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The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Operetta Was Presented At Zion Church
Washington Lawyers
Elect New President

Washington, May 7 amp
Following the tenth annual cele-
bration of lawyers day, George A.
Parker, dean of the Robert II.
Terrell Law School, has been elect
cd president of the Washington
Bar Association. Mr.. Parker sue
ceeds William L. Houston, special
assistant to the attorney general,
Edward P. Lovett was elected
first presidefls; Belford W. Law
son, second vice president; George
W. Peterson, secretary and Au-
gusta w Gray, treasurer. Elected
to the executive committee were
DR.. Leon Rarsom, Thurman l..
Dodson, Edward w. Howard and
Richard B. Atkinson. William A.
Lee, j., was elected correspond
irg secretary.
Interesting featurees marked the
celebration which was participated
in by George f. c. Hayes, who
discussed "Police Brutality in the
District, and Richard B. Atkins
son who discussed Suffrage in
the District f. w. Howard and
Thurman L. Dodson, presided over
the meetings.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Rev H. b. Johnson IN
X. c. to Train Large
Baptist Chorus

Kansas City, Mo-, May 7 (ANP)
Rev. H. B. P. Johnson, milton
ally know nchorister arrived here
o May 3, to be present at a meet
ing held at Paseo hall, attended
by singers of the various choirs
Here Nand in Kansas City Mo,
who will spend ore month in in
tensive training for the summer
school of Method. DR.. Henry Al
len Boyd, Sunday School Congress
secretary and head o fthe Nat
ional Baptist Publishing Board,
Nashville, was also present at the
opening meeting.
DR., Boyd said he hoped the
twin cities would furnish at
least 1000 voices for the 1893 Con-
gress chorus, under Prof. john
sons direction. DIR. r J. Jordan,
in charge of the preliminary in
assembling the giant chorus, said
all rehearsals will be held in Paseo
Hall.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Get Your Tax Statement BY Mail,
by Just Calling Atlantic 1855

tax records"
For real estate taxes, the cor
rect legal description of each in
dividual piece of property is neces-
sary, Mr.. Jones said. Tax records
on real estate are indexed under
the legal description and not the
owners name or street address, he
pointed out.
Once a tax statement is prepar-
ed, it is mailed directly to the in
dividual requesting it, Mr.. Jones
said. Contents of the statements
are not made known to campaign
directors or to the general public.
Payment of delinquent taxes
then may be made by mailing the
statement and a check or leave or
ders to the county treasurer's of
flee or by payment in person. Re-
ceips are then issued Immediately,
Mr.. Jones said.
"While this is not a new SER
vice." Mr.. Jones said, "many tax
payers are not aware of it's exost-
lance. 1t is certainly a time-saver
for the taxpayer"
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Cast Consisted
Of Fifty High
School Students

The %operetta "Ghost of Lolly-
pop Bay" presented at Zion Bap-
fist church Monday evening, May
2, was indeed a grand success,
both artistically and financially.
The Operetta presented under
the direction of Miss Estelle 7.
Robertson, with Miss Bertha
Young at the piano, drew hearty
applauses from the huge crowd
which packed the Auditorium of
Zion Baptist Ccurch
The Operetta, which was a 2-act
play, was played to p%erfecting by
so High School boys and girls,
color being added by Messrr.
Paul Briggs, baritone, and Cliff
ford Napkins, tenor and Ersie
Hayden, soprano. The 0pperetta
was sponsored by the Busy Bee
Club and the Junior choir in con-
nection with the 50th Anniversary
of Zion Baptist Church.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Appoint Three On
VcatiOnal Edu. Unit

