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South Omaha Merchants’ Buyers Guide But You Can Be Wise.. by ‘Taking Advantage’ of these Ad Offerings which Means - “Take Home Savings” after Patronizing the South Omaha Merchants herewith listed. Everything that is available. These South Omaha Merchants Have in the NEW EST and BEST in FOOD, FURNITURE, MOTOR CARS, as well as in CLOTHES and ENTERTAINMENT, and some 36 other * Major Groups of WrANTED GOODS and SEIt\ ICES. - -- - By Popular Demand (by George H. McDavis) DEAR SUBSCRIBERS: The MERCHANTS OF SOUTH OMAHA here represented below, has made this page, lor YOU. POSSIBLE! You can do your SHARE by referring to these Ads. when in need of necessities for the Home. PATRONIZE THESE ADVERTISERS! j MADSEN SUPPLY CO, REFRIGERATORS—STOKERS— WASHERS GAS STOVES— RADIOS—OIL BURNERS • Bendix Washers 4713 SOI Til 24TH MA. 3806 -ir—m, m-gr—1. .i'""=»:^-rrr=r^=II ^ I'. ■ V' 9; II- .,je==5E MARTISON HARDWARE -Com pany *PAINT & * GLASS I ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES I “We Appreciate Your Trade” MA. 2016 3912 ‘Q’ ST. »--- =^r-:.i--.-=^=r-r^..-*-,rT-rr=.. ^ ---* ■: n^..-=--.j..jT:.a^jA-LJc==ii ■ ■■-=_n== .--J= -FRANK J. MERWALD •TORRID ZONE FURNACE SHEET METAL & FURNACE REPAIR WORK 5032 SOUTn 24TH M A 4600 FERRIS SEED CO. ——“Farmers Cash-A-icay''— FIELD & GARDEN SEEDS CHICKENS • POULTRY. SUPPLIES & REMEDIES • FARM SUPPLIES 5029 SOUTH 24TH MA. 6310 ,-r— , ■■•=g-=nr-...•- =1L-.-::. -=*-.1 ==11_—--:r-== V. Georgeff Expert.. Shoe Repairing —LOWEST PRICES— 2905 *Q* ST. MA. 6382 , .■ ' ■>- r-=--.. =ir— ]i ===ir="~:" E. O. FUREN CO. Jewelers & Optometrists *KEEPSAKE DIAMONDS* “IT e Appreciate Your Trade’* 4839 SOUTH 24T1I MA. 1327 “homsen 8Tsons" FLORISTS Open Evenings and Sundays 4—CUT FLOWERS—FUNERAL DESIGNS—► 5 POTTED PLANTS—VEGETABLE PLANTS IN SEASON S414 SOUTH 36TH ^387^ City "Wide Excavating • Basements & Hauling • Grading “Dozer • Heavy Machinery Hauled -FREE ESTIMATES— —BOB & JOHN OLIVO— WA. 2324 -a isc Radio Repdiring • GUARANTEED PARTS AND SERVICE CAR RADIOS OUR SPECIALTY —M. P. DiGioraio— 4716 So. 24th MA.211I — if " hi--=ir =^l/"'—==;==][=' = nr-ii =ii —r-"ir= i MODERN APPLIANCE CO. Expert Radio & Refrigeration Service $ AUTHORIZED MAYTAG SALES & SERVICE MArket 6969 4910 SOUTH 24TH ,. . i i ■ " 1 . i r t~ — i— 11 FORBES FURNITURE CO ‘EVERYTHING for the HOME’ "We Appreciate Your Traxle” O-S 5012 SOUTH 24TH STREET i i ■ =ii "• -ir1-"1- 1 =ii,; ir-- i =ir=-.. . ■ h - -—-II ■ ir=-.-:: : —=11''-'" ~ I r=r ■ Shebilsky Paint & IP allpaper STORE— • QUALITY PAINTS (MINNESOTA TESTED) ‘"We Appreciate Your Trade” 244)9 ‘L’ MArket 2996 ii^-n---——-=ni - ■ --it= ■ i="= ii'-' ■ 11 "=ir=7---" ...ssnr-'—— =ir==—=r Hermansky’s Pharmacy I J Prescriptions Exactly Compounded • FREE DELIVERY We Appreciate Your Trade EBONY'S ON SALE MONTHLY 2723 '<)• MU>2h» Len’s BAR 25th & ‘Q’ Street —WILL APPRECIATE YOUR TRADE" (OPEN EACH DAY AT 6:00 A. M.) Labors’ Role In Race Relations NOW, SOM — DON'T BE AN ALARMIST/ 1 •USOR REPORT* By Emil Rieve, President of the Textile Workers Union of America In the fight against discrimina tion and for tolerance and a func tioning democracy in all spheres of American life the trade union movement has a tremendous res ponsibility and potential. We are aware of the varied na tional. racial and religious com position of the American working I population. We have learned, from the tragic experiences of Europe under fascism, that attacks upon the security and freedom of any segment of a population under mine the rights and fredoms of the entire society; and we of the trade union movement are part icularly aware that in a nation where attacks upon minorities are given sanction, free trade unions, free churches, and freeschools can not long endure. What, then, are the responsibi lities of trade unionists who would root out the ugly sore of bias and discrimination. We must jealously guard the traditions and practice of free collective bargaining, the essence of industrial democracy. We must practice democracy in the day-to day operations of our organiza tions. We must throw our full weight behind the political fight for wider democracy. If it is necessary for the Con gress to pass a law stating that it shall be a policy of our govern ment to enforce what already has been written into our Constitu tion—the right of every American