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Entered as Second-Clas8 Matter at PPstoffice, Omaiha, Omaha Nf»hr Saturday Jan 14 1939 v, V?L' 12
Nebraska, under Act of March 8, 1874. Umana, INePr., Odiurudy, A**, A3Q3_ Number 44
JIM CROW IN MICHIGAN
COLLEGE LAID TO BE
TRAYAL BY UNCLE TOM
Seventh Day Clergyman
And Educator (Named
Detroit, Jan. 13 (ANP.—Defand
i*g segregation as practiced in the
dining hall of Emanuel Missionary
Ooll&ge .Berrien Springs, H. J.
Xlooster, president of that well
known denominational school, last
week disclosed the origin of his
policy, involving T. II. Allison, Chi
cago clergyman, pastor of the Shi
Tabernacle, and J. L. Morgan,1
{(resident of Oakwood Jr. colelge, j
•untsville, Ala., (a junior college
lor Negro student^ operated by the
Adventist church) with himself in
• “sell-out" deal to systematically
aegregate colored studentg in the
Michigan college and later to re
strict their attendance at all
Aeventh-day Adventist senior col
lages
Negro constituents had protested
•gainst recently adopted policies
which assign to young Negro men
• jim-crow row in the daily dormi
tory worship and to all colored
students jim-crow tables in the
only dining hall operated by the
college. They pointed to the fact
that some Northern schools of this
degonnoational had established a
liberal addition in 'fceub &mat;ew!
and that the demonination had like
the Quakers, been on the side of
abolition and equal rights in the
p£L3t.
College authorities however, re
solutely re-affirmed the new policy
and threatened to bar Negro stu
dents from ths school entirely if
protests continue. In answering one
questioning constituent, President
Klooster wrote, “It is true that!
separate tables aro provided for
tho colored students in our dining
room.” Later he added, “May I
point out to you that the continued
agitation on the part of this group
(tho Negro students) can result
only in closing the door of oppor
tunity to them.”
In the same letter, the educator
revealed plans that had already
been made to limit the future en
rollment of Negro students at
Emanuel Missionary college, as
well as at other schools of the same
denomination in the North, to up
per divison classes.
“I wish, however, to make clear”
ke said, “that the initiative in mak
ing this plan was made by Presi
dent Moran.” This, he indicates,
had tho secondary purpose of aid
ing tha small rural Jr. college near
Huntsville, of which the Negro who
made the proposal is president.
The Negro’s approval of the jim
orow policies, from President
Klooster’s lengthy statement,
seemed to follow asurances that
lower division applicants at the
affected senior colleges would he
advised to attend the Oakw'ood
school for the first two years.
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FILE $100,000 CASE IN U. S.
SUPREME COURT
Washington, Jan.* 12 (ANP)
The celebrated case of Cook vs
Lewis has been filed in the Su
premo Court of the United to re
verse tho decision of the Supreme
Court of West Virginia. Litigation
arising out of claims was institut
ed as far back as 1872 in a case
decided by the supreme court of
West Virginia, besides litigation in
tha state and federal courts in that
state. Caws arising out of the same
subject matter have been filed in
tho supreme court of the United
States in three such suits. This
case is the fourth case to reach
tho supremo court of the United
States.
'"COTTON EO” IS RAZED,BUT
HE CAN'T TAKE IT
New York, Jan. 12— ‘“Cotton
Ed” Smith was the only official
in Washington who objected to a
ribbing ho received at the recent.
Gridiron dinner, according to an
item, appearing in the column of
Leonard Lyons, New York Post
Columnist, December 20.
Lyons reported that Smith fum
ed: “They jest can’t do that, this
deridin’ of an impohtant pussonage
like me.” In a previous column
Lyons quoted a jurist as having
said: “Turned Catledge (New York
Time correspondent) impersonat
ing “Cotton Ed” Smith was ths
star of the Gridiron Show. Every
body thought it was a burlesque.1
Put Catledge read a real speech of
: Smith’s.
