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The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Book On Southern
Negro Published

Hattiesburg Miss. May q,
(ANP)-Publication by the Yale
Vniversitw Press of Southern
Negroes-1861 -65" written by DIR.
B. I. Wiley, white. history profess
sor at Mississippi State Teacchesr
college here ha just been announc-
ed.
The 366 page volume is an ac-
count Of the experience of South
ern Negroes during the Civic war.
The opening chapter captioned
"The Coming of the Yankees" tells
what the slaves thought when they
first beheld the invaders. what
they thought of the war and how
they acted when they were freed.
In subsequent chapters, DR..
Wiley tells Of the conduct of the
slaves on the plantation during
the war. experiences Of the "body
servants who went to war with
Northern army.
The author began work or the
volume Xix years ago while d
graduate student at Yale, and was
awarded two consecutive travel.
ing fellowship by Yale for its COM
pletion. In 1885 the manuscrip
won the $1,0O Baruch prize for
the best essay submitted in a two
year competition on a Southern
subject.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Man Killed When He
Is Caught Between Fire

1847 North 24th St, was the
scene of a gruesome murder Sat
urday night at exactly HOO P. NJ
when Napoleon Merritt Jackson.
former waiter and innocent by
stander was instantly killed when
caugh Within the line of fire which
was being enacted by Willie Brice.
2728 Parker Street and Bonnie A.
Bates of 24O7 n. 29th Street.
Aecoring to Brice, one of the
principals in the shooting, he was
dealing poker for the house IN
a game which included Bates as
A player. Brice said Bates lost
81 so nd then complained that the
game wasn't honest. Rather than
argue he said, he refunded Bates
money only to have Bates return
to the game and again lose.
When Bates arose from the Ia
BILE the second time, Briee said, ne
whipped out an automatic and
started shooting in the direction
OF Brice and Beasley who is re-
ported 10 nave UGH III NAS
ment. Brice then retaliated with a
as automatic which he had obtain
ed upon going to the safe to get
Bates refund.
Most of the occupants of the
place dived under pool tables when
the shooting started. but Jackson
who was 65 years old apparently
became bewildered, tried to make
his exit. He was killed within g
half step of the door.
When police arrived they found
the establishment virtually vacant
but rounded up the duelist short
w afer midnight. Brice is alleged
to have surrendered to Duputy
Sheriff. Ward while Bates was
apprehended in the rear of 1927
Parker street. Having been ar
raigned Brice was charged with
second degree murder, intent to
wound and intent to murder. Bates
was charged with intent to muir
der. Both are held without bail.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
ATTEND THE
MAY DAY FESTIVAL
SUNDAY MAY %, 1888
Explain Reasons for Closing
Of HarIem's Dunbar Bank

New York, May 81, (ANP)-
From sources close tot the officials
of the Dunbar bank. a definite
statement which led to John d.
Rockefellers ordering the liquida-
ton of the Dunbar National bank
were made this week to AMP.
"Mr. Rockefeller" said theinfor-
mant. 'first built the Dunbar
Gardens in Harlem because he felt
that the housing facilities for
Negroes were inadequate and that
if it could be demonstrated that it
was a good Investment for CAPT
tai to build houses for Negroes,
other persons Of wealth might fol
low his example.
"The original idea was to sell
the homes on a cooperative basis
to the tenants. That plan failed
largely because the depression de-
scented shortly after they were
completed and the tenants who
had started the purchase Of homes
were forced to liquidate their hold
ings.
''The government then entered
the field and build low cost hous-
ing directly adjacent to the Dun
bar Gardens. If that project
proves successful it will be follow
ed by others. The need for which
Mr.. Rockefeller entered the field
was therefore, satisfied so he
withdraw, arranging to dispose Of
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Store Charged WITH short WEIGHT
Beuhler Employee
Found Guilty In
Court; Fined $40

