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Read the Omaha Guide and be up with the times all the while. _ i Omaha Club waiters are on the up and go at all times. Race horse head waiter and the very fine crew of the Paxton hotel are going over the top at all times. Fellow waiters don’t you think we should invest our money in a paying business of some kind as we never know what we can do un less we create and develope an en terprise of some kind. Omaha is very much in need of a hotel on X. 24th St. What do you think about H? Read the Memorial write up in the next issue. THE WEEK— “Cabin in the Sky” at the Para mount theatre made a big hit. _ Ned Moore and Bro. Farr of N. 27th St., and Bro. Snglish and a fine group of Pullman porters in Omaha Saturday May 15th and we wondered where Bro. Jake Todd was as he is a very prominent fig ure on North 24th St. Attorney Bryant and H. "W. Smith exchanged a few words on 24th & Lake Streets. Co-ordinating Council had a very fine meeting at Zion Baptist Church. 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The question is more serious than it appears in print. The Negro baseball club owners smoked big fat and black sigars all winter around their various hang outs throughout the country and selpt their chance to make an ef fective beef about how they were going to transport their players and clubs about in 1943 to make league schedules. They came in the barn after the horse had been stolen— after the major leagues had gotten, their side of the matter straighten ed out—and now the season offic ially opened as of May 16, the big gest news is a lot of wrangling and twisting between the Negro Amci ican League and theNegr o Nation al League over who stole who. J. B. Martin, president of the A merican League in the West, is levelling his guns on Tom Wilson of the National loop in the East accusing member clubs of the sea board circuit of swiping a few guys from certain American Lea gue teams. Martin is hollering loudly about player Bell of the Mem phis Red Sox (owned by his bro ther, B. B. Martin) and player Shields of the Chicago American Giants and the K. C .Monarchs ap pearing in the lineup of the Home stead Grays, Cum Posey's and Son ny Man Jackson’s outfit. Also in . line for a slap in the mug is the Philadelphia Stars club of the N NL which is said by Martin to have yanked some players from the West All this yelping and hollering and beating of the breasts amounts to nothing insofar as the actual pro gress of Negro baseball is concern ed. What the wTangling owners an dleagues should be concerned with i sthe alarming inclination of big name players to quit the game altogether and get a good paying job in a defense factory or even join the army where they can at least eat three square meals a day and have a chance to advance in the ranks. A point few have mule mention of is the fact that few J e gro ball players come out of the game with anything. More Negro stars are found hustling quarters, hartending, acting as bouncers in night clubs and dance halls, driv ing taxicabs, or still trying to play ball after they’ve reached the ripe young age of 50 than in any other sport. To begin with, Negro ball play ers are in a poor paying racket. | The owners get the big cars, oun friends at a northside business house! Read the Omaha Guide. The Arkansas river overflowing. Above high water marks. American Day celebrated very extensively in all cities’ of the U.5. Credit Union of the 4C Club go ing good. Streamlined stenographer at the Urban League going good. Brother Kennedy one of the old school of the Roast Beef knights on 24th and Erskine St. Ladies Auxiliary of the Postal Alliance very much out in front. Mr. Eugene Pierre passed on May 9th. He was one of the oid school of roast beef knights and we all extend our sympathy to the family. Goodwill Spring Musical had a large crowd and it is a lovely idea to bring about a goodwill fellow ship. This writer had the pleasure of joining a very select party of fine friends Mrs. Mollie Dennis and Mrs. Vivian Johnson, two of Om aha’s very friendly ladies and it was a beautiful fellowship as the gentlemen -were all smiles. C. B. Wilkes and Mr. Oscar Bas set on Ohio St., Sunday afternoon. Memorial Day May the 30th and we all should pay our very best respects to our loved ones who have passed on. Brotherhood Club of Clair Chap el has a program in the making. Mrs. Ethel Kirtley looks over the magazines at Duffy's drug store. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Rube of Sidney, Nebr., were week end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Reno Sib ! ilia of 714 South 38th Ave. and they enjoyed every minute of their vdsit in Omaha and they are vel come as the flowers in May. Are you a member of the local NAACP? If not, why not? •> ; try homes, own the night clubs, speakeasies and ride the Century or the Broadway Limited back and forth. The players, who on the av erage earn about $75 a week and in many cases, far less than that, are in a different category. That’s why the average colored ball play er is so ready to jump at a mom ent’s notice and why the Cubans and the Mexicans and Puerto Ric ans can come to the states md pick up anybody they want, m ! eluding Jos Gibson, Satchel Paige, j Terris MacDuffie, Willie Wells I and others. The money is what counts. The ; Senors from down Mellico Way of fered the batch of players in the . Mexican National League $400 a month on an average, with expens es including transportation. Some of the big name players got more than that, J. B. Martin has indicated that he’ll call off the annual East West Classic at. Comiskey Park in Chic ago if the Eastern magnates won’t “act right” and return the players they allegedly stole from the West. This is the crowning bit of pun ishing action the former Memphis drugstore operator can conceive of in his program of dominance. On the other hand, the Eastern crowd has the dough. Save for J. W. Wilkerson, owner of the Kansas City Monarchs, there appears to be no Big Money Man who is spending it on the Western fringe. The East has yet to see its share of the annual East-West Game as in the major league’s annual AII Star Game which moves about the cities in the two circuits. It has been All-West so far. It comes to mind that W. P. H. Harrison, manager of the Grand Hotel in Chicago, put up most of the money to finance the classic for two years following the fall of the originator of the game, Gus Greenlee of Pittsburgh. Harrison, thus far, is inclined to string along with those who want to keep the classic going and in this instance, it seems to be the Big Money Men of the East who haven’t threaten ed as yet to pull out of the game as has Martin for the West. An analysis of all the current squabbling and beating up of the gums by the East and West lea gues over players amounts to a serious crimp in the amount of in terest and confidence the fans 1 - e in the whole business. It is not too much of an effort of the real baseball enthusiast to forget the whole business and buy his bleacher seat for the Cardinal -Giants game, the Yankee-Indian tilt, or even buy a box seat for a game between the Pirates and the Phillieg Baseball has no color line in the customer side of the e quation. Despite contrary agita tion, Negro fans make up a big part of the take at various major league parks Notice how they jam in Griffith Stadium in Washington and at the Polo Grounds in New York? Well, these fans aren’t too much inter ested in the spade version tf the rust'mrc to batiri with if they \c c."> to listen an re id -ot of . )> pycock and be blinded by a smoke screen that hides an appalling con dition that obtains in the midst cf a supposedly well established bus iness proposition such as Negro Baseball is believed to be today. BUSINESS SCHOOL EXPANDS AGAIN The Combination Business schiwl well known for its modern progres siveness. has again chalked up an other favorable score—this time bv the announcement that it has add ed to its busy program of Civil Ser vice Training a Department for Adult Education and Study Hall. In this School persons of all ages who have neglected their Academ ic Education and students who would like to improve their schol astic knowledge may attend this institution any day during the week from 10 a. m. to 10 p. m., and on Saturdays and Sundays from 1 p. m. to 5 pm. OUTSTANDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMME Elementary Grades, Grammar School Work, High School subjects College Preparation, Languages, and Vocational subjects such as:— Fingerprinting, Music, Magics, Photography, Printing, Multigraph ing, Secretarial Training, Book keeping. Accountancy, Business Law, Economics, AddressograpU. Calculator, Comptometry, Indexing and Filing, and the History of the Black Man Under the indomitable leader ship of our Community's most ver satile citizen, Prof. Norris F. Roach, Soldier-Actor-Educator, the Combination business school squeezed through the bars of the depression with its Relief, WP.