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THE OMAHA GUIDE Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, June 14, 1941 rage 5
THE OMAHA GUIDE
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
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THE HERMAN LEWIS CASE
Last week The Omaha Guide
published a story about a beating giv
en Herman Lewis by the Omaha Police
Vice Detail in his own home.
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As we understand it, the law of
this state is that a police officer can
not legally make an arrest without a
warrant for a misdemeanor, unless the
offense is committed in his presence.
In this case the offense which the off
icers claimed had been committed was
not in their presence and they went to
the home of Mr. Lewis to make an ar
rest without any legal right to make
it. They entered the home without
legal right and beat Mr. Lewis into
unconsciousness. Mr. Lewis was un
armed and there were three police of
ficers armed with deadly weapons.
Why the beating?
Moreover, the police officers
knew Mr. Lewis was an Omaha fire
man and had been such for more than
eight years, yet they charged him with
vagraancy. Are the police imbued
with the notion,they can regulate the
private lives of citizens and their pri
vate morals in their private homes?
The invasion of the Lewis home was
not only illegal, but arrogant and im
pudent and it must not be permitted to
go unWhipt. of justice.
Furthermore, Herman Lewis is
not a tramp. He belongs to one of 0
maha’s oldest and most respected fam
ilies. His father (was at one time as
sistant pastor of St. John’s AME.
Church, his mother is a woman of the
highest Christian charcter and . blame
less life; one of his brothers, Dr. Jam
es Lewis, is a physician in Fort Scott,
Kansas, having graduated from the
Nebraska University Medical school,
and another brother, Joseph D. Lewis
is a successful undertaker of this city.
His sister is a graduate of Central
High school and an Omaha Business
College, is widely known and highly
respected throughout the community.
And this family has been property
owners and tax payers in Omaha for
60 years.
If the police can get away with
this, what home will be next? Will
they walk into your home without a
warrant and brazenly tell you I am in
here, and if you tell them to get out,
they place you under arrest and beat
you up and then charge you with re
sisting arrest and,take you into court
where you are fined a substantial sum.
No, that is not legal. And it will
not be allowed to stand until the
COURT OF LAST RESORT declares
such an outrage to lie the law of the
land. And if such a declaration is
made, we should proceed to abolish
courts and substitute policemen in
their place and stead.
Mr. Lewis is represented by able
counsel, both white and colored and we
should back them up to the limit of
our power. This must be done in rac
ial self-defense. For you know full
well that policemen would not think of
invading the home of white firemen in
like manner.
This is a case for the Negro
Ministers, the NAACP and other civ
ic bodies.
They should go before the city
council and demand that the officers
guilty of asaulting Mr. Lewis, be dis
missed from the police force.
DWIGHT GRISWOLD
Dwight Griswold is .Governor of
Nebraska. And if he serves wisely and
well all the constituents of his state,
without fear or favor ,a pathway
stretches out before him to a pinnacle
he little dreamed of when as a lad he
did his chores upon the farm.
He descends from Revolution
ary forbears, some of whom served
with Washington to make The United
States of America a free and independ
ent commonwealth. And long years
afterwards, his grandfather was the
friend and champion of Lincoln and
served him to help free a race and save
a nation. And in 1917, true to his fam
ily heritage, Dwight Griswold, t joined
the armed forces and fought as an A
merican Army officer to preserve civ
ilization. WHAT A SPLENDID
HERITAGE!
In the conduct of his office as
governor will he .prove to be worthy of
it? Will he be swayed by ignorance
and prejudice against religion and
race, or will he put them down and
serve as Governor of all the people?
And will he include among the,people
and the rewards and emoluments of
government, the Negroes of his state?
Will he have (the courage of his
noble and heroic sires, who dared to
do and die for justice and right and
freedom for all?
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Can he do, will he do, for the one
percent Negro population in Nebras
ka, what District Attorney Thomas E.
Dewey did for five percent Negro pop
ulation in New York City? Dewey ap
pointed two Negro lawyers as first
class deputies in his office and four
minor deputies. He thought of them
as men and women and citizens and he
has endeared himself to the 15,000,(«00
Negroes in the United States.
Dewey, too, has a fine American
background, but not one whit better
than Dwight Griswold’s.
There is your standard, Governor
we wait and watch hopefully to see you
reach it and maintain it, in spite of
some of your close advisers who are
immediate descendants of southern
slaveholders.
