The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19??, November 11, 1944, Image 1

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March 8, 1874. Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebt Saturday, NOV. 11, 1944 Our 17th Year No. 40
Dewey Concedes Defeat by Roosevelt; l\ebr. foi Dewey\
KATHERINE DUNHAM PROTEST *JC’ POLICY
Shocks White
Audience of
2000 with
Unexpected Talk
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by MARViN SMITH
Louisville, Ky., (PPNS) Kather
ine Dunham, renown interpretative
dancer attained the ranks of other
race champions this week when she
protested before an audience of more
than a,000 the racial segregation en
dorsed by the Memorial auditorium
where she and her troupe appeared
last Thursday.
Miss Dunham's stand is deservant
of much praise, and her remarks ad
dressed to the audience after the per
formance from the auditorium stage
must have caused considerable shock
among some of the white Kentuck
ians. When Miss Dunham returned
to the stage and uttered her first
sentence, a complete silence settled
over the crowd, who had a moment a
go loudly applauded the staging of
her “Tropical Revue-" Said Miss
Dunham in a very clear and strong
voice: “This is the last time I am
coming to Louisville because the man
agement refuses to let my people sit
with your people. Maybe after the
war we will have democracy and I
can return.”
Other race performers who refused
to make appearances in jim crow
theatres are Paul Robeson, current
star of the much acclaimed stage
play Othello, and Lena Horne, who
snubbed an appearance at one of the
large theatres recently in Washington
because of the jim crow policy ad
hered to by the management. (Photo
shows Miss Dunham and one of her
dancing partners in one of her feat
ured acts.)
ARMISTICE DAY 1944...
BY RUTH TAYLOR
"Here lie zi'e dead because we did
not choose,
To shame the land from which
we sprung
Life is perhaps no great thing to
lose,
But young men think it is,
And zve are young-”
We, who remember the casualty
lists of the last war, walk with
ghosts today. Besides the soldiers on
our streets, we see those other lads
whose lives were far too short, who
loved life too greatly to be miserly
with it when their country called.
In the Armistice Day pause this
year, there will be new heroes to re
member. All over the globe there
are places halowed by those who
could say as did A. E- Housman in
the “Epitaph for the Fallen”.
“Here lie we dead because we did not
choose to shame the lang from which
we sprung.”
They have given their all and it
was so much! Who knows that grea*
things they might have accomplished
what great good might have come
to the world if they had been allow
ed to live, what things they might
have created, discovered, invented,
taught!
We have to face the fact that be
fore this war is ever, thousands up
on thousands of these, our finest, will
have died- They will be Americans,
maybe rich or poor, maybe Black or
White, maybe Protestant, Catholic or
Jew; but NOT German-American,
RAissian-American, Itaian-American
not a “son of the American Revolu
tion”, not an immigrant—but just
citizens of the UNITED States—A
mericans who loved their country and
its ideals of freedom and equality e
nough to offer their lives that these
ideals of justice and democracy
might not perish.
We, too, though we cannot fight,
must not “shame the land from which
we sprung.” We have a duty as
binding upon us as that of any sold
ier as long as this war lasts. After
wards we have another duty, too
that of seeing to it that they did not
die in vain, that the promises made in
edthe Four Freedoms are at last ful
filled for all the peoples of all the
earth, and that those who come after
may ive as free men, unafraid in a
free world.
Biven’s Tabernacle
To Hold Armistice
Day Program Sun.
A Christian and Armistice Day
program will be held at 2711 North
24th Street, the home of the George
E- Biven’s Tabernacle next Sunday,
November 12, 1944 at 3 :30 pm.
The Mistress of Ceremonies for
the program will be Mrs. Mosley. •
The program is as follows:
1. Selection by the choir.
2- Scripture Reading, Minister.
3. “The War—1918” Rev. Doug
lass of Cleaves Temple, 15 minutes
4. A solo by Mrs- Mosley.
5. An address by representative of
American Legion, Post No- 30—5
minutes.
0- Selection by the choir.
7. Principal Speaker—Mr- Will
iam Parkinson, Area Director War
Manpower Commission, 20 minutes.
8. An address by Iozgy White, In
fantry, Illinois- 10 minutes.
Offering.
Announcements by Sgt- Bivens, 5
minutes
The National Anthem.