to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, or national or igin—we must fight for that law. If it is possible through legisla tion to widen the economic, polit ical and social benefits of the people, to give them full employ ment, better housing, more nearly adequate education and medical care, higher minimum wages and reasonable prices, we must fight for these laws. If the representatives of our de mocracy fail either to be repre sentatives or to be democratic, we must replace them with men of tolerance who hear the voice of the people and take heed. I am proud to say that the mem-1 bers of the Textile Workers Union of America, CIO, are aware of the restrictions now placed upon the practice of real democracy and to- j lerance and of the possibilities, I through political action, of remov-1 ing these restrictions. , At the recent national conven tion of TWUA-CIO, the full weight of the organization as placed be hind such measures as the bill for a permanent Fair Employment Practices Commission, legislation to abolish the poll tax as a re quirement for voting, and a wide variety of health, housing, educa tion and social welfare bills now before Congress. A permanent FEPC will not au tomatically guarantee equal op portunities in employment. Ideal conditions of health, education and economic opportunity will not au tomatically create a climat# of complete understanding aid tol eraivce or erase the problems and sufferings of the Jewish people, the Negro people, or any other .... - .. 1 v- 1 ■ "ir minority group. Prejudice is blind. Its roots strike deep in the hearts of the stubbornly ignorant. But I firmly believe that the broad so cial and economic legislation for which trade unionists can and should work will go far to reduce discrimination to widen the op portunity of all our people. Need of Industrial Training For Negro Veterans By S. J. Phillips. President Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial Facts brought to light by the vast machinery which was neces sary to the successful operation of the Nation in a state of war, in dicated several weak places that need strengthening in our national life. Among these is the need for better trained, more physically fit manpower. In an attempt to supply part of this need, as well as to show its appreciation to the mil lions of men who sd valiantly served their county during World War II, the National Government has initiated or made possible, a large program for veterans’ train ing. It is too early In the picture to come to any definite conclusions as to the effective working of this program, but there are facts that indicate that thousands of veter ans are not able to benefit by the Government's intended help. In an attempt to find out the extent to which the Negro veteran is being benefitted by the G I pro gram training, a research commit tee from the educational depart ment of the Booker T. Washing ton Birthplace Memorial recently made a survey in 22 Negro colleges and the studies while limited in number, represented a cross-sec tion of the educational opportuni ties now available to the Negro veteran. A compilation of facts submitted in this survey showed that: 1 A total of 4,235 Negro vets have enrolled in these institutions; 2 A total of 3,451 Negro vets have been denied enrollment in these institutions because of lack of facilities; 3 A total of 682 Negro vets have been denied enrollment in these institutions beeause of lack of academic training. The heads of these 22 Negro col leges all stated that in their opin ions there is not adequate prac tical. vocational facilities availa ble to take care of the needs of Negro veter&ns. It was the con census of opinion, too, that the masses of Negro veterans are in terested in acquiring trades and industrial training. Since there were 900,000 soldiers and 8,000 Negro officers who participated in World War II, this segment is ra ther small to draw conelnsions from. It is, however, large enough to indicate needs and trends. This information secured, the committee next turned its atten tion to making a study of two other factors that need considera tion if the Government’s program is to bring about the desired ends in so far as this particular groop of veterans is concerned The first factor had to do with whether or not Negro veterans who are en rolled in educational Institutions are getting a practical type of training geared