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Stay on the Production Line (A plea to Strikers) (BY JULIUS E. HILL) You say you’re patriotic; Then why don’t you show it; Let everybody know it; Stay on the Production line? You can’t show it by striking; The wheels of defense spiking. If you are patriotic. Stay on the production line. For well you know that every time Os a strike you go— Fou’re keping from our fighting men, » Things that they are needing so. If you' are patriotic, And want soldiers eo know it. Here’s how best to show it: STAY ON THE PRODUCTION LINE!_ “ASTROLOGY! ~~ Brief Reading also Astrological Information”. Dime. Give Birth date. BERT WOODS, 4797 Telegraph, Oakland, Calif. Gen. Repairing Motor Tunn-lio HENDERSON CASINO GARAGE Body and Fender Work Battery, Etc. RES. PHONE HA. 3126 N. E. Corner 24th & Grant Si. BE GOOD NATURED - - . ) w*. - j vUl Mr lit liitfi iCM • ok otve you crown oM nolure youi time! 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Ina McRae, New York: Pvts. Claudine Allen, Chicago, 111; Constance Hurling, Verona, N. J. Not shown in the picture are Cpl. Bertha Hugginh, Birmingham, Ala; Pvts. Marion Stewart, and Eunice Merriwcather. Indiana polis, Ind. Press Photo Service. -- • ... ..... * j MANAGER OF DOWNTOWN STORE c ENTERTAINS EMPLOYEES Th maanger of Zales Jewelry I Store at 15th and Farnam. enter-j tained his full crew to a big Xmas Turkey dinner with all the trim mings at North 24th street’s most popular chicken and bar-b-cup Hut |at 24th and Patrick eve.. Mrs. Ger trude, proprietor. Mrs. Gertrude cooked six twenty pound turkeys for this gala affair with all the tncming-s. Mrs. yertrude as been preparing and serving the Zale Jewelry store and employees and their families their Christmas Dinners for 6 years The manager of Zales’ says he does not believe he would enjoy his Christmas Dinner any place in town as he does at Gertrdde Lit tles’ Chicken Hut. . I ^.. . a, D. QEu. JT ■ liy commission expire* May «, 1937,Notary Public ^ WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 19*4. led " —— fg POWER AND THE PUBLIC. fei J. E. Davidson of the Nebraska Power com- a ** pany is an ingratiating fellow, in addition to be- ^ tng an extremely good business man. Hia com- r pany occupies an enviable position in this region, ou with its customers apparently happy and well 8161 served. The concern manufactures and sells elec tricity here at a price lower than in most cities. ^ Even though Senator Norris once took a couple of days of the senate’s time to denouncing the financial setup of the company, it is Impossible to believe it is wholly selfish, or entirely wicked. v These tv Mights are suggested in '^art ’— the * Xo n- Mpon by tb* Reprinted from the World-Herald Here is what the World-Herald said about the Nebraska Power Company when it wasn't angry—when it was impartial and handled the news without prejudice. The World-Herald, in carrying out its program of "rule or ruin" tells you that our Company is a "wicked thing" and should be destroyed . . . that our rates are high . . . and that we are driving industry from Omaha. It is unnecessary for us to point out that these statements are totally unfounded. Our Com pany has always tried to do the right thing and be a good citizen of Omaha. Our rates are among the lowest in the nation. Our in dustrial power rates are an inducement to industry and have encouraged the expansion of industrial plants, thereby creating more jobs for Omaha families. ! I i If your electric rates were low in 1934, as stated by the World-Herald in the above editorial, then electricity certainly must be CHEAP now because we have CUT RATES THREE TIMES since 1934. ■ ' - j NEBRASKA POWER COMPANY Business-Managed... Tax-Paying... Operated by Local Men Interested in the Progress and Welfare of Their Communities ELENA BRADLEY IN | STUDENTS’ Who’s Whof Miss Elena Bradley, daughter of Marie Tassjn, former resident of Crawford, Nebraska, who will re ceive her A. B. degree from Creigh ton university in May, is among those students who will be listed in the 1943-44 issue of WHO’S WHO Among Students in American univ ersities and colleges. The book will be released