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S A^t^chT 1874—-Basinet Phone^we. m?*’ Nebrask* Saturday, Nov. 21, 1942 Our 15th Year, No. 41 City Edition, 5c Copy
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I LET US OBSERVE... {
i THANKSGIVING DAY 1942
\ throughout Our [Station, as A Day of PRAYER |
The crack Provost Guord unit pic
turpd above contains many experts
with Automatic Pistols. Sub Mach
ine and Riot Guns. The Unit is
at present under the command of
Lt. Richard T. Green, of Philadel
phia. (Second from the left). The
precision drilling of the unit is due
in no small measure to the in tens ;
ive efforts of the Drill Master, j
Technical Sergeant Charles G. Bat- j
ties, of Chicago (third from the left) j
■3pt. Battles is also unu
for the Public Schools of Fort Hu j
achuca .Arizona.
Negro Cuts
Final Link in
Alaska Highway
wmtehorse. Yukon Territory -.
In the spruce forest of Yukon Ter
ritory this week the final link in
the Alaskan Highway was complet
ed with dramatic suddeness when
Corporal Refines Sims, Jr., Negro
of Philadelphia, driving a bulldozer
from the north, saw trees starting
to fall toward him. As he quickly
backed his big machine awy, a bull
dozer driven by Private Alfred Jaf
luka white, of Kennedy, Texas,
broke through the underbrush, -
Working from the north and the
south, the clews on the highwa>
at last bad met. Corpora.', Sims
leat-d "c:n tis bul!i> ?r in i \>a m
l- shook Jafluka’s h-ird It was
the 1 Jiia TeT-itory vt.-c.on cf the
driving of the golden spike.
Three men were nearby when tne
historic moment occurred Lieuten
ELKS TO Bl'RN MORTGAGE
J. FINLEY WILSON
TO BE IN CITY NOV. 30
HERE FOR MORTGAGE
BIKMVG
On Tuesday November 30th the
Iriqllois Lodge Number 92. IBP'*K.
of tv. will have a mortgage burn
ing closing their debt against their
home building at 2420 Lake St.
Present during these ceremonies
will be Grand Exalted Ruler of the
Colored Elks of the World, J. Fin
ley Wilson, who will be one of the
prinicpal speakers during this lug
event in Elkdom and our commun
ity.
Charles Davis is exalted ruler of
the local Elks Lodge.
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J. FINLET WILSON standing on bum the mortgage
the rostrum, from where he will
A TTY CHAS. F. DAVIS, Exalted
Ruler, IBPOE. of W. Xo. 92 Lodge, i
to whose leadership and guiding j
hand, must go tile majority of the j
redit for the paying off of the io
debtness on the Elks' Hall. Hats
Off to you. Mr. Davis.
COFFEE RATIONING
TO BEGIN NOV. 29th
Starting November 29, the Uni
ted States, the world's greatest
coffee drinking country, will ration
its coffee so that no one may buy
more than a pound of the beverage
during the first five weeks of the
rationing period.
The coffee to be rationed includes
roasted coffee.. _. whether ground
.in the bean, or decaffeinated....
and commercially sold mixtures of
substitutes. Consumers are not
coffee with chicory, cereal, or other
permitted to buy green, (Unroasted)
offee for home roasting. ' Instant
coffee”, soluble coffee, liquid cof
- fee concentrates, coffee extracts and
1 other beverages used instead of cof
fee are not rationed.
Restaurant coffee supplies have
also been cut and will sell proper
Attention! All Future WAACs,
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FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARD
BATTLE TO JUSTIFY
NEGRO TEACHERS
PAY INEQUALITIES
HAVE YOU WRITTEN
rorirsEXATOR"
STOP FILIBUSTER IX
CONGRESS ON ANTI-POLL
TAX BILL
Well, it looks like winning the
democratic right to vote for Door
people, and especially for Negroes,
faces tough sledding That's all
the more reason why it is essential
that every reader of this newspaper
acts now to get rid Of it: Write
your Senators insisting they return
quickly to Washington and support
the bill. Tell them to vote for a
‘‘cloture rule" if a filibuster is at
tempted.
tionately less coffee than they nor
mally have.
During the week November 22n1
through November 28. retail coffee
sales will be frozen for the purpose
of enabling storekeepers to stock
their shelves for the beginning of
ration sales. On November 29 the
rationing begins.
