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LOCAL AND NATIONAL NEWS 1QC Per Copy AND WORTH IT- “To Sell It, ADVERTISE” '* HEW TO THE LINE \ EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PHONE HA.0800 WlMlKAWI SI ^^ ,,, .. , „ _ _ Entered as 2nd class matter at Post-oft ice, Omaha, Nebr., Under Act ot SAI l RDA\. JUNE 8, 1946 OUR 19th AEAR No. 18 ★ 10c Per Copy ★ Marcn 8. 1874. Publishing Offices at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha. Nebr 15he STREET and thereabouts ■--by LAWRENCE P. LEWIS Swearing is bad for the little chil dren who look up to us, as to what they would like to be like, when they grow up. Their little ears are not deaf to profanity. We may want to disci pline the children for using the words that they learned on Our Street, but the fault is with us; we who use those words so loud that they can be heard by the little ones who may be passing by. We must be more careful or we will have to continue punishing our children for that which some of us are guilty of. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST ANNIVERSARY. I stopped by the Modernistic Beauty Salon, 2422 Grant to interview a young and surely outstanding woman, whose business ability is proven by her success. Miss Doris Hawkins, who owns the Modern istic Beauty Salon, has just completed her first year in business. Miss Haw kins is a graduate from the Althouse Beauty School and is now owner of The Modernistic Beauty Salon. “Miss Hawkins, how do you feel about going into business for yourself? I asked” Miss Hawkins didn t hesitate when ‘she answered. “It is something that 1 have always dreamed about. It has been made possible only by the many women who bring their business to the Modernistic Beauty Salon. I wish I could thank all of them personally. I enjoy the work, and 1 am immensely pleased by the success of the busin-1 ess. It is something I have always wanted, and really, I am more than satisfied”. “How manv operators, besides your self. are employed here?”, I asked. “I have two now”, she answered as ' she introduced me. “Mrs. Marie Rob inson and Mrs. Cristel Jackson. I want you to meet Mr. Lawrence Lewis”. I was so amazed by being called mister, that I finally stuttered out. “It has been a pleasure meeting the both of you”. They both smiled. lovely smiles, as I backed out of the door, | raising my voice, saying, “Many more happy anniversaries Miss Hawkins, many, many more, and may thev even be more successful than your first” T overheard a conversation of two men talking about the Blue Room on 24th and Lake, and both of them were wondering why it hadn’t opened. To tell the truth I was wondering mv self. The other night. Mr. McGill', took Sherman Higgins and I into the newly decorated Blue Room, and unless vou have had the onportunitv to see it vou can hardly believe it. The Rlue Room has been completely redecorated, and has soothing and soft lights. At no other time has it looked so inviting for a night of dancing and pleasure. Mr. McGill informed me that all he needed now wa« to eet some music ians and the Blue Room would be ooen again. We need places like the Blue Room on Our Street, and I am sure that there are manv of us who are eager for the Blue Room to open again. “A vote for Galloway is a vote for ■what?”, .1 asked. “Come on in, you look well over 21, and I'll give you one of his cards”, air attractive young lady answered. “That you look well over 21”, didn’f take so good, but I knew she was (mostly right), so I ventured into the “Galloway for Senator Headquarters”. “I remember you now”, I said, but toning my coat, straightening my tie, and mad because my suit was four years old. Mrs. Thelma Dean, laughed softly, offered me a chair, and I knew then, that whatever Mr. C. C. Gallo way was running for, he had one more DES MOUSES ATTY. VISITS OMAHA GLIDE A tty. Charles P. Howard, pro minent publisher and sportsman of Des Moines, Iowa, was a vis itor in the Omaha Guide Plant on Friday, May 31. He was in town on legal business. SOLOMON HUGHES WINS DES MOUSES GOLF TOURNAMENT Won Joe Louis Tournament in ’45 On a rainy Memorial Day and the tricky Woodside Golf Course at Des Moines, Iowa, was the scene of the first post war Des Moines Open Golf Tournament, a tournament put on by the Valley Golf Club of Des Moines since 1932. In the top spot with 109 strokes for the 27 hole tourney was Solomon Hughes, winner of the 1945 Joe Louis Open, who hails from Minneapolis, Minneso ta. Hughes who won the third