GERMANY VS. ENGLAND
Many colored men and . women
are privately expressing the hope that
Germany will be able to defeat Great
Britain and bring the war to the Uni
ted States and impose upon the white
people of America some of the cruelt
ies and injustices which colored people
through the long years have suffered
at the hands of the white ruling class
particularly the South.
It. is all too true that colored peo
ple have reason to be aggrieved. They
have had the longest average resi
dence in the United State of any race
except the Indian. And what they
have given in unrequited toil to the en
richment of the ^nation can never be
repaid*. Nor has their contribution
been less in war than in peace. They
have become the purest of American
stock, with no alelgiance to any coun
try but the United States. They have
witnessed many political and social an
omolies involving immigrants from
many foreign lands, and the, as yet,
unsuccessful'effort, to absorb them in
to our political life under free insti
tutions with allegiance to them alone.
White men who have been wielding
the sceptre of j)ower, alone are respon
sible for this regrettable mental atti
tude.
Those among us ( who would
choose the side of Germany may not
be familiar with the history of the
German government in relation to
DARK-SKINNED PEOPLE.
Long before the first world war,
King Leopold of Belgium who was of
German blood, permitted and directed,
the most cruel and brutal treatment
toward the natives of the Begian Con
go in Africa. The natives were re
qiured to collect rubber gum each day.
As time went on they had to go further
for the gum from the trees. They
were required to bring in a certain
number of pounds per day. But when
they fell below the required number,
the natives would have one hand cut
off; for a second,offense, they would
lose the other hand. At the end of
this barbarity, there were thousands of
natives without hands in the Belgian
Congo.
Sir Harry Johnston, a British
Consul in the Congo, persuaded the
English government to intervene on
behalf of the natives and these cruel
ties were stopped in the (Belgian Con
go an never again revived.
At the Peace Conference in
France after the first world war,
Lloyd George, speaking on behalf of
England, urged that Germany should
not have jurisdiction over weaker peo
ples in Africa, and presented German
documents showing that in the Camer
oons, a German colony in Africa, on
German Feast Days, one hundred nat
ive babies would be collected and the
German soldiers would throw them
out over the lake and shoot them with
rifle bullets as we here in America
shoot clay pigeonsin trap shoots. And
LloydrGeorgie argued that no nation
is fit to rule a subject race which prac
tices such heinous barbarity. And the
German colonies wTere taken from her.
But in that period many Germans of
high political and social rank were
friendly to many colored men, includ
ing the Kaiser Today, Hitler and his
advisers boldly promise to make all
conquered races slaves and to make the
black and dark peoples the slaves of
slaves. On the face of the record,
these things await colored people ev
erywhere, if Hitler wins this ^war.
On the other hand, if England
wins, the peoples who have been en
slaved will be a freed, and the dark
skinned peoples will themselves have a
new birth of freedom. In the years
which lie ahead, these dark races will
rise to a n ever growing level of equal
ity and opportunity, where more and
more emphasis will be placed on abil
ity and merit and not on prejudice and
color.
We admit that England and Am
erica are guilty before the God of na
ture of monstrous wrongs against
dark people. But we must choose the
English side; the lesser of two evils.
Under the English civilization we have
left for a while the weapon-of educat
ion. With this weapon here in Amer
ica, w e have reasonable hope of fight
ing our way to ultimate freedom and
equality of opportunity in our native
land.
SOCIAL NEWS
MODERN PRISCILLA ART &
STUDY CLUB
The ladies of the Modern Pris
cilla Art and Study club met June
4th with Mrs. Charles Murry as
hostess. The meeting was called
to order by the president. The
minutes of the last meeting were
read and dues collected. Each
member answered the roll call
with a quotation. The unfinished
business was taken up. Reports
on the rummage sale was heard
Mrs. U. S- Matthews reported that
she had secured the Elks club
place to hold the rumage sale
which will be Sat., June 21.
Again we wish to remind our
many friends that the Nebraska
State Federation of Colored Wom
en’s clubs will convene in Omaha
Nebraska, June 24th at Clair
Chapel Church with the Modern
Priscilla Art and Study club as
ohst. We are very happy to an
nounce the coming of Mrs. S. Joe
Brown of Des Moines, Iowa. Mrs.
Brown is the president of the Cen
tral Association of Colored "Wom
en clubs. Twelve states are in
the district while in the city she
will be the house guest of the R.