to their peehs and - -rwr-— -—in . EXPERT-WATCH Repairing —GUARANTEED WORK— W ATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY L. T. HERDZINA, MGR. 4720 SOUTH 24TII MA.S0S0 RELIABLE RADIO I SALES & SERVICE j 2907 Q Street if RECORDS, ★ NEEDLES if PHONO.COMBINATIONS (SERVICE IN HOMES IF POSSIBLE ) in keeping with their age levels. The second factor had to do with those veterans who are trying to take advantage of the Govern ment's program of help but who have been denied enrollment in educational institutions because of lack of facilities or because they are not academically able to meet the requirements of regularly est ablished high schools or colleges. I making this second study, 1,100 educational departments be came contacted. This number in cluded high schools, county train ing schools, vocational schools and a few colleges. The response to questionaires sent to colleges in the first survey was practically 100 percent; the response received from the 1,100 schools contacted in the second survey was a little less than 30 persent. In checking on why the response was so low in the second case, it was indicated that many of the institutions con tacted had no G I Training what ever and did not deem it necessary to return the questionaire. Nebraska Is Third In War Bond Sales OMAHA, Nebraska. July 29th— Nebraska ranked third nationally in percentage of sales of Series E US Savings Bonds as compared to redemptions of Series A thru E Series Bonds, during the first six months of 1946, ending June 30. according to information re ceived today from the Treasury Department in Washington by Le on J. Markham, Director of the US Savings Bonds Division lor Nebraska. ■ Nebraska E Bond sales in this I period totalled $36,159,000. com 1 pared with redemptions totalling $29'.609.000. Sales exceeded redemp * tions by $6,550,000 and percentage of sales to redemptions for Ne braska was 1222.12 points. Only the District of Columbia with a percentage of 145.51 and South Dakota with 139.42 percent i exceeded Nebraska. Total E Bond sales for the na tion for the first half of the year totalled $2,513,872,000 against re demptions of $3,185,662. Sales re-| presented 78.91 percent of redemp tions for the nation. Nebraska and four neighboring states were the only states in the nation where sales exceeded re demptions. In this group were N. Dakota with 110.00 percent; Iowa with 104.36 and Kansas with 101. 65 of sales to redemptions. During June Nebraskans purch ased $4,607,816 of Series E Bonds, with redemptions of A thru E of $4,456,278. In addition, Nebrask ans bought $2,747,156 of Series F and G Bonds during June. Says Wood-Rankin Un-American Committee Opposes Democracy The following statement by George Marshall, chairman of the National Federation for Constitu tional Liberties, was issued today by the Civil Rights Congress af ter the House vote citing Mr. Mar-1 shall for contempt because of his refusal to submit National Fed eration for Constitutional Liberties financial records and contributor's lists to the Wood-Rankin Un-j American Activities Committee. ' “If Congress had fully consider ed the facts and issues involved, I am confident that it would have upheld my refusal to yield to the thoroughly unconstitutional de mands of the Wood-Rankin Com mittee. It failed to consider why we resisted the unwarranted and illegal demands of the fascist mind ed Wood-Rankin Committee and why we are within our legal and constitutional rights in refusing to be browbeaten by the tyrannical methods and purposes of this un American committee. Instead, Con j gress has not passed on the mer its of the case but has left it to the courts to decide whether or not the Un-American Activities' Committee can continue to harass and persecute organizations cam paigning in defense of democratic rights. ■Refusal of the Wood-Rankin Committee to consider the publish ed material submitted by the Na tional Federation for Constitution al Liberties and its insistence on on conducting private inquisitions which have nothing in common with the American concept of con stitutional guarantees must be re solutely challenged. By star cham ber methods, the Committee con demns organizations and individ uals without trial and violates con stitutional liberties reaffirmed by the United States Supreme Court only a few weeks ago in the Lo vett-Watson-Dodd ‘‘bill of attaind