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Evening star., 1934-08-01

to thousands of waiting GUNTHER
dealers, to fill an erer popular de-
mand. GUNTHER'S quality has had an
enviable reputation since 1881. That's
why, today, CUNTHER'S is undeniabIy
the Word for Quality Beer. Ii you have
a fastidious taste and If you're partial
to quality order case of CUNTHER'S.
Evening star., 1934-08-01

Binghamton, N. r.. the income from
500, 600. and Judge Daniel J. Kenne-
fick. Buffalo. ". Y. q friend Of the
family, SIS 600. The will also pro-
vided an income Of 81 600 annually
for the Methodist Episcopal Church
at East windsor, n. Y.
Evening star., 1934-08-01
MRS. JANE e. BEl.kNAP
ESTATE TOTAL S400, 900
widow OF Chicago Patent Attor-
ney Makes Sister Chief Bene-
feiary In Will.

By the Associated Press
CHICAGO. August Mrs. Jane
Collins Belknap. widow of the late
Frank l. BeIknsp. prominent Chicago
patent attorney. left an estate valued
at s4O0 600. it was revealed yesterday
when the viii was admitted to pro-
bate.
Among beneiciaries were a sister
Mrs. Mary C shaul. Amsterdam. n
Y. $780, 600: Mrs. Jessie c. RUNNER
Evening star., 1934-08-01
PRESIDENT GREETs AIDE.
Cruiser Passes Ship Carrying Cum.
mings 10 Honolulu.

ABOARD CRUISER HOUSTON
ROUTE TO PORTLAND. Greg. Au-
gust ] R1.-Far out In the Pacific
Ocean President Roosevelt exchanged
greetings yesterday with member OF
his cabinet, Attorney General Cum
minRs
The latter was aboard a liner bound
Tor Honolulu on Government business.
The ship passed the cruiser Houston
and New Orleans. the latter conveying
the presidential boat.
The President encountered the first
Evening star., 1934-08-01

project in Washington. base OF the
gigantic Columbia River power and
irrigation development.
Evening star., 1934-08-01
|@ At4w At4M EQUALITY

The mechanical parade of glistening,
ichite bottles moves accurately and
swiftly to the automatic filling ma
chimes, where they are filed 10 capacity
with mellOw, golden, fOaning GUN.
THEIRS quality beer. The bottles when
filed are cased and whisked away
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
Writers Urge Cong
ress To Pass Bill

New York-A letter to Congress signed by eighty
one writers, %publicists and editors urging the enactment
at this session Of the Costigan- Wagner antilynching bill
was forwarded Saturday by the Writers League against
lynchlng In San Jose California last November.
The bill was reported out favorably by the senate Judi
clary committee April IL. w. E. Woodward is chairman
OF the League and Suzanne LaFollette is secretary.
Among the signers are Louis Adamic, Gertrude Ather-
on, Stephen Vincent Benet, Robert Benchley, Henry S.
Candy, Erskine Caldwell, Theordore Dresser, Edna Ferb-
er, Dorthy Garfield Fisher, Alfred A. Knopf, Sinclair
Lewis, Christopher Morley, George Jean Nathan, Elmer
Rice, Upton Sinclair, Oswald Garrison Willard, Carl Van
Doren, Phil Stong and Robert Morsr Lovett. The com
plete list Of those who have authorized their names to be
affixed to the letters:
Louis Adamic Adamic, Gertrude Atheron, Faith Bald
win, Mary Beard, Robert Benchley, Stephen Vincent Ben
net, Bruce Bliven, Herschel Brickwell, Van Brooks, Stru-
theirs Burt, Erskine Caldwell, Henry S. Candy, Mare Con
nelly, Countee Cullen, Babette Deutsch, j. H. billiard, Ed
ward Donahoe, Theodore Driser, Abraham Epstein, Cliff
ton Fadiman, Edna Ferber, Arthur Dawson Ficke, Doro-
thy Canfield~Tesi1er E. Franklin Frazier c. Hartley
Grattan, Harold K. Guinzburg Louis M. Hacker, Harry
Hanses, Jessie Fauset Harris, Arthur Garfield Hays Rob
ert Herrick, Sheila Hibben, B.. w. Huebsch, Inez Haynes
Irwin, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Freda Kirchey, Alfred
A. Knopf, Joseph Wood Krutch, William Ellery Leonard,
Newman Levy, Sinclair Lewir Allan Locke James Weldon
Johnson.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
kerns Case To
Come Up Thur.

