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Nebraska, under Act of March 8, 1874. Omaha, Nebr., featUl day, Dec. 10, UM8 _ Number 35
Sues Indianapolis
and Union Station
for $50,000
DAUGHTER OF DR. M. C. B.
MASON DRESSED TOO FINE
COP LOCKS HER UP DURING
STOP OVER IN INDIANA CITY
Chicago, Dec. 8 (ANP)— Still
under a physician's care this week
from the nervous shock sustained
when arrested in Indianapolis
last Sunday, Mrs. Noblesse Boyd
of Chicago, wealthy daughter of
the late Dr. M. C. B. Mason of
national fame and widow of the
late D.uke Boyd, postal .clerk and
prominent churchman, announced
she has filed suit for $50,000 a
gainst the Union Station and city
.cf Indianapolis charging false, ar
rest and imprisonment .
it was while returning from
, Cirticinnati, where she had spent
! Thanksgiving with friends that
Mrs. Boyd stopped in Indianapylis
While waiting three hours between
^trains at the Union station, she
telephoned friends and went into
the main waiting room to eat
lunch.
At approximately the time when
pastors and leaders were publicly
protesting the mistreatment of
Jews in Nazi officials, a white sta
tion policeman accompanied by a
white girl about 13 years old went
up to Mrs. Boyd and asker her
to go into the women’s waiting
room for a talk. She went with
the officer assisting her carrying
her luggage.
As soon as she got there, the
policeman said to the attendant,
also white, “take her in there,” as1
ho pointed to a closed room.
Mrs. Boyd was well dressed,!
wearing a rich looking fur coat
valued at $500. Having been abroad
several times, her luggage was
heavily laden with European la
bels. What was apparently to him
the unusual spectacle of a color
ed woman being so attired and
equipped was believed responsible
for his attitude, because he an
grily told the C-hieogoan “you don’t
own these things.”
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Mrs. Boyd and her luggage and
then demanded, “Where are you
going with all those fine clothes?”
Coming across her passport still
saved from a recent European trip
ho wanted to know just who she
was.
The traveller explained she was
a property owner in Chicago and
asked, permission to call her fri
ends. The policeman ordered her
to “shut up”. Mrs. Boyd said, and
then told her he would “take her
where she could telephone some
body.” Handling her roughly, he
pushed her to the door of the sta
tion, huddler her into a patrol wa
gon and took her to the city jail
where she was locked up. There
she gave the name of an influential
friend who in three hours brought
her release.
Forced to stay over until the
next day, Mrs. Boyd appeared in
court Monday morning only to
have the case dismissed as soon
as it was called.
The chavge filed against her
was that of “vagrancy.”
Although officials were apolo
getic, Mrs. Boyd secured the ser
vices of A tty. Andrew Jacobs of
Indianapolis who immediately fil
ed suit against the Union station
and the city for $50,000. She an
nounced she intends to fight the
l case through.
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INSTALL SNEED AS CHICAGO
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
ft Chicago, Dec. 8 (ANP—In the
Hi presence of civic, political and
5 other city leaders, gathered on
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Dale Ward ■ ■ ■ got shoe*,
saw a movie. —— *~
IlTJiuk i; MAN" SEEKS BOYS
TOWN RESIDENCE
Armed with a “Junior G-Man”
badge and a broken watch and
chain and bearing a large tag
whlfch read:
“To w.iom it may concern:
‘ My name is Dale Ward and I
am on my way to Boys Town,
Neb. Please see that I catch the
right bus at Omaha.”
Dale Ward arrived at the Union
Bus Station Sunday morning. The
youngster told police that his fa
ther had put him on the bus at
Kansas City Saturday night. He
said that he was 8 years old and
had attended Penn School in Kan
sas City.
The boy was called for by
authorities from Boys Town where
he will remain with the home and
police department try to trace his
parents. Dale said that his parent’s
names are Mamie and Wesley, but
that his father is called “Lonnie.”
