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EuXJNeb™'“ Saturday, July 17,1943 OUR 16th YEAR-No. 23 City Edition, 5c CoH^
Wings get Queens j
Lt. William M. Scott-McCoy of
Swift Airfield, Air Base Service
Battalion in Texas, recently receiv
ed his wings and is shown Ranked
by pair of Queens who are congrat
ulating him. Ruthe. left and Les
sive Gibson, 4124 South Parkway
were his school day pals in “Chi”.
I
An observor with his bombing
squad. Billy is just “nuts” about his
wings and a chance to sight Ber
lin for Bombardment at some fut
ure date. His parents are Mr. and
Mrs Lloyd McCoy .prominent Chi
cago residents.
CBS Broadcast on ‘ Race
Harmony” Satur. July 17
New York. X. Y.—In order to ar
range a more impressive program,
the Coast-toeoast CBS broadcast
scheduled for July 10 in the inter
« ■ : acial unity has been post
poned to July 17 it was learned
this week.
Interested in the presentation
of this program which will he
heard from 7:30 to 8 o’clock p.m.
are many- of the best known names
in the entertainment world includ
ing Laurence Tibbett. George Hel
ler, Jane Cowl, Ralph Bellamy,
Tallulah Bankhead. Max Gordon,
Paul Robeson. Maxwell Anderson,
Serge KoUssevitsky and James,
Cagney. Walter White has been
asked to speak and Paul Muni will
appear in a skit to be produced by
William Robeson.
Insur. Men Expect
Great Convention
BUSINESS BOOMING; RISK
MEN PLAN FURTHER
GROWTH
CHICAGO, July 12 (ANP) Chicago
generally and its insurance men
particularly, are on tip toe in an
ticipation of the coming of the Na
tional Negro Insurance association
here July 20-23 for its 23rd annual
Convention, The Chicago Negro
Insurance association, comprising
one of the most wide awake group
of insurance organizations in th.
business, is host to the convention
and has completed plans to enter
tain the 2,000 executives and dele
gates expected to attend.
President Asa T. Spaulding of
Durham, NC„ of the National Ne
gro Insurance association, will de
liver the keynote address at Chic
ago's million dollar high school,
the DuSable. Tuesday evening July
20, at the public meeting. Dr. Lou
is Wirth. professor of Sociology at
the University of Chicago, renown
ed authority, will discuss "The Ne
gro's Status in the Post War World
Others who will appear on this pro
gram are N. Williams, president
Chicago Negro Insurance associat
ion; Mayor Edward J. Kelly, Eil
lam Paul F. Jones, director of in
surance for the state of Illinois;
Wiliam Nickerson Jr., president
Golden State Lfe Insurance Co.,
Los Anegels: C L. Townes, secret
ary .national Association; Maj. U
dell Turpn. deputy administrator
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war Savings staff; Bishop R. A.
Valentine and Rev. Joseph Evans.
W. Ellis Stewart .Secretary of Su
preme Liberty Insurance Co., will
be master of ceremonies. Business
sessions will be held at the beauti
ful Parkway ballroom.
After the initial meetng which is
open to the public and which is ex
pected to have some 5.000 people in
attendance, the delegates will
spend three days in intensive bus
iness sessions, discussing plans to
meet war conditions, how to take
advantage of the current prosper
ity to sell N'egoes the idea of more
effective insurance covajrge, pro
taction of investments. Conserva
ton of manpower including the
the use of their combined influence
training of women salesmen, and
and resources to secure generally
a greater share of democracy for
the Negro. Concurrent seminars
embracing the executive, the agen
cy and the medical sections of tne
conventions will be held merging
into jont sessions from time to
time.
The host organization is com
posed of the following companies:
Supreme Liberty Life Insurance
Co., Victory Mutual Life Insurance
Co, Unity Mutual Life Insurance
Co., Golden State Mutual Life In
surance Co., Metropolitan Funeral
System: Jackson Funeral System.
