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THE WEATHER
Weather Outlook for the period
March 25 to March 30.
Upper Mississippi Valley, gen
erally fair north, occasional light
t rain or snow south portion; temper
ature below normal early in week,
and near normal middle and last of
week.
Northern Great Plains, several
periods of light snow or rain, tem
perature below normal early in
week, and near normal middle and
last of week.
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Entered as Second Class Matter at Post Office, Omaha. Nebr., under Act of March 8, 1874. Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, March 30, 1940 Volume Thirteen, Number 2
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MR. AND MRS. STREETER B. TURNER
Palm Sunday was the scene of a very pretty wedding at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McDaniels, when Mr. McDaniels gave his niece,
f Miss N*»ola McDaniels, t*f Chanute, Kansas, in marriage to Mr. Streeter
B. Turner, son of Mrs. Elese Turner.
The ceremony was performed at 9:30 by the Rev. Sears, Pastor
of St. John’s AME. Church. Palms and white lillies and roses decorat
ed the house throughout. The soft strains of Mendelssohn’s wedding
march, was played by Mrs. Fred McDaniels, as Mrs. James Lee, the
bridesmaid, marched to the living room—a lovely /licture, wearing an
evening gown of pink tulle, with an orchid taffetta jacket, an carrying
a boquet of pink roses. The bi-ide marched in on the arm of her uncle,
wearing one of the most beautiful wedding gowns seen for sometime.
The dress was all white net with wide stripes of white lace. Her veil
being of the same material. She carried a boquet of white lillies and
roses and was one of the prettiest brides this season.
Mr. James Lee was best man.
Mrs. Fred McDaniels wore serece chiffon with a corsage of mat
ching sweet peas. Mrs. Turner, mother of the groom, a charming pic
ture in back, wore a corsage of sweet peas. Mrs. Billy Davis, sister of
the groom, was gowned in black and white and wore a corsage of sweet
peas. Mrs. Edgar Lee, mother of the best man, was a pretty picture in
black, with a corsage of gardenias.
Out of town guests to the wedding were Mrs. Felix Fayne, Mrs.
L. V. Miller, Mrs. Weisman and daughter, Katherine, all of Kansas City,
Mo.
A wedding breakfast was served at the home of Mrs. Turner.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McDaniels have planned a reception at a later
date, when Mrs. McDaniels fully recovers from her recent illness. The
newlyweds have taken an apartment at the home of Mrs. George W.
Bryant, 2875 Wirt St.
Wh ite Man Nets Sentence of
15 Years in North Carolina
* Fayetteville, N. C. — Charged
with attempted criminal assault
upon a sixteen-year-old Negro girl
during the early part of February,
John H. Davis, a white married
man living in the Massey Hill sec
tion here, pleaded guilty before
Superior Court Judge A. Hall
Johnson last week and was given
a sentence of fifteen years in the
state penitentiary.
Davis’ conviction was the out
growth of a court battle waged in
the girl’s behalf by the local
branch of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
Non Relief Famil ies
Found To Be Thrifty
New York, March 28 (ANP)—(
The majority of colored families
off relief here have managed to
remain financially independent be
cause of the combined factors of
steady work, good health, few
children, careful budgeting and
roomers, according to a study is
sued last week by the committee on
Negro welfare of the Welfare
council.
The study, intended to show how
non-relief families have managed
to stay in that category, was based
on the records of 39 representative
families in Manhattan and Brook
lyn where the proportion of relief
cases is four times the city-wide
average.
A “will to manage,” in the fami
lies which have avoided relief, was
emphasized in the report, but in
Cspite of this, the survey noted that
families had to rent out rooms to
supplement their meager incomes.
More than 50 per cent of the fami
lies studied were childless, and the
survey saw a close relation be
tween the size of family and their
ability to maintain financial in
dependence.
“How socially desirable some of
these factors in solving community
problems is a question to be taken
! under serious advisement,” the re
port said. I
| The highest salary in the group
studied was found to be $258 a
month, the lowest $20. The month
ly income range for women was
[ from $8.50 to $107.50. Unskilled
and domestic jobs predominated
I for this group.
