GIGANTIC-EDUCATIONAL _______ Open to AID Subscribers to The Omaha Guide VALUABLE PRIZES 5 Grand Prizes and 16 Weekly prizes First Prize-1937 Ford V-8 Sedan Now on D s lay at Hinneman Garage-24th and Lake Sts._ How to Enter Thousands of oitizens have subscribed for The Omaha Guide in the years gone by and discovered that they made a worth while investment: They have found that they get more news of their friends and events in ieh they are interested prin ted in the manner they would like to have it, the Omaha Guide than in any other like p ublication: In order bo areata a greater in terest and better understanding of the purpose and advantages offer ed to communities supportin their group publications, (die Omaha Guido is sponsoring an educational contest intended to bring out all of the hundreds of real reasons WHY COLORED CITIZENS SHOULD SUPPORT THETR NEWSPAPER. As an additional in centive toward having subscribers send in their ideas about “Why the Colored Citizens Should Sub scribe for The Omaha Guide,” The Omaha Guide will give the now 3937 V-8 GO Ford now on display in the front window of Hinejnan’s Garage, 2417 No. 24th street. The OMAHA GUIDE 6,000 New Subscribers Campaign Word Sentence Contest For the best reason given to— WHY: The Colored Citizen Should Subscribe to the Omaha Guide. OR WHY: I Read the Omaha Guide. To be elegible simply follow these easy rules: 1. Finish the contest sentence about the Omaha Guide, writing 26 additional words or less on a sheet of paper 2. B« sure to print your name and address plainly on the certifi cate to be found at top of front page. 3. Attach to your entry $2.00 preferably in money order form, which will entitle y°u to a years subscription to the Omaha Guide. 4. Mail your entry er turn over to a Guide representative on or bo fore the evening of September 17, 1937. If you choose to mail, send same to Contest Editor, Circulation Dept., 2418 Grant. St-, Omaha, Nebr.. 5. Sentences will be judged from sincerity and interest. 6. Your name will be recorded in the contest ledger opposite the number found on your receipt and your contest sentence she~t bear ing same number will be turned over to contest judges, who will not be allowed to see the name of contestant. Their only identifica tion will be your number. 7. The contest will be subject to • all provisions of federal, state and local laws and regulations, Omaha Cuide employers and employees and their relatives are not eligible to enter the contest. 8- All entries and contents there of become the property of the Oma ha Guide. Example “The colored citizens should sub subscribe to the Omaha Guide, be cause it carries all church, social, Fraternal, home and much national news; it al^o aids in bringing about ecanomical freedom REMEMBER — Complete sentences should not be more thJaoi 25 words: There is no limit to the number of etntries you may submit but each entry must be accompanied by one year's sub scription to The Omaha Guide: If your present subscription -has not expired, you may pay up your next year in advance:_ First Prize Purchased from J. V. Thorndike Motor Company — Some Facts About The Guide To Assist You In Writing Contest Sentences Eeablished ten years. — Eight pages weekly: published every week for ten years._ Employs an average of ten or more race citizens the year round. Printed and published completely in Nebraska's first and only Negro publishing house. — Carries news releases, illustrations, and special feature items from Amenica's foremost writers and artists._ Has led several successful fights for community betterment. An independent newspaper. Prints all news matter free of charge Caters to all classes of readers. _ St7s Easy Contest sentences will be judged, on their simplicity—no fancy writing or answers are necessary to win this contest. Everyone has an equal chance to win. A sentence as simple as this may win you the first prize* — Colored iitizens should subscribe to The Omaha Guide because it carries more * news about colored Omaha than any other newspaper." * OR THIS _ I read The Oirfaha Guide because it has always printed my club and church newB. OR THIS “I read The Omaha Guide because it is the only de4l v l , able Negro newspaper published in Omaha during the. past ten years.” •5 OR THIS ‘ ‘ Colored citizens should subscribe to The Omaha Guide as a civic duty.” Entry Blank Top of Front Page Cut out, complete signature, and mail oit bring in with subscrip tion fee and contest sentence. A Year's Subscription to The Guide Is A Worthwhile Investment