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Entered m second class Matter a* Poatotfice, Omaha. Nebraska^ Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, July 9, 1938 ft fl __ Number Thirteen
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The shock of the loss of James
Weldon Johnson is so great that it
is with difficulty that one collect
himaelt sufficiently to attempt an
evalutlon of his long and valua
ble career.
Perhaps the motft comprehen
sive thing that might be said of
Mr. Jonhson is that he raised the
dignity of his people. Essentially
a scholar and a gentlemen, his
life add* immeasurabley to the
culture heritage of the group. The
words of the National Negro An
them. the words of "God’s Trom
bot»?s,” and the story that is “The
Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured
Man’’ reveal the wide and deep
cultivation of Mr. i Johnson. In
tune with the heart of hist people
and a delineator of character that
is the product of the nuances of
the American complex racial
scheme, he found the r.ote to which
all humartl could readily respond.
It is certainly a tribute to the
native genius of the Negro and to
American growth toward a higher
and better life that a Booker T.
Washington and a James Weldrn
jjohnson could arise in the same
fitful era.
YOUNG HARLEM —
JEWELER INSTALLS
MANUF’G. PLANT
Now York (July 7 (C)—The L4
Ouverture company jewelers, 131st
St., Kenneth Lloyd Bright, man
ager announced Tuesday that they
are installing their own manufac
turing equipment in their Harlem
Whop and will soon use Negro
technicians from their own shop
in turning out class pins, class
ring, fraternity pins, and other in
signia.. Mr. Bright a Haward grad
uate in ‘29 said the company which
was organized in June 1935, has
enjoyed a goad first six months
of the year receiving orders for
pins and lings from schools in
Washington, Baltimore ami West
Virginia, and receiving pin orders
from the NAACP and the Afro
American. They are now install
ing their own electro-plating and
buffing machines ».nd will use
colored technicians, including re
finers solders, and decorators. Mr.
Bright said it has taken some
time to get ready to do his own
manufacturing. His company vra_s
recently appointed official jewe
ler of Alpha Phi Alpha.
BAPTIST RAISE $6,00.
AT TUSKEGEE MEET
Tuskegee uly 7 (C—The Na
tional Baptist Sunday school and
BYPU Congress which met here
lasit week raised $6000 to carry
on the work. The Congress reelect
ed i>r. W. H. (Jemagin of Wash
ington as president and Dr. A. M.
Townsend of Nashville as Director
general.
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WINS NATIONAL
SAFETY AWARD
Word was received Friday by the
Nebraska Power Company from
the National Safety council that
the oocmparjy has won the nation
al safety award in its employment
class utitilties campanhes with its
perfect record of no lost-time ac
cidents during the year ending
Junt- 30.
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Although the award is based on
a perfect year’s record of no lost
time accidents anreng an average
of 775 empoyees of the company,
this perfect record actually ex
tents over a period of fifteen and
one-half months, to March 16, 19
37 when the last kst-thne acci
dent occured. This represents 2,
010,971 mari-hours of work with
out an accMent,
Previous high record of the
company in safety was a period
of mere than S7 months, from July
28 1931 to September 8, 1934 with
out a lost tme accident .
Winning safety awards is a ha
tit with employees of the Nebras
1 >wer Company. They receiv
ed the National Safety Couneeil
award with perfect no-accident
j record from June 30, 1933 to June
30 1934. They also won the Ne
braska Electric association's ane
nual safety awp.rds in 1932, 1933.
and 1937. In 1937 they received an
honor certificate from the Nation
al Safety Council for an excellent
a ccldent-p revent inn record.
Credit for winning the 1937-38
National Safety Award is due en
tirely to every individual em
ployee of the company working
in cooperation with foremen and
department heads to prevent acci
dents, R. C. Geppert, general su
perintendent orf the company said.
“Such a. fine record could wot
have been achieved,” he baid, “,f
every employee had not beeen con
stantly conscious of the safe way
to perform his work- It also
speaks well for the efficiency,
knowledge and skill of the com
pany’s personnel.”
