Nebraska Newspapers

    i Largest 75C0 4th of July
NegroPaper Tickets. Sold for
in Nebraska American Legion
--- Fireworks at
Cents Creighton .
Per . /JUSTICE/EQUALITY stadium •
Copy ' ' (Story Mow)
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Entered as Second Class Matter a» Postoffice, Omaha. Nebraska- THE OMAHA GUIDE OMAHA, NEBRASKA SATURDAY. JULY 2. 1938 NUMBER IS
4“ “'JULY CELEBRATION
Omaha will be tbo mec^a ter
thousands of i d day visitor.,, Jcdy
Fourth, who will come fro o com
munities throughout eastern N't*
braska and i’julhttest Iowa < at
tend the Ak-Sar-Ben races in the
afternoon the the American Le
gion’s fireworks exposition and
clown circus in Creighton stadium
that night.
Early advance sale of reserved
and general admission tickets and
reservation cf more than two
thirds of the 96 boxes in the sta
dium indicate that attendan
this year’s fireworks show
much larger than at the fV v! of
these Celebrations sponsored (by
Omaha Post last year.
“I won’t be surprised to see a
complete sellout of the 18,000 seats i
in the stadium," Morris E. Jacobs
Finance Chairman of tire Legion
Post's fireworks exposition, said.
‘‘We have had most encourageing
reports from post members who
took 7,500 tickets a week ago to
sell to their friends and neigh
bors. People who saw last yc.i.r”s
show are telling their friends a
bout it, and are planning to re
turn this year. With a much big
ger firework display and more en
tertainment for our second show,
I really look for a capaccity
crowd,” he added.
Among the fifty-odd set pieces
which will be fired are several
beautiful patriotic displays. Others
depict scenic wonders, animals,
flowers arid animated comedy car
toons in Maxing color.
Tickets for the show went on
| sale this week at the Beaten and
IJnitt-Doeekal drug stores, an 1 at
the American Legion office, 105
City Hall. General admission tic
kets P.re 40 cents each for adults
ijnd 25 cents for children. This
may be reserved for an additional
25 cents. With a capacity crowd
expected, purchase of reserved
neats at<cnce is advised, although
there will be 7,000 general admis
sion seats in the north stand of
tho stadium. Reserved seats are in
the upper decks of the north stand
and in the south stand.
Joe Louis Sends Check
for $2,569 To NAACi?.
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More Attractive
Schools for Memphis
This Coming Fall
Memphis, June 21 (J5y Dickerson
for ANP) - Memphis school ch;ld
ren will liv’ve more attractive
schools to attend this fill, follow
ing ■ pi rot al by Pre irent Ro se
1 f a :?I5,132 WPA fund for
i notification of cr rounds at four
. lored schools, Ma'i'isas, Hyde
1 ark I >.'• se ■ a I 1 noti
fication tor • : ' h ' 0I9 was
included also. ( t gre.-.-mie n Wai
te.- Chandler announced approval
of the proj rt 1 V . - on.
New York July 2—A check for
$2,500 was presented tr the Na
tional Association for th i Ad
vancement of Colored People here
today from Joe Louis, world hen
vy-weight champion, by John Rox
1 orough, one of his managers. Tie'
heck \v?.s a part of the champ o’
bar;- of the fight in which he <1
tested Max Schmeling Juno 22.
The preserttat’on was made to
Walter White, NAAOP secret.try,
by Mr. Roxborough. A check t< r
h- nne a* • was presetted to
,v ! i : . a 1 - M 10.
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NVw Y«i-k City, July 1.
\ • rib'-; 1 ; information received
t'f tl i intematonnl headquarters j
, f (He Brotherhood of Sleeping
Car Porters, A. Philip Radolph,,
in i i'- .tion; 1 President, as a re
sult of an extended illness, will
enter Mayo Clinic at K'Chester, j
Minnesota for examination and
treatment. He will he aceompan
ied to the clone by M. 1*. Webster,
Fir ' Internation a. Vice-President.
Mr. Randolph suffered from a
collapse recently while in a con
ference in the Nafionrl Mednr-;
tion Board in Washington, I). C.
Ho entered the clinic June '28.
