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Entered as 2nd Class Matter at Postoffice, Omaha, Nebr., under Act of March 8, 1874. SATURDAY JANUARY 30, 1939 Web< 1517 Number 38
. NEWS
OF THE WEEK FROM
COAST TO COAST
By Hazel L. Griggs for the ANP
hattie McDaniel scores
IN “GONE WITH THE WIND”
Atlanta, Ga.—Rave notices a
bout Hattie McDaniel’s perfor
mance in “Gone With the Wind”
followed the premiere of the pic
ture here this week. Miss Daniel,
according to reports, succeeded in
stealing the long-awaited adapt
ation of Margaret Mitchell’s best
selling novel.
CANADIAN NEGROES
SUFFER DISCRIMINATION
Ottawa, Canada—The Supreme
Court of Canada decided that a
Negro cannot compel a tavern
owner in the Province of Quebec
to serve him with a beer, thereby
dismissing an appeal entered by
Fred Christie, of Montreal, a-!
gainst a judgment of the Quebec ;
courts in favor of the York cor
poration.
JAILED AND FINED FOR
SHOWING “BIRTH OF
A NATION”
Denver, Col. — Robert Allan,
owner of a Denver motion pic
ture theatre, was fined $1,400 and
sentenced to 120 days in jail for
showing “A Birth of a Nation”
after protests of leading Negro
citizens.
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TRUCK DRIVERS’ UNION AC
CEPTS COLORED MEMBERS
Washington, D. C.—Through
efforts of the local NAACP, Ne
groes this week for this first
time, were given permission to
join the heretofore “lily-white
Truck Drivers’ union.”
HEYWOOD BROUN, JOURNA
LISTS' FRIEND PASSES
New York—Journalistic Har
lem, mourned the passing of Hey
wood Broun, nationally famed
columnist who, as father and
president of the American News
paper Guild, fought for inclusion
of the phrase, “without regard to
race, color or creed,” in its con
stitution, thereby making it pos
sible for Negro newspaper work
ers to join.
CHICAGO ALDERMAN FILES
CIVIL RIGHTS SUIT
Springfield, 111.—Earl B. Dick
erson, Chicago alderman, filed a
$500 civil rights suit against the
Abraham Lincoln hotel here for
refusing him accomodation upon
seeing that he was a Negro even
though a friend of his had made
advance reservations.
PAUL WILLIAMS PRAISED
FOR DESIGNING MOVIE
STAR’S HOME
Hollywood—The entire movie
colony was congratulating archi
tect Paul Williams for the grand
job he did in designing the new
home of Zazu Pitts’ popular movie
comedienne.
AFRICAN BISHOP READS
HIGH MASS IN LONDON
London, England—For the first
time in the history of the Roman
Catholic church, an African Bis
hop, Joseph Kiwanuka, celebrated
pontifical high mass at Westmin
ister Cathedral here.
‘CHICKEN SHACK’
OWNER DIVORCED
Chicago—Mrs. Pauline Hender
son, pretty, young wife of Ernie
Henderson, was granted a divorce
from the well known proprietor
of the “Chicken Shack, Inc.
CARVER SCHOOL BURNS TO
THE GROUND
Mount Olive, N. C.—A fire raz
ed the Carver High school here,
totally destroying the $45,000
structure.
YOUTHFUL PIANIST
# TRIUMPHS IN BROADCAST
New York — Phillipa Schuyler,
Race To Benefit From Inf antile - Paralysis Fund
eight year old daughter of George
Schuyler, well known journalist,
delighted audiences of “We the
People" by displaying an extraor
dinary knowledge of music. The
embryo pianist was interviewed
by Deems Taylor, New York
music critic, and played several
of her own compositions.
REFUSE NEGROES BULLETS
AFTER KLAN TERRORISM
Greenville, S. C.—As result of
the stand taken by Negroes to
ward the terror campaign of the
Ku Klux Klan here, the bullets
or ammunition was banned.
