vo^‘ _„_ .________- _ Number Forty-Three——
Pickets Tailed At M A. A. C. P, Demonstration
Carlton Goodlett is
Delegate of Nation.
, to Switzerland
The honor of representing {the colleges of America “t e Con
gress against War and Fascism is bestowed upon #ne of Omaha’s
own, Mr. Carlton B. Goodlett, Howard University* senior.
Mr. Goodlett has achieved a reirfarkable record at the uni
i versity, as a member of the Howard Debating team, he represent
ed his school at Fish© University, Nashville, Tennessee and also at
Morehouse College,! Atlanta Georgia. At present he is president of
the Howard University Student Council.
His elementary training was ac
quired in Omaha, obtaining his grade
school education at Howard Kennedy
school- He was graduated from Cen
tral High School with honors in 1930
Mr- Good' tt i.« a member of St
.John’s A M- E- Church- and was a
Sunday School Teacher before leav
ing for Washington. He is the son
of Mr- and Mi's- A. R • Goodlett,
2815 Binney street- Afeer finishing
Howard, hj will take a course in
Neurolog j|
H“ will board the Olympia Decem
ber 21. and sail from New York City
at 10:30 a- m-, on a five d,ay boat
trip to Europe. He will :rpend 14
days there- Hj is scheduled to ad
dress the Congress on War and Fas
cism, convening in Geneva. Switzer
land. His eubjedt is “Fascism and
the Negro.”
Dr. Wesley Jones
Elected President
of N. A. A. C. P.
Sunday aftmoon at the Annual
Election of the N.A.A C.P held at.
the Community Center, Dr. J. Wesley
Jo-nes. prominent physician, was, elect
ed President of the organization to
succeed Rufus Price, retiring presi
dent. Dr. Jones Jia3 taken an active
part in civic affairs of the commun
ity, and is expected to malke a splen
did executive.
Other officers elected were, Mr. C
C- Galloway, Vice President; Mr.
John Benjamin Horton', Secr.tfary;
Mrs. Lincoln Turner and attorney
Charles F- Davis, members of execu
tive commiatee
The eie tion of a treasurer was de
ferred until tho next meefcng, Dr
A- L- Hawkins, present treasurer, be
ing absent from the city,
rend a report of the Florida Lynching,
read a iepora of the Florida Lynching,
all standing committees rendered an
nual reports
Fifty members were present for
purpose of election.
Christmas Vespers
At the Y. W. C. A.
A beautiful service with tableau
scenes of the Christmas story will
be hold at the North Side Y W-C.A.
Sunday afternoon, December 23 at
4:30- The service is being held under
the Branch Federation. Lucy Mae
Stamps is chairman- Members of the
Quack, Trojan, and Optimist, Athletic
Gym and Semper Fidelis club® are
assisting. The service will open with
a procasskmal and a choir from both
t'no Quack and Trojan clubs. The ser
vice will close with a beautiful tree
lighting ceremonial, in charge of the
Trojan club. Following tea will be
served- The tea table in charge of
the EntreNous Club. Miss Margaret
k Dickerson is president. All members
I ©f the Y.W.C.A. and friends are in
vited Members of the branch feder
ation are: Lorraine Fletcher, Maud
est Jackson, Margaret Dickerson,
Louise Fletcher, Mamie Jackson, Mary
I Ann Elliot, Essie Porter, Clara Leon
ard, Thelma Dickinson, Olive Willis,
Lawyers, Ministers
Teach ERS Students
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I Executes Demonstration with Military
Precision, Defying Order
to Arrest Them.
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j Washington, D C-, Dec. 14_gev.
j enty pick «ts led by ministers, teach
i era lawyers, students, and N.A.A.C-P.
I branch officers carried out picketing
: c:f the national crime confer nee here
yesterday pite efforts of the De.
partmenii of Justice office to force
local police to arrest hem. The pick
eting was planned and carried out
with military precision. Nothing like
it has bean seen in Washington in
many a year. The pickets were pro
tecting against the failure of the
crime conference to include a discus
sion of lynching. The following de
scription of the demonstration was
given out in a statement by the N. A
A.CP.;
The District of Columbia branch
decided Tuesday, following the ar
re:«; of four pickets Tuesday after,
noon, to demonstrate again Thursday.
The Thursday pickets wer? silent with
ropes around their necks and small
sigrs on their breasts giving the tc-tal
cf lynching victims. The eigns wore
less than on© foot to avoid violation
of the sign law. Each picket was
given detailed written instruction and
one location in ord r to avoid the
parade law. Approximately one-half
the seventy pickets were giri^ and
woman- There was one blind student
There was a captain for each five
pickets and one for each two squads.
These captains volunteered to suffer
arrest so that ft he majority ©f the
pickets would not be held.
