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-♦ r*-— Cents j Qty | |L tK CL^PC MetevH nllcy* an lTif</ nnO dLiif.uL f ■ . ■ —- ■ i... — . -_______ thern end Ceo'rnl G eatl /JUSTICE/ EQUALITY HEW TO THc UHE\ XXZ2ZZ& Jr ALU LUl-AL ^ 1 _ t , . ,, . , M ATTER ^ .___ • 01 wet K Tollowed by worm . . -•— if middle or before close • I tL«pnvirp10 not mur‘h Precipitation. ! ^ _bLI.VKK_^ LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OK CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY_ _.»___+ Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Orrviha N^hl* SaturfHv Inn 21 1Q3Q .tV0,L- 12 Nebraska, under Act of March 8, 1874. bmalla' IN cDl OcUUTUa^, ddn. £1, l.W.f ___ Number 41 .“GOODWILL SPRING MUSI CAL” TO CREATE MUCH NEW INTEREST j ^ a To the many friends and lovers | of the Goodwill Spring Musical, 11 wish to say that we are about to start our work in preparing for our Fifth Annual musical. We feel we have tried to live up to our motto of getting “bigger and bet ter’’ each year. It is for you how ever, to decide just how near we have reached our goal. The past years have shown us just how much the public appreci ates these musical, because each year . the attendance has .grown rapidly. We had it at our three largest chruches and there was not enough room at any one of them. I-ast year we wrent to Cen tral High school Auditorium, and still we did not have enough seats. So this means we as choirs must do more work in prepai-ing for tibe next one. Since thin is true, the presidents of the choirs that took an active part in last year’s ser vices are asked to meet at the home of L. L. McVay, 2868 Corby St., next Sunday, January 22, at 4 P. M., to talk ovex- the outlook for our fifth annual musical which will taka place tbe last Sunday in April. This will be the fifth Sun in April and we ho(pe all choir wbm and civic groups will Leave tUa date open that all the people •f Omaha unay have * chance t» whines s this program. The Host Choir is decided in this wanner. Tho Choirs that wish to be Wost^ send in by their choir presi dent a written invitation, inviting the choirs to be their guests on this day. These invitations are road and the presidents of the choirs vote by ballot as to which one will be accepted as host. The Ohoir receiving the largest num ber of votes is declared host. Tho choirs that do not succeed in becoming host still look forward to tho next year with the hope of getting it. It will perhaps be interesting to the choirs to know that our Spring Musical has caused other people of both races to attempt to do this same thing, I.et us look forward now to the fifth Sunday in April 1939 with a 1.00 per cent spirit of solidarity. In fact I think this word "Solidarity” should be used as our slogan. Read your local papers and keep posted on tho news about this great event when all Omaha will come out and do honor to their Church Choirs. L. I.. McVay. UNION SERVICES isi<; success That the Union Services of the Colored Methodist Churches of 0 maha, which was inaugerated three weeks ago, are a great success, was evidenced last Sunday night when the spacious auditorium of St. John's AME Church was fill ed to capacity with an attentive congregation, W'ho was thrilled and inspired by the dynamic sermon, which was delivered by the Rev. t,h. A. Storey pastor of Cleaves Temple CM E Church, the guest spe aker of the evening. Tho music wo.-, furnished by his choir. From tho Fifth Chapter.of Pt. Mark, and the third verse he chose the text, ‘ Stretch forth thine hand, and he stretched it out.”' A sermon fill ed with spiritual Fervor' was mas terfully presented to the eager t ,n gregation. Fro»» the entfyusiani shown tq. date -tlv'a.i ^nee-tings ape destined to become a big event in Omaha. While tbB evoHonal part of the service? -be- - r at Ts'lO- -it i is best to c earl i “recure a seat. Next Sun da- Kt.hol AME Church will be host to the Union services with Dr. R. A. Adams, pastor of the St. John AME church as speaker. The St. John Choir j will also sing All are welcome to i tiiese -services, and an evening of | spiritual worships. awaits all who mag atrUad 5,000 Attend Policy Kinjr’s Funeral; Inquest Continued Chicago, Jan. 21 (ANP His $5,000 casket covered with 5000 tea roso and with a crowd of 5,000 ja n ming tho Gharles S. Johnson Fun eral home and the street outside, Walter J. Kelly, Chicago and Gary policy boran who was slain in gangland fashion, was laid to rest Wednesday. Meanwhile, police