in April. This publication is published thru the cooperation of over 600 Amer ican universities and collegs. It is j the only means of national recogl nition for graduates which is de void of politics, fees and dues. • Several students from accredited colleges are selected each year, by an unprejudiced committee for their biographies to appear in the WHO’S WHO Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. These books are placed in the hands of hundreds of companies and others who annually recruit outstanding students for employ ment. Tht purpose of WHO’S WHO is to serve as an incentive for students to get the most out of their college careers; as a means of compensation to students for what they have already done; as a recommendation to the business world; and a standard of measurt ement for students. I Miss Bradley is a member of Al pha Kappa Alpha sorority of Om aha, was a member of Our Lady’s Sodality Catholic Action Club, and Glee Club during her sophomore year received a scholarship from Miss Mary Jeannette Hoffman. Miss Bradley graduated from the Crawford high school in the class of 1940 and won superior rating in three local vocal contests and also duricg her senior year won super ior luting in local dramatics con test. Miss Bradley was valedictor ian cf her class and received a scholarship to Creighton unive; r ity Buddy McCrea Trains Boxers for Fight-Show On Thursday evening, boxera from the army base at Si.t Lake City, Utah, will go into action a gainst other fighting teams from round about. These fighters are being trained in the art of fist cuffs, by none other than our own John H. “Buddy” McCrea, well known here in fight circles. Buddy writes us to say hello and to inform us that he was recently joined in Salt Lake City by his wife and darling little baby daugh ter. The boxing event is sponsored by the daily Salt Lake City news paper and promises to be a very lively affair. Good luck to yon and your team, Buddy. King Y uen caie CHOP SUEY 2010/2 N. 24th St. JAckson 8576 .Open from 2 p. m. until 3 a. in American & Chinese Dishes rtWmvW.VAVAV.VAY 24th and Lake Sts. PRESCRIPTIONS •Kree l>eliv»r\_ WE. 0609 DUFFY Pharmacy W^V.V.V/ZJ.V.V.V.W.V j REAL SHOE MAN I; | FONTENELLE I SHOE REPAIR ij CASH & CARRY CLEANER jj 1410 North 24th St. ij —CARL CRIVERA— 5 WARS Smith Bros, has served the public since 1847. In that period America has fought five wars. Only during wartime has there ever been any shortage of Smith Bros. Cough Drops. 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THE OMAHA GUIDE A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Published Every Saturday at 2420 Grant Street OMAHA. NEBRASKA—PHONE HA. 0800 Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927 at the Post Office at Omaha, Nebraska, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. C. C. Galloway_Publisher and Acting Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATE IN OMAHA One Year _ __ _ $2.00 Six Months _ $1.25 Three Months ____ .75 One Month _ .25 ) SUBSCRIPTION RATE OUT OF TOWN i One Year ________ $2.50 Six Months _ $1.50 Three Months _ $1.00 One Month ______ .40 All News Copy of Churches and all organiz ations must be in our office not later than 1:00 i p. m. Monday for current lasue. All Advertis ing Copy on Paid Articles not-later than Wed nesday noon, preceeding date of issue, to insure publication. National Advertising Representative: , INTERSTATE UNITED NEWSPAPERS, INC., 545 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Phone MUiray Hill 2-5452, Ray Peck, Manager. “MORAL INDEBTNESS” Note: My guest columnist for this week—a real democrat and true friend of mankind'—J. J. Peters by ORSON WELLES Chicago (For Press Photo Service)—To be born free is to be bom in debt; to live in freeom without fighting slavery is to profiteer.” .... “By plane last night I flew over some parts of our republic where American citizenship is a luxury beyond the means of the majority. I rode comfort ably in my plane above a sovereign state or two where fellow-countrymen of ours can’t vote without the privilege of cash, Today I bought my lunch where Negroes may not come, eycept to serve their white brothers, and