Natl. Negro Congress Scores Action of Sen. Borah
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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
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Driver Who Found
Child's Body Gets
The Second Share
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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
<vise.< Officers for 1938 were, in
» Willed by Rev. W. S. Metcalf.
Inhere were twenty three mem
bers present. The r lief committee
reported 10 Xmas baskets given to
thw needy. Assistance r ndered to
one family prior to meeting.
Tbs appointments were as fol
lows: Chairman of Sick Commit
tee, Mrs. Selma Clark; Chairman
of Relief Committee, Mrs. Ad die
Seale; Chairman of Social Com
mittee • Mrs. Dora Alexander;
(huirman of Dining Room Com
mittee, Mrs. Elizabeth Cunning
ham and Chairman of Nursery
Committee, Mrs. Gwendolyn Deo
l.md.
Visitor, Mns. J. C. Collins, who
spoke praiseworthy of the club
work.
The club adjourned to meet Fob
ruary 3 at 2868 Corby street. Myr
tle Metcalf, president and Gertrude
Greene, secretary.
The Daughters of Isis from
Zuha Court No. 72 entertained the
Nobles of the Mystic Shrin-cs Tem
ple No. 52 at, the home of Noble
and daughter Ira Stewart, Friday
night January 14.
We were received at the door by
Sister Steward who greeted the
Nobles and daughters as they ente‘
ed.
We talked, sang and played
bridge until w>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.
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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
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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FELICITATED
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
