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The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
Pioneer Omahan Laid
to Rest; Here 81 Years

The funeral services of Mr.. Tom
Wheeler of 2530 Grant street were
held, March 80 from Myers funeral
home. The sermon was delivered
bv Rev. Curry of Zion Baptist
church, of which he was a member.
MI. Wheeler. although very sick
and weak or Thursday, before
passing, he recognized his brother,
Rev. Grunsly Wheeler of Toledo,
Ohio, whom he had not seen since
they we're boys in Kentucky so
yea ago. Mr.. Wheeler was "a
years of age, and was an employee
of the city hall and the old court
house building for many years. He
retired seven years ago, after 10
years at the City Hall. Before this
he was a railroad porter for many
wears. He came to Omaha im 1881
and for Is years, prior to 1917 was
a member of the National Guards.
sResa.es has brother he Leaves
three sisters, Mrs. Lucind Da-
Wis, who ne lived with; Mrs. Eva
Smith Of Chicago. ILL.,: Mrs. Eliza
GiIlkie, of 2121 North Twenty.
eighth avenue; his son, Mr.. Earl
Wheeler, BOIL North Twenty
eighth avenue; one nephew, Willie
C. Gillkie, 1913 North Twentieth
street; two nieces, Mrs. Thema
Mitchell of 1921 Grant; Little
Bertha Smith, 2530 Grant street;
and one daughter, Ruth Wheeler,
and two dear little Grandchildren;
one brVther-in-law, Mr. Kali Kill
kie.
All his friends regret his pass
ing.
A precious one from Us is gone.
A voice we loved is still.
a place is vacant in u heart
That never can be filled.
God in his wisdom has recalled
The on to us US IS g1teu
All though the body slumbers
here
His soul is safe IT, Heaven.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
Texans Like Singers
Voice, But Bar Her
From Hotels; Cafes

Dallas, April 0 (ANP)-Al-
though white Texans jampaeke
MeFarlin auditorium last Tuesday
night to hear the golden voice of
Marian Anderson, they had no &C
comodations for her either at ho-
tells or cafes, after the recital was
over. As a result she had to find
lodgings and her meals at a pri-
vate home.
The strange. paradoxical situa-
tion-where white people throng to
hear her sing but refuse to provide
her with a nights lodging-empha-
SKIES anew the hypocrisy of So
called race relations below the
Mason and Dixon line. The fact
remains, that despite culture,
wealth or distinction, all Negroes
are reduced to the common level,
must face the Jim Crow bar when
seeking "white" Accommodations.
Travel in the South presents the
same problem. On some roads
trainmen consider a Pullum draw
ing room, or compartment provides
the separation from whites de-
manded by Jim Crow laws, but
other don't. Congressman Arthur
Mitchell of Chicago row has a suit
pending against a railroad because
he was refused first class accomo-
datiOns, and had to ride all night
in the Jim Grow Car, enroute from
Little Rock to Memphis.
Recently. c. c. spaulding, Dur
ham. N. C., president National Ne
gro business League and head of
The North Carolina Mutual ms.
Co.. was denied a Pullum reserva-
ton out Of Dallas. Later. Bill (Bo-
iangles) Robinson, noted tap dan
Ger ard screen star was given
Pullum Accommodations from Dallas,
hut why the distinction was made.
is not known. Motorists also con-
family complain of the lack of rest
room facilities on highways all
through the South.
In Dallas, C. +. Starks, president
Negro Chamber of Commerce, us
ually arranges accomodations fol
colored celebrities visiting here.
Women are generally taken to pri-
vate homes while the men are sent
TO the local YMCA. A. Maceo
Smith, civic leader here. said re-
Gently he thought in the near fu-
ture Negro Investigators would
build hotels in the key cities Of the
South because of the great mum
Der of colored motorists ard train
passengers.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
WHITE WOMAN SLABS EDUCATORS FACE
Last Rites Held For Nj, Tom Wheeler
Policeman Goes Free
In Staying of Keys

