NAACP Bureau Head
Hits Poll Tax Evils
WASHINGTON, D. C.. — Oppos
ing the continuance of the poll
tax requirement before the House
Elections subcommittee, Leslie
Perry of the NAACP declared'
“Just as we do not believe that
race.or color, or religion has any
thing whatever to do with rights
of persons to vote in a democratic
society—so we do not believe that
a man's wealtth or poverty
should constitute a qulification or
disqualification”.
The NAACP representativve
told the subcommittee that 10 mil
lion American citizens “black and
white alike” are disfranchised by
thepolltax. He cited as a "typi-cal
county in poll tax states”
Sumter, South Carolina, where
studies show that in 1944 “when
workers were theoretically receiv
ing high wages” 25 per cent of
the Negro families and 2 per cent
of the white families had an in
come of less than $500 a year. Al
together 64 per cent of the Negro I
families of Sumter earned far
less than §1000 that year. “With
wage levels such as these during
an abnormally high average in
come period,” Perry contended,
‘It is cglear to everyone that a
tax on the right to vote consti
tutes an effective bar to a large
number of ciizens in the poll tax
states.”
The effect of mass disenfranch
isements, the NAACP charged,
permeates our entire national life
"and sickens it like a gangrenous
sore”. The election of Congress
man John Rankin of Mississippi
where only 5,429. persons out of
263.367 or 2.1 per cent of the po
pulation voted, was cited in com
parison with a non-poll tax state
like Minnesota where 30 per cent
of the people “freely exercised”
the privilege of voting for their
representative.
“We find it difficult to see”,
Perry concluded, “how the United
States can in good conscience de
mand “free elections’ in Greece,,
'he Balkans and other parts of
the world, while at home she con
tinues to permit unscruplous poli
ticians in seven Southern states
to exact a money tribute as a
condition to exercising the fund
amental democratic right of vot- ,
ing.”
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To give a lift to canned or cooked
dried fruit, squeeze orange or
grapefruit juice over the top just be
fore • serving.
Farm Production
From the top third of the nation’s
farms comes 80 per cent of the total
production; from the other two
thirds, 20 per cent
Handled Many Times
Iron ore is handled five times
from the time it is removed from
the earth until it emerges from the
furnace as liquid metaL
Only Huguenot Church
Only Huguenot church in Amer
ica is at Charleston, S. C. It was
founded in 1687.
Fishing and Hunting Area
Sun Valley, Idaho, borders on a
hunting and fishing area as large
as the entire state of Connecticut.
Secret of Pie Cutting
To cut pie easily sprinkle granu
lated sugar over the meringue
topped pie.
World's First Champ
James Figg. who won the crown
as bare knuckle champion in 1719,
retired undefeated in 17.70
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ANNUAL YOUTH DAY OF
ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E.
Sunday, ’Julyl3, 1947 the Allen
Chapel young people will have
their annual Youth Day. They
have planned for these services
on this day, afternoon, and even
ing- ■■! fj
Miss Eleanor Starks has been
chosen as general chairman of the
Youth Day.
The program for the day is as
follows:
Morning Worship 10:30 a.m.
Processional; Call to worship-312
by Nadin e Alston; Hymn-‘‘0
»Iaster Let Me With Thee”; Pray
er byy Ann Alston; Selection—
I’m Saved By Grace”; Scripture
Cesson by Barbara Ewing; Sel
ection—‘‘He Is Mine”; Missionary
Offering; Decalogue; Selection—
“I’ll Fly Away to Jesus”; Sermon
by the Guest Minister; Invitation
— "Softly and Tenderly”; Offera
tory—‘Little Brown Church;”
Notices; Recessional; Benediction.
Afternoon services, 2:45 p. m.
Mistress of ceremonies, Gladys
Coleman- Music by Carol Wash
ington; Processional; Prayer by
Alice Duncan; Selection by Pil
grim Baptist Junior Choir; Wel
come Adress by Naomi Duncan;
Selection by Pilgrim Baptist Jun
ior Choir; Scripture Lesson by
Donald Starks; Selection by Pil
grim Baptist Junior Ghoir; OUR
YOUTH OF TODAY BECOME
OUR CITIZENS OF TOMORROW
In the Following Aspects: Address
Social-Political by John Orduna;
Address 11 Economic-Religious by
Ernestine Starks; Offeratory—
Seelection; Benediction.