“Thursday morning the pickets
assembled at the Phyllis Wheatley
Y-W.C-A- and were earned in colored
cabs to tha Memorial Continental hall
The cabs remained nearby wit ho at
charge to bring the pickets back. The
cabs were disptvtch d to the hall by
different rout4^ ait intervals to
avoid the charge of a parade. The
city polio?, taken by surprise, threat
ened to make arrests, but the pickets
refused to mov?. Then the city po
lice sent for the park police (the
pickets w?.re standing quietly on park
ground, off the sidewalk across the
street from the hall) but the park
police refused to interfere. An at.
tomey for the department of justice
tried to make the city police arrest the
pickets but he was notified suits for
false arrest would b? filed.
“Failing in everything else, the city
police threatened to arrest the pick
ets when they left under the parade
law withaUt a permit- To avoid this
tha picka.s were removed one by one,
picked up in the waiting cabs and'
sent back to the Y-W.C.A- by different
routes. The pickets were on post for
one hour from 12-40 noon, catching
delegate^ as they left tha morning
session, and were stretched along
Svanteenth street from Continental
hall to Pnnjyivania avenue.”
| Mrs. Hester Williams is still con.
fined to her home alt 2424 Seward St.
yjerry (Thristmas!
Hjch is the old, old greeting that is
ever new wh’cb will socn be heard on every side in this community.
It is the greeting between individuals, between friends and business
associates; it is the greeting which we will hear frequently in our dubs
and societies and civic organizations, in cur churches and our schools.
All these institutions have a definite place in our community lile and
as such we give them our loyalty and our support. But not everyone can
belong to all of them. So there may be some of us who will not have the
feelirg of sharing in the Christmas greeting which comes from them.
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But there is one institution whose interests are the interests of the whole
community,of every man and woman and child in it,an institution which is
devoted to serving the interests of all. That is t he Home Town Newspaper.
^ $ $
A welcome visitor into the hemes of this community; a messenger tearing
news or community interest; a chronicler of die joys and sorrows and of
the trials and triumphs of its people; a mirror held up to reflect the daily
life of the community; the loom in which is woven into one harmonious
pattern the varied threads of community activity ... all these are the
Heme Town Newspaper.
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f.o,t! rough whrt more appropriate medium than the T -Tome • own News
pa oer should there come a greeting to all the people of our community at
this time of the vear? We believe there is none more appropriate and we
are happy to have the privilege of saying to you all: "A Merry Christmas.”
7he Publishers
Omaha Inter-Racial Committee
Plans Conference for Jan 26th
The Omaha Inter-Racial Committee
met Tuesday, Dec. 18th, at the Cen
tral Y.W.C A. to formulaite plans
for a regional conference to be held
.the week end of Jan. 26th- As a
gdastspeaker, the committee will pre
sent Edward B. Reuter who heads
the department of Sociology, Univer
sity of Iowa, and is president of the
American Society of Sociology. Other
truest speakers will be Rev. Plank and
Rev. Weatherly, Lincoln Unitarian
Minister. The moating will be held
a? rthe Central Y.W.C.A. Invita
tions will be extended to all Inter
Racial Committees within an area of
600 miles of Omaha, which includes
Chicago. Sit. Louis, Kansas City, Min
neapolis, Denver. Des Moines- Sieux
City, Lincoln, etc.
Committees which were named last
night were the Finance Committeee,
membeits being John B. Horton, Mrs.
Carl Salne, Mr. DeBalkie. Lucy C
Crawford. William Peebles is chair,
man of the publicity committee.
Those at the meeting were Mr. and
Mrs. J. D. Crawford, Rev. Rhone,
Mrs- Manchester, Mr. John Horton,
Mr. C. C. Galloway, Mr. Wm. Pee
bles, Mr. Henry Black, Mrs. J. A.
Willianfs. Mr. DeBalkie, Mrs. Grace
Dorsey, Miss Catherine Wiliams, Mr.
Henry Thomas, Mrs. and Miss Palm
quist.
The purpose of the conf*- ence is
to bring about better Racial -:id Inter
Racial feeling by educational propa.,
ganda.
Special Announcement
Dr. E B- Reuter, President, Ameri
can Sociological Society, Head of
the Department of Sociology, Univer.
sity of Iowa and Internationally
known Sociologists, has been secured
as guest speaker for the tri-inter
racial conference which will be held
the latter part of January and will
have representatives from the Des
Moines Interracial Commission a3
guests. Mr. Henry Black is chair,
man of the conference, assisjked by
Dean Stevens, University of Omaha.
Mrs. Lucy Charlotte Crawford, At
toriey Sam Bebbcr and Mrs. M- L
Rhone. ,
Ctime Confence
Ires Crowd Who
Defies Arrest
WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 20—Four pickets of the N. A.
A. C. P. were arrestjed here on Tuesday afternoon for carry signs
denouncing lynching, outside ^Memorial Continental Hall where th«
National Crime Conference was meeting under the call of Attorney
General Homer S. Cumings. The conference had refused to place
lynching on the program for discussion.
Oscar Washington
Addresses Forum
The Literary Forum of the South
Omaha Culture Center was addressed
Sunday Bee. 16th. 1934, by Mr. Os
car D. Washington of Creighton Uni
versity. Thu subject; “What Makes
A Bey Handsome,” was pre. ent.ed in
a mostt intellectual and interesting
fashion- The speaker b -gan with the
period of infancy and discussed the
different periods up Ithrough adoles.