Don Bryant. 206 North 10Th
Street. on employed butcher OF
BUEHLER BROTHERS who have
stores located at 250f No. oath st.
1903 South 9th Street and 21z
North 10th Street was found gull
tF of short weipht i'm Police court
Tuesday morning. May 10. It IS a
matter Of record in the Police
court that the Police officer bring
'ng the charge was an eve wit
ness 70 a weight fraud on the part
Of said butcher Who wilfully
charged a customer 81 % for a cut
Of meat that by weight and price
ner pound only should have cost
g %. uron noting such UNFAIR
PRACTICE on the part If the but
cher TIE %arrestiug Officer apTre-
bonded the cut of meat. the sales
ticket and the hn-eher. and suisse
%cnentlv carried he perpetrator of
UNFAIR PRACTICE down to the
nalice station where he filed a
charge Of violation Of said ordi-
nanee which governs weights and
measure. as true evidence against
the butcher emnloved by BUEH-
LAR BROTHERS; resulting in
Don Bryant, a butcher employed
nv BUFHLAR BROTHERS. being
fined $1,000 and costs in Judge
Palmer's court.
The City weights and measures
office prosecuted the case. Mr.
Mareellus Richie, Inspector of
Weights and Measures, was the ar
restirtr officer.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Prominent Omahan
Passed On Thursday

Mr.. John c. Parker, 112 North
43rd Ave. died Thursday morning
at 1850 at st. Joseph's Hospital
where he had undergone an APP
pendeetomy operation.
Mr.. Parker who was resided in
Omaha for So years. coming here
Chillieothe, ONO. was a retired
mail carrier and is reported to have
been rs years old at his death.
Mr.. Parker served st. Johns
AME church in various official ca
pacities for more than thirty years.
These included director of the
church choir, director of S. S.
Choir. secretary of the off cial
boards, teacher of the Bible clas-
7es, president of the Allen Chris
tian Endeavor League. At the time
Of his death he was still actively
engaged in the work of the church.
The deceased leaves to survive
him, Mrs. j. c. Parker, his
devoted wife. two nieces of Chica-
go, and a Nephew Of Atlantic City,
N. j.
Funeral services have not been
arranged as we go to press. His
body IS at the Joseph d. Lewis
Funeral Home.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Reveal Marriage OF
Steele. And Dawes

Boston. May 81 (ANP)- IN
stead of waiting until June, Julian
Donegal Steele and Miss Mary
Bradley ("Polly") Dawes, white
are already married. it was an
nounced Wednesday at the office
of the bridgegroom's attorney. The
ceremony, which climaxed an in
terracial romance that shook New
England resulted in Steele's re-
signation as director of the Ro-
bert. Shaw settlement house and
Miss Dawes resignation from an
exclusive school in Prov dence, r
l.. where she taught music, was
performed at a small church in
New York City.
In obtaining a marriage license
in New York on May A, Steele
listed himself as 81, a social work
err and his birthplace as Savannah,
Ga. Miss Dawes said she was 80,
q teacher, BORN in Clinton. Mass,
the daughter of Fred Dawes and
the former Ada Taylor, an English
woman. Both gave addresses from
near Harlem.
Steele. a Harvard graduate,
first met his bride when she was
a social worker in the settlement
house several years ago. Miss
Dawes, who attended an exclus We
girls school in Nashville, is social
" prominent in New England. She
is a niece of Charles Gates Dawes
former Republican vice president,
and a descendant of the Dawes
who was a colleague of Paul Re-
we're, Revolutionary war hero.
The brides parents were oppos-
ed to the match, but there was no
thing they could do to stop it.
Steele sent in his resignation after
his romance became known to the
public and officials of the settle
ment house accepted it. although
their action has created consider
able resentment. He is of the OPP
inion that the publicity attending
his union is unfortunate and I'M
necessary"
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his holdings to a firm which was
most alphabetically disposed to
Negroes.
1.-THE Dunbar National bank was
established with a two-fold pur-
pose. first to provide banking ia
cilities for the tenants of the Dun.
bar and for the people of Harlem
who at that time were without
any bank in the general territory
and second to give training to
young Negroes, Later other banks
established branches in Harlem
relieving the original necessity.
The Dunbar National while not
losing money was not a financial
success. The maximum of the gen
eral accounts we're low. Harlem
residents who had substantial
banking accounts did business else
where In the meantime, the per
sonnet employed had received val
liable training which would stand
the in good stead in future bust
ness efforts. Mr.. Rockefeller felt
that he had accomplished his OBJ
iectives in lettering conditions in
Harlem. The liquidation is pro-
ceeding in orderly fashion so as
not to cause either business or
personal inconvenience to those
concerned. Negroes T now COM
planning about theloss Of the So
000,0 900 institution, but the fact is
they did not support it, when they
had the opportunity"
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Ga. an Aids Negro
Farm Boys and Girls

