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VOLUME 13 OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1936 NUMBER THIRTY-FIVE
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Found Unconscious In Ga skilled Room
Famed Band Leader !o Appear
In City On November 30th
Fletcher Henderson, colored k’ng
of sw'ng and wr’ter of his famous
rad'o theme song, “Chr'stopher
Columbus,” brings h’s nationally
popular rad'o, record’ng and dance
band to the Dreamland hall for an
engagement of one n’ght on Nov.
30 through arrangements complet
ed today w’th Consolidated Rad'o
Art’sts, Inc.
Fletcher, famed as a composer
arranger and p’an'st, has surround
ed himself by a fine aggregation of
fourteen mus’c’ans who enjoy na
tional pppular'ty as swing musk:
exponents through their n'ghtly
broadcasts over the NBC network
from the Ed Fox famed Grand Ter
race 'n Chicago’s Harlem. N'ghtly
dur'ng tl ]«ast year the
K’ng of f- ng” and hls o*
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
BANQUET; MOCK WEDDING
AT ZION BAPTIST CHUFCH
A wedd’ng anniversary banquet
and mock wedding wre given at
Z’on Baptist church, Thursday
n’ght, Nov. 19th.
King Turkey, resplendent, grac
ed the table at this banquet Decor
ations of fall colors beaut’fied the
room. At just which table one sat
depended upon the number of years
he had been married—tables were
there for persons who had been
married from one to f’fty years.
Mr. and Mrs- Tony W'll'ams were
guests of honor at this banquet,
hav’ng been married f'fty-six years.
While the diners satisfied the “in
ner man” a mock weed’ng and pro
gram were given. In the wedd'ng
were;
Bride, Miss Ludella Young;
groom, Mr Floyd Butler; br’de’s
attendants, Mesdazneg W’lHe Mae
Butler, Clementine Reynods, Bob
bie Carter and Paul’ne Ellison. Ma
tron of honor, Mrs. Elizabeth Mc
Intosh; ring bearer little Donald
Morton; flower g*r!s, little M'sses
Marie Wiil’ams and June McKin
ney; groom’s attendants, Messrs
Leroy Gude, Charles W’lliams, Ros
coe Kn'ght and J- L. Taylor The
bride was given away by Mr- Rich
ard Reynods. Mr. Sh’rley W’lliams
was the preacher
Between seventy-f've and one
hundred persons enjoyed this even
ing of pleasure.
WPA WORKER INJURED
Ernest New, 38, who lives near
27th and Michigan Ave., was in
jured Nov. 20th while at work.
New was standing on the edge of
a ditch loosening a wind gate chain
of a truck when the driver was giv
en a signal to back upby another
worker. New was knocked down
and the left rear wheel of the
truck passed over him, causing a
fractured right hip, dislocation of
the pelvis in two places, bruised
chest and head. He was taken to the
Covenant hospital Welch, driver of
the truck was arrested and charged
with recklesss driving.
MRS. ETHEL WISE
TO TAKE TRIP
Mrs. Ethel W'se, 2727 Frankl'n
St., 's all sm'les after getting 'n
touch w'th her father, Mr. A. J.
Hill, whom she has not seen in 20
years. Mr. Hill 's g'v'ng her a tr'p
to h's'home 'n St'llwater, Okla., for
the hol'days.
r Mrs. Wise is the daughter of Mrs.
v M'nn'e Nelson, of South Omaha.
have played to a turn-away busi
ness at the Grand Terrace and the
rad'o fan ma'l for th's popular col
ored leader has grown by leaps and
bounds.
The excellence of Henderson’s
mus'c is so well known there 's no
need for further elaboration. He 's
a graduate of Atlanta university.
He studied chemistry in New York
and then took up mus'c as a pro
fession, play'ng the p'ano 'n a na
tionally popular band.
Aside from being the country’s
ace exponent of sw'ng mus'c, Flet
cher Henderson and his orchestra
offer a great var'ety of enterta'n
'ng novelt'es. Their spec'al arrange
ment of “Shoe Shine Boy.” “Lime
House Blues,” “Down South” and
Town Blues” are real class
ics ‘n the realm of the so-called
sw'ng mus'c. Hendersons melod'c
and haunt1 ng arrangement of
‘Christopher Columbus” has caus
ed the nat'on to wh'stle and hum
th's catchy rad'o theme song. Hen
derson has also done a great deal
toward furthering the career of
Benny Goodman and other famed
masters of sw'ng mus'c, for many
of the popular mus'c arrangements
featured by Benny Goodman are
from the pen of Fletcher Hender
son.