John L. Lewis
To Speak at
Negro Congress
Washington, March 25—National
Negro Congress leaders announc
ed last week that John L. Lewis,
militant leader of the Congi'tss for
Industrial Organizations will be
the prinicipal speaker at the open
ing session of the Congress to be
held at the United States Depart
ment of Labor Auditorium here Fri
day, April 6.
Recent statements by Mr. Lewis
at the Convention of the United
Mine Workers of America, of
which he is also president, at Col
umbus, Ohio, indicated clearly that
the labor leader was keenly aware
of the problems of the Negro peo
ple. His speech at the American
Youth Congress, in which he lash
ed out vigorously against the inac
I tion of the United States Depart
ment of Justice in the matter of
j poll taxes, has also served to bring
him to the fore as a champion of
three million disfranchised Negro
voters of the south.
Immediate response among Ne
I gro leaders here to the Congress’
announcement that Mr. Lewis
would speak was that his utteranc
j es before this representative gath
ering of leaders of Negro organiz
1 ations promises to mark a new e
poch in the relations between the
, Negro people and labor. Congress
j officials themselves greeted with
! high enthusiasm his acceptance of
their invitation. They announced
I that his speech and the presidential
address of A. Phillip Randolph,
j head of the Congress, would be
| carried over a national hookup, to
be heard by some five million peo
j pie. Steps have already been tak
| en to arrange in key cities' through
out the country for simultaneous
meetings of local Congress counc
j ils to hear these two important ad
dresses.
Congressman Mitchell Demands
Third Term of Pres. Roosevelt
&
Washington, March 28 (ANP) —
Declaring himself unreservedly in
favor of a thrid for President
Roosevelt, Congressman Arthur W.
Mitchell of Illinois* in an address
before the house Monday recited
a resume of the accomplishments
of the New Deal as far as Ne
groes are concerned and challenged
any other party to_ show tha,t it
had done as much.
Going down the line, Mr. Mitchell
enumerated the seven alphabetical
agencies which had contributed to
the Negroes welfare and “saved
them not only from starving, but
kept them living.” They were in
order, the WPA, PWA, CCC, FCA,
FSA, NYA, and the USHA.
Stating that some 300,000 Negro
families, representing 14 per cent
of the total on the WPA payrolls,
had been benefitted from the acts
of this organization, Congressman
Mitchell further lauded the New
Deal and cited figures from other
departments to prove his conten
tions.
He was interrupted in his speech
by a fellow representative who,
listening to Mitchell’s praise of
the Farm Credit administration,
wanted to know if Mr. Mitchell
would be willing to have this unit
put in the department of agricul
ture under the direction of Secre
tary Wallace.
Mr. Mitchell refused to answer
this pointed question and refused
to yield for further questioning.
However, at the end of his allotted
time, Hamilton Fish of New York
who had asked the Speaker of the
house for five minutes launched
into Mr. Mitchell and demanded to
know just how many unemployed
Negroes there were in spite of the
New Deal. Mr. Fish also asked, if
Mr. Mitchell knew of the suffer
ings of the Negroes in the South
under the New Deal administra
tion.
Turning to another point in his
attack, Mr. Fish declared that
while Mr. Mitchell was lauding
President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roose
velt and the cabinet, why was it
that Mr. Roosevelt refused to com
mit himself on the anti-lynch bill,
although he was greatly interested
in the welfare of other races and
creed three thousand miles away?
“One word from the White
House,” said Mr. Fish, “and the
anti-lynch bill would pass through
the senate without any difficulty
at all.”
ROOSEVELT INVITED TO
SPEAK AT NEGRO CONGRESS
Washington, March 25,—The na
tional office of the National Negro
Congress made public this week the
fact that it had extended an invit
ation to President Franklin D.
Roosevelt to address one of the ses
soins of the National Negro Con
gress to be held here at the United
States Department of Labor audit
orium April 26-28.
The President was informed that
' the 3,000 delegates expected to be
present.
Seeks Re-election
JOHN ADAMS. JR.
