NEW GIRL RESERVE
SECRETARY
MISS JEANNE WRIGHT
A Newcomer to the Northside
Branch is Miss Jeanne Wright of
Los Angeles, California, who will
act in the capacity of Girl Reserve
Secretary, succeeding Mrs. J. Dil
lard Crawford. Miss Wright has
wide experience in Y. W. C. A.
work, having been a Girl Reserve
for 6 years, a Volunteer Worker
in the Y. W. C. A. for 3 years and
also Adviser of “Y” Clubs and Di
rector of Summer Recreation Pro
gram for several years. Miss
Wright has also had a year of case
work with a Private Agency, and
completed tbe Y. W. C. A. Orien
tation Course at Oberlin, Ohio. She
has her degree from the University
of Redlands, Los Angeles, Cali
fornia.
THE OMAHA OUTFITTING
Mr. W. H. Davis, Prop, of
“The Omaha Outfitting Co." invites
you to visit his newly decorated
store- You will be delighted with
its brightness and cleanliness. Mrs.
Davis with her charming person
ality will be pleased to show you
througn.
Making housework easy and
beautifying the home is one of Mr.
Davis’s specialties, by that I mean
he carres a complete line of House
hold electrical appliances. Any
style or design you want, can be
got, at the “Omaha Outfitting". If
you don’t see what you want ask
for it and he will get it for you.
Another outstanding feature
about “The Omaha Outfitting’’ js
that they are dealing with one of
the largest furniture stores in
towto- If you plan to furnish or
refurnish your house, see them,
their prices are cheap and terms
are low. You will get the very best
consideration.
To make shopping easy and con
venient, they carry a full line of
“Zale” watches, diamonds and sil
verware also the latest styles in
traveling bags.
Trading with Mr. Davis mean
saving carfare and getting best
prices along with the best mer'3
chandise.
Come in and visit with them.
ARRIVES IN OMAHA
Mr. Versie Lee Novell, arrived
in Omaha a few weeks ago. Mr.
Nov ell just returned from Buena
Vista, where he conducted an or
chestra. Mr. Novell’s Orchestra
has twglve ’pieces and is known,
throughout the west as “The Aris
tocrats of Rhythm.” Most of the
Orchestra’s engagements so far has
been in Pueblo, and Los Angeles,
California. Mr. Novell will be
here for Concert Activities, and
will leavg with the Orchestra in
December to tour the East. Their
first engagement is in Chicago.
FORMALLY OPENING OF THE
ANACOSTA ( AMP FOR NEGRO
SOLDIERS SATURDAY SEPT 20
On Saturday. September 20th.
the Columbia Broadcasting Sys
tem will carry the dedicatody ex
ercises formally opening the An
aoota leave camp for colored sold
iers. The program will be pres
eted 'between 3:00 and 3:30 p. m.
Judge William H. Hastie, Civ
ilian Oide to the secretary of War
will deliver the principal address.
He is to be introduced by Brigad- ‘
ier General Frederick Osborn, re
cently appointed Chief of the U.
S. Army Mirale Brach. Judge
Hastie will deal frankly and in de
tail w^th the situation of the Ne
gro in the Army.
It is urged that you ascertain
the local station carrying the pro
gram and give the matter ade
quate treatment in your public
ation.
Since Judge Hastie has had an
ECHOES FROM OMAHA— Caught durlne » tense
1 wriA,IM moment near the 18th
hole on the Elwood Park course, Omaha, Neb.,
during the 11th annual Central States Golf As
sociation tournament, are, seated, left to right
Mesdame* B. B. Cowan, B. V. Galloway, Robert
Jackson, W. W. Solomon, all of
ing, left to right, are Miss Enolia Thompson, Mrt
dames J. G. Mickens, Robert L. Sweeney, QXM
ha, and Miss Elmyra Troupe, Topeka, Em Ex
pressions aren’t so tense are they?
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LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST OF CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS CITY —MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS
^Under ££m£3? 187«^bSi^ PhoBefwe.°ht“’ Nebr,Bk,‘-Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday, SEPTEMBER 20, 1941 OUR 14th YEAR-No. 26 City Edition, 5c Copy
STROUD, A!\D yOt/AG SCORE /A RECITAL
Makes Statement
About Rape Case
“ROBISON TO STAR IN
‘FREEDOM’S PEOPLE’
BROADCAST
Paul Robeson will star in the in
itial broadcast of a new radio ser
ies ‘Freedom’s People” to be pre
sented over the Red Network of
the National Broadcasting Comp
any, Sunday, September 21. The
broadcast is scheduled from 12:30
to 1 p. m. EDST.
