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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-11
Congress Dances
Breaks Records in Sew
eral European Nations

Despite the Worldwide depression,
Congress Dances the United Artists
picture which comes to the Capitol
Theater tonight, appears to be in a
fair way Of Shatterlng box office rec
Ords the world over. Already the
German and French versions OF the
film, as well as the original English
version, are leaving 4 long line OF
shattered records in several capitals
of Europe.
A comparative idea OF what TIE
picture is doing may best be gained
by q perusal of film reports in Ger
many. Last season the most success
full picture in Germany was Tank
STEELE" a local product which crossed
approximately 2.25O,OOO marks. thus
topping "Zwei Herzen' by several
hundred thousand marks.
That was a year ago, and at the
moment economic conditions in Ger
many are about 40 per cent worse
than in 1881, with resultant reduc-
ton in admission prices throughout
the country. But despite this, Con
gress Dance" Is already ahead Of
s'Tankstelle" by $4,000 marks. The
picture was viewed in Berlin by 1.2lO.-
600 fans, which is more than Is per
cent OF the total number of Berlin's
anhAbitants.
many alone, 100000 marks of which
has been realized to date.
Usually only IS OF the ITO UFA
theatres throughout Germany show
q certain picture at one time, owing
to coming restrictions, but Congress
Dances was exhibited in 80 OF these
theatres, fifty-one of which broke
their all-time records for receipts.
More than 2,5O20 fans saw the pic
ture In uFA theatres. total which
had not been achieved in Germany in
several years.
In surveying these figures, it must
BE- remembered that Germany has
very few theatres giving three per-
formances day and that 80 per cent
u III film theatres in the country
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-11
AT THE MOVIES

give but two shows daily. 1t Is esti-
mated that Congress Dances will
gross about 100000 marks in Ger
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-11
HUNT LOST CHORD

Tulsa, Okla.-The seven pigeon
hunters. who were captured in the
dome loft of the Boston Avenue
Methodist church. may not be re-
sponsible for the sour music that has
been coming from that church's or
gan, but they will try to remedy 1t.
When the boys were found, it was
discovered that several pipes were
missing from the organ. Judge Mel
ton fined each Of the boys 50. but
suspended the penalty providing the
boys found the missing pipes.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
PREBYsTERIAN CHURCH

The Christian Spirit seemed TO
have existed in the "~Endeavour" Sun
day evening wren the discussion Of
-Friends" was carried on. Each one
expressed ideas Of what a real friend
was The pastor read different
quotations a Friends" We feel that
an extra candle has been lighted
among the Endeavour workers, that
will help Us 10 always express in
deeds the value Of friends. Some folks
make the mistake in the difference
between friends and acquaintance.
When you find friends that are true,
never change the old for the new.
The choir is striving to keep her
hand together. and TO be able to give
strength 10 the church with its songs
OF praise
Prayer service and Bible class. ev-
cry Friday light. Visitors are always
welcome.
We must keep in touch with each
other as a membership body, SO al
ways buy The Omaha Guide to know
what your church is doing.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22

places and on the job. He told the
court that the Liberator was in Har-
lem to fight just such practices.
Thoroughly alarmed, the judge has
thy halted the hearing and an
nounced he would deliberate" on the
obedience and give his decision on
Wednesday. Briggs was paroled in
the custody of his lawyer. He was
defended by the International Labor
Defense, through its. attorney, Cohen.
On Wednesday morning when the
case was called again, the court was
packed with Harlem workers, while a
protest meeting was started under the
auspices Of the Liberator before the
court house. The magistrate then de-
clared the charges against Briggs dis
missed but upheld the policeman in
his action, declaring the charges that
the police have a right to challenge
suspicious" persons, thus in effect
stating that white, men, or persons
mistaken by the police for white,
seen with darkskinned people are
suspicious" persons.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
Cleaves Temple CME. Church,
25th and Decatur SITS