War Ration Book Number One.,
the "Sugar Book".... will then be
used for buying coffee- The stamps
in the book numbered 28 and down
to 20 are the coffe€ stamps The
first ration stamp is numbered 27
the second will number 28. This
apparently disconnected sequence
is used because of the physical ar
rangement of stamps in the ration
book.
Only those wnose ration books
show their age to be 15 years old
Or older may purchase a pound of
coffee for each coffee stamp. The
reason for this age limitation is to
allow larger rations for the adult
population.
The first ration period runs for
five weeks from Novmber 29 thru
January 3. 1943. Other ration per
iods will be announced later by the
OP A
Those who have no ration books
or ha\> lost them should apply im
mediately at their local War Price
and Rationing Board. If lack of
transportation facilities makes buy
ing coffee in the specified quantit
ies a hardship, the consumer may
apply at his Rationing Board for a
certificate to buy up to 5 pounds at
a time. In that case, a sufficient
number of stamps will be removed
by the Board to cover the ' advance’'
ration.
DEMANDS STOP TO ANTI
NEGRO RADIO SU ES
Labeling a recent CBS radio ?or
; trayal of a Xegro messman as a
stupid tightened clown, a vicious
I Nazi propaganda and as a valuable
contribution to the anti-war forces
of Senator Rankin and the League
for White Supremacy the XAACP
demanded an apology and the bar
ring of such treasonous propagan
j Dade County. Fla.Apparent
ly copying the -rocedure fallowed
in other »a*i*nda teachers’ ! salary
cases, the defendant school board
j in Dade county, filed this week ad
ditional defenses to the bill of com
plaint making the excuse that sal
aries paid to both Negro and white,
teachers and principals have be-m
based upon and determined by the
respective economic requirements
of these teachers and principals, ac
cording to the NAACP whose Spec
ial counsel is fighting for the equal
ization of teachers' pay.
The school board relied upon the
following ridiculous arguments in
: their effort to deny to the Negro
teachers their constitutional rights:
The defensep leaded that the pay
ment of higher salaries to whit •
teachers and principals than hav ■
been paid Negro principals and tea
chers has been based upon the fa-V
that the cost of living of the white
teachers and principals is greater
than that of the Negroes and that
it is necesary to pay white teachers
and principals more money than
Negro teachers and principals be
cause such practice is necessary in
order that white teach-rs can main
tain their standing as respectaoie
citizens in the community.
In addition to these arguments j
the school boards here say that the
white teachers possess greater
teaching qualifications generally
than do the Negro teachers. Anoth
er defense is that Negro teachers
are in the highest income brackets
in the Negro population while on
the other hand in Dade County. Fla.
white teachers are in the lowest
income brackets. Furthermore
says the board. Negro teachers ca.i
be hired easier because there aie
more Negro teachers competing for
the jobs and that in order to lti-y
white teachers the school board
must compete with industries that
pay higher salaries than the school
system is aide to pay.
, —-I
da from the air. William Kobesm.
| of WABC said that he realized too
j ;ate that the skit would be offens
ive to Negro listeners and prOnus
: ed that their would be no recur
! renee of such offense.
In sharp contrast to the actions
of Pearl Harbor's hero Dorie Miller
Ronald McDougal. writer of the so
called documentary' drama ‘The Man
Behind the Gun”, has a terror stric
ken Negro messman faint in the
face of danger,
RACE GIRL WINS AWARD
FOR LABOR ART
New York (C). .With Mayor La
Guardia as guest of honor, sweet
Lucille Lane won honorable men
tion for her labor art which is be
ing exhibited at the Feragil Galler
ies on New York’s famous 57th St..
> MEET LT. MAY AT
THE URBAN L’GE
OR ROOM 228 POST
OFFICE BUILDING
The idea behind the Women's
Auxiliary Corp is to train women to
do Army Jobs in an Army way. It
wil] mean that as each one is train
ed ond is ready for active work she
can and will release an able-bodied
soldier for combat duty.
If you are between the ages of
21 an 45. and can pass the Army
mental and physical tests you are
42,000,000 WOMEN
WANTED!
Your Uncle Sammie wants 42,000
000 women to help win this war. Do
Your Part.
MEET LT. MAY
FViday November 20th from 2 p.
m. to 5 p. m. and from 6 p. m. t® 8
p. m, at the Urban League, 2213
Lake St.
Lt. May will tell you how to get
in the army. Did viu know 42,000
tOO women are going to have some
thing to say about past war con
ditions. You should be one of them
so that you can speak for yourself
..JOIN THE ARMY NOW!
