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County to Put2,000Men to Work Repairing Roads
155 Miles of
County Roads
to be Repaired
.Jobs will be provided for 2,000
moil from WPA rolls when the 1038
n unty-WPA highway improvement
program is fully underway, Coun
ty Surveyor William Green an
nounces.
Work under *he new program,
rieentl approved by WPA officials
in Washington, has been started.
I; ,.f vers 15 miles of roads. At its
completion all highways in the
county road system have receive 1
improvements under the county
sponsored WPA projects on which
work was begun in November, 1935.
The program calls for estimated
expenditure of $861,779, of which
the county is scheduled to contri
hut $234,348 in cash, supervision
and use of equipment.
Up to January 1, 1938, Douglas
county had re-eived two mill’O’-s of
dollars worth of highway improve
ments through WPA projects, for
|»aa than a 20 per cent outlay of
county funds. The work provide!
jobs for an average of 1,236 men
from November, 1035 to Decem
ber 31, 1936 and for an average
of 8*5 through 1937.
Si,vs Surveyor Green: “Besides
providing the.we needed jobs to aid
WPA workers and their families,
tdto work has given taxpayers o'
the county these road improve
ments at bargain prices. Farmers
have been helped by improvement
of their farm-to-market roads,
trade with Omaha anil other town;
in ifee county has been nromoto'i,
and all highway users in Omaha
and et’ner towns have been bene
fited. ”
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G. 0. P. LEADERS
IN TENNESSEE
LASH NEW DEAL
Chattanooga, Tenn., April 23
(ANP) Two speakers, Carlyle S.
Littleton, white G. 0 P. attorney,
anil Walter Robinson, Fourth Ward
colored Republican leader, hurled
verbal blasts at President Roose
velt’s New Deal administration at
Tuesday's Republican rally at the
courthouse.
Atty. Littleton denounced the
Roosevelt-Cordell reciprocal trade
policy in internation trade trans
actions, attributed the present “re
cessional” and unemployment to
the New Deal’s tarriff and tax
ation programs. The meeting was
sponsored by the Hamilton County
Young Men’s Republican club.
Exhorted speaker Littleton, “We
wonder why we have a depression
after this length of time. We won
der why there is starvation in our
land. Five years ago, the New Deal
went into office. During that time,
it has spent 31 billion dollaars. To
day the national debt is 38 billion
dollars. The expenditures during
the coming year will raise that
that debt to 39 billion dollars, and
our best economist said that 4(.
billion is the danger point. The
New Deal is now asking for an
other five and a half billion dol
lar.” (Atty. Littleton’s speech
ante-dated the President’s emer
gency message to Congress on
Thursday. April 14, in which he
asked an additional six and a half
billion dollars appropriation to
beat the depression and ward off
dictatorship.)
Fourth Ward G- O. P. leader Ro
binson. in his blistering attack on
the present administration which
succeeded in weaning millions of
Negroes from Republican ranks,
declared. “Many members of mv
race went off after a strange god
in 1936. Colored people front Miss
issippi and other Southern states
drifted North, following that
strange god. Can you imagine
that? Negates from Mississippi
and Georgia voting for a Demo
crat, when in their own states the
Democrats won’t let them vote for
either a Democrat or a Republican.
It is my opinion that unless the
American people change doctors,
tie patient will soon die.”
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Mrs. C. B. Manaloto entertained
wAtyr a Buffet luncheon Sunday
ni$*kt honoring Mrs. George Hamil
ton Of Chicago.
Thousands Of
Omahans Attend
Easter Services
By S. EDWARD GILBERT
Ha't t Sunday message of re
newed life dopicting the risen
Christ had unusual significance for
-hoiwands of Omahans attending
tho churches of Omaha Sunday.
Awakening from the slumber on
Faster, n brilliant spring morning
gi noted hurch goers who joined in
prayers for a renewed life. A life
that shall mean everlasting sun
shine, a life that wi’l assure a
friendly and moral uni'e'se, teach
ing that life bevond the grave is
reasonabh . based on the fact of
the resurr ction rn Easter mo,-o.
