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j Lar*est 1 p C c;fl Negro Paper ■! in Nebraska _____ ' °Py .. | U--* HEW TO The UNE^ I Entered as Second Class Matter at Poatotflce, Omaha. Nebraska- OMAHA, NEBRASKA SATURDAY, APRIL 30 1938 VOL XII, Lo 2 Boy and Girl Week to be Celebrated in Omaha Entire City Will Observe Week Set for Youth National Boys’-Girls’ Week will be observed locally. April 30 to May 0. Plans for the week have been under the sponsorship of a Committee from the Council of Social Agencies headed by Mrs. Barton Kuhns. The opening day, April 30, will be designated as recognition day featuring the child in the home Spe. ial event of the day is the Boy Scout Merit Badge Exposition at the city auditorium. Sunday. May 1, will be church da.y when special emphasis will be placed on youths’ opportunities and responsibilities. Many churches are using the junior choirs as a mark of observance of the week. National Child Health Day will be observed May 2. The Omaha Douglas County Health Council are in charge of this day’s activities. Tuesday. May 3, will be devoted to Group Work Agency day which includes window displays in down town stores and open house and exhibits at the various private agencies. The Youth Guidance Council is emphasizing their 'Vocational Guidance work with special events on May 4. The newly re-organiz°d Clty M'PA Recreation project is plan ning special events at their com munity centers on May 5. The last day, Library Day. May (!. will be observed in the main library by special exhibits and books for young people. Throughout the week, the schools which observe boys and girls week every week of the school year will focus attention on the needs and opportunities of boys and girls -o Find Youth Problems In All Nations Alike Tuskegee Institute. April 30th (ANP) Basil Matthews, worlds famous author, lecturer, aditor and traveler, of London, Eng., was guest speaker at chapel services, Tuskegee Institute, on Sunday night. Dr. Matthews listed six ma jor problems of youth today as he found to be common to youtth in all countries of the world. These problems as Dr. Matthews found them are (1) unemployment —thousands of youths come out of the schools everywhere to find that the world has no place for them. This is as true of India as of Bra zil and is true of Japan as of Unit ed States; (2) the ever widening action of the state as being all powerful; (3) the changing of family status in the world order, particularly in the Orient where the will nf the parents dominates in the selection of mates for "young men and young women. The fourth problem is race re lations. Tn Germany the Teutons against the .Tews, in India the Bri tish against the Mohammedans, and so in countries throughout the world. The fifth, the ever-increas ing threat of war. As the sixth problem of youth today, he stated that life was not all material; there must be the re cognition of the supremacy of some spiritual being. T>r. Matthews will he at the In stitute during the week continuing his research and conference w'th the life of Booker T. Washington, whose biography he has been en gaged upon for the past several years. -n Jackson College Launches Fund Drive Jackson, Mich., Apirl JO (ANP1 A campaign to raise enough funds to keen Jackson college going un til such as the state takes it over has been launched by the alumni association .it was announced hv James A. White ad John W. Dixon who are heading the drive. Jack son aollege is now 60 years old. Women Club Gives $200 To NAACP New York, April 15—A contri bution of $200 to the work of »he NAACP was made on April 12 by the Women’s Fortnightly Club of Paterson, N. J. Mrs. Frank A. Walker is president of the club; Mrs, Irene Ha lstock, vice-presi dent; Mrs. Romie Jackson, treasur er; and Mrs. Pauline Barnes, sec retary. At the meeting at which the pre sentation was made, the club also contributed substantial sums to the YWCA in Paterson, whi-h draws no color line pud accepts colored wonvn and v'rls in its l uilding and summer camps; *■, the tuberculosis elin c on the P ’’ 1 Health Service of Passaic c-artv; and to the tumor and cancer clinic of one of the hospitals of Peter son. Representatives of each of these groups spoke at the meet ing. The women explained *hnt they had been sav:ng a furd for a particular soci’l service nroie-t. hut had become convinced tha‘ its jealization was so far off that fher thought they would distribute some ef their nest egg to worthy projects Pickens Savs w 54~ Help By Realizing tvax Negroes are American Columbia, S. C., April 30 (ANP) Seven hundred persons attended Dean Pickens first South Carol n a forum, packing Booker Washington high school auditorium to the hall ways as he opened on the subject “Negroes as Americans.” Among the few whites present were Bishop Finley of the Episcopal church and his wife. Pickens showed that histm-y in school texts