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C1TY | EDITION T , ( „SA , . ._ - : . J _. ' VOLUME 13 OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1936 NUMBER THIRTY-SEX American Legion Membership Drive Gets Good Start The membership drive of Omaha post of the American Legion f»r a roster of at least 3.000 names to insure that it will continue to lead the world appeared certain to end successfully at the end of the third week’s drive Wednesday Robert Dunn .presi dent of the Fontenelle Brewing Co., and chairman °f the Legion mem bership committee named by Post Commander Robert Webb, said that the army of 200 workers, led by their respective captains, had sign ed up hundreds of new members with every indication that the quo ta would be reached by the closing hour Saturday. * NEGRO BOY MAKES HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL Alfonzo Davis, of Technical high school, succeeded in qualifying for the high shool honor roll with no grades beow “2” in scholarship or in citizenship. Prviously he had made the “Praemium Gratiae Pal atie award in citizenship. Davis made honor roll grades be fore but did not receive the award due to the discretion of one of the faculty. He has a fine athlete and also a leader at the school and in the community. He was candidate for secretary of his graduating class, but was defeated, by four votes, by his opponent. If Davis succeeds in making the honor roll next quarter he will be the only colored honor graduate in his grad v uating class. YELLOW CAB DRIVER ROBBE1 After being hailed by a dark skinned Negro, between the ages of 28 and 30, Sunday, W. E. Rein bold, driver of a Yellow Cab, was ordered to drive to 29th and Deca tur. When at 28th and Seward, it is alleged that the Negro ordered he driver to stop the car. When the driver opened the door, th passenger produced a snub-nosed gun and robbed Reinbold, the dri ver, of $15.10. AT AUTO SHOW B. • MENE^IK JACKSON Salesman for Cathedral Motors, Inc., 3215 Broadway, at 125th St., New York City, who set a sales record on Dodge and Plymouth cars and represented his firm at the Na tional Automobile Show at Grand Central Palace, being the first and only colored exhibitor at the annual auto show. Mi-. Jackson was born at St. Charles, Mo., but grew up in St. Louis. He graduated from M«>rehouse college, Atlanta, in ‘31 with the A. B. degree, and began selling cars in April, 1935. Dr. W. W. Alexander Named Under Secre tary of Agriculture Washington, Nov. 28 (ANP)—• Announcement of the appointment of Dr. WUl'am W. Alexander, for many years a well known liberal and fr'end of the Negro 'n the south, to succeed Dr. Rexford Tug well as under-secretary of Agr* culture was announced last week by Secretary Henry Wallace. Dr. Alexander, who resigned as pres'dent of D'llard un'vers’ty in New Orleans some months ago to devote all his t'me to the pos'tion Bureau of Resettlement under Dr. of Ass'stant Adm'n'strator of the Tugwell, immediately left w'th Secretary Wallace on an auto tour of representative southern states 'n order to acqua'nt his 'mmediate (Continued on Page 7) FLETCHER HENDERSON Disappoints 2,000 In Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines, la.—Fletcher Hen derson and his orchestra, who were scheduled to appear in Des Moines, la. at the Armory, Wednesday, Nov. 25th, under the auspices of the El Producto club, failed to make an appearance and a crowd estimat ed to be between 1,500 and 2,000 were greatly disappointed. Atty. J. Nelson Thompson, president and business manager of the El Pro ducto club was at a loss to explain why the orchestra did not appear. Hie contract, wich has been turn ed over to the American Federation of Musicians Union for them to act and investigate the case, shows that the contract had been fully performed on the part of the local promoters and that there was no excuse known to the local promot ers why the band should not appear. Atty. Thompson has publicly de clared that this matter will receive the greatest amount of attention possible and with the aid of the American Federation of Musicians prophesied that Fletcher Hender son will be prohibited to play any other engagements until a settle ment is made. He also prophesied that the license of Jesse Johnson of St. Louis to book bands will be permanently revoked. It happens that Jesse Johnson’s name appears on the contract and a