SOUTH OMAHA NEWS NOTES
Mrs. Mary Houston, 1207V6
Pierce St., is in receipt of a let
ter from her son Melvin, who is
att tending the School for the
Blind at Nebraska City. Mel
vin writes tat he is getting
along nicely, lie is quite cheer
ful despite the fact that he re
cently lost the sight in his oth
er eye.
CARL FISHER DIES
Mr. Carl Fisher, Pacific St.,
died Saturday morning. No in
formation could be obtained re
garding the funeral services.
Mrs. B. 1>. Johnson enter
tained the Pastors’ Wives Coun
cil Wednesday, Nov. 18.
St. John congregation an I
pastor attended the three o’
clock services of Beulah Bap
tist Church in Council Bluffs,
la., the past Sunday. Sermon
was preached by Rev. ('. Fergu
son of Omaha.
Mrs. Jodie Jones, R St,., left
for Chapman, Alabama, on a
visit to her mother, Mrs. Hat
tie Coston.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Harris,
jr., newlyweds, are now living
at 2214 N. 28 Ave., the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. I). Crawford.
N. A. A. C. P. TO HOLD
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
The N.A.A.C.I*. will meet on
Sunday, Nov. 25, at the Urban
League Community Center, at
2213 Lake St, for the purpose
of electing officers. All mem
bers are urged to be present to
select their choice of officers
for this organization.
The public is cordially invit
ed to hear the report of the Le
gal Redress Committee and oth
ers.
Mrs. Gertrude James, Wich
ita, Kansas, is expected to
spend Thanksgiving in the city
with relatives and friends.
Brown Bombers To Give Dance
The Brown Bombers of So.
Omaha, will give a pre-TImnks
giving Dance Nov. 20, at Wood
son Center. This dance is an in
vitational affair.
Mr. Ewell Montgomery, 5407
S. 20 St., returned Sunday from
Clarinda, Iowa, where he at
tended the funeral of his grand
father.
Rev. 1’. J. Sears, pastor of the
Bethel Baptist Church, and his
congregation worshipped Sun
day afternoon with Paradise
Baptist Church at a mission
service.
VISITS ZION BAPTIST
Mrs. Margaret Bowles, 5407
S. 28 St., City Missionary of
Bethel Baptist Chureh, visited
the B.YJMJ. of Zion Baptist
Chureh Sunday, Nov. 15. Mrs.
Bowles reports a splendid meet
ing. She also talked at church
service Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Reed left
Monday for Sioux City where
they will visit Mr. and Mrs. R.
E. Jefferson. Prom Sioux City
they will go to their home at
Decatur, 111.
Mr. N. S Littlejohn, who re
ceived a broken toe in an acci
dent some time ago, has recov
ered to the extent that he is
now back on the job.
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Mrs. Annie Graham is still
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Mrs. Georgia Williams, Paci
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Mrs. Harry Johnson is confin
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Close3 Successful Meeting
Rev. E. 1). Johnson returned
to the city Mi turd ay morning
from Valley Junction where lie
closed a very successful meet
ing for Rev. Garrett.
Rev. Johnson report twen
ty-one candidates for baptism
and sixteen restored, lie will go
there for their baptism.
VALLEY JUNCTION PEOPLE
FETE REV. JOHNSON
In recognition and apprecia
tion of the splendid work done
by Rev. E. 1>. John on, who re
cently closed a ten day meeting
in Valley Junction, a banquet
was tendered him by the peo
ple there. Many beautiful and
useful gifts were given to him
and Mrs. Johnson.
WOODSON CENTER
On Sunday, Nov. the sec
ond of the scries of the Youth
Forum will he given from 4:00
to 5:00 o'clock, Mrs. Gertrude
James, presiding.