He has grandparents in Muskogee,
Gkla. and a brother and sister, 10
year old twins .living with someone
in California, he said.
At Boys Town Dale joined the
ether citizens of the little village
wh'le they played in the recreation
room and later attended a showing
of Laurel and Hardy in “Swiss
Miss.”
He was pleased with the meal
he had eaten and with a pair of
shoes which replaced the soleless
ones in wrhich he arrived, but
what pleased him most was the
movie. He said it was the first
he’d ever seen.
Monday at the County Building,
Third Ward Democratic Commit- j
teeman Edward M. Sneed was for
mally installed as a member of the
Board of County Commissioners.
A victor at the November election
Commissioner is the first Democrat
of his race to serve on the County
Board.
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MICHIGAN'S FIRST NEGRO
JUDGE PRESIDES IN COUNTY
COURT
Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 8 (A.
N. P.-—Last Tuesday for the first
time in history of this state, a
Negro Judge ascended the bench,
the central figure being Judge Ed
mond C. White of Yatrd Townshio,
who presided in Lake County Cir
cuit Court. The case at bar was
an assault charge placed against
John H. Smith.
The state was represented by
County Prosecutor Allan Lidkes
and Simth’s counsel was Atty. F.
H. Skinner, of Grand Rapids. Af
ter Witnesses had testified, Pro
secutor Lidke moved for the defen- j
dant’s dismissal and discharge.
Judge White granted the motion
and the defendant was released.
FIGHT OVER
WILL ENDED
RICH MAN’S NEGRO WIDOW
AND WHITE FAMILY IN
AGREMENT AT LAST
New York—Two years of bitter
legal entanglements, concerning
the contested will of Arthur W,
Frost, 70 year old white sugar king
who tried to “cut off his blueblood
relatives without a nickel” and
leave bis immense estate to his
colored wife and her 10 year old
daughter in the Dominician Re
public, will come to a halt at a
hearing set for December 27. The
hearing will find said white rela
tives flaunting a previously drawn
will dated in 1})22 and giving 02'^
per cent -to the fcluebloods’s nine
nieces, grandnieces and nephews. !
‘ Daddy is this the old man who |
ir going to die and leave us a lot
of money?” . •.
This remark was made' by the
daughter of one of Frost’s nieces.
It made the plutocrat planter an
gry. Ife drew up his will so that
his wife and daughter, would get
all his property. ‘He drew it up
a r-tight,.lawyer-proof, and yet he
failed.
t
, Thu inquiring little girl became
something akin to a prophet when
the widow, MVs. Julia Fredericks
f rost, vigorously contested the will
but apparently tired out by the
court bickerings, finally agreed to
accept 37'2 per cent of her hus
band’s and (holdings.
Mrs. Frost had served in the su- i
gar king’s household for a quar
ter of a century. A year before
his death they were married. The ■
daughter, Maria was made legal
by Frost at the time of his wed
ding.
Headlines For Two Years
The planter died in San P |!ro
de Macoris, Dominican Republic
December 18, 1936. His American
relatives produced a will drawn
in 1922. Ever since a legal bat-J
tie has been waged. For two years
the case seethed and made head
lines across the front page of the
nation's colored and white newspa
pers.
Wednesday, papers were filed in j
Surrogate’s Court showing that the 1
sugar-mill magnate had bequeath
ed the money to be cut up among
the little inquiring girl’s daddy,
nine other nieces, grandnieces and
nephews, a formidable array of re-!
reiver's.
The lawyer for the relatives, j
Edward J. Welch of 67 West 44th
street, was granted the request
for a hearing on the final account
ing of the City Bank Farmers
Truts Co., executors for Frost’s
vast proper-ties.
