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Largest 9 Negro Paper in Nebraska E|^ full pages op 5 “ ■ /mmm BW.S C“icS Qopv _- new iv me imt\ every week - -T-^r -• -_.__ Entered a8 Second Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Nebraska- Omaha Nebl\, Saturday, August 13, 1938 Number Eig'hteen Baptists To Celebrate 75th Anniversary of Freedom Hold. Great Congress hold great congress Bishopj R. A. Grant, H. Y. 'Tookes and J. A. Gregg, photo graphed with a little parishon Romona Worls, at the great religious conference held at. Fort Smith, Ark., last week by the 12th Episcopal district of the A.M.E. Church, o'er which Bishi p Pookes presides. Tho congress developed courses in religous education covering various phases of church activi ty and brought together general officers of the church a» d visitors from many sections. Bishop Too kes won high praise fiiT the excel lent of the congress and for the notable work which he i8 doing in the Arkansas-Oklahoma District. (AN?) (See Story on Page 4) MRS. LARRY PEOPLES PASSES AWAY Quite shocking and unexpected news was the report of the death of Mrs. Bennie Peeples, wife of Larry Peoples and a younger girl of an pioneer Omaha family. She passed away on Tuesday evening about 7 o’clock in the pri vato hospital of I)r. Fletcher. Besides the immediate family, sha leaves a host of friends and acquaintances to mourn her loss. MT. NEBO-CLEVE TIE IN TRACK TILT Mount Ncbo and Cleves Temple tied for hon i's in a track meet conducted by the city recreation department Thursday at the chur ches’ picnic at Elmwood park. Each church scored 14 points. Other p lints: Mount Moriah 13, St. John’s 10, Zion 6, St. Benedict's 5, Bethel A. M. E. 5, Christ Temple 5, Beth el Baptist 6, Church of the Living God 5, Pleasant Green 3, Bethel Omahan round On Tracks; Cut Up In Three Parts PICKENS TELLS HOW TO STAY OUT WAR Waghngton, Aug., 7 (ANP) On? of the 24 nationally known persons asked to comment for the Keep America Out of War con gress on the present world situa tion and the nation’s stand on | tho war problem was Dean Wil- ! liam Pickens NAACP field secre tary. Tho sentiments of those in vited to comment were released in tho daily papers Sunday. Dean P’ckens is his statement declared: “The United States of America is one nation that is big enough to stay out of wor,—out cf any war in which she is the aggressor. As matters stand to day, and as they will stand for many tomorrows, it will be diffi cult for America to engage in any war, if that war hus to be made by other aggressors on America. We will prepare for defense. No body will attack us. We would not attack others. “We need not be so foolish or ‘idealistic’ as to believe or pre tend that there are not forces in the world which would attack us if they thought they could do so and win and profit. We need only such preparation for defense as will assure those forces that they cannot win and cannot profit by any attack upon tile United Stat es. We shall not depend on any mysticisms but upon our national forces, spiritual and material. As r. nation, we should have nothing! to do with anybody’s else wars. But, our citizens, as free individ uals, should have as much liber ty as possible to take their own individual way in such conflicts,1 at their own individual risks. “I do not belong to those who say that they will not fight if our country is attacked. There is such a thing as a defensive fight. If the liberty and life which we have in America is attacked, it would be as wicked as it would be 'calamitous for us not to defend it. If we are prepared and do not threaten, we can avoid war.’’ M. E. 3, and Presbyterian 3. Marty Thomas estimated four hundred participated. Theodore Gatewood, 34 years old, of 21*17 No. 25 St. was struck by a Burlington train past of the 24th street viaduct and was ser iously injured. Two fingers were amputated by the physicians and at the Nicholas Senn HospTtal where they feared that Ids left j leg might also huve to be ampu tated. Gatewood was employed at the Union Pacific as a train porter, and is married and has a son. -0 JOHN ADAMS LEADS IN RUNAWAY RAGE Leads 5th District Aspir ants by Wide Margin FOSTER IS SECOND John Adams, Jr., Omaha Attor ney, made a runaway race for the Legislature in the 6th district in the August 9th primary. He and Dr. Harry Foster, veteran in pol itics were nominated to run off for tho election in November- Ad ams spread-eagled th*. field by taking a lead of 700 votes over Foster and a field of eight others candidates. Adams has been top man in every unicameral race in tho fifth district.. He served in tho last Ufislatune and was sel ected by newspapermen as the tho last legislature and was sel last; session. The total of each candidate in tho order they