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VOLUME 13 OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1936 NUMBER THIRTY FOUR
HOWARD STUDENTS IN SYMPATHY STRIKE
Make Nominations For Mayor
Bacchanites Hold
Primary Election
The Bacchante Club held the pri
mary election for a Negro mayor
of North Omaha, Saturday, Nov.
14th at WU'a’s Beauty Parlour
Fourteen candidates were on the
ballot. The s'x receiving the high
est number of votes will run for
th finals The votes runn'ng in or
der were: John Owens, Milton John
son. J C. Carey, W- L Myers,
Dr. G. B Lennox, John Benjam'n
Horton, Dr Wesley Jones, Atty.
H- J P'nkett, J. D Granville, C..
C. Galloway, Leroy Childs, Atty
Charles Davis, R. C- Pr>ce and
Charlie Payne
The Bacchantes take this means
to thank the many c'tizens f"r their
cooperation 'n voting- The total
votes were over 500 in number. The
date for the finals w'U be announc
ed in the paper at a later date It
is now up to each candidate, num
bering from one to s'x to get his
friends to vote in the finals.
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
TO PRESENT TENOR
Maurice Cooper, a young man
born 'n Omaha and educated in the
east will appear in a rec'tal at
Zion Baptist church, Friday night,
Dec 4th at 8:15 o’clock- In 1933
Mr. Cooper won first place in a
nation-w'de audition contest held by
the National Broadcasting Co. in
New York As a s'nger, his voice
is a lyric tenor of an unsual qual
ity and much dramatic color. He
is acda’med everywhere by critics
as a perfect singer of Handel and
th earl of Gatian school. To hear
Mr- Cooper is to hear one of the
best young singers of the colored
race. The Hills'de Presbyterian and
Cleaves Temple churches are spon
soring the event. This will be one
of the most successful recitals giv
en under the sponsorship of Rev
John S. Williams. More than 200
reservations have already been made
Both churches are working hard,
and Omaha is without reservations
rallying to its own.
HERMAN FRIEDLANDER
GETS RECORD VOTE
Mr Herman Friedlander, popular
north side grocer, and cand'date for
the school board, made, what's be
lieved to bo an all-time record for
ind'v'dual vote getting in any one
precinct, having polled 492 votes
at the 2510 No. 24th street prec'nct.
He also polled a great percentage
of votes at 29th and Lake Mr.
Friedlander w'shes to thank his
many friends for the'r splendid
support. Although not elected, he's
of the belief that the splendid votes
of confidence g'ven him by h's im
mediate neighbors suffic'ently re
pays the effort put forth.
CHILD STRUCK BY
BEE-NEWS TRUCK
Little Naom1 McClarty, 6, 2511
No. 26th St., was struck Tuesday
afternoon on No. 22nd St., on her
way home from school- She was
brought home by the dr'ver of the
truck.
The only injuries apparent Wed
nesday morn'ng was the loss of
two front teeth.
CORA BURNS STABBED
Mrs. Cora Burns, 2020 Burt St.,
was stabbed by Will'e Richardson
at her residence Nov. 12 dur'ng an
argument. After being treated for
stab wounds 'n the chest and in
the back at N'cholas Senn hospit
al, she returned to her home
vs/
Dr. Powell Says
Father Divine Did
Not Stop Voting
New Work, Nov 21 (C)—Dr- C
B. Powell, ed'tor and co-publisher
of the Amsterdam News and dir
ector of publ'clty of the Colored
Divis'on of the Demcratic Cam
paign has written a letter to the
C-ity Ed'tor of the New York Times
refuting the claim that Father Di
vine halted the voting in Harlem on
election day- Dr- Powell’s letter
dated, Nov 5, 1936, follows;
“Please perm't me to call your
attention to a very flagrant mis
representation or in accurate re
porting wh'ch appeared on the
front page of the New York Times
Wednesday, Nov. 4th under the
capfon: ‘Father Divine’s Flock
Stays H'>me When He Issues Order
Not to Vote-’
“In the article, your reporter
stated that Father Divine was re
sponsible alone for the stopping of
60,000 vote s, 'n c«n.seqfaoiK.e there
of, polls 'n Harlem were virtually
deserted
“The latter statement is inaccur
ate even to a casual observer pass
ing through Harlem at any per'od
from 6 • m. to 9 p. m- on Nov.. 3rd..
