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About The Omaha guide. (Omaha, Neb.) 1927-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1947)
The Omaha Guide A Weekly Newspaper Published Every Saturday at 2420 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebaaalra Phone HArnay 0800-0801 Entered as Second Class Matter March 15, 1927 at the Post Office at Omaha, Nebraska, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. C. C. GALLOWAY _ — —--— Publisher MASON DEVEREAUX, JR. — — Gen. Manager - Acting Editor All Newa Copy of Churches and all Organizations must be in our office not later than 1:90 p. m. Monday for current issue. All Advertising Copy, not later than Wednesday noon, preceding date of issue, to Insure publication. SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN OMAHA ONE TEAR_1_*4.00 __*2.50 THREE MONTHS.. *1.50 ONE MONTH__50c SUBSCRIPTION RATH OUT-OF-TOWN ONE TEAR__*4 50 National Advertising R«|H'eeentatives: INTERSTATE UNITED NEWSPAPERS. INC 545 Fifth Aveaue, New Terk Cit>, Phone Murray Hill 2-5452 Ray Peek, M wager More For the Money TTie retail situation seems to be stabilizing to a considerable ex tent, and merchandising experts are getting a clearer idea of what the consumer is demanding. First of all, there is a definite accest on better quality. The public is weary of the shoddy good and the substitutes which had to be sold during and after tho w ar' because; other, goods were unob tainable. Buyers for the large chanis and department stores have ex amined manufacturers’ lines with the most meticulous care and hav't. refused to stock substandard items. This is of benefit to the small ' merchant as well, in that it forces producers to offer improved lines. There is consumer resistance to Increasing prices. As an ex ample, many stores have reported that expensive women’s wear is moving more slowly1 than in the past. At the same time, the bulk of the consuming public seems to have realized, cventhough reluctant ly, that there is no way to achieve the impossible ideal of 1941 prices coupled with 1947 wages, taxes and other costs. It is only haman to want higher pay and lower prices at the same time, but Jt just does nt’ make economic sense. Retailers of all kinds and in all the basic fields have done an excellent job in serving the consumer under difficult and often un predictable conditions. They have attacked the price problem with all the weapons they possess, and have been responsible for limiting increases as much as possible. They have improved and broadened their services. The American consumer, desptie the depreciated dol lar, gets more for his money than any other buyer on earth. Strikes! On the Railroad The employes of individual railroads or the employes of all the railroads periodically call or threaten to call strikes to enforce com pliance with their demands for changes in wages, or rules applying to working conditions. Apparently their only excuse for resorting to methods which disrupt the country, damage nduistries and leave the public without its basic means of transport is to force quicker de cisions on labor demands than can sometimes be arrived' at by nego tiation. t There is no more justification for such tactics than there would granted by a certain date to provide a greater return on money in vested in railroad securities. . i Whdt is the difference between a man working on a railroad and a man who puts up his money to finance the raihoads, without which there would be no railroad jobs, is entitled to fair wages on his capital as much as any employe entitled to fair wages; on 'his capital (his time). Railroad bondholders and stockholders, of whom there are pro bably more than there are railroad employes, do not refuse the public the use of their cars, engines and rights of, way, even when rate in creases are denied by public regulatory bodies fos such long lengths of time that heavy losses are suffered on investments. Why should strikes on the part of railroad employes, which cause great public suffering and loss, be tolerated any more than would strikes by the owners of the railroads? In the Public Service The National Board of Fire Underwriters has announced the award of gold medals to two newspapers and a radio; station1 “in re cognition off distnguished public service in promoting safety of life and resources from fire.” These awards were established by the Board is 1941, and impartial juries make the decision each year. The latest award in the daily newspaper field went to. the Chic ago Sun, for an aggressive fire prevention which stemmed from the LaSalle Hotel disaster. Among weekly papers, the Moberly, Mis souri, Message was given a medal as a result of its continuous, three year campaign to improve fire protection. The radio station is HTIC, of Hartford, Connecticut. Eight other newspapers and'sixradio sta tions were cited by the jury for outstanding fire prevention work. It is impossible to exaggerate the importance of the press anu the radio in fighting the scourage of fire. These media commanS the direct attention and interest of the public. They reach millions of people who otherwise would be unaware oij fire’s danger and the way to combat it. They enter the homes of America, whjchj must be the starting point for any fire prevention campaign that is to, get re sults. They are in a position to point to deficiencies in fire safety laws and their enforcement, and to urge remedial action. The newspapers and radio stations which have merited the Na tional Board's awards and citations are to be commended for render ing a great public service in the interest of all. It is to be hoped that the entire American press and radio will do its full part id fighting fire in the months and years to come. ---— ] I "I presume I’d live to be an old man if I didn’t smoke so much.”