there I ovrheard a member of some master race or other tell those who listened that something must be done to suppresse the Jews. I have met Southerners who expect and fear a Ne gro insurrection. I see no purpose in withholding this from general discussion. There may be those within that outcast 10 percent of the American peo ple who some dajT will strtike back at their oppres sors., To put down the mob, a mob will rise. Who will put down that mob*? We speak here of the Peace—Black and brown and yellow men must vote freely in that Peace. We speak of the Great Powers. But we have a brave ally in this war, seldom mentioned in these specula tions. If Europe’s Underground is kept from the Peace Table, a simpler Peace can be agreed upon. That Peace, however, will be very short. The scaly dinosaurs of reaction (if indeed they no tice what I am saying here) will print it in their newspapers that I am a communist. Communists know otherwise. I am an overpaid movie producer with pleasant reasons to rejoice—and I do—in the wholesome practicability of the profit system. I am all for making money if it means earning it. Lest you should imagine that I am being publicly modest, I shall only admit that everybody deserves at least as many good thindgs as my money buys for me. Sufely my light to having more than enough is can celle if I don’t use that more to help those who have less. This sense of rumanitv’s interdependence ante dates Karl Marx. Man admitted his responsibility to Man 'when the first murderer died out to God, “Am I mv brother’s keeper?” However, those in the current plot a gainst Librty would drive all social virtues under ground by calling its simplest expression Commun ism. The war news suygests that there are worse terms of abuse. Still the proud citizenry of our own democratic persuasion do not credit authorship the eproposition that “all men are created equal” to the Russian Soviet. JUSTICE— NOT VENGEANCE c (by Ruth Taylor) Perhaps one of the most encouraging signs for the future, for the world to come after the peace, was seen in the statement made by Haiie Selassie shortly after the surrender of Italy. “Ethiopia is less interested in vengeance for the past than in justice for the future.” in commenting upon this state ment one of the big metroplitan dailies concluded with the line 'Well spoken. Lion of Judah.” If we can all attain that state of mind, there will be ]ittle need to fear for the future. On such a bas -is we would have an enduring i rtf*0*Wii0ri0n0-0r'0r0n0~ 0^10 0 0iL peace—for we wiuld put justice be fore vengeance- affordng to van quished ond victor alike an oppor tunity to live and griw strong in a free wOrll. We must not make one groifp great at the expense of another. We must have equal justice for all the peoples of the earth. He who enslaves becomes a slave himself He who is avaricious is bou'nd tightly to, and by his chattels. He who hates his neighbor arouses ha tred against himself. It is as in evitable as the ■ laws of nature. Our spirits are high as Our troops forge ahead in the invasios of the European mainland. The last long relentless push is on. Bdt this time we will go on to the end and finish the job. We are determ -inad that this time there will be no trhce but that of peace based on Young lady, does an old TABOO prevent yenr knowing this help? In less enlightened days, women didn't discuss these things. Now it's different. If a woman suffers from periodic cramp-like pain and other purely functional distresses, s'ne tries to learn how to help herself. Thousands of women praise the 2-way help of Cardui. Taken as a tonic, it usually peps up the appe • tite, stimulates the flow of gastric juices, thus aiding digestion and thereby helping build up energy and resistance. Started three days before the time, and taken as di rected, it should help relieve much purely functional, periodic pain. Try CARDUI. A 62 year record says it may help! justice c We must remember that justice is a universal right, applying to all men equally, regardless of their station in life, their race or nation ality, their religious faiths. If it does not apply equally, it ceases to be justice and becomes privilege