The case against the management
OF the Brandeis Theatre, filed bv
Mrs. j. Harvey Kerns and Mrs. VII
liam Haines for violation Of civil
rights will go to trial Tuesday, Nav
l. at y a. m. and Wednesday MAY 2.
at 9 a. m respectively in the NUM-
clpal court A jury has been asked
for by the defendants.
1t will be remembered that a few
weeks ago the plaintiff in this case
was alleged to have been Inundated
and insulted when after personally
purchasing tickets to the show at the
Brandies Theater, took seats on the
main floor, was threatened and init
Undated by the employees and mana
ger in attempting to force them 20
remove up stairs. Mrs. Kerns is the
wife of Mr.. J. Harvey Kerns, execu-
tive secretary of the Urban League,
Community Center of Omaha.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
Sees No Harm In
Making Mules Out
Or Negro Convicts

4 liz DULL "a CALLS Ol
six Negroe cOnvicts each we're tramping up and down
the mie-lone cotton rows, hitched to a cotton planter,
with a seventh man driving them oxen-fashion, when the
chairman of the State Penal Board, called to investigate
a charge that cOnvictS are being used in place of mules at
the Tucker Prison farm.
Chairman Walter Helms saw a demonstration Of
convicts working "in the traces" atthe Tucker Prison
Farm, pulling cotton planters, and ruled that their task
was not too hard. Substitution Of man power" for
mules during the crop planting period would be ~conting-
ed, he asserted.
Chairman Helms, with H. Grady Mccall, secretary
to Governor J. Martin Futhrel were asked by the Gov
ernOr to investigate the practice after it had been revealed
the men were being used because of a shortage OF work
stock at the farm. Superintendent A. G.. Steadman said
the work was no harder than other manual tasks the
men were forced to perform.
The c~onvicts were being used only at Tucker Farm
No. 2, where Superintendent Steadman said, a shortage
of mules eristed, in an effort to speed the cotton planting.
The "hitch" consisted Of a rope attached to the plant
er, with three turned crossticks against which the men
pushed as they walked along in the "mlddles.
Chairman Helms said he had not been previously
advised the men were being used for the work, but that
after viewing it and the conditions under which it was
being done, he saw no reason for it to be stopped.
These men are here for a definite purpose" he said.
"Most of them received sentences calling for hard labor.
This labor is no harder than clearing timber, cutting
bitches or hoeing in the fields. 1t is necessary that all
of the 1000 men confined here be kept busy. This is the
one way of doing the job"
Helms and Mccall interviewed the men at work,
asking them is they objected to the work, and if it was
harder than other tasks at the farm.
One man from Wynne, Arkansas, said it was plenty
of work" and harder than digging bitches. 81 wouldn't
mind it if my feet didn't bother ne some" he added.
Another man sentenced from Boone County for four
years, said, "It's all right after you get used to it. Some
of the guys who weren't used to farm work couldn't get
along SO we'll at first, but it doesn't hurt you after you
have been here a while"
A rain just before the demonstration had made the
ground soft, and many Of the convicts had piled their
shoe at the turn row and were working in bare feet. 1t
was easier to walk in the black spongy soil without the
heavy work shoes, they explained, and they had asked to
take them off.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
Senate Confirms
Il D~r.5Tompkins