—James A. Hard, Rochester, 106, oldest member of GAR. - -— , New low-cost, portable air conditioner is self-contained, weighs less than 2^ pounds, plugs into a standard electrictli socket. Overall dimensions are 26x13x12 inches. Unit is adjustable for heating or cooling by single control. Invention, protected by patents, makes for better living. I i We Might Continue Kidding Ourselves-But— 'WHY bONT\ YOU CLEAN UP THAT FILTH A » 4 5® WE’RE MORE ALIKE THAN DIFFERENT BY BLANCHE ALICE RICH Continued From Last Week The human blood is the same. There are four types of blood, cal led 0,A,B, and AB. If an examin BLANCHE ALICE RICH ation were made of the blood of an American Negro, an American white man, an Englishman or of any nationality, they would all have one of these four types. We know that there have been periods of history during which the achievements of colored races surpassed those of th white groupa In medicine, the Indians of Cen tral America performed difficult operations on the brain hundreds of years ago. Archaelolgists have uncovered skulls .showing traces of these operations. Evidence of their success lies in the growth of bone around the incision prov ing that many individuals lived for years after thg operations. In Peru the ancient Incas built road ways that extended for hundreds of miles and built swinging bridges over the great mountain passes that still stand as magni ficent tributes to their technical skill. If you will look at the map of Africa, you will find Timbuctu in French West Africa. We have long know of the great kingdoms of this region and have heard much of the skilled craftsman ship of its peoples. At Benin were workers in bronze and iron. Four hundred years ago Negroes made bronze statues that can still be seen in the musums. Thee Ashanti made practise weights of brass for measuring gold. The wood carvin ofthe Dahomey rivaled that of any people in the world. At th same time when Europeans still used stone tools, the Negro had developed thg art of smelting more than any iron; and his race contributed more than any other country to the development of the iron indurstry. We Americans have not taught the true story of the African Ne gro, and there are facts concern ing them dating back to A. D. 6S0 The pictures of his family life has been misrepresented. There are those who believe this war done to justify an uneasy con science. We have only to read the true facts of the Negro in Africa to know that he has accomplished the very things that his critics in America try to make us be lieve he cannot attain; he is skil led mechanic, farmer and artist. The United States became the greatest borrower of culture in the history of the world. All the ^reat inventions. The wheel, the lever, the galphabet and many more—were borrowed from the so-called backwards peoples of Asia and Africa. Thus the so-call ed “white man’s civilizations,” enjoyed in the United States to through the contributions of sup erior individuals belonging to all races and the cooperative efforts of all. Some white people think of the African Negro as simple and brutish. Yet at a time when Ger mans were painting their bodies blue in pagan worship, there was a university at Timbuctu, which was famed throughout Africa, Spain and the near east. Black intellectuals of Timbuctu visited universities of Fez, Tunis, and Cairo and were said to have astonished the most learned men of Islam. Some of them were in stalled as professors in Morocco and Egypt. Six hundred years a go Timbuctu was taken by the Moor and the Negro scholoars were sent into exile. Their great libraries were destroyed which grieved them greatly. The univer. sity of Timbuctu exchanged knowledge with the universities of Spain. The Moors were expelled from Spain and they pushed down in to Africa and destryed the con tact and the exchange of ideas which are necessary for building of civilization, were lost. Africa was not able to regain its leader, ship, and then the Portuguese slave trader began plundering a long the coast. History filled with examples showing that God has raised up significant peoples from every race and land and from every level of society. We must believe that, for if human nature cannot be changed. men will fight wars forever. If we cannot change people, the keep one race arnayed against deadly weapon of prejudice will keep one race arrayed against another forever. If we cannot change the hearts and the minds of men and women, the strong will always take advantage of the weak. If human nature can not be improved then all of the creatures, man is the most mis erable. The further conquests of science cannot be impeded. In time and space th'e world is a small neigh borhood. Now the atomic bomb makes it all the more imperative that the religion ehar.ge people for the better. The atomic bomb will be common property within a few years. Nothing can save us now except goodwill, justice, love and forgiveness. That is something in each of us forever toward that which is [ better. It is probably true that no individual is altogether truth- ! ful in every area of his life; yet man clings to truth as thp ideal. Man never stands alone before God. With him ara