The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19??, August 24, 1946, Page 8, Image 8
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Larry Plinn, Manager ™rr=Radio5 available for Immediate delivery HEAVY DUTY MOP STICKS_ RAVITZ Tire & Supply Co 1624 Capitol Ave. shington Memorial Coins to assist n the establishment of a Memorial at her father’s birthplace in Frank lin County. Va. The bill, with au thenticated papers from the Secy of State has just been presented to Mrs. Pittman by S. J. Phillips, oresident of the Booker T. Wash ington Birthplace Memorial. Mrs. Pitman, in reviewing the Bill, stated that it was one of the happiest moments of her life that a graduate of the school which her father founded had been instru mental in brringing about the pas sage of this Bill which has three great implications; First, the plac ing of her father s image on the currency of the greatest nation in the world is a significant honor; second, it will help to make poss ible a program based upon his ideals and teachings, and third, it will serve as an inspiration to Ne groes everywhere. The Boomer T. Washington Me morial 50 cents pieces wwill be sold for $1 each. They may be se cured by writing the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial Rocky Mount, Virginia. The Waiter’s Column By H. W. Smith Capt. Commodore Vaughn and Capt. Billy Mitchell very much on j the job during Matridee Ward’s vacation. Omaha Club Waiters with Capt. Earl Jones always on the front line with service. The musician head-waiter was spotted at a filling station on Tues day morning August 13 instruc ting the attendant about his high powered car. George Lipton and H W Smith had a friendly chat on North 16th St., August 14. Some waiters at the OAC have quite a time with the tomatoe planting and cultivating as it re quires good attention watering I (^d//3 ARE STILL DELAYED Vacation travel and the marketing of the newly harvested grain crop are adding a great volume of long distance calls to the already crowded lines. Because of this many calls are being delayed. Although the shortage of materials is hampering us, we are adding new facilities as fast as we can get them in order to bring long distance service back to pre-war qual ity and even better. This will take time so when you find the lines are extra busy, your patience will be appreciated. ‘-i Moamwisrcan sill tkufhone compaitf * . ---- them and working on them. Jerry Simpson, 6ne of the Roast Beef Knights and now in the Pull man service, continues to be over size. Mr. Edmond Smith and Mr. Emerson are the new salesmen in a Northside business and are al ways wide awake. Many waiters attended the base ball game in Council Bluffs Mon day evening, August 19. Railroad boys serving on wheels with a smile. Waiters at the Plush Horse room at the Blackstone hotel topping the service with a smile. Regis Hotel and White Horse Inn waiters on the up and go. All waiters should lend good support to headwwaiters and cap tans to improve the service and be good spokes in the wheel. MAM INVEST IN ‘E? BONDS Nebraskans have invested $41, 478,000 in “E” Series government Bonds from January 1, through July 31, 1946, it was announced today by Leon J. Markham, Dir ector for Nebraska of the US Sa vings Bond Division of the Treas. In the face of rising prices for most consumer goods, I think Ne braska’s record of bond buying is very good and indicates that the people of Nebraska realize that money invested in bonds today, instead of scarce consumer goods is one way to fight run-away in flation, Mr. Markham said. Nebraska “E” Bond sales for Ju ly totalled $5,319,007 an increase of $711,191 over June “E” sales. “F” Bond purchasases for the state totalled $468,883 in July, an increase of approximately 64 thousand dollars over June. “G” Bond sales in July amounted to $3,378,800, an increase of $1,050, 200 over June in Nebraska. Total sales of “E”, “F” and “G" Se-ies in Nebraska during July amounted to $9,166,690_ an in crease of $1,811,718 over June total sales in the state. Only the months of March and April, 1946 exceeded Nebraska’s July sales Mr Markham said. Nationally, bond sales for July totalled $752,985,000, topping any month since January, while bond cash ins for July were 20 percent below March, .the peak month for redemptions. Sales for July, of all! series, exceeded redemptions by $252,804,000. “News of The and Reviews” BURMA ROAD BLUES—A red hot tune written by Lionel Hamp ton as a tribute to his many good friends and their comrades who were stationed along the historic road, blazing the trail for Uncle Sam. Realizing the lonliness asso ciated with the job, he dedicated the song to the pleasant memor ies of wives and sweethearts at home. It is sweet as it is hot, play ed by Roy Milton’s Sextette. STAR TIME—A jazz fantasy featuring Herbie Field, ace tenor sax man and Charlie Harris play inb a superb bass. This session ar ranged by Gladys Hampton is ep ochal in that is is a sur efire hit, and the first effort by Gladys at directing a special quratet special izing in out of this world tune. EVENING BREEZE—A breezy tune written by Lionel Hampton and A1 Hayes. A boy and girl strol ling through the park are fanned by a cool invigorating breeze.. The tune brings a musical reflec tion of the incident and breezy it is..and only as a new Herb Jef fries can do.it. YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE—A