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Entered as Second Class Matterat Postoffice, Omaha, Nebraska- OMAHA, NEBRASKA SATURDAY, IgOVEMBER 20, 1937 - VOL. XI, NO. 28
Are You A Supporter of Lynching
Are you a supporter of lynch
ing ? Do you condone the killing of
5,500 black Americans? These are
questions being asked 16,000 Ne
groes here in Omaha. Sunday after
noon the Omaha National Negro
Congress Council invites every red
Hooded individual and every or
ization in Omaha who feels that
something should be done to stop .
this barbarious method of murder
Ing Americans, to join the council
in a mam mouth mass meeting at
,3:30 in the auditorium of Zion
Ea-pMst church, Sunday afternoon.
An interesting program awaits
you. Don’t forget if you support
lynching and inhuman treatment
£ftay away! If you are a red blood
•ed American and believe in justice
COMB! The time has come when
we must take a stand.
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Omaha U. Graduate
Wins Scholarship
Mr. Lioyd Livingston L:e, the
■son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E
Lee, 2863 Maple, street, who was
graduated last June from the Un;
vtrsity of Omaha, has b:en award
ed a graduate scholarship in the
Department of Social Sciences at
Fisk university to study fitt a
Mastor of Arts degree. Receiving
notification of the award last
month, he left on the 25th of
September for Nashville. Mr- Lee,
having been chosen as one of the
alternates in the recent National
Urban League Fellowship contest,
v as recommcded by Mr. Kinekle
Jones of he New York office to
Dr. Charles S. Johnson, department
head at Fisk university.
While at th University of Oma
ha, Mr. Lee was a mrrtber of sev
eral language clubs and was fea
turn editor of the school pap r ard
associate editor of the school an
rual fr two years. H > is a member
of the Kappa Alpha Psi frat rnity.
Choir Members Give
Autumn Tea
Mrs. A. L. Scott and Mrs. Paul
ine Ellison, gave an Autumn Tea
ir. interest of Zion Imperial choir
at the palatial home of Mrs- Elli
son, 1914 No. 28bh street., on Sun
day evening, November 14th. The
tbale was beautifully laid with Ir
ish linen and Rodger’s silver. In
the center of the table was a huge
pile of assorted fruits with silver
candle stands at each end- Miss
Ada Lee Walker and Miss Cecelia
Mecham who were dressed in pink
and white taffeta, .respectfully, '
and Miss Irene Harold and Miss ■
Dorothy Scott, who were dressed in
green crepe were hostesses at the
table, while Mrs. Lulu Roundtree
was hostess of the tea. On one
side of the table was a large vase
of cat glass filled with autumn
eaves, on the buffet was a vase I
filled with assorted flowers such as '
American Beauty roses, Snap Dra
gons,Kinkikinnik, Chrysanthinums,
and Perns.
Among those present were:
Mesdame J- O. Cunningham, Ruth
Johnson, Bertha Smith, Ethel
Marie Price, Helen H. Curry, C.
M. Wiley, Audrey M. Williamson,
Blondinna Rose, L. G. Cotton,
Joseph D. Lewis, W. B. Bryant,
Susie Yancy, Viola Station, Aiyce !
Butler, Lulu O’Neal, Joseph Tay
or, W. H Davis, Mr. Hollise John
son, Mr and Mrs. C- B Mayo, Mr.
and Mrs. R C. Knigf.t and Miss
Ora Lee Britt.
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
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HON, B. J, DAVI3
Formerly editor of .lie old
Atlonta Independent, where he
was known for his ringing ed
itorials, now editor of lie Na
tional B.pti.t I'nion-Ke. inv,
offieial organ of the' National
Btapt'is(t Convention of Am r
ica with headquarters at Nash
ville, who has is tied a call for
the annual meeting of the Na
tional Negro Pr. s Association
,<o convene in Nashville, Nov.
27 and 28. Mr. Davis as presi
dent, will p Aside over the
meeting. Several editors have
ignified th ir inteiitio,, of be
ing present.
The* Omaha National Negro Con
grass Council held its first of a
scries of Sunday afternoon Forums
Sunday afternoon, November 14th
' th > YWCA. 75 parson were pre
sent to listen to a stirring address
by Mr. Henry, Johnson Nat’l. vice
pres' t of the National Negro
Congr s, and the first assistant to ,
V>n director of the CIO.
Mr. Johnon very beautifully tine
ed the problem of the Negro from
the time the first boat landed in
America in 1619 and by means of
well placed analogies brought it up
to the present day where he prov
ed that their still exists today the
same two types of Negroes that ex
isted during slavery time namely
“the big house Negro and the field
hand ” Mr. Johnson stated vehe
mently that here is the problem
that must be solved if the Negro
hopes to effect a united mass
front. The bridge of obstruction
that stands between the worker
and the professional class must be
moved for herein lies the trouble.