At the close of church, the re
nown 'Twenty-fourth street par
ade got underway, rivaling th »
tradition"! Ea ter narede on Fifth
Avenue, New York. Brown Amer
ica was truly in her el ry. As you
promenaded th s hi to tier I street of
of Omaha, you could n"* help but
I admire the beautiful attire on liv
i ing models.
i hero were cleats a~a pleats anti
more p'ants, boleros played up in
every mood, colors thnt are exet
ingly new, prints 'hat are re
fresh ugly different, costume suits
anti coats and dresses of wo"ls
that revive enchanting pa tots,
stripes everywhere you turn in fhe
mode, flowery beribbaned Watteau
bats that b'ing the dainty fem
inine into the picture, Gibson girl
blouses and wrist deep full sleeves,
Gibson girl sailors with colorful
veils thnt. are brought up under the
chin to tie at ‘he back in a flut
tery butterfly bow, men garbed in
their spring colored suits, featur
ing green with chalk stripes. Eh!
let us pause for a moment and
catch our breath, before we go on
with the reproduction of this nev
er-to-be-forgotten Easter parade
that was beheld on old Twenty
fourth'street.
Joining the rubber-neck brigade,
[this is what your eyes gazed upon:
[ Colors, neon blue, roseberry,
(Strawberry, wheat straw, light tan,
I green and citron yellow. Hats:
Poke bonnetts, Gibson Girl Sail
ors, Pill Boxes, Watteau, Bouben
ett, British Tan Shoes: Let us be
satisfied by saying, briught color
ed shoes. Dresses; Print and plain
dresses, three-piece Travel suits,
I consisting of skirt, jacket and top
coat, costume dresses, skirt-waist
frocks, man-tailored suits and jig
ger coats.
Easter came smiling into Oma
ha in a roseate dawn around 4:00
p. m. the skies wept, but the cr#wd
grew and grew and after awhile
the sidevdafks ’ of 'Twenty-fourth
street were churning with an awa
lanche of human flesh, trying to
be paraders and spectators at the
same time.
City Names Park
After Robinson
Rill Robinson is one of the hap
pip't persons in Hollywood.
The penial st-'pe veteran, ac
claimed the world’s most outstand
I inp* tap dancer, has received word
| from bis native homo. R:chmond.
| Vn that, a park has been named
I in bis honor.
1 The Twentieth Centurv-Pox film
"tar. who has just taupht Shirlev
Temple new dance steps for h'r
stnrripe role in “Rebecca of Sunny
brcok Farm,” recently pave the citv
of bis birth four traffic sipnal
lipbfs In mark a corner at Adam
Ictv’ lee •-•treets, where he played
a" a child.
The city set liable a nark at this
intersection to lie called the ‘‘Bill
Robinson Park” in honor of the
dancer.
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NOTICE
Thropph the courtesy of the
I Street Railway Co., we have been
I notified that adequate street car
service will he available Sunday
j bepinninp early afternoon poin
to and from Central hiph school.
No one will have any worry about
poinp to and from the Sprinp
Musical.
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M rs. Lina Banham, of St.
, Joseph-, cousin of Mrs. Plla Ixinp.
; returned to Omaha to look after
, her cousin, Mrs. Lonp 2517 Lake
street, who has been ill three years
1 Her stay will be an indefinite one.
Discord Is Struck As
Midway Pianist Takes
Shot At Boy Friend
Barbara Wells . . . gun spats
“blues” fortissimo.
(World-Herald Photo)
As purveyors of swing music
swung, a (.the Midway Cafe, 2418
North 24th St., the morning after
Foster, a discord was shuck when
.Miss Barbara Wells, pianist, 2226
Burdette St., suddenly whipped
< u' a haby hammerless pistol and
began to fire at Mr. Douglas j
I laekman, 2224 North 22nd SI.,
striking the victim in the ankle,
result:" ' in his being taken to
Nicholas 'enn Hospital.
It is nll?ged by witnesses who
were remnarts <f the early even
ing Easter parade that the scurry,
for cover on the part guests and
kitchen help, was so fast and fur
ious following the brardi hing of
the revolver that the police upon
arrival was for the moment at a
loss as to w'ho had been the re
ceiver of the bullet, due to visible
limps, resulting from contact of
movable objects against immovable!
objects.