Practically all polling booths had
lines Which extended out of the
bu*lding far onto the s'dewalk
“In proof of my statement, I
will refer you to the elections re
turns which portray th's more viv'd
ly. In the 21st Assembly District,
there wore approximately 36,000
registered voters, the election re
turns on Nov- 3rd showed about
32,000- The 19th District had a re
gisterat'on of about 29,000 w'th el
ection returns of around 26,000.
Tho 17th District had a registra
tion of approximately 26,000 with
a return of about 22,000- These
Districts are heavily populated with
colored people and represent an
aggregation of over 80,000 persons
who voted, while the registration is
about 100,000- From these figures
't is impossible for one to imagine
even by a w'ld stretch of the ima
gination how your reporter could
so misrepresent the people of Har
lem
“In further confirmation of the
erroneousness of this observation,
I wish to call your attention to an
article appear'ng 'n the New York
Times, Wednesday, Oct- 28th, on
page L 15, under the caption: ‘Har
lem “In Bag” For Roosevelt Even
Republicans There Adm't,’ *n which
your reporter made an accurate
statement as a result of his inquir
ies.
“He consulted a number of well
’nformed citizens in Harlem, in
cluding the writer, and none put
the potential voting strength of Fa
ther Div'ni's flock at more than
2,GOO
“Anything you can do to correct
this faulty information w’ll be ap
preciated by your readers-”
THANKSGIVING DINNER TO
BE GIVEN BY NEW HOPE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Act've members of New Hope
Baptist church are engaged *n pre
paring geese, turkeys, etc-, for the
free Thanksgiv'ng d'nner to be
given the old and decrepit of that
church and other unfortunates 'n
the community.
STRIKES HEAD ON STOVE
Mrs- Myrtle Marshall, 2612 Ma
ple St., was treated for injuries
susta'ned when she fell and hit
her head aga'nst the stove on Nov
15th- He fail resulted in cut over
the right eye.
Ritz Gardens Under
New Management
The Ritz Gardens formerly lo
cated at 24th and Grant streets In
the Jewell build'ng, has been taken
over by J'numie ^Jewell, one of our
most progressive young business
men, who has opened a first class
C'gar store, carrying a full line
of c'gars tobaccos, candles and also
a direct line on all sporting events
The place has been remodeled and
redecorated, mak'ng 't one of the
most comfortable and up-to-date
places of its kind in the c'ty. Mr.
Jewell extends a cord'al 'nvitation
to all his friends and to the gener
al publ'c to inspect th's new
venture Ladies are especially in
vited.
Paintings of Charles
Spears On Exhibit
Sumter, S. C, Nov. 21 (C)—'The
works of Charles Spears, painter,
will go on exh'b't again soon- Mr
Spears, who lives at 44 Council
street, hss just completed a tour of
North and South Carolina, making
prel'm'nary sketches and gathering
data for a series of painting which
will be shown for the first t'me at
the annual international exhibition
sponsored by “La Revue Moderne”
'n Paris next spring. Included in
th's special ser'es of Carolina land
scapes will be many scenes of old
oaks and Spanish moss, and little
known asipects of Deep South Am
ong the Low Country scenes 's a
largo painting of the “Mosqu'to
Fleet,” a widely known group of
Negro fishermen, who sail out of
s'ght of land off the Carolina coast,
in tiny sa'l boats, one man In each
boat- A very old sailor and ship
carpenter 's known as the Admiral
of the" Mosqu'to fleet. The artist is
a painter with an international re
putation and during the French
Colun'al Exhibition in 1930, was
rated by “La Revue Moderne” as
one of the world’s greatest living
Negro landscape painters- He has
traveled extensively,, hav'ng work
ed throughout Canada, Europe, the
U- S., and Old Mex'co- Ho has ex
hibited in New York, London, Paris,
and Rome- He is a national officer
of tho D'sabled American Veterans,
a volunteer veteran of World War
and Mexican Border Service, and *s
35 years of age.