The professional man receives
his support from the masses, there
fore it is pertinent that the profes
sion should support the masses.
Following this brilliant address,
the house was open for questions
of which Mr. Johnson very intell
igently answered, to the. satisfac
tion of all.
Mr. S. Edward Gilbert, executive
secretary of tahe local council and
a member of the National Execu
tive Committee presented to Mr. J.
Westbrook McPherson president of
the local council a charter, thus
affiliating the local chapter to the
national body. It being the 136th
such a charter issued, meaning that
there are 136 cities thus united to
bring about a better economical
and social condition for the Negro.
Mrs. Beatrice Smith, 2512 Wirt
street, died at Nicholas Senn hos
pital Wednesday evening. Mrs
. Smith is the m ;ce of Mr. and Mrs.
Claude McF 1. Funeral arrange,
ments have been made. The ,
family Is waiting the arrival of
Mrs. Josephine Henley of Butte,
Montana.
Texas Plans For
Scholarship Aid
Dallas, Nov. 11 (By Fritz Cun
sler for ANP)—Mrs. Jessie Daniel
Ames, acting executive direc'or of
the Southern Interracial commis
sion was in the city last week and
on Tuesday conferred with local
sponsors of the Dr. R. T. Hamilton
Dill for the providing of scholar
ship aid at the expense of the
state of Texas for Negro graduate
and professional stud nts who de
sire to continue their education in
institutions of higher learning and
graduate schools where the instruc
tion is provided by the state of
Texas.
Dr. Hamilton has given a great j
deal of tint? to the study of the j
manner in which this emergency
is being met in other states and
in a very comprehensive brochure,
has compiled his findings ard re
commendations. Two conferences ,
have bean held with Governor A1
I red who is openly in favor of the
legislation at the earliest possible
time. With tha adjournment of_the
special session of the state legisla
ture only a short time ago, and
with the declaration of Governor
Allred that he does not contem
plate calling another, it is doubtful
whether or not action can In had
1 efore next spring, but Mrs. Ames
has planned to make contacts with
m. mbers of the legislature in all
parts of the state to inform them
of the provisions of tha bill, re a
sons for its enactment into law,
and to secure their commitment to
a favorable vote in both the House
and the Senate when the bill is
presented at Austin.
Mrs. Ames is one of the best
known women in the South in her
former work in Texas and in her
present work of the powerful or
ganization of southern white wo
men opposed to lynching. In the
absence of Dr. Will Alexander,
now in Washington on an import j
ant New Deal assignment, Mrs.
Ames has been directing the work
of the Interracial Commission from
the Atlanta office.
Omaha Citizen Buried
The funeral of Mrs. Hattie B
Ilieronymous, age 78, who resided
at 2825 No. 28t,h avenue, was held
at the Hillside Presbyterian church
Tuesday, November 16th, with the
Rev. J. S. Williams officiating Mrs.
Ilieronymous who resided in Oma
ha for 47 years was quite active
in church circles during her life
time. She leaves to survive her, a
husband, two sons, James and
Preston, three daughters, Lenora,
Vennie and Jeanette, two brothers,
John of Topeka, Kas. and Elze
Cropp of Gary, Ind., four nieces,
Mrs. Wilmoth Houston, Mrs Venus
Storms of Omaha, Mrs. Cleo Jack
son, Topeka and Mrs. Bernice
Franklin of Springfield, Mo. Two
nephews, Richard and Lewis Cropp
of Glasco, Mo.
Mrs. Hieronymous who was the
first death in her immediate fam
ily, was buried at Forest Lawn
cemetery with Lewis’ Funeral
Home officiating.
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Roosevelt Post
Holds Service
At Elks’ Hall
l
Through the cooperation of
Charles F. Davis, Exalted Ruler rf
Iroquois Elks’ Lodge No. 92, who
donate^ their building to the Am
erican Legion on Armistice Dny,
Roosevelt Past No. 30 under the
leadership of Charles J. Coleman,
commander, and a eommi'te? com
posed of Edward Turner, adjutant,
John A. Gardner, finance officer,
and Paul S. Holliday, presented t >
the public a program that will b'
long remembered by those in at
tendance- The members of Roost
vc,!fe Post No. 30 assembled at the
Urban League, 2 M3 Lak street,
when promptly at. 10:50 a, m. they
marched in a body west on Lake.
Bugler Sgt Hamilton, from Fort
| Omaha tori the procession following
him were th colors, the color bar
ers being flanked on each side by
ft color guard, behind them came
the filing squad of eight soldiers
fiom Co, C 17th Infantry, Fort
Ciook, under the command of Cor
poral Hut'if, Members of Roosc
velt Post followed in close order,
after marching west to 25th street
and returning to the Elks’ Hall
where they faced east and at 10:59
a. m. the firing squad fired 3 vol
leys and at exactly 11 o’clock a m.
taps were blown by Sgt. Hamilton
in commemoration of the 19th an
niversary of the signing of the
Armistic.. Thus was concluded the
morning service.