-DNh anu DCNdIui DLS.s f. W
Rev. J. L. Glover. Acting Pastor,
Sunday school opened at 9:45 a. m.
with Mrs. Sarah Stamps, Supt. pre-
siding. Sundays. lesson was very in
.teresting. A large number Of students
were il attendance. At eleven o'clock
Rev. Glover brought to us a very soul
stirring message. At 3 o'clock Rev
u. Z. MCGEE gave US a message that
made our hearts burn within us. The
Pew Rally, sponsored by the Forward
Step Club, in whose interest Rev. Nc
Gee came to us, was a decided sue
cess. In the evening we were again
favored by a lovely song service from
the Choir and a firing sermon from
Rev. Glover. A rally was carried on
throughout the day by the general
church, where the men paid $500 and
the women paid 81 90 each. This was
a decided success from a financial
point and we wish to thank our mem
bers and u many friends and visit
r who were present during the day.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
Bethel AME, Church,
243O Franklin ST.,
m -

" Os HAotAAhoS oStOI
Sunday was a great day for Bethel.
Rev. Mathis and his Choir took part
in the Quarterly meeting at. Lincoln.
Rev. Mathis was at his best all day.
He preached for Rev. Burbridge, pas
tor Of Quinn Chapel, Lincoln and the
Choir accompanied him. Bethel was
well represented in Lincoln. Rev.
Mathis gave an ~inspirational sermon
that win long be remembered in Lin
coin. Rev. Burbridge and Choir will
return the visit to Bethel on our
fourth and last Quarter.
on are always invited to attend
Bethel. Sunday School vt GAS a.
m. Endeavor League at $3.50 D. m.
Services at both IL a. m. and 8 D. m.
A discussion on "How Should the
Young Ladies be Organized and held
Together" was interestingly held be-
tween Rev. and Mr.. Mathis, Mrs.
Maggie Smith, Misses Francis Cow
ington and Eta Mae Woods. They
were delegates at our District Con-
ference.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
PARALLELS OF OUR LORD
Ascendancy of the Better Nature

BY DR.. A. G. Bearer
(For the Literary Service Bureau
Text: And when be came to him.
self-Luke 1917.
The story of DR.. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde is true to life. Every Individual
has these two natures. Paul discover
ed "a strange law in my members. >
Throughout our whole life either the
higher or the lower nature dominates
and directs our behavior. And life is
effectively and subjectively utilitar.
ian or detrimental accordingly as the
n nature or the other dominates.
1t was so with the prodigal. His
lower nature dominated when he fool.
ishly left home. In the swine pen
wearing his tattered garments and
parched with hunger, he retrospected
Then his better nature regained con
troll and he cried, II will arise and "a
to my father"
So the hope for the modern pro-
digal, the present day profligate lies
in allowing his better nature to gain
the ascendancy. This will mean the
beginning of a better and a happier
life. Let it be remembered that none
are wholly bad-that every one has a
better, higher nature.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
ICKES NAMED PUBLIC WORKS
ADMINISTRATOR
Assures N. A. A.. C. p. VIII Give Ne
gro Worker Square Deal

WASHINGTON, D. c. An APP
pointment which is of great import
ance to colored Americans. was made
here today when Harold L. Ickes
Secretary of the. Interior, and for sew
eral years president Of the Chicago
Branch of the N. A. A. C. p. was
named by President Roosevelt as Pub
lie Works Administrator. In his new
capacity, Mr.. Ickes will have charged
Of the public works program for
which Congress appropriated $780,
900. 1t is estimated that approximate
ly 50, 900, O0O. 900 of this sum will be
expended for wages. AS Negroes con-
~stitute one-tenth Of the population Of
America, his proportionate. share of
wages should therefore be in. the.
neighborhood. Of $500, OOo, 900.
The N. A. A. C. P. is c~oncentrat-
ing on a militant campaign of agita-
ton to see tat Negroes receive. their
proportionate share of jobs and relief
under the new deal". In a recent
radio address, Mr.. Ickes emphasized
that workers will be selected largely
from those registered at employment
agencies designated by the. United
States Employment Service. The N.
A. A.C. P, again urges colored work
ers to find out from their local Unit
ed States Employment Service the
agencies which are authorized to
register workers, and to register.
In a letter dated July II Mr.. Ickes
writes Walter White of the N. A. A.
C. P.
II have received your letter of July
6, in which you quote kilograms to
the President and Colonel Sawyer re-
garding discrimination against Negro
workers in the Public Works admin
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
64sa;1;=sssa5FR[a1