“DE LAWD” JAILED
New York, Nov. 21 (C)—Rex
Ingram appears to be much bke
Stepin Fetchit—when a process
server comes around, he apparent
ly sees “red ” Rex was ja'led last
week when Murray Cohen, of the
Bronx, came to the Aippolo theatre
and served him in a suit charging
breaking of apartment lease- In
gram is alleged to have struck Co
hen and fled. Rex was shy the $100
cash needed 'n court for ba*I, so
had to wait a while in a cell
MOTHER BISHOP SUTTON
RETURNS TO KANSAS CITY.
Mother B'shop Sutton, of Spirit
ual Temple No. l, Kansas City,
Kas,- who closed a ten day meet
ing Wednesday night at Sp*r'tual
Temple No- 6, returned to her home
Thursday.
FLETCHER HENDERSON
TO PLAY IN DES MOINES
ON NOVEMBER 25th
Fletcher Henderson and his
Grand Terrace orchestra, under the
ausp’ces of the El Producto dub
will play the Thanksgiv*ng Dance
at the new Armory on East First
and Grand, Des Moines, la.
FAMOUS BAND LEADER
FLETCHER HENDERSON
Fletcher Ilendenson, the fam
ous band leader will bring his
band to the Dreamland Mon
day, Nov. 30th.
30th Annual Sale of
Christmas Seals
Omahans are asked to take up
the fight aga'nst tuberculos's with
the opening next week of the 30th
annual Christmas Seal campaign
throught the state.
Last year tuberculos's claimed the
lives of 112 Omahans, an increase
of 10 over 1934 and 28 over 1933
“This's the challenge we are bring
ing to the door of every Omahan
to whom we send Christmas Seals,”
Dr. John F- Alien, pres'dent of the
Nebraska Tuberculos's Ass’m
He said that we realize as never
before that If we are to save the
valuable young fives 'n our com
munity we must begin our search
early and arrest the beginn'ng cas
es before they develop top far. Th's
means that we we must keep up
our program of tubercufin testing
of school children, and the dissemin
ation of health literature so that
Omahans will know how to protect
themselves from the d'sease.
The ent're program of the Ass’n
depends on the sale of Christmas
Seals. They go on sale Thanks
giving Day to cont'nue through the
holidays. Leaders in the campaign
urge that you buy them generous
ly and use them freely.
LITERATI CLUB
The Literati club held its meet
ing Sunday, Nov. 15th at the home
of Mrs Eva Mae D'xon, 22nd and
Capitol Ave. Mr. B.. E.. Squires,
executive secretary of the Urban
League, gave a very inspiring and
enlightening address about Negro
culture and Negro education- Three
new members were added to the
club, M'sses Edrose W'llis, Elizabeth
Black and Caudel Agee. Books about
Negro IBstary are being circulated
among the members for reading
The charter members of the L’ter
ati are Asilee Dotson, Christine Dix
on, Lorene Lew's, president and or
ganizr; Lorraine Fletcher, Gerald
ine Rose-Harr's, Velma Rose, Vir
ginia Dixon, Celestlne Smith and
Julia Wiliams- Our membership now
the above mentioned and; Hester
Brown, Eva Mae Dixon, Charlene
Lewis, Ofive Dav's, Mary Alice
Willis, Madeline Harrold, Loisanne
Herndon, Irma Nelson and Marjor'e
Ware.
The president, M'ss Lorene Lewis
wishes to thank the many friends
who helped to make the L'terati
tea a success.
Frances P. Matthews
Urges Support of the
Community Chest
Socll'tors for Community Chest
subscriptions plunged Into the'r
campa'gn this wee, confident of
fin'shing Wednesday of next week
with a vtctor'ous total that will
g've chest supporters an added rea
son for Thanksgiving day rejoic
ing
General Chairman Francis P.
Matthews spoke optim'stically to
campaign workers on prospects of
atta'ning the goal of $564,638.85,
but added that success depends up
on later subscriptions keeping pace
with those reported early In the
drive- EfTect'veness of the later
campaign'ng, he sa'd, will be dem
onstrated by results from the re
sidential soliciting by hundreds of
members of the women’s division
and the men workers in the business
d'vis'on.
“All of these and women are sa
crificing time from the'r usual oc
! cupat'ons to give others the oppor
tunity to contribute to this h'ghly
important community enterprise,”
he commented. “It should not be
for them to ‘sell’ the chest- 'ts bene
■ fits are too well known. Those who
fall to give to the extent of the'r
ab'l'ty are neglecting the chance to
participate fully 'n community help
fulness and neighborliness.”
