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Entered ns Second Claas Matterui Postoffice, Omaha, Nebraska- OMAHA, NEBRASKA SATURDAY, NOVEMBfjR 27, 1937 VOL. XI, NO. 80
Guide’s 10th Annual
Food Demonstration
Draws Large Crowds
The energentic homemakers of
Omaha and Council Bluffs forever
on the alert for something new to
do and some ne.w place to go,
found their desires more than
filled in attending the Omaha
Guide’s 10th Annual Food Show at
Sale Of Christinas ..
Seals Under Way
With the opening of the thirty
first annunl Christmas Seal cam
paign throughout the state, resi
dent* of every Nebraska commun
ity are asked to continue the fight
against tuberculosis.
•During the last year tuberculo
sis claimed the lives of 253 Nebr
askan*, as against 306 for the pre
vious year and indicates that the
Nebraska Tuberculosis associa
tion's effort* ..toward eradication
of the disease is making headway.
“We realize as We never have
before that if we are to save the
valuable young lives in our Nebras
ka communities, we must begin
our search early and arrest the,
beginning cases before they have
time to develop,’* Dr. John F. Al
len, pr sident of the Nebraska
Tuberculosis Association, stated.
If this is to be done the program .
on prevention cannot be allowed to
mg. ‘Health education must be con
tinued so the Nebraskans will
know hdw to guard themselves |
against tuberculosis. The associa- |
tion recognizes the importance of i
loth a* well as the necessity of j
talkb g care of tuberculosis pa- j
t errs.
Rural school children are again
participating in this year’s Christ
mas Seal Sale by serving as ‘‘mos
!■''ngewi” in distributing the Seals.
Residents of Nebraska are urged
to buy them generously and use
them freefly, thus participating in
spreading their message of health
and cheer, which says to the world
that tuberculosis is preventable
and that it is curable.
The entire program of the Ne
braska Tuberculosis Association is
financed by the sale of Christmas
Seab. Fifty per cent of the pro
ceeds raised in each community is
returned bo that community for
health work.
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SIX BOYS WITH BICYCLES
TO SERVE YOU
If yoa do not get your paper at
least in the Saturday morning mail,
caff the office, WBbester 1517, and
we wW send you a paper at once,
fiir. <X C» Galloway, Manager
the auditorium of the. Omaha
Guide, 2418-20 Grant street, start
ing Monday, November 15th, and
running for six nights. They found
not only entertainment which came
in the form of two “Big Apple
Dance Contests” and four n’ghtly
p rformances by the ‘ Three Giants
of Swing,” but educational food
exhibits displayed in expensively
decorated booths plus stage demon
st rations. According to the thou
sands who attended, the Guide
Pood Show was a niammouth sue
Cess.
This demonstration was made
possible throught a program in
which seven of Omaha’s most pop
ular food and household appliance
j companies demonstrated the qual
ity of products used in the modern
home and by the soothing and mel
1 odious strains, falling from the
lips and instruments of the “3
(TiHhts'of Swing.’’
The companies displaying their
wares and the attendants in each
were as follows: The Continental
. Baking Co. booth, makers of Won
i der bread, Mrs. Hallet Barnett
and Miss Bernice Rudall; Fonten
die Brewiing Co., brewers of Ro
bin Hood and Metz Beers, Miss
Ethel Terrell; Finocchiaro Bro.,
makers of Salute Wines, Miss
Helen Childs; Paxton and Galla
gher makers of Butter Nut coffee
Mesdames Edith Merritt and T.
R. Shropshire; Roberts Dairy, ma
kers of Roberts Dairy Products,
Mesdames Billie Crawford anti
Alma Clarke; Omaha Outfitting
Co , Mrs. Grace Davis a~d Hollis
Johnson. The grand prizes anti the
winners were as follows: Mr. Ed
ward Bruce, a b autiful ede'‘tric
kitchen clock; Miss Betty J?ean
James, a 12 pound turkey; Gene
Young, a chicken; Dot Hawthorn,
12 pound turkey; Gloria Davis, 12
pound turkey.
