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A. & T. EDUCATION WORK SHOP—Participants cn the Ed ucational Workshop at the 50th summer session now being con ducted at the A. and T. College of North Carolina, Greensboro, N. C. these educators—principals and teachers—brought thejr individual teaching problems from all over the state to the workshop for clar ification, study and solution. The A. and T. Workshop is headed by wmmm m wmmmmsmm Warmoth T. Gibbs, director of the summer school. Included on the staff are several outstanding lead ers in the fields of elementary and secondary education. Pile of Cement Grand Coulee dam contains enough cement to build three Great Pyramids. Using Rat Skins The skins of rats are used to make pocketbooks and tobacco pouches. First Book Matches John Walker. English pharmacist, made the first book matches in 1827. ‘3weet Sea’ The Amazon river is sometimej known as the "sweet sea.” 3n38e3ievaf ©ays * FRESH MESS OF BREAD IN EMC AT EO SOCIAL STAHOIHO. FRESHLY BAKED ©READ TOR ROYALTY, I SAY OLD TOR NOBILITY, 2 DAY OLD FOR GENTRY, 3 DAY OLD FOR SCHOLARS, 4 DAY OLD FOR PEASANTS. ^oiay — BREAD WRAPPEO IM WAXED PAPER IS DKUVERSO OVEN FRESH TjO 34r, OOO, OCO FAMitiEjp evewy oav. r’| SPECIAL GET ACQUAINTED // OFFER— 3 Beautiful 5x7 LIFE-LIKE PORTRAITS (in Folders) s2.50 PHOTOGRAPHIC GREETING CARDS From Your Negative $1.50 We Make Negative $2.00 —STUDIO OPEN— Evenings 7:30 - 9:30 Sundays 10 a m.-3:30 p. m. TRIANGLE PHOTO SHOP . 1608 N. 24th St. . Questions and Answers On Rent Controls The following questions and answers on rent control under the Housjng and Rent Act of 1947 which went into effect on July 1, 1947,were issued today by the Of fice of Rent Control: ■ A. Leases to Increase Maximum Rents 1. Q: Must a tenant sign a lease providing for a 15 per cent increase in rent A: No. The Housing and Rent Act of 1947 provides that such a greement must be voluntary. Th° tenant who does not sign such lease is still protected by the rent regulations. 2. Q: May a tenant be evicted if he refuses to sign a lease under the provisions of the new Act ? A: No. The signing of such lease must be vouuntary, and a tenant may be evicted only for one of the five specified causes set forth in the Housing and Rent Act of 1947. 3. Q: If a tenant does not sign a lease providing for an increased rent up to 15 per cent, what is the maximum rent he must pey after July 1, 1947 an as long a the present Act continues in feet? A: The maximum rent in ef fect on June 30, 1947, as nodified by any subsequent order of rent director. 1 4, Q: If a tenant does not choose to sign a lease providing for an increased rent, and he is threatened or coerced by the land lord what action shoult the ten ant take ? A: The tenant shoTBd immed iately report such matter to the area rent offic 5. Q: How may a landlord in crease his rent by not more than 15 per cent as provided in the Act A: A landlord may increase his rent by no more than 15 per cent over the maximum rent if he tenant, onor before December 31, 1947,voluntarily enters into a written lease expiring on or after December SI, 1948, provided that he complies with the filing requir - ments stat^l in the answer to question 7. 1 O: If a landlord and tenant 'make an oral agreement for a rent increase of not more than 15 per cent without signing a written lease, does this increase the max imum rent? A: No. increase in the max imum rent of the unit is permisa. ible based on an oral agreement there must be voluntary signing of a written lease. 14. O: May a leatee contain an option on part of fhe tenant to terminaate the lease prior to the ROSE Beauty Salon ! Now located at 2219 Maple Street -PHONE: JAckson 7610 Open from 10 A. M. to 6 P. M. Each Week Day. Featuring AN INTRODUCTORY OFFERING,— A Series of Three Scalp Treatments Mrs. Rose Lucky Johnson formerly operated a Beauty Salon at 2408 Erskine Street OPERATORS: MRS. REBECCA EVANS. MRS. EDNA MCDONALD, MRS. ROSE LUCKY JOHNSON, Prop. We Are Once More LAUNDERING CURTAINS • SEND OR BRING THEM IN Edholm & Sherman —LAUNDERERS & DRY CLEANERS— 1401 North 24th St._Phone WE-6055 expiration date of the lease? A: Yes. 15. Q: May a lease contain an escalator clause which provides for a rent to take effect after Dec. 31, 1948, which is more than the the rent provided in the lease for the beriod prior to Jan. 1, 1949. A: No. 16 O: May a lease contain an option on the part of the landlord to terminate the lease at will'' A: No. 17. Q: Afer signing a lease a lease a tenant while some in creasd service such as a garage or hot water and is willing to pay I for it. May the landlord obtain a rent increase for increased ser vices by filing a petition? A: No. The maximum rent established by a valid lease cannot be changed by order of the rent office. This includes hardship caaes. 