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The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20
NATIONS USHERS
ENDS 18TH AN
NUAL CONVENTION

Washington, d. c., Aug. 10
(ANP)-More than 400 delegates
and 81 visiting ministers from all
parts of the country %journeyed here
Tor the 10Th annual session of the
Maternal Ushers' ABSORPTION at
Vermont avenue Baptist church.
The four-day meeting closed last
saturday, with Brooklyn, N. Y,
chosen for the 1889 session.
Speakers at the Wednsdey pub
lie meeting were Judge Almond
w. Scott of Municipal court, Mel
esloas
II. r. Gaskins and DR.. w.
A. Tolson. Ushers from three
new states California, Nebraska
and Ohio--joined the association.
Delegate Fred Gates of Pennsyl-
yania presented a resolution to be
ient h. tha NAACP, together with
: check for s25in support of an
nti-lynch' bill. The president
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20
LEWIS -DETHRONING;
MAY SUE
NEW Y o r X

Washington, Aug. 8 amp
Chairman John Phelan and the
New York state athletic commits.
sio ndrew the ridicule Thursday
of Edward C. Foster, executive
secretary of abe National Boxing
Association for dethroning John
Henry Lewis as light heavyweight
champion in that state.
"Lewis r~ightfully retains his
title" he declared. "Why only 3
months ago he successfully defend
ed his crown against Emilio Mar
tinez in Minneapolis. This is an
other of Phelan's mistakes"
It was learned in Pittsburg that
Gus Greenlee, Lewis manager, has
instructed his attorney to file suit
in federal court for 100000 a.
gainst the New York commission
for depriving the champion of his
title.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20
E GEE WELFARE
worker HEADS
SETTLEMENT HOUSE

Washington, d. C. Aug. 10 "a.
N. P.)-Miss Mae G. Halves head
worker of the Southeast Settle
ment House was being widely COM
mended this week for her success.
in devoling the Southwest project
from a little over-crowed building
in May, 1897, to its present com
modious quarters on Virginia Ave.
acquired in January of this year.
The new home, is a 22-reom
Colonial building. Hilyard Robin
son, Federal architect, volunteered
to aid Miss Halves and supervised
remodeling and renovation of the
house to meet the needs of the
neighborhood. The community
Chest has made it possible for
Southeast House to serve persons
ranging in age from 2 to 90. Its
program stresses personality de-
velopment and social participa-
ton.
Southeast House offers social,
cultural and educational activities
including arts crafts, music dram
atics, athletics camping discussion
groups lectures hcmemaking and
social hygiene. Miss Halves form
erly served as director of the Emu
ma Ransom Hous, New York City
YMCA and as a member eff the
YWCA national board. Sponsored
by the Carnegie Foundation and
the Rosenwald Fund,she directed
a four-year community house ex-
pertinent for Negroes in Atlanta
She is ALSO a member of the Wo-
mems International League for
Peace and Freedom.
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ton, every depositor being insured
up to $4,000. The Major is the
active pr sident of the bank, being
or the job daily at his advanced
age.
And to further prove that he is
not yet through, five years age
tho Major visited Haiti, and con-
ceived the idea 81 o-s.@.-..ss TIC
Haitian Coffee and Products Co.,
and became a large importer of
Haitian coffee. He sells this cof-
fec to large white concerns in Phil
adelphia and other cities. Last
year he led a delegation of prom
inent cclored citizens to Haiti on
q goodwill tour.
The Major recounted his lifetime
of promotional activities. While
a schoolmaster in Georgia he pro-
NOTED State Fair, which was a huge
success, having the support of state
officials. Since he has been liv-
ing in Philadelphia he has promo
ted various Progress Expositions',
one of which drew $4,000 people
who paid for admission. He has
been a lifelong booster % r~s.v
business, and is founder and pres
ident of the National Negro Bank
ers Association.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20
THREE SUITS FILED
AGAINST DAYTON
POLICE
Interracial Troubles Are
Rampant