Washington, D. c., May Z.
fANP)-The Board of Education
last week appointd 9 Washington
citizens on an advisory commit
tee for cocatioanal education.Th h
committee personnel vas chosen
from three groups employers,
employees and homemakers-and
each group has two white, one
colored member. Each member
serves for a one-year term. is
eligible for disappointment.
The colored members, Employ
ers, Charles H. Fearing, business
manager, Washington branch,
North Carolina Mutual Life Insur-
arre Co, Employees, Hilvard R.
Robinson, architect employed in
the u S. Department of Interior,
and Homemakers, Mrs. Virginia
R. Mcclure.
The committee, of which DIR.
Frank w. Ballou, superintendent of
the Board of Education. is execu-
tive chairman, will assist the board
in developing it's vocational edu-
cation program, in cooperation
with the George-Deen act, which
provides Federal funds for voca-
tional education.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
No Federal Law Is
Violated In Kidnap
Of White Bride

New York, May THE Federal
Bureau of Investigation (G-Men)
has indicated that the Lindbergh
kidnapping act was not violated
when the white bride of William
Stewart, colored, was taken forci-
bly, from her honeymoon apart
ment in Chicago and returned to
New York in charge of her rela-
tives and a doctor.
The NAACP, which has been
trying to get the Department of
Justice to act in kidnapping ard
lvnching cases involving colored
people, requested am Investigation
by the Omen as 500 as the alleg-
ed kidnapping of Stewards bride
was made public. The NAACP
previously had reported the Alb
Young kidnapping and lynching in
1885 to the Omen because Young
was taken across the Tennessee
Mississippi line and lynched. The
department failed to act.
The NAACP also reported the
Claude Nal kidnapping and lynch
ing in 1884, when Neal was taken
from Alabama into Florida and
lynched. The department also re-
fused to act here. In call ng the de-
partment's attention to the Ste
wart case, the Association arted
merely oN principle and not from
any irto~e { in the details of the
Stew iterracial marriage tangle.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Plan Conference OF
Chicago Workers

Chicago, May 7 State
and national legislation for domes-
tic workers. will occupy a promi-
pant place at the city-wire confer
ence Of household employees, Nav
1922" declaed Neva Ryan, presi-
dent Of the Domestic Workers As
ISOLATION, sponsor Of the confer
enc to be held AT Womens' Trad
Union League, $50 S. Ashland
blvd.
The first session will be devoted
to registration opening Of an x
hihit, and a joint executive com
mittee meeting Of the Domestic
Workers Association and its Citi-
zcns Committee which is compos-
ed Of prominent Chicago eitizens
under the chairmanship Of Miss
Thyra J. Edwards, nationally
known social worker and lecturer.
The session will deal with spe-
cific problems ON house holds en-
poyes including: Training OPP
portunities 70 rHousehoid Employ
ment." Related Problems of
Household Workers--Health-Ed-
nc ion-Leisure Time" and PRO
blems or Organization" Confer
eneo headquarters will be main
tanned at 3451 Michigan Avenue.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07

Negro residents Of Omaha may
obtain complete statements of any
delinquent taxes by mail, Wilbur
Jones, execut We chairman of the
delinquent campaign, told the
Omaha Guide.
Requests for statements should
be addressed directly to County
Treasurer Otto Bauman at the
ccourt house, he said.
An individual may get a state
ment of any personal taxes he
may owe merely by sending his
full name and present address to
the county treasurer's office. Mr..
Jones said. Listening former Oma-
ha residence addresses will faeili-
tate the detail work necessary for
the PREPARATION of statements, ne
said.
"Handling of tax matters by
mail aids both the taxpayer and
the treasurer's office" he said.
''The former is spared the incon-
venience of waiting for statements
to be prepared and the latter is
given more time for choking of
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Delta President Returns From Trip:
Reports Progress In East Section

Los Angeles, May 7 (ANP)-
After a very extensive trip visit
ing Delta chapters throughout the
East ard South, Mrs Vivian 0.
Marsh grand president of Delta
Sigma Theta returned TO Califor-
mia. She made interesting reports
Of the progress of chapters in
these sections and their worth to
the communities. While in Los
Angeles she was the guest Of Nm
Sigma Chapter. Among her acti-
vities were Guest of honor at a
dinner party given by Mr.. and
Mrs. Theodore on Saturday right;
Sunday she spent the day with
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Allen Reese
at their home at the beach; and
also the guest of Mrs. Arthur
Reese; Monday, theater and din
ner and Mrs. Senola Reese; Tues
day, theater party, dinner and
bridge with DIR. and Mrs. Charles
Jackson, Wednesday, speaker for
the NAACP at Santa Monica Of
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
British Ponder On
African Problems

