The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19??, July 18, 1942, City Edition, Image 1

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Local IS/egro Medical Society 7 o Hold A Series o/ Meetings On * Venereal Diseases’
Land Grant Colleje Conference Up In Arms As....
Navy Refuses to Reconsider
Exclusion of V-l Program
YOUR PRO-RATA
OF EMPLOYMENT
PETER MEHRENS
Mr. Peter Mehrens who some of'
us have known for 37 years is vet
on the firing line for justice.
Mr. Mehrens was in the Guide of.
fiee on July 14, to make a statement
to the Acting Editor. C. C. Galloway
in regards to his candidacy for
County Commissioner of the 1st Dis
trict of Douglas County. Mr Meh
rens states that he yet believes in
the Negroes’ pro-rata of employ
ment in proportion to the taxes we
pay and the votes we cast and that
that will be his position if he is
nominated and elected for the l*t
District of County Commissioner of
Douglas County.
Mr. Peter Mehrens is a wealthy
man at 66 and is not running for
an office for what consideration in
salary and is not in it for himself
He wishes to be placed in a position j
where he can render a service toj
the people who made it possible for
him to accumulate his wealth in r’ne
last 29 years
29 years ago Peter Mehrens was
just an ordinary chef cook, in a sec
ond rate hotel, known as the Mer
chants Hotel on Famam between ;
15th and l*th streets on th“ site
where the World-Henild building
now stands.
He has been a pioneer in th“
working and building of Omaha. Tie
is considered as a successful busin
ess man. He wants to serve the
people who made it possible for his
success If you live in the 1st Dis
trict—you can't make a mistake b-*
voting for Peter Mehrens for County
Commissioner He will do for he
Negro as County Commisioner. what
he has done as a member of th- I
Board of Education.
There has been a number of ^ la
ments made as to who put Negro j
teachers on the school board wav- j
roll and Negro janitors. We will
admit many Omahans have tried in !
the last 39 years, but up to the time
when Peter Mehrens went on the
Board of Education from the date
Of Mrs. Ulla Overall’s resignation,
there was not a Negro on the school
payroll system. Today we have five
janitors. two janitoress and three
teachers I
The janitors are J. C. Bates. How
ard Kennedy: Leon Hodison. Druid
Hill; Henry Hadden, Long; Chalk
Solomon, Lake; Janitoress Hammie
Spriggs, Lothrop; Esther Hicks: —
teachers Eugene Skinner. Tech; Rob
bie T. Davis, Tech: W. Fletcher, at
Howard Kennedy: Enumerator Flor
ence Terrell,—a total of ten employ
ees all placed on the payroll since
Peter Mehrens has been on the
Board of Education, not a single one
was there before.
Peter Mehrens sat right here m
the Omaha Guide s office and said
to the acting Editor. C. C. Galloway j
that if he was elected as a member
of the School Board he would do
everything within his power in get
ting our pro-rata of the work as
teachers and Janitors in ocr public I
school systems. I will ask you if
the above is not some evidence that
he has made a fine start in keeping
his word. Mr Negro voter you can
;by Hazel L. Grigs)
WASHINGTON. July 17 (ANPv—
Declaring that the U. S. Navy had
worked out no plan for use of Negro
i officers and that the navy was not
disposed to train men for Officers
and then not use them. Addison
Walker, assistant to Sec. of Navy
Knox and Dean Barker, director of
the navy training program, last
week told Dean C. H. Thompson of
Howard university and Charles H.
Houston, noted attorney, represent
ing the Conference of Presidents of
Negro Lang Grant colleges, that
the navy could make no further ex
pansion in the navy program to
train Negroes at this time.
Mr. Walker and Dean Barker, in
effect, declined to recommend that
Negro colleges and Negro students
be permitted to participate in the
new V-l training program, which is
designed to provide officer candi
dates for the navy out of quotas of
college students, and over protests
of the Conference of Presidents of
Negro Land Grant Colleges and Oth
V representative organizations
throughout the country, stood adam
ant on the navy policy of discrim
ination.
Under the V-l program, as it now
stands, no Negro college may parti
cipate and no Negro student enroll
ed in a white college, may take ad
vantage of the opportunity for fu
ture naval service to his country.