Miss Wells fled out the rear
door but was apprehended an hour
and a halt' later a» the home ot a
friend by police and taken .tad'
where she is brdng held for in-(
vestigation. /, .
Miss Wells told police their
ouarrel started when some fellow
tulked to her to long, causing, Mr.
Blackman to change his “tempo , j
snapping a light “crescendo on
Miss Well's cheek. Angered by tin !
slap given her, she said she ‘ just
started shooting "
Fifth Annual
Campaign To
Be Conducted
Atlanta, Ga., April 16—The Al
pha Phi Alpha fraternity will con
duct during the week of May 2-8,
its Fiftieth Annual Campaign of
Education for Citizenship, accord
ing to a announcement made by Fr.
Rayford W. Logan, the fraternity’s
director of education. Throughout
tho country, he stated, graduate
and undergraduate chapters of the
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity are
laying plans to make the Fiftieth
Anniversary Campaign the most
effective in the new era of the
fraternity’s educational campaign.
Numbered among the members
of the fraternity who will take an
active part in the campaign are
mny representatives of state legis
latures. They and other national
ly known speakers will drive
home the slogan “A Voteless Peo
ple Is a Hopeless People.” This
slogan has already been carried
to more than 100,000 Negroes, Dr.
Logan estimated.
In this campaign the fraternity
invites the cooperation of all sor
orities, other fraternities, local and
national organizations. ‘The frat
ernity seeks no glory for itself,” *he
director declared, “it wishes merely
to arouse Negroes from the leth
argy of a generation and to make
them and the rest of *-he nation
realize that democracy is a farce
o long a« eight millions of peoole
ir> the southern states are effec
tively disfranchised.”
P" Char'es H. Wesley, dean of
he Graduate School. Howard uni
versity. is the national president
of the fraternity. Other national
officers are Mr. Joseph H. F>.
’•’vans Washington, D. C.; General
Secretary; Attorney Perchival R.
Piper, Detroit, treasurer; Mr.
Lewis O. Swinglev, editor of the
Sphinx.
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Woman Takes Poison
Knoxville. Toon., Anril 22 (By
■ Dr. O. B. Taylor for ANP)—Last
Saturday, an attractive, unidentifi
ed brown-skinned girl, apparently
26 years old, entered *he drug
store at Vine and Central street
•>n<l asked for three ounces of pure
tincture of iodine. Whop the drug
gist handed her the wrapped pack
age, she at once tore away the
wrapper, removed the st.onper, and
drank the contents before she
eopld he stopped. She soon fell to
• he floor (lazed. When the ambul
ance arrived to take her to the hos
pital, *he was unconscious, and is
still in critical condition. No one
here seems to know the well dress
ed voan® woman, nor the motive
back of her rash nc>
IT. S. Employment
Service Report
Issued
Chicago, April 2.3 (By Ethel
Harris for ANP)—Since the es
tablishment of the U. S. Employ
ment Service in 1938, those inter
ested in the economic rehabilita
tion of unemployed Negroes have
been anxious to know; What pro
portion of the Negro population
uses the Service? What are the
industrial classifications of Negro
applicants? What are the chances
of placement of Negroes and in
what fields? How do placements
of Negroes and whites compare?
A recent report issued for the
nine-month period, July 1936 to
March, 1937, covers such questions.
The Negro APP*»?»nt
It was obvious that the Service
was used by a larger proportion of
Negro males and smaller propor
tion of Negro females than there
were gainfully employed Negroes
in 1930. In 1930. these workers
were concentrated in California
and seven of the South Atlantic
and Gulf states. Nearly a o.uarter
of the colored registrants for this
period were in the three states,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Illinois,
which contained for only one-tenth
of the 1930 working population be
cause (1) In the North relief re
gistrants are required to seek
work through the Service; (2) the
Service is more readily available
to Negroes in the North where
they have engaged in urban pur
suits .