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ANDY JENSEN FILED
FOR COUNTY
ASSESSOR —
'‘Andy Jensen”, who was nomin
ated for county assessor on the
Democratic ticket in 1934 by the ;
| largest primary vote ever given a
candidate for that office, today
entered the race for county as- J
sessor again.
Hu filed as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination ami said he
would make an energetic cam
paign.
‘‘I stand for an equable and fair
assessment of all property for tax
purpose.” Mr. Jensen said “I feel
I am well qualified by experince
and ability to handle the office in
an efficient and economical man
ner. ”1 believe, that without dis
criminating against any property
owners, or against any class of
property owners large or small
that tax values can be more fair
eqnalized in Omaha without lower
ing the tctal valuations.
‘‘If I am nominated and elected)
as I am confident I will be, I!
pledge myself to be an honest and j
impartial valuation of all pro
perty with no discrimination or;
favoritism.”
(NOTABLES ATTEND JAMES
WELDON JOHNSON S
FUNERAL
Noted Poet Buried in Lounging
Robe and Formal Trousers with
Copy of “God’s Trombones” in
His Hands
NEW YORK, July 7 (ANP)—.
With the galleries of historic Sal
em ME. Church packed hours be
fore the funeral, and many notabl
es in attendance, James Weldon
Johnson was buried Thursday as
he had reauested, in his “working
1 clothes” of a lounging robe *nd
j formal morning trousers with a
copy of his famous book of poems
“God’s Trombones,” in his hands.
The eminent author, diplomat,
professor and lecturer was enroute
i to his summer home at Great
! Harrington, Maas-, last Sunday
: after a visit in Pleasant Point, Me.
with Dean E. George Paynw of
New York university, when his
oar was struck by a passing train
near W’iscasset, Me. His wife,
j Grace Nail Johnson, driver cf the
| car, was seriously injured. Poor
; visibility through fog and a heavy
j rain was blamed for the crash
j which snuffed out Mr. Johnson’s
[life almost instantly
Although funeral services were
1 scheduled for 11:30 Thursday
morning and the church was crowd
ed long before that time, the fam
ily and funeral party did not ar
rive until an hour la.ter.
The Rev. Frederick Cullen, pas
tor of Salem and conductor of
the services, led the procession fol
lowed by Father Shelton Hale
Bishop, Gene Buck, white, presi
dent of the American Society of!
Composers, Authors and Publish-1
era, directors of the funeral: N. A.
A. C. P. Secretary Walter White 1
Arthur Sfiingam, Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., Hubert Delaney, !
Carl Van Veehten, Elmer Carter,
Fred E. Moore, Harry T. Burleigh
Judge Charles Toney, W. C.
; Handy, Stanley Howe, Mayor La
j Guardia’s secretary, and others
Members of the family included
i Rosamond Johnsogi, 'brother and
I noted composer; Mildred, the dau
ghter; Mr. and Mrs. John Nail jr.
The wife is still confined in a
Mn.'ne hospital.
Members of the James Weldoi>
Johnson Literary guild served as
: pallbearers- They included Claude
McKay, Aaron Douglass, Countee
Cullen, Langston Hughes, Romare
Bearden, Harold Jackman and
Miss Jesse Fausett.
The body lay in state for a day
before the funeral and among the
heaps of flowers banked around
the Basket was a wrath from Mrs
Franklin D. Roosevelt. Completely
covering the casket was a large
basket of delphiniums, with a |
lprge wreath of orchids resting in
the center.
“God’s fi roWflbonesf, rfjie b*>( k
James Weldon Johnson carried to
the grove with him, contains sev
en of his sermons in verse includ
ing “Go Down Death,” which was
recited at the services by Juan
ita Hall. The Southerns ires, male
quartet, sans? “Since You Went
Away,” one of Mr- Johnson’s most
noted rorn pjpsitionh, ahd “^bidh
With Me.”
Only four persons spoke at the
rites, which were concluded in 30
minutes. Col. Roosevelt, Gene
Buck, Rev. Cullen and Father
Bishop were the speakers. Burial
was in Greenwood cemetry, ^
Brooklyn.