high ranking Negro Golf Tourna ment in the nation, led all the way in spite of the fact that he had a 5 over par 41 for the first nine; however, on the closing nine, he scored a blazing 3 unded par 32. His nearest competitor with 117 strokes was John Estes from Des Moines, followed by Jack Howard of Los Angeles, Calif, the defend ing champion. Competing among the 35 entries was Leroy Doty, 1942 Des Moines Open Winner of Kansas City, Mo., Charles P. Ho ward, three times winner of the Central States Golf Tournament, 1932, 1933, 1934; and Des Moines Open Champion of 1938 and 1939. Lonnie Thomas, Omaha, Central States Champion of 1943. YOUTH DAY TO BE OBSERVED AT BETHEL The AME Christian Endeavor Union League of Omaha, Nebra ska will sponsor its first annual Youth Day and Popularity Con test at Bethel AME Church, on FOR THE i LATEST NEWS' Subscribe to Omaha’s Greatest Race Weekly” ★The Omaha Guide vote. "The trouble is, Mrs. Dean. I re member you as a housewife, with two lovely daughter, and now I find you here, as busy as any person can be, heading this staff at Mr. Galloway's headquarters. I know they keep you busy, but when did you become inter ested in politics?”, I asked. “I enjoy it, but as you say. I do have two daughters, and as any per son knows, thev keep me quite busy. I sunnose you know Mrs. Madeline Harrold, well, she is the one who is to blame for mv interest in this kind of work. Mrs. Han-old is a State In spector of Beauty Shops, and when to gether. we talk politics with as much intc-est as anyone”, Mrs. Dean answ ered. "Vihat do you think about women in politics?” I asked. I" can only say one thing abou that. I believe ever) man and woman over twenty-one should not only be interest ed in politics, but our government, and the men and women who run our government, local, state and national. It is just important as being a house wife, or being a good mother, and if a woman is not a housewife or a mo ther. it is just as important for her to be interestel, because, after all, we all live here, and all of us should exercise our privilege of being able to choose the form of government or the candi date we wish to represent us, keepping" and protecting that which we have that is good, and making new laws that are needed to insure the rights of all”. relaxed after those few words and made a vow that no one will ever be able to tell me that beauty and brains did not go together. tit r y°u toward choosing Mr. Galloway as the Fifth District's State Senator?”. I asked, quite inter ested myself by now. ‘ For the people who nave lived in Omaha for years, you don’t have to talk for Mr. Galloway. He has always been an outstanding man of our race. No man running in this district is any more qualified to represent the major ity of the people than Mr. Galloway", answered Mrs. Dean. "I can see now why Mr. Galloway chose you to head his staff. Who are the other two secretaries”? I asked. Mrs. Dean introduced me to the two busy young ladies. Mrs. Nettie Ross and Mrs. Alberta Henderson were wor king as if they were enthused by wor king for Mr. Galloway too. "I'll have to give it to you, Mrs. Dean, you certainly know your job. and if I ever run for dog-catcher or something. I hope you will be on my j side", I said. As I was typing this column a young j lady came into the office of the Guide. Mr. Galloway was not in so I began a conversation with the charming Miss. "1 am typing a column for the Oma ha Guide. Dou you read the Omaha Guide?"’, I asked. “Sometimes I do but not always", she answered. "Would you like to have me write something about you?”, I querried. “Oh, yes, I’d like that”, answered she. I talked with the young lady for a few minutes, getting as much inform ation as I could, and told her to Teaa next week's Omaha Guide and she. would see her name in the paper. Miss Dolores Goodlett, 2212 No. 27 Ave. was the young lady who wanted to see her name in the paper. She told me about all of her nicknames her friends call her; Shorty, Stubby, and so manyothers I cannot remember. It is true she is only about five feet high, but she makes up for that by being witty, and charming, in her man ners as well as her conversation. Miss Goodlett if you receive any pleasure from seeing your name in print then I am more than repaid by your permis sion to print it. Sunday, June 16th at 3 pm. The public is cordially invited to at tend. All are welcome. Eugene Brown, pres. A. V. C. TO DISCUSS SCHOOL SYSTEM John McAvin, chairman of the Omaha