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LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY
Entered as 2nd Claaa Matter at Poatoffice, Omaha, Nebr., under Act of March 8, 1874. SATURDAY DECEMBER 16. 1939 r TEL. WE. 1617 Number 36
IFE IMPRISONMENT
Insanity & Death Pleas
Ruled Out in “Tors }”
Slaying
The five day trial of Jeff Lowe
odd job man, eanie to an end at
9:30 Friday night, Dec. 15th.
when e jury in District Judge
Sears court found Lowe guilty
of 1st degree murder in the slay
ing of Mrs. Regina Schwaczkin
on October 25th and recommend
ed l fe imprisonment.
Attorney Joe Lovely for the
^ defense and attorney Fitzgerald
for Douglas County fin'shed their
arguments at 11:30 AM. Court
adjourned at 11:30 AM. At 1:30
PM’. Attorney William M. Jami
son counsel for the defense began
fcir. argument.
Mr. Jamison marie a aggressive
argument in the defense of Jeff
Lowe. He talked one hour and
thirty two minutes. County At
torney James P. English closed
for the state talking forty min
utes.
At 4:55 the judge ret'red the
jury to the box to decide the
guiltiness or the innocence of
Jeff Lowe. Without a doubt the
State was ablely represented by
the county attorney and his as
sistant and if Jeff Lowe had of
had a mihon dollars he could
not of been better represented
than he was by Attorney Joe
Lovely and Attorney William N.
Jami»oa the defense attorneys
were asking the jury for insanity
for Jeff Lowe. The County At
torney’s off.Ve was asking for
fcho death oenalty.
Lowe is a native of Kamo,
Miss., 45 years of age and mar
ried. He has little or no education
and has lived in Omaha two or
three pears making his living by
doing odd jobs. He claimed in
his defense that he committed
the murder in self defense while
feeing attacked with a knife by
his employer with whom he had
had a in understanding about
$o.00 in wages, ibe'iig paid half
in eoal and half in cash.
Mostt ot the spectators contact
ed by the Guide were of the
i opinion that the tr'a] was con
I ducted in a fair and impartial
w mannc.1 by attorneys for both
s'des. However, the ruling of thi
jury did not meet with united
approval as most of those who
had talked with Lowe, viewed
him in court cr read the accounts
of the ciime were convinced that
the murderer was insane.
Lowe who fled to Iowa after
tho crime, stated several times
that he was gu lty and was will
ing to taka his punishment Rel
atives and morbeds of Lowe’s
household gave different ver
sions of his actions and state
ments after the murder.
The court house was packed to
capacity every day during this
trial. Standing room was a pre
mium. Tho prisoner was well
guarded by four deputy sheriffs
and occassonally visits were
made to the court room by pheriff
DoiTance. Both entrances to the
court room was guarded by uni
formed policemen.
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DOCTORS WIGGINS, GOODEN
AND WIVES ENTERTAN
Dr. and Mrs. Herbert W’iggins,
and Dr. and Mrs. G. W. Gooden
entertained a small group of
friends at a special table at the
banquet at Zion Baptist Church
last Friday night. They honored
Mis. Sarah Blackwell of Balti
more _ Md., house guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Mahammt. Covens were
laid for twenty. The holiday
spirit was canned out in a unique
red and green fire cracker place
cards. Those enjoying this hospi
tality were vary appreciative of
! tho privilege of hearing an ex
cellent speakei*, Mr. A. Philip
Randolph of New York and oth
ers.
Fight Federal Post
For Governor Graves
Washington, P NP) —
Bitter opposition .he naming
of farmer governor Bibb Graves
of Alabama to the post of assis
tant secretary of agriculture has
arisen in cestain circles here, due
to several past performances
which are being held against
Graves.
Graves who went out of office
last January, was mted as a
'‘New Deal” governor. He
strongly backed the appointment
of senator Hugo ti. Black for the
supreme O 'U.rt‘ bench and then
appointed his wife, Dixie Bibb
Graves to fill Black’s uncompleted
term in the senate.
Dur'ng the fight over Justice
Blacks confirmation, Graves ad
mitted that he, boo-, had been a
number of the Ku Klux Klan.