Aside from the grand prize, over
a hundred other prizes were given
away.
The special feature of this year’s
show was the stage program, via
lcud speaker, which was supervised
by Miss Susie Whiteside, chief
demonstrator, Boyd V. Galloway,
and S. Edward Gilbert.
Among the many persons of
note who attended the show were:
Homeir Harris, captain of the Uni
versity of Iowa football team;
Senator John Adams of Omaha,
Boyd Kelly, formerly football star
rom Kentucky college; Nat Towles
orchestra leader, and Messrs. John
Brown and Octave Smith of New
Orleans, La,
To Play at Dreamland
Jimmy Lunceford, famous band ment at the Dreamland Friday
leader and his nationally popular December 3rd, through arrange
radio recording and dance band, ments completed today with
come direct from their Harlem and Harold F. Oxley, manager of the
Broadway triumphs for an engage band.
United 53 Years—Guests of Continental Baking Co.
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In the above picture may be seen
the likeness of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Herndon, guest of the Contin
ental Baking Co., who resides at
2032 Eighth avenue, Council Bluffs
Iowa, standing in front of the
Continental Baking Co. booth
makers of Wonder Bread, of which
Mrs. Herndon who is now blind,
was in high praise following her
having made the famous 12 3
test. She made the following state
ment, “Wonder Bread feels smooth
er, tastes sweeter, and the aroma
is more pleasing than any of the
other breads. My knowledge of
cooking tells me that it is sio
baked, Wonder Bread for my fam,
ily from now on.”
Carmen To Be
Presented at The
Paramount Theatre
‘Carmen” will be presented in
English by the Omaha Society for
Grand Opera in English at the
Paramount theatre, Omaha, Decern
her 3rd.
Karl Jom, Denver tenor, will be
guest artist in the role of Don
Jose. Mr. Jom Ls a former member
of the Berlin and Metropolitan
opera companies. He will be sup
ported by Orville Moorem, young
Denver baritone, and leading Oma
ha singers, including: Marguerite
Sholkofski, Antoinette Scigliano,
Ret% Anderson, Helga Wykoff,
Walter Yuenger, Peter Koley,
William Seymour© and Robert
Rim merman.
Thfe production will utilize an
orchestra recruited mainly from
the former Omaha Symphony, a
chorus selected from South high
school, Concordia and Rush School
Choruses and the Cora Quick Bal
let.
Madame Thea Moeller Harms
will be director and James C. Dou
glass will direct the orchestra.
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Wishing friends a very happy
Thanksgiving. Mrs. J. W. Turner,
1107 No. 19th street.
Matthews Reinstated
To Rank of Detective
Detective V. S. Matthews, who
resides at 2894 Ohio street was re
instated to the ranks of detective
on November 1st
Mr. Matthews has indeed had a
colorful and exciting career since
having been appointed to the po
lice department, December 29th;
1933, on a 6-month probation.
Two years following hi* appoint
ment on the night of January 20,
1926, he was shot while in the line
of duty by an unknown assailant.
On September 1, 1923, Mr. Mat
thewa resigned from the police d°
partment and went into the res
taurant business for himself, how
ever, at the termination of five
months the urge for law enforce
ment was so jrreat that Mr. Matt
thews returned back to the force
February 1, 1926.
Mr. Matthews proved to be such
an efficient officer that his super
iors deemed it advisable to promote
him to the rank of detective Nov
ember 1, 1937. In the light of Mr.
Matthews, courage and efficient
record as a patrolman we are sure
that the wisdom of his superiors
will be justified in promoting him
tc the rank of detectve.
Mr. Matthews aside from being
Nat’l Negro Congress
Council Announces
Its Second Forum
Dr. Walter Siders, executive se
cretary of the Omaha Teachers’
Forum, will present and discuss
the Omaha school situation at the
Urban League Community Center,
Sunday November 28th at 4
p. m.
