★ ^ -ft "Largest Accredited Negro Newspaper West of Chicago and North of KC. ^ -O ^
Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-oft ice. Omaha, Nebr., Under Act of « , , . - mit . _
March 8, 1874. Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebr ©aturday, April 7, 1945 ★ lOc Per Copy ★ Our I8th Year, No. 9
MARINES ON I WO JIM A D-DAY
Saved By Guns Brought A shore by Negro Unit
Marriage Announced
Mr. and Mrs
John Dotson
a n n o u nee
the marriage
of their
d a u g h t e r,
Eva Mae
Dixon to Mr.
Goldie G.
Davis, Sun
day after
noon April 1,
1945. M r .
Davis is the
son of the
late Mr. and
Mrs. George
Robert Dav
is of Oak
land, Calif.
The Rev.
F. C. Wil
liams offic
iated.
Photograph:—
Hy BL.IVKX.
MIIS. (i. DAVIS
Negro Soldiers Prohibited So.
of Leavenworth After 8 PM.
Reported Rumors of i
Restriction I)iscussed
by Leading Groups
It is rumored strongly through the
•iiffcrent organizations of our City
that Negro soldiers have been pro
hibited by orders from some source
not to go South of Leavenworth St.
after 8:00 P. M. in the evening. The
rumor has been discussed in several
different meetings of Labor, Civic
and Economic organizations Mr. R.
A. Hayes, President of the Trans
port Workman Union, with offices
at 1322 one half Farnam Street and
who is Chairman of the CIO Coun
c l called Rev. Blackmore. I’resid
< nt of the N. A. A. C. P. hy phone
and reported this rumor to him. Mr
Blacktnore extended an invitation to
Mr, Hayes to meet the Executive
Board at their local office 2118
Grant Street in the Omaha Guide
building. Mr, Hayes met with the
board members that were present a
l.out 8:30 P. M. and the matter was
discussed at late, Pro and Con. Sonte
«if the members of the board had
heard the rumor also. Mr. Snell.,
Contractor stated he had heard the i
lumor hut he thought it possible I
that it originated out of the state- 1
merit made to the press hy the USOJ
that . there was b.ujf one USO In j
Omaha. Mr. Hayes s(!iid he had talk
ed the matter over with Mr. R.
Brown of the Urban League Mr.
Brown stated he had also heard the:
rumor. The matter was turned over
to. the Legal’Redress Committee, Mr
H. J. Pinkett, Chairman for invest
igation with instructions to report
his findings to the President of the
N. A. A. C. P. The president was re
quested by the chairman of the
legal redress committee that if there
iuk any truth in said statement to
write a letter of inquiry to the
Army Official that has the authority
to issue such statement. I
These 8 Pages are
Jammed full
of Good Reading for
Everyone!
INfOflMATIVE—
EDUCATIONAL—
ENTERTAINING
10c—and Worth It!
Full Page Comics
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Asst. Mgr. of Drugstore
Barely Escapes Death
Falling Ceiling Misses
Mr. Wiley’s Head by
Six Inches
Wednesday morning about 8:45 Mr
(iuy Wiley, assistant manager of
Johnson Drug Store claims nothing
beats living right and trusting the
Hurd. Mr. Wiley says not excluding
his auto wreck he had seme years
ago which he thought was a narrow
♦•scape, he escapes death by a second
on the steps of the Drug Store lead
ing to tlie basement this A. M. He
was going to the basement to get
the snow shovel and when he was
just about two steps from the land
ing on his way down the whole
ceiling which is about a quarter of
an inch thick fell within six inches
of his head it would have caused in
stant death because it came down in
slabs
Asked For His Exact Words
TRIMAN K. GIBSON, JR.
NAACP ASKS GIHSON FOR HIS
EXACT WORD ON 92d DIVISION
NEW YORK—TRUMAN K, GIB
SON, JR., civilian aide to the Secre
tary of War, has been asked by the
NAACP to clarify statements attri
buted to him in a March 14 press
conference in Rome, Italy, on the
32nd Division. The interview ap
peared in the New York Herald
Times, the New York Herald Tri
bune, and other major papers thru
out the country.