Robeson heals a cast that will |
depict in music and drama bhu
origins and evolution of Negro
spidituals, ballads and blues, and
their ifluence on American music.
Other featured participants are
Joshua White, famed Negro bal
lad singer; Noble Sissle and his
Orchestra, a swing aggregation
since the early twentys; and W. C.
Handy, father of the blues, whose
most famous composition is prob
ably the “St. Louis Blues.”
“Freedom’s People” is sponsor
ed in cooperation with the United
States Office of Education by a
natioal advisory committee whose
28 members represent white and
Negro organizations with out
standing records of service to Ne
groes. The series is made poss
ible by grants from the Rosen
wald Fund and the Southern Ed
ucation Foundation, ad is under
the direction of D. R. Ambrose
Caliver, Office of Education
Succeeding broadcasts to be
presented about one month will
dramatize achievements by Neg
roes which have sped progress in
national defense industry, science,
agricultude, social services and the
arts.
The “St. Louis Blues” will be
heard in a special medley arrang
ed by Sissle, which will include al-<
so Handy’s “Memphis Blues”.
White will sing of ‘‘John Henry—
The Steel Drivin’ Man”, and the
chorus under the direction of
Leonard DePaur, wil lsing “Steal
Away’1 and other Negro spirituals
Robeson will close the show with
a song of his own choice. „
Scripts are by Irve Tunick, vet
eran radio writer, and incidental
music and arrangements by Dr.
Charles L. Cooke. The series is
presented as a public service by
the National Broadcasting Comp
any and its network affiliates.
TO WAYNE COLLEGE
! Miss Grover Lee Marshall charm
ing daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mar
shall 2601 orth 25th St., left last
Sunday to attend Wiayne C. Col
| lege in Detroit, Michigan.
opportunity to observe the Army
program for almost a year, his
adress should be of particular in-1
terest to all persons concerned a
bout recently publicizel incidents
affecting Negro soldiers.
> Rev. E- Robinson said t°day, >
Sept. 15, to the Omaha Guide that
be was arrested by the one Harry
Blueford and Jenkins on the charge
of rape and one Mrs. Marcellus
and she didn’t know my name and
has never Sgen me before so she
told Judge Rhyme that she didn’t
know my name and she also didn’t
recognize me and the day on Wed
nesday the raping happened at the
time I was at the bomber plant on
thg job working.
And neither did she know what
part of the city the raping had
taken place and know what street
ft was and she told the judge after
the raping she wrent to the show
and made herself welcome and
contented and enjoyed herself just
fine. This is Mrs. Marcellus’ own
statement which she told the judge.
Signed—Rev. Eddie Robinson
Miss Marshall has a job wait
ing for her and while there she
will stay with friends. Miss Mar
shall has attended the University!
of Omaha. She belongs to Pil
grim Baptist Church and is a mem
her of the Enitre Nous Club. Miss
Marshall is very active in Church
work. She will major in sociol
ogy.
i THE NEGRO AND THE
CHURCH
Contrary to the general impres
sion that church membership a
mong Negroes is decreasing, the
report of Joneph C. Houohins, in
charge of Negro statistics in the
Bureau of Census, shows that
there was an increase in church
piemberhip by Negroes from 1926
to 136 of nearly half a million
persons. In 1926 there was a to
tal of 5,203,487 Negro church
members and in 1936 this number
had increased to 5,660,618 repres
enting slightly more than one ten
th of the total reported church
(membership and better than 38
perient of the total Negro popula
tion of the coon try.
The same report shows that des
pite the increase in membership,
the number of Negro chursh build
ings declined from 42,585 in 1926
to 38,303 in 1936. Reasons for
this decrease were given as con
solidation and abandonment of
churches during the years of the
depression, purely economic.
In all, some 58 Negro and mix
ed denominations reported for thei
Receive Scholarships tc C ..._y Health Education
Four Negro health workers and teachers (above) will study at the
University of Michigan Summer School as a result of their getting schol
arships from the National Tuberculosis Association. Top row, left to right,
Dorothy Ury, Savannah, Ga.; Lavinia Neal, Louisville, Ky. Second row, left
to right, Mrs. Imogene M. Bunn, Richmond, Va.; Agnes B. Middleton,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
> At a Capacity audience, Fnday
evening at Pilgrim Baptist Church,
Miss Bgrtha Young and Mr. Syl
vester Stroud exemplified their
talents to the public.
