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Society Notes Jdiss Cleone Harmon the dau ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Augusta Murrell 2418 N. 24 st., is spend ing her last two weeks of her summer vacation before school school starts in Kansas City, Mo. Cleone was guest solist at the wedding of her cousin Miss Leona Brown of Kansas City, Mo. Sun day afternoon August 17. Mrs. C. Murrell will join her daughter in Kansas City the week of August 25. Mr. Murrell will al so spend Labor Day in K. C. at tending the Golf Toumment there. He is a member of the Com husker Golf Club Mr. and Mrs. Fred McDaniels, 2620 Bristol st„ recently returned from a pxtentive five week trip on th West Coast. They visited the city of Port land Oregan sightseeing for one day going on to Seattle, Washin ton where they spent four days with relatives and meeting old acquaintance. They left there on boat for Victorial spending two days visiting and back down to Sacramento, Calif, for a day see ing friends then on to Los An geles after spen$ing 2 day in Oakland and San Francisco for three weeks Here the McDaniels were the guest of Mrs. McDaniels sisters Miss Milton and Mrs. Carney. On their way home the Me Dan iels stopped over in Kansas City, Mo. to visit the niece of Mr. Me Daniels Mrs. Earl Williams. The McDaniels reported having a lovely trip and that they enjoy ed being home once more. Mr Walter P. Ervin 3001 N. 33 st.. left on Saturday August 16 for Cleveland. Ohio as a delegate to the Postal Alliance Convention Aug. 18 though 22. Mr. Ervin a postal employee j for over twentyyears now re tired is a member of the St. John’ | s Church serving the capacity as a Steward. He a member of the Watchmen Club and President of thp Progressive 24. He is the husband of Mrs. G. Ervin who teaches in the public school system of Omaha both be ing very active in the religious j world. FORMER OMAHAN FROM CHICAGO VISITS CITY Mrs. Clarice Gibbs of Chicago 500 Oakwood Blvd. wife of Mr. Comilus Gibbs operator of a Tailor shop in the Windy City, is here visiting a Aunt; Mrs. Nor ine Anderson 2720 Franklin st. While in the city, Mrs. Gibbs has been extented many social courteouses such as: dinner party by Mrs. Mary Davis, a breakfast by Mrs. Jessie Merriweather and Mrs. J. S. Sloan, and host of other social gatherings. She spent three days visiting friends and acquaintance in Lin coin, Nebr. Mrs. Gibbs plans to go to Denver, Colorado before she goes back to Chicago; arrving in that city about the 28 of Aug. t The Waiters Column BY H. W. SMITH Waiters at Key Club serving thg public with a smile. Waiters at the Legion Club on improving on service at all times R. R. Boys giving fine service ■on wheels. -Blackstone Hotel waiters going 'good with a very quick step. Fontenelle Hotel waiters on the improvement of service to guest very good. Omaha Club waiters with Cap tain Earl Jones topping the ser vice at all times. Waiters at the Regis Inn quick stepping on th, service at all t’mes. Paxton Hotel waiters always on the job with a smile. Waiters at the Hill Hotel us ing their be9t effort o please their guest. Record History Hieroglyphic, or picture writing, on stone by ancient Egyptians 4Shich 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 *fellowman to future generations, t-ater 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 3600 £. C. and. it is from the word papyrus that oaoor d^pivoJ it* tgrsi Seed Sale _ Agricultural seeds were first sold commercially in the United State# 1747 This Week BY H W. SMITH Wesley N. Birch of Beatrice, Nebr. was killed in auto accident Sunday morning at 76 and Dodge st„ Omaha. Thg U. S. B—18 plane crashed in the Honolulu, Sunday August 17 with 13 aboard and General Mc Arthur’s Chief Adviser was lost, there was only five bodies taken from the wreckage and three Persons rescued. Joe Burnett of Broken Bow, Nebr., was struck by Ex. Gover nor of Nebraska Curon, Saturday Aug. 16. He died later. Aft^r an intensive 3 year search the U. S. Navy men have found a high grade petrolum oil South est of Point Barrow, Alaska. A fishing vessel radioed to Washington D. C., Sunday Aug. 17, that they had picked up off a raft a Koreon who claimed he had been on the raft for 24 days The Radio news bureau report ed that the U. S. Senator Bilbo condition