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Largest Nejro Paper in l Nebraska ^ ” ' HEW TO Thcj]NEA **■* ' " Entered as a-eo-nd CIbbb Matter f'nsmffire. Omaha Nebraska OMAHA. * T*. BRA~KA SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 10"3 VOT- yT ’ ° 37 Fillibuster Makes Friends for the Anti-Lynch Bill Administration to Assist College Students $70,000 SPECIAL NY A. FUNDS AID FOR NEGRO STUDENTS Wn*h'iig:on, 1'. r. Jar Z7 —More than 350 colored students are re-, ce'vinir nss'stancc to pui<u gradu al and special studies through the. Negro Graduate Aid Fund of the National Youth Administration, according to MTs. Mary McLeod Bethune, director of the NYA's Di vision of Negro Afftrrs. The students are enrolled in. 35 colleges and un verities. They are in addition to the 6,000 N":gro col lege and graduate students who receiving aid from 'he regular NYA rtudent-aid allotments ^ in schools ail over the nation, a/rd the 30,000 Negro h:ffh school stu dents who hold NYA part-timo ( job* The Negro Graduate Aid Fund of approximately $70,000 was »■ t up tx> make it possible, for the Na tional Youth Administration to of fer graduate aid to colored stu dents in states which offer them nc graduate study facilities. A portion of his fund lias been used to develop special training pro jects. Assistance from the. Special Fun I t«a be obtained by applying for it diioatly to the college or university the student plans to inter, as the -lection of the stud nts to lie. »'dtd is the responsibility of the school officials. The Fund has been entirely allocated for the present school year but at some institutions 1 eplaccnrunts are being made, at the mid term. Martha Bohlsen, the. former “Prudence Penny’’ of the Omaha Bee-News, introduced a new radio program on January 25 over sta tion* WOW and KOIL. Th's new radio feaure, to be known as the Homemakers club of the Air, will be broadcast regularly every Tues day and Friday at 11:45 a. m. si multaneously in a special synchro nized hookup, over these two Omaha stations. The Homemakers Club of the Air co-sponsored by electrical dealers and the Nebraska Power Co., is designed as an aid to better, easier homemaking and better and more economical use of electrical service in the home. Miss Bohlsen will of fer them a wide’variety of home mafce hints, suggestions for short cuts and new methods to improve and lighten household tasks. She brings to this new radio fea ture a background of several years experience as conductor of Home makers’ column of the Omaha Bee News together with daily radio talks on homemaking over local Nations. P<wrer Plf*nt Gets Annual Inspection A crew of 55 imn started this wfl4- the annual overhaul ng of the Nebraska Vow r Company’s power plant. The work, necessary to assure cont nuous, uninterrupt ed service, is to be completed by April 1. ‘Th/s annual inspect;on and re placement of worn parts in the 1 toilers, turbines and electrical ■ujuipment has made possible the company's "outstanding record of continuous 24-hour service without a major interruption in more than thirteen years," Lee Ruf, plant superintendent, stated. Thorough inspection is being made of the six 25,000-h.p. boilers in which all fire bricks and mech arieal parts that are found to h damaged or even slightly worn art? being replac. d. Fire is drawn from only one boiler at a time. It is al lowed to cool two days before the. crew of twenty-five men nss’gned to this work enters it to replace damaged parts and clean its inter ior. The eight huge turbine and al! lectrieal equipment such as gen ( rators, switch rigging and meters, are being inspected and their worn parts replaced by a crew of thirty ol ctrieal and mechanical repair men. Mrs. Ella Wiley of 2875 Ohio has been confined to her home for more than three weeks. Her con ditions is better. Th: St—idlvarius Quartet which pl'ysd at F ak University January 16 and 17, i s’cw i h re witr.1 Mr. Harold C. Schmidt, Mr. Will'am Allen and Mr. David Robinson of the Fisk ’"acuity. The Omaha City BYPU w'll hold its annual meeting wi h th? Zion Baptist church Sunday, Jan uary 30 at 5:30 p. m. at which tim« election of 1938 (ffieers will be held. Pres. Win. Cooper servirg his fifth year wishes to . xpress his appreciation to the many loyal co-workers and friends and most rsp chilly lo the Omaha Guide for their splendid cooperation and sun port. The, City BYPU chorus will furnish th music and the public is Invited. Wm. Cooper, president and Miss Ruth Crain Cor. S ct. — -o Mrs. M. .1. Curtis, who is win- , ter'ng in California, reports a very ' pleasant stay. She is in Los An- i gelcs and reports it a most beau tiful place to live or visit. I'll IBUSTER STIRS IRE ! ■ OF NORTHERN SENATORS Washington, Jan. 27—Whe.n Senator Allen J. Ellender, of Louis iana, concluded his six-day speech against t'e federal anti-lynching bill here yesterday, a notable •hange had taken place in the at titude of some of the supporters of the bill. Many northern and western senators and many southern om s, also, did not hear the Ellender bloody shirt arguments on inter marriages because they absented Ihnis Ives from the Senate cham ber; but several times during the, wte.k it was vub-nt that the breast b'-ating and the obviously absurd .