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Under Act"of March 8? 1874—Business Phone/ WE. \ , braskatQmaha Nebraska, Saturday, July 19,1941 OUR 14th YEAR, Number 18 City Edition, 5c Copy
HERMAN LEWIS FIRED?
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COMMISSIONERS GIVE OFFICERS WHOM
LEWIS CHARGES WITH ENTERING HIS
HOME WITHOUT A WARRANT, “A Clean
Whitewash”
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The Omaha City Council
Tuesday morning found Herman
Lewis* a city fireman, guilty of
the charges made against him of
conduct unbecoming a city fireman
of interferring with police officers
—resisting arrest, and unfitness
to remain in the city service as
such.
The case was tried before the
city coui; 1 on 'hh * ’
10th days of July, rne eviuenee
shiowed that three police officers
went to the home of Mr. Lewis on
the evening of May 27th, claiming
they were seeking a Negro pros
titute who looked like an Indian.
They were asked by Mr. Lewis if
they had a warrant to make an
arrest of a person in his home and
they said, “No.” Whereupon Mr
Lewis called his attorney, Mr. C.
• E. Walsh and inquired of him
whether or not the officers could
make an arrest of a person in his
home without a warrant, and his
lawyer advised him they could not.
And according to the testimony on
behalf of Mr. Lewis when he told
the officers what his lawyer had
said two of them assaulted him
and beat him into unconsciousness,
and therafter arrested an Indian
girl who was in the home looking
after the children of Mr. Lewis in
conjunction with a niece of Mr.
Lewis’, and also arrested Mr. Lew
is. Both of tuem were- taicen to
jail. The girl was booked as a
vagrant and marked hold and lock
ed in a cell in the city jail, and
Herman Lewis w&s charged with
vagarancy, interferring with po
lice officers, resisting arrest and
assault and battery.
Growing out of this beating Mr.
Walter Korisko, fire commissioner
presented charges before the city
council signed by Fire Chief A
W. Olsen charging the bruised and
battered fireman as stated here
tofore.
The vote of the council to dis
miss Mr. Lewis was unanimous,
and it represents a complete white
wash’ of the police officers who
according to Mr. Lewis’ attorneys
were legally wrong. Immediate
ly after the vote to dismiss Mr.
Lewis was made, his attorneys
announced they would appeal the
conviction and dismissal bo the
District Court of Douglas County'
Nebraska and seek a reversal of
the vote to dismiss. It was also
intimated that several other law
suits will be brought in connection
with the case which has created
wide spread criticism among the
Negroes of the community as a
result of police brutality.
The only commissioner making
any comment while the vote was
being taken was Commissioner
Roy N. Towl who. acting true to
form, gave the police officers his
verbal “whitewash*.”
PROTESTING COLOR BAR,
NEW YORKER ASKS PLACE
MENT WITH RACE TROOPS
New York—Because he sincere
ly believes in true democracy, Ro
ger Starr, youi g New York writ
er. filed with his local draft board
Wednesday. July 9th .a vigorous
ly worded protest against the den
ial of democratic rights to Negro
AjneriJxns. The protest acaom
panied Mr. Starr’s questionaire in
which he placed himself in class I.
Mr. Starr sent to the NAACP
a copy of hi3 protest which reads
in part:
“You will note that I have ap
propriately filled out the part of
my questionnaire dealing with *ny
racial ancestry. As a white, the
Army wants to place me in a unit
with white troops. I should pre
fer being placed with Neg’-o
troops, for then they would be
come mixed troops: American
troops. Certainly there are oth
ers beside myself who went to
school with Negro boys, who learn
ed beside them the history of our
country and the theory of its gov
ernment and who want to be al
lowed to contribute their services
to their country under conditions
AGRICULTURIST
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THOMAS N. ROBERTS recent
ly appointed special assistant to
the director of personnel in the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
with offices at Washington- For
merly in charge of the country
wide soil conservation and land
utilization project at Tuskcgee
which attracted nation wide at
tention! Mr- Roberts has been
working this year at the Univers
ity of Wisconsin on his doctorate.
His special field is economics and
he will concentrate on securing I
and placement of training young
people for the department.
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that do not hold that theory to
ridicule.”