Hold Nursery Confer
ence for Workers
Chicago, June 28 (ANP) -Spon
sored by tlse staff of the Helping j
Hand Community Day Nursery,;
mothers and social workers last
Tuesday attended what was des
cribed i«.s the first nursery insti
tute ever held here for colored
people. The conference waa he'd
at Olivet Baptist church, of which
Dr. L. K. Williams is the pastor.
Speakers addressing the insti
tute were Miss Majorio Hubers,
executive secretary of the nursery
cure, C< ifncil of Social Agencies' 1
Mrs. Edith Dailev, Elizabeth M*
Cormiek Memorial fund; Mrs. I
Maudelle Bou.sfield, prirc'pal of >
Douglas school; Dr. Ruth Howard,
medical director, NYA; Mrs. Ida i
Mbo Cress, WPA nursery school;
Mrs. Alma Foss. McCormick fund;
M'-s Lillian Summers. United
Charities, and Miss Lucille Kell v, j
WPA regional director of recrea
tion.
Mitchell Case Hearing
Set For July 6th
Chicago June 16 '(AMP)—No
tice was received this week from
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission by Atty. Richard E. Wsst
brooks who represtntg Congress
man Arthur \V, Mitchell in his
fight against discrimination in
Inter-state Commerce, that p.ral
argument will be heard July 6,
before Division 4, of the Inter
state Commerce Commission,
Washington, I>. C.
The Rock Island Railroad has
filed its reply to the “Exception"
filed on behalf of Congressman
Mitchell, and the ease will, be
hotly contested.
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Ethiopian Runs
Amuck In Rome
Rome, Italy June 23 (AMP)—
Four persons, an armv officer, a
butcher’s boy and two Fas'st mili
tiamen, were wonnded here last|
Wednesday when an Ethiopian ran
-moV with a sword, slashing fur
iftuslv at nil who came within
striking distance.
The incident occured before the^
monument commemor:'.tin12 Italian
soldiers who were slaughtered by'
Ethiopions at Dogy.li in 1887,. A
glide! lion of Judah, taken In Ad
dis Ababa during the recent Ethi
opian campaign is at. the brse of
the monument. The Ethiopion was
observed praying aloud before the
lion of Judah when an army cap
tain steuucd up. The Wneelimr
men suddenly sprang to his feot,|
pulled forth the scimitar and
wounded the captain severly.
A bnteebor’s delivery bov. ngop
bv hurled his bicycle at the Eth o-1
nian, was in turn slashed by th '
man. Two Fascist militiamen were
also cut, but in the melee t..e of
them fired four shots which fe’led
the sword wieflder.
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Lulu 15. Thomas Will
Uplfsld
JURY RFTURNS VFRDICT IN
FAVOR OF CHICAGO HEIR
In u hotly contested legal bat
tle in I istrict Court, presided over
by Judge Arthur C. Thomsen and
lasting four days, a jury returned
a verdict upholding the Will of
I.ulu R. Thomr.s, deceased.
Proponents for the Will wore
Mrs. Lulu Si ut of Chicago, Illinois,
represented by Attorney Charles
F, Davis, who has won decisions
in both County and District Court.
Contestants were Mrs. Laurens
l'avet, and Delia Overton of Flat,
Michigan, and Mrs. Radio Davis,
of Tuskegee, Alabama, wife if
Col. 13. O. Davis.
Attorney Jack Maser tried the
case wor the contestants who were
represened by Jack Maser and At
torney Ray L. Williams.
This case first tried in the
County Court on April 17, 19J7.
Lester Granger Takes
New Job
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New York City June 23 (ANT’)
—The National Urban leugc an
nounce, tips week'th* trsjj fer of
Lester Ik Granger from the
league's worker’ bureau, where he
I has served as secretary for four
I years, to the staff of the welfivre
council of New York City. Gran
ger’s duties with the Wdfarce
ouncil, as secretary of the com
mittee on Negro welfare, will be
to study existing service facilities
'.vaiblo to the colored population
ol‘ greater New York, with a view
to strengthening ai d coordinating
those services ami planning for
he the creation of ne*v services
•vhere the need exists.
