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OMAHA MERCHANTS Congratulates AMVETS Post No. 2 Gardeners Warned Against Early Spring Rackets “Don’t let your spring gardening en thusiasm allow you to fall prey to the often-tried spring gyps.” That is the warning being issued currently by the Better Business Bureau. As the Bureau erplains, the garden ing enthusiasm of many home-owners overcomes their caution. One very well known racket may be worked in the following manrer. Trucks pass the gar deners door filled with rich, black “humus”. The trucker stops, lifts a basket of the soil from his truck and and begins to sprinkle it on the latvn. When the gardener sees its dark, rich clor against the meager, winter-dried soil, his sales resistence hits a new low. Then, the seler explains that the low price of the soil is only' 15 or 75 cents a basket. The gardener often becomes! expansive and orders the gyper to go I ahead with the job. Of course, most truckers who sell I soil are honest businessmen. But there1 are the unscrupulous few who are not | above fooling the home-owner into be lieving that an outlandish number of bushels have been spread on his lawn. Thereby, they can raise their job-price to fifty, seventy-five, or a hundred bu shels instead of twenty can not be dis proved. .« Another part of this soil gyp re volves around the fact that the soil is often sold under false claims. The tru cker may tell you that his coil is rich loam taken from nearby bogs. In many cases this true, but in one instance, this so-called humus was tested and it was found to be a waste material from the dump of a chemical plant. Also on the list of gyps for the gardener to beware of in the spring, the Bureau continues, are the itiner ant “tree surgeons” who offer to treat shade trees. N umerous complaints are received every year by people whose trees have ben ruined. The itinerant “termite man’ or plant doctor, is an other gyp of which to beware. He ex amines your trees or shrubs, and de clares he has found termites which (will get int oa house and destroy it. For a fee, he will restroy these termi tes. Actually, in most cases, no termi tes exist anh his worthless sprays and treatments are conducted upon ants of the harmless variety. Another pernicious spring pest is the itinerant roofer who offers to repair the gutters of a house for a small sum. fjusally, the gyp artist manages to find “needed’ roof repairs that cost the home-owner much more than he expec ted. Whenever you are indoubt about any business offer, .no matter how large oi small, the Bureau concludes, you will be wise to consult your local Better Business Bureau for free and impar tial information. Slain G. I. Exonerated by Army NEW' YORK.. (Calvin's news ser vice ). .Army Adjutant General this week completely exonerated Private Charles R. Ferguson, one of the two Negro brothers killed by a Freeport policeman last February. According to Patrolman Joseph Romeeka, Ferguson and three brothers were breaking win dows when Romeeka tried to arrest them. Romeeka claims that he fired in aelf-defense when they tried to resist. The case was accordingly cleared by a grand pury. The Adjutant General how ever says that after reviewing the Ar my’s report of the fatal shooting, Pvt. Ferguson “died in the line of duty and not due to his own misconduct”. • SPRING IS HERE! We Have Our Usual Fine Line of. .. BULK GARDEN SEEDS GRASS SEEDS, VEGETABLE AND BEDDING PLANTS, SHRUBS AND TREES. —“THE OLD RELIABLE”— Home Landscape Service TEL. 2426 Cuming St. JA-5115 LOANS $10 TO $1,000 You can obtain a loan from us for almost any purpose and repay in small monthly payments. Salary loans on your signature only. We also make auto and furniture loans. We will gladly make you a small loan or a large one. Phone AT-2300, tell us what you need, then come in and pick up the money. Prompt Service. 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RELAYS (By Randy Dixon) Paced by the mercurial-hoofed Herb McKenley, Jamaican West Indian wi zard, representing Illinois, U., sundown thinclads. .collegiate and scholastic., hurled defiance at the bitting winds, sluggish underfooting and general in corrigble elements at Fr'anklin Field Friday and Saturday in the 52nd an nual Pe.nn Relays to keep pace with a victorious heritage, by figuring emi nently all the way through the 72 ev ent program involving 3400 athletes of 500 colleges and schools from the L n ited States, Puerto Rico, Canau'a and Hawaii. Although McKenley's unbelievaLle 0.46.9 quarter-mile stint on the anchor leg of the one-mile college champion ship relay was the Carnival's highlite others to bask in the limeglare were: Bill Carter, ex-Pitt star, naw a ca det at Tuskegee AAF, winner of the 100-yard dash (0.09.8). Fred Johnson, a marine from Camp Le. jeune, N. C., broad jump winner at 23 ft. 1*4 inches. Roscoe Brown, returned vet of Lin coln U., who reeled off respective an chor quarter miles of 0.48.5 and 0.048.3 to win in an unclassified mile relay and notch 'a second in the first heat of the Class B college mile championship. Andrew Stanfield, long-legged anchor runner for Lincoln, Jersey City High's all-Negro foursome in the high school American mile championship, who en acted a 0.49.5 leg to edge his team in to second place. Howard Thomas, stocky Cranford High speedster, who brought the ba ton from third place to victory in the 440-yard American championship. Ken Dixon, Germantown High youth who made up 170 yards on erstwhile national, district and assorted champ ions, in carrying his team from a bad ninth to a respectable place in the championship scholastic medley event Phil Thigpen's brilliant pickup from second to first in winning the prep school mile relay championship lor Seton Hall Prep. Phil, national indoor pre 880 and mile champion, turned his ‘'440" in 51.5. And Howard's surprising 40-yard-re lay foursome which earned a tight 3rd in the finals of the college American championship for this distance beating NY U.; Penn, Army, Yale., Pitt, Col gate, Penn State, Morgan State, Dart mouth, Fordham, 'and Oklahoma A & M. among others. . MRS. TALMADGE, SEN. BILBO *MAD’ AT CLAIRE LUCE, BUT CONNECTICUT WANTS HER | Political bedfellows this week were Senator Bilbo and Mrs. Julius Y. Tal I hadge, president-general of the Daugh ter of the American Revolution. They were both peeved at blonde crusading Clare Boothe Luce. The Mississippi Democrat was ‘mad’ at Claire because in her husband’s ra ther circulated Life Magazine, he had , been characterized “the worst man in the Senate’ who “had been discredited as a complainant in a bribery scandal voted by his own colleagues in the Mi ssissippi State Legislature as “unfit to sit with honest upright men in a res pectable legislative body” and other things not complimentary. Mrs. Talmadge was peeved with la Luce because of the latter’s recent act ivity which resulted in the relaxation of The DAR Constitution Hall _ban on Negro artists appearing in the only suitable public auditorium in the Dis trict of Columbia. Mrs. Talmadge, eg ged on by a wave of protest from with in and without the organization, was forced to announce last week that the Tuskegee Choir would appear there in June. All-Makes Electric Company < HARDWARE & APPLIANCES 1 ‘‘VISIT OUR NEW STORE” 4<HO HAMILTON Phone. WA-4668 A _ Joseph W. Martin, Jr., has a 1 wavs been interested in passage of FEPC legislation, said Mrs. Anna Arno] ' Hedgeman. executive secretary of the National Council for a Permanent FE PC. in an interview today. His signa ture on Discharge Petition No. 4 has great significance because of his posi fion as Minority Leader of the House f Representatives. Only 40-odd signa tures are still needed to complete the petition and bring the bill to the floor. It is hoped that Mr. Martin’s lead ership in the matter will be a cha'lenge to other Republicans who. we believe, recognize the fact that the voters are watciling to see whether the Republi can Party keeps its platform pledge. NATIONAL FEPC CLOSES OFFICE With the closing of the offices of the President’s Committee on Fair Employ ment Practices today, The National' Council for a Permanent FEPC sent the following telegram to its coordina ting national organizations and local councils throughout the country. “Wartime FEPC offices closed today. Senate conference committee has den ied funds for completion of final FEPC report requested by President Truman. This wipes out FEPC and suppresses information about unfair employment practices with one stroke. Permanent FEPC bills must be passed by this same Congress. Deluge the President, Demoanttis national chairman Bobt. JIGGING GRANDMOTHER Hilarity was the order of the day on the Queen for a Day program when 85 year old Emma Jane Richardson admitted to Emcee Jack Bailey that she’d "done just about everythinfi there was to do. Except, she added laugh ingly, "I‘ve nev*r danced a ig for you Egged on by Bailey and other mem bers of the cast. M s. Richardson went I into a live’v dance, giving literal proof | of her contention that she’s just as active as th ■ next one, in spite of her advanced years. E. Hannegan. Republican national chairman B. CaTnll Reece, Sen. Alben Barkey, Sen. Wallace H. White, Jr.. House Ma.ioritv Leader John W. Mc Cormick and House Majority Leader Joseph W. Martin. Jr., with requests for passage of FEPC bills at onc°. Mo bilize your entire community. Only a gigantic outcry will succeed. Anna Arnold Hedgeman, ex. sec’y< ‘WIDOWS MITE’ NE\J YORK —Out of the mail bag at the national NAACP offices today, came this touching note. It was sealed in an envenpe together with a folder] containing 50 dimes neatly tucked into! even rows. The note read, “Please ac-! cept the 'Widow’s Mite” to help you in the fight for :u=tice in this demo-| cracy’, signed E. J. Carmon'a. AiriilCliLl btic CHiEF ^/|>S FOOD SITUATION MAKES OPA EXTEN SION A MUST WASHINGTON, D. C.