LET’S CHAT WeU folks I’m' certainly glad to be hack with you after a week’s vacation with some killing: inflatn. n inti on about our good brothers and sisters. DUMB OR D— Well folks I guess a certain little lady is still knocking around tliesc joints on 24th st.,—She has worked in about every joint on the alvctiue. Rut before she left her last position at the Apex bar an other lady walks up to her and said “Listen hussey, was you out vrtith my old man Tuesday night.’’ This smart little girl said, yes, you snake in the grass. I was out with your hot poppa. Boy right then J started to move, because I thought this young lady should have been crossin’ the Douglas St. bridge for those fighting words, but 1 guess sho was so dumb or just didn't give a dam. I’LL TAKE IT MAMA I Boy! O boy! wns a certain eight rock Lucky the other night— he wpnt to a, little mamas house, he busted up to the door and opened it—went walking thru the house - -- Always Carry A Camera... 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June 1. 1940 For Reservation Call— AT-0998 mmhmwmmmhmmmm Keep Cool— I Cook Electrically! | ...Electric Roasters Keep Kitchens Cooler! There's ireedom galore and cool comfort, too, when an Electric Roaster goes to work. No matter how hot the day. you can have a cool kitchen the electric way! It's fun cooking with an Electric Roaster—just as it's fun to enjoy the conveniences made possible by all electric servants. By consis tently reducing electric rates, the Nebraska Power Company has brought better living within the reach of every home it serves. imfi/eutfe/te*... ELECTRICITY IS SEE YOUR DEALER OR THE NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY NOSING AROUND COLORED OMAHA —by PWR HOMICIDE RATE DOWN— Not many years ago, Wo eould expect an outbreak of ‘'passions'’ murders at thi8 time of year. Something has happened too that annual habit it seems. Beginning with the hot weather the wave of killing occurred with the regularity of the sun’s rising. “Man Slays W5fe,” “Hubby Kills Rival’’ “Man Dead Over Crap Game", were the headliners told of the annual, slaughter in those days. In spitp of the great number of such killings, authorities often had trouble convicting the perpet rators. Negroes, they said were reluctant to testify against an other Negro in these cases. Often persons known to have willfully committed murder, went free or served very little time be cause of lack of witnesses. Maybe the# law is becoming harsher, or maybe we are less in clined to murder each other. At any rate there is a very noticeably decrease in th,e«e crimes. IT WOULDNT WORK Back at the turn of the century a railroad imported a large group ocf colored people to poptuLaie a part of western Npbraska. The clonists weie given neces sary equimenti to raise crops, build, homes in the area wlhich chiefly consisted of rich fertile iland, id'*al for agricultural purposes, Evidently the erstwhile colon ists weren’t of back-to-farm mind pd, for after a couple s)rap|e (iriok, a jeU eating stunt and a balancing feat we recall. His name he said, was Thomas Wendell Feral., originally from Hattiesburg. Mjiss. He picked up his profession while walking a round circuses and carnivals or_ ound the country. He came to Omaha from Los Angeles “beating” his way by rail. First appearance here was at the BlUeroo/m, It wlas following this engagement, he then hied him Belf to the other end of Chocolate avenue. Tho his nenuiiieration irom thrice nightly skits is anything gut huge, he goes through his act with admirable confidence. He said the hard knocks count for nothing when one has a goal in view That goal, he explained to me, was tl\e stage. Wie hope he attains his goal, for iwe would! enjoy seeing a sepian magician and an escape artist on the stage. NOTES ON A CUFF— Success of a recent dance given at the Chermot ballroom, has the backers speculating over advisab ility of bringing one of the name bards to that location soon. De troit Negroes enjoy the facilities of the Grayistone ballroom in that ' city once a week—It is said to be (Hie of the largest and most mod | em in the country—It’s a funny thin^g, fully contrary tk> common belief the so-called “ho*'” records run second to the softer, sweeter sentimental tune9 wUiich gives us an insight on Sepian musical tastes—A magazine of the review type is scheduled to appear here shortly—We hope this much need ed additiion to N.egro journalistic gets the subscription it deserves. 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MOODY Negro Improvement— The following statements are quoted from) the ‘'Pilgrim Holi kiess Advocate’ and tie “United Presbyterian” They are facts about which we should be proud but they also reveal much room for greater achievement by us with the cooperation of other; groups. “There are 12.000,000 Negroes in the United States, and the great, eist improvements in the race have came since the beginning of the world W|ar. There are no