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' The Weather
July 31 to Ausrust 5. Upper Miss,
and lower Mo. valleys, generally
fair first half of week, occasional
showers latter half; cooler north,
warmer south Monday, cooler
south portion Tuesday, warmer
middle of week, cooler north por- j
tion at close,
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NEGRO GIVES CITY $100,000
to Improve Playground For Children
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WOMEN S GROUP
MRS. S. M. G. BAKER,
PIONEER RESIDENT PASSES
Mrs. S. M. C. Baker, who was
a resident of 1712 North 28th St.
passed away August 1, at 11:15
p. inib She is the mother of de
tective Matthews of 2305 North
29th St. She also leaves a sister
Mrs. Lacy Wall of Dennisor.
Texas, a grand-daughter Dorothy
Houston.
Her funeral was held Friday at
*2 p. m. at St. John AME. church.
Rev. Adams officiating. J D.
Lewis, funeral dihector. Inter
ment! Graeeland cemetery.
Omahan Loses 2
Sisters in Auto
Train Wreck
Mrs. Catherine Hogan and Mrs.
Grace Elliott of California, sisters
of Mrs. ffm. Triplett, 2709 Wirt
Si. were killed when hit by a Key
System Train at Ward and Sac
ramento, California
Their car was dragged along
the right of way for 200 yards.
Tho motorman c«f the train said
ths auto seemed to appear to stall
on the tracks.
Tho bodies will be shipped to
Valley Mills, Texas for burial.
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COLOR LINE SMASHED AT
BAPTIST WORLD PARLEY
Atlanta, Ga., August 3 (CNA)
Jimcrowiam suffered a smashing
defeat at the sixth congress of the
Baptist World Alliance when vig
orous protests of Negro delegates
forced the removal of “For Ne- !
groes” signs from the congress
hall.
The historic congress was at- ;
tended by more than 10,000 regis
tered delegates or “messengers” ,
from all parts of the world—sixty
nations of many races being rep
JB Ea Spingarn, N. Aa
A. C. P. President
Dies At Sixty-Four
New York, July 30—J. E. Spin
garn, president of the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Col
ored People, died at his hfjme, 110 E.
78 street, July 26 after a long illness.
Mr. Spingarn had been president of
the NAACP since 1930. Prior to that
time he was chairman of the board
1913-1919; and treasurer of the NAA
CP 1919-1930.
In 1913 he established the Spingarn
medal which has tyeen awarded an
nually since that time to “the man or
woman of African descent and Ameri
can citizenship who has made the
highest achievement during the pre
ceding year or years in any honorable
field.” ‘
The 24th recipient of the Spingarn
medal wr)as Marian Anderson, famous
contralto, who received the medal
from the hands of Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt at the 30th annual confer
ence of the NAACP in Richmond, Va.
on July 2,1939.
Throughout his long career with
the NAACP, over a quarter of a cen
tury, Mr. Spingarn wras an uncom
prising fighter for absolute equal jus
tice for the Negro race.
He became interested in the NAA
CP years ago through the extradition
case of Steve Green, a colored share
cropper who escaped from Arkansas
after an argument with the landlord
over pay and his crop. Arkansas au
thorities attempted to extradite Green
from Chicago and warned him that a
mob would be waiting for him at the
Arkansas line.
Mr. Spingarn was outraged when
he read the Steve Green incident and
plunged into the work of the associa
tion with his Whole heart and soul. The
Steve Green case was won and the
sharecropper did not have to go back
to Arkansas. From that day through-1
out a quarter of a century, Mr. Spin
garn saw' the association win victory
after victory and extend the rights of
Negro citizens over greater and great
er areas.
He made four transcontinental
speaking tours for the association in
which he always insisted on paying
every penny of his own expenses. He
became intimately acquainted with the
problems of Negroes in every section
of the country and often delighted to
tell how some of his audiences in the
southern and borden states melted a
way person by person before he fin
ished his uncompri^ir^g speeches on
equal rights.
In 1916 Colonel Spingarn invited
the leading Negro leaders of the day to
his country estate, “Troutbeck/' at
Amenia, N. Y. to chart a course of
militant and liberal action for the Ne
gro. The second Amemia conference
was held sixteen years later in August
1932, when Mr. Spingarn had as his
guests forty outstanding young peo
ples from all sections of the country
together with officials of the NAACP.
on a weekend conference whose pur
pose was to advise on a program for
the Negro in the light of the needs of
the Negro youth of the day.
