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The Omaha Guide + A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER 1 Published Every Saturday at 2}20 Grant Street OMAHA, NEBRASKA—PHONE HA. 0800 Entered as Second Class Matter March 15. 1927 at the Post Office at Omaha, Nebraska, under lAct of Congress of Mardi 3, 1879. C- C• Gallow iy,.... Publisher and Acting Editor All News Copy of Churches and all organiz ations must be in our office not later than 1:00 p- m. Monday for current issue. All Advertising Copy on Paid Articles, not later than Wednesday noon, proceeding date of issue, to insure public ation. SUBSCRIPTION RATE IN OMAHA \ ONE YEAR . $3.uui SIX MONTHS .$1.75' THREE MONTHS . $1-25^ SUBSCRIPTION RATE OUT OF TOWN i ONE YEAR . $3.50 SIX MONTHS . $2-00' National Advertising Representatives— INTERSTATE UNITED NEWSPAPERS, Ine 545 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Phone: — MUrray Hill 2-5452, Ray Peck, Manager fbaaeant in JSetblebem by Gavin Nolan There was nothing spectacular, nothing new a bout their entrance into Bethlehem—Mary on a donkey, Joseph on foot, the halter in his hand. No one noticed; no one cared. They were poor, ord inary, lowly Nazarenes, common peasants come to sign the census-rolls, foot sore and weary, typical of others who had come for days in steady streams to the city they called their own. Bethlehem, tiny village, lay prostrate on a Judean hill.swollen with strangers, aching with activity, moaning aloud in drunken music and lustful laughter.this was the village through which Mary and Joseph picked their way, searching for a room. From inn to inn they went in desperation.but always there was no room, not a single bed, even for Mary, heavy with child, whose time had come. At last, alone in the quiet outskirts, they chanced upon a rude shel ter built for cows, and here beneath the breath of beasts Mary brought forth her son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a man ger, because there was no room for them in the inn. Somehow nature went wild that night, the world turned topsy-turvy,_all Creation shook for joy and bowed toward the stable. Angels appeared to shepherds on the hillside and sang the news that He had come, He of whom the prophets spoke, for whom the world had waited. Phenomena popped in the heavens like fireworks; planets swerved; a giant star fell from its orbit and traced a route a cross the midnight sky. Wise men saw the star and set out on camels to adore. Nature rejoiced and laughed for joy for He had come, this Child of Mary, on CHRISTMAS Day,_He, the Christ, the Saviour of the World. Aged prophets, centuries before, had told about His coming,......holy men with bushy beards, on speaking terms with God. For God had told them Adam’s crime would one day be reversed; that He would send His only Son to ransom Adam’s child ren. God had promised, and now His word was Flesh; Christ had come to save the world from sin. Strange birthplace for so great a birth.a stable filled with cows! Strange place to cuddle at Mary’s breast, to feel the touch of gentle hands, to listen to her lullabies! Strange birthday for the Son of God! But that is what He chose_a strange beginning for a strange career. For thirty years He would live unknown, as Joseph’s son in Nazareth, earning His bread with labor and sweat, a lowly Nazarene. And then one day He would leave His home and foot His way through Palestine, raising the dead, curing the sick, giving sight to the blind, his heart on fire to do the work for which He had come. People would follow Him, praise His name, on Sunday try to make Him King, and on Friday nail Him to a cross. Strange career for the son of God, nestled now in Mary’s arms. Strange, indeed, that this little Child should come to earth that all men might be saved. Wondrous, that this Child who suckles should be the God who made us. Strange, but true. And breathless, we adore! Dr. John Adams Sr. Made Presiding Elder of Kansas - Nebraska Conference District At a meeting of the trustee board of Western University and, Douglas Hospital, the Rev. John Adams, Sr., of Omaha, was eleva ted to the highest post in the gift of the bishop of the 5th Episco pal District of The African Me- \ thodist Church. He was appointed presiding eider of the Kansas City, Kansas District to succeed the late Dr. R. A. Adams. He was elected to the trustee board of ft 0* es #t » f Refrigerators Radios f Washers—Ironers Wiring—Fixtures ’ Vacuu mleaners Small Appliances A Fluorescent Lighting If Ij ARCHER \ Electric Company * | 1708 Howard Street *! [ FLATIRON BLDG. j | • ALL KINDS OF ELECTRICAL i ) REPAIRING J HA-6631 J , * /II a wuj. fwpffy £ V|hristmas I V III JBf CHRISTMAS IS THE TIME for friendliness, for the open house and the open heart % It is the time too, for us to greet our friends, to thank them for their consid eration of us and to wish them all a very Happy Christmas. 