-ate merits of Ellender were arous ing the ire of northern and west ern senators so that many who heretofore had intended only to vote for the bill are now actively working for it and probably will make speeches for it next week. Bilbo to Rave Senator Theodore (That Man) Bil bo, of Mississippi, bega(P*speaking against the bill today and his speech is expected to be along the same line as Ellender's—on inter marriage, Negro dow'natton, white civilization, etc. Senator Robert F. Wagner, who has been serously ill in his apart ment at the Shoreham hotel, is ex peeled hack on the floor Monday. It was thought he would return before that time, but he had a heart attack and doctors forbid him to leave his room. Neverthel ss, with Senators Van Nuys and others, Senator | Wagner last night made plans for , the strategy of the proponents of the bill next week and indications are that a determined effort will lie made to crack the filibuster be- ! fore the week is out. Republicans Refuse Cloture There is talk of invokeing the ' cloture rule, but the Republican members of the Senate, with the 1 exception of Senator Capper of Kansas, are hanging back. Capit al observers point out that failure of the Republicans to join in the cloture rule to break the filibuster will be interpreted inevitably by the voters as opposition to the bill. Senator George Norris of Ne braska whose speech declared that the filibuster was so bitter that perhaps the bill ought not to be passed, received a committee and listened carefully to their argu (Continued on Page Two) Woodson Appoints Gilbert Chairman Of State Drive Mr. S. Edward Gilbert received credentials designa'ing him as the ;'tate chairman of the nation-wid ■ . One Dollar Sustaining drive for TO.IH, sponsored by the Association for thi Study of Negro Life and History Inc., and in view of this appointment, Mr. Gilbert is asking the cooperation of every progres- I rive club in the state of Nebraska to help him in popularizing the study of the Negro in ord r that the race may not become a n oditr ibit factor in the thought of the world. Anyone wishing to learn more about th's all important drive may, call Mr. Gil! rt, at VVEbater 0070 fo- write to either 2416 Grant or L42I Maple stive's. Mrs. H . arietta Michael died at 3:00 p. m. Tuesday. .January 25 at thu home of her step daughter, Mrs. Ennis Avant, 2432 Parker street, of a heart attack which she suffered with for the last five weeks. Mrs. Michael was born in Ala bama and was <>S years old. Sh ■ was a member of Pilgrim Baptist church and various clubs, a lover of Sunday school and BYPU. She is survived by three daughters: Mrs. Avant Mrs Catherine Jack son and Mrs. RachaeJ Hartley; one son B. J MichaU all of Omaha. A great many grandchildren and many great grandchildren and sev eral great great grand children. Funeral arrangements will be made later. The body is at the J. I) Lewis Mortuary. Temperatu!” of NortKernmoat City The Janne-y reiupcnture of Ham merfest, northernmost city of the world, ts about th"t o' Berlin, 1,300 miles south, h a t0 t|,# wa ters of the "'ir j .. ..n,tic drift. Don’t Want Lioaa Scared Whlpsnake voo In England had a huge chalk ti„ re of a lion cut In tlia ground to wn o airmen not to fly too low and terrify the beasts with the hum of their motors. R v. ,T. C, Brewer of the Racine Wis. AMK church whs in the citv s' veral day* due to the illness of hi.- daughter, Mrs. Winifred Gibson, -Mil Seward s're-t. The Rev. d« 1 red several sermons in d'ffer t churches b fore his departure Tuesday night. Mrs Gi! son who i« und r the ! care of Dr. Wiggins was also vi ! sited by her mother of Chicago. lit Ladies Friendship club met ai th home of Mrs. Beulah Watts last Thursday afternoon at 2:30. Three Labh ,5 „f bridge wire played and a delightful luncheon was served by the hostess, Beulah Watts, Piesident Minnie Burns, Reporter. JOINS SOciri IN FILIBUSTER TODEFEAT ANTI LYNCH BILL I County Renaints Hiyt'way Sie^ns * Two thousand stop anti warning s’gns on coun'y roads in Douglas n, unty, many of them in service 'it!' ten years or more, hnvt ban Soir w nthor-he tD n fae-s re •tintpfl for the first time s nee they " ere placed on their highway safe ty job. Painters found scores of them battered with scars of shotgun pilots and rifle and pistor bullets fired in impromptu target practice. Others were d 'corated with unres trained and uncensored drawings of wayside iyft:sts, drawings lost forever under the new paint. The repainting job was perform ed by county < mployes under Sur veyor Bill Green, whose duties as highway commissioner include looking after safety s'gns and guard rail on the ftlO miles of coun ty roads in the county highway system. The, state highway depart ment takes care of signs on the state-federal thorougnfarf s. Green reports that the county's Riif ty work in the past two years has included placing of 200 new