Religious Leaders Commune with
Booker T. Washingt on j
A group of proponents of relig
ious education who B.ppeared on
the program oij the National B Y
PU. and Sunday School Congress
which convened at Tuakegee in
stitute last month snapped be
neath the monument cf B»>oker T.
Washingon._
From left to right they we Dr.
C. D. Haynes, Talladega college,
th\ S- L. McDowell, Nashville.
Tonrv, Dr. George Haynes, Feder
al Council of Churches, NYC., Dr.
H. M. Smith, Chicago Baptist In
stitute and IDT. R. C. Woods of
Hot Springs, Ark. (ANP)
Joe Louis To Build
Mother New Home
Chicago, July 9 (ANP)—Hea
vyweight Champion Joe Louis will
fight neither Max Baer nor any
body else this year nor will he
sail for Eurcpp on Wednesday as
was orginally planned, Co-Mana
ger Julian iBlaock revealed Thurs
day nigh£.
“Joe has been working too hard
and needs a rest," /Black said ad
ding ht.l spoke to Mike Jacobs who
agreed that Hour tithe dcfctotee
in a year ws>.s enogh work. If
Joe boxes before spimg or sum
mer, it will bo in exhibition
matches. However Baer is still No.
1 on the chllenger’s lisst and will
remain so unless he is defeated
before 1939. In that case, Gunrar
Borland Finnish conqueror of Bud
dy Baer, would get the spot.
Tlve European trip was called 1
off indefinitely because Louis j
wants to supervise building of a
new home for hia mother Mrs. J
Lily Brooks, of iHetroit. He left
Chicago Friday to help her pick
a lot for it*< construction, and af
ter remaining in Motor City for
a time was to go to Blacks's sum
mer home at Stenvenville, Mich.
After a vacation »,t Stenvenville
Louis intends to go to New York
to a tend lightweight fight be
tween Champion Ixms Ambers and
Henry Armstrong at the Polo
Grounds on Aug. 10. Armstrong
spend considerable time at Joe’s
recent training camp where the
two became fast friends._
President Sends Greetings
To N.A.A. C.P. Convention
Spanish Consul Gives
I Reception for Salaria
Kee .
I Chiccago, July 2 (ANP)—Last
Friday evening at the Spanish
| consulate here, 300 guests respond
I ed to the invitation of Senor Luis
Perea Begaga, Chancellor of the
Consulate of Spain, to meet Sal
aria Kee, 23 yes.r old colored
nurse returning from 13 months’
1 war service in Loyalist Spain.
; This was perhaps the first time
i that a representative of u foreign
| Government had, in this country,
! so signally honored a colored per
j son. • . ^ i _ •
White anti colored business,
professional and social welfare
leaders attended the rdeception.
Miss Kee has been furloughed
home to recuperate from an illness,
but is now on tour in behalf of
a,n ambulance fund for the Loya
lists. Speaking of her esperiencea,
Miss Kee said: m
“When we (the second medical
from the U. S. A.) arrived at Port
Bou in Spain, little children ran
up to ua Baying, ‘We’re triad you
have come! But if you had come
yesterday just after the big bom
bardment, perhaps you mihgt have
saved my mother. She bled to,
death from wounds. There as no;
doctor to help. Perhaps now you!
can save my father’s father.” |
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| HARLEM’S LARGEST
CHURCH GETS JOHN
SON’S FUNERAL
New York July 7 (iC)—The lar
gest church in Harlem, Salem ME
129th St. and Seventh ave. Rev.
P. A. Cullen, pastor, was picked
for the funeral of 'Dr. James Wel
don Johnson, killed in a Maine
automobile accident Sunday after
noorv The Sr Jem auditorium seats
about 3,000 persons, while that of
St. Mark’s and Abyssinian seat
only about 2,000.
Dr. J-ohnson’s body lay ini state
I at Universal Funeral chapel, 597
Lexington Ave. near 52nd Street,
until the Funeral on Thursday at
1 p. m. c
The condition of Dr. Johnson’s
wife, Mrs. Grace Nail Johnson,
was reported improved as funeral i
arrangements proceeded. It was at j
first reported that Mia. Johnson
condition was grave.
