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BETHUNE COLLEGE BURNS;
FIRE RAZES McLEOD HALL
H SUPER STORE
HAS GRAND OPENING
MANY NEW EMPLOYEES
The new J. C. Penney store just
completed at Sixteenth St. between
Douglas and Dodge in the heart
■ of Omaha’s metropolitan shopping
district, opened for business Thrus
day morning at 9:30 o’clock.
Work on this big department
store, which extends over the four
building( with 178,000 square feet
of floor space) formerly occupied
by Haydens has been under way
since the first of the year. The en
tire interior has been torn out and
remodeled. New steel work was
installed, wall were ripped out,
. stairways added, elevators rebuilt
all the old fixtures destroyed.
There were 1001 other construc
tion details all of which go to
make the interior of this new su
per-store the last word in modern
-department store design. For many
months a large crew of decorating
experts has been preparing for the
grand opening.
Pleasing Color Schemes
Among the many and varied
features that make the new Pen
ney store something extremely and
pleasantly new is the ingenious
use of colors everywhere through
out the interior. The color schemes
sre soft and pleasing, nothing to
ytartle and clash. Most of the hues
of course are backgrounds de_
signed specifically to set off the
briter views of the merchandise
displayed.
With the opening of this new
store, score of additional sales
people will be given employment.
The entire staff of the Penny
store at its former location will
be on hand to greet old customers.
Salespeople, who formerly worked !
as “extras,” will be given steady |
employment, and others will be ad- 1
ded to the selling staff. On open- J
ing day, o' er eight hundred Pen- J
ney “associates”, did their I
part to make this celebration event |
as pleasant for customers and as 1
efficiently hundled as possible.
For the past month during this
immense remodeling project hun
dred of skilled and unskilled work
ers were given employment.
22 COLORED EMPLOYEES
The Penny Store has on its staff
22 colored employees. 15 men and
7 ladies. The ladies employed are
Mrs. Ikie Williamson, Mrs. Mar
garet King, Mrs. Evelyn Williams
Mrs. Alice Dailey, Miss Dora
Duley, Mrs. Helen LaSuer
Mrs. A. Jones and Mrs. A. Fuen_
tal. The names of the men em
ployees were not available at this
writing.
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Dining Car Men Oppose
15 Per Cent Wage Cut
'Chicago, Sept. 29 (ANP)—Rail,
road owners made a move this
week to put the already low wages
of dining car employes as locals
affiliated to the joint council, na
tional organization of dining car
employes, began receiving notices
from the carriers that effective
Oct., 1, the carriers would cut
wages 15 per cent. Immediately
upon receipt of these notices, ap
plication was made through the
.joint council for the services of
the National Mediation Board to
stay the order of the carriers. Din
ing car employes not affiliated
with the Railway Executives’ As
sociation that handles national
questions affecting most of the
workers in the railroad industry
were not a party to the recent ne
gotiations. They are the ones
dealth with separately by the car
riers.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Sept.
30—(Special)—Fire of an unde
termined origin early Thursday
morning swept throlugh McLeod
Hall on Bethune-Cookman college
campus, completely destroying
the building. Destruction of the
building represents a loss covered
only partially by insurance.
McLeod hall was a 14 room
structure erected on the campus
in 1920 and originally served as a
hospital. It was the first hospital
south of Jacksonville built solely
to minister to the ills of the Race.
Tho only other hospital in which
members of the Race could re.
ceive medical servies was the one
maintained by the Florida East
Coast railroad for its employees.
Mrs. Bethune Hopeful
In discussing the disaster, Mrs.
Mary McLeod Bethune, founder
and president of the institution,
stated: “From the ruins of this,
the second building erecetd on the
campus, must come a modern home
eoncmics building. I feel that
our friends throughout the coun
try interested in education and our
school will helpls to carry forth
the plans that we had outlined."
Mrs. Bethune is advisor on Race
affairs to Aubrey Williams, head
of the National Youth administra
tion.
Hundreds of nurses have been
graduated from the ..destroyed
school, many of whom are now
serving in various capacities
throughout the country. For the
past few years it has been used
as a class room building. It was
planned to open the home econom
ics department in the building this
fall and the plans for conversion
of the building ir.to a practice
heme had been perfected.