The Community Chest motto for
the present campaign, “Ours to
A'd,” 's ap|/iring in numerous
windows jrf this section of Omaha
as the workers obta'n s'gned sub
serptions- Each home and business
establishment wh'ch has contributed
will be ident'fied w'th this window
sticker motto.
Empress Of Ethiopia
Feted In London
London, Nov 21 (C)—Empress
Menen, Emperor Haile Selassie,
and Ras Kassa, one of the Ethio
pian generals during the Italian in
vasion, were feted last week at a
tea by Lady Paish, who was host
ess. This was the Empress’ first
public appearance In the English
capital.
COCKTAIL PARTY
Mr- and Mrs. L- Dillard enter
tained at a cockta'l and br'dge par
ty Thursday, Nov. 19th, at the re
sidence of Mr. and Mrs- I.. S.. Mc
Pherson, 1712 No. 28th St-, honor
ing Mrs. Bell Riley, of Log Angeles
Calif
Beautiful Indeed were the many
red roses and yellow chrysthane
mums wh’ch formed table and room
decorations- Favors wre in keep'ng
with Thanksgiving.
The guest list included fifty per
sons
Mrs. Eula Edwards Dies
Mrs. Eula Edwards, 1713 No 25th
St., died Tuesday, Nov.. 17th, at a
local hosp'tal The body is at the
Myers Funeral Home.
No funeral arrangements had
been made when th's paper went to
press
PRISCILLA NEEDLECRAFT
CLUB
Tho Pric'Ua Needle Craft club
"The Pr'scina Needlecraft club
met Wednesday, Nov. 18th, at the
home of Mrs. May Jackson, Ohio
St- Plans wre made for holiday en
tertainment. A delightful repast
was served by Mrs. Jackson
tThe next meeting of the club w'll
be at the home of Mrs. Smith 25th
and Decatur Sts.
Girl Reserves At
Central YWCA.
The Annual Recognition Serv'ce
for High school Girl Reserves was
held at the Central YWCA Sunday,
Nov- 16th at 3:30 p. m G'rl Reser
ves from the North S'de branch
shared equally In the planning and
carrying out of the services M'ss
Gold'e Carter, personal conselor of
the YWCA, talked n “The Challenge
of the World to Girl Reserves.”
Olive Wills talked on “Friendship"
arid Nellie Basset talked on “Un
derstan'ng” Bertha Young was
pianist for the sendees Other girl
reserves taking part 'n the service
were Cand's Jacobs, Rowena Jones,
Noaml Black, Betty Davis, Juanita
Macey, Velma Thomas, Arw'lda
Stevenson, Alberta Bell, Margaret
Vancy, Dorothy Bryant, Juanita
l»ett, Johnette Coleman Mardr' Mil
ler, Nellie Bassett, Doris Newland,
Luc'le Gray, Florence Merrill,
Willa Chue, Emma McCants, Gwen
doyn Marshall, Mercedes Moore,
Martha M'tchell, Theopal Ross, In
ice Saunders, Mary Ellen Carey and
Beatrice Wlll'ams.
France Refuses To
Recognize Italy In
Ethiopian Claims
Far's, Nov 21 (C)—The French
government rebuffed Italy again
W ednesday when It fa'led to add
“Emperor of Ethenia” to the cred
entials of Rene de St. Quent'n, new
French Ambassador to Rome, who
accredited to K'ng Victor Immanuel.
OSCAR WHITE
STRUCK BY CAR
Oscar White, 27 25 Charles St ,
was injured Monday, Nov. 16th,
when h's car struck the rear of a
truck driven by Sam Levin, 2421
Charles St Lev'n had just parked
h's truck 'n front of his home
White was booked at the police
station, charged “Reckless Dr'v'ng
and Improper Brakes ” He was
treated for lacerations of low-er lip
and abras'ons on both sh'ns.
FLORIDA LITTLE THEATRE
IN FOURTH YEAR
Daytona, Beach, Fla , Nov, 21
(C)—The Bethune- Cookman Col
lege Little Theatre began 'ts fourth
sen'01, players under the direction
of Prof Leonard C. Archer- Prof..