In accordance with the plan, the
navy has a quota of approximately
one-third of the nation’s college;
students, who are permitted to en
list in the navy, pass to the naval
reserve, remain in college until
graduation and then go into the V-l t
program for commissions in the
navy. As long as the student's col- '
lege work is on a satisfactory level,
he is not sent to active service. If
he fails in college, however, he is
sent immediately to active duty. 1
The purpose of the plan is to fur
nish the navy- a continuous sappty
for the duration of the war of train
ed and intelligent potential officers.
Mr. Walker and Dean Barker stat
ed to the land-grant representatives
that it was contemplated that re
cruits for officer raining wo till
come from he men now being train
ed at Great Lakes naval station aud
at Hampton, “when and if the"
qualify as officer candidates."
The training at Great Lakes and
Hampton is not designed to qualify
sailors as officers, but for the enlist
ed ratings, the committee pointed
out. and an officer candiate has the
further disadvantage of the require
ments of a year's sea duty and the j
recommendation of his commanding i
officer in order to take examin
ations to qualify for a commission
Dean Thompson and Mr. Houston
declared that the condition that the
sailor be recommended by his com
manding officer was a “loophole
and a snare for the elimination of
all Negroes” and that in effect the
navy has not opened the way for
Negroes to become commissioned
officers.
Impetus to the action by the land
grant conference, headed by John
W Davis, president of West Vir
ginia state colege. came when the
conference learned, during its two
day meet at Hampton recently, that
Howard university and several other
colored schools had applied for par
ticipation in the V-l program and
had been refused. This stand had
been taken by the navy while tbe
army had invited all colleges be
longing to the conference to partic
ipate in the AERC. The army's
ontinued op page 1—^ 21 ,
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not go wrong voting for Peter Me
hrens. He is absolutely a straight
shooter in every sense of the word.
A hard worker and a good business
executive I have personally known
Peter Mehrens for 37 years
Chief Lay Leader „
DENNIS A. BETHEA. M. D,
of Hammond, Indiana.
Dr. Bethea, as president of the
Board of Lay Activities of the Cen
tral Jurisdiction of The Methodist
Church, is one of the Reception
committee for the National Council
of Methodist Conference Lay Lead
ers at Hotel LaSalle. Chicago. July
8-10. The Conference lay leaders
of the nineteen Negro Conferences
over which Dr. Bethea presides are
meeting jointly with similar officers
from the other ninety-five Confer
ences of The Methodist Church in
connection with the General Board
of Lay Activities, Chicago, Dr.
George L .Moreloct. executive secre
tary.
OPEN LETTER
OPEN LETTER ON MAYNOR
CAMEL RADIO INCIDENT
Mr. C. C. Galloway.
Omaha Guide.
2418 Grant Street.
Omaha. Nebraska.
Dear Sir:
My office has been flooded with
letters from most of America’s Ne
gro publishers requesting that we
at Interstate United Newspapers
check with the R J. Reynolds Tc
bacco Co., to find out if they were
sufficiently responsible for the in
sult to Dorothy Mavnor as recited in
Miss Ilka Chase's best seller. “Past
Imperfect" to warrant a nationwide
boycott of Camel Cigarettes by Ne
gro Americans.
In this regard the writer contact
ed Mr. S. Clay Williams Chairman
of the Board of Directors of the R.
J. Reynolds Organization. In the
lively exchange of letters which en
sued from the photo-static and or
iginal copies of letters sent you nv
vour readers and then sent on to us
were sent to the makers of Camels
so that they could see first hand
how much Negro Americans resent
being denied their rights as Amer
icans to appear on commercial radio
programs and all other types of ra -
| ial prejudice.
We are convinced that the J. U.
Reynolds Tobacco Co., was in no
way responsible for this insult to
the race in general and Miss May r or
in particular. The insult was made
by someone not connected with the
makers of Camel Cigarettes and net
authorized to set or determine the
policy of the R. J Reynolds Tobac
co Co.
In view of the foregoing and be
' cause of the fact that the R. J. Rey
nolds Company is one of America's
biggest employers of Negroes plus
the fact that it has a clean bill of
health with the Federal Government
a sregards employees' working con
ditions .... plus the fact that we
need all of our fighting energies to
help lick the axis in this war at
i home and abroad, we herewith re
[ quest that you pass the word along
to all organizations in your comm
unity, Civic. Social. Church and
Fraternal asking them not to start
a war at home by boycotting Camel
Cigarettes because we feel that an
organization headed by a man as
RECORD BAN
HARD ON
NEGRO
ARTISTS
PETRILLO DECREES:
END TO RECORD
MAKING
(by Frank Marshall Davis)
CHICAGO, July 17 (AN?)—Unless
James Petrillo. czar of the Americ
an Federation of Musicians, chang
es his mind and rescinds his ban on
the making of phonograph records
and electrical transcriptions sched
uled to go into effect July 31r Ns- i
gro musicians will be hard hit.