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FIBBER M'BEE TB OMAHA
Fibber McGee and Company, sec
ond most popular program on the
tadio, will present two Christmas
Charity performances in Omaha,
December 18, under sponsorship of
Radio Station WOW, John Gillin,
Jr., General Manager, announced
today. Proceeds will be divided be
tween Father Flanagan’s Boys’
Home, the Masonic Home for Boys
and the Good Fellows. The first
performance will be at 2:00 p. m.
and the second at 8:00 p. m. both
at the Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum. Gen
eral admission will be 55c, reserv
ed seats 83c and $1.10. In addition
to the Fibber McGee Company,
which includes Donald Novis, Nick
Do Depopulus, the Old Timer, Hal
Peary, Sylvia Clark, Irene Vermil
lion and her girl trumpeters, and
The Four Notes with Marjorie
Whitney, an abbreviated version of
the WOW' Goodwill Follies will be
presented at each performance.
This is the show featuring 40 mem
bers of the W’OW staff, which re
cently played free performances in
Atlantic, Iowa; Nebraska City,
Fremont, Grand Island and Nor
folk, Nebraska.
WIVES OF CITY EMPLOYEES
ORGANIZE
The Wives of the Colored Police
men and Firemen, have organized
a very unique club. The club in its
nature is social and educational.
There are about 22 members. The
club met at the beautiful apart
ment of Mrs. Harry Lewis, 1406
North 22nd St. for the November
meeting. Mrs, Thelma Hancock
spoke to the club on “A World
Wide Thanksgiving”. The hostess
served a very tasteful luncheon.
Mrs. Lucille Gustin, President,
Mi s. Mattie Childs Jones, Sec'y.
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CATHOLIC MAGAZINE HITS
AMEREN HYPOCRISY
ON THE JEWISH ISSUE
New York, Dec.'S (C) Ameri
can hypocricy on the Jewish issue
ih Germany was scored by The
Commonwealth 2sfi, Fourth avenue.
Philip Burnham and Edward Skil-,
ling Jr., editors, a Catholic'Weekly
review of literature, arts and
public affairs, in its issue of Dec
ember 2. In its ioading editorial
Time magazine gave considerable
spaco to a full discussion of the
Nazi atrocities and concluded as
follows.
“However, though Jews are not
e. race, the colored people are. It
is blood that identifies them. And
though Nazi Germany and Fas
cist Italy j are tjhe outstanding
preachers of racial intolerance to
day, we make bold to assert that
the United States is the outstand
ing practiser of racial intolerance!
There are 13,000,000 Negroes in
the United States as against 700,
000 Jews in Germany and 50,000
in Italy. We need not detail here
the well-known facts of racial op
pression in America— disfran
chisement, social ostracism, eco
nomic discrimination, ghettoiijm,
lynching, educational, cultural and
hygienic neglect, religious, segre
gation and the rest. They are so
well known that we are callous to
them. The still small voice of con
science has been stilled in their re
gard. This is our national shame!
It is ardently to be hoped for that
the present crisis of the Jews will |
provoke widespread self-examina
tion of conscience in America and
efficacious resolution to mend our
ways. Can we point out the mote
in a brother’s eye. while there re
mains a beam in our own?”
HOWARD-KENNEDY PTA.
The P. T. A. of Howard-Kennedy
School will hold its regular meet
ing Tuesday, December 13, 1938,
at 2 p. m. The Adult Education
chairman, Mrs. C. A. Branch and
her committee will present the
program. Mrs. Elizabeth Reiner
will be the guest speaker, Mrs. D.
V. Gordon will talk on Child De
velopment. Music selections will
be furnished by Mrs. Delores Black
well. Mrs. B. E. Squires, Presi
dent, Mrs. T. N. Hancock, Publicity
Chairman.
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DEMOCRACY TAKEN TOO
MUCH FOR GRANTED HERE
WALTER WHITE TELLS JEWS
New York, Dec. 5—Americans
need to learn the lesson that de
mocracy has been taken too much
for granted in this country, Walter
White told members of the New
York Free Synagogue at a meet
ing held at Carnegie Hall here
Sunday morning, November 27.
