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NURSES ASSN, EXPECTED TO DRAW BIG ATTENDANCE AT LOS ANGELES CONVENTION New York, August 11 (ANP)— Indicative of the large attendance that will turn out for the annual convention of the National Assoc iation of Colored Graduate Nurses in Los Angeles, this year is the announcement that no less than 75 delegates from the east, 45 of which are from New York alone, have expressed their intntion to be on hand. Ms. Mabel Keaton H. DOI GOFF HARDWARE CO. 1822 North 24th St. B(S) Floor w Deck L-*5' Enamel III _ (NOT A PAINT! I Beautiful-Hicjh Gloss he, [ Durable - East/ to Clean Enamel for Floors Jkt us shew l/vu SPRING IS HERE! Paint Up! Clean Up! Varnish Up! We carry a full line of paint, glass, and varnish, also screen ing of all kinds. We have a full line of chicken and fence wire, plumbing, and electrical supplies at downtown prices Our stock of roofing and gut tering is complete. Everything *t a low price. Open evenings. —FREE DELIVERY CALL WE. 1607 or Call at Omaha's Largest Neighborhood Completely Stocked Hardware Store at— 1822 North 24th Street Staupers, executive secretary of the association, also said that Washington with 15 delegates, Philadelphia with 10, and other large metropolitan centers along the seaboard and through New England with impressive and ac tive memberships are going to participate in the discussions and clinics on nursing subjects. Of outstanding importance this year. Mrs. Staupers said, will be j the role of Negro nurses in the present defense preparations of the country. ‘Tremendous emph asis will be put on the necessity of not only full participation,” she declared, “but also for full inte gration- We feel that this battle is not only of any one segment of the many peoples who make up A merico, but rather the battle of all who make America their homes. We, therefore, feel it our duty to demand and receive the opportun ity to show our loyalty to the prin ciples we are all girding to de fend.” While the program for the con vention is now being shaped up, Mrs. Staupers did say that many well known persons identified with public health and nursing in gen eral will speak before the gather ing schedule for Aug. 17-22. The local committee is pitching in. it was said to make for the greatest hospitality and comfort far those attending. GETS COLLEGE DEGREE AT 79 Cincinnati, Aug. 12 (ANP> Prof W. E, Newsome of the Banneck er High School of Cythiana, Ky, was awarded the degree of bach elor of science at the University of Cincinnati recently. Prof New some, who is 79 years old, has studied summers for a number of years. He is widely known in Kentucky and one of the active members of the Kentucky Negro Education association. READ The GUIDE Thrifty Service 6 LBS. 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Mrs. Walker is chairman of La dies Bridge committee which with the cooperation of the Memphis --- . ~ » j Federation of Colored Woman’s clubs has planned a series <f lovely affairs for visiting women to the league convention. The Walkers are outstanding in church, civic and social life of t’ne delta. The couple attended an international convetion of the Christian churches in Leicester. England, in 1935. (ANP photo) THE NEGRO & NATIONAL [DEFENSE This is every Americans emer gency. It is no more particular than a hurricane or a blizzard. There is nothing exclusive about it. There is nothing exclusive a bout the war that is flaming in three continents. Let me remind you that an aerial bomb draws no color line. On June 25th President Roose velt issued an executive order de claring (and I quote) “it is the policy of the United States to en courage full participation in the national defense program by all citizens of the United States, re gardless of race, creed, color or national origin ” Let us look for a moment at the Negro’s contribution to the def ense effort. There are 70,000 Ne groes in the Army .including more than 400 commissioned offic ers. Fifty six nurses are now be ing selected for the Army Nurse Corps. The Army’s Chief of staff General Marshall, enjoys the con fidence of these soldiers as he does of all our soldiers, and I can as sure you that he reciprocates that I confidence. For the first time in American history there is a Ne rr-n brigadier general, General Benjamin O. Davis, Negro offic FOR ELECTRIC APPLIANCES You Can’t Beat the Prices At THE— OMAHA OUTFITTING 2122 North 24th St. Phone AT. 5652 ers are being assigned to the 99th Pursuit Squadron of the Air Corps That squadron, comprising 45 of ficers and 390 enlisted men, now in training at Chaute Field. Ill inois, will have an air base near Tuskegee, Alabama, which has been designed by a Negro archi tect and is being constructed by a Negro contractor- The Tuskegee base, 1,700 acres in extent, will be the home field of the only tact ical Air corps unit stationed in Alabama. We also have a Negro unit with the tanks. And we have Negro units in every branch of the service, units which are making a fine record and of which every A merican, white or colored, may well be proud. This is a national crisis. Amer ica needs every element of her [ population, and every element of | her population needs Amrica. This is a moment when our common danger is so much more import ance than