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GETS COLUMBUS
APPOINTMENT
Miss Anna Louise Scarborough
1939 graduate of the Atlanta
University School of Social Work
in very proud of her work as In
vestigator ffor the City Div sion
of Charity, Cb 1 uimbus, Ohio which
position she. is now successfully
holding holding.
Miss Scarborough is also a
graduate of Shaw Un varsity,
Rakigh, North Carolina and a
native of Columbus.
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193 YOUTHS OF OMAHA FORM
CONFEDERATED COUNCIL
OF CLUBS
ALL CLUBS ASKED TO AF
FILIATE; NEXT MEETING
2:30.6:30 PM. SUN. DEC.
17TH AT SOCIAL WEL
FARE CLUB, 24TH
& PARKER *
Mr. Laurence Martin president
of the Progressive Young peo
ples league and sponsor of The
| Confedtmted Council of Clubs
gova a special invitation to all
clubs of the city to affiliate it
self with The Confederated Coun
cil. He also plainly stated: “It’s
not the purposa of the Council
to rob any club of its idenity;
rather, the Council is for the pur
pose of giving organiz'd support
to the activity of any affiliated
club.
All clubs of Omaha a"e invited
to send representatives to the
CouncT next Sunday, and we
wish to state: The president of
any club (no matter which kind
or how small) is automatictdly a
member of the parliament of j’ v
Council and is at liberty to t,
in and even act in any of our
executive Sessions of the parlia
ment.
There is a free social hour be
fore and after each meeting.
L. Hayne Saunders
Acting r:porter
20 M U D EMPLOYES
GET SAFETY AWARDS
Metropolitan Utilit’es District
5-year no-accident aw'aids. R. B.
Hartman, left, president of the
Omaha Safety Council pins a
gold, 5 year safety award on the
lapel of Roy E. Harris, Metropo
litan Utilities District .employee,!
while Henry M. I.ee and Roger
C. Doss, extreme right, look on,
awaiting their awards. The pre
sentation was made last Friday
Twenty “n o accident” em
ployees of the Mstropoli an Uti
lities District were honored Fri
day night at the Central Club
when they were present'd gold
service awards by the National
Safety Council for their fine driv
ing records.
The service wards for driving
fivo consecutive years without an
accident. The five year period
covers from Sept imber 1, 1933
to August 31, 1939.
The combine! mileage driven
tal^s 946,230 miles or the distance
by the 20 honored employees to
around the world some 30 miles.
Safety Diilector A. H. Hansen
of the Metropolitan Ut lities
District, presided. All of the Dis
trict employees and their fami
lies were in attendance at the
Friday evening when the safety
awards were announced. M r.
Hiansen introduced Police Cnm
m'ssioner Richard W. Jepsen,
who spake briefly on safety.
R. B. Hartman, president of
the Omaha Safety Council, pre
sented the awards.
John A. Potey, of 4850 Harney
street >a veteran District em
ployee, topped the other 19 .em
ployees in the total miles driven.
HD five year record showed he
had driyen a total of 81,290 miles
without an accdent.
Other employees honored and
other five year safety miles re
cords follow:
Louie G. Ireland, 3115 Seward
Street, 38,630 miles; George H.
Allwine, 4537 Charles Street,
54,910 miles; Robert H. Bennett,
224 North 32 Avenue, 50,000
miles; Patrick J. Denhy, 4531
Leavenworth Street, 41,500 miles;
John C. Etetweiler, 2870 Howell
Street, 65,310 miles; Harry T.
Flanneiry, 2419 South 17 Street,
35,310 ni les; George N. Callo
way 4117 South 20 Street, 65,200
miles; Frank J. Hinchik, 2226 So.