1 18. O: A lease provides that it is terminated if the tenant fails to keep his garbage pail two feet and two inches from the fence Is this a valjd lease? A: No. This is a provision which clearly has the intent of circumventing or evading the pur poses of the Act. B. Rent Advisory Boards 1. Q: How is a Rent Advisory Board appointed? A:: By the Housing Expedi ter from recommendations made by the respective Governors. A: Will there be a Rent Ad visory Board for each defense - rental area? a: Yes. mere win lniuany oe at least one Board of not less than five members for each de fense-rental area. 3. Q: What are the functions of a Rent Advisory Board? A: The Board will consider those cases presented by either landlord or tenant which it deems worthy of consideration and will make recommendations for their disposal to the area rent director. The Board wiH also make recom mendations directlyy to the Hous ing Expediter on (a) decontrol of the defense-rental area or any portion thereof, (b) the adquacy of the general rent level in the area, and (c) operatins generally of the local rent office, with par ticular reference to hardship cases. 4. Q: Must the recommendations of the Board be in accordance with the Act and rent regulations in order to be acceptable? A: In order to be acceptable the Board's recommendations must be in accordance with the Act and rent regulations as con strued in official. interpretations and in applicable decisions of the Emergency Court of Appeals. (d) Units not rented between Feb. 1, 1945 and Jan. 31, 1947 (e) All accommodations in hotels and other establishments except: (1) Accommodations which were occupied on June 30, 1947 by persons who were not pro vided with customary hotel services such as maid service, furnishing and laundering of linen, telephone and secretar ial or desk service, use and up keep of furniture and fixures, bellboy service and etc. (2) All self-contained dwell ing units (including kitchen and bathroom) in any estab lishment in which the total number of self-contained dewelling units (including kit chen and bathroom rented on June 30, 1947, for other than a daily term was 75 percent or more of the total number of units in the establishment The accommodations in the two groups of exceptions above reain undef rent control. 2. Q: What is the definition of “conversion” for the purposes of decontrol ? # I A: “Conversion” means either a change in a structure from a non housing to a housing use Or a structural change in a residential unit or units involving substanti al alterations or remodeling °-nd resulting in the creation - I ditional housing accomn 3. Q: What is the pr : '■ ure for securing d r>t -• commodations el{.--j.‘.. * trol ? A: The lane • " '-v o tain the proper decon • .1 or application form fro. e area rent office and ofle such forms in duplicate with that office within 30 days after Julyl, 1847, or the date of first renting subsequent to July 1, 1947. 4. Q: If a landlord files the cor rect decontrol form within the re quired period for accommodations eligible for decontrol wihtin the reqquired period are the accom modations decontrolled? A: No. They remain under control until the date on which the proper decontrol form is filed F. General 1. Q: Does the Housing and Rent Act of 1947 provide for a general increase in rents ? A: No. The maximum rents in effect on June 30, 1947 prevail.1 2. Q: For what period of tiijae js rent control, extended by the Housing and Rent Act of 1947? A: Rent control is extended until Feb- 29, 1948. 1 SCAD ORDERED DISCRIMATORY PRACTICES APPROVED BY COLUMBIA The current issue of the Colum bia Law Review, published by the Law School of Columbia Universi ty. approved the legai basis for the complaint against Columbia University, Appointments Office filed by the American Jewish Con gress and agreed that the State Commission Against Discriminat ion (SCAD) had acted within its jurisdiction in denying the Univer sity’s claim to exemption. Indicating the correctness of SCAD's interpretation of the Ives Quinn law, the article went on to state: “The ruling elimates the possible means of discrimination which would otherwise remain a vailable to employers desiring to evade the act". The orginal charges, as filed by the American Jewish Congress, were made in June of last year. Following SCAD’s^ investigation and subsequent actibn in Feb., Columbia University desisted from all discriminatory practices in its employment division and stopped the use of application forms containing inquiries about race, religion and national origin. . - --^ ._ I For sale table top gas stove dining room suite, and living room suite. Your dollar will eo fur ther here. Small victor portable electric sew ing machine, $45.00. 