Evening Service 7:15 p.m. Mast
er of Ceremonies, Reggie Fellows;
Music by Cecelia Duncan; Prayer
by Naomi Duncan; CHAUTAU
QUA; Social by Dorothy Alston;
Cultural by Barbara Ewing; Pol
itical by Gladis Coleman; Econ
omical by Teresa Littlejohn; Re
ligious by Carol Washington; Se
lectionsby Allen Chapel Jnuior
Choir; Offeratory. CORNATION
PROCESSIONAL: CORONAT-_
ION OF MR. AND MISS ALLEN
CHAPEL. Remarks; Benediction.
The Allen Chapel young people
wish the support of their many
friends to their program on this
day.
American Meat Packing
From a humbled beginning 308
rears ago, meat packing has grown
■o becoige one of the nation's larg
*st^ industries. Meat packers in the
United States produce more th^n 20
cillioa pounds of meat annually.
From five million farms and
ranches in every stat,e the meat
packers purchase 127 million cattle,
reives, hogs and sheep to make into
iteaks, roasts, stews, sausage items
and canned meat, as well as utiliz
ing by-products for many pharma
ceutical and manufacturing items.
77 PRESCRIPTIONS
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ANNUAL MEN'S DAY
Sunday’ July 13* 1947
REV. FRED A. HUGHES SPEAKER AT
11 A. M. SERVICES
REV. BRUCE HADLEY, SPEAKER AT THE
7:30 P. M. SERVICES
Music by St. John’s - ^
Watchmen’s Chorus
Everyone Welcome
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iteeord History
Hieroglyphic, or picture writing,
on stone by ancient Egyptians
which has been deciphered by his
torians tells the story of the early
Pharaoh dynasties thousands of
years before the birth of Christ.
Writing on clay or stone was nan’s
first attempt to leave his history
and that of his fellowmas to future
generations. Later the Egyptians
made -a writing material from the
papyrus weed, a tall reed that grew
in the marshy land long the Nile.
It was used as early as 3609 A. C.
and it is from the word papyrus
that paper dferived its name
Refinishing Cabinets
If the old finish of a metal kitchen
cabinet is not scratched or chipped,
a thorough cleaning to remove any
traces of greasy film, followid by
a light rubbing with very finfc sand
paper to dull the gloss of the old
enamel, should be sufficient prepa
ration for refinishing. After Wiping
wit^yturpentine or mineral spirits,
apply one or two coats of enamel
undercoater, in accordance With the
manufacturer’s directions on the
can, and finish with a eoat of
enamel of the desired tint.
Public OfHdals Join Publishers
On Round-The-World Flight
NEW YORK —
Global short cuts fior
air travel, developed
(hiring the war, are
now being adapted
to -commercial use
with Pan Anferiaan
World Airway?! aed
ing^thl' way. The
Clipper America with
public officials, Corn
P»ny directors and 15 loading U.S. publishers aboard circled the glebe,
see route on chart above, in 93 flying hours while covering 22', 170
miles of airways.) An elaborate reries of entertainments arid meetings
planned by government officials of the countries visited made the
elapsed time for the trip about 336 hours.
The publishers made the flight to secure on-the-seene reports
from government officials and U.S. Correspondents on conditions in
the countries visited. The globe-girdling route, recently certified by
the Civil Aeronautics Board will begin regular round-the-world mail
and passenger service the week following the flight. To close its one
gap, the San Francisco to New*York transcontinental hop, Pan Amer
ican bow awaits CAB, approval of its application for domestic routes.
neavy xaisccs
Latest statistics show that the
United State# has more than 22 tele
phones for ( tfvery 100 inhabitants,
compared to 2.2 telephones per 100
inhabitants in the world as a whole.
New York Leads
New York City has more tele
phones thfin any city in the world,
with a towl on 2,218,000. This com
pares with 1,290,000 in all of South
America,
Ideal Hog Size
Moderately fat hogs, weighing be
tween 130 and 240 pounds alive, pro
duce hams, shoulders and sides of
the most desirable size for curing.
Shows Sense
Without eyes and living under
ground, the earthworm senses the
fall of night and wriggles to the sur
face of the earth.
