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LeDIIORIALS.. THE OMAHA GUIDE Published Every Saturday at 2418-20 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebraska Phones: WEbster 1617 or 1618 Entered as Second Class Matter March 16, 1927, at the Postoffiee at Omaha, Neb., underAct of Congress of March 3, 1879. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 PER YEAR Race prejudice must go. The Fatherhood of God and the Brother hood of Man must prevail. These are the only principles which will stand the arid test of good. All News Capy of Churches and all Organizations must be in our sffice not later than 6:00 p. m. Monday for current issue. All Adver tising Copy or Paid Articles not later than Wednesday noon, preceed ing date of issue, to insure publication. I Hu.sim.ss Week bus published mi interesting letter showing the business record state by state comparing the first, nine months of 193(i to the same period last year. biggest improve mi nt in passenger motor ear sales—38 per emit— occurred in t.ie Pacific Coast states, with the Mountain group running a close second with .35 per cent, hi commercial ear sains, however, tin* hast South Central states were firrft. I up 37 percent, with second place shared by the East North Central and «»st South Central States which each showed an advance of 31 percent. I he Midill « Atlantic commonwealths led by far in. heavy construction, with an improvement of 121 percent. Second was tlie hast South Central group, advancing 81 percent. biggest gain in electric power output, 21 per cent, occurred in the South Atlantic group, with the Mountain group, second up 19 per cent. Farm income gained most in New England, 23 per cent, w«h the Mountain states, Went North Central and East North Central States, all showing a 16 per cent jump. Value of checks drawn—one of the most accurate of busi ness barometers—increased 19 per cent in the Pacific states, the largest gain. Second with 18 per cent were the East' North Cen tral states. THE PRESIDENT AND PEACE Ais bafling and complex as are all the epochal internal problems facing the nation in this era of great social flux, they could be reduced in one swift moment to secondary importance. Should the powder keg of Avar explode in Europe ail else save America’s attitude for the duration of that Avar would fade in to comparative insignificance. True, avo have heard much of the po\A'der keg, and it’s never gone off. Put unless all the major prophets are Avrong, war will strike within four years, while Roosevelt is still in the White TTousc. p f • | f i There is much talk that the President, with his now and ov erwhelming mandate of confidence, will be a strong force for peace in the world. Dictators, they' say, are pushing, around the leaders of the two other big democracies, Pratooe and England, because the dictators have their people solidly behind them. There is talk of a RoosoA'elt move taking the form of an inter national conference to check the armaments race, and to pledge the boycotting of any aggressor in Avnr. It will he for the President to judge Iioav far America should amd wamits to go in international co-operation. Put if Avar breaks, his task of keeping us out of it will bet the biggest job any man ever faced. In the early morning n father was struggling to get some heat from the kitchen stove. Exasperated by the balky fire, he said “I’ll wake it up! ’ and seized a can of kerosene. Then the sleeping giant did aw alee, Tn the explosion and fire that followed, the entire family of six were killed. Fire accidents are particularly prevalent at this cold sea son. People become impatient, try to quicken a fire with kero- ^ sene or still worse, gasoline. Needless to say, this is a practice that m never safe. , . Fatal accidents from dry cleaning with gnjpoMtia. benzine or other inflnmnlde liquids are also ant to oeenr. TTons»wiveq who have been nttemptin<» tlmir emu drv cleaning with these dan gerous fluids in their hackvnrds are forced to en msidehvthe cold weather. Pore no emlnsive mixture of "a,sol‘no fiiTnoq and air is nnioklv formed in tho eonfiWid suneo and ordv a t'nv Pumn or «mrlr !<j rermired to cause an oxnles'oo and fire Ten thousand uorsonc los-* their liven “o fires nuunallv and an euual number are seriously inirtred The urouertv less from Piro f>*-nrooos about ^,000 000 OOfl oaeh vCar For tbe good nr ah fake oyerv precaution to avoid fire and !