Chapter of the American Veterans Committee, anounced today that the subject of the 2nd monthly Town Meeting Forum, sponsored by AVC will be: “How Can Omaha Meet the Crisis in Its Public School System?” The Forum will be held at 7 pm. Sunday, June 9 in the Concert Hall at the Joslyn Memorial. Mc Avin said there will be no admis sion charge and the public is ur ged to come and help get to the bottom of this vital issue. The 1st hour will be devoted to brief spee- ; ches from each of the panel mem bers and the 2nd hour will be de voted to questions from the au dience directed at the speakers. Bring your thoughts and quest ions. ...this is your problem, your Forum and your participation is J needed to make it successful. The following speakers will ap pear: Mrs. Elmer D. Cooper, presid ent of Omaha Council Parent Tea cher Ass’n; Mr. Herbert T. White president of Omaha Board of Ed ucation; Mr. Alfred C. Kennedy, Realtor; Miss Pearl Donoho, tea cher, Technical High School; Mr. Wiliam Chuda, of the Douglas “Sugar Chile” Frankie “Suga-,. CI.:-.e’! iiomnson, Senational Musical Genius appear ing in person at City Auditorium, 3 p. m. Sunday, AMVETS PRESENT SECOND GREAT ALL-STAR FLOOR SHOW STARTING THURS. * * » The AMVETS Club, 24th at Miami streets, beginning Thursday June 6, will present their Second great All Star Floor Show, featur ing the 4 Stars of Rhythm, four charming, young ladies doing a number of tap, ballet and exotic acrobatic dances. “JUNIOR” Kan sas City's greatest blues singer will appear, singing all the latest numbers and will respond to re quest songs. The laugh of the whole town, “RABBIT” will also be on hand in his new comedy dance skit. There will be two floor shows night, 9:30 and 12:00, and in between and afterwards, you may dance to the sophisticated strains of Basie Givens and his ork The AMVETS are now in an in tensified membership campaign drive and urere all vets of world war II TO JOIN UP NOW! County Assessor’s Office; Mr. Ri chard Gibson, veteran, American Veterans Committee; Miss Virgin ia Frederick, graduating senior, South High School; and Mr. Ep hraim L, Marks Atty. Moderator. WDL CONGRATULATES PRINCIPAL WHO QUIT OVER BOOK BANNING NEW YORK CITY_WDL_ Colin McEwen, who quit his job as principal of Nehalem Valley High School in protest over the direct ors’ baning of ‘Strange Fruit and ‘The Grapes of Wrath’, received congratulations from the Workers Defense League. The school is in Jewell, Oregon. "Lillian Smith, author of Strange Fruit, is a member of the WDL and has worked unstintingly for elimination of discrimination and other injustices to the Negro in the south,” Rev. Aaron S. Gil martin, national chairman of the league, pointed out in his congrat ulatory letter to McEwen. ON PERFECTION By Ruth Taylor I don’t know how you feel about is, but I’m fed up with this talk about “You can’t have perfection”, “You must compromise”. Why? When you went to school were you supposed to be satisfied with getting just a passing grade? You were not! At least if your family were like mine N.A.A.C.P. ENTERS HORNE SOLDIER CASE ASKS EXECUTION HELD UP UNTIL FURTHER INVESTIGA TION IS MADE NEW YORK—The NAACP has been requested by the parents of Pvt. Charles Horne, Jr., formerly of the 3555 Field Q M. Trucking Company stationed in Germany, to intervene in behalf of their son and his friends who have bee* sentenced to hang in Germany at the result of their court-martial proceedings for an alleged breaci of the 92nd Article of War. A press release in the New York Herald Tribune of May 31, 1946 reported that Pvt. Horne, along with Pvt. John Sessions of Charl eston, S. C., and Sgt. John Woods of Darlington, S. C., received the death sentence because of the alleged shooting of an enlisted man in Germany. Two other so, diers, Pfc. Mathew S. Jones of Desare, Arkansas, and Pvt. Jas. Hatcher of Havana, Florida, re ceived a sentence of life imprison ment at hard labor as a result of the same incident. According to information rece ived by the NAACP, T-5 Hudson was killed, and three of his com panions were permanently fnoaP pacited when they were fired on after fleeing from an enlisted man’s night club in Asperg, Ger many. According to all reports present ly available, the white soldier started the affray by throwing a bottle into a club where a group of Negro soldiers were gathered. It has been impossible presently to ascertain all of the facts. The NAACP has requested the Judge Advocate General in Wa shington and the Secretary