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Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-oft ice. Omaha. Nebr., Under Act of „ , ~
Marcn 8. 1874, Publishing Offices at £420 Grant Street. Omaha. Nebr Saturday, August 18, 1945 ★ 10c Per Copy ★ Our 18th Year—No. 28
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HAS GIVEN UP THE BOOGIE-WOOGIE «
TO PLAY BACH-APPEARED IN 1
CARNEGIE HALL AT 16 AND HAD I
HER OWN RADIO PROGRAM OVER
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PIANIST ROSE FROM*65pER-WEEK \
TO$d>000 A WEEK HOLLYWOOD BIDS.
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THE FIRST NEGRO
I PHOTOGRAPHER TO BE
RATED PHOTOGRAPHIC
SPECIALIST IN THE NAVY.
PRESTON,SpCP)2/c WAS
STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
FOR THE LOUISVILLE DEFEND iT
BEFORE JOINING THE NAVY
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MAJOR CLEMENT ATTLEE
VICTOR .
. London• England \Radiophoto —
Soundphoto) Major Clement Attlee
leader of Britain's Ljtbor Party, had
reason for this smile as he was
photographed last week following
announcement of Britain s General
Election returns- His party had
woo 2-1 victory over Conservative
Party, headed by Prim0 Minister
Winston Chdrchill. If British tra
dition is followed, Churchill will
submit his resignation to King
George, who will then request At
tlee to form a new government
STRIKE SHUTS DODGE
PLANT IN CHICAGO
Chicago, 111- Production of B2')'s
engines came to a standstill last
week at the Chicago Dodge plant of
the Chrysler Corp. Spokesman fot
the strikers said the 200 who report
ed for work were advised by their
foreman to leave since output was
| shut down.. Photo shows speakers
| between flags as they addressed
some of the 10.000 strikers
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Sensational Brother and Sister Combination - s
Giving St. Louis Nitery High Class Entertainment
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Exclusive to Ted Yates Publications
Ella Johnson and her brother Buddy (inset) are really in the groove at the Plantation Club in St Louis
Missouri, where the musical aggregation is headed by Buddy with sister Ella on the vocals. A great coml
bination, diversion seekers frequenting the spot rate the sister-brother team one of the nation's best.
Having recorded “That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch” (Decca Records, exclusively) Ella and Buddy
are set for a senes of engagements extraordinary after their Missouri date. To give you an idea of the
| popularity of this great orchestra, booked for an appearance in Camden, N. J.’s Convention Hall for
Labor Day—the advance sale of tickits indicates that a police line will have to be called out to keeo
the bobby-SOXers in check. (Editor's note. And that's the stuff you really got to watch!)
from executive division
OFFICE OF POSTMASTER
Dear Editor:
Officers of the U. S. Navy Mail and
V-Mail Service have asked us to co
operate wit hthem in connection with
an interesting exhibit of the U. S.
Navy s Official Navy Mail Service
and V-Mail Exhibit, outlined in the
following story. They asked that we
send the following story to you with a
request that it, or as much as possible
of it, be used.
1 hey also asked. that clippings of
the story you carry in your publica
tion be forwarded to:
Ensign Charles E. Hill, U.S.N.R.
O.I.C., Navy Mail and V-Mail
Service Exhibit
c/o General Delivery
U. S. Main Post Office
Omaha, Nebraska
Thanking you for any assistance |
►'ou can give the Navy in this matter,
1 remain
Kespecttutly yours,
JOHN H. HOPKINS,
Postmaster, Omaha, Nebraska, j
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Suggested News Release
How servicemen’s mail is processed
or overseas shipment is being dem
nstrated to residents of the Omaha
rea at the U. S. Navy’s Official Navy
Tail Service and V-Mail Exhibit at
he J. L. Brandeis and Sons’ Store,
6th and Douglas Streets, Omaha,
febraska, on the Seventh Floor, be
inning July 27, 1945, through Au- [
;ust 11, 1945, John H, Hopkins,
’ostmaster, announced.
The exhibit, on national tour, shows
-Mail procedure and furnishes in
ormation concerning Navy mail of
.11 type. Action photographs and j
>osters show graphically how the
savy handles mail for its personnel
ill over the world.