ARMISTICE DAY 1944-By collier
l
1918 1944
ri
i LA80 ft- _> MAMA6EMEKT 1
Fighting Negro Sea
bees Return Home
UNIT CITATION FOR
TWENTY MONTHS OF
JUNGLE WARFARE AND
BUILDING UNDER GREAT
DIFFICULTIES.....
Veterans of 20 months of jungle
warfare in the South Pacific, and
bearing a unit citation for many out
standing feats of construction com
pleted under great difficulties, the
first battalion of Negro Seabees to
go overseas has returned to this coun
try, the Navy Department announced
this week.
The unit, the 34th Constriction Bat
talion, indoctrinated at Camp Allen
in Virginia, sailed outside the conten
ental limits of the United St£|es on
January 7, 1942, and arrived in Nou
mea, New Caledonia, nineteen days
later. Since that date, the unit has
suffered casualties of five men kill
ed in action and 33 wounded.
The first big job tackled by the
unit was the construction of the Hal
avo Seaplane Base at Halavo in the
Florida Islands. Brigaded there
with the Acorn (Red) Four, an air
unit, the 34th Battalion helped carve
its camp out of a deep jungle. Dur
ing February and March 1943, the
two outfits experienced two direct
enemy bombings and were under al
most nightly enemy air raids in the
area for a period of five months
Casualties from these raids resulted
in two killed and 28 wounded.
A detachment of approximately 350
men were transferred on March 19,
1943, to Guadalcanal to assist other
battalions in constructing fuel and
gas storage facilities. This detach
ment remained on Guadalcanal until
November 1643, constructing all typ
es of airfield facilities and housing.
They were under frequent enemy air
raids for the first six months of
their duty there and then less fre
quent raids, the last of which occur
red in October 1943. No casualties
resulted.
On April 20, 1943, another detach
ment of approximately 200 men with
75 percent of the Battalion’s heavy
equipment was transferred by LCT’s
to Russell Island where they laid out
and constructed, together with the
35th Construction Battalion, the sec
ond fighter strip north of Renard
Sound on Banika Island. This de
tachment wras a part of what was es
sentially a regimental command con
sisting of the entire 47th Battalion
and one-half of the 20th battalion.
It was assigned to the task of con
structing a 6,000-foot bomber strip,
and a ,500 foot fighter strip on the
Russells in time for the New Geor
gia campaign. These Seabee units
completed their assigned task on time
and the first three units later enlarg
ed the bomber facilities south of
(Continued page 3)
A Lesson in Democracy
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Naples, (PPI S) Major General j
Arthur R. Wilson tries his hand at
game of pool with a colored GI and
at the same time gives a lesson in
real, Ameriacn democracy that will
behoove jim crow members on the
home-front to observe and follow
:uit. The picture was taken during
a recent visit by the general to the
Liberty Club, A Red Cross .recrea
tion. center for service men here.
The mural in the background were
painted by two colored GI’s—Pvt
Roy D- Harris of Brooklyn and a
corporal from St. Louis.
j Youth Addresser
i Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
New York City NAACP Youth
Conference■
CONGRESSMAN ADAM
POWELL, JR., AMONG
NAACP YOUTH SPEAKERS
VIRIGINIA UNION NOV. 11-1 it
New York—The NAACP Youth
Conference which will be„ held at
Virginia Union University, Richmond
Va., November . 7-19, 1944, promis
es to be the largest in the history of
the Association. Seriously interested
in the theme, "Building for Total
Democracy”, delegates have already
registered fror states aj far distant
as Michigan, Massachusetts, Ala
j bama and Georgia- Since the NA
I ACP Couth membership has more
than doubled in the past year, it is'
expected that the number of delegates
will be far in excess of the 200 at
tending last year's conference.
Dr. Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.,
New Cork’s first Negro Congress
man and pastor of the world’s largest
Protestant Church, Abyssinian Bap
tist, wlil deliver the keynote address
at the opening mass meeting, on Fri
day night, November 17. Response
will be made by Mrs- Ruby Hurley,
magnetic young youth secretary.
Ella J- Baker, Director of Branch
es, wlil open the discussions on Sat
urday morning, the topic being, “Re
cruiting for the NAACP, A Mass
Organization”. She will outline re
cruiting and sustaining Association
programs.
Gloster Current, former president
of the Detroit Youth Council, now
Executive Secretary of that Branch
will outline "Protest and Pressure
Techniques for a Mass Organization'
for the second discussion of the day.