Savannah. Ca, May 81 (ANP)
-Sixty-three Negro All club boys
and girls from u counties of Ga.
gathered here Saturday at State
college to complete their years
projects in raising beef cattle.
Farly last Fall the Citizents and
Southern National Bank, a white
institution, financed the project by
giving each Of the %contesting boys
and girls a calf and taking a note
to cover payment when the matur-
ed calf is sold on the market.
at was an impressive sight"
said Alexander Nurse Negro Club
Agent, "when these boys and girls
went to the bank in a body and
paid their notes"
"a fine experience in learning
how business IS conducted said
]. II. Stone, Negro State Exten-
sion Leader.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Blame Jap War On
Nation Race Refusal

Washington. May ID fANP)-
Japanis aggressio on m. China is the
result of the refusal OF white DC
cidental nations to accord her ra-
cial equality, according to Miss
Muriel Lester, "the Jane Adams
Of London" who spoke here last
week at a dinner given by the
National Council for Prevention of
War.
ct was a black day for the Ori-
emit" Miss Lester said, when the
white statesmen at Versailles after
the World war decided to refuse
the request for race equality put
forward by japanese representa-
tives. When the news was tele-
graphed toTokio, liberals were i'm
mediatelv discred ted and militiar-
lists seated firmly in the saddle.
We may as well face the fact that
our personal indulgence in race
prejudice is contributing today to
the agony of China.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Forum Hears Gov.

Rocky Mount, N. C. May 81 "a
N. P.)-America may produce the
fourth "great race Gov. Clyde R
Hoey told a meeting of the Rocky
Mount Civic forum. an organize
ton completing its fourth year.
Sunday in the auditorium of Book
er T. Washington high school.
Gov Hoey told the audience, 81
an glad to talk to you because of
your interest in public affairs. |
am always interested in an audi
ence like this"
In an eloquent spirited address
the govrnment reviewed the phil
osophies of THE three great races"
and suggested that America might
iroduce he fourth. The philoso-
phies he referred to were the
GREGG, "know thyself;" the Roman
Control ~thvself," AMI the Hebrew
"deny myself"
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
3OstOn Church Fire
ROuts 200 at Meeting

Boston, Mass, May 81 CAMP
A fire last week in the basement
of st. Marks AME church. near
Central Square, Cambridge, broke
up a meeting of the Lewis Hay
den CommandeTy Knights Temp
lar and its auxiliary. Svrene court
No. 7, and drove the 200 members
into the street.
Rev. H. L. Moore who was con-
Quoting the annual memorial SER
vices, had Just called for the col
lection to be taken up when the
smoke began pouring through a
door in back of the church. An
investigator revealed that the base
ment was engulfed with flames
which spread So rapidly that es-
cape throughout the main entrance
upstairs was mGmentarily threat
tened. Police broke open a side
door, through which many of the
audience escaped.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
White House Officer
Speak in Boston

Boston, May 81 (ANP)-Mrs
Elizabeth H. McDuffie. White
House employe and officer of the
United Government Employees or
o~anization in Washigtom delivered
an address at Harriet Tubman CEN
ter on "The Colored Citizen and
Four Billion Dollar 1898 Relief
Bill before Congress"
Mrs McDuffie outlined the pro-
posed UGE Tower building pro-
iect and the $4,000, 900 proposal
presented before the appropria-
TORS committee Of the house of
representatives in Washington on
Mon,lav by EDGAR G. Brown. presi-
dent of the United Government
EMPLOYEES. Inc, on the invitation
of subcommittee chairman, Con-
gresham Woodrum of Virginia.
The plan Encompasses transfer
ring 100 600 women from the re
lief roofs of the nation to WPA
Household Workers Demonstration
projects throughout the country,
there to train them in he latest
practises of modern home making
in all its scientific phases.
Placements will be then made in
the American homes where there
are 10000 available jobs in do
nestle service according to a re-
cent survey of the u S. Employ
ment Service conducted by the De-
partent Of Labor.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
ConcIave Meets
al Zion Church
May a., Is, 2e

The Regional meet Of the Ma
tional Baptist Convention (Inc.)
A. S. A. will meet May "a. 25 and
26. Also the pre-conventiop pro-
gram will be held May %.
There will be a chorus of three
hundred voices in the mammouth
chorus. including some of the out
s~tar1}ing soloists of the city and
community. The principal speaker
VIII be of national reputation
Three hundred delegates will b
IN attendance at this meeting.
There will be conservation service
morning.
DIR. C. H. Hickerson, Hutchinson.
Kas.; DIR. S. C. Doyle, Kansas City
kas; and DIR. w. M. Thomas. Lea
venworth. Kas, will conduct these
meetings.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Baptist Regional Convention Meets Here
Natl Association Head
Speaks to S. c. Medics