DR.. Rosser, p.us4dnis Elder of
Cleaves Temple C NJ. E Church,
will be in the city Sunday. He will be
accompanied by DIR. George c. Park
er. who i the Editor Of The Christian
Index d: Parker will deliver an
address at Cleaves Temple Church,
18th and Decatur Streets, Monday
night At $50. DIR Parker is n of
the gifted speakers Of hte race. He
has made recent addresses before
Governors a several southern states,
Tennessee and Mississippi being the
last ones. DR. Parker is a nan of
racial reno~n. DR. Rosser is urging
all Business and Professional men as
well a. others 10 hear DR. Parker.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
NEBRASKA LEADS U. S.
IN MARRIAGE GAINED

Cupid is doing a rousing business
in Nebraska in the face Of the de-
preston, but in Iowa, right across
the Missouri river, the chubby fellow
is ~encountering perhaps his hardest
going since pioneer days.
The census bureaus staid
OF marriage and divorce figures for
each state during the past year show
ed that Iowa marriages decreased al
most to half of the number perform
ed in 1931-the greatest drop Of any
state in the union-while her sister
commonwealth, Nebraska, was one Of
the few states showing an increase
and actually led the country in per-
centage Of gain in marriages.
While marriages for the United
States as a whole were dropping off
by rs per cent between 1881 and 1892.
in Iowa marriages dropped 43.5 per
cent and in Nebraska they increased
by sc. per cent:
Beats U. s. Average
Reducing its statistics for the first
time to show the number of marriag-
es to each divorce, the bureau report
ed that for Nebraska there were 81
marriages to each divorce, whereas
in Iowa there were but "a. In the
United States, the average was 81
marriages to each divorce obtained.
Nebraska divorces dropped off S
per Get during the year, yet in Iowa
there was an 1876 per cent decline in
divorces, too, which doesn't tie up at
all with the states figures on mar
@.,;,
In figures Nebraska divorces de-
clined from 1881 in 1881 to 1,454 Ia.
1882, whereas Iowa's slumped from
ALT to 1858 in that time.
Marriage Total Up
The total marriages performed in
the states during the year were IL
z57 in Nebraska and SOFA in Iowa
while the year before Iowa marriag-
es, totaling 14;190 had far outnrmber
ed Nebraska's 1000.
New York had but one divorce for
each 21.4 marriages, while Nevada
had 1.8 marriages to each divorce
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
NEGRO WORKERS EXCLUDED
TEMPORARILY FROM COTTON
TEXTILE CODE

Claims to Be Considered by January l
WASHINGTON $50 Action must be
taken by January 1, 1884 on the stat
US Of cleaners and outside workers in
the cotton textile industry in relation
to a minimum wage and maximum
hours, according to the cotton textile
code signed here tonight by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. The National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People wired President
Roosevelt urging that workers in
these two branches of the industry in
which some $4,000 Negroes are en-
ployed be included in the provisions
for regulation of wages and hours Of
work. John P. Davis of Washington.
representing the Negro Industrial
League, appeared at the hearings
here and vigorously protested against
the exclusion of the non-skilled mill
help in which classification most Ne
gro workers in the south are. Protests
were also made by other individuals
and organizations.
The code as signed by President
Roosevelt states: "While the excep-
ton of cleaners and outside workers
is approved for the provided by Sect
ion s prepare and submit to the Ad-
ministration by JarIlary 1. 1884, a
schedule of minimum wage and of
maximum hours for these classes"
In a letter daied July 7 from
Colonel Louis McH. Howe, Secretary
to the President, the N. A. A. G. p,
is advised that its telegram relating
to cleaners and outside crews was re-
ferred at President Roosevelt's di-
rection to the Special Industrial Re-
covery Board of which the Secretary
Of Commerce is Chairman
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
Bethel Baptist Church,
29th and T Streets,
Rev. j. H Jackson, Past>r.

