— — — --- ' * ' LARGEST ACCREDITED NEGRO NEWSPAPER WEST_OF_CHICAGO AND NORTH OF KANSAS^CTTY^^—MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PR^SS jgdgAgtg^hy^agi^^^^mgl^^__g^!^yL^yl5L1943 OUR I6th YEAR-No. 14 City Edition, 5c Sc Worth : of Good Readin \ ----r r r rr r rr s ffowfirr ffffi-rj-ffrfyfffljr>I|iJfJJf JJJf jjjjj JXJJ Church Choirs To Sing Together in Annual Event “THE GOODWILL SPRING MUSICAL”— founded by that beloved Presby terian minister, John A. Williams, now of Kansas City, and L. L. Mo Vay—will feature the various choirs ^ ~ ^ ----. of our churches who will bleni their voices together in song in their Ninth annual concert at the City Auditorium, Sunday, May lfc. at 2:30 pm. Hymns of all churches, Negro Spirituals and anthems will be fea tured on the program. Henry Washington, Director of the Paul Briggs ensemble, assisted by other choir directors, will direct the huge choir. The Rev. F. S. Goodlett, pastor cf I the Pilgrim Baptist Church, will speak on “Church Cooperation." THE OMAHA GUIDE IS YOUR PAPER— READ IT WEEKLY. Need For War Nurses Critical Volunteers Relieve Registered Nurses «K. „- , _ . _. DIRECTORS ^ CHIEF '> Eft. T £D*ABO JOtifS Relieving the shortage of registered nurses, Volunteer Nurses’ Aides are being recruited in hospitals throughout the country. Part of the class of Senior Volunteer Nurses’ Aides of Freedmen’s Hospital, Washington, D. C., includes (first row, left to right): Mrs. Gertrude Stone, assistant captain; Mrs. Lyn wood Cundiff, Miss Doris Stevenson, Mrs. Arthur Randall, Mrs. Martin Beleno, Mrs. Robert Ming; (second row): Mrs. George M. Johnson, captain; Miss Susie Freeman, Miss Florence Grant, and Mrs. Louis Lucas. NEED FOR W AR NURSES ( CRITICAL; TO STAGE RECRUIT MENT RALLIES MAT 13, 14 Because the need for additional ■war nurses has become critical. Red Cross chapters in Lincoln and Omaha will stage Nurse Recruit ment Rallies on May 13 and 14. These rallies w 11 bring to a climax the observance of National Nurse Recruitment Week, the annivers ary of Florence Nightingale's birth and National Hospital Week. The principal speaker for both rallies will be Jane Tiffany Wag ner, of New York City, Director of Women’s War activities for the National Broadcasting Company. The Lincoln rally will be at 8:00 p. m. in the Cornhusker Hotel on Thursday, May 13. The Omaha rally will be at 8:00 P. M. Friday, May 14 at the Joslyn Memorial Auditorium. Major General Fred erick E. Uhl, Commandant of the Seventh Service Command, U. S. Army, and Governor Dwight Gris wold. of Nebraska, will also ad dress the Omaha rally. Mrs. Wagner, former Iowan, is supervisor of the NBC Red Cross program, THAT THEY MIGHT LIVE (11:30 A.M. Sundays on WOW which is the nucleus of a national campaign being put on by NBC and its affiliated stations for the Red Cross nursing programs. The na tional drive seeks to enlist 36,000 additional War Nurses, 100.000 ad ditional Red Cross Nurse's Aides, and 1.000,000 additional enrollees in Red Cross Home Nursing Classes. Delegations from Red Cross chapters within a radius of 50 mil es of both Lincoln and Omaha will attend the nearest rally. The gen eral public, particularly women in terested in nursing, is invited to either or both rallies. WINDOW IS SMASHED TO GET CHOICE BEEF New York, May 10—Thieves smashed a display window in a Brooklyn restaurant and fled with a 125 pound hunk of choice beef. The restaurant is across the street from police headquarters. SOMETHING NEW IN TOWN TODAY! Lena Horne at the Paramount theatre in‘Cabin in the Sky’ LENA HORNE PLAYS MOST IMPORTANT ROLE OF CAREER Lena Horne, torch-singing charm er of “Panama Hattie,” plays the most important screen role of her career as the night club charmer who almost lands Eddie (Rochestei) Anderson in Hades, in “Cabin in the Sky,” M-G-M adaptation (£ the Broadway musical hit. now show ing at the Paramount theatr \ The musical fantasy, which daa's with the struggle between Lucifer. Jr., and the forces of good for the soul of Eddie (Rochester) Anderson, is a blend of