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Tuskenee Institute Giv-s
j f38 Lynch Record- 6 Killed
Tu-«kIr-titutc,
(ANP- A- ord r, - to reccitj^om
niled in the Department of Records
and Research of the Tuskegea Iit
; slitute, that t here was 6 persons j
■ lynched in 3 91*3, Xiiis is 2 less
•• •■ff ' ntiSfc» *V£r edrfnrf fv';
years 1937 and 1936; and 14 loss
1 than the number 20 for 1935. No
one of the persons lynched was
: in the hands of the law; the bodies
i of two of the victims were burned, j
There were 42 instances in which
J officers of the law preventel lynch
I mgs. 3 of these were in Northern
j States and 39 in Southern states.
; in 41 of the instances, th? prj
I soners were removed or the guards
augmented or other precautions j
taken. In the other instance, armed j
force was used to repel the would
be lynchers. A total of 53 persons,
3 white men, 49 Negro men, and
j 1 Negro woman, were thus saved
: from death at the hands of mobs.
Of the 6persons lynched, all were
Negroes, The oflfenses w|harged;
rape, 1; murder, 8; fa|lurfc )to
completo payment on funeral bill,
1; insulting remarks to woman,
1.
The states in which lynchings
occured and the number in each
state are as follows: Florida 1;
Georgia 1; Lousiana, 1; and Mis
sissippi, 3.
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American Library Ass’n
Recommends Colored
“Who’s Who”
Chicago, Dec. 29 (C(—The Sub
scription Books Bulletin, published
quarterly by the American Library
Association, 520 N. Michigan ave
nue, says: “Who’s Who in Colored
America is of great interest as a
representative compilation of bio
graphical information about con
temporary American Negroes. The
fourth edition will be useful where
ever there is need for sudh mater
ial. It is recommended.’
ASST- PROSECUTOR MARRIES SECY TO JULIAN BLACK
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. Mr. ani Mrs. Selby Minor who
were married at Cleveland, Ohio,
c; Congregational Church last
Wednesday, by Rev Grant Reyf
nrld shortly after the bride’s ar
rival at Cleveland Air Port from
Chicago. The bride is Miss Mary
Christian, daughter of Major and
Mrs Patterson, 5404 Michigan
-Avenue, Chicago, and secretary to
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.Julian iliac!.’, co-manager of Joe
Con's. Mr. Minor is Assistant^
County Prosecutor, an office he has
' eld some sewn years. They left
for New York last Friday for a!
week’s honey-moon. They will re-j
-ido at 2314 East 95th Street in
Cleveland.
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ESTABLISH WHITE PLAY- <
GROUND TO ELIMINATE
NEGRO- TENEMENTS
New Orleans, Jan. 12 (By Leon
Lewis for ANP)—-“The establish- |
ment of this playground will not
only furnish a needed place for
children in a thickly-populated
neighborhood, but it will eliminate
a Negro tenement in a white sec
tion of the city,” declared New
Orleans' Mayor, Robert S. Maestri,
after the acquisition of a site valu
ed at $39,00 for the establish
ment of another white playground
in the backtown of the city.
During the closing months of
last year, the mayor acquired sites
for three other playgrounds for
the white children of New Orleans.
A committee of Negro citizens held
conference wlith the mayor as to
the establishmen tof Negro play
grounds, since no definite efforts
had been made to include the needs
of Negro children in his program
of setting up playground facilities
throughout the city. The mayor told
the group that if properties were
available at a cost suitable to the
city, he would set up Negro play
grounds.
: COP SHOT BY WIFE DIES
Chicago, Jan. 12 (ANP)—Po
liceman James Majors ,44, a mem
ber of the force for 16 years, died
Monday night of a bullet wound
inflicted by his white wife, Mar
garet 36. Majors was shot in his
^ home the previous Friday night.
His wife said she shot him after
a year of mistreatment.
INSURANCE COMPANIES
REPORT HIGH COLLECTIONS
DURING SPECIAL DRIVE
Chicago, Jan. 12 (ANP)—Four
teen member companies of the Na
tional Negro Insurance association
reported unusually high percen
tages of collections for a five-week
period, Oct. 31 to Dec. 3, 1938,
desi gnated as the National Negro
Conservation and Collection Drive.
The drive was first inaugurated
in 1936, according to J. G. Ish,
Jr., agency officer of the Supreme
Liberty Liff Insurance company,
and chairman of the 1938 drive.
