Laboratory has
sent $7.50—750 cents “for the entire
Negro population of Yellow Springs.’ j
William Pickens field secretary of
the NAACP- who is directing the j
Cent a Negro drive for $120000 sug
gests that all towns with small Ne
gro populations can be paid up 100
per cent in the 25th anniversary
fund by some interested individual
white or colored or by a small group
of individuals.
Miss Potgieter is a Doctor of
Philosophy Horn Columbia Univer
sity.
Legal notices
NOiTv.iv uF ADJViiNlSTKAiiUN
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska
IN T HE MATTER OF THE ES-!
TATE OF:
Martha J. Roberts, deceased.
All persons interested in said es-;
tate are hereby notified that a peti
tion has been filed in said Court al-1
leging that saiu deceased died leav
ing no last will and praying for ad- j
ministration upon his estate, and■
| that a hearing will be had on said
petition before said court on the 26th
day of March, 1934, and that if they
| fail to appear at said Court on the
said 26th day of March 1934, at 9 o‘
1 clock A- M. to contest said petition.
! the Court may grant the same and
grant administration of said estate
to JANE RAYFORD or some other
suitable person and proceed to a
settlement thereof
BRYCE CRAWFORD, County Judge
Ex—3-17-34—3t—begin 3—3—’34
from the 24th day of March 1934
BRYCE CRAWFORD, County Judge,
animation, adjustment and allow
the creditors to present their claims,
ance. Three months are allowed for
Attorney Ray L. Williams, Room
200 Tuckmas Building 24th and Lake
Streets.
—
PROBATE NOTICE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
| TATE OF:
j Mary Brown, deceased
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
That the creditors of said deceased
will meet the administrator of said
estate, before me. County Judge of
Douglas County, Nebraska, at the
County Court Room, in said County
on the 24th day’ of April, 1934 and on
the 25th day of June 1934, at 9 o'
clock A. M., each day for the purpose
of presenting their claims for ex
| begin 3—3—34, ex. 3—17*34—3ts.
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STYLE SHOW
Bethel A. M- E. Church, Friday
March 9th. 1934
Admission only 9cents
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL
In the County Court of Douglas;
County Nebraska.
1 IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE OF:
Wiliam H- Mortimer decreased
All persons interested in said es
tate are hereby notified that a peti
tion has been filed in said Court;
praying for the probate of a certain
instrument now on file in said Court
purporting to be the last will and
testament of said decreased and that i
a hearing will be had on said petition
before said Court on the 9th day of I
April 1934 and that if they fail to ap
pear at said Court on the said 9th
day of April 1934 at 9 o'clock A- M.
to contest the probate of said will
the Court may allow and probate said
will and great administration of said
estate to CLEO MORTIMER or some
other suitable person and proceed to
a settlement thereof.
[RYCE CRAWFORD County Judge et
begin 3—10—34 Exp. 3—24—34.
i
Ray Williams Attorney Room 200
Turkman Building at 24th and Lake
Street
_
PROBATE NOTICE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE OF:
| Francis Ruth Cole deceased
That the creditors cf said deceased
will meet the administrator of said
estate before me County Judge of
Douglas County Nebraska at the
County Court Room in said County
on the 7th day of May 1934 and on
ti.e 7th day of July 1934 at 9 o*elock
A- M. each day for the purpose of
presenting their claims for examina
tion adjustment and allowance.
Three monchs are allowed for the
creditors to present their claims
from the 7th day of April 1934
Bryce Crawford County Judge
begin 0—17—34 ex 3—31—34.
Ray Williams Attorney Room 20(1
Turkman Brothers’ Building at 24th
and Lake Streets.
PROBATE NOTICE
IN THE MATTER OF THAT ES
TATE OF:
ljthei Gayhart deceased.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN:
'that the creditors of said deceased
will meet the executrix of said es
tate before me County Judge of
Douglas County Nebraska at the
County Court Room in said County
on the 7th day of May 1334 and on
the 7til day ol July 1934 at 9 o'clock
A- M. each day for the purpose of
presenting their claims for examina
tion aujustmcnt and allowance..Three
months are allowed for the creditors
to present their claims from the 7th
cay of April 1334
Biyce Crawford County Judge
begin 3-—17—34 ex 3—31—34.
LEGAL NOTICE
Kay Lawrence WilLams Room 200
i uckman Brothers' Budding at 24th
aau Lake Streets.
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF
Lu C G-Crt-tj toox l i i\ EBAASKA.
in the Matter of the Estate of
Cassie Simmons deceased- To the
heirs at law creditors a;:d other pri
sons interested in said i '.ate:
You are hereby notified that a
petition has been filed m this court
the 5th.day of March 1 by Kin
cne-on Simmons alleging that Cassie
Simmons died a resident of Douglas
County i\tpra»ka on the 3rd day ot
December A. D- 1933 p?osessed of
real estate in said County consisting
of an estate of inheritance in:
East t .) Lot 4 Block :>•
Shinns Addition as sur,-eyed plat
ted and recorded in the City of Oma
ha Douglas County' Nebrasxa
That the interest ot said deceased
in said rea estate is wholly exempt
from attachment execution, or other
mense process and not liable for the
payment, ot the debts of said de
ceased anu ashing taut regular ad
ministration of said estate be dis
penses with and that a decree be en
tered naming the heirs at iaw of said
deceased together with their ages
and place ot residence
You are therefore notified that a
hearing will be held on said petition
at the County Court Room of said
County on the 2nd day of April A- D.
1934 at 9:00 A. M- and if you fail to
appear at said time an i place and
contest said petition the Court may
grant the same enter a decree of
heirship and dispense with further
administration of said estate
Byrce Crawford County Judge
gegins 3—17—34 ex 3—0 1—34
ENTERTAINS PLAY
CHARACTERS
Mrs. Sterling 2221 North 25th St
had a group of boys and girls prac
tice the play; “Go Slow Mary” at
her home; Wednesday night March
14th- Many stayed afterwords and
sang the old and new songs.
Those who remained were: Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Lane; Sam and
George Borton; Alvin Goodwin and
Modessa Richards
Mrs. R. G. McGuire Heads
Washington N. A. A. C. P.
Branch
WASHINGTON D- C March 14—
Mrs. Robert P McGuire was selected
last week as the new president of
the District of Columbia branch of '
the National Association, 'or the Ad
vancement of Colored People taking
the place of the late Mrs- Emma F
G. Merritt. Mrs. McGuire is active
in civic affairs of the District and is
expected to lead the branch on to
new endeavors. The newly appointed
executive comfnitltee indicates that
fuse new and younger blood into the
the new administration intends to in
branch as the new members are:
Mrs. Martha H. Winston the Rev.
R. A- Fairley Wm- Taylor and Wil
liam H- Hastie- A. S. P.nkett secre
tary of the branch made his annual
report showing activity of the branch
:n several lines and the raising of
T>ore than the financial quota assign
?d to support the national work. Mr.
Pinkett was re elected to his office
md Garnet C- Wikinson was reelect
treasurer- ,