GREAT FIREWORKS DISPLAY
AT CREIGHTON STADIUM
JULY 4TH—9 P. M.
Under the auspices of Omaha Post
No. 1, The American Legion, new,
spectacular developments in pyro
technics—o nthe ground and in the
air—will be on display when Omaha
Post of The American Legion pres
ents its sixth annual, government
approved fireworks show at Creight
on Stadium, July 4th, 9 p. m.
One dramatic set piece will be a
huge portrait of General MacAr
thur, outlined in 500 square feet of
vari-colored fire. Overhead, flam
ing rockets will soar and burst in
new combinations of gold, silver and
/
multi-hued sparks.
Additional patriotic color will be
given this 1942 victory celebration
by the presence Of hundreds of uni
formed men in the stadium stands
and by, a ceremony, preceding tfle
fireworks display, for induction into
the United States Navy of fifty Ne
braskans and South Dakota recruits
This ceremony has been arranged
by Lieut. R. J. Mahoney, officer in
charge of naval recruiting in this
district, as the climax of Nevy Week
activities. A sky writer will circle
over the stadium during the cerem
ony. The program offers, also, a 15
minute presentation of drills by
Iowa’s champion Sons of the Legion
drum and bugle corps from Sioux
City, a concert by the Omaha Post
band, and community singing led by
Omaha’s popular Billy Meyers. Ap
pearing with the band as soloist will
be Goldie Tystrup Marple, singing
patriotic songs.
Omaha Post officials announce the
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show has strong government ap- j
1 proval as a patriotic celebration and
that the fireworks used are not
within material classification sup
plied to the nation’s armed forces.
Advance sales tickets indicates tbc
show will be attended by hundreds
of visitors from Nebraska and Iowa.
Stadium space and parking space
are ample- Prices are 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for children.
20-YEAR OLD YOUTH MAY BE
CALLED BY SEPT. 1ST
Lincoln, Nebraska, July 2—Brig.
Gen. Guy N. Henninger, state select
ive service director, said today it is
probable some of the 20 year old
Nebraska youths who registered this
week may be called for induction by
the first of September.
“While we have no definite in
struction on how soon members of
this new registration who are 20
years old are to be called,” he said,
“I think it is only fair to warn
young men of this class they can
expect some inductions from their
ranks by early fall.”
The General explained local boards
will meet July 20 to complete the
task of placing serial numbers on
cards received this week, This will
be done in the order of birth dates—
oldest man first, and so on down
the line- In cases where registrants
have identical birthdays, the cards
will be arranged in alphabetical or
der.
When arranged in order, the new
registration cards will be placed in
local board files immediately follow
ing those of the men who register
ed in February.
Since some 'ocal boards are now
almost finished with the job of
classifying men who registered in
February, it id likely that question
naires wil ’scon be going out to 20
year old members of the June reg
istration. Men under 20 are ow
liable for military service and pro'-,
ably won’t be classified until th:y
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promotion and the Army’s Silver
Star. He was one of the crew, all
of whom were decorated, of the A
merican submarine which secretly
and safely got a fortune in bullion
and coins away from Corregidor be
fore the Philippine fortress’s fall.
His home is Salisbury, N. C.
reach that age.
Besides handling the task of the
new registration, General Hennjng
er said, local boards also face the
job of reviewing their lists of prev
ious registrants to bring classific
ations in line with the new policy
announced last week.
This policy directs local boards to
first exhaust the supplies of quali
fied men with financial dependents
before turning to men without r;n
ancial dependents; men married
prior to Dec. 8, ’41 who have no child
ren; and, finally, to men married
prior to Dec. 8, 1941, who have wivt s
and children or only children.
“Married men should not conclude
this new policy means they are re
moved from the possibility of induc
tion, “General Henninger warned.
“In many Nebraska counties the
supplies of unmarried I-A men are
already gone and the local boards
of those counties must, of course,
turn to married men to meet their
calls.”
COAST CITIZENS PROTEST
AGAINST IMPORTATION
OF ALIEN FARM HANDS
Los Angeles, July 2 (ANP)—Led
by Sidney P. Dones, a number of lo
cal citizens are voicing protests a
gainst Go. Olsen’s plan to import
some 40,000 or more Mexican farm
laborers into California.
Regardless Of the fact that Mex
ico is a friendly neighbor and an
ally, they declare that there are
plenty of colored, Mexican and
white citizens right here in the
state who would welcome farm work
if the wages were anywhere near a
living standard. Besides this there
are thousands of both colored and
white sharecroppers on the big plan
tations in the south, living in virt
ual slavery, and under the vicious
poll-tax system.