has not given the American Negro credit for doing his full share in proportion to his i numbers, and “beyond all propor tion of his opportunties and privi leges’’ for building up the economy and democracy of American. He said that while exaggerated groups consciousness was harm ful, as it has proven to be to Jews, yet is was helpful fo rboth whites and Negroes to realize that color ed Americans are a part of the American people. Social Security Files Sl ow Negro to he 125 Brownsvilie. Tex., April 30 (ANP) —A native African and an ex-slave who was 40 years old when the Civil war began and fought for the Confederacy in his master's place and who, according to authentic documents, is approximately 125 years old, is believe to be the old est person in the South to receive Set ' ' So i,irity lenefits. According to records of the So cial Secururity Roard. this aged man, Jim Johnson, spent more than a third of his life in slavery and was sold four times. Recause the e was little compulsory birth regis tration before 1872, two Rrowns ville citizens were reouired to sign affidavits in which they said he had been known to them for the past fifty years and when they first saw him he appeared to be about 75. In 1887. these citizens said, John son’s children were grown and mar ried with children of their own. For the past 65 years he has lived on a Haywood county farm in a cabin he built himself. His great ago was supported by still other documents case workers found. Johnson’s first master, he said, was a man named Witherspoon, who sold him at auction to a Mr. Miller. When nearly grown he be came the property of Daniel Campbell and drove a stage coach for him. The Civil war broke out 25 years later and Johnson l°ft his master and set out for Tennessee, taking, 25 colored families with him, andj his wife bore him several children. After his first wife’s death, he, married Alberta Hawthorne,. J( hn son said he was 97 when he mar ried for the third time and that one son. now 37, was then born. Ho says also he has cut his third set of teeth. His eyesight is failing at last and he seldom goes far from his home, although he insists he can a little better every day. He tells time by the sun, rarely missing it more than a few minutes. Friends share his two-room cab in with him and since he is too feeble to work, the feed and clothe I him with his earnings and his $10 monthly check. _ Walter White, RAACP Sec’y., Says Wire Your Rep. In Washington This is to enlist your immediate aid in demanding a hearing before the House Committee on Military Affairs on Congressman Hamilton Fish’s bill (H. R. 10164, 10165. 10166, 75th Congress, 3rd Session) which raised the question of dis crimination against Negroes in the Army. Congressman Fish introduced these bills April 5. 1938, following a recent campaign by the Pitts burgh Courier for greater repre sentation of Negroes in the armed forces. In essence the bills provide: If. R, 10164: names the units | of the Regular Army and sta tes: “Nothing in this Act shall constated t.s discrimin ating against the appointment of Negroes as officers or en listed men in the various es tablishments as outlined.” H. R. 10165: covers the ap pointment of cadets to the Uni ted States Military Academy “two of whom eash year shall be of the Negro race until there shall be an aggregate of eight soch appointments of Negro cadets.” H. R. 10166: specifies the or ganization of the Army in time of peace and provides that one division “shall consist of en listed Negro men.” These bills do not go the entire distance necessary to wipe out dis crimination in the Army. They do not touch discrimination in the Navy or Marine Corps. The Na tional Association reserves iudg-1 ment on the details of two of the bills, H. R. 10105 and 10100. Rut; the three bills do present a means I of opening up and exposing thej official policy of discrimination against Negroes in the Army. and| offer an opportunity to register the deep resentment all Negroes feel against race discrimination in the armed forces. If sufficient public demand is registered with Congress, it will be possible to have a hearing on these before the present session of| Congress adjourns. It is impera tive t odemand a hearing on those! bills right away because they will die when this Congress ends. Even if the bills cannot be enacted into law at this session, through action both in the House and in the Sen ate, the House hearings will ex-| pose the discrimination and po:nt, the way for new legislation in the, next Congress. Please have your organizations.; or the appropriate committee of your organizations, meet immed iately and adopt resolutions either favoring the hills demanding hear ings on them, or both. Send a copy of your resoutions to President Roosevelt so that the President may know how,-deeply Negro citi-| zens resent race disceriniination in! the armed forces. Also