Houston Odd Fellows
Building Sold To
WHte Man
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Houston, lex., July 1 (ANP)
T’10 fan: us Odd Fellows building
at Lausiara and Frail ic, one of
the sU w places of this ccity and
the last big Negro office building
in Itoustton,, pasb'-d Amm racial
nwuijtohip last t.eik ■> •< i. the
Graliit United jttrder uf Fellows
■" d clou ehoid.vof Ruth sold it
for $120,000 to L. F. Gilliland,
"V white investor.
The two lots on which the build
ing starv Is cost th > Order rig;n
aily about $85,000 cash and the
structure represents an ’"vestment
i ’ exec - : of $300,000. S i'i> of th
porperty was authorized ;,t the
r.jii special grand season. The
•. on [riven was that “the mouiit
for change and consequent decline
in membership.”
In a statement, new owner Gild
lr>,ud said, "I have fully approci-'
a to the sentiment which the color
ed people of Houston ai d of Texas
l.'i'n for this building, und it is
my intentir'iis to paint it inside
arid, out, create new offices sp.\e»
ommensurate with the needs of!
Negroes professional men and wo
men of Houston, and maintain i1
under the sv.me name and to
servo the same purpose at it al-,
ways has. In fact, it is my in
tention it as the finest offie-’
building for Negroes in the whole j
of-ithe South.”
Ask Change of Venue
For Alleged Slayers
Chicago, June 30 (ANP) Con
te’| lirfg ‘that daily papers have
created so much prejudice against
them that a fair trial ’n Cook
„ ,, „. . • i- -'Ll 11 .1—. Mi...
■i and Ear] TTicks. charged with
the rp,pe-murders of several white
women, Thursday asked a change
of venue to another county.
The boys have already repudi
ated in court confessions extract
ed hv p lire whom they accuse of
using third degree methods. At
heorinir Tuesday morning, they
pleaded not gni’lty to charges of
rnne and murder.
Defense attorneys include Jos
eph E. Clayton. Ulysses S, Keys
"»vd Sylveiter White .Tr. The Na
tions' Negro pengress and Tuter
nationr.I T.ahor Defense are furn
ishing the defense.
Negro Essayists Win
Prizes in Internation
a I Contest
New York Pity July 2 (AND
i ?n an L'S*uy contest (Nov. 15, IS),
j '•••>> H st >t'*f ° ■■•vv (f New
York, 182 contestants pur' iciputed
I represent it .g 42 states and the
: I lilHpine Islands, all whom wrote
j on the subject. “How Ca.n Culture
and Social Values of Racial M’n
j . ritie-’. in the* 11. S. and Its out- j
j lying Possessions and rViritmies j
He Adjusted and Harmoii>zed ’**
Among the prizewinners there
1 wore three Negroes; Isaac Fisher I
j of Hwnpton, Institute, Cornelim
: Golightly, TaHaUega c liege, A11. j
and Mrs. L. H. Chaplle of Mem
phis. Two colored contestants also
won herorable memtoWn: Mrs. Jo |
hnnna SiViiter, Birmingham, and j
Andre R. Reefl, Bronx, N.Y. Speak !
ing of the contest and the excel- ]
leri'o of th essays submitted, Mirza 1
Ahmad Schnjh, director New His- j
1 tory Society! said, “We feel that
; these writers have given* mottling
. valuable and constructive, the
workng out.of which viill stimu
: late racial harmony between the
i Negroes and tSie whites.”
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Chicago Relief Client
Leads Strike
Springfield 111., .July 2 <ANP)
Declaring that “Wo .might a- well
starve here as anywhere else,”
Clifford aws, a relief client cfi
Chicago, last week made a st'rring 1
appeal for aid f r the unemployed I
i and passage of the O’Neall Bill,
I from the gallery of the slate ]cg
| islature. Later, when the legisla
tive body adjournd, I.aw and Mis> 1
j filenna Clark also of Chicago, led j
the Negro c ntiger.it of 50 among
the 150 relief clients who staged
a sit down strike in a section of j
the gallery and declared they i
would not K> • until better pro j
I 'im'i ;tad 1> n ma for destitute '
' citizens of the sta.te. The strike j
I was short life, however as state ,
! police soon pe uaded them that ;
| notice soon persuaded them that ;
i discretion was the better part of \
valor and that they were biv-.k '
ing the law ' y remaining in the
building when the legislature was
ii t in session. They left peaceably
and returned to their homes.
