Jesse James Was Killed on Day Schroeder Arrived at St. Joseph George Schroeder, Sr., 81, came to the United States from Germany in 1882. He arrived at St. Joseph, Mo., on the day Jesse James was killed. He saw the outlaw’s body exhibited in the market square. At 18 he came to Omaha, went to work for a real estate firm of which his uncle, Louis Schroe der, was a member. Young Schroeder helped to lay out Brown Park Addition in South Omaha and two other additions near Vinton Street. Those were the days of the boom, when a lot in a cornfield sold for five thousand dollars. The biggest deal Mr. Schroeder ever made then or afterward was the sale of his uncle’s cor ner at Sixteenth and Leaven worth Streets for 30 thousand dollars. He made a five hundred dollar commission, wnich would have been three times that much at ! the present 5 per cent commis sion rates. Present prices can’t compare with boom prices, Mr. Schroeder Will tell you. Promoters took prospects out to their additions behind four - m i 1 e - a - minute horses. No thriving addition was more than 10 minutes from the real estate office. Then came the panic. There were no real estate sales. No money. Little to eat. The rich people who wore high hats and went about in coaches, would be glad to borrow a dollar. And a dollar went a long way, said Mr. Schroeder. The real estate business didn’t really begin to come back until 1900. Building and loan associa tions helped make this a city of I ome owners, said Mr. Schroe • They have helped build as ' 1 as sell hundreds of homes. George Schroeder, Sr. ... at 81 he buys lots for post-war home sites. Now he is buying lots for his son, Jesse L. Schroeder, head of the firm, to build houses on. >' Mr. Schroeder works every day, has always been well. Once 40 years ago, he got sick and went to a doctor. For five years the patient carried around the medicine the doctor prescribed for him for $4. Then the box broke and he discovered the con tents to be aspirin. "So^ I got me a whisky doctor and I’ve been taking his medi cine. I’ve been well ever since,” Mr. Schroeder said. - ; ARMV LEAVES MONTGOMERY WARDS Chicago, 111.,_.The Army started to move out of Montgomery Wards and Co.; last week and turned over the company's plant to private own S DICE . CARDS Perfect Dice, Magic Dice, Megic Card*—BEAD THE BACKS— Inks, Daub a. Poker Chips, Gaming • Layouts, Dice Boxes, Counter Games. Punch* boards. WRITE TOR CATALOG TODAY. K. C. CARD COMPANY 1342 W. Washington Ulvil. Cblcnico 7. Illinois ership. Sewell A very t Ward's board chairman who once wag car rled from the plant by Army men is shown shaking the hand of MaJ. General David McCoach. Jr. repre sentative of the War Department. We wish to Announce o 1 ! THE OPENING OF THE G & J Smoke Shop 2118 NORTH 24th Street Everything in the Line of CIGARS, CIGARETTES, & !| SOFT DRINKS !| Jackson & Godbey, Props. - " — hi- ' ■™— | • Read The Greater OMAHA GUIDE Every Week When things settle down When helicopters do roost on our roofs, as they say they will, the telephone will be there, too. It will also have been present in each step of the planning, the building, the bringing to reality every fantastic dream of today. The dreams in other men's minds inevitably create tremendous tasks for us, because their dreams take for granted speedy communication by telephone. The big job they give us will take a lot of planning, a lot of equipment, a lot of skilled workmanship . . . and a huge investment of money—money that must come from investors with faith in the credit and earning ability of the business. It will tax our capacities but we look ahead confidently. Every present telephone customer has a certain stake in svhat's to come. As new telephones are joined to today’s system, telephone service in general becomes more useful and valuable. As telephone service steps al ong with the march of progress, we will be ruled by our time-tested policy ... to provide the best possible telephone service at the least cost to the public consistent with fair treatment of employees and the financial safety of the business. • • • If you are on a party line . . . you can get the most out of your service by keeping calls short. . . spacing your calls . . . hanging up promptly and securely . . . being considerate. NORTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY EDITOR'S NOTE: This newspaper, through special arrangement with the Washington Bureau of Western News paper Union at 1616 Eye Street, N. W„ Washington, D. C., is able to bring readers this weekly column on prob lems of the veteran and serviceman and his family. Questions may be ad dressed to the above Bureau and they will be answered in a subsequent col umn. No replies can be made direct by mail, but only in the column which will appear in this newspaper regularly. Veterans’ Administration Gen. Omar Bradley, new boss ol the Veterans’ administration suc ceeding General Hines, has moved with military dispatch in reorganiz ing the administration to provide better and more efficient service in behalf of the stream of veterans now being discharged from the serv ices. One of the most important changes made by General Bradley is a complete decentralization of all veterans facilities under the super vision of 13 branch offices. Obvious ly routine decisions can be made more promptly and more intelligent ly in a vast organization such as the Veterans’ administration if they are not forced through a bottleneck in Washington. Another change, one which had long been a subject for discussion, and ofttimes of criticism, was the medical service. The general now has separated and elevated the medical division to a higher status under command of Maj. Gen. Paul R. Hawley. Under this new arrange ment, the