Specifically named by Mr. Starr
as weaknesses in the democratic
system were discrimination a
gainst Negroes in the administra
tion of the Selective Service Act,
Segregation of Negro troops from
white, denial of equal opportunity
to Negroes in the air corps, their
total exclusion from the marine
corps and relegation in the navy
to mess attendant, and anti-Negro
training and employment policies
by large corporations.
RANDOLPH, WHITE ASK AT
LEAST TWO NEGROES ON
PRESIDENT’S ANTI-DISCRIM
INATION BOARD
New York—At least two Negro
members of the board to be ap
pointed by the President as pro
vided for in his executive order
banning discrimination in defense
employment and training were re
quested by A. Philip Randolph,
president of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters and director
of the Negro March committee,
and Wlalter White, executive sec
retary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, when they conferred in
Washington, Thursday, July 10,
with Sidney Hillman, co-director
of the Office of Production Man
agement.
Mr. Randolph and Mr. White
stressed the importance of the ap
pointment of at least two outsband
ing and qualified Negroes to the
board which will be attached to the
Office of Production Management
to hear, investigate and act upon
complaints of discrimination in in
dustries holdng government con
tracts and vocational training
courses.
It was also stressed that the en
tire board be made up of outstand
ing persons of real ability- and
that appointment must be made
without further delay.
JAILED AND FINED FOR
DRUNKEN DRIVING
Following an accident w'hioh. oc
curred on Monday near 30th and
Lake Street when his auto collid
ed with the motorcycle of an of
ficer who was chasing a speeder,
William Phipps, of 2617 Parker
St., was arrested and charged with
drunken driving. The following
day in police court Judge O’Brien
fined him $5-00, sentenced him to
30 days in jail, and suspended his
driver’s license for 18 months.
Omnibus Corporation Employs 10 More Negroes
URBAN L’GE PLANS YOUTH
CAMP IN COOPERATION
WITH WPA DEPARTMENT
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DETROIT WOMAN WHO
KILLED PHYSICIAN HUSBAND
ALLEGEDLY OVER WHITE
WOMAN FREED ON BOND
Detroit, July 16 (ANP)— Mrs.
Evelyn Byrd, 38, attractive red
haired widow of Dr. Floyd Byrd
whom she is charged with slaying
with a gun last week, was releas
ed the same day on a bond of $2000
This highly unusual procedure in
a murder case under Michigan
law\ was said to be due to a com
bination. of circumstances. Thef
recorder’s court judge was said to
have been lenient; three promin
ent and powerful lawyers appear
ed in her behalf, Edward A. Sim
mons, Charles Roxborough and
Harold E. Bledsoe; and there were
special circumstances surrounding
her case.
Rumor has it that the dispute
which led to Mrs. Byrd shooting
her husband arose over a young
white girl who used to live in th©
house as a servant and with whom
Dr. Byrd is said to have become
infatuated. The doctor lost his
life on his 17th wedding annivers
ary after refusing to take his wife
out in celebraton of the event.
CHIEF COUNSEL ASKED TO
STATE SCOPE OF TRUMAN
COMMITTEE
New York—In a wire to Hugh
A. Fulton, chief counsel for the
special committee investigating
the national defense program, the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People ask
ed his advice on the scope of the
Truman committee hearings which
are scheduled for July.
The wire requested that Mr.
Fulton state the number of wit
nesses the Truman committee can
hear on the issue of racial discrim
ination, number of days it prom
ises to devote to the hearngs, if
committee plans to invite or sub
poena policy making government
heads, such as secretaries of War
and Navy, directors of OPM; em
ployers holding defense contracts,
labor union heads and qualified
persons who have been discrimin
ated against.
The chief counsel was also re
quested to state if the Truman
committee can include in its scope
discrimination in armed forces,
and whether or not he or any in
vestigators have made investigat
ions of discrimination against Ne
groes and others in the defense
program.
TRAINING OF 99TH PURSUIT
SQUADRON STARTS JULY 19
AT TUSKEGEE
Washington. July 16 (ANP1 —
July 19 has been set by the War
Department as the date on which
training will begin for members
of the 99th pursuit squadron at
Tuskegee. Ten youths will form
the initial class and they will bi
gin a five Week pre-flight course.
Other sections of 10 will be added
periodically, so that a total of 30
will be in training at all times and
100 pilots wil be competely trained
within a year.