4- i Schulze Baking Co. 2215 Leavenworth Western University, the trustee j board of Douglas Hospital and made corporation counsel for the j same institution. Douglas hospital is the largest and most modem institution of it’s kind owned and controlled by the Race of America. It is located at Quindaro, Kansas and sponsored by the AME church. At the trus tee meeting the hospital was put under a special committee of man agement composed of the follow ing: The Revs., Carl A. Flipper, C. A. Williams, L. H. Hayes, T. J. Burrell of Kansas, Missouri, S. H. Clark and S. A. Lewis of Kansas, City, Kansas, Russell S. Brown of St. Louis, Mo., and John Adams, Sr., of Omaha, Nebraska. Douglas Hospital was moved from the old location where it op erated for thirty ye^rs at Kansas City, Kansas, to it’s new home on the campus of Western University where it was formerly opened to the public last October. The Uni. ted States government gave the AME church this new enterprise, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. The Rt. Rev. Noah W. Williams, D. D. Bishop of Ne braska and the 5th spiscopal dis | Weekly Feature Launched To Promote Race Harmony Every Week, we shall present “Our Guest Column,” a non-profit service of the American Press Associates devoted to furthering I ^Editet^by6Ernaams, noted journalist, our new weekly column will feature prominent guest contributors who will review current developments on the minority group front and suggest local and na tionwide action. Coming soon as guest columnists are Pearl S. Buck, ' A. Philip Randolph, George S. Schuyler, Dr. Ira De Reid, Rev. How ard Kester, Elmo Roper and other leaders in the fight for equality. ! OUR ' GUEST Column (Edited by Erna P. Harris) • THE NEW NEGRO by John Haynes Holmes, Minister, Community Church of New York; Chairman, Americ an Civil Liberties Union ) An attempt to suppress per-j formances of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin’ | in Bridgeport and New Haven, I Connecticut, caused much discus sion recently. A plain violation of civil liberties, it was an unfor tunate episode, and happily un successful. Progress in thought and life is not to be achieved by burning books and banning plays. But there was a conviction be hind tnis attempt at censorship which is important. Clergymen, social workers and Negro leaders in Connecticut were outraged by the depiction and glorification in this historic play of the “Uncle Tom’ type of Negro. The subserv ient, submissive, obsequious, obed ient Negro who is always ready to kow-tow to the whites! Of course, there is more in Uncle Tom than this. Mrs. Stowe por trays mm as a erne Christian, mov ed by a humility and forgiveness which are the final graces of the soul. He is the martyr who would rather die than hate and kill his enemy. In this religious sense, he is a spiritual hero. But Tom, nonc the less, has come to represent traditionally the man who accepts inferiority and bows in bondage to his master. Now, in our time there is a new Negro. He is the Negro who walks straight and tall, an equal among equals. This Negro knows the dignity of manhood in black as well as white flesh. He is con scious of his rights as a citizen under the law and as a human be ing under God, and is quick to defend and vindicate these rights. SANTA KEEPS BOOKS - I DONT JODCE BY CREED OR ==r /"/M /U> I trict raised in money and land a sum to equal this gift. The build ing is completely new with mo dern elevator system and built un der the supervision of government engineers. Dr. Adams district will cover parts of Kansas and Nebraska. He has converted a part of his spacious home, 2622 N. 25th street into district headquartei s where his wife, Mrs. Hattie