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Salt Lake City, Utah: When the number of Negro volunteers originally proved insufficient to man the South Street USO club here, many members of the white community offered their services. Today, they are an established part of the club’s volunteer group cooperating with Edward Don Wright, Negro club director. Mrs. Leah Walton, one of several receptionists, is shown checking the apparel of Pfc. Herman Washington, Atlanta, Ga. and Sgt. Fong Wong, Santa Barbara, Calif. Me DONALD REPORTING By C. C. McDonald Mr. Steve Biga, 4557 So. 38th St., carries a nice line of liquors beers and patent medicines and in fact you can find most any thing you are looking for in his store. Courteous service to all. When you want your house painted, see the Ideal Roofing Coirpany, 1701 Mason St. They can put siding on your house too. Hoofing is their business. Call AT 2266. Lifetime Products Co., at 2424 No. 16th St- has some of the best lasting paint you ever want to look at. A beautiful glassy shine like diamonds and will last for a lifetime. Prices are reasonable. Let him show you and be de lighted. JA. 5954 Mr. C. E. Henry, 328 Barker Blvd. can furnish you With any kind of job you want in a hotel if you are looking for that kind of work. Call him. Menary Service Station 30th & Fort has a real nice station. Bat teries and all kinds of service for your car. When in need stop by and be releived of your car trou bles. Mr. J. M Herman, 5217 North .30th is a first class tailor and can make your old clothes look like new. A very pleasant gentleman to meet and deal with. I had the occasion of passing Mrs. Lockwood’s 5 and 10c Store and I looked in and saw a nice variety of first class goods in a store that claims to please the most skeptical, 4506. N. 30th. Mr. Vaughn and Lane are ready at all times to do your storage or Tong distance hauling. Day and Night service. KE 3513. The Week By H. W. Smith EASTER SUNDAY We find ourselves in a few hour of the day our good Saviour arose from the grave and the two wo men in the early morning met the angel at the tomb and they were very much amazed when the angel told them He has risen and gone into Galilee. We should all have the same sacred feeling to ward our Lord since He died on the cross for the whole world. We should not forget our group • in business we should lend a help ing hand. Trade with them as they have used many efforts to purchase articles that we need. Buy The wares and encourage them in every way if you are pleased tell others and if not; make it known to the merchant. They will make it right. Dr. H. C. Bryant, supt of the Grand Canyon Nat’l Park told, members of the Tucson National History, a colony of pink rattle snakes were found living comfort able deep in the canyon. Instructor John Denison, head of the Juvenile Relation Division said the high chair is the place to mold juveniles. It would pre pare and prevent an<j repair and repent. Former Governor Stassen of Minn., told a group in Bangor, Me April 12 the GOP must adopt a new labor policy. Over 8 thousand servicemen from over seas were expected to arrive at 4 different ports in the US on Friday, April 12. The vanguard of ships from Eu rope to Chicago was reopened on Thursday, April 11. The steam ship Rutenfel arrived in Chicago with a cargo of canned fish, cod liver oil and herring Two Church units of the Meth odist land Congregational have united on the health surety. Harry Thatcher Burleig sang the Psalms for the 526nd time at the St. George Episcopal Church in New York on Sunday, April 14 He is 78 years old and is the grandson of a Maryland slave. Divers in Miami, Florida were interrupted by high winds. They were trying to find the 38 million dollars in gold from the ship that went down in 1520; a Spanish galleon. Stikers in Butte, Montana wre cked the homes of some of the strike breakers on April 13—14. Two boys playing in the attic at 4332 So. 23rd St., on Sunday loaded rifle and one of them was accidently shot. US Congressman Sparkman of Ala., said Sunday, April 14, that if the draft extension bill is pas sed, Pres. Truman would be ask ?d to veto it. Mrs. Mildned Morgan, age 45 of Washington, Ind., was found murdered in her home on Sunday, April 14. Her husband was also found unconscious in the back yard. Nine mental