Natl. Negro Congress Scores Action of Sen. Borah ^——■ -—; Largest Negro i J I Paper in t Nebraska j Entered as aecmJ cUa* Jtauerai Postuffice, Omaha, Nebraska- OMAHA, NEBRASKA SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1938 VOL. XI, NO. 36 W. Allen Gels $5,000 Lindbergh Reward -- w Driver Who Found Child's Body Gets The Second Share _' * Trtnten, N- J., Jam ^ ^ William Allen, truck driver who lVuwd the body of the Lindbergh, baby, was given a check for $5 000 by Governor Hoffman Monday as his share of the $25,000 reward, wbk* was split betwetn more than * *«e bundled persons. The only one gthhiny a higher share than Allen was* the gasoline station manager m *ht Bronx, New York, who was given $7 500 for detecting a $10 * vinsoni bill passed by Bruno Hau ptmann himaa’f which led to his ament, trial, convection"and eXh'ul tton as the baby kidn pper. Gover nor Huffman said Allen saved un told samvs which would have been spent in further search for the Win Otiri'r Benevolent dub held its regular meeting at 201(1 Doeatur ktroot with Masdames O. I,. Haw kine, Elizabeth Cunn'ngham. Ber tha Smith and Nanie Gaston host e were served. The tables were beautifully decorated, after which we were favored by r>. piano solo by Sister H K. Kin ney. After this the Illustrious Po tentate, H. K. Kinney thanked the daughters for their entertainment and to Noble and Daughter Iro Steward for their hospitality. •-o The WPA Adult Night school will heg'in Registration Monday, January 31st, at 7:00 p. m. in Room ?35, Central high school. Courses are offered in grade and high school subjects. Credits may bei earned for diplomas. Tere is no Tuition charge. For additional in formation call the Vocational De l»o*4«*eut, 606 Oitv. Teephne AT 1144 HEADS OMEGAS ALBERT W. DENT Albert W 1 )ent, newly elect ed Grand Basileus of' Omega I’si Phi t'ru.teruf < y at its an nual conclave at Cleveland. He ls superintendent of Flint-Good ridge Hospital), and is business mn.nager of Dillard College Al umni Association and tile Na tional Conference ot Hospital Administrators, (AM’) The Mission Art club met at the home, of Mrs. ,Roxie Bolden, 2623 Grant street. Wednesday, January 12. A delightful luncheon was ser ved by the hostess. A wonderful time was had by all. I Chicago Defender Ignores Slam Of Pittsburgh Counter Nsw York. Jan- 20 (C)—The ex. ) ected “fireworks” between the Pittsburgh Cour er and the Chicago Defender, l>ecause of a ‘ low” cir culation figure published for the Defender by the Courier on Janu ary 1, apparently won’t come off. accoding to an exclusive statement by V. J. Washington, business manager of the Robert b. Abbott Publishing company, Chicago, Wed. nesday, in which he declares: “The Chicago Defender is not al all in trusted in what other papers have to say. Attempts have been made to use it as a door mat for some twenty year's. In spite of this it has weathered all storms and has more prestige and power than any .other,.Negro publication in Amer. ica. While we are making no unus ual boasts as to our future, we sincerely believe that we will still bo here when many of the others are gone-" Discussing1 the Defender circuia. | tion in detail, Mr. Washington said: j ‘The Chicago Defender reached and j passed the 100,000 circulation | mark in 1918 during the World | War. It reached its peak in 1924 when the total paid circulation averaged 198.000. It remained at !he 100,000 mark until June, 1930; the lowest ebb was reached in the summer of 1933 when the circul ation dropped to 71,000. In 1934 it started on its ascendancy again and reached the 100,000 point in September, 1936. The present cir culation is 107.000.” -o-■ So That's It? "Who is that fellow with the long j hair?” "He’s a follow from Yale." "Oh, I’ve often heard c;f those | ale locks.” | A Debtless State: Pays As It Goes (Kansas City Star Wed. Jan. 5) In the face of rising national and stale public indebtedness, with ci rollary efforts to meet the mount ing cost of government, Nebraska today stands out as (he only state that has no income tax, no general sales tax, no cigarette tax—and yet has no public debt. This is the first of a series of three articles written by a member of The Star's staff w ho went to the state capital of Nebraska to find out how’ the feat is accomplished. Lincoln, Jan. 5—The dominating structure in this capital city of Nebraska is the 10 million dollar staitehouse. with its beautiful tower piercing | he sky, surmounted by a figure which strangers in the city generally take for a Comhusker fooitball player about to forward pass, but which, it is explained by the citizens, is a sower, casting grain upon the soil. The statehouse structure, called one of the ten great huffdings of the world, together with its sur mounting figure, is symbolic of the genius of the people of Nebraska— a genius which can build an epic poem in stone like the capitol, and yet retain inflexibly the practical ity of the soil, like the sower- And incidentally, when Nebraskans tell you that their