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    Louis Jordan Stars In First
Feature Length Screen Musical
All Colored Cast, Fine Production, Ten
Exciting New Songs Delivered By
Jordan and His Tympany Orch. Make
“Beware” Top Flight Movie
Special Midnite Show Town Theatre
Saturday, October 5th — 1 Performance Only
The story is of simple, heartwarming variety which has proved
so successful in the past. Briefly, Louis portrays a leading band leader
who returns to h-s home college, Ware, and saves it from supposed
financial difficulty by putting on a ben efit show and a little fact
finding. Actually the difficulty is imagined, caused by Milton Woods,
who is attempting to close the college and thus force the physical
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The acting is uniformly superb.
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Frank Wilson as the lovable Prof,
Drury, Emory Richardson as the
dignified Dean Hargrave, Miss
Black, whose portrayal of the ■ hy- i
sical instructress is outstanding,!
and Milton Wood, crafty and sly
Benjamin Ward 3rd the villian of
the piece, are all tops in their roles.
Graduates of the Broadway stage,
where each has made an enviable
name for himself, these four give
performances which bear the mark
of the finished actor. But credit
must also be given to Eddie Byrd,
drummer in Jordan’s band, whose
comedy support is a priceless per
formance. Great credit must also
go to producer-director Bud Pol
lard for his senj ve sympathetic
direction.
The pictur er, <s primar
ilv Louis . how a. slam-bang
hit. it give? dan's. lading Negro
recorder a ecca s t across the
sort of nuianCe ^° P' made him
famous in ters , l y his mil
lions of fan;; sorta^,at’s .enough to
mak.e an? cture^'me *’ on- W
man s list. »ciure
T° mak' the Midnite si at
the Town . Saturda V Oct
ober 5th a grartu\vening>s emter
tainment, the seconu major at
traction will be “FIG LE*F FOR
EVE”.
“Fig Leaf For Eve” Belmont Pic
tures’ :ove-spiced comedy drama
starring the bright new team of
Jan Wiley and Phil Warren, is
penciled in for an opening Midnite
Saturday, October 5th at the Town
Theatre. Described as a “keyhole |
peek at the experiences of a night
club girl” the film is said to have
more than its share of racy come- j
dy, kiss-loaded romance and exci-1
ting dances.
The screenplay of “Fig Leaf For|
Eve”, follows the career of the'
night club dancer after she splits!
with her manager because of his
trick of having the police raid
her performances in order to gar-!
ner front page publicity. Falling in
with the plans of a shady bail
bondsman who collects notices of
missing persons the dancer poses
as the long-sought heiress of an
extremelv wealthy society family.
Her misadventures with her new
“relatives” who range from screw
ball to highhat are breathtakingly
hilarious. When her scheming S’ on
sor begins to force his way into
the picture the story turns to fast
paced drama and winds up with a
climatic murder.
Supporting Jan Wiley and Phil
Warren who have the roles of the
dancer and her flip-talking mana
ger, are Eddie Dunn; Janet Scott;
Emmett Vogan; and Edward Kean
ne. Donald Brodie directed “Fig
Leaf For Eve" for the newly form
ed production company of Belmont
Pictures. J. Richard Western acted
as executive producer and the
i screenolav was written by Eliza
beth Hayter.
A Lesson In
Democracy
The scene was a streetcar. The
diminutive schoolma’am taking a
group of Negro freshmen on a field
trip was fair and young, and with
the front of the car filled, one pu
pil, forgetful of convention, held
a place for teacher near him so
she sat down. The conductor came
over, inquiring, “Lady, you are
in the wrong place?” “Yes Sir”.
After he had gone back to work,
two elderly ladies who got on,
called his attention to the blonde
seated with the colored children.
Again he asked “Lady, are you in
the right place?” And again re
ceived the right answer. Finally
he came back to the teacher ac
companied by the operator of the
car, apologetic but determined,
“Lady are you sure you’re in the
right place?” “Yes Sir”. Then to
settle the business permanently
and decisively, she explained, “I
have colored blood.” That satisfied
them, but the’d have been jarred
considerably had they overheard
her further explanation to the wide
eyed students: “By colored I mean
red. .all red”.