SCHOOL BOARD DELAYS
EQUAL PAY SUIT
..New Orleans. La.,—An .exten
sion of 20 days in which -to -file
andwer to the equal pay suit fil
ed by Joseph McKelpin was re
quested last week by the school
board of Newr Orleans Parish. The
reason given for the request was]
that it could not be determined
whether the state’s attorney gen
eral or the attorney for the local
school beard should represent the
defendants.. • It was later decided
that both would handle the case
for the school board.
A. P. Tureaud of this city and
Thurgood Marshall, special coun
sel for the NAACP. are attorneys
for Mr. McKelpin.
? For the first time in five years
any Negro boy or girl of our Com- (
imunity will have the chance to en
joy seven days of real camp life,
at Harriett Harding Camp, locat
ed at Louisville, Nebr. Period for
girls—August 13, 20th, will be
under the supervision of Mrs.
Grayce A. Bradford who has just
returned from a Girl Scout camp
training period held at Camp Der
ricotte, Troy, Missouri, and WPA
Recreation workers and Girl
Scout Troop leaders. Highlights of
the girls’ period will be: out doer
crafts, swimming, /archery, tennis,
hiking out door cooking, singing,
and camp fire ceremonials. Period
for boys—August 25th-Sept. 1st
will be under the supervision of
Mr. Martin Thomas Boys’ Direct
or of the Omaha Urbon League
Community Center and WPA. Re
creation workers as councilors and
instructors. The boys’ program
will feature: Swrimming, sports,
crafts, group competition, group
nature study, singing and stunt
night programs.
With the Assistance of the WP
A. Recreation Department, the
camp fee has been reduced to a
minimum of $4.50 per week per
person.
“Mothers, fathers, and intef^st
ed friends of children," said Mr.
Martin Thomas ‘should realize
that this is an opportunity to pro
mote health in out door camping
for our youth. Mothers and fa
thers plan to send your boy and
girl to their period. Interested
persons are asked to sponsor some
boy or girl whose parents cannot
afford to send their children."
One dollar registers a boy or girl
at the Urban League 2213 Lake
Street; Balance payable upon date
camp opens. Registration will be
taken until August 1.
28 SENATORS READY TO
SUPPORT S. R. 75
Washington.D .C.—Twenty-eight
United States senators have al
ready stated their intention to
support an investigation of dis
crimination against the Negro in
all phases of the national defense
program as provided for in Sen
ate Resolution 75, it was announc
ed by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
Senate Resolution 75 would es
tablish a committee of eight sen
ators to investigate all cases of
discrimination in the army, the
navy, the air corps, vocational
training and employment in def
ense industries. The resolution has
been temporarily referred to the
Trunfin investigating committee
operating under SenateResoiution
71 and dealing primarily with the
allocation of government defense
contracts. The Truman commit
tee could concern itself only super
ficially with the issue of racial
discrimination. ,
Senators who favor a full inves
tigation of nace discrimination are
Abe Murdock of Utah, who stated,
“I am wholeheartedly and unequiv
ocally in favor of this resolution
(75). I will support it with even7
ounce of ability at my command”;
Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin,
Burton K. Wheeler of Montana,
David I. Walsh of Massachusetts,
James N. Tunnell of Delaware,
Robert A. Taft of Ohio, William
H. Smathers, New Jersey; James
M. Mead. New York; Francis Ma
loney. Connecticut; Henry C
Lodge Jr., Massachussets; Edvvia
C. Johnson, Colorado; Chan Gur
ney, South Dakota; Bennett
Champ Clark, Missouri; Hugh
Butler, Nebraska; Styles Bridges
New y Hampshire.
Others are Senators Josia'n W.
Bailey, Ohio; Alben W. Barkley,
Kentucky; Joseph C. O'Mahoney,
Wyoming; Gerald P. Nye, North
Dakota; Charles L. McNary, Ore
gon; Pat McCarran, Nevada; Guy
M. Gillette, Iowa; Walter F.
\ The Coordinating Committee for
Employment through its chairman
Dr. A. Clayton Powell, Jr., ann
ounced the employment of ten
more Negroes in the Omnibus Cor
poration of New York, mainten
ance division,
These Negroes who were picked
from the Vocational High schools
of Brooklyn and Harlem have been
placed in various jobs in the com
pany at basic salaries of not less
$25 per week.