statehouse cost 10 million dollars they mean just that. State Business Sense The building was constructed without one cent of interest, and . without one dime of debt; built, moreover, insuc'h a way that there never was anymoney expended for rentals for state offices while th© construction was going on. It is a monument not only to architectural beauty, but to the extraordinary business sense of the ^tate. The state, capitol is a part and parcel of the whole policy of Nebr aska in handling its public affairs. Because it is typical, the. manner in which it was built will give an in siight into the manner in which the affairs of the state are run so as to avoid the new forms of taxes which have been sweeping the coun try elsewhere, and at the same time avoid indebtedness. When it was decided that Nebr aska needed a new statehouse. the capitol commission, created by law in 1916, faced a provision of the Nebraska constitution dating from 1875, under which the state was prohibited from going into debt. (Continued on Page Two) KEEPS BUSY J A ROGERS No cd Ethiopian war «*or ropomlent, find uutlior of “A Tnazing Facts itbiful Nhgro His tory” w’ho is keeping busy as he enters his 23rd year as a s.tt dent of the race problem. A na tive of NegrJ, .Jamaica, I>'\ 1., Jlr. Rogers lives at 1845 Til) avenue, New \ urk • ity. and has traveled over Europe and North Africa in search of hid den information on the Negro s cultural heritage. Calvin Ser vice.) Claim Senator Would Revive “States Rights” New York, Jan. 20—Wages and hours legislature advocated by [’resident Franklin D. Roosevelt is indorsed and supported by the Na tional Negro Congress, whose na tional headquarters are at 717 Florida avenue,/N. W-, Washing ton, I). reptssenting the Negro people in all phases of their life, according to A. Philip Randolp, national president. The Congress lattes snarp is sue with Senator William H. Bor-, ah in his opposition to the Anti lynching Bill and charges him with constitutional hair splitting, and revival of outworn States’ Rights Doctrine in an era of economic and political centralization of powers and responsibilities of government. Senator Borah, stated Mr. Ran dolph, does not raise fine spun technicalities against federal legis lation in behalf of relief, although it may be contended that each state has the right and obligation to secure its own inhabitants from starvation- Maintaining law and or ] tier by the federal government in , the- interst of preventing Negroes from being mobbed, lynched and burned alive is certtinly the con cern of the federal government, es p-cially when the states not only display their lack of intent to curb mob law. -o MORE NEEDED Mr. Herman Friedlander. well known Norths ide grocer, reports having cashed the first board of education check ever to come into store. The check was the first re mittance made to Rev. J. S. Will iams, newly appointed teacher at Howard Kennedy school. Celebrate 25th Anniversary With A Novel Party ! Over fifty coupks were sumptu ouslj enter aiu d at the home of M.. and Mrs. C. C. Foster on Ma ple street on Friday evening. The occasion was the 26th wedding an nivnv.aiy of the popular Omaha couple. The guest < were ush-red in to the recreation room upon their arrival. There they we re. met by the amiable host and hostess garb ed in typical western array and presented with a bandana handker chief to adorn their hfad or neck. Earn dances and the Big Apple wore features of the evening until | t.he hour of repast in which among j other things two mammouth tur keys were consumed. Fun, fun and more fun until sleep was fast over tajoing the enthusiastic guests There has really b eii,“nothing like ■t in “this herg pajds” for many moons. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Myers, Haywood Vaw tur. I, S. McPherson, Jasper Brown J- ,3- Turner, William Davis, Willie 3»ell, Bert Johnson. 0, B. Fredricks Edward Oroom.es, Ellis Kirtley, Charles Solomn Maurice Colbert, Shirley Yancey, V. S. Wheatley, Jiss Harding, C. A. Branch. Chas. Seymour, Miss Gertrude Lucas, Mesdames Robert Bailey, Edgar 1 e, Ixtis Goode, Nan Kinner and Mr, Walter Craig. -o— The Indies Friendship club met at the H. and M. Inst Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Jannie Howell, hostess. All members were present and three tabk s of whist were played and we had a lovely time. There w re two guests present and a dainty uneheon was srved by the hostess. Urban League Sets Examination Dates For Scholarships ___ -- * FELICITATED --— - DUKE ELLIINGTON The famous compost r ami di j rector received felic tationw from many professionals in his field on the tenth anniversary of his dehut at the Cotton Club! in Harlem late in ’27. Rudy Val lee, l,eo Reismaii, Cnh ('alio way. Glen Gray ami other erl ebritie congratulated Duke. Also, in a rternt internation al poll, published in Condon. Knsrbind, tlie Duke toppetl the orchestra Raders with 960 vot es, Benny Gindmau emu'ing sec ond with 759. The Duke's liead <|ua.rti rs are at 799 