At 8:30 p. m- a program was hold
in the Elks’ auditorium where
more than 400 persons were in at
ttndanee. The program opened with
ar. address of welcome by Charles
F. Davis, Exalted Ruler of the
Elks’, who was followed by Chas.
J. Coleman, Commander of ,Roose
wit Post No. 30, who asked that
the Post colors be advanced after
which here was an address by Dr.
W. Peebles and a vocal solo
"Wf/v. v Fought Every Battle But
j Our Own," by Mrs. Irene Morton,
The principal speaker of the ev
tning was Mr. Bernard E. Squires,
executive secretary of the Urban
j League, who delivered a dynamic
! speech touching upon the many
economic problems of the. Negro.
Sgts Hamilton and Lawrence
from Fort Omaha, sang a duet en
titled “Break the News to Mother’’
The colors were then retired and
taps were blown by Sgt. Hamilton
who is rated as the best bugler in
the 9th Cavalry. Interspersed
through the program the. following
numbers, Star Spangled Banner,’
‘Over There,’ ‘Keep the Home
Fires Burning,’ and ‘Long, Long
Trail,’ were rendered by the City
Service Concert band, which is
under the direction of Mr. George
Bryant. This band is giving a ser
ies of free concerts every Wednes
day night between 8 and 9 o’clock
at the Urban League Community
Center.
Afetr the program a free dance
was held and refreshments were
served to all. This was made pos
ible though the cooperation given
to Roosevelt Post No. 30 by Robert
Drum, who is commander of Oma
ha Post No. 1 and also president
of the Fontenelle Brewing Co
Among the many who attended
from Omaha Post No. 1, were the
following: Theodore Metcalfe,
State Cammander; Robert Drum,
Commander of Omaha Post No. 1;
George Gillan, Adj. Omaha Post
No. 1; James English, County Ac
tomey; E E. McKnight from the
Department of Public Improve
ments; Sam Reynolds and last, but
not least the “'Blooey Band," which
is a novelty band from Omaha
Tost. A wonderful time was had by
nil.
Accidently Shot While
Hunting near Wahoo
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‘Big Tim’ Teeadwell
Sued For Divorce
Columbus, 0., Nov. 11 (By Char
lie Spears for ANP)—"Big Tim"
Treadwell, Columbus numbers king,
with an empire of wealth in 13
cities and a reputed income of more
than $3,000 a week, is to be served
r summons at his pahtial air con
dition d offices here.
llis wife, Mrs. Naomi Treadwell,
wants n divorce, and in her peti
lion filed for her by Attorney
harles P. Doll charges ‘‘Big Tim"
'vitli extreme cruelty toward her,
and trying to force her by ill eon
duct to divorce him. She also char
ges him with being arrogant,
haughty and overbearing with
grandoise ideas of himself nnd
with brazenly and boastfully asso
dating with other women and ad
mitting his illicit relations with '
them.
Sho further charges him with
squandering his money on riotous J
living, and threatening to take
their two children, Shirley Diana,
aged 3years, and Timothy, jr„
aged 3 years, and Timothy, jr.,
with threatening to kick her out of ,
the house and placing his money
and other belongings in secret
places, and in other people’s names,
to keep her from getting alimony
and n division of his property.
Incidentally, Mrs. Treadwell fig
urea it will take more than $100
a week to keep up her home, ser
vants, Packard and other items,
not counting clothing but she does
n’t think a bit of change like that
would hurt “Tim” because she says
his income is more than $3,000 a
week, and he has large sums of
money in several Columbus bank
ing institutions, owns property here
reasonably worth $28,000, two lar
ge farms in Vinton county, and is
the sole owner of the Big Climax
department store. He also owns our
home at 401 Woodland. It’s worth \
$20,000. He's put. in it the name of |
our children. He has business in
Cleveland, Columbus, Newark,
Lima, Portsmouth, Chillicothe, Lo
gan and other cities, her petition
sets forth.
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Memphis Organizes
New Businesses
Memphis, Nov. 11 (By James C.
Dickerson for ANP)—Just about
the time all Memphis was feeling
good over the new Dunbar shoe
store started a fortnight ago, some
public spirited citizens organized a
medical manufacturing company to
be known as the Odessa Lee Labor
atory company, Inc., which will
manufacture chemically prepared
items for practical use by the
masses. The company hopes to
create more jobs for Negro men
and women. Incorporators are W.
H. Bentley, Sam Qualls, Matthew
Thonton, N. Bowman, Fred Smith,
Samuel Underwood, F. D. Bell, J.
