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The Omaha guide., 1934-02-03
North and South Rallying
Behind Anti-Lynching Bills.

New York, Jan. 26.-Congressman
Louis Ludlow Of Indiana has written
to Attorney F. B. Ransom, head of
the Madame G. ]. Walker Manufac-
turing Company Of Indianapolis, dis
cussing the Costigan-Wagner anti
lynching bill and stating: 81 think
that lynching is an outrageous viola
ton of good morals and a national
disgrace and should be prohibited by
a strong national law with teeth in it
1 shall gladly support such legisla-
ton and help work for it's passage
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N. "A. "A. C. p. JOINS DEPRIEST IN
RESTAURANT FIGHT

NEW YORK, January 30-Follow-
ing closely upon the announcement
Of Congressman Oscar DePriest that
he viii fight ii Congress the color
bar in the House public restaurant,
the National Association for the Adj
vancement Of Colored People wired
Congressman Lindsay Garter Warren
of North Carolina, Chairman Of the
Accounts Committee, urging him to
rescind the order barring Negro
citizens from the cafe. The Asso-
cations telegram contends that "a
public restaurant operated BY the
Federal Government in the nations
capital should be open to all citizens
or closed" Congressman Warren had
stated to the press that the restau-
rant would not serve Negroes as long
as he had. anything to do with it's
management.
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couldn't bear II see anyone else get
q single 4 "a those little brown sweet
nuts, although he knew wen enoughl
that he couldn't eat all of them tot
save Ais HE. Etght away he began to
erowl, and you know his srowl is deen
and grumbly-rHrably and not ~ All
pleasant to hear.
Those who We're nearest him moved
off a little farther, bat went right 0
picking up those brown. sweet little
nuts. Buster Bear grovled more and
This grcwl was deeper and more grum-
hly-rumhly. An TIE other little people
looked at him a~nxiously. but kept right
on hunting for those brown sweet lit-
tie nuts. Then Buster Bear quite lost
Lis tamnar.
"Il.ese nuts are mine, all mine" he
roared.
Then he ran at Liehtfoot the Deer.
Lightfoot bounded away, but not far.
lie knew that Easter Bear could hot
catch him, and lie had no mind to leave
those nuts. Then Buster rushed at tile
Gobbler family and all the Gobblers
scurried away, each I'D a different di-
r%ection, but they didn't 20 far. Then
Buster rushed this way and rushed
that way wherever he saw anyone
picking up nuts.
Mrs. Grouse merely darted behind
a fallen tree and the minute Busters
back was turned size was scratching !
over leaves in search of nuts again.
Sammy Jay and Redhead the Wood I
pecker merely flew up In a tree. Chat
terer the Red Squirrel and Happy Jack
the Gray Squirrel and Unc' Billy and
Mrs. Postum climbed the ~nearesti
trees. But they were back on the
ground again as soon as Buster had
turned away.
Peter Rabbit, who was hiding near
to see all that went on, had to laugh.
He couldn't help it. There was great
big Buster Bear SO piggish that he
wanted all, yet getting hardly a tastel
because he was spending his tlme
chasing his neighbors. 1t often Is that
way with piggish people. In trying to-
get more than their share they fail to
get what they might have as well asj
not.
@ T. w. Burgess.-WNU Service
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Many White Southerners
Favoring Costigan Bill.
New York Jan

New York Jan 26.-The National
Association for the Advancement Of
Colored People has received assur-
ance from the Commission on Inter-
racial Cooperation, Atlanta, Ga, that
a number Of prominent Southern
white people are cont and out for the
principle Of federal legislation" to
curb lynching. The letter states, how
ever, that "the majority Of thought
ful people in the South is not yet
ready to commit itself to the princi-
pie of federal legislation. There are,
however, strong evidence that opinion
is not fixed and that, when the dis
cussion gets under way, the move
will be toward approval Of the
anti-lynching bill'-
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There are many other gasoline
companies which advertise over the
radio which have never, SO far, in
suited customers because Of race,
color or creed. Blue Sunoco motor
fuel uses Lowell Thomas, who has
been most fair to colored people;
American gas and Oil employs Ethel
Waters for it's Sunday night broad
casts; Texaco has Ed Wynn, who
never insults Negroes; the various
companies affiliated with Standard
Oil have radio programs free from
insult; and most Of these oils and
gasoline are sold from coast to coast.
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] THROUGH
] WOMAN'S
. EYES Q h sE6N
ON "THE GOOD OLD * Y