was worst. On Monday Aug. 18 a blood clot was dis covered on one of his lung. James Freeman Williams and escaped convict from Savannah, Georgia married the woman that converted him Sunday in a pri son Camp. She was a Jehovial Witness member. A 81 year old woman of Spring field, Mass., says she has her 4th set of matured teeth. She said new teeth grew in a fast as the old ones were extracted. Read The Omaha Guild for all the NEWS. TWO CONDUCTORS FOR WINGS OVER JORDAN CHOIR NEW YORK ,—The Wings Over Jordan Choir, known for setting so many precedents, has done it again! Their latest innovation is the use of two conductors at each of their concert appearances and on each of their Sunday morning broadcasts over the coast-to-coast radio network of the Columbia Boardcasting System. The choir has been conducted by James Lewis Elkins during the continous concert tour which has already covered 44 states. The ' Wings Over Jordan Choir has. been working an almost unbeliev ably heavy schedule to meet the trmendous demand for concerts. Elkins, in need of a short vacation temporarily relinquished the con ductorship to Charles E. King. An. diences were greatly impressed by King, especially when he conduct ed the more rhythmic type of spirituals. When Elkins returned after his rest, he was equally ac claimed; his talent is shown to best advantage in the more re served type of number. Rev. Glynn T. Settle, originator and director of Wings Over Jor dan, had two excellent conductors 1 and the audiences responded en thusiastically to both. His decis ion to retain the two conductors, each to conduct thg numbers best suited to his personality and tal ents. proved to be a sensation! The public is amazed by the ef fects attained. Elkins, -with tech nique and finesse, awes the audi ence into utter silence; King, spirited and more emotional, sets every foot to tapping with the rollicking, joyous numbers. James Lewis Elkins, a native of Paris. Kentucky, received his B. A. degree at LanP College in Jack son, Tennessee. He then entered Oberlin College in Ohio, famous for its great music school, where he received his Masters Degree. He was awarded the “Diploma Americane” by the University of Belgium, while overseas in the armed forces of the United States. Charles E. King, brother of the late Luther King, is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He was graduat ed with a degree in Music from Heidelburg College, Tiffin, Ohio. He originally sang with the group, then appeared in the Broadway muscial “Showboat’’ and later did concert work. He is the possessor of a fine tenor voice. The combkiation of Elkins and King will go far in assisting Wings Over Jordan in its efforts to make the sacred Negro Spirit uals live forever. Lime Bssential Lime is essential an acid soils for ; proper growth of many crop and jasture plants. To promote this de tired growth, sufficient lime should ae applied to change the acid condi don to a near neutral point. Under most con2itions in the upland area the addition fit lime to the soQ also provides ^calcium for plant growth. Commercial fertilizer, incorporated with the soil management praattces previously mentioned, is essential for continued nigh cpop production. Every crop harvested for grain, forage or other use removes plant food from the soil Soils under con tinuous cropping systems, coupled with erosion, lose their plant nu trients faster „thaa they can be re placed 'by nature House Rental Units In Mid-City Section During the first quarter ot 1047 applications for mortagae insur ance to the total amount of $273, 000 on 35 rental housing units were received in the Omaha office of the Federal Housing Adminis tration, according to Holger Holm FHA< State Director. In releasing these figures. Mr. Holm stressed the efforts that are being made by FHA to speed the processing of applications for mortgage insurance. On large scale projects, he said there is necessarily a Certain amount of detailed paper work, but he point ed out that in order to save time the Washington office of FHA has instituted a number of short cuts in processing. As a further means of exediting the handling of applications, Mr. Holm said, a number of insuring offices, including the Omaha of fices, have appointed Housing Project Representatives who are available for