C. Prices. Two new names were
added to the roll, Mrs. Jane Alex
ander and Mrs. John Adams Sr.
The meeting adjourned to meet
June 18 with Mrs. Frank Johnson
as hostess. Mrs. R. C. Price,
president, Mrs. Frank Johnson,
reporter. Our motto “Lifting as
wte climb.”
BEAUTIFUL HOME
Viewing a beautiful home please
look at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Jones of 2866 Grant St.
WILL ARRIVE
Mrs. VanG ibson of Blytheville,
Ark-, cousin of Mrs. Claude Watts
and Mr. Homer Daniels will ar
rive in Omaha Sunday to visit
Mrs. Watts and make Omaha her
home.
Mrs. Gibson was preceeded by
her husband 2 weeks ago, who has
been employed by Watson bros.
transfer co.
Mrs. Gibson will be occompanied
with her three children Ollie Jean
Margarette and Dallas.
BEDFAST
Norman Ross, clerk at Johnson
Drug is bedfast again with tonsil
itis. We hope he will be well
soon.
MAKING A CALL
• •The Girl Athletic Association is
making a call for all Girls who
participated in the Omaha U bas
ketball. They are Commodores,
Roundtables, St. Benedicts, Sham
rocks. Please report at Mr. Dix
on’s house at 28th and Binney St.
REVIVAL
A revival was held by Rev. Ivy
at t he Church of God in Christ.
GIRL RESERVES
Girl Reserves of the five Omaha
high schools, Bellevue and the
North side YWCA, have elected
inter-club council officers.
MERIT AWARDS
The boys and girls of the 8th
grade at Howard Kennedy who
took part in the student govern
ment and for the fire patrol and
safety patrol, were presented A
wards of Merit for their fine
wbrk during the year.
TO CREIGHTON
Robert Nelson of Tech high re
ceived a scholarship for Creight
on.
MEETING ENDS
The meeting of the Church of
God in Christ ended June Sth.
Visitors were Bishop Williams of
Dallas, Texas, Elder Ivy from
Oklahoma city, Bishop Barker of
Kansas City, Mo., Rev. Brown of
Los Angeles, Sister Martha of Los
Angeles. Others from the state
of Iowa. Sister Mina of Council
Bluffs.
SPEAKER
Mrs. S. Joe Brown of DesMoines
Iowa will speak at the Nebraska
State Federation of Colored Wom
en’s clubs June 24th at Clair Chap
el Church. The public invited
CALIFORNIANS ENTERTAIN
ED—
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Paris of
2810 North 22nd St., entertained
Madam Louise Braxton and her
group from Pasadena, California
at a 6 o’clock dinner, Saturday,
June 7.
A ring of red roses centered
the table. Covers were laid for
eight.
After dinner the guest retired
to the beautiful living room where
they were entertained by Wendell
Jenkins at the piano and served
a demitasse.
Mrs. Braxton was passing thru
on her way to her summer home
which is located at Idle Wilds,
Michigan.
TWELVE LINKS CLUB
The Twelve Links met Thurs
day evening June 5 at the home
of Mrs. Isadore Wilson, 940 N.
27th St., the meeting was called
to order by the President at 8:45
The minutes were read and all the
fcusines transacted. Discussion
the picnic on June 15th and a twi
light lunch given on June 20th at
2706 Maple St.
The meeting adjourned early in
favor of the kitchen shower given
for our Pres. Miss Laveme Mc
Gough, who is to be married June
11. She was presented with ev
ery need for a red and white kit
chen- A very tasty repast was
served by the hostess, which was
very much enjoyed.
Next meeting will be with Mrs.
Juanita Bassett at 2920 N. 25th
St.
Laverne McGaugh, Pres., Sarah
Hall, Reporter.
THE CONSERVATIVE 12 CLUB
The Conservative 12 club held
their regular meeting June 4 in
the home of Mrs. Milleree Coilins
2414 Caldwell St. The meeting
was carried on in the usual man
ner, with the President presiding.
We wish to thank our members
and friends fo r their loyal sup
port in helping to make our Lawn
social a success. While refresh
ments were being served, Bobby
C. Montgomery, son of the host
ess, sang a few popular numbers
for the benefit of the guests. We
hope all members will be present
on our next meeting on June 11.
with Mrs. Virginia Nichols at
2521 Blondo St. Mrs. Leona Al
len, Pres., Mi’s. Mileree Collins,
Reporter.
