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The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26

Omaha eeonomis. cited other indi-
cations CT business improvement.
Reliable business induces show q
DO per cent recovery since June /:
raw material prices have advance
ed 30 per cent; the stock market
has spurted up 60 per cent; and
still production has climbed from
27 per cent capacity in June to
SO per cent at. the present tine.
Professor Crane believes it is
row time for a temporary seasonal
slowing down of the present re-
ccvery movement at least until
spring. By then, he said. industry
should be prepared for further adj
vances to carry it above present
levels.
"The building contracts which al
ready been awarded are themselves
2 harbinger of spring activity"
he added.
The Omaha business specialist
see the farmer benefitting from
industrial recovery in two ways;
lower costs Of finished goods and
stimulation of the chemurgic indus
try
AS times get better, farm pro-
ducts will be in ever wider demand
for use in the making of syn
thet.c industrial g ids. Then the
middle west will share a larger in
GENE with the rest of the nation.
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REDUCED RATES TO CALF.
WORLDS FAIR

CHICAGO, Nov. 24-Reduced
railroad passenger rates to the
1889 California Worlds Fair, eff
fective starting next February
and continuing throughout the Ex-
position, announced by H. w
Siddall of Chicago, Chairman OF
he Transcontinental Passenger
Association. Return limit on tic
hets has been extended to 80 days.
The reduction will apply to first
class or standard sleeping car far
es on all rail lines west of Chicago,
and it is probable hat the extend
ed reductions also will apply on
Eastern lines Siddall announced.
To enable visitors to "See All
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
MILLIONAIRE FACES
CHILDREN IN LAW
SUIT; 100000 SOUGHT

Oklahoma City, Okla.-The re-
ported million dollars law suit now
being pressed by the children of
the late Mrs. Sadie Lyons against
S. d. Lyons, their father, pro-
prietor of the East India Hair
Grower Company rocked the south
west this week.
The present hearing of the case
is the second. In 1885 suit was
first filed. At that time the plain
tiffs presented the facts with which
they hope to persuade the court
to sustain their plea for a trust
hut the district court ruled against
them.
The Lyon children through their
attorneys proceeded to carry the
case to the Oklahoma Supreme
Court which held that the facts
presented by the petitioners would
justify a new trial.
The trial started here Wednes-
day Nov. 2 and the hearing was
resumed Wednesday when Mr..
Lyons attorneys were present to
represent him. One would think
that all of the state of Oklahoma
had turned out to hear the nation
wide discussed ease Wednesday
morning when viewing the huge
crowd.
The plaintiffs in the care are
Effie Lyons Edwards of Kansas
City Mo-, and Ruby Lyons, a pro-
minent businessman of this city.
A third daughter, Mrs. Allie Lyons
Anthony has come to an agree
ment with her father and with
drawn from the suit.
Mrs. Edwards and her mother
are asking the courts to set aside
the one-half share which their mo-
Their had in the business in trust
for future benefit of the children
born to the union of Sadie Lyons
and S. D. Lyons.
According to the story told the
court by Mrs. Edwards and Ruby
Lyons, the East India Hair Grow
err Company was started by their
mother, Sadie Lyons.
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
TEXAS FARLEY TO SPUR
NEGRO EDUCATIONAL PLANS
COMMISSION ON INTER
RACIAL COOPERATION TO
MEET For DRAFTING IN
CREASED OPPORTUNITIES
TALKS FOLLOW ICKES NEGRO
CONGRESS- ADDRESS