consultation with mortgages and sponsors of rental projects. It is anticipated that the ser vices of these representatives will be especially valuable on projects where the sponsor is new to this kind of undertaking and unfami liar with detailed* FHA require ments and procedures. Housing Project Representa tives, he continued, are prepared to render all possible aid to spon sors in seeing that their proposals are made insuch form as to be acceptable for FHA processing. They will analyze tentative pro posals and suggest changes where necessary to bring them into line with FHA regulations and will see that the information presented by sponsors is complete and that all documents are in order. They wil lstudy the formulation of the corporate structure set-up, he sub division layout, building plans and specifications, contract docu ments. and title policies. They will consult with FHA closing at torneys on questions having to do with the form of documents submitted for endorsement, the sufficiency and accuracy of de scriptions in deeds of trust, and other related matters. When re quested to d oso they will take part in negotiations between spon sors and their mortgages with the object of assuring mortgages that FHA closing documents will be properly presented. In addition to the assistance of fered by these representatives, FHA field offices will inspect proposed sites of rental housing projects at the request of pros pective sponsors to make sure the sites are acceptable for develop ments on which FHA-insured fin ancing is desired. ‘Sweet gea‘ Th« Amazon river is, sometime* Producer’ Picture Dream Is At Last Coming True —— I According to an announcement made by Jack Goldberg, Presi dent of Herald Pictures, Inc., his all Negro motion pictures have not only reached a new high in production value, but are also to be distributed henceforth by Screen Guild Productions, one of the industry’s larger distributing organizations. News of the Herald-Screen Guild arrangement came as the result of a telegram to motion' picture trade publications from 1 Jack Cartwright, Public Relations 1 Director, Screen Guild Productions Inc., Hollywood. The telegram, sent August 12, was as follows: "Screen Guild Productions Closed a deal yester day with Jack Goldberg, president ef Herald Pictures, Inc., for world wide distribution of six high bud get Negro Feature Pictures an nually, according to president John J. Jones of Screen Guild. “Two of the first six pictures are completed and ready for re lease, Jones said. They are: “Sepia Cinderella” and “Boy! What A Girl”. Jones pointed out that the qual ity of the product under his deal is a new departure for the pict ures in this category. The reason that Screen Guild Productions was selected to dis tribute 1116 Pictures was because these features are a type of pro duct which will not noly play to all Negro houses, but are also of distinct entertainment value for the theatres playing exclusi vely to white trade, Jones said. Plans for Exploitation and ad vertising the pictures were dis cussed herte yesterday with Bert Goldberg of Herald Pictures and an intensive trade paper campign is planned. The signing of above contract for world-wide distribution of Ne gro pictures has long been the dream of Mr. Goldberg, pioneer distributor and producer. Mr. Goldberg dates his amuse ment career to the early days of vaudeville as an executive of Loew’s Theatres. Following sev ering his Loews connections, he tered the Negro stage production field and successfully presented some of the outstanding Negro musical stage attractions. In Negro motion pictures he has enjoyed unsual success in the distribution and production of over twenty Negro feature motion pictures. At the formation of Herald Pic tures, he promised Negro audi ences a Hollywood standard of production. How well he has suc ceeded in keeping this promise is illustrated by the above an nouncement. OPWA-CIO J Mass Meeting Christie Heights 36th and Q Sts. 7 P. M.’ Friday, August 22nd THE PUBLIC IS INVITES ' Hear Ralph Helstein International President of the UPWA explain the iaft-Hartley Law. How will this slave labor bill effect our Union? Howj will it effect our Community? We want ALL Citizens to know what this law can and will do Jakfithome * with you,. A brand new SMITH-CORONA PORTABLE-TYPEWRITER Cornein and try^this Tbest of all portables” . that’s the only way to learn how fine it really is) ? ^Tourchdfee afthn* Clipper.71.55 Sterling.82.15 Silent ....... 