Washington-(CNS)- DR.. vii
liam J. Thompkins Of Kansas City
Mo-, has been confirmed by the
Senate as Recorder Of Deeds for the
District of Columbia. He is ex-
pected to u the duties of his
office on Monday, April 16.
1t is rumored that Jefferson S.
Coage, promoted to the Recordershiu
in 1880 vii remain in the Office as
a deputy.
Under a bill in Congress the ap-
pointment of the recorder will be
transferred to the district Of COM
missioners, who will also appoint ali
the employees of the office.
Designed to make the office self
supporting, the bill sets up a new
scale of fees, and empowers the Dis
trict Commissioners to make changes
in the rates in the future as circum-
stances warrant. Under present
laws the rates are fixed by Congress
and the appointment of the recorder
is made by the President of the
United States.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
Visits Guide PLANT

Mr.. A. J. Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Mitchell all of La Junta
Colorado who are visiting their ne
phew and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Clay
ter Of 2214 Lake St. and Mrs. Clayter
paid a visit to The Omaha Guide Of
flee, Friday morning. They reported
that it was the finest plant Of its
kind, among our race that they had
seen. They said that it was a pleas
ure to go through it, and that their
only regret was that they had not
caught the paper in action on the big
press and on the folding machine.
Mrs. Mitchell stated that she would
be sure to tell all of her friends about
the Omoha Guide paper and the office
and plant, when she returned to La
junta, Colorado and if possible open
up a station routs there.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
MIR. LOW, OF
N.RA. SPEAKS TO THE
A WATERS ASSN

AT a meeting Of the Omaha Waters
association at the Mid Cid Center.
tuesday night, MI. Richard Low IF
che N. t. A., speaking on the Restuar-
ant Code said, "The Codes are i,,s+
as much a law as any other law that
is on the statues books" After ~
viewing the relations Of the Restuar-
ant Code as applied in Omaha, by the
local hotels and the differences Of the
wages paid to the walters Of Chicago
n other Cities, especially Of the East
He said, while it is true the purpose
OF the Codes is to protect the indus
tries as well as labor, labor must or
game to be in a position to get a
I'LL measure Of the benefits guaran-
teed by the Code" He also said that
when walters have been paid wages
less than called for by the Code, BY
filing a complaint under oath, that
such has been the case, the EMPLOYERS
will be forced to pay to waiter the
difference between the amount Of
money which he has paid, and the
amount he should have been paid
under the Code, the burden of proof
resting upon the defendent-
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
DIR. Freeman To Study
In Berlin.

Washington. D. c., (CNS)-Dr.
Charles Wendell Freeman, a member
Of the staff Of Freedmen's Hospital
has been granted a fellowship in the
award of the Oberlander Trust of the
Carl Schurz Foundation and will
study at Berlin for a year beginning
in June. He will be accompanied by
his wife, Mrs. Mabel Jones Freeman,
well known teacher of classic dane
ing.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
Special News Item
From Calf.

Mr.. George johnson and Mr.. Dixon.
formerly of the Georgia Minstrels
arrived in the city from Los Angeles,
Calf to join the Big Follies, a theatre
performance that is being staged by
Mr.. Wiley Langford, chief Clerk of
the Nebr State Penitentiary.
Mr.. Dixon is known in the theatric-
al world for his comical antics and
Mr.. Johnson is known as one of the
worlds greatest shin shan dancers.
Mr.. Johnson is stopping at 2236 Lake
ST., while in the city and Mr.. Dixon
it stopping at 2619 Seward st.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
No President.
Elected Yet