The executive secretary of the
National Association for the Ar
vancement of Colored People was
one of the three speakers to ad
dress the Free Synagogue on “The
Nazi Terror: My Reaction." The
others speakers were Dr. Henry S.
Leiper, director of the Universal
Christian Council; and Dr. Tarka
nath Das. a prominent Hindu.
“Unfortunately, most of us are
so concerned about our own indi
( II vms U. WILSON. FORMER
OM.\IIAN EMPLOYED BY
RUMFORD BAKING
..POWDER CO.
T’ ha# 'just been announced by
Rumicrd, makers of Health Club
Baking Power, that they have em
ployed a fourth Negro salesman.
The newcomer to the Rumford
sale's force is Mr. Charles R. Wil
son, of Chicago. Mr. Wilson is mar
ried and the father of a three-year
old son. He has had commercial
training at Creighton University,
Omaha, and business experience as
catering manager of Poro College
and the Grand Hotel in Chicago.
Mi', Wilson will make his headquar
ters at Memphis, his territory ex
teitiJing as far»%outh as . Florida.
The first, men of the Negro race
to be emloyed as salesmen by
Rumford were Randall L. Tyus
and Raymond S. Scruggs, both
graduates of Fisk University. They
joined the Rumford staff in 1932.
fn 1935 Paul D. Norton, graduate
of Virginia Union University, was
employed by this firm as sales
man. Scruggs resigned three years
ago to take up “Y" work in De
troit. Tyus and Morton are still
on the job. Morton is working the
Mississippi territory, and Tyus is
promoting Health Club Baking
Powder in the Chicago area. As
sociated with Tyus in his Chicago
work is Mrs. Mattie L. Handy, fa
mous food expert, who has been
employed by the Rumford organi- |
zation for many years.
vidaul or group welfare,’' he said,'
“that we fa', to understand the
wuy in which b'gotry gains a
strangle hold on a nation of peo
ple.”
Terming the Nazi persecutions
of the .Jewish people a “night
man)’’ which will soon pass,” said
White.
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CHURCH FINANCIER
Dr. I,. A. Bowman
Treasurer of the Sunday school
Publishing board, Nashville, Tenn.
whose financial leadership is wide
ly recognized. A native of South
('aroPna, Dr. Bowman finished
dentistry at Meharry in ‘12 and
has built up an intensive practice
and at the same time further pre
pared himself for service study
ing finance. This study resulted in
his being elected treasurer of the
S. S. Publishing Board and treasu
rer of the Finance Commission of
the National Baptpist Convention,
Inc. (Calvin Service.)—
International Vice
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President of Sleep
ing Car Porters To
Appear Here
THIS WEEK
IN RELIGION & THOUGHT
In ROBERT I,. MOODY
The GIFT and The GIVER
Once again we are approaching
tho Christmas ’ season, There are
generally several factors that we
■tress hut tlic ‘ gift” seems to b ■
the inoit popular.
It appears that our idea of giv
ing was inspired by the gifts of '
the kings and wise men who came
liom the East to worship Christ
the Lord. It is to be regretted that
many of our present motives are
far from this, concept. It has be i
t mio popular to give only to those
of our friends or those who will
also probably . give to us. It -is
possibly true that the wise men
realized the potential gift of God
in return for what they gave for
tha Christ child was the gift of
God personified.
But we are to give each other
out of the same rivjrit of love and
helpfulness. Many charitable insti
tutions, churches and social groups
are planning to help make the poor
men, women and children happy.
This is very good, but we must re
member that: “Not what we give
but what we share." “The gift
without the giver” is bare.”
The Christ child is not being re
born in the flesh this Christmas
so that you may give directly to
Him, but the Spirit of Love is
here to he vitalized in our gifts.
As often as we do it unto the least
of these his little ones we do it
unto him. Like the Macedonians
of old, let us “first give ourselves
to the Lord and our fellow men.”
