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I CITY EDITION , PRICF _ 5cts. I ••• WHITE SOUTHERNER „ PAYS FINE FOR NEGROES NEGROES; SAVES THEM Greenville, Miss.. Sept. 4 (A^JP* —M. Noble, white owner of the Merry Spot cafe here, proved a friend in need last week wihen he paid the fines imposed on a ffroup of Negroes from the Norwest and saved them from aprison term. Mr. Noble is also owmer of the Harlem Theatre here. LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY 1————■—^^^^^. — .. ”” — .. l!liinw*“hS*conwElV5i71*Mer 11 Po,t office• 0ra*h*' N*br- under Act ol M,rth 8> 1874- Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, September 7, 1940 OUR 13th YEAR—Number 25 GIRL LEAPS IN FRONT OF 1’ THAI ^ - - - - - - KILLED FADED ROMANCE CAUSES EXPECTANT MOTHER TO - SEEK SOLACE IN DEATH By Blaine Poindexter Deceived by the man she loved and deserted by him just at the time when she most needed his care and protection in a serious crisis facing her, a young woman was driven to suicide Monday morning. She ended her life by jumping in front of a speeding Englewood train which mangled her body when she leaped from the platform of the 51st Street elevated station. When Miss Willa Mae Petti grew 19 years old 619 East 50th street first met David Lockett, 526 Oakwood Boulevard some time ago it was tihe beginning of an un timely end for her. The girl fell in love with Lockett and he made her believe that he was in love with her. Her romance with Lockett filled the girl with peace and happiness as time wfent on. She trusted him more and more, acceded to his passionate demands of Iher until the crisis was reached. Affections Wane When she told him after a time that she was going to be tlhe mother of his child, Lockett’s af fections for Miss Pettigrew wan ed He began to avoid her. She found it difficult to get in touch with him. When she called him by phone at ihis home which she fre quently did, she was told by the party answering the phone that he was not in. Tlhen, disillusioned, realizing that she was being left alone by the man she trusted—the man to whom she lhad given all, Miss Pet tigrew lost her desire to live. She made this known to Miss Marian Attemus. 5726 Calumet Avenue, her best girl friend for two years. She lhad told Miss Attemus: “Don’t be surprised if I am fish ed out of the lake some day.’’ At another time sihe told her friend: “If I had a gun I would kill my self.” Writes Letter To Lover Last week after a few more vain attempts to see or talk over the phone with Lockett, Miss Pet tigrew definitely made up her mind to kill herself. One of Iher last acts was to write a letter to Lockett- Tlhe long missive was sealed in a stamped envelope ad dressed to him. Shortly after 11 a m. she ascended to the platform of tihe 51st street elevated station. She waited until she saw a speed ing north bound Englewood train approaching. As it neared the sta tion, the unlhappy girl threw hen purse behind her and leaped in front of the train. Body Mangled Her body was ground to pieces. Fifth district police recovered her purse and found In it her let ter addressed to Lockett. In tthe missive Miss Pettigrew accused Lockett of being the father of her expected child. She told him that slhe knew now that he no longer wanted her since he had refused to see her any more. The remains were taken to the morgue of McHenry and Calhoun, 5047 Indiana avenue. The unhappy girl was the sister of Miss Eva Pettigrew, 711 Park Avenue, Wil mette, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs Neil Pettigrew of Chat tanooga, Tenn. The remains were shipped to her parents. The police were unable to locate Lockett. Their repeated visits to his home to find him were in vain. TRIBUNE STRIKES AGAIN In its editorial columns in the! issue of Friday, August 16, the Chicago Tribune again takes up the cause of colored Americans on the issue of enlisting our colored youths in the armed forces of the nation. The Tribune’s editorial, ‘‘Negroes in The Army’’ follows: When the United States army consisted of 35 regiments of corn bat troops of those regiments were composed of colored troops. Today with the number of line re giments more than tripled, there are still only four colored regi ments. two of infantry and two of cavalry. The Negro regiments have had honorable combat records in all the wars in whidh they have fought Because of limited economic op portunities in civilian life they never have trouble recruiting to full strength. Most of their mem bers are veterans of several en listments. Yet in spite of their record Ne groes are subjected to almost as j gPeat discrimination in the army as they are in tihe navy, which ac cepts them only as cooks and waiters. The 10th calavrjy is an example. Its fighting records is perhaps the best known of any colored organization, dating back to the Indian wars. Today, and for some years past, the bulk of the regiment has been split between West Point and Fort Leavenworth. Its members are employed chiefly as grooms and horseholders for officers and cadets. The proportion of colored regi ment in the army should be re stored to the old ratio of) about one in nine, would mean about a dozen regiments in place of the present four. The army’s prejudice against colored troops is only one, of its numerous stupidities that should be abandoned in tihe inter est of sound national