^ "Largest Accredited Negro Newspaper West of Chicago and North of KC• ^ ""Cv ^ ^ Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-oftice. Omaha, Nebr., Under Act of on iqak. r\„ inir. ko .March », 187, Publishing office, at 2430 Grant Street, Omaha. N.b, Saturday, January 20,1945 Our 17th Year-No, 50 r--—-Y Dynamite.. by GEO. H. DAVEXPORT ‘“Isolationists’”. During the Presidential campaign 3 everybody spoke of America first, ■who darned our diplomats about the mtr trri u>c A f foP* e i g n countries friend or fot, were branded iso lationists ; the so - called isolationists were beaten and scared until a real American had to admit that he m, longer believed in the principles laid (down by George Washington, ‘keep away from foreign entanglements, or be branded by the tin-cup leaders of the new deal, both white ana black as un-American crackpots. Be fore going too deep on this foreign matter, this writer has been warnea that he is sticking his neck out and ’ had better write about local affairs, things he and his readers could un Depot, San Antonio, Texas—Private First Class Wavie W- Carter, WAC daughter of Mrs. Izene Carter, 2-t r Ohio St.. Omaha- has been awarded the Good Conduct Medal at the San Antonio Army Service Forces Depot, it has. been announced by Brig- Gen. J- A. Porter. Depot Commanding General. Pfc- Carter was a stenographer be fore entering the WAC in November 1943. She serves as a messenger at f the huge Texas supply center. Suggests Commissioning Top Negro Band for War Bond Drives New York—As a signficant step in boosting public morale, particularly in connection with war fund drives, Eugene Kinckle Jones, General Sec retary of the National Urban Lcagut has requested the War Department to consider commissioning the best Ne gro band in the Army to serve in somewhat the same capacity as Jim Europe's famous fifteenth band in World War I. This band- which accompanied the 369th Infantry overseas and of w'hicti Noble Sissle was a member, became widely known as the organization's "that introduced France to Ragtime’ It led the parade of the 369th up 3th Avenue at the colse of the war, ano was greeted uproariously by throngs in New York City. General Pershing regarded Lieutenant Europe’s banc as an important factor in keeping uj the morale of our troops overseas and at one time borrowed its service; ; to piay at AEF headquarters for at j entire month. The suggestion, which was sent :• FOR HONORING OUTSTANDING TEAMWORK BETWEEN WHITES AND NEGROES _ WILLIAM H- BALDWIN, president of the National Urban League, compares Richmond Barthe's design for the Two Friends Award with the profiles of L. Hollingsworth Wood and Eugene Kinckle Jones in whose honor the League is establishing the medal for annual award to whites and Negroes who make outstanding contributions to interracial accord- For For upwards of 30 years. Wood, as chairman, and Jones- as secretary, have worked together as a white*Negro team in developing the organization from a single office in New York to one with affiliated offices in 50 cities throughout the nation. Photo shows Baldwin, seated, and, standing (1 to r.) Barthe, Wood and Jones 1 XT TT < T - T“* - x v/i rv j auuai _v iu-^ i ment of the Two Friends Award for honoring outstanding teamwork be tween whites and Negroes in the ad vancement of interracial accord was announced today by William H. Baldwin, president of the National Urban League The Award gets its name from the thirty years of teamwork between L Hollingsworth and Eugene Kinckle Jones in building the National Urb an League from a single office in New York to an organization with affiliated groups and programs in 56 cities throughout the United States It will take the form of medals struck from a master design by Richmond Barthe, Negro sculptor, who has featured the profiles of these two men on the obverse of the medal- Awards will be made by vote of the National Urban League’s Brigadier General Benjamin O- Dav is, ranking Negro in the United Stat es Army, proposed the selection m that band- “which would represent the very best medium of musical ex pression of the martial spirit-" Tru man K- Gibson, Jr-, Civilian Aide t< the Secretary of War- has transmit ted the request for consideration by the appropriate division of the War ! Department. JORDAN TEAMS WITH RING New York (PENS) I^ouis Jordan exponent of a most unique form of boogie-woogie music, has been team ed by Decca with Bing Crosby on two recordings— “My Baby Said Yes" and "Your Socks Don’t Match" executive board to white and Negn. individuals whose collaboration outstanding. "When wartime tensions are cn phasizing the critical need for under standing and good will between th> two races, it is timely-” Mr- Baldwin said- “to focus public attention o;: the forces which are maging for in terracial accord; and it is appropr iate that the long record of devoted friendship and effective teamwork between Messrs. Wood and Jones bi made the symbol for honoring other of like spirit and achievement.’’ Mr. Wood became treasurer of the National Urban League when it was founded in 1910, and secretary m 1912- He served as president from 1915 to 1942 and is now chairman or the League’s national committee. Mr- Jones started as the field secre tary, becoming executive secretary :n 1919 and general secretary in 1942 Lloyd K. arrison, a public member of the War Labor Board and a for mer treasurer of the National Urb an League- is chairman of a commit tee which has been formed to raise money for endowing the Two Friends Award- A ceiling of $25 has been fixed as the maximum contribution which will be accepted from any one individual, and any income in excess of the cost of providing medals for future awards will be applied to the League’s fellowship program under which 101 young colored men anc women selected from the colleges ol the country have already been helper to obtain post-graduate training it social service. Major Simpson Orders Them To Eat In Separate Dining Rooms Omaha Girl G Arrives in India L. BERNICE GRICE, daughter of Mr- and Mrs. Paul Grice. 