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.KHOW YOLK RACE' By James Y. Eaton The answer to any question of fact concerning colored people may be obtained by writing this column. Mark first 6 statements as true or false. 1. There are seven independent Negro nations. 2. There were Negro slave hol ders before emancipation 3. There are less than thirty col ored banks in the USA. 4. The government of Haiti is modeled after that of France more than it is modeled after the government of the USA. 5. All of the major religions of the world were founded by white gentiles. 6. Dnring the American Civil War, all of the slave states sided ■with the South. 7. Match correctly:—Robert S. Abbott John Henry Murphy R. Is. Vann The Afro-American <A) The Pittsburgh Courier!Bl The Chicago Defender (C) 8. Match correctly:—J. Milton Turner, Norbert Rillieux, Carter G. Woodson First Negro in US diplomatic ser vice (A) Historian and Educa tor (B> Inventor of evaporating j pan (C) S. Tell within a million the amount of money lent to Ne groes by the Reconstruction Fin ance Corporation. 10. Tell the attitude of the mem-! bers of the Bahai Movement con cerning segregation of races. 1. False. Haiti, Liberia, Ethiopia (Sometimes classified separately) 2. True 3. True Twenty two A. Tnie 5. False. None. <5. False, e. g Maryland did not 7. Robers S. Abbott (C) John JHenry Murphy (A) R. L. Vann(B 8. J. Milton Tumer (A) Norbert Jlillieux (C) Carter G_ Woodson (B). 3. Five million. 10. Firmly opposed to segrega tion. “WAR MOMGERS” (By Myrtle Goodlow) This must be the day St Paul speaks of whenne said “Men professing themselves to be wise became fools” -And when men become fools they are easily made tools Of wise cunning men to do underhanded work for them For a fool never dreads to walk where wise men fear to tread Today men we once thought wise Through their words and deeds opened our eyes To what their intentions are and their speeches cannot help but mar The plans for peace which the world so surely needs And from her wounds still bleeds from the terriffic loss upon battlefields. But as long- as war mongers shout off their bill The dangers of war shall haunt us still And the most dangerous weapon of all time Bring total destruction upon mankind If women throughout the world would take a stand And let national leaders thorough ly understand Their men shall never again be cannon fodder And let that cry become louder and louder, When the armies could not be filled The cries of war would soon be stilled And wars would have to cease, And the world have lasting peace. What have we gained from world wide war But suffering and pain world wide famine and starvation Broken homes, orphaned children and tortured minds And all the prayers known to mankind. For a few selfish men who plan wars for their benefit And to the world’s sad detriment In the security of their luxiurious homes where suffering and hardships are unknown It’s easy to sound the battle cry for other men to fight and die. Our heroic soldiers have just been laid to rest When Britain thinking of her own interest would if need be have our boys die on foreign fields, Just to protect her oil fields, Thats just one of the many reasons why America should never back a British-American pact, Listen to the different complaints over the radio From the UNO and you’ll know (If you can read between lines). The biggest war mongers of all times’ world wide motto should be “Protect our Country if need be” Then and only then shall we give up our men Or better still draw a big ring Throw the war mongers in and let the best man win. CUTTING According to police reports, on the 27th day of March, 1946, Mrs. Herron allegedly had an argument with her husband, Mr. Arthur Herron, Jr , both of 1413 No. 25 St. It is alleged that Mrs. Herron made an attack with an ice pick on her husband. He is supposed to have seized his razor and cut her across the breast. • For Greater Coverage ADVERTISE in the Guide RUSS LEAVE UNO MEET ( New York-Soundphoto—Drama is injected into 2 day old meeting of United Nations Security Coun cil at Hunter’s College reconver ted gymnasium in Bronx, as An_ drei Gromyko, Soviet Ambassador and Representative on the Council gets up and walks out following the Council’s rejection of his plea to postpone hearings on Iranian nuestion Gromyko can be Seen at left as he turns and strides away from the table. Other members of Russian delegation prepare to follow their chief. NEW CIO PRESIDENT Atlantic City, NJ—Walter P. Reuther is shouldered’ by his sup oorters at the annual convention of th° CIO-United Workers Union in Atlantic City, N J. where he wqs to t*iP that Union March 27. His election as chief of the world s icugeoc u.. ion marked one the most tremen dous labor upheavals in American history. He defeated R. J. Thomas .