Current Navy film releases are be
ng shown together with late spot
lews flashes furnished by a national
lews service. Arrangements have
peen made to write letters at the ex
libit and these letters will be dis
patched immediately by the post office
department to the Fleet Post Office,
Chicago, for processing and overse, s
transmittal.
The exhibit includes processing
equipment for oflding, sealing and
filming of the letters. A huge map
shows all Navy and Marine V-Mail
stations. Ten original paintings by Lt.
Craft, a Navy combat artist, are on
display.
The exhibit is an effort to bring
about a better understanding of the
Navy’s problems in transporting and
delivering mail to fighting men over
seas.
The Omaha Guide
2418 Grant Street
Omaha, Nebraska
Dear Editor:
As you no doubt know, the Ne
braska Advisory Defense Committee
has been issuing a certificate”oTrec
ognition to the nearest of kin of all i
Nebraska serv ice men who hav e lost '
or will rose their lives as a result of
participation in World War II.
We make even' eiron to obtain the |
correct nae and other accurate infor- |
mation on every casualty. The news-;
papers in Nebraska have been an in
valuable source of information for us
through a clipping bureau which is
maintained in the State House to
which we subscribe.
We find that the newspapers can
>e of still further help to us if they
will cooperate with us in trying to
obtain the correct and latest rank of
?ach fatality. Our certificates bear
the name of the senice man and we
lave found that the recipients prefer
that the rank also be given.
We have a civilian defense chair
man in even- county and they have
cooperated most unselfishly with us
n obtaining many details for oui
permanent record on these casualties.
tV’e have found that the information
most often lacking is the rank, and
thus it occurred to us to seek your
cooperation.
Assuring you of our sincere appre
ciation for the service you have been
igving and will continue to give, we
are
Very truly yours,
C. H. RHOADES,
Executive Secretary.
values are expected to remain high
but HOME CANNING will save
points, and assure individual supplies
of PEACHES.
Remember PEACHES ARE PLEN
TIFUL and prices are relatively fa
vorable. URGE your customers to
take advantage of this situation. In
creased sales of peaches for fresh
fruit and for home preservation will
have the 3-fold benefit of (1) increas
ing ■vour sales, (2) providing your
customers with an appetizing and
highly valued fmit, and (3) helping
the producers market the nation’s
largest peach crop.
FEDERATION OF NEBRASKA
RETAILERS
1025 W. O. W. Building
Omaha, Nebraska
Fellow Retail Grocer:
We urgently appeal for your whole
hearted cooperation in the sale of this
vear’s large peach crop. The U. S.
Department of Agriculture advises
that this year’s crop is the largest on
record. As you know most fruits will
be in short supply so we owe it to the
producers of peaches as well as to
our customers to aid in this worthy
campaign.
Encourage your customers to use
and preserve as much as possible of
this fmit while it is available. This is
a wonderful opportunity for the in
dependent retail grocers of the State
of Nebraska to demonstrate their
ability to do a real cooperative job
with the Department of Agriculture
and the growers of this fruit.
Please note carefully the material
herewith enclosed, which you can use
to a good advantage. Display the pos
ters in prominent places in your store
and discuss the information contained
in the enclosed circulars with your
customers. Your cooperation is greatly j
appreciated.
Louis Kavan, Secretary.
Promotes Growth
Nitrogen in fertilizer promotes
growth of plant stems and leaves
and too heavy applications may de- |
lay maturing of the plant. Nitrogen
deficiencies often are indicated by
yellowing of plants’ leaves. Phos- I
phorus and calcium stimulate root ]
growth and affect the flowering and
fruiting of the plant. Potash stiffens .
plant stems and may help to make 1
plants resistant to disease. O
WORKERS' SAFETY, FIRST AID
OFFERED BY RED CROSS
Cooperating with the Division of
Labor Standards, U. S. Department
of Labor, in the fourth of a series of
industrial safety programs, the Amer
ican Red Cross will offer first aid
courses to workers of the fabricated
structural steel industry during a
four-month campaign beginning Au
gust 1.
In three previous nation-wide safety
campaigns conducted by the Labor
Department, first aid training has
demonstrated its worth in preventing
accidents as well as in preparing
workers to care for themselves and
others who are injured.