er” case. “A prime purpose of the Nation al Federation for Constitutional Liberties has always been to fight vigorously against invasions of democratic rights guaranteed by our Constitution. The Wood-Ran kin Committee has been wanton in its disregard of these guaran tees. In the American tradition of resistance to encroachments on the people's rights, the fight again st the destructive activities of the Wood-Rankin Committee will con tinue All true Americans will con tinue to work, as in the past, for! the protection of the civil rights of the American people: freedom' of speech and press, freedom a gainst racial and religious discrl-, minatlon, the rights of labor, the right to vote without payment of i poll tax and the right to fight fascism whether It operates thru the Ku Klux Klan or the Wood* Rankin Combittee. "It la high time that Congress recognise the Wood-Ranktn Com mittee for what it la- a legislative bridgehead for American fascism. To protect democracy, the Consti tution and the rights of the people, Congress should abolish this Com mittee". The Week By H. W. Smith Omaha police chased Ivan Cos tard for nearly thirty blocks when the shot3 from two of their guns did not stop his auto on Thursday August 1. New York State officials will oust the KKK from the state. The Nudist Colony will hold a meeting in Zoro National Park, Roseland Indiana starting Friday August 2. More than five thou sand will attend. Theodore Erkmann of Hoskins " Nebraska was injured when his auto over turned on July 31. A 13 year old girl w'as married in Lewiston, Maine July 31. Pro bate Judge Armond got informa tion on her age and parents con sent. The Burling RR wreck of April 23 near Naperville, 111., was blaimed on the second train the ICC said the the light weight of the cars on the train speeded it up. John T. Parkerson was appoint ed Commercial Manager of the press wireless company of New York on August 1st. A Texas man had a spread of Texas dirt under the delivery table while his wife was giving birth to a child. Another Texas man told his son never ask a man where he is from for if he is from Texas he will tell; if not don't embarass him. Jack Coats, manager of the Ely ria Ohio airport said a mouse had used the stitching which binds the canvass on wings and a plane wreck had killed two persons on August 3. The Associated Press reported August 4 that both the Democrats and Republicans would spend one million dollars on the 1946 fall campaign. U. S. Senator Barkley said in a speech at Franklin, Ohio Aug ust 4 all veterans should have equal rights. President Truman made a short visit to Grandview, Mo. early Sun day morning August 4 also mot ored to his home in Independence in the afternoon and spent a quiet Sunday with his family. He also voted in the primary election on August 6. A tidal wave whipped up by an earth quake in Puerto Rico and the West Indies on August 4, caused the ocean to roll inward quite a distance the United Press reported from Traille City Many US Congressmen related they would oppose any partition for Palestine. i It was report from Sydney, Australia on August 4 that many sheep were snow bound and dying. A report from Sand Point, Id aho that there were giant cedar trees in a grove there as big aa California redwoods. Washington, D. C will be quiet for sometime as all of the US S enators; Congressmen have gone home and politics will loom up soon. James Mankin signed up a Cattle attendant on a ship on August 4 who said he was rejected by the army. Open Shop Petition Challenged In Court Charging that the Nebraska Small Business Men’s Association sponsors of the proposed Anti Union Shop Amendment, bad vi olated the Corrupt Practices Act during the course of solicitation of signers to the petition, and that less than one-fourth of the signa tures on the petition were valid and lawful, three Nebraska citi zens Tuesday asked the District Court at Lincoln to grant an in junction preventing the measure from going on the ballot in Nov ember. The legal action was brought by David W. Chadwell, Omaha, Ken neth P. Lewis, Lincoln, and Geo. T. Burrows, Scottsbluff. Is is also claimed that two affi davits filed in conjunction with the placing of the proposal on the ballot "were false, deceptive, and illegal”. • “KEEP VP W ITH THE TIMES”— —Nrnd YOI N Arirajiaprr THE OMAHA GUIDE —-Every Week! On Salr at Your Loral NrwMtuul _____.___