—
BIRMINGHAM TURKEY GOES
ON SPREE IN CHICAGO
Chicago, Dec. 28 (ANP)—Last
week Beatrice Reynolds received a
live Tom Turkey from relatives in
Birmingham accompanied with a
“Do Not Open Until Christmas,”
sticker. Living in an apartment,
Miss Reynolds put the piece de re
sistance of a Christmas dinner out
on her back porch to stay until
the big day.
Thoroughly enjoying its new
found freedom, Sir Turkey decided
to go for a little spree, flying first
from his coop to the gable of the
house next door. From then on it
was gable to gable until at last
' he perched in a tree a«rl haughtily
scoffed at all.
In despair, Miss Reynolds called
the police who had to telephone
their station for more shells before
they finally hit the lively turkey,
causing him to fall “plunk” on the
sidewalk.
HOMEMAKING TEACHERS IN
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Marshall, Tex., Dec. 28 (By E.
M. Carroll for ANP)—Several
hundred homemaking education
teachers and instructors from the
accredited high schools in Texas
| and colleges in the Southwest at
j tended Bishop’s second annual
j homemaking education conference
i here Friday. All sessions were held
on the college campus. The theme
for the conference was “The Func
tions of the House and Family Wel
fare,” which on that occasion,
Bishop’s new ten room Home Man
agement House served as the lab
oratory in matters of design fur
nishings, interior decoration, mod
ern mechanial equipment and land
scaping.
MOREHOUSE TAKES TO THE
HARDWOODS FOR 1930-40
BASKETBALL SEASON
Atlanta, Ga. Dec. 28—The More
house College quintet, dark horse
of the 1939 SIAC basketball tour
nament, again will take to the
hardwoods with the identical team
that finished last year’s meet as
runner-up championship Xavier
clan. The varsity team, of which
George Coffee, of Atlanta, Ga., is
captain, is composed of Daniel Earl
Smith, of Lexington, Kentucky;
George Cobb, of Chicago, Ilinois;
Sloan Blocker, of Atlanta, Georgia;
and Leon Harris of New York City.
FRANK MORGAN AND DRIVER
INJURED
Deming, New Mexico, Dec. 28
(ANP)—Frank Morgan, white, fa
i mous comedian of screen, and ra
dio; Mrs. Gordon, their son, George
j and Willie Carr, their chauffeur,
| were injured here Thursday en
route to Mexico when a tire blew
I out on their auto. The chauffeur, a
Los Angeles bow was the most
seriously injured receiving a frac
Guide Suffers Fire Loss
— — «
A fire broke out in the Omaha
Guide’s press room abou£ 10:46 PM.
Friday night, Dec. 22nd and quick
ly spread to the upstairs apartment
of C. C. Galloway, Mgr., causing
considerable damage to shop mach
inery and destroying practically all
of Mr. Galloway’s clothing and fur
nishings. Having finished mailing
out papers he was preparing to
retire for the night when James
Seay, shop pressman informed him
about the fire in the shop. After
calling the fire department and
finding the fire out of control Mr.
Galloway started upstairs to get
his overcoat and shoes but was
driven back by the flames. Damage
in the shop was caused mostly by
heat and water.
The fire loss has not as yet been
estimated. The Guide which has
been in continuous publication
since 1927 will continue on s?he
dule. The management wishes to
thank our kind friends who are
helping and those who have offer
ed their assistant in putting
things back in working order. The
management regrets the unfair,
groundless and malicious rumours
which were spread from certain
quarters Saturday.
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tured skull and broken neck. Mor
gan suffered scalp lacerations.
HUEY LONG STILL POPULAR
IN LOUISIANA
New Orleans, Dec. 28 (ANP)—
Word received here that the Gal
lup poll of public opinion in Louis- i
iana revealed that the majority of
voters still revered the late Gov-j
ernor Huey Long caused little sur
prise. While the poll taken under
the auspices of the American Insti
tute of Public Opinion, touched on
ly white people because there are
comparatively few Negro voters in
the state of Louisiana, the result
reflected the opinion of Negroes
as well.