are still hunt ing for t'ne killeis who trailed him to a small hotel near 31st and Michigan late Sunday afternoon and blew his face away with four blasts from a shotgun An inquest, started Tuesday, was continued to Jail. 24. Many of Chicago’s most promi nent Southsiders either attended tho funeral rites or sent flowers, but most of the policy kings were conspicuous by the'r absence. Lead ers in the racket have not re ted easily since Kelly died. The Rev. J. C. Austin, noted pas te of Pilgrim Baptist church, con ducted tho services. He spoke elo quently on “love and charity’’ and gave high praise to the deceased's large annual, philanthropies. And Maurice Cooper, star of ‘ The Mik ndo,” sang “Coin’ Home,” “Tlhe Rosary,” and "The End of a Per fect Day.” Former Congressman Oscar DePriest led the little group of 200 or less mourners inside the ! <'hapel, and among the flowers was a large wreath sent by Joe Louis along with Julian Black and John Roxborough, as well as flowers from some of the area’s biggest politicians. [ Outside on the street, thousands from both Chicago and Gary mour ed his passing. They spoke mainly of the way 'he had given to chari ty, told each other how fine a man ha was, and said it was a shame that Lg had to go like that. None condemned him for the way he had made his living, for in the Chicago tho policy game is the Southside’s biggest business. It was so that big that Walter Kelly was reported to have in come of $100,000 yearly, much of i‘; going to charities. In Gary. from tho time ho tqok control of the racket four years ago until a few days before his death when a new and unfriendly city administra tion put the lid on, he allegedly paid close to $200,000 for “pro tection” and as contributions to campaign funds for friendly city and county political candidates. But at the inquest Tuesday, his brother, Ily, who confines most of ihis operation? to Chicago, testifi ed that Walter “was not in the gambling or policy business” and Euclid Taylor, attorney for I ley,' also said that the gangland vic tim had never served time in the federal penitentiary at Leaven worth for dope peddling. At the same time, testimony was taken from Stanley Orselski, 18 year lod white boy who witnessed ths shooting. “I was standing near Kelly’s ear when tho man shot at him,” said tho youth, “and fell under the ear to save myself When the killers drove on, I ran away.” Capt. John Carton of the Pe kin inn Police station said he want ed to question three other when tho inquest Is reopened. Member; of the family iticidlling his brother Ily. and h:? comihon law wife,, lipby. wupL the pplico to find out; what happened to. .Walter’s bank roll-, of,$300. seen- not more than., 15 minutes befdre his death. Like ■ofhef'^in Ms field/ he usually cay-• ried huge sums of money on his^ person, and was. in the neighbor-; hood of !lst and, Indiana to lend $200 to a friend. Tho police station report showed him to be penniless.1 Tho first persons to handle his j body after the murder were police- j men. The theory has been advanced | la some quarters that Walter’s Newly Elected Kappa Officers * v * * Newly elected officers of Kappa : Alhpa Psi fraternity are shown S in the above picture, taken imme I diately after conclave was conclu ded in Detroit. The new grand pole march is James E Scott, Wash ington, D. C.. successful realtor. Loft to rigihit, front row are Ar thur Clarke, Kansas university student, junior vice grand pole march; Benjamin Good.e football coach at West Virginia State col- ! lege, senior grand vice poleinarch; I Grand Polemarch Scott; J. Ernest Wilkins, Sr., grand keeper of re- j cords and exchequer, elected for the 17th year; Ernest H. Daven port, Morris Brown college stu dent strategus. Back row: William J .Price, Jr., University of Illinois student, lieu tenant strategus; Atty. Louie Orr, East St. Louis, I!