music and gay enter tainment. “Cabin in the Sky,” and other song hits from the stage play are argumented by original s°ngs Rochester and Miss Waters head , the cast. Miss Horne plays the “vamp” role. Rex Ingram, Lot;:s Armstrong. Duke Ellington and his band, the Hall Johnson Choir are among many noted personalities in the cast. LITTLE ROCK DEDICATES New USO Center Little Rock, Ark., May 9—Moth er's Day was described as a fitt ing occasion to assure American mothers that their sons and daugh ters in the armed forces are given adequate recreational opportunit ies at USO clubs, in a speech he-e by Henry W. Pope. Consultant lor Negro Services of USO. Mr. Pope spoke at the dedication of a new USO Club for service to Negroes in uniform at 800 Lj "West Ninth Street. "The morale of the men and I women serving the cause of liberty in the armed forces of this nation must be sustained at all costs,” he said. “It is USO’s privilege to help in this patriotic task by maintain ing 1,500 cheerful, homelike clubs in the contenental United States and hemisphere bases. "Today, it is of special interest to Negro mothers to know that USO provides their sons in uniform witn recreational programs during off duty hours at 108 USO clubs and 175 smaller units. Taking place in | attractive. fully equipped cIud j houses, dances, social events and other entertainment features are directed by trained, professional workers. “Negro leadership, together with leadership by other groups, is giv ing its best to the cmomon task of fortifying the heart and soul of men in uniform. Together we seek to achieve victory and a lasting peace to follow this global war." Mr. Pope said that attendance at 108 USO clubs for Negroes now ex ceeds 1,000,000 monthly. The clubs are directed by a staff of 132 pro fessionally trained Negro workers, assisted by a corps of 53.000 vol unteers. A graduate of the Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N. C., Mr. Pope has taken post grad uate courses at Columbia Univers ity, New York University and the Union Theological Seminary. He has been actively associated with many social, civic and wel fare societies. During his stay of several days in Little Rock. Mr. Pope will con fer with local USO officials and ii - pect other USO clubs in this area. House To Vote On Poll-tax Bill Mon., May 24th WASHINGTON. May 11 — 5 The last 218 signatures was secur ed Thursday afternoon for the pet ition asking discharge of the jud iciary committee and the rtues committee from further consider ation of H.R. 7. the measure des igned to wipe out the poll tax m seven southern states, and the bill was immediately scheduled for a vote by the house of representativ es on May 24. Thus a job which took a year and a half of the 77th congress was ac complished in less than three mon ths of the present session. The coalition bill jointly sponsored by five congressmen but bearing (lie name of Rep. Vito Marcantonio (ALP) of New York, was introduced on the first day of the new session, Jan. 6. The resolution asking the discharge was put on the speaker's table on Feb. 23, and an intensive drive was begun. Congressman Marcantonio was the first signer, and Congressman Antonio M. Fernandez (D) of New Mexico was the last signature af fixed. In the drive to corral the needed ! signatures a steering committee which crossed party lines was or g-. nixed and < haired > y Rep. Go rge H. Bender if Ohio. He was supported by Reps. Joseph Clark Baldwin, William L. Dawson, Jos eph V. Gavagan, Warren G. Mag nusson and Tom E. Scanlon. Handling the campaign outside the halls of congress was the Na tional Committee to Abolish the Poll Tax whose two day conference here in March stimulated pressure from back in the districts. One hour after Congresman Ben der had announced that the requir ed signatures had been obtained, Rep. Marcantonio issued a state ment in which he called for con tinued vigilance and an intensify ing of effort “all along the line.” He warned that opponents of the hill will seek to lead it down with amendments aimed