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Bennett College sees the growing demand for professional training for young women. Here are shown, left, Dr. Muriel Petioni, examining a child ,
in the Bennett Summer Health Institute, with Mrs. Rosalee S. McConnell, Tuberculosis Field nurse. Greensboro, recording the findings Pearline
McCulloch is in the foreground. At right, Dr. Alberta B. Turner, shown lecturing on Consumer Problems at the Institute. Dr. Petioni becomes
Resident Physician at Bennett in the fall and Dr. Turner will be on leave. _ -
There is a real opportunity this
week for the discovery ot taieruea
mus'cians living in Omaha and in
neighboring communities. New
members for Omaha’s Little Sym
phony Orchestra will be chosen by
audition this week before a com
mittee headed by Musical Director
Richard E. Duncan.
Important is the fact that va
cancies need to be filled in all sec
tions, that is, in the string, per
cussion, wood-wind, and brass sec
tions.
There will be a series of three
concerts. November 16th, January
25th, and March 29th. Albert
Spalding, violinist, will appear as
guest artist at the November con
cert. A greater variety of music
than has ever been possible before
will be presented this year. This
will naturally give the member
players an additional opportunity
for developing their talents under
the direction of Richard E. Dun
can. Mr. Duncan is a protege of
Serge Koussevitzky, conductor of
the Boston Symphony. After all,
the primary purpose of the Little
Symphony Orchestra is to discover,
develop and encourage talented
musicians in this vicinity. These
Popular high school students are
assisting the Omaha branch N. A.
A. C. P. in a drive for membership
this month—The girls are very j
enthusiastic and are looking for-1
ward to a . real response.
They are divided into three j
teams as follows:
BEVERLY STAMS, Captain j
Melba Faucett
Millicent Kane
Doris Pittman
Florentine Goodlet
PEGHE ANDERSON, Captain
Harriette Greene
Jeanne Rudd
Maryland Fowler
BETTY THOMAS, Captain
Jewel! Miller
Louise Miller
Jeanne Good
Ruth Forrest
Alberta Evant
They are being directed by E.
W. McGowan, Chairman and Ar
thur B. McCaw, President of the
Omaha Branch. i
BIG ARMY SHOW AUGUST
24th. 1942 •
Rolling across country with the
precision of a battle unit operating
in a combat zone, the huge tank
force for the Army War Show,
“Here’s Your Army,” will “in
vade” Omaha next week-end and
dig in for a four-day campaign.
The force of nearly 2,000 men, 40
horses and 400 vehicles will bivouac
at Ak-Sar-Ben field and will go
into action at Creighton stadium
the evenings of August 24, 25, 20
and 27th. |
musicians, in turn, bring enjoym-nt
and relaxation to many local lis
teners who otherwise would not
have had access to such good en
tertainment.
Contrary to seme public opinion,
the Omaha Little Symphony Or
chestra is meant to belong enteirely
to every man, woman, and child in
this vicinity who is interested in
music. It makes no difference who
the players and listeners are, where
they live, and how much income
they have. If they like music, this
orchestra is for them and for their
families. This venture is com
pletely civic. There are no chosen
few, and no favoritism is allowed.
Musicians are compensated for
their services, as members of the
Orchestra, on the scale accepted by
C. J. Christman, president of the
Musicians’ Association, Local No.
70.
*****
Any person interested in receiv
ing an audition are requested to
make an appointment by telephon
ing or otherwise getting in touch
with the Omaha Civic Music Asso
ciation office at the Joslyn Mem
orial on Monday or Tuesday of this
week. r
Dramatizing a cross-section of
the entire U. S. Army, “Here's j
Your Army’’ will be presented in
two parts—the show at Creighton
stadium and an exhibit at Ak-Sar- ,
Ben field. At the stadium show,
which is expected to attract a capa
city crowd of 25,000 every night,
spectators will have a chance to
see the full miprht of the army—
tanks, artillery, mechanized cav
alry, jeeps, and anti-aircraft in ac-1
tion, and demonstrations of flame
throwers and the signal corps’
walkie-talkie communications sys
tem. An air force squadron will
join in the show for tke spectacular
battle which winds up each per
formance. I
I
Army equipment and exhibits 1
showing how the Army lives, works
and fights will be on display at
the battle depot at Ak-Sar-Ben.