Tort Worth, Tex, Nov. 26 The
Texas Cammias on on Inter-Raeial
Cooperation will meet here Nc
ember Is and 10 to map its cam
laign to obtain graduate school
training for Negroes in this state.
TIE Commission on Inter-Racial
Cooperation is composed equally
Ct whites and Negroes. Mrs. j. L.
| rock of Bryan is State chairman
and w. r. Banks. president of
| rairie View Normal, is secretary.
The Commission has advocated
such a school possibly in connection
with the present Prairie View
State Normal for Negroes, for two
years. Present plans are to ask a
separate appropriation from the
legislature on to include the APP
preparation on the general bill to
provide money for State schools.
Should these fail, the commits
or may institute a test Ease in
court, commission members said.
A similar case, now on appeal be-
ore the u. S. Supreme Court was
presented in Missouri. A Negro
was refused admission to the state
university Law School and the Ne
gro pleaded in court that he had no
alternative.
This action follows the address
ef Secretary of Interior lckes at
the recent National Negro Con-
eress in Baltimore where he called
Tor increased opportunities for the
Negro people. (Ickes called not
merely for educational opportuni-
ties, but stressed the need for
greater job, social and equal rights
advantages for the Negroes.)
The meeting in Texas is indica-
tive of the wide progressive move
ment in the South for bringing to
the Negro people a broader and
sweeping educational program.
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DISCUSS NEGRO'S
CONTRIBUTION TO
u. s. CULTURE

New York Nov. 20-"The his
tory of our people shows the
matchless patriotism, unconquered
heroism and splendid cultural ac-
ievement oil the Negro" Mrs. NJ.
Mcleod Bethune, prominent educa-
lrs and president of the Associa-
lion for the Study of Negro Life
and History, declared before an
audience of 1900 last Friday even-
ine.
The occasion was the opening
session of the 22nd annual meet
ing of the association at the Ri
verside Church, and had as its
theme the Negroes contribution of
American culture. Harccurt A.
Iynes, who introduced Mrs. Be-
thune as one of the greatest women
in the United States, was chair
man.
Mrs. Bethune sa1d that the task
o. the association is to bring the
glaring untruths and inaccuracies
in most histories and textbooks to
the attention of school authorities.
Following Mrs. Bethune's adj
dress, Dr.. Henry Neumann, of the
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Gull
ture, told of the associations pio-
neer work in unearthing soicolo-
gcal and ethnogical data and con-
Quoting research.
The meeting was concluded by an
impromtu address by DR.. Carter
G. Woodson, distinguished Negro
historian and scholar, who de-
nounced propaganda that damned
the Negro as inferior. Pointing to
the Negro as a dominant factor in
early human progress and in i'm
portant contributor to American
civilization, DIR. Woodson said that
the Negro when given the same
opportunity as the white man, has
walked in the great procession OF
men,"
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
BUILDING MAY BE FORECAST
OF REAL RECOVERY"

A forecast that new building
construction may initiate real re-
covery' in 1889 was made today
by Professor Roderic Crane, MEM
Der of the department of business
administration at the University of
Omaha.
Professor Crane pointed out,
however that the forecast would
hold true if the present boom does
not assume wild speculative pro-
portions and if costs of production
do out outstrip prices as they did
in 1887.
The University of Omaha bust
ness expert declined to commit
himself precisely as to the factors
which have brought about the pre-
sent industrial upswing. mo one
can say with certainty what peci-
fic factors make depression give
way to recovery. In 1882, the au-
tomotive industry initiated the re-
covery movement.
To-day" continued the business
professor, at is my opinion that
the building industry will be the
foundation of real recovery in 1889.
Residential building contracts
awarded in October were greater
in volume than in any October
/, since 1928. Contracts for public
financed projects are also at a
record"
Professor Crane stated he
thought the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration is direct influence II
stimulating the construction in
J dustry.
True, the middle west has not
yet felt the full force of the re.
eovery movement. This section oil
the country is always slow in
reacting TO changes in TIE business
cycle. But tire has been a very
pronounced industrial upturn since
June"
Besides the upsurge in the build
ing industry, the University q
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26