The NAACP Committee on Admin
istration discussed the Gibson state
ments at its regular March meeting
and instructed Acting Secretary Roy
Wilkins to write for verification.
Mr. Gibson was asked if his re
marks were correctly presented in
the following paragraph from John
C. Smith’s dispatch to the New York
Herald Tribune: “Mr, Gibson said
he tried to find out why Negro
troops so often *melt away' in the
fnee of the enemy where n few
»r*«r«:lorx will fall by the wayside
In other unit*, a whole Negro plat
oon will sometimes get panicky
Mr. Gibson was also asked if he
was correctly reported in the fol
lowing paragraph, also from the
lerald Tribune: “Mr. Gibson said
most of the 92nd Division officers
killed in combat have been Negro
»f fleers, which he said, reflected
more credit on their courage than
ibcir judgement.**
WMNE CALIFORNIA OFFICER
WRITES FAMILY! “I AM PROUD
TO BELONG TO A COLORED
DUCK COMPANY;”
OUTFIT LOST ONLY TWO GUNS
ALTHOUGH 20 OF 50 BOATS
WERE SHOT AWAY
SACRAMENTO. Calif—The work
of a Negro Army amphibious truck
company the afternoon of D-Day on
Iwo Jima, “made the difference be
tween taking the island and hand
ing it back to the Japanese” ac
cording to a letter received here by
the parents of Lt. Grover I. Groves,
white platoon leader of the heroic
colored men.
The Negro company braved a hail
of Japanese mortar and artillery
fire on the Iwo beach to bring in
the big guns needed by the marines.
If the guns—105 mm. howitzers—
had failed to make the shore, U S
forces might have been forced to
withdraw from the island.
“I can't give enough credit to my
boys,” wrote Lt. Groves, "I hope
there is some way everyone learns
of the mavelous way these colored
obys performed.
“I landed my platoon at 2 in the
afternoon on D-Day. We were car
rying 105 howitzers and ammunit
ion for the marines. We were un
der terrific mortar fire while com
ing in and while on shore.
"The beach was too steep and two
soft to get up and when we landed
we stuck right to the shore until
a tractpr could pull us up. My men
stayed in their vehicles under ter
rific fire and got their ducks am
phibious trucks) ashore, some of the
ducks so shot up they couldn't go i
bacTt into the water. |
"One of my sergeants was hurt
when he was crushed between a
duck and a tractor. He was trying
to get wounded casualties off a
beached duck. Another man stayed
with his stuck duck carrying an
artillery piece while everyone else
was in a foxhole. I could go on and
on about the men's brave conduct.
I am proud to belong to a colored
duck company with the calibre of
menthatare present in this outfit."
Sgt. Larry Schulenburg, marine
corps combat correspondent, wrote
of Lt. Groves' outfit:
“The Marines on Iwo will never
forget this company of colored
boys. Japs on Mt. Surihachi were
raking the beaches to plaster
marine units trying to dig in be
fore nightfall of D-Da.v. There j
was no ninrine artillery ashore yet
Marine guns were no match for
mortars and heavier .lap guns.
"Then earlt in the afternoon |
this Negro outfit starteil inland j
in 50 bobbing, swaying ducks,
bringing with them the 105 mm
howitzers, the long-muzzled guns
which since swept Iwo with salvo
after salvo.
"When the colored boys finished j
4.N hours Inter they had lost 20
out of their 50 ducks, but the guns ^
were emplaced and working. In
the face of huge odds only two
guns were lost.
“One hour after they hit the
beach the guns were set up and
ammunition ready for firing. The
driver* had to stand up, exposed
to unhnrneNs the howitzers. The
murines thought the colored army
boys were crazy, but those boys
thought that if the marines could
land on the place, their duck com
pany could give them the stuff
to make the landing stick.”
Rev. (Reynolds
Terminates
Fourth Year
At Clair M. E. Chapel;
To Close Year’s Work
This coming Sunday, April 8th
will mark the closing of the 4th
vear of the pastorate of Rev, and
Mrs. C. C. Reynolds at Clair Chapel
Methodist Church. Rev. Reynolds
will'speak Sunday morning at 11
o'clock from the theme: "We For
ward Go". It is expected that a
large number of the members and
friends of lair Church will hear this
closing message of Rev. Reynolds.