London, Eng, May 7 tANP)-
Britain's nntive policy in africa
was discussed last week by the
chairman of the Rhodesian Royal
Commission, Lord Bledisloe and a
group of prominent educators and
historians. Lord Bledisloe, former
Governmental General Of New Zeal
land said that a lack of knowledge
of the various African tongues
fas a handicap in understanding
African problems.
Prof. William Mem Ian declared
that until the Native Economic
Commission had reporter in the
Unions african policy was already
drafted. He feared Southern Rho
desia might do the same thing.
Dr.. A. B. Xuma, an African, sug-
gested that if Britain adopted a
progressive policy in the Protect
o~ractes, it would serve as an ex-
ample to the rest Of South Afri-
ca.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
]. Weldon Johnson
Advises Theater Cast

Chicago, May 7 fANP)-James
Weldon Johnson, lecturer. teacher,
poet and novelist, spoke at the
South Parkway YWCA to the
Negro People Theatre Group and
friends last Saturday on "The
Art Approach" as a means of
solving some of the problems
Negroes face as a race. Some go
cd persons heard Nh. Johnson de-
clare that since many of the
Negroes stereotypes" were begun
and have been perpetuated thru art
media, they can be fought most
effectively thru the same media.
He advised the group to sly away
fro plays about Negroes intel
lectuals and the middle-elass
(which usually set cut to prove
that the NEGRO is a human being,
etc. since they are usually duly
respected and severed from the
lard and vita struggle.
Mr.. Johson voiced the opinion
that the best in the Negro can
be shown thru a Mississippi Negro
farmer in his struggle with the
land and his environment. He
touched briefly o the class basis
Of the Negroes struggle and the
necessity of breaking down the
"stereotypes" before class unity
can be achieved.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
C~hattanOOgans In
Tribute to the Late
Mayor Thompson

Chattanooga, Tenn, Nav 7
fBv Katie e. johnson for AMP
The leading citizens of Chattan-
ooga gathered last Suday night at
Leonard st. Presbyterian church
at a special service held in tribute
to the memory of the late Mayor
7. c. Thompson, long noted for
his ~un.iring and unselfish work
among the Negro race
Included among the large aud
fence were members of Mr.. Thomp-
sons family and many Of white
associates and friends. The meet
ing was sponsored by colored
members of the |Irterracial Com
mittee. which the late Mayor ser
we'd for years as chairman. Among
the speakers were w. J. Daven-
port, principal Of Howard high
school. an old acquaintance of the
late Mr.. Thompson; Prof. L. w.
Henderson, East Fifth Street Jun
Tor High: Rev. Jesse 3. Babour,
pastor Leonard Street church; A.
NJ. Pennvbacker, executive secre-
tary, YMCA; Estes Kefauver,
member %Irterracial Committee
Rev. M. c. Griffin. pastor Warren
Chapel A. M. f. Church.
T. C. Thompson, jr.. gave a
short speech Of appreciation on
behalf of his family. Declared
Prof Henderson:
" Mr.. ThOmpsOn's road to
eminent success as a civic
leader and to the hearts of his
fellow citizens was measured
by the yardstick of service to
all, regardless of race, color
or creed
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Yrs. Roosevelt Wins .
!. Great Audience At.
Hampton Institute

