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Entered as Second Class Matterat Postoffice, Omaha, Nebraska- OMAHA, NEBRASKA SATURDAY, .NOVEMBER 13, 1937 VOL. XI, NO. 28
JUSTICE PREVAILS IN LOCAL COURTS
CoitncU Bluffs Couple
Celebrate Their 53rd
Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Herndon,
celebrated their 53rd anniversary
November 6th at their home, 2032
8th avenue, Council Bluffs, la.
Having spent nine years in slav
ery, Mr. Herndon, who is now 81
years of age, upon being granted
his freedom was joined in happy
matrimony, with Mrs. Herndon,
who is now 76, in the state of Miss
ouri, within the vicinity of their
birthplace which was 10 miles from
Moberly, Mo. 0
Upon interviewing this happy
couple, it was learned that to get
her they romped the plains of
Missouri as childhood playmates,
an association that culminated in
holy wedlock.
As this lovable couple sat down
to a beautiful decorated table on
November 6th, the center was em
bellished with a magnificent cake,
supporting 63 candles, symbolic of
63 years of perfect union. Ceiebrat
ing this noteworthy occasion, were
four of the six children in the per
sons of Mrs. J. S. Means, Mr- R.
E. Herndon, Mrs. Viola Stewart,
Mrs. CL E. Herndon, 12 grand chil
dren and 3 great grant children.
So unique was the occasion that
the Continental Bakery became in
terested in the couple and sought
them out as their honored guest
for Wednesday evening, November
17th, at the Omaha Guide Food
Show. Upon interviewing the repre
sentativo of the Continental Bak
ing Company, they spoke in the
highest praise of this grand old
couple, ami marvelled at the ability
of Mrs. Herndon, who is blind, to
make the 1. 2, 3 test on the quality
of bread. Mrs. Herndon made the
following statement: “We people
who are blind, must judge the
the. quality of any article by feel,
taste'and smell Imagine my sur
prise when I made the famous 1, 2,
3. comparison test, and found Won
der bread feels smother, tastes
sweeter, and the aroma is more
pleasing than any of the other
breads. It’s Slo baked Wonder
Bread for my family from now
on,’’ states Mrs. Herndon.
W. P. A, Concerts
Tliis community will have the
pleasure of hearing the Omaha
Concert band in a series of musical
programs every Wednesday even
ing, at the Urban League, from 8
to 9. This band was very popular
this summer during the series of
oonoerts they played at the Court
House.
The Federal Music Project is
trying to stimulate a greater in
terest in music among our race.
These programs are not only en
tertaining but educational as class
ics of the world's foremost com
posers are included in the pro
grams- You will also hear old time
favorites, well known marches, and
popular melodies.
These programs are free and
you are urged to come and take
advantage of this opportunity to
improve yourself musically. George
Brvant is the conductor of this
very fine band, and Richard Lewis
will be theiir vocalist.
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OMAHA CITIZEN PASSES
Kb we fro to press the sad news
of the passing of Mrs. H. R. Rier
onvrnous. who resided at 2825 No.
B6H1 avenue, has been received.
Mrs. Hieronymous who was
numbered among the pioneer citi
7e«e of Omaha, is survived by a
^ushasd, two sons. James and
Preatw and three daughters, Len
•ra *»*d Rennie of Omaha and
Jen«r*«« who i« now in New York
Trhfc Mr and Mrs. Carl Gray.
MR. AND MRS. HERNDON
Chest Drive Opens
Tuci3d av, Nov. 1(>
An army of men and women who
will accept gifts from those who
have to help those who have not,
are now actively engaged in mak
ing plans for the most extensive
and intensive Community Chest
campaign in the history of Omaha.
goal '-it for the campaign
which will open with a city wide
sweep November 16th, is $577,739.
10. The amount is 9 per cent over
the money actually collected last
year but the increase is necessary
to meet the growing demand for
care of dependent children and
families, according to a careful
survey compiled by the Chest based
on reports from the 29 affiliated
agencies.
President J. L. Haugh of the
Chest and Roy L. Page, general
chairman, have joined hands in thei
drive with men and women in all
sections and walks of life in the
city to bring the campaign this
year to a successful conclusion.
For days now the. personal and
industrial solicitation has been un
dtrvvay. The solicitation of person
al contributions began Monday
morning following a meeting Sun
day at the Paxton hotel. Victor B.