In the afternoon at ,1 o’clock, the
Pastors arid their Congregations of
tre city will unite with Clair Church
in the Fourth Anniversary and Ap
preciation Service for Rev. and Mrs.
Reynolds. Following the service a
social hour will be spent by all in
the church dining room, entertain
ed by the Woman's Society of Clair
Church. At this service, Mrs. Ger
aldine Melford, will give a brief
account of the work accomplished
by Rev. and Mrs. Reynolds. Other
expressions will be coming from the
Ministers, Pastors’ Wfves Council,
Council of Colored Church Women,
and Civic Leaders. We extend a
cordial invitation to all the friends
of Rev. and Mrs. Reynolds to be
present at this Anniversary and Ap
preciation Service.
Rev. and Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. Al
■ erta Jones, hurch delegate, and
>thers, will leave Tuesday morning
April 10th for Kansas City, the seat
>f the Annual Conference.
For Immediate NPC Public Ownership, REPEAL 204
R. R. BROWN RESIGNS OMAHA POST
Discuss Electric Power
Controversy at North -
Side Home Meeting
A large interesting group heard
Mr. Bernard Stone, president of the
Non-Profit purchaser of the Nebr
aska Power (Omaha Electric Com
mittee) and Attorney John Samson
discussed Power controversy at the
home of Mrs. Christine Althouse,
Tuesday evening, April 3, 1945.
The two bills being 297 the Pub
lic Power Bill and 204 Peoples Pow
er Bill.
Under 297 the Nebraska Public
Power Bill which the Non-Profit
(Omaha Electric Committee) will be
able to turn the Nebraska Power
over to the "People" for Public
Ownership within CO days to 90
Days if the Legislature immediately
repeals 204. This action will enable
Omaha citizens to begin at once to
enjoy savings up to a million dol.
lavs a year in taxes and reductions
in electric rates. The benefits de
rived by the Schools, County, and
fetntes in taxes, will still be paid,
so Ornahans need have no fear that
their schools shall not continue to
be well supported as they have in
the past, under private ownership.
Under 204 the Peoples Power
Bill which is considered by many
as special Legislation and which
has not been declared constitution
al, and is being supported by prof
it motive groups and thus causing
a continued fight for the past two
years, and will pro-bably continue
for two y'fears more, because the
many legal bearers it has to hurdle,
especially the uncertainty of 204
constitutionality.
The proceeding uhder 297 where
the people will get a chance to e
lect 6 (six) of the Board members
whereas under 204, they don't have
any say, as to who picks the Board,
but it is left entirely up to the
Mayor of Omaha and the Governor
of Nebraska.
Get behind 297 and repeal 204
and public Ownership will get right
around the corner (60 to 90 days
by the immediately turning over of
Nebraska Power to the people by
the good citizens of Omaha—the
Omaha Electric Committee).
Write to your Representative in
Lincoln, Senator Foster, urging up
on him the necessity of the immed
iate repeal of 204 before Monday,
April 9, 1945—letters and cards ar
riving no later than 9 a. m. Mon
day.
Let our slogan be Repeal 204 anil
BRING PUBLIC POWER OWNER
SHIP IMMEDIATELY TO OMAHA”.
(read more about the facts
on page 5)
Phil ippa Schuyler’s "Manhattan Npcturne” Will Be
Heard In Carnegie Hall Saturday, April 7th
\EYV YORK — Clarence Cameron
White, congratulates Philippa Duke
Schuler, 13 year old pianist-compos
er, upon the news that her first
Orchestral Composition '-Manhattan
Nocturne** will be played on April 7
in (arneffie Hall by the world fam
ous New York Philharmonie* Sym
phony Orchestra. Philippa taken
violin frmo Mr. White, piano from
Hermann Wn*sermann, and compo
sition from Otto Ownna. All of
whom will be prenent at the per
formance. (Photo by Chick Solomon *
Rudolph Ganz will
Conduct New York’s
Philharmonic Symphony I
Orchestra in Rendition
New York—Philippa Duke Schuy- |
ler, talented 13-year old pianist |
composer of this city, will attain the |
goal of every composer’s ambition j
on April 7 when Dr. Rudolph Ganz.
renowned pianist and head of the
Chicago Musical College lifts his
baton in Carnagie Hall here to di
rect the New York Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra in the premiere
of her “Manhattan Nocturne . It.
will be the last and most important !
of the Young People's Concerts of
the 1944-45 season, and as always
on this occasion there will be an
overflow audience of yoyng and old
music lovers. The program will be
broadcast locally over the radio.