**, and A. A. Reid, accountant and instructor, Atlanta university, senior members of grand board of directors; Wen dell M, Lucas, Howard university student, junior member of board. Not included in the picture are Elder Diggs, Indianapolis school principal, grand historian; and Dr. Guy L. Grant, Indianapolis, another member of the board of directors, (ANP Photo By Forbes) I EXPANDS COLLEGE 1 l)r. If. L. McCrorey j President of Johnson C. Smith Uni | versity, Charlotte, N. who has launched'a campaign to raise $!, ' 500,00 for building and endowment. Heading the university for 31 yrs. Dr. McCrorey will spend $125,000, of the fund for a new girls dor mitory with all modern convenien ces Dr. McCrorey is counting on the progressive record of J. C. | Smith to bring aid from alumni, former students and friends in the gigantic drive. (Calvin Service.) -—. —-o death may have a hookup with the payment of $37,000 on the fine i owed by A1 Capone to the federal ; government. Capone was reputed ly broke, the theory goes, yet this | amount was raised. Some believe that henchmen of the former No. 1 gangster levied tribute upon all 7 racketeers in the Chicago area to , raise the necessary funds. This, , they say, is hack of the recent I holdups of the Southaide policy headquarters. Kelly, since he had ! just been forced out of the game I in Gary, his headquarters, may | have declined to kick-in. Advocates of thus possibility point? out, that > j.-Kelly’s death was- merely one of threo_.gangland murders . within a : few days, the bother victims- being’ !• white. . . ... , ... * Although the race of*the .slayers ; is not known, it is generally felt that the murderedg were white. At present, other policy barons are.: installing bullet proof glass in! their cars. Had Kelly’s machine been so equipped, he might be alive today, since the shotgun was fired through hw sedan’s side window. Red Caps Launch $10,000 Drive Tho International Brotherhood of Red Caps announced this week, the opening of a national drvie to raise $10,000 among its members, fri ends, and friendly trade unions. Officials of the young Interna tional Brotherhood of Red Cap' stated tha£ the money si be in; raised to establish a working fun to success fully conduct a vigorou campaign for greater security and tho niaintaindence of rights of the statical service employees under existing social and lobar legisla tion. Fresh from its victory in the em ployee status case before the In terstate Commerce Commission, the union is faced with a series of new fights Tho Brotherhood has a new ease before the Interstate Com merce Commission on the question of employee status of red caps in cities of les stthan 100,000 popu lation. These were excluded in the first decision. A case before the Wage and Hour Administra t'on on tho question of tips and theii relation to wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The rail roads have circumvented the paying of the 25 cents minimum by Slav ing the employees report their tip which in ^urn, are to make up the 25 cents requirement. Num erous cases are pending before tho National Mediation Board. These case are for the purpose of selecting tho collective bargaining agency for red caps,of the various railway system’s. Officials of the union also staled that a portfon of this fund' will be .used to .conduct an organizational drive among the unorganized red caps throughout tho country. -- u — r- — - CONGRESSMAN MITCHELL URGES TUSKEGEE FOR PI.IOT TRAINING UNIT • Washingtonr D. C Jan. 21 (A|y P)^Representative Arthur W., Mitchell,> Ulinojs • Democrat ami only Negro Congressman, ' la*i week asktd - Secretary of- War Woodring to designate Tuskegee institute as one of the schools for training pilots and aircraft mecha nics. Secretary Woodring promised consideration of this proposal, ac cording to Congressman Mitchell. President Roosevelt has reoom Morris E. Jacobs To —Direct Publicity for 1939 Chest Camnaign MORRIS E, JACOBS Alvin Johnson, General Chair man of the Community Chest Drive for 1939. today announced the ap pointment ox Morris Id Jacobs s chairman of the Publicity Commi ttee of the ('host. Other members of the eommitt. e will be announced within a few days. Advised of his appointment, Mr. Jacobs, of JJozell and Jacobs, Inc., Advert! ng Agency, said: “X am "happy to be' able. to help, in. any way possible Such a worthy cause, The .annual job of raiding ; funds l°t’ these vital agencies raf ■ filiated with the Community Che s' ! is so" 'important', I feel that itoo | mitch time and effort cannot! bo devoted to it.*' ' •.. i: .Mr. Jooabs Mdefeds Frank |J*'o j gaty, who MjHiblimy ] committee in 1938. He has long I been a leader in ctvk and charit able affairs of the city. 1 mended that 20,000 pilots be train and Mitchell said that on a popu latk|i bask, one-tentih of them ; should b* N«gross. President’s Birthday Celebrat on To Be Held January 30th TO RAISE KI NDS FOR IN- . PANTILE PARALYSIS CRl'SADE The annual fund-raising cam-; paign to be climaxed with cele-: bration.