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14*3 0l«, *9br« r.' : J I This Is Your Newspaper ! ; What you are doing is news. Please Phone Your News To : : ha 0800 :: or send it to .I /JUSTICE/EQUALITY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ” Vol. 29 No. 31 _ Friday, September 30, 1955 ___10c Per Copy Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Sibley, Enroute To World Series, Killed In Iowa Auto Crash Mr. Marvin Sibley, 46 years old of 2416 Erskine Street, and his wife, Mrs. Georgia Sibley, 42 yeans, were apparently in stantly killed in an automobile) accident on highwayNo. 92 near Columbus Junction, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Sibley were starting out on their vacation and had planned on attending the World Series. Mr. Sibley had been a resident of 0 maha thirty year* and was a butcher at Swift & Company He had taken part in religious fraternal and civic affairs of the community and was a member of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, Ir-, quois Lodge No. 92, IBPOEW. Elks; Nat Hunter Joshua David Kelley Consistory No. 27, thirty second degree Masons, Lodge No. 12, Masons; and other organiza tions. Mr. Sibley is survived by! a step daughter, Mrs. Barbara! Jen Watkins, Omaha brother, Mr. Emmit Sibley, Montgomery, Ala bama. Mrs. George Sibley had beeir a resident of Omaha thirty eight years. She had taken an active part in the affairs of the commun ity She was choi^ directress of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, one of the outstanding soloists of the choir and the city, secre tary of Queen Esther Chapter No. O.E.S. and member of var ious civic clubs. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Barbara Jean Watkins, Omaha, son-in-law, Mr. LeRoy Watkins, U.S.A. Air Forte, two sisters, Mrs. Inez Ew ing. Xenia, Ohio, Mrs. Birdie Stephens, Dayton, Ohio, brother, | Mr. Roy Robinson, Birmingham, Alabama, two nieces, Mrs. Letha Cave, Mrs. Gladys King, Xenia, Ohio, nephew, Mr. Ellsworth Whitlow, Xenia, Ohio, uncle, Mr. Isaac Nared, Omaha, and other relatives. Double funeral services were held Thursday afternoon from Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. The Rev. David St. Clair officiating, as sisted by the local Ministers of the city. Nat Hunter Lodge No. 12, F. and A .M. (PHA) B. A. Austin, W. M. were in charge of Masonic rites Tor Mr. Sibley with members of Iroquois Lodge No. 92 Elks, IBPOEW as Honorary Bearers. Queen Esther Chapter No. 12, Josephine Brown, W. M. were in charge of Eastern Star rites for Mrs. Sibley. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery with arrangements by Thomas Mortuary. TOP WS PLAYER TO GET CORVETTE The ballplayer who through his over-all play in the World Series does the most for his team, will receive a shiny new Chevrolet Corvette from SPORT magazine. The winner will be announced and and will receive his car immedi ately following the last game. The top performer will be selected by the editors of SPORT. SUNDAY SCHOOL MEETS AT 2 PJML The Broken Heart Mission has services three times on Sunday, Prayer Meeting Wednesday, and a Youth Rally Saturday. At 2 p.m. there is Sunday Schol. One hour later, 3 p.m. the afternoon services take place. While at 7:45 p.m. the evening worship takes place. Prayer Meeting, which is on Wednesday, is at 7:45 too. The Saturday evening Get To gether and Youth Rally begins at 7 45 p.m. and everybody is wel come to attend at 2211 Cuming where the Rev. Louis Lehman is Assistant. Mass Meet Planned In Bluffs Sunday The Council Bluffs, Iowa branch N.A.A.C.P. is opening their fall and winter season with a big mass meeting at Tabernacle Baptist church 14th St. & Ave. A Sunday, October 2nd at 3 p.m. Mrs. Georgene Morris State or ganizer and director of branches of the Iowa State conference, of Des Moines, Iowa will be the speaker. She will speak on the three F’s, “Fight For Freedom.” All officers of the Omaha branch members and friends are invited to attend. Mrs. Morris will also award a trophy to the Council Bluffs branch for its outstanding work in increasing its membership each year. Magazine Discusses Race Conflict New York, N. Y .