Colonel Spingarn who served dur
ing the World War is credited with
have been the chief mover in forcing
the United States government to train
Negro officers for service in France.
Over 1,000 were so trained.
One of the most memorable speech
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resented. There were also thou
sands of visitors from Alanta’s
100,000 Baptists and from the rest
if Georgia, which with 1,000,000
Baptists has the largest popula
tion of that faJth of any State in
the Union
The jim-crow signs were order
ed removed from the City Audi
;oriuan after a hectic two day
battle in which Negro delegates
lurled indignant charges of unde
mocratic and un-Christian prac
;iees against their fellow Baptists.
The fight against jim-crowism
ind the resultant ^ctory for rac
ial tolerance, helped to set a pro
gressive tone for the convention,
which went on record against fas
cist racialism and condemned dis
crimination as a “sin”, in a state
ment on the Baptist position on
war and peace.
The report, presented by a com
mission on “What Baptists can do
to avert war and promote peace,
‘condemned war and profiteering
from war and urged general dis
irmament and strengthening of
the League of Nations. The re
port, however, struck a reaction
ary note in asking for a solution
)f the problem of unequal distri
bution of natural resources, that
b, recognition of the demands of
fascist powers for colonies in Af
rica.
The Rev. Dr. James H, Rush
brooke of London, England, who
bas been general secretary since
1928, was elected president to suc
ceed the Rev. Dr. George W.
Trust of Dallas, Texas.
Falling Ice Breaks
Man’s Foot
Falling ice broke the foot of
Mr. D. W- Bell. 2806 North 25th
St., affecting the use of the other
also. Mr. ©ell a packing house
worker was on the job at the time
of the accident.
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CARDENAS PROMISES MORE
LAND TO PEASANTS
Mexico City, August 3—(CNA)
President Lazaro Cardenas, who
in the five years of bis progres
sive regime baa distributed over
37,000,000 acres of land to impov
erwhed Mexican peasants, this
week promised every peasant thru
out the length and breadth of Mex
ico fifty acres of land.
He said this must be done if
the agrarian revolution started
almost a third of a century ago
was not to be accounted a fail
ure. The Mexican President prom
ised the farmers the necessary
credit required to “guarantee col
lective farmers against the dan
ger of their crops falling into the
hands of rapacious middlemen.’’
ON HIS WAY TO TOP
F. E. SMITH
F. E. Smith, assistant general
manager of the Nebraska Power
Company for the past 10 years,
was elected vice-president of the
company, according to an announ
cement Tuesday by J. E. Davidson
president.
Bom in Macedonia, Iowa, where
ho spent his boyhood and was
graduated from high school, Mr.
Smith entered the electrical utili
ty field as a lineman with the Red
Oak Electric Company at Red Oak,
Iowa.
After workicing as lineman two
years he entered the school of
electrical engineering at Iowa
State College at Ames, Iowa. Fol
lowing his graduation in 1912 he
came to Omaha where he was em
ployed by the old Omaha Electric
Light & Power Company.
He remained in Omaha two
years when he accepted a posi
tion as local manager of tihe Red
Oak Electric Company at Oak
land, Iowa. In 1916 he was trans
ferred to a similar post at Platts
mouth, Nebr. where he remained
until 1918 when he joined the Ne
braska Power Company in Oma
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HARLEM GIVES $.2000 FOR
CAMP FOR NEEDY KIDs
New York, Aug. 3—(C-NA) —
A group of prominent Harlemites
this week presented Mayor La
Guardia with a check for $2,000
to be used by the City Welfare De
partment to send underprivileged
Harlem children to camp this sum
mer.
When Mrs. Fannie Robinson,
wife of the famous tap dancer
and treasurer of Che Harlem Chil
drenls Camp Fund, handed the Ma
yor the check, LaGuardia replied
that he would match the $2,000
with $3,000 from the welfare mo
ney coming from Police and Fhre
Department ball games.
Members of Che Harlem commit
tee who visited the Mayor were:
the Rev. Johnny Johnson, chair
man; George Gregory, secretary;
police Lieutenant Samuel J. Bat
le, Jack Rose and Ida Ryan Fen
ner.
ha as assistant engineer.
In 1923 Mr. Smith was made
chief engineer of the company ,
and served in that capacity until
two years ago. In 1928 he was
elected assistant general mana
ger which position he has held up
to the present time.
He is the father of three chil- '
dren, Mrs. Willard Neal of Mount
Vernon, Iowa; Josephine, a junior
at Iowa State College at Ames,
Iowa; and Jack, 10, at home.
