5 Cents f City Per { - Edition PrmV ■ WEATHER i ■ ^A Weather outlook for the f 1 EVERYWHERE /■ Per'od MaV 29 to June 3.| I ..... —-— ■ A Uppc’ Miss, and lower! WORLD WIDE Mo. valley8 and central1! litZU/? QCQVIHP Great Plains, not much IlLVlO OUlllUL . r TU, ~"» .. precipitation, indicate Lrr pitrlication- /JUSTICE/EQllflIITY I HEW TO THt LINE\ »k°w"“ of wMk. )F ALL LOCAL NEWS -- X • -p"' Showers latter part of MATTER *__ week; mostly seasonable I ■ ■ -—_ — \ " temperatures I FLASH PHOTO i SERVICE_j LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY_^ # Entered as Second-Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Sftilirdav. Juno 1 1939 Number 9— Nebraska, under Act of March 8, 1874._ ’ ’ _ __ _—__ $10,000 Suit Filed Agaonst Registrar $706,760 For Demolishing 140 Slum Fire Traps II 1 " ■ • Washington, D. C.—The City of Columbus, Ga., today was assured a million dollar increase in its T930 residential building voiume when Nathan Straus, Administra tor of the United States Housing Authority, approved a base bid re commended by the Columbus Housing Authority for construc tion of the “Booker T. Washington Apartments” to rehouse families from the slums in new, low rent, dwellings. The base bid approved today was as follows: General Construction (Including demolition of existing structures, *ite improvement, plumbing, heat ing, electrical work and land scaping). Mion Construction Co., Atlanta, Ga... $706,760. The bid covers the demolition cf 140 slum structures now on the site and the construction of 288 decent, safe and sanitary dwelling units for Negro families. I^ter additional slum serutures will be demolished, effectively closed, or repaired, to conform to fche “equivalent elimination” pro vision* of the United States Hous ing Act. Construction is expected to start by June 1 and will be completed within approximately eleven months. Although the low bidder was not a Columbus firm, it is understood that workmen on the project will be employed from the local buildings trades and will be paid the prevailing rate of wages. The “Booker T. Washington Apartments” are to be built on an “L” shaped site comprising three city blocks, faced on two sides by typical slum dwellings, on a third by cavant and on the fourth by a city park and fair grounds containing a municipal stadium and spacious recreation area. The site is about one mile from the center of the city and is close to schools, churches, stores and transportation facilities. A large Negro High school is situated within easy walking distance of the svte. Plans approved by the U§HA call for fireproof construction of two story row houses featuring brick walls, concrete floors and flat concrete roofs with composi tion covering. The buildings will bo arranged so as to provide front and rear yards and space for small play areas. Individual gas-1 fired heaters will be installed in each dwelling unit. The Columbus Housing Authori ty also is planning a second low rent project to rehouse approxi mately 360 white familites now residing in unsafe and insanitary dwellings. -0O0 NEGRO KANSAS CITY POLICE MAN PROVES WHITE RESTA URANT OWNERS WIFE IS HIS SISTER WHITE JURY DECIDES WOMAN WHO ‘PASSES’ WAS NEGRO; RROTHER GETS $20,000 Dallais, June 1 (ANP)— Mrs. Anita Martinez, who for several years was accepted by white per sons as a member a? their race or at least a Mexican^nd who lived with Sam J. Saros, Greek restau rant owner, was a Negro, an all t ■ ...... .. ■ ■ GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENT MISS MALLORY/* Upon announcing the graduation of Miss Els:e Mallory, from Cen tral High school, on June 3, it is well to cite her splendid high school career. Afte • eaceteraied three times in grade sohool, she entered high school when she was twelve years old; and she is com pleting high school in three and one half years. She is the young est graduate in her class and is believed to be the youngest in the city. She i« fifteen year* old. She has had excellent ratings throughout her high school career and has been cm the hono-' roll every semester but one./ She ha)- participated in many outside activities also. She has been in Jr. Glee, Sr. Glee and the Latin club two years; and on Student Control a year and one half. She has been very active at the YWCA and was a repre sentative at Camp Brewster Con ference last summer. At present, she is vice pres’dent of the Gross Eickb. She is also a member of the Los Cantores. She is an active member of Christ Temple Church being in the Jr, Choir, secretary and a teacher in Sunday School, and secretary of the Young Peo ple's Union. We th!nk this is a splendid record of achievement for a fifteen year old girl. white jury in Judge Payne L. Bush’s ceurt decided last Thurs day. Involved was an estate valu ed at around $20,000. The deceased woman died seven months ago. Sarou contended that sinco they lived together in a re lationship that constituted common law marriage, he was entitled to her estate consisting of jewelry and property. William Daughtery, a Kansas City policeman who is the brother and only relative of Mrs. Martinez, came here and produced witnesses to prove she was a Negro. A white undertake^ held her body for sev eral weeks urrtil a court order was issued turning it over to a colored mortician for burial. Daughtery waived his right as administrator in favor H. ^tricklayl, presi dent of the Excelsior Life Insur ance Company. The jury decided that Saros could not «laim the esetate be cause he was white and thus un der state law no common law re lationship could exist between members ol the two races. Mrs. Martinez tyas known to many colored cittrens here as Tena Long. ‘ FOURTEEN BOYS ARRESTED FOR BLOCKING SIDEWALK j 14 boys were arrested at 24th I and Grant Streets near Robbins