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HTargest Cen,s | * Negro Paper er [ in Nebraska — • - - 71 Entered as Second Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Nebraska- OMAHA, NEBRASKA SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1938 ____VOL. XII, No. 4 mk Op eretta Was Presented At Zion Church Cast Consisted Of Fifty High School Students The operetta “Ghost of Lolly pop Bay,” presented at Zion Bap tist church Monday evening, May 2, was indeed a grand success, both artistically and financially. The Operetta presented under the direction of Miss Estelle T. Robertson, with Miss Bertha Young at the piano, drew hearty applauses from the huge crowd which packet! the Auditorium of Zion Baptist Ccurch The Operetta, which was a 2-act pla>, was played to perfecting by 50 High School boys and girls, color being added by Messrr. Paul Briggs, baritone, and Clif ford Maykins, tenor and Elsie Hayden, soprano. The Opperetta was sponsored by the Busy Bee Club and the Junior choir in con nection with the 50th Anniversary of Zion Baptist Church. 3 Fail In Attempt To Blame Crime On Negroes Mongomery, Ala., May 1—The attempt of two white women B.nd a third man to blame Negroes for slugged him, and “rolled’’ him for white man failed here when police arrested all three for complicity in stealing of $78 from Abrey Hend rick*. Hendricks went for an automo bile ride and a round of roadhouses with the two women and their companion. When he flashed hia money they drove to a lonelv spot, slugged him, an d“rolled” him for $78 Later, two women appeared at the police station and told the two Negroes had held un Hend ricks and themselves. But mean while, unknown to them, Hendrick0 had complained to the police and a white man bad Vwen arrested and identified by Hendricks as the man who robbed' him. The two women were promptly locked up and police later announced that they admitted under questioning that they had plotted with their male companion to rob Hendricks and blame the crime of two Negroes. -o Appoint Three On Veational Fdu. Unit Washington, D. C., May 7. L4NP)—The Board of Education last, week appointd 9 Washington citizens on an advisory commit tee for cocatioanal education.The committee personnel was chosen from three groups—employers, employes and homemakers—-and each group has two white, one colored member. Each member serves for a one-year term, is eligible for re-appointment. The colored members, Employ ers, Charles H. Fearing, business manager, Washington branch, North Carolina Mutal Life Insur ance Co.. EmpBoyes, Hiljvard R. Robinson, architect employed in the TJ ,S. Department of Interior, and Homemakers, Mrs. Virginia R. McGuire. The committee, of which Dr. Frank W. Ballou, supertendent of the Board of Education, is execu tive chairman, will assist the hoard in developing its vocational edu cation program, in cooperation with the George-Deen act, which provides Federal funds for voca tional education. -o—■ Fined for Contempt Washington, May 7. (ANP)— Offering as an excuse for her not appearing aginst a man who had beaten her, that her “mother wouldn’t let” her. proved useless for Helen Dade, age 22. Judge John P. McMahon fined her ten dollars in Police Court for failing to testify. The defendant, George Jackson, was discharged. After the testimony of Jackson, the young woman was called before the court and fined because of her failure to appear. He Gives DU. w. H.’SLAUGHTER Who gave cheerfully and suV stantialty to the $’0,000 Mehari'y Cancer Clinic ?jnd raised among graduates of Meharry Medical c I iege, Nashville, Tenn., recenty. ITr. Slaughter, now a trustee of the ( i ]|egi settled in Oklahoma in territorial days and now has ex tensive •■eatlv holdings in Okla homa City. OM has also cmtribut e dto his r se to affluence, and he has a home that is noted through out the Southwest. (Calvin Service). Chattanooga ns In Tribute to the Late Mayor Thompson Chattanooga, Tenn., May 7 (By Katie E. jobn on for ANP)— The leading cit:zens of Chattan ooga. gathered last Suday niirht at Leonard St. Presbyterian church at a special service held in tribute to the memory of the late Mayor T. C. Thompson, long noted for his untiring and unselfish work among the Negro race. Included among the large aud ience were members of Mr. Thomp son’s family and many of white associates and friends. The moot ing was sponsored by colored members of the Interracial Com mittee, which the late Mayor ser ved for years as chairman. Among the speakers were