Hampton Institute, Va, May Z.
Arriving at Hampton Institute
without pom, fanfare o ceremony
Of any kind, Mrs. Franklin d.
Roosevelt, by her simplicity, earn
nestness and friendly charm, won
the great host of people gathered
on the campus to hear her make
the sevensieth anniversary adj
dress.
Driving her own car, with but
one campanion, she entered the
grouds 50 unobtruisively that she
almost nassed the gates before the
crowd assembled there was aware
of her presence. Waving her
greetings n hn he was discovered,
she went through a group of ap-
~plauding citizens, to the Mansion
House where she was the guest
of President Howe.
A little after two o'clock in the
afternoon, in a car with the lat
ter, she was driven through two
lines of Young women to Ogden
Hall. where she was greeted by
representatives iof the Hampton
Institute Board of Trustee. From
the steps of the building, she re
viewed the young women and
young men students. as they pas
sed before her into the auditorium.
Escorted to the platform. Mrs.
Roosevelt turned to face an audi
ence that filled every seat. I'M
mediately, the group etood and
paid her a marked tribute of res
pect.
Address a Model of Practically
Presented by President Howe,
Mrs. Roosevelt. speaking without
manuscript. delivered an address
that was a model of practical,
concrete suggestions: Speaking to
tho topic. Seeking a Place in a
Community" she explained:
81 think it is q good thing to
talk about, here where sa many of
you are preparing so that you
may 90 out and find places in
communities all over the country
and in finding those places yau
are going to make .. discovery:
that is, that We make very often
places for ourselves, and you will
have to do that many, many
times"
After she had discussed the
curse of ignorance and developed
the needed work which one can
do in advancing the cause of bet
ter housing, sanitation, education
recreation and health in communi-
ties. Mrs. Roosevelt turned to a
tonic which. she must have known.
had deep interest for the great
audience before her and the over
flow groups which had to go to
Memorial Church to hear her
through sound amplifiers. Speak
ing as a woman who had conquer
ed obstacles under which her sex
la.bors as a minority group, Mrs.
Roosevelt said:
"Now. | know that minority
o very often feel that they
have rot as much responsibility
because thew have not as much
influence. I do not think tina
that is a right way to feel, be-
cause It always means that you
are irving to find an excuse for
not taking mp the responsibility
that is yours; and. if you belong to
a minority group. you have to
realize taht your situation is verv
much the same as the situation of
all womenhas bhen for a good
many years. Now it is still quite
true that, if a woman is goirg to
Continued on Page 81
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07

Two Race Women
Are Reelected to
National Board

Columbus, o., May 7. (ANP)-
With more than 200 colo-ed wom-
en- among the than two
thousand delegates in attendance.
the YWCA held n of its most
successful conventions in history
here last week. Two of them, Mrs.
Jessie Heslip of Toledo and Mrs.
T.. =. Roberts of New York. were
reelected to the natioanl board.
The spirit Of friendliness AMI
cooperation between white an
colored was so great that several
were moved to contrast the cur
rent convention with conference
of 20 or more ago. Ore of the
highlights of the nationwide meet
ing was a dinner at the Neil
house where members Of the na-
tional board ard staff paid tr-
butte to Mrs. Cordella VIM, whit,
of New York, advisory secretary
for Negro branches of the associ-
ation throughout the country
Mrs. Pauline ]. Lawrence, Chi
eago, was naedm to the National
Budgeting committee. Other dele
gates participated in all discus
sions, with mss Frances Williams,
of the Official staff, New York. one
of a group of ten in a round table
Drum on 1.-THE Role of Woman"
The Chicago delegation of eight
was saddened by an accident in
volving Mrs. Roscoe G. Giles, who
tripped, breaking her ankle, She
returned home before the
ton nded.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Daily Thanks
Republicans for
Killing Lynch Bill

Ada, Okla, May Am editorial
expressing gratitude for the as
sistance which the Republican SEN
ators gave in killing the Gavagan-
Wagner-Van Mugs anti-lynching
bill, appeared here recently in the
Evening News.
particular appealing lis the
fact that the Republicans kept the
i~ll-advised anti-lyrching law from
coming to a vote" the editorial de-
cares. by assisting the southern
senators in keeping off the cloture
rule they aided in keeping the
vote off. Thus in the firal analysis
the Republicans combined with the
southern senators to defeat the
bill"
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Red Cap Retires
After q Years