As soon as sufficient funds are
in hand it is proposed that a mod
ern home economics buildings will
be erected on the site.
SECURE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASS'N RECOGNITION
Ti e president of the National
Medical Association and members
of its committee, who for the
first time in history appeared be
fore the House of Delegates of
the American Medical Association,
The lommittee pledged the coop
eration of organized Negro medi
cal men to the AMA policy of at.
tempting to guide the U. S.
Health program. They also asked
that the doors of the AMA be op
ened to Negro doctors, pointing
Cornhuskers To
Hold Final Golf
Meet Sunday
The mi mbers of the Cornhusker
Golf Club will participate in the
last tournament of the season Sun
day, when an 18 hole club meet
will be held at Elmwood. 3 prizes
will be awarded. Those expected
to participate are: Billy Davis,
Joe Owen, John Pegg, Boyd Gallo
way, Penny Murray, Jess Hutten,
U. Watson, Dr. Craig Morris, Lon
nie Thomas, and Malcolm Scott,
ACCUSED OF BEATING
OFFICER; TURNER PUT
UNDER $7,500 BOND
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Two men who last Saturday
night are alleged to have attacked
Police Officer James E. Callahan
while he was attempting to make
an arrest at 24th and Seward Sts.
were bound over to the dis
trict court Mon. morning for trial.
Bend of LeRoy Turner, 28, 1702
North Twenty.sixth street was
fixed by Municipal Judge O’Brien
at $7,500, and that of A. T. Tho
mas, 47, 1615 North Twenty
seventh street, at five thousand
dollars.
According to witness one of the
men who was apparently under
the influence of liquor, was told
to go home by Patrolman Calla
han which he refused to do, but
siezed the officers’ club, and began
to run across 24th St. with the
officers in persuit. Witness said
just before they reached the other
sido of the Street, the man turned
and struck the officer with a thud
across the head knocking him
down. The onlookers prevented him
from hitting Callahan again.
HILLSIDE 2ND ANNUAL CAN
DLE LIGHT SERMON
Sunday night, Oct. 2nd at 8 o’,
clock the Hillside Presterian church
30th and Ohio will have its 2nd
annual candlelight service com
memorating the world wide com
munion service of Presbyterian
throughout the world.
The choir will render special mu
sic. October 16th, will bo the 9th
Annual Harvest Festival, and all
members are asked to cooperate
in the Harvest State Rally.
OMAHA NAACP. PLANS
MINSTREL
According to Dr. Jones, presi
dent of the Local Branch, the N.
A.A.C.P. will sponsor u minstrel
and parade on October 16th. He
said the presentation will offer
some of Omaha’s very best stage
talent.
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Officials Elected
for Fontenelle
Tenants’ Ass’n
Dwellers of the Logan Fontenelle
Homes turned out in large num
bers Friday night, September 23,
7 to 9 P. M. to vote for the offi
cials of their newly formed Ten
ants’ Association. The balloting
which was carried on in official
manner by Election Commissioner
Wallace Wright, showed the fol
lowing candidates elected; Gov.
at-large, Atty. Charles Davis;
Treasurer, Edgar Warren; Secre
tary, Mrs. Allison Fredderck; Sgt
at-Arms, Collins Lee; Gov. of 1st
District, B. S. Sutton; Gov. 2nd
District, Mrs. Florence Terrell;
Gov. 3rd District, Gene Murray;
Gov. of 4th District, Nate Golds
ton; Gov. of 6th District, Milton
E. Johnson; Gov. of 6st District
to bo followed by appointment.
The election afforded an oppor
tunity for many of the 110 families
to meet and get acquainted as well
as to form an organization for
dealing with their minor problems.
out the handicaps which face the
Negro practitioner who se. ks to
work in public institutions on his
own patients and race.
Top: Dr. George W. Bowles,,
president, National Medical As
sociation; lower: left to right, Dr.
Carl G. .Roberts, Provid nt Hos
pital, Dr. Clarence Payne, presi
dent Cook County Medical Assoc
iation and Dr. Roscoe C. Giles,
late president NMA. (ANP).