“Steps should be taken at once,”
declares Mr. Dones, “to forestall
what will only develop into another
international problem in course of
time.’’
FRIENDS SEE HAND OF
GOVERNOR IN FAILURE TO
AWARD DEGREE TO DR.
WALKER AT WILBERFORCE
WILBERFORCE. July 2 (ANP)—
Was former President D. Ormonde
Walker victim of a plot engineered
by Gov. Bricker of Ohio? Did the
state’s chief executive contrive to
halt the awarding of an LLD. de
gree to Dr. Walker at the recent
commencement exercises of Wilber
force university?
Whether or not this is actually
true, friends of the former presid
ent are giving Gov. Bricker a thor
ough verbal going-qver. They
blame it on a long standing political
feud between Dr. Walker and the
governor.
Records of the trustee board show
that the former president was voted
the honorary degree for his service.
He was head of the school for five
years. An announcement that a de
gree would be conferred on Dr. Wal
ker was carried in the printed pro
gram. Several others were to be
honored at the same time, among
them Go. Bricker.
According to the story now going
the rounds, when the governor Jearn
ed Dr. Walker was to be honored a
long with himself, he allegedly or
dered certain of his appointees to
the state board of trustees to de
mand of Bishop Reverdy C. Ran
son. chairman of the board, that Dr.
Walker not be given his degree. The
governor is said to have threatened
to remain away from the exercises
and refus* to accept the honor un
less this was done.
Other sources say that the demand
to withhold the degree was accom
panied with veiled threats of future
reprisals against the interests of
Wilberforce. The result was, say
Walker’s friends, that Bishop Ran
som announced to the commence
ment audience that certain degrees
voted by the trustees and appearing
on the printed program would not
be conferred at that time. All the
persons scheduled to be honored
were presented except Dr. Walker.
It is understood that several prom
inent church leaders Of the AME.
church were incensed at this matter
and are now looking for ways in
which to “get even.”
SPAULDING RECOMMENDS
PROGRAM IN KEEPING WITH
WAR TIMES TO INSURANCE
ASSOCIATION
Birmingham, July 3 (ANP)—Rec
ommendations that the National Ne
gro Insurance association, meeting
here last week, create an emergency
standing committee in tune with the
war effort as well as continue cer
tain other key committees were
made by the president, A. T. Spauld
ing.
An invitation to hold the conven
tion in Durham and a suggestion
that should insurance companies
come under federal control, Negro
companies should be prepared to
meet every requirement, were con
tained in a telegram sent from C.
C. Spaulding, president of North
Carolina Mutual, to C. L. Townes,
association secretary, last Tuesday.
The president suggested that the
emergency standing committee
should have these functions:
Research and study Of agency and
management problems—most pract
ical methods of servicing business;
recruiting, training and Supervising
personnel; getting maximum benefit
and use of available equipment, ma
terials, supplies, etc., and make
findings available to members.
Legislation, taxation and govern
mental regulation.. keep abreast
with these matters and keep the ad
ministration and the members in
formed on them so that suitable pol
icies might be formulated and ap
propriate action taken when neces
sary.
Conciliation and arbitration—the
membership to consist of three mem
bers of underwriting or managers’
associations, three agency officers,
and three other executive officers
of member companies, with over
lapping terms of three years, a id
other adequate safeguards; no asso
ciation or company to have more
than one representative—to handle
inter and intra company grievances,
and to develope procedures and
techniques for this purpose.
Public Relations—to publicize and
emphasize, regudarly, the security
and services of the benefits which
life insurance makes available to
theindividual an dto the country as
a whole.
Mr. Spaulding also recommended
that “more sympathetic cooperation,
and support be given to the five year
plan program and that it be prose
cuted more dynamically and effect
ively,” and that the national defense
vigilance committee and the Negro
insurance bonds and stamps com
mittee be continued for another
year, or for the duration.
He also asked that the association
“endorse and encourage the support
of all responsible organizations, a
gencies, and persons striving for the
full emancipation of all minority
groups and the ultimate attainment
practice an deprpetuation, at home
and abroad, of the ideals for which
true democracy Stands; and that
appropriate resolutions be adopted
by this Convention conveying the
sentiments of this body to the Presi
dent of the United States, Franklin
D. Roosevelt, our matchless leader
in this time of worldwide crisis; to
the secretary of war, Henry L.