Emphasizing the conditions under
which other minorities live, Rabbi
Edward Klein of the Free Synagogue
School, New York City and another
sjK-aker to be named, will lead the
discussion ‘.Negro Youth Relation
ships to National and International
Minority Problems.”
Rev. James H. Robinson, dynamic
\outh leader and pastor of the
Church of the Master, New York
City, will summarize conference find
ings.
Judge William H. Hastie, Dean
of Howard Law' School and Edward
R- Dudley, Assistant NAACP Coun
sel will provide information.
Miss Marjorie Penny, Executive
Director, of Fellowship House,
Philadelphia, Pa., will speak for the
Sunday morning Chapel Services and
the closing meeting of the conferenc
es.
Highlighting social features of the
conference will be a reception for
deelgates by Dr. J. M. Ellison, pres
ident of Virginia-Union University
rnd the host chapter of which Mar
shall Shepard. Jr., is president will
give a dance for the visitors
JOE LOUIS TO APPEAR IX
BOXING EXHIBITIONS
Chicago, (PPNS) It is expected
that fight fans of the Windy City
will soon liave the keen pleasure of
witnessing the Brown Bomber in ac
tion after a lull of more than two
years- Sgt. Joe Louis, king of the
heavyweight division, who is now en
joying a 21 day furlough, began his
l exhibition tour at Detrot's Olympia
To Guide Us
On Through
President Franklin D• Roosevelt,
who was chosen over the Republican
Presidential candidate, Thomas E.
Dewey, for a fourth term as Presi
dent of these United States in last
Tuesday's election•
Seek Advice’ Melford
State Health Officer R- E- Melford
URGES THOSE SUFFERING
FROM VENEREAL DISEASE
TO SEEK ADVICE
Ryland E. Mleford, Nebraska State
Health Department, urges all persons
suffering from venereal diseases and
those interested in the treatment of
the diseases to obtain information
from their private physicians how
best they can be cured or have their
cases arrested.
The use of the new drug “Penicillin
has proved very efficient in the treat
ment of early infectious syphillis and
gonorrhea- Foi those person inter
ested n the clinical and hospital ser
vices of the State Health Depart
ment and the United States Public
Health Service information may be
secured through your private physic
ian or either of the above named a
gencies
Mr- Melford, of the Nebraska
State Health Department, is Assist
ant Director of Venereal Disease
Control Education and is the only
Negro Health Officer in this area.
All persons wishing private consulta
tion with Mr. Melford, may make ar
rangcments by calling the Omaha Ur
ban League.
November 3, with Johnny Denson as
his target in three rounds of exhib
ition box>ng.
Louis is scheduled to appear in sev
eral cities during his tour- None of
the exhibition bouts are to exceed 3
rounds.
SIXTH WAR LOAN TO START NOVEMBER 20
......
How they Voted in
the 2d, 3d Wards
WARDS 2nd 3rd
4 5 6 7
Dewey 121 108 109 147
Roosevelt 428 316 333 389
Griswold 296 211 225 280 *
Olsen 296 159 156 201
Buffett .192 133 142 200
Gillespie .370 214 202 251
Adams .273 246 226 265
Foster .224 79 108 163
Slavik .212 176 165 235
Dineen ....... 311 144 167 211
Morcdcik ....... 120 101 90 145
O’Connor .397 121 240 281
Post .. 354 187 208 234
Renstrom .152 125 106 178
Bergman 179 145 134 193
Cronin . 335 173 183 213
8 9 10 11 12 13
111 140 102 260 126 150
241 09 325 360 211 232
215 262 218 411 212 239
107 151 154 190 102 88
177 211 144 296 160 181
130 182 202 266 129 148
267 251 288 194 280 275
38 124 48 302 16 35
201 245 184 330 143 206
81 132 127 212 63 75
104 159 100 227 80 114
161 214 200 302 123 152
131 170 77 269 93 114
128 187 114 248 92 145
152 190 148 250 111 172
109 168 148 265 75 92
The After Election
BY EDGAR G. BROWN
Washington, DC-, (PPNS) —The
voters at the height of World War
II, have gone peacefully to the ballot
box and help reelect Pres. Roosevelt,
President of the United States for
the next four years.