Moves North
J. B. DEANS
Formerly manager of the Rich
mond, Va., office of the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
Company, who has been placed in
charge of the new Philadelphia,
Pa., office, 512 S. Broad Street.
Mr. Dear.s is a man of seasoned
insurance experience, of fine per
sonality, sterling character and
unquestioned ability. On his Phil
adelphia staff will be T. L. Walk
er of Richmond, a graduate of
Virginia State College, A. P. Du
mas of Oklahoma City, a Howard
man, ar.d Francis Griffin, who at
tended Temple University Phila
delphia. Great things are expect
ed of the N. C. Mutual in Penns
ylvania, with Mr. Deans leading
th0 way.
The Association which will meet
once a month hopes to foster a
better understanding and to pro
mote a friendly spirit among the
Tenants of the Homes.
Plaintiff Shoots
Defendant In
Open Court
London, Sept, 29 (ANP)—Ap.
parently dissatisfied with the ver
dict of the judge in a suit for as
sault brought against three fellow
students, a colored student shot
one of the defendants in open court
just after the judge dismissed the
case on the grounds that since the
,assault took place last December
it was too late for the plaintiff to
file charges. The wounded student
was not seriously hurt, receiving
only a superficial wound in the
thigh.
Litvinov Assails Betrayal of
Czechs, Ethiopia, Spain, China
3 KILLED IN CAR CRASH
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A Houston Martyr
Voices Thanks for
Freedom of
Comrade
New York, Sept. 23—An echo
of, the fa mulls Houston, ^exas riot
of 1917, when 152 members of the
U. S. Twenty-fourth Infantry were
sentenced to death and imprison
ment was heard here this week.
In a letter made public today
by the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo.
pie, Roy Tyler, one of the ' Hous
ton Martyrs” voices hi,s thanks for
the long fight waged by the As
sociation in freeing those mem
bers of the Infantry who escaped
the death penalty. Tyler’s letter
said in part:
“It is a pleasure to have this
golden opportunity to pen you a
few words of thanks and appre
ciation for your loyalty to the
Twenty-fourth Infantry which was
involved in the Houston riot of
1917. I am heartily thanking you
so much for fightng for and with
up until the freedom of the last
comrade has been gained.”
William Burnett only remain
in member of the Infantry in pri
son was freed July 20 from the
pentitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kansas by President Roosevelt,
after having served more than
eight years of a nineteen-year
term.
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COLORED ORGANIZATIONS
ASSISTED BY COMMUNITY
CHEST
For building upkeep and gen
eral expenses, The Coloured Old
Folks Home received $1,900 from
the 1938 Budget of The Communi
ty Chest.The Urban League Com
munity Center received $8,000 The
YWCA and several other social
agencies were also aided by the
Chest. The total amount pledged
for the 1938 budget was $553,067.
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Joe Louis Softball
ers Beat Falstaffs
4-2
The Brown Bombers softball
team led by World Heavyweight
Champion Joe Louis, defeated O
maha Falstaffs State Champions
4 to 2 Thursday night before
2,800 fans at Falstaff park,
Joe Louis signed autographs,
talked over the radio, pep talked
his teammates and fanned out
three times to put on a swell
Lancaster, Mo.,-—Two Iowa men
were killed and two persons in
jured in a head-on crash on high
way No. 63 near here Thursday
night, Sept. 22.
Tho dead:
Forrest Green, 30, 1203 East
Court St. Ottumwa, Iowa instant
ly killed.
Arnold Stanley Bottoms, 39, 637
E. Main St. Ottumwa, Iowa who
died early Friday morning at the
Ottumwa hospital.
Tho injured are Harry Brown,
33, of 108 W. Second St. Ottumwa
who received severe pelvic injuries
and Mrs. Belle Cooper, white of
Kansas, City, leeerations of the
head and face.
Mrs. Cooper was riding in the
car driven by Leslie Ellis, white of
Kansas City, who escaped unin
jured.
When the two cars crashed on
a straight stretch of road, the
Kansas City car was knocked over
nn eight-foot embankment. Mrs.
Cooper was thrown clear of the
ear before it landed in the ditch.
Bottoms' car was badly wrecked.