In the works play, they showed
much praise and temperament; es
pecially in the numbers by the
Nggro composers was there feeling
of much emotion. Miss Young’s
group of Indian numbers, which
were indeed familiar to the aud
ience, she protrayed a great sense
of Tonal balance and very good
phrasing.
To the delight of the audignce,
Mr. Stroud played the “Flight of
the Bumblebee” which came out
buzzing under his nimble fingers..
Chopin was well represented on
the program, and in thg “Polo
naise in A Flat” which Miss
Young played, one got the feeling
of the mightiness of Poland. Mr.
Stroud in his “E Flat Minor Polo
naise” portrayed the humbleness
of that great country, Poland. The
Program ended in a most majestic
way by Mr. Stroud’s playing
“Liszt’s Hungarian Raphasody.
Thg entire program took muck
work and forethought, both on the
part of Teachers and pupils: Both
Artists arose from the realms of
Student Days to that of Profes
sional ability. We look anxiously
forward to their returning to Om
aha where we might witness again
their superb playing.
1936 census. Negro Baptists rep
resent 62.8 percent of the total
with a total membership of 3,782
464, the African Methodist Epis
copal Church was second with
493,357; ana A ME. Zion Church, a
close third with. 414,244. • Of the
mixed denominations the Method
ist Episcopal Church had the larg
est membership with 193,761 mem
bers, while the Catholic Church:
reported on 137,694 Negro comm
unicants, mostly in the large cities
of the North and Midwest.
That the Negro denominations
have made such a good showing,
by comparison with other religious
Organizations in the country, is a
tribute to their leadership. The
church still represented the larg
est organized group of Negroes in
the country, and for that reason
is still our most influential organ
of public opinion.
Young college graduates would
do well to realize this fact and
join up with some religious body
if they would serve their race.
Working through so powerful an
organization, they can be of much
wore service than through their
fraternal groups and small social
organizations.
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New Rochelle Postman
Suicide After Arrest
On Morals Charge
New Rochelle, N. Y.,—Last rit
es for Isaac J. Webb, Jr., were
held at St. Catherine’s AME. Zion
Church, Friday at 1 p. m. with the
Rev. R. S. Oden officiating.
The deceased, age 32, a native
of New Rochelle, according to po
lice authorities, took his own life
by hanging from his undershirt,
in the Larchmont jail on Septem
ber 2 after having been arrested
on a morals charge involving a 19
year old soldier from Fort Devans,
Mass, t is aid that the man en
ticed the oldier to enter his car
on the pretext of giving him a
‘‘lift”. According to the arrest
ing officers, they were attracted
by the distracting screams of the
private. Upon investigation, it is
said, the soldier accused the post
man of attempted assault.
Arraigned before Judge John R.
Cahill, Webb was ordered held in
the high bail of $1,00 on a dis
orderly conduct charge involving
a morals offense. Found hang
ing i a cell, by police officers,
Webb was administered artiicial
respiration but by the time the!
doctor arrived he ^iad died. Cause
of death, according to the Acting
Medical Examiner Edmund H.
Huntington, was suicide, causing
asphixiation by hanging.
Webb, who resided at 89 High
land avenue New Rochelle, had
been an employe of the Mount
Vernon Post Office for the post
twelve years, with a clean, slate.
He was a trustee of St. Catherines
Church, a member of the local
branch of the NAACP. and a mem-*
ber of the Mount Vernon Letter
Carriers Association. He is sur
vived by his wife, Mrs. Alberta
Shaw Webb a daughter and his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac J.
Webb, Sr., Interment was in Beech
wood cemetery. New Rochelle, a
few blocks from his late residence.
Citizens of New Rochelle, in
clined to doubt the story of how
he met his death are clamoring for
an investigation by the NAACP.
I
REPRESENTING KAYCEE— 3- £
the Central States Goll association at the 11th
annual tournament, Kansas City had, beside the
eolfMNL re-ir—ntin« her. Idesdamas Ethel C.
Gritton, school marm; Genevive Fleming, Gol
die Elliott, Ceora Prescott, and Miss Madeline
McGhea, reading left to right respectively. They
were on hand to enjoy the fun and pull lor the
home town golfers.—Call staff photo by McKlbben.