Daper and James Ferguson.
The company will produce fun
eral, public building and stock pow
der supplies and a general line of
household remedies for the house
wife including cosmetics. The Od
essa Lee laboratory is expecting to
offer its products at such popular
prices that the lowest wage earner
can make purchases. The tempor
ary headquarters will be at 195 So.
Third street, office of Atty. W. H.
Bentley.
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Funeral Tuesday -800 Attend
Detective Sgt.
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Ed win A. R ose
2 More Big Nights
Household - Food
Demonstration
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The Omaha Guide and the
Housewives League 10th Annual
Food Festival and Household Show,
beginning Monday evening Novem
her 15th and running for 6 days
will feature, the ‘3 Giants of Swing'
ns the main part of the entertain
ment program.
The show will consist of ten
booths, demonstrating the food pro
duds of Omaha’s most popular
distributors and nationally known
household equipments.
Each booth will be manned by
uniformed attendants who will ex
plain to the visiting homemakers
the merits of their respedive pro
ducts.
Ill 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 lie 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.
The Auxiliary of the Protective
Order of Dining Car Waiters, Lo
cal No. 466, was organized Friday,
November 12i(h at the office of
the Protective Order of Dining
Car Waiters, located at 2122 V4
No. 24th street, where the meeting
will be permanently held on the
second and fourth Thur. of each
month at 2 p. m.
Mrs. Ousley, of 2228 Willis ave
nue, was elected president and Mrs.
Luna Porter, 3517 Blondo street,
was elected secretary-treasurer.
Charter members are: Mrs. Ausker
Blanton, 2716 Miami; Mrs R. Gor
ham, 2786 Lake street; Mrs. T.
Shropshire, Mrs. J. Chisholm, La
Casa Apts ; Mrs- R. Thomas, 2919
No. 28th street; Mrs. Edna Carr,
2112 No. 27th and Mrs. R Smith.
Mr. Solon C. Bell and Mr. E- G.
Scott, Local 465 officials, were pre
sent and gave encouraging re
marks.
Detective Edwin Rose, who died
enrly Friday m. ruing at his home,
of Pulmonary Embolus, instead of
Lockjaw, as was reported and car
lied in an extra put out by the
Guide, Friday afternoon. Funeral
services were held, Tuesday after
neon at Bethel Baptist church with
the Rev. M. K. Curry officiating
nniong the 800 in attendance were
7fi police officers including Police
Commissioner Jcpsen, Chief of
police J. J. Pzanowski, Inspector
Paul Haze and Chief of Detec
lives Fritz Frank.
Sergeant Rose suffered a guusnot
wound some weeks ago while on a
hunting trip with Detective Birch
when a gun in the hands of De
tective Birch was accidently dis
charged, when Birch's feet became
entangle4 with vines, causing him
to statable and ^lll ground
resulting in 30 gunshots lodging in
the thigh of Officer Rose,
Dotootive Rose who had been on
the force since November 16th
made such an imicabl? record as
a patrolman that he was promoted
to the ranks of a detective ser
grant. December 1, 1933, a record
hard to beat in that it is usually
necessary to be on the force at
least 10 years before one becomes
eligible for such a promotion.
Upon interviewing the chief of
detectives as to the merit of of
Detective Rose, following his un
timely death, a death that was re
gretted by thousands of Omahans.
H'e state, “Rose was one of the
best men in my department, he
further add d, ‘He was dependable
in every respect. It shall be hard
to replace, him.”
The funeral of Detective Pose,
perhaps the largest held in Oiraha
for many years, was indeed a sad
one especially to his many com
itdei anil friends.
Detective Rose, who was 41
years of age and was born in Wal
nut Hill, Ark., is survived by two
sons, Albert and Frank Rose. Inter
meat was in Grace land cemetery,
with Meyer Funeral Home official
ing.
Omaha Nurse At
Loyola in Chicago
Miss Juliette Thelma Lee, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ern'C E. Lee. 2863 Maple street, who
was graduated last January as a
registered nurse from the General
Hospital No. 2 in Kansas City, Mo.,
and who is now a graduate nurse
at Provident hospital in Chicago is
working for a Bachelor of Science
degree in Public Health Nursing
at Loyala university in Chicago.
The unwersity awarded her a year
and a half’s credit for her former
rurse’s training. Having gone to
school last summer Miss Lee is
now classified as a junior.
Native Chiefs Fete
Liberian President
Monrovia, Nov. 11 (ANP)—Evi
dence of the increasing amity be
tween the native population in Li
beria and the present ad ministra
1 tion was given when the Kru popu
lation, represented by the seven
chairmen of the seven tribes com
posing the Borough of Krutown
tendered a reception Friday to
President and Mrs. Barcley. The
guests included members of the
cabinet, the supreme court and
high officials.