Dayton, o., Aug. Is (by Barbel
Dayton, O., Aug 1s (By Barbee
W. Durham forANP)-Three diff
ferent suits have been fled a
gainst local police by Negro citi-
time eolored Daytonians, aroused
zens for brutality. At the same
by the Dragging insults of Jake
Powell, NV York Yankee out
fielder, in a radio broadcasts at
Chicags are seeking a hearing
with Chief r. f. Wrustner on not
niring Powell again this winter.
Thu ball player has been a po-
lieeman here when not playing
with the Yankees.
I%nterracial friction resulting in
the bombing Of the hsme and busi-
ess establishment of c. J. McLin,
promonent mortician, has caused
the stationing Of fur private
guards at the home. 1t is believed
the bombing was an attempt to
at least intimidate McLin, advisor
to the Dayton Youth Movement,
an organization picketing white
stores in Negro neighborhocds
that do not hire colored clerks.
One Of the three lawsuits has
been filed by the NAACP against
Patrolman G. F. Bumgartnr for
tho killing of Jack Francis, a num-
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20
WPA STAMPING OUT
ALA. ILLITERACY

Birmingham Ala, Aug. IS (A.
N. P.)-According to an announce
ment this week by w. G. Hender-
son, State Director WPA, the Ad-
ministrAtion's ducation program,
inauguarted four years ago under
sponsorship of the Alabama Edu-
cation Department has taught
24,326 illiterate adults of approx
mately 10 percent in the number
If illiterates in the State. he said.
IN 1880, the Federal Census show
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20

merous clinical programs and lee
lures in which the latest scientif-
ic Developments within the prof
ssisn were studied but the visit
ors found time to attend the plen-
tiful social courtesies which the
host, Lincoln Dental Society and
its ladies auxiliary, had provided
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20

B. Smith, c. B. Absalon, New
York; F. Ncrris, New Jersey; P.
W. Hill, Mississippi; L. A. How
ell, Pampa, Fla; On his left, Rus
sell L. Dixon, dean, Howard Dem
tai college; D. H. Turpin. dean,
Meharry Dental college; J. A.
Davis, Washington: J. A. Jack
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20

ed there 251 ,095 illiterate persons
in Alabama above the age of ten.
OF this number 1858 were Ne
groes. The same census showed the
State neutrality-suspicious. over 10
years cld-as 2,000,653 and of this
number 718, 1890 were Negroes.
The Omaha guide., 1938-08-20

Celebrating its 18th anniversary
the National Dental Association
convened in Chicago last week.
The event hailed as the best con-
venti1n the organization has yet
held, brought 300 members from
every section of the country. Nu-
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
ORTIZ BECOMES
ARGENTINE HEAD

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 21
G.N.S).-The beginning of what
a majority Of Argentinans feel will
be a new era Of democracy ar
rived today with DR.. Roberto. M.
Ortiz, a lawyer, in the office of
president.
With six great United States
Army bombers stealing the
show" his Inauguration also
marked the midst Of a period of
unprecedented good will for the
northern country.
DR.. Ortiz entered office backed
by more than 100000 votes, an
all-time record for Argentina.
In his inaugural speech he de.
clared his intention of developing
the constructive program" Of his
predecessor, Augustin P. Justo, in
financial, domestic, and foreign
affairs.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Another Dud!
SaUant Says BGrLOU
Bombs Not So Hot

WORCESTER, Mass, Feb. 81
Q.NS0.-A wartime chief Of the
A. E. F. bombing unit today dis
puted claims of an inventor on ef
fectiveness of aerial bombs the
latter developed.
Prof. Arthur W. Ewell, of
Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
breaking a silence Of 20 years, is
sued a statement urging the House
Naval Affairs Committee Of Con.
gress to study wartime files con.
cerning the claims Of Lester P.
Barlow, inventor Of Stamford,
Conn, on effectiveness Of his mys-
terry "aerid d mine" before recon.
funds to test the bomb.
Barlow is a good mechanical
engineer with an extraordinary
aptitude for politics." said Prof.
Ewell. "a Barlow demonstra-
ton of a bomb in Paris in 1918
belittled us before the allied ma
tions and retarded the manufac-
ture Of usable bombs in this
country for several months"
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
CAROL DICTATOR;
MOCK ELECTION
TO SOLID|FY ROLE
Will Exile All Postwar
Jewish Settlers

