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Nebraska, under Act of March 8. 1874. bAl UKDAl, MAY O, _____r
GOODWILLS* MUSICAL
A GREAT SUCCESS
250 SINGERS PARTICIPATE
3,000 ATTEND
Negn> spirituals and traditional
choral music were blended together
for the fifth annual g.odwill
spring concert presented Sunday
afternoon by 13 choirs, comprising
260 singers, from Negro churches
of the city at Technical High
school auditorium.
TOe massed choirs were directed
by Rev. J. S. Wiliams, pastor of
Hillside Presbyterian church. Mrs.
Pearl Gibson, direct ir of the St.
John AME church, led the sing
ing of the congregations and
choirs combined.
The concert was arranged by a
commribteo headed by L. L. Mc
Vay, founder of the annual musi
cal.
Between numbers, Kev ri. u. i
Hancock, pastor <tf Clair Metho
dist ohunch, discussed the relation
of the choir to the church.
,Ttev. L A. Story .f Cleaves tem
ple and' Rev. C. Q. Hickerson of
Bethel Baptist, church delivered
tho invocation and benediction, re
spectively.
Tho churches which participated
were Bethel Baptist, Clair. Cleaves
Temple, Freestone Baptist, Hill
aide, Mount iMoriah, Pleasant
Green, Salem St. J< hn. Bethel A.
M E„ and Zion Baptist.
The committee in charge, other
than McVay. included Mrs. J. S.
Jefferson, Mrs. Viola Bradford,
* Miles Speese, Edward Beasiey and
Mrs Anna Hatcher, Harry Speese,
J. C. Hall.
JQE HALE IS SAVED FROM
ELECTRIC CHAIR
NEGROES PLACED ON JURIES
IN McCRACKEN COUNTY,
KENTUCKY
Paducah, Kentucky, May 2-^Ioe
Hale, who for the last thirty-two
nlflnths has been confined in the
“dea'.'h row” of the Kentucky pen
itentiary, was saved from the elec
ric chair and received a sentence
of life imprisonment after plead
ing guilty here April 25. He was
aharged with the murder of W.
R. Toon in September, 1936. His
conviction and sentence to the
electric chair was reversed by the
V. S. supreme court on April 11.
1938, on the grounds that the
Halo indictment was drawn by a
grand jury from which Negrves
were excluded. Hale was repre
sented in the supreme court by
NAACP attorneys who secured the
reversal of the decision of the
DEWEY JONES DEAD
Chicago, May 4 (C)—Dewey R.
Jones, former managing editor of
the Chicago Defender and former
associate adviser on Negro affairs
Interior, Washington, and more re
j in the U. S. Department of the
eently assistant at Hull House,
died suddenly Monday morning.
April 10 He was 39 years old.
court of appeals of Kentucky.
iPifrsuant to the mandate rf
the U. S. supreme couri, Negroes
were placed on the grand jury
which brought in a new indictment
again^ Hale. The presence <f Ne
groes on this jury marked the first
time for Negro jury service in the
history of McCracken county, Ken
tucky.
Hale was represented in the
lower court by the law firm of
Crossland and Crossland, local
white attorneys in Paducah, Ky.
and Leon S. Ransom of Washing
ton, D. C. representing the NAA
CP. Both Hale and his mother re
joiced at the announcement that
Hale had been saved from the elec
tric chair and had received life
imprisonment.
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SPAULDING HEADS FIGHT
FOR EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
Durham N, C. May 2—-As a
further evidence of his deep in
terests in and support of the fight
tseing waged iby the NAACP a
gainst educational inequalities, C.
C. Spaulding president of the
North Carolina Mutual Life Insur
ance Company, has ordered sent to
him 100 ovpies of "Ra«ial Inequa
lities in Education,” published by
;he NAACP which he has volun
teered to *«11 to 100 citizens of
North CaroJia* at $1 or more. Mr.
Spaulding volunteered to do this in
a conference with Walter White,
secretary of the NAACP, when
Mr. White spoke here on April 23.
Mr. Spaulding promised Mr. White
that he w\ uld forward his personal
check far at least $100 whether he
succeeded in selling the entire 100
copies or not. Tihe funds thus se
cured will be devoted to the fur
therance of the campaign for edu
cational opportunity.
In commenting upon Mr. Spauld
ing’s offer, the NAASP paid tri
bute to his vision and willingness
to help.
“If only more persons were as
active as Mr. Spaulding in this and
in other ways”, the association's
statement declared “the fight
Talented Pianist To
Appear In City May 13
MISS JOSEPHINE HARRELD
Talented young pianist who will
appear at the YWCA auditorium.