Washington, April 8 (By Daniel
+. Chase for ANP)-The surprise
of the week came today when the
grand jury of the District, which
had conducted what it termed ian
ex haustive Investigation" into the
slaying of Leroy KEYS, ignored the
case. Keys, 38-year-old shell-shock-
ed World War veteran, was slain
in his home on March g., and this
action on the part of the District
Grand Jury automatically clears
Policeman John w. Nally, the of
ficer who was charged with the
staying of the unfortunate veteran.
Nally had been free under the
small bail of $500.
A number of civic, religious, and
veterans organization had critici-
zed the shooting, claiming that it
could have been avoided. They have
been one in voicing the thought
that the less drastic action could
have been taken. Feeling has been
expressed that the case be reopen
ed and prominent citizens declare
that the 81 ying. of Leroy Keys, us
a travesty on justice"
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
Editor of Georgia
Paper Angered at
Interracial Meet

Atlanta, April 8 (ANP-Not
content with m~alighfng Negroes
and the pro-Negro moves Of the
Roosevelt administration, Mrs. j.
Z. Andrews, white, editor Of the
race-hating Georgia Woman's
World" Saturday afternoon de-
liberately slapped Or. Willis j.
King, president of Cannon Theo-
logical seminary, when he refused
to let her photographer take pie
lures of a meeting of colored and
white college students.
Although police were called to
the seminary where the slapping
took place, no case was wade
against the woman. Later she
made an apology and is understood
to have regretted the incident"
! ollow;lr pressure brought on her
by officials Of Emory university
and Agnes Scott college, leading
white institutions.
The ~interracial meeting to which
Mrs. Andrews objected was the
three-day session of the Georgia
Student Christian council. She e
gistered Saturday morning as che
meeting opened in order 10 be able
TO attend all sessions. That after-
noon she reappeared with a san-
eraman, intending to take pistarss
for use in her publication when her
opposition to the mixed gathesiAg
went unheeded. Dr.King objestsd,
and she struck him in the tAee.
The educator made no atteHAPt az
retaliation.
When police were called, Dr..
King urged them not to take a ease
against the woman, although &s
insisted on being arrested. Eater
that dav. however, she displayed a
friendly attitude toward the Sc
niinary head and attended s*Aer
sessions. Before the conference
ended, members, most OF tseAs
white. passed a resolution So1A =
mending DIR. King for the way ss
handled the incident.
Georgia Woman's World" is ths
publication which was widely dis
tributed by Roosevelt opponents ia
the 1886 election. It carried pic
lures showing Negro New Dealers
debating to white stenogrspAers
Mrs. Roosevelt being escorted by
Negroes following an appearance
at Howard university, and teesi-
miles of colored newspaper arsleies
landing benefits obtained from the
nresent administration It atteApt-
ed 70 increase the states prejad-
ices against Negroes, but was not
able TO prevent Roosevelt froT'
carrying Georgia.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
GIVES PIANO RECITAL

Booker Washington gave his
third annual piano recital for the
students of Howard Kenredy
school last Sunday. After opening
the concert with a serious inter
probation of the "Sonata OPP. AZ
2" by Beethoven. He played a
sonata that he composed. Through
out the entire concert the calm
ness and surety that only an artist
can give to his audience was felt.
The best received number or the
program was a brilliant reading
of the "Militaire Polonaise, writ
ten by Chopin. The piece was ar
ranged by Cecil Bergman, noted
Omaha teacher and composer.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
College Women Hold
Meeting In Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, April 9 (ANP)-
Local officers and MEMBERS of the
National Association Of College
Women are perfecting plans for
entertainment Of delegates to the
18th annual convention Of the AS
ISOLATION to be held here April ID
II. The college women will be head
ed by President Helen B. Grossley
of Dover, Del, and the conference
dhene will be "Techniques for Ac-
ton on Contemporary Problems y
President Grossley and the mem
bers at large look with favor on
selection of Pittsburgh for this
years session because of this city's
position of prominence in indus
trial, educational, economic and So
cial activities.
NACW members comprising the
convention committee in charge of
arrangeents for the eonelave are
the following: Mrs. Vivian J. Cook.
Baltimore, general chairman; Mrs.
Orlean Collins Ricco, 2916 Berford
avenue, Pittsburgh, chairman,
Hostess Branch and Mrs. Esther
Popel Shaw. corresponding secre-
tary. I'LL Columbia RID, N. W.,
Washington, D.. C.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
Or. Hancock Says If Churches
Are United Negroes Must Be
Accepted In Church; Schools