KENTUCKY SINGERS
The Kentucky Singers, Mrs.
H. L. Braxton Jr.„ I. H. Brax
ton Sr-, directors. Mrs. Vera Ky
les pianist contralto. Mrs. Wood
Cultjura sopi/mo. Mrs. Braxton
Jr., was 2nd saprona. Mrs. Brax
ton St., sang asleep in the deep,
and the low notes register as
clear and much clearer than some
men’s- They Were touring in a
/
t Buick 41. Their home is in De
troit, Michigan. Mrs. Braxton
or., is a talented lecturer as wei.
as a singer. She spoke on the
same platform with Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt on the subject “The
difference between a house and a
home”, “Youth and Parents To
day!”
They sang Negro spirituals—
‘‘Down Jericho Road,” “Don’t you
hear them bells”, “Hand me down
to Jordan.” Mrs. Vera Woods
sang a beautiful solo. “Ethiopia,
Chief Cornerstone.”
MT. MORIAH
Church was well attended at
Mt. Moriah with the inclement
weather as it was. With the Rev.
Jones at his best a message in
spiring to all who heard it
CHICKEN DINNER
Mrs. Florence Barnes served a
very delicious chicken dinner for
some of her most prized friends.
SUCCESS
The Coronation Ball sure was a
success this year for the attend
ants was superb. The plan for
the ball this year was beautiful
from start to finish and some of
the latest creations were worn by:
the girls taking part.
LOVELY TEA
The Gamma Beta Chapter of
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority gave
a lovely tea in honor of the June
graduates at 3001 North 30th St.
at 6:00 p. m. A delightful time
was had by all who attended
GRADUATES PICNIC
The June graduates gave a pic
nic and dance afterwards for
friends at the Fontenelle Pavil
ion at the Fontenelle park, June 3
the picnic for the grads at 6-8.
The dance for friends from 8
to 11. Everyone had a lovely
time. Mosts and Bests were chos
en from the June c lass. Some
of them were— Most Popular Girl
Betty Riggs. Most Popular Boy,
Harvey Bridges,—Most likely to
succeed Girl, Katherine Taylor,
Most Likely to suceed boy, Milton
Mallory; Most Romantic Girl Wal
terine Wright, Man About Town,
Kenneth Maroney, The Peppiest
Girl, Vineta Swancey, The Best
Artist, Gaines Partridge, The
Best Dancer, Percy Byrd.
GROSS EICKS
The Gross Eicks of the North
Side Young Women’s Christian
Association gave their Formal
Dancing Party Wednesday June 4,
from eight to eleven p. m. at the
Fontenelle Pavilion, at Fontenelle
park. The affair was enjoyed by
who attended.
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WOMAN’S DAY PROGRAM AT
ZION SUNDAY AT 3 P. M. |
The following program was ren
dered on Sunday June 8, 911 by
the women of Zion Baptist Church
Music by Zion Baptist Chorus;
Prayer by Mrs. Ella Cochran
Music by Zion Baptist Ladies
Chorus; Paper by Mrs. Cora Hay
nes, Pres, of Women Auxiliary of
New Era Assn.. Vocal Solo by
Mrs. Rose Buckner; Instrumental
Solo by Mrs. Wendell Thomas
Vocal Solo, Mrs. Irene Morton;
Address by Mrs. Herbert Wiggins
Music by Clair’s Chapel Ladies
Chorus; Violin Solo, by Miss Hel
en Wheeler; Instrumental Solo bv
Miss Bertha L. Davis; Finance
Committee, Mrs. Susie Yancy, Mrs
Stella Glover, and Mrs. Jessie V.
Hilton; Mistress of Ceremonies,
Mrs. A. L. Hawkins; Mrs. G.
Flanogan, Pres., Rev. W. C. Will
iams, pastor.
Little Margie Payne, the young
junior capt. of the pew rally rais
ed $4.04 during the afternoon in
her pew which was called the
“Browne Street Pew”. Good work
Margie.
WILLING WORKERS
The Wililng Workers Club of
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
held its regular meeting Tuesday
night June 3rd at the home of
Mrs. Charity McGee 2302 Grace
St., with a very large attendance.
Refreshments were served by the
hostess Mrs. McGee. The next
meeting will be held at the churchi
and a free social will be given and
the club wishes all members and
friends to be present on Tutsday
night, June 17, 1941. The mem
bers of the club wishes the speedy
recovery of their president Mrs.