-Soundphoto— Secretary of Agriculture Clinton W. Anders n waxed eloquent as he told members of the Senate Banking Com mittee, holding hearings on the OPA extension bill, that the present critical | food shortage throughout the world makes extension of price control im perative. “Citizenship in Action Around the World” Mamaroneck, NY.—Girl Scouts celebrating the thirty fourth anniversary of girl scouting in the United States. Girls of al races, creeds, and colors paticipated in the aetiv itries built around the theme: “Citienship in Action Around the World.” Thousands of Negro girls throughout the United States participated in the celebration. Negro girls have joined Girl Scouting in large numbers during the past few years, more than a 300 percent increase has been noted in their numbers from 1940 to 1945. Many young people are on the waiting list to join the scouts, simply because there are not enough trained adults to aid in setting up and conducting new scout troops. COAL \tl)ERS, OPERATORS RESUME ISEGOTIATIOISS W ASHINGTON, D. C.-Soundphoto— The deadlocked negotiations between John L. Lewis and the mine operators were resumed last week in Washington. Photo shows Paul Fuller, Conciliator, Edward F. McGr'ady, Special Concili ator called in by the Labor Department SSI Ezra Van Horn, Chairman of the Con ference, John T. Jones, Secretary of the Conference, John L. Lewis, head of the miners and across the table fa cing Mr. Lewis, Charles O’Neill, head of the operators. Sandwiches, Salads Form a Basis for Nourishing Lunches Hot sandwiches are a welcome treat for quick lunches. They may be prepared with ground meat, cheese or cold meats and flavorfully garnished with tomatoes, mustard, onions or mayonnaise. It’s eat and run in most house holds for lunch time because the children must run back to school or husbands must hurry back to - work. If foods - are prepared in advance, however, even the quick lunch can be nourishing and satis fying. Sandwiches, of course, are an old standby, but they should be rounded out with soups and salads instead of just a beverage and a piece of cake. Cold meats are easy to use. but they can be served warm to add more appetite appeal to the noon-day meal. Left-over veg'tabier from the night-before dinner, when well chilled and mixed with crisp greens, make an appetizing salad. They may also be used, along with left over meat, for delicious soup which is so welcome with a fairly dry food like a sandwich. If sandwiches are served, the des sert should be preferably a pudding or ice cream to give contrast. These, too, are easily prepared in the morning and will be ready to serve for lunch. 1 have chosen a number of sand wiches called “burgers" which I think you will find highly suitable for that quick noon-day get-together. i Hamburger. Combine 1*2 pounds of ground beef with 1 egg. 1% teaspoons of salt and V4 teaspoon pepper: mix thoroughly but lightly. Shape into large patties about Vi inch thick. Heat bacon drip pings until sizzling hot in a heavy skillet, lay patties on it and brown quickly on both sides. Reduce heat, cover and cook slowly about 8 to 10 minutes. Place on plain or toasted bun. serve with tomatoes, onion, mustard or mayonnaise. Liver Sausage Burger. Remove casings from slices of liver sausage and brush both sides with butter. Pan fry in heavy skil let, turning to brown on both sides. Pan fry bacon until crisp. Arrange bacon and liver sausage on split plain or toasted bun. Serve with mustard or mayonnaise. •Cheeseburger. Mix lVi pounds of ground beef with V* cup milk. 1 teaspoon salt __ and Y4 teaspoon 1 pepper. Form into 1 six patties about 1 3 inches in diam ^ eter. Cut six slices of cheese ^ slightly smaller than meat pat ^ ties. Mix % cup || chili sauce and 2 teaspoons horseradish. Pan fry meat patties in bacon drippings or butter slowly for 10 to 15 minutes, turning several times as they cook. Spread with chili sauce and horse Lynn Says: Make the most of yonr fruit: Apples for baking are more at tractive if the skin is peeled in stripes from the upper half of the apple. Use a