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eligible for enrollment in America'3
new army for women. Neither a
college degree nor a high school
diploma is a requisite- Every mem
ber of the corp will wear the ap
propriaoe uniforms, insignia and ac
cessories supplied by the govern
ment. Comfortable and congenial
living quarters, especially planned
for women are provided... .and all
meals are furnished.
Salaries paid to members are th*'
same as those paid to men in the
army of the United States of com
parable grade- All enrollees are
-ent to Fort DesMoines. Iowa fur
Jieir training in such basic types
of Army Organization, as. Military
Customs, allp Reading. Property
Accounting. Company Administra
tion and Military Sanitation and
First Aid.
The Negro women in the WAAC
have the same trainng. opportunit
ies for advancement and use of e
luipment as the white women. We
are trained for the purpose of help
ing our own Negro soldiers win this
war.
America's Negro women have a
job to do.a big one_and the
Women s Army Auxiliary Corp go
es you the opportunity to help.
Women are manning the jeeps .
the light trucks.they.re taking
over in the offices. There s work
for receptionists. .. .typists and
work in 20 other lines. For furth
er information Call AT-8212, Ex
tension 41; RoOm 228, Post Office
Building, 16th Dodge. Omaha. Ne
braska.
Lt. Charline Jane May has been j
assigned for duty as the Negro
WAAC Recruiting Officer for the
Seventh Service Command. This
command consists of the following
states; North and South Dakota
Iowa. Minnesota, Nebraska. Kansas
Missouri. Colorado and Wyoming.
She will be in Omaha uni til Nor.
25th office in Room 228 Post Of
fice Building.
>>ants Ralph W. Hunt and G. H. Jon
es and Harold W. Richardson of
Chicago. Western editor of the En
gineering New Record. ‘‘I never
saw anything so exciting and filled
with history." Richardson said.
Immediately after the Negro cor
poral and the white soldier clasped
hands they turned their buldozera
around and began to widen the trail
they had opened. In fact Jafluka
had been forcing his machine thru
the forest so fast that his face was
bloody from branch Scratches.
Not far from the point at which
the meeting occurred officials of
Canada and the United States will
formally dedicate the Alcan High
way on November 20. with many
dignitaries in both civilian and mil
itary life attending.
FEDERAL COURT
TESTS NEGROES’
RIGHT TO VOTE
Fort Worth. Texas— National
Spotlight fell this week on the age
old controversy of the Negro’s right
to vote when NACP Special Counsel
Thurgood Marshall appealed to the
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court to reverse
the lower court's decision in the
case of Lonnie E. Smith, Negro, a
gainst S. E. Allwright, election
judge and James J. Liuzza associate
election judge. 48th Precinct of Har
ris County.
A large crowd, mostly Negroes,
was present to hear the arguments
of Marshall and the counter argu
ments of Glenn A. Perry of Hous
ton. attorney for the Democratic
party.
Marshall charged the Democratic
Party with a "loose jointed organiz j
ation with no constitution or by
laws
“the only resolution we’ve Deen
able to find that they've ever ous j
ed.” he said, “is this one against
the Negro."
Marshall said the Democrats let
every white citizen vote in the
Democratic primaries, whether Dem
ocrat. Republican. Socialist or Com
munist
"By refusing to let the Negro
vote in the primary ” he said '‘the
Democrats cut the Negro out of
voting entirely because the primary
is tantamount to election.”
Filed originally in Houston on
April 25, 1942, the Negro charged,
the election judges with unlawfully i
denying him and other uuaHfi*!
Negro voters the right to vote ;n
the Democratic primary- election in
Texas on July 27, 1940 and August
24. 1940. solely because of roce and
color.”
The Negro sought $5000 damages
and declarator}- judgement permit
ting him and other Negroes to par
ticipate in future Democratic prim
ary elections in Harris County.
A brief of amicus curiae (friend
of court) introduced by attorneys
for the American Civil Liberties
Union, argues that “any arbitrary
and discriminatory restriction on
the use of the ballot particularly
where it is based on race, creed or
color,” is viewed as an impediment
to the democratic process, and asks
that the Circuit Court reverse tha
decision of the lower court.
Asking the same from the Circuit
Court in today's hearing was the
National Lawyers' Guild, which en
tered the case also as a friend of
the court.