"TT IS the Thursday Lecture; in
Il n sense. a day OF public shame (;
the day on which transgressors who
have made themselves liable TO the
miner seventies Of the Puritan law,
receive their punishment. At this mo-
ment the constable has bound an idle
Mellow to the wtipplng-po post and is Civ
ing him his deserts With a c~at-o-nine-
tails.
Ever since sunrise Daniel Fairfield
has been standing on the steps Of the
meeting-house with a halter about his
neck, which he is condemned to wear
visibly throughout his lifetime: Doro-
shy Talby is chained to a post at the
corner Of prison-lnne. With the hot
sun blazing on her matronly face. and
for no other offence than lifting her
hand against her husband. Such are
the profitable sights that serve the
good people Of the New ENGLAND vii.
lage to while away the earlier part
ef I~ecturc-aay.Y
That is q BIT from one o. Nathan
bel Hawtherne's sketches Of life IN old
New England. He goes on to describe
an aged couple, John Proctor and his
wife, Elizabeth. passing. in a company
of other condemned prisoners. on their
way to the execution place on Gallows
Hill. "If there are two old people in
she whole country" he says. "who
geem To have led a true Christian life,
It is this very pair Yet it was sworn
before the worshipful Chief Justice
Mat they anrig1ltcd children in the
bighttime." SO to the galIows the good
aid couple 70.
If you know anyone who casts a
forging eye on romantic pictures of
Former times, who thinks we are I'M
fortunate to be living in this day and
age-anyOne who decries modern times
az giving less opportunity for happi-
ness than -'the good old days Of some
period in the pastel him or her to
read up on the life of that period, not
In dry history hooks. but in such pic
lures Of daily living as these sketches
by Hawthorne.
The PuritaHs, of course, had q tall
emf for making a special kind Of hell
on earth for themselves and each 9TH
er. But take any age in the past and
familiarize yourself with the details
of daily living then and you are bound
TO offer up a feryent prayer of thank
fulness for having been born when
you were.
For women particularly the most
glamorous times in the past would
make a very poor exchange. In times
, and places where men were not en-
gagged in making living difficult for
each other they certainly made no eff
fort to make it easy for women. Com
! pare this day Of emancipation for
AwolDen of all classes and tell me-
would you swap it for any other?
c. Bell syndicate.-WNU Service.
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NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIONS

Ii the County of Douglas County,
Neraska, in the matter of the estate
OF Joseph Jones, deceased.
All persons interested in said es-
tate are hereby notified that a peti-
ton has been filed in said Court al
leging that said deceased die leavin;o
no last will an praying for admin
stratlon upon his estate, and that q
hearing will be had on said petition
before said court on the 10th dav of
February 1884, and that if thew fail
to appear at said Court on the said
10Th day of February 1884 at 9
O'Clock a. N. to contest cad petioion
the court may grant the same and
grant administration of said estate IN
DIR. Wesley Jones or some other
suitable person and proceed to a set
Element thereof.
Bryce Crawford
County Judge.
ATTORNEY RAY L. WILLIAMS
Express January 9th. 1884
Attorney Ray Williams, Room No,
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tiers to members Of the U. S. Senate
and House of Representatives. The
letters are stamped at the expense Of
the Forum and mailed out at the
rate Of 200 daily.
Members Of the Forum have called
personally upon prominent business
men, lawyers, insurance men, etc.
urging them to send individual letters
to members Of the Senate and House
Of Representatives.
The Maryland Anti-Lynching Fed
Grafton IS doing the same thing
among white people and is getting
together a large delegation to ap-
pear before the Senate Judiciary
subcommittee hearings.
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Cincinnati N. A. A. C. p. Asks
Roosevelt to Endorse Bill.

Cincinnati, Jan. 26.-In q letter to
President Roosevelt, Theodore M.
Berry, president Of the Cincinnati
branch Of the N. A. A. c. P. has urged
the Chief Executive to officially re-
quest Congress to pass the Costigan-
Wagner anti-lynching bill. mo 9TH
er president within several genera
tons, the letter concludes, twill
have such power and opportunity to
erect this evil
The Cincinnati branch has had
made and distributed five thousand
buttons reading Federal Anti-Lynch-
ing Law. Cincinnati N. "A. "A. c. P.
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ELKS TO HAVE RECOVERY
DRIVE