“It is with sincere appreciation
that I accept my new duties as
vice-president,” Smith said. “Dur
ing my twenty-one years associa
tion with the company I have come
to have tihe highest regard for
the other officials and employees
and hold among my most valued
treasures the many pleasant re
lations my contacts her have
j brought me.”
Authorize Milton E. Johnson to
Receive Payments of Telephone
Rills at 1904 North 24th Street
Milton E. Johnson, proprietor of
the Johnson Drug Company, 1904
North 24th Street, has been au
thorized by the Northwestern Bell
Telephone Company to receive pay
ments of telephone bills, according
to an announcement made today
by J. B. Moore, District Manager.
This will make a convenient lo
cation for the people in this neigh
borhood to pay their telephone
bills without making a special
trip downtown.
Mr. Moore stated that the Tele
phone Company has been giving
consideration to establishing a con
vement place in inis section m
Omaha for telephone customers
to pay their accounts for several
years and as a result of increasing
suggestions by customers an<l a
careful survey of the number of
people with telephones in thia lo
cality, Mr. Johnson's place of bus
fciess was selected.
"We are happy to make then®
arrangements” Mr. Moore said,
“and we hope that enough people
enjoy this additional service and
convenience to justify the arrange
ment”
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scnom cnnaren or an races nero
will have a new playground soon.
Thank* for this much needed rec
reation center go to the late John
W. Underhill, a negro philanthro
pist who willed more than $100,
000 to the township and school
board for recreation purposes.
Works Projects Administration
employee* have been assigned to
develop the land and install neces
sary equipment.
A part of the Underhill gift has
already been c-ed to improve Me
morial Park. The trustees of the
fund recently announced that most
of the remainder has been allot
ted for punch $e of additional
land and recreational facilities.
Mr. Underhill started his career
in May* landing as a barber. La
ter he opened a small candy, news
paper and novelty store. Most of
his trade was drawn from school
children in whom he kept an inter
est for their development tow
and useful citizenship.
For years Mr. Underhill was
the only Negro in town and won
the respect of his fellow citizens
for his nodesty and studious de
meanor. He wisely invented his
hard-earned money in real estate
and amassed a fortune over a per
iod of yean*.
When the philanthopist died in
1926, town authorities ordered en
graved on his tombstone in Union
Cemefcary the words: “John W.
Underbill, a public benefaetor".
The part which the WPA is
taking in the Memorial Park rec
reation center typical of its
participation in the field of rec
reation in thousands of urban and
rural communities throughout the
country. Community councils com
posed of individuals, civic and
Church organizations and frater
nal bodies are hack of the increas
ing number- of play centers built
and supervised by personnel of
tho WPA.
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OMAHA OWN GETS MARRIED
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Battles,,
3122 Burdette Street, announce
the marriage of their oldest
daughter, Inez, to Attorney Lew
is Daby of'Washington, D. C. Mrs.
Dohty received her training at the
University of Nebraska, and has
been for several years employed
in the government in Washington,
D. C.
FRANCE JAILS RACE INCIT
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Paris, August 3 (CNAJ—The
Jeine Correctional Tribunal has «r
Jered tho first penalty for anti
Semitic activities under the new
decree forbidding incitement a
gainst groups of citizens.
The tribunal sentenced D&rquier
le Pallopoix, Municipal Councillor,
;o three months imprisonment and
i fine of 600 francs for an article
published in his anti-Semitic pa
>er, France Enchainee, slandering
he Jewish people.
Pierre Gerard, a member of the
paper’s staff, was sentenced to one
month in jail and fined 600 francs.
FIRST NEGrTwOMAN
. JUSTICE BEGINS DUTIES
hfc?w York, August 3 (CNA) —
Miss Jane M Bolin, who was ap
pointed and sworn in by Mayor
La Guardiia last week as the first
Negro woman justice of the Do
mestic Relations Court, began her
duties this week, first in Brooklyn
and then in the Manhattan family
court.
Mayor LaGuardia smashed a
precedent for the entre United
States when he appointed Miss
Bolin. She is the first Negro
woman judge to be appointed in
this country.
Miss Bolin, who is 31 and resid
es at 36 West 110th St., Harlem
was sworn in as Justice of the Do
mestic Relations Court for a ten
year term by the Liberal New
York Mayor.
“It really makes me feel happy
to be aible to appoint such a fine
tyoung lady to a post in the court*
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