moderate oven for baking. All fruits should be washed be fore using. Spraying of the leaves often leaves a deposit on the fruit. Bananas will not darken if dipped in lemon juice when peeled. Grapefruits and melons will keep fresh if wrapped with waxed paper when cut. Roll oranges and lemons until slightly soft before squeezing. The juice will flow more freely. Lynn Chambers’ Menus. •Pepper Pot •Cheeseburgers with Buns Tomatoes Mustard ♦Cranberry Parfait Cookies Beverage •Recipe given. radish and top each pattie with a slice of cheese. Broil until cheese melts. Serve on plain or toasted buns with tomatoes, onions, relish or I mayonnaise. Here are two rich hearty soups which you might like to serve with any type of sandwich. These, of course, may be made ahead of time I as soup will improve in flavor on | standing. •Pepper Pot. (Serves 6) 1 onion, sliced % cup celery, diced V* cup chopped green pepper M cup butter cup flour 1% quarts of meat stock 1% cups diced potatoes 1 tablespoon salt 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 cup cream, whipped Simmer onion, celery and green pepper in butter about 15 min utes. Add flour and stir until well blended; i then add meat I stock, potatoes and seasoning.| Cover and allow to simmer one I hour. Add cream just before serv ing. Corn Chowder. 1 quart potatoes, diced 2 cups boiling water 2 tablespoons salt pork 1 medium onion, chopped 1 No. 2 size can of corn 2 cups milk 1 tabiespoon salt % teaspoon pepper 2 tablespoons chopped ’parsley or celery leaves % cup cream Cook diced potatoes in boiling wa ter for 10 minutes. Cut salt pork in Vi-inch dice, saute and add onion. Continue cooking until pork is brown and crisp and onions are soft and yellow; then add these, with the corn, to the potatoes. Boil gently until potatoes are tender; add milk, salt and pepper. Bring to the boiling point again and add parsley i or celery leaves and cream. Serve piping hot. Two desserts which come to mind for meals such as I’ve just described are a Cranberry Parfait and a Fluffy Fruit Ice. They are light enough to contrast well with soup and sandwich luncheons and easy to make. Light, fruity desserts offer taste and color contrasts to rich, heavy meals. Here, Cranberry Parfait is served in tall glasses topped with a square of jelly to make the des sert more attractive. •Cranberry Parfait. Vi can cranberry sauce 2 tablespoons powdered sugar 1 egg white % pint cream 1 teaspoon almond extract Beat the cranberry sauce and powdered sugar with a fork. Whip the egg white and cream. Combine the two mixtures. Flavor with the almond extract and chill. Serve with a square of cranberry sauce. Fluffy Fruit Ice. 2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin 2 tablespoons cold water 2 tablespoons sugar cup water 1 cup syrup from mixed fruit 2 tablespoons lemon juice % teaspoon salt 1 egg white, beaten 1 tablespoon sugar Soften gelatin in cold water. Bring sugar and water to a boil. Add gelatin and stir until dissolved. Cool. Add syrup, lemon juice and salt. Pour into refrigerator tray. Freeze until firm. Place in a chilled bowl, break into pieces, and fold in egg white which has been beaten with remaining sugar. Return to refrigerator tray and freeze until firm. Mixed cooked or canned fruit may be served as a garnish. Released by Western Newspaper Union. • FOR GREATER COVERAGE—Advertise In THE GREATER OMAHA GUIDE WHY AN OMAHA GUIDE? Editorial—by Geo. H. McDavis, Advertising Manager 1. To present to the highly concentrated Colored citizenry of Omaha and territory, a complete summary of the worth while happenings and accomplishments of the Negro Race in Omaha and throughout the world, Truthfully and with out unnecessary racial agitations, that they may become better neighbors. 2. To deal with the Social side of their news. An under taking which the cosmopolitan papers do not feel equipped to deal with in full detail as yet. 3. To provide honest and honorable employment to young Colored citizens, trained to follow the vocations of printing and journalism. 