15 Street, 39,540 miles; Roy E.
Harris, 2055 North 18 Street,
71,620 miles; Henry M. Lee, 583
South 28 Street, 60,900 mile";
Roger C. Doss 2313 Ogden Ave
nue, 42,400 miles; Herbert I^ewis,
920 North 27 Avenue, 38,300
miles; William M. Menken, 4522
North 39 Street, 43,300 miles;
Harold B. Nesmeyer, 3308 North
39 Street, 28,890 m les; Earl W.
Poolu 3612 E. Taylor Street, 33,
000 miles; John G. Shramek, 1509
Spring Avenue, 35,330 miles;
Adolph W. Thomsen, 4218 Grand
Av,enue, 40,800 miles; Louis F.
night at the Central Club at a
meet ng o^ Ut lities District em
ployees and thi?ir families. In all,
twenty of the Me'tropo'itan Uti
iitie.; District employees wjere
awarded the gold emblem which
is symbol c of 6 yitiars of driving
without an accident. The awards
wero p/esentjed by the National
. Safety Council.
' Bobell, 3344 South 19 Street,
39,400 miles; Ji .mea A. MciOaul,
704 South 36 Street, 40,000 miles.
A film vvas shown which fea
tured a trip through the Electro
lux factory located at Evansville
Indiana.
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“WE WILL NOT SACRIFICE
VIRTUE,” MR. SAUNDERS
SAYS
Th.e Progressive Young Negro
Democratic Club holds interesting
too ting every Wednesday even
ing, 8:00-10:00 in the Masonic
Hall (26th and Blondo). The
public ig invited.
Last Wednesday the meeting
was of great importance, seem
ingly to all of Omaha “Leading
Citizens” of the North Side. They
had come bo hruga'n with the
club for the liberation cf Mr.
Saunderv Th.e club notified Mr.
Saunders of the proposition. To
this Mr. L. Ilayne Saunders re
plied: “I will not allow the club
to sacrifice one bit of its vir
tues for my sake even if these
falso accusations bring upon me
a sentences for life.
Darline Creig, Reporter
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EARTHLY PARADISE TO BE
PRESENTED AT CENTtER
Thr Muse Dra/rria Guild of the
j Urban Ix-ague Community Cen
l tcv is presenting its first produe
| ton, a one act play, entitled
Earthly Paradise, Sunday after
noon December 17, 3 P.M. at tht
oeirjter.
The play a light comedy, un
der the d'rccticn of Mrs. Ray
mond Drown, sets forth the idea
of a young man and girl living
in a sort of Heaven' on Earth
where there aro no marriage
ties to bind them down—orly
leal and perfect freedom for
everyone. Says Adrian, the you ) ’
man explaining his theory: ‘‘No
que^Lon of either owning thi
other, no clanging fetters—that’s
the way its to be with Jill and
me—beautifully sirple, all a
matter of chemical attraction,
and when that attraction ceases
—poof.
Everything goes well until
Jill s mother and father propose
to—But do come and sec what
happens. We promise you an af
ternoon of enjoyment The audi
ence will be served coffee after
the play. Admission is free.
To Give Christmas Tea
Party
Tho Hillside Presbyterian
church under the sponsorship of
tho choir will give a Christmas
lea Paity on Sunday afternoon
from 4 8 PM. in the beautifully
decorated dining rooms of the
church. Mi/i. J. S, Williams is
the general chairman and Mrs.
Rthel Webb, the assistant. This
will be just «s beautiful as the
Garden Party held at the Fon
tenello gardens in Septomlbcr and
th) ent ne public is invited to
att'nl. Assisting Mrs. Williams
are: Mrs, Maine Gray, Mrs. H. L.
Pre)iton, Mrs. F. Childs, Mrs.
«i,cnnio Lewis, Mrs H. Madison,
Mrs. A. Talbot, Mrs, Dollie Up
ci.unch, Miss Marian Gray, Mr.
H. L. Preston.
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Ku Klux Klan Softens
Towards Jews And
Catholics
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Atlanta, Ga. D >c. 14 (C)—Ku
Klux Klan Imperial Wizard
James A. Co'eseoto disclosed in
a recent interview that he inten- :
ded to purge the Klan of “iman- j
critter'* who were anti Catholic j
or anti-Jew, which left only one
othei* element in its creed of
hate to fight the Negro. Cole
scott said the Klan was never
intended to be ‘‘anti-anything
but pro-American.” The Klan is
therefore pursuing its ancient
landmark of white supremacy, as
instanced by a Klan parade of 200
through the Negro section of Or
lando, Fla. The usual fiery cross,
intended as a symbol of fear, wa,s
included in the ceremonies. Here
in Atlanta the Klan conducted a
demonstration against the lead
ing white newspaper, The At
lanta Constitution, which i8 anti
Klan. Thu hcoded order charged
tbo paper with being unfair in
its editorial policy. The demon
stration was obviously a publicity
stunt, intended as a follow-up of
thu free puibl'city given to these
apostles of intolerance n LIFE
| magazine in August. Klan activi
ties became more feverish im
| mediately upon inauguration of
I Communist activities among Ne
groes, especially in the South.