at eliminating property qualifications for voting, a condition now imposed in some states. I “To combat this strategy-." he said, “there must be no let down in j our fi&ht. In fact, we must intens i ify it to the end that every con j gressman will be on the floor on ! the day the measure comes up for a vote, and to fight off every at tempt made to cripple the bill.” Marcantonio also extended ap preciation to the Negro press for their cooperation and support. He did this in a telegTam to the Asso ciated Negro Press in which he said in part: “I want to express my personal gratification to you and through you to the entire Negro press and to the Negro people and their organizations for the unyield j ing support they have given me , and my colleagues in this fight. We have cause to be glad that a vote will take place on anti-poll tax legislation in the house, but we must not let up our pressure eith er in the house or the senate. ' He also paid tribute to the late Congressman Lee E. Gever of Cal ifornia. father of anti-poll tax leg ' islation. Congressman Bender was also jubilant over the progress made , and so in the success of the dis charge petition a strengthening of “our internal morale” and a dem onstration “to our own people that the congress has full confidence In the democratic will of out people.” He also viewed it as “evidence to (Continued on t DR. UN YUT/1NG... CHINESE PHILOSOPHER Interviewed cn "Race Questions” DOCTOR LIN YCTANG, CELEBRATED AUTHOR AND SCHOLAR BEING INTERVIEWED BY MR LLEWELLYN RANSOM. Missing Child Found in St. Louis Missing since last Saturday af ternoon was Arietta Mosely, 9 a little girl who had been living with her aunt, Mrs. Josephine Jackson 2020 Willis avenue, was j found in St L.ouis at the home of < another auntie. She had told the i conductor of the train that she had : lost her ticket. The Child’s mother is visiting her soldier husband at i a Florida camp. j BV LLEWELLYN RANSOM “No one has a right to condemn Hitler’s racial arrogance as long as that one shares It himself," said Lin Yutang, brilliant Chinese Phil- j osopher and author of American and Chinese best sellers, in an ex clusive interview on the Negro question at his New York home in Grade Square. Dr. Lin began his interview with a statement of his position as a for eigner and as a citizen of a Unit ed Nation: “As a foreigner I have no right to criticize the domestic policies of another nation. I am in terested in the Negro question, from the point of view of basic, hu man rights and I think I hate some little right to talk about this issue, in so far as it affects the things we are fighting for in +his war; and I believe we are fighting for freedom and equality of all peoples. WAR FOR SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLES Secondly, we are fighting for hit man rights besides economic rights. Whatever progress is made in the realization of these ideals in the T\ S. will naturally have a tremend ! OUS effect on all Asiatics and strengthen the conviction that vve are fighting for spiritual principles and not for war booty. There seems to be a prevalent misconception that the Negro issue is one of economic rights and not of human rights. In this age we are tending more and more Chester, Pa., May 10. .The Mur ine Eagle, first ship built entirely by Negroes, was launched at ths Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. Mrs. Rachel Stevenson, for 25 years a cleaner in the office of the Sun President John G. Pew, chru tened the vessel. She received a $1,000 war bond, gift of the comp any. | IF YOU LIKE GOOD HEADIN’ l SUBSCRIBE FOR... • THE OMAHA GUIDE Paul Briggs Ensemble Travel 250Miles thru Rain, Mud on Goodwill Concert tour Through rain and mud, the Paul Biggs Ensemble, directed and man aged by Henry Washington, trav eled 250 miles Sunday, May 9 to keep their engagements in three cities. They were accompanied by Mrs. Gertrude Lucas Craig, Juven ile Court Probation Officer who served as narrator, and Mr. R. R. Brown, Executive Secretary of the Omaha Urban