| ^ CROSSWORD PUZZLE I i.. ACROSS 1 Schemes 8 St Valen tine’s card 10 Chieftain (Arab.) 11 Ireland . 12 Food 13 Nickname for left handed person 15 Donkey 16 Highest card 18 Charge for t^rvices 19 Music not* 20 Curious scraps of literature 31 Plant 22 Lured 24 Europe— rabbit f 26 Bleak 27 Thus / 29 Sloths 30 Male off spring 31 Ancient 1 32 Utter suddenly 34 Lukewarm 36 One of the Great Lakes 37 So be It 38 Feeling indignant displeasure 40 Continued atones ' DLMTN ‘1 Ladles {* Per.-oams of Charles Lamb ;.- •* Salatlaa la Nazi Isaaa. . - , No. 15 3 Green 4 At home 9 Pillar of stone (Gr.) 6 Ireland 7 Snuffed 8 Poetry 8 Cotne in 12 Impede 14 Japanese monetary unit 17 Capital tween Wilis and Demosey the latter drew the color line. FUNDAMENTAL CHANCES IV RED CROSS STRUCTURE WASHINGTON D. C—Funda mental changes In the organizat ional structure of the American National Red Cross..the mold im hortant and far-reaching changes in 40 vears. were adopted by the mvsent governing body, the Cen tral Committee, at its September me e*ting in Washington. The changes were recommended by a nationally representative Ad visory Committee appointed last Starch bby Basil O'Connor, nation al chairman, to study tthe organ ization of the Red Cron in the ‘:*ht of the tremendous growth in Ka membership and services to V the people since 1905 when its present Congressional Charter was granted. Announcing tthe action today after transmitting the recommen dations to the chapters Mr. O’Con nor said they are of great signi ficance to the Red Cross organi zation at all levels. When they have been carried into effect, he aid. the governing body of the Red Cross will be predominately representative of, and will be re sponsive to, the chapters with full representation of the national in terests which it is the obligation of the Red Cross to serve. This should insure that the organization will be an appropriate and efficient in strument, reflecting the needs of all the people, to direct and guide the Red Cross in its fields of ser vice in the coming years. i ' - ” MID-CITY QUEENS OF 1946 --- --a^^^r"'^'^'^rf^^^i-TrfrffrMr'1Tjamr«ll,>Tr HUM..l—l liliril."ill1. wrMiniiiif..■■■«■■■■■—.-■ • Popularity and Beauty Contest ants as they appeared on Stage of AMVETS Skyroom. Front row, reading left to right: Caldonia Burch, Miss 28th St.; Nellie Tay lor, Miss Sharp Inn; Pearl Faulk ner, Miss Johnson Drug Store; Erma Smith, Miss Waiters’ Key Club; Juanda Ruffin, Miss 9 Cen ter; Almeta Cole, Miss Roosevelt Post No. 30, American Legion; Willa Mae Morgan, Miss American Legion Auxiliary; Jeanne Rudd, Miss Alpha Omega; Mae Partridge Miss Victory Beauty Salon; and Addie Gilmore, Miss Fontenelle Apts. Back row; Onabelle King, Miss Erskine St.; Carol Collins, Miss Southside; Lyda Montgomery Miss Bell Telephone Elevator Girls Mary Lou Wilson, Miss Cherokee Temple No. 223; Delores Steel, Miss South Omaha U St; Rosalie Stewart, Miss Watson’s Beauty School; Azalia Williams, Miss Al bright and Rowena Sudduth, Miss UPWA-CIO. Mid-City Beauty Contestants First Assembly Popularity and Beauty Contest ants assembled at Omaha Guide Office for Contest Instructions. Front row, left to right: Almeta Cole, Miss Roosevelt Post No. 30 American Legion; Nellie Taylor, Miss Sharp Inn; Jeanne Rudd, Miss Alpha Omega; Pearl Faulk ner, Miss Johnson Drug Store; Rowena Sudduth Miss CIO”: Azel The recommended revisions of the organization’s charter, un changed since 1905, provide at the national level for greatly increa sed representation from the chap ters, and from the public at large on the national governing body and provide at the chapter level for participation by the member ship in all chapter operations. BURNS SCOTT ANNOUNCES AVC LABOR DISCUSSION Burns Scott, acting chairman of the American Veterans Committee announced today that the AVC Omaha Town Meeting will discuss the proposed anti-closed shop am endment to the State constitution Sunday Oct. 6 at 7 