the West in '39" during the great
fiesta year throughout the eleven
Western states which are co-spon-
sors of the Golden Gate Interna-
tional Exposition, railroads are ex-
tending the time limit for return
to 90 days. instead of the usual
go said Siddall. The extension in
time also will apply to tourist far
es.
Regular summer round trip far
es, which usually are in effect
IRON May Is to October Is, will be
offered next February /, to enable
visitors to arrive just before the
opening of the Exposition on Trea-
sure Island next February Is, Re
auctions amount to about 10 per
cent of the usual winter rates.
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26

that America with its population
of Negroes, Jews and Catholics
should exercise leadership in Great
ing world-action to repulse fascism.
In an interview, Walter White,
secretary of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People said:
so horrible is the news out of
Germany that it is almost i'm
possible to believe what has APP
peared in the newspapers these
last few days. 1t is now obvious
that Hitler H. resorting to rae
prejudice against the Jews to
seize their property, to bolster
Germany's precariOus economic
situation.
NEGRO UNITY URGED
1--WE Negroes know what this
means Stree il has happened to
us. We must join with all those
in condemning Nazi terror be-
cause what happens to one min
Gritty can happen to others a
lesson which Jews, Negroes and
all other minorities must learn
in sheer self-defense."
Ashley Totten, International fl.
nance secretary Of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters, said:
The terrible situation obtain
ing in Germany is of as much
oncer to Negroes as to Jews.
In Germany, and particularly, in
Ethiopia. the Negro people have
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26

University, and a staff of the lead
ing coaches of Omaha. Hope has
been brought to the Nebraska fans
with the news that Sam Francis,
All-American star fullback from
Nebraska and the spark plug of
the Chicago Bears has been signed
to play with the Nebraska All
Stars. The Nebraska backfield has
been augmented with the signing
CT the Senior backfield of Creigh-
ton University. Zeisel, Pet, Ga
lonka, and Leahy will don the mole
skins for the Nebraska team. Omar
Kelly and Dick Rucki of the 1888
Creighton squad have been added
to the Nebraska roster.
Officials for the game have sign
ed assuring a fast and furious pro-
fessional game for the football
fans of Omaha and vicinity .Spon-
sors of the game, The House of the
Coed Shepard, have taken every
precaution that this game will be
the greatest football contest ever
to be presented in Omaha.
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
s7,0O0.OO0 FOR UNEMPLOYED

Lincoln, Neb. Nov. 23-Nebraska
had the sum of $7,022,443 avail
able for payment of Unemploy-
ment insurance when tabulation of
third quarterly contributions "a
mounting to $974,423 from $500
Nebraska employers, who are sub
.ject to the law, was completed on
November Is by the Nebraska Tn
employment Compensation divi-
sion.
An increase in wages paid over
the second quarter of 1888 was
noted, snce contributions based
OF a two and seven-tenths percent
tax on payrolls, totalled approx
mately $4,000 more during the
third quarter, which ended Sept
ember 30.
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
PREVENTS
SUICIDE ATTEMPT

the open window. The mar was
armed with a screwdriver.
Patrolman Hayes entered the "a
partment. Sherwood, who was then
standing on the window-sill, seized
three straight razors from a chest
and warned the policeman, it was
said, away. Patrolman. meanwhile
had rushed off for aid. His call
brought the emergency squads and
radio cars, composed of 30 police
men, and two sergeants who quick
ly spread nets should Sherwood
leap.
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
NATL BEAUTY DIRECTORY

Marjorie Stewart Joiner, presi-
den OF the National Beauty Lea
que is compiling a directory, CIV
ing the names of all Beauty Shops
throughout the nation. Omaha
Beauty operators wishing to be
listed n this directory will please
call Mrs. Althouse. WE. 0846 as
soon as possible.
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
HARLEM SPOKESMEN SEE
DANGER TO ALL MINORITIES
OVER THE WORLD IN NAZIS
NEWEST ATTACK