send a copy to Congressman Hamilton Fish. House of Representatives. Washington, D. C. and a copy to Congressmen from your district. If unable to abtain a meeting of your organization or appropriate com mittee. write personal letters to the President and Congressman Pish. Get as many other persons as pos sible to write personal letters, a.nd pass the word along to other or ganizations to send in resolutions demanding hearings on the bills. Coneress will adjourn soon. ACT AT ONCE! WEEK-END GUEST HERE Mr. and Mrs. Fred McDaniels, had as their week-nd guest. Miss Katherine Martin and Mr. William Pursley of Coffevville, Kas. Suprein Liberty Ln Holds Annual Meet Chicago. April 30 (ANP) Stock holders of the Supreme Liberty Life Insurance company, many of them coming from as far South ns -'ennessee, as far east as New York, and us far as Cal fornia, gathered here last Tuesday for their annual meeting at the home office and heard President Harry II. Pace in hjis annual address point out that the company had passed the two million dollar mark in as sets and was on the high road to sucee s. Last year's business was describ 'd as the largest in com pany history. Mr. Pace read a comparative statement of ihe business of the company during t' e years of 1935, 1936 and 1937 and hnwed tahf. the growth of the company during these years was almost uni lievea ble. He further -stated that sta tistics showr that Supreme Liberty Life has grown faster in the last two years than any other Negro insurance company in the United States. Industrial Department in Lead Perhaps the greatest gain of all was in the Industrial Department, although there were increases in every department. The company now has a total of 129.338 Indus trial policies for $26,127,630 insur ance in force. This along with 13, 028 Ordinary policies for $10,017, 879 insurance in force makes a total of 142,366 policies for $36,15 5,509 insurance in force The week ly Industrial dehit grew from $15. 607 in 1936 to$l 6,628 in 1937. During 1937 the company pur chased $106,807 worth of govern ment, state, and public utility bonds, bringing its complete bond and security holdings to $480,225. 64. It made mortgage loans of $141,604.16 to its own people to save and protect their homes, in creasing its total mortgage loans to $287,306.82. The company made net, policy loans for the year of $39,821.68. It now has outstanding to policy-holders, on the sole secu rity of their policies, the sum of $203,849.49 The company had a total income for the year of $1,047,663.75, an increase over last year of $94, 688. It had a total premium in come for the year of $948,313. Present Staff Reelected All officers were reelected. Dr. Henry Allen Boyd of the National Baptist Publishing Board was made a vice-president and the Board of Directors was increased to thirty five members. They are Harry H. Pace, president; T. K. Gibson, chairman and treasurer; Dr. M. O. Rousfield, vice president and medi cal director; W. Ellis Steward vice president and secretary; Earl B Dickerson, 'ice president and general counsel; J. G. Ish, Jr., vice president and egency officer; Dr. P M. Murray, assistant medi cal director; Dr. E. W. Beasley, ! assistant medical director; Louis C. Rulloch, vice president; William I H. Wortham, vice president; Rev. | R. L. Rradbv- vice president; A. [ P. Reptley, vice president; Dr. Tt. j L. Jones, ' ice president, end Dr.: Henry Allen Boyd, vine president, j A. A. Alexander, Bishop W. C. Brown, E. H. Carry, Dr. E. A. Carter A. L. Fosted, George L. I Gaines. Francis S. Grant, C. W. Hadnott, James H. Jones. Leroy Tiowery, Theophilus M. Mann, Dell Matthews F. A. McGinnis, Dr. James Parker, John Barnett, R. J. Broxton, and Dr. Marshall E. Ross. Seek $250,000 For Crippled Memphisans Memphis April 30 tANP)— i Efforts to establish a $250,000 hospital for crippled Negro adults in Memphis are being made by Dr. Willis Campbell, white, founder of' the present hospital for crippled white adults, the Rotary club was told last week by T. Walker Lewis, white. “For every crippled white person in Memphis territory, there are four crippled Negroes. ” Mr. Lewis said Dr. Campbell told him. Al- j though no definite plans have been | mad for the hospital, at least $50, | 000 above the estimated construct-; ion cost of $250,000 will be needed for its operation, the Rotariansj were told ' Oklahoma Gets New Delta Chapter Oklahoma City. April 30 (ANP) The Eta Sigma chapter of the De bit Sigma Theta sorority was osta Wished in Oklahoma City Sunday, April 24, at the home of Soror Buzeder F. Ragland here, and un der the direction of Soror Edna M. Kinchion. National Secretary of the sorority. Oroicron Sigma chapter of Tulsa, Okie., was established a number of years ago and was the first chapter to be set up by the sorori ty in the state. This chapter has been an outstanding organization in the state for many years, and is one of the strongest chapter in the Central Region of Delta Sigma Theta. Sorority. Representatives sent to the establishment of Eta Sigma by Omicron Sigma were, Soror* Mnry S. Buford, a grandj officer, and F<ankie R. Fields. Officers for this year are Rus zeder F. Ragland, president, Sar-I cite Slaughter Finlev 'ice presi dent. Rhoda Gooden Irving, secre tary, Maxine Randoloh. treasurer, Edwvna Randals, Wilson, parlia mentarian; Thresia Bolden Moore, journalist; Carlemita Weaver Tip ton, sergeant-at-arms; Fannie Gib son Miller, chaplin . Minister Warns Aagainst I^oose Living Norfolk. Va., April .'