It is not surprising that more
than half the applicants for dom
estic service and physical labor
were colored. Relatively few col
ored men were found in “w'hite
cqllar" jobs. One-fifth Of the men
were from agricuture, and one
sixth from manufacturing. A large
proportion of Negroes, of course,
could not be attached to any in
dustry because they had no suf
ficiently recent or specific work
experience.
Negroes, generally, had been un
employed longer than whites. Only
1.0 per cent of the colored men were
working when registered as c°nn
pard with 18 per cent of white
men. A larger percentage of col
ored than white men had been un
employed from one to six months
Placements
During this nmc month period,
allowing for rone-t placements,
520,204 col cod applicants were
placed. 395,612 were men, 31 per
cent of whom were placed in build
ing and construction; 29 per cent
were put on relief projects; 20 per
cent in agriculture; 7 per cent in
domestic and personal service; and
6 per cent in manufacturing. Of
the women placed, 75 per cent in
( C* r* rtfimiA/I r.t» P.1 r*r\ K\
Second Annual May .
Day Festival to be At
Zion Baptist Church
The committee on plans for the
second annual May Day Festival!
anoucos that the scene of the1
May Da yFostival for 1938 will be]
at Zion baptist church, May 22.
Already there are 12 churches]
set to make the festival, present-]
ing the junior choirs of Omaha'
one of the most colorful demon-[
strations of youth talent ever to
have been witnessed in Omaha. !
Aside from the local churches
there are expected to be three out-]
of town churches sending guest
queens. Namely, Lincoln, Council
Bluffs, Iowa and Clarinda. low'a.
The eomml.fre which will meet
again Monday, April 25, 7:00 p. m.
at, the Northside "Y” urges all
directors and sponsors of the many
junior choirs to be present in or
der that they may secure queen
tickets to be sold in the queen con
test. The winner to be crowned the
May Day Queen for the Year 1938.
Ijast Rites Held For
Sis. Willie Davidson
Tuesday,' April 12, fit 2 p. ni.? the
heroic soul of Sister Willie David
son slipped its mooring and set
sail across the bar of e'ernity.
Sister p/tP.vide'on .wba born in
Shugualak, Mississippi. January
30. 1905 and was convert 'd at an
(ivly age. She was a member of
Willie Grove Baptist church in
Shugelak, and in May 1920 she and
a sister Tinnie, came to Omaha.,
and made their home with their,
aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. FM ,
ward Beasley, who reside at 949
North Twenty-fifth street.
On her arrival in Omaha, she un
ited with Mt. Moriah Baptist
Church under the late Rev. G. W.
Day.
She was a faithful member and
attended regularly u-s long as her
health permitted her to do so. She
was a member of the Mission Cir
cle and was ever faithful in per
forming her Christian duties.
In October, 1929. she was united
in Holy matrimony to Mr. Louis
Davidson of Omaha, who is left
to mourn her lost.
She was ambitious, thrifty, suid
was possessed with a determination
| to work for God, and to do her bit
for humanity.
She was a devoted wife, a love
ing mother who devoted her time
to the training of her children jn
the fear and admonition of God.
The God who been the source of
her strength during her illness,
and in whos arms she sweetly
breathed her last.
She WPS mindful Of herself, but
| zealous in performing her duty to
j her family, and her church.
I Verily in the midst of life we
j are in death. She happily awaited
' for the end, and expressed no fear
! at the appearance of death.
Rev. F. P. Jones, the present
pastor of Mt. Moriah, delivered
J the funeral eulogy, taking his dis
! courso from the ever beautiful 23rd
Psalms.
She lea'es to morn her passing
» devoted husband, Mr. Louis
Davirson, two daughters, Ardieth
Louise 7, and Minnie 3; one son
I,ouis jr., her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. J. Beasley sr., who reside in
\1 wsi««i| .pi; two brothers. Tlv>s
J P-asley, of Omaha, and Jonath
1 on Beasley of Shugualak, Miss.;
two isters. Miss Tinnic Beasley of
Omaha, and Mrs. Lillie B. Crockett
of Shugualak. Miss.; six uncles
and a host of other relatives and
f fiends.
Her body was in the charge of
the Myers Funeral Home. Th
| husband and sister Tinnie accom
panied the body to Shugualak,
| for interment.