z5tn ana l OIreetS,
Rev. j. H. Jackson, Pastor,
Mrs. &c. Collins, Reporter
The Sunday School is still moving
along nicely, with a fairly good at
tendance each Sunday.
For the past week we have had in
our Church vicinity an outstanding
visitor in the person. of Rev. j.. R.
McClinton. pastor. of the Greater St.
Tohn Baptist Church. Chicago, Ill.
We were hpnored to have him as. our
guest speaker for our services Sun
4n~ He chose for a, text John. III
Chapter, Third verse. It is. needless
to say how much this message was
enjoyed by. the congregation. This
wonderful message inspired. four
persons to unite with the Church.
Being a former acquaintance in boy
hood. it was a great pleasure for our
Pastor Rev. j., H. Jackson, to pres
ent the speaker to his congregation.
An equally large attendance was
4. ID in the evening service. The. guest
speaker used for his text NIT. XXI.
Chapter, And verse. with a subject
of "Cross Examination. His sermons
are an Inspiration to all. Visitors
and friends are always welcome to
worship at Bethel Baptist Church.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
St. Johns AME. Church.
tine Friendly Church"
22nd and Willis Avenue

II 1AACA1Ay OhoA~h
22nd and Willis Avenue.
Rev. L. p. Bryant, Pastor.
The services at St. Johns last
Sunday were very good. Rev. Bry-
ants subject in the morning RAJ
what Makes the Church. Some of
the thoughts to be remembered are:
The Church is Christ working thru
the Community; Christianity is the
Foundation Of all worth while A
rievement, and to get Equality and
Liberty, we must first get God into
he hearts of men. One new men,
her was added to the Church. Rev.
w. S. Metcalfe preached in the even
ing service from the text Acts 1910
vrse. Next Sunday is Quarterly
meeting day, and the Senior Choir
will render its monthly program.
The members rallied to the cause
IF Trustee day quite we'll Sunday.
There were many visitors at St. John
the day, viz, Mr.. C. C. Gal
Omaha; Mrs. Ethel Sands,
Kansas City; Miss .virgie White,
Los Angeles; Mr.. George E. Kee-
ford, Atkinson, Kan; Mr.. Robert S.
Parson, Oakland, California; Ray
Wilson, Atkinson, Kansas; Vernon
Windsor, Burlington. Iowa; and A.
Walker, Gibbon, Nebraska. Visitors
are always welcome.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
Chicago, July co.