swingy tune on the fine sweet side by the Hamp-Tone All Stars, featuring Herb Jeffries on the vocal touched off by a sweet melodious strain of trumpet ren dition of Wendell Culley. GATE SERENE BLUES—A tune inspired by a saying preva lent among the hep cats as a sal utation of greeting. This unusual blues hit features the tenor sax of Herbie Fields and the harmonious guitar of William Mackel. It is another Hamp-Tone soul sender. | JENNY-Featuring Arnett Cobbs the tenor sax man with zip, is a tribute from Lionel Hampton to hs tenor mainstay. Cobbs plays this riff with the Asbestos Four as a background. It has plenty ofj melody and rythm with the solid' LYNCH SPIRIT FLARES IN NEW YORK CITY NEW YORK, August 15th—The Negro citizens of New York, shoc ked by news during recent weeks of southern barbarism in the lyn ching and terrorizing of Dixie Ne groes, discovered with grave ap prehension growing signs of the lynch spirit in the city's Green wich Village section, as reports of numerous beatings of Negroes in that part of the city were made known. One of the most alarming aspects of the situation is the ap athy of Village police, who accord ing to a reliable source, know the identitv of the hoodlums who are organized to keep n.s out of the Village. Walter White. NAACP executive secretary, expressed concern over the situation which was develop ing lers than a week after he had been assured by Police Commis-' sioner Wallander that the rights; of Negroes in the city would be protected. About 2-30 am. on August 11 Arthur Smith was chased by a gang of men on his way from a restaurant to the subway. Calling for the police as he ran, he found one. who told him to go on into the subway and made no attempt to pursue the gang. On the con trary, he got into a police car that was passing and left Mr. Smith standing unprotected on the side walk. v'lsie Marie Miller, who has a shop in the Village about a block from her home, has been subjected to insults and hootings for the past two years from a neighbor hood clique who say she has no right to live in that neighborhood. Sometimes she is afraid to go home at night. Her home was broken into once and pawnable objects taken and though she has repeat ell v complained to the police, no action has been taken as yet to dis "age the gang from molesting her. The latest reported attack was made on a group of employees of Cafe Society, a popular Village night club. Sarah Vaugh, enter tainer. George Treadwell, musician and Naomi Wright, matron, were surrounded bv a mob of hoodlums on August 3rd after leaving a ' --^urgr dmer. The group mana ged to get into the subwav before tv,'w were seriously hurt but Miss Vaughn was bruised. They imme diately lodged a complaint with noli'’'' 'Tias Vaughn, says she can nositivelv identify one of her assailants, possibly more. It is honed that, in this case at least, direct action will be taken so that these people can leave their work Wthout fear of violence. Several other instances of taunt ings, chasings and beatings would seem to indicate that the blame for this terrorism can be pinned on one particular group in the neighborhood. Undoubtedlv. a firm attitudte on the part of the police could break it up. MISS CHICAGO It’s a model girl and a model house. Cloris Leachman, who has just been named ’’Miss Chicago” wall compete in ‘‘Miss America” finals in September at Atlantic tote sue di. play o..ieLmng new in models, .a miniture house i made with a new plastic building | set manufactured by the Du Page mrurv of Chicago. The set will also make its national de l Jut in September. MEETING OF CIO MARITIME UNION CLEVELAND, O_Soundphoto President Joseph Curran (seated) beat flavored with the Hampton rebop beat. All-Makes Electric Company HARDWARE ft APPLIANCES “VISIT OUR NEW STORE” 4040 HAMILTON Phone. WA-4668 The TESTIMONY of THOUSANDS: ! 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In both towns Wothy threaten ed suit after his references to the race relations adopted by the YM CA national convention proved un availing. The two YMCAs took their jim crow stand despite the fact that Worthy has a member ship card, which is supposed to give priority in any branch. At tempts were made to persuade him to gr> to the town’s Negro branch es. Worthy secured his reserva tions by pnone in both towns. In Des Moines, when Worthy showed up, ten minutes after getting his Itching Skin? Stop Scratching! Here Is Quick Ease and Comfort Now that stainless, powerful, pen etrating Moone's Emerald Oil is available at drug stores thousands have found helpful relief from the distressing itching and torture of rashes, eczema, poison ivy and other externally caused skin troubles. Not only does the Intense itching, burning or stinging quickly subside, but healing is more quickly pro moted. Get an original bottle of Emerald OU—Greaseless—Stainless. Money re 1 at ieasfc"al - T5he STREET and thereabouts -—by LAWRENCE P. LEWIS — * (Contnued from Page 1) ity of stock that Mrs. Davis had i on hand. All kinds of clothing for I the ladies and children. Shoes of almost every size> and good shoes at tnat. “What enticed you to open the Band-Box Resell Clothing Shop” I asked Mrs. Davis. i “I have always wanted to have a shop of my own and I eniov buying and selling. Because of the high prices of clothing, I decided to open up this shop; giving qual ity at low cost”. “How has business been?” I asked. ..T,000(1 ’ Mrs' Davis answered. I m expecting my merchandise to bring in the people because I do have high-quality merchandise. More stock will be coming in, and if people are looking for a low price for quality goods, they can get it here”. Mrs. Charles F. Davis, has op erated the Band-Box Resell Cloth ing Shop for only a few months. If looking for bargains, drop in j Mrs. Davis’s shop, 2420 Grant St. , The childrens’ playground, 24th and Corby, will be closed on Au gust 31st. Of course all of us in our community are more than grateful to the Good Fellows and the World-Herald for the donation to this much-used playground. Thanks cannot repay their gen erosity, but all they need to do i* :o pass by this playground and ee the many children, playing in the sand, on the slide, in the jungle jim bars, in the swings, taking a cool shower o,r roller skating ’.round the paved runway, and the smiles on the children’s faces "'ll send them away with a great er joy in their hearts. In choosing polite and efficient reservation, he was told there were j no rooms available. Upon threat ening suit, he was told by the lo | cal secretary that a YMCA. as a i membership organization, would ! not be considered a hotel or pu blic inn under the Iowa civil rights ' {r>”’i’ver f e local attorney for the National Association for uie Advancement of Colored Peo ’»e thought differently and the YMCA secretary hismself was not so sure, since he backed down. Mrs. Marjorie Ware, 2432 Charles St., as one of the attendants, they completed almost perfect surround ings. “Ho wlong have you been here?” I asked Mrs. Ware. Ever since the opening on June 3rd . " How long have you been here ?’ for so many youngsters?” I asked. I enjoy it fine. I love the work, and have always enjoyed working around children. When I was at tending Omaha U., this was the type of job I had in mind. It gives me a good feeling to be able to put my education and experience in this type of work to a good use”. Do you think this playground has proved its worth?” I asked. ‘ Oh yes. All you have to do is to look at the hundreds of . child ren that come here everyday. On days that are hot we have many, many more. They really enjoy getting under the cool water. We have not had a serious accident since it opened, and that proves in itself that here at the play ground is the safest place for the children when they wish to olav" Looking on the counter of the office I noticed some bad-cs. I asked, “what are these for?” “We have a playground patrol. They see that a" glass ami part is kept picked up. They also see that the rules and regulations are enforced. Sometimes we have to suspend a child for a day if they | act up too much, and if we sus pend one for a week, they just feel so bad. We haven't had to do much of that though”. "Will there be any activity this wirter?” I asked. “I think thev are planning to have ice skating. They used it last year for that and I imagine they will flood it again this win ter". “Most of the children who play here live right around in this vi cinity?” I asked. “Yes, but we have children play here, coming from all sections of Omaha. We keep a register boo1' which the children write their names and addresses in and the” come from all sections of our city’. ‘ What do you intend to do when the playground closes?” I asked. “I will open my dancing classes as soon as I finish here. I teach ballet, and some tap, but most of the children take ballet. Once in awhile some of the boys will want to learn to tap, but not as much as you would think. If we had some music at the playground we could have some folk dances here but is hard to get them to dance without music”. ‘‘I dont believe the children could be in better hands”, I said. “Thank you” Mrs. Marjorie Ware said as I walked away. ‘HEY BA BA REBOP’ WINNERS The winners of the sensational ‘Hey Ba Ba Rebop” contest was announced this week by Lionel Hampton, internationally famous band leader. The winners and the amounts won follows: 1. Gloria Patricia Boyd-7410 Car negie Ave., Cleveland, Ohio $200 2. Frederick D. Meredith-464 Trevitt St., Columbus, O. $125 3. Annabelle Caldwell-4207 No. Gantenbein, Portland, Ore. $100 4. Joe Swift-110 W. Mountan St Pasadena, California- $ 25 This song contest, unique in the annals of song writing, began on April 6 and closed July 1, 1946. Over 1500 entries poured in from all over the world including far flung points such as Tokyo, Japan, Geneva, and Switzerland. Every state in the Union submitted en tries. T^e winners were judged on their originality and the thought given their verses. Lionel Hampton commenting on the contest said, “my main inter est w to encourage asnirine young people who want to enter the field of music. I hope the entrants in the contest had as much fun writ ing verses as I did conducting it r—tv,e various entries. On behalf of myself, and my co authors. Gladys Hamilton and Curley Hamner as well the hid-cs I want to thank the contestants for their cooperation for making this project such a tremendous success. We are now formulating plans for a new contest based upon our new song hit “The Pencil Proke and That's All She Wrote”. Watch your Negro newspapers for the announcement of the contest. --" • For Fine Quality Printing _ CALL HA-0300 perfect! s-/ JUST THE THING FOR “BACK TO SCHOOL”— ff histle-Rait Jacket as Advertised in All the heading Fashion Magazines. This Jacket can be icashed.