-. of the President's Birth day, January 30th, which will he held in the Omaha City Auditorium w»m heartily endorsed thia week by leaders of local industries, la-1 WHLTAM PICKENS ASKS TOM I MOONEY’S All) IN SCOTTS UORO C \SE — New York, Jnn I'd (ANP) In a letter sent last week to Tom Moon y, rei ently pardoned California labor war bombing: prisoner, Wil iam Pirktn; of the NAA' P. ask , ii F is aid in securing justice for the Scottsboro boys. In his communication Pickens ■•ays: “This will be one of the millions of letter* you will get from those of us who hav,. worked and plead for yett-n , not that jus tice should be done to you. but that the great injustice that was being done to you and to all tar vanity should cease. No** you are not only out of prison, but also out from under the false accusation that stood against you for 22 yrs. “Your attention is now called to another case, even worse than yours—THE SCOTTSBORO ( ASK Let us all hope and work to the end of getting out the other f've of the e innocent victims of pre judice hoping that it will not take 22 years but working to get them out however long it may take. “I cannot think of any better use j that could be made of some of your | time ni'W than you could make by appearing and pleading in a series of great meeting* in behalf of these Negro boys.” b°*'» women’s groups and me lieal societies. Dr. Claude 7’. Uren, president i th Omaha ICugli^ C cunty ':edical Society raid of the cam paign: "Om ha and Do.’glaa County has no more argent ree pnn il ility confronting t at th* present tim? than to assure the current campaign to rai e fundi to fight infantile paralysis is a glorious -mace-ss. Infnnt'le ppraiy > is the terror of medical men. es pecially when it breaks out in epi demic. We know so little about it it the pro- nt time. A?itlo from tv,e nrces'Cv of caring for tha afflict .'d, those who have already fallen under its shadows, there is alsr urgent need for funds to car ry i r> the research work necessary to discover its cause and cure. Omaha ami Douglas County Med ical men have a particular interest in the new plan this year, wberoby fifty per cent of all money rawed hem remains here to battle inftaat tile paralysis in this imnsedhtitk community. The remaining Mt, per cent will be* forwarded to tfta National Foundation AgiiMt 1k ■'entile Paralysis at Warm Georgia W'e all must do our dlfek to assure the drive is a *u<mm& Dr. Floyd Kinyoun. Health flW partment Director of Omaha, *» minding citizen* of the e.p*dadS» in Omaha little more than a ywnr ago, warned that infantile ynw lysis "may break out again at aay time.” "We must he constanly on our guard, for the sake of our com munity anil our own children,” Dr Kinyoun said. "We all recall our own experience with the epidemic little more than a year ago. How our schools were closed for four weeks, how business generally was paralyzed in the grip of fear that ■an rampant through our streets.1* ■ •— * Triplett’s Dog; Pays His Physician A Personal Call ‘■Bob’’ . . . shows his injury to Dr, Earl McCain. . ~; :“Bt' ’’ the hand- me Germs, ! Shepherd dog of ■ Mir and Mrs, ‘ JWilUe’m Ti plett, 2711 Wirt' St.,<j i put truth in the old saying that i i “day; are smarter .f an jnany peo-.l ! pio^- .. j Ijapt week Dr. McCain, VSterin [ arian. completed treatment of the j . dog after he had been struck by ; an automobile and suffered a I broken ,r b. Bgib had been-return-. I ed to his home,.but Sunday, after-. i poon v hile"tfTe'doctor waV working pMf‘iGrioflxeI' nniniaf jtftrv’nfV. | hospital at 15d4 Saddle Creek road ho heal'd a scratching at the door. As the assistant opened the door in limped Bob on three legs, look ing around for the doctor to whom he held up a bleeding front paw as if to say “well, doc, one of them ’deni Mutes gvt me again Dr. McCain and “B-b" have nc4 always heen budjes. .First tin® they met last >um»ier, when the Jug. wks bohrded at the hospital, . tioii, van. away - arid returned only rftec a. -'lung coaxing. JBut he hdriied to respect the doctor after his accident during the holidays. To reach the hospital the last time “Bob” 1 apparently* limpei more than five miles frorii 'lii-j osra neighborhood. . Th* cut d4»not ser 'sind “Bob’’“is having''a fin* *' ■ ’> Both of “Bob's” previous trip* to the hospital were made by auto mobile, so he must have had fc pretty good view of the scenery b» find his way back there. Mr. Triplett, owner of the <k>K, is a chef on the U. P. R. R- anJ a Member of the “OW Timers sink.