Audience Thrilled I
at Wings Over
Jordan Concert
A far too small audience was
held spellbound Thursday night,
->uiy 3, 1947 at the City Auditori
um, where the Wings Over Jor
dan, national and international
oertfamed choir, was presented in
concert by the Beau Brummell
Club. The choir lived up to all its
advanced press reviews, rendering
receptive mood.
Their rendition of such famous
numbers as '“There’s Room
Enough.” “Wheel” “Search My
Heart,” and “Rock My Soul' were
par excellent.
Other numbers equally well con
tinued; to increas the noted name
the choir has acquired. The Neg
ro Choral Group traveling today,
singing concerts everywhere.
The soloists were Esther Over
street,, Soprano Soloist; Ezekiel
E. Dearon Tenor; and Cecil W
Dandy, Tenor Solois .
The quartet consisting of Cecil
VV. Dandy, Ezekiel Dearon, Gene
va Hawkins, and Marvin Hayes
sang “Lite Me Ride,” “I Am Going
to Set at the Welcome Table,” and
“Hard Trials and Great Tribulat
ions.”
The Ensemble closed their con
cert singing for their audience
the Hallelluah Chorus from the
Messiah
The Concert was sponsored in
benefit of the Near North Side
Y. M C. A. Building Fund.
Primitive Origin
The universality of man’s love of
ccflor was demonstrated early in
antiquity. Each region and sub-re
gion of the globe developed its own
dye sources. It is estimated that
nearly 1,000 different plants, vines,
shrubs and trees were, at one time
or another, employed for extract
ing dyes. However, only a few of
the primitive dyes suiyived to an
cient and medieval times.
Milk in Industry
It mure andtmore industries milk
is being used to improve employees’
health and counteract fatigue. Re
ductions-in accidents with an im
provement in safety, less absentee
ism due to illlness, increased produc
tion during hours of fatigue low
points, are reported where milk is
being served between meals or add
ed to diets.
First Seed Sale
Agricultural seeds were first sold
commercially in the United States
1747
Original Alloy
Prehistoric ornaments of plati
num hammered over gold were
found in the graves of the priests
and kings of the ancient Indian in
habitants of (Colombia. This was
probably the original idea of com
bining the two rare metals to obtain
the two-tone color effect for jewelry, i
Alloy Is Strong
The green color of emeralds is j
due to small quantities of chromium j
in the jewels. When this same j
chromium is added to steel along !
with nickel, the resultant alloy is a
hard, strong, wear^esistant metal,
nickel-c'hrome steel, often used in
gears and axles.
Industrial Uses
Milk is used in a wide variety of
industrial products such as plastics,
textiles, paper coating, paint, glue,
films, pharmaceuticals, insulation,
fertilizer, insecticides, penicillin,
plaster, dyes, animal feed, preserva
tives, explosives, electroplates.
Bi-Cameral Congress
Under its constitution, Chile has
a bi-cameral congress elected di
rectly by the people, as is the presi
dent. The latter has somewhat the
same power as the president of the
United States.
Clover From Italy
Crimson clover was introduced
into the United States from Italy is
1818.
LUIS RUSSELL'S DRUMMER ROY HAYNES CUTS LOOSE
IN JAM SESSION WHAT AM! BAND SET FOR APOLLO
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St.ppyEtheridt. Phot. Bxelunt, - Ted Y.u. Public*™,
IT’S REALLY GROOVY, OL' MAN! You can sec for yourself in the above photo that the boys in
Luis Russell’s Orchestra are giving Drummer Roy Haynes that observation stance as a jam session
gets going. Things got pretty hot right after Photographer Skippy Etheridge took this shot and
the boys gathered up their instruments and headed for the stage of Harlem’s Apollo Theatre, where
for one week it was the four R’s. Russell Rhythm, Richardson’s songs (that’s Lee Richardson,
Bub!), Righteous!!
Luis Russell's Orchestra records exclusively for Apollo Records and the band s disks are best
sellers in the popular, blues and ballad bracket.
Annual Men’s Day Rally OUR GUEST
at St. John’s AME Church COLUMN
Elks Drum and Bugle
Corps Score at Denyer
By MARIE PARKER
First of all we are thanking God
for his Mighty protection over
us and from Denver, for we#know
he will hear and answer prayer.