-wsMent since 1939. who had the backing of both CIO president Philip Murray and UAW Secre tary-treasurer George F. Addes. ARRESTED ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES Seattle, Wash. Soundnhoto—T,t. Nicolia Gregorovich Redin of the Russian navy who was ariesLcu and arrainged on espionage char ges in Portland, Ore., last week Redin is shown here with his wife Galena, as they t1 >peared at a diplomatic tea in Seattle, where Redin was second in command of the Soviet Purchasing commission The By H. W. Smith NEGRO HEALTH WEEK We are at the end of the most important week of the year. Med. ical Science has improved 100 per cent in the last 50 years and it behooves us to use every effort to improve in every way to pro duce better health. We shorn,, do away with bad insanitary condi [ tions and surroundings as We all know disease germs breed tronl filth and garbage in back yards. ' All bath rooms should be ventila ted also. Harry Goof of Mineapolis gave his address as a parking lot when he applied for a drivers license. Mrs- Franklin D. Roosevelt de livered a speech at Tech Hisrh School auditorium on March 28. President Truman will attend the opening baseball game of the American League in Washington on April 18. President Truman has asked all slices of bread be cut thinner. President M. Brown of Howard University told a group of North Central Colleges and Sec’y of schools at the Palmer house in Chicago Friday March 29 if the black and yellow races come to look on Russia as the marol lea der it is only a matter of time j before Russia will challenge our position. A woman invoked the Iowa State Liquor Law and sues a hotel in Des Moines for $80,000. OPA hearing ends predicted cut in powers. Main fight on extension to come in the US Congress. Four hundred thousand coal mu BEGIN PROBE OF ARMY ' CASTE SYSTEM Washington, D C-Soundphoto— Members of the special Doolittle Cimmittee compose^ of both offi cers and enlisted men, which was appointed to investigate alleged charges of a caste system in the US Army, photographed at their first meeting in the Pentagon. Lf. to rt, front rrow, Capt. Adna H. Underhill Secretary of War Rob ert P. Patterson, Lieut- Gen. Jam es Doolittle, chairman. Back stan ding, T-Sgt. Jake Lindsay, Lieut. Gen. Troy H. Middleton and Sgt. Merrill N. Frost. ners were set to walk out on Mon day the first day of April as the US failed to balk the coal strike. President Truman indorsed Ro bert Y. Seerman for mayor of his home town. He is up for re-elect ion. The Hearst newspaper says the Communist Party of the Soviet Russia are allied everywhere. N. Y. Telephone Co. expected twenty thousand calls on Monday the first of April fools calls. The Red Cross passed their goal in Omaha by $1,090 A Post Office Department off icial stated in Washington on March 30 mail service to Germany would be resumed in the near fu ture. The membership committee held a very important meeting of the NAACP on March 29. US Senator Wherry of Nebr. was mentioned for Chairman of the Republican National Commit tee. Loren Ambry, a life termer in the Colorado State Prison has been recommended for a pardon and he has been in prison since 194°- • U » Omaha will have 20 conventions in April. The Detroit Meditation Board has asked a colling off of 30 days of the threatened street car strike US Senator McFarland and Donnel exchanged heated words in the Senate on March 21 over the nomination of James K. Vard man for the Federal Board of Gov ernors. Fire destroyed a farm house southwest of Avoca, Iowa Wed nesday, March 20. Minnie Ross Webb of Rialto, Tenn., a crippled 14 year old girl arrived in St. Louis on March 21 and was placed in the Shriners Hospital. She was in a wheelchair. ARMOUR’S CAR SHOP WORKERS WITHDRAW' FROM BROTHERHOOD Armour’s Car Shop Employees, Omaha, Nebraska, withdrew from the Brotherhood of Railway Car men of America, American Fed eration of Labor, and joined Ar mours Local No. 8, United Pack inghouse Workers of America, CIO. At a national Labor Relations Board Election conducted by Cy rus W. Slater, a Representative of the NLRB, the Armour Car Shop Employees after being represen ted by the AFL voted unanim ously to affiliate with the United Packinghous W'orkers of America, CIO. The results were 21 for CIO and none against; a 100 percent vote to affiliate with Armours Local No. 8, UPWACIO. The Car Shop Employees will join Armour’s Local No. 8, UPWA CIO big Unit of Maintainance and Production Employees numbering approximately 2,200 workers. The election was held Thursday, Mar. 28th Signed—Patrick Ratigan, Field Representative, UPWA-CIO 2502 M Street, Omaha, Nebr. OUTLINE LONG RANGE PROGRAM FOR TUBER. CULOSIS CONTROL A long range program for tub erculosis control was outlined by Dr. E. A. Rogers of the Nebraska Department of ^Health to the Board of Directors of the .Nebr aska Tuberculosis Association As sociation, The directors met at thv Paxton Hotel in Omoha, March 28 Dr. Charles W. Way, of Wahoo, vice-president of the association presided in the absence of the president. ' Dr. Rogers outlined his long range program for suberculosis control under four main headings; First, case finding. This plan called for the use of 3 mobile X ray units in the State of Nebraska so that all persons who wish to be X-rayed could have this ser vice free of charge in every coun ty oTiCe every two years. His plan also included X-ray services in all general general hospitals. Tuber culin testing of first grade school children and high school students was proposed. Second, medical care and hospi talization. His plans proposed that local physicians prepare themsel ves to give care to early cases of tuberculosis and reserve hospital! beds in the State Hospital for the Tuberculous at Kearney for those pauents who could profit most by hospital care Third, rehabilitation. Dr. Rog ers stated that rehabilitation Ser vice for the tuberculous should begin just as soon after diagno sis as possible. As part of the re habilitation program Dr. Rogers proposed that a social worker and an occupational therapist be add ed to the staff of the State Hos pital for the Tuberculous and that patients be referred to the State Bureau for Vocational Rehabilita tion when they are ready for this service. Fourth, financial assistance to families where there is a case of tuberculosis. This protects the fa mily and keeps the patient con | tented because he knows his fam ily is being cared for. Dr. Rogers proposed that persons who have had tuberculosis hospital treat ment receive financial assistance! after they leave the hospital until such a time when they are strong enough to work eight hours per day. $25 Victory bonds were awarded to Jacqueline Blumel, Nebraska City High School student, June Fislar, Lincoln High School stu dent, and Jeanne Scott, Atkinson High School student, as prizes for the best three stories in the State published in high school newspa pers. The contest was sponsored by the Nebraska Tuberculosis As. ociation. DOUGLAS COUNTY HAS DONE IT AGAIN! . . Thanks Guide for Support \\ hen the month-long American Red Cross Fund Campaign ended Sunday, the minimum quota of $254 500 had been topped by over $15,000 Contributions still are coming in to the campaign headquarters at 414 South l~th Street. For the conven ience of other late contributors, tne campaign headquarters will remain open until the middle of April. Campaign staff members and workers lauded the general all-ar ‘ ound support of the 1946 drive. “Thats the type of unity that will continue to write success for every worthy civic campaign or enter prise." Ford Bates, campaign gener al chairman, asserted. Staff mem bers likewise had a “big thank you' for the Omaha Guide, its staff and readers for the generous and full support given the Red Cross. They complimented “the fine help of the Omaha Guide which is indicative of the spirit and progress embellished by a leading newspaper.” On behalf of every campaign work er and staff members, Bates furth er commented, “We sincerely thank each and every contributor to the j 1940 Red Cross Fund Campaign.’' I JANE WHITE WHO PLAYS THE ROLE OF 'NONNie" IN THE STAGE PLAY'STHAN6E FRUIT"WAS THE FIRST NEGRO TO BE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ONE OF THE THREE G0VERNIN6 BODIES OF THE SMITH C0LIE6E STUDENT COUNCIL. SHE ISA NATIVE OF NEW YORK CITY AND THE DAUGHTERCF WALTER WHITE THE NAACP HEAD. LIKES TO READ ill f «*sHER SPARE /5s, CHARLES ENOCH WHEELE The young poet who is an honorary/^' MEMBER OF THE EUGENE FIELD SOCIETY’FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE','AND THE AUTHOR OF A BROCHURE OF POETRY" PRELUDE," WROTE HIS FIRST POEM AT THE AGE OF 12 AND Sold his first poem at 14. his original manuscript Of"PREU1De'|S in THE JAMES WELDON JOHNSON COLLECTION AT YALE U. A CHICAGOAN,HE WAS BORN IN AUGUSTUS, 6A. .. .ihih BARNEY GUSS, CANDIDATE FOR LEGISLATURE Would Legalize Bookies, Slot Machine Would Use Tax Income from These Sources to Offset Depleted Tax Revenue Funds. Dear Mr. Galloway: Here are a few facts on myself that you asked me to tell you. I am an ex-service man, thirty years old. Father of three child ren. Born and raised in the vic inity of 18th and Charles Street. Went to Kellom School, Central High School, and am very well acquainted in this district. In business on twenty-fourth street for three years. My platform is as follows: Pen sion of $50.00 per month to every one that is dependent on the state . $250.00 Borius for every service man that is Honorably Discharg ed from any branch of the Serv ice—Fair Employment Practice Commission, which is very much