Drug for blocking the sidewalk. Six boys were turned over to the Juvenile Deipartment and eight were given suspended sentences of five dollars each and were warn ed by Judge Holmes of the Muni c!ple Court not to come back Judge Holmes gave these boys quito a lecture explaining to them that the proprieter of the Ding store had to meet his obligations by paying his billts and could not have the front of his Drug Store blocked continoudy. The arresting off’cer stated to the court that he had on several occasions forced the boys to move on, then he would drive around the block and come beck to find the same crowd, ap proximately gathered again. One of the boys stated to the Court : he had formerly worked in the store and that it was a kind of a meeting place for the youngsters after school hours. NEGRO SHARECROPPERS 25.2 PERCENT OF FOURTEEN SOUTHERN STATES Washington D. C.—Farm ten ancy In the United States has in creased form 25 percent in 1935 With an additional 10 percent part renter group in the latter year. Negro farm tenants represent one third * ends in Atlanta who were unaware of his illness. A native of Gilsum, New Ham pshire, Dr. Adams spent part of his boyhood days at Wilberforce Universtiy where his mother and brother were teachers. He was a graduate of Dartmouth College and the Hartford Theological Sem inary, and was the first member of the faculty at Atlanta Universit; to earn the Ph. D. degree. After four years spent in the pastorate in New England, and a year of graduate study at Ando ver Theological Seminary, Dr. Adams came to Atlanta University in 1889 to servo this institution as instructor, dean, treasurer, acting president, and finally president. He was married to Miss Cora Hardy, secretary of Slepman Seminary in 1914. At the time of Dr. Adams’ elec tion to the presidency of Atlanta University in 1923, the college was predominantly a high school with a small enrollment in the college and normal courses. At the end of his career in 1929, the high school work had been discontinued in the institution proper, courses in business administration had been introduced and summer school work begun. Tt was the privilege of Dr. Adams, as president of Atlanta University, to sign the agreement of affiliation on April 1, 1939, whereby Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Slepman College were combined in a univer sity plan for a visit as a guest of Atlanta University. -oOo ERNEST MOORE DEAN SOUGHT BY MOTHER Washington, June 1 (ANP)— Ernest Moore Dean, 43, wherever you are your aging mother Mrs. Sarah Dean 2724 Uth St. N. W. Washington D. C. has faith in the power of the Negro press believ ing that after all else has failed she can reach you ' through this medium. At least that is the story > SUPREME COURT BLOCKS ATTEMPT TO DODGE THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE Washington, D. C. June 1—The attempt of the state of Oklahoma ■to dodge a Unite.! States supreme court decision in 1915 which out lawed the grandfather clause in its constitution was in turn out lawed by the United States su preme court here May 22. In rendering its opinion in Lana vs. Wilson, the court held that Oklahoma had an unconstitutional law in the 1916 statute requiring persons who had not voted in 1914 , to register within a period of tea days or forever thereafter lose their right to register and vote. The 1916 registration law v*as paused immed’ately after the grandfather clause was declared unconstitutional, and was designed to catch Negroes off their guard and restrict their suffrage. The opinion, written and deliv ered by Mr. Justice Frankfurter, held that the 15th Amendment to tho Constitution “nullifies sophis ticated as well as simple minded modes of discrimination.” The • opinion represented a 6-2 decision with Justice Me Reynolds and But I ler dissenting and Justice Doug las not participating. The case, which was carried to tho high court b^ the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, represents the (continued on page 2) that Mrs. Dean told her pastor who promptly referred her to the office-of the ANP in the hope that some help could be given the anxious mother and he daughters. According to her story Mrs. Dean says her son leif f 'duUlanjjoga Tenn. in 1937 and was last heard from in iik’troit back in 1938. Since that time there has been no word from her son. > •, ■-0O0- « ILLINOIS HONORS VETS of FAMOUS EIGHTH ja(fo, June 1 (ANP)—Morn the one-third of the members of he 8Ch Infantry, Illinois Na tional Guard have been awarded the SUite of Illinois “Long and Honorable Service Medals, The prefienta/lion was made Friday May 26 at the Armory by the regimental commander, Colonel William J. Warfield, who himself enlisted in tjhe regiment as a pri vate in 1902. Ceremonies proceeding the pre sentation included a regimental parade followed by an inspection conducted by the field and staff officers. Captain James E. Cashift regimental adjutant announced that the general public is invited. The officer receiving a medal for longest continuous service is Captain Harry H. Jones. He en listed in the regiment at the age of 16 in 1900 after serving frvs years as a mascot. He commands Company “E.” __-nOn ■■■• WOMAN IS NEW HEAD OF NEW YORK WPA NEGRO THEATRE New York, June 2 (C)— Edna Thomlas, for many yearg prominent in Negro d-mmatic circles, has succeeded J, Augustus Smith, also colored, as director of the WPA Theatre project’s Negro unit in New York it was announced Mon day. Mrs. Thomas began her career as a member of the old Lafayette Stock Company in 1918 and appear ed in “Porgy” in America and in Europe. She also took noles in “Run Lil’ Chillun” and “Stevedore.” Her lastest parts were in the WPA “Macbeth” and “Androcles and the Lion” WTA production of Bernard Shaw’s play.