Headquarters for the Army Show
ticket sale are now open at 1522
Farnam street, Omaha. General
admission to the stadium show is
55 cents, with reserved seats at 1
$1.10, and $1.65 and ringside seats
at $2.20. Admission to the battle
depot is 25 cents, but the charge is
waived for persons who purchase
war show tickets in advance. Pro
ceeds frome the country-wide tour
of the show will go to Army Emer
gency Relief.
Cn The Home
Front
*****
We are now on the offensive.
For the first time in this war
American forces have moved again
st the enemy with the objective
of expelling him. The theatre of
action is the Solomons—a chain
of islands and steaming jungle
through which the Japanese line
'f communication flanks Australia.
Australia is one of the many
fronts on which American Negro
troops are stationed.
From its veiy start the first
American offensive indicates the
need for redoubling our production
effort on the home front. There
are, fortunately, indications that
the home front offensive is being
intensified. Increased activity on
the part of some local officers of
the United States Employment
Service in seeking full utilization
of our labor resources is one such
indication.
The USES in Illinois, for in
stance, is now distributing a 514
by &'s inch replica of the Exec
utive Order 8802 poster “Fair Fm
ployment Practice in Defense In
dustries,” in an effort to coirfbat
restiictive hiring practices. The
poster can be folded into a book
let which states:
“Your sons, brothers, fathers,
husbands, sweethearts—battling ro
preserve American liberty—will
never ask the race, creed, color or
national origin of those building
the ships, planes, tanks, guns
needed to win.”
The second page of the poster
booklet declares:
“The man at the next bench may
differ from you in race, color or
rehgion .... but he’s workig for
Victory just as you are .... to
save the home that America has
made for him. Remember: There
are 5,000,000 Jews m America.
:here are 5.000,00? aliens, there are
12.000.000 Negroes, there are 21.
500.000 Catholics, there are 36,000,
500 Protestants ....
“When you bar one group from
working you pave the way to bar
ring all such groups from a pur
suit—America can’t afford the loss
af a single worker’s skill and wil
lingness to help the country that
has helped him . . .
“A Nazi conquest means a land
filled with hate . . . with intolerance
and oppression . . . race a -'ainst
race . . . religion against religion
. . . color against color . . . the
apposite of every American deal.
Don’t let it happen!”
i
*****
Manpower is only one of the
problems on the home front in our
battle for production however. Last
week, Elmer Davis, Director of the
Office of War Information called
attention to the need for an in
ereaee in the prod action of raw
materials. He declared that we
must develop new processes, em1
waste, and—something in which
every American can heln—“or?s~
the full salvage by every citizen
of the land.” j
One of the great shortages, a J
shortage which must be overcome;
if we are to wrin this war, is a
shortage of steel. This shortage j
was cited in the closing of the Hig-'
gins Shipbuilding Yard in New
Orleans where several thousand
Negro workers were to be "trained
and employed in all skills. This
shortage is already slowing pro
duction in other factories in which
Negro workers are now employed.
It is indeed a shortage which every
American must tackle. We must
do a better job of collecting iron
and steel scrap.
Materials and more materials—
that is the desperate need. This is
a war in which tanks are destroyed
by hundreds in a single action on
a single sector of one front. And
yet-into a tank of the General
Grant type go 26 tons of steel,
some six hundred pounds of cop
per, more than five hundred pounds
of chromium and more than six
hundred pounds of manganese,
aluminum, lead and zinc.
The Office of Price Administra
tion denies it plans to add new
commodities to the rationing p o
gram. The rumors arose frrm
OPA’s plans to prepare a rationing
book which, placed in the hands of
every citizen in the country, could
be used for the rationing of any
commodity or article in which a
shortage occurred . . . The U. S. A.
and Mexico have concluded an ar
rangement by which Mexican fa m
workers may prfer th° TT ^ t->
help get in this year’s bumner
rops . . . WPB has authorized
'Ten»-y J. Kaiser. West Coast ship
builder, to submit flans for build
ing five hundred Martin “Mars”
V:ne heats for use as cargo car
riers and has asked Kaiser to pro
ceed with designs of a new t.;7pe
two hundred ton flying boat . . .