Richmond, Va April 9 amp
Dir. Gordon D. Hancock, widely
known student of race relations
and head Of the Department of
Economies and Sociology at Vir-
ginia Union university, this week
Embossed a blast at Bishop Collins
Denny of Richmond for his slur
against the Negro race and for in
jecting the racial question into the
fight over %unifcation of the var
ious branches of the Methodist
church.
In an open letter, DR.. Hancock
pVinte1iy took exception to this re-
cent utterance of the prelate: "Tf
the churches are united, we will
have to accept Negroes in our
church, and social equality will be
taught in our church schools"
DR.. Hancock assured the Bishop
that people interested in the i'm
provement of race relations "are
considerably dismayed that an &C.
clesiastic of your prominence
should resort to the ~threadbare
argument of social equality in a
matter where the color question,
might, with profit. have been omit-
ted"
He continued, ""There Anay be
some excuse for such procedure as
you employed FOR ward politicians,
Hammers; but there is no excuse
moral scapegoats and Ku Klux
for the ecclesiastical dignitary's to
baser passions of this nation. II
you have been correctly quoted.
your attitude become n of grave
concern to the millions of Negroes
throughout the nation. If tho ben
Tillmanization' Of politics was =
great misfortune, the Ben Tihman-
ization' Of the great A.M.E. church,
South, would be q calamity"
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
BIG MADE BY
SUPREME LIBERTY LIFE

Chicago, April 9 (C)-The su-
preme Liberty Life INSURANCE. com
pany, 3511 South Parkway, Harry
II. Pace, president, and Truman
Kella Gibson, chairman of the
board and treasurer, gained $179,-
160.55 in assets in 1887, the assets
of the company now being $2,122,-
108.88, according to the annual
statement made public last week.
The company has 141 1866 policy
holders. has S36.155,509 in insur
ance in force, and has legal reser-
We of 1881 1873. The cash item is
$46,932.6O. Supreme Liberty en-
ploys 600 people, operates 26
branches in 81 cities of nine states.
and has a home office valued at
100000, fully paid for. The com
pany is seventeen years old, and
mas paid TO policy holders $3.50
693.43 since 1922.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
Republic of Liberia
At the New YOrk's
Worlds Fair, 1889

New York, April 9 amp
Plans and models for the Liberian
Government Building, Vartner w.
Tandy, architect, have been man-
imously accepted by the Board of
Design of the New York Worlds
Fair Commission. Among those at
the ceremony of approval, which
recently took place at the offices
Of the commission in the Empire
State Building, were Admiral W.
II. standiey, Director Of Foreign
Anticipation: Lester A., Walton,
American Minister to Liberia;
Walter F. Walker, Liberian Consul
at New York; Mr.. Thndy, and DIR.
l.. L. Berry, Secretary Of the For
eign Mission Board of the AME
church.
This was the second design sub
mitted by a foreign government to
be accepted, and Architect Tandy
was highly complimented. The
Liberian Building at the 1889
Worlds Fair will be 96Xl4O. The
first floor will be devoted to the
exhibition OF native products
rubber, p%iassava, coffee, cocoa,
ginger. palm oil products and cola
nuts. o the second floor will be
the Liberian National Restaurant
where will be featured famous Ii
berian dishes, including ground
nut stew and palm fruit dishes.
IN the main building will be a
little theatre where will be shown
native dancers and acrobats and
motion pictures of Liberian life.
Adjoining the building will be typi-
cal native villages where abort
gines from Liberia will give exhi-
billions of dyeing, weaving, basket
and leather work, and many other
handicrafts.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
ChicOgOans Oganize
Funeral Financing Co.