1 cence. putting mart : m(phasis on the
factors, heredity, will, training, en
vironment. habit and education. The
in-crest of the forum was manifested
by the questions and discussion fol
lowing the speaker.
»!n his conclusion, Mr. Washington
pointed out those characteristics
which make a boy handsome as being,
will power, desirable habits of dis
cipline, courtesy, education, race-pride
and self-confidence.
University Students
Wins Prize
Julian W. McPherson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. I. S. McPherson, 1712 N
28th street. Omaha, was awarded sec
ond prize in a German Declamatory
contest held at the auditorium of the
Municipal University «f Omaha. The
contoat was sponsored by the German
Club of Omaha University.
Mr. McPherson’s oration “Warum
Ich Will Arzt Sein,” translated. “Why
I Wish To Be A Doctor.” w»s very
enthusiastically received and was ac
claimed the mosit unique selection
ever given in a German Oratorical
congest at this University. All speak
ing was in the German language.
Mr. McPherson previously has been
reedtrnized for hh| speaking ability.
Whoa in Central High School, he was
; chosen out of tH? American History
Club to represent China in a Good
Will of Nations international radio
program. The program was broad
ca)t°d all over it,Ha civilized world from
radio station W. O. W.
Mr. McPherson is a graduate ®f
Central High School and a second
year student of the Municipal Uni
versity of Omaha. Its is a member
of the German Club, the Pre-Medic’s
ClUb, and /the 'ChemJJify Gtyii) of
Omaha University.
, TO ATTEND THE LITERARY
ASSOCIATION
Mr. J. Harvey Kent'1, Executive
Secretary of the Omaha Urban
Leagiii, Oscar Washington of Creigh
ton University, and Clutrles Davis of
Omaha Municipal University, will
leave December 27, 1934, for Topeka
Kansa^. where th/ayi w<l take part
in the Interstate Literary Association
which convenes there on the above
date. Mr. Kerns will address the
Association Thursday, Dec. 23th, 1934
on the subject, “The Present Trends
of Negro Development". Mr. Davis
and Mr. Washington will represent
Omaha in Oratorical division of the
Associ»vion, their subjects being, “The
Negro In Drama”, and ‘ Three Score
and Eleven Years of Self-Preserva
tion” respectively.
The four pickets were George B.
Murphy, Jr., head of rtha Washington
office of the Afro-American; Emmet
Dorsey, instructor in political science
at Howard university; Edward P.
Lovett, ortfe of th 3 four attorneys who
defended George Crawford; and Roy
Wilkins, assistant secretary of the
N A A C.P. and managing editor of
Thj Crisis.
Refused Permit
Under the guidance of Mrs. Virginia
R. McGuire, president of the local
branch of the N.A A C P. and A. S.
Pinkott, secretary, signs were made
lor pickets, but the actual picketing
was delayed until Tuesday noon for
fiaal word from Mr. Cummings* of
fice, William ftnnloy, assistant to
the attorney gen.ral, told Mr- Lovett
and Mr. Wilkins Tuesday morning
thill .he “would see what he could
do.” so it was decided to begin picket
ing as the delegates left the hall after
the morning s.sqion.
The four men had been walking up
and down in front of the hall five or
ten minute* when they w;re halted by
Captain Edward J. Kelly, Lt. Line
burg, and Detective R. E. Talbot, re
inforced by s:vera] patrolmen. Cap
tain Kelly announced that the pickets
would have to gdt permission from
the superintend-nt of police or be ar.
res.ed. A permit had been refused
on Monday, but the d. legation went
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Voner and Houston
Make Unique Record
Starling two years ago with $14.00
as working capital, and peddling
sausage, Voner & Houston Grocers,
2114 N. 24th street, have established
*a record as business* builders. They
now have a stock of merchandise
valued at $1000, complete fixtures,
and a well organized and established
store. Last week they purchased an
all modern double duty display case
ocoled by Frigidaire. a product of
General Electric. This new unit is
now in service and assures proper
nd sanitary facilities for the
handling of perishable merchandise.
The idea of purchasing the General
Electric unit occurred to Vcner &
Houston upon their visit to the food
show recently conducted by the
rimaha Guide, where the General
Electric Co- had one of their Frigid
aire double duty cases on display.
Voner and Houston due to their
rapid strides, service to the commun
ity, business ability, courtesy and ef
forts to please, dioserve a patronage
ef their many customers and friends.
A FORTNGHT AGO
Mr. Llo^d L. Lee gave a stag at the
home of his parents. 2863 Maple St.
Those present were Messrs. HezekiaH
tewart John C. Williams, Roy Gor
don; Henry Levels; Turner, Le Roy
Wright. Wendell Willis, Julian Mc
Pherson and Henry Thomas.
Sandwiches, beverages, nuts and
candy were served by the host. Those
woh did not play bridge gathered a
round Mr. McPhrson at the piano
and rendered a fine imitation of the
“Mills Broithers.” A joyous time
was hadbytall.