+« an'rfn1 and dtsastrouk eousoqnenees. Clarence Johnstone, internationally famous variety singtr, who with his former partner Turner Layton, has been Ihe rage in the Eu ropean entertainment field for the past decade. They entertained the former King Edward VIif when he was the Prince of Wales, frequently and perhaps had closer contact with him than any other person of color. The note a coin matrwl from St. James Palace for their appear ance. King’s Colored Friend Describes Monarch’s Democratic Habits Chicago, Dec. 24 (ANP)—Clar ence Johnstone, silver haired singer who, as a member of the interna tional! famous team of Layton and Johnstone, rose t<> become one of tho highest salaried and most sou ght ufter entertainers of the group, sat in the Associated Netgro Press offices here Tuesday and related in timate experiences during his as sociation with he former King Ed ward, VIII, who abdicated from the throne of England. Mr. Johnstone and his partner had perhaps enjoy ed closer contact with the king when ho wus Prince of Wales than, any other person of color. An ardent admirer of the n°w DLuke of Wind sor, Mr. Johnston praised the for mer mjonach |as |a high-mil 11e!c'{ through democratic, royalist-human fun-b'ving, generous and lovable. “I am sincerely grieved at the misfortune which has befallen the king,” said Mr. Johnstone. “My long residence in England has giv en me a profound appreciation for tho dignity and tradition which at taches to the British Soverignty and while I know that the burdens of kingship must have been oner ous, still I would have preferred to see him remain on the throne.” Mr. Johnstone is residing in Chi cago temporarily while he is re hearsing with his new jiirtner, J. C. Elliot. Johnston and Layton dis solved partnership nearly a year ago after twelve years of startling success on the continent during which they played frequently before royalty, and their annual income rose as high as a half a million dollars a year. Johnstone then sent to America for Jules Bledsoe with whom ho appeared for a brief six months. Still seeking the ideal part ner, he returned to America to look for Elliot, with whom he had form erly worked. Cables had failed to reveal Elliot’s whereabouts, but Johnstone finally f<uind him in Chi cago where he had come after he returned from Europe some time ago. The duo expect to embark for England ufter polishing up their routine and doing some concert and variety engagements in Amer ica. Mr. Johnstone related how he and Layton had first met the prince. Sir Thomas Lipton, Lord and Lady Mountbatten, and The Ripht Hon orable Mr. and Mrs. Norton who had heard the performance in Flor ida, had all insisted that they in vade the continent. They sailed aboard the Orbit a and while still in mid-ocean, were offered an en gagement at the Quadrant club, then one of the smaller but most exclusive entertainment spots in London. It was the sort of esta blishments which was scarcely lar ger than a drawing room, but where champagne brought $10 a bottle, and through whose portals only the aristocratic were supposed to ented. 'llhe Prince’s appreciation of their art continued to manifest it self, and when he was going abroad on his renowned world tour n few years ago, he happened to mention in Johnstone’s hearing the name of hts favorite air. Johnstone and Lay ton had a special gramophone re cord of it made. The day before his Royal Highness’ departure, John stone went to present it. The Prince received him, and the singer, bow ing low, offered his gift. The Prin held out his hand, but some how the celluloid disc slipped. “People talk about a thing smash itig into a thousand pieces, but be lieve mo that record broke into a Father Divine Angels Finally Talk New York, Dec. 24 (C)—Angels of Father Divine have finally talk ed, revealing mtuih amazing infor mation abort “God’s" cash income. For months the Supreme Court has been trying to find out why Father Divine can’t pay a $6,000 judgment secured against him in a bus accident. Father has always pleaded he is innocent about money matter, although a book has been written about his riding in a Rolls Royce, and he has startled New York with the ipurdhase of a string f farms up-state, and riding around in his own private plane. Now two ex-angels, Verinda Brown, and the second stilll bear in her ‘heavenly” name—“Humil ity and Consolation”—who told William Lesselbaum, attorney in the bus case, under oatih, that Divine has a tremendous income—estimat ed it $500 a week. Humility and Consolation, who said she was a cashier in one of the branch hea ven’s at 203 W. 139th street, the ono to which swanky Strivers Rov residents strenuously objected ihat sho took in money from th' dining room and also rent fron the rooming houses. She said tha each nght she went to Fatfhr’s of fico with the day’ receipts in cast and turned all over to him. About* forty cashiers made such report t from the various branch heavens and all reports from tihe variouF branches were reported separatel; no two being allowed in Father’s presence at the same time. The cashier said her day’s re ceipts were from $25 to $30, with an increase on Sundays. Calvin To Name Arkansas School Little Rock, Ark., Dee. 18 (C)— Prof. R. C. Childress of the Depart ment of Education has announced receipt of a letter from C. C. Samp son, secretary of the local school board at Ch>w, Ark., advising the board has unanimously voted to permit Floyd J. Calvin of New York City to name the new school which was built with the aid of the PWA. The school was formally opened on Oct. 16th, with educators from throughout the state being present, among them Prof. Child ress and Mrs. Anna M. P. Strong of the State Department of Educa tion. Prof. R. D. Johnson is princi pal. The school is located at the home of Mr. Calvin, head of a news service in New York, and Joseph E. Calvin, his father, is a member of the board and was largely re sponsible for securing funds with which to erect the building. million,” Johnstone said as he des cribed the incident, Johnstone rushed in mad haste to his partner. 11 What’ll we do?” he demanded. “Can’t have the Prince disappointed.” “Make another,” said Turner Layton. “Another?” gasped Johnstone. "Rut the Prince sails tomorrow' morning, and it’s late afternoon now.” “Can’t help that,” drawled Lay ton. The phonograph company was telephoned, directors, managers; unerlings; all were cajoled, threat ened, pleaded with. And by keeping the works open until dawn—when Mr. Johnstone travelled to the ship —the new record was taken, in perfect condition, to the prince. Hughes’ Mother Made Speech About Son Kansas City, Kas., I ec. 24 (C)— Mrs. C. I,angst>>n Hughes of Cleve land, O., mother of Langston Hu ghes, poet, playwriglht, novelist and dramatist, addressed spoke to students of Western university last week speaking mainly about the life work of her distinguished son. Mrs. Hughes said in part; “Then we come to Langston Hughes and you have all possiLly read some of his history. I am going to tell you something of the recent things ho has done. He went to Russia with twenty-eno colored pe<He from New York and was supposed to have a new picture. They were asked to stay and wefre cared for by the government of Russia. He went to Kasha Pasha. While there he had to have a guard beta-use they had novel1 had on 'ther American in that part of the country. He wrote a history of ijhe lives of the people there and from that book he rece ived a fellowsh p and was supposed to go to Spain to write and of coar se we know of the >nfus on there. At the same time 1 was ill. Many thought ho had 1 eon killed and sometimes headl nes, of the pc,per came out, Langston Hughes—Pro bably killed in Spain.’ From the Wilhem Fellowship he wrote the ‘Higih Baldwin’ and that w 11 ap pear in 1937. “You know of ‘Mulatto.’ He has been the only Negro to have a drama to run for one year on Broadway and from the ipoem that he wrote at nineteen, the play was LINCOLN, NEBR., NEWS NOTES Tho death of Leroy Mauldran at he state prison Friday, Dec. 4tih, <l<>sed his part of a robbery of a grocery store and and a murder ,hat to>k place in Omaha in 1923. ,1any Omahans will call to memory hat Leroy Mauldron was associat sd with Wesley in this robbery. They robbed Grogan grocery store n Sew kind St. At the time they ' bfeed the store a customer at , minted to slip out, by the name of Deerso<n, who was promptly shot .id killed by Wesley. The two boys were located in a day or two, ar vsted, tried in the district court, jund guilty and sentenced to be electrocuted. But in the meantime Wesley’s mother and sister came derived. The poem, I think is: “My old man’s a wfh te old man Aim! my old mother’s black, If ever I