— The Editors of JUBILEE, national Catholic pictorial monthly published here, have devoted the entire 64 page I September issue to the general theme ‘CATHOLICISM AND THE NEGRO.” The decision to pub j lish the special issue was made with the conviction that Catho lics and all men concerned with justice stand in urgent need of clarity on so vital a subject as the racial one. Recent political trends and Supreme Court deci sions have brought interracial harmonies and tensions into new focus in America and Jubilee’s editors believe that new light must continually be shed on these realities, that the past must be subjected to examination and ! that new directions and ten dencies need to be reported and evaluated. Say the Editors of JUBILEE: “There are certain contemporary issues in which may be seen, magnified and inescapable, the ! timeless Christian proposition Ralph Bunehe Speaker At Centennial I Dr. Ralph J. Bunche, Permanent Under Secretary of the United Na tions, was guest speaker at the Flint (Mich.) Faith and Freedom Rally, highlight of a celebration of the 100th anniversary of the city’s incorporation. The rally was spon sored by the Flint Centennial Re-1 ligious Participation Committee. Shown in the above photo, left to * right, are: Osmond Kelley, Flint | postmaster; Mayor George M. Al gee, Mrs. Sadie Louise Leach, Michigan Governor G. Mennen! Williams, Dr. Bunche, and Dr. J. L. Leach, member of the special event committee of the centennial. Stand ing in front of Gov. Williams is the son of Dr. and Mrs. Leach, Jesse L. Leach, Jr. (ANP) Dolly Upton Mrs. Dolly Upton, age 66 years, of 2523 Miami St., expired Friday evening September 16, 1955 at a local hospital. She was an Omaha resident over 30 years. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Bessie Jennings of El Reno, Okla., and Mrs. Gracie Steele of Cresent, Okla., brother, Lonnie Russell of Cresent, Okla., 3 nie ces, 1 nephew and a "host of other relatives. f Her remains were forwarded to the Russworm Funeral Home, Kingfisher Okla. September 21, 1955 for services and burial. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. that man is his brother’s keeper. Such an issue is the interracial question, most pointedly as it affects whites and Negroes. In no area have Christians faced a 1 sharper challenge or had a wider ! opportunity to give body to ab stract morality and life to theo retical charity. Nowhere have the lines between precept and practice been so bluntly drawn.” ! Pointing out that the non-Catholic Negro is not a mere target for conversion, they assert: “Each, rather, is ^ man whose long-over due claim is beginning to be ac cepted,. who is beginning to be seen and heard and confronted as other men are, and about whom it is coming to be known that what he has to offer is no more and no less than other men, but something pricelessly his own.” Going beyond statistics and data, the issue covers a broad range of subjects examining the broad background of Negro-white relationships in America on an individual, family, parish and mis | sion level. !___ L. A. Sends Group To Conference Los Angeles (ANP) Shown above is the Southern California Delega tion to the A.M.E. General Con ference. Reading from left to right in t back, row are the Reverends Fred j E. Stephens, pastor of Ward A.M. E., Los Angeles; A. A. Shaw, First j A.M.E. (8th and Towne); William Jacks, Grant Chapel, Long Beach; Henry W. Murphy, Grant A.M.E., So. Los Angeles, chairman; Thor ion Cobbs, Bethel, San Diego. Front Row, from left: Jerry W. Ford, Second A.M.E., Los Angeles; T. L. Scott, Allen Chapel River / BMwWB ■ vi'M i j»v«u-wvi -vxiosss® side; B. C. Allen, presiding Eldor Pasadena-San Diego district and J. N. Harris Allen Chapel, San Bernardino. Not shown in the picture is the Rev. D. V. Kylo, St. James, Los Angeles. Natl Educational Board To Meet At Corinth Baptist Church Sunday At 3:30 p.m. Lorraine Murray Mrs. Lorraine Eagle Feather Murray, age 29 years of 5117 So. 26 St., expired Monday Septem ber 19, 1955 at her home. She was an Omaha resident 12 years, and is survived by her husband, Will Murray. Her remains were forwarded to Rose Bud, South Dakota Thursday September 22, 1955 for services and burial. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser- j vice. — War Mothers Play Host To Oldsters ERNEST EVANS CHAPTERj OF THE WAR MOTHERS, Hold Annual party for the old folks and Shut-ins. Tuesday was a beautiful, warm sunshiny day, perfect for the party for all the old people who wished to come. It is given annually by the Ern est Evans Chapter of the War Mothers. The local ministers | donated their cars and saw to it that they got to the YWCA and home again after the party was over. ' Mrs. Anna Burton, Luada Crumbley and Gertrude Brooks opened the program by singing Hymns, Spirituals and request numbers. Prayers were offered by Mrs. Burton and Mrs. Mary' Hern, a guest from Arkansas. Mrs. Luada Crumbley sang a solo,: “I Do, Don’t You?” Little 3-year| old Frederic Bryant Crowley sang “I Know It Was The Blood”,! Mrs. Lula Bryant sang “It’s Real’’ and then joined her grandson Frederic Crowley in singing “Lead Me, And Guide Me”, and “At The Cross.” Miss iCherie Curry played several numbers for the group to sing. Speakers for the day were Rev. Taylor pastor of the Seven Day Advent ist Church and Rev. Shepherd pastor of the Hope Lutheran Church who gave short but very impressive talks. About 60 were present. Mrs. Pearl Fletcher is j president of the group, but could not be present because of illness. Mrs. Henrietta Fox, 101 years old was the oldest lady attending and received a gift The oldest man was Mr. Columbus Wilson who also received a gift. A de licious lunch was served, with plenty of “seconds” on deck. A bout 4- P.M. they expressed their thanks for a very enjoyable afternoon, said goodbyes to the friends they had not seen for a year, and won’t see again for an other year. Mrs. Artison is the Treasurer and Mrs. Belle Taylor, the vice-president was program chairman. There will be a Mass Meeting of the National Baptist Convention’s Educational Board held at the Corinth Baptist Church, 3212 North ° th St., Sunday, October 2 at 3:30 P.M. The Rev. Dr. Coleman W. Kerry who is executive secretary of the board has been in the city for a week conducting revival at the Corinth Baptist Church. The Re vival will close Friday night fol lowed by a mass meeting in the behalf of the Educational Board. Dr. Kerry has been with the board and worked deligently for the educational work of the Na tional Baptist Convention for a number of years. He is well known and highly thought of throughout the nation and in the Islands where the Na tional Baptist is doing educational work. Dr. Kerry is a great evange list and tervent preacner. He will deliver the message for the Mass Meeting, you will not want to miss hearing Dr. Kerry and making a contribution to the educational work of the National Baptist Convention. Everyone is invited. Creighton To Get United Press Teletype Creighton has been selected for the fourth consecutive year to receive the United Press radio news teletype service. The Col lege Radio Corporation announc ed that Creighton will be one of 71 schools in the country to re ceive the service. Campus radio stations give commercial announcements for a cigaret company which sponsors the wire service. The wire stories are also used as labora tory material in journalism classes. All colleges and universities selected for the teleptype service are members of the Intercol legiate Broadcasting System. Creighton is Nebraska’s only member of this national collegi ate radio network. __ Estell Feagin "Mrs. Estell Littlejohn Feagin, age 29 yearii, of 2637 Hamilton St., expired Tuesday Septembei 20, 1955 at a local hospital. She was an Omaha resident 22 years. She is survived by her husband, Joe Nathan, 4 children, Veda Jo, Sheila Ree, Terry Eugene and Myrna Fay, 6 sisters, Mrs. Mar garet Fort of Omaha, Mrs. Min nie Langston of Los Angeles, Calif., Mrs. Inez Turner of Oma ha, Mrs. Viola Baker of Cleve land, Ohio, and Mrs. Evelyn Chat man of Omaha, brother, Ernest Littlejohn of Omaha, 5 uncles. Babbling Brooks by Gertrude Brooks At. 8817 MRS WILLIAM TEAL, COUN CIL BLUFFS, NOMINATED TO THE GOVERNOR’S CONFER FEREMCE