BUCHAREST, Rumanis, Feb. 21
U.N.S0. - Rumania was thor.
oughly Fascist today, with the
reins in King Carols hands
through a new constitution which
will be formally approved by the
people in a well-regulated pleb-
iscite later this week.
The constitution replaced par.
lament with a chamber of depu.
ties and senate whose members
will represent occupations, not
districts.
Carols proclamation promised
equal rights to the minorities
belonging to other races, but who
have been settled for centuries on
the soil of greater Rumania."
BY omission, he left no doubt
that the campaign against Jews
who entered Rumania after the
World War will continue.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish From
tier, Feb. 81 Q.N.S0.-American,
British and Canadian international
brigades were nearly wiped out In
the slaughter at Tereul as thou
sands of Spanish loyalist troops
were slain. insurgent adviceS to-
day said.
The most furious battle Of the
civil war today found Tereul,
spearhead of the insurgent salient
in the east, almost wholly under
rebel domination.
The city is "militarily unten-
able" for the government forces,
the insurgents said. The rebels
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Mans Death Mars
Honeymoon Trim

NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 81 Q.N.S.)
Robert E. Porter, 32-year-old New
Yorker, who wound up in q cell
on his honeymoon trip yesterday,
hoped to rejoin his bride after be-
ing arraigned in court here today.
Porter and his bride were driv-
ing to Washington after the wed
ding when a pedestrian ran in
front Of his car here. Struck a
glancing blow by the fender, the
pedestrian was knocked in front
Of another car and killed. Police
said both drivers were blameless,
and indications were Porter would
be freed.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

NEW YORK, Feb. FL 0.N.S).
sHitIer is q threat to the peace
Of Europe"
william E. Dodd, former United
States ambassador to Germany,
made this declaration today as he
confirmed that, in private teSti-
mony before the House Foreign
Affairs committee in washington,
he had revealed a plan by which
he said Germany and Italy may
try to gain complete control OF
Danubian Europe and the Medi-
terranean.
.Dodd said that Chancellor Hit
ler's militant speech to the Reich
stag brings out the significance
Of my remarks" (meaning his
testimony before the foreign af-
fairs committee).
France is helpless" COM
mented Dodd, adding that he is
tremendously interested in what
Great Britain will do about the
situation.
"Hitler will take what he
wants on both sides Of the
Mediterranean, especially in the
Balkans, and also in north
Africa" said Dodd. IF he gets
some colonies, he will want
more and more.
This same greed for land
has kept Europe in turmoil for
100 years. It caused the World
War"
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Lake Tragedy
Laid to Thin Ice

DENVER, Feb. 81 dN.sJ.
today were convinced
a childish love Of sliding on the
ice was responsible for the death
of three youngsters in Bergen
Lake, near here.
The bodies of Alene Tillotson, 9;
Donald Hudson, Z, and Donna Lee
Hudson, 8, were recovered from
the lake about three hours after
they disappeared, leaving slide
tracks over the thin ice to a gap
ing hole some IS feet offShore.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
LYNCH BILL DUE
FOR SHELF TODAY
BY ARTHUR HACHTEN