Geneva, Sept. 29 (CNA—Th«
successive betrayals of Ethiopia,
Spain, China and Czechoslovakia
by the Anglo.French policy of
'appeasing” the aggressors were
bitterly assailed by Maxim Lit
vonov Soviet Foreign Commissar
in an impassioned speech before
the League of Nations Assembly
on the present war crisis in Eu
rope.
Litvonov warned that France &
England in surrendering to Hitler
merely had avoided a problematic
war today to make certain a large
scale war in the immediate future.
Ho declared that the dismember
ment of Czechoslovakia would
only encourago Hitler and Musso
lini to make new blackmailing de
mands.
The Soviet Foreign Commissar
attributed the present war crisis,
in the first place, to the failure
of Britain and France to extend
adequato support to the Ethiopian
people in their heroic struggle a
gninst the fascist Italian invasion.
Failure of the League of Nations
to take firm actions in the
Italian aggression had encouraged
the fascists to further aggressions
he showed.
PROBE DEATH OF MINISTER
Dallas—Sept. 28. Death of the
Kev. R. D. Nious, 38-year.old pas
tor of Mount Salem Bapt. •. church
here, whose body was found slump
ed on the steering wheel of his
ear at Hutchins, with blood flow
ing from hig nose, was still
shrouded in mystery this week.
His death was pronounced by a
justice of the peace as caused by
cerebral hemorrage, but at the
insistence of family and friends,
officers are investigating to deter
mine if the minister was killed.
A farmer at Hutchins, in front
of whose home the minister died
in his car, was arrested as a sus
pect and questioned. He was later
released.
The contents of some food from
the minister’s stomach found on
tho floor of his car, were being
examined by authorities. Rumors
that the pastor was poisoned have
been rife in the city since his
death Monday night.
REV, L. A, STORY OF KANSAS
CITY SENT TO OMAHA
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show for those who came out to
give him the once over. The Louis
team will play at Holdrege, Nebr.,
Sept. 30, after which they will go
to Topeka and Kansas City.
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Judge Grants Stay of Dis
possess To Negro Living
On East Side
New York, Oct. 1—Justice Mi
chael R. Matteo in the Second Dis
trict Municipal Court this week
was granted a two months’ stay of
eviction to John Winters, ordered
dispossessed because of his race
from his apartment at 7 St. Marks
place lower East Side, where he
has lived for five years.
In granting the stay until No.
vember 15, Justice Matteo sharply
critized discriminatory practices
by landlords who are segregating
the Negro people.
W'inters was handed an eviction
notice by the Poughkeepsie Hold
ing Corp., 260 West 67th St. The
East Side Tenants Union accused
tht. real estate firm of evicting the
Winters family because of race
i prejudice.
The tenant’s organization charg
j ed that landlords on the lower
East Side are attempting to oust
all Negro families from the area.
Winters was the only Negro ten
ant in the house. All the white
families in the tenant signed a
petition requesting the real estate
cffice to withdraw the disposses
proceedings.
Lenord Wacker, attorney for the
tenant’s union sa'd that the organ
ization would continue to fight the
eviction.
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Richmond, Mo_Several impor
tant changes in appointments were
announced Sunday, September 25
by Bishop, J .A. Hamlett at the
closing meeting of the Kansas-Mis
souri CME conference which met
here last week.
The Rev. L. A. Story, pastor of
tho Jamison Temple CME church
in Kansas City for the last three
years, was assigned to the Cleaves
Temple church in Omaha.
The Rev. R. O. Langford of
Durham, N. C., was appointed to
succeed the Rev. Mr. Story at Ja
mison.
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Birmingham
Considering of
Negro Policemen
Birmingham, Sept. 29 (ANP)—
Possibility of adding three or four
Negroes to the police department
to patrol the colored district was
aired by Commissioner Eugene
Connor last week, who said that no
definite action would he taken un
til public opinion had been sound
ed out.
Connor added investigations
would be made in Southern cities
now using N#gro officers. He ad
mitted he did not know how police
superiors in Birmingham wo’’1 ’ re.
j act to the idea. Many members of
I the police djdpartment, however,
were of the opinion that colored
districts be more efficiently
| patrolled with Negro officers.