American Woodmen Fraternal In
surance. Commonwealth Burial as
Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. Here July 21st
Public Reception on
Tues., Eve, July 20th
The Twenty-fifth Communication
of the Most Worshipful Grand
Lodge A.F.& A.M. of Nebraska and
its Masonic Jurisdiction will be
held at the Masonic Temple, 26th
and Blondo Streets begininng Wed,
July 21st, 1943 at 9 A.M.
Preceeding the sessions a pub
lic reception will be held on Tues
day evening July 20th with a pro
gram and refreshments.
Men in our armed forces in uni
form are cordially invited.
P. H. Jenkins is the Most Wor
shipful Grand Master. Robert Har
ris, Grand Secy, and P. M. Mayn
ard L. Wilson is publicity chairman
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Send A Bomb-0 Gram
To Washington
Make your plans now for the 3rd
Big Week July 15 to 21. Victory
through Air Power—BOND DRIVE
Buy Your Bond this week and
write your message to the Presi
dent on one of the Bomb-O-Gram
blanks issued by your bondsales
man retailer. There is no extra
charge for these Bomb-O-Grams to
Your President. Buy YOUR BOND
this week and send your message.
“Guide” Representative
Wins Third Prize
MISS ROSIE LEE BILLS Route
2, Watseka, 111., representing the
OMAHA GUIDE, won third place
last week in the “Our Boys in the
Service Queens’ Photo Contest.
For more detailed information a
bout the contest see page 3 of this
issue.
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socation and Standard Burial In
surance association.
OLD ORIGINALS’ STAR
THORNTON IMPROVING NOW
The condition of Dorcas Thorn
ton, a resident of this community,
better known to old time baseball
fans as Dorcas Lewis, was describ
ed by his physician as ‘‘fairly good
Monday night. He is confined at
St. Joseph's hospital.
Thornton, who played under the
name of Lewis, was a star first
baseman for the old Omaha Orig
inals before the turn of the cen
tury.
CHARLOTTE HAWKINS BROWN
ON RED CROSS COUNCIL
Greensboro. NC„ July 12 (ANP)
Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown,
principal of Palmer Memorial In
stitute, located near here, has been
named by Norman Davis, chairman
of the American Red Cross, to the
national council of Red Cross nurs
ing. This group serves in an ad
visory capacity to uthe whole home
nursing program. Mrs. Brown suc
ceeds the late Mrs. Jennie B. Mo
ton in the post,
Col ore d Lad D rowns in Carter Lake
Sees ‘Gradualism5 Negroes5 Solution
Wilbur Wofford, 16
Drowns While Swim
ming Near Boat Pier
Wilbur Wofford, 16, 918 North.
25th street, drowned in Carter
Lake Monday afternoon. He was
swimming near the boat pier with
several other boys when he appar
ently suffered a cramp.
Police and fire department res
cue squads soon recoered the body,
but attempts to revive him were
futile. The body was taken to the
Thomas Mortuary.
Negro
Soldiers
Strike
after trouble
in Jackson
Flora, Miss., July 12 (ANP) -
Negro" soldiers In training at the
Mississippi Ordnance plant a few
miles north of this town, according
to authorative reports reaching
here, went on strike Thursday
morning following disorders in
Jackson, the state capital, Wednes
day night.
The immediate cause of the
strike is said to have been the al
leged serious beating of one of
their number, and the alleged a
buse of several of their wives and
women companions, a number of
whom were put in jail by civilian
policemen in Jackson Wednesday
night. The arrests were made af
ter Negro soldiers and military and
civilian policemen became involved
in what is reported to have threat
ed to a serious incident, which
brought a large number of milit
ary and Civilian police scurrying to
Negro neighborhoods.
Rumors to the effect that the
soldier who had been beaten m
Jackson Wednesday night had
died, which quickly spread through
out the city, have since been prov
ed false. It was learned from re
liable sources that the soldier was
being treated at the camp while
suffering from one or two scalp
wounds.