Chicago, April 9 (ANP)-Some-
thing new and unique in Negro
business is the recent organization
and incorporation of the Supreme
Service Company of Chicago. The
company, which is located in the
Supreme Liberty Life Building, at
1907 South Parkway, will special
ize in funeral financing.
Funeral financing, according to
the organizers of the company
has grown TO major proportions on
the southside where most Of Chi
cago's con0red population lives.
Its possibilities first became i'm
inent during the early days of the
depression wl.el credit conditions
GREW tighter and practically non-
existent. Chicag5's G3 undertakors
found themselves in n predicamcnt
where they had to finance with
cash most of the funerals of the
estimated 1000 Of our people who
die annually in Chicago. In addi-
tom, they had TO wait for their
money until the insurance company
paid off their clients.
1t is estimated that over $250,000
is paid out annually in financing
funerals for Chicago's colored CT
items. In the past, all ot these fl
anc charges have gone into the
hands of members of the other
race.
The personnel of the Supreme
Service company is made up of men
who have had many years of ex-
perienee in the field of insurance.
and among them are II. L. Thomp-
son. president; Truman X. Gibson,
H.. secretary; w. Ellis Stewart,
treasurer: with DR.. e. w, Beasley,
Jefferson Ish, M. C. Adkins, vice
president, and Earl B. Dickerson
counsel.
Aside from financing funerals,
the company will also operate a
currency exchange as an auxiliary
activity, where checks viii be cash
ed and money orders issued to pay
GAS. light, water and other bills.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09

Member of the Philadelphia bar
whose book, Negroes and the
Law" is proving popular, not only
in the legal 10 fessiOn, but with
all students of Negro DIE. The
work is actual, and replete with
biographies of 81 lawyers. Mr..
Styles, only 81, Is a native of
jacksonville, Fla, and a graduate
of college and law at Howard. The
late renOwn editor, r. Thomas For
tune, was his uncle. The book is
distributed by the Langston Sales
company, 200 West Columbia ave-
nne, Philadelphia, Pa. Hon. r..
Washington Rhodes, editor of the
Philadelphia Tn1une and former
president of the Nation Bar As
ISOLATION. wrote the forward, and
Charles II. Houston Of the MACE
and r. L. Vann contributed special
chapters. Calvin PhotO)
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
K FIRE HAS
S251, 939 SURPLUS

Durham, n. c. April . (C)-
Bankers Fire Insurance company
Prof. w. G. Pearson, president,
Reid its eighteenth annual meeting
Wednesday and Thursday, and the
secretary, R. N. Harris, reported
surplus to policyholders of $751;
938.08. Since its organization, the
company has paid claims of S453,-
836.61, paid to- stockholders 500
122. and collected premiums of
81, 069. 38O.68. James T. Carter Of
Richmond, president of Southern
Aid Society of Virginia, was elect
ed to the board vacancy caused by
the death of B. L. Jordan of Rich
mond, and J. H. Ridley, chairman
of the Crown Savings bank of New
port News, was elected vice pre-
sident.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
Cooks. Walters Choose
Brotherhood AS Agent

Boston, Mass, April 9 amp
In a secret-ballot election conduct
ed bv the Nation Mediation Board
among dining ear cooks and wait
ere of the Boston ard Maine rail-
road here last Tuesday, Local No.
370 of the American Federation Of
Labor was badly beaten by the
Brotherhood of Dining Car EN-
plovees as their representative and
bargaining agent.
The Brotherhood has represent
edBoston and Maine men since
1919. Reinzi B. Lemus is the presi-
dent.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09

The Presiding Bishop of the
Episcopal Church. the Right Rev.
Henry st. George Tucker, ID. d.,
who is also the Bishop of We in
ia, has Just issued a statement
calling his church to interest and
cooperation in the Fiftieth Ami
versary celebration, May Is in
elusive, of st. Paul Normal and
Industrial school, at Lawrenceyille,
Virginia, the largest of the nine
schools operated under the Amer
lean Church Institute for Negroes,
"a chain of institutions campris-
ing the largest single educational
project for Negroes of the South.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
New England Youths
Plan Big Conference