of War to hold up execution of these sentences until NAACP attorneys had opportunity to study the re cord of the trial and to appear before the Board of Review in Washington in behalf of these men. The NAACP declared today ' we shall do all within our power to see that as much consideration is given to these boys sentenced to death as was received by the young Hickasaw, a youth senten ced to die for admitted murder in Japan, and we shall not rest un til justice is finally obtained for these men." you wern’t. When you have your watch fixed, what do you think of the watch ma ker who told you it lost only 15 min utes a day and that was good enough.? I’m tired of excusing people for be ing late, or rude, or for putting ex pediency before common loyalty. And I'm tired of overlooking in groups or nations what would be considered un orgiveable in individuals. There is a phrase in Measure for Measure that I like. (What would one do without Shapespeare? ) It is “He was ever precise in promise keeping"’. I'd like to know some people like that. I think that what this country is in need of is not radicalism or reaction It is a returning to the old copy took slogans, dinned into our people, made of us a strong and honest nation. Horse trading is all right..but wood en nutmegs were laughed out of bus iness long ago..when experience, that of teachers, proved that they just were not good business. Utopia is not only necessary, but in evitable. It is just as important to be right as to do right. There is no rea son why we should accept the shoddy in life any more than in dress. In this Sunday’s Herald-Tribune the article on “America’s New World Role by Richard Coudenhoove-Kalergi”. which I wish everyone could read. 1 can't reprint it in full, but I quote it: Fight to Save Porters’ Jobs on Denver-Rio Grand R.R. NEW YORK, N. Y—The man-c agement of the Denver, Colo and Rio Grande Western Railroad, whose headquarters is in Denver during the early part of May fired all of its chair car porters alleg ing as a reason the necessity for making economies. This arbitrary action was taken while the nego tiation of the agreement for this class of employees was in process by the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, following certifica tion as the duly authorized bar gaining agent by the National Meditation Board, stated A. Phi lip Randolph International Presi dent Mr. Randolph contends that the case is an outrageous act of dis .crimination against the chair car | porters for them to be the chief I victims of the company’s so-cal- ! led policy of economy, and he has demanded the reinstatement of the employees. The Fight for Fepc. NEW YORK CITY—It was pointed our by Mr. A Philip Ran dolph, Co-Chairman of the Nat ional Council for a Permanent FEPC that the fight for the pend ing bills in Congress for a perma nent FEPC is going on whether any favorable action is taken in this Congress or not. The forces of public opinion are being mobilized throughout the nation back of this fight, with a view to securing the enactment of legislation for a permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee in the 80th Congress when it con venes in January, observed Ran dolph. In fact, he indicated that the fight had just begun. All of the minorities, as well as the members of the majority in the nation, will be marshalled in a crusade to eli minate discrimination in employ ment relations against Jews, Ca tholics, Negroes, Mexicans and Japanese-Americans concluded Mr 1 Randolph. INTER-STATE DISCRIM INATlON RULED OUT The U. S. Supreme Court decid ed a state cannot require segrega tion of passengers on busses cros sing state lines on June 3rd. Justice Reed delivered the 8 to 1 decision with Justices Douglas, Murphy, Rutledge, Black and Bur ton. The case dealt with a ruling by the State Supreme Court of Virginia. VACATION PLAY SCHOOL j OPENING JUNE 10TH The Northside Branch YWCA,' Omaha Urban League and Near Northside YMCA will sponsor a Vacation Play School for boys and girls 6-14 years of age. The school will meet daily Monday through Friday from 10:00 am. to 1:30 pm. beginning Monday, June 10th through Friday, July 13th. Those parents who are interest ed in a well-rounded program, conducted under good leadership should plan to send their children to this years Vacation Play Sch ool. Subjects to be offered include music, dramatics, cooking, hand craft, sewing, story telling, games and sports. There will also be special events such as Day Cam