Smith, chairman of this division,
presided and gave final instructions
to the more than 100 men volun
teers.
J. M. Harding, head of the iudus
trial division, with 450 captains in
charge of other hundreds of work
ers, have been quietly canvassing
for large contributions from in
dustry.
Meanwhile an auxiliary army of
1,300 women is being carefully or
ganized and trained for the city
wide, house to house, canvassing,
which will begin November 16th
and continue to the end of the
drive, November 27th. These wo
men are in the residential division
and led by Mrs. Earl C. Sage. In
preparation for ths drve 15 meet
ing are being conducted this week
where the women are expertly
schooled in the work being done by
the Community Chest in Omaha so
they may tell the real story of so
cial service when they call on the
people.
So that all of the people of Oma
ha may be accurately informed of
the far reaching activities of the
Community Chest and the work it
does through the affiliated agencies
a speakers’ bureau i» carrying on
an educational program. This bur
eau is headed by Walter L. Pier
point and Farrar Newberry, news
papers, radio stations, theaters and
many other institutions and organ
izations are cooperating.
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SIX BOYS WITH BICYCLES
TO SERVE YOU
Notice to Subscribers:
If you do not get your paper at
least in the Saturday morning mail,
call the office, WEbester 1517, and
we will send you a paper at once.
Mr. C. C- Galloway, Manager
Council To Hold
Forum Sunday
The Omaha National Negro con
gress council Wednesday night set
up a permanent organization at a
meeting in the North Side Y. W.
C- A. reelecting all temporary of
ficers.
J. Westbrook McPherson is pre
sident and S. Edward Gilbert ex
ecutive secretary. The executive J
board also remain the same.
Speakers who addressed the Coun
cil Wednesday evening were Sena
tor John Adams, jr., and Rev- D.
H- Harris, of Mommouth, 111.
The council will sponsor a public
forum next Sunday at 4 p. m. at
the Y. W- C. A- to discuss pro
blems of the Negro. Henry John
' son, national vice president of the
congress, has been invited to speak
Motorcycle Police
Saves Man’s Life
Columbia, S- C., Nov. 11 (ANP)
—Prompt and heroic action Tues
day on the part of Motorcycle Of
ficer D. E. McCravey doubtless
saved the life of Samuel Boston,
colored resident of Charleston,
when the latter’s car caught fire
and sprayed him with gasoline.
Boston, accompanied by several
relatives, had been to State Park
hospital to visit his siter, a pa
tient, and on the return to Charles
ton trouble developed in the fuel
pump of his car, which he stopped
to repair. When he again started
the motor, the carburetor caught
fire, sprayed Boston’s clothing,
which soon became a mass of
flames.
Adding to his danger, Boston
started to run, and at that mo
ment Motorcycle Policeman Mc
Crave.y drove up. Grabbing the fire
extinguisher from his motorcycle
he caught up with the fleeing fire
victim and put out the flames, af
ter which he rushed him to Colum
bia hospital, where he was found
to be seriously burned about both
arms and shoulders. He is expect
ed to recover. None other was in
jured, but all agreed that had not
McCravey arrived when he did,
Boston would have burned to death
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President I. Q. Hurdle of the
Texas Teachers Association is ac
tively promoting a campaign to en
roll every Texas teacher before the
meeting in Beaumont on November
Armistice Day
Through the width and breath
of the world Thursday, November
11th echoed the sound of a salute
and taps commemorating the sign
ing of a document 19 years ago,
that caused a wave of joy to sweep
around the world, causing soldiers
to dance jigB of wild delight in the
trenches and millions of mothers
to weep for sheer gladness, for the
long torment of fear had ended
The world was happy that the
greatest and most terrible was was
over. A war that had taken the
lives of 126,000 American dough
boys and lamed nearly twice that
number, had cost the world 400
billion dollars a debt that no na
tion is yet through paying.
Yet as Roosevelt Post No. 30
joined other American Legion or
ganizations through the country in
celerating Armistice Day, civil and
international wars again rage.
Tragic as they are, they give a
special meaning to America’s ce
Iebration of Armistice Day. They
make plain that war does not end
war, that peace founded on violence
' breds further violence, that what
| is achieved by force will be over
thrown by forpe.
Truly, the American doughboys
who gave their lives on Europe's
j battlefields will not have died in
' vain-, so long as we remember that
lesson. On Armistice day the Oma
Guide saluted peace, and the men
who fought to achieve it.