C. M. e. publishing!
PLANT WORTH
$108,447.36
——.
Jackson. Tenn. (July 7 (G)—The
CME publishing plant iw valued at
$108,447.36, according to report
c • k„ publishing a
gb..., ...... W. .ems listed are:
land, $8000; Building $54,470;
books pamphlets oct. $3500; stock
on hand $|.780.50; machinery and
equipment $38,406.84; and furni
ture, $2,290.02. TXiring the last
four years the publishing depart
ment had income of $88,204.40, ar*fi
expense! of $87717.82 leaving a
balance of $468.58. During that j
i ner’od the pubishing house took in,
■ $46,558.08 for literature, $14101.40
for the Chrisiarr Index official or
! gan of he church $1772.20 from
j printing and $5,761.71 from the j
I sale of books.
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Congress Committee1
’Urged .To Include j
Lynching In “Un
American^ Probe j
New York, July 2—A join*1
| meeting committee of Congress'
appointed to investigate into un-1
American activities was ur^ed by
the NAACP toinelude lynchings
by organized bodies.
In a letter to Congressman Mar
tin Dies, chairman of the commit
tee, Walter White, NAACP secre
tary, said, “We respectfully urge;
upon the committee an investiga
tion into the activities of such or-1
ganizations as the Black Legion,
the Ku KJux Klan and similar
movement. We sincerely trust th».t
this recommendation will be acted
upon favorably, as to do otherwise
might be construed by some per
sons as admission that the activi
ties of lynching mobs, the Ku
Klux Khan, and the Black Legion
are American rather than un
American, which we are sure your
committee does not M'eve,"
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Segregation Move
Seen In Long: Bra^h
N. .1. Beaci, ode
Long Branch, N. .T. July 2—A
Movement to segregate Negroes
on the municipally-owned beaches
of this city was seen in the ordi
nance adopted by the city council
June 7.
The ordinance does mt mention
color or j-a.ce of citizens of use
the words segregate or separate.
On the surface, the ordinance
Columbus, O, July 7— (AJNKi
With debate# -pftsent from brane
chos throughout tho nation, the
N’AACP. began its 29th annual
convention here Tuesday night,
with sessions scheduled for ti'e
days. •"•I."' ; .SiLw
Pres. Roosevelt sent a special
message of greeting as the con
, ference opened. Read by Walter
White, secretary, it expressed
“best wishes for the success of
their efforts in advancing the in
terests of the Negro race and
bringing about that cooperation
and understanding between races
so essential to the maintenance
of a vital democracy.”
Setuator Robert F. Wagner, N.
York Democrat and co-euthor pf
tho Wagner Van Nuys anti lynch
ing bill, was flelayed in New York
and could not make the opening
night’s speech. His address was
rescheduled for Wednesday night.
State Senator T. V. Smith of II
I linois, professor at the University
of Chicago, instead made the Tues
day night speech. In it he infer
red that the Negro understands
facism because even American
democracy is facism to the color
ed roenit After nraiajng Paul
I-awrenee iW&ar, the great poet,
he urged Negroes to remain inde
pendent unri not line up with B.ny
party because of tradition. Intel
ligent voting is “the Negro’s best
weapon and his only salvation.”
declared Prof. Smith. He was or
iginally scheduled to speak Wed
nesday night.
d.K's not appear to differentiate
between citizens, but the wording
is such that officktJss who ad
minister it may discriminate.
The section which has aroused
colored people reads as fellows:
“For the purpose of avoiding
congestion on any of said beaches
and for a proper distribution of
patrons, and for the better pro
tection and safety of patrons on
said beaches, the city clerk is au
thorized and directed to issue
badges, checks, or other insignia
<■1 a distinctive design 0r color for
the use of each of the respectife
beaches.'1
Through Dr. J. C. MeKelvie,
president of [the local JSTAACP
together with other leading citi
zens notice has been served that
at the first indication of discri
mination by the city clerk in the
issuance of badges and seasonal
permits to bathe, suit will be filed
under the state civil rights law.