Business B’ge .Plans
Memorial To Booker
T. Washington
Ifoustoi'.. Te , June 23 (AN!*) 1
—One of the h ghlights of the i
August l Lh ion of the Nation-1
n1 XegTi, Business league con
v<> i ion to lii'.1 htdd ini ^Houston
August 17-19. will be special
memorial • <-es in honor of Dr. j
Booker T, Washington, eminent j
founder of Tu«kcgce institute n.nd
orgnviizer of the business league, j
Dr. F 1). palt r in,
■ P'r.jdent of '!i ’■ego-.*, will de’iver,
the principal ddress and other
speaker of 1:.J ,od natiornl re
pute will be i the program.In
nuti. will 1 - on the program. In
Pntrio I ih week it was an
rv'ii'i od tli tl>“ program for that
('ax' will in chide a feast of
barbecue ami Texas watermelons
at produced in or no i.r the campus
of the school.
The pie-conVention smoker wilh
bo held on Tuesday night befon j
tbs opening of the league at Har
tom Grill, arm ligaments for whir* I
are the hands of Prof. J ynes 1>
Ryan. _
Colored W?r Vets Or
ganization Seek 100,
000 New Members
Boston. June ’3, (ANP)—An or
ennization mcetirr* of the execn
'b-n committee National Colored
War Veterans of America, was
he'd Inst week to draft n nnb' e
ftntomeot. on t'riin'Dn, affairs ns
fpnn .. rf r-t e' 1 ''od vc1 eran-'
of the nat.ini \ new plan of or
ganization wn adopted in order
to secure a membership of 100,
090 by October 1, 1938 to be
known a ; a “Colored Veterans
Join-Up ’’ The vets hold a two-day ,
session here Julv 31 to August 1.
Explaining the organization’s
program, Monroe Meson, tempor
ary organizer, said, “1000.000 Col
f Maroellus Richie in Fatal Crash
Was Returning from Lincoln
Marcellus Richie
Marcellus Richie, 3.1, of 2636
Franklin street, City Inspector of
weights and measures, was killed
instantly at Lincoln, Nebrasku
Tuesday morning at 4:20 a. m. !
when his car w».s struck by a Rock !
Island passenger train and carried
some 60 feet along the track be
fore it toppled intu. a ditch.
Omaha friends were shocked
Tuesday morning when informed
of the accident as Richie hail been
about 24th street until nearly mid
night Monday and had expressed
no intentions of leaving the city.
Three rf his acqua'ntances who
went to Lincoln immediately after
the crash said that they could find
no on: around town who had seen 1
Richie arrive or depart, he was j
alono in the car and there were j
known eye witnesses. Severe in- j
juries about the legs ar.d chest j
caused his death.
The lx dy was returned to Omaha !
Tuesday afternoon and placed in i
the Myers Morturnry. Fraternity
brothers, of the Alpha Eta Chap
ter, Kappa Alpha Psl, will serve
as pallbearers at the funeral which .
will hr- held Friday afternoon,
Richie had lived it) Omaha since 1
191,7. He graduated from Central i
High school end attended theU
ni'ersfty < f Nebraska. Later hi'
went to Chicago, where be w.i
employed a- a mail clerk. He rc- i
turned to Omaha in 1933, where!
ho worked at various jobs, un<;l ;
ho was appointed as a government i
meat inspect' r in San Franc I si , i
Calif. He returned to Omaha in |
j 935 grid was appointed by Mayor j
Ilan B. Butler as Inspector of,
Weights and Measures the follow
ing year.
While in San Francisco, Mr. j
Richie was married to Miss De
1 res Johnson of that city.
He is survived by his mol her.;
Mrs. Georgia Ritchie Allen - t .ree j
sisters, Mrs. Ver r Thomas, Mrs. j
Portia Riggs, and Mrs. Na risa i
K turns, all i f Oin't • : 1 f our
brother^. Htwmer, R. T., .rre-11
•,nd Wallace also of On::
oieil War Veteran. 1 'n - mn-|
ployI'd. a ser.oug tu y r d be |
i n i to find jo's fir them and
their dependents, v ho ; e cin
ployr.bles.