Seventh avenue. New York City. -(Cal vin Serviee) Morthside YWCA. 16th Annual Meeting Tho Sixteenth Annual meeting of the Northside YWCA was held on Wednesday. January 12 at the branch. The m> eting was formally cpesied by the chairman of the Committee of Management, Mrs. John A. Williams, after which the invocation was given Father E. M. M. Wright of St. Philips Episcopal church. The minutes of the 1937 Annual meeting were read and adopted as read. The members of the interest group of the. Trojan club rendered “'Dear Land of Home.,’’ after which the financial statement of the year was read by Mrs. Florence Branch. The. report of the Girl Reserve secretary, Mrs. I ucy Charlotte Crawford, showed continued growth of that depart ment and its continuance as a cre dit to our community. Mrs. Gladys A Pullum. our brache exevutive, re ceived an onvation worthy of her wonderful yearly report. The re port of the Nomination Committee was read by Mrs. Clara Dneus. The results were as follows: For two year term on Committee of Man agement: Mrs. Edna Carr, Mrs. Clara Dacus, Mrs. D- W, Gooden, Mrs. Earl Wheeler and Mrs. Julia Williams. Election to Nomination Committee from the Committee of Management: Mrs. Herbert Wig gins and Mrs. Vassie Harrold and from the membership at large; Mrs. Thelma Hancock, Mrs. L. L. McVay and Mrs. Susie Yancy. The combined chorus of the Trojan and Quack clubs was enjoyed by the audience. Mir Frances H. Williams, staff nv mber of National Board, was the speaker of the evening. Some of the points derived from her sub ject, “What Does Christian Mean?” were as follows: “The Y. W C. A. grew up with little, groups of women who thought that they must do something in two direc tions, first, to do something with themselves, to grow in spiritual grace and so they bound themselves into groups and they tried to grow spiritual, second, they also thought they must do something for ser vice. If you look at the Y. W. C. A. today, you find that it is a differ ent organization. You feel that something there is spiritual but it doesn’t look just the same. But I believe at heart those things are still there. “I would like to relate this story: A good woman down in Richmond, Va., was a worker In (Continued on Page Three) The National Urban League an nounces its Atinual Competitive Examinations for Fellowships iu Social Work for colored students. Applicants must be graduates of lor candidate's for graduation from accredited colleges. Successful can didates will receive tuition and stipends valued together at approx imately $1,000 for the school year. At least two fellowships will be awarded Some of the schools to wk'ch Urban League Fellows have been assigned are the New York School of Social Work, the Atlanta School of Social Work, the Graduate School for Social Aministratian of the University of Chicago, Brya Mawr college and the University of Pittsburgh. Applicants must file intentions before March 1, 1938 on forms fur nished by the National Urban Lea guo which may be secured by writ ing to Eugene Kinckle Jones, ex ecutive secretary, 1133 Broadway, New York City. N. Y. The examin. ntion will be. held in the parly spring. John C. Smith and Emily V. William-* w*t united in marriage January 1, at the home of the l i id- ’s parents. Mr. and Mrs, Her b i t Williams, 2S16 Rlondo street. The bride was beautiful in her hi idal gown of white satin When sh entered on the. arm of h«r fa ther, she e*arried a large bouguet ,tf white ros s and baby's breath. Mrs. Hal tie Patton, matron of honor, looked lovely in a formal of blue crop:' and carrying a bou ffiiet of yellow roses and baby's breath. Miss Addle Foxal accompanied . Charles Austin who sang ‘‘I Love You," at the beginning of the cere mony. Rev. Stevenson of Pigrim Baptist church united the happy couple. They are residing at 2216 Jackson streeet. There were about 175 present. A reception followed. -■. —-. The Good Samaritan club met at the home of the secretary, Mrs. Lulu Jenkins, 979 No. 27th street. The meeting wag failed to order by the vice president, Mrs. N. A. Perkins, after which the meeting was turned over to the instructor for work. All members were at the meeting ixcept the president, Mrs. W. E. Jackson, who is veiy ill at her home., 969 No. 27th street. Af ter work period a delightful menu was served by the hostess- A good time was had by all. There will be a Valentine party given by the club at the home of Mrs. Pearl Smith 940 No. 27th street, February 14. Everyone is cordially invited .The meeting was closed to meet with Mrs. Addie Tate, January 18. All went to the home of our president and had song and payer. We pray that she will soon recover. Mrs. W. E- Jackson, president and Mrs. Lulu Jenkins, secretary. -o Mrs. Geo. A. Litman left on Tuesday for Chicago, 111. She was accompanied by Mrs. Hopie Bron son. They will spend sev> '• ' days visiting Mrs. Paulin ” yhes, who was a guest over ’: ays, and has beem a fre-’- n >■ t* Omaha, at the V • * '.' ter. Mrs. 1 'man, £2'ii Cl::' ? r et.