G.N.S0 Sidetracking of the
bitterly fought antilynching bill
and passage Of the $25o,000. 900
emergency relief measure by night
fall was the goal set by Admin.
istration leaders in the Senate
today.
Despite pressure Of Democratic
chieftains for speedy passage of
the relief bill, there were signs
that the fight over the measure
may delay passage until tomorrow.
After the Senate acts on it the
bill will go to conference with the
House for composition of differ
ences between the two bodies.
Majority Leader Barkley of Ken
lucky passed word down the line
to shelve the antilynching bill,
which has been the unfinished
business" OF the Senate since tJanu-
ary 6 and the object of a tena-
cious filibuSter of Dixie Senator's,
aided by a Sprinkling OF Western
Senators, notably Borah Of Idaho.
While it was generally conceded
the anti-lynching bill would be
sidetracked to give right Of way
for relief, supporters of the meas
ure to extend the Federal arm to
suppression of lynchings served
notice they would try later to have
their pet measure again con-
sidered by the Senate.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
U. S. Brigade Slaughtered
AS Franco Takes Tereul

have now wholly encircled it. hav-
ing closed two-mile gap on the
south. Many loyalist troops are
trapped inside; hundreds have
surrendered.
At Barcelona, however, it was
asserted that the loyanSts still
hold their second line of defenses
at the foot Of FL Mansueto
Heights. It was denied that the
insurgents had cut the main
Tereul-Valencia road.
Hand-to-hand fighting was re-
ported going on in the suburbs Of
Tereul, which had previously been
captured by the insurgents, then
retaken by the loyalists.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Fire killing Three
Held Accidental

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 d.N.s).
The Bronx tenement fire in which
three persons met death yesterday
and nine others were injured, was
not Of suspicious origin, authori-
ties announced today after a
lengthy probe. The victims were
Bessie Gineros, Al; Mrs. Bessie
Theofano, IL, and her husband,
William, 42, who plunged to his
death at the moment firemen were
about to raise a ladder to his
third-floor flat.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
German Refugee
Slain in Chicago

CHICAGO, Feb. 81 (C.TP.S0.
Max Sammet, 43 years old, a den
tist, said by his friends to have
been a German political refugee,
was found dead beneath the
steps leading to an abandoned
residence on the West Side. Police
said he had been murdered with
blow on the head, but they were
mystified as to the motive and
the circumstances Of the murder
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Mothers HerOism
Fails to Save Babe

CHICAGO, Feb. 81 QN.s).
Devotion of his mother, who
smashed a window and was cut
while climbing in to attempt a
rescue, failed, and Joseph Aulin-
ski, 2, was dead today, trapped
when his crib caught fire. His
brother Charles, 4, started the fire
by playing with matches while
the mother, Mrs. Helen Paulinski,
was away.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
40 Safe on Isle
After ShipWreck

SEATTLE, Wash, Feb. 81
GN.S0.-The crew of 40 men
of the minesweeper Swallow,
which ran aground on Kanaga
Island, awaited arrival of the
Coast Guard cutter Spencer to-
day. The crew was safely ashore
on the bleak island-one Of the
tiny Specks in the Aleutian group.
Kanaga is 1,400 miles west Of
Seward.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

the ReichStag.
He shows an open al
lance with the Italians
and the japanese such as
we have understood for
some time and from his
statements he will be sat
isfied with nothing less
than return Of the Ger
man colonies that were
taken during the World
War. He indicates that
he is ready to 60 to war
for such possession.
1.-THE general tone of his
speech is very disturbing.
l am afraid he will be like
Alexander the Great-if
these concessions are made
to him he will look for
other worlds to conquer.
"Of course, our country
will continue to do what.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Polite Thuqs
Woman in HOIdup
Offered Chair

CHICAGO, Feb. 81 GN.sO.
Police today were seeking two 20
lite bandits who forced three men
TO lie on the floor, but offered a
woman q chair while they rifled
the safe of $S72 in the saloon of
Louis Schnair.
The two bandits forced Schnair
to open his safe and then ordered
him and two men customers to
lie on the floor.
When q woman entered the
saloon, they politely escorted her
to a chair and then continued to
rifle the safe.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Escape
Street Car Fire