In July we spent $184,400,000 a day
for war—a gain of 16 3 per cent
over June . . . More than 2 -
Negro recruits now are being
trained at the Great Lakes Naval
Trailing Station and 300 Negro
Coast Guard recruits have been
assigned to active duty . . . V u
can’t buy railroad watches any
more unless it is an a- my order
or you work for tb° ra’lw-ad .
Admiral William D Leahy, the
President’s Chief cf Staff, in a
radio speech: “This i^ ‘ h'- t;m
to make our stand . . . We d^re
be reckless with the fate o* rvr
own country—we dare not throw
away the fate of the world.”
For yictory...\
Pledge
UNITED STATES DEFENSE
SAVLN BOM)
The
WAITERS’
co? umn
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(BY II. W. SMITH)
WE. 6*58
By H. W. Smith
The Cottonwood Room at the I
Blackstone Hotel with the quick
step c:ew of wai ers ar? taking"
care of the serv'ce in a very fine
way. Bro. John Evans looked in
on the ball game in Council Bluffs
last Sunday.
The Omaha Club is on the good
service move at all time and Mr.
Blackwell and his Capt. Mr. Earl
Jones and the quick stepping wait
ers. Mr. Virgil Shobe, Mr. Frank
Buford and Mr. Than Lusca are
in the running at all times on good
e»vice.
Mr. Bill Sones of the Omaha
Athletics Club left by airplane for
XeW York and Boston! Oh, Yeah!
Mr. Chausy McFarland is one cf
he top m;n at the Omaha Athletic
Club and we are not surprised as
the boys from the Lone Star Stare
always go over the top.
The Omaha Guide will have a
very tig surprise for the readers
in the early fall edition and to
mr-He sure of being safe, suberibe
now.
Mr. Johnie Maloy who is up from
he Razor Back Hog S ate is a
heavy stock holder in on of the
downtown places! He holds a horse
n front of the building.
Mr. Jerry Simpson is one of the
top men with the Pullman Co..
Are you a member of the N. A.
A. C. P.? If not, why not?
We often wonder if Mr. Walter
Seuls and Mr. A1 Jones, Jr., can
tell how many pounds of meat they
have inspected.
This writer talked with Mr. Davis
who is up from the state of Geor
gia and has the appearance of a
Frenchman and were invited to
smoke one of Killingworth’s and
Price’s best Carbana Perfections
and of cou se we are always ready i
to join him in smoking and of
course we are quite sure the Omaha
Field Club is very much out in
front with the golf playing head
waiter and the two streamlined
cooks, Dick and John, will al
ways keep the club out in front
with extra good food.
!
We should all observe very
closely the feature of being very
careful about saving linen, keep a
look out for soiled silver have nap
kins on tables the right way, keep
butter iced and only serve the
amount of sugar that the govern
ment allows and practice being
, loyal to one another, and keep in
’ mind employees are always ex
pected to be a good spoke in the
wheels of business as cooperating
with each other will bring good re
^ suits. Last but not least, don’t
knock on your fellow brother as
we expect the benefit of the doubt.
Always let the employer use his
ideas about making changes as we
all have got to live in harmony to
make success.
-AA A A L.l> t OK.fc.MAN I
OF JURY INVESTIGATING
TRIBUNE
Chicago, August 20, (ANP)—
John 0. Hollmes of Joliet, 111., has
been named foreman of the July
grand ju y investigating charges
‘.hat the Chicago Tribune, a local
daily, revealed information of value
to the enemy in a news story
printed June 7th.
Holmes was appointed a federal
venireman several wekes ago and
is believed to be the first Negro
on a federal jury in this district.