After much discussing pro and con
from the following members that
were present, DR.. Palmer Finley, Mr..
E. ". Sherman, Mr.. H. A. Taylor, DR..
Craig Morris, DR. j. Wesley Jones,
Ms. Mead, Mrs. Killacoster, Mr.. T.
P. Mohammit, Milton johnson, C. C.
Galloway and H. L. Anderson, the
recommendation of the nomination
committee was tabled and the chair
ruled that the members should write
their choice for nomination for presi-
dent Of the organization to the office
Of the Council Of Social Agencies by
Tuesday at IL p. m. May LIST.
The ruling Of the chair was accept
ed UNANIMOUSLY by the board. The
chair also stated that as soon as
said nominations were entered he
would call another meeting for the
purpose of electing a president. DR..
Palmer Finley withdrew his name
from further consideration as presi-
dent of the organization. Mr.. E. w.
Sherman also withdrew his name
from further consideration. Mr.. T.
Mohammitt was asked to con-
slider the presidency Of the organiza-
finn on1 he 1ooIiroI
The meeting was adjourned to be
called by the acting chairman for a
meeting to be held sometime next
week, after nominations have been
received.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
PARENTS FIGHT
N ].
I'M CROW PLAN

Newark, N. j., April 23-Negro
parents of school children in Mont
clair, N. ]. sought to e satisfied with
arrangements for separating Negro
school children according to Superin-
tendent Frank G.. Pickell.
Mrs Kenny testified here Wednesda
at a hearing in the court house that
Supt. Pickell told her that when she
sought to get a transfer for her
daughter. Elizabeth to attend junior
high classes at Hillside school, Mrs.
Kenny said that Supt. Pickell added
that colored people in the South had
to take the crumbs and were glad to
get them.
Mrs. Kenny's story was told before
Assistant Superintendent of Public
instruction Strahan, who was hearing
the complaint of Montclair parents
that the school board, by drawing
new district lines is trying to make
the Glenfield school in Montclair an
all-Negro elementary and junior high
school and is trying to bar colored
children from Hillside school. Mrs.
Kenny said her daughter was gradu-
ated from the eighth grade at Nish-
uane school in June, 1888 and, al
though her class was sent to the junior
high grades at Hillside, she and n
other colored girl were directed to
attend Glendfield school.
The fight for the parents is being
led by the Montclair branch of the
N. A. A. c. P. with Atty. W. P.
Allen, president Of the branch, in
charge of the case. Associated with
him is Elias Kanter. Newark attorney.
retained by certain of the parents.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
ONLY FIFTEEN
NEGROES AT
BOULDER A


> Las Vegas, New, April 22-Des-
pite from the U. S. De
partment Of Interior to the National
Association for the Advancement Of
Colored People that the policy of job
discrimination against Negroes would
be stopped at Boulder Dam, only Is
colored workers are employed on the
project out of a total oof A, 839.
The estimate daily payroll of the
Negroes is s61. The total daily pay
roll is $21,674.
The N. A. A. C. P. National Of
flee is continuing its efforts to have
more colored workers employed.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
Helps Lynch Man, Now Begs To Be Saved
LYNCH ALDER
ESCAPES MOB

Shreveport, La-Nineteen wears
ago a youth manner D. B. "Bunceo
Napier was behind the wheel of an
automible speeding dangerously over
rutted Georgir roads, and in the car
was Leo Frank, convicted murder Of
Mary Pagan, en- route to his death at
hands of a silent but determined band
of men.
Tuesday night the same man, now
known as Fred Lockhart, SO, sat in
a cell in the Caddo parish jail and
heard the cries Of a mob which fought
furiously but f~utilely with officers in
an effort to get possession of the
confessed slayer Of Is year old Mary
Giffin.
Tonight the man who had changed
his name to Fred Lockhart after his
escape August 10, 1881, from the Geo
rgia chain gang to which he had been
sentenced for criminal assault, remain
ed behind the bars Of the Caddo parish
jail. He%Eaid le knows n0gh6w
Frank felt when the mob got him.
Lockhart, whose confessed Shaving
Of Mary Giffin here a week ago Great
ed a wave Of Indignation which caused
a mob to storm Caddo parish court
house in an effort to get him, today
told a reporter Of the part he took in
the lynching of Leo Frank, whose
crime, trial and death were a sensa-
ton to the nation.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
Community Center
Z Holds Meeting