f:nished were: John Adams, 1007; Harry A. Fos ter 1,088; Edgar Thompson 960; (ieorge H. Morton, 917; Minnie Olson, 789; Jchnny Owen, 541; John Conrey, 479; R. O. Watson, 366; Henry T. Clait, 355; Arthur Ottitnger, 137. CHURCHES HOLD ANNUAL SUNDAY — SCHOOL PICNIC Pupils and teachers of Sunday schools in the churches cf Omaha held their annual picnic Thursday afternoon at Elmwood park. More than four hundred persons attended. M. E. Webb, president f the In terdenominational Sunday School I j A celebration of 75 years of Negro freedom will hold the spot light at the annual National Bap tist convention to be held in St. Louis Sept- 7—11. Tribute will be paid to the race’s leaders from tho pre-emancipation period down to the present date at special pro grams. A huge pageant depicting every phaso of racial progress, a mammoth parade, special pro grams on each day of thP conven tion, and a concert devoted to Ne gro .music and addresses will oc cupy prominent places. The larg est crowd in the history cf the convention is anticipated, accord ’ng to L>r. L. K. Williams, presi dent. (See picture on page 4) alliance, was general chairman. A. R. Goodlett was in charge of the athletic program. Leaders in th , recreati n project assisted. The WPA concert band, directed by George Bryant, provided the music. __ ■ , CLARENCE R. JOHNSON, COAST LEADER RECEIVES WASHINGTON PAST Tho Los Ang' les Urban League, through the office of its Execu tive Director, announced today it iiad received word of the official appointment of one of its members of the Board of Directors, in the person of Mr. Clare oe R. John son. Mr. Join am has been con nected with the local branch of tho League for more than seven years, servi g on several of its im portant commit tees. Mr. Johnson is krown throughout California principally, and the eastern and southern sections ctf the country as well, for his labor activities, having served as Vice and General Chah man of the Din ing Car Employees Local Union 582 fir the past thirteen years and as Secretary-Business Mana ger of the Pining Car Employes Credit Union since its inception; and in addition mere recently be came field representative for the International Union cf Hotel and (Restaurant Employes, with which tho local dining car group is af filiated. Because of his technical skill, broad experience, and sympathen ic understanding of the problems rf gabor generally, and thcHe wh'eh affect Negro and other mi norities specifically, Mr. Johnson received the signal honor of being invited to Join the staff of the United Saate.s Housing Authori y Washington, D. C., in the ca pacity of Assistant for Negro Re lations. Due to the heavy pres sure -f field work and other labor RE-ELECTED TO UTILITIES BOARD Renominated in 2nd Dist. I Leads Republicans for Assessor Post Nominated for Chief Justice Republicans Choice for Congress Francis P. Matthews Charles F. Me Laughlin Joseph C- Stolinski . ■■£■ V H ' : S! c. A. SORENSEN i M. F, Mulvaney DWIGHT DORSEY REPORTED IN COAST TRAGEDY Wife Dead ; K'usband in Serious Conditions From Gunshot Wounds Word was received in Omaha Wednesday morning that Dwight Dorsey former Omahan and son of Mrs. S. H. Dorsey 3717 Parker Sc. had shot and killed his 20 year old wife, Peggy, in Los An gles Calif- The report also stated that Dorsey had tried suicide and was in the hospital in a very seri ous condition. The report stated that the Dor seys have been having domestic difficulties for the past year, since they visited in Omaha dur ing the spring of 1937. At that t'mj Mrs. Dorsey returned to Ca lifornia and Dwight went to N. V. City. The couple had been mar ried for 2 and one half y-ars and had a daughter about 10 months old. While in Omaha Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey were v ry popular in the younger married set. This was Dorsey’s second mar riage. He first married the form er lone Pinkett of Lincoln and Omaha in 1928. They separated in 1934. Dorsey was born and raised in Omaha and attended school at Tech High and Iowa University. activities in the California area, Mr. Johnson will not be able n<> leave Los Angeles to assume his new responsibilities until the lat ter part of the month. -o Democratic Results In 2nd and 3rd Wards COUNTY ASSESSOR-Carl King, 821; Andy (Jensen, 570; Al. C. Scott, 472; F. M. Jaocbberger, 212. CLERK OF LIST. COURT- Frank McGrath- 1,289; Simon A. Simon, 459; Clyde Drew 858. County Treasurer-Otto Bauman, 1,263; M. L. Endres, 655. County Clerk-Jamt's P. Hoc^or, 1,432; Jice Bulat 377. , County Surveyor- Bill Green, 1,530 County Attorney- James T- Eng' lish, 1,225; J. J. Krajicek, 273. -o Leading the Race for Chief Justice Robert G. Simmons NOMINATED for County Surveyor WBk®* ! Wm. Bill Green * More Election Results * 1 on Page 3