17th and Howard Streets, Satur
day evening, May 13th under the
auspices of the Woman’s Auxiliary
of St Phillip’s Episcopal church.
Miss Josephine Harreld, talent
ed daughter nf Prof. Kemper Har
reld, noted Negro violinist will
appear in a Piano recital here at
the YWGA auditorium, 17th and
Howard Streets, Saturday even
ing May 13th at 8 o’clock.
Miss Harreld is a graduate of
Spellman College, ^ the JiAliard
school of Music in New York city
and has a Master of Arts degree
in Music fftim Radcliffe College.
She received a scholarship in music
from the Drama Leagne of Ameri
ca for study abroad at the Mozar
terram Academy, Salybury, Aus
tria.
Miss Harreld has been most
cerdially received in recitals
throughout the coun.tdy and es
pecially in the west and on the
coast where she has recently ap
peared.
About 75 prominent pera ns
of tHh races have subscribed as
patrons for this affair and the
Woman’s Auxiliary of St Philip's
Episcopal Church under whose
auspices Miss Harreld is to be
presented, hope to make this af
fair one of the outstanding musi
cal events of the season.
which means so much to this and
succeeding generations of Ameri
can Xegroes could be greatly in
tensified and even greater victories
ecjuld be won. We hope others will
follow Mr Spaulding’s fine ex
ample.”
HSPOE. Of W. MIDWEST
ISSN. PUNS MOVED IHEIfl
The three day convention will
be held in Omaha, July 2, 3, and
4. There will be a big parade <n
the first day, Sunday July 2nd.
The chairman of the parade com
mittee have planned an elaborate
parade representing the seven
states of the assocation. Bobbie
Brown, chairman of the decora
tion committee said contracts are
now being signed by the business
people along 24th street and vi
cinity for an elaborate street de
<Vration. Mr. Brown urges all busi
ness in the district of 24th Lake
streets to help make the conven
tion a big success and affair for
the many visitors expected and to
show a spirit of cooperation and
eubhusiasm so as bt challenge the
other midwestern cities for civic
showmanship and civic pride. Sev
eral colorful marching clubs are
expected. Letters will be sent to
the numerous lodges and temples
expecting to attend to enter de
corated cars for the big parade.
Prizes will be awarded for the best
decorated cars. Citizens are also
invited im decorate and enter their
cars Delegates and visitors will
come from Colorado, Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, Oklahoma, Wyoming.
The convention headquarters will
be at the Elks Hall, 2420 I>ake
St.
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ANTI- LYNCHING PETITIONS
BEING EAGERLY SIGNED
New York May 4 —Mare than
600 petitions, each containing 25
or more lineR totalling upwards
of 15,000 signatures, have been
returned already to the national
offices of the NAACP,'it was an
nounced here t> day. Requests by
mail, air mail and telegdam for
aditional petitions are being re
ceived from all parts of the United
States, including a number of
southern white groups.
As there has been considerable
talk in Washington about adjourn
ment of Congress by the end of
June, it is necessary, the NAACP
pointed out, that the million signa
tures sought for passage of the
anti-lynchSng bill must be secured
very soon. Additional petitions
ready for signing are available at
the offices of the NAACP, 69
Fifth avenue, New Yodk, ,N Y.
All persons interested in helping
to swell the number of signers
aro urged to write the NAACP,
f<r petitions. Signatures should
then be secured as rapidly as pos
siblo and the signed petitions re
turned to the New York office.
' BETTY JEAN JAMES
2 Race
Girls On
Honor
Roll
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The Omaha Guide wishes to ex
tend its congratulations to Betty
James and Ruth Forrest two of
our »wn girl’s who each received
4V6 A’s and were named among
the large number of Honor stu
dents of the Senior class of Cen
tral High school.
Young Miss James has had tihe
single honor of making the Honor
Roll each semester since she en
tered High school, an enviable re
cord and one to which more of
our high school students should
aspire. * - «
_ RUTH FORREST
Mrs. Roosevelt To Present
Spingarn Medal To Marian
Anderson At N.A.A.C.P. Meet
MRS. ROOSEVELT
Jumbo Frog On His Way
To Guam
“When the newly appointed
Governor of Guam (Commander
James T. Alexander U. S. N.) de
parted recently from San Francis
co for Guam on board the Navy
transport CHAU MONT, his ship
mates included a dozen pair of
jumbo frogs native to Louisiana.
Tho frogs are to be utilized in the
development of fl new program of
animal husbandry and experimen
tal agriculture in Guam.
In the course of experiments to
improve submarine rescue met
ods, actual diving conditions were
stimulated under which two Navy
divers performed the equivalent of
an actual «ea dive of 500 feet, a
new world's record. These new
records were made with the aid of
a recently perfected breathing
mixture.