Columbia, S. c. May q (ANP)
Addressing the 42nd annual ses-
ion of the Palmetto Medical As
ociation advised his fellow doctors
0 become more interested in the
ivic and economic life of their
communities and to encourage qua
fled youths to prepare for the
medical profession. He declar d.:
'First in importance s the short
gre Of graduates from accredited
redieal Dental and Phermaeauti-
Il colleges. During the nast year
here were approximately 1SS
edieal graduates and about Il
aduates in dentistry Of our
'oup from al the accredited col
ges of the country These figures
~und a signal warning in view Of
re following facts: l my own
tate. Georgia, there is a Negro
1pulation of about one million,
get there o'dv 1q2 Negro ply
sicians and SO dentists.
"This means that there is Only
ops physician to every $500 of the
Negro population: and one Negro
dentist to every 1900 of the Ne
gro population. In Alabama the
Negro population is almost one
million, but there are only 116 ply
sicians, or approximately one to
every 8 600 of the Negro popula-
ton there are only As dentists, or
about me to every 10000 of the
Negro population. Thus we can
readily see why there is sub p
high mortality rate among our
rural people.
81 have authentic reports that in
the rurals where there is a scar
city of physicians, the charge to
patients for a call is reckoned by
the mile not by the regular price
of a profession call. For instances,
if a physician makes a call to a
who lives 25 miles from
town, then the price is $25 for one
visit. Many times the illness of
one child will consume the entire
income of the family for a whole
year. Shall we sit idly by and see
sur profession dwindle into a neg
factor in the life of cur
race?' Pointing to the need for
more Negro pharmacists, DR.. Hill
continued:
"If we wish to encourage young
men to study pharmacy it is our
duty to provide good jobs for
them. Last year Meharry Medical
was forced to close the de-
partment of Pharmacy, simply be-
there was not a sufficient
number of students applying for
courses to warrant its upkeep.
Owe might consider establishing
community drug stores. drug
stores in which the community
,uy stock, and those persons of the
with business ability
lit on the board of directors. The
BOYS in the community will be the
soda-ierkers. clerks, etc. If serious I
thought is given to this, many
good suggestions will occur to you.
We must build for tomorrow, we
must build that our sons and
daughters may stand on firmer
ground"
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21
Prominent Couple
Celebrate Their First
Wedding Anniversary

On Monday. Nav o. Mr.. and
Mrs r. c. Price entertained their
bridal party and a few friends at
an elaborate dinner party in their
home. The table was esquisite
with a complete service of ervstal
and King Edward. the Eighth
light silverware.
Snap dragons. tulips, roses and
carnations were used throughout
the house for decoration. This
very fine oe,ale received many
beautiful ciets.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-21

President of the Golden State
NJ, I Life Insurance company.
I'LL Central avenue. Los Angeles,
Cslf.. who reports a good year in
1897, income be ng Sa42. 1879.
h. cemeanv. ORGANIZED in 1925.
l'as assets of S29e SIS o.. and sur
~l.t7 Of S5d.121 81. Ii has paid
s7S5 90 IS in claims since organi-
2atiop. Gearge A. Reavers. r.. IS
vice president and n. o. Houston.
eoretarv-trearrer. A natiye Of
So Jscinto csintv, Texas. Mr..
Niekersor was educated 1T Rishoo
I'D prarie View. and taught
sohooi before entering the insur-
anee business at Dallas in 1905.
Calvin S%ervioe)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13