needed in this State—Legalization of Slot Machines at $15u.00 per year, with a maximum on them. $1,000 per year license on Book ies and a pay raise for the Fire men and Policemen and Repairs and Pay Raises for the Schools and School Teachers. Everything that will be done for me would be very greatly apprec iated Thank you very much for any thing that you may do for me, Sincerely, BARNEY GUSS. VIRGINIA JIM CROW LAW ARGUED BEFORE US SUPREME COURT Decision Pending Washington, D C., March 27— Virginia's Jim Crow bus law re quiring the segregation of Negro passengers from white was chal lenged in the US Supreme Court by Irene Morgan was fined $10 in the Vrginia Courts for refusing to change to a Jim Crow seat on a bus of the Richmond Grey hound Lines Inc. Representing Miss Morgan was Thurgood Mar shall, NAACP Special Counsel, and William H. Hastie, recently nominated as Governor to the Vir gin Islands. State Attorney Gen. Abram P. Staples represented the Commonwealth of Virginia. Attorney General Staples main tained before the court that Vir ginia’s Jim Crow law recognizes human nature and is designed to protect the safety of the public. Let’s not deceive ourselves by idealistic or wishful thinking. Vir ginia is confronted by a reality. Laws cannot alter human nature or race antagonism. Our govern ment must be based on a recog nition that they still exist, he de clared. Continuing, Staples con tended that there is nothing un constitutional in his states statute requiring rigid separation along racial lines. Thurgood Marshall presenting the facts to the court argued that due to the element of interstate travel involved the federal gov ernment alone was in a position to pass governing laws. Attorney Hastie presenting a cool rejection to the principles of racial distinc tions in a manner brilliant by a a listening official, said the law conflicts with national policy. Both laws of Congress and pre vious decisions of the Supreme Court make it clear that national policy is opposed to racial dist inctions. That in itself shoul^ be enough for a decision in favor of Miss Morgan. The case was argued in a court i room filled to overflowing by a tense crowd whrch listened intent ly to the arguments being presen ted in what would be the most serious set back suffered by Jim Crow in America if the court han ded down a decision favorable to Miss Morgan The decision of the court is pending. APPOINTMENT OF NEGRO TO ARMY’S BOARD INVESTIGATING COURT MARTIAL Washington, D. C.—Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson re ceived a suggestion from the NAA ACP to appoint a Negro lawyer to the board of nine prominent judges and lawyers appointed to look into army courts-martial grievances. The suggestion was received in a telegram which stated may we respectfully suggest addition of a Negro lawyer to board appointed yesterday by you to review courts martial procedure and that board be specifically instructed to exam ine courts-martial against Negr oes. You will remember written reports I made to you of condi tions I observed in European and Pacific Theatres of war and in instances of racial prejudices cited. We believe that presence on board of a Negro can contribute greatly to this particular evil and in improving courts-martial pro cedures generally. This association alone has received more than two hunured cases to war department for clemency. We have to invest igate now several hundred more and every mail brings additional cases. This indicates a condition which needs examination and con sideration. Walter White The Army’s present system of courts-martial has been under con siderable fire recently, drawing charges not only from GI’s but also from both branches of Con gress. The Senate Judiciary had recommended an investigation af ter soldiers’ letters in the Stars and Stripes complained volumin ously that enlisted men were be ing courts-martialed for offenses which officers committed with im punity or with only a repremand. Other complaints have arisen from the system which permits only officers to act as judges, or prosecutors and defense council at courts_martial proceedings. Chair man McCarran (D., Nev.) of the Senate Judiciary told reporters in January that there are thousands of cases of misjustice that need | redress. At the same' time the House Military Committee looked NAACP CALLS FOR 5th ANNUAL YOUTH WEEK New York—Youth Councils and College chapters of the NAACP invite all who believe in the prin ciples of democracy to share in their fifth annual observance of Youth Week. Programs of these youth organizations, beginning April 23 and ending May 4, win demonstrate to the nation the ser iousness of youth in these trou. bled times. The programs of the various youth groups wil be ushered in with church Services Sunday, on April 8th.p Other