On February I, the Elks are going
to have a Recovery Drive, at the Par
ker Garden, oath and Parker SITS. All
Elks in good standing, and all broth
ers delinquent are cordially invited to
be at the Recovery Drive Smoker.
All brothers are also requested to
visit Mr.. Charles Freckles, who is i'll
at this writing. The Elks will also
sponsor a dance some time during the
month Of February.
". H. I. Ransom, Exalted Ruler
Bro. DR.. Price Terrell, Secretary
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ed On Downing Street one Of the
principal thoroughfares Of the city
and a main artery Of travel. 1t is
also convenient both to street car
and bus lines. The building is sur
rounded By a large plot Of ground
which will be Handicapped and planted
with shrubs and flowers with the
coming Of spring. The building con
tains two spacious floors divided into
convenient Offices, and has a full
basement and an attic room which
viii be used for the storage of sup
plies and the fling Of records. The
building is well lighted and ventilated
from all sides and the central heating
plant is designed for the greatest
comfort to the employees Of the Office
as well as for convenience and con
omy in operation. The building
makes possible the housing Of the
various departments Of the Home Of
flee under a single roof with the ef-
ficient distribution of the clerical
fierce on the two floors allotted for
the work. The Office Of the Supreme
Commando Oh the first floor and
that Of the Supreme Physician adjoin-
in gy14 -hese two officers attract
i've IS VII as convenient space for
Il dues ana affords them an easy
a & te the other departments with
in .le Du4on4g- me once OF the
Supreme Clerk on the second floor is
likewise a model Of neatness and con-
Venisnce.
Messages and good wishes were
sent from a great many of the local
business concerns and a large num-
Der of kilograms were received con
graduating the Woodmen upon the
evidence Of progress of which the
timely occupancy of the new office
building gives. Mr.. L. H. Lightner,
serving his first term as Supreme
Commander after an intimate con-
nection with the organization of more
than twenty years standing, has been
warmly congratulated on the pro-
gressive nature of his administration
up to the present time. The office
reports a sharp increase in the num-
Der of new applications and renewals
since the sessions Of the Quadrennial
Convention held in Denver last Au-
gust. The newly elected Supreme
Commander spent several months
during the fall visiting camps located
in various parts of Texas, Oklahoma
and other states. The dispensations
which the Supreme Commander has
granted and his visits to the local
camps throughout the jurisdiction
have doubtless been responsible in a
large way for an encouraging in
in the membership of the or
~ganization during the past few
months.
Following the formal opening of
the new quarters and the adjournment
of the Supreme Council, the visiting
members returned to their homes.
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able Dean OF Howard University
should oppose any legislation, FEEDER
al or State, which would tend I'd cor
rect this serious situation represent
ed BY rs authenticated ~lynchings ia
1883 against only 10 in 1892" Citing
the drastic provisions Of the COST
gan-Wagner bill, the letter concludes,
''The Federal Government must act
The issue IS no longer q sectional nor
a racial one"
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BUSTER BEAR IS G

Nov, wouldn't you suppose that
- when there is plenty for every
body, everybody would be contented
and happy? But often. altogether 100
often, it isn't SO at al. The more folks
have, the more they want. And there
are other folks who, 10 matter how
much they have, seem to think that
others may be having something bet
ter, and instead of making the most
Of what they have. go about trying to
get what their ~neighbors have.
II seemed, it really did, that there
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COSTIGAN- WAGNER BILL INTRO
DUCED IN THE HOUSE BY
CALIFORNIAN

Continued From Page One)
the subcommittee are Senators CIar-
ence C. Dill, Washington, Chairman;
an early hearing. The members Of
George w. Norris, Nebraska; Fred
erick Van Mugs, Indiana; William H.
Dieterich, Illinois; and Warren R.
Austin, Vermont.
The Association is also asking for
contributions to it's $4,000 fund to
help push the bills through both
houses Of Congress.
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Continued from Page II

ing Naval Conference?
The "big stick" policy is humiliat-
ing to proud peoples who are made
it's victims. 1t compels them to sur
render to superior force, and this
rankles for long years after. Would
it not better for your general policy
of world disarmament as we'll as in
definite preparation for the 1885 Con-
ference for US to come with clean
hands and no threats and a single eye
for the reduction of navies as well as
armies to police status with perma-
nent peace and goodwill as the under
lying objective?
Sincerely yours,
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To the churches, clubs, friends and
the j. D. Lewis Funeral Home, we
the bereaved, wish to express our
Hearty Thanks and appreciation to
you for coming to our rescue in this
hour Of III deep grief of the death
Of cur Aunt, Mrs. Lizzie Montgom-
cry, 2517 Grant st.
Respectively yours,
Niece, Policy Phillips,
Detroit, Mich.
Nephew, Eugene Phillips,
Seattle, Wash.
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2, Tuckman Bros. Building, Path ard
Lake Streets.
NOTICE TO NONRESIDENT
n