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Writer Discovers
Negro Trainmen
New York Dec. 14 (C)—Doing
private research on Negroes em
ployed in the City Government,
eleven Negro motorrrien were
found on active duty on the In
dependent New York City Sub
way System by L. Maynard Whit
ney, Assistant Editor of the
Calvin Newspaper. This is in
addition to the more than 100
Negro conductors n full uniform;
al*o 125 station cashiers. These
men do not include the large
number of station guards and
porters. In the mnchine shop of
tho IND, the largest in the world
there are highly skilled Negro
machinists, and one Negro fore
man or superintendent, All of
these jobs are uAder Civil Ser
vice.
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CORRECTION
■■ To the Editor:
NAACP story dat-^—December
8, referring to meeting of nom
inations committee for Hoard of
Drectors, should rejid “NOMIN
ATIONS FOR SPINGARN MED
AL AWARD.”
Gorge B. Murphy, Jr.
Publicity Department
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Read ‘Doing the StrJP
——— 4
Stanley is bapk! Read his
column every week in the Omaha
Guide. Turn to page 6 and start
to read his column now'
COUPLE OBEYS ONE OF THE
GREATEST COMMANDMENTS
Philadelphia, Dec. 11—Mr. and
Mrs. Benjamin Mason who won a
150 thousand dollar Sweepstako
last April did not forg t. To
remember one of this greatest
commam.i rents. Love your neigh
bor' as yourself. The Masons as
they came in their fortune were
living on $11:40 a week with two
children. They now own their
own home and a nice car. They
paid back $2,133.90 they had re
ceived from re'ief. Now they are
going to share what is left with
their neighbors. They are replac
ing a delupiduted block of ten£
n,ent» with a mo’.ern apartment
developments whero rci ;t will he
low as possible. Three fourth*
of the construe.io*' work will be
ty Nepro workers.
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UNEMPLOYMENT
COMPENSATION
I incoln, Neb. Dec. 14 A hear
ing to deb t (mine contr (;u J in
i ate i for 1940 for employers who
meet rtjierve experience require
ments of the Nebraska Une.ny
ployment Compensation Law is
toing called by State Commis
sioner of Labor, V. B, Kinney, in
th t Old Senate Chamber, S!ata
Capitol Bu hling at 9:00 Tuesday
November 28.
The purpose of the meeting
was to give all persons interest® I
an opportunity to be heard on
proposed contribution rates for
'940, and methods of determining
tho amount requ red to nreet the
standard,* set out by the law.
Colored Rated Above
Natives I n Africa
Union of South Africa Dec. 14
(G)—Certain religous denomina
tions in this area make a distinc
tion between C lo: d and native
\r keeping with certain customs
iVcdbgn zad by tie Government,
accoidjng to recent pu lished ac
counts of Eegregaton in this area,
Colored is designated as those of
mixed European and native blood
and other ralial inter mixtures.
Lho nat'ves are known as Bantu.
There are two other distinct
groups, the Dutch and the Eng
lish. Ninety per cuit of tha
Colored population live in Cape
Province, and are a 1 wad to Own
p:'.party , vote in the elections
and enter the University of Cap*
Town
ISSUES
PP v’LAMATION
MARY CARDWELL DAWSON
Mary Qordwell Dawson, newly
elected president of the National
Association of Negro Musicians
who has sent out to the branch
organizations scattered through
out the country, a seven point
program for the year year’s work.
A drive to bring all musicians
into membership is plaaned. She
announced that National Negro
Music Week will be held the
first Sunday in May, 1940. M>».
Dawson, lives in Pittsburgh, Pb ,
and conducts a successful music
college in that city.