features will in clude the wearing of badges that will be sold for ten cents, five cents of which is devoted to the critically important wor^ of the NAACP in such cases as the Col umbia, Tenn riot and the constant fight for a just and democratic America. RETURNS FROM SOUTH PACIFIC Lawrence Lewis Guide’s Foreign Correspondent - I By Lawrence Lewis No soldier in the world wanted to come home anymore than I, and no soldier wanted the peace and comforts of home more than me. 1 dreamed of home, the dav enport, the bath tub, record player and of course my wife and baby girl. Always there was the fear of not coming back. I got used to it always thinking of heath, the ter ror of unwanted death. I thought of the fevers, the snakes and the many dreaded diseases which at anw moment might might end my life Never will I forget the men around me overseas; men search ing for something and never find ing it. Men who^e only joy was in the /night, when they ^could dream of their wives, sweethearts and families, dream of cake and ice cream, steaks, chicken and chops; dream of their home town and i dishing the memories both good and bad and hundreds of other things which will surely evelope your mind when you are thousands of miles away. I dream er of Omaha. I speilt the first day of my re turn to Omaha just absorbing the comforts of home life. I wanted just to get the feel of things, sort of cram it all into my heart at once and erase the months of lon liness in the jungles. Even the neighbors who might npt like me I wanted to smile at them, letting them know everything was al right. I just wanted to be friends with everyone. Some accepted ni> into the tisuation and one mem ber reported gross injustices in a number of cases The present board of members are Dean Arthur T. Vanderbuilt of the New York University Law School, chairman; Judge Alexan der Holtzoff of the District of Columbia Federal District Court, secretary; W. T. Joiner of Raleigh Joseph Henderson of Philadelphia, Jacob M. Lashly of St, Louis, W. P. Armstrong of Memphis, Feder al Circuit Judge Morris A. Soper of Baltimore; Floyd Thompson of Chicago, former chief justice of Illinois; and Frederick Crane of New York, former chief judge of the New York Court of Ap peals. FAMILY, CANS OF BABY FOOD SAILS TO GUAM One of the first of the pioneer ing families sailing to husbands in the Central Pacific Area is Mrs. Virginia Buell and children, Sher rie Lee. three, and Billy, eight mos who will join Marine Captain Chas Buell in Guam—and probably live in a Quonset hut. Taking no chan ces with the children’s health, Mrs. Buell carries along a six months' supply ob baby food packed in sturdy, germ proof tin cans. We wish to Announce THE OPENING OF THE G & J Smoke Shop 2118 NORTH 24th Street Everything in the Line of CIGARS, CIGARETTES, & I SOFT DRINKS \, Jackson & Godbey, Props. The ALPINE BOOK STORE Invites You . . . To visit their place and to Browse i around on the leaves of its Thous ands of Books and Magazines to your Heart’s Content No Obliga tion to buy. So Come. The name again, ALPINE BOOK STORE. The address, 4606 SOUTH 24TH STREET. •STORM - SASH I Paint — Roofing SUTHERLAND LUMBER CO-1 2920 ‘L’ St MA-12001 I Johnson Drug Co. j 2306 North 24th -FREE DELIVERY— WE-0998 ( H MEN 3C-52KS.MR Were Never Meant To Suffer Like This! 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As I walked down 24th St. I thought of all the STREET had meant to me, it brought back me mories of long ago of my pals and associates—the times I used to start walking home and stop in at the bars on the STREET and drink beer, knowing when I got home I would be late and dinner would be waiting with a some times not too happy wife. Whatever its faults, Omaha is my kind of a City because I be* lieve in my race and believe in the people of Omaha. I stay con fident even though not always satisfied. It is my belief that no Negro has the cause to be com pletely satisfied with himself or his accomplishments, no matter how much money he has; no mat ter how successful he may be; no matter how he shelters himself from others whose qualities he may dislike, because good or bad. rich or poor, black or yellow, we are all brothers in a common ef fort and we, on this earth must share this work for the common good or betray ourselves in our own selfishness. j Maher-Kelleher J Insurance Agency BReai Estate, Rentals, Insurance I (VOTARY PUBLIC * 2424 BRISTOL ST. J A-6261 LOVELIER. LIGHTER, i FRESHER SMOOTHER. | CLEARER SKIN OC, — 3 zo sn* At all drug storms Vw Try Dr. FRED Pal mer’s Skin Whitener for loveli r, lijrh er. smoother, fresher, clearer skin. Money hack guarani. Caution: Use only as directed. 6<I.ENPIC0., Box 2M. M'trU. fi. iWatson’s School of | SSeaut^ l| Culture jj I ENROLL NOW! 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