Two of them were placed in the
stock room, marking the second
time Negroes were ever placed in
that division where they have op
portunities for raises up to $45 per
week.
There are now over 50 Negro
employees in the Omnibus Corpor
ation of New York City, making
an average salary of $35 per
week.
Dr. A. Clayton Powell, Jr., said
when interviewed, “the employ
ment of ten more Negroes in the
Omnibus Corporation of New York
City continues to bear witness to
the success of the work of the Ne
gro people of Harlem in the boy
cott and picketing of the Omnibus
Corporation and shows also the
good faith the company’s execut
ives are manifesting toward the
Negro consumer.”
Geirge. Georgia; Sheridan Down
ey, California, John A. Danaher,
Connecticut; George L. Radcliffe,
Maryland; Joseph Rosier, West
Virginia; and Arthur H. Vanden
berg, Michigan.
NAACP. GOES TO BAT FOR
WPA TEACHERS
New York—Effects of the WPA
rppropriation slash have already
been felt here. Among the com
plaints received by the NA \.CP.
last week were those from WPA
high school teaching projects
where dismissals appear to have
been made cn a racial basis.
Hoy Wilkins, assistant NAACP.
secretary, in stating the cases of
apparent discrimination to Irving
V. A. Huie, New York City WPA
administrator, pointed out that in
a teachers project where about
one half cf the staff of 55 w"?rc
'•olored. dismissals left only five
Negroes.
On mother project it was re
ported that only one of ten Negro
teachers was retained and that ov
en he was dismissed and reengag
ed after strenuous protest... In
the third case four of six colored
workers wfere dismissed.
In spite of the fact that workers
were informed that those with
“excellent” ratings would be re
tained and those with dependents
considered for rentention, NAA
CP. wras told that Negro workers
with excellent ratings and depend
ents were dropped while whites
with) excellent rating and no de
pendents were retained.
The NAACP. urged an investi
gation of the situation.
NEGRO NURSES FAIL TO
QUALIFY FOR ARMY POSTS
RANKING AS 2ND LIEUTS.
GOOD PAY NO ATTRACTION;
MANY DO NOT UNDERSTAND
OPPORTUNITY—
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New York. July 16 (ANP) Fail
ure of Negro nurses to meet the
quota of assignments in armj
camps after a determined struggle
cn the part of the National Asso
ciation of Colored Graduate Nurs
es to win this concession is tak
ing on disturbing proportions, it
was learned here this week. As
a result, Mrs. Mabel Keaton Stau
pers, secretai-y ot the association,
has issued another call to eligible
nurses urging thei- cooperation.
Early in Mured the section of
the then National Defense Advis
ory committee interested in coor
dination of the Negro discussed
with officials in charge of re
cruiting of nurses for army serv
ices the chances of enlistments lor
Negro nurses. After much hedg
ing and bickering, Mrs. Staupers
Diplomate
BENJAMIN W. ANTHONY
Head of the department of roen
tgenology at Provident hospital,
Chicago, who has been named a
diplomate of th)e American Board
■S Radiology, highest earned hon
or obtainable in that speciality.
Dr. Anthony’s ratii.g shows he is
an expert in the use of the X ray
and in radium therapy. (ANP’
was able to get 56 assignments
divided between Fort Bragg m
North Carolina and Fort Living
ston in Louisiana.
While exact figures were not
immediately available, it is known
that the anticipated response has
not measured up satisfactorily.
Because of this, any further ef
forts to seek integration of color
ed nurses will probably meet with
difficulty. This is said to be es
pecially true in connection with
present efforts to secure openings
in northern camps where Negro
soldiers are stationed such as Fort
Dix, N. J., Fort Devens. Mass., and
Battle Creek, Mich.
Requirements call for single
women between the ages of 21 and
40, graduates of an accredited high
school and an accredited school of
nursing as well as members of
the American Red Cross and the
American Nurses Association. In
these states where membership in
the ANA is denied Negroes, mem
bership in the NACGN would be
considered the equivalent.
Army nurses receive $70 a
month in addition to maintenance
and work an eight hour day ex
cept in emergencies. They also
receive one month’s vacation an
nually.