AN OBJECT of reverence
~ to millions of Christians
and one of the earliest
relics of the faith is enshrined
In the Hall Of Religion at A
Century of Progress, Chicago's
1888 Exposition.
1t Is the Great Chalice Of Anti
och. earliest existing vessel thought
to have been connected with the
Holy Eucharist. According to an
outstanding authority on archaeol-
ogy and early Christian art, DR.. Ar
thur B. Cook Of Queens College,
Cambridge. England. 1t raises the
presumption that the cup It con-
tains might be the very vessel used
at the Last Supper.
The Chalice, according to DIR.
Gustavus "A. Msen, to whom was
entrusted the renovation and pre-
1iminary study Of the vessel, dates
from the First century A. D., and
probably was constructed between
80 and 20 A. d. This opinion is con-
Cured in by DR.. Cook, by DR.. A 7.
Olmstead, president of the Ameri-
al Oriental Society, and by many
other authorities. Some, however,
hold that the Chalice is of a later
date, probably Of the Fourth century.
Constantly Guarded.
The Chaiice Is the most impor-
tant item Of the Kouchakji silver
treasure, which includes book COW
ers, a plain silver cup and q cere-
monial cross, all of silver. They
discovered in. 1910 by Arabs
digging a well or a cellar in the
city Of Antioch.
The 'Chalice is displayed in an
appropriate setting at A Century of
Progress Exposition, and is guarded
night ard day. 1t is an open-work
container of silver. beautifully
wrought, 7.56 inches high, standing
on a pedestal and holding a cup
which would contain about two
quarts Of liquid. This cup. like
wise Of silver, is a Jewish Pass
over bowl of great antiquity, iden-
teal with those used when Christ
walked tho earth.
Brought to New York
The Chalice was carried to Paris
by its owner together with the
other objects Of the discovery, in
1913. There Leon Andre, archaeo-
logical expert for the Louvre and
other great museums, examined
and cleaned them. Shortly before
the battle of the Marine, when
Paris vas threatened by German
armies, the Ckalice and the other
objects were removed to the City
Of New York, where they have re-
manned for safety's sake In the
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
II AM INNOCENT, DECLARES
CRAWFORD
Would Have to Suffer But For
". A. A. C. P.

NEW YORK-"If it wasn't for you
I guess / would have to suffer for
what some one else did" writes Geo.
Crawford in a letter received today by
the N. A. A. G. r. In a remarkably
moving letter in which he tells of his
early life Crawford expresses his ap-
probation for the fight the N. A. A.
c. P, is making to prevent his return
to Virginia and declares that some
day his innocence will be clearly es-
tablished.
Crawford's letter follows:
"Mr. Walter White dear sir:
Il received your kind and welcome
letter on the 81 day Of June and was
some glad to hear from you and also
to receive the cigarettes. Was more
than glad to get them as / don't have
any n to come to see me. Lam very
well at present and truly hope this.
letter will find you well, and hope you
enjoyed your trip to. Chicago and all
so hope to see you real soon. i would
like to have 2 talk with you as soon
as you can come over. to Boston. Mass.
l. hope truly that / will have the op-
%portunity to see you about. / also. ap-
-preciate you and Mr.. Charles Hous-
ton and Mr.. Edward p. Lovett and
also the N. A. A.. G. P. IF it wasn't
for you l guess l would have to suf-
fer for what some. one else done. But
/ hope time will prove that / am an
innocent a God knows all things
and some day it will leak out even if
| am dead and gone. Then the people
a e their mistake. / was Born in
the south. My poor mother and faith
er died while ! was small. / had one
sister and God taken her from me So
you can see I have had a hard time
in this world. I left the south because
the white people done all they could
to keep me in prison. | left the South
and come north. Now it look like they
want to put me to deaths But I thank
God some day God will call them some
day and they wont be able to answer
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
ST. Benedict Catholic Church,
2s23 Grant St,

Father Daley. Pastor,
NJ. G. Arbuckie. reporter.
Our aim is 70 do our bit for Omaha
and the community as = whole. Each
week the new shall appear in the
Omaha Guide about our church.
Since the retiring Of Father Caslep
VINO is the founder of 81. Benedict
Church, Father Daley has been our
pastor Father is from Chicago and
has been with Us for the past two
years. de Is certainly doing things
for the up6uilding of the Negro in
Omaha. He has made marvellous i'm
provemenf in the school building, has
painted al the floors in both the
church and school. also painted the
house east of the school, and placed
runner in the aisles Of the church.
There are about 35 children attending
summer Session Of school. Sunday
July 1e, Father Daley gave a wonder
full talk on self Confidence"
Father says The Omaha Guide is a
wonderful paper and should have the
support Of all our people. If you
fail 70 give news to the paper and
then fan % buy il, you cannot expect
the paper 70 be like the Chicago De
fendeE Kansas City Call and Pitts
hugh Courier. unless you do better.
Father Daley is for our people and
says il We do not help ourselves we
cannot expect much help. We must
give the Editor credit for trying to
supply our people with the local news
As vel as the out of-otwn news. ANY
members having news or
mentx, please give il to NJ. C. Ar
buckle. Sunday Of each week.
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
BRIGGS USES COURT TO EXPOSE
JIM CROW SYSTEM IN NEW
YORK CITY N Y.