New York. Nov. 22-Negro lead
ers on Nov. II vigorously condem-
ned the Hitler Government for its
atrocities against the Jewish peo-
pie and declared that unity of the
people in America is now an ut
most and immediate necessity.
In the actions of the Nazi di-
tator they saw a definite threat
fe democracy everywhere and felt
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
All EMPLOYED BY
NEW YORK UTILITY


New York, Nov. 26 (C)-The
Consolidated Edison company, dis
pensers of gas and electricity, en-
ployed All eolored as of June IL
last, according to A. A. Low. vice
president, who testified on Tues
day before the State Temporary
Commission. Mr.. Low said Me-
groes make up one percent of the
employees of the company, and they
are as follows:
sis. supervisors, 81 clerks. 48
mechanics, 228 skilled laborers, As
laborers and one doctor.
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
Civic, and Business
Enterprises Plan
Xmas Entertain
ment for Children

Mr.. H. A. Taylor, manager of
the Ritz Theatre will give a Xmas
entertainment for deserving child
rem, on Thursday Dec. 22nd, 1898.
He is doing this with the assist
ance of the YWCA, the NAACP
and the Community Center. The
Omaha Guide will assist with pub
licity.
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
WINS $50 PRIZE

Ray E. Mack, 934 No. 25th St.
an employee of the Dundee gar
age won a prize Of 500 represent
ing 3rd place in a citywide contest
of Firestone products. This is the
LIST contest Mack has entered. Be-
fore coming to Omaha, a year ago,
he was a residence of Emporia,
Kansas.
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26

DIR. c. c. SPAULDING
Who has served the full 40 years
which were celebrated by the
North Carolina Mutual Life In
surance Company of Durham,
recently, and who has been pres
ident Of the company since the
death of the second president.
DR.. A. M. Moore, on April 20,
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26
felt the lash of fascism."

I'VE don't have to leave the
United States to be aware of
of anti-Semitism and the further
development of Negro hatred ;
other agents of Hitler are here a
mong us, spying and propagan-
dizing-gpreading the germs of
minority antagonism from coast
To coast"
The Omaha guide., 1938-11-26

ers and was elected the first
1923. He was one of the found
president of the National Ne
gro Insurance Association, serv-
ing three terms. He started with
the N. c. Mutual as a janitor and
agent, coming to it from a gro
Gerry store which he managed.
Calvin Service
Smyrna times., 1938-10-27
ROTARY CLUBS
WEEKLY MEET
Miss Ruth Kaufman of High
School Faculty, Gives
Talk on Her Trip
TO THE BRITISH ISLES

Miss Ruth Kaufman, a member
Of the faculty of John Bassett
Moore High School, Smyrna, who
recently returned from an Eu-
ropean trip was guest of the Ro-
tary Club. Miss Kaufman gave a
very interesting travel lecture, de-
scribing her bycicle tour of the
British Isles. She stated the roads
were first class, described the mo-
tor cars and cost of registration
and cost of gas per gallon. The
manner and custom of dress for
men and women. An opportunity
70 visit rural schools revealed the
method Of teaching. In England all
public schools require pupils to pay
tuition and furnish their own
DOCKS, college education is restrict
cd 70 the upper classes. Taxes of
various forms and charges for SER
vice were described. Miss Kauff-
man told Of her visit to Blarney
Castle and the dangerous attempt
70 kiss the Blarney Stone, which
she accomplished. Miss Kaufman
concluded by stating of her tour Of
the British Isles was the most de-
hghtfu and interesting.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-27
OCEAN HIGHWAY
IN MARYLAND
Route Delaware Line to Ocean
City Is Held Up By the
Contractor
PRICE BID INADEQUATE