During this next administration the
country must still be made conscious
that the 13,000,000 coolred Americ
ans expect a radically better deal in
the future, on the home front and a
broad, especially for our million ser
vice men and women in the Army and
Navy. If we can whip the Nazis and
I he Japs', we must strke down Jim
Crow here to make the victory a real
ily to colored people. It is an all
out, uncompromising militant fight
on all fronts for equal rights and
justice under the constitution, North
and South. The President, the Con
gress, the press and the radio must
be even more articulate on these prop
ositions of decency and the dignity
of human personality. Full citizen
ship must be gained by unceasing
mass pressure upon Congress, the
White House and at Albany, Spring
field, Jefferson City, Harrisburg,
Annapolis, Richmond, Indianapolis,
Montgomery, Austin, Sacramento and
every one of the forty state capitals
of the nations capital at Washington
A UNITED STATES TEN
POINT FRONT.
A united racial front for all hu
manity and unlimited security must
be the order of the day in the Unit
ed States. 1. Mass action without
regard to race, creed or color in an
all inclusive program of integration.
2- Broadening and deepening of sen.
ial security and national welafr laws.
3. Reconversion of industry and full
employment in private and public
work. 4. Universal compulsory mil
itary training on an unsegregated
basis and no Jim Crow. 5. Federal
statute nullifying all Jim Crow State
laws- 6. Federal statute authoriz—
ing punishment and heavy fines for
any form of public discrimination
and such abuses in civil and military
affairs. 7. Use of the armed serv
ices to prohibit mob rule, riots and
disfranchisement. 8. Absolute pol
itical independence and action. 9.
Opposition to foreign ideologies and
narrow nationalism. 10. War on
government, management and labor
organizations practicing unholy and
unconstitutional racial discrimiation.
CAMPAIGN MUST GO ON
The Republicans, Democratic and
PAC orators and strategists won’t
get ten dollars daily expense allow
ance and one hundred dollars per
speech, now that the partisan political
campaign is ended. It is only a ques
tion of who is elected to state nation
al offices but also equally pertinent
j is the question whether all these good
| speakers and race champions will hi
; bernate for another four years after
election or stay on the firing line a
gainst the common enemy. The na
tional Negro Council calls upon all to
lraly to the uncompleted task of de
manding that President Roosevelt as
Commander-in-Chief, now as before
Nov. 7th to court martial Lt. Gener
al Brchon Somervell for the reported
slur of returning coolred veterans as
first published by Harry McAlpin,
White House press Correspondent in
the leading colored weekly newspap
ers. The great dailies, the Chicago
Tribune and the Washington Times
Herald were the first newspapers to
publish the protest resolution sent by
the National Negro Council to the
President calling for positive action
in this matter before election day to
discipline this prejudiced officer
Now the election is over, let us all
unite to back up this demand to re
move Lt. General Somervell from
command of the U. S. Army Services
as No. 1 on the Race’s must program
for the alleged statement ‘I would
like to throw all the coons in the mid
dle of the desert.”
Pullman Porter, 60
Dies Aboard Train
Sam Foster, of 2867 Cass Street,
second oldest Pullman porter in the
Omaha district in point of service,
died of a heart attack while on the
Burlin^ton-Omaha-Casp* r run fast
Thursday night near Ravenna, Nebr.
He was employed by the Pullman
Company since March 12, 1911 and
ahd been on the above run for 10
years. He left Omaha on the Burl
ington train Thursday afternoon Oct.
26, 1944. The body was taken off
the train at Ravenna, Nebraska.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Mattie Foster, a sister Mrs. Blanche
Coens of Denver, Colorado.
The funeral was held from the
Myers Funeral Home October 31st,
1944. Burial in Forest Lawn Ceme
tery.
EX-BLUFFS RESIDENT IS
APPARENT WINNER
Mar.son C. James, 42, Negro candi
date for Polk County Representative
at DesMoines, who apparently was
assured of election Wednesday, is a
former Council Bluffs resident.
He served several years as custod
ian of the Council Bluffs City Hall,
leaving in 1933 to take a state Civil
Service appointment as a mail handl
er at the State House.
READ The fZUIDP
Orient Negro Nurses in England
CONGRESSWOMAN FRANCES
B. BOLTON of the 22d Ohio dis
trict, Cleveland, on her recent trip to
American Army hospitals in France,
soent some time with the Negro
Nursing unit which is doing its orien
tation training at the 168th Station
hosptial in England. Mrs. Bolton
was enthusiatic in her praise oi the
fortitude, ability and spirit of the
colored nurses, the first to be prepar
ed for' ibe battle front- (AN'P)