NEW YORK CITY-(CNA)-Cyril
Briggs, militant editor of the Harlem
Liberator was attacked and arrested
by a Tammany policeman last Sunday
night as he was accompanying a wom-
an member of his staff to her home
on West 121st Street, following their
attendance at a party downtown.
AS they reached the stoop where
the woman lives, Briggs was accost-
ed by a white policeman who demand
ed to know if he lived in the house.
Told It was non of his business, the
officer brushed past Briggs and grab
bed hold of the woman. A fight en-
sued between Briggs and the officer,
and the editor was placed under ar
rest. During the fight, the woman
member Of the Liberator staff was
able to reach her apartment safely.
In the Magistrates Court at ITO
East 121st Street on Monday morn
ing, the officer openly admitted that
he had mistaken Briggs, who has a
light skin, for a white man, that Har-
lem officers have had instructions to
stop white men seen in company OF
Negroes. He charged Briggs with
breaking an umbrella on him, and at
tempting to take away his club.
On the witness stand. Briggs testi-
fled that he had acted in self defense,
that he resented the attitude of the
officer toward. himself and his COM
panion, that he thought things had
come to a pretty pass in Harlem when
a Negro mar could not walk with a
Negro woman without. being molested
by the police. He declared further
that while he was a Negro and proud
of it he was absolutely opposed to the
white ruling class Of attempting to
prevent the association of Negro and
white workers. He characterised this
policy as. aimed at splitting, the. the
isolation of the Negro masses, thus
insuring to the white ruling class a
greater exploitation of the oppressed
Negro t%oilers. At this point he was
Interrupted by the magistrate whose
eyes almost popped out of his head as
the militant editor used the trial to
put the whole Jim crow system and
the lynch courts on trial, while white
and Negro workers in the court room
leaned forward in eager approval of
his exposure of the courts and the
police as instruments of the ruling
class.
The magistrate then undertook to
direct the questioning of the defend
ant in an attempt to puzzle the work
ing class editor but Briggs utilized
every question to further bring out
the jim crow role of the courts and
police, pointing out that the action of
the policeman was part and parcel of
the ruling class idealogy of Negro in
feriority, Of segregation and high
rents, Of discrimination in public
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22

at his call. / am writing you as I am
al alone. / have been in here a very
good while and what make me feel
OK in my prison cell, I know some
day it will all leak out and God knows
! am not the man 80 why should +
worry because these people want to
put me to death. God knows all things
and he knows / am innocent If the
people don't believe me. Hope to sea
you soon as I would like to talk with
you, from George Crawford, cell 80.
Charles Street pail. Boston, Mass.
"Please send me the colored papere
The Omaha guide., 1933-07-22
CHALICE OF ANTIOCH, SACRED RELIC WHO MAY HAVEl
BEEN USED AT LAST SUPPER. Is SHOWN AT

from Al A D. It was there that
the followers Of Jesus first became
known as Christians. and thence
for many years missionaries were
sent to preach the gospel. As to
the probable connection between
the early Church and the Chalice,
DR.. Cook writes:
May % Holy Grail.
with the fall Of jerusalem, An
tech became the main center Of
Christianity in the East. And 80
the inner bowl Of the Chalice may
have been not improbably brought
thither from Jerusalem, where It
may have been the very vessel used