Petrillo has informed all record
manufacturers that the 140.0#0 Ne- j
gro and white members of this pow
erful AFT- union would stop making
records except for war agencies, un
less the companies found a way to
prevent their use by radio stations
and in juke boxes.* Since the man
ufacturers know of no way to insure i
exclusive home use for platters, j
they plan to sit back and await de
velopments.
The union leader bases his stand
on the contention that members re
ceive about *3.000,000 annually in
recording royalties but “lose" *100.
•oO.OOO yearly as a result of the re
duced employment opportunities
He says that many places which
would otherwise employ musicians
now use "canned music," estimating
that between 8,000 and 9,000 music
ians could be put to work in places
that now rely on juke boxes.
Record companies say they cannot
(Continued on Dagre2^=2)
SIDAT-SINOH TO AIR CORPS
Washington July 17 (AMP)
Wilmeth Sidat Singh has been ord
ered to report to the aviation train
ing center at Tuskegee institute on
Aug. 7. Singh, former Syracuse
basketball and football star, is now
o nthe metropolitan police force,
having been appointed several
; months ago.
LAYLE LANE
TO RUN FOR
CONGRESS
Miss La vie Lane. Vice President
of the American Federation of Tea
I
chers. has been nominated by the i
Socialist Party as Congressional j
candidate at large, from New Yo" t.
Miss Lane played a very active
part on the committee that tried to
save Odell Waler, of Richmond. Yn.
from the electric chair. Waller had
been convicted of murder of a white
share-cropper who had been unr'air
to him in business relations.
“We lost." states Miss Lane, “not
because our case wasn't good, but
because Roosevelt still thinks he has
to cater to the Southern Democrats. I
He does not want their opposition j
to legislation, especially regarding:
finances, so he refused to intervene. :
Governor Dareen is a creature of
the Byrd regime in Virginia, so he
did what the machine wanted him
to do. The case convnced me that
whte people still don’t think 13.000
000 Negroes count. Our only hope
is in strong organization with suf
ficient power to take what we
want.”
Miss Lane is a very attractive and
outstanding citizen and there is no
reason why she should not be elect
ed Congressman At Large from the
State Of New York.
astute and fair minded as Sir. S.
Clay Williams has shown himself to
be, will always see to it that the
Negro is treated fairly by the mak
ers of Camel Cigarettes.
With best wishes and the assur
ance that we present a solid front
to all our enemies at home and a
broad. we are.
Very truly yours.
Interstate United Newspapers Inc.
William G. Black.
Sales Manager.
' First of Articles Begir.
In this Issue—
As a part of the national and l>
cal campaign for the control of ven
ereal disease, the Nebraska Negro
Medical Society is cooperating by
instituting a refresher study course
in venerea] disease treatment.
The Society has gone on record
as recognizing that the war effct;
demands a healthier nation, and
that venereal disease is one of the
major health problems. T0 take an
active part in the educational cam
paign. they have planned a series
of five meetings under the direction
Of S. L. Pear]man. 11. D., Director
Communicable Disease Control. Cry
Health Department. The meetings
will deal with the attitude, diagnos
is, an dtreatment of syphilis and -
gonorrhea, and educational and \
class material will be given through
literature, lectures, and films.
Of public interest will be the re
suits of the meetings, which will be I
summarized in a series of education
al articles appearing in this news- ’
paper, beginning this week, under
the signature of the cooperating
physicians.
All the meetings axe being held j
at the Northside Clinic except the '
final lecture. This will be at the
home of S. B. Northcross. M. D. at
2731 1-2 -Q” Street.
The physicians taking part in this
course are: Dr. Price Terrell. Dr.
D. W. Gooden, Dr. W. W. Solomon,
Dr. Wesley Jones, Dr. Herbert Wig
gins. Dr. G. B. Lennox, Dr. S. B.
Northcross. and Dr. A. L. Hawkins.