THE QUACK CLUB
The Quack held their meeting
Friday night, Nov. 20th at the
Northside YWCA. The interest
group classes were in session an
hour and fifeen minutes. Beatrice
.Jackson was a speaker in the Public
Speaking class. After interest
ing was held- The opening song,
groups, the regular business meet
“Break Down Barriers,” was sung.
Prayer was offered by Lucy Mae
Stamps. The minutes were read
received and adopted. The chair
man of the by-laws committee,
Miss Lucy Mae Stamps, read the
by-laws report. Contributions and
grocery articles were accepted for
a Thanksgiving basket to be given
to some needy family. It was agre
ed that we have our annual Christ
mas Dance at Brownell hall on Dec.
18th- New members introduced to
the club were Lucille Haywood, Ha
zel Williams, Geraldine Martin.
Katherine Bulliner, Lily Ross, Bea
trice Jackson, Mercedes Ferguson
Lucille Bond.
CHARLES W. CURTIS
SENTENCED TO 3YEARS
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Charles W. Curtis, 31, 1826 No.
23rd St-, pleaded guilty to a rob
bery charge, Nov. 10th and was
sentenced to three years in the
penitentiary.
Curtis, a sign painter and me
chanic, struck Robt. Threet with
his fist and took $16.00. He (Cur
tis) had been drinking ‘and had
been in a dice game with Threet.
The robbery took place at 18th
and Hickory St. on Nov. 8th.
SAYS NEGRO ROBBED HIM
W. T. Ritrt, attend-ant at the
filling station owned by Jack Hil
man, at 24th and Patrick Ave., re
ports that on Nov. 22nd, at 3:10
a. m., while servicing a car a dark
skinned Negro sneaked into the
station. When Ritt entered the sta
tion and opened he cash register,
the man sprang from behind a desk
and robbed him of $3.00 or $4.00 in
:ash.
BUYS N A A C P CHRISTMAS SEALS
Rex Ingram, ‘Die Lgwd of The Green Pastures’ is shown as
lie purchased some of the 193(5 NAACP Christmas seals from Otis
Williamson, one of the cherubs in the famous stage and screen
play. Otis is the son of Mr. and Mr. John Williamson, 221 West
135th street, New York. The nation-wide sale of tile NAACP
seals began this week. Th seals arc in the traditional Christmas
colors of red and green. They wfere designed by Richmond Par
tin', young Negro artist-sculptor. The seals may be purchased
from local branches of the association or from the national of
fice at (59 Fifth Avenue, New York.
JONES-THOMAS LIQUOR
STORE IS ROBBED
Onwood Thomas, 2427 Erskin
St., reports that on Sunday, Nov.
22nd, someone gained entrance to
the Jones-Thomas Liquor store by
breaking the glass out of a rear win
d«w and releasing the catch, en
tered arid stole a large quantity of
liquor.
WM. HARRIS SENTENCED
Wm. Harris, 18, 1407 No. 20th
St-, was sentenced to a year in the
state reformatory, Monday, Nov.
23rd for breaking and entering the
store of L. Kelly, 2902 Franklin St.,
from which he took ten dollars
worth of cigarets.
LITERATI CLUB
The Literati club met at the home
of Miss Velma Rose, 1310 No. 49th
Ave., Sunday, Nov. 22nd. The dis
cussion for the evening was on so
cial contact.
The members were asked to con
sult various authorities on social
contact, personality, etc. At the
next meeting members will drama
tize social contact, personality, etc.
Twelve members were present at
his meting. The next meeting will
be Sunday Nov. 29th at the home
of Miss Mary Alice Willis, 2712
Maple St.
Strong- Armed and Beaten
Joseph Madden, 4836 So. 23rd St.,
states that he was strongarmed,
beaten about 9:30 p. m., Nov. 19th
md cash, pocket knife, Cudahy
badge, overcoat and hat taken from
him.
MISS I.ORENE LEWIS
HOSTESS AT SHOWER
Miss Lorenc Lewis was hostess
at a very lovely shower on Satur
day night, Nov. 21st given at the
beautiful home f the Lewises, in
honor of Mrs. Geraldine Rose-Har
ris. Miss Lewis has always been
one of Omaha most gracious host
esses. The social world is always
anxious to know her guest list. An
enjoyable evening was spent in
playing bridge. Prizes were won
by Miss Velma Rose, who received
the first prize, and Miss Gertrude
McCaw, who received the booby.
M?rs. Harris, the former Miss
Geraldine Rose, one of Omaha’s
most recent brides, received many
beautiful and useful gifts. A very
delicious luncheon was served.
