Crest Passes Omaha-C.B. Area
Kolls Southward
With Destruction
Flood fighters squelched a new
threat to Omaha Saturday and
pressure eased there. But the wild
Missouri River — overburdened
along 700 of its Iowa, Nebraska,
Kansas and Missouri miles—still
mauled the Midwest.
The Missouri’s crest, still writ
ing flood history, rolled along the
Iowa-Nebraska reaching down
stream from Omaha and Council
Bluffs, la.—the only river cities
so far able to strait-jacket the
Missouri monster.
The new scare at Omaha de
veloped Friday night just a few
hours after the crest of 30.2 had
passed. River pressure blew
open an underground sewer in an
industrial-r a i 1 r o ? d riverfront
area. Water backed up in the
sewer, burst through pavement
and gushed up and over an esti
mated 1,000 acres just upstream
from Central downtown Omaha.
Unable to seal off the water
welling up a full third of a mile
behind the levees engineers sealed
the sewer at its mouth in the
river by dumping in huge steel
beams, steel plate, 500 tons of
• rock and thousands of sand bags.
The trick was successful. The
flow was choked almost com
pletely and pumps Saturday re
turned much of the back.ed-up
water to the channel.
Flood-fighting in Omaha and
Council Bluffs Saturday had been
reduced to largely dike patrolling
and sandbag piling.
Engineers said damage to the
railyard and* industrial section
probably would run below $1 mil
lion.
A special session of the Ne
braska Legislature adjourned until
Monday afternoon after holding
a 21-minute session Saturday. The
lawmakers were told they could
not speed action on a $500,000
flood relief bill because of a con
stitutional provision.
Our Honor Roll
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Frank A. Peterson
Levi Whitebear
Rev., L. S. Goolsby, Kirk
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Mrs. C. F. Norris
Korn Popper
Drs. H. W. Orr and Fritz Teal
Mrs. T. M. Rayson
Mrs. K. W. Curry
Mrs! R. G. Gustavson
Max Meyer
Mrs. Fern Hubbard Orme
O’Shea-Rogers
Norden Laboratories
Hallett Bros. Co.
Union Fire Insurance Co.
Farmers Mutual of Nebr.
Mrs. Kathryn Conway, Chey
enne, Wyo.
Rev. C. H. Nicks, Detroit, Mich.
Bill to Outlaw Racial
Segregation on Calendar
RICHMOND, Va. (ANP)—The
bill to abolish segregation in rail
road travel in Virginia is before
the house of delegates. Introduced
by Armistead Boothe, delegate
from Alexandria, the bill is ex
pected to come up next week for
debate. It was approved by the
House Courts of Justice Commit
tee, 12 to 3.
On Hospital
Staff in Fla.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.—(ANP)—
The first Negfb physician ever
to be on the staff of a white hos
pital in the south was appointed
last week here at Mount Sinai
hospital, a private institution.
The hospital, which is supported
by voluntary contributions, ex
pended staff privileges to Dr.
Aubrey W. Henry, 32, who will
take care of Negro patients.
Dr. Henry, recently became the
first Negro member of the Dade
County Medical association.
Liberal leaders, white and col
ored, in all parts of the south
hastened to commend the hospital
board and officials for their ac
tion. It was considered especially
significant that this happened in
Florida where hate groups have
recently bombed Negro homes in
protest against Negro families
moving into white neighborhoods.
Walter White, executive secre
tary of the NAACP, said it was
a demonstration of vision and
courage.”
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|NU Student Union
Is Free of Debt
Students of the University of
Nebraska will burn the Student
Union mortgage during the 14th
annual celebration on May 2.
They have been paying off the
mortgage since 1937.
Duane E. Lake, Student Union
Merit System
Examinations
On May 10th
Nebraska Merit System exam
inations will be given on May 10,
1952, for several thousand techni
cal and professional positions in
the State Departments of As
sistance, Health and Employment
Security. The Department of As
sistance has nine position titles
for which examinations will be
given, which include Visitor and
County Director in County As
sistance Offices, and Case Reader
and Field Auditor in the State
Office. Examinations for the Di
vision of Employment Security’s
eight position titles include those
of Interviewer, Claims Deputy
and Accountant. There are fifteen
classes of positions in the De
partment of Health for which
examinations will be given.
Among these are Nurses, Scien
tists and Sanitarians.
More detailed information and
application blanks can be secured
at County Assistance Offices, the
Nebraska State Employment
Service Offices, or from the Di
rector, Nebraska Merit System,
1306 State Capitol, Lincoln 9, Ne
braska.
managing director, said the final
payment on the $258,240 mort
gage was made in March, mak
ing the Union debt free.
Mrs. Wherry is Honorary Chairman...
Honorary Chairman of the 1952 Cancer Crusade In Nebraska Is Mrs. Kenneth S.
Wherry, widow of the late Senator Wherry. In the picture Mrs. Wherry Is presented
with the sword, symbol of the American Cancer Society, by Hon. Edward F. Bartelt,
Assistant Secretary of the U. S. Treasury and National Cancer Chairman for Federal
| Employees of Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Wherry’s appointment was
made by Dana Bradford, presi
dent of the Nebraska Division of
the Society.
Nebraska’s goal for this year is
$100,000. The money 1> used to
carry on the educational and
1 research work of the society.