Fifteen passengers fled from q
Capital Transit Company street
car at New Jersey Avenue and H
Streets Northwest last night after
a short circuit enveloped the fuse
box in flames. All of the pas
sengers escaped without injury
and the fire was extinguished by
Engine Company No. 6 which was
summoned by Motorman Charles
Moreland.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
One Killed, IL Hurt
Waiting for Cars

CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 81
GN.S3.-One man was killed and
II persons injured, several seri-
ously, in accidents involving six
loading platforms. livery Upshaw,
~, Negro, suffered a crushed skull
when his machine crashed into
one of the platforms. He died a
few minutes later.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Thief Shoots Two,
Then Hangs Self

SON, N. J., Feb. q
Q.N.SD.-A few minutes after
confeSSing to a double shooting,
Leon Tuchel, 40, hanged himself
in his cell here last night, police
announced today.
Tuchel confessed he shot Gus
tave Piekorski and the latter's
wife when the couple surprised
him robbing their farmhouse at
South Deerfield, Mass, two weeks
ago. They are in a serious condi.
ton.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Facing Century
Of Life, Hangs Self

CH1CAG Q, Feb. 81 dN.s).
Levi Trepeck, 96. didn't care to
live to be 100. Trepeck, a widower
who retired from business so years
ago, was dead here today after
hanging himself with a window
shade cord in the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. Lee Sachs.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Cruiser Squadron
Leaves Singapore

SINGAPORE, Feb. 81 Q.N.S0,
The three United States cruisers,
the Trenton, Memphis, and Mil
waukee, which came here to par
ticipate in the opening Of new
dry dock. sailed today for Manila.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Flood Emergency
Program Okayed

GNS) Presidential approval
Of a Statewide program Of emer-
gency relief of Ohio flood-and-
thaw conditions when they arise
was announced today. WPA will
oversee the program for which
$500, 900 was appropriated.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
hot Tea, especially at II and D. to
keep up your vitality.
S~,>T(a2N ws.iD
Hsnru 7. micIIl Merrill
Henry 7. DiskS Merrill

Feel better-work er-enjoy life
more-Turn to Tea Today! Good hot
vitalizing Tea stands by you. Drink
Tea with every meal and often
in between.
For real flavor and vitalizing
effect, remember that good Tea
(Orange Pekoe and Pekoe) comes
from india csylOn, and JaVa"
Sumatra. These good black Teas
are especially suited to the Amer
lean taste. For economy and full
enjoyment, buy quality Tee.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

rill, who flew the Atlantic t1Oice IN
one week! He says: "Flying is
strenuous work, so I value Tea for
vitality. Tea keeps me mentally
and physically alert. On our trip
to London and return we were
thankful to have plenty Of Tea in
thermos bottles. Tea tastes good,
too, and it let's me Sleep" Drink
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
France in Dilemma
AS British Abandon
CZeChs to Fuehrer
Must Either Violate Defense Pact or Defy
Nazis With Only Russia as Ally
By n. R. KNICKERBoCKER
(copyriEht. 1898, by international News service)

PARIS Feb. 21.-Central Europe is dismayed today.
Czechosovaka is terrified France gmy resigned to the
worst and England has changed her foreign minister the
result of Adolf Htlers Rechsag declaration and the pre-
ceng which caused be the least concatoy pub
lie speech he has made since he came into power.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

for the peace of the world with entang
ling alliances with other nations and shall not be drawn
into their conflicts if such arise.
"In the meantime, however, shall advocate the build
ing of proper Navy for defensive purposes and when
say this sufficient battleshps in both for
protection and IN which the proper ratio with
other nations is not considered"
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