o’clock in the Concert room of the Joslyn Mem orial. Lloyd Skinner, secretary for the Nebraska Small Businessmen’s Association; Robert D. Mullin, Atorney at Law and Lee C. Brooks an insurance man will speak in favor of the amendment. Pat McCartney International Re presentative of the AF of L; Her bert Stock, field representative of ;he CIO and Mrs. F. J. Gallagher chairman of the League of Women Shoppers will speak in opposition to the amendment. The program was designed for irticipation by all. The public is - - II I ■ -- - » __J invited, admission free. Be there and bring your questions. Scott emphasized that this will probably be the only opportunity anyone in the State of Nebraska will have to be able to hear both sides of this issue on one program. ‘Hey Ba Ba Rebop’ to be in Movies HOLLYWOOD—It was announc ed this week that Samuel Goldwyn the movie magnate has purchased the fights to Lionel Hampton’s sensational smash hit tune, “Hey Ba Ba Rebop” for a forthcoming picture. You’ve heard it on juke boxes, you’ve heard it on your radio, you have heard school kids and tots singing it in the streets, noy you will hear it in the movies. Danny Kaye, screenland’s funny man who filled you with mirth in “The Kid From Brooklyn”, will soon feature “Hey Ba Ba Rebop'’ in the movies. Lionel Hampton, the people’s maestro and composer of the song is now completing a tour of the west coast at the Million Dollar Theatre in Los Angeles where he is establishing a new record and will start across the country in mid October enroute to Broad way’s Strand Theatre for a four week’s engagement which begins early in November. ■TimM. hi , I. I — 1. Boudoir Decoratites, Hat and Bag Yqu Can Make Yourself : I — 1 ■ —Tv.-rr*-rr-.. 111 j NEW YORK-Miss Christine Nichol son, attractive and pulchritudous beauty recently flew to New York to model for the Spool Cotton Com pany and Neil Scott and Associates. Miss Nicholson is in Chicago's social and theatrical circles and is an instructor in that city’s play ground system. In picture 1 Miss Nicholson poses with a three-piece dainty white cotton crocheted vanity set; in picture 2the young Chicago beauty models a contrasting crocheted cotton bag and hat; in picture 3, Miss Nicholson shows off the latest fashions fix lamp ihadae for the particular woman's boudoir drew ing tables. In the present inflated market all of these articles can be quite ex pensive and you can save yourself much needed money and grain valuable information by sending a stamped self-addressed envelop to Mail Dept, U Clark Street, New ark. N. J. ia Williams, Miss Albright; Ona belle King, Miss Erskine St. Back row: Rosalie Stewart, Miss Wat son’s Beauty School; Roxie Ander son, Miss Maple St.; Doris New i land, Miss OPA; Lyda Montgom- • ery, Miss Bell Telephone Elevator Girls; Mae Partridge, Miss Victory Beauty Salon and Erma Smith, Miss Waiters’ Key Club. The Queen and The Count The Queen of Mid-City poses with the Count of Syncopation. I181^" Jl ICL 3C=.- 3F =nr=-=in -BEATRICE L. MORGAN Dramatic Studio jj • ATTRACTIVE TEACHING METHODS. j| • RECITALS. W Students all ages. 1 #***> I 2537 Patrick JA-0559 II ncam—j Miss Mid-City Queen Prepares For Chicago . By Julia In an interview with Jaunda Ruffin the newly elected 'Miss Mid-City Queen” Wednesday we discovered a charming and ener getic personality. Miss Mid-City revealed that she was born in Harrisburg, Pa., and is five feet two inches tall and weighs 116! pounds. Very well proportioned ‘Miss Mid-City’ has a 34 inch bust, 24 inch waist and 36 hips; she has brown hair and eyes and is 19 years old. Her hobbies include singing and dancing, which she enjoys great ly. The Queen plans to attend school in Chicago in the near fu ture. Miss Ruffin has lived in Omaha for about a year and a half hav ing come here from Witchita, Kan. She is presently employed by the ‘9’ Center Variety Store located at 24th and Ohio Sts. Miss Mid-City Queen’ wishes to thank