patients that over powered a guard at the city san itarium in St. Louis and escaped on Friday, April 12 have all been recaptured Six teen age girls, Both, Me., were lost in the woods Sunday, April 14. They were picking wild flowers. The wife of the president of France left for Paris by plane Sunday, April 14. She had a 3 weeks’ visit in the U. S. Read the Guide The Waiter’* Column By H. W. Smith The RR boys are serving on the wheels with a smile. Blackstone Hotel waiters very much out in front on service. Omaha Club waiters taking very good care of the service Regis Hotel and White Horse Inn waiters on the improve at all times. Waiters at the Hill Hotel really on the ball with the job. Paxton Hotei w*ait)ers taking top honors from the guests and their friends with the service. Fontenelle waiters groovy at all times and right there— The Summer Clubs are all ready to go with the parties and golf players, both men and women on the links to demonstrate their skill. Rea^ the Omaha Guide POLICE PROGRAM FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY Since the end of gas rationing traffic deaths have mounted ala rmingly. In 1945, 28,500 persons were killed, 1,000,000 injured, and there will be a higher toll in 1946 unless all car owners drive safely and carefully in cars that are in safe mechanical order. To nurb the slaughter, the International Association of Chiefs of Police will launch a six weeks Traffic Safety Check program on May 15. The program will be conduc ted in all parts of the United States and Canada, with police officers checking the brakes, tires lights, winshield wipers and the horns of cars involved in accidents or traffic violations. Drivers are urged by the police to drive safe ly and courteously in cars that are mechanically sound, in order to reduce the shameful toll of automobile accidents. The Road to Health , A DETECTIVE STORY by W. Roderick Brown, M.D. Staff Member, Tuberculosts League Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. ot so long ago I took part in a detective hunt. The ‘criminal’ for whom we were searching in this case was not a person but a germ. It was a germ which was sprea ding the disease of tuberculosis in our community and causing des truction as deadly as if it were a human criminal on the loose. rhe reason we started on this detective hunt, makes an interest ing story which you might like to hear. Pupils in one of our schools re cently had physical examinations, which included tuberculin tests. This is a simplet est given chil dren to determine if they have any of the germs in their bodies which cause tuberculosis, a lung desease and the test is given by injecting a drop of harmless liquid in the arm or placing a specially treated patch on the arm. About two days later, the doctor examines the arm of the child. If it looks just as it j CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Snake 6 Foam 11 Notions 12 Eagle’s nest 13 Treeless tracts 14 Reluctant 15 Roofing slate 16 Dined 17 A material 19 Greek letter 20 Webbed footed birds 22 Clipped 25 Half ems 26 Constellation 28 Born 29 Like 30 The sun 31 Earth as a goddess 32 Regret 34 Part of a play 35 Craze 36 Kind of auto 38 Feminine name 40 Obtain 41 Managed 42 Fasten 43 Apex 45 Blended 47 Austrian coin 49 Seaweeds 50 Angry 51 Covered with green sub stance 52 Erased DOWN 1 Spanish hero 2 Smell 3 Guards against 4 Roves 5 Pack animal 6 Decorated letter Solution in Next Issue. No. 46 7 Chop finely again 8 Speech 9 Grow weary 10 Exclamation 18 A rustic 19 Book of Psalms 20 Toothed wheels 21 Follow 23 Kingly 24 Poverty stricken 2? Fabulous bird 33 Borders 35 Fastidious 37 Chief de fender of Troy 39 Full grown 42 Game on horseback 44 Crown of head 45 Head cov ering 46 Ruler of Tunis 47 Performed 48 Spread grass to dry Series D-43 Answer to Fuzzle No. 45 ; did before the test, we say that the child has a negative reaction meaning there are no tuberculosis germs in his body. If the place on his arm where the test was given hasbecome swollen and sligntly hard, he has a positive reaction, meaning that somewhere in his body are TB germs. One little fellow in the first grade reacted positively to the test. This showe^ that he had been around someone who had tuber culosis and who had given thte germs to him. Perhaps I should explain here that tuberculosis is caused by