Chicago, May T (ANP)-Will-
iamPryor Bell. 67-years old, a well
known Chicogan ard for years the
chief usher at North Western sta
ton, asst Thursday heard the GAIL
Aboard shout Of the train conduc-
tor officially for the last time,
picked up his last piece of baggage
for a hurrying passenger-and
thus ended 27 years of active life
as a Red Cap in the hustle and
hustle of the train shed.
Owner of a six-apartment build
ing on South Parkway and a r.
arce farm in Michigan, Retired
Red Cap Bell anticipates a future
active existence or the farm,
whence he departed in 1890, to be
a waiter on the Northern Pacific
Railroad. He said:
'I'ye had what | call a great
career. I've been successful
anyway, and I've enjoyed
working. Now it's back to the
farm for me. That's my first
love and it won't be hard to
return to it."
His farm is located near a lake
well stocked with fish. He plans
to raise chickens and goats. Asked
his recipe for success, Bell paid
deserved tribute to his wife, thus;
You can give all the credit
to my wife: If it had been left
in my hands I'd spent every
thing long ago"
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Saulding Tuskegee
Commencement
Speaker, May y

Tuskegee May 7 (C)-Honorable
Charles Clinton Spauling, Il. D.,
president Of the National Negro
Business League, and president OF
the North Carolina Mutual Life IN
surance company and the Mechanics
& Farmers bank of Durham. N. C.,
will be the commencement orator
at Tuskegee Institute, in the insti-
tute Chapel, at 2 p. m. Thursday,
May 26, it was announced by
President F. d. Patterson, Tuesday.
DR.. Charles H. Wesley, acting dean
Of the Liberal Arts department. OF
Howard University, Washington
will be the bacealuareate speaker
in the afternoon of Sunday, May
%
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Fined for Contempt

Washington, May Z. (ANP)-
Offering as an excuse for her not
appearing aginst a man who had
beaten her, that her "mother
wouldn't let" her, proved useless
for Helen Dade, age %. Judge
John P. Mcmahon fined her ten
dollars in Police Court for failing
to testify. The defendant, George
Jackson. was discharged. After
the testimony of Jackson, the
young woman was called before
the court and fined because of her
failure to appear.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Ex Service MSn Give
Smkes to Sick Buddies

Chicago, May 7 (ANP)-The
Ex-Service Men of Illinois, headed
by Clifton E. Jones, state chair
man, last Sunday paid their an
nual visit to sick buddies at Ed
ward Hines hospital, distributed
over 300 packages of cigarets,
cigars and tobacco to war veter-
ans, both white and colored. In
multiplication of the annual visit,
the |ex-service men recently held
a dance at the 8th Regiment Arm
DRY, with a package of Smokes
as the only admission fee.
The Omaha guide., 1938-05-07
Boston Woman May
Sue City for Injury

Boston, May 7. (ANP)-As the
result of a serious injury to her
kneecap suffered last Saturday
when she slipped off a broken.
curbstonte. Mrs. Arthur NJ. Jones
is said to be contemplating a suit
for damages against the city.
She was about to board a street
car, and fell after stepping off
the broken section curbing.
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10
SYNOPSIS
Q Dornford Votes

