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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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 |
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.