Several complaints have been
registered with the association
that local chapters of the Ameri
can Red Cross in the south have
Ween refusing to register Negro
nurses. These instances are be
ing investigated and proper pro
test is being lodged with respon
sible authorities. All nurse3 are
requested to report any experience
of discrimination they have in this
manner to Mrs. Sbaupers or the
local unit of the association.
ACTIVE NATIONAL GUlRI)
MEMBERS MUST REGISTER
FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE
UPON EXPIRATION OF
SERVICE
Men who have served in the Ac
tive National Guare are required
to register immediately upon ex
piration of their service, even
though they are not, under certain
conditions, liable for further peace
time training and service under
the elective Service Act.
That fact was stressed today by
Brigadier General Guy N. Henni
nger, Director of Selective Service:
for Nebraska, who said that all
such men should present themsel
ves to a Icoal board for registra
tion immediately upon their dis
charge.
“The act is specific,” said Gen
eral Henninger, “in requiring reg
istration of men within the age
group of 21 to 36 who have serv
ed in the National Guard. Men
who viere members of the active
National Guard on October 16
last, and who have completed six
or more consecutive years, are re
lieved from liability for peacetime
service and training, but they
(must register. Those who were
members of the National Guard
and have served less than six
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Chances of Recon
ci iation Between
Joe-Mar va, Dim...
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NAACP WINS EIGHTH
VICTORY OVER SOUTHERN
RAILROAD
Mobile. Ala., The Southern con
ference of NAACP. branches scor
ed its eighth vcitory over pullman
discrimination on southern rail- ;
roads when the Gulf, Moble and
Ohio system advised the Inter
state Commerce commission rec
ently that berth occupancy in bed
rooms at regular berth rates will
now be provided for colored pas
sengers in its sleeping cars.
The GM & O letter followed an
informal complaint filed with the
Interstate Commerce commission
by J L. LeFlore, of this city, head
of the NAACP. Southern Confer
ence. The complaint charged fla
grant violation of the law by the
carrier in refusing colored passen
gers equal sleeping car accommo
dations. A supplementary com
plaint involving coach accommo
dations is before the commission
for consideration. The GM & O
operates in seven southern states.
OFFICERS OF THE MOST
WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE
A. F. & A. M. OF NEBRASKA
UNANIMOUSLY REELECTED
For the first time in the history
of the lodge, the officers of The
Most Worship Grand Lodge of Ne
braska, Prince Hall Affiliation.,
were unanimously reelected to
their offices.
The election was held at the
Twenty-Second Annual Commun
ication held at Omaha, Nebraska.
July 16, 1941.
The election was as follows: Na
thaniel Hunter, 33, M. W. Grand
Master; A. R. Goodlett, R. W.
Deputy Grand Master. J. W. Dac
us, R. W. S. G. Warden; Richard
Taylor, R. W. J. G. Warden; P.
H. Jenkins. R. W. G. Treasurer;
Robert Harris, R. W. G, Secretary.
Relief Board Members, Nathan
iel Hunter. Chairman, P. H. Jenk
ins, Robert Harris, Secy, R. S.
Stewart, I. S. McPherson.
Grand Trustees, A. R. Goodlett,
chairman, J. C. Dacus. Richard
Taylor, I. S. McPherson, R. C.
Stewart. Ed. Blufford.
Committee on Foreign Corres
pondence, I. B. Smith.
years are relieved neither from
registration nor training."
General Henninger said that his
attention had been called to the
fact that some men in the Nation
al Guard in federal service who
have been discharged because of
expiration of' their service have
not registered. They should do so
immediately, he declared, and add
ed that the Wlar Department has
now issued instructions that such
men shall be notified by their or
ganization commanders at the
time of their discharge of the
necessity to register.
EQUAL PAY SUITS FILED IN
THREE NEW STATES
New York,—New suits for the
equalization of teachers’ salaries
are being fought in three states
by the legal staff of the NAACP.
In Atlanta, Ga., plans were made
last month by the Atlanta Citiz
ens’ Committee on Equalization of
Teachers’ Salaries, Attorney A. T. i
Walden of Atlanta and Thurgood
Marshall otf New York, special
counsel for NAACP. to petition
the Atlanta School Board request
ing equal pay for colored and
white teachers.