During the Thursday morning
demonstration at the camp, it was
reported that three Negro militarv
Atlanta Women Buy $10,000 In Bonds
In 7/We Serve America Week**
Atlanta, July 14 (ASP) War bond
purchases totalling more than $10,
000 and a parade nearly a mile in
length marked the observance here
Monday of “We Serve America
Week" sponsored by the National
Council of Negro Women. The
parade and bond rallies which mov
ed to each of the city's five hous
ing projects was the work of At
lanta Service Group War Bond
committee and the Atlanta Coun
cil of Negro Women.
The parade, headed by the Negro
Naval Air Base band, included rep
resentatives of virtually every seg
ment of Atlanta's Negro life mak
ing a contribution to the war ef
fort. With emphasis on women,
the line of marca included a squad
ron of student nurses from ihe
Grady Nursing Schcol, represent
atives of the Atlanat Servicemen’s
Mothers’ club, Negro women war
workers from the huge Scripto
Murray Steel, Attain a Spring Bed |
-■rtc! Pell Bomber yiatns, wom?j
'.ino’.ype operators t'om the Atlan
ta Df ily World, and many women's
pe* otic organ -atlonj of ti e • uy
Officers of the fourth service
command aided in the effort by do
nating 50 jeeps complete with driv
ers for the parade. Only persons
who had purchased war bonds
were permitted to irde in the jeeps
The Constitution, white morning
daily .dampened the patriotic ardor
of the paraders. however, bv ref
erring to the demonstration the
following morning as a “turnout
of maids .chauffeurs and cooks."
Mrs. W .A. Scott, Sr, and W, Allen
Murphy served as co-chairmen of
the demonstration. Jesse O. Thom
as. Red Cross liason officer, form
erly associated with the US. Treas
ury, was the principal speaker at
the bond rally in Wheat Street
Baptist church .where the parade
ended.
I
R. R. Hearings
Rescheduled
One of the Most (
Important Develop
ments Since Reorgan
ization of FEPC
New York City, July 11-In
the last meeting of the President’s
Committee on Fair Employment
Practice, which was held in Wash
ington, DC., July 6th and 7th un
der the direction of the new chair
man, Msgr. Francis J. Haas, decis
ion was made that the railroad
hearings would be rescheduled to
take place September 15, 16, and
17th. Efforts are being made ac
cording to information received
from some of the members of the
FEPC to secure Henry P. Epstein
to serve as Chief Counsel for FEPC
in the handling of the inquiry into
discriminations on account of race
or color in the railroad industry, to
be assisted by Attorney Harold
Stevtns of New York and Attorney
Charles H. Houston of Washington
DC. states representatives at the
March On Washington headquart
ers in the Theresa Hotel building,
in New York City.
This is one of the most import
ant developments that have taken
place since FEPC has gotten un
derway again and is of vast and
far reaching concern to the Negro
workers in the railroad industry
in America and especially to the
Colored Locomotive Firemen,
Brakemen and Switchmen, says A.
Philip Randolph, Chairman of the
Provisional Committee of the Bro
therhood of Sleeping Car Porters
to organize the Coored Locomotive
Firemen.
policemen, from whom the wound
ed soldier was taken by civilian po
lice and beaten, had to be rushed
out of camp for safety because of
threats by the soldiers who held
them at fault for giving the sold
ier over to the custody of white
civilian officers.
What was the immediate cause
of the Wednesday disturbance in
Jackson has been the subject of
many conflicting rumors and re
ports. The disturbance began a
few hours after a large number of
the soldiers on pay leave from the
Jackson Air base and the Mississ
ippi Ordnance plant reached the
heart of the Negro neighborhood.
No white civilians were involved
in the dispute, it was said.
CALLED TO ATLANTA
GRAND JURY
Atlanta., July 14 (AXP) Alex D.
Hamilton, pioneer contractor and
builder, was sworn in Wednesday
as a member of the July-August
Fulton County Grand Jury, the
first Negro to be called in 10
years. The late Charles Faison,
of the Atlanta Life Insurance com
pany board of directors ,was the
last Negro to serve on the grand
jury here in 1932.
THE OMAHA GUIDE IS YOUR
PAPER— READ IT WEEKLY.