OF EDUCATION. MRS. WILLIAM TEAL, 1114 16th Ave., Co. Bluffs, Iowa, has added another laurel to her crown and has the honor of being nom inated to the Governor’s Confer ence of Education by Leo H. Hough, Polk Go. Mrs. Teal, a recent widow and a very modest mother who has reared several children, has not neglected her fine family to be the great club woman that she is. A devout Christian woman who has taught her children the principals of re ligion, and whose daughter, Etta Bell has just this year graduated from the National Baptist Train ing School in Nashville, Tennes see. Mrs. Teal is the First Vice President of the Federated Glubs of Council Bluffs: Chairman of the Welfare Board of Abraham Lincoln High School PTA: De votional Chairman of Longfellow School PTA: Past President of the American Legion Auxiliary Post: Matron of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 34 of Council Bluffs, Iowa. She is an active member of the local NAAGP and chair man of the educational board. Homemaker, Religious Leader, Club woman and Mother, we sal ute you; would that many more of our race here and all over the world would take pattern after you. Baldwin Is j Speaker At Affairs Meet Hanson W. Baldwin, military editor of the NEW YORK TIMES, will be the opening speaker at the University of Omaha’s 10th Annual Institute on World Af fairs, Wednesday, October 12. Theme of the 1955 Institute is “Since the Summit.” Speakers will discuss developments since the world powers met in Geneva. Six lectures are offered at 8:15 p.m. each Wednesday, October 12 through November 16, at the Uni versity Auditorium. Dr. Hans J. Morgenthau, direc tor of the Center for Study of American Foreign Policy at the University of Chicago, will speak October 19, on “Germany and Western Security.” Dr. William V. Lambert, dean of the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture, and Dr. Gale Johnson, agricultural econ omist of the University of Chi cago, will present a symposium on “The Soviet Agriculture Econ omy” on October 26. Both were members of the American group visiting Russian farms this sum mer. On November 2, His Excellency M. Maurice Couve de Murville, French Ambassador to the Unit ed States, will speak on “France and Western Security Programs.” The editor and publisher of BATAAN magazine, Dr. Diosdado Yap, will speak November 9 on “Southeast Asia Since Geneva.” The final speaker will be Dr. Hans Kohn, professor of history, City College of New York, on No vember 16. His topic is “The World and the West.” Sponsoring groups for 1955 In stitute are: The American As sociation of University Women, Federation for Jewish Service, Woodmen of the World Life In surance Society, Omaha Educa tion Association, University of 0 maha Alumni Association, Ne braska Federation of Women’s Clubs, 2nd District, and Omaha Rotary Club. It is arranged by William T. Utley, professor of history, through the College of Adult Education. Season tickets may be obtained from any of the sponsors. Ernest, Nathaniel, Robert, Tim othy and Elmore Littlejohn, all of- Omaha. Funeral services were held Saturday September 24, 1955 at 10:00 A.M. from the Pilgrim Bap tist Church with Rev. Charles Favors officiating assisted by Rev. F. C. William and Rev. David St. Clair. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers were Messrs. T. Bonam, J. W. Porter, D. Bowens, P. H. Norvell, J. Franklin and C. Duffy. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. All Quiet In Mississippi After Jury Frees Killers Of 14-Year-Old Emmett Till Ethel Douglas Mrs. Ethel Douglas, 61 years, 1216% Street, passed away Sun day September 25th at a local. hospital. Mrs. Douglas had been a resident of Omaha forty three [ years and was a member of St.1 John’s Baptist tChurch. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Shadrack Douglas, Omaha. Funeral services were held Ffliday afternoon from St. John Baptist Church with the Rev. E. D. Johnson officiating. Burial was at Graceland Park Cemetery ^ with arrangements by Thomas Mortuary. Boys Town To Broadcast October 4th Boys Town, Nebr. — “America’s Town Meeting of the Air,” one of the nation’s oldest and most dis tinguished radio forums, will origi nate from Boys Town on Tuesday evening, October 4, Msgr. Nicholas H. Wegner, director of Boys Town, has announced. The program will be staged in the Boys Town Music Hall on Oc tober 4, at 8:00 P.M. and will be broadcast over the coast to coast ABC network at the regular hour on Sunday, October 9, Father Weg ner said. The topic of discussion for the Boys Town broadcast of Town Meeting will be “Do We Expect! Too Much of Our Youth.” Speak ers will be Saul Alinsky, executive director of the Industrial Areas Foundation of Chicago, and Rus sell W. Ballard, director of Hull House in Chicago. Moderator will be Shepherd L. Witman. On the air since May, 1935, Town Meeting is carried by more than 300 stations of the ABC net work in the United States, Canada, Hawaii, and Alaska. The program also is beamed around the world' by the Voice of America and the ; Armed Forces Radio Service. Although there will be no charge for attending the broadcast, ad mission to the Music Hall will be by ticket only, Father Wegner said. Tickets are available by writing Father Wegner at Boys Town, or by calling Glendale 8500, extension 382. The actual program will be pr ceded by a preliminary meeting consisting of audience participa tion, starting at 7:30. The Music Hall will open at 7:00 p.m. Produced by the Town Hall, Inc., of New York City, “America’s Town Meeting” is a modern adap ; tation of the old New England | town meeting where citizens gath ' ered to discuss local governmental problems. The program has re ceived more awards for excellence than any other program in the field of education. The program will originate through Radio Station KFOR in Lincoln. Sumner, Miss. (CNS) — With “Justice” prevailing after the trial of J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant for the brutal murder of 14 year old Emmett Till, the sleepy town of Sumner went back to work “quietly.” That is if you could call remarks from whites as sig nifying “quiet” that quote: “The Jury taught them a lesson.” — them meaning Negroes, of course. The Governor of Mississippi, Hugh White — refused comment though his term is nearing an end and he’s not running for anything at the present. Governor-elect, who is the present Attorney Gen eral made the safe answer: “The State of Mississippi dis charged its full duty in prosecut ing the persons accused of the crime.” He refuse to comment on the jury’s decision as “im proper.” nut tne jury commeniea on us decision in a proud way. Sneer ingly J. A. Shaw, Jr. jury fore man commented on Mrs. Bradley —Till’s bereaved mother: “She might have gotten a tear if she had tried a little harder.” State witness Willie Reed, 19. the ninth grader who heard Till’s cries on that fateful morning, was taken to Chicago with Rev. Char les Diggs for a “vacation.” Granduncle Moses Wright, who had said early he would get out of Money, Miss., too just as quick ly as the trial was over, stayed on at his farm from where Till was spirited away. He was advertised to appear in New York at a special protest meeting against the Mississippi “lynching” but it was not sure he would appear. He could be needed as the state seeks to push the kidnapping charges against Milam and Bry ant. Mrs. Bradley headed for New York following her return to Chicago even before the jury’s decision was announced. She got out of the Mississippi town un noticed and without incident. And back in Sumner, plus near by towns of Clarksdale, Green wood—all seemed back to normal. But the rumblings were under foot. Deadline For Overseas Mail Is Nov. 15 The Post Office Department has advised that Christmas gift parcels addressed for delivery through Army and Navy post of fices should be mailed during the period October 15 through No vember 15, 1955, to insure de livery by Christmas. The following recommendations are made to mailers: Pack Securely Address Carefully Mail Early Send no Perishables Insure Your Parcels. _____________________ Miss Marjorie Edwards and Mr. Bruce Kennedy were quietly mar 1 ried on Sunday, September 25th at the residence of the Rev. Ralph j Davis. JEST LAFFS by SOBEBT