Dr. Siders, will discuss such pro
blems as appeared in the current
issue of the Forum Quarterly, of
ficial organ of the Omaha Teach
ers Forum, namely, that the man
uat training courses have been
dropped from our educatioval sys
tern; that the Omaha school year
has been reduced from 38 weeks
to 36 weeks and that there are no
nurses in the Omaha public
schools, among other problems.
All citizens who are interested in
the education of their children will
avail hemselves of this opportun
ity to learn about this situation of
our school system.
a competent law enforcing officer
is an active church worker and may
be found on Sunday whenever pos
sible occupying a seat in the pew
at St. John AME church, of which
he is a member.
Omahan to Study
Venereal Control
Notification that he has been se
lected for post graduate training
in venereal disease control by the
United States public health ser
vice was received this week by Dr.
Wesley Jones, 1514 North Thenty
fourth stfreet.
Dr. Jones, the first Negro to be
accepted for this work in Nebras
ka, was asked by Dr. P. H. Bartho
lomew. Nebraska director for the
the United States public health
service, to report to Howard uni
versity at Washington, D. C., De
cember 1st for the training.
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Addresses Quack Club
The Quack club composed of
progressiva women of the. North
side Branch of the YWCA, wishing
to know the facts about the ec
onomic upheaval now going on in
the United States had as their
speaker Friday evening Mr. Frank
Alsup who gave them a vivid pic
ture of the purpose of the CIO and
the part off which the Negro is
playing in bringing about a better
economic condition for the workers
through the CIO.
Ask Senators To
Support Anti-Lynch
Bill in This Session
At a nrnss meeting Sunday after
noon sponsored by the National
Ntgro Congress Council of Oma
ha, at the Zion Baptist church, a
huge gathering of black Americans
and fair minded white Amercans,
representing (3,000 Omaha voters,
attached their signature to a reaol
utkm prepared by Senator John
Adams, jr. The r solution as pre
pared were as follows;
Whereas, there have been over
I 5000 lynchings in the U. S. A.
since 1886,
Whereas lynching is in violation
| of the fundamental rights guar
j nute-ed by the Constitution,
i Whereas lynching is inhuman,
barbaric, and uncivilized,
Whereas lynching is a dark
cloud upon the American Nation,
Whereas the Anti Lynch bill Hag
passed the House of 'Representa
tives, and whereas the U. S. Senate
is now considering the same,
It is therefore resolved by the
Omaha Council of the National Ne
p.ro Congress, in a meeting at the
Zion Baptist church, Omaha, No*>r.
nt 3:30 p. m., on the 2lst clay of
November, that Senator Burke and
Senator Norris, the. Honorable
Senators from the state of Nebr
aska, bo requested to vote for and
tn use their best efforts to secure
the passage of the AntLLynch bill
now in the Senate.
Very sincerely yaurs;
J. Westbrook McPherson; Pres.
S. Edward Gilbert, Ex. sec’y.
The program of the afternoon
Vi as a dynamic appeal for justice
i of all munkind made by the follow
ing spe.kcrs:
Mr. Edward Bruce, Senior law
student, who very intelligently pre
sen ted a message that proved that
youth is indeed awake on injustices
that is being perpetrated against
black America, Mr. J. Westbrook
McPherson, who is the president of
the Council, delivered the inspir
ational address, and indeed set the
stage for such a worthwhile meet
ing. The principal speaker was Mr.
S. Edward Gilbert; whose speech
may be found tn Page 6. Mr. Al
i sup, regional director of CIO, also
| made well taken remarks.
Dr. Wesley Jones, president of
the local branch of the NAACP,
served as master of ceremonies; a
piano solo was beautifully played
by Miss Irene Harrold. Invocation
was given by Rev. P. Harris. Bene
diction by Rev. J. Williams, assist
ant pastor of Zon Baptist church.
G. D. HODGERS
President of the National Ne
gro Insurance Association, and
president of Central Life Insur
ance Com|pany of Tampa, Fla.,
who recently proclaimed the month
of December as National Collec
tion Month of the insurance bus
iness. The cooperation of the pnb
lie was requested to help make
this, ^he first collection (month
of the association, a success.—
i Calvin Service. •