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CHICAGO’S FOREMOST BANK
BUILDING 10 YEARS AGO
NOW MEN’S HOTEL
Chicago, Dec. 28 (ANP)—Ten
years ago the nation’s lone Negro
national bank and the pride of Chi
cago’s Southside, the Douglas Na
tional bank, is today the Palace
hotel for me. It made its bow as a
hotel last month with William C.
Johns as general manager and
Roy V. Huffine, his assistant, along
with 10 other full time employes.
Organized in 1922, the Douglas
made history in the race’s financial
circles. It was empowered to issue
currency as a member of the fed
eral reserve system and played a
leading role in Southside business
affairs. Then came the depression
and in 1932, in common with many
similar institutions of both races,
| it was forced to close its doors.
MOREHOUSE COLLEGE TO
ENCOUNTER LANE AND
KENTUCK STATE IN 1940
Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 28 (Special)—
According to a recent announce
ment from the office of Head Men
tor Franklin L. Forbes, director of
athletics at Morehouse College,
I^ane College will replace Langs
ton on the 1940 schedule and Ken
tucky State will supplant West
Virginia State.
J. Adams, Jr. A Typical Example
of Young Negro Leadership
CONFEDERATED COUNCIL
OF CLUBS PROCLAIMS JOHN
ADAMS, JR., A TYPICAL
EXAMPLE OF YOUNG NEGRO
LEADERSHIP
318 young men and women jam
med the quarters of the Council
at 24th and Parker as Mr. Herman
Stevens, president openly express
ed his elation upon seeing such a
huge crowd, and stated he firmly
believes every person present
agrees with him in saying: “A
club of this nature is very much
needed here in our city. This is
shown by its tremendous growth
in four short weeks.” He then
scanned the purpose of the Coun
cil and added he wishes to outgrow
present location in the near fu
ture.
Mr. Laurence Martin made an
address on disciple and toM of just
a few of the great possible ac
complishments of such an organi
zation. He pointed to Mr. Adams,
(Atty. John Adams, Jr.) as a guid
ing star for the Negro Youth of
Omaha.
Mr. Emmett James, vice presi
dent stressed the fact: That next
Sunday everyone will be expected
to obtain a membership card and
asked that everybody make himself
a committee of one to bring at
least one member.
Meeting next Sunday 2:30 at the
same place. Come early and enjoy
yourself.
Randolph Returns Hast
From Paciiic Coast
NEGRO BISHOP PONTIFICAL
HIGH MASS IN LATIN AT
WESTMINISTER CATHE
DRAL IN LONDON
London, Dec. 28 (By Rudolph
Dunbar for ANP)—Robed in the
white vestments of his office and
wearing a crimson skull cap, em
blem of the White Fathers of Al
geria, the first Negro bishop to be
consecrated at Rome in five cen
turies recently intoned pontifical
high mass in Latin at Westminister
cathedral in Lindon.
A majestic figure like a statue
of black marble , with gracious
manners and a kindly glow on his
face, is the Negro bishop of the
Roman Catholic church who has
made history. His apostolic name
is Kiwanuka which means “one
who comes from on high,” and his
family name Nakabali, which
means, “hill of the rock.” Tradition
says that his only predecessor was
a Portuguese Negro bishop of the
I5th century. Bishop Kiwanuka is
the newly consecrated vicar aposto
lic of the new vicarate of Masaka
in Uganda.
NOVEMBER 1930
Entertains Sister
A smart and fashionable group
of guests gathered at the beautiful
home of Mrs. L. S. Davis, 2B30
Grant St., Monday evening honor
ing her sister, Mrs. Eliza Kilkey,
of Tupeka, Kansas, who has been
a guest at the home of Mrs. Davis
for about ten days, among those
present besides the guest of honor
were: Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Lewis,
Mrs. Susie Trent, Mrs. J. W. Thom
as, Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Young,
Mrs. C. C. Harper, Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Shobe, Mr. and Mrs. Rus
sell, Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Baldwin,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Taylor and
little son Wesley, little Bertha
Smith, niece of Mrs. Davis, Mr.