check of the records in Des Moines shows that a warrant for Johnson’s arrest for obtaining money under false pre tenses has been issued, turned out to the Armory to hear Nearly 2,000 Des Moines people the “Christopher Columbus’’ orch estra swing forth. The normal ■dance attendance is usually not over 500. (continued on page 5) Harmon Foundation Exhibits Negro Art New York C‘ty, Nov. 28 (ANP) —A series of exhibitions, present ed in groups and featuring materi als on Negro achievement in art has been assembled by the Harmon Foundation, 140 Nassau St., th's c'ty and made available to study use >n clubs, churches, schools mu seums and interracial programs. The exhibitions consist of or1 g<nal paintings and sculpture by colored art'sts, photos of or'g'nal art work, art activ't'es and Afri can prim't'ves; illustrated reviews and lectures by noted experts; mo tion pictures, featur'ng one on Afr'ca, w'th appropriate mus'cal background and lantern slides w'th lecture material on the Negro and art. Interested persons can get complete information by address'ng the Hannon Foundation. Give Entertainment To Enlarge Library Admission One Book The Home and School Ass’n. of the Omaha Third S. D. A. church will have a book review on Wednes day evening, Dec. 9th at 8 p. m. o’clock for the sole purpose of build ing up the church school library. Along with the review, there will be other numbers rendered by ac complished musicians of the vty. Admission is one book. Books of travel, music, art, dictionaries, bio graphies, histories etc, will be ap preciated, but novels, love-stories, detective stories and the like will not be considered as choice reading for a library of growing boys and girls. Books will be collected at the door however, if y°u do not have one, you are welcome anyway. Miss Althea Lightener, who won first place in the local oratorical contest, left Friday for Chicago where she will compete in the tour nament in which other S. D. A. high school students from the great lakes states will be participants. Both Miss Lightener and Miss He len Partridge are to be compliment ed for their efforts. We feel ’hat we will be well reprsented at Chi cago even though Miss Lightener does not win. GOOD SHEPHERD CHARITY CLUB GIVE THANKSGIVING DINNER A free Thanksgiving dinner was given for the old folks of the com munity by the Good Sheperd Char ity club. This dinnr was served at the Coleman Dangerfield residence, 2613 Burdettte street. This is the second dinner of this kind the club has given. The program consisted of song and prayer and scripture reading by Rev. Whitelow. Dr. Len nox was the principal speaker. All enjoyed the helpful remarks. Sis ter Josie Smith, chairman of the dinner prepared a good whole some dinner which was enjoyed by all.. Sister Pearl Smith saw to it that all wre served properly. Forty aduts and, nineteen children were served and seven baskets were pre pared. Mr. Dangerfield gave the club two gallons of ice cream to be serv ed with lovely cakes. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Singleton were the Thanksgiving guests of their son-in-law, F. L. Hogan. Federal Old-Age Pensions In Effect January 1,1937 The Federal old-age benefits sys tem, provtd'ng for retirement pay ments fr«'m the Federal Govern ment to qualified persons begin ning at the age of 66 w*U go 'nto effect January 1, 1937. Th's sys tem was established by the Soc'al Secuifty Act. Its pjurpose |s to br'ng to persons employed *n fields of commerce and Industry increas ed assurance of an independent old age. These benefits are based on total wages for work done 'n th's country after Dec. 31, 1936, and before a worker become 65 years of age- Th's includes every k'nd of work for an employer w'th a few except'on?. Wages of not more than $3,000 a year from any one employ er will be added together to make up the total wages. Monthly benefits w'll range from $10 to $86 a month and will begin to be pa'd on January 1, 1942. To qual'fy for this type of benefit an 'nd'vidual must be 66 years of age, h's total wage must be $2,000 or more and must have earned wages for at least one day in each of five calendar year. Lump-stim payments w'll be made to ind'v'duals who reach the age of 6{j but do not qual'fy for monthly benefits. 