In the District Court Of Doug
las County, Nebraska.
TO: MAY EDWARDS, whose place
Of residence and upon whom
personal service Of summons
cannot be had, Defendant.
You are hereby notified that on the
18th day Of August. 1888. Roy Ed
wards, as plaintiff, fled his petition
against you ii the District Court Of
Douglas County, Nebraska. Docket
zg6. Page $40, she OBJECT and prayer
Of which petition IS to obtain a d.
yorce from You on the grounds Of
Abandonment
You are hereby required to answer
said petition or or before the Goth
day Of February, 1884. Or said pc
tition against you viii be taken as
true.
ROY EDWARDS, Plaintiff
Beginning Jan. 20. 1884
Ending February 3, 1884
Attorney Ray Williams. Room No
2. Tuckman Bros. Building, oath and
Lake Streets
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were enough of those queer three-sided
little brown nuts under the beech
trees for everybody to have all he
could eat, and that that beech-nut pic
mic that beautiful October morning
should be the merriest, happiest kind
of a picnic. But it wasn't. No, sir, it
wasn't. The reason was the piggish-
ness Of Buster Bear.
When Buster arrived under the
beech trees and saw so many others
gathered there for the very same pur-
pose that had brought him there, he
right away let selishness get the best
Of him. He was greedy, was Buster
Bear. He was SO greedy that he
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Legal Notices
OF ADMINISTRATOR

In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
In the matter Of the Estate Of
Annie Brown, Deceased.
All persons interested in said es-
tate are hereby notified that a peti-
ton has been filed in said Court al
leging that said deceased died leaving
no last viii an praying for admins
tration upon her estate, and that i
hearing viii be had on said petition
before said court on the 18th day Of
January, 1884 and that if they fail
to appear at said Court on the said
18th day Of January, 1884 at 900
O'Clock A. NJ. to contest said petition.
the Court may grant the same and
grant administration of said estate
to Ella Flowers or some other suita-
lie person and proceed to a settlement
thereof.
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-"CENT-A-NEGRO" CAMPAIGN
GROWS

NEW YORK, January 30-Contri-
buttons to the NAACP. 25th Ami
versary "Cent-a-Negro" campaign
in increasing volume An anonymous
are coming in to the national office
donor has sent 81 for 100 South Car
DINA plantation Negroes, while a
contributor from Timmonsville, s. G.
has given S. for 500 more.
The Association is making a drive
for S120,000 during 1884, represents
ing one cent for each colored person
in the United States.
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CONFINED from Page ~
from the trade schools Of the coun-
try. The white youth IS given straw
while the Negro youth is required to
make brick without straw" and it
is demanded that in quality and guam
tity his bricks should equal those Of
the more fortunate white youth
Fairl It is doubtful if his satanic
majesty would call this fairl
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Social News :

Mr.. and Mrs. Boyd v. Galloway, of
2714 North 28th Street, are the proud
parents Of a baby girl, born Friday
morning at II a. M, alta local hos
pital.
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Baltimore Forum Sending 1000
Anti-Lynch Letters to Congress.

Baltimore, Nd, Jan. 26--The City
Wide Young Peoples Forum is aiding
the fight for the passage in Con-
gress Of the Costigan-Wagner feder-
al anti-lynching bill by having print
ed and signed one thousand form let
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Y CRAWFORD,
PROBATE NOTICE