track. 5O-lb. sacks. U. s. No. /: Vel
lows, Ohio. $1.lO@1.15: small size, Toe a
81; sweet Spanish. inches and larger
Colorado, SIPS.
Peas-No carlot arrivals; no cars OIL
track. Supplies insufficient to quote.
spinach-Market slightly stronger
Truck receipts moderate. virginia, Nor
folk section, bushel baskets, 50@75c.
sweet Potatoes-Market dull. Nc
carlot arrivals; l broken car on track
Truck receipts moderate. Bushels: Ten
nessee. hampers, Nancy Halls, U. S. No
l. &1@1.1O: North Carolina, hampers
county, Jersey type, U. s. No. /, S1.25
Nancy Halls, E1@1.1O; Virginia, bas
kets. Puerto Ricans, $1.1O%1.l5.
arrivals; no cars on track. Texas, lug
boxes, ripes and turning, wrapped, 6x6
and larger. $2.5OQ3; SKI, $1.75-2.25
Peppers Market steady. Truck re-
ceipts light. Florida, 1a-bushel crates
California Wonders, $2@2.25.
Straw berries-Market dull. Truck and
express receipts very light. Florida,
pony refrigerators 3O@35c per pint.
Chestnuts-Portugal, 9@10c per pound
2; Florida, $1@1.5O.
Congratulations Florida arrived; l
broken and 4 unbroken cars on track.
Florida, standard boxes, $50 rs;
Grapes-No carlot arrivals broken
car on track. California, Jugs. Malagas,
S1.40@15O; Ribiers, S1.5Oi@1.75;. EN-
perors, $1.4O01.6O; Cornichons. $1.4O@
$50; Almerias, $1.75@2; Olivettes, $1.40
01.50.
Oranges-Three Florida arrived; 2
broken and unbroken cars on track.
Florida. standard boxes, $1.5OQ2.5O, as
Pecans-North and South Carolina,
Stuarts, I2015c; Schleys, 2O@25c; Sue
cess, Money Makers and Mammoth
mostly around 1o@121ac per pound.
Eggplant - Supplies insufficient to
quote.
Kale-Market about steady. Truck re-
ceipts moderate. Virginia, Norfolk sec
ton. bushel baskets, ESQ 4Oc.
Collards-Market about steady. Wiz
GINA. Norfolk section, bushel baskets,
rtichokes-Maryland, 1a-buShel bas-
kets, $3.50; North Carolina, 1S-lb. car
Beets-Texas, y crates, &191.25.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; A-0arrel
boxes, -.
Garlic, California, 1O-lb. sacks, @$1.
ushrooms-Pennsylvani BIB. bas-
kets, 35075c.
Turnips-One Georgia arrived; /
broken and / unbroken cars on track.
Pennsylvania, h-bushel baskets. topped,
rs a SOC; Canada, 50-lb. sacks, Rutabagas.
soc.
Potatoes-Market steady. Five Maine
arrived; 2 broken and 5 unbroken cars
on track. 1O0lb. sacks. U. S. No. 1,
CobbIers, New Jersey. $1.4O@1.50; Penn
syIvania, Lancaster county. $1.65; other
sections, fair quality, $1.40 @1.5O; Round
Whites, New York, $1.4O91.50; Green
Mountains, Maine, $4,000; Russet Bur
banks, Idaho $2.25; fair condition, 81 15
Florida, bushel crates, Bliss Triumphs,
Mixed Vegeta bles-one New York ar
rived; broken and unbroken cars
Snap Beans-Market steady. Truck re-
ceipts moderate. Florida. pushed ham.
oers, green, flat type. $1.25@1.5O; Round
Stringless, $1.50@1.75.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13
Cut Trade Barriers,
Aim Of Wheat ParIe\

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, Dec. IS
G.N.SO.-A slash in trade bar
riers appeared today to be the
keynote of most delegates to the
world conference on wheat and
other commodities in Winnipeg.
More than 200 representatives
from Canada, the United States
and South American wheat-pro-
ducing countries were on hand
for the parley, called as a sequel
to the trade agreements signed by
the United States, Great Britain
and Canada.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-12-13
STOCK MARKET
LEADERS CLIMB
POINT OR MORE
Sales in First Hour Are
$4,000 Shares
By LESLIE GOULD

NEW YORK, Dec. 10 ON.SO
The stock market perked up a bit
today, as leaders climbed a point
or more in somewhat accelerated
trading.
General tendencies were upward
from the opening, gains being in.
creased as the morning progressed
Sales in the first hour amounted
to $4,000 shares, but activity
slowed in later transactions.
AviationS, SteelS, motors, build
ing shares and rubbers were prom.
inent on the forenoon advance
Farm implement issues were
among the few to lag.
DOUGLAS FEATURE
Douglas Aircraft was a feature
on a runup of almost 2 points to
a new top for the year of IS
ChrySler, in motors, and Johns.
Manville, in the building section,
gained about as much.
Others to register advances OF
point or more were General
Motors, U. S. Steel, Youngstown
Sheet & Tube, Union Pacific, Lima
Locomotive, Sears-Roebuck, Philip
Morris and U. S. Rubber.
PHELPS-DODGE GAINS
Phelps odge'S gain was limited
to a fraction, despite news Of a
1000, 000-pound copper cable order
for the Bonneville dam project.
International Harvester, Oliver
and Deere, all in the farm nipple
ment group, incurred fractional
declines.