W. J. Daven port, principal of Howard high school, an old acquaintance of the late Mr. Thompson; Prof. L. W. Henderson, East Fifth Street Jun- i ior High; Rev. Jesse B. Babour, pastor Leonard Street church; A. M. Pennvbncker, executive secre tary, YMCA; Estes Kefauver, member Interracial Committee Rev. M. C. Griffin, pastor Warren Chapel A. M. F. Church. T. C. Thompson, jr.. gave a short speech of aporec.iation on behalf of his family. Declared Prof Henderson: “ Mr. Thompson’s road to eminent Success as a civic leader and to the hearts of his fellow citizens was measured by the yardstick of service to ail. regardless of race, color or creed.” Ex Serv ice Msn Give . Smkes to Sick Buddies Chicago, May 7 (ANP)—The Ex-Service Men of Illinois, headed by Clifton E. Jones, state chair man, last Sunday paid the'r an nual visit to s'ck buddies at Ed ward Hines hospital, d stributed over 300 packages of cigarets, cigars and tobacco to war veter ans, both white and colored. In anticipitation of the annual visit, the ex-serv i e men recently held a dance at the 8th Regiment Arm ory, with a package of “smokes” as the only admission fee. Red Cap Retires After 27 Years Chicago, May 7 (ANP)—Will iamPryor Bell. 67-years old, a well known Chicogan and for years the chief usher at North Western sta tion, ast Thursday heard the “All Aboard” shout of the traim conduc tor officially for the last t'me, picked up his last piece of baggage for a hurrying passenger—and thus ended 27 years of active life as a Red Cap in the hustle and bustle of the train shed. Owner cf a six-apartment build ing on South Parkway and a 12 arce farm in Michigan, Retired Red Cap Bell anticipates a future active existence on the farm, whence he departed in 1890, to be a waiter on the Northern Pacific Railroad. He said: “I've had what I call a great career. I've been successful anyway, and I’ve enjoyed working. Now- it’s back to the farm for me. That’s my first love and it won’t be hard to return to it.” His farm is located near a lake well stocked with fish. He plans to raise chickens and goats. Asked his receipe for success, Boll paid deserved tribute to his wife, thus: “You can give all the credit to my wife: If it had been left in my hands I’d spent every thing long ago.” -o Okla. Daily 1 hanks Republicans for Killing Lynch Bill — Ada, Oka., May 7—An editorial expressing gratitude for the as sistance which the Republican sen ators gave in killing the Gavagan Wagner-Van Nuys anti-lynching bill, appeared here recently in the! Eventing News. “Particular appealing.is the fact that the Republicans kept the; ill-advised anti-lyrjehing law from j coming to a vote” the editorial de-J cares. "By assisting the southern senators in keeping off the cloture rule they aided in keeping the j vote off. Thus in the final analysis the Republicans combined with the southern senators to defeat the; bill.”_I Get Your Tax Statement Gy Mail, by Just Calling ATIantic 7555 Negro residents of Omaha may obtain complete statements of any delinquent taxes by mail, Wilbur Jones, exccut've chairman of the delinquent campaign, told the Omaha Guide. Requests for statements should be addressed directly to County Treasurer Otto Bauman at the ccourt house, he said. An individual may get a state ment of any personal taxes he may owe merely by sending his full name and present address to the county treasurer’s office. Mr. Jones said. Listening fomier Oma ha residence addresses will facili tate the detail work necessary for the prepartion of statements, h>‘ said. “Handling of tax matters by mail aids both the taxpayer and the treasurer’s office,’’ he said. “The former is spared the incon venience of waiting for statements to be prepared and the latter is given more time for clicking of tax records.” For real estate taxes, the cor rect legal description of each in dividual piece of property is neces sary, Mr. Jones said. Tax records on real estate are indexed under! the legal description and not the owner’s name or street addressl he pointed out. Once a tax statement is prepar- j ed, it is mailed directly to the in- | dividual requesting it, Mr. Jones said. Contents of the statements are not made known to campaign directors or to the general public. Payment of delinquent taxes then may be made by mailing the statement and a check or leave or ders to the county treasurer’s of fice or by payment in person. Re ceips are then issued immediately, Mr. Jones said. ‘‘While this is not a new ser vice,” Mr. Jones said, “many tax payers are