or prosecution accordingly as its dec isions ore made. If we, in the same spirit as Haile Selassie, put justice before ven geance. we are on the way to bring about that dream of a world, of which Cicero wrote saying: "And there will not be one law at Rome and another at Athens, one law to day and another tomorrow; but the same law everlasting and unchang'e able will bind all nations at all times; and there will be One com mon Master and Ruler of all, even God, the framer, the arbitrator and the proposer of this law. And he who will not obey it will be an ex le from himself.” Omaha Negro Youth Council Elects Representatives The Election Committee of the Omaha Negro Youth Council, con sisting of Miss Jeanne Rudd, chair man, Warren McGee and Marcel Johnson, announced this week the results of the'high school students election of representatives to the Omaha Negro Youth Council. The election was conducted in a completely democratic manner, with interested students filing pet itions for nominations to the bil ■ lot and with open election held al the Urban League, Northside YW CA and Woodson Center for bcn-i fide hijrfc ^sel\pol > students who wished' to vote As is true with adults, many high school students did not take ad vantage of either privilege to rur, for office or the opportunity to elect their representatives. How ever, a goodly number did respond The results of the ballots cast were as follows: Central Seniors: Nathaniel Brown and Betty Jeanne Thomas, repres entatives; Ruth Norman and Tes sie Edwards, alternates. Central Juniors: Udoxie Good win and Von Richard Trimble, rep resentatives; Odessie Goodwin and Madeline Wilkes, alternates. Central Sophomores: Mae Part ridge and Cleveland Marshall, rep resentatives; Katherine Wilburn and Juanita Hanger, alternates, j Central Freshmen: Barbara Ed wards and Nadine Hancock, repre sentatives; Kenneth Graham and Chotsie Saundres, alternates. Tech Seniors: Jessie Turner and Agnes Montgomery, representativ es; Arthur Reynolds and Ralph Crooms, alternates. i«cn juniors: uvanne urice ana Joe Glass, representatives; Arthur Hayden and Jean Fisher, alternat es; Tech Sophomores: Eloise Jones and Daniel Yancy, representatives Pearl Faulkner and William Wil liams, alternates. Tech Freshmen: Fred Lee Book er and Nadine Manley, represent atives; Dolores Hall and Earl Hun nigan, alternates. North Seniors: Herbert Phillips, representative and Betty Jones a' ternate. North Jupiors: Ben Mur-eU. representative; Nancy Bryant, al ternate. North Sophomores: James Jonc* representative; Margaret Fowle", alternate. North Freshmen: Darlene Duff, representative; an-1 Betty Nellum, | alternate. South Sophomores: Joan Hodges and' Robert Samuels, representativ ( cs, Melvin Agee, alternate. South Freshmen: Gloria Bryant, and Erma Blackson, representativ es; Carroll Crocker a >0 Hattie Mae Green, alternates. I Election returns for St. Benedict have not yet been reported. The new representatives ard al ternates will meet at the Omaha Urban League on Thursday Jan uary 20, at 7:30 pm. to set a datq for the election of officers and to hear committees report <in Taient Show for Omaha’s youth. The Youth Council was create'! with the object in view of develop ing further opportunities for the Negro youth of Omaha to become useful citizens through selective1 educational and social activities, designed to promote city-wide un tty; Initiative gained by leadership experiences; community participa tion; personal growth; constructive recreation; knowledge of Negro history; and conception of Negro economic and social problems. TO RENEW TOUR 1944 SUBSCRIPTION THE OMAHA GUIDE CALL HA-0800 ONE-A-DAY Vitamin A and D Tablets EACH tablet contains 25% more than minimum daily require ments of these two essential Vi tamins. Insufficient Vitamin A may cause night blindness, may lessen resistance to infection of the nose, throat, eyes, ears and sinuses. Vitamin D is necessary to enable the body to make use of the calcium and phosphorus in our food. Insure your minimum requirements of these two important Vitamins, by taking a ONE-A-DAY Vitamin A and D Tablet every day. 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