The campaign for equalization
in New Orleans, La., struck a tem
porary snag when the local school
board refused Thurgood Marshall
permission to appear in behalf of
Joseph McKelpin in whose name
the equalization fighit is being
made there. The board claimed
their meeting was an executive
session not open to the public.
New Orleans citizens are continu
ing the fight. The differential
there is reported to be $275,000 a
year.
Clarence B. Robinson, teacher
in the public schools of Chattan
ooga, Tenn,'filed suit in the Dis
trict Court of the Eastern District
of Tennessee, June 10, for equaliz
ation of salaries paid to Negro and
white teachers there. He is rep
resented locally by W. Henry El
more attorney for the Chattanooga
branch NAACP.
lAnswer to Wife’s Suit Denies AU
Allegations, Claims Lavish Gifts
to Mate; Talks W’ith Her on Phone
Thursday During Chicago Stop
over; No Settlement of $250,000
Contemplated
CHICAGO, July 16 (ANP) —
Adolph Hitler and Joseph Stalin
will probably kiss and make up
before Joe and Marva Louis take
such action, it appears today.
The heavyweight champion fil
ed an answer Wednesday to her
divorce suit in which he denied
virtually all of ihis wife’s allegat-'
ions and introduced some of his
own, among them the contention
that she had not been a ‘‘true and I
virtuous wi*e.” At the same time |
he told how he had lavished thous j
ands of dollars upon her and end
ed by asking that her plea be den
ied.
The Brown Bomber, who had
been reported coming to town for
a conference almost daily since
Mrs. Louis started action, finally
did arrive last Thursday and spent
a few hours here prior to leaving
for Minneapolis and a boxing ex
hibition Friday night. Joe spent
most of the day playing golf, but
he is understood to have called
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Marva on the telephone. Howev
er, what they said to each other
is thus far a secret.
It was also learned from Atty.
William Temple, the champion’s
counsel, that any talk of a $250.
000 out of court setlement for Mrs
Louis was a pipe dream. Thus
far, he said, nothing along that
line had been suggested
Sources close to the titleholder
are inclined to laugh at Marva’s
contention that Joe is worth $400.
000 in re|al estate and another
$400,000 annuities, stocks and
bonds and checking accounts. Al
though he has grossed around $2.
000,000 in his seven years of pro
fessional fighting, he has had to
pay his managers, Julian Black
and John Roxborough; his trainer
Jack Blackburn, as well as other
training camp expenses. This in
itself knocked a big hole in his
earnings.
In addition, Uncle Sam has tak
en his cut through income taxes
and this alone amounted to sev
eral thousand dollars. It is esti
mated that a heavyweight champ
ion ordinarily spends $1,000 week
ly for living expenses because of
his prominence in the World of
sports and hs affiliation with the
many who live in the sporting
world of “easy come, easy go.’’
Anything less brands a titleholder
as a piker and may react unfavor
ably at the boxoffice in future
fights.
The champion has also spent
considerable sums caring for his
|mother and family, both in De
troit and Alabama. His interest
in pedigreed horses, of which he
owns several, also is expensive and
extensive. He is understood to
have taken a loss on his softball
team of a few years ago.
According to his answer filed
Wednesday, he has spent more
than $125,000 on Marva in the
nearly six years of their marriage.
He has given her everything fin
ancially to make her happy, in
cluding an automobile or two each
year, ian allowance of $100 weekly
plus other gifts ranging from $500
to $5,000. But Mrs. Louis has
been such an expensive item, th©
petition says, that he has been
compelled to pay her other bills
and obligations amounting to an
other $4,000 to $6,000 annually.
The six flat buildings where
Marva lives was purchased for
$21,000 and given to her, and he
spent another $21,000 in redeoor-*
ating and furnishing her own a
partment and the building. She
receives another $300 in rentals
from this building which is hers
to use as she sees fit.
Joe also denied ever having
struck Marva, said she had not
acted “kindly and affectionately”
toward him ncr had she conducted
herself “as a true and virtuous
wife.” He did not elaborate on
this statement nod upon his denial
that he had ever stated to his wife
“or intimated to anyone that he
did not want a child or children ”
He asked for dismissal of her
suit for divorce.
When the allegations in Joe’s
answer were made known, it Has
Marva’s turn to express surprise,
especially at the aspersions on her
wifely conduct.
“Those aren’t Joe’s words,” Mrs
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