The word ‘JAMOKE’ is used
by sailors of the Navy to desig
nate coffee. Coffee is grown on
the islands of Java and Mocha,
tho combination giving the word
‘JAMOKE.’
It is a violation of Navy regu
lations to bring any kind of mat
ches abroad a Naval vessel cith
er than safety matches.
Navy Post Office,, on ships and,
Naval Stations are branches of
the United States Post Office, New
York City.”
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FIGHT OPENED TO GET
NEGRO AIRMEN IN NAVY
Washington, May 4 (C^—After
waging a successful fight to get
special provision for the training
of Negro air pilots is the U. S.
Army, Edgar G. Brown, president
of the United Government Em
ployees, went immediately before
the Committee on Naval Affairs
in the Senate with a plea that
similar provision for the training
of Negro pilots be made for the
Navy.
Mr. Brown’s statement before
the Committee on training Negre
Naval pilots, as published in the
“Hearings,” reads in part: “The
advent of these new faces of color
ed Americans in the Navy’s air
defense might well prove a most
happy situation. It could be very
easily accomplished by insertion,
of specific language so authoriz
ing the Secretary of the Navy and
providing additional fimdfc on page
2 of H. R. 4278, and Likewise the
last page in reference to the i
amounts set forth in this measure
for Hampton Roads, Hampton,
Va.; the expansion too of Langley
Field.”
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Mrs. Moton Re-elected To
National Council of
Women
New York, May 4 (C)—Mrs.
Jennie B. Moton, wife of Dr. R.
R Moton and president of the Na
tional Association of Colored
Women, was unanimously re-elect
ed fourth vice president of l/he
National Council of Women of the
United States. Inc., in the club
rooms of* the Women’s City Club,
Radio City, Thursday afternoon.
Mrs Moton was nominated by Dr.
New York, April 30—It waa
formally announced here today
..hat “Mr*. Roosevelt will presefll
the 24th Spingam jnedal lo Mar
ian Anderson at the closing sea
■iion of the 30th annual conference
of the NAACTP on July 2 at Rich
mond, Va.
Tho ceremonies will bo held ia
the famous Mosque, largest and
moat beautiful of Richmond’s au
ditoricms. It is probable that one
radio chains will broadcast the
presentation.
Publication of a rumor that Mrs.
Roosevelt would make the presen
tation has inundated the NAACP
with reques.s for tickets of admis
s on. Although the ceremony is
more than two months away, in
dividuals and groups from as far
north as Boston and as far south
at Atlanta have already signified
their intention of going to Rich
mond for this occasion Although
• he Mosque will seat approximate
ly 5,000 persons, the committee on
program for the annual conference
is making preparations /for an
overflow crowd. It’s also consider
ing requests that hove been nn.de
l’or issuanre of reserved seat tic
kets to delegates to the annual
conference expected to number
around 1,000, and to members of
the NAACP. Public announcement
will be marie in the press if it hi
decided to (jo this.
Nationwide interest in the con
ference and particularly in the
presentation of the medal to Mis#
Anderson by Mrs. Roqsevelt baa
been greatl accentuated by the
recently barring of Miss Anderso*
from Constitution Hall by the
DAR and from the use of a pub
lic school auditorium by the Dis
trict of Columbia school board and
a subsequent concert on Easter
Sunday at the Lincoln Memorial »
Washington heard by 75,00 po
' sons. 4 -
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UNCOLNITE ENDORSED FOR
URBAN LEAGUE POST ■’
Squires to Seattle
Ever since it became known that
Mr. Bernard Squires, has accept
ed the position of Urban League
Secretary at Seattle Wash., ef
fective June 1st, many aspirants,
both local and otherwise have
made applications for the vacancy.
Among those promenently men
tioned for the pi|st is, Millard F.
Woods the very efficient secre
tary of the Urban League at L**►
coin, Nebr.
Mr. Woods is a fine young man,
a Nebraska product, graduate of
the University of Nebraska, capa
ble and well liked. He has done
splendid work in Lincoln, his
hometown.
The Omaha Guide would like to
see this important position given
to a Nebraskan and heartly en
dorses Mr. Millard F Woods for
the position of Urban League sec
retary in Omaha, Nebr.
Julia Coleman-Robinson, president
of the New York City Federatio*
of Women’s Clubs.
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HARLEM BUSINESS
ADVERTISES IN NEW
YORK CITY BUSES
New York May 4 (C)—'Hie Mic
key Carolina Funeral Home, 228
Lenox avenue, at 122 street, found
ed by E. H. Mickey, has place*
placard advertising in city buse*
running through Harlem, the first
colored enterprise to use this me
dium. _(