Enter^^K 2nd Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Nebr., under Act of March 8, 1874. SATURDAY DECEMBER 23, 1939
S' KAPPA ALPHA PSI TO
y ' MEET IN SAN ANTONIO
Texas Gov. To Weiocme Negro Condave
FX-OMAHAN
> ELECTED SEC;
John I). Thornton Jr., of 514
10th Street Rock Island, Illinois
was re-elected Secretary of the
, Masonic Lodge of that city Mon
1# day night, December 4th, at the
C annua! election.
W Mr. Thornton is the sen of Mr.
an! Mrs. J. D. Thornton of 2311
No. 2tth Avenue, Omaha, Nebr..
and for the past 30 months has
bts'-n a resident of Rock Island,
where he is employe ! by the Gov
ernment at the Rock Island Ars
enal. He was raised and educated
in what was then known as
South Omaha •**..
He enjoys the distinction of
being the youngest Ma«on in
1 years of service to hold this po«i
l tion. and is credited with being
1 the most caps- k and efficient
J secretary the Lodge has had in
the past 25 years.
Ho is expected hmre on a va
cation during the yuletide.
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THANKS
For donations to the Old Folks
Hare as Thanksgiving by the
Jurdon Red Cross of Benton &
Millard. Schools; Quack Club of
the YWCA; Mr. ard Mr*. Noah
'lhomas foi *ix rabbits.
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MABEL GILLESPIE, CHAIR
MAN; LEO BOZELL, PUBLI
f CITY DIRECTOR OF THE
PRESIDENTS BALL: MRS.
GILLESPIE SAYS ONE AND
, EVERY COUNTY IN NEBR.
Governor W. Lee
O’Daniels to Deliver ^
Welcome Address
New York, Dec. 19 (C)—■ For
tho first time in the history of
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,
Texas and the Southwest province
have the honor of entertaining
this August body with the San
Antonia Alumni Chapter as host.
The selection of .San Antonio
as the seat of the Conclave of
fers to the brothers as well as
to the visitors and gqests an
opportunity to enjoy the hospi
tality of a city, practically devoid
of prejudice. The cosmopolitan
attitude* and the Mex cari atrpov
. pher.e with jts quaintness and
Vxdtic""'TOTCry; ' ’Th e hisTorTeST
background; the Alma, the shrine
of Texas Independence; the park :
plazas and other sights peculiar
1 only to San Antonio make a visit
to this picturesque city one of
, th(jr highlights of any individuals
1 experience especially during this
Yuletide season.
| The citizenry of San Antonio
with their nationally known rep
tation for hospitality have jo.neJ
hands with the local carmittec
headed by Brother John W. Hoi
land, General Chairman, to make
| this conclave the most enjoyable
! rnd one of the most memorable
I in the history of the organiza
tion.
The motive and theme of the
entertainment is idealistically
and predominantly I/atin Ameri
can, unusual in des gn, pretenti
iusn,ess, gaiety and glamour.
Don’t be one of those to m'ss the
pleasure planned for you by San
Antonio, the Northern City of
the South.
Any desired information may
• be procured by addressing a card
r letter to John W. Holland,
1903 Delaware Street, San An
tonio, Texas.
Under the direction of Mabel
_ Gillespie, Gretna, state chairman
. I of the committee to celebrate the
U i'resident’s birthday, Januai-y 30
chairmen of 93 Nebr. courtie<
wi 1 organize parties and other
activities to collect funds for the
support of the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis. This
J fouidation was established 22
months apo in New York with
money collected during the past
six birthday celebrations.
Mrs. Gillespie is the only wom
an in the United States appointed
i state chairman directing infan
% tile paralysis campaigns. Gover
A nor R. L. Cochran, alway ■>
staunch supporter of the ac'ivity
ris honorary chairman. Nebraska
headouarters are at 920 City Na
tional Bank, Building, Omaha.
“In those counties where the
disease has been apparent and
its ravages brought home through
seeing their little ones stricken,
y we have had many men ami
1 women volunteer their services
f for the 1940 ‘March of Dines,’ a
^ 50 per cent of all funds are re
tained in the county were collect
s' of.’’ Mrs. Gillespie says.
vV Members of the state comrnit
tec who. will serve with Mrs.
Jj Gillespie are: Dr. H. S. Andrews
ye and Mrs. L. A. Youngson, Min
den; Dr. Earl C. Sage, Miss Leeta
rn A. lloldrege and Dr. Robert D.
ml Schrock, Omaha. Kenneth L.
ix)wn and Mary Cholker, Ogal
lala; Dr. John C. Giever, Spau’d
ing; Mrs. Edith Swain McDer
mott, Greeley; Albert Naeke, He
1 ron; Mrs. Dora Schaincst, Gi
lead; Henry Canenburg and Mr«.
Cora Kent, Bassett; Dr M. A.
Mack and Miss Elizabeth Belka,
(rete; Mrs. N. C. Facklet and
Guy Laverty, BurwelJ; Oscar
Thomas and Mrs. Ada Naden,
Franklin; R. L. Bode and Mildred
I . Kotouc, Humbolt; Clauds E.