The Ocean Highway work from
Rehoboth, Del, to Ocean City, Md,
has been held up at the Mary
land end of the proposed high
way by the contractor c. j.
Langen Fielder & Sons on the
contention that the route for the
proposed Ocean City-to-Delaware
line beach boulevard was changed
from that upon which the S57, 900
contract was awarded weeks ago.
The leveling and grading work on
the coastal highway one and one
half miles south of the Delaware
line, is temporarily held up because
of the necessity of removing 5000
cubic yards of sand dunes. The
sand dunes, extending over an area
of approximately 1000 feet be-
tween Isle of Wight Coast Guard
station and the Delaware line, will
necessitate added cost on the prof.
ect, the contractors say, and the
State Roads Commission in Balti-
more has been asked to appropri-
ate additional funds for the work,
above the S57, 900, contract price.
While the northward progress of
grading the site of the beach road
has been halted, because of the
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1938-10-27
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Elwood Davis, Better Known as
"WoOdY" Davis, BricklaYer, Dead

Elwood Davis, aged 81, better
known in this vicinity as Woody
Davis, for a number Of years well
known brick mason and cement
contractor Of Smyrna, died Satur-
Gay at the home of his brother
George Davis, in Wilmington, from
a complication Of diseases. He had
been in i'll health and unable to
work for several months. Woody
was born and raised over at Mill
ington, Nd, the son of George and
Annie (Dickson) Davis. He came
to Smyrna a young man to follow
his trade and was making a success
when i'll health caused him to re-
linquish his duties. He boarded
for years at the Delaware House
and was known and esteemed
throughout the Smyrna-Clayton-
Millington section. He is survived
by a sister, Mrs. Nellie E. Lyons,
George Davis Jr., and William Dav-
is, all of Wilmington, and one
daughter. Funeral services took
place Tuesday from the residence
Of his brother George, in Whining
ton, and interment was in the fam
lily burrying ground at Millington,
Md.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-27
HONOR MRS. HARRY KINSEY
Given a Birthday Surprise Party
Near Bayview School


Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Slaughter
gave a birthday surprise at their
home in honor of Mrs. Harry Kin
sey on October 18th. Those pres
ent were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry l..
Kinsey and family; Mr.. and Mrs.
George Reed, Sr., Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Reed and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Short, Mr.. and Mrs.
Aubrey Deakyne and son, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson Boyd and family, Mrs.
Elmer Kinsey, Mr.. Donald Kinsey,
Mr.. Harold Kinsey, Miss Ann Flem-
ing, Miss Ella Graul of Middletown,
Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mahane of
New Castle, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Hurlock and daughter, Mrs. Earl
Powell, Mrs. Sam. McNatt and
sons, Mrs. Arthur Lane of Dover,
Mrs. Margaret Broadway, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Slaughter and son,
Messrs. Norman Carter, Charles
Coleman, Bobby Lane. Mrs. Kin
sey received many useful gifts.
Refreshments were served and at
a late hour the guests departed
wishing Mrs. Kinsey many more
happy birthdays.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-27
ACCIDENT BODY
CASE is UPHELD
State Supreme Court i'm 2 to /
Decision Sustains Gov
ernOr McMullen
REVERSES A DECISION