cursed my white old man I take my curses back. If ever 1 dursed my black old mother And wished she were in hell I am sorry for that evil wish And now I wish her well. My old man died in a fine big house, My ma dUtd in a shack, <1 wonder where I am gonna die Be'ng neither white or black? “His play has been running ini San Francisco for several months: and 1 do not know how long it will j i o I ere but the prospects are very enceurag'ng. “He has turned playwright. He; \-i not writing books just at this time. He works for the Esqu re and for the American and for the Out- | door—several other smaller maga-; z nes. By nowhe has three plays. | One play of his ran in Clciveland list year for 3 weeks. It wl! soon I s on Broadway. They have tried to i are Ethel Waters take a part [ but during this time, she has beer I under c<>n/t |Kit. ‘Troubled Hours’ was in Cleveland and Newark. “ ‘Miniat to’ has been booked for j tho screen in Holywood. He has another play he finished last year and the RKO manager has already been to New York to see what they j •are going to do about the play.” I Harlem School To Be Enlarged This Year New Yotk, Dec. 19 (C)—In the '! ard of Education building pro 's m tailing for the capital ex enditure of $30,000,000 r.'xt yen', ia It m’s Frederick Dot. 'glass Jun ov ni^ii Sxlwt.1 No. 139, in 140th St. between Seventh and Lenox ave nues- is to get an annex at a cst if $771,000. Ovrcrwding in thi ;■ hool is is so bad at present tha triple Bcsshcis are held. to Omaha from Oklahoma, and sought Rev. Burckhardt’s help try ing to git in a new trial, which the district court refused to consider Rev. Burckhardt did not allow that to stop his efforts in the interest of the wo boys. So he at once ad vised that Lawyer John Adams, sr., be brought into the case, which wtts done and the Omaha colored citi zens raised a fund to pay the fil ing expenses of the application to the supreme cfliusrt, in the imerest of ft hearing before that body which was granted. At the hearing of the supreme court. Leroy Mauldron’s was changed from death to life Im prisonment, and Wesley’s electrocu tion was stayed for one year. Dur ing (Jhis stay Wesley became in sane and Rev. Burckhardt asked for Wesley to be brought before the state board of insanity which was granted. Wesley was judged insane and was committed to the Lincoln asylum, where he stayed foT just ten days. He called the super intendent! of the asylum to his ward and told him he would rather go back to the prison and be electro cute than remain thece among those era ay folks, for if he remain ed there ho wi-lld soon be as craay as they were. Hence there wasn’t anything for the superintendant to do but advise the pardon board of v.-hot Wesley had said, and he was ordered back to itjhe prison. In a short time !:« was brought to Oma ha and r . pee red before Judg- Fitz gerald. Ho wv-s la-er.le_d U el ectrocution on Dec. SO, 1927. Rev. Burckhardt, by accident, happened to he in Judge Fitzgerald’s court when Weeley was brought in for re> sen^-ncir— n"d v-rVcbed the pro cedure. He heard Wesey thank the Judge for resentencing him to die. Rev. Burckhardt at once resolved that Wesley was sure enough crazy and that ho did not intend to let them kill him. At once he began to Hgh' f'v to !,i commuted 1 1 jlO. just eight days before the date of the electrocution Wesley was commuted to life in prison where ho now survives his friend Mn (hlron. Beeau; e of Rov. Burck hardt’s cose relationship with the Mauldron case, the prison Chap lain invited Rev. Burckhardt, who, a few days before Manldron’s death had been out and prayed with him, to associate him in depositing the last earthly remains of Mauldron in a grave among the American l egions with the rest of the World War veterans. The funeral services and attendants consisted of three. to cl": I-’;n Thom s Maxwell, Rev. Bun khardt and the man who drove the hearse. No. father, no mother, no brother, no sister to bed a tear or bid farewell to that poor boy. I wish you who read this Article wr< uld resolve in your heart to believe that crime d es not pay. i My*%% “Buckwheat” Thomas, famous moving pic ture star of “Our Gang" comedies sends re gards to his thousands of admirers in conjunc tion with The Associated Negro Press. “Buckwheat” and A. N. P. wish all of you the Happiest of Christmas Holidays and A Bright and Prosperous New Year. WMT-'