llC SpecCu uC Has udu0 SluCO IL
The French are shaking under
the blow of Anthony Eden's resig
nation, which Is taken here to
mean that Premier Chamberlain
has decided to abandon Czecho.
slovakia to Hitler's threat.
HITLER AIMS OUTSPOKEN
"When Germany was weak
she was obliged to acquiesce to
the persecution Of Germans on
her frontiers. Now we will know
how to defend German inter-
ests wherever they may be, and
among those interests are those
of German men on those from
tiers who cannot obtain for
themselves cultural and national
liberty"
This sentence Of Hitler's plus
his naming 100000 as the mum
ber Of Germans who need his pro
lection, Is interpreted as the
plainest intimation that he In
tends to incorporate both Aus
tria's 100000 and Czechoslo-
vakia's 100000 DIN the Reich.
FRANCE FACES DILEMMA
Bound by treaty to come to
Czechoslovakia's aid if she is at
tackled, the French now foreSee
that they may soon be faced with
the most desperate dilemma since
the World War-either to quit
their little ally and thereby lose
every other ally, or to fight with
out the indispensable help OF
England.
The inside story Of this major
European crisis began to unfold
early last week when, after Hit.
ler's Austrian coup, the Czech
minister in Berlin called upon
Foreign Minister Won Ribbentrop.
He was surprised also to be faced
by Baron Won Neurath, head OF
the German cabinet council.
TOLD WHAT TO EXPECT
Both men told hint
1--WE hope that czechoslova-
khan relations with the Reich
may soon be placed on the same
satisfactory basis as Austrian
relations under the new regime"
This was communicated to the
French government, which in mid
week made the formal proposal TO
the British that both governments
should agree to send Hitler q joint
statement, couched in the strong.
est terms, to the effect that the
limit Of their tolerance had been
reached, and that hereafter France
and England intend to brook nc
further German aggression.
The British delayed answering
and still were debating this, among
other alarming matters, at the
cabinet meeting last night, wher
Eden resigned.
EDEN DEFIANT
1t is presumed that Eden ia
vored going with the French
whereas Chamberlain was opposed
The Prime Minister and Lore
Halifax are described by EdeI
friends as preferring the policy o
Cartoonist Lows famous comi
character, Colonel Blimp, VIII
says:
"The only way to avoid being
bullied by Hitler Is to find out
what he wants to do and do it. I"
The British today are feelinl
more than ever how low the pres
tige Of the empire had sunk whel
the were forced to listen to Hitle
denounce Bolshevik Russia as tn
lowest thing In creation, the
contemptuously add:
"But, I would rather believe
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
FEAR WINTER? REGAIN VITALITY
AS PILOT DICK MERRILL DOES!

You'll need
plenty Of vital
ity this winter
to ward off
cold . weather
ills. Here's a
splendid idea
for increasing
vitality from
famous air..
nilot Dick Mer
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

Empires Of the MOOn"-H Bedford
Jones continues his series Of stirring true
tales Of eonspiracies that almost changed
the course Of history In the American
Weekly with Sundays Washington Her.
Ald.Times Call RE. 1894 Tor Home
Delivery.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

what Stain says Of his inten-
tions than anything the British
ministers say"
TWO CLEANS OF LIGHT
The French see only two pos
Sible CLEANS Of lifht in what
looks like the blackest summer of
this decade,
One is their hope that Eden
may now lead such q vigorous
oposition to the Chamberlain GOV
ernment that Parliament and the
country will either force q change
in policy in favor of a stronger
front against Germany and Italy,
or a change in the government,
with Eden as prime minister.
Their second hope is that Hitler
at any rate will commit no war
like act in Czechoslovakia, which
would demand French intreven-
ton,
In fact, the belief is growing
that he may handle Czechoslo-
vakia a Ia Spain, with an internal
uprising Of the German minority,
followed by German volunteers"
rushing from the Reich to help
end the civil war.
WOULD SAVE FRENCH FACE
If this could be done without
German mobilization, 1t is highly
unlikely that France would move.
According to the Czechoslovakian
pact, Russia is only obligated to
help Czechoslovakia If France
does.
The Czech army, however, be.
lieves it can hold any volunteers"
at the frontier long enough to
force France to act, or publicly
quit and scrap her twenty years
postwar policy, plus billions of
francs invested in the Little En-
tente.