Dr. Craig Morris, who is president
of the Nebraska Negro Medical Soc
iety stated, “This series of meetings
should be a precedent for further |
organized community effort to con
trol venereal disease Similar re
i fresher courses on other health top
ies of emergency interest are plann
| ed for the future because the medic
al profession realizes that these are
times when we must keep pace with
the advancement of science.”
The following article is the first j
of a senes or articles contributed by
the members of the Nebraska Negr i
Medical Society. These articles are
presented as a public service in the
interests of better health for Nat
ional Defense. Because control of
venereal disease is the least satis
factory in our present program, this
series will deal with this subject.
WHAT OUR ATTITUDE
TOWARD VENEREAL
DISEASE SHOULD BE
(by DR. G. B LENNOX)
Despite our present critical world
situation, some victories are being
won on other fronts. The war fore
ed us to take a realistic attitude to
ward Health This is particularly
true of syphilis and gonorrhea. We
now speak freely of these serious
health problems. When these twq
diseases slow our effort to victory,
it is too expensive not to talk about
them. We must speak of syphilis
and gonorrhea as disease problems,
for that is what they are
The sick person needs treatment.
No person should deny this funda
mental fact.
Any attitude which might discour
age a sick person from applying for
adequate and reliable treatment is
unhuman.
Xo Christian basis can be found
for forcing any person to conceal
a serious, crippling, killing and con
tagious illness.
Disease is not a punishment for
sin. That attitude should have been
discarded with the idols of wood
and stone.
Germs respect neither class nor
creed. The innocent victims of the
germs of syphilis and gonorrhea are
testimony to this fact.
We must examine our beliefs and
attitudes to find if we are individ
ually responsible for the agonized
writhing of infants not yet able to
talk. If we, by a false attitude,
make treatment for these less de
sirable than concealment, we have
sinned.
The public should urge the medi
cal profession to play an increasing
GALLOWAY FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE
CLUB
TO HOLD MEETING
AN INVITATION TO YOU
If you are a registered voter and
live in the 5th legislative district
| and by chance have met ,Mr. C. C.
Galloway in the last 39 years in O
maha and want to do your part in
the interest of his nomination on
August II, 1942, for the Legislature
Representative of the 5th District,
you are hereby invited to be pres
ent at a get-to-gether meeting on
Tuesday evening. July 21, 1942. time
9 P. M.—place, the Omaha Guide
Publishing Company Assembly
Room, 2420 Grant Street.
We must win the nomination on
August 11 or we can't be elected on
November 3. Mr. Galloway’s suc
cess depends on how many of his
friends are willing to put their
shoulders to the wheel and help
carry the load. Mr. Galloway has
helped many and it is not often he
has asked any returns for his serv
j ices. If you have lived in Omaha
: very long, you should know some
thing about the work and sacrifice
he has made for you and yours in
j these past 39 years. So remember'
i my friends, it is your opportunity
now to help place him in a position
where he can double his services for
you and yours in the future.
I Remember this invitation is ex
tended to all registered voters of the
5th District. Remember the date.
July 21. don’t forget the time 9 p. m.
an 1 again we repeat the place, 2420
Grant Street. This meeting is call
ed by the “Galloway for Senate
Club Workers,'* George Thomas.
Dudley Wright, W. E. Alexander.
Herman Friedlander, H. J. Pinkett,
Wm. Bill Lewis, Dave Gross, Fred
Walker and you have our permis
sion to place your name on this list
also.
HERMAN FRIEDLANDER ENDORSES
C. C, GALLOWAY FOR STATE SENATOR
(BY HERMAN FRIKDI.ANDFK
3211 Myrtle Avenue
Mr. C. C. Galloway is a candidate
for State Senator of the 5th District
Mr. Galloway not only deserves our
vote, but we should take it upon
ourselves to See that our friends
an {[neighbors go to the polls and
vote for him alongside of other de
serving candidates.
I have known Mr. Galloway more
than 25 years. He has always been
interested in civic effairs and con
tributed much of his effrots to
make Omaha a bctreor place to Ihe
in for all of us.
C. C. Galloway was not always on
the winning side but he stood for
what he thought was right. I.et
me cite you a few instances as an
illustration of his good judgement
of his farsightedness.
Many years ago and now. he was j
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ly active part in the control of the •
problem.
The patient should ask for a blood
test if it is not offered, and if it is
suggested, the patient should feel
that the doctor is alert and progres
sive.