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AWARDED COMPENSATION
Edmund Mills of 2932 N. 25th St.
who was party disabled in January
of this year when he injured a hand
while employed by a local motor ear
concern was awarded a part disabi
lity compensation of $12.00 a week
for 32 weeks by Judge Lawrence
F. Welsh, Tuesday.
GEORGIA BAPTISTS UNITED
BY PINKSTON; RAISE $7,000
Macon, Ga., Dec. 15 (C)—The
General Missionary Baptist Con
vention of Georgia was reunited
last week through the able leader
ship of Rev. L. A. Pinkston, pas
tor of Tabernacle Baptist church,
Augusta, as it held its 68th annual
session at the First Baptist church
Rev. F. N. Marhburn, pastor. Rev.
Pinkston was reelected and brought
harmony to the organization as
all factions agreed to Fitzgerald
as the site1 of the new theological
school for ministers and mission
ary workers. Dissention had invad
ed the ranks of the group through
tho loss of the Central City col
lege propei-ty.
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DETROIT PREPARES FOR
KAPPA CONCLAVE
Detroit, Dec. 16 (ANP)—Improv
ing the housing conditions of Ne
gro students in “white’ 'univer
sities; containing the fight against
tho use of photographs in civil
examination; broadening the base
of its “Guide Right’’ movement,
and several other matters will be
discussed at the 28th annual meet
ing of the Kappa Alpha Psi Frat
ernity when it meets here Dec. 27
30, according to the program made
public this week.
BIG MASS MEETING TO BE
IIEl l) HERE
Mr. M. P. Webst?r, international
vice-president of the Brotherhood
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M. P. WEBSTER
of Sleeping Car Porters, will ap
pear in a mass meeting, sponsor
ed by the Omaha Division of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por
ters, next Sunday, December 11,
1938, at the Clair Chapel ME.
Church, 22nd ant^ Miami 8t., at
3:00 p, m. ’
A supporting program consist
ing of Mayor Butler; Mace Brown,
president of the Central Labor
Union; Elder Scott, president of
the Protective Order of O' ning Car
Waiters, and fine musical numbers
by some of Omaha’s outstanding
artists. This will be one of the
greatest affairs to be held in 0
maha for some time. The public
in general is invited and urged to
be present to hear Mr. Webster,
one of the race’s greatest orators,
who will outline to you the econ
omic progress of the Negro in the
Laboi* Movement.
FORMER NEWSMAN’S STORY
REPRINTED I READER’S
DIGEST
New York City. Dec. 8 (ANP)—
Reprinted from the December issue
of The Commentator ,an article
“A Negro Looks at the South,
authored by Ollie Stewart, appears
in the January issue of Readers
Digest. Stewart is a former staff
member of Baltimore Afro Ameri
can, now writes free lance, specia
lizes in features and short stories.
Ken Magazine and Globe, tra'e
magazine, have also published his
work.!.
300 ATTEND WOMEN’S MEET
IN NEW’ YORK
New York, Dec. 15 (C) Three
hundred delegates from twenty
eight national organizations at
tended the banquet given Saturday
night at the YWCA, honoring Mrs.
Crystal Bird Fauset of Philadel
phia, recently elected to the Penn
sylvania legislature and the first
colored woman so honored any
whero in America. Mrs. Mary Lc
Leod Bethune, president the
National Council of Negro Women
sponsors of the banquet, presided.
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HOWARD ESTABLISHES
NATIONAL NEGRO LI
BRARY AND MUSEUM
Washington. Dec. 16 (ANP)—
The board of trustees of Howard
university have inagurated a plan
for the establishment of a Na
tional Negro Library and Museum
which is expected in course of time
to be one of the chief centers of
educational interest in the country'.
For the present, the museum will
be located in the new $l 106,000
Founders’ library which will be
ready for occupancy next month.