Song “America the Beautiful
Ijed by Mi's- Rae Lee Jones
M'ss Edrose Will's, pianist
Invocation
Song “Swing Low Sweet Chariot
Ten Minute Discussion of Current
Events Led by M'ss Pearl Howard
V<>cal Solo “My Tusk”
M'ss Addle Lambert
Address “Part Youth Can Play in
the Effort for International Peace '
and Goodw'll”
Miss Gladys Pullum
Exeeut've Sec’y Northslde VWCA
Fifteen Minute Discussion
Led by Mr. Ralph Alexander
Song ..“Steal Away";
Remars:
Closing Song “Now the Day Is Over’
MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST
CHURCH
Rev. J. P. Mosley, pastor
I
Morning service was preaeh
d by the pastor. Ills subject
was “Prove Yourself"; his text
was found in Daniel 18.
Sunday School was well at
tended.
8:0() P. M. service wits in
charge of the pastor who talk
ed from Exodus 3.5.
The pastor has just closed a
groat revival. There were 13
candidates for baptism and 5
by Christian experience. Date
of baptism will be Sunday, Nov.
211, at 3:00 p. m., at the Mount
Moriah Baptist Church, 24 and
Ohio Sts.
ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH
Pierce Street
Rev. E. D. Johnson, Pastor
{Sunday School and 11 :00 o’
clock services were splendid.
Rev. Collier preached in the
morning.
The City President, Mr. Coop
er, was present at the B.Y.P.U.
Night services were conduct
ed by the pastor.
The church will hold Thanks
giving Day services and give
its usual free dinner at that
time.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
27th and R Sta
Elder A* D- Carter, Pastor
The church has just closed a
week of successful meetings,
conducted by Elder Reed of
Decatur, 111. Joining in this
meeting was Elder G. S. Hay
den, pastor of the 30 and U St.
church and his congregation.
CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
30th and U Sts.
Elder G. S. Hayden, Pastor
Morning and night sermons
were preached by the pastor.
Attendance was good.
By Louis Armstrong, New York. ;
Longmans, Green fe? Co..
• A REVIEW •
By ROBERT L. NELSON
International 7s(egro Press Staff Writer
Following in the steps of the
galaxy of other illustrious Negro
Americans who have contributed
much to the making of the art
of “Negro Folk Song”—that art
which is now considered the only
thing artistic, with the possible
exception of the skyscraper, wh'ch
has originated on American soil—
there is contemporary an illustri
ous son who has achieved marked
fame and popularity because of
his ability to present appealinglv
another form of Negro Folk
Song—“Swing Music.” This bright
luminary is Ixniis (“Satchmo”)
Armstrong, who is nationally and
internat’onallv known ns a virtu
oso of the cornet.
Armstrong has found time be
tween his many dance, theatre,
and concert engagements to write
a book, Swing Tint Munir. What
John Wcrley Work of F.eh has
done in the book, Folk Sovgn of
the American Negro; Harry T.
Burleigh in his many wrtings,
and the brothers. James Weldon
and J. Rosamond Johnson, in the'r
[fork of American Negro Spirit
ualn, in interpretin'”’ the spirt
uals; whet W. C. Handy, in his
volume, The Slues, hn done for
| the blues, ragtime, and ja z; and
I what H. E Kwhbiel has done in
his great work. Afro-American
Folk Songn, in trae'yg the histori
cal significance of folk song,
Louis Armstrong has done for
swing music in ti e book. Swing
That Manic. While there have
been written other books on the
subject, this one is of particular
importance because it is the first
by one who has grown with the
music—on" of its creators—the
peer of all its interpreters. To
read the book will, without a
doubt, enhance one’s enjoyment
and increase the understand:ng of
that newest form of popular -yn
copation, swing music, which is
now sweeping the country.
Anyone familiar with the his
tory of the rise of ragt'me and
its later evolution, jazz, knows
that the pathway to respectability
and a place in the sun was
fraught with manv difficulties for
that group of pioneers who have
dared to take liberties with the
written score and inject musical
interpolations which were at vari
ance with the composer’s fancy.
Louis Armstrong has dared and
in so doing he has blazed the
trail to a new art, swing music,
which is now accepted every
where with great acclaim. That
is the true test of its merit.
In the telling of his story, Arm
strong has stuck to a natural
style; the narrative is easy to
read yet well enough done to sat
isfy the erudite. The story is
inspiring, for all the world likes
to hear of those who have over
come great odds.