All her friends regret her pass
ing
A precious one from us is gone;
A voice we loved is stilled,
A place is vacant in our hearts
That never can be filled.
God in his wisdom has recalled,
The one to us he has given;
Although the body slumbers
here,
Her i>oul is safe in Heaven.
A tea was given at the home of
I Mr. Wardell. The guests present
■ were: Mrs. A. F. Jones and Mrs.
I C. If. Anderson. The hostess was
«ir T1 LI -__
A Concert Artist
Visits O m a h a
Mr. R. E. Belton, of Minneapolis,
Minn, a concert artist, poet, leader
and lecturer supreme, also a rad o
singer, accompanied by Mi-* Edith
Williams of Minneapolis nod Miss
Bernice McCaw of St. Paul motor
ed to Omaha to spend the Easter
holiday. They were the guest of
Mrs. Melba (McCaw 1 Stewart. Mr.
Belton hag just returned from a
concert four in Honolulu, where he
sp>*nt three months. T’u* following
are a few of the places where he
made a splendid record in his eon
concert work: Honolulu Academy of
Aits, The University of Hawaii,
Kamehameha School of Hawaii
and the University if North Da
kota. Superior high school, Super
ior, Wis. Virginia Junior College
and several institution* in Canada.
He was a visitor to the Omaha
Guide plant, visiting with Mr. W.
M. Da' is, of the Guide staff. Dur
ing his short stay in Omaha he
was royally relieved and entertain-1
ed. He had the pleasure of being
in the home of Dr. G. B. l onnox,
Mr. and Mrs. W- M. Davis and
several others.
He will return to Omaha again
soon on another concert tour, and
Omaha will have a chance to en
joy'edme of hie best concerts and
entertainments. Watch for the
date of his appearance.
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TV A To Be Investigated
New York Ci*y, April 16—Data
on the discrimination against Ne
groes by the TVA, is being assern
1 led by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People and will be presented to the
joint committee from the House
and the Senate which is to investi
gate the TV A.
The NAACP has some material
in its) files, but desires additional
information on the treatment of
Negro citizens in the TVA as to
housing, recreations, and other
features.
It is known, for instance, that
Negroes are not allowed to Tive
in the government-built town of
Norris, Tenn. at Norris Dam. It is
known, also, that in the vast con
struction work through the whole
TVA area, Negroes were restrict
ed to certain types of work and did
not have supervisory positions—
even on concrete-pouring gangs,
thjcre were no Negro foremen.
There were no Negro white-collar
workers. No Negro skilled labor
was employed except in a very few
instances when it was engaged
in the construction of houses for
Negroes only.
The NAADO desires information
on TVA discrimination to be sent
to its New York office, 69 Fifth
avenue, as promptly, as possible
so it may be arranged and present
ed to the joint committee.
Race Relations Better,
Says Mrs. Bethune
Lincoln, Nebr., April 23 (By El
w'Otui Randol for ANP)—Mary Mc
Leod Bethune, president of the
Bethune-Oobkman college at Day
tona Beach, Fla., told reporters
here that higher education was one
cf the most effective means of
breaking down race prejudice in
the United States.
In Lincoln inspecting NYA pro
tects, Mrs. Betllune said *hat the
white man throught the country is |
trking a renewed interest in the;
Negro, and that it is through the j
facilities offered by the colleges ■
and universities of the nation that
(he youth of the two races may |
get together for a better under- j
standing.
The educator could see a great
deal of change in the attitude to-;
ward the race problem. The trend
is to work with the Negro instead
of remaining detached from him
and trying to prescribe what should
be done.
In iDecember, 1937, Mas. Be
thune founded the Council of Ne
gro Women which was organized
so that the women’s organizations
of America could pool their thou
ghts. “I saw the importance of
concentration of the thinking minds
of one thing,” she said in explain
ing the purpose of the organiza
tion which represents about one
million women in this country.