You have no personal immumty
to germs All classes, creeds, and
peoples have died from undiscovered
or untreated syphilis.
Most infections occur at an early
age—15-25. This means that these
people must look to the community
for help. The public attitude to
ward this problem will probably de
cide how adequate this help will be.
We cannot afford to fail the next
generation.
Our attitude toward education in
the schools should be a positive one.
We should demand that our high
schools acquaint our youth of the
dangers of syphilis and gonorrhea.
The reports showing the great num
bers of young people infected, show
that they know a part of the truth,
but they do not know enough to a
void the dangers or get a cure.
an anient supporter of Senator Nor
ris and his predictions that Senator
Norris will go down in history as a
great champion and exponent for
human liberty. His prediction eam=
true, when the Senator introduced
the unicameral system. Mr. Gall
oway supported this plan and
brought the Senator to a meeting
on north 24th street, but people did
not care to Isten to him—they fear
ed the unicameral system would
prevent a colored man to be elect
ed to the Legislature. Mr. Galloway \
knew different an dthe Jesuits a Ne-1
gro has been elected ever since.
Mr. Galloway enjbys the respect of 1
many prominent citizens all over j
the city too numerous to mention. 1
How well do I remember his devo
tion to his good friend H. B Zim
man when the Brandeis store de
cided to give the jobs for elevatox
operators to colored girls. I don’t
know who claimed the credit but T
do know that only through Mr. Gal
loway’s influence with Mr. Zimma-I
was it accomplished.
The Community Center of which
I also was a sponsor, may not have
been here, were if not of the assist
ance and effort of Mr. Galloway and
had Mr. Galloway been retained as
head of the Center, we would have
had a larger Center today.
Mr. Galloway is also a great
friend and supporter of the candid
acy of Senator Wherry for United
States Senator. A promising lead
er in America’s present and future
destiny.
I have only mentioned a rew of
the many points why Mr. C. C.
Galloway deserves the Support of
every true American.
In this crisis which our country
is facing, it is our duty more now
than ever before, to pay attention to
our elections. It our duty to ex
ercise our right to vote—to encour
age ur friends to vote and above all
to find cut who the candidates are
before we go to the polls.
VOTE FOR C. C. GALLOWAY.
* government will accept
RESPONSIBILITY TO MINORIT
IES, FDR TELLS N’AACP
Ips Angeles, Calif.—‘ As Chief
j Executive of this whole American
j Nation, I assure you that your Gov
ernment will accept its responsib!
ity to you," President Roosevelt
wrote in his greeting to the 33rd
annual conference o fthe NAACP
which opened here Tuesday night,
July 14, in the packed auditorium
of the Second Baptist Church
The President stressed the im
portance of minorities to the suc
cess of the war effort and praise!
the Association’s conference theme,
•Victory is Vital to Minorities’ say
ing that it might be reversed and
gven to the nation as a slogan ‘‘For
today as never before in our his
tory, ‘Minorities Are Vital to Vic
tory.”’
The full text of the greeting reads
“It is with gratification that I
extend greetings to the National
Association for the Advancement Cf
Colored People on the occasion Of
its Thirty-third Annual Conference
in Los Angeles
"I note with satisfaction that the
theme of your significant gathering
reads Victory is Vital to Minorit
ies.' This theme might well be re
versed and given to the Nation as
a slogan. For today, as never be
fore in our history. Minorities Are
Vital to Victory.’
“We are, in a sense, a Nation Of
minorities. By race, by religion, bv
color, by ancestry, each constituent
group is a minority when viewed in
relation to our total population.
But it is the essence of our dem
ocracy that our very differences
have welded us into a Nation. And
the democratic way of life within
that Nation can be defended Success
fully only with the help and sup
port of all groups within its bor
ders.
“Tour striking theme ‘Victory Is
Vital to Minorities.’ does more than
answer our enemies.... both domes
tic and foreign-who seek to ac
centuate our differences in order to
divide our strength. As Chief Ex
ecutive of this whole American Na
tion, I assure you that your Govern
ment will accept its responsibility
to you.
Very sincerely yours.”
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
CBS TO BROADCAST
WILLKIE SPEECH
SUNDAY, JULY 19
Los Angeles. Calif..—The address
Of Wendell L. Willkie. climax of
the 33rd annual conference of the
NAACP meeting here this week, will
be heard over the nation-wide hook
up of the Columbia Broadcasting
System. Sunday afternoon July 19,
from 8:15 to 6:30, Eastern War
Time, or 3:15 to 3:30, Pacific Time,
from the Shrine auditorium.