a germ. People catch the disease from someone who has it and spits or coughs up the germ The next thing we wanted to find out was whether the child ha° the deasease. The test does not tell whether a person is sick but only whether the tuberculosis germ is in his body. The best and easiest way to find out whether a person 'has tuber culosis is to take an X-ray picture of his lungs So we sent Johnny to the clinic and ha^ his lungs X-rayed. When the picture was developed, it showed that the boy was perfectly healthy. Although Johnny had been around someone with the desease, his healthy body had fought the germs and kept them from getting into his lungs and making him ill. It was a very narrow escape for Johnny, how ever, and must not happen again. Now, there was no need to nave any worry about Johnny. He was alright for the present. But some person with whom he had been in close contact had tuberculosis and was spreading germs to other of the people. Everybody might not be able to resist them as Johnny had. It wasimportant to find this sick. He might not even know he had tuberculosis. People do not always know they have tubercu losis at first because the desease does not make them feel bad in the beginning. Often it is months before the deasease does so much damage to the lung that a person begins to feel really ill. We sent a note to Johnny’s mother and father and asked them to come to the clinic, bringing their other chidren, to have X-ray pictures taken of their chests. tThey gladly came and were given X-rays. The pictures showed their lungs were healthy, too, so they were not spreading the desease. Questioning Johnny’s mother, we learned that her mother lived with the family. We asked her to have a chest X-ray. She did not want to do it but finally agreed. As it turned out, however, she did not have tuberculosis either. We had checked all of Johnny’s immediate family and still had not found where he had picked UP the germs* No one else in his class at school had a positive reaction, so he had not got the germs from his school friends. Where had he gotten them? We had to keep on searching. One day when I was talking to Johnny he told me that if his mo ther had to go out he went next door after school and the lady there gave him lunch. This gave us another clue. We visited the neighrbor. She looked well, but to be on the safe side, we asked her, too, to have her lungs X-rayed. As soon as we saw the picture of her lungs, we knew our search was ended. Her lungs were dis eased. We now knew where John ny had gotten the germs. Our job was not ended, however we explained to the neighbor that she ha tuberculosis, a serious dis ease, and for her own sake and for the sake of the people around her she should go to a hospital for treatment. She was horrified at the idea she might be giving a disease to others and readilv agreed to go the hospital. She is there now, and getting along fin\ When she comes home, probably in a few months, she will be hea' thy. If it had not been for John ny’s tuberculin test and our hard search for a germ, she might have died. This article is co-sponsored by the National Medical Association and the National Tuberculosis As sociation in the interest of better health of the people. Short SPORTS By John M Lee JACKIE ROBINSON Vs. JIM-CROW New York—A few of the boys who like to call the turn on mat ters of this kind have been pre dicting for a long time that old man James Crow will knocy Jackie Robinson out of the run rung Deioie ne gets a cnance to prove his mettle with the Mon treal Royals, Brooklyn Dodgers’ farm club. Having noticed thru out the years how subtle and in nocent old Jim Crow can act just when he is getting his dirtiest licks, I have been inclined to go along with the wise guys, but a few late developments are chang ing my mind. Right now, I’m willing to lay odds, reasonable or unreasonable that when Jackie’s trial is over and he goes on to fame, or back for more seasoning, Jackie him self will be the one to proclaim the loudest that he made it or he muffed it on his merits, and that Jim Crow never sat on the bench when the decisions were being made. i Jackie, you will remember, told the world a short while ago that he was getting every considera tion due him, and that he was being given a chance to break in to big time ball on the