Swing That Music is more than
the story of the rise of Louis
Armstrong from a waif in the
streets of New Orleans to nn
internationally acclaimed musician.
It is also a history of the music
which made him famous, swing
music, and as such perhaps merits
more attention than would a mere
autobiography of an important
figure in American musical life.
How much of the importance of
both the music and the musiclaa
was due to the fact that Arm
strong and jazz "got born to
gether,” no one knows. Perhaps
tM« was just another “lucky
’ ” As Armstrong writes:
Whatever it’s good for,
and however long it will j
live, swing music was born
in my country: it seeded
there in New Orleans and
grew there, and there it
got so hot it had to burst
out. and it did, and spread
to the world.
The pat!) that swing followed ;
was the path that jazz had fol
low'd, for i-azz was the
first crude form of swing—
the daddy of swing, and it
was "going nieces” until it
got all tangled up in “Tin
Pan Alley” and made for
tunes for men who couldn’t
swing a Jew’s harp.
Swin~ music differs from the
or ginal New Orleans jazz in per
ni’tting free improvisation and in
being more refine I and subtle
through classical influences. Jazz I
began with this idea of free im
provisation, but that idea got lost
when jazz was written down. In
swing music the player mav have
a score in front of him. but he
knows when to "swing” away
from it and when to come back
to >t. In an orchestra the players
"a'l p’ay together, picking up and
following each other’s ‘swinging,’
nil bv ear and sheer musical in
stinct.”
For the benefit of musicians
and students of music who would
like to know more about the
technical details of swing music
the author has had added to the
book a "Music Section,” edited by
Harry Gcrlach, which contains il
lustrative scores for the ten im
portant swing instruments, to
show how one of the great mas
ters of each instrument swings a
given selection. These are not to
be copied, since the principle of
swing is that each musician does
his own imnrovisat'on; the scores
are merely illustrative. They are
contributed by such artists as
Hennv Goodman, Joe Venuti, Tom
my Dorsev, Bud Freeman, Red
Norvo, Claude Hopkins, Carl
Kress, Stanley Dennis, Rav Bau
duc. and Armstrong himself. The
book contains also a glossary of
musical terms used by swing
musicians, which gives the un
initiated a look behind the screen
at a language which is all their
own. Rudy Vallee has writtert
an introduction for the book, in
which a fine tribute is paid Louis
for his worth as an artist.
Armstrong concludes his story
with these words:
Today . . . swing music
has arrived. I think I will
live to see it come into a
very great future. I am
sure the idea of it and the
spirit of )t are right and
that it is an art in the true
sense. I want to see our
young swingmen keep it
that way. And I say to
them and to all my friends
and all swing lovers, “I
Hope Gabriel Likes €>ur
Music.”
Dunbar Tenants Get
Their Money Back
New York, Nov 21 (C)—Tt 'a
reported thnt, tenant-owners o f .the
1 vji I awrence Dunbar apartments
tbo cooperative housing ••’•eject on
wh!^h John I>. Rockefeller, jr., re
rent’y foreclosed a $2,000,000 mort
gage, are gett ng their money back
which has been paid in on the buy
ing plan of the corporation during
the past e'ght years Reports state
some tenants got a* much as
*2 000 cash. It is also reported that
the housing project will bo immedi
ately converted into a rent'ng pro
position, with n<> down payment,
and a reduction in rents of from
ten to twenty per cent
DETECTIVES ARREST MAN
New York, Nov. 21 (C)—It took
two detectives to subdue Joseph Do
ran, 40, who was locked up in West
123rd street station Tuesday char
ged with felonious assault and oth
er crimes As Detectives Cusberth
and Barts closed In on I>>ran, he
fired, then the two men grappled
with the fugitive before he was
subdued- Doran faces life sentence
'f conv'cted of any felony, because
of his previous record.
The church is planning on
having a Thanksgiving dinner.
There will be services through
out Thanksgiving Day at the
church.
UNION MEMORIAL M B.
CHURCH
Rev . Wm- H- Adams, Pastor
Rev. Wade preached in the
morning and night. There waf
no afternoon service.