League, their guest speaker. In Nebraska City, the entire morning services were turned over to the ensemble and their guests. The church congregation thrilled to the beautiful songs as present ed by this group of young choris ters. The praise following the ser vices indicated that the audience felt the sincerity with which the songs were sung. Mr. Washing ton. by the excellent shading shown in the renditions, made one conscious of the fact that he is a trained as well as natural musician. Mr. Urown’s sermon was entitl ed ‘‘Faith—the Way of Under standing" Rev. W. H. Parker, the pastor of the First Methodist Church, expresed the hope that the Briggs Ensemble would return in the very near future. In Falls City, the program was sponsored by the Negro Methodist Church and held in the Episcopal Church under the guidance of Fa ther Claudius. Although this pro gram was held in a more formal atmosphere, the ensemble acquitt ed itself with great credit and caused the audience to feel deeply these beautiful spirituals as they were sung: namely “Swing Low. Sweet Chariot", ‘‘Couldn’t Hear N , j body Pray’ , and "He Never Said a Mumbling Word”. Mary Jarrett. contralto soloist, was very brilliant in singing. My Lords a Riding All the Time". The bass section led by Mr. Jesse Carter, was very outstanidng in "Hock My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham’. In Hiawatha, Kansas, the en semble was the guest of all the churches in the community who met in a union service at the Ev angelical Church. The evening services were attended by about 450 persons who were very atten tive and interested in the program from beginning to end. The en semble presented an entire pr> gram to the body singing many songs with Mrs. Craig explaining the grouping of song and Mr. Brown delivering a sermon based on "Faith and the Brotherhood of Man’’. Outstanding soloists were the Misses Katie Beasley. Mary Jarrett, Colleen Kincaid and Jac queline Johnson. With great care, Mr. Washington brought to the congregation all that could be ob tained in the way of beauty from the spirituals that were sung. A quartette including Mr. Wash ington and the Messrs Jesse Carter Clarence Smith, and William But ler sang “Study W'ar No More", and “I Got a Robe”. These were well received by the congregation. By special request, Mary Jarret sang -The Old Rugged Cross” with the ensemble giving her beautiful choral support. On this occasion, the ensemble was especially brill iant in ‘‘Walk Together Children”, and “I Can Tell the World”. Other songs presented on these programs were “Down Here". “He Knows How Much We Can Bear", "You Must Have that True Religion”, “Ride on, King Jesus', and “Cer tainly. Lord”. The singers were presented to the various audiences as Goodwill ambassadors bringing songs of hope and cheer because of their love for music and not because there was any financial gain for them as individuals. In each com munity where they appeared, they were enthusiastically received and many expressions were made in re gard to the beauty of their youtn ful voices and requests were mails for them to return. Single Gun Duel Kills Man, Divorc ed Wife San Antonio, Texas, May 12_ ' r°ver 1. Lewis and his divorced wife, Mrs. Opal Lewis, were shot to death and police were told, each killed the other with one gun us ad for both killings. Harry North, a roomer in the boarding house in which the shoot ings occurred, said that Mrs. Lewis was shot by her former husband. North told police Lewis stood over Mrs. Lewis a moment, then drop ped the gun and fled. Although dj ing, Mrs. Lewis picked up tha weapon, fired once and hit the fie ing man in the head. train hits horse, girl rider unhurt Lincoln, May 10—Joanne Walker, 14, escaped serious injury and oo-l sible death Sunday when the horse she was riding became frighte v.-d and ran into a passing train. The girl, thrown clear of ih? tracks just before the horse vns hit by the oncoming passenger train was badly shaken and bruised. T-ro of the animal's legs were sheared off and it was shot.