4. To offer a reliable source of Advertising for the Merchants who sell Millions of Dollars worth of Material to this Negro Group each year. FIRST POST WAR SHRINE CIRCUS MAY 29-JUNE 5 With wartime restrictions on travel eliminated, Tangier Shrine Circus offi cials are expecting out-state circus fans of all ages to pour into Omaha to gge_the_ 17th Annual Show at the City INSTITUTE OF HEALTH TO BE HELD MAY 13 (Continued from Page 1) sored by the Nebraska State Dept, of Health in co-operation with the Alt house School of Beauty, the Northside School of Beauty, and the Watson School of Beauty. The Institute will "over phases of Social Hygiene and Venereal Disease Control. Dr. Wesley Tones, local physician, and City Clini cian. who has received special training ,r> Venereal Disease Control, and Dr. W. B. Quisenberry of Lincoln, Nebra ska. Director, Division of Venereal Di sease Control, Nebraska State Dept, of Hea’th, and Public Health Specia list, United State Public Health Ser vice. will deliver the medical lectures, and demonstrate and show medical slides. Ihe Institute will open with a lun cheon May 13, to be held at the Sharp Inn. Mr. Oscar Humble, Director, Bu xeau of Examining Beards, State of Nebraska Dept, of Health will be the guest speaker. Mrs. Christine Althouse. well known beautician and manager of the Beauty School bearing her name, will preside at the luncheon. All professional stu dents and beauticians are urged to at tend the one-day Health Institute on Social Hygiene. Luncheon recervations may be made by calling the L rban League Office, WEbster 5020..Mrs. McGinnis. GEN. BRADLEY TURNS DOWN NAACP REQUEST NEW YORK—In response to a rec ommendation made by the NAACP through its executive secretary. Walter, White, in whichh it was pointed out that a qualified Negro should be ap pointed to the Veterans’ Administrat ion, policy-making capacity. Genera! Omar Bradley, Veterans’ Administrat ion chief refused to take such action on the grounds that such action in it self would be discriminatory and de trimental to the interests of other min ority groups. The NAACP lias attempted to inter est governmental officials in the re commendation for some time after re peated complaints of segregation and discrimination policies being practiced 'against Negro vets in most Southern communities. The Association pointed out the fact that the 13 branche offi ces of the VA are more or less auto nomous, and it would be exceedingly unlikely that branches located in the South would discontinue t^e tradition al jim-crow policies of that section. In addition to the letter to General Bradley, Mr. White also sent a com munication to Pres. Truman. In this letter Mr. White stated: “^e have not bothered to trouble you with our ecorts with which you are familiar to secure the appointment of a qualified Negro in a policy mak ing, policy-executing position with the Veterans’ Administration because we had reason to believe that General Bradley would fake such reasonable action. Our hopes in this regard have, however, been considerably dimmed and virtualy destroyed. I, therefore, take the liberty of sending yob here with self-explanatory copy of a letter dated April 30th from General Brad ley and copy of our reply. “May we ask you to take such steps as may be fitting in this matter?’. Auditorium, May 29 to June 5, incl. The termination of gasoline ration ing and the easing of rail and but tra vel are expected to make it much sitn pier for residents of, communities sur rounding Omaha to see the circus than last year when travel was restricted to only that which was necessary’. to meet the expected increase in number of circus-goers 'as a result of the new travel situation, two more ma tinee performances than were given it* 1945. Matinee For Shut Ins.. Nightly performances will be given throughout the week's engagement with the exception of Sunday, June 2, ot* . w tich date no shows will be staged. The four matinees have been scheduled 'as follows: Thursday, Decoration Day, May 30; Saturday, June 1; Tuesday, June 4, and Wednesday, June 5. The Tuesday matinee will be a spec ial performance for crippled children and shut-ins. A preview of what patrons can ex pect at the Seventeenth Annual Circus w as outlined by Dr. Fred F. Whitcomb general chairman. Dr. Whitcomb said that those attending the show will find it fully up to past standards, not to mention the incorporation of a number d entirely new acts. Hrtnnaford Family Featured Dr. ) W hitcomb stressed that the ever popular clowns will be going through their antics in even gre'ater number than previous years. He also viewed the end of the war as a boost for the animal portion of the circus, which will include such traditional entertainers' as trained seals, bears, plumed school horses and ponies. Among the featured performers who will appe'ar in the three rings will be the Hannaford Family, a troupe of dar ing bareback riders, and the Gallagher Family, risley artists. In addition, more than two hundred other perform ers will take part in the nearly three score acts. Arrangements for the circus are pro ceeding rapidly under the direction of Rink Wright, veteran circus showman, who has contracted to produce and di rect the circus. 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