Archer says “L'ttle Theatre organ
izations in Negro colleges should
strive to break down the stereo
iyped characters created by white
dramat'sts and should encourage
students to wr'te fdays of Negro
life, and give Negro material bet
ter literary form ”
Justice and Andrews
Win In New York
New York, Nov. 21 (C)— Har
lem’s two Democratic Assembly
men, Robert W Just'ce of the 19th
d'strict and William T- Andrews, jr.
of the 21st, were reelected on
Tuesday
CENTENNIAL SINGERS
IN VAN COUVER, B C.
Word comes from one of the Cen
tennial S'ngers that the group win
soon open in Van Couver, B- C.
Hold Man In Killing
Goodwater, Ala-, Nov. 21 (C)—
Leonard Hall, farmer, was jailed
Tuesday on a murder charge In
connection with the death of Mar
vin Taylor, who succumbed to kn'fe
wounds- Hall cla'med he wielded a
knife in self-defense against a man
ho thought was trying to rob him
on the road at night last week.
Return To Classes
Tuesday Morning
Washington, N<>v 19—Having
demonstrated the'r sympathy with
the football team by a one-day
strike, Howard un'versity students
returnd to their c'asses Tuesday
morn'ng The football team met in
the gymnasium Monday night. It
heard talks by John H Burr, head
of the Department of Physical Edu
cation and Harry Payne, the coach
and debated whether to play the
L'ncoln game, Thanksgiving- The
Board of Athletic Control must be
advised at *ts regular meeting whe
ther the L'ncoln game will be play
ed, so that arrangements may be
comffWted and ,advertising begun
for the game.
Jo Baker’s Husband
Dies In Paris, France
Paris, Nov 20—Count Petlt'o
Abat'no, husband and fx-manager
of Jo Baker, who lifted the St
Louis, Mo., girl from just another
actress to a posit'on of prominence
in international theatrical circles,
died here !ast Friday of a kidney
a'lment
Miss Baker entered the theatrical
world 'n the French captial 10 years
ag", Count Abat'no became her
manager and under his guidance
she soon gained international fame
as a stage and screen star of the
first magnitude, and ws popularly
termed th« “idol of Par's-” The
count and M'ss Baker were separ
ated several months ago following
a vis't to America, and unconfirm
ed reports indicate they were not
reconciled at the time of his death
Last year Count Abatino visited
America with the countess, and
vsited Ch'cago where they were
guests in the home of Editor and
Mrs. Robert S- Abbott. Many af
fa'rs were g'ven for the couple in
Ch'cago and 'n New York During
her stay In the States, Miss Baker
v's'ted her mother In St- Louis and
the scenes of her early triumphs.
Shortly after their return from
abroad six months ago, M'ss Baker
and the count were separted. No
reconciliation—at least as far as
the publ'e was able to learn had
been effected at the time of hi3
death
When Mils Baker went to Europe
nearly ten years ago she was known
only as a chorus g'rl. Her meteor'c
rise in the gay French capital was
rap'd under the gu'dance of the
Italian count who later became her
husband
HILLSIDE MUSIC
SERIES SUNDAY
On Sunday afternoon, Nov. 22nd
at 5:00 o’clock, Hillside church, 30th
and Ohio streets, will present *ts
3rd mus'cal for the season- There
will be three pianos and an organ
The artists wlU include Mr- and
Mrs Cecil Berryman and their two
sons, Edward and Warren Berry
man. The vocal sdst will be Mrs.
0- W. EUlr'dge, prominent Omaha
voice teacher. Mrs. Eldrldge w'U
s'ng Schubert and Mozart numbers
and the Berrymans will play Bach
and Brahams All mus'c lovers
should be in their seats at 4:30 p.
m. Th's musical 's for your Inspir
ation Come early. No admiss'on
charge.
MITZI CLUB ENTERTAINED
Mrs. I. S McPherson, 1712 No„
28th St, entertaned the Mitz1
Bridge dub Wednesday, Nov. 18th.
Mrs Bell Riley, of Los Angeles,
Cal'f-, was a gUest of the dub.
The next meeting of the club will
be at the home of Mrs- Blanche
Moore, 2515 Binney St.
Mrs- Mattie Owens, 2504 Blondo
St, onterta'ned at a breakfast
Thursday morn'ng honoring Mother
Bishop Sutton and her party.