ping, movies, educational tour3, including a trip to Boys’ Town. Registration fee will be fifty i (50) cents per child for five weeks Register your children at the Northside Branch YWCA on June 7th from 9 am. to 6 pm or June 8 ; from 10 am to 2 pm. “No civilization can survive that puts happiness above perfection or ranks pleasure before duty. If we do not re store the supremacy of character over intelligence, our civilization is doomed. And in our brilliant inventions such as airplanes and atomic bombs we have the instruments to hasten the collective suicide of a world that has lost its moral balance.” ' OUR-" ] GUEST Column Edited by Verna P. Harris IT HAPPENED TO YOU By Brig. Gen. H. C. Holdridge, U. S. A. Retired Note to Readers: Brig. General H. C. Holdridge. .USA Retired, a West Point graduate, has recently retired after thirty years of active Army service. As Legislative Re presentative of the Veterans League of America and a member of the Nat ional Advisory Committee of the Work crs Defense League, he has been a leader in the fight against injustice in and out of the Army. ¥ ¥ ¥ A friends of mine recently wrote an Army chaplain in France inquiring for the address of the family of a man believed to have bees unjustly court martialed. The chaplain replied “franit ly, I find somewhat incomprehensible your interest in the case without ac knowledge of the whereabouts of the man's family.’ Frankly, I find the chaplain's reply incomprehensible. Our range of inter est will be indeed small if we are only concerned for the welfare of those who we know or with whose families we are acquainted. Our interest will be so small, in fact, that they will not even comprehend our own self-interest. In a democracy, an injustice done to anyone is an injustice done to all. Injustice cannot be segregated. If it happens to a Jewish soldier in the country of France, it affects a Negro sharecropper in Arkansas. And if it happens to a sharecropper, it affects a white worker in Detroit. That is the way injustice works. Like a pebble cast into the water, a single injustice sends out waves in ever-widening cir cles until the whole country feels the impact. The impact might be slight j if it is one small injustice, .slight to all except the man who was lynched, the man who lost his home, the man who has gone to jail. But one injustice left unchallenged invites the avalanche of injustice which will start the tidal wave which will engulf our democra cy. That is why Tee Davis, the Arkansas j sharecropper, is important. That is why I we cannot let Governor Ben Laney of Arkansas rest until he has corrected this wrong his State has done. Here is how Lillian Smith, author of the best seller, Strange Fruit, tells the story: “One night. Tee Davis, a black man, refused to open the door of his little shack when a white man kicked the door and yelled at him to open up. Instead Davis, afraid of thieves, picked up his shotgun, aimed it at the bottom of the door and fired. No one was hurt. But the voice ordering him to open the door belonged to a white sheriff and though he had no warrant and had not said that he was the sheriff, he arrested Tee Davis. The white planta tion owners saw to it that the black man was sentenced to ten years in prison”. And Tee Davis will have to spend the full ten years in that Prison Camp unless YOU and I, and other freedom loving Americans write to Governor Ben Laney at Little Rock, Arkansas, insisting that Tee Davis gets the same kind of justice he would have gotten Amaranthus OES. Grand Chapter Celebrates 25th Anniversary Amaranthus Grand Chapter Or der of the Eastern Star Nebraska Jurisdiction celebrated their Sil ver Anniversary with a reception and the presentation of Past Grand Matron Jewles at the beau tiful Masonic Hall, 26th and Blo ndo Sts., Friday evening, May 31. An appropriate program rendered by local talent was graciously re ceived by members of the Grand Chapter, subordinate Chapters, other members of the Masonic family and their friends after which a sumptuous repast was served by the Matrons of the loc al Chapters. Sister Cloma Scott our most able Worthy Grand Matron presi ded and was assisted by a select group of officers who performed their various duties in such a way as to make the evening most en joyable for the large gathering present. The present officers of Amar anthus Grand Chapter, OES Ne braska Jurisdiction are: Worthy Grand Matron Cloma H. Scott, Worthy Grand Patron, Dr. D. W. Gooden; Associate Grand