John Adams, Jr., is a candidate
for re-election to the State Legis
lature from the 5th District. He
has served in three regular and
two special sessions of the legisla
ture, 1935, 1937, 1939. The
primary election is on April 9th
The voting polls are open from
8 o’clock A. M. to 8 P. M. There
are eight candidates running in
the 5th District for the legislature,
but you can only vote for ONE.
The two candidates receiving the
highest vote in the primary elec
tion run it off in the general elec
tion ir. November. John Adams, Jr.,
is also a candidate on the republi
can primary ballot, with Valaria
Lee McCaw, as a delegate to the
National Republican Convention.
For this office you may for two. On
March 16, 1940, Mr. Adams receiv
ed the following letter from the
Independent Grocers and Meat
Dealers of Omaha: “Dear Mr.
Adams: The officers and mem
bers of the Independent Grocers
and Meat Dealers of Omaha in rec
I ognition of the splendid services
rendered the Omaha district, and
the state of Nebraska at large, are
desirous to support you in this pri
mary campaign.”
BEAUTY SALON MOVES
The Willa Beauty Salon which
has been located at 4th & Grant
Street, next door to the Robins
| Drug Store will move in their new
Senator Norris
Praises
Justice Black
New York—Senator George Nor
ris, famed Nebraska liberal, and
the Nation magazine have both
lauded the recent supreme court
decision handed down February 12,
and written by Justice Hugo L.
Black, of Alabama, in which the
supreme court of Florida was deni
ed the right to affirm the execu
tion of four Negro youths whose
conviction of murdering a white
' man had been upheld on the basis
of confesssions obtained by a week
of torture.
Said Senntor Norris February
29, in a letter to the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People, whose attorneys
carried the case to the high court.
“I think that that opinion is go
going to go a long way towards
placing not only the courts but
the administrative officials of the
entire United States on a much
higher plane than ever before. I
am not thinking particularly of
the colored race, because, as I see
it .this applies to the white race
as well.”
In a long and laudatory editor
ial appearing in its issue of Feb.
24 the National Magazine conclud
ed:
‘‘We take out the stock of words
required for comment, and find
them all dirtied by hyprocrisy and
encrusted with cant. ‘The Majesty
of th# law;’- ‘Equqal Justice’; ‘de*-’
mocratic processes’; ‘American
Ideals.’ We put the words away. All
we can say is that the supreme
court saved the lives of four Ne
groes. And saved something pre
cious for the rest of us, too.”
location at 2507 North 24th St.,
two doors west of the Beuler
Butcher Market, just as soon as
decorations are completed.
FATHER OF KIP RHINELAND
ER DIES
Long Beach, N. Y. March 28
(ANP)—Commodore Philip Rhine
lander, father of Leonard Kip
Rhinelander, whose marriage to
Alice Jones Rhinelander, colored,
created a sensation 15 years ago,
died last week at Long Beach hos
pital here after an operation.
Commodore Rhinelander, 80, the
patriarch of one of New York’s
oldest families was one of 13
Rhinelanders listed in the social
register. Since Kip’s death in 1936,
he had lived here in his sumptuous
beach home. The defendant in a
$500,000 alienation of affections
suit brought by Alice at the time
Kip sought an annulment of his
marriage to her, the elder Rhine
lander settled the case out of court
but refused to recognize his son’s
wife.
Later, after a White Plains, N.
Y., jury refused to annul the mar
riage, Kip obtained a Reno divorce,
giving his wife a reported settle
ment of $300 a month for life)
When the younger Rhinelander
died, Alice declared that she had
“always loved Leonard” and ac
cused the commodore of snatching
him from her.
DRUG STORE ENLARGES
Johnson’s Drug Store, formerly
located at 24th & Parker St., which
merged with the Robinson Drug
Store on 24th & Grant St., a few
weeks ago found quarters too small
for the two stores. As a result of
this, Mr. Johnson the Proprietor,
has found that he must take over
the Willa’s Salon Store which is
next door to the Robins Drug
Store. In a few days the building
will be remodled and a large arch
way cut through from the Robins
Drug Store which will make the
two stores into one large store.