‘‘There is no comparable Negro
Joe Hale Case Is |§
Ninth Victory ■
for the Ass'n.l
Washington, I>. C. April 15 H
.loo Halo, a young Negro hoy
nineteen, had his conviction on
charge ef nut nicy set aside by the^H^
I luted States supreme court ItercHH
April II, on the ground thatHH
Met'i ackon ccttn'y. Ky. in whioh^H
lie was cunvleted, lias systcmieally.HH
barred Negroes from jury ser' ice HI
lur more than fifty years. ^H
The case argued In-fore the su-.HK
I ■rente couit, March 2S, by Cty rlcslHH
It. Houston special <■■ uueol of tho HB
\ A \< I . and la-on A. Ransom. |H
I ho opinion i t trio n'gh court
wn> uiiaiiiinous. 'This is 'ho second
cum' involving Negroes jn which ;Hfi
.lu.'-tiri' Hugo Block has j tincd in
a 1 I'oraMo decision. The first case IHS
involved picketing by the New No- IHH
gii A Ilia use, of Washington, It. C. IHH
Ju 'ice Black concurred in the fifi
opinion there that Negroes hn.d the HH
rig' ' to picket urd r certain cir- fifl
cun: dances in an off rt to get jobs. fifi
Hale’s case, like many which
come to the NAACP, was not SB
turned o'er to the Assoc ation until iflB
time came to appeal to the sup- [fifl
icnio court. The NAAftp entered 'fill
the case at the request of the Pad- ^H
ucah. Kentuky Colored Civic La - fi|
gue. Hale is alleged to have killed IB
a white man in Paducah, in August fig
In his argument to the supreme H
court on March 28. Mr. Houston, fig
rited an affidavit showing tUui H
the population of McCrakea cuunty |M
was approximately 48,000, of which \%t),
8,000 were Negroes; that there jH
were ^piptroTComitely fi 000 white |H
persons and 700 Negroes fully IS
(nullified for jury service under jH
Kentucky law; but that no Negroes fij
had served on a jury in a state H
court in McCraken county iu the H
past fifty years. fij
The Hale case is the ninth vie- fi
tor of the NAACP in the supremo fi
court. Of ten cases which it has fi
taken up the NAACP has won nine, fi
The next ca.se which the association fi
will take up will be the ease of H
Gaines University of Missouri fi
where Lloyd Gaines. Negro grad- fi
uate of Lincoln University (Mo.l fi
is seeking entrance to the Univer- I
sity of Missouri law school.
Tennessee Supreme
Court Reverses
Murder Conviction
Huntington, Tenyi. April <18—
Bill Jack Bledsoe, who was con
victed of murder, July 26, 1937,
had his conviction reversed by the
Tennessee supreme court last week
and the case remanded for a pew
trial.
Bledsoe was cotiyl^ed of JdQIng
, George Stanford, a white over
seer on the R. C. Denny plantation
located about six miles from Milan,
Tennessee. He received a sentence
of twenty years in prison.
All the evidence in the case
seemed to support Bledsoe’s con
tention tha.t he shot in self-de
fense.
The shooting followed an prgu
jijcnt over seen, Bledsoe, who ias
born on the Denny farm, had
planted some grass seed but had
been told subsquently to move off
by the riding boss a.nd the latter
is said to have promised to pay
Bledsoe for the seed but failed
to do so.
Bledsoe was defended by whit#
and colored lawyers, who wrer«
assisted by the NAAOP. The law
yers are : P. L. Harden, Jackson,
Tennessee; J. Ross McKinney,
chief couneel; Jimmie Lee Tayh'i
and Buck Crider. Harden the *ol
1 ored lawyer, Was threatened with
i being run out of town when the
! case first came to trial, hue he
I refused to be frightened.
Mr. Veitzer Buys OH
Yossem Grocery Store
Mr. Bernard Veitzer P cently
| bought the old Yossem Grocery
j store at 2012 North 24th Street.
I Mr. Veitzer came here from I os
Angeles. California, where he had
been in the grocery business for
several years.
He invites you to visit him. Yea
will receive courteous seriee *■ all
times. He handles ”he be”' ts
and groceries and iresh - 'as
and a full stock. Mr ’*
in his employ Janies e” »
Is working full t'V
April 18 ' ',3 ‘ 1
cial do’