Richard Exon, poor young Englishman.
befriends elderly Matthew Gering, who at
his death, gives him a statement claiming
he, Gering, is Rudolph Ebert Virgil. Count
of Brief, of ancient Austrian nobility who
was betrayed 20 years before by his twin
brother, Ferdinand, whose sentence for
forgery he himself served. Ferdinand ap-
propriated his title, property and daughter.
Before he dies, Gering tells Exon there is a
family secret, known only to the head of
Brief by a doorway none can ever find.
Exon inherits his uncle's fortune and sets
out to right Gering's wrongs. En- route
he encounters Percy Ebert Virgil, son
of the villainous Ferdinand and sees him
in conference with Inskip, a diamond
merchant He engages valet, Winter,
who hates Percy and meets by chance at a
garage. John Herrick, who is linguist and
who as youth served as page at Gering S
wedding, and had visited Brief. Herrick
agrees to aid Exon. They establish head
quarters at Brenda Revoke's farm at
Raven, a few miles from Brief and make
their plans. They find the castle almost
inaccessible. They see closed car oc-
cupied by Percy Virgil, a chauffeur and
woman. Hearing a dog scream, they see
the chauffeur flogging it, just as horse with
q girl astride bounds along the path ana IS
felled by a strung wire. The girl, uncon-
scious, is picked up carelessiy by the
chauffeur and woman, who then run away,
after dropping her. Exon rescues the girl
and carries her to his waiting car He identi-
fies the girl as Elizabeth. daughter of the
disowned Gering, tells her of her cousin s
plot to abduct her and takes her to Raven,
where he tells her the story of her father
and promises to 60 the limit to help her
right her fathers wrongs. Incredulous at
first, Elizabeth gradually wins faith in her
benefactor. Percy Virgil brings the police
to Raven, announcing that two strangers
are being sought for the kidnapping OF
Elizabeth.
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10

details making this one of the
most becoming dresses a girl Of
the fast-growing years can possi-
bly, wear. Make the jumper of
flannel, jersey or wool plaid, for
every day, with linen, batiste or
fiat crepe blouse. Repeat it, for
parties, of velveteen, with organ
dy or chiffon blouse.
Large WOman's House Dress.
Plenty of leeway for reaching
up, down and under, is promised
you by the ample armholes, slight
blouse above the belt, and easy
waistline of this practical home
dress. And it looks very trim and
tailored, because the long lines,
the darts around the middle, seal
loped closing and narrow collar
are just as slenderizing as they
can be. You will enjoy having a
jersey or challis version of this
dress for cold weather, as well
as several in calico, gingham or
percale. It's a diagram design
that you can make IN no time.
The Patterns.
No. 1921 is designed for sizes 8,
10, II, and IA years. Size 10 re-
quires 13s yards of 54-inch mate
rial for the skirt and IA yards of
39-inch material for the blouse.
No. 1924 is designed for sizes
S6, 38, 40, AZ, A, 46, 48, so and 50.
Size 38 requires AS yards of 35-
inch material. Contrasting collar
takes " yard; yards braid.
Fall and Winter Fashion Book.
The new 32-page Fall and Win
ter Pattern Book which shows
photographs of the dresses being
worn is now out. Zone pattern
and the Fall and Winter Pattern
Books cents.) You can order
the book separately for Is cents.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept, Room 1920.
I'll w. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Ill.
Price of patterns, Is cents Tin
coins) each.
@ Bell Syndicate.-wNU Service.
The Ely miner., 1938-11-10

fenced to hang. A year later, Gov.
w. D. Stephens granted President
Wilson's plea for communication to
life sentence. Since then Tom Moo
ney has been well-publicized mar
tyr; Warren K. Billings has rested
comfortably at Folsom state pris-
on, vanishing into oblivion.
In Tom MONEYS favor it may be
stated that two of the four wit
nesses whose testimony convicted
him have since repudiated their
statements. One, an Oregon cattle
man named Frank G. Oxman who
claimed to have seen Billings and
Mooney at the explosion site, ad-
mitted later that he was miles
away. John Macdonald, a circus
roustabout who testified he saw
Mooney and Billings plant the
bomb, has likewise backed down.
The judge who sentenced him, the
jury that convicted him and series
of San Francisco district attorneys
have all declared Mooney was rail-
roaded to prison.
So why has he not been freed?
Partly because California had just
reason to dislike the radical labor
element Tom Mooney represented
back in 1916. Also because Califor-
mans believe the Tom Mooney of
1888 is a dangerous radical who
somehow enjoys his role of martyr.
And-what is not publicly admitted