new “surgeon general’’ will report direct to General Bradley. The Veterans’ administration is combing the government agencies and other channels for help and likely will emerge in the postwar era as one of the largest if not the largest governmental agency, han dling as it will the 'affairs of some 12 million discharged veterans at one time or another. The administration has recently been the object of both congressional and private investiga tion as to conditions within the or ganization, conditions at Veterans’ hospitals, treatment of patients, the tremendous shortage of physicians and nurses and other help and no doubt, it will be General Brad ley’s policy to eliminate immediate ly all situations which led to these investigations. Questions and Answers Q. I was discharged on February 24, 1943 by reason of “Sec. II, A.R. 615-360 and CDD.” Will you explain the meaning of this. I will soon be 42 years of age. Is there any way I can volunteer for service in the occupational forces? — S., Rogers ville, Tenn. A. “This means that you were dis charged under section 2 of the code governing discharge of veterans and “CDD” means a certificate of medi cal disability. In other words, you were discharged for a medical dis ability of some sort. The nature of your disability should be stated on your discharge. Yes, if you can pass the physical, the army is accept ing volunteers for the occupational forces. Q. How many points does a father of four children have who has been in service since last October 24 and across since July?—Mrs. R. 8., Uh richsville, Ohio. A. The army point rationing sys tem as of September 2 gives 1 point per month for time in service, 1 point per month for time overseas, 12 points for each child under 18 years with a maximum of three, and 5 points for each decoration or battle star. If your husband has no decorations or battle stars, he would have about 51 points. At this time 80 points are necessary for dis charge, although the army has an nounced discharge for 70 points by October 1, 60 points by November 1 and elimination of the point sys-1 tern later in the winter. Q. I am writing m regard to a ' soldier killed in Germany who made his insurance to a lady who raised him. After his death, his own mother came and claims she should get his insurance. Which one is en titled to the insurance?—Mrs. T. G., Water Valley, Miss. A. If the soldier named the lady who raised him as beneficiary in his insurance, she is entitled to it and will get it notwithstanding the moth er’s claims. Q.—My brother left high school recently to join the navy. Is my mother entitled to an al lotment or allowance from the government If he allots the re quired S5? E. W., Rogersville. Tenn. A.—Yes, providing your brother listed his mother as a dependent when he enlisted or was inducted into the service. Q. If a member of the regular marine corps extends his enlistment while overseas and the extension has one more year before expiration, will he have to remain overseas until the expiration, if he has been over seas 20 months?—Mrs. W. D., West Memphis, Ark. A Not necessarily. The marine corps has set up a rotation for re turn to this country after 18 months service overseas Extension of his enlistment would have no bearing upon the time he spent overseas. The chances are this marine will return soon for duty in the states. NEW NAICP AnnilESS New York The national head quarters of the NAACP have been moved from 69 Fifth Avenuei to 20 West 40th Street. New Yort 19. N. Y. To Subscribe for Omaha’s Greater Negro Weekly CALL HA-0800 ‘Gosh, What a Mess!’ Seeks Quarter-Billion Dollars For USO and Needy Abroad Rallying to the slogan—“Be Generous in Victory”— community war funds affiliated with the National War Fund in some 10,000 cities and towns throughout the United States will inaugurate- this week the third and final appeal on be half of war-related causes and established home-front health and welfare services with a combined objective of $250,000,000. Co-operating in this final victory appeal, it is expected that more than 43.000 individual committees numbering many thousands of vol unteer workers will solicit contri butions from more than 40 million Americans. Despite termination of the shoot ing war, all of the organizations participating in the appeal are still called upon to provide vital and essential services for men and women in our armed forces, mer chant seamen, prisoners of war not yet repatriated, and homeless and hungry war victims among our al lies. Foremost among the war-bom or ganizations whose essential func tions carry over into the post-shoot ing era is the USO «United Service organization) whose myriad serv ices military authorities have char acterized as an indispensable ad junct for sustaining the morale of army and navy personnel. Famil iar as the “home away from home" for servicemen and women since their entry into the armed forces, USO clubs. canteens, lounges and mobile services are still regarded as essential in sus taining the spirit and promoting the happiness of G.I. Joes and Janes who must continue on duty in posts throughout the Western hemisphere. USO clubs at debark ation ports, separation centers and in proximity to army and navy hospitals are still charged with the responsibility for letting this per sonnel know that they are not “for gotten men”—or women. Revising its program to conform to changing needs. USO new pro vides at some 500 clubs adjacent to military hospitals, special activi ties to interest ambulatory con valescents and to aid them in re newing contacts with civilian life. Especiaily trained hostesses render voluntary services in conducting programs designed to efface self consciousness of casualties and make easier their