8513 N. 30th Street, Florence Furniture Store Dolan Hardware Company, 4004 No. 30th St. Phone KEnwood €243 « | W ith the Elks Drum and Bugle I Corps at Denver; Colorado (Corrected and re-run due to errors that appeared in last week's issue) By Daughter Marie Parker First of all we are thanking God for his mighty protection over us to and from Denver. For we know he heard and answered our pray ers. We ask each mother and friend to pray for us that we go and return safely, and we know that they did for those big charted Burlington Bues that we were on just seemed to be rolling on pray ers. They carried us so safely there and back to our home. The children were the sweetest buncn; tnere were 2< girls and 21 uoyo. Aney were so nice and oDedi ent mat we didn't have any trou- | ole at anytime each doing his and uer. part. We left Omaha Saturday night June 28th arrived in Denver Sun day morning about 9 a. m. and paraded at 8 p. m. and Oh! My! you snould have seen our children strut under tne direction of our director Sgt. Hamilton. They took the streets of Denver for miies and miies; and again on Monday when we had the contest with Waterloo, Iowa, Minneapolis, Kan sas City, Denver and others. These children of ours won first prize marching off the field with the gold trophy (The cup). We made ready for home catch ing those prayer rolling Burling ton busses which brought us safe ly back and the children to their mothers and dad’s in Omaha. Parents be proud of your child ren for they are fine. We, Sgt. Hamilton, director; Ma jor Underwood; assistant; Daugh ter Marie Paker, chaperon, are proud of them and also the whole big Elks Lodge. We still ask and pray for your cooperation with us and the children. SITTING PRETTY --—- - Even though sitting on a seat of film only 2 1000 of an inch j thick, the model above has no qualms about being perfectly safe. Made of the newly invented Sarin Film 517, the bag is remarkably tough. The film won't be used for seats, howeter. but for food pack aging. It is trar^parent. odorless, tasteless and extremely pliable, giving long protection to food stuffs. Record 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 man’s first attempt to leave his history and that of his fellewman 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 u^ed as early as 3600 &. C. and it is frem the word papyrus that paper derived its name Refinlshing Cabinets If the old finish of a metal kitchen cabinet is not scratched or chipped, a thorough clearing to remove any traces of greasy film, followed by a light rubbing with very fin* sand paper to dull the gloss sf the old enamel, should, be .sufficient prepa ration for refinishing. After Wiping with turpentine v mineral spirits, apply ctie or two coats of enamel undercoater, in accordance With the maiHifaeUjrer’s directions on the can, and finish with a *oat of enamel of the desired tint. Good News For Farmers DETROIT—The new Ford tractor is rolling off Vprodnction Une^ St Fords Highland Park plant, Detroit, at therateefdCOdailyi Smooth enoneh for a girl to operate, farmerette Gloria Carlaott handles the tractor like, a veteran as she pots it through its paces orr the Dearborn Motors Vocational farm at ^tato\Hiehi*a£ De emed for easier, faster farmmg, the new model, marketed nationally by^Dearborn Motors corporation, features an improved hydraulic ays* tern for implement control and four forward speeds. BUILDS TRADES ‘STIMULANT NEW YORK—Promotion of the National Urban League’s intensi fied pi§>gram to step up Negro building craft employment began this week with! the Release of “Your Careef in the Building Trades”, a folder geared to stimu late interest of Negro youth and veterans in the field. In a nation wide operation to cut every bottle neck halting employment in the buijjjing trades, the National Ur ban League and its affiliates in work with public and private con tracting employers, government^ agencies and labor unions. Published as a joint enterprise by the National Urban League’s Departments of Vocational Guid ance and Industrial Relations, in cooperation with officials of the National Housing Agency, “Your Career” is a six-page; green and white folder listing building crafts and describing the steps necessary to get both training and employ ment. Concisely and clearly writ ten, it is address to persons who already have some construction training, ex GI’s trained in mili tary ^ construction, vocational school graduates, and untrained job-seekers. “Your Career in the Buliding Trade”, Julius A. Thomas, Nat ional Urban League Director of Industrial Relations said, “is our way of beginning at the beginn ing . The Urban League’s recent suvey of workers in the building trades showed not only discrimin ation by employers and unions a gainst Negroes to hold the jobs.’’ The Urban League grogarm to facilitate the employment of Ne gro mechanics is being concent trated in the local oommunity—at the level of actual construction. Executive and Industrial Secretar ies in Urban Leagues around the country are seeking the assitance of local employment offices, con tractors and union officials. MOBILE TELEPHONE SERVICE NOW OPEN TO PUBLIC Moble telephone service, which provides telephone communication between a wire telephone and a vehicle or between two vehicles, was opened to the public in Omaha and Council Bulffs Thurs day morning, July 10. Opening calls were made by the mayors of the two cities talking from mov ing automoblies. Mayor Leeman called W. E. Christenson, editor of the WorldrHerald, and Mayor Minner talked to the President of the Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce, ' In addition to Omaha and Coun cil Bluffs, the area within which moble telephone calls will be han dled includes surrounding terri tory within approximately 25 miles. Call* from a wire telephone to a vehicle travel by wire to the radio transmitter and from there by short wave radio to the vehicle called. Calls from vehicles travel ! the same route in reverse. Calls to vehicles are made by calling “long Distance”, asking for the mobile service operator and giving her the telephone number of the vehicle wanted. Calls from vehicles are made by lifting the telephone installed in the vehicle and pushing the talk button in the handset to signal the operator. Early users of the service in* Omaha and Council Bluffs will in clude on or more of each of the following classifications: Doctors, wholesalers, commercial photo graphers, cab companies, radio stations, auto dealers, manufact urers and distributors. Time Saras At least four hours'a week can be saved by an ironer In the average family. A saving of several hours can be accomplished by the washer. The total gain from the two amounts to several weeks a year. HE LED THE LEAGUE IN BASE Stealing 3 Seasons'-with Pilfering marks of 4o. 29, AND 35 — HE ONCE STOLE 2rn BASE WHILE THE CATCH ER HELD THE BALL AND ARGUED WITH Biu.y Werber is one player WHO KNOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF a 'SWITCH IN TIME 4 — By SWITCHIN® FROM SHORTSTOP to 3ro base he changed FROM one OF THE LEAGUE'S WORST INFlELDERS TO ONE OF ITS BEST- DURING HIS CAREER HE SAW SERVICE WITH THE YANKS, RED SOX, AS, REDS AND Giants. Jubalaires, Five-Man Singing Group Sensation A quaartet, according to Web- ^ ster, is “a group consisting of, four”. A lot Mr. Webster knows! J The Jubalaires, are a quartet con sisting of five men. If you want to make the score even bigger, you can run it up to seven by in cluding the group’s manager-con ductor-emcee and its accompanist. This makes them a 7-man double quarteet, if you care to look at it that way. The group, featured Wednesday nights over CBS on “Rhapsody in Rhythm,’’ have a second curve ball ready for you, as soon as you’ve mastered their peculiar system of counting. Nearly everyone auto matically spells the name "Jubi leers,” basing the spelling on the word, “jubilee.” And that is very, very wrong. They’re the Jubalair es, and they take their name from Jubal, Biblical figure who is called the father of all harpists and or ganists. That explains the name, but it doesn t explain the numerical set up. There are five of them, but only four sing on any given song. Let’s say the Jubalaires are do ing Preacher and the Bear," pr some similar comedy number. In that case, you’ll find Willie John son singing lead, with John Jenn ings second tenor, Ted Brooks bar itoe and George McFadden, bass. On a folk song or spiritual, Caleb Ginyard takes over the lead, John son slides down from tenor to baVi son slidestone and Brooks retires to to the sidelines. A popular tune finds Jennings singing lead, with Brooks back in the lineup as see ond tenor, and Johnson singing baritone. Throughout all this shif ting around, bass George McFad den is the only one