-,„ XTA., and CCC. educational pro grams to push its head way above the surface and to offer Harlem in War time the best, the most mod ? B ASEB ALL CHIEF J. B. MARTIN ■ Kansas City. Mo., (PPS, Inc.) — Dr. J. B. Martin, President of the National American League Base ball club, “sounded the gave!” for the opening game Sunday, May 16, between the crack Ch'cago Amer ican Giants and the Kansas City Monarchs. Leroy Patton pitched the tig opener against the famous Satchel Paige. Dr. Martin, in a statement to reporters stud that the Off:, c of liefer.se Transport-* ti • he-I mod the vi.h.U: Negro; Ball Clubs their usual traveling [busses: however, he is urging base ball fans and the general publ ic throughout the country to write a letter to ODT. in Washington. D. C., protesting this ban on trans i portation. Dr. Martin left Kansas City late Sunday night for his As sociation Offices at 412 E. 47th St., Chicago, to resume the fight. Other league games opening last Sunday were Cleveland Buckeyes vs Mem phis Red Sox. at Memphis: Birm ingham Black Barons vs. Cincinnati Clowns. ern, and most progressive Private Business School this Community has ever boasted. Prof. Roach wishes to tell his [friends and others that it is not 1 true that back behind the scenes of this educational institution are the brains and money of persons other than the ColoredRa ce. The Study Hall and the Depart ment of Adult Education will be formally dedicated Sunday After noon, May 16,1 943, at 4 o’clock in the Civil Service Training Audit orium of the school, 139 West 125th. street, New York, N. Y. MUSICIAN KILLED Memphis. Tenn., <PPS, Inc.) Et. Eddie Tompkins, a former member of Jimmie Lunceford's orchestra, was killed, according- to a War De partment dispatch received here this week. The former ace tram -peter met death during maneuv ers somewhere in Tennessee short ily aftr being commissioned to a lieutenancy. Dance hall fans will remember Lt. Tompkins as one of the singing members of Luncefords East- West Baseball Game Hollywood in Bronze by RUBY BERKLEY GOODWIN THIS IS MY WORLD BOBBY BROOKS The story of Bobby Brooks is one j of those success stories that makes Hollywood an easy place to write about. Two year ago Bobby ,vus sent by Edward Bailey, president of the Musicians Union out to 'War ner Brothers to do a bit in Bette Davis’ picture “The Great Lie". The director wanted children witn fairly good voices. So outstanding was Bobby’s voice during reharsal that he was given a featured spue in the picture and sang the lead in the theme song of the show “Slum ber. My Darling.” Today Bobby is at Universal stud ios under long term contract. His voice is creating a sensation out at the Universal City lot. But moth ers .before you grab Little Johnnie or Willie by the hand and do a wild dash for Hollywood, I’d have you consider for a moment longer, not Bobby’s latest* success but his years of work. Bobby, who has been singing almost ever since he could walk ,has been before tne public al most that long. For years he has been child soloist at various churcn es in Los Angeles. In 1940 he appeared at Treasu-e Islond as guest soloist with Alma Hightower and her Melodic Dots. He won instant favor with :l.e World Fair audiences. In 1941 he appeared at Soldiers Field in Chi cago as guest artist for the 2nd An nual Spiritual Song Festival. Since that time he has been singing with a Youth Group under the direction of Ben Carter. Bobby, who is now fifteen, lives with his mother, Mrs. Jane Brooks, who is a cosmetologist and a uo eiised real estate broker. His sis ter Janice is a student at L. A. City College where she is majoring in public health nursing. Janice is also a fine pianist and sometimes acts as accompanist for her broth original trio composed of Cy Oliv er, Billie Smith and Tompkins. HER HEART BELONGS TO 92D INFANTRY DIVISION .. Fort Huachnoa Ariz.. — Lena Horne, currently starring with Bill (Bojangles) Robinson in the movie “Stormy Weather”, has announced that her heart belongs to the 92d Infan try Division. Lena, who was recently awarded a medal by the Newspaper Guild of America as the outstanding en tertainer of the year, is the niece of Sgt. John B. Home of Head quarters Company, 92d Infantry Division. Sgt. Home is one of those rare persons, a native New Yorker. He j expects to go to Officer Candidate School in the near future, er. '_ iJOHNSON DRUG CO. | NEW LOCATION 2306 North 24 fh |V\ e. 0998 Free Delivery RABE’S BUFFET for Popular Brands || of BEER and LIQUORS 2229 Lake Street i —Always a place to park— COUGHS Due To Colds or Bronchial Irritation Here's good news for the people of the U. S. A. Canada's greatest cough medicine is now being made and sold right here, and if you have any doubt about what to take this winter- for the com mon cough or