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**»'■ HI tA Entered as Second Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Nebraska- Omaha, Nebraska, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1937 VOL. XI, NO 10 NAACP Says Keep Down Clashes After Fight Dear Friends: It is of the utmost importance that should JLe Louis defeat Brad dock on June 22nd there should be a minimum of exultation shown, particularly In Negro neighbor hoods throughout the country, and that all demonstrations which may lead to racial clashes be kept down and avoided as far as humanly possible. Branches of the association are urged immediately to get in touch with ministers, social workers and others to this and so that the vic tory, should Louis win, might be taken in its stride and not made the occasion for serious clashes. We hope that the editors of the Negro press will stress this editor ially in their issues of June 19th. Ever Sincerely, Walter White Secretary __o Summer Recreation at Urban League At the close of the summer in stitute which was held from June 2-12, seven recreation leaders were assigned to the Urban League and playground units. These leaders will conduct supervised play throughout the city. The new and most popular game for the summer is “Birdminton.” The courts are now ready for play at the center. A most interesting program has been outlined for the pre-school ohiU’jren. 'Clisses will . bo held from 9-12. The instructors are Celestine Smith, games; Rae Lee Jones, music; Ed rose Willis, handicraft and piano; Martin Thomas is in charge of physical Education. Dave Biddles takes care of the boys woodwork and Ray mond Whiting teaches tap danc ing, with Dave Alexander and Leon Peoples assisting in social recrea tion. There will be open recreation for grade school children every morn ing from 10:30-12:00, High school (dances *n(} social recreation will be held every Wednesday from 3 to 5 p. m. On Wednesday morn ings from 10 until 12, there will be social dancing for grade school girls and boys. Register now for summer classes. — ARNIVAL DANCE given by the Bacchanite Club, fea turing Anna Mae Winburn and her 14 Cotton Club Boys. Oh, that singing, dancing, and swinging or chestra. At the Dreamland Dance Hall on June 28th. If you buy your ticket before June 26th, ad mission 40 cents. --o Elk Heads Visit Here Arthur Toney and A. E. Pullem of Kansas City, Mo., president and treasurer respectively of the mid western association of the Elks along with W. B. Martin of Leaven worth, Kas , who is secretary, were in town Sunday to confer with of ficials of Iroquois lodge No. 92 on matters pertaining to the annual convention of the Improved Bene volent Protective Order of Elks of the World which is scheduled to convene in Omaha Saturday Juno 3rd. Chosen As State’s Master Teacher ■ —11 A. H. Waterhouse A. H. Waterhouse, superinten dent of schools at Fremont was se lected ns the first Nebraska Mas ter Teacher. He is completing his 50th year in the profession. Conceived in the belief that sub stantial tribute should be paid an nually to the teaching pmifession of the state, The Omaha Bee-Nows announces its selection for a Ne braska Master Teacher for 1937. The Master Teacher selected for 1937 is A. II. Waterhouse, super intendent of schools at Fremont. Mr. Waterhouse completed that spring his 50th year as an educa tor and his selection was the result of at poll taken among a number of the leading members of the teach ing profession in Nebraska, it is noteworthy that his selection was unanimous. While The Bee-News agrees heartily that the choice of Mr. Wa terouse is most happy, it wishes to make quite clear that tha master Teacher stands as more of the sym | bol than an individual. He repre I sents an ideal of service and sacri fice. In the state of Nebraska are many other teachers who, like Mr. Waterhouse, have givc;n ungrudg ingly in their many years of work. The Bee-News feels that Mr. Wa terhouse typifies those teachers. Since it is impossible to single each of them out for individual (Continued on Page 7) N Y . A . Helps 1800 Tennessee Students Nashville, Tenn.—Approximately J.ROO colored boys and girls in Tennessee received assistance from the National Youth Administration during the past school year, Eighty-four Negro high schools and eight colleges participated in the program. Among the latter were A. and I. State college, with 129 NYA students; Fisk university, 114 students; Knoxville college, 28; I^ne college, 105; LeMoyne col loge, 104; Meharry Medical college, 70; Morristown Normal and In dustrial college, 33 and Swift Memorial college, 10. Fifty of those attending Fisk and 24 attending Meharry were graduate students. In addition, special consideration was given unemployed and out-of school Negro youth, and construc tion, recreation and beautification projects were set up to give em ployment to those eligible for this assistance. Much credit for the success of the program in Tennessee is given Professor Robert E. ( lay, Negro state supervisior and Dr. Charles S. Johnson, a member of the State Advisory Board, in the report. Pro fessor Chvy 'has been connected with the Tennessee educational sy stem for many years, and Dr. John (Continued on Page 7) -o Local Postman Highly Honored Mr. J. C. Carey, of 263C Binney street, who received his appoint ment-in 1919 as a carrier of mail in Omaha, and has continued as such since that time was duly hon ored in recognition of years of ef ficient service fey his comrades Saturday evening, June 12th, when he was selected by them as their representative to the National Al liance of Postal Employees Con vention at Philadelphia, Penn., Au gust 17th. --o Mrs. Marshall Shaw and her sis ter, Mrs. Emma Holden of San Bernardino, Calif., arrived in Oma ha from Portland, Ore., and are the guests of Mrs. L. Arvin and Mrs. Mae Perkins. They will also visit relatives in Papillion, Nebr. After having been away from Omaha for 10 years, we hope the visitors will have a very pleasant time on their first visit back. They will continue to Kansas and Oklahoma, after leaving Omaha. __i Sells Baby’s Milk to Get Liquor: Gets Jailed Without Food Atlantic City, N. J., June 17 (ANP)—Because he sold his chil dren’s three bottles of milk to buy liquor, John Henry Scott, 50, Wed nesday, was sentenced to go with out food for three days, to “suffer like your kiddies and see how it feels to go hungry.” This unusual sentence was im posed by Police Court Judge Thom as D. Taggart, jr. Scott was sent to the county jail for a total of nine months with the first three days foodless after he was adjudg ed a common drunkard. Witnesses said he sold the milk and the three children were practically unfed for three days and relief could give little help because Scott is employ able. A FORMAL NOTICE PLEASE READ NOTICE to all church, civic, re ligious, secret and social clubs; to pastors, presidents and reporters. All news of the above organiza tion must be in our office on or be fore Monday at 6p. m. each week for the news items to appear in the current issue. Your members want their paper on time. Please be prompt and cooperate with us. NO ON TIME—NO IN THE PAPER. C. C. Galloway, Acting Editor I Thomas Vann Killed In Auto Accident i Mr. Thomas Vann, 2403 No. 22nd street, was killed instantly on Fri- | day, .June 11th, while on his wny to attend the funeral of Mrs. Alma Warden of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the sister of Mrs. Vann. It is reported that the accident which resulted in the death of Mr. j V'ann happened near Doresford, ; South Dakota when, while in the ( act of passing a car on a gravel road, the dar driven by Mr. Vann went into a spin and turned over i.hre ■ ti.net> throwing -tr. Vann and Mrs. jAzalee Palms through the top of the car, killing Mr. Vann instantly, and sgHously {injuring Mrs. Palms. The other two oc cupants of the car, Mrs. Basil Vann and little 8 months old Audrey Vann, who were riding in the hack seat, were pinned in the car. How ever, upon being removed by a passing motorist, they were found to bp uninjured. Mr. Vann, who had been in the employment of Conservative Loan for 15 years, was also very active in relig'ous fraternal and civic af fairs, being a member of Zion Bapt ist church, Omaha Masonic Lodge No. 9, Jolly 20 Social club, and the Centralized [Commonwealth Civic club. The death of Mr. Vann and Mrs. Warden happening on the same day recalls to the minds of their many friends that the two were principals in a double wedding many years ago. The funeral was held at Zion Baptist church on Wednesday at 2:00 o’clock, Rev. M. K. Curry of ficiating. Myers Funeral Home had charge of the body. Mr. Vann leaves to mourn his loss aside from his widow, two sons, Basil and Louis; a sister, Mrs. Bessie Vann; Mrs. Eliza Elzia of Fort Gibson, OkTa., who reared Mr. Vann; and a host of relatives and friends. -yj-' - The Metropolitan 'Spiirijtual church rendered a beautiful pro gram on Sunday at 3:30, sponsored by the youth organization, with Uncle Gil as president, featuring the Babes of Simon and Youth of Isaiah, of which Mrs. J. Crumbley and Mrs. C. W. Porter had charge. All recitations were temperance piepes. Offerings were lifted by Idalo Buffkins, Elaine Station and May Lee. Rev. Johnson lifted the offering for little Junior Wright who was absent on account of sick ness. ^ -o-• Mrs. Hattie May Georgc-Hayes and infant son, Rayford, who have been visiting here for the past three months with Mrs. Aline Do board, mother of Mrs. Hayes, and Mrs. H. Womack, grandmother of Mrs. Hayes, will leave for their home in Dallis, Texas on Satur day, June 19th. We hope our vi sitors a pleasant and safe journey home. -o After 24 nights of highly spirit ual services, Mother Bishop Sutton and her co-workers returned to their home in Kansas City. Mother Alverna Smith, from Leavenworth, Kas., also returned to her home. Daughter Etta Johnson, was hast ily called home owing to the seri ous illness of her daughter, Miss Margaret Johnson. May the many prayers for her recovery be an swered. Singers’ Festival German singing socities from five states will participate in a “District Singers Festival” at the Omaha Musik Vereign and German Home in Omaha June 26 and 27, The chorus will engage in prize competitions and also take part in a massed concert, with more than a thousand voices. Soloists will be Mrs. Charles Ass niann, soprano and Mr. Carl Cleo, baritone. The program will be un der the direction of Mr. Stanley Jan Letovsky. The events at the German Home will be hejd out-of-doors, in a new music pavilion now under construc tion there. Among the groups which will take part in the festival are the German singing societies from Oma ha, Des Moines, Manning and Car roll, Iowa; Grand Island, Columbus, Dreshler, Fremont, West Point, Stanton and Norfolk, Ndbraska; St- Joseph and Kansas City, Mo.; Tepeka, Kas., and Denver, Colo. This year’s festival is planned as a 'preliminary to the Northwest Saengerfe,st which may be held in I Omaha in 1939. It would bring I more than five thousand singers here from a dozen mid western states. -O’— HOUSTON MARKET ADDS NEW LINE The Houston Market, one of our local business enterprises under the manage.mcnt of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. j Houston, 2114 No. 24th street, not ed for wonderful country sausage announces that they now have a complete now stock of staples as well as fresh green vegetables, fr !ts and moats of all kinds. They invite you to come and see for yourself. -o Mrs. Fern Gillum of Kansas City and a member on the staff of the Kansas City Call, was the house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jack son, 2887 Miami street, for two weeks. Mrs. Gillum is very popular among the social set of Kansas City and was highly entertained while in the city. -o CARNIVAL DANCE given by the Bacchanite Club, fea turing Anna Mae Winburn and her 14 Cotton Club Boys. Oh, that singing, dancing, and swinging or chestra. At the Dreamland Dance Hall on June 28th. If you buy your ticket before June 26th, ad mission 40 cents. King and Queer At St The finest of Omaha’s Negro so ciety saw Miss Celestine Alberta Smith, 23, crowned Queen Aurora VI l and Dr. G. B. Lennox, 43, cwr onated King Borealis VII in Dreamland hall Monday evening. It was the seventh annual coro nation ball sponsored by St. Philip Episcopal church. With much ceremony, the rul ers, whoso identity had been kept secret, were introduced to the sev eral hundred parsons. Loud Applause There was n gasp, then loud ap plause, when Miss Smith began her wnlk toward tho throne and the king. Earlier, the selection of Dr. Lennox had been applauded. Twelve princosses were sum moned into the presence of the king. For the king’s statoty stride, the march of the princesses and of tho duchesses and other royal at tendants, and the finale—the pro gress of Queen Aurora VII—Ted Adams’ Rhythinairs jdayed "An chors Aweigh.’’ Queen is Scholar Miss Smith, daugihtr of John A. Smith, was born and reared in Omaha. She was graduated from Central high school and for two years attended the University of Nebraska where her major sIXidy was Latin. She now is engaged in social work in the Omaha Urban league. Her coronation dress was of im ported white lace over white satin. Medallions of white net followed tho hem into a 10-in train. The neckline was off the shoulder. There were large bishqp sleeves out lined in the net medallion. A rhine Atty. Elmer C. Jlaekson prominent criminal lawyer of Kansas City, Kas., was the guest of Mr, and Mrs. Jap Brown of 2883 Miami street. Mr. Jackson was a visitor in the Omaha Guide plant while in the city, and attended the Ak-Sar-Ben races. We hope Atty Jackson will return again soon. -0 Everybody in town is going. Where? To the big carnival dance at tho Dreamland Hall an June 28th, given by the Bacchanite Club, featuring Anna Mae Winburn and her Cotton Club Boys. ■■ o Elder Michaux, the "Happy Am I’» Preacher, is now broadcasting from coast to coast over the Mu tual Network. Gavagan Urges People to Force Action on Anti-Lynch Law New York, June 17—Speaking to a crowded mass meeting in Abyssinian Baptist church here last week, Congressman Joseph A Ga vagan told his audience, to demand speedy and uncompromising action by the Senate on the anti-lynch ing bill now pending before it. Congressman Gavagan told of the opposition his bill received in the House and of the threats and trickery used to try to sidetrack it and declared that the same tac tics which had been used to drive the bill through the House should be employed in the Senate. Te Congressman, known as a shrewed parliamentarian and a fighter, said that the cloture rule should be invoked in the Senate if any attempt is made to filibuster [against the anti-lynching bill. “There are 70 votes in the Sen ate for this bill,” he declared, “und if some of those senators * start reading the stock market re ports and surveys on agriculture to kill the bill, the sponsors of this legislation in the Senate should de mand the cloture rule which requires only 64 vote*. If these 64 votes can be secured, that will shut off the filibuster and permit a vote to be taken on the bill. “In the House, we had a petition to force the bill out on the floor. We needed 218 signatures and we (Continued on Page 8) i Identified ^Phillip’s Fete itone clip was placed at the sed er front of the bodice. Krmine Kobe l>r. Lennox wore a tuxedo and irmine rol>e. lie tebelled at wear ng knickerbockers, aoaepted in English and Ak-Sar-Bcn corona .ions. Asked why, he snorted: “Hmmph! I’ll let you figure that out." The throne was a sofa over which was draped a gold bed ip read. Dr. Ijonnox studied at Howard university, Washington, D. C., and earned his doctor of medicine de afreo at Meharry college, Nash ville These are two of the finest schools for Negroes. iHe came to Omaha In 1922 and lias developed a wide practice. Ha is active in civic affairs and i» considered an outstanding citizen. Ho is married and lives at 261* Patrick Ave. The monarchs were selected by a committee comprised of Mrs. Vera Cowan, Mrs. Lois Gordon and Mrs. Charlotte Crawford. Outstate Visitors The princesses were Ora Lee Britt, Evelyn Dortch, Mildred Dor sey, Bernice Grice, Charlotte Hicks, Cecil Walls, Rawena J'mes, Mabel King, Anna Lett, Phyllis Love, Geraldine Smith and Mary Alice Morgan. Duchesses oarried fans of net. They were Gladys Brown, Ethel Davis, Johnnie Gordon, Virginia Gordon, Evelyn Floyd, Marjorie Terrell, Ada Lee Walker, LaVerne McGaugh, Anne Michael, Amelia Partridge, Anne Belle Thomas and Eli Wright. Visiting countesses were Rose Baker of Lincoln and Wilma Hern don o£ Council Bluffs. They car ried shepherds’ crooks decorated with bows of net. When the hall had been filled, at 50 cents a person, Senator John Adams, Jr., as grand potentate, opened the program with the in troduction of a musical revue. Kenneth Rhone, 4, of 5301 So. 30th street, who was crown bean er for the ktng, nearly stole the show. Kenneth strutted to the throne carrying a crown which seemed half as big as himself. Tyra Richardson, 4, of 2509 Burdette St., the crown bearer for the queen, momentarily distressed the king and queen when shei de livered the crown and scurried away. Someone returned Tyra to her place on the dais. A part of the ceremony was to have been the presentation to the queen by th king of a blue zircon ring. “Where is the ring? asked the king. The ring? The ring? “There isn’t any ring,’ said Senator Adams. The queen’s crown, according to Mr. Smith, was the one used in an Ak-Sar-Ben coronation. The king’s crown, nicer than any used in the past, was imported for the occasion. Dancing foUow'od I he corona tion. _ 10 SALES LADIES WANTED TO WORK. LIBERAL PAY FOR EN ERGETIC PERSON SEE. MR. S. E- GILBERT AT THE OMAHA GUIDE OFFICE, 2418 GRANT STR EET._ _ MEET ME AT THE CARNIVAL DANCE Featuring Anna Mae Winburn at the Dreamland Hall on June 2$th *
