— ' ’ 1 ^_ _———^ m YP r CENTS Sj 0 PER j ^ ^ COPY HEW TOTHEL1NE\ Entered as Second Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Nebraska- Omaha, Nebraska, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1937 Vo>' James Gavagan, Tammany Demo crat representing a Harlem Dis trict. So angry was the Chicagoan over the snub to his proposed legisla tion and the “deception” that had been practiced on him that when J. Rurwood Daly, Democratic con gressman from Pennsylvania, ap proached refused to talk with him • “I thought you were a gentle man,” remarked Daly. “You can go to hell replied Mit chell. Afterward he blamed Republi can and “misguided Democrats for his defeat, declaring: “Resentment of the Republicans at a Speech I made in June, 1936,. has been cherished ever since, and found expression in their decision to vote against my bill in a body. ' “Democrats who have aided them in this bill will regret it, 1 believe, for no decision is likely by the Su preme Court on anti-lynohing leg islation for the next election, if such legislation is passed now Meanwhile the Republicans will claim credit and use it to swing colored votes to that party.” However, the representative said he would work “wholehearted ly” for the Gavagan bill and is sure it will pass the house although he has grave doubts of its constit utionality. The Gavagan bill has the sup port of the NAACP and Northern congressmen who fought Mitchell’s measure because it was too weak to be effective. , Thirty-Five Striking Women Nabbed Cops Chicago, April 16 (ANP)— Thirty-five women strikers, picket ing the NeQy-Ann drelas plant, Wednesday engaged in a hair-pull ing match with about 100 other wo men as the latter tried to go to work. Police broke up the fight and jailed 11. All of the women involved were colored -o Mr. and Mrs. Codell Davis, Mr. William Curtia and grandson, Ho ward Robinson of Kansas City, Mo. are making their home in Omaha Diggs, 1515 No. 25th St. Jesse Owens Speaks At Knoxville College Jess Owens, internationally known Olympic track star, became the un rehearsed member of a one-act play When he stepped onto the stage at Knoxville college Thursday morn ing, April 8th, where a group of co-eds were in the midst of the play which was the final feature of the celebration of Negro Health Week. Owens, being invited to speak at the college, came into the auditor ium and, thinking that the regular ohapel services were in progress, went directly to the stage. As he ctame in, the play was interrupted by the applause of the audience in recognition of a great celebrity. This applause became deafening as the track star seated himself with the members of the cast. At the close of the play Mr. Jess Owens addressed the large assembly in his pleasing sitage voice. After expressing his delight at being at K. Q., America’s No. 1 athlete of 1936 told of the most thrilling experience during the Olympic games in Berlin. It was just after he had won an mportant meet while watching the “Stars and Stripes’ being raised above all other flags as the strains of “The Star Spangled Banner” grew louder and louder hat James Cleveland Owens experienced the happiest moment of his career. 25th And Grant Scene Of Another Accident An auto-truck collision at the intersection of 26th and Grant Sts. Monday afternoon caused the in jury of four persons, one perhaps seriously. Bruno English, driver of the truck, was taken to St. Joseph hospital with a possible fractured vertebra in his neck. Mrs. Lucille Dennis, 21, driver of the euto, her son Rahn, 3 and Mrs.. Louise An thony, all slight cuts fand bruises. They were given emergency aid and Mrs Dennis was booked by po lice on a driving charge. The case was continued until April 27tJh in t)he Court of Judge Dennis O’Brien Tuesday morning. _/•»__ LEWIS VISITS FRIENDS John Henry Lewis, light heavy weight champion wa§ entertained by Mr. and Mrs. John James, friends of his boyhood days at 2617 Grant street Monday afternoon. Others present were Mrs. Etta Butler, Paul Haze, musician and Boyd V. Gallowey of the Guide. Lewis played several selections on the piano. Mias Marion L- Warthen, daugh ter of Mrs. Pearl Warthen, 2636 Franklin St., left for Los Angeles and Sacramento, Calif!., on Tuesday night, April 6th. Her stay will be an indefinite one. ■-o The Gateway