The idea of putting special stress
on '♦Sections near the close of
the year has been well received by
the member companies and pro
mises in time to outcome as effect
ive and as widely known as Na
tional Negro Insurance week, which
emphasizes production and is held
in the springs of each year, ac
cording to Mr. Ish.
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MAKES NOVELTY FIRM
DEPLETE WORD NIGGER
FROM THEIR CATALOGUE
Detroit, Jan. 13 (ANP)— Re
coni ly while scanning the pages
of a catalog printed for the B & N
Sales. Chicago firm specializing
in premiums, novelties and car- J
nival goods, Issac Jones of De-:
troit, cosmetic manufacturer, ran
across this item.
“No. 2831; Nigger at Pon No
velty. Attractive laugh-provoking
Figure made of porcelein and fi_
nished in assorted colors." *o a
letter to the firm, Jones **ked:
“If this article is finished 'n as
sorted colors, why did yo*< point
out only the colored race with the
word “Nigger?”
His complaint brought .juick re
sponse from the offending com
I any. Si 1 Nathan, an official, as
sured “We feel that it is unnec
essary to assure you that it was
entirely unintentional; neverthe
less we wish to offer you our deep
est and sincerest apologies for this
reflection on your race. You may j
rent assured that this word will!
not appear in any of your future l
catalogues." ,
TEXANS SEE ALLRED,
FEDERAL JUDGE NOMINEE,
AS SOMETHING OF A PUZZLE
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Austin, Tex. .Tan. J2 (ANO)—|
Gov. James V, Allred of Texas,
whose appointment by President
Roosevelt in this state will be up
for action at this term of con
gress, is something of a puzzle
to many of state’s Negro citizen's.!
Although he has gone out of the
way in recent years to praise
Walter White of the NAAOP, ad
dress colored meetings and fight
for a more equitable diversion of
state funds to Negro needs which
has established him as’ a leader
of the increasing group of South
ern liberals, there are many who
recall that it was mainly through
his efforts that colored citizens
have been excluded from voting
in the Democratic primary which
in this section is tant-amount to
election.
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CAB’S NEW YEAR’S PARTY IS
$7..50 PER PERSON
New York, Jan. 12 (C)—It cost
$7.50 per person to make reserva
tions at the Cotton Club, Broad
way and 48th street, on New Year's
eve, where Cab Calloway and the
Nicholas brotrers led the famous
“Cotton Club Parade’ ’as the old
year went out and the New Year
camo in.
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NEGRO PRESS SWINGS
TO JUSTICE BLACK
Washington, Jan. 12 (C)—As a
result of his voting with the ma
jority in the Gaines case recently,
comment in the Negro press has ■
turned favorable a member of the i
Ku Klux Klnn. Mr. Black was se-1
verely criticized by the Negro'
press when he was named a justice
of the court by President Roosevelt.
P. J. Waddle, Civil
War Veteran and
Pioneer Omahan,
Dead
FOUGHT IN 79th U. S.
INFANTRY
Josi&h Waddle, 2807 North 24th
St, died Tuesday January 10th of
Heart disease. Mr. Waddle, who
was a Civil war veteran was born
89 years ago a slav„ in Spring
field, Mo., and was a slave for 14
years. He was a slave of John Lier,
also his mother and four sisters
and brothers. He stated that his
master was a hard man und beat
him many times. At the age of
14 ho enlisted as a drummer boy in
the 79th U. S. Infantry, composed
of Kansas Negro volunteers and |
served through tha war getting
through the thick of the fight at
Ft. Gibson, Cabin Greek, and He
lena, Ark. He got him name from
J. Waddle who owned his father,
before the days of freedom.
tv*. <4,+. -pas* o7--y**we»; ■ M-rr^Wnrh 4
dlo represented Omaha at the G. J
A. It. A few years ago he organi-,
zed the “Waddle Ladies Concert
Band” composed of 14 colored girls |
from tho ages of 18 to 22, who were
the grand daughters eriit greafr-*
grand daughters of Civil Waif Ve
terans and former slaves.
Despite his advanced years. Prof.