1516 N. 28th street, has arrived in India to serve th.e armed forces as aju. Americ an Red Cross staff assistant. She is one of 200 Negro personnel now scrv ing overseas with the Red Cross Before her Red Cross appointment, Miss Grice was employed in the War Department, Office of the Surgeon General, Washington, DC., She is i graduate of Technical High School and of the University of Omaha NEW YORK—Humiliation of Negro army nurses in the presence of Germas prisoners, as a result of discriminatory orders issued by an officer in the Prisoner of War Camp hospital in Florence, Arizona, was brought to the attention of the War Department by the NAACP in a letter to Assistant Secretary of War, John J- McCloy. The letter read: "We have receiv ed information from Florence, Ariz ona, that American Army nurses have been ordered by a Major Simp son to eat in a separate dining room. “These nurses, we understand, are in a hospital at the Prisoner of War Camp at Florence- They feel espec ially humiliated and degraded be cause, even though in the uniform of the United States Army, they wer» set apart under the very noses ot German war prisoners who serve a.» cooks, and waiters in the Hospital Officers’ Mess “The nurses felt their humiliation so keenly that on the first day the order was supposed to take effect they seated themselves in their old stations in the dining room whereuc on Major Simcson called the chiet nurse and publicly told her that the separate arrangehent had been insti tuted because it was the way he want ed it and the nurses must obey be cause they fere In the Army and hart sworn to obey orders of their super ior officers. “The German prisoners, of course looked on this scene with great glee, and the Negro nurses went to their, jim crow dining room boiling mad. “We understand from announce ments from Major General Norman T. Kirk. Surgeon General. United States Ormy, that the Army is not anxious to increase the number of Negro nurses, but if incidents like the foregoing illustrate Army policy, I am sure you can understand that Negro nurses in their turn are noi anxious to serve in the Army." Announced Engagement of Popular Radio Minister to Widow of McKissack Jones, Shocks Chicagoans BRIDE TO BE Chicago (PPNS) Jean Starr Jon es, widow of the late McKissaek Jones, whose engagement to the pop ular radio minister Rev■ Clarence Cobbs ivas announced recently in the home of Mrs. Marva Louis• News of the forthcoming wedding made headlines in the Chicago daily papers by Jimmy Gentry Chicago (PPNS) Grotesque fig ures descending from Wars couldn't have had a greater shocking effect tc the “Windy City” elite than the re cent revelation that Mrs. Jean Starr Jones, widow of the late McKissack Jones, and Rev. Clarence Cobbs, one of Chicago’s most popular ministers have decided to tread the middle aisle to the altar at an early date According to reports, Songressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., militan* Harlem minister, will be best man at the nuptial ceremonies- Powell re cently made the headlines when his domestic rifts flared into the open, and it was widely rumored that his next wife would he the celebrated pianist, Hazel Scott. Friends of the two principals, as tounded by the news, were divided on the question as to whether the marriage would actually take place The odds seem to be positive, how ever, for at a party given in the home of Mrs. Marva Louis last Wed nesday night, the “bride-to-be” dis played a dazzling 5-karat solitaire given her by the popular, young ra dio minister, and announced her en gagement National Leaders Appeal For Support Of March Of Dimes Seventeen national leadrs in busi ness and finance, government and pol itics, education, religion, law- jour nalism and social welfare, appeal for support of the March of Dimes. In statements released to the press in Maryland, 'VJrgjjn^, Connecticut Pennsylvania, New Jersey- North Carolina, Illinois, Oklahoma- Ken tucky, Ohio, Georgia California. Michigan and the District of Colum bia, these national leaders endorsed and commended the work of The Na tional Foundation for Infantile Par alysis and its County Chapters. The important leaders include: Dr. D- O- W. Holmes. President, Mor gan State College, Baltimore. Md-, Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Pres ident and Founder Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N. C-; Hon. C.C Spaulding. President, North Carol ina Mutual Life Insurance Company. Durham. NC-: Dr- W. R. Valentine, Principal. State of New Jersey Man ual Training School, Bordentown, N. J.; Hon- Homer S. Brown, mem ber House of Representatives. Com monwealth of Pennsylvania, Pitts burgh, Pa-; Hon. P- B- Young, Pres ident and Publisher, The Journal and Guide, Norfolk. Ba.; Bishop W- J. Walls. Chicago, 111.; President R- b Atwood, Kentucky State College, i Frankfort, Kv.: Hoi. Augustus F. Hawkins. member of Assemblj, California Legislature, Los Angeles. Calif.; Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, President, National Council of Ne gro Women, Washington, DC-; Mrs Sadie T. M. Alexander, member Raymond Pace Alexander law firm Philadelphia, Pa.; Hon. John W. Lancaster Jr., President, Bridgeport Branch, NAACP-; Hon- William O. Walker, Editor. Cleveland. Ohio Call and Post; Dr. enjamin E. Mays President, Morehouse College, At lanta, Ga., and Vice President of the Federal Council of Churches: Hon. Charles C- Diggs, member Senate State pf Michigan; Hon. Roscoe Dunjee, President, National Negro, usiness League, Oklahoma City, Ok lahoma; Hon- Albert W- Dent, President. Dillard University. New Drleans, La. Millions of dimes and dollars, con tributed to the March of Dimes ap peal in Celebration of the President's irthday, are at work all over the country, upholding the pledge of The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis that no victim of infantile paralysis, regardless of age, race, creed or color, shall go without care for lack of funds