!0 (By James' H. Boykin for (ANP) When a man1 has found his place in life, some-; thing will be done to uplift man-j kind. Two voices are constantly! calling in opposite directions; the one is the voice of wisdom and un derstanding; the other is the voice of King and Quwl Folly, Dr. L. I Kipling, jastor of Vt. Paul M. C. Church declared here this after noon at St. John AMR church in delivering the Rlk’s Annual sermon, and warned his congregation not j to succumb to prostitution and sin. j Using as his subject, “Come On i In. There Ain’t Nobody Home But Me,’’ he said it is dangerous for | one to figure his way into places ' without likewise figuring one’s way out. Queen Folly was later described as temptous Queen Folly, j and the men who fall to her tern-1 tations as King Folly. A third | voice. Dr. Kipling said, is the voice \ of Christ. _J Mediation Hoard Orders Election for Milwaukee Porters Washington, D. C., April :10- - Tim National Mediation Board through its secretary. Harrison H, Reed, notified A. Phillip Randolph, International President of the Bro therhood of Sleeping Car Porters, that, April 15. the (Board had Mr, Johi Murray, one of its mediators, to proceed with the representation dispute ease between the Brother hood of Sleeping Car Porters and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. Following the examination of authorization cards from the por ters presented by Mr. Ernest Smith secretary-treasurer of the Chicago Division of the Brotherhood, and the claims of the Company Union, Mi'. George A. Cook, one of the members of thp Mediation Board, who went from Washington, D. C,, to Chicago to supervise the direc tion of the case, ordered tl • hold ing of an election to determine the duly authorized agent to negotiate agreements concerning rates of pay and rules governing working conditions for the sleeping car and chair car porters on the Milwaukee Ra.ilroad. Balloting will he in person Rnd by mail, and began April 24 and will extend through May 4, said Mr. Webster, First International vice president of thp Brotherhood, who has been active in organizing the Milwaukee porters. --o-- — Randolph Goes South Washington, I). C., April 30— Following the signing of a Wage Agreement with the Pullman Com pany, last August. Pullman porters in the South are rapidly joining the Brotherhood. As a. part of the organization campaign, A. Phillip Randolph, International President, and M. P. Webster, First Interna tional vice president, will visit Jacksonville. Tampa and New Or leans, April, May and June. Pay Now and Save on Your Delinquent County Taxes Purpose:— This city-wide campaign is to as sist public authorities in the col lection of deliquent real and per sonal taxes. Now is the opportune time for this drive. The state law waives penalties and interest on all delin quent taxes up to March 19, 1937. if paid before December 31, 1938. These taxes bear 7 per cent inter est from March 1937. if not paid by December 31 of this year, all former penalties and interest charges are again in effect. Situation:— Deliquent real estate taxes ad vertised by the county treasurer last fall, including special taxes hut without interest or penalities, totalled $4,848,621.96. Substaeting and estimated 1.100,000 in delin quent specials, leaves over $3,748. 000.00 in deliquent regular rea estate taxes. Probably $300,000.00 of this is in the county outside of Omaha. Deliquent personal taxes aie estimated at $1,500,000. Many peo ple do not realize they owe per sonal taxes, they have forgotten that they do owe them, or they have felt they need not pay. Based on County Treasurer Otto ffcui man’s figures there is a total of $4,263,889.21 in delinguent real and personal taxes for the period from 1931 to 1937. Need .