Lulu Lewis, Mrs. Lulu Wheeler,
Mrs. Beulah Madison, Mrs. Josie
Jefferson, Mrs. Lyda Wilson, Mr.
and Mrs. J. L. Giles, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Vann, Mr. Leroy Winston,
Mr. A. J. Davis, Mrs. Stella Hayes,
Mrs. Griffin and Mr. H. W. Black,
Mr. Herman Harris, nephew of
Mrs. Davis and Gilkey was ch“f
and chief pan washer.
Mrs. Gilkey will leave Mjnday
for her home in Topeka.
After an extended trip which
carried Mr. A. Philip Randolph
through the great Northwest to
the Pacific Coast, speaking to large
audiences in public mass meetings
in St. Paul, Minnesota, Seattle,
Washington, Portland, Oregon,
Oakland and Los Angeles, Califor
nia, Salt Lake City, Denver, Col
orado and Omaha, Nebraska, the
International President of the Bro
therhood of Sleeping Car Porters
is now back East in New York
City at the International Head
quarters of the Union.
Mr. Randolph states that the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por
ters has a hundred per cent or
ganization in most of the cities
visited and he found the spirit for
Trade Union Organization among
Negro workers steadily growing on
the West Coast and in the North
west. The success of the Brother
hood’s fight in winning a wage
Agreement from the Pullman Com
pany with a wage increase of two
million dollars, has stimulated an
interest among Negro Workers
says Randolph, to cast their lot
with the forces of organized labor
in an increasingly large number
of crafts and industrial union. It
is the most encouraging sign he
found on his cross country tour, he
continued.
He was joined by Mr. M. P.
Webster, 1st International Vice
President at Denver on his return
East.
FILES DAMAGE SUIT FOR DIS
CRIMINATION IN LINCOLN’S
HOME
Springfield, 111.’ Dec. (ANP)—
Although many state representa
tives and a few senators have come
here to enact state laws, among
them a civil rights statute, it re
mained for Aid. Earl B. Dickerson
of Chicago to take the initiative in
combating discrimination in the
Illinois capital and former home of
Abraham Lincoln by filing suit
Wednesday in the circuit court for
$500 damages against the Abra
ham Lincoln Hotel Corp., and the
Abraham Lincoln Hotel Operating
Co., for denial of accomodations
Monday evening.
It has been customary for color
ed legislators to ignore jim crow
here in the city where Illinois laws
are enacted and live with private
families while the assembly is in
session.
GIVEN LIFE/
SCHWACZKIN KILLER
GIVEN LIFE TERM
Jeff Lowe, convicted of first de
gree method in the death of Mrs.
Abraham Schwaczkin, was senten
ced to life imprisonment Tuesday
afternoon by District Judge Sears.
When asked by the judge if he
had anything to say before sen
tence was pronounced, Lowe re
plied, “Guilty.” Told he had been
found guilty, Lowe was again
asked if he had anything to say,
replied, “No sir.”
Judge Sears commented Lowe
was “rather lucky,” added that the
sentence had been prescribed by
the jury.
Sheriff Dorrance asked that
Lowe be sentenced. His appeal
time has passed. Dorrance said
Lowe is suffering from a head ab
scess, and unless removed to the
penitentiary for treatment will
have to be sent to the country
hospital under guard.
Lowe is a native of Kamo, Miss.,
45 years of age and married. He
claimed in his defense that he com
mitted the murder in self defense
while being attacked with a knife
by his employer with whom he had
had a misunderstanding about;
$3.00 in wages, being paid half in:
coal and half in cash.
Lowe who fled to Iowa after
! the crime stated several times that
I he was guilty and was willing to
| lake his punishment.
TRIBUTE TO JOE LOUIS
A high tribute has geen gener
. ously paid to Joe Louis in an edi
! torial of the London Evening Stan
dard. It reads thus: “Blockade is
still a decisive weapon of war.
Hitler despises it in much the same
way as Tony Galento boasted he
wasn’t losing any sleep about Joe
Louis’s right hook until it finally
put him to rest. And Tony, too, had
a ‘secret’ punch of his own.”