4 iUi'l v^SSES
The meeting was held at the
home of Tessie Edwards on Sat
urday, August 15th. We had a
scavenger hunt directed by Tessie
Edwards. The members of the win
ning team were Doris Pittman,
Pauline Edwards, and Betty
Thcmas, captain. We also discussed
plans for a cake raffle to be held
on August 29th, chances may be
purchased from any member of the
club. At the close of the meeting
refreshments were served by our
hostesses. The next meeting will
be at the home of Miss Jeanne
Godde on Charles Street.
DORIS PITTMAN, President,
BEVERLY ST AMS, Reporter.
f Front row, reading left to rigkt: Bishop H. Y. TMke7BUho7N®ahWUlU«»^Uko^W^^ri*htW^ I
S^cood Row: Miaa Paaliae Kedmoad, co-director of Ike Yootk Divtoles. 8 loading: Mra. Cryatoi Bird Faaaot. )
> CMcr * **• ***** Relation* Division d tko Ofke of CWOtoa Defense. Mra. Paaoot to oxjtoialng to Ik*
White Charges South
WithRebhellien
St. Louis, Mo.—“Though even
some of you may not realize it we j
have open rebellion bordering on
treason in the United States to
day,” declared Walter White, ex
ecutive secretary of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People before the audi
ence assembled at the Municipa
auditorium here in a mass meeting
sponsored by the March on Wash
ington Movement, Friday night
August 14th.
“The rebels,” said White, “an
Gene Talmadge of Georgia, Gov
ernor Dixon of Alabama, Congress
man Rankin of Mississippi, the Ki
Klux Klan, the National Worker;
League, and all those who share
their views.” 1
Taking as his theme a sentence
from a new be>ok by Ernest Bevin.
British Minister of Labor, who said
hat the issue at stake in this war is
the matter of the denomination of
one people by another, Mr. White
declared: “We are here to let the
world know that we Negroes are
ired of being dominated and ex
ploited and we want something
lone about it.”
In a sharp address in which he
harged that “sinister forces are
leliberately trying to foment race
ots in various parts of the coun
ry, particularly in the South,” Mr.
■Vhite said that the government
nd the people of the United States
nust decide; “Who is going to rule
he United States—the government
f all the people, or the reaction
ry fascist South?" Unless this
ecision is made, the speaker as
»rted, trouble may follow which
lay cause the United States and
he United Nations to lose the war.
The leader of the N. A. A. C. P.
uoted Governor Dixon of Alabama
hen he turned down a governmen'
var contract because it contained
i clause against discrimination on
.ccount of race as saying: “I will
not permit the state of Alabama to
be subject to the whims of any
Federal agency and will not permit
the employees of the slate to be
placed in a position where they
must abandon the principle of seg
regation or lose their jobs.”
“The President of the United
States issued Executive Order No.
8802 prohibiting discrimination on
account of race, creed, color or na
tional origin in government and
war industries,” Mr. White said.
“The challenge to the President and
to the government of all the people
of this country is unmistakable
and cannot be evaded.
“This is no longer a question at
minorities nor of the wisdom or
authority of the President in is
suing Executive Order 8802,” be
declared. “A house divided against
itself cannot stand. Either Mr.
Roosevelt is our President or he
must abdicate and turn over his
seat to Dixon. An evasion of that
issue or any weakness on the part
of the President will mean collapse
of authority which can do nothing
but bring chaos.”
*
USES MEMO PERMITS JOB JIM
CROW, VIOLATES FDR
ORDER, NAACP TELLS
MCNUTT
New York—Direct to Paul V.
McNutt, Federal Security Admin
istrator and chairman of the War
Manpower Commission, went a
vigorous objection from the N. A.
A. C. P. last week to Section 5 of
United States Employment Serv-!
ice Bulletin C-45 which would al
low an employer to ask for “white
have his request granted by the
USES.
The section which the N. A. A.
C. P. called “plain instruction to
state directors to ignore Executive
Order 8802 and assist employers
who seek to violate the order,”
states: “If the employer refuses
to el'minate discriminatory specifi
cations, referral will be made on
the basis of his order, providing the
jobs to be filled are on essential in
dustry.”