Matron Maymie Houchins, Lincoln; Ass ociate Grand Patron Wendell Tho mas; Worthy Grand Lecturer Blan che Moore; Worthy Grand Sec retary Josie Moore; Worthy Grand Treasurer Margaret Moore; Wor thy Grand Conductress Pearle Fletcher, Worthy Grand Associ ate Conductress Edith Wheatley; Grand Warder Pearl Brummell; Grand Sentinel Brother Floyd Buckner; Grand Ada Evelyn Er ving, Lincoln; Grand Ruth Mary Turner; Grand Electa Vera Har ris; Grand Chaplin. Lydia Wilson; Grand Historian. Elizabeth Givens Grand Foreign Correspondent, Hattie Petties; Grand Trustees, Maud Johnson, Lincoln; Viola Cole Viney Walker. The Grand Chapter will hold their annual meeting in Lincoln June 18th, 19th, and 20th with fur ther celebration of their 25th An niversary. Ethel Kirtley if he were white. If Tee Davs is freed it will not be as easy next time to put a man in jail and keep him there just because he doesn’t do what a white man wants. Often we scarcely feel the almost imperceptible ripple sent out by an in justice thousands of miles away, be-1 cause our personal small daily injust- j ices numb us to a distant blow. But if we let attacks on human liberty go i unanswered, they will come more fre quently and more viciously. During the long centuries of man's development he has built up defenses in the forms of constitutions and laws, behind which he can find personal se curity. Once those defenses are breach ed, all security for everyone is jeopard ized. We dare not acquiesce in a sin gle violation of the safeguards establi shed for all, without throwing away all our security. When an injustice is done, it happened to YOU. Logan Wins McMillan Writers’ Award “If the recent war is not to have j been fought in vain,” says Spen cer Logan, author of the prize win ning book A NEGRO’S FAITH IN AMERICA, “then America must assume world leadership in the cause of democracy. And democ racy, if it is to be real must be more than an ideal or a theory. It must become a way of life for all its citizens.I am a Negro American.All my life I have wanted to be an American.” A NEGRO’S FAITH IN AMER ICA, winner of the $2,500 Mac Millan Centenary Award for non fiction, is published today by The MacMillan Company, New York. The awards, which marked the publishing firm’s centenary, were open to American citizens serving in any branch of the Armed Forc es of the United Nations, and man uscripts in competition were re ceived from all over the world. Sergeant Spencer Logan was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1911. He was president of his sophomore clas in high school, a member of the track team, and editor of the school paper. After graduation, he worked for an ice cream company to finance a year at Rutgers University. Much of his leisure he spent in group work with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. MAYS IS FEATURED IN “LOOK” MAGAZINE FORUM In the May 28 issue of ‘ Look” Magazine, President Benjamin E. Mays of Morehouse College is one of the participants in the ‘ Look” Forum, conducted by William Kosta for the Editors of this pub lication. The weeks Forum discussion is “What is the Greatest Lack in our American School Systems?” President Mays’ statement fol lows: “The greatest lack in the school systems of America is the lack of a deliberate plan to create a situation that furthers rather than retards the realization of the democratic ideal. Germany de veloped Nazism and Russia, soc ialism through force, but in each case, the development was accord j ing to plan. NEXT Tuesday JUNE IS ELECTION DAY Go to the Polls AND VOTE! > / AME CHURCH TO HOLD THREE DAY DISTRICT CONFERENCE REV. POINTER TO DELIVER ANNUAL SERMON The 26th Session of the District Conference, Sunday School- Alle* Christian Endeavor, Boys and Gnl Scouts' Conventions of the Omaha District Nebraska Conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church will be held at St. Johnrf' AME Church, June 12. 