Stimson; the secretary Of the navy,
Frank Knox; the Federal Security
administrator and chairman of tLe
War Manpower commission, Paul
V. McNutt; chairman of the War
Production board, Donald Nelson;
and other proper persons, organiz
ations and agencies.
“That we endorse the effort now
in progress to focus, again, atten
tion on the five, seemingly forgot
ten Scottsboro Boys who are still
languishing in an Alabama prison,
with the hope that there may be a
fair and impartial review of their
case in order that there might not
be an occasion for innocent blood to
cry out in despair and forever justi
ably curse and condemn our judic
ial procedure and system, and that
an appropriate resolution in refer
ence to this case be sent to the gov
ernor of Alabama.
“That we carefully consider tin
probability and advisability of cor
net holding another convention for
t.ie duration of the emergency and
that necessary action be taken lo
assure the continuance of this as
sociation as a functioning organiz
ation should further conventions be
suspended” for the duration.”
READ The GL1DI
B’way Hit To Continue All Summer
1 ■ — ■ ---— ■ ■■■— — ■ ■ ..—
Ruby Elzy and Etta Moten in a »cene from "Porgy and Beat.” (Inaet)
The late George Gerahwin, whose smash hit ia at the Majestic Theatre
in New York.
"Porgy and Bess,” America’s first
great musical classic, has entered
its sixth month at the Majestic
Theatre in New York, and remains
•ne of Broadway’s outstanding hits.
Composed by the late George
Gershwin, and based on the play
"Porgy,” by Dubose and Dorothy
Heyward, "Porgy and Bess” was
produced by Cheryl Crawford with
many of the cast from the original
Theatre Guild production of six
years ago. Todd Duncan, the dis
tinguished Negro actor and singer,
retains his role of the crippled
Porgy, and others who made their
roles famous in the first presenta
tion and who are still to be heard
are Ruby Elzy as the widow Sere
na. Georgette Harvey as Marla,
and Edward Matthews as the fish
erman Jake. The three important
newcomers have each made sensa
tional successses in their parts.
They are Etta Moten, who sings
Bess; Avon Long, the brilliant
Sportin’ Life; and Harriett Jack
son. who, as Clara, sings the im
mortal lullaby, “Summertime."
Part of the tremendous success
of the current "Porgy and Bess” is
undoubtedly due to its popular
price scale, which Miss Crawford
instituted in the desire to reach as
large a public as possible with this
final and greatest work of one of
America’s greatest composers.
A MESSAGE TO
-GALLOWAY
(continued from page 1)
daily life.
—CCM—
A1J Of that is bad, C. C. but just
imagine what it must be now? Of
course you heard the radio reports,
and perhaps read the latest accounts
where the Duke of Windsor helped
in battling the fire in which the
entire business section was virtually
wiped out.
—CCM—
Of course, we didn’t hear how the
fire started but the story looks per
fectly plain to me- The business
section is virtually owned and con
trolled by the ten percent of the
population who are not colored.
And, naturally, this ten per cent js
not affected by curfew laws or oth
er restrictions. I guess anybody
can write their own answer to this
story.
—CCM—
So, while we are celebrating our
Independence I am thinking of
those thousands of natives whom I
came to like and love while I was
there. Their situation is desperate,
and they are not way over in Africa
China, or India, either, but right
here close to our own southern shor
es.
—CCM—
And my book, C. C. “Grant's
Town, N. P.” is fully descriptive of
these very natives. The basic cause
Of all these disturbances, laid in an
unwise policy several years ago, is
revealing and particularly approp
riate just at this time when the
simmering fires have turned into a
holocaust.
—CCM—
Contrasting their now enforced
mode of life, without their daily pa
rades, I am thinking of the colorful
parade held last Sunday afternoon
(between showers) by the Elks. Did
you see it, C. C?
—CCM—
I shall not attempt to describe the
parade. I am afraid to even give my
own reaction, for I understand that
in giving my reaction to the last
parade, I saw, some didn't like my
description, to say the least.
—CCM—
I will say, however, that in addi
tion to the band, practically every
division of the Elks were represent
ed, all resplendent in their nifty
uniforms. They were: The Ralph
Bates Marching Club; Junior Herd
Drum and Bugle Corps; Past Exalt
ed Rulers Council; The Girls March
ing Club; Temple Drill Team Offic
ers; Nurses Unit; the Past Daught
er Rulers Council; the Grand Lodge
Officers and Lodge Members.