resumption of normal activities. Most distant, but regarded by military commanders as most im portant. USO camp shows, by or der of the war department, con tinue to provide entertainment for the forces of occupation through out the world. With actual combat at an end and with only routine duties to be performed, entertain ment as an antidote for boredom that accompanies inactivity has been prescribed in increased dosage for occupation forces everywhere. USO camp shows units, varying from two or four members to full size companies which present du plicates of current Broadway smash hits — musicals, comedies and dramas—are trovping the sea lanes from Hollywood to Honolulu, from Broadway to Berlin, and from Texas to Tokyo, and are keeping high the spirits of occupation troops. At debarkation ports, stars of stage, screen ar.d radio partici pate in round-the-clock entertain ment programs when returning troops are awaiting departure for home or separation centers. A highly specialized and impor tant function of USO camp shows is the entertainment provided for convalescents in army and navy hospitals and at USO clubs nearby. Programs designed to keep up the spirits of casualties and to per mit audience participation are especially planned to bring happi ness and diversion to these men For men of the merchant marine who for many months will be en gaged in transporting supplies to occupation forces and in manning the ships returning thousands of our combat troops. United Sea men’s service continues to main tain residence and recreation clubs and other facilities to provide com fort, care and diversion in ports throughout the world: Many thousands of liberated pris oners of war awaiting transporta tion from enemy concentration cen ters are provided by War Prisoners Aid of the YMCA with materials for diversion, recreation and edu cation. Until the last prisoner is repatriated, this organization will stay on the job to help make less irksome the continuing period of idleness these men must endure un til they are returned to their homes. In the Allied nations millions of people who face continued hunger and suffering are being aided by the 15 American agencies for for eign relief whose appeals are in cluded in this campaign. Concerning the plight of civilian war victims, President Truman has said: “If we let Europe go cold and hungry, we | may lose some of the founda tions of order on which the hope for world peace must rest.” On his visit to the Unit ed States after V-E Day, Gen eral Eisenhower told Ameri cans: “Prosperous nations are not war hungry. But a hungry nation will always seek war if it has to in desperation.” As an indication of the far-reach ing assistance afforded by National War Fund agencies, lives of thou sands of Netherlanders were saved by the prompt shipment to Holland of the first supplies of hydrolysates ever used in treatment of Euro peans. This wonder drug was pro vided and employed by American Relief for Holland in a desperate effort to check death by starvation of Hollanders so emaciated by long deprivation they were unable tc normally assimilate food. United China Relief, another Wai Fund agency, organized in this country China’s first blood bank which was staffed with American taught personnel, equipped with American-donated blood plasma, and was flown into China to be used as a "university” for teaching Chinese medics the technique ct this life-giving medium. First supplies of penicillin avail able for export from this countr\ were obtained and shipped bi American Relief for Norway fo'i use in treatment of suffering Nor wegians in thal long enemy-ocei pied nation. All of the National War Fun< agencies for foreign relief are en gaged in providing emergency aid 1 to supplement the inadequate help which millions of nationals in the Allied nations are able to receive from existing sources. Food, cloth ing and medical supplies are being shipped as rapidly as transport fa cilities are available in an effort to allay the suffering that may re sult from another winter of want. Cancer In Negro Women (by DR. JOHN E. MOSEDEY) Assistant Radiologist at Mt. Sinai and Sydebam Hospitals_Chairman Harlem Committee, American Cancer Society Cancer of the utterus (womb oc cu)rs about twice as frequently in colored women as in white women. This isj in factf the critical point in our attack against cancer in Ne groes- Not only do twice as many colored as white women have can cer ot the utter us. but this dis ease attacks Ne groes at an earl ier age. It is com mon occurrence In cancer clinics to see young Negro women in their twenties with advanced cancer of the servix (op ening of the womb) This difference Dr. Moseley between the two races in the prev alence rate for cancer of the utter, us. is not believed to be the result of any inhernt or biological dissim ilaritis. It is believed rather that those conditions which are predis posing to cancer are more frequent among Negro women. Most clinic ians believe that cancer of the ser vix is more likely to develop when tears and infections resulting from childdbirth are not properly cared for. The ureau of the Oensue reported in 1939. from a cancer survey con ducted in the smith, that midwives delivered about 20 percent of the births to colore Watch for the Announcement for future delivery service. Phone J A-9293 I L. Glenn, N. Johnson. Props. - n 00-0.0*0 0 mm#" I Johnson Drug Co. ( 2300 North 24th I —FREE DELIVERY— WE-0993 •rrrrm-inrrr-j I / ■" FOIl WHOLESOME RECREATION MAKE Victory Bowling Alley 2410 LAKE ST. Your Headquarters After Working Hours. T. Mosley, Proprietor TELEPHONE JA-9175 j * AT \ A/,1 TRIALS Berlin t Germany_Rppresentati v es of the U. 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