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.“GOODWILL SPRING MUSI
CAL” TO CREATE MUCH
NEW INTEREST j
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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
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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)
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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.)
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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.
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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
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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*
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Triplett’s Dog; Pays His Physician A Personal Call
‘■Bob’’ . . . shows his injury to Dr, Earl McCain.
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:“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*
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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.