Boston, Mass, April 9 amp
Victor A. Bynce, an executive of
the New England Youth Confer
ence, is making final preparations
to welcome more than 500 dele
gates expected here to attend the
Spring meeting Of the conference.
Bynee and co-workers have been
working for six weeks on details of
the meeting whose object will be TO
iron out the many problems affect
ing youth, such as unemployment,
discrimination and educational
shortcomings.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
ARKANSAS EDUCATOR
ENDORSED FOR PRES
OF TEACHERS ASSN.

Little Rock, Ark, April 9 (G)-
/. r. Gillian, for 40 years aA
educator in this state and row
principal of Gibbs nigh school sAd
head of the Practice School Of
Dunbar Junior college, was eRdors-
ed by 200 members of the City
Teachers Association for president
of the American Teachers Asso-
iation, last week.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
Memphian Fourth
Death By Automobile

Memphis, April 9 amp
March's fourth traffic death was
recorded March 30 at John CASTOR
hospital when George Hollis died
OF injuries received when he was
struck by an auto while repairing
his truck on South Parkway, East.
Barnard Holmes, driver of the car
viii be charged with reckless driv-
ing after he RECEIVERS from back
injuries suffered in the crash, &C
cording to police.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
BETHUNT GOODMAN
D GIVE PLAY

Daytona Beach, Fla, April 9
(ANP)-A feature of the annual
Spring bazaar, held Tuesday on the
campus of Bethune-C Goodman Coll
ege was the presentation of Mrs.
F. L. Dyett's original drama or
rural Negro life "Down Sandy
Level Way" The cast was made up
OF faculty members and students
and the big audience consisted
mostly of tourists. Student singers
also presented a program. The one
day bazaar Melted the college more
than 5000.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
MAMMOTH LIFE INCREASE
INCOME BY $35,588

Louisville, April 9 (C)-The
Mammoth Life and Accident In
surance company, COG w. Walnut
street, H. E. Hall, president, earn
ed net income of $55,153, last year,
and the income was increased over
that of 1896 by $35,588. according
to J. e. Hawkins, auditor. A 3 per
cent dividend, amounting to $4,000,
was declared apd distributed to
stockholders.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
Ladies Home Mission Circle

The Ladies Home Mission Circle
met at the home of Mrs. Alice
Britt, 2525 Blonde street, Thurs
day. Eleven were present, includ-
ing one visitor. Mrs. Naomi John
son gave a lesson on Religious
Education" Information about
time and place of each meeting
PAaae call the president, Mrs.
Hesen S. Baldwin. WE0532.
Mrs. Edna w. Moody.
Secretary and Reporter
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
GUIDE VISITORS

Rev. C. c. Petis of Salem Baptist
church and Rev. F. C. Williams Of
If Zion visited the office and shop
of the Omaha Guide Tuesday,
April 9Th.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
CLINIC HOURS

The Clinic hours at the Zion
BAPTIST have been changed. The
clinic is open from 9 ,. m. to 2 p.
m. each Thursday.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
Mixed Audience Hear
Va. Mems Glee Club

Orangeburg, S. c.. April 9
(ANP)-With J. Harold Montague
widely known musician conducting,
the Mems Glee club of Virginia
State college, presented a program
last Saturday night to an enthus-
iastic audience of both races at
White Hall on the campus of South
Carolina State college. Repeated
encores greeted their renditions.
Miss Carlere Mccoy was accom-
PIANIST. After the concert u recep-
ton and dance was given in honor
of the singers.
Don't forget the Rainbow Wed
ding, Friday evening, April 8, at
8 p. M, at Bethel AME church.
The bride that sells the most tick
cts will get married.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-09
LEAVES CITY