—CCM—
They paraded around the colored
district and then marched to the
Saint Johns AME. Church, 22nd and
Willis Avenue, where the 3Gth A»
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old R. Roache was Master of Cere
monies. The Rev. F. C. Williams
gave the Invocation, while Lulu
Bryant, Ethel Marie Price, Sylves
ter Shroud, and Jack H. Stinnette,
rendered specialty numbers. The
Sermon was preached by the Rev.
C. C. Reynolds, and the closing re
marks were made by the Exalted
Ruler C. F. Davis.
—CCM—
You already know, of course, that
it was the Iroquois Lodge No. 92,
Cherokee Temple 223, of the I. P.
P. O. E. of "W. who sponsored tbe
affair and whose officers are: Char
les F. Davis, Exalted Ruler; Harold
Roache, Est. Leading Knight; Ed.
Barnes, Est. Loyal Knight; R. D.
Moss, Est. Lecturing Knight; Dr.
Price Terrell, Secretary; Chas. B.
Mayo, Treasurer; Nathan Miller,
Esquire; Phillip Barge, Inner Guard
H. J. Johnson, Tyler, and Herbert
Richardson, Chaplain.
—CCM—
The biggest Elk’s parade I ever
saw, C. C. was in 1926, in New York
Maybe some of the local Elks weie
there at the time. Casper Holstein
was in the “big money” then and he
really went to town spending it, en
tertaining the visiting Elks, of
course, with a view of getting him
self elected to the estemed position,
of Grand Exalted Ruler. I needn’t
tell you all about that. You already
know it. Anyway, Casper repres
ented “power” in New York then(
'and through the influences he was
able to bring to bear upon the Mayor
and even upon the Governor of the
State, the city was thrown wide
open, and even in a dry decade ev
erything was wet.
—CCM—
Casper wanted to make an impres
sion and he did. I believe there
were actually one hundred thousand
people in that parade. Every avail
able band was adopted, for the day
at least, by some of the many local
lodges, and it actually took hours
for the parade to pass any given
point. That was before the big Wall
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By Albert J. Bates
While America's industrial war
machine daily establishes new pro
duction records, the full potential
is falling far short of attainment due
to accompanying increases in lost
production as a result of accident
and illness.
| This situation poses a problem of
serious concern to the government.
It is a problem that can and must be
'licked by management and labor
alike.
I How seriously our production is
affected is indicated by National
Safety Council data showing a total
of 1,600,000 accidents in industrial
plants during 1942 ... of the total,
18,000 were fatalities. These acci
dents meant a loss of 80.000,000 man
days of labor. Add to these figures
the loss due to illness . . . the total,
in terms of combat equipment, is
enormous.
| To “keep pitching" for victory,
management and labor- must do
(more preventive work ... a com
jbination of scientific control and
; common sense. Most of the me
chanical accidents can be prevented
by following recognized safety pro
cedures. A vast number of acci
dents are due to a faulty mental at
titude on the part of workers . . J
[due mainly to the stress and strain
of the stepped-up tempo of produc
tion. Rest, recreation and relaxa
tion between shifts are vital to the
maintenance of personal efficiency.
With management intensifying
safety controls and workers follow
ing common sense health measures,
the frightful accident rate can be
[radically reduced,
j Keep Pitching, America!
(Copyright. 1942, by Albert J. Bates,
La Crosse. Wisconsin)
Street “crash" too and you know
how people splurged in those days.
For color I don’t beieve I ever saw
anything to equal it, unless it was
one of Marcus Garvey’s parades but,
of course, his parades were more
or less, comparatively speaking,
spontaneous, while the parade I’ve
just referred to represented organ
ization, influence in high places, and
plenty of promotion money. If they
never remember Casper for anything
else (and they have plenty else to
remember him for, too) thy'11 never
forget what his money did during
the years he was trying for the
Grand Exalted Rulership.
—CCM—
Thinking of New York, C. C. I
see where your friend Layle Lane,
who visited Omaha during the La
bor Institute Meetings, had a big
feature article in THE PROGRES
SIVE, entitled, "It’s A Long Road
To Freedom.” If you haven’t read
it, C. C. get out my PROGRESSIVE
and read it by all means.
—CCM—
While some will read this issue,
on Friday, the great majority of the
readers will take Saturday to read
it, but 0n Friday night (July 3rd),
(Continued on pagt|^°4)
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