A few days later, a section from
a column in the Evening Standard
had the following: “The chief pro
tection of the place is those inno
cent looking slopes of grass cover
ing a depth of earth which could
absorb endless artillery fire, just
as a man could protect himself a
gainst the hardest punches of Joe
Louis, by covering himself with
pillows.”
TEN BEST RECORDS OF 1939
LISTED
By Frank Marshall Davis for ANP ;
1. The Blues, by Meade “Lux” j
Lewis (Blute Note).
2. Pick-A-Rib, by Benny Good
man Quintet (Victor).
3. Summertime, by. Sidney Be- I
chet Quintet (Victor).
4. Subtle Lament, by Duke El- j
lington (Brunswick).
5. Smokey Mary, By Bob Crosby
(Decca).
6. Miss Thing, by Count Basie
(Vocalion).
7. Fine and Mellow, by Billie
Holiday (Commodore).
8. Minor’s Swing, by French Hot ■,
Club Quintet (Victor).
9. Woodchoppers Ball, by Woody
Herman (Decca).
10. Someday Sweetheart, b y
Muggsy Spanier (Bluebird).
Dr. Lennox Praises Movement
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee,
Ala., has been given a grant of
$160,000 by the National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis for the
construction of an infantile para
lysis center where Negro physi
cians and surgeons will be trained
in the latest methods of combat
ting infantile paralysis according
to an announcement made today by
Dr. G. B. Lennox, Omaha physi
cian.
News of the grant was received
by Dr. Lennox through the Ne
braska state headquarters of the
Committee to celebrate the Presi
dent’s birthday, 920 City National
Bank Building, Mabel Gillespie
state chairman, which will con
duct the activities in 93 Nebraska
counties in January to raise money
for the support of the national
foundation to combat infantile
paralysis.
“The grant is a splendid recog
nition of Tuskegee,” Dr. Lennox
said. “With the establishment of
the center our physicians and sur
geons will receive valuable train
ing that will help them to more
capably battle this dread disease.
All Negroes should feel grateful
for the grant from the national
foundation and should do every
thing possible for the success of
the anti-infantile paralysis cam
paign this year. Any activity that
will alleviate human suffering and
better mankind, should be encour
aged and supported. The birthday
parties that are raising money for
this purpose are doing a great
good.”
According to Chairman Gilles
pie, records show that the disease
was floiTr times as virulent in
1939 as in 1938 and the local
chapters will be required to carry
on an intense fight in 1940 if in
fantile paralysis is to be controll
ed. Half the money raised in the
campaign remains in the county
in which it originates for use in
fighting local epidemics and to
aid those who have been stricken.
LOU MONTGOMERY QUIT
"COTTON BOWL” CLASSIC
Boston, Dec. 28 (By Mabe
Kountze for ANP)—Lou Mont
gomery, star halfback of the Bos
ton college football team, has by
his own decision, withdrawn from
the New Year’s Day Cotton Bowl
classic at Dallas, according to a
letter published in the Boston
daily papers here last week.
Boston college is scheduled to
play Clemson college of South
Carolina which was understood to
have been flatly against meeting
Montgomery. However, he was to
go with the team “just for the
trip."
Montgomery in his letter implied
that he was withdrawing from the
scene in order to “eliminate any
unpleasant reactions."
BOTH RACES HAIL
BOJANGLES ON
RETURN TO RICHMOND
Richmond, Va., Dec. 28 (ANP)—
A crowd of nearly 1,000 persons of
both races met Bill “Bojangles”
Robinson Sunday morning when he
came home with his “Hot Mikado”
show, and all that day other hund
reds of Negroes and whites visited
this city’s famous dancingson.
HOLLYWOOD’S LATEST FIND
Hollywood, Calif.—Miss Gladye
Snyder, who having played in pic
tures years ago as a juvenile, finds
that the studio’s are again in need
of her services and have asked that
she be on hand for several screen
tests for a lead part in an all Col
ored production. Atlas Photo Ser
vice.