In the matter of the estate of Annie
Brown, Deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN:
That the creditors Of said deceased
viii meet the administrator of said
estate, before me, County Judge Of
Douglas County, Nebraska, at the
County Court Room, nj said County,
on the 10th day of March, 1884 and
on the 10th day of May, 1884, at 8
o'clock A. NJ, each day, for the pur-
pose of presenting their claims for
examination, adjustment and allow
ance. Three months are allowed for
the creditors to present their claims,
from the 10th day Of February, 1884.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
County Judge.
begins 1904
ends 1884
Attorney Ray Williams. Room No.
2, Tuckman Bros. Building, Gath and
Lake Streets.
Attorney Ray L. Williams, Room
No. 2 Tuckman Bros Building, oath
and Lake Streets.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court Of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES-
TATE OF:
Mary Brown, Deceased.
All persons interested in said es-
tate are hereby notified that a petit
ton has been filed in said Court al
leging that said deceased died leav-
ing no last viii and praying for ad-
ministration upon his estate, and
that a hearing vii be held on said
petition before said court on the
10th day of February, 1884, and that
if they fail to appear at said Court
on the said 10Th day of February
1884 at 9 o'clock A. NJ. to contest
said petition, the Court may grant
the same and grant administration
of said estate to Eleanor Turner or
some other suitable person and pro-
coed to a settlement thereof.
BRYCE CRAWFORD, County Judge.
expires 2-1O-34. st.
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Mrs. Louise Hawkins Of Chicago.
The mother Of Mrs. Alice Galloway,
is in the city visiting her daughter
and s~on-in-law. Mrs. Hawkins is the
proud grandmother Of a baby girl,
and will be in the city with her
daughter during her confinement.
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R0Y EDMARDS. Plaintif
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION

NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court Of Douglas
County, Nebraska.
In the Matter Of the Estate Of
Francis Ruth Cole, Deceased.
All persons interested in said es-
tate are hereby notified that a pc
tition has been fled in said Court al
eging that said deceased died leaving
no last will an praying for admins
tration upon her estate. and that a
hearing will be had on said petition
before said court on the 10th day of
February, 1884, and that if they fail
to appear at said Court on the said
10th day Of February, 1884, at 900
o'clock A. M. to contest said petition,
the Court may grant the same and
grant administration Of said estate to
Dir. Craig Morris, or some other suit
abe person and proceed to a settle
ment thereof.
BRYCE CRAWFORD,
County Judge.
Attorney Ray Williams, Room No
2. Tuckman Bros. Building, oath and
Lake Streets.
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BRYCE CRTWFORD.

County Judge
Attorney Ray Williams, Room No.
q hickman Bros. Building, oath and
Lake Streets.
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In the matter of the estate of Annie
Brown, Deceased.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN:
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CLASSIFIED ADS

Small Room. Reasonable. WE. 4f62.
Mrs. Alyce Wilson. Music Director.
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Attorney Ray Williams, Room No.
2, Tuckman Bros. Building, Gath and
Lake Streets.
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-23
UNCLE WIGGILY AND THE
SQUIGGLERS

All the animal boys and girls in
Woodland near the Orange Ice
Mountains were having grand fun
sliding down the snowy hill on then
sleds. Some of them didn't ever
bother with their sleds. They slid
down on their paws. Sometimes
VIXEN they slipped and fell, they
slid down on their heads.
Oh, it was grand fun!
And even the older anlmals, like
Uncle Wiggily, the bunny gentle
man, his wife, Nurse Jane, Uncle
Butter the goat, Mr. TWistytail the
fat pig, and Mr.. Bushtail, the squir-
rel, had good times on the coastine
hill.
AS for Mr.. Whitewash, the Polar
Bear, he was so accustomed to snow
living as he did in an ice cave al
the year, that he didn't care much
about coasting. But he used to come
and watch the others slide down,
hill. He was there the day Uncle
Wiggily's sled went off the hill and
plopped into snow bank with
Nurse Jane and Mrs. Longears.
Now Uncle Wiggily was out or
the hill with his sled all by him.
self. He had asked his wife and
Nurse Jane to come coasting with
him, but Mrs. Longears said;
mo, thank you, Wiggy, my dear
Imperial Valley press., 1934-01-23
sD0r1't Quote Me-
BY United Press

WASHINGTON, Jan. %. - Sec
retary of State Cordell Hull has re-
turned from the grand tour of South
America, all tired out from what
was supposed to be vacation trip.
The secretary went TO Montevideo
in connection with the Pan-Ameri-
can conference, but when that was
over he and Mrs. Hull packed their
baggage for leisurely, restful tour
of the South American continent on
the way home. And then what hap
pened?
went, speeches in Spanish, at that;
wnt, speeches in Spanish, at that;
prepared statements for the news
papers; and attended receptions,
banquets and such-until now Sec
retary Hull begs the pardon of his
Washington acquaintance when
his conversational English lapSes
naturally into Spanish.
"It was a very interesting trip,
Hull explained, but you could hard
ly call il restful.'
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