Waddle until lately was very active)
in the organizing of musical or
ganizations and taking care cf his .
barber business which was located
on Lako St. near 26th St. He was |
also somewhat of a stylist, wear- j
ing tho very lastest in youthi ul j
clothing. He often related the j
treatment he received a few years
ago when ho took part of his musi
cal organization for a tour'of the i
south. Everything went along fine, j
he said, until it was discovered by ■
a group of Mississippians thathhe
wa sa civil war veteran from the
North, They signed his band to
play for a Saturday night danoe—
after a couple of songs he asked
the promoter what selection Jve 1
should play next. To which he wu
answered in the well known south
ern terms. “Gan you play "Dixie,”
etc." to which ha replied “Yea.”
“Well”, retorted the native of
Chittling Switch,, “Play ‘Dixie, ‘till
we tell you bo stop, us southerner*
down hero a'int ever been able to
hear enough of that music." Whea
tho tired professor and band blew
on ttheir last sour note of “Dixie”
just before daybreak, they wore tli
sure that they ‘‘Wished 'hey were
NOT in “Dixie.”
Mr. Waddle who also appeared
on the Oma'’a Guide’s Emancipa
tion Program in 1937, leaves to
Jtiourn ‘ha loss, his wife, Mns.
•Ri.lfwdhaddle. His funeral was held
from the Myers Funeral Home,
yesterday at 2 P. M.
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OMAHA GETS MID-WESTERN
CONVENTION’ OK I. B. P. O. E.
OP W
The Iroquois Lodge No. 92 re
ceived notice from the Wid-western
Assocatkm that Omaha, Nebraska,
was awarded the 1929 meet.’Exalt
ed ruler. Charles P. Davis, select
ed a committee on committies after
receiving notice they held a meet
ing Monday night at the Elks club
and appointed various committees
to arrange for receiving the Aa
tlcred herd next summer.
Otto Mason was appointed chair
man.
M>l l IUNS OF bLACA VtunE IK AFRICA 'IHMtAilttet] FVIlH
FASCIST RULE AS ITALY AND GERMANY DEMAND CCi :S
BITTER FRUITS OF RETREATq
BEFORE FASCIST BLACKMAIL
BEGIN TO RIPEN WITH GRAVE
DANGER FOR COLONIAL
TEOPLE
Moscow, US. R. R„ Jan. 12 (By
'Hhatwood Hall for ANP) — The
prologue to the next act in the
drama of aggression and expan
sion being staged by the two lead
ing fascist power of Europe fast
draws to its close, it is clear to
all honest observers here in Eu
rope. When the curtains fully rises
the center of the stage can be ex
pccted to reveal a scene with a co
lonial setting.
With each passing day, the main ,
characters, Hitler and Mussolini
makes clear the enouement; redi
vision of African colort es. The
fascist dictators, having been en
couraged and abetted at the last
tragic spectacle, “The Munich Bar
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gain,” are not speaking in aside#
or in muted tones. In full volumed
tones and blaekmaiil manner Musso
lini demands from France her
African possesions of Tunis and
Djibouti.
Hitler demands with the usual
throat, nothing less than the G#
meroons and Togoland. Only re
cently two of Hitler’s mouthpiece#,
Schacht and Funk, declared in Ber
lin that Hitler will not leave any
part of Togoland and the Camer
oons in the hands of France.
Both of the fascist dictators’ de
mands are shot through with
threats that if their demands are
not met “peacefully", then there
. remains for them nothing but the
use of force. Thus has “peace
been saved” by the kow-towing to
fascism of British and French
ruling circles.
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PHI BETA SIGMA
CONCLAVE DRAWS
DELEGATES F! •••••.
Pjphtv Spvph nhnnt^f’c
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Delegates from 87 chapters of
the fraternity in all sections of the
country were present at the 24th
annual conclave of Phi Beta Sigma
fraternity, held 'Christmas week in
Winston Salem. N. C. Those at
tending as regular delegates are
pictured above. The fraternity
voted to hold its 1939 couriav? in
Washington next Dec;, nbu- and
extended an invitation to Zeta Phi
Beta, sister sorority cf Sigma, t»
hold its boule there at the same
time.
(ANP Photo)