13, and 1A Rev. L. S. Goolsby, Presiding El der, will be in charge of arrange ments. Highlights of the three-day Conference will be: Wednesday, June 12th; the preaching of the Annual Sermon by Rev. S. ML Pointer, D. D of Atchinson, Kan. At 8 pm. reception andJ prograra of local church. Dr. E. B. Child ress, host pastor. Response by Rev S. M. Pointer; Thursday, June 13 8 pm. A great mass meeting city and district wide. Saxophone sol* Miss Patty Sportsman of Troy, Kansas. Presentation of Boy and Girl Scouts. Introduction of the Colored teachers of public schools. Father Flannivan's Boys’ Tow* iBand. Committee Rev. J. R Brooks, Rev. E. S. Childress, Rev. S. M. Pointer and Rev. C. L. Wi£ liams; Friday, June 14th 7:3®. Great evening. Close of Convent ion. Devotion, Rev. A. Newton and Rev. J. W. Williams. Prayer by Rev. L. S. Goolsby. The three fine choirs of Omaha St. John, Bethel and Allen Chap el, will give a couple of numbers each. Dr. J. B. Brooks, president of the Ministerial Alliance of Oma ha and pastor of Allen ChapA AME Church, will be in charge. A fine religious, educational Til* will be shown. Officers are: The Rt. Rev. Noah W. Williams, M. A.. LL. D., presid ing Bishop; L. S. Goolsby, A. R. D. D., Presiding Elder; Mr. Au drey Wise, District Superintend ent of Sunday Schools; Miss He len Woods, District President off Allen C. E. Leagues; Mrs. Kath leen Woodson, pianist: and Mis Lora Penn, Secy. TUBERCULOSIS ASS’N MET JUNE 6TH The Annual meeting of the Ne was held in Omaha June 6 at the Fontenelle Hotel, according to Eh John F. Gardiner, Association president. The meeting was conducted in two parts—one at 10 am. for planning the 1946 Christmas; Seat Sales, the other at 12 noon for luncheon and speakers. Theme for the meeting was re habilitation of the tuberculous in Nebraska. Principal speakers: Dr. Charles J. Gaul, acting medi cal director at the Nebraska State Hospital for the Tubercu lous at Kearney, and Mrs. AAl Westover, tuberculous consultant on the staff of the Nebraska Dept, of Vocational . Rehabilitation in Lincoln. An important phase of the meet; ing was the selection of new of ficers and members to the Board of Directors. Special invitations were sent t» members of the Board of Direct ors and Christmas Seal sale chair men, said Dr. Gardiner, but the general public was invited to at tend. Bust of Booker T. Washington ; Unveiled before Huge Throng NEW YORK, June 14—Gather ing dignitaries witnessed the un veiling of a bronze bust of Book er T. Washington at New York University Thursday preparatory to its removal to the Hall of Fame fj'nto the Gould Memorial Lib- j rary to honor Mr. Washington., the first member of his race to J be so honored. Gloria Davidson Washington, the educator’s 18 year old granddaughter, drew aside the veil, which was then pre sented to his daughter, Mrs. Por tia Washington Pittman. In a letter to Dr. James Row land, director of the Hall of Fame President Truman said: '“It gives me great pleasure to send greetings to all who assem ble at the unveiling of the bust of Booker T Washington in the Hall of Fame, New York Univer sity. He was a great American ‘The unveiling of the bust marks this rise of a man from bondage to the Hall of Fame. That rise is in the great American tradition of advancement by industry, pa tience and perseverance. ‘ Booker T. Washington has a living monument in Tuskegee In stitute. Now he is numbered with the immortal Americans in the Hall of Fame. In the years to come, he fill be an inspiration to every American who forges ahead despite the obstacles his birth or origin may place in his way. “It is a privilege to join in this tribute. We are proud to have an American that counts this man among its heroes’. Seven descendants of Mr. Wash inton, ranging in age from hi3 fifty lear old daughter, Mrs. Pitt man, of Tuskegee, to his three year-old great granddaughter, Nettie Washington Douglas of 415 Convent Avenue, Bronx, occupied seats of honor at the exercises. Speakers, included Dr. Harold O Voorhis, vice chancellor of the university, Dr. Ralph P. Bridge man, president of Hampton Insti tute in Virginia; Dr. Frederick EL Patterson, president Tuskegee In stitute and Dr. Angell. Hymn. and spirituals were sung by the Tuskegee Choir. Dorothy Mayiwr sang several selections. Born in slavery in 1858, Bonker Washington worked as a janitor at Hampton Institute to pay hi* tuition and was chosen in 1881 tm organize Tuskegee. He held hon orary degree from Dartmouth and Harvard and in 1900 founded the National Negro Business League. He became internationally famed for his teaching of the theory that Negroes must gain industrial and agricultural knowledge rather than enter exclusively the profess ional and business occupations. The Negro educator was elected to the Hall of Fame last year h* the tenth quinquennial election. Three others Thomas Paine, Wal ter Reed and Sidney Lanier were chosen at the same time. Vote for. . . C. C. GALLOWAY tor Your State Senator FIFTH DISTRICTSee Page 6f°r ■ ■■ ■ I I 1^IW I IMV I •REASONS WHY!!! Rev. L. S. Goolsby