E. Adams, will serve as district se cretary. Mrs. Adams is a gradu ate of Talledege College and is by! experience qualified for this new duty. i Greetings to All Our Friends VAN AVERY I t Sporting Goods Co. 1512 Harney Street < / I aH£ aHC^ °M' l945 i hristmas Cheer; | Again may you know the fragrance f Of hemlock, pine and holly. i Again may friendly voices call A greeting warm and jolly; ( And again may the meaning of \ , Christmas, \ Deep and still more true Bring faith and hope and gladness i To the hearts of yours and you. i i STATE FURNITURE CO. i | 14th & Dodge * Omaha 1 k i her he? e? he? he: he? ^ he? tr> he?he? » he? v MEYER ? | Hardware | ^ PAINTS & GLASS fi ¥ * Gifts g ft * Novelties || 2915 Leavenworth x W m Jsf‘ MERRY CHRISTMAS <*,» AND A m V' HAPPY NEW YEAR «fe from- <w I Thrifty 4 W FOOD MARKET fa 3* (formerly Shapiro Grocery)^ 30th & PINKNEY KE-0720 ^ '■-$ "Where your business is -v, ■ Appreciated” “ g* OPEN SUNDAYS ^ ■ --■ i Railroad Men’s Club I Christmas Eve. Dance Deo. 24th 9 TO 1 —MUSIC EY— EARLE ORAYE3 and His Orchestra —Admission $1.00 — (Plus Tax). ALSO: Christmas and ITcv/ Years Mat ‘pc c Dsn e Eec. d: -Tan 1 Hours from 4 to 8 -Admission 50c— (including tax) Lloyd HHNTFRJ Orchestra ■_- — —4==s . MERRY CHRISTMAS \ And A HAPPY NEW YEAR From DRESHER BROTHERS CLEANEK.3 2217 Farnam Street ATlantic-0345 —————— | Xmas Gifts | I? & CARDS J 19W $ LANE § DRUG STORES $ •30th & Fort • 24th & Ames § *S€«*S«S€«S««S*S€« j ^CMAHA COMPOUND COjjjj if 21st & Nicholas fa' y ft ti$ • Janitor Supplies fa y ★ j|| jE^Merry Christmas fai §£ and A Happy New Year! ! W ‘ ★ fa\ ¥ * K* . "■ — ■■ He is sensitive to injury and in sult, and resolved to submit to neither. On the lower levels “of experience, he is belligerent, ag gressive, arrogant, and as such a source of danger in a delicate sit uation. On the higher levels, he is brave, strong, sacrificial, hero ic, a champion of rights not mere ly of his own race but of mankind, and thus a source of hope in the darkness of this hour. But in eith from « Forbes I Furniture Co. fa 5012 South 24th St. £ pole from Uncle Tom. What wonder that the ancient play, even as an historical document, has suddenly become offensive! In all this, whatever the mis takes and ills involved, I see the thing to cheer the heart. The Negro has had a long and painful journey. From slavery he moved into a freedom which was no free dom at all. In this twilight zone of emancipation, he found him self entangled in a two-fold strug gle. One was an outward strug gle with law and custom, to win a freedom which was really free dom. This struggle is still going on. The other wag an inward struggle with the inferiority com plex which years of servitude had implanted within his soul. This second struggle is already far ad vanced toward victory. Everywhere today the Negro is discovering his manhood, and learning to live up to its full dig nity and power. He propose* now to enter upon his heritage as a human being. And this means a new era for the Negro, for Amer ica, and for humanity. __afa_ »HiiMinnimnuinnnmnniinnnMn SSSttiSSBSfeSS !| MERRY CHRISTMAS And i !; A HAPPY NEW YEAR <! —From— ![ I; THE SHEBILSKY : Paint Store And i: Toyland i; 2409 L Street WCHWWCCHWWEMC1 CHRISTMAS, I SREETIfflS TO OUR FRIENDS AT CHRISTMAS Sleighbells tinkling down old roads, farm homes gleaming in the dark The spirit of kindness brooding over the land. Yes, ’tis the Night before Christmas and all men are kin. We hope that your Christmas will be Merry and Bright, and that you will receive full share of the good things this Happy Season Brings. from NEBRASKA Seed Co. if j 75th & Burlington : r * j.Seasons Wishes... i f May the success of a prosperous year (I reflect in a joyous holiday season for ' fi f you and yours and the new year bring 9 ^ forth good health, prosperity and an \ abundance of the many joys of living. 0 \ ' * i -COMPLIMENTS OF_ I ' j ; Electronic \ ; Sales & Service \ | 2414 North 24th jj Si5-SS,>52.2i2,3-2.5-S-,2<3-Si5->2.>»2i5i2 I ————————g From the Employees and Management of Philips. It is with mush gladness that e vjsh you the joys of the o'i Jay season and a New Year a which all your hopes and de 'res will come true. Thank ti for your patronage and no",eration during the war; we sincerely hope to continue serv >g you in the years ahead.