Mr. Johnson owns this property
and is to be congradulated on ef
forts being put forth to give the
people of this community a one
minute up-to-date service.
Big Republican
RALLY
APRIL 4TH
Dreamland Hall 24th Grant St.
.. -*— Arthur R-McCaw, Chairman
THOMAS E. DEWEY AND FAMILY
Thomas E. Dewey, candidate for the Republican nomination for
President and his family, lietween Mr. and Mrs. Dewey is John Martin
Dewey, for and at Mr. Dewey’s left is Thomas E. Dewey, Jr., seven.
Harris and Ewing Photo
“DEWEY TAKES THE LEAD”—SO SAYS 1,605
DAILY EDITORS
EDITORS SEE A THIRD RACE*
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BUT ROOSEVELT THIRD IN
PREFERENCE
New York, March 28—A poll of
the 1,605 editors of daily newspa
pers in the United States reveals
it is their opinion President Roose- 1
velt will run for a third term and
that his opponent on the republican
DEDICATION CEREMONIES
Mr. B. V. Calloway, Editor,
GUIDE
2418 Grant Street
Omaha, Nebraska
Dear Mr. Galloway:
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to you by the Housing Author
ity of Omaha to be present at
the dedication ceremonies of the
South Side Terrace Homes at
30th and “U” Streets, Sunday
afternoon, March 31st, commenc
ing at 2:30 p. m.
There will be a musical pro
gram and a few brief addresses.
The project will be open for in
spection and your participation
in this civic events will be ap
preciated.
Sincerely yours,
Samuel J. Howell,
Samuel J. Howell, Chairman
John J. Larkin, Vice-Chr.
Catherine Carrick
Mace Brown
Grant Benson
: LITTLE DIXIE HAS A NEW
PROPRIETOR
Little Dixie lunch room, 2210 N.
24th street, across the St. from the
Tuxedo Billiard Parlor has been
leased by an ex-union Pacific chef,
Mr. Jim Pace, who is known to be
one of the best cooks in the North
end. Mr. Pace will open as soon
as decorations are completed.
{ Watch-the door for good eats.
ticket is mostly likely to be Thomas
E. Dewey, New York district at
torney.
A fraction more than 63 per cent
of the editors believe Roosevelt
will get the democratic nomina
tion. Second place is held by Secre
tary of State Cordell Hull, with -a
little more than 19 per cent.
The editors who thinks Dewey
will be nominated total 37.08 per
cent while 25.42 per cent think
Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio
will get the nomination and 24.58
per cent vote for Senator Arthur
H. Vandenberg of Michigan.
Trend to Conservatism
The poll taken by Current His
tory magazine, also asked the edi
tors whethers the sentiment in
their communities is more liberal
than in 1936, more conservative or
about the same. A fraction more
than 30 per cent of the editors
polled replied.
The editors report a 69.17 per
cent trend toward conservatism.
Only 2.71 per cent report more lib
eral sentiments while 24.17 per
cent detect no change.
Percentages for democratic
nominees were: Roosevelt, 63.13;
Hull, 19.38; McNutt, 4.79; Garner,
4.38; Wheeer, 2.08; Jackson, 1.49;
Farley, .62.
For republicans:: Dewey, 37.08;
Taft, 25.42; Vandenberg, 24.58;
Gannett, 1.67; Hoover, .63.
Preferences Different
The editors also were asked who
they thought the candidates should
be. Then Hull took the democratic
lead with Garner second and Roose
velt third. Vandenberg was the
republican preference with Dewey
second.
Preference percentages were:
Hull, 33.96; Garner, 25.83;
Roosevelt, 17.08; Wheeler, 5.42;
McNutt, 3.33; Byrd 2.29; Jackson,
2.08; Farley, 1.67; Clark, .63;
Glass, .21.
Republicans: Vandenberg, 44.79;
Dewey, 18.75; Taft, 16.88; Hoover,
8.13; Gannett, 4.58; Bricker, 3.96;
Martin, 3.54; Willkie, 1.88; Bar
ton, 1.67; Landon, 1.46.
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