bronchial irritation get a bottle of Buckley's CANADIOL Mixture. You won't be disap pointed—it's different from anything else you ever used—one little sip and you get instant action. Only 45c—all druggists. Satisfaction or money back. Betty Grable plus George Montgomery and Cesar Romero star in CONEY ISLAND, a merry’ merry-go-round of music and fun...in Technicolor! ★ ★ ★ “Tyrone Power’s swell...a great film!” says Daily Mirror of CRASH DIVE, the submarine action story in Technicolor! ★ ★ ★ Look for Lena Home, Bill Robinson and CabCalloway andHisBand inSTORMY WEATHER, a solid smash of a musical with Katherine Dunham and Troupe, Fats Waller, Nicholas Bros., Ada Brown. j Hattie McDaniel, who leaves the I coast next week on a bond selling tour foi the Treasury Department had this to say about sponsoring Deaderick Jenkins' sensation. U novel “This Is—“It Was Not My World”. “In the first place,” Hattie states, “I never met tbe young man nor did I contribute anything toward publishing of the book. Since the book has been published I saw a copy of it but since I have not read it I would < cent inly not endorse anything I j had not read. I do not agree with ; the author when she states “It j Was Not My World”. This is cur world. I am doing all I can—r;ct blind to many of its prevailing faults but I realize it's up to Us to work together for a better world. I am doing all I can along this line. That’s why I am always ready to go on a bond selling tour or go to a camp show.” Hattie, Ernest WALLS HAVE EARS STOP LOOSE TALK . . . but it's always safe to say: Metz Brewing Co. OMAHA. NEBRASKA “SINCE 1864” Reserves Report for Active Duty! The time has come to call back into service our reserves of desk telephones—1 -A telephones whose places have been taken in recent years by hand telephones. It’s like this: Manufacture of telephones for civilian use was stopped after Pearl Harbor to save vital niter it Is for war use. Greatly increased demands for telephones have used up the supply of hand telephones—but we have United reserves of desk and wall telephones, saved for emergency use. So if you need a telephone installed—and are in a loca tion where lines and central office equipment are available —we may have to furnish you a desk or wall telephone instead of a hand telephone. Also, if a hand telephone should become unserviceable, we may have to replace it with another type of telephone. The re serves are coming back into action, NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY Bur U. S. Wmr Bonds—Lot s Gti Thl■ V* Or* THREE O’CLOCK .... AND I HAVEN’T SLEPT A WINK* WAKEFUL NIGHTS— how the time drags! Minutes seem like hours, we worry over things done and left undone. After such a night, we get up in the morning more tired than when we went to bed. 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TO PROUD TO WORK No one can say that o* our actors and actresses out here. Archie Savage divides his time between teaching, concert work and the graveyard shift at Lockheed. Rita, Christini works on the assembly line on the swing shift- Les Hite and Monte Hawley are postal clerks af'.er midnight. tattaMln tills spaet ifW| silk Tkarsatsst star sf tta America will never forget Bataan. ' ★ ★ ★ * Nor the motion picture which is a trib ute to the heroism of the boys who gave their lives to upset the Japanese time table. ★ ★ ★ ★ “Bataan” will kindle the emotions of pride and anger within you. ★ ★ ★ ★ Men of the news services who have been in Bataan, say that M-G-M’s film “Bataan” is the McCoy. ★ ★ * ★ Seeing “Bataan"...you are in Bataan. In fox-holes, in trees, in the shadow of a rock, guarding your water, your am munition, your cigarettes—as you guard your life! W hen spirit counts all men are proven brothers. ★ * You’ll be proud that America had such martyrs of all races, creeds and color ready to fight to the bitter end against the treacherous sons of Toky*. ★ ★ ★ ★ Old men will want to enlist, mother* will want to grab a gun, when they see the stark staring story that is real as the Jap bullets, the gnawing hunger and thirst our men had to endure. ★ ★ * ★ Robert Taylor as Sergeant Bill Dane, battle-scarred and unshaven, gives a triumphant performance. ★ * ★ ★ George Murphy. Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan. Lee Bowman, Desi Amaz and Robert Walker are others. ★ * * ★ Tay Garnett has directed this original screen play by Robert D. Andrews in a manner that is both inspirational and uncompromising. ★ * * * In a picture like “Bataan”, the films prove their inestimable value to the times. * * * * Mighty events make mighty narratives. —Lea