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PHOTOGRAPHY AND
POETRY POPULAR
W ITH NEGRO GIs
MANILA, P. I.—“Number one”
books in demand by Negro occu
pation troops at the American Red
Cross Pasay Club libary here are
on photography, according to Gla
dys Wade Powell, Milton, Mass.,
who is in charge of the library and
other Red Cross services.
Number two on the list are po
etry of the nineteenth and twen
tieth centuries Next in demand
are books on job opportunities and
following these came books from
which films have been made. Last
come philosophy and history.
Books most used at the library
dove-tail with club activities Miss
Powell says. For example, after
the opening of the club’s darkroom
and photographic laboratory, the
demand for books on photography
increased. The demand for poetry
followed the installation of a dream
hout at which classical music is
played and bits of poetry are read.
The Dream Hour has become so
popular that its place of meeting
had to be changed from a small
upstairs room to the large down
stairs lounge.
“Since the third week of the
Dream Hour all books of poetry
in the library have been in con
stant use, says Miss Powell. Be
fore that we couldn’t induce 'any
one to use them.
The library has recently installed
more comfortable chairs and a
better lighting system, so that the
daily attendance is increasing. The
checking out of books is decreas
ing, however, for the men prefer
to read at the library.
A unique service offered under
Miss Powell's direction is a letter
writing service.
We have very few personal let
ters to write, she explains. The
main thing we do is to help with
business leters or fill out forms
for the soldiers.
AMERICAN LEGION
LOOKS FORWARD
NEW YORK—Trail blazing ac
tion was taken at the meeting of
the State Convention of the Am
erican Legion in Grand Rapids,
Michigan, on August 19th when it
adopted three progressive resolu
tions on current issues. Although
Michigan is a state not generally
considered liberal, and the Ameri
can Legion is hardly noted for its
forward-looking point of view on
current issues, these resolutions
were adopted unanimously by Mi
chigan’s Legion members and they
should give other chapters a fine
precedent to follow.
One of the resolutions calls upon
Attorney General Tom Clark and
President Truman to do everything
in their power to stop the present
wave of crime, .against the Negro
people in the south and guarantee
all people of our country their de
mocratic rights of protection.
A second resolution demands
that the poll tax bill may be
brought to the vote since 13 mill
ion people in the United States
are not given the democratic pri
vilege of franchise, and a minori
ty group of our statesmen are pro
hibiting these citizens from their
democratic rights”.
The Convention further wrent on
record in support of the enactment
of state and national Fair Employ
ment Practice Committee laws in
asmuch as the 30 million people in
the minority groups in this coun
try were inducted into the war
effort in order to preserve the de
mocratic rights of our nation and
the Federal FEPC by its work has
proved that it has a permanent
place and a national service to per
form in the governmental system
of the United States.
SfcTS COTTON PICKING WAOES
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture has announced maximum
wage rates for cotton picking in
19 counties in the Delta area of
Mississippi. The rate is $2.60 per
hundred pounds of cotton picked as
compared with last reasons rate of
$2.10 per hundredweight. The new
rate became effective on Sept. 9.
Wage ceilings are also in effect in
California and Arizona. In the for
mer the rate is $2.25 and in the
latter $2.65 per hundredweight.
A 9.171,000 bale cotton crop for
the United States is forecast for
this year by the Crop Reporting
Board of the Department. This is
119,000 bales, or 1.3 percent less
lhan the August 1 forecast. Last
year production totaled only 9,015,
000 bales as compared with the
1935-44 average of 12,553,000 bales.
Abandonment of cotton crops
since July 1 is expeeted to total
2.9 percent or about a half million
acres. Wus leaves 17,776,000 acres
for harvest, only 500,000 acres
more than last year's 17,241.000
acres smallest since 1884.
The price of Middling 15-16 inch
:otton at the ten spot market was
36.04 cents per pound on August
9..highest since the early 20’s.