any differences among us that all of our thoughts and all of our actions must be concentrat ed on the National necessity. I want to emphasize the great opportunity—yes, the duty, which the emergency affords the aver age citizen, white or colored, of getting acquainted with our new Army. The army itself is made up largely of average citizens. Everyone can help to make b|e more pleasant for the men who constitute it, particularly when they are on leave in or passing through the larger cities. The civilian population of the South and the Southwest can be espec ially helpful in such a collabor ation, since the preponderance of our military population is in that area. No one dare question the Negro citizen’s loyalty, and none dare question his courage—such cour age as in 1918 took rivate John Baker, with two fingers of his More Planes —More Speed — MORE TELEPHONE CALLS! The telephone is helping speed up the pro duction of planes, tanks, guns—all the many weapons and materials of defense. Never before have such heavy demands been put upon the telephone, particularly in the larger cities and over the principal long distance lines. The vast national defense demands for telephone service are being met promptly and fully but doing th is and, at the same time, minimizing the restric tive effect of defense needs upon telephone service generally, is a tremendous undertaking. northwestern bell telephone company right hand shot off, through three hundred yds of heavy machinegun Eire to deliver an urgent message to his commanding officer; such courage as impelled Private Arth ur Johnson, struck by a shell frag ment, to carry a more grievously wonded comrade a mile on his back to a first aid station; such courage as led Private Bruce Stoney two hundred yards out in to No Man’s Land under heavy fire to rescue a wounded officer lying there; such courage as drew Corporal Sandy Jones, company clerk up to the front line when he learned that all his officers had become casualties, where he took command of the scattered elements of his unit and reorganized them. Each of these is an authentic in stance of officially recorded valor by a Negro soldier. They have been chosen at random from the list of awards of the Distinguished Service Cross during the World War, and there are many more. There are less spectacular, but as genuine, examples of courage today. Sergeant Samuel F. Bak er, stationed at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, kept a fire hose playing on drums bulging with hot oil anj ready to explode, during a re cent fire at that post. He ap proached within fifteen feet oi the death laden containers and stood his ground despite the dang er and the raging heat until he brought the fire under control For this gallant exploit he receiv’d the Soldiers’ Medal. Private Rcb ert Mobley, stationed at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, swarr out into deep water of Big Piney River to rescue a comrade from drowning, and for this feat his commanding officer has recomm ended him for the Soldiers’ Medal, Negro soldiers are making fine record in efficiency and safety in the handling of live shells in our ordnance depots. It is my privilege this evening to bring you a message from Gen eral Pershing, who will celebrate his eighty first birthday next month, but who still puts the safe ty and securit of his country be fore everything else and who may well be called the father of Nat ional defense. General Pershing writes: nI am pleased to state that my own experience with Negro troops has left me a favorable impression of their soldierly qualities and ef ficiency. The old 10th Calvaiy, a colored regiment with which I served in Cuba, acquitted itself with distinction, and our colored troops in France during the World War gave a good account of them selves and contributed to the suc cess of the AEF- The following extract from a cablegram I sent the War Department in June, 1918 testifies to the splendid spirit found prevalent among them: ‘‘ ‘Exploit of two colored infan trymen some weeks ago in repell ing much larger German patrol, killing and wounding several Ger mans and winning Croix de Guerre by their gallantry, has roused fine spirit of emulation among the col ored troops, all of whom are look ing forward to more active serv ice. Only regret expressed by colored troops Is that they are not given more dangeous work to do.” There speaks an American sold ier who knows American soldiers And tonight all America salutes the colored American, and the part which he is so effectively and so loyally playing to protect our common country. MORE INDIANS MAY GET OIL WEALTH Apache, Okla-, (CP—Another large group of Oklahoma Indians have suddenly become wealthy with oil money. The discovery of a new oil field in this southwes tern Oklahoma town has found many plains Indian’s families in. the money. Most of them are members of the Apache, Kiowa and Comanche tribes. A major ity are considered restricted In dians. This means that they are prohibited from disposing of their land without permission from the Federal government. The frst flow of money into the Indian communities has been lease money. Royalties on oil produc tion will follow if the field does not disappoint oil company offic ials. J 1301 N. 24th St. WE. 4737 