of the five who stays put. In addition to the five singers, there’s Charley Newson, who com bines the functions of manager, conductor and master of ceremon ies for concert engagements. Charley sang as a tenor with the Jubalaires back in the days when they did their harmonizing in the back seat of Ginyard’s taxicab. A throat ailment struck him during one of their first professional en gagements, and he hasn't sung since. Seventh member of the quartet is Simley Trotman, pianist, who joined the group aboue four months ago. The Jubalaires probably are the only act in radio that got its start by being arrested for dis turbing the peace. Back in 1933, Newson was working as a pastry baker, Brooks as a truck driver, and Ginyard as a taxicab driver. McFadden was the only one who would have answered “singer" if asked his occupation, and he would have given that reply with some misgivings. ■» On the side, the boys sang at social clubs, school gatherings, church socials and similar events In their native Jacksonville, Fla. After work, they’d go off in Gin yard’s cab to quiet spot and com edy numbers. One hot night, a policeman zealous in the presr vation of quiet decided that their harmonizing constituted a breach of peace. When the boys ran through a series of numbers for the judge and for Mayor John Dew, jpio happened to be present their/sentence tumd out to be a date at a civic luncheon. A little later, Mayor Dew land ed the boys jobs as singing wait ers at Jacksonville’s Hotel Sem inolei. And not long afterward, the Mayor helped finance the boys when thev decided to strike out for the richer rewards to be found up North. Down in their netive Jackson ville, the Jubalairfes had never seen snow, but they saw plenty of it by the time they reached Phila delphia. Their car broke down in a blizzard, and it wasn’t long be fore their finances followed suit. We slept in the park,” Newson recalls, "unitll we were able to get: three meals a day-oatmeal, cornmeal and miss-meal.” Odd jobs here and there kept the cornmeal and oatmeal trickl- * ing in, and then Newson landed the quartet a job on WCAU, the CBS station in Philadelphia. There was steak on the menu frequently, by the time a station executive dcided they were ready to invade New York and sent them on their New York and sent them on their way with an enthusiastic letter of introduction to a recording com pany. Their longest network assign ment was an extensive engage ment on the Arthur Godfrey sow, which ended recently when the forusome yielded to many invita tions for personal appearances and launched a 48,000-mile 22-state tour of concerts and one-nighters. They still do church concerts and other apperaances between “Rha psody in Rhythm ’ broadcasts. Willie Johnson joined the Juba laires about seven months ago, as singing arranger. After an 18 year association with the famourg Golden Gate quartet, Johnson went into the Navy, where he con ducted a choir. When he came out full of fresh musical ideas, he heard the Jublaires and decided that they were the grc^ip to ex ecute his ideas. The Jubalaires were as enthusiastic about his ar rangements as Johnson was about i their performance of them, and so the quartet’s new style was bom. , One major change that Johnson recommended was a switch from 1 guitar to piano accompaniment, for fuller harmonies and greater versatility. Smiley Trotman, a Brooklyn boy, turned out to be the choice, Trotman, a graduate of the Dillard School of Music in I New York, plays everything from Ravey to boogie woogip. After playing with several orchestras, he struck o«t on his own as a single, and was playing at a club in Philadelphia when the Jubala ires heard about him. They prom ptly auditioned Trotman and in vited Smiley to a concert they were giving the following night. After hearing the boys, Trotman promptly quit his club job and joined the Jubalaires. Hard work holds no terrors for the Jubalaires, who rehearae at least four hours a day, six days a week, in addition to their perfor mances. Their normal schedule calls for rehearsal from 2 to 6 dai ly. On broadcast days they add show rehearsal to their working hours. On Sundays they usually do church concerts. In addition to working over new material, these rehearsal sessions are devoted to reviewing their library of more than 800 songs. And that, briely, is the story of the five-man quartet which does n’t spell its name the way you'd step toward success, arrest as their first important step toward success. Clover From Italy Crimson clover was introduced Into the United States from Italy in 1818. /