On July 31 Secretary Anderson
announced that under the
cotton loan program, the average
loan rate for 7-8 inch cotton, gross
weight, will be 22.83 cents per lb.
92 hi percent of the August 1 par
ity price.
Cotton mill consumption of all
kinds of cotton during the 1945-6
marketing season was reported by
the Bureau of the Census on Aug
ust 21 at 9,200,000 bales, or 400,
000 bales less than cotton con
sumption during the 1944-45 sea
son.
AWARDS FOR SANITATION
IN THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
Commissioner George H. Field
of the Bureau of Community Fac
ilities, Federal Works Agency, to
day awarded a contract for con
struction of sanitation, sewerage
and fire protection facilities in th<
Virgin Islands to the contracting
firm of Mears and Ewing, Miami
on a bid of $953,128. Commissionei
Field advised Governor William H
Hastie that the work could be star
ted immediately.
Sanitation and fire protection fa
cilities at Charlotte-Amalie, St
Thomas Island, call for 35.000 lin
j ear feet of sanitary sewers and U
1 terals, 8,000 feet of intercepter anc
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He suggested that I look into the
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search Association. And from him,
I learned some very exciting things
that will be available for your new
home. Radiator and other types of
heating homes which have been so
familiar with us may soon become
a thing of the past. They will
largely be replaced by Copper tube
for Radiant Heating. These tybes
can be installed in the floors, ceil
ings or'walls. Mr. Caddie explained
to me the process by which hot or
cold water is circulated through
the tubes. This new system saves
room space and heats the house in
Winter and cools it in— summer.
They tell me it greatly reduces
fuel bills. It’s really exciting. As
we chatted, I gathered dozens of
other ideas for my new home, too.
And Mr. Caddie gave me a very
interesting- booklet, titled “Safe
guard Your Home." This booklet
explains Radiant Heating — and
tells of the many other important
uses for Copper in the home. I
certainly spent an inspiring after
noon_with Mr. Bert Caddie and will
share these exciting new home
building ideas with you as I writ#
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outfall sewers a sewage pumping
station, 335 manholes, 50 public
toilets and appurtenances and the
installation of 67,000 linear feet of
cast iron pipe, 110 fire hydrants, a
new pumping station and two 200,
000 gallon reinforced concrete sto
rage reservoirs.
At Christiansted, St. Croix Is
land, sanitation and fire protect
ion facilities will include the instal
lation of 15,000 linear feet of cast
iron pipe, a salt water pumping sta
tion, a 300,000 gallon concrete salt
water reservoir, pumps, gates anc
valves, 34 fire hydrants and app
urtenances.
FWA District Engineer Thoma;
G. Mooney will supervise constru
ction for the Bureau of Communi
ty Facilities.
Charles S. Duke, well-known con
struction Negro engineer, one o
the founders and first president o
National Technical Assn., will as
sist Mr. Mooney.
According to Commissioner Fieli
local labor will be utilized to th
fullest extent possible on the Vir
gin Island projects.
Traffic Deaths
Increase
Captain C. J. Saunders, Nebras
ka Safety Patrol, reports that tr
ffic death struck with unusual fe
orcity among the ranks of Nebrg
ska motorists during August.
Thirty-two fatalities an increas
of 88 percent over the 17 recorde
in the same month of 1945, hav
' been reported to the Neraska Sa
fety Patrol.
| The commonness of traffic v
j olations, which ccontributed t
' j August's record of traffic fatal
■ | ties, is shown in the August Pg
: i trol activities report to Captai
Sanders.
Speeders, reckless and drunke
drivers continue to make up a ma
jority of the violations which call
ed for 777 arrests. 187 drivers wer
arrested for speeding, 91 driver
were too reckless, and 65 were ar
rested for drunken driving. These
arrests were record high over any
previous month.
In addition to the arrests, 582 oth-\
er motorists were given written
warnings for dangprous driving
practices. And 1,850 motorists were
given equipment violation cards
for operating their vehicles with
faulty equipment. Improper lights
headed this list with 1321 viola
tions.
The Patrol investigated and re
ported 221 accidents. This number
topped July’s record of 214.