— The city is keeping within its budget, but with difficulty. It needs additional funds to match federal aid for projects to assist Omaha’s unemployed. The school board states that un less at least $200.00 more deliquent taxes than the amount budgeted are collected for the schools alone, Omaha’s educational program will havp to be curtailed—either by shortening the school year or by operating lower grades on reduced schedules. The county is behind approxi mate $1,000 000. Payment of delin quent taxes would hasten the day when merchants could be paid and 1 interest charges on all taxpayers could be reduced. Collections are divided approxi mately on the following basis: 41 per cent to the city; 39 per cent to schools and 20 per cent to county and state. Plan:— The general plan of this cam paign is to enlist the aid of all ci vie, commercial and business or ganizations in a drive urging all delinquent taxpayers to pay up now. In thsi way, taxpayers will benefit by the present law and will help our school, city and country. All civic and commercial associa tions are being urged to check through their own memberships. These groups are being urged to give the campaign active support and assistance. All employers are being urged to check their employees and. v. here possible, to work out some means of aiding the employee in the payment of his deliquent taxes. Personal solicitation of delin quents will folow after the above two methods have been pushed to the fullest. A complete and comprehensive publicity campaign through news papers, radio, direct mail and other forms of advertising, and personal contact will be used to educate de linquent taxpayers to the present situation and to the dire need of thir support. The present tax situation affects everyone in Omaha and Douglas Coainty. It requires attention and needs the assist ance of every organization and individual. To be successful, this campaign must have your support. Will you help? Many Unable to Hear Their Own Favored Choir Tho wall of the one time state capitol, now Central high school rocked with soul-stirring music, Sunday ajftdrnpon, April 24. as 300 voices sang praises unto the omnipetent. Ushers estimated more than 200 persons were turned away. Tho auditorium which has a seating capacity of approximately 1,800was filled with la.te arrivals taking advantage of the windows which open into the corridors. On tho stage were 300 representatives of the following churches: Bethel Baptist, Claire Chapel M. EL, Host church; Cleaves’ Temple C. M. E. Freestone Baptist, Hillside Presby terian, Mt. Moriah Baptist, Pil grim Baptist, Pleasant Green Bap tist. Salem Baptist, S.t. John A. M. E. and Zion Baptist. The program which opened with a processional of the robed choirs followed by the “Negro National Anthem,” “Lift Every Voice and Sing” and numbers by individual choirs, reached a climajc with the massed singing of “Dark Water," led l»y Mrs. Pearl Gibson, and the old familiar number “Steal Away" made famous by the original Fisk Jubilee Singers, and the “Hallelu jah Chous” from the Messiah, both under the masterful direction of Rev. J. S Williams, Moderator of the Omaha Presbytery. The program was supported beautifully by the Omaha, Concert orchestra, under the conductorship of Prof. George Bryant. The renditio nof the choir pro cesional “God of Our Father Whose Almighty Hand." and the "Celestial Overature. Prendeville, was superb. The plaving of the latter number drew fullv five min utes of enthusiastic applause from the huge audience. Starting four years ago, under the sponsorship of Mr. L. L. Mc Vay, a formlr student of that re nown school music, Fis kuniversity, and a graduate of Howard univer sity. the Goodwill Spring Musical has grown by leaps and bounds, exemplifying the following pur pose: “To bring about, a class co operation between churches; to create a better appreciation for higher class music: to encourage those to make use of ther musical talents who have such; to cause the choirs to realize their service to the churcb. Mr. McVay hppes to present the Snring Musical for 1939 at the I City Auditorium. -o Boy Scout Present Merit Bad ere Show 3.500 .Scouts and Scouters of the Citv of Omaha are nresentng their semi-annual Merit Bader Show a “Miniature World’s Fair” at the auditorium, April 20 and 30. The st-mv runs continually through * bree performances starting at 7-00 n. m. Friday, 1:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. m. Saturday. Ov"r 70 booths displaying the vei l of Scouts in the Merit Badges nroe-vnm make up the show. Fach tenth is planned and prepared hv Remits and lpad“rs of Omaha •Scent Troops and "Scouts in Act ion” is the rule of the show. Merit, Rndeos are awards given fo grouts who demonstrate their m-ofieienev jp suhiects they nr« irforested ip as a hohbv or voca tion There are 103 Merit Badges in the program. Oninha merehants havft demon s*rated their interest in the youth of the ritv bv sponsoring these booths and giving the bovs train ing and eouinment necessnr _ to make complete and interesting booths. Mr. Furl TT Burket is Chairman of the Merit Radge Show Commit tee and has been assisted by Messrs. A. .T. Rhode*. Finance; Ww It. Byrne. Commercial Booth; Frank Bonolken. Program: W. L. Wilcox, Matrons; Paul A. Willise. Brims; B. d'egrin, Publicity; John B. Ro sensweig. Participation; living ■T. R. Moriarity, Attendance. mi,, . ;s invited—Admi s'on is 2" ts.