Mr.. Phil Ketchum( acting chairman
Of the Community center and Urban
League board called a board meeting
Thursday April 26th at A p. m. for
the purpose Of hearing the usual re
ports Of the active committees and
voting on a new member for the board
that the nomination committee had
recommended for a member of the
board and to be elected president of
the organization.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
Man With Too Many Suits

Officer Rhoades and Birch made an
investigation on-and found that
he had too many suits with the label
ripped out of them. Officer Rhoades
stated to the court that he was a bad
egg. He was the one that is sup
posed to have thrown a brick through
the store at oath and Erskine st.
Captain Fitz Frank thought the boy
ought to have a break. The boys
mother pleaded for the release of her
son, because he was her sol support.
JEdg Palmer gave him a ninty day
release and warned him not to re-
turn. 81
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
SILVER QUESTIONS


The enthusiasm that followed the
establishing oc silver's value at 81
cents an ounce has suffered consider
able abatement. Reason: The value
Continued on Page Four
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
To Join The Barnum Circus,

Mr.. j. N. Anderson, late of the
Georgia Ministries has been visiting
friends here in Omaha for the past
three weeks. H will leave Friday
night, April 29th for New York to
join the Ringlind and Barnum circus
with Arthur A. Wright's director Of
the Ringing and Barnam's Side show
band.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
Slabs Wife With Ice Pick

Henry Harris, was given 80 days
in jail for hurting an stabbing his
wife with an ice pick. Mr.. Harris
pleaded for mercy and stated to
the Judge that she did not want to
prosecute him. The Judge asked her
if she wanted her husband to kill he
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-13
UNIT TO
Be FAIR FEATURE
Activities of Government
Groups to Be Shown.

Annual visitors to the Indiana
state fair next month will have
something new to see.
Located between the Purdue and
Administration buildings, the mod
ern exposition-type Recovery build
ing, which will house exhibits of the
various units of the federal recovery
program, rapidly is nearing compile
ton.
A one-story, temporary structure,
its exterior will be black, red and
aluminium. The numerous alpha
betical combinations signifying divi-
sions of the recovery program will
be ranged around the building, in
directly lighted.
Activities of the FERA. Hole.
AAA. NRA and others will be
graphically presented by diagrams.
charts and motion pictures of relief
work carried on in the state.
Fred Hoke, national emergency
council state director. stated that
the chief purpose of the exhibit is
to acquaint the people of Indiana
with the activities of every unit, and
TO explain the relation they have to
each other as part of the entire
federal relief program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-13
INDIANA CROPS !
RATED HIGH BY
FEDERAL BOARD
Corn Is Estimated at Only
65 Per Cent Yield Due
to Drought.


WASHINGTON. Aug I3.-While
the average Weld OF thirty-two i'm
portant crops throughout the United
States is estimated at I'll per cent
by the federal crop reporting board.
Indianas crops were rated at $50.
Estimates are as Of Aug !.
But corn. the major crop Of Hoo
sier farmers, was listed at only a
IS per cent yield and the continued
heat and drought in some of the
northern counties made this appear
high. it was reported by Tom john
SON Purdue university expert who
now is with the agricultural ADJUST
ment administration
A 100000 bushel yield was
predicted for 1884 throughout the
state.
Tobacco, the big cash crop for
southern Indiana planters, was es-
tlmated at 50 per cent. or 100000
pounds
Other estimates were.
Winter wheat. 17.8 bushels an
acre, or 3O.189.0O0 bushels total;
spring wheat, As per cent. or 100000
bushels; oats, % per cent, or 23.-
$4,000 bushels; barley, 33 per cent,
or $4,000 bushels; rye lis bushels
an acre, or 1564,OOO total; buck
wheat, As per cent, or 100000
bushels; tame hay. 40 per cent, or
l.533, 900 tons; alfalfa hay. go per
cent, or $4,000 tons; wild hay. 81
per cent or 5000 tons; potatoes, Al
per cent, or 1850 900 bushels; sweet
potatoes, II per cent, or 100000
bushels; apples, "a per cent, or $780,
900 bushels, of which 100000 BUSH
els are estimated for commercial
production; peaches, 8 per cent, or
10000 bushels; pears, Al per cent, or
$4,000 bushels, and grapes, 50 per
cent, or 2.479000 tons.
Soy beans we're estimated at SO
per cent yield and coWpeas 80 per
cent but no amounts were given.
Pastures were rated in 38 per cent
condition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-13
PICTURE BRIDE OF 2
WEEKS SKIPS WITH
ALL MATES MONEY