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NAACP QUESTION’S CHURCHILL
ON RUMOR OF BRITISH MOVE
BARRING NEGRO TROOPS
New York. N. Y. . .To determine
the truth of a rumor that because
of the existing friction between Ne
gro and southern white soldiers in
the American Expeditionary Forces
in England no more Negro troops
would land in England the Nation
al Association for the Advancement
of Colored People this week cabled
Winston Churchill:
“We are informed that British
Government has requested United
States Government to send no |
more Negro soldiers to England
because of complications created
by prejudice of certain American j
troops fromsou them states. Will
you advise if such request has
been made? We trust it has not
as capitaluation to race prejudice
by Great Britain or United States ;
can only injure morale of ColOrel
peoples throughout the world."
OPEN FINEST ENLISTED MEN'S
CLUB IN SOUTHWEST
The finest Negro Enlisted Men .
Club in the Southwest was opene
recently at Kelly Field. Texas wit"
a gala celebration which follow >
sincere dedication ceremonies.
The club has a long bar whi. i
serves beer, soft drinks and co.
plete fountain aecessiries Table
will seat three hundred soldiers and
guests. The dance floor is spac
ious and the appointments are ir
the tradition of the Army Air Fore
’ Announce Betrothal
Miss Betty Davis
Mrs Charles F. Davis entertain
ed at a twilight party Sunday even
ing for Mrs. Wright of Los Angel
es. California, who was visiting her
daughter. Miss Jeanne Wright. Gir]
Reserve Secretary of the Northside
TWCA.
The surprise of the evening was
the formal announcement of the en- j
gagement of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
F. Davis' daughter Elizabeth. Ana, j
to Dr. Arthur Pittman Of Kans s j
City. Missouri and Prairie View.
Texas. The announcement was :
made by a record of White Christ
mas " as her daughter’s recorded j
voice gave the wedding date as |
Christmas day.
Miss Davis attended the Univers
ity of Nebraska and the University
of Omaha Law School. She was a
warded the Regent's Scholarship by
the University of Nebraska. She
was the tenth queen of St- Philip s
Episcopal Church’s Annual Coron
ation Ball. She is now employed by
the Government as Assistant Clerk
of the Selective Service Board.
Dr. Pittman received his D. V. M.
Degree from the Iowa State Col
lege of Agriculture. He is now
teaching and practicing in Prairie
View. Texas in the Department of
Veterinary Medicine. He is a mem
ber of the Alpha Fraternity.
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Encourage your white neighbors to subscribe
to THE OMAHA GUIDE and learn what the dark-; I
!er one tenth of the American population is think-:;
ing and doing.
SHIPBUILDING COMPANY, UNIONS
ORDERED TO CEASE
DISCRIMINATION
The President's Committee on
Pair Employment Practice has ord
ered the Delta Shipbuilding Corpor
ation. New Orleans. La . and L'»‘al
Number 37 of the International
Boilermakers. Shipbuilders. Weld
ers and Helpers of America. AF. of
L., to "cease and desist” from dis
criminating against Negroes in the
employment of skilled shipya d
workers.
The order and findings of the
President s Committee were based
on the record of a public hearin?
held in Birmingham. AJa., on June
20. 1942. R. B. Ackerman. Vice
President of Delta, represented the
corporation at the hearing, and
James B. McCollum. International
, Representative appeared for the
| union.
The formal complaint alleged hit
investigation by the Commit»'s
field representative disclosed that
out of a total employment of 7.00®
at the Delta Shipbuilding Corpor
ation. there were only a few hund
red Negroes: that all Negroes were
employed as common laborer or in
menial capacities: that the Co r<c
ation had a preferential hiring a
I greement with the New Orleans
Metal Trades Council through watch
! it recruited most of its workers and
| that the efforts of Negro organiz
ations and a representative of L->ca.
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NURSES’ AIDES AT FLINT-GOODRIDGE
Much of the nursing work .un~
n our hospitals since wartime is in
the hands of Red Cross trained vol
unteers. known as Nurse Aides,
who are heroically filling gaps left
in civilian ranks by military incur
sions. At Flint GoOdridge Hospital
Mew Orleans, three such volunteer?,
'aught in a moment of relaxation,
ire. above, left to right. MRS. P.
WHEELER. MRS. A. V. .GERMAN
ind MRS MANUEI. E SMITH, nil
if New Orleans.
HELP KEEP THE COAST CLEAK Enlist in the Coart
Guard, now. 317 P. 0. Building, Omaha.
