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Coast Guard Station at Pea Island, N. C., is Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Maxie M. Berry. He is shown here directing his crew thiu amegaphone. Picture number two (below) Coast Guardsmen bend heavy oars to drive life boats through stormy seas to We Offer for Your Approval A Complete Curtain Service and Another thing,— Have Your Dry Cleaning Done Now! —Cash and Carry Discounts— EDHOLM &SHERMAH 2401 North 24th Street " WE. 6055 IjGSl qausi tyuexzt (lec&piio*t! When we started calling on you just a month ago, we were sure we had a real service to offer you. even though we DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SELL! Your fine co-operation has made it easier for us to be more efficient in serving you, and we are grateful for the opportunity. We haven't reached some of you as yet, with our important information on ways and means to make your electric appliances last for the duration. We can't say definitely when we will because we are covering 24 territories— but we'll call as soon as possible. But do watch for one of us to call soon ... have your questions ready! SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY PC We appreciate the unusual compliments we are receiving re. 3 *r oardino our Company, its citizenship, its low rates and Ita good service. _ ___ the rescue of people in wrecked ships. Here Boatswain’s Mate 1st Class Lonnie C. Gray is shown dur ing a practice run. (Pictures by Coast Guard Service) WHAT ARE WE FIGHTING FOR (Continued from page 1) to 150 million dollars, are spent for fue] and light, 180 million to 200 mil lion for housing, 2,200,000 for groc eries, 1,400,000 for clothing, 550,000 000 for shoes. 350 Negro Farmers Produce: 40 percent Nation's Cotton, 10 percent Nation’s Rice, 40 percent Nation’s watermelons, 10 percent Nation’s Tobacco, 25 percent Nation’s Sweet Potaoes. Source National Negro Farm Bur eau. NEGRO SCHOOLS AS OF 1941 18,500 students enrolled, Total Expenditures—$61,719,929, Total Value of Property, buildings and Equipment owned $50,000,000. NEGRO FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS IN U. S. Membership—2,500,000, Value of Property, Real Estate $20, 000,000, Number of Negro Stores—23,490, Service Establishment—22,172. A MESSAGE TO -GALLOWAY (continued from page 1) Pardon my ignorance in the mat ter, C. C. but how many out of the eight candidates are to be nomin ated? And then when is the final run-off made? Can a candidate, once entered, withdraw? —CCM— X ask the above questions because I have been following the elections in the Bahamas, through my daily papers from there. I once did con siderable writing during one of their campaigns and in a couple of my books X wrote extensively on. their way of doing things. For in stance, they had twenty-nine mem bers to elect for the House of As sembly, comprising perhaps eight een or twenty districts. — COM As many a swish can secure a nomination simply by filing a peti tion with a certain number of sign atures thereon and by paying a fifty pounds ($250 during normal times) filing fee. This fee cannot be re turned and UNLESS the nominees polls at least one sixth of the total votes in his particular district his filing fee is lost to him. —CCM— Bertha’s BARB-Q AND HOME COOKED MEALS 1024 So. 11th St. Omaha, Nebr. Such a situation results in this: The leading rich men file. They choose their districts. They do not have to live in the district. That's the old English custom, you know. And then along will come some pre sumed-to-be- clever-small- time-polit icians. They will proclaim themsel ves campaign managers of So-and So. They will pick out some native (colored person to you and I) who has some little following an who has the ten pounds for filing fee. They will make a big hurrah about elect ing their own, etc., and then just a day or two before the election is to come off the native candidate will withdraw, leaving the rich white man to be elected by acclaimation. —CCM— Of course, you know the native did not lose his fifty pound fee, nor did the psuedo campaign manager work for nothing. Yes, you guessed it, the rich white man paid off as he knew he could all along. —CCM— If you do not think this is the way they do, C. C. look through some of my recent Bahamas papers and you will see that out of twenty nine seats to fill twenty-two of them were elected by acclamation. And then look through some of the earlier issues and you will note a variety of candidates for each seat. Yes, politics, is a rich man’s toy in the Bahamas, or in most all English Colonies for that matter. —CCM.— A couple of weeks ago, C. C. I mentioned my regrets, in this mes sage, about the death of the father of an old friend of mine in Michi gan. That friend also reads the GUIDE and this message, for here is a fine letter just received from him. I’ll quote it in full: ‘‘Dear Cliff: You will probably be surprised to hear from me, because it has al ready been quite a long time since you left Michigan. Strange as it may seem, I did not know you were gone until I received the first copy of the GUIDE at my home. In re ceiving it I was glad, not only to have the opportunity of reading your column, but glad that you had re membered me. Many y ears have passed since I first became acquainted with you and I wouldn’t have missed the pleasant contacts we had for any thing. Reading the manuscripts of the books you wrote about your ex periences in the Tropics was a pleas ure, and I sincerely hope that it won’t be long until you are able to realize some sort of substantial re turn in the way of cash from these writings. Kilpatrick’s Crisp, Cool 0 RAYONS Especially' C Priced at . YARD I A delightful variety of patterns in polka-dots, stripes, florals ... for wear anytime anywhere. * Rayon Shantungs * Rayon Sharkskin * Rayon Sheers Kilpatrick's Fabric Section—Third Floor I noticed you were kind enough to mention the death of my father in your column. This was very thoughtful of you and I appreciate it more than I can say. I thought a lot of him and he was a wonder ful Dad. I have two brothers and four sisters and we all hope that he will be privileged to sleep among the for-get-me-nots of the Angels, because he lived his entire life with only the thought in mind of what he might be able to acomplish, which would be of benefit to his children. You seem to be doing a good job in a position where you should be able to make the most of your abil ity. If you take care of yourself you should live a good many more years. You are in a position to aoi a lot for the colored race and for yourself. I