warning signs outside city limits on Ames avenue, Fifty-second street. Sixtieth street and L street. Twelve thousand feet of guard rail has been used in new protec tive construction and for replacing railing damaged in automobile ac cidents. --o—.. Bravo Mai. Country Buy—Say, mister, can { you tell me wlmt an orator Is? Sian—Sure. It's n fellow who la always ready to lay down your .Ife for his country. —Windsor Slar. KEENEY TELLS ADVANTAGES OFFERED BY NEBRASKA ‘ Nebraska has many advantages to offer industry but none more1 important than it« pay-as-you go policy and its freedom from sales, income, luxury, and all those other forms of taxation so prevalent Isewhert-,'" H. G. Keeney, presi dent of the Farmers Educational arul Cooperative Union, said in an interview here today. ‘‘I btiieve he Nebraska adver tising campaign which is calling attention to our state as ‘Ameri ca’s White Spot,’ is most timely. It should be effective not only in making America industry consci ous of our advantages, hut also in making our own people of Nebras ka more conscious of these and more confident in our future pos sibilities,'’ he added. ‘ I travel a great deal, and I al ways sigh with relief whien I get ick home after being harried ev v time I turn around, by people vit.h their hands out asking for tax money for every little purchase f may make. I wouldn’t object if I felt that these taxes helped to reduce personol or property taxes. But farmers with whom I come in Contact in other states almost uni versally complain that their gener al property taxes have not been i<duc*d, and that, in most eases, they have actually increased des pite these additional new forms of (axes. “Nebraska’s pay-as-you go policy is the most important advantage to emphasize in inviting industry to our state," Mr. Keeney declared. “I recall that in our gtabe eonstitu ional convention in 1920, strong ef forts were made by proponents of a movement for state-owned indus tries to amend our constitution to permit, state bond issues. The move nient had gained a strong foothold in nearby states. We, who fought against and defeated this plan in Nebraska, thereby maintained Ne braska’s greatest safeguard, keep ing this state free from burden some bond issues and debts. ‘There Is a great wealth of Ne braska farm products now being shipped to other sections for pro cessing which might be pocessed here, at the source of supply more economically and profitably,’’ Mr. Keeney said, and cibed hides as an exexample. “A large quantity of meats and packing products are produced In (Continued on Page Two) Again the Nebraskans are shock ed by the sad news flash over W O W. a* 10 p nt, Tuesday, January °5, stnt’ng i ur own Senator Burke has again turned trai'or and join ed 15 southern senators in their filibus+rr against the anti-Jyfneh ing bill. Si nator Edward H. Burke by tele gram and letter and in person to many Omaha civic organizations nrd to the Omaha Guide, pledged bis loyal support „n(j vote to the anti-lynching bill, b fore and after I’ec'lon. Such d’slovnl'y is to brt r» membeved by his former suppor ters in the future. - --——fl- -- Call For Chicago Meeting According to information receiv ed at the Midwestern headquar ters of the Brotherhood of Sleep ing Car Porters, a conference of tiain porters und chair car porta's has been called by A. Phil* lip Randolph, International Presi dent oi the Brotherhood of Sleep ing Car Porters, and will be h Id in the home of the Brotherhood. 4231 So. Michigan avenue, Mr. Taylor Murrell, sec y of the Omaha Division leaves for Chicago Thursday morning to attend the conference. -_o-—— An outstanding social event among North Omahans was the C ity's BYPU Seventh Annivversary | banquet and style rcvu^ held at the Pilgrim Baptist church Thursday, January 20 at 8.30 p. m., with the cooperation of the 10 churches of the City Union. The huge success of this gala affair was due to the splendid aid of the following: Mrs. Kstella Robertson, who was in (barge of the styl> show, display ing some 25 models showing the latest in morning, sport, street and foi mal apparel. The WPA orchesitra furnished the music for the evening, render ing popular melodies and many soothing numbers. The Nebraska Power company furnished a 1,000-watt spotlight to display the models. Mrs. J. D. Lewis served as mis tress of ceremonies, and with her poise, wit, and personality and ex perience. she added glamour to the occasion and won praise from the audience. The program consisted of re marks from Mr. J. W. Dacus, first president of the organization in 1931 and 1932; remarks from President William Cooper who is serving his fifth year; and remarks from Rev. F. S. Goodlett, alternate foi Pastor Stevenson. The loving cup was awarded U Pleasant Green BYPU for the best decorated table of ten, serving 250 diners who reported a very pleasant evening. This elaborate affair was cover ed by E. K. Langevin, World-Her a!d photographer. -o Bro. G. W. Wilson is 1 d hj the St. Joseph hosr’* 1 Has undergone an oper > i Hia eyes. At this v*r: '■ g ' e - • > ng nicely.