defense. REPUBLICANS NAME NEGRO CAMPAIGN AIDES Washington, Sept. 5 (CNA) — Francis E. Rivers of New York City and Sidney B. Redmond of St. Louis lhave been appointed as heads of the Eastern and the Western sections, respectively, of the Colored Division of the Rep resentative Joseph W. Martin, Jr, chairman of the Republican Na tional Committee. Rivers, wlho was in charge of the Eastern section of the colored division during the Landon cam paign four years ago. is a mem ber of the staff fif 'Thomas E. Dewey, District Attorney of New York County. He is a graduate of Yale College, and of the Harvard Law School. He has served as an Assemblyman of the State of New rYork, is a member of the Associ ation of the Bar1 of the City of New York, and of the New York County Lawyers Association. Redmond -was graduated from Harvard College in 1923 and from the Harvard Law School in 192(1.1 He is now serving his second term as president of the National Bar Association. Miss Mary Hedee Wiggins, the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Herbert Wiggins is spending the vacation in the city with relatives and friends. Miss Wiggins is from the Augnest Hospital of Relighton, N- Carolina, and (has a three weeks vacation. MEET BEAUTIFUL MISS BRONZE AMERICA mce, beautiful miss bronze ameri To the beautiful brown girl pic tured here went the title of “Miss Bronze America’’ and $300 in cash awarded by the American Negro Exposition in a nationwide con test to select the damsel who best represents the ideals of Negro womanhood. The winner, Miss Miriam Ali ,19, "Miss Chicago De fender,” was the choice of judges at tihe finals during which Duke Ellington's band played. A native of Chicago. Miss AU is a sopho moro student at Illinois Stato Nor mal University. More than 10,000 saw her crowned last Monday night. MISS BRONZE AMERICA CHOSEN AT EXPOSITION 10,000 CHEER DANCE TO DUKE ELLINGTON Chicago, Sept. 6—>A 19 year old student at Illinois State Normal university is the nation’s most beautiful brown girl and owns the title. “Miss Bronze America,’’ be stowed upon her along with $300 cash by the American Negro Ex position last Monday night. She is Miriam AU, a gorgeous bundle of copper loveliness repre resenting the Chicago Defender, who was crowned before 10,000 widly cheering enthusiasts of both races who attended the finals and listened to the tour id strains of Duke Ellington's great band. Finishing second and third were two girls likewise pretty enough to make a sultan desert his harem and renounce all thoughts of big amy. Iona Varnum, representing the Chicago Bee, was second, and received $150 with Gladys Wells, representing the Levy Chappell agency. Jackson, Miss-, third. Her prize was $50. These were the winners among tho most dazzling array of Negro beauty ever assembled. A total of 26 girls, all of them winners in preliminary contests conducted throughout the nation, were pres ent to compete in the finals. They were survivors of a starting field numbering more than 1,500. Finals were held beginning at midnight in the Exposition Thea tre. Each contestant dressed in an organdy gown. paraded alone across the stage before the nine judges who used special ballots to grade her on popularity, person ality, carriage, gracefullness. sym metry, poise, torso and general features. There were five ratings on each of these poor, fair, good, excel lent, extraordinary. Points were j from one- for poor, to five for ex traordjnary. n The judges were locked in a room guarded by police while a statistician checked the point tot als to decide the winner. Each judge was permitted to recheck tihe vote to insure absolute fair ness- Because of the care exercis ed by the judges to insure com plete impartiality, it was not un til 2:30 a.m. that the winner could be announced and crowned in the Court of Dioarmas where Duke Ellington was playing. The crown was placed on tihe winner’s head by James W. Washington, presi dent and founder of the Exposi tion. Choice of the judges was not made until 15 minutes before the finals started. A list was present ed and the judges chosen from this list by members of the Expo sition Authority. They were Dean William Pic kens, field secretary. AANCP, New York; Jesse 0. Thomas, field secretary, National Urban league. Atlanta; Alonzo J. Aden, curator of art, Howard university, Wash ington; Mrs. Cordelia Johnson, president, National B<’auty Cultu rists’ association. Jersey City; George W. Cox, vice president, N. C. Mutual Life Insurance company Durham; A. L. Foster, secretary. Chicago Urban league; Lloyd Isaacs, treasurer, Tuskegee Insti tute; Mrs. Marjorie Stewart Joy ner. nationally known beauty ex pert, Chicago, an<l Donald Davis, treasurer Hampton institute. S. C YOUTH ACHES FOR HITLER’S SCALP Columbia, S C. Sept. 6 (ANP)— George McDavid, 18, declared that he was “as strong as any man on earth’’ and flhe man to "get old Hitler’’ last week when he applied here to enter the army. His appli cation said he wanted to join the army because Ihe desired to be a soldier, to learn traeds and to ‘.help get old Hitler before he gets our country.’’ First Sgt. Chester R. Vaughn, recruiting officer said he had fill ed the ftr-st quota ever assigned Ihere of ten Negroes for duty with the 41st engineers at Fort Bragg, N. C. but would "sign that boy up if he got another quota. TWO MEN TAKE LIVES IN STRANGE SUICIDE PACT Las Angeles (ANP)—Two mens died in a down town hotel Thurs day in a strange suicide pact. They were Tom Winston, 15, and Bill White, 19 Both men commit ted suicide at a Japanese hotel. Winston was first found in his room by O. Oka. the proprietor^ who had begun to wonder at his non-appearance so late in the dry. Sprawled in a chair beside a table, tihe man had been dead for several hours. In a glass near his hand were the remains of a deadly mixture of ant-paste and whiskey. Under the glass was a note which read: ‘•'phis is the death cup. It is very bitter, but I drank it- It is the only way out.” I The body was removed, and the excitement that had arisen in the neighborhood from the discovery died down until 7 o’clock that avening when it broke out anew. Just as the clock struck the hour, Bill White, in the adjoinging room, crawled out on a balcony, and in sight of scores of passers by leaped four floors down to the street. He died instantly, his body crumpled into a grotesque bulk. With few clues to work on, in vestigators from the coroner’s and the district attorney’s offices de cided that the two men must have agreed upon a suicide pact. They were friends and had arrived in town but a few days previously, registering at the hotel together. Night School For Adults Changed To Technical The Omaha Night High School for adults has been transfered from Central High School to Tech nical High Sohool. September 9. at 7 p. m. There is no tuition as this school is under the Vocational Department of the Omaiha Public Schools and the W1PA. All teachers meet the qualifications required by the public schools of this city. Classes will be offered in English, science, languages, mathmematics. economics (food a»d clothing), history, dramatic, public speaking, grammar, arithmetic and "civics. High school and eight grade dip lomas are granted by tihe public sohool board to those students who /have earner! the necessary credits. Classes will be held on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings Omaha Public Schools Work Projects Administration Night High Sohool for Adults September 9. 1940 Monday, Tuesday and Thursday Technical High School Tentative Schedule 7:0Q to 8:00 p. m. Geomery I or II..,._Miss Ryan American History Miss Randall World History . Mrs. Seesko English I & Business English ..... Miss Welch Spanish V .. Mrs. Haas Public Speaking I ... Miss Decker Everyday Science I......... •Practical Eng. III... Mrs. Murphy •Arithmetic . Miss Dill •Citizenship .............. Miss Michael Economics Foods & Clothing . 8:00 to 9:00 Algebra II. .. Miss Ryan Spanish I.... ...Mrs. Haas Modern Problems. .. Mrs. Randall Public Speaking II Miss Decker English III..;Miiss Welch Everyday Science... History of Eng Literature .. Mrs. Seesko •Reading-Spelling . Miss Dill •Government ...... Mrs. Murphy 9:00 to 10:00 Algebra ...... Miss Ryan English VII ....__ Miss Welch Contemporary Hist. Mrs. Randall German .Mrs. Seesko Dramatics .™.„. Miiss Decker French .. Mrs. Haas •Grammar ... Mrs. Murphy •History ....... Miss Dill •Starred courses are Grade Work Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Parker 2825 No. 24th /have returned from St. Louis, Mo. where they attend ed the Elks Convention. Mr. Par ker who is employed was on his vacation- He said he had witness ed a greater parade in St. Louis by the Elks. Mrs. Parker said she also was very much impressed with the parade and the uniforms! especially those of Memphis, Tenn., and those of Miss Beal Street In the parade. They said they also impressed with the pro gjess and beautiful homes of Ne groes there. Ace Electrician .... Walter M. Dawson, only N'egro member of the International Bro therhood of Electrical Workers of the World and an employee of the Sargent Engineering company, who will become maintenance el ectrician for tne Bedford Dwellings and Terrace Village in Pittsburgh when his present contract expires, The husband of Mary Cardwell Dawson, president of the Natim al Musicians’ Association, Mr Dawson recently accompanied his wife to Chicago to attend the as sociation convention. (ANP photo*— California Publisher Edward Grubbs, Editor and Pub lisher of the Silhouette Pictorial magazine, 665 N. Broadway. Los Angeles, “the aristocrat of public ations”. Mr. Grubbs, only Negro proprietor of an engraving plant on the West Coast, was born in San Francisco 43 years ago, and has lived in Sacramento and San ta Cruz. At an early age Mr. Qrubbs got an apprentice job in an engraving plant and learned tne trade. In 1921 he moved to Los Angeles and worked for nine years in white engraving plants as an engraver, getting special exper ience in moving picture engraving In 1930 Mr. Grubbs established the Acada Engraving plant, and a year ago he began publishing The Silhouette, wnich is distinguished for its beautiful pictures. In the season from November to May, Cuba exported 109,688,799 pounds of fres(h vegetables to the United States compared with 62, 039,546 pounds in the 1938-39 sea son. SATURDAY & MONDAY ONLY -SEPTEMBER 7th & 9th A BREAK FOR YOU AT JOE’S FOOD MARKET 2422 NORTH 24TH ST. 1 LB. BUTTER-NUT COFFEE 22c This tear sheet and 22c will get you 1 pound of Butter-Nut Coffee at Joe’s Food Market! HURRAY before the supply is gone. J >e Redeems Orange and Blue Food Stamps. Watch the Guide each week for Joe’s Big Bargains!!!