want to be one of the people who wish yu every success. Since the Civil war there are many Negro people, both men and women, who have taken their place among our great Americans. Book er T. Washington, Dr. Carver, Joe Louis and many, many others. Joe Louis in my opinion, one of the greatest fighters and sportsmen of all time, is temporarily, if not for ever, giving up a brilliant career toi serve along with thousands of others of his race, in the present conflict against the dictators. You have the opportunity of serving in another way- There has been much debate on whether or not the pen is might ier than the sword. I’m not going to argue that, but you have the abil ity to do a good job with your pen, and I believe you will. In closing may I express the hope you will write to me when you have time- Also, since you are in a pos ition to do so, you will use your ab ility as a writer to promote the ad vancement of all colored peple. In these trying times, and for that mat ter for all time, you can carry on with the thought in mind that what you do is being done not only lor your race but for the greatest coun try on earth today, and our grand and glorious flag. Sincerely yours, Paul H. Althouse.” —CCM— C. C. let me ask you a question. Suppose you needed finances badly and you met a friend, of 'unques tionable financial standing, who went to the bank with you and en dorsed your note in blank and told the bankers to let you have what ever you needed and whenever you needed it. What sort of a friend would you say that friend is? A very rare one, indeed, wouldn’t you? Well, Paul Althouse, comparatively speaking, for our circumstances were different, and our needs were different, did practically the same thing. After I got deathly sick in the West Indies and was sent back to America to die, I spent nearly three and a half years (years mind you, not weeks, or months) in recup erating and writing my books. Yes, I had friends, but it was Paul A.t house who opened the door of oppor tunity for me (in more ways than one) and told me to think, or worry about nothing, but my writing. An.l for nearly three and a half years I did nothing but think and write, and rewrite, my books. Some of them being written over three dif ferent times, and this was repeated on nearly every one of the six that are now completed. Perhaps you •an understand why I can never forget such friends as Paul A’.t house, and a half dozen others, in Michigan, who stuck by me, and, apparently, are still sticking by me. —CCM— Well, the Fourth of July, is past, and the Races have gone. A num ber of colored business, men have told me that the Races hurt any number of legitimate colored busi ness houses. In this respect I have a funny incident to report also. One of your subscribers told me some weeks ago not to come around again until July 6th as the Races would be gone then and they were busy each day out at the Track making money. Well, I called ar ound on the 6th and the woeful ex pression on the subscriber’s face told me, before a single word had been uttered, the sad tale. But this js what they said: ‘‘Yes, I told you to call on the 6th. Well the Races are over. The horses have gone and the horses took all the money with them.” What’ll we do, C. C. wait till the horses come back again, for this particular subscriber, or just forget the whole thing? —CCM— Several of your asubscribers in vited me to join them on picnics the Fourth- Some were out-of-town and others around town. I declined However as the day wore on and NORTH 24th st SHOE REPAIR 1807 N. 24th St. WE. 4240 —POPULAR PRICES— LOOK AT YOUR SHOES Other People Do. Our Half Soleing Method leaves No Repair Look on your shoes. We Use the BEST Material. nearly everyone had gone, or was just going, out to the park for a family picnic, I decided, along in the afternoon, to see just what it was all about. Remember, I ask -d you how to get to Elmwood Park, as that was where nearly everyone was going. You told me to take the Crosstown car and transfer to the Ehrobitan car at Leavenworth. At least that’s the way it sounded to me. Anyway you said ‘Ex’ some thing or other. I got off at Leav enworth all right and I stood there and I stood there, every half hour or so devouring one of those ham burgers at the stand there, to give me further strength to wait for 'he "Ex-whatever-it-was” car. What I thought about the street-car system just about then wouldn't do to print. Car after car passed but no car with an "Ex” on it. —CCM— Finally, some one took pity on me standing there all that time, and in quired where I was going and the party stayed there and put me on the right ear and told me where lo get off. Anyway I learned some thing right there. The car was not ‘‘Ex’’ at all but AK-SAR-BEN. Now I’ve seen that name on cars and in advertisements ever since I’ve been here but it didn't mean a thign to me. I thought it some Jewish name until my curiosity brought the right answer. The name is merely "Ne braska” speled backwards and from what I learned is merely the trade name of the Race Track, or some thing like that. Well, Nebraska people may know all about that but a chump like me, not from Nebraska didn’t. —CCM— Anyway, my party told me to get I off when I came to a large wooded 'plot of grounds and that would he Elmwood. In due time I saw such a plot. Shady trees galore, extend ing as far as the eye could reach I hurried off the car and into the woodlands. I walked and I walked but nary a picnic party did I see, and no wonder, I was in a cemetery. Finally, I found my way out, and got another car and kept on. This time I didn’t watch for any wood lands. There were a number of people on the car and so I just kept my eye on them and when they got off I got off. I should have done that at first. —CCM— Well, at Elmwood, I walked and I walked. Not a seat anywhere. Ev ery table, everything was taken. Private picnic parties everywhere. People lying all around over the grounds, in and out of shady nooks, everywhere. Baskets and baskets of foodstuff spread out everywhere and from among the thousands I couldn’t find a single one of those who had previously invited me. Na turally, I was hungry, and getting hungrier every minute, as I walked around seeing others so gay and happy, playing games, strolling, and what not. I looked for some thing to eat. I spotted a little building with a line waiting. Sure ly that m'ust be a place where they sell something to eat. I got in line. Finally, my turn came, but instead of something to eat what do you suppose they were selling? Renting bicycles. 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