1 In the field of service, the Pa
trol assisted 1334 motorists in di
' stress, removed 554 dangerous ob
structions from the highway, gave
■ 21 safety talks, and recovered 12
: stolen cars.
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Natural Gas Reserves
Sufficient for at Least
40 Years....
On September 4, Charles R. Bellamy,
nationally recognized gas engineer,
recommended to the Directors of the
Metropolitan Utilities District that
Omaha be converted to straight, 100
per cent Natural Cas service ... as
the most practicable and economical
method of meeting the city’s rapidly
increasing and urgent gas demands.
[ Highlights of Mr. Bellamy's formal
! report were published recently. In
j addition to the formal report, Mr.
i Bellamy was questioned closely by the
j members of the Utilities District board
of directors regarding the adequacy of
natural gas supply and other impor
tant phases of the problem, in order
to satisfy themselves that Natural Gas
would be the suitable solution. The
information and quotations that follow
were taken direetby from the steno
graphic notes made during the infor
mal questioning of Mr. Bellamy by
the Directors of the District.
Adequacy ol Natural Gas
Supply Available for Omaha
First question in the minds of the Di
rectors was to make sure that there'
was a long-time, dependable natural
gas supply available for the city's
use if the people vote to change to
100 per sent natural gas.
Mr. Bellamy said: "In the Federal
Power Cbzpmission hearing in Wash
ington, confoetent geologists pointed
out that at the present rate of con
sumption these Is a 30 years' known
reserve and. c4 wane, there will be
discoveries which should increase
that to at least 48 years. But the most
encouraging thing about the situa
tion is this: In the past 10 years DIS
COVERIES HAVE EXCEEDED CON
SUMPTION so that reserves are
stronger today than they were 10
years ago."
Double Pipelines from Gas
Field? Protect Omaha Supply
Another point checked ccrreiuliy by
the Directors in their questioning re
lated to the dependability ci pipe
lines serving Omaha ircm the nat
ural gas fields. Mr. Bellamy said that
by the earliest tme Omaha could in
stall hill natuead gas service (summer
of 1947) there would be double or
parallel lines practically all the way.
providing doable protection from any
breaks.
Would Qm Mttmh Affect
Omaha Natural Gas Supply?
Questioned by Directors about what
would happen to Omaha In case of
a break in the pipeline, Mr. Bellamy
said: "In many cities where lines
have gone out, valves have been
closed in the line and the city has
never known there was an interrup
tion. Crews of men are maintained
all along the lines who can make re
pairs within a very, very short lime.
Meanwhile the gas in the line itself
is sufficient to maintain supply for
an extended period. Fortunately, in
the case of Omaha, with your large
holder capacity, you are in an ex
ceptionally fine position to weather
such conditions." In his statement
about holders, Mr. Bellamy referred
to the three large gas sterege tanks
or "holders" at the Gas Works, where
a reserve supply of gas is stored for
emergencies. Mr. Bellamy said Oma
ha's holder capacity was very great
in comparison with most gas com
panies. Many cities distribute Natu
ral Gas without any emergency hold
er capacity. "You have a he Icier ca
pacity," Mr. Bellamy said, "that is
sufficient to meet almost a peak day,
when the changeover to Natural Gas
is made. It will meet normal days
very easily. That is very unusual...
most companies have very little over
half that supply."
Odorizing Would Continue
H Natural Gas Adopted
Mr. Bellamy was questioned regard
ing odorizing Natural Gas. The engi
neer recommended that the District
continue to odoiize Natural Gas in
the same manner as the present 600
B.t.u. gas is odorized, and pointed
out that regardless of the character
of the gas—mixed or natural—it was
necessary to odcrize with some ma
terial (Calodorcn? and Pentalarm
are used at present) so that leaking
or escaping gas can be detected by
the sense of smell.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Eugene D. O'Sullivan, Chairman
W. O. Larson, Ylae-Chairman
Willard H. Quigley. M-D.
Frank L Frost Allan A. Tukey
C. Con Healey
Walter S. Byrne, General Manager