“20,000 totally d sab e l ' lured ■
War Vetera!' because o t1 war
inborn* status have be n denied
the privilege of t t 1 di ability
An e stimate of $.‘]0,o i:i,0 o retro
active payments is the sum that
the Veterans’ Administration has
i r-it.y withheld from :h -;e ex-1
soldiers.”
Dean Pickens S°eks
To SUrHitrht^n Or* So.
Carolina Housing*
Wranfrlf?
Uolumhi *. S. C. duly ” < VNP)
Hear, Williams Pi ' e"\ . factor|
of branches NAA'P rr»i f ederal I
•forum to«vl's b-* i n dc
tivmlm- tnre ■ 1 o1, \ and
vicinity for more tluvii inn - weeks
is cooperating with local residents
is an effort to rectify alleged in- |
eonalities inferior accomodations [
given Negroes at University Ter
race, WPA hnv-ecost housing pro- !
jefit
In University Terrace, houses
for whites and Negroes are ar-1
SEN WAGNER OPENS
NAACP CONFERENCE
ranged on the same sqpare hut
face different streets. Negro
tenants complain that they are
required to pay rent and furnish
heat, while the rent paid by whites
includes steam heat, refrigeration
v.nd other conveniences. A colored
assistant who manages the Negro
houses say that while the coloredl
families pay txtra for ho-.t, they
tho furnished refrigeration and
that they pay extra for electricity
only when they eus more than a.
certain maximum.
In a letter the U. S. Housing
Authority, Department of the In
terior in Washington, Dean Pick
ens suggested a solution to the
present difficulty and v. guard
I against similar problems in the
i future. Dean Pickens* letter in
i part was as follows;
! “Seeing that you v.re planning
i to finance new housing projects
: for the two l aces in Columbia, 1
want to call certain things to I
your attention -and the sugges-l
tkms which I niiiJ<e to you would
Ih> supported by the leading color
ed people of Columbia.
“1. That since the Negro project
is to be always separate from the
white, tho management be also
distinct: v.nd that the Negro pro
jects be managed by a Negro,
through their own projects office
Your new projects, for whjte and
colored, are to be, We are told, on
separato lots, perhaps in separate
parts of th ecity.
“2. That you build the same
type of housing with the same
equipment and for the same rent- j
\1, for colored as for white. Your ]
University Tcrrftce has a serious!
illusion; that the Negroes are be-1
ing charged n cheaper housing]
cost—-wherns they w paying as'
much or m re than the whites, I
for inferior accomodations to the'
conveniences of the whites.
Bridge Church Marks
50th Anniversary
Bidgeport, (’nnn., July 1 (ANP)
By Inez M. Holly—A relebratlnn
marking the 50th anniversary of
tho Messiah Baptist church wk
opened nt the chu eh Sundivv,
with • necial services,- attended bv
more than 500 person, nt v Inch
visiting clergymen f mi Bridge
port and con.rmn ft s paid h;gh
tribute to the pari, a, il past »>,n 1
present lenders and it . congrega
tion.
I'r William Horace Day, pastor ,
emeritus of (he Utf'church,
la,oded the rhnreh for "la oping t > |
c.ether for 50 years,*’ and for the
i ingr. •- it has made nlong roligi
ous lines.
The address ef welcome War
given hy Mrs. Etta Boss and the
- nening sermon wa.s preached hy
tho Rev. P. W. .Tiu-ebs, pastor of
of Messiah, olos were rcmlered by
Mrs. Margaret Gardiner and mtwi •
by the comviiied choirs
Rev. I. (’. laid- on of Hardford,
- no:’.king nt the afternoon program
delivered tho 50th nniversnry ser
mon.
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Columbus, 0.,—Delegates from
, twenty-seven states heard the open*
mg keynote speech of Senator It.
F. Wagner at the 29th annual con
ference of the National Assoc’a
tion fo rthe Advancement of Col
ored People here Tuesday night
June 28th.