Mr. Willkie is expected to reveal
important information about the na
tional and world problems of color
in this crisis, Walter White, NAA
CP executive secretary, wilj also
speak at this meeting, over which
Mrs. Daisy E. Lampkin, national
field secretary, will preside.
NAACP officials said that Army
orders will make it necessary to
keep crowds at the closing meeting
to 5,000 as gatherings larger than
that number are forbidden in ths
interest of defense.
SCRAP METAL - SCRAP RUBBER
CONTRIBUTE
YOUR PART
LETS GO—IN AN ALL OUT
SCRAP G ATHERING
CAMPAIGN
SCOUR TOUR ATTICS. YARDS
ALLEYS. DUMP HEAPS FOR
ALL SCRAP METAL AND
RUBBER
PURPOSE OF THIS CAMPAIGN:
To encourage the collection in Ne
braska of every possible pound of
scrap metal and rubber to helD
meet the nation’s war needs; to
make Nebraska first in the nation
to complete an exhaustive clean up
of these materials, thus setting an
example for other states to follow:
to supplement and encourage all
activities of other agencies gather
ing these vitally-needed war mater
ials.
PLAN
Prizes will be given by The World
lerald to the Nebraska county, busi
ness firm, individual and units of
| junior boy or girl organizations
turning in free or selling to dealers
the most scrap metal or rubber in
the three weeks. July 19-August 8
inclusive, according to the prize
rules. It does not matter whether
the scrap meta] or rubber is given
free to the government Or sold to
dealers. It all counts in the prize
competition. The main purpose is
to get all the scrap Tor the govern
ment. One pound Of rubber scrap
will count as five pounds of met:il
scrap Get a receipt to show your
county committee.
PRIZES
I Prizes given by The World-Herald
will be as follows:
$1,000 War Bond will be awarded
to the county reporting the greatest
total poundage of Scrap metal and
rubber collection per capita. (1340
census to be used as to county pop
ulation);
$500 War Bond to the county re
porting the second largest collection
per capita;
$300 War Bond to the business
firm turning in the largest pound
age of scrap;
$150 War Bonds and Stamps to
the individual delivering the larg
est number of pounds.
$50 in War Stamps to the local
junior organization delivering the
largest poundage
These Bonds and Stamps will have
present cash value of $1,000, $500,
$300, $150, and $50. hence are equiv
alent to cash.
The prizes going to counties 2.re
to be used for some charity or pub
lic purpose of general value to the
counts', such use of the prize, if re
ceived, to be announced by the local
committee in charge BEFORE the
contest begins.
ELIGIBILITY
Every person residing within a
county is eligible to contribute to
that county's total collection. Per
sons and their families engaged in
the business of buying and selling
scrap iron and rubber, or collecting
It on a commission, are not eligible
to compete as individuals or firms.
They may, however, help to increase
the county's total by initiating scrap
collections, the contest credit to ?'•>
to the original owner.
All firms, partnerships and cor
porations and their employes (liv
lng in the state) not engaged in the
business of scrap buying or collec
tion are eligible to collect scrap met
al or rubber to be entered in the
name of the firm. The same mat
erial. however, may not be credited
to both a- firm and an individual.
Every individual living in the
state and not engaged in the busi
ness of collecting scrap metal a-.i
rubber is eligible to compete for
the individual prize.
Every state junior onganizati n
(in units) such as 4-H Clubs. Bov
Scouts. F. A. A. Clubs. Girl Scou-s
or Camp Fire Girls, is eligible to
compete for the junior prize.
PROCEDl RE
The county- salvage committ ?
will within each county be in charge
Of the program.
All scrap metal or rubber must be
receipted at point of delivery. (Call
your local salvage committee chair
man or representative for location
Of delivery point.) Credit in the
contest will be ONLY upon the basi>
Of such receipts. Be sure to get a
receipt in pounds.
World-Herald oorrespondfents in
each county will telegraph Tfe?
WorId-Herald the total of the prev
ious day's collections each day dur
ing the contest, these results to be
published daily as a box score to
heighten interest in the contest.
Additional local contests and local
prizes will be encouraged by the
county committees under rules they
may prescribe.
In all questions of interpretation
of the rules erf this contest the dec
ision of The World-Herald will be
fina.