not aware of its exost tance. It is certainly a time-saver for the taxpayer.” firs. Roosevelt Wins . I ,. Great Audience At Hampton Institute Hampton Institute. Va., May 7. —Arriving at Hampton Institute without pom, fanfare o fceremony I of any kind, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, by her simplicity, earn | nestness and friendly charm, won ; the great host of people gathered ! on the campus to hear her make, the seventieth anniversary ud dress. Driving her own car. with but one campanion, she entered the grcuds so unobtrusively that she alnu' t n’.ssed the gates before the crowd assembled there was aware otf her piesence. Waving her greetings ” h n he was discovered, sho went through a group of ap plauding citizen?, to the Mansion House where she was the guest of President Howe. A little after two o clock in the afternoon, in a car with the lat ter, she was driven through two lines of young women to Ogden Hall, where she was greeted by repi'esento'.tiVAs }of tihe Hampton Institute Board of Trustee. From the steps of the building, she re viewed the yoiung women and young men students, as they pas sed before her into the auditorium. Escorted to the platform. Mrs. Roosevelt turned to face an audi ence that filled every seat. Im mediately, the (group t.tood and paid her a marked tribute of res pect. Address a Model of Practicality Presented by President Howe. Mrs. Roosevelt, speaking without manuscript, delivered an address that was a model of practical, concrete suggestions: Speaking to tho topic. “Seeking a Place in a Community,” she explained: “I think it is a good thing to talk about, here where sa many of you are preparing sso that you may go out and find places in | communities all over the country, and in finding those places yau are going to make a. discovery: that is, that we make very often places for ourselves, and you will have to do that many, many times.” After she had discussed the curse of ignorance and developed j tho needed work which one can: do in advancing the cause of bet ter housing, sanitation, education, recreation and health in communi- j ties, Mrs. Roosevelt turned to a topic which, she must have known.1 had deep interest for the great audience before her and the over flow groups which had to go to Memorial Church to hear her through sound amplifiers. Speak ing as a woman who had conquer-j pd obstacles under which her s»x labors as a minority group. Mrs. Roosevelt said: “Now, I know that minority groups very often feel that thev have mt as much responsibility! Nonuse thev have not as much| influence. 1 do not think tha i th".t. is a right way to feel, be cause it always means that you are trying to find an excuse for not taking up the responsibility that is yours; and, if you belong to a minority group, you have to realize taht your situation is verv much the samp as the situation of ( ail womenhas bben; foil’ a good ( many years. Now it is still quite j true that, if a woman is going to | (Continued on Page 3) 700 See and Hear Lue Swarz in Tulsa Tulsa, Okla. May 7 1(C)—An audience of more than 700 persons saw and heard the dynamic Lue Swarz, famed one-woman-show, of St. Louis, who was presented by Pi chapter of Zete. Phi Beta sor ority in her own inimitable char acterizations. An observer of the performance says: “The uncanny skill with which she depicted the life of Phvllis Wheatley attested her artistic wizardry. (Changing from one character to another in rapid succession, speaking excellent English and broken dialect with equal facility, she was able to make her listeners ‘see what was not there.’ He costuming was au thentic to the last detail. She is a splendid speaking actress, a bril liant pantomomist, able to carry much wnth a few words, making her audience feel rather than see the characters depicted.” An in formal reception was given Miss Swarz after the performance, dur ing which she autogaphed many i programs for her admirers. * Washington Lawyers Elect New President Washington, May 7 (AND— Folowing the tenth annual cele bration of lawyers’ day, George A. Parker, dean of the Robert H. Terrell Law' School, has been elect ed president of the Washington Bar Association, Mr. Parker suc ceeds William L. Houston, special assistant to the attorney general, Edward P. Lovett was elected first president; Belford W. law son, second vice president; George W. Peterson, secretary and Au gusta W Gray, treasurer. Elected to the executive committee were Dr. I.eor\ R&rjiom, Thurman, L. Dodson, Edward