U. S. Troops Will Guard Detroit Until August
Detroit, Michigan,..XT. S.
troops will remain here until some
time in August according to as
surances made to the NAACP by
Adjutant General James a. Ulio.
In answer to the NaaCP’s urg
ing that troops not be withdrawn
immediately after the Fourth of
July holiday, eGneral Ulio wired
the NAACP ‘your message is ap
preciated and precautionary meas
ures haev been taken accordingly.”
The NAACP feels that it would be
better to keep the troops indefin
itely than to remove them one day
too soon and has expressed the
conviction that it would be well for
the War department to wait until
cold weather sets in and the tend
ency of people to congregate in
parks an don street corners has
lessened, before it orders the re
moval of soldiers stationed here.
In expressing appreciation for
the War department's decision to
keep the federal troops here until
August. Walter White executive
secretary wrote eGneral Ulio:
“I returned from Detroit this
morning. It is my Conviction bas
ed upon my personal observations
and those also of members of our
staff who have been constantly in
Detroit since June 20, that there
would have been a resumption of
the roit had the federal troops
been ermoved on July 6. Xo step?
of which -we are aware .have been
taken to remedy the deficiencies of
the Detroit City Police Department
which played a part in the causes
of the riot oSme steps are bein?
taken by Governor Kelly to reor
ganize the state police, but the bas
ic evils out of which the riot arose
—houisng, job discrimination, trans
portation. and agitation by organ
izations like the Ku Klux Klan
and similar groups—are still un
solved: and there is no visible evi
dence of any steps to correct those
conditions. fThe only alternative,
therefore, in our opinion, is the
prevention of further trouble by
the presence of federal troops.”
PERFORMS
MIRACLE
IN HEART
SURGERY
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East St. Louis, 111, (Special to
Press Photo Service). .Doctor H.
H. Weathers. eminent surgeon,
i startled medical experts through
out the world on Juy 6 when he
successfully performed an unusual
ly dexterious emergency- operation
on Nathaniel Jenkin’s heart here.
Jenkins, 22, of 1741 Kansas Ave
nue of this City was stabbed in the
heart with a knife, in the hands of
his cousin. The blade of the in
strument used, penetrated the left
auricle of the victim's heart. Doc
tor Weathers explained to repres
entatives of this paper that the pa
tient’s chest was opened through
horse-shoe incisions and the heart
was exposed. Two (2) 3utures
placed in half inch cut in left aur
icle. The patient was in good con
dition at 5 p.m. July 11. Doctor
Weathers is forty years of age and
resides at 1500 A. East Broadway
of this city-. A native of Missis
sippi, a graduate of Fisk Univers
ity in Meharrv College, the young
surgeon spent his four year interne
-ship at St. Louis' City Hospital,
No. 2. At present, he is the head
of St. Mary’s Infirmary, Depart
ment of Surgery. St. Louis, Mo.
He is associate Director of Surg
ery at Homer G. Phillips Hospital
and a member of the visiting sur
gery staff of People's Hospital. (St.
Louis, Mo.); St. Mary’s Hospital
and Christian Welfare, both in
East St. Louis. Illinois.
R. H. SPIEGAL
PURCHASES
9 CENTER
Mr. R. H. Spiegal, owner cf the
Tdeal Furniture Mart at 24th and
i Lake streets, has purchased the
i 9 Center, lock stock and barrel a'
! few days ago. Mr. Spiega! say:
he fully intends to keep the four
Colored girls who are now working
at the 9 Center.
Watch for his Grand Opening
with a complete new stock of such
things as can be bought in these
war times. He says he will add
more of our boys and girls to hi*
staff if business increases. SO
WHY GO DOWNTOWN. .SPEND
YOUR MONEY WHERE YOU CAN
WORK.
i> To Their Problems,
Liberal White W>iter
Says in ‘The Nation’
New York, July 12 (ANP) Assert
ing that peoples under the slowly
developing democratic process
have attained some measure of
justice through a combination of
“persuasion and pressure’’ James
Boyd, described as a liberal whit-,
southerner, writing in the June is
sue of the Nation on “Strategy for
Negroes” suggets that Negro lead
ers urge their followers to adopt
a program of 'gradualism' ’to ac
hieve manhood rights.