Attorney Jules Golden is advising
local citixens and the NAACP le
gal staff in New York is cooper
ating.
$351,245.20 !|
In 2-Minutes
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Avenges Previous Defeat
“Now I feel like a real cham
pi n’’ were the first words that
Joo Louis said when he returned
to his dressing room after his
quick Notary over Max Sohmcling.
Louis certainly looked the part on
Wednesday night and he more than
got revenge for the earlier knock
out at the hauls of the German. It
took Max twelve round!* to bring
him down but he, Louis accom
plished the feat in less than one.
,Joe had been pictured by white
sports writers ss lazy ani shuff
ling. but in this bout ho was full
of pep and came out swinging
from the bell. Max never landed
but one blow—a right which Joe
saw coming ami stepped beck
from. Speaking of this blow.
Trainer Jack Blackburn sa>d:
“Did you see what he did when
Max got over his right? He fir
ed right back with a right as fast
aii be was clipped. Joe did ex
actly as he was told. You can't
escape getting hit when you go
to a man or he comes Ho you. Joe
took plenty in training because he
was being drilled to fire right
back as fast as he was hit. As I
said at the camp, the science of
boxing is to avoid getting hit bat
if you do get hit, hit the other
fellow before he hits you again-”
Governor of Michigan
In Dressing Room
Among the many notables who
witnessed the bout was Governor
Prank Murphy of Michigan, and
he is just as much a (Toe Louis
fan as is Bill Robinson, for after
tho bout he was one of the first
of the hero worshippers who came
to th dressing room to congratu
late tho champion. The Mayor of
Detroit was also at the ringside,
making the trip by plane.
The victory was celebrated i«v
Hprlrin until sunris? Thursday,
morning. Thousands lined
p.venUes ahd many young people
orgaLad impromptu parades,
some carry effigies of Adolph
Hitler and shouted "Heil Hitler,”
whilo others became more boist
erous. The police, however, hail
been instructed to let them have
their fun and they did until some
one threw a milk bottle from a
nv f at 130th street and Seventh
j avenue and injured several patrol
men at their corner. After that
thy began to crack down »bd sev
eral arrests were made. '
Many of tne out of town raws
| celebrated at private parties. One
such party was a champagne party
I at Smalls’ Paradise given by Ev
erett Watson, one of Detroit’s,
wealthiest Negroes, ar,»l Mrs. Wat
son. Their quests included Richard
W Reading, mayor of Detroit,
a,n<l his 30ft, Richard, Jr., who la
his secretary; also Ulysses W.
Boykin, colored assistant as?t
ary to the Mayor of the Motor'
igrtyj T, M- Rheimhardt, owner of
the Higfc Speed Company of Glas
gow, Mich, and reputed fl million*
Bare; Mr. and Mrs. John Royster
iHamond. Dr. and Mrs. J. Marlowe
Romane Johns manager of the
Frong Club of Detroit; Billy
Burke formerly of Connie’s Inn h»
Harlem and now a resident of De
troit, Mr, and Mrs. Tom Ham
mond, Attorney Charles Roxbor
ough, brother of John Rox bo rough
co-manager of the champion;
Lloyd Loomis, formerly assistant
Attorney General of the State of
Michigan; Claude A. Barnett, head
of the Associated Negro Pres® of
; Chicago; and Mrs. Eulalia Gaines
of Detroit, sister of the champion.
The local guests included B>11
j (Bojangles) Robinson, D* “Shag’'
| Hogans, Izzy Myer3 and many
| others.
Mrs. Marva Louis, wife of the
champion, listened in to the fight
'over the radio from the apurt
| ment of he^ friend, Mrs. Mae Sav
age, of St. Nicholas avenue. She
was quite pleased with the results
but said she knew that Joe would
win and that they had a bet be
tween themselves that the German
couldn’t last three rounds.
They lfet Wednesday evening on
the Twentieth Century for a shor*:
visit with his mother before they
return to Now York preparatory
to their sailing on July (5.