Both Creighton and Nebraska
| Universities share in the re
search grants. Fourteen tumor
clinics are maintained In the
state.
Contributions to^ the Cancer
Crusade may be made to the
local unit through your local
postmaster or the American
Cancer Society. Nebraska Divl
slon, 4201 Dodge Street, Omaha,
Nebraska.
I President Viewed Omaha Area
President Truman wasted not a
moment in soaking up informa
tion about the flood at Offutt Air
Force Base Wednesday. From
the time he stepped off the “In
dependence” shortly before noon
until he took off at 2:12 p.m., it
was flood, flood, flood. Most of
his time was spent with the seven
governors.
President Truman, who sur
veyed the devastating Missouri
River flood from the air and then
spent two hours with governors
of the seven flood-stricken states
here, said:
“It’s time for action. We’ve
Mrs. Belknap
Heads Lincoln
Church W omen
Mrs. L. L. Belknap was elected
president of the Lincoln Council
of Church Women at the monthly
! meeting at Elm Park Methodist
Church.
Other officers elected, to take
office in May, include the follow
ing:
Mrs. Carroll Lemon, first vice
president.
Mrs. John Wichelt, second vice
president*
Mta. M. X Hauschild, recordin,
secretary.
Mrs. Virginia Johnson, corres
ponding secretary.
Mrs. Ray Becker, treasurer.
Speakers for the meeting were
Dr. Otto Hoiberg, University oi
Nebraska sociology department
member and supervisor of com
munity service, and the Rev. Rex
Knowles, pastor of the University
Prebyterian Student Honse.
Dr. Hoiberg told the group that
adult education is one answer to
the problem a woman faces after
her children have grown to ma
turity and her housework has
dimished.
The Rev. Knowles stressed the
importance of making the Easter
teaching a part of everyday life.
Symington Launches
1952 UNCF Campaign
NEW YORK—(ANP) — The,
1952 United Negro College Fund
campaign to raise some 1,500,000
got off with a bang last week
when W. Stuart Symington, at aj
meeting here, issued a call for,
support of the fund which aids
some 32 private colored colleges.
Speaking before more than 500
persons in the Terrace Room of
the Hotel Plaza, the former chair
man of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation urged support of the
fund’s ninth annual nation-wide
campaign as a means of tearing;
down the barriers which forbid'
Negroes the advantages of citizen-,
ship.
Other speakers at the kick-off
meeting included:
Harold T. Trigg, president of
St. Augusine’s college, who de
scribed benefits derived from
money raised by the college fund;
John D. Rockefeller Jr., chairman
of the fund’s national council;
Mrs. Chauncey L. Waddell, as
sociate council chairman and head
of the New York women’s di
vision; Stanley C. Hope, New
York men’s division chairman, and
Mrs. Louise Morris, head of the
Uptown division of the New York
campaign
fooled around long enough.’*
The President left Offutt Air
Force Base at 8 p.m. for Wash
ington.
The president told the gov
ernors:
“This situation is very acute
and it is not something new. Last
year the lower Missouri Valley
had its worst flood in history and
now the upper regions are ex
periencing their worst flood.
“There is no necessity for these
things to happen. Gen. Pick and
I have been working on a flood
control program to cover an area
from Pittsburgh to Denver and
from Minnesota to the Gulf. We
already have a concrete flood plan
for the Missouri Basin.”
President Trumar, in a wire to
Gov. Val Peterson, Wednesday
night declared the flooded area
of Nebraska along the Missouri
River a disaster area and pomised
Federal money to fight the flood
and clean up damage.
Mr. Truman, on his return to
. Washington after an aerial in
spection of Midwestern flood
, areas, declared: “It was just as
’ bad as it could be.’.*
“What we saw was just pa
_ thetic,” Mr. Truman told capital
reporters. “It makes you feel bad
_ to see people whose all has just
, gone down the river.”
e Giants Will
' Miss Irvin -
By AL WHITE
, NEW YORK— (ANP)— Baseball
> fans sure know Monte Irvin.
Tltey have bombarded the
, Giants offices here in New York
with inquiries on the big fellow’s
condition and officials declare no
other player in the history of the
Giants has elicited so much sym
pathy from the fans following an
accident.
Every New York sports writer
has been going overboard prais
ing the big fellow whose real
worth to the team has been shown
since his absence. Even his most
severe critics now know why Leo ,
Durocher had faith in the big
slugger when he looked worst.
And added to the miseries the
Giants suffer as a result of Irvin’s
accident, is the imminent de
parture of popular “Say Hay”
Willie Mays, due to enter the
Army in April.
These two holes on the cham
pions will be hard to fill, although
the accident and the draft give
Hank Thompson a new chance to
prove his big league value.
Thompson now may be called
to play third base with the other
Thomson going back to center
field to fill Mays’ spot. That still
leaves a hole in the strong out
j field that clever fielding, light
1 hitting Chuck Diering will fill
' temporarily. ‘
J Right now, it looks like the
Giants have the pitching, but the
j Brooks have the hitting.
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Ovr 1,000 Lincoln
Men Fight Flood
More than 1,000 Lincoln men
nave taken up the fight against
:he rampaging Missouri River.
The Nebraska State Employ
ment Office at 905 O said men
were being signed up to go to
! Omaha to relieve crews presently
maintaining the dikes. More than
1,000 Lincoln men were already
fighting the flood, according to
| the office.