Philippa began “Manhattan Noc
turne" while she was vacationing
in Mexico City last April and com
pleted it in time for her 13th birth
day on August 2nd. She scored the
piece herself for 100 instruments
and now, an even year after her
initial inspiration, she will hear it
played by the world's greatest mus
ical aggregation.
Carnagie Hall honors are not un
usual for this youngster. Each sea
son from her fifth to her eleventh
year she attended the Young Peo
ple’s concerts and won the highest
honors with her notebooks—eight
prizes in all—from such notables as
Ernest Schelling, founder of the
Young People’s Concerts; John Bar.
barolli, noted English conductor,
and Rudolph Ganz. At the age of
eleven, Philippi was barred from
further participation in the note
book contests because, as Dr. Ganz
announced from the platform,
“Philippa has already won all we
Brown will Go to Ohio
Position at Higher
Salary
Grooms Slated for Job
Mr. Raymond Brown who has been
the Kxecutive Sec'y of the Urbaji
League for he past four years has
tended his resignation to the local
I'rban Beague Board to take effect
immediately. Mr. Brown has been
appointed Kxecutive Ssc'y of the
Urban League at Akron, Ohio with a
substantial increase in salary. At
this date it is not known who witl
fill the vacancy in the Omaha
Chapter. It is hoped by many that
Mr. Durword Grooms wili be the ap
pointee. Mr. Grooms has made many
friends as Assistant Sec'y to Mr.
Brown since he has been in the Oity
Vice-President of the local board of
N. A. A. C. P. He is also the Son-in
law of Rev. St. Glair of Mount
Mariah Baptist Church.
have and more."
But on April 7, she will be back
again to win the greatest honor of
all—her own composition played by
the celebrated New York Philhar
monic Symphony Orchestra.
Philippa' Schuyle^ who began
composing at the age of three and
played her first composition over
the radio on her fourth birthday,
has written over 100 compositions,
many of which have been publish
ed. She Is the youngest member of
the National, Association, of Amer
ican e6mf>owers and Conductors and
had a day named in her honor at the
New York World's Fair In 1940. On
April lstt Philippa will give a re
cital in Chicago, on April 3rd in
Toledo, and on April 5th in Pitts
burgh; but on Saturday morning
April 7tht she will be sitting on the
front row in New York’s Carnagie
Hall.
We will present in the
Near Future
The Omaha Guide at some fu
ture date> will sponsor a music
al entertainment featuring Miss
Philippa Schuyler at the City
auditorium and The Omaha
Guide subscribers and advertis
ing column supporters will be
our guest at this grand musical
affair.
Watch The Omaha Guide col
umns for the date of appearance.
Miss Philippa Schuyler is only
13 years old and we are sure it
will be after school closes.
0 .. -o.. o
Postpone Date for
“Sailor’s Holiday”
Scheduled for the I SO. C lub for
Sunday, April H haw been po«t
poned until further date,
o-o-o
MRS. HEDGEMAN FEPC. LEADER TD SPEAK AT ZION SUN.
\\ ill Discuss Important 0
Congressional Rills
Sunday will be a red letter da> ;
for the citizens of Omaha who will ,
be privileged to hear Mrs. Ann •
Arnold Hedgeman, Washington, DC !
executive secretary of the National |
Council for a. Permanent Fair Em- ;
ployment Practice Committee. Mrs. |
Hedgeman comes to bring us first [
hand information on the status of
the congressional bills for a perm
anent FEPC. The meeting will be
held at Zion Baptist Church, 22nd
and Grant Street, Sunday April 8th
at 3:30 pm. and is open to the pub
lic .
Excerpts from correspondence
from Mrs. Hedgeman begin:
" ‘The withholding of jobs and
business opportunities from sonit
people doesn't make more jobs arm
business opportunities for others.