also his re lationships with and attitudes to ward white man, black men, yel low men and brown men; and to wards the upper class, the lower class, and the middle class. thP rich and the poor, the great and the small; toward the learned and unlpamed. toward both friends I and enemips. Man never stands a lone in the presencp of God. He stands them in tne presence of God and humanity. We are to be judged by our attitudes and our treatment of one another. This< teaching is universal in its ap plication; it cuts across the bar riers of class, race, or nation. If one is prejudiced against Jews, Gentiles or Negroes, he may blame it on his surroundings; but it is within his power to over come prejudice. There are mom ents when every individual is res ponsible only to God. By Blanche Alice Rich Brotherly Behavior A RASSLIN’ MATCH Human, emotions really come to the surface and bubble all over the place while a crowd watches a “rasslin’ match”. A neutral spectator who doesn't care who wins, draws or loses will enjoy just watching the mob. There axe many present who sit tight in their seats throughout he whole evening without any emotional upheaval at all. They are sure that it’s not a match at all, just a mere exhibition; that it's all prearranged or “fixed”.— so why get all hot up over it. But there are others, and plenty of them, who really do emote! They soon have their favorites and if these cannot win, well, at least. they must get an even chance to win. In other words, when the big. burly one makes a show—to all but th referee—of slipping a finger under the edge of his trunks and then goes right aftPr the eyes of our handsome hero, j i’s pepper he’s using and he can't get away with that! (It’s not good for the eyes, of course, but it is good for the box-office and next week’s show.) FAIR PLAY FOR) ALL Seemingly perfectly normal shouting out their awareness of species, show their spirit by folks, especially the female of the shouting out their awareness of i the dirty work and how they feel about it. Their sense of justice and fair play makes them stand straight up and yell lustily. We can count on that in ad vance. that exhibition of enthusi asm for jusice, asking that a man have an ev%n chance to make good. Maybe allpeoplg have it. too—let us hope so—but we do know that Americans have it. The crowd’s against the °ue who cheat’s or takes unfair advantage of his opponent. MOST OF THE TIME There are times, however, when other items enter in, such as a Well-developed prejudice due to something or other. It might be his rotundity, but i s far more likely o be his race, religion or a national background. Because of such prejudice we are not so ready to complain a gainst the cheater, or to yell when the “rules of the game” are be ing forgotten. We may even re joice that the one prejudiced a. gainst is being forced to fight a losing battle, quite unfairly* In daily life, if we have the pro pier set of eyes and ears, we’ll learn of many cases where fair play is not being observed. Do we jump to our feet and yell? if we do, it often happens that we’re there, most alone. There are plenty of problems in every community, endless wrongs to be righted, conditions to bP changed. Is fair play being shown Is justice manifested? Or does prejudice prevail, to im poverish our principles and Weak en our wills? It’s hard to bt con sistent. to champion a cause con stantly! The Common Defence By Rev. William C. Kernan THE ROAD TRAVELLED BY MILLIONS We admit that America is not a perfect country making practice conform with profession in every single instance. No one ever claim ed perfection for America. But we are correct when we maintain that the principles of equal justice and equal rights are recognized American principles—and that we have made, and are making, progress toward putting them in to practice. We do not need to be reminded that some Americans disgrace our country by the things they say and do. We know about the vandals who desecrated numer ous graves in the Jewish ceme taries of Waldheim, a suburb of Chicago. We also know that cler gymen, civic leaders and busines smen of the community were so outraged that they joined forces for apprehen ding the desecrators. We know th».t on July 25th the Ku Klux Klan swore in some new members at Maryville Tenn., which is near Knoxville—and that the Klan doesn't fulfill the Ameri can ide’ s of equal jurticP and equal * *s Lv its anti-Cathclic. anti-Jewish. and anti-Negro pro gram. At. the same time we know that a Knox County grand jury, citing lass which bar ''night-rid ing, iniim'.dating and marauding" found three Klansmen guiitv ».? burning crosses In Knoxville, and plans to continue it in vr> tie-it ion of Klan activities. By no means is the Klan having things its own way. But eoually good news for America is the story of Jean Muns of Rentz, Georgia. Jean wrote the prize-winning essay in a contest recently held ir. Fitz. gerald, Georgia for hi eh school students of 11 neighboring coun ties in the Southwestern rural area of the state. She wrote. “Over two hundred years aco. a group of ‘foreigners’ founded a cotmtrv on the belief that their ideals of justice and eouai.lv were right. Because these peoole had faith in their ideals. A**iedcf todav is the greatest na*.i in in tiir. world. Only as long as *ve continue to cling to these ideals, which are deeply rooted in the life of each true American, will we continue to be the greatest nation. Victor Hugo expressed it thus. ‘Tbe citizen free, the nation great.!’ She wrote. “As long as we live in a world where one's race or religion is a cause for hate or preiudice. we havP work to do.” She wrote. , “Onlv in America could evervone foreign-bom Or American bom with the same ideals become one!” I A correspondent who read Jean’s essay saluted our public school system and wrote, “As long as our youngsters receive such healthy instruction, we have little to fear from the perverted think ing of th three K’s (Kaln. Kol ubmians. and Kommunists i.’ Every one of us—in his own community, his church, his school, his business, his union—has yet plenty to do to keep America on the ure course of her ideals. But b sure about this—we are on the right road—in the good com pany of millions of true and loyal Americans. 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 fellowman 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 3600 S. C. and it is from the word papyrus ttvat Dancr Harivprl its noma Primitive Origin The universality of man’s love of color 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$Q0 different plants, vines, shrubs and trees were, at one time or another, employed for extract ing dyes. However ;,uy a few of the ayes survived to an cient and medieval times. The Money Men By GEORGE S.BENSON ftaidant of Hading CoOoy* Socrey.Arkaria* ■ ... JUST WHERE b *11 the nation’s money? Probably we’ve all asked that question at some time. How ever, we don’t have to go far to find a multitude of “experts’’ eager to point out the answer — their answer. These might range from the old wheeze ahout “90 peT cent of the wealth in the hands of 10 per cent of the peo Sile,” to other outdated adages ust as economically unsound. <The real answer is simple enough. In investigating the pos sible culprits who command the nation’s economy most of us fail to consider the most important individuab-^ourselves. Yet many B>ple think only of wealth as ng controlled by a few. These usually are pictured as pompous capitalists exploiting the masses for fheir own gain. A more un true picture could hardly exist. More ACTUALLY, the dis Sharing fcribution of the na t . tion’s money consti tutes the most striking argu ments for freedbm of endeavor in our country. Together with more than 60 million of his fel low employed workers, Mr. Aver age Citizen in 1945 took home come 114.5 billion dollars — 71.1 per cent of the national income. Aa^members of the largest group they received the largest share of the country’s money. This is the natural »consequence of democ racy; Wide distribution does not stop here. In the same-period 15 per cent of the national income went to the proprietor cla«s—the farm ers, small businessmen, doctors, dentists, and other professional T*eoplp. It is difficult to think of the local fanner, the comer gro-* cer, or ' the • family doctor as greedy exploiter*. Through their own work and training they have provided themselve* with a live What ^ THE REMAINING Change? 12.9 per cent i* again distributed. Rents, in terest and dividends account for the major part, with corporate savings amounting to only 2.8 per cent of the nations! income. Included in rent income are large number* of small property own ers, whose rent-bearing holding* might be only a home or 'build ing. Then, too, thousands of small stockholders account for a good share of the interest and dividend income. The 4.5 billion dollar* earned as corporate savings is a far cry from the 'profiteer” pictures painted by those who would changp our w*y of economic life. For the most part, this is the source of the laboring man’s in come. This 2.8 per cent return to corporations is their share of a system which puts 71.1 per cent into the pockets of the em l ployed man. As a minority group, corporations receive a minority shave. Despite these sobering statis tics, there are many who wopld call for a change. There are those who would take the responsibility away from tfie individual and vest it in a central authority. It is paradoxical that these interests would “give the wealth to the people” in a nation where ther majority of the people now re ceive a majority of the income.* They would Junk our successful edbnomy to institute an unproved one — all to achieve an ideal ■ which we have achieved already in greater measure thpn has any other country. Nurtured in the deep loam of the United States Patent System, its taproots given strength by the good soil of Automotive Patents, this industrial “tree"’ is graphic proof of the importance in the life of every American of the fertility that makes it grow. Patents in spire invention. Inventions have built thr automotive industry, which today affects the lives of all of us; provides employment for millions! National Patent Council is engaged in a battle to preserve the Patent System, one of the vital nerve centers of our way of life, against the subversive ele ments which even now are tearing at its foundation. Bring Christ to the Nations ST. LOUIS MO—“The Blessed ness of Being a Christian” was outlined today by the Rev. E. T. Bernthal, Pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church, Detroit, Mich igan, and summer guest speaker on Bringing Christ to the Nations, the International Lutheran Hour. Speaking over he Mutual Broad casting System and affiliated stations. Pastor Bernthal declar ed :“The way to be happy is to be a real thorough going, true hearted Christian. Scripture de .clarse it. Experience proves it. The converted man. the believer in Christ, the child of God—he and he