Sallie W^iite who met with a mis
fortune sometime ago. Mrs. Lin
dsay has been elected vice presi
dent for the remaining year.
Mrs. Lindsay, Vice Pres., Mrs.
W. L- White, Sec’y and Reporter,
Rev. F. P. Jones, Pastor. %
SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. W. E Fort, Pastor
L. A. Henderson, Reporter
Sunday school opened on time
by the Supt. The 1 o’clock serv
ice was very much enjoyed. The
pastor preached fi«om the 23i-d
Psalms “The Lord is My Shepherd
During this service we had one
connect for Baptism. At 3 oclock
we were very pleased to have
Pleasant Green worship with us.
The effort was very sucessful
B. T. U. opened at the usual
hour.
Evening service opened by the
Deacons, the Pastor gave a very
soul stirring message and the
choir rendered special service.
Our delegates are ready for the
convention and everyone seems to
be falling in line now. We will
be glad to have you come and
worship with us. Visitors always
welcome.
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JUNIOR AND SENIOR PROM
(by Bertha Davis)
The Gross Eikes of the North
Side YWCA, whose sponsor is Mrs
Vann, gave their Annual Junior
and Senior Prom at FonteneUe
Pavilion at Fontenelle Park, June
4, 1941. This prom was well at
tended. The formals were too
numerous to mention, but I will
tell you about a few of the beauti
ful formals worn—Miss Rozella
Thomas, wore a gorgeous white
formal and maroon velvet evening
jacket- Miss Beatrice Berkley,
wore a lovely blue satin formal.
Miss Leona Edwards looked, so
demure in her light blue formal.
Miss Bertha Davis wore a cotton
pique south American formal and
a leopard fur coat. Miss Bessie
Taylor looked so sophisticated in
her dark blue formal with white
dots and a white chenille evening
wrrap with a hood. The Kincaiae
sisters looked gorgeous in their
blue formals. Miss Joyce Hal!
looked so dignified in her beauti
ful black formal. The boys also
looked fine. Mr. David Hughes
i wore a very attractive suit. Mr.
Joseph Wright wore draped pants
and a gray blue coat. Mr. Will
ard Wright was also draped. Lew
is Baker looked fine and mellow
in his dark brown suit. Mr. Ben
jamin Burton Was dressed to a
fine.. There were many other
boys and girls who really looked
nice in their suits and formals.
Boys wore tuxedoes namely Jam
es Mosley and Theasa Stone- I
wish you all could have seen these
ytoung sophisticated and aristo
crats at -the Prom.
This Week In Religion
and Thought
BY ROBT. L. MOODY
Inspiration Through Meetings
From now until October there
will be many inspiring associat
ions, camp meetings conferences,
and conventions among our church
groups. Every church worker
needs the inspiration that comes
from meeting with others. In so
doing, we are able to share ex
pjeriences, problems and visions,
and with these,w e should be able
to build a more effective church.
We are, greatly blessed to have
freedom to meet without the pres
ence of a gestapo. Our meetings
should be gatherings wherein we
thank God for these blessings and
join in United prayer and planning
for the conditions our country and
the entire world. If our meeting
place become modern upper rooms
we are likely to receive a refill
ing of the Holy Spirit- We mav
have a repitition of Pentecost in
that many souls may be born into
the Kingdom of God.
W/e extend greetings to the
New Era Baptist Association and
ether groups that will meet dur
ing this season.
POMINENT OHIO PHYSICIAN
KILLED IN HEAD-ON
Columbus, 0., June 11 (ANP)
Dr. J. Harmon Wilson, 47, prom
inent physician who had practiced
in Columbus for 21 years, was fat
ally injured when his car was in
a head-on auto collison on th«
highway between Brownsville and
Linville.
Dr. Wilson suffered a skull
fracture, fractured left leg and in
ternal injuries and died in New
ark City hospital shortly after be
ing taken there. He is a grad
uate of Ohio State university,
^vhere he earned a Phi Beta Kap
pa key.
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LOOK FOR THE BEST
(by William Henry Huff for ANP
search with eagle eyes for
what is best
In every person whom I meet
And treat each one as I would
treat a guest
Without that venom of deceit.
In each and all I find a let of
good
Which causes me to leap for
joy; i-F'
This search for good when truly
understood
Will every hateful strife des
troy.
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