Shaw, and Mrs. Wayne Megrue,
Superior; Mrs. Gertrude Brune
and Orville Chatt, Tekamah;
He*ry Zimmerman, Springkfield;
Miss Tillie Krwrbeck, Gretna;
Rev. Samuel WJ ring and Mrs
Margarite Phelps, Valentine; El
an r "Magee and Mr*. Mark Pierce
[ ncoln; Rred Dickson, Kearney;
Mrs. Elina Clark, Ravenna; Ralph
E Fairchild and Dorena Walker,
Blair, Leonard Geesen and Miss
Ethel Woolley, Seward.
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itEAD THE OMAHA GUIDE
THRUOUT THE COMING
YEAR
Fourth Negro Appointed
Mgr. 0 f a Federal
Housing Project
Wilmington. N. C. (C) E. Will
iam Burnett has been named
manager of the low rent housing
project here hv H. ii. Emory exe
cutive director of the Housing
Authority in this city.
A native of Wilmington. Burn
ett was an assistant high school
^principal at Warsaw, North Caro
lina, at the time he was appointed
to manage the 246 unit project
which is now nearing completion.
The new manager, now 26 years
old,, was graduated from Arrieul
tuiil and Technical college at
Grwnsboro, North Carolina in ’35.
Burnet is the fourth Negro to
he appointed manager of a low
rent housing project develop'd
with the financial assistance of
the United States Housing Author
ity. *. _
Parents Seeks to
Locate Son
MISSING SINCE OCT. i2
Chicago, Dec. 1!) (ANP)—-A
tmtw-wide search Ms- been fn
sUtuteri hv Mr nod Mm. t^’"'
W. Brown of 6051 South Park
way, this e.ty,
in an effort n
locate their son,
Ow'in Hr r. n Vw
left home on
Oct. 12 and has
neither been
seen or heard
from since. A
stud- nt at Hyde
Park high school
Owen, 15 years
old told his par
ents he was go- ]
Owen Brown ing outs de t>
play and did not return.
Air. and Mrs. Brown sa d that
persons giving information lead
ing to their son’s return will be
rewarded. Added mystery was
given his disappearance by th ■
' irt that he was thinly clad when
he left home. He^ wore a brown
and o'.ange ace can, yellow polo
•b’rt. puiple sweather, blue
overalls blue socks, and black
oxfords. He is feet, 10 inciies
tall; weighs 162 pounds, has a
scar between the eyebrows, suf
fered in an accident several years
ago. Persons having information
concerning Owen are asked to
contact the Browns at their Chi
cago address: 6051 South Park
way.
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COURT GIVES NEGRO
WOMAN 60 PERCENT OF
SALARY FOR AN IN
DEFINITE PERIOD
FIVE S'IXTY PER WEEK
An award of workmen’s com
pensation was made this week by
Judge Lawrence F. Wei oh to
Albert0 Thurman, age 2S, 2627
Decatur Street, Miss Thurman
was employed by the CSerkson
hospital in the laundry depart
ment. On August 5th, 1939, she
I was operating a steam press
when she got her left hand
cauglh in the machine and reeeiv
i ed third degree hums on the in
dex, large and ring f nger of her
left hand. Shortly after the 1st
of September, 1939, it was nec
essary to graft skin on her hand
Her total disability extended to
her work. During that time the
hospital's insurance carried paid
her 09.33 per week and paid all ;
yto Qod in the highest, and on
rth peace, good will toward men
1 ' M llrougnout our lankl^-at^Christmastide ring
tlwseNvords of the heavenly hostCThey soar
ram cnhpel belfry; they echo in hail-fellow
J- j\ snoutfc down Manhattan’s canyons and across
u the deep wateKbetween ships at sea.
| Country lane andorossroads set them to the
•v music; of tinkling sleigHbells or the whisper of
% ^tropical palrnk \. \
At last'.they purse with every heart beat, for
^ Christmas, after all dwells within the breast.
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Man is not too frail to keep this song; surging
through tnb year. Yet \n his lesser mordents,
J the Spirit onChristmas must seek shelter from
ignoble thoughts and deccts. \
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C But so long as'the Spirit canVush forth again
rS at this most sacred season, man has yet the
ttAlcourage and faith to hear the heavenly host.
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^>j^We extendviearti&st, most sincere Christmas
greetings! \
of her medical and hospital ex*
pcnses.
At the hearing before Judge
Welch, the judge found that sh"
still has a 60 percent partial dis
ability in her three fingers and
ordered the hospital of its in
surance company to pay her an
additional $5.(JO per week until
her disability’ disappears.
Publishes Fook
of Poems
' i limrtnMl I laiiTi ifll i i" iwri iliitmd
MISS IDA ROWLAND
LA' GSTON UNVERSITY
INSTRUCTOR PUBLISHES
PCETRY VOLUME
I fcpitiT Leaves. a row b ok of
poetry by MIbb Ida Rowland has
just been i'e based front Press.
Miss Rowland comnlet d her
high school work at. Tulsa. Okla
homa. she hit r ait tided Omaha
University where she received
her H. A. and M. A. degrees. She
is an instructor in psychology at
Langston University.
Site is now at work on a novel
ti be published in the spring.
If IT/, THEATRE TO GIVE
FRFK XMAS THEATRE
PARTY FOR YOUNGSTERS
On Wednesday afternoon, Dec.
27th at. 2 p. m., the Ritz Theatre
will give a free Xmas party for
younsterr. up to twelve years of
age. Canales, Emits and Gift pii
zes plus a free show will be in
e. , e'Tering. No tickets will be
needed.