I In 1944 approximately 6,700 work
j ers, or one out of every 12, in the
fabricated structural industry were in
jured or killed, and 4,500,000 man
hours were lost as a result of acci
dents, according to the Bureau of La
bor Statistics. This industry piled up
one of the ten highest accident rec
ords in the nation in 1944, with an j
injury frequency rate of 34.7 per mil- j
lion man-hours. This was 75% above
the average for all manufacturing.
Made up of more than 1,100 indi
vidual establishments, the industry
has plants in nearly every one of the
48 states with heaviest concentrations ,
in Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, |
New York and Illinois.
As in the past, 15 other national I
agencies also are cooperating with the
Labor Department in various phases
of the safety campaign. The Red
Cross contribution of first aid training
will be made through local chapters,
with the cooperation of the area
offices, in communities where steel
fabricating plants are located.
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
RETURNS
Mr. and Mrs. Duward R. Crooms
returned to Omaha from New York
| City where Mr. Crooms, Executive
Secretary of the Omaha Urban
League, attended the summer session
of Columbia University and received
training in the national office of the
I Urban League. Mr. and Mrs. Crooms
I report that they spent a very busy
and enjoyable stay in the nation’s
metropolis.
CONDUCTS SEMINAR
The Senior Class of Nurses at the j
University of Nebraska School of |
Nurses heard Mr. Arthur B. McCaw 1
of the Omaha Urban League staff on
Monday, August 13, in a discussion
on rape relations in the post war pe
riod.
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INSTITUTE FOR CUB DEN
MOTHERS, COMMITTEEMEN
An institute is being conducted by
Mr. Frank Barris of the Boy Scout
Executive Staff for Cub Den Mothers
and Committeemen at the Omaha
Urban League on Mondays, August
13 and 20. Registered for the course
are Mr. and Mrs. Savbert Hanger,
Mrs. Richard Harrison, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Harrold. Mrs. Inex Hudgins,
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Lee, Mrs. C. L.
Mason, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Solo
mon, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Speese, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Van Foote, and Mrs.
Cletus Willis.
The Omaha Urban League is sup
ported by the Community Chest.
Mrs. Anderson, 1007 So. 13th St.
reports that she has a new bom baby
boy on the 6th of this month. The
baby’s name is Michael James. The
mother of the baby, Helen Session,
is now doing well while the reporter
was there, Mrs. Anderson came in
and offered him a hot cup of coffee.
Mrs. Helen Sessions is from the Ha
waiian Islands.
Mrs. Lillian Burk from Peoria, 111.
paid us a very nice visit about three
weeks ago. She stopped by on her
way from Colorado and on her way
home to Peoria.
Mrs. Switzler of 815-5th Ave.,
Council Bluffs, Iowa, was very busy
hanging wall paper. She says she
would make a great paper hanger.
She also says that she likes fine things
and a nice home. Mrs. Switzler says
she likes to work around a home. She
has some fruit left over from last
year.
Mrs. Lewis of 1412 So. 9th St. has
a family of two. One boy and one
girl. Mr. Lewis is working for the
Parsons Construction Co. of Omaha,
and has been working there for seven
years. Mrs. Lewis stays home and
takes care of the house and kids. She
says she likes Omaha best,
in Chicago to visit friends and rela
tives. They will go to Detroit, Mich,
igan. They will attend the wedding
anniversary of their cousin, who has
been married twenty-five years, and
then go on to New York. When they
return home by Sept. 1st. We wish
them a happy and glorious time.
SHARECROPPER ASKS $6,000
FOR BEATING BY PLANTER;
HALF-BLINDNESS RESULTED
HELENA, Ark. — (WDL)—Six
thousand dollars in damages is being
asked by Gus Mackey, 71-year-old
Negro sharecropper of Whitmore, Ar
kansas, and his son Leroy, from
planter Jake Lewis, of Heth, Arkan
sas, who is charged with a brutal at
tack on them, the Workers Defense
League announced.
Suit was filed in the St. Francis
County Circuit Court by K. T. Sut
ton, of Helena, Southern Tenant
Fanners Union attorney. Mr. Mackey
is a member of the Union.
The complaint charges that in May,
Deputy Sheriff Campbell permitted
Mr. Lewis to beat Mr. Mackey and
his son brutally while they were un
der arrest charged with stealing a
harrow. After the beating, in which
the aged man was knocked uncon
scious, they were cleared by a con
fession of two boys who admitted the
theft.