Should the race accept gradual
ism as the method, Boyd advises
that the crusade not be wasted in
a campaign for social acceptance.
The attack should be made on the
economic front, he contends, be
cause it is here that the “enemy
is weakest” and the Negroes’
friends “most numerous.”
"IVtih economc betterment, soc
ial amelioration is bound to follow,
read the essay, “but if the Negro
reverses the process and atcacxs
on the social front, he is likely to
.ny who would normally
stand with him in his economic
campaign.
Disturbed by what he termed an
attack by Negro leaedrs on “liber
als” both north and south, Boyd
harged that "the attitude of some
■eaders and of most Negro news
papers, intentionally or not, is
tending to produce a race war.”
He denounced "expolsion’ as a fu
tile and rediculous solution.
The theory of explosion, he said,
holds that all progress is made by
fracturing a social mold or at least
attempting to fracture it. The Ne
gro. he continues .would have to
embrace the latter method, but it
is pointed out that the Negro does
not possess "the military strength
to challenge the white man. And
it is doubtful whether he can get
much help.”
"No honest American can be
happy about the Negro's present
lot,” writes Boyd, “or anything but
contemptous of the whites ,vho
would worsen or even stabilize it.
But thougth Americans fought
once to free the Negro from slav
ery, they will hardly fight again
over the precise status of a race
which in the 70 years since it was
freed has shown a cultural advance
unparalleled in cultural history
and which now occupies positions
of esteem in the arts, and in some
branches of learning, of rang in
the army, and of influence in Con
gress.”
However, conceded Boyd, ‘if viol
ence can advance his cause now,
the Negro is justified in not stop
ping short of it, of course, he is
justified in denouncing those who
counsel moderation.**
Jailed”....
“Stepin
Fetchit
Lincoln “Stepin’ Fetchlt” Perry,
the forty one year old movie and
theatrical actor, was arrested and
charged with contribcting to the
delinquency of a minor early last
Thursday morning. He was nab
bed in a Vincennes Hotel room in
Chicago with sixteen year old
Juanita Randolph. "Fetchlt” chri
ed “Frameup” when policemen en
tered his room and alleged to have
found the couple clad in pajamas.
Taken before an assistant states
attorney, the following ady .''Fetcli
it” was scheduled to appear at the
Courts of Domestic Relations on.
"Wednesday, July 13. The actor
was co-starred with Andy Kirk and
his band at the Regal Theatre at
the time of his arrest, and was re
leased from police custody on a
$500 cash bond. (Press Photo Seiv)
REV, J H. CLAYBORX
WOULD ESTABLISH
EDUCATION FUND
FOR RETURNING
NEGRO SOLDIERS
Presiding elder of the Ft. Smith
Ark., district of the AME. church,
who has proposed that each of the
8,000 churches in the connection
raise at least $5 each annually to
establish a student aid fund for
the benefit of soldiers who after
the war will need funds to continue
their education. The $40,000 would
help 200 young men at $200 each
or 400 at $100 each, Dr. Clay born
points out. (ANP)
FIGHT JOB DISCRIMINATION
AT HEAD OF BUSINESS"
—MISS SOUTHALL
Washington, July 12 (ANP) Miss
Sara Southall, one woman member
of the Fair Employrrmet Practice
committee, and supervisor of the
employment Service for the Inter
national Harvester company, was
asked her view about the part of
industry in combatting discrimin
ation. She said:
"I believe you are dealing in
realms of prejudice, and you have
got to use every means at your
command to interpret. I think
that as far as management is con
cerned, it starts with the presid
ent of the company. You Can
spend much time with the little
fellows down the line, but In any
corporate structure, the conviction
that they have been wrong and
should integrate Negroes should
start at the top and be carried
down the line.”
“Jo” BAKER SIGNS UP FOR THE BOYS
ORAX. XORTH AFRICA. .Aftei Josephine Baker, popular singer,
one of her performances at the fulfils some of the many requests
Municipal Theatre in Oran. Miss for her autograph.