The section makes an exception
of states where legislation outlaws
discrimination on in employment
for war industry. '
There are only four states, the
NAACP told McNutt, which have
laws prohibiting discrimination in
employment. They are New York,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsyl
vania, and the laws in the latter
two states are not strong.
“This means in effect,” the As
sociation said, “that Director John
J. Corson’s memorandum of July
1, advises that the USES offices
in 44 states are not bound by Ex
ecutive Order 8802.
If the memorandum is allowed to
stand, it will mean Negroes will
be back where they were before
the President signed his execu
tive order, the NAACP asserted.
Since USES is now the princi
pal avenue through which labor
is furnished war industries, this
order, if carried out, means
that a federal aegncy will be aid
ing employers in freezing Negroes
out of jobs; the protest declared.
Roy M. White, State Oil in
spector, left Saturday for a ten
days’ vacation in Oklahoma and
Texas. While there, he will visit
his brother, Private Oswald White,
who is stationed at Camp Walters,
Tex. He was accompanied by Mrs.
E. Scroggins and daughter, Mary
Sessions, who will visit relatives
in Dallas.
THE WEEK
*****
By H. W. Smith
St. Benedict opens new hall.
Dr. Soloman quick stepping oa
No. 24th St.
Earl Hines in. Omaha this week.
Mr. Preston tops at buss sing
ing.
Guy Robbins streamline real
estate dealer.
Carey’s Grocery tops at ice cream
and watei melon.
Sargeant Bivens rendered fine
program.
Attorney Ray Williams is Oma
ha’s streamlined politician.
Mr. Newly of Council Bluffs on
No. 24.h St.
Col. Henry Black champion pool
player.
Shirley Kennedy expert on auto
tire saving.
C. M. E. Annual Conference in
the making.
North Side Clinic doing much
good.
James Bell walks without a cane.
Brother Porters fishing trip to
Minnesota in the making.
Perry Taylor, the barber, con
ducts a very fine Sunday School
class.
Tom Jones the No. 24th St. busi
ness man giving quick service.
S; o. Mosley one of the best reg
ular attenders at Zion Baptist
Church.
Lee Washington always produc
ing new ideas.
Mr. McKown the insurance man
a high-powered salesman.
Mr. James Jewell Jr., a very
careful thinker, and don't talk
much.
Lewis the oil station man giving
service with a smile.
Richard McCain on the R. R. out
west.
Chicago Brown Bombers defeated
Sioux City Red Birds at Legion
Ball Park, 7 to 3, in Council Bluffs.
American Legion picnic in the
making.
Many soldiers and visitors in the
city.
Sargeant Bivins rendered very
fine patriotic program at the Clair
Chapel.
Mrs. Scoggins and daughter on a
motor trip to their former home in
Texas.
Advisory board of the 4 C Club
had a very interesting meeting.
Harry Anderson of Louisville,
Ky„ in Omaha.
Jess Harding watching truck
workers on Omaha and Council
Bluffs Street Railway Co.
Shirley Kennedy on the east side
of No. 24th St. near Lake St. early
Monday morning.
Mrs. Lena Powell of Independ
ence, Mo., visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Edna Williams and grandson,
Leon Sawyer at 2217 Ohio St.
Mr. Goldie Davis of the Ath
letic Club on vacation.
Roosevelt Post No. 30 American
Legion emers a year of great ac
tivity. Dr. W. W. * eebles ha*
just closed a brilliant year of serv
ice to the community as well aa
to the Legionnaires. J. C. Carey,
Commander elect has begun in a
blaze of g'o-" He is sponsoring
for the coming week, beginning
Sund»” with a picnic at Benning
ton, Nebr., featuiing a base ball
eamo. sack races, a breakfast dance
and 20 rounds of bc"i-~
I Then turning to Monday night is
the Grand Ball and Installation at
Dreamlr-* ’ Hall. All the state of
ficers of the American Legion Con
! vention has been invited, including
, the Governor and Hon. Kenneth
! Wherry, Republican Senatorial *
nominee.
I Come early because everybody
. will be there.
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Big Army Show Aug. 24th