'ftie amount paid them w'll equal 3J4 per cent of the'r total wages. Death benefits w'll be paid to the estates of in dividuals who d'e before draw'ng monthly or lump-sum benefits equal to 3% per cent of ther total wages. iour i an «>i me lax Taxes called for In h's law w'll be pa'd both by your employer and by you. For the next 3 years you w'll pay maybe 16 cents a week, maybe 26 cents a week, maybe 30 cents r more, according to what you earn. That 's to say, dur'ng the next 3 years, beginn'ng Jan. 1, 1937, you w'll pay 1 cent for every dollar you earn, and at the same time your employer w'll pay 1 cent for every dollar you earn up to $3,000 a year. 20 million other workers and their employers w'll be pay'ng at the same time. After the first 3 years, that 's to say, beginning in 1940, you will pay and your employer w'll pay, 1 Vi cents on each dollar you earn, up to $3,000 a year. Th's will be the tax for 3 years, and then, be ginn'ng >n 1943, you w'll pay 2 cents and so will your employer, on every dollar you earn for the next 3 years. After that, you and your employer w'll each pay half a cent more for 3 years, and finally beg'nn'ng 'n 1949, twelve years from now, you and your employer will each pay 3 cents on each dol lar you earn, up to $3,000 a year. That is the most you w'll ever pay. The Government w'll collect both of these taxes from your employer. Your part of the tax w'll be taken out of your pay. The Government w'll collect from yur employer an equal amount out of his wn funds. Th's will go just the same 'f you go to work for another employer, so long as you work 'n a factory, shop m'ne, mill, office, store, or ■other such place of bus'ness. (Wages earned in employment as farm workers, domest'c workers 'n private homes, government work ers, and n a few other k'nd of jobs are not subject to th'stax.) GOLFERS EXPECT LARGE CROWD AT DANCE Encouraged by the advance sale of tickets members of the Swastika Golf club are expecting a record crowd to attend their annual dance which will be given this year at Jim Bell’s Harlem Cafe, Tuesday, Dec. 8th. Billy Davis chairman of the entertainment committee said that all of the members were co operating 100 per cent in th dis ribution of tickets. «*»- - CitfT* /*<?Cf<3<J M.Q, Lj M MRS. JOHN ROXBOROUGH Who was Miss Wilhelmina Morris, popular Indianapolis school teacher until last Wednesday when she became the bride of John Iioxborough of Detroit, manager of Joe Louis, the sensational young pugilist. Mr. and Mrs. Iioxborough were married in Chi cago and will be at home in Detroit after Dec. 1. Mrs. Roxbor ough was a member of Indianapolis’ exclusive social set and a ddughter of one of the pioneer families of that city. City Churches Hold Joint Meeting On Thanksgiving Day On 'Thursday morning, at 11:00 "’clock union meeting was held at Pilgrim Baptist church, the follow ing cehurches taking part: St John A ME, Clair Chapel, Bethel Pap ist (South Omaha), Bethel A. M. E., Cleave’s Temple and Pilgrim Bapt ist. Special feature of this meeting was the joint chorus of voices, Mrs. Henrietta Making was in charge. Rev, R. A. Adams, pastor of St. John A. M. E. church, deliverer! the message of the hour. Rev. F. 3. Banks, Chairman of the Minister ial Alliance, was master of cere monies. Endorses Carey For North Omaha Mayor DecembeiT 1, 1936 Editor of the Omaha Guide: After carefully considering your candidates, I have reached the con clusion that a man best fitted for this position is one interested in the following community ills: What this community needs is a cam paign for employment in the indus trial areas, the first and main is sue is teachers in the public school, enlargement of our YWCA and center and to include a gymnasium center and to include a gynasium and branch library. To approach these barriers, seeking employ ment one must first be free frrom political entanglements at all times; to seek employment for others without first considering self. The man best fitted of the five men is Jake Carey. A politician just can not do this job because his hands are tied. Sincerely S. W. Waites The Union Usher Cabinet will meet at Mt. Moriah Baptist church Sunday, Dec. 6th, at 3:00 p. m. All presidents are asked to be present. INTOXICATED DRIVER FIGURES IN COLLISION Orange Smith and Brownell Hall figured in an auto collision, Nov. 2(ith, when the Studebaker car in which they were riding, Smith be ing the driver, collided with a Ford coach, driven by one James Vest, resulting in property damage to both