Senator Wagner, co-author of
seventy 1 federal -anti-lnyching
hills, b Id of the fight for the
' passage of the Wagner-Van Nuys
hil[ which ©occupied the floor of
tho Senate from January 6 to
February 21, 1938,
Aubrey Williams, assistant to
j Marry P. Hopkins as administra
tor of the ,WPA, wHl address the
conference Friday night, July 1,
r.'onir with Dr, Mordeeai W. John
son, president of Howard univer
sity.
Ono of the highlights of the
conference is expected to he tho
speech of -Dr. 'Charles Edward
ltussel June 30 m thei mistreat
ment of the Negro in tho txetbooks
used in the public schools.
At, the last moment, Dr. Char
lotte Hawkins Jlrown, who was
to haw nddrosssed the conference
■a,sited to be excused because of
illness and death in the family.
Pester TP Granger will speak June
"0 to a mass meet’ng dedicated
to young pefjple on tho subject
“A Challenge to Youtli.’’
Prominent in the discussions by
delegates during the day sessions
will he the topics of unemploy
ment. relief, and social security.
Speakers on these topics will inclu
do A Hired Kdgnr Smith, Wash
ington, 1>. C.. Lester B. Granger;
Gharle II. ITnuston, of the NAA
GP staff: i\nd George Cohron,
head of the social secupTy office
in Harlem.
A NA \CP merit medal, given
for meritorious w. rk in the asso
ciation, will he awn'dod h'r'd'.y
night July 1, to Mrs. Knolia Pett
igen McMillan of Baltimore,
Mil. President of the Maryland
Kdnentfi nr,I Association, for her
work in connection with the cam
ps inn ii.gainat inefpiHl’ties in pub
lic education.
Other inull or; nt the confer
ence will he Hr, Ch-rles 11. Wes
ley, of Howard university; Pr. T.
V, Smith, of the University of
CldcBjr : Walter Whte, NAA CP
secretary; and Mrs, Henrietta
McGhee, who will tell of the share
cropper problems in eastern Ark
ansas. Tin* conference sessions
will be beld at Shiloh Baptist
Church, at. Mt. Vern n and Ham
ilton avenues, and will conclude
Saturday, July 2.
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DON’T FORGET
“Tangle Threads” a short story
written about Negro life especial
ly for the Omaha. Guide.
Proof of the Pudding
Is In the Eating of It
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Just A Few Of The Many
Tho following are a few of many
sales made by Mr. E. M. Davis
Licensed Ileal estate Broker.
Mr. E. M. Davis on April 1st,
1.938 Held the residense u.t 3022
Events St.
On May 21th, 1938, gold to Mr.
& Mrs. Peter James Henderson,
who resides at 3800 Harney, |
bought the house at 2621 Bur- j
dutte, Mr. Henderson is now mak
ing preparations to redecorate this |
heme throught out.
June 7, 1938,Mr. Dto.vis, sold to j
Mr. Jessie McGee who resides 1
now, 1011 N. 25th Rt. a beautiul '
home located at 2843 Binney.
Mrs. Blanch Banks on May 3,
bought from Mr. Davis a residence
at 2027 Patrick Ave,
On June 21, 1938, Mr. p.nd Mrs.
Donaldson, who resides at 2527
Charles, bought a residence at j
2823 Seward, through Mr. Davis, j
Mrs. Emma Gilmore and daugh
ter, Florence owe, bought from Mr.
Davis June 22, 1938 i>. residence
at 2541 Binney St,
Mr. Davis also sold the house
at 2621 Caldwell St.
The above are satified purchases
of homes through Omaha's Oldest
Negro Real estate Agency. If you
aro in the market for a home at'
the right price it will pay you
to get in touch with E. M.Davis
Licensed Real estate Broker.
BETTER YET Watch the col
umn of the OMAHA GUIDE for
Mr. Davis’ PERMANENT ADD,
for real bargains, at a prise .you
can. afford to pay. A small Down
Payment—The Balance I ike Rent.
Call We. 11GG office art -*17 No,
24th St. • ■ '
Why not be a full fledged Citi
zen. Own your own home that
means solid comfort for your
family an J yourself.