We asked each mother and friend
s to pray for us that we go and re
turn safely; and we know they
d.ti, for those big chartered Bur
lington Buses that we were on
just seemed to be rolling on
Prayer. They carried us safely
there and back. As for the child
ren, I have never seen such a
swet bunch together. We had
twenty-seven girls and twnety—
four boys, and they were so nice
and ■ obedient. We didn’t have any
trouble at all; each and everyone
did his and her part up to the
minute.
J We left Omaha Saturday night.
June 28, arrived in Denver Sunday
morning about 9 a.m., and at 3p.m.
Oh! My, yyou should have seen
our children under the direction
of uor director Sargeant Hamil
ton. They took the streets of Den
ver for miles and miles, and a
gain ob Monday when we had the
contest with Waterloo, Iowa;
Minneapolis; Kansas City, Denver
and others. Our children won first
with the trophy a Golden Cup.
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We, then made ready to catch
those Prayer rolling Burlington
buses which brought us safely
back to the mothers and dads in
Omaha. i
Parents, be proud of yyour child
ren, for they are fine.
Sunday, July 13,1947 the annual
j St. Johns Men’s Day will find the
I Rev. F. A- Hughes, editor-in -chief
of the Western Recorder, deliver
ing the 11 am. sermon at St. John
A. M. E. Chucr, 22nd and Willis av
H comes to St. Johns on this day
from Kansas City, Kansas bring
ing with him a wealth of know
ledge and experience that he has
gathered in his travls over the
A. M. E. Connection. He comes
well-qualified to bring a message
of enlightment and of great inter
est to all.
At the 7:30 p.m. Service, the
Rev. Bruce Hadley, Executive
Secretary of the churc Council of
Omaha, will speak. He is new in
our city, but has secured a wealth
of experience and knowledge in
the field of religion.
Th Watchmen will be on hand
at the morning and evening ser
vices ti bring the many spiritual
numbers. Come out, won’t you to
these two services.
You are cordially welcome.
Lime Essential
Lime is essential on acid soils for
proper growth of many crop and
pasture plants. To promote this de
! dred growth, sufficient lime should
Oe applied to change the acid^pondi
| iioty to a near neutral point. Under
most conditions in the upland area
j die addition of lime to the soil also
provides calcium for,plant groj^h.
wOmmercial fertiliz_er, incorporated
with the soil management practices
previously mentioned, is essential
for continued high crop production.
Every crop harvested for grain,
forage or otherfcuse removes plant
foo^ from the soiL Soils under con
tiguous cropping systems, coupled
with1 erosion, lose their plant nu
trients faster than they can be re
placed by nature.
ADAM'S HAT
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WORLD SERIES HOMER BY A I
PlTCrfER IN 14 YEARS”
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HISTORY.'
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BY JERRY VOORHIS
Secretary, Cooperative League
Secretary, Cooperative League of
the W. S. A., former Congressman,
12th District, California
Co-op As One Answer
The so-called “minority’’ prob
lem in America can be solved. It
must be solved if the United Stat
es is ever to atain the fullness of
its development as a nation.
From a certain point of view,
every citizen of the nation belongs
to a minority group. No one relig
ion, no one kind of racial stock,
no one economic group makes up
a majority of the population.
Amerioa is a nation of minorities,
and we must all learn to live to
gether with mutual respect.
There are certain aspects of the
problem, such as assuring every
citizen of an equal right te part
icipate in the pilitical life ctf- the
nation, which have to be solved on
a national level. But the roots of
the problem are in the communi
ties nighborhoods of America and
it is there that the hardest tasks
and greatest opportunities are to
be found.
The Cooperative movement is
i comparatively little understood by
j most people in the United States.
Yet'it can provide a large part of
th naswer to the minority problem
at the local level.
Cooperatives have as one of their
basic principls “open membership”
This mans that Americans of
every sort and kind can own and
manage together their cooperative
businsses if only they want to
Many of themare dong so right
now. Not much nise is made about
it, but cooperatives are quietly
proving that people of different
minority groups” (remembering
that we are all members of some
minority) can w'ork together on
a non-profit basis, own businesses
together, make decisions together,
manage common affairs togther’
Thesepractical demonstrations
of the true spirit of America are
an invaluable contribution to the
solution of the ‘‘minorities’ pro
blem.
Salt Lake
Great Salt lake has a salt csn
ient of about 20 per cent.