cars. Smith was found to be intoxicated, and taken to the station and booked, charged “Operating a Motor Vehicle Under Influence of Liquor and Improper State Auto License.” First Case Of Its Kind Since 1866 Jonesboro, Ark., Dec. 6 (ANP)— Influenced by Judge John E. Mar tineau, a former governor <>f Ark ansas, who said he believed the de fendant was guilty, a jury in U. S. district court Wednesday afternoon convicted Paul D. Peacher, white, city marshal of Earl, of slavery in connection with the false arrest and enforced slavery of eight Negroes. A fine of $3,500 was imposed and a sentence of two years imprison ment was pronounced, but Judge Martineau indicated he would place Peacher on probation if he paid the fine. Three days were given during which the city marshal’s attorney’s would decide whether to pay the fine or file an appeal. First Trial in History This was the first trial ever held under the anti-slavery statute, en acted in 1866. The maximum penal y is $5,000 fine and five yearn in prison. Eight complainants were named in the indictment. The eight men were arrested on vagrancy charges and forced to clean lands for him during the cotton choppers’ strike staged last spring by the interracial Southern Tenant Farmers' union. It was brought out at the trial that land lord’s hoped to discourage strikers by this practice and at the Same time obtain workers to labor in place of those on strike. They were all sentenced to serve 30 at a trial before the mayor of Earl, who was also justice of the peace. Peacher was the only wit ness and railroaded them to work on land he had leased from the school board. The judge haul he was not dispos ed to send Peacher to jail because of to send Peacher to jail because of the reluctance of some of the jury to convict him and because he felt tho case was representative of a prat ice, grown up through the years, of jailing men as vagrants to obtain labor. Pleads Not Guilty Peacher pleaded not guilty to charges in an indictment returned against him by a federal grand jury in Little Rock in Sept, stat ing ho had ‘aided ami abetted in causing persons to be held for slav ery.” BISHOP WRIGHT Preaches Aboard Steamship Europa London, Dec. 2 (C)—Bishop R, R. Wright, jr., of the Fifteenth Ep iscopal District of the AME church, preached to first class passengers aboard the palatial steamer, the FOSTER MOTHER WINS AT LAST New York, Dec. 2 (C)—The strange case of a colored woman battling in court for the custody of a five-year-old white child with with the backing of the child’s mo ther and father, was finally decid ed in the foster mother’s favor last Thursday. When the final decision was reached, giving the Italian girl to the colored “mother,” it was colored woman that her home was colored woman hat her home was “unfit” for the rearing of a child, was not true, and that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children sought to take the child from the colored woman and place her with Catholic Big Sisters who were to find a home for her, large ly because they didn’t like the idea of a colored woman having a white girl. Mrs. Serena Alves left court leading Lucy Peluse, smiling broadly, with Mr. and Mrs. Peluse walking behind, smiling approval. Europa, as she churned through mid-Atlantic on Sunday morning a week ago. The Bishop and Mrs. Wright, enroute to Cape Town, South Africa, were the only colored first class passengers aboard. Only a few hours after the giant liner left her moorings in North River, New York, the Bishop was sought out and invited to conduct services. A large audience heard tho Bishp, who took as his text the words of Martha, the sister of La zarus, to Jesus, found in St. John the eleventh chapter: “If Thou Hadst Been Here, My Brother, Had Not Died.” Many persons shook hands with the bishop after the sermon, telling how much they enjoyed the sermon, the subject of which was “The Presence of The Good Neighbor, the Need of the Present World.” The Bishop told Calvin Service: “Mrs. Wright and I are enjoying a wonderful trip. We embark on the Royal Mail Steamer Edinburgh Castle of the Union Castle Line for Capetown, after visiting Cher bourg, Southhampton and London.” Bishop Wright will pi’eside at the Joint Conference of South Africa on December 8th at Bleomfontaine in the Transvaal. His South Afri can address is 28 Walmer Road, Woodstock, Capetown, South Afri ca.