Metropolitan Produce Co. HOME OF LIVE CARP # BUFFALO A. A. Rosschaert, Prop. RITZ Shoe REPAIR SERVICE New location— Across the Street from Ritz Theatre “Prices Right to Fit Your Focketbook” 2022 NORTH 24th ST. READ The ^UIDE OMAHA TO BE HOST TO 17,000 SPANISH AMERICAN WAR VETS Seventeen thousand veterans of the Spanish American war will be in Omaha August 17 to 21 for the 43rd annual convention of the United Spanish War Veterans Bringing delegates to the con vention—the second largest in O maha’s history—will be special trains from all parts of the coun try, according to John Gillin Jr., chairman of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce Convention commit tee. Twenty five hundred are ex pected from California, and about the same number from New York and Massachusetts. The local Convention committee has been working nearly a year on arrangements. The program op es with a traditional memorial service Sunday evening, Aug. 17, in the city auditodium. On Mon day evening the veterans will be entertained with a special Ak Sar Ben Coliseum. On Wednes day will come the big parade in the afetmoon with 5,000 veterans taking part. Many bands and bugle corps will be in the line of march. Organizations meeting witd the parent body will be the National Ladies’ Auxiliary, the Naval and Military Order of the Spanish A merican War, the U. S. Infantry Association, the Military Order of the Serpent, the Military Order of the Lizard ,the Sons of the Span ish American War Nurses. Over 50 calvary, infantry and officers’ reunions will be held ACTIVE IN CSGA. LAWRENCE LEWIS, editor of Cornhusker Golf News column and active on Golfgram Committee. Lewis has given valuable assist ance in all golf activities this year. CORNHUSKER GOLF NEWS by LAWRENCE LEWIS In a few days the members of the Cornhusker Golf club will know if they have accomplished that which they have been work ing for. We have worked very hard and the stretch drive may show its effects on our golf game but like a good horse, we hope we may continue In the stretch to come out the winner. Jesse Hutten, this reporters choice as Cornhusker golfer num ber one, has been rounding his game into shape. He must be at his peak form to stand up against his outstate rivals. “Gabby” Watson, “Penny” Murray, John Mickens, John Simms, Boyd Gal loway, and Jay Murrell are my choice to be right on his heels. Many believe Lonnie Thomas will be in there cose, but I have never been so fortunate to see him play, so I cannot place him among the leaders. I hope they are right be cause we will need every good golfer we can get. Probably the most talked about golfer in the Cornhusker Golf Club is your reporter. At one time he was considered as one of the most dangerous golfers in the club, but during the past year his game has went completely to piec es. Being the most uncertain golfer in the club I leave him com pletely out at the running. He must prove his worth to me if he wishes to be placed among the leaders. Many social events are planned for our visiting guests. Two dances and picnics head the list. There will also be a tour of the city. Many other social clubs have volunteered their services to us. House parties are being plan ned—swimming parties will be imade up, it is almost certain that 3veryone will have a grand time. The Cornhusker Golf Club wish o thank all of the persons giving them advertising for their “golf gram”. We wish to thank all of he clubs who are giving their services. We deeply appreciate the time and work given by those social organizations. Everything is ready for the most colorful and exciting event if this season- Socially promin ent persons from six states will be our guests. AH we know is a iew good golf rounds to complete his event. We are depending on you Jesse Hutten, “Gabby” Wat WILLA BROWN TO APPEAR ON ‘WINGS’ PROGRAM Chicago, Aug. 12 (ANP) Wiila P„ Drown, queen of the airlanes, is scheduled to take to the ether waves Sunday, Aug. 17, when she will appear as principal speaker on the “Wings over Jordan” pro gram. Her subject will be the “Negro in Aviation”. ?,Iiss Brown, in her early thirt ies. is well qualified to discuss this subject. She is the highest rank ing colcred woman in the field of aviation and part owner of the iargest privately owned Negro av iation school in the country, the Coffey School of Aviation. In addition she conducts several classes at Wendell Phillips High school ar,d is CAA coordinator for the civilian pilot training program in Chicago. She, eiong with Cornelius R. Coffey, president of the Coffey School of Aviation, and Enoc p. Waters, Jr., Chicago newspaper man, were prime movers in the founding of the National Airmen's Association of America- Miss Brown is president of the Chicago chapter of the organization. In her talk August 17. she will trace the history of the Negro in Aviation from the time of Bessie Coleman to today. The program is scheduled to go on the air at 9:30 a. m- cdt. over the Columbia Br« adcasting System from Cleve land, to which point she and her other Chicago pilots will fly their cwu planes, according to present plans. DR. JOHN B. WEST rNcw lvieaica* director ui jrruvi dent hospital, shown in his office at the noted Chicago Institution. Dr. West, who took office July 1, is the first Negro to get a