Mrs. Leila Sampso" r,h,
left Thursday. Nav IN
her hush~-t Mr. - 5
AngeIee elf. fo"9 ~ FL
mako {. IL f-tu~ h2me.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-19
IHOLSUM BREAD IS
DISTRIBUTED HERE

AS an anti-climax of the Silver
/! Anniversary of the establishment
of their business, celebrated on
March 18th, the Fuchs Bakery OF
Miami, bakers and distributors OF
Holsum Bread, announce that
their bread may now be obtained
in Key West at mos, retail gro
GERS. A large display advertise
ment appears in rtahse isstte of The
Citizen, stellingsof EtTe superior
quality of this, bread Daily de-
liveries are made.
On March Is, 1919 the son Of
a pioneer Dade county grocery
man bought little frame struc-
ture in the town of Homestead,
picked up an old one-cylinder
Brush truck and across its sides
bravely printed Fuchs Bakery.
This proclamation announced the
beginning of the Fuchs Baking
Company.
Today. the central figure in
that piece of pioneer enterprise,
Charles T. Fuchs, Jr., is celebrat-
ing his silver anniversary in the
bakery business. And the scene
of that celebration is the finest
bakery plant in all the South
land. The tops in delicious bread
from his thoroughly modern
plant, now located in South Mi
ami, has won the Harry M. Freer
Trophy in competition inoq9al-
ity among Americas graatest
bakeEies and the Paul H. tWfl-
lianns Trophy, emblematic OF the
greatest improvements in eff
cheney in the handling of bread
products in the entire United
States. These trophies are defin-
tie proof that today South Flori-
dams and citizens of Key West
are eating the best bread pos
sible to bake in the entire coun-
try when they purchase Holsum
bread.
The 200 loaves of bread per day
which represented a downright
amazing feat of production in that
little one-oven Homestead plant
have become more than 10000
loves of Holsum bread per day,
the trademark of the Fuchs Bak-
ing Company. That old "one
lung" Brush truck has given way
to a fleet of 90 glistening white
trucks, each one kept as immacu-
late as hospital operating room.
The weekly yeast bill alone in
this modern bakery of today
would have operated that origin
al Homestead establishment for
more than three months.
The story of this quarter-of-a-
century of development of the
Fuchs Baking Company is the
story of the commercial develop
ment of South Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-19
THE ANSWERS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

tSee Who Knows?" on Page q
l. Women in cities and men
on the farms.
2. $780, 100000.
3. About 100000.
4. Approximately $33,0OO,OOO,-
900.
5. 1900.
6. About $5OO,O0O,O0O for the
Army and $56O,OOO,O0O for the
Navy. This does not include funds
for the 20 percent increase in
warships.
z. SIS feet 5 1-8 inches.
8. Present business index, 1911
last August 111.2.
8. Under present legislation
in 1916.
10. A recent study indicates il
is less than $4,000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-19
Home Christening
Here On Sunday

Billie Elizabeth Arnold, infant
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. William
NJ. Arnold, played the principal
part in a home christening on the
afternoon of Sunday. April II.
Sponsors were J, Y. Porter. w,
and Mr.. and Mrs. M. X. Kilt
redge.
Billie Elizabeth was gowned in
the christening dress of her fa-
Their, and that of her Godmother,
Mrs. Kittredge. The ceremony
was performed by Rev, Shuler
Peele. of Fleming Street church,
with the immediate family and
close friends present.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-04-19
CIRCUIT COURT
SESSION TODAY

Circuit court convened 10
o'clock this morning, with Judge
Arthur Gomez presiding and all
officials present, including Sher-
iff K. o. Thompson, and Deputy
Bernard Waite, acting as bailiff
because of the absence Of Deputy
Ray Elwood.
The docket, which carries two
. cases, was read, and the judge
announced that the case of Hello
Renedo, versus the Atlantic Mu-
tual Fire Insurance Co, suit OF
$4,000 damages, will be heard to-
morrow.
Case of the suit of Dodderidge
Russell against c. L. Craig and
wife, Grace Craig, suit for eject
ment, was set for Thursday.