all of her friends whose sup port enabled her to win the title. Although she will be unable to thank each one personally, she wi shes each person to know that their vote was greatly apprecia ted. She is thrilled at the prospects af visiting Chicago as a celebrity where she will be entertained by the Ebony Magazine and Pershing hotel. , Prize Donors BRAINS Jewelry TROPHY FOR SPONSOR I OF WINNING CANDI-I DATE. , / I BORSHEIMS Jewelry CRACKLE WARE CANDLE I STICK HOLDERS. TED'S PEW Shop SHEAFFER PEN AND I PENCIL SET* CALANDRA CAMERA Co. I BOX OF ENGRAVED XMAS CARDS. I STANDARD BEAUTY Supply BOX OF COSMETICS. fluiminmiiiiiiimiiuiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiimHMiftiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiimmiiliiniimiimttitmmnmmtN Juanda Ruffin, “Miss 9 Center” Becomes 1st Queen of Omaha Guide-AMVETS’ First Annual Event (Continued from page 1) * • • Africa; Rev. Shirley Sanchez of St. Philips church and Mr. John R. Butler, executive secretary of the Northside YMCa. Members of the Amvets and Omaha Guide Sponsoring commit tees of the contest were: Paul B. Allen and Harold Whiteside, Tick ets and Ballroom arrangements; C. C. Galloway, chairman; George Me Davis prizes and program; Arthur B. McCaw, program and balloting; : Duward Crooms, program and tic kets; Lawrence Lewis entries; Paul Barnett and James Seay, program; Boyd Galloway entries and program and the whole of the Omaha Guide Staff and the Am vets Post No. 2. The committeemen and chairman are expressing their heartfelt thanks for the cooperation and in terest of the 26 co-sponsors whose efforts made the Popularity contest the outstanding event of its kind ever given in Omaha, Co-Sponsors not previously mentioned were: South Omaha Housing Project; A1 pha Omega; Northside Beauty School; Cherokee Temple No 223; Telephone Co.; Elevator Girls; YWCA; Sharp Inn Cafe; Gabby’s Skelly Service Station; Albright Citizenry; Watson’s Beauty school; Roosevelt Post No. 30 American Legion; Neal’s Cafe and OPA em ployees. CAMPAIGN CARDS Many of the candidates display ed campaign cards in store wind ows among them being Addie Hall at the Little Diner; Nellie Taylor at the Sharp Inn Cafe; Erma Smith at the Waiters Key Club; Jaunda Ruffin at the “9” Center and Mae Partridge at the Victory Beauty Salon. F=: lb=- ll— -=1R Rummage Sale Clean and Above Average Clothes^ "ISponsored by 1ST CHURCH of GOD MISSIONARY SOCIETY To Be Held at the Southwest Corner of 20th & PAUL STS. FRIDAY &SATtyRDAY OCT. 4h and 5th. Bl.1.-==]E==Tf— —Read YOUR Newspaper THE OMAHA GUIDE 1——.~ —• HOSPE'Sf ARE OMAHA ' HEADQUARTER? For SWISS MUSIC BOXES A Music Box is Always a Timely , Gift for Sweet" heart or Wife. MUSICAL POWDER BOX For Friend Husband MUSICAL LIQUOR BOX Holds Quart Bottle and 2 Glasses For Your Gentleman Friend L:. • . ' MUSICAL CIGARETTE BOX Also musical jewelry boxes, ben ben boxes, i cake platter, etc., from ,$7.95 up. -J1 PROVE YOUR VISION Have Your Eyes Scientifically Tested by Our State Register- “/«** Say. .. , CHARGE IT’ ed Optometrist. ^^ BORSHEIMS Jewelers-Opticians 16th £ Harney - _ AdurHumatM From where 1 si^.^ Joe Mars^ .. |M. * ' '1 i ■ ■*' f Bert Childers and theJVlsion Patch . “Bert Childers put an ad in the Clarion the other day. Here’s what it said: 1 i “Planted more melons than I can eat this year. Stop by and pick as many as you want. All free.” As you can guess, plenty of folks sent their kids over and plenty of the parents came too. Stripped Bert’s melon patch in no Ami as they went away, Bert treated the lads to lemonade, and offered. naturally it puzzled some folks E • • • but Bert explains: “It gives me a kick to share things when I c^m afford to—whether it's the melons, or the lemonade, pr beer. I*guess 5 just like to indulge my whims.** ! From where I sit, if we had more "self-indulgent* people like Bert —who believe in share and share alike, live and Jet five, this tired work* wooJkjJbc / ■v ir /