By Uhited Press
CAMDEN, N. j., Aug. 10
Thomas Ehmann, 81, today was
minus both his bride of two weeks
and his life savings of S1,2O7.
Between references to the two
blissful weeks" of married life,
which he had enjoyed, he asked
police to search for Martha
Ehmann, 80, nee Crossner, whom
he met through a husband want
ed" advertisement.
"A month ago read the adver-
tisement in a Philadelphia Ger
man newspaper and sent her
letter and my photograph, "
Ehmann related she replied
with a picture and a note We
met and after two weeks of
courtship were wed.
Friday, after two blissful
weeks, l returned home to ind
her gone and a note for me in
German saying, GOod-by, see you
later 1 hurried to the bank
and found our joint account had
been withdrawn"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-13
Tile Theatrical orld--
FranchOt Tone Is Given
Weak Role in Picture
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN

under canvas in Indianapolis four
days this week.
The show opens Wednesday aft
ernoon at Thirty eighth street and
Kissell avenue to give perform
ances there at 2:3O and 8 o'clock
both Wednesday and Thursday.
Friday it will be at East Tenth
street and Linwood avenue. The
engagement will close Saturday
night at Sheridan avenue and East
Washington street.
This year the show is augmented
by several circus acts.
Kapitan, son of Rim Tin Tin,
and a movie actor with his own
reputation, is an added attraction.
Il
THE Apollo is presenting Will
Il Rogers in Handy Andy for a
third week. The Circle is present.
ing Edward R. Robinson in The
Man With Two Faces" Both have
been reviewed in this department.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-13
10000 JAM PARKS
FOR REUNIONS HERE
Outings Draw ThrongS to
City Sites.

Approximately 10000 persons, the
majority of whom were attending
picnics and reunions, filled Indian
apolis parks yesterday.
Former Kentucky residents met at
Garfield park. Mrs. j. H. Adams,
president of the group, and Mrs.
William Snoddy, secretary, we're in
charge of the affair
Other large reunions at Garfield
included former residents of Martin
and Davies counties, at which Mrs.
Rose Nugent was elected president,
and former residents of Brown
county, presided over by c. A
Neidigh. Many families also held
reunions at Garfield.
Former residents Of Dearborn
county met at Brookside, as did the
Spanish American War Veterans,
graduates of School 6, New Palestine
and many family groups.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-08-13


and understanding arms OF his
elderly mother, played with fine
restraint and feeling by May Rob-
son. I admit that she made me
get damp at the eyes several
times. From an acting stand
point, this picture belongs to Miss
Robson. although Tone and Miss
Morley, his good sweetheart, have
roles that are not outstanding. 1t
is Miss Robson, that grand vet
eran Of the legitimate stage, who
actually saves this movie.
The director has been too slow
in recognizing the need of punch
action at the beginning Of the
story. which really presents no new
situation to the talking screen.
To make Mr. Tone a dramatic
star. a strong vehicle is needed.
This story does not contain those
attributes. Such type actors as
Gladys George. Nat Pendleton and
Jack Larue are in the cast.
Now at LOew's Palace.