Such a policy tends to drag down
the whole economic level Per
petuating poverty for some merely
guarantees stagnation for all. True
economic progress demands that the
whole nation move forward at the
same time Eric A. Johnston, Pres
ident U. S Chamber of Commerce
••Our Permanent FEPC Bill Is one
way to help remove the harrier*
(Continued on page Five)
One Of Omaha’s Oldest
Citizens Passes In Calif.
Mrs. Viola Brennan, wife of Aus- i
tin Brennan, former resident ft
Omaha, died in Los Angeles Calif.,
on April 2, 1945 at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Esther Robbins.
Mr. and Mrs. Brennan lived in O
maha more than 25 years and mov
ed to Los Angeles, Calif., a year ago
Survivors: her husband, Austin
Brennan, son, Howard, two daught
e**s Mrs. Freeman and Mrs. Esther
Robbins^ 6 grandchildren, all of Los
Angeles, Calif., ?, nieces, Mrs. Minnie 1
Spriggs, Mrs. Stella Long and daugh
ter, Mrs. Alice Preston. 2 nephews, j
John Wright, Wendell Williams, all
of Omaha.
Mrs. Brennan is the last of the
Mason family, pioneer residents of
Omaha who had lived here 60 years.
$1,000 Check No. 1 Who will Deposit No. 2?
r y(bQUOII LOMt NO. 93
T,N I T E D STATE S—J
jXahoxa/ BANE of Omaha rt ^
N'krmtkm_________
The above photostatic copy is
check No. one for Jl.000.00 from the
Irquois Elk Lodge No. 92.
We the Omaha Guide and the
Official family of the Carver Build,
ing and Loan Association are think
ing there are many individuals and
organizations that have, yes sir.
many thousands of dollars laying
idle in some bank vault or some
place for safe keeping and most as
suredly not serving the interest erf
the group. Why not put it to work
for your own interest in an institut
ion that will count you as its No. 1
customer and too. where your boy
or your girl might someday be em
ployed in a respectable position pay
ing a good wage. Please think it
over, talking it over with individ
uals and leaders of your organizat
ions.
We the Omaha Guide. Oh yes.
doubly so, are anxious to announce |
"that” No. 2. $1,000.00 check.
What is the Carver Building and
Loan Association goal? Well we will
let you in on a secret if you promise
not to tell. The Carver Building and
Loan Association goal is $100,000.00.
Are we going to get it? Yes Sir,
without any doubt we are. Just
think of it if you please, a one
hundred thousand dollar financial
institution at 24th and Lake owned
and operated by the Mid-City
citizenry, employing yes sir, the
boys and girls that you are now
betting are going to make good.
Remember, my dear friends, you
need to help create some incentive
of confidence to help that boy or
that girl. Don't let it be said that
the Elk's lodge No. 92 is the only
spirited organization that we have
in Omaha. The members of the Elk's
Lodge know thot the *1,000.00 check
that they have deposited in the Car
ver Building and Loan Association is
just as safe as if it were in the
Omaha United States Bank. Because
the Carver Building and Loan Assoc
iation has been authorized and
chartered by the banking depart
ment of the State of Nebraska; un
der the banking laws of the State of
Nebraska, and will have to operate
in accordance to the State Statute
that governs Building Loans and
Banks. The books of the institution
will have to be always ready and
open to the Banking Department for
a check up in accordance to law
without a moments notice. The Of
ficial office holders of the Carver
Building and Loan Association are
now and must be at all times under
bond sufficiently large to cover
whatever funds that they are in
trusted with by the Citizens of this
State, so we say to you and your or
ganization, yes sir, if you please, the
money you deposit with the Carver
Building and Loan Association is
absolutely beyond a doubt of any
question just as safe as if it was in
any financial institution under the
authority of the State Banking De
partment. Every Fraternal and Re
ligious organization in the Mid-City
section should become a depositor of
the Carver Building and Loan As
sociation and every mother and
father should get a pass book by
opening a one dollar savings ac
count, not tomorrow but today in
the name of that boy or that girl
that they may have hopes of being
the Man or the Woman of this Com
munity in the future. Again, we ask
who will be that *1.000.00 No. 2 de
positor.