The complaint further charges that
Mr. Mackey “sustained serious injury
to his head, eyes, nerves, resulting in
over 50% blindness in the right eye;
that he still suffers excruciating pain
as a result of said injury and will con
tinue to suffer such pain and dis
ability as long as he lives; that as a
result of said beating, Gus Mackey,
plaintiff, becomes completely blind at
times and turns dizzy and would fall
unless aided.” It also declares that as
a result of the beating Mr. Mackey is
“totally and permanently disabled.”
Eleven year old Leroy Mackey was
hit over the head with a fist and
kicked on various parts of the body,
the complaint states.
Small Turkeys
Some of the small-type turkeys,
recently developed by the poultry
scientists of the U. S. department
of agriculture, are proving to be ex
cellent layers. Records of the bureau
of animal industry show that, during
1944. one turkey hen bred at the
Beltsville (Md.) research center laid
211 eggs and another 206 eggs. Av
erage turkeys normally lay from
40 to 60 eggs during the spring
months and few, if any, during the
remainder of the year.
With Malice Toward None; with Charity'
Toward All;
With Firmness in the Right, as God gives us
to See the Right,
Let us Strive on to Finish the Work we are in;
To bind up the Nation’s wounds.. .To do all
which may achieve and cherish a Just and
Lasting Peace among ourselves and with
all nations.
Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address,
March 4, 1865.
With the superb simplicity of laug
uage which marked his every public
utterance, Lincoln gave voice in
these few words to a war-weary na
tion’s longing for peace. r
Today-four score years later—
we are apain seekinp to achieve this
same “just and lasting peace". but
on a world-wide basis- And, if we
have learned anything since Lincoln*
day, e shall build THIS peace less
on formal treaties and more on a
bcttet understanding between peo
pls and nations—an understanding
developed through education and
trade.
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One War Is Over; Another
War Is In The Making
World W ar 1 and 2 are over and a war looms on
the horizon in the making now to the win the peace.
\\ ill the United Nations win World War 3 for the
peace of the world'? It remains to be seen—let us
hope that they will.
W oild War 1 and 2 were born out of the dark
ness of ignorance. World war 3 will need more in
tellectual thinking than World wars 1 and 2 had
and needed.
As long as a handful of human beings think in
terms of taking an economic advantage of the weak
we are going to continue to have and permit a soc
ity that will breed more weaknesses to inhabit this
planet.
W eakness is part of the family of ignorance, and
ignorance is the fundamental home where wars be
gin. It is strange that society will continue to per
mit an environment around them that will produce
such greed on the part of the so-called intellectual
ly among us. Greed to get something for nothing,
—greed to take economic advantage of the weak
and the meek. This greed is the number one root
of evil of all wars.
\\ e permit a society to give the human family dif
ferent racial identities for the purpose of creating
racial hatred minded groups with intent to take
advantage of one another. We should ali know,
(that is if we have just ordinary horse sense) ac
cording to the world’s best teacher, the book which
we claim to love and have so much respect for. the
Bible, that racial difference is only in the mind's of
the unenlightened, the ignorant of human beings.
We all came from the Garden of Eden and accord
ing to the Holy Bible, there were just two people
in the beginning—yes sir, two human beings of one
blood and flesh, and according to the greatest teach
er who ever lived and according to just plain horse
sense, we should at least know enough to treat an
other human being like we want to be treated, and
have the true love in our heart for our neighbors as
well as for ourselves.
There just isn’t anything in the book as an Eng
lishman, a Jew, an Italian, Mexican, Frenchman,
a ( anadian, a Negro, Japanese or a Chinaman—
these are all names which have been giv en to us
solely for the purpose of dividing different groups
—one against the other, for the purpose of taking
economic advantage of them.
To win World war .5 and the peace on earth,
there is just one thing to be done by the human
family, and that is each individual, each corpor
ation, each political organization, to make up their
minds to treat and deal fairly with the other fellow,
as they would want the other fellow to treat and
deal fairly with them. All should bear in mind that
they are their brother’s keeper and that the old
familiar saying is still the law in the human family,
namely “nothing goes over the devil’s back that
will not buckle under his belly”, and that what
ever you hand out to others, will be handed back to
you the same way, someday.