The right of the Governor to re-
move members Of the Industrial
Accident Board with or without
cause" was sustained by a 2-to-1
opinion of the State Supreme
Court Tuesday, reversing a 2-to-1
decision Of the New Castle County
Superior Court earlier this year.
Under the courts decision, the
three appointees of Gov. Richard
Q. McMullen constitute the board
instead Of the three Republican
members who the Governor had
sought to replace. The majority
opinion, written by Chancellor Jo-
siah o. Wolcott, was concurred in
by Judge w. w. Harrington, Judge
Charles S. Richards dissented but
filed no opinion. In the lower
court, the majority opinion was
given by Chief Justice Daniel j.
Layton and Judge Frank L. Speak
man, with Judge Richard S. Rod
ney dissenting. The Supreme Court
deferred action until to-day on an
application of James r. Morford, of
counsel for the Republican board,
for 30-day stay Of execution. The
law creating the accident board
provided that the Governor could
remove members with or without
cause, a provision which the in
cumbent Republican members,
through their counsel, argued was
contrary to the constitution. 1--WE
are aware that in the judgment of
many persons it is highly unwise
for the Legislature to create offices
with an indefiniteness of tenure,
the Supreme Court held But it
is the province of the Legislature
and not Of the courts to pass upon
matters of policy. The legislative
hand is free except as the COnsti-
tuition restraints; and courts are
bound by a most solemn sense of
responsibility to sustain the legis-
lative will in the appropriate field
of its exercise, even though in the
opinion Of the judges as individuals
the Legislature had acted in an un-
wise manner" The court declined
to consider the question of consti-
on the principle that
courts take this attitude unless a
decision can be reached on no other
ground The three Democrats ap-
pointed to the board were Clarence
E. Grace, Wilmington; Norman
Collision Of Rridgeville, and former
State Senator Harry Latchum, Jr.,
of Milford. However, since these
Mr. Latchum became
U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue.
Because of this appointment, his
position nthe accident board is
vacant Governor McMullen said
he was not prepared to make any
statement regarding the appoint
ment, but it is understood he will
receive recommendations from the
Kent County Democratic Commit
tee. The ousted Republicans are:
Robert K. Jones, Harrington; Capt.
Harry ". Lyons, Lewes, and former
Secretary of State Charles H.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-27
22OO VOTERS, ONE OF LARGEST
EVER TO REGISTER IN SMYRNA

Saturday was the last registra-
tion day in Smyrna and there was
activity on the part of party work
ers of both parties to get the tardy
ones registered. Registrar James
S. Truax of the first election dis
trict' of Duck Creek Hundred put
on 10 names while Registrar
George Malcom put on 140 names.
Mr.. Malcom's total for the three
days was 1892 with rs transfers
and Mr.. Truax's total was 1035
with 81 transfers. With the names
taken off by death and transfers,
the First District of Kent County
(known to many as Duck Creek
Hundred) will have a total of ap-
proximately 2200 voters. This is
the largest voting list in many
years, probably the largest Smyrna
has ever had. The registration
Smyrna times., 1938-10-27
CUNNING LAW is
OUT NOV. 18TH
Rabbits, Quail and Pheasants
Reported To Be More Plen-
tifuI Than Usual
GAME BOARD SURVEY

Surveys made under the direc-
tion of the State Board of Game
and Fish Commissioners show the
opening Of the rabbit, quail, and
cock bird pheasant season Novem-
Der Is should prove profitable to
gunners. The board said recent
field Investigations made by Walter
Tomlinson, field agent, and Edwin
NJ. Barry, director of the new di-
vision of education and information
of the board, in the field showed
abundant coveys Of quail, rabbits
and pheasants Quail were found
plentiful throughout the state from
four or five miles inland from the
bay and ocean. Rabbits were
abundant, the survey said. The
newly established division of edu-
cation and information of the
board, headed by Mr.. Barry, is
planning an active program. It
includes speaking and motion pic
ture engagements throughout this
month and conservation project
work at the Dover High School,
meetings with civic organizations,
field survey work, and production
of motion pictures on wildlife for
future educational work A libr-
ary of game and fish publications,
conservative material, and wildlife
pictures is being established at Do
yer. The commissioners are plan
ming an exhibition of wildlife in
Dover High School.
Smyrna times., 1938-10-27

throughout Kent County Saturday
was unusually large in practically
all districts, with many transfers
resulting. In one Kent district
there were 45 transfers out of the
SO persons appearing before the
registration board. In one of the
Dover district, 20 transfers were
given to other districts and about
80 received from other districts.
Registrations in Sussex County
were fairly heavy with 2O9 trans
fers having been reported. APP
proximately 67,215 men and women
in Wilmington are qualified to vote
in the state election November s..
This is an increase of about 6,367
voters over the general election of
1886. As Saturdays registration
was the final one of the year, about
$500 were added.