de gree in public health, obtaining that award from Harvard univer sity in 1931 after being commis sioner of health for Addis Ababa unaer emperor naiie semssie in 1930. Despite his youth—he is on ly 35—he Was chosen to organize and direct the new Provident health center which will combine the facilities of the hospital with the city’s health program. (ANP photo) TO SELECT MISS PAN HELEN IC DURING NMA MEET Chicago, August (by U. S. Keys for ANP) The selection of “Miss Pan Hellenic” will be the feature of the annual Chicago Pan Hell enic outing to be held at the Sun set Hills country club Aug 17 when the delegates to the Nation al Medical association convention will be the guests of honor of the council. “Miss Pan Hellenic” will repre sent the quintessence of personal ity of sorority members. The Al pha Kappa Alpha. Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Gamma Rho and the Zeta Phi Beta sororities have nominated members to compete for the coveted title. Members of the four sororities and the four fraternities wjhich are affiliated with the Chicago Pan Hellenic council voted on the person of their choice last week. The con testant receiving the highest num ber of votes in each of the organi s ations will be named for Miss Pan Hellenic and will automatically enter the finals. The finals will be run off in the outing when all fraternity and sorority members will cast individual ballots for their favorite candidates. The annual convention of the Pan Hellenic council will convene in Chicago with the local council as host Aug. 30 and 31. BOYS TOWN ALUMNI PLAN ASSOCIATION 23 NOW EMPLOYED AT STEERING GEAR PLANT OTHERS TO BE HIRED All 23 walk with a purposeful stride, not a swagger. (Each promises to be better than average machinist. They look like A-l future Sagi naw citizen. They are 23 former residents of Rev. Fr. Edward J- Flanagan’s far-famed Boys Town, Neb., em ployed at the Saginaw Steering Gear machinegun plant. Why was it necessary for the Steering Gear GM division to reach outside Saginaw for desir able young workers ? Here is General Manager Alva W. Phelp’s explanation: “Ail of the boys have had machine shop experience- They get a form of son. “Penny” Murray. John Simms, “Red” Collins, John Mickens, Say bert Hanger, Dr. Morris, Dr. Solo unon. John Adams, Art McCaw, Bill Davis, Chester Hodges, John Pegg, Jay Murrell, Buster” King. Burl Caldwell. Herbert Toole, Boyd Galloway, Gene Murray, Lawrence Martin, Harold Biddieux and Joe Owens. Omaha will be behind every stroke you play. As our most beloved President of the United States would say, “With high hopes for the future, we must look forward to a great 2r life, a greater security and fin ally a great victory. With him I repeat again, again, and again to yrou, all we need now is A GREAT VICTORY. fundamental machineshop train ing at Boys Town which is very valuable. They make good men. Those we hired recently look very very promising.” The Steering Gear executive for many years has known of the re sults produced by the unusual youth training program effected by “Father" Flanagan, as the en terprising priest is internationally knowm. Phelps and the Boys Town founder met several years ago. All 23 of the gun plant s unusual new employees were in terviewed in Boys Town by Mar shall E Beaman. Steering Gear personnel director. BOYS TOWN NOTABLES Most iof them, as citizens of the “City of Little Men,” had some particular claim to fame. Gardner, West, Pline and Adams were city commissioners. Young Gardner served as such for four years, pline, a good baseball player, was given a trial this spring with the St. Louis Card inals. Adams, once voted the most populad youth in Boys Town is a former leading high school basketball scorer of Nebraska and Iowa. Czerney was an announcer for the Boys Town radio station. White was an intramural sports leader. While West and Sheehan were top ranking musicians, the former chairman of the choir and bandleader. West also was on the editorial staff of the Boys Town Times, a bi-monthly magazine. Ortez was a deft workman in his community’s recently developed metal shop. PLANS UNDER WAY FOR MERCHANTS FALL MARKET WEEK, SEPT. 8-10 With business an ever brighten ing picture and farm prospects exceptionally good, plans are un der way for Merchants Fall Mar ket Week, Sept. 8-10. according to J. D. Alexander, chairman. More than 50 wholesale, jobbing and distributing houses will hold a giant open house program dur ing the entide week of September 8, Alexander said. Three nights of entertainment are now being planned by the committee. A gala style revue will be held on Monday evening. September 8, in Peony Park’s out door Royal Grove. A “Pot o’ Gold” feature is scheduled as the entertainment highlight for Tues day night at Hotel FontenelK Hundreds of dollars’ worth of merrhandise prizes will go to vis iting merchants at a “Fun and Gift Night” program Wednesday evening in Hotel Paxton. Danc ing bo nationally known bands will be held all three evenings Circulars are now being prepar ed for distdibution to merchants in the Omaha area. Alexander said that this year’s Market Week has all the earmarks of an out standing event. He pointed out that business and crop conditions are the best in years, giving promise of a prosperous year a head