basis of his abilitypnot on his color. He also said a few things about the fast pace in his new surroundings and he admitted with healthy hu mility that figuaratively, he did not know from nothing. • Well, that sort of set me up for some revised thinking, but I made a little reservation when I rem i embered that Jackie is a clean | cut, intelligent youngster who could be a diplomat if the occa sion called for it. Sometimes, when you’re trying to make the grade, you don’t mind singing a tune that the boss wrote if you think it will help you to get to the top. So, I just waited and wavered. Last week I snapped out of my static condition when I saw the stand the Royals took when the ball parks at Jacksonville, Fla., and Indianapolis, Ind., were lock ed against them because the Mon treal Club insisted on bringing Robinson and his team mate John Wright along to play exhibition games against the Jersey Cit\y Giants and Indianapolis respect ively. In a straightforward state ment, Montreal’s Mel Jones floor ed Jim Crow for the full count “We took Robinson and Wright along.., because we had never been told officially that they couldn’t play. Now we know why these games have been called off but we aren’t letting either Robinson or Wright down. They are part of our team and they go where we go”. That’s good, straight talk, and not the kind in which a double meaning can be hidden It is the PRO TITO AGITATORS RIOT I IN TRIESTE WASHINGTON, D. C.—Sound photo—Civil guards mop up with a fire hose in effort to disperse pro Tito agitators who stagey a demonstration during the visit of a United Nations Commission to Gorziza, Italy. Two of the dem onstrators may be seen huddled in a doorway to escape the water. While we were reading with chocking sorrow the war casualties of 1914, civilians were meeting with death right in their owr homes to the total of 32,000. An other 4,800,000 met with non-fatal injuries. No bombs caused all this death and injury — they all were the results of accidents within the home. On top of that, home fires destroyed property valued at over $123,000,000. As part of their vigilant acci dent-prevention program, the Na tional Safety Council is currently giving emphasis to the slogan: Have A Safe Home. It is a direc tive that every home should take .0 heart and practice to the fullest extent. One of the major types of home accidents is that of burns, explo sions, and conflagrations, it ac counting for 6,200 deaths in 1944. There are many common sense pre cautions which can be taken to pre vent this tragic loss of life, one in oarticular being that the home should have a Safe heating plant. Being careless about heat in the borne does not pay. An annual cleaning of the heating plant, with » thorough inspection of the entire system, should be a must in every household. But an amateur in spection is worse than none at all, ‘or it leads to false security. Get » professional to do it, and follow lis expert advice if there is any hing which should be done to cor rect any faulty situations. sort of stand that had to be taken sooner or later if Robinson was to be given a fair chance to make the grade. Mel Jones made it, and if that wefe not enough, Branch Rickey of the Dodgers, the club that losses the dough re mi when ever a game is cancelled said: ‘The Montreal club is in such fine condition, we don’t care if every exhibition game along the rest of the way is cancelled.’ From here on. in, its up to Rob inson. Indications are that he is fighting uphill because of the us ual bad breaks a ball player gets doubly hazardous for a fellow try ing to get on the big cirucuit. There is a strong possibiity that Jackie won’t make it this time. If he fails, he’ll be back again for another try, for he’s got the stuff There is one consolation we can all have: Jackie Robinson licked Jim Crow in baseball. Whether it stays licked or not depends upon the other Negro candidates who will be invited into the fold, and upon the men who run the farm clubs. Robinson has opened up the way, and made it easier for the clubs and the Negro ball players. He took a sizzling assignment ^devil's island to BE ABANDONED NEW YORK, N. Y., Soundphoto ‘‘Devil’s Island”, notorious "dry guillotine’, ultimate in penologi cal horror, which was nemises of the hardenel criminals of France for a century, is to be