Quartette will ap pear in a program at St- John A. M. E.. churah on Sunday, April 18th, in Fremont Nebr. White Man Seeks Pot of Gold Found By Two Brothers Chester, S. C., April 17 (ANP) —The pot of gold coins amounting to over $6,000 found recently near Leeds, S. C., by Tobin Oank, col ored farmer and his brother, has been claimed by a white man—Ed win A. Smith of Louisville, Ky. Samuel T. Weir, chief of police here wrote Smith to make a formal claim for the money through his attorney. Crank and his brother were chop ping wood in the back yard of the home when Tobin’s axe came in contact with a hard object, which upon investigation turned out to be the treasure pot filled with gold oins. The brothers took the money to a local bank which turned it oves to tihe Federal Reserve depositor it being generally understood here that the money exchanged for bank notes would be divided equally anymg the seven members of the Crank i1.tni,ily. The Cranks were conceded priority of ownership be cause (he treasure was found on tihe family’s iproperty. Louisville Resident Smith asked Chester authorities to “Give the Darkies $300 each and send me the gold by insured registered mail.” 'He claimed to have buried the $6,624 in gold, while suffering from amnesia. Friends here of the Crank brothers do not believe such a plea will have any standing in a court of law, since amnesia means loss of memory and if Smith was suf fering from amnesia how does he know where he buried the money— if indeed, buried it at all ? I _ '——— A Little Dog Tusktgee, April 17 (ANP)—The two hundred odd doctors who at tended the clinic this year, most of whom were in tihe chaped the night Dr. R. R. Moton, president emeritus spoke, are still chuckhng over one of the stories which illuminated his trenchant address. It was the story of a dog. “There is a st>'7,” said Dr. Mo ton, “which they tell of a little col ored boy in Suffolk, Va. “The boy had a mongrel dog which he had taught to do certain tricks. (The doctors assembled will forgive me for the—since I am not referring to anybody here, nor anyone who has gone tither.) “This little boy, so the story goes was accustomed to taking the dog over to the business district and have him do trioks for the amuse ment of the passers-by. “One day a doctor came along— ho was one of the leading physi cians of Suffolk—and watched the little boy and hisdog going through their routine. He said ‘Tommy, I, have a good thoroughbred dog but as yet I have been unable to make him do all sorts of tricks—besides, I imagine you pick up a little money at it too.’ The boy replied, ‘yes, I do pick up a little money during the day, ometim.es as much as three dollars.’ ‘Well, how do you do it,’ the doctor inquired. ‘Well Doc, you see its like this,’ said Tommy. ‘In order to teach a dog trioks you have got to have more sense than the dog has, ” Lewis Wins By Knockout END COMES EARLY IN FOURTH ROUND In the 4th round of a scheduled 10-round bout at the City Auditor ium Tuesday night, John Henry Lewis, flashy light heavyweight champion of the world scored a technical knockout over Harold “Millionaire” Murphy of Spring field, Mo. John Henry proved to the fans that he is a champion in every sen se of the word after pounding the “Millionaire” all over the ring in the first two rounds with a series of rights to the lower part of his opponents jaw in the third knocked Mr. Murphy down for a nine count. A's he staggered to his feet he reeled back against the ropes on the west side of the ring, and with both hands down, took another on the jaw. He sank to the floor as the bell rang. Thought Fight Over The large crowd thought the fight | was over, figuring Lewis had scored a technical knockout. The guy who operates the light switches thought so, and flicked off the ring lights. The result was the fourth round was half spent in semi-darkness, but Mr. Murphy’s head was in -somewhat of a dizzy stage and it didn *t matter much. Preliminary fights were “Gorilla” Jone156, Los Angeles, knocked out Battling Nelson, 168, Norfolk, Neb. in fourth round. Red Bruce, 180, Pittsburgh, technically knock ed Frankie Lei 179, Kansas City, in the third round, Jimmie Legrone 141, Des MJoines, decisioned Peto Aicanter, 143, Kansas City in six rounds, Joe Matheson 149 Herman Neb declined Floyd Barker, 160 Marshal town la., in six rounds. Quintan Hill 175 Des Moines deci sioned Les McDonald 195 Grand Island Nebr. -o SUNRISE GOLFERS OPENS FOR THE SEASON The Sunrise Golfers met Fri day evening, April 9th, at the Urban Leagut Center. Flans [were outlined, by the president for the golf season. The secretary was instructed to mak;e application for mem fcershjip ijn the MSd-\Vest As sociation. The membership wap closed ydtli Vera Cowan as the new ^nember. The next meeting will be held [April 23. The subject for the cliscupffi.on 'w'JU be “Simplify ing the Golf Stroke.” Rae Lee Jones, President lone Hamgar, Secretary Rev. G. M. Howell of St- Paul A. ML E- church, 24th and Parker streets, was the breakfast guest of Mrs. John Capelton, 1814 No. 28th St Gets Life in Prison as White Woman Isn’t Certain of Identity Raleigh, N. C., April 17 (ANP)— Because Mrs. Sarah Lyle", white, has since decided she is not posi tive that he is the right man, Char les Smith will not die in the lethal gas chamber, April 30th but in stead must spend his life in prison. Smith, charged with breaking in to her room and trying to attack her, was convicted on the testimony of Mrs. Lyles and her 14 year old son Clarence. His conviction and sentence of death was appealed to the state supreme court and up held- Immediately the woman sign ed a statement saying: “1 hereby respectfully request that you do not allow Charles Smith to die in the lethal ga« cham ber. This request is made because, since the trial, I have considered the matter seriously and I believe hia should not be put to death. It is a possibility that there was a mistake in the identification of my assailant.’’ The change in sentence was oiv dered by Covemor Hoey. > \ _ ■■ -O .. GOODWILL MUSICAL TO BE BETTER THAN 2 YRS. AGO I - I i The music lovers of Omaha will j be interested to know that the Goodwill Spring Musical, feature ing some of Omaha’s best choirs, assisted by the City Service orch estra, directed by George W. Bry ant, promises to be far better than ever before. This musical, which will be pre ented at the Pilrgim Baptist church 25th and Hamilton streets, on Sun day April 25th at 2:45 p m., was organized by L. L. MoVay, a mem ber of St. John AME church choir. The purpose of this movement is to create and bring about closer social and spiritual relationship among the churches and their choirs, and to develop goodwill outside of the church circle as well as in. Another outstanding feature of the program will be the numbers from the City Service orchestra, and a brief message by Dr- R. A. Adams, pastor of St. John AME church on “The Relation of a Choir to Public Worship.” So that the beauty and sacred nesB of the prooessionals may not be disturbed, we are asking that you be on time at 2:45 p. m. n- - .. NOTICE! .. .All Junior Choir Directors are urged to meet Miss Ethel Jones, general director of the Guidite Club May Day Festival Monday evening April 19th at 8:15 p. m. at YWCA. All churches ard urged to send in the names of those who are to contest for the honor of being named Queen to repre sent their respective churches at the manraiouth May Day Festival Sunday May 16th at at 3:00 p. m., to Uncld Gil, Omaha Guide. Read the Guidite Page found in this paper for further information. Blowtorch Used By Mobsters In Double Killing Social Welfare Meet At Zion Baptist The InterdtinominntionRl Minis terial Alliance of Omaha present ed for two days, April ’2th and 13th, a Social Welfare program at Zion Baptist church, which proved to bo vary attractive in that it dealt with practical subjects, handled by men and women com petent to deal with the questions. The conference indicated a pur pose to meet the local as well as the general situation. Judge Herbert Rhoades in his address to 'the conference revealed the following statistical facts “That divorces had ind 400, peri cent in 30 years. That divorces in Douglas County were at the rate of 1,000 each year, with only 2,500 marriages, proving that practical ly 2 out of every 3 marriages de veloped into broken homes. This Judge Rhoades said “is the con tributing factor in a large sense to the problem of delinqtiency am ong the Negro. However, he stat ed that such a condition is no great er among the Negro than that of any other group. Dr. Laurence ft Br»wi, head of the department of Sociology, Crei ghton university, who spoke on the subject “Juvenile Deliquency a Community Problem,’ stressed up :m the fact that there was a groat need in Omaha for the cooperation of all groups in the securing of playgrounds and recreational cen-i begs, not on the edge of town but in the very locality where the un derprivileged child is to be. found, thus giv:ng him the opportunity to give off that latent energy that is to be found in every American boy and girl under proper supervision, which will otherwse be given off in e. way that leads to the Juvenile Courts.’ The meeting was one of interest and was well attended by the min isters of the city and those engag ed in social work. Albert Bell Dies After suffering a stroke on the night of March 20th Albert Bell, son of one of Omaha’s early fam ilies died in the hospital at 3 o’clock oe Thursday afternoon, March 25th He died on the eve of his 39th birth day. Bell, bom in Denver, Colo-, came to Omaha with his family as a small child. His father was a pro minent person in the field of hotel services in Omaha for a period of 30 years until he and Mrs. Bell moved to Chicago to make their home with a daughter. Mrs. Mar garet Steward. Bell, because of hi* mannerisms of polished politeness became a well known figure in Omaha. He was well informed in the field of writ ing and literature in general. Be cause of these characteristics of generosity, politeness and friendli ness he leaves in addition to a mo ther and sister in Chicago, many local friends and associates to mourn his loss. Mrs. Amanda Brooks, 3204 Pink ney street, is now living with Mrs. C- H.. Hall, 2520 Decatur. She asks that her friends visit her any af ternoon. -o Swing to the Music of EU Rice April 19, 1937 Dreamland Hall Winona, Miss., April 17—While Gov. Hugh White was telling a Mississippi gathering of the Stated wonderful record of no lynchings during 15 months, 600 Whites of Winona, Miss., wrested two colored prisoners from the custody of Sheriff E. F* Wright and his two deputies and took them on a “lyn ching party,” a favorite southern pastime. The savage lynching of Roose velt Townes and John MaDaniels, their flesh iseared with blow torch flames to exact “confessions to the killing of a white man faced a two fold investigation today even as Congress considered legislation to curb mob violence of such charact er The men who were accused of killing George Windham, a store keeper were thrown into a school bus and motored to a spot near Dock Hill, while they screamed for mercy. Some 50 automobiles fol lowed in the bus’ wake. Arrived at the Hcene, Townes and McDaniels were tied to trees and stripped to their waists. Burned to Death Blow torch flames cooked their chests. Townes died from the bums. McDaniels was shot through the head. SPEND 1 Night In Hollywood at the Omaha Guide's Movie Style Revue.Become a movie star for a night. Meet the ‘doubles’ of your favorite Radio, Stage, and Screen stars the most col orful style parade of the sea son to be given at the beautiful Dreamland Ball Room Monday night, May 10th. Appropiate dance Music will be In the of fering. The Aloha Club Regale Their Friends A gay courtesy was extended the friend^ of the Aloha club Wed nesday evening March 31»t at a post Lent season dance at the Ma sonic Temple. The hall was beau* t if ally de rated in white and pur ple colors. Under soft lights, the guest® of the popular club danced to the tune® played by Simon Harrold and his swinging Synco Hi-Hatters. A very delicious punch filled sher bet was served. Special visitors of the club were introduced by the club president, H. W. Black; they were as follows Mrs. Ernestine Postal, of Detroit; Mrs. Williams, Oklahoma City; Mrs- Viola Dyson, Denver; Mr. Moore, Winnipeg, Canada. The mar riage of Mr. Bert Fowler to Miss Eula Square was formerly announ ced at the party. Opens New School For Beauty Students Mrs. Christine Althouse, well known beautician, i§ (announcing ©he opening of a new beauty school. This school, Mrs. Althouse said is i equipped to do all types of beauty [work. Ten students have already enrolled and many more express ed their intentions to do their cos® metology preparation work under Mrs. Althouse. The Althouse school is located at 2422 No. 22nd street. _ Spend "A Night in Hollywood” Monday, May 10