88.57 Prices Include Tax Easy terms if desired! Orchard & Wilhelm Ce. LOU SWARZ AT ZETA BOULE LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — Lou Sealia Swarz, actress and dir ector of Universal Charm School, is now here attending the Zeta Phil Boule as the Second Anti Basileus. Just before coming here the actress was presented in recitals at five summer schools: Bethume Cookman, Famcee, Florida Nor mal, Fort Valley State College and Georgia State College. At three of them she conducted Charm Scharm Schools which a roused much favorable comment and requests for others. Plans are being made here to present the artist to the Holly wood public and it is rumored that she is being suoght for screen tests. Zeta Phil Beta Sorority is said to be proud of its actress Soror, because of her wonderful charm and personality, on the stage and off. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE MEMORIAL ROCKY MOUNT, VA. — S. J. Phillips, President of the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Mem orial, states that the Memorial has been given thirty minutes by Dr. D. V. Jemison, President of the National Baptist Convention, U. S. A., Inc., on the annual program of this organization, which con venes in Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 9-14. This time will be devoted to a discussion and Industrial Dra matization based on the life and achievements of Booker T. Wash ington, and will be presented on “Booker T. Washington Night” at the Convention. The theme of Mr. Phillips’ pre sentation will be ‘‘Applying the Ideals and Teachings of Booker T. Washington to Today’s Needs”. Outstanding local Negro business leaders in Kansas City will parti cipate in the dramatization and Industrial Exhibit which will be a part of the presentation. Mr. Phillips is engaged in a nation.wide program to perpet uate the ideals and teachings of Booker T. Washington and is pleased over the cooperation being given the undertaking by the Na tional Baptist Convention, the largest Negro organization in the world—membership 4,000,000. "You never can tell where yyou ll be tomorrow.’'—William H. Van Aperan, 73, hastening to wed . 04-year-old bride, in Detroit. In achieving eminence, much depends on chance.”—Psychology1 Lewis M. Terman. completing 25 yr. study of of 1400 gifted pupils. 1 THE CHIQUITAS CLUB The Chiquitas, newly organized young women’s club of Omaha, ! spent a hilarious evening on Sat. urday, Aug. 16 on a Wiener Roast. Sixteen Persons, including members and their guests, enjoy ed the cool of Carter’s Lake; eat- J ing .singing, and just “letting! their hair down." This was the third regular monthly social meet.' ing for the club. Persons present were as follows Mesdames Estelle Burden, Elnora ^ Moffett, Novella McMorris; Miss- : es Mercedes Turner, Mary Harris, | Elsie Mallory, Juanita Wynn and Johnnie Burden, William Wynn, Columbus McMocris, Louis Mof ett, Nathaniel Brown, Wesley Hudson. The Chiquita Club is inviting the public to have breakfast with the mon September 7, at the Mas onic Hall, 26 and Blondo st.,from 9-12:00 p. m. Anyone wishing tickets, please contact members of club. Mercedes Turner, president Mary Harris, Reporter ■ PRICES KEPT IN LINE, SAYS NAM PRESIDENT In view of greatly increased costs, manufacturers’ prices have bbeen kept well in line since 1939, according to Earl Bunting, presi dent of the National Association of Manufacturers. “In indicating the broad price movements since 1939, it might j be well to note that all commodi ties have increased 91 per cent, while finished manufactured goods have increased only 76.8 per cent, and the cost of living 56.7 per cent,” he pointed out. “Only productivity can bring prices down.”—Pres. Earl Bunting National Association of Manufac turers. -.$j^ REACH FOR HOMO VITAMIN D MILK k. A r rot ^ natural Country-Fresh flavor IT’S EUCTRK COOKING Soya Mrs* i. P. HvHrai) ~ 4SOS toward Stroof LANE As Advertised in LIFE LANE HOPE CHEST with Lane Patented Automatic Tray Begin the home of your dreams now by giving your sweetheart a genuine LANE—the gift that starts the home. 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