PAGE THE HUMAN HOG
By K- A. Adams
(F<>r *he Literary Service Bureau)
The hog, beneath an apple tree,
W'th table bountifully spread,
Tho source >>f such supply to see,
Never looks higher than his head
He seeks his appetite to fill,
And, by another's labor fed.
He eats unmindfully, and st'll
Never looks higher than h's head.
S<>,many a man to whom 's given
A full supply of “da'ly bread,”
Never unto the Lord in heaven
In gratitude lifts up his head
Receiving blessings every day,
A man should grateful be; instead,
Many a one going his way,
Never looks higher than h's head
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EMOTIONAL SCIENTIFIC
WHITING .
The tendency to make generali
zation on the basis of limited per
sonal observation is not restricted
to the untrained An examination of
literature furnishes many examples
of scholars, undoubtedly well in
form* d in various fields who, in ev-j
en a casual reference to matters
pertaining to a group other than
their own lose all sense of seienti-!
fie caution- More and m«re as we
find inaccurate statements repeat -
I by men of high scholastic stand
ing we must conclude that emotional
leeling is the ba-is of the belief
rather than impartial examination
and scientific support.
Of course we are all familiar with
the generalizations baser! on limit
ed contacts- Who does not number
among his fr'ends those persons
who base all their opinions upon
personal observations? These, peo
ple, who wou’d frankly recognize
their Inability to cope with a stall
ed automobile engine and quickly
call a mechanic, will not hestate to
a-sume an air of authority in mak
ing a statement that, though it calls
for scientific knowledge, is based
entirc'-y upon limited encounters
with the situation
in ms class oe'ongs me cud re
ported of a metropolitan daiy who
recently burst into print with a
statement concerning the bone
structure of the legs of Negroes in
general and Jesse Owens in parti-1
cular; something about the “feet
being attached to the legs in a
peculiar manner and the abnormal
shape of the heel.” This was mere
folk-lore patter and intelligent
■eaders attached little credence to
the st&tenjent although Jesse’s
loach, Larry Snyder thought It well
to refute it by quoting the findings
of the examining physician at John
Hopkins university to the effect
that Jesse’s legs and feet were nor
mal. In a recent issue of the Satur
day Evening Post Larry Snyder
••aid, “Jesse’s legs are no different
from any other athletes legs, except
that they are Letter formed than
any legs 1 have seen in my eight
years of running and ten of coach
ng.”
But it is a different category of
writers from the reporter that Dr
Victor Heiser belongs- This author
>f the currently popular “An Amer
can Doctor’s Odyssey” says among
3ther things concerning the various
;ribes on the island of Luzon: “The
most primitive of the wild tribes
were Negritos. That they were
rue Negroes was shown by the one
:ieco cartilage in their spreading
loses. Even octoroons show this
Negroid characterises which is re
garded as a reliable test for Negro
>.ood ” The good doctor is not pre
judiced, far from ‘t- He has travel
ed too widely among people of var
ed customs and physical differences
o have, shall we say, a provincial
ittitude. AH through his 'nterest
ng book one gets unmistakable
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j ev'dence of h's appreciation of var
1 ious cultural developments- Yet his
j statements, scientific man though
he Ls, entirely refuted by modern
I anthropologists
While the exterior physical ehar
[ acterist'cs of the Negro are in some
respects contrasted to those of other
racial types and such ev'dence is
often advanced to prove that the
Negro Is 'n more primit've form In
the evolutionary scale than the
wh'te man and therefore* Inferior-*
Th's was an aeceipted fact by the
physical anthropologists of the old
er school and among non-sclentific
men 't *3 commonly held today. But
according to Ernest Albert Hooton
professor of anthropology at Har
vard university it t8 'mpossible to
state prec'sely the inheritance of
physical characteristics in cross
breeding- Therefore the good doc
tor’s observation as to the one
piece cartilage being found 'n peo
p'e wrth even a small amount of
Negro food is another myth 'n
American folk-lore
* The theory expounded by
many so called scientists of
Ihe Negroes s'm'liarity to the
anthropoid, cannot be found
ed on truth since in such physi
cal characteristics as wooly
texture of hair, thickness of
the lips, etc-, the Negro is the
least ape-l'ke of humans.
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