W. Howard and Richard B. Atkinson. William A. Lee, ,T., was elected correspond ing secretary. Interesting featurees marked the celebration which was participated in by George E. C. Hayes, who discussed “Police BruaPty in the District”, and Richard B. Atkins son who discussed "Suffrage in the District.” E. W. Howard and Thurman L. Dodson, presided over the meetings. J. Weldon Johnson Advises Theater Cast * Chicago, May 7 (ANP)—James Weldon Johnson, lecturer, teacher, poet and novelist, snoke at the South Parkway YWCA to the Negro People Theatre Group and friends last Saturday on “The Art Approach’’ as a in cans of solving some of the problems Negroes face as a race. Some 60 od persons heard Mr. Johnson dc elaro that since many of the “Negroes stereotypes” were begun and have been perpetuated thru art media, they can be fought most effectively thru the same media, lie advised the group to sly away fro plays about ‘No,group intel lectuals and the middle-class (which usually set sut to prove that the Negro is a human trdng, etc.) since they are usually dully respected and severed from the land and vita sltruggle. Mr. Johson voiced the opinion that the best in the Negro can he shown thru a Mississippi Negro farmer in his struggle with the J land and his environment. He| touched briefly o the class basis! of the Negro’s struggle and the necessity of breaking down the “stereotypes" before class unity can he achieved. -o Boston Woman May Sue City for Injury Boston, May 7. (ANP)—As the result of a serious injury to her kneecap suffered last Saturday when she slipped off a broken curbstonte Mrs. Arthur M. Jones is .said to be contemplating a suit for damages against the city. She was about to board a street car, and fell after stepping off the broken section curbing. Rev H. B. Johnson In K. C. to Train Large Baptist Chorus Kansas City, Mo., May 7 (ANP) —Rav. H. B. P. Johnson, nation ally know nchoristcr arrived here o May 8, to be present at a meet ing held at Paseo hall, attended by singers of the various choirs M’te yuid in hjansas City Mo., who will spend onn> month in in tensive training for the summer school of Method. l)r. Henry Al len Boyd, Sunday School Congress secretary and head o fthe Nat ional Baptist Publishing Board, Nashville, was also present at the openir.tr meeting. Dr. Boyd said he hoped the twin cities would fum'sh at least 1,000 voices for the 1938 Con gress chorus, und r Prof, John son's direction. Dr. R J. Jordan, in charge of the preliminary in assembling the giant chorus, said all rehearsals will be held in Paseo Hall. -o British Ponder On African Problems London, Eng., May 7 (ANP) — Britain’s rntive policy in nfrica was discussed last week by the chairman of the Rhodesian Royal Commission, Lord Bledisloe and a group of prominent educators and historians. Lord Bledisloe, former Government-General of New Zeal land said that a lack of knowledge of the various African tongues fas a handicap in understanding African problems. Prof. William McM Han declared that until the Native Economic Commission had reporter in the Union’s african- policy was already drafted. He feared Southern Rho desia might do the same thing. Dr. A. B. Xiimn, an African, sug gested that if Britain adopted a progressive policy in thp Protect oractes, it would servo as an ex ample to the rest of South Afri ca. .-o Saulding Tuskegee Commencement Speaker, May 22 Tuskegee May 7 (C)—Honorable Charles Clinton Spauling, LL. D„ president of the National Negro Business League, and president of tho North Carolina Mutal Life In surance company and the Mechanics & Farmers bank of Durham, N. C„ will bo the commencement orator at Tuskegee Institute, in the Insti tute! Cha,pel, at 2 p. m. Thursday, May 26, it was announced by President F. D. Patterson, Tuesday. Dr. Charles H. Wesley, acting dean of the LiberaJ Arts department of Howard University, Washington, will be the baccaluareate speaker in the afternoon of Sunday. May 22. _ Delta President Returns From Trip: Reports Progress In East Section Ix)s Angeles, May 7 (ANP) — After a very extensive trip visit ing Delta chapters throughout the East and South, Mrs Vivian 0. Marsh grand president of Delta Sigma Theta returned to Califor nia. She made interesting reports of the progress of chapters in these sections and their worth to the communities. While in Los Angeles she was the guest of Nn Sigma Chapter. Among her acti vities were Guest of honor at a dinner party given by Mr. and Mrs. Theodore on Sadurday right; Sunday she spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Reese at their home at the beach; and also the gueat of Mrs. Arthur Reese; Monday, theater and din ner and Mrs. Senola Reese; Tues day, theater party, dinner and bridge with Dr. ami Mrs, Charles Jackson, Wednesday, speaker for the NAACP at Santa Monica of Mr. nd Mrs. Theodore Roberson; Thursday evening, honoree at So rority receptidn, Friday, dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Eason. Helen Chapelle of the Califor nia Eagle had an interview with Mrs. Marsh on her work with the NAACP while in Wahington, the resume of wihch was given the news broadcasts of The Eagle. Mrs. Marsh also welcomed Attor ney Barbara Goodall, who organi zed chapter of Zeta Phi Beta So rority . At the reception given by the Los Angeles Deltas, many citizens were present to pay honor to Mrs. Marsh. In the receiving line were Mrs. Honore Cary, president of Nn .Sigma Chapter ,Miss Anna R. Broyles, president of Pi, Mrs. Marsh .Mi's. Hicks of the Delta Mothers’ and Sponsors’ Club, and Mary Lou Roberson, national ■ journalist of the Sorority. $ - Two Race Women Are Re-elected to National Board Columbus, O., May 7. (ANP)— With more than 200 colo'ed wom en among the more than two thousand delegates in attendance, the YWCA held one of its most successful conven.ions in history here last week. Two of them, Mrs. Jessie lleslip of Toledo and Mrs. E. P. Roberts of New York, wer ; re-eleeted to the natioanl board, The spirit of friendliness an 1 cooperation between white an l colored was so great that severe 1 were moved to contrast the cur* rent convention with conference' of 20 or more ago. One of th s highlights of the nationwide meet ing was a dinne*- at the Neil house where members of th • na tional Ixvard ard staff paid tri bute to Mrs. Cordelia Winn, whit1, of New York, advisiory secretary for Negro branches of the associ atirn throughout the country . Mrs. Pauline J. Lawrence, Chi cago, was naedm to the National Budgeting committee. Other dele gates participated in all discus sions, with iMss Frances Williams, of the offeial staff, New York, one of a group of ten in a round table nrum on “The Role of Woman.’’ Tho Chicago delegation of eight was saddened by an accident in volving Mrs. Rioscoe C. Giles, who tripped, breaking her ankle, She returned home before the conven tion tided. Plan Conference Of Chicago Workers Chicago, May 7 (ANP)—‘State and national legislation for domes tic workers, will occupy a promi nent plnce at the city-wire confer ence of household employes, May 19-22,” (teclaed Neva Ryan, presi dent. of the Domestic Workers As sociation, sponsor of the confer enc to !>p held1 -tit Womens' Trad * Union I/oapue, 630 S. Ashland hdvd. The first session will he devoted to registration opening of an ex hibit, and a joint excxctitive com mittee meeting of the Domestic Workers Association and its Citi zens Committee wihch is compos ed of prominent Chicago citizens under the chairmanship of Miss Tbyra J. Edwards, nationally known social worker and lecturer. The session will deal with spe cific problems om house holds om peyes including: “Training Op portunities fo rHousehoid Employ ment.” “Related Problems of Household Workers—Health Ed ucation—Leisure Time" and “Pro blems or Organization” ,Confer ! enco headquarters will be main tained at 3451 Michigan Avenue. -o No Federal Law Is Violated In Kidnap Of White Ilride New York, May 7—The Federal Rureau of Investigation (G-Mern) has indicated that the Lindbergh kidnapping act was not violated when the white bride of William Stewart, colored, was taken forci bly from her honeymoon apart ment in Chicago and returned to New York in charge of her rela tives and a doctor. The NAACP, which has been trying to get the Department of Justice to act in kidnapping and lynching cases involving colored people, requested an investigation | by the G-men as soon as the alleg ed kidnapping of Stewart’s bride was made public. The NAACP previously had reported the Ab Young kidnapping and lynching in 1935 to the G-men because Young was taken across the Tennessee Mississippi line and lynched. The department failed to act. The NAACP also reported the Claude Nal kidnapping and lynch ing in 1934, when Neal was taken from Alabamaa into Florida and lynched. The department also re fused to act here. Tn call ng the de partment's attention to the Ste wart case, the Association art?,I merely rm principle and not from anv ir*""r t in the details of the Stew :hrracial marriage tangle.