liquidated with Major Charles Andre Pean of the Salvation Army in France heading the job of dissolution. He hopes to have all the exiled wrong doers sent back to France to con tinue their sentences or to De free within 3 years, and the colony completely abandoned and given back to French Giana jungles. Major Pean pictured here as he appeared in New York last week while enroute to his South Ame rican clean up job. and covered himself with glory while carrying it out. To be the lead off man in a tactic that car ries the late of a whole race is a pretty big order. Jackie’s bound to think of this when he is out there trying, and it might have something to do with his perfor mances. They haven’t been bad, but even he admits they could have been better. Maybe he will make the grade this trip, but if he doesn’t, it will be well to rem ember that he carried extra heavy weight the first time out. A NEW DAY IN FOOTBALL A new day has dawned in west coast football with the breaking down of barriers that had kept the professional sport out of the Los Angeles Coliseum and with the recent signing of Kenny Wa shington one of the great Negro players of all time, to a contract to play for the world champion Los Angeles Rams of the National [ Football League. Kenny Washington, the mighty passing and running back from the University of California at Los Angeles, will add great ver satility to a backfield already boasting such names as Bob Wa terfield, his fellow Bruin from U CLA who was voted the most va luable player in the league for ’45 ‘Indian Jack’ Jacobs; Fred Geh rke, Jim Gillette, Les Horvath; Mike Holovak; Pat West; Orville Mathews; Tom Farmer and Jack Wilson. Both Horvath and Holovak have won All American honors as have Farmer and Wilson, while Jacobs has been one of the most brilliant passers of the last few years while playing All American Col legiate bal for Oklahoma and All American service ball for Army Air Forces teams including the Fourth Air Force coached by Ma jor Paul Schissler and Lt. John ny Baker. During the 1945 Na tional League Season Gehrke and Gillette were respectively No. 1 and No. 2 in average ground to Nothing BROILS like fylcum k That’s why 50,000 Omaha Women Prefer GAS! % \ . te, THE AMAZING li \WJ /? SEV|N-YEAROll> % /Km PIANO PRODIGY WHO MtVEB TCCX A LESiOM IKJ HIS LIFE FIRJT BE6A!J TO ?'JV SIMPLE TUNES AT lVz tgwS YEARS HE LEARNED HIS |j£|j ALPHABET AND BEGAN ToJ] ^ READ AT 2&. AROUND 3 HE ASTONISHED HIS FAMILY BY BANGING OUT*TUXEDO JUNCnONTsTAPTED SCHOOL AT 5 AND N0W7 IS IN THE FIFTH GL'ADE.BORN AND DISCOVERED IN DETROIT, HE HAS MADE HIS FIMT MSM PICTURE *NO LEAVE,NO LOVE* 1'HE FIRST SOLtlSR ►JTHE HISTORY THE ARMY TO THE BACHELOR OF OIYI DEGREE.HE WAS ORDA A MINISTER IN THE AME «•- \P I. • «* f**» -• Smvtci be gained per try. ■ To all this— talent Washington adds not only mighty running po wer but a passing arm that ha3 completed six long aerials of 60 yards or over- The first of these was a 60 yd. pass to Pete Tor against Garfield in 1935. Second was his famous 62 yard throw to Hal Hirshon of UCLA in the 1937 Southern California game. In pro football in 1944 and 45, he has completed passes of 65, 67, and 6g yards respectively to Lowell Wagner of the San Francisco Clippers, Ezzart Anderson, Woo dy Strode and Ezzert Anderson both of the Hollywood Bears. Washington’s first appearance in a Ram uniform will be against the College All Stars in Chicagos Soldiers Field the last week in August. He will play as a Ram for the first time in Los Angeles against Sammy Baugh and the Washington Redskins the night of Sept. 6 and then will be seen in all Ram league games both at home and on the road. NEGRO CATHOLIC DOUBLED WASHING, April 20—The num' | ber of Negro Catholics in the US 1 has more than doubled in the last 25 years, it was made known here this week in a report of the Com mission for Catholic Missions. The Francis Cardinal Spellman, Arch bishop of New York, is Serving on the Commission. There are in the United States more than 314,ono Negro Catho lics, the report states. About 6,000' of these joined the Church in ’45. ' We wish to Announce ]! THE OPENING OF THE ![ G & J Smoke Shop i; j 2118 NORTH "24th Street Everything in the Line of ! i CIGARS, CIGARETTES, & I; SOFT DRINKS || Jackson & Godbey, Props. 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