The guest list included, Dorothy
Scott, Elizabeth Black, Velma Rose,
Olive Davis, Lrraine Fletcher, Lou
ise Fletcher, Irene Harrold, Ann
Carter, Claudel Agee, Mary Alice
Willis, Asilee Dotson, Julia Wil
liams, Gertrude McCaw, Margaret
Dickerson, Lavina ScotL-Adams,
Eva Mae Dixon, Lois Ann Herndon,
Mary Ellen Dickerson, Edrose Wil
lis, Christine Dixon and Celestine
Smith.
ROBBED
Howard Archer, white, 2203 No.
20th St., claims that on Saturday,
Nov.. 21st, he was robbed of $12.60
in cash while walking through an
alley south of Grace St., between
I9th and 20th Sts., by a colored
man who stuck something in his
back which felt like a gun.
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Swastikans to Give
Pre-Holiday Dance
At a meeting in the Community
Center Monday night the
members f the Swastika Golf Club
made arrangements to give a Pre
Holiday dance at Jim Bell’s Harlem
Cafe on Tuesday night, Dec. 8th.
lhe Swastika organization re
presents On (iha’s golfing talent
among the men and lady players;
this club has been instrumental in
building up a great deal of interest
in competitive games with out-of
town teams from Kansas City Des
Moines, St. Louis, Minneapolis and
TopeiJa.
Billy Davis and Joe Owen mem
bers of the Swastika entertainment
committee are planning to make
this affair one of the most suc
cessful entertainment venture of
the season and are urging all of
their friends to m-ake their reser
vations early in order to avoid last
minute confusion.
The Swasika club has a member
ship of about 60. PendejJ.on Murray
is president, Boyd Galloway, vice
president; Emmet Avant, sec’y; and
Tom Chandler, treasurer.
“SUN UP” BY L. L. McVAY
Now that the winter season is
drawing near and many are won
dering as to how they are going
tt pass away the time, "The Little
Theater,” group would littve you
know the season for their four
plays will open with the play “Sun
Up” at the Urban League, 2213
Lake street, Thursday, Dec. 17,
1936. These plays will be present
ed by your own boys and girls, and
if you fail to see and hear then)
you will miss a great treat in store
for you.
The other three plays come in
the following order; Jan. 30, 1937
“The Millionaire”; March 19, 1937,
“As Husbands Go.” The season
will close with “In Abraham’s
Bosom ” The young people are
working very hard to perfect these
I lays and the best way to encourage
them in their attempt will be to
c«mo and let them see you pre
sent. You will be gi’eatly surprised
when you see what fine talent you
have among your own people.
As time goes on you will hear
more and more about these plays.
HIT BY CAR
Mrs. Nancy Thomas, 1628 No.
21st St., was the victim of a hit
and run driver onSaturday, Nov.
21st, when crossing Cuming street
between 26th and 27th. She was
taken to the Nicholas Senn hospital
and treated for abrasions on right
knee and bruises and abrasions on
the face.
Clerical Workers
Install New System
Wash'ngton, Nov. 28 (ANP)—
Cler'cal WPA workers—69 men
and 70 women are 'nstall'ng a new
“lot and square” card index system
'n the office of Dr. W. J. Thompk'ns,
Recorder of Deeds here. Nearly
5,000,000 cards, under the new
system, w'll replace the old record
books.
THE ENTRE NOUS
BIG HARVEST FESTiVAI
The Entre Nous club will sponsor
a Harvest Fest'val on Saturday,
Dec. 5th at the YWCA. A full even
ing’s entertainment *s offered ab
solutely free. From e'ght until 11
p. m.
FOUND IN SEMI
CONSCIOUS CONDITION
Lee Williams, 41, 2619 Grant St-,
was found lying on the floor of the
dining room, Nov. 20th by police
officers who entered through a side
window and found gas escaping
from two open jets on the kitchen
stove. Williams was in a semi-con
scious condition. Fire Dept. In
halator squad responded and Lee
was attended for sickness from il
luminating gas. On the dining room
table was a note, which was placed
in the evidence cabinet at police
station.
Dinner-Dance Given
B y Quack Club,
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One of the most fashionable af
fairs of the season was given Mon
day night, Nov. 23rd, when the
Quack club gave its third annual
Formal Dinner Dance#at the Dream
land ballroom. The hall was trans
formed into one of exquisite beauty
with the green and yellow decor
ations. The Quack club raised its
reputation to -a new high standard
at this gala affair. The setting was
enhanced by basket.?, of flowers, at
tractively placed here and there.
The lights were beautifully decorat
ed to resemble yellow rose buds.
There was an array of lovely gowns
hf various hues and materials not
ed as pretty maids swung in th?
arms of their escorts, who were im
maculately groomed, dancing to
the beautiful rhythm of the City
Service orchestra. Seen here and
there looking more beautiful than
ever was Mrs. Lucille Bond, who
wore a very attractive evening
gown of blue moire, cut low in the
back with a high stand up collar.
Mrs. Della Mae Brewer was most
stunning in a white satin with
rhinestone trimmings. Mrs. lone
Lewis was very becoming in a pea
green, sprinkled with rhinestones
with long streamers running from
the shoulders to the length of the
skirt. Miss Mable Thomas looked
very charming in a black and
orange tunic gown. Mrs. Claretta
Banks added charm and grace to
her stunning evening frock of cream
velvet with the extraordinary
beautiful sleeves- Miss Dorothy
Beck was very striking in a white
crepe with a resplendent collar
reaching to the waist line.
Space will not permit mention of
all the beautifully gowned ladies
but we must say every one was at
his or her best.
REGINALD HUGHES HURT
Reginald Hughes, age 6, was
riding on the handle bars of a bi
cycle of his brother, Anthony, who
was riding on the seat. Going on
20th, when at Charles St., Reginald
caught his foot in the spokes of
the front wheel causing both boys
to fall to the pavement. The fall
resulted in laceration of Reginald's
left ankle. He was taken Nicholas
Senn hospital and later to his home.
BITTEN BY DOG
Manuel Rees, age 10, 2811 Frank
lin St., was attack and bitten by a
dog, Friday, Nov. 20th, while run
ning through an alley at the rear
of 2821 Seward St. A bite on the
right breast was treated at the
COUPLE MARRIED
IN COUNCIL BLUFFS
Mr. K. A. H'll and Miss W!lm'na
Searcy, of th's c'ty, were marr'ed
Monday, Nov. 23rd, at Bethel Cen
ter, by Rev. G. W- Slater, Council
Bluffs, la.
Feted By K. of P.
Atty. S- A. T. Watkins, Supreme
Chancellor of the Knights of Py
thias and Courts of Calantie visit
ed Omaha Thursday Nov. 19th for
the purpose of helping in the reor
ganization of the four Omaha
chapters of this order. Atty. Wat
ATTY S. A. T. WATKINS
kins gave an inspiring talk and
rished much valuable informa
which members <>f the chap
ters say should effect a successful
future for the K. P’s. of Nebraska.
Seventy-five members were pre
sent at the gathering. The meet
ing was followed by a banquet. Mr.
Watkips addressed a Denver aud
ience on Thursday,
The four Orders of the K. P. in
Omaha, are Keystone, No. 4; Mr.
C. B. Mayo, C. C.; Western Star
No. 1, Mr. C B. Wilks, C. C.; and
J. H. Russell, K. R. S.; Hermone
Court, and the Ivory Leaf Court.
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R. A. Loans $3,727,250
On Nebraska Farms
More than $21,000,000 has been
advanced 'n loans and grants by the
Resettlement Administration dur
ing the pa.-t year in Nebraska,
Kansas and the Dakotas, a report
from the office of Regional RA Di
rector Cal W. Ward revealed today.
Ward commented he thought the
total “represents a big investment
in the future success and prosper
ity of these four farm states.”
“Th's money com*ng in the form
of re habiUtation loans or emer
gency grants has helped many a
farmer get started back on the
road to independence,” he declared.
“And th's year, since the drouth,
it has also meant prevention of
actual starvation for hundreds of
famil'es who were left without a
cash income.”
The summary report sa'd a total
of $13,890,622 had been advanced
on 55.410 rehabilitation loans in
th four states. An additional $7,
435,346 wen out 'n the form out
right emergency grants to 38,353
fam'Ues.
By states the figures showed
North Dakota with the largest
amount of loans, $4,071,164 hav*ng
been advanced in that state in 17,
127 transactions. Nebraska had $3,
727,260 loaned in 8,007 cases, South
Dakota $3,244,012, wh‘le Kansas
was low with $2,848,296 advanced
in 4,287 transact'ons.
Ward explained that figures were
of Nov. 1st and that the covered
the perlod since the inauguration of
the RA in July, 1935
South Dakota had the largest
total number of grants during that
time. A $3,233,682 amount was dis
tributed to 14,474 families in that
state.
North Dakota was next w'th
9,087 families requir'ng $2,412,850
'n emergency grant a'd while Kan
sas came third $1,039,470 distribut
ed to 7,175 famines. In Nebraska,
$749, 344 was advanced 7,617 fam
ilies.