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Household Food
Demonstration to
Feature 3 Giants
Of Swing
The Omaha Guide and the
i Housewives League 10th Annual
Food Festival and Household Show,
beginning Monday evening Novem
I her 15th and running for 6 days
j will feature the ‘3 Giants of Swing’
i as the main part of the entertain
ment program.
The show will consist of ten
booths, demonstrating the food pro
ducts of Omaha’s most popular
distributors and nationally known
household equipments.
Each booth will te manned by
uniformed attendants who will ex
plain to the visiting homemakers
tho merits of their respective pro
ducts.
In addition to the booth demon
strations there will be special de
monstrations from the stage which
will be equipped with a loud speak
er and cooking equipments. There
will also be the usual award of
many prizes.
All homemakers are invited to
attend.
... Remember the date, 6 big nights,
from Novevmber 15th to November
20th at the Omaha Guide building
2418 20 Grant street, Omaha, Nebr.
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Mills Artists, Inc., 799 Seventh
avenue, New York carried a page
ad in Variety on October 20th,
filled with laudatory comments by
leading daily newspaper critics on
tho success of the new Cotton Club
show on Broadway, featuring Oab
Calloway.
Protests Delay Of
Anti-Lyneh Bill
Following is r copy of a tele
gram sent President Roosevelt by
Walter White, secretary of the
NAACP, protesting further delay
of action on the Federal Anti
Llnching Bill.
"Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Supporters of the anti-lynching
bill are astonished and disturb
ed at statement of Senator
James F. Byrnes on leaving
White House yesterday that
attempts will be made to make
he Government reorganization
bill the first order of business
of the Senate if the Farm bill
is not ready and this in spite
of unequivocal special order
voted August 12th by two
thirds Senate to make, anti
lynching bill the second order
of business of the next session.
Supporters of the anti-lynching
bill would appreciate assurance
from you that any and all ef
forts to circumvent this spe
cial order do not meet with
| your approval.’’
Add your approval to his action
by writing or wiring your repre
mntatives in Congess.
. Pleads Guilty To
Relief Forgeries
Cleveland, O., Nov. 11 (ANP)—
Leslio H. Engram, 40, a social
worker, formerly employed as an
investigator by federal relief of
fices here, pleaded guilty to charges
of forgery in connection with mani
pulation of food orders of relief
clients before Judge David Ralph
Hertz a week ago.
When the case broke, last week,
friends of Engram were astounded
since he had been one, of the oldest
workers in the city in tenure of
service, and one of the most trust
ed. According to the indictment re
turned following a complete invcsti
gation, Engram was charged with
| forging the name of a relief client,
Noah Gordan, to a relief order
amounting to $16-25. At the time
of this disclosure, officers discov
ered that this case was only one of
many similar ones that had been
perpetrated during a long period of
time.
Rjelief officers discovered that
tho checks had been issued to sus
pected cases’ on relief, which ne
cessitated that the checks be deliv
ered directly to tne client by the
worker. By an arrangement with
one Ben Shulman, a grocer, En
gram is charged with forging the
order with the client’s name, re
ceiving the merchandise and dis
posing of it with another grocer,
Adolph Goodman. This arrange
ment is said to have been respon
sible for the loss of some $5,000 to
relief clients. Engram received half
the money, while the two grocers
divided the remaining half, accord
ing to charges.
Only the merest accident was re
sponsible for the disclosure. En
gram who had considered his
scheme ‘fool proof,’ went away on
a vacation after removing all in
criminating evidence for the relief
office files and taking it to his
home During his absence, a client,
Noan Gordan, came into the relief
office and asked to be put back on
relief.
Omaha Guide on the Air
8:40 A. M. Fri.and Sat.-KOIL
Listen for Omaha Guide Food Show Program
APPOINTED
ATTY. J. B: SMITH
..Editor of the Oklahoma In
dependent, of Muskogee, Okla.,
who was appointed superintend
ent. of the Deaf, Blind and Or
pfhan School for Colored G4rls
at Taft, Okla.. by the Oklalio
[ma Board of Affairs through
Gov. E. W. Marland. Mr. Smith
received 0V?s college training
at Howard University, and is
also a graduate of the Spencer
iau Buiness College, Washing
ton, D. C. He was a stenograph
er in the office of Dr. Emmett
J. Scott. Coming to Muskogee
in M9, he was admitted to the
practice of law in ’21. He is
chairman of the Muskogee Dem
erratic Central Committee ond
is a member of the executive
jeoinmittee of the Boy Scouts in
his area.
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Dining Car Employes
: Hold Meeting
The Protective Order of Dining
Car Employees filled with enthu
siasm as aftermath of the recent
convention held here in Omaha,
met at the headquarters, 2122Vj
No. 24th street, Monday afternoon
where they listened to the echos
from the convention given by Mr.
R. C. Long, secretary of Local 465,
others who talked on the conven
tion were: S. Edward Gilbert, Mr.
A. H. Reed and Mr. Solon C. Bell.
Much praise was given Messrs
Bell, Reed and Langley for the
wonderful way in which they ex
ecuted their respective duties dur
ing the convention
Messrs. S. Edward Gilbert, A.
H. Reed and P- A. Langley were
named as a committee to plan an
Echo Dutch Lunch program for
all waiters in Omaha, the time, and
place to be set later.
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Broadcasting station GUIDITE.
We have just received word by re
mote control from the Three
Gionts of Swing that this Great
Radio attraction will be on hand to
entertain the nephews and nieces
of Uncle Gil and of course, all par
ents will be on hand to enjoy along
with their children this wonderful
attraction.
Negro Women At
Librarians Meet
Chicago, Nov. 11 (ANP)—Mrs.
Esther M. Hodges Sherard of St.
Louis and Miss Mable Hood of
Prairie View college, Texas, were
the only two Negro Women among
2002 delegates attending the As
sociation of Medical Records Li
brarians of North America which
held its sessions last week in Chi
cago. 1
Judge Rules Same
Law Must Apply
To All Local Clubs
A court is an institution or an
instrument through which justice
is to be administered in accordance
to the word of the aw.
Monday, Judge O’Brien, while
sitting for the hearing of a charge
of keeping a disorderly house
against James Glenn, who at the
time of the arrest, was in charge
of the Mlaint Event Social club, an
organization which has been grant
ed n charter for operation by the
Secretary of State, made the follow
ing assertion directed to the arrest
ing officers, after having listened
attentively to he alleged charge of
arresting officer in whicn it was
pointed out that the buzzer,
introduced as evidence, was being
used at the club in question to
notify patrons as to the arrival of
officers, and had personally scru
inized the charter and club register
upon which the name of members
were enrolled which is in accord
ance with the law, that tne Main
Event club, had complied with the
law of the state of Nebraska, and
is entitled to the same legal court
esies as is accorded the Amaha At
hlntic club, Omaha Club, Happy
Hollow club or an other such club
operating under a charter granting
them the right to be immuned
from raids unless a warrant has
been issued and is in the possession
of the arresting officer.
Following the above assertion,
Judge O’Brien dismissed the case.
Judge O’Brien is commended for
hnving ndhered to the law upon
which such a case is to be judged.
Wo take off our hats to any court
who administers justice, according
•to the letter of the law.
Tf guilty, and the law calls' for
the perpertrator to be punished,
let the law take its course. If the
alleged persons or persons are
found, not guilty, according to the
law, let them be exonerated.
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Inaugurate New
Morgan President
Baltimore, Nov. 11 (ANP)—In
auguration of Dr. Dwight Oliver
Wendell Holmes as the sixth pre
sident of Morgan college will take
place Friday evening, November
19th, in the Dougass high school
auditorium, it was announced last
week.
U. S. Circuit Judge Morris A.
Soper, vice chairman of the trustee
board, will preside. Speakers in
clude Dr- Isiah Bowman, president
of John Hopkins university: Dir.
H. C. Byrd, University of Mary
land, president and Dr. John O.
Spencer, Morgan’s president emer
itus.
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Bruce May Get Out
On Probation
New York, Nov. 11 (ANP)—A
probationary sentence of 8 years
may be the punishment meted out
to Roscoe Conklin# Bruce, the
younger, when he is called to court
in Newark on Wednesday, Novem
ber 17th, to be sentenced following
a guilty plea to a charge of con
spiracy to defraud his former em
ployer. * 4
Many prominent New Jersey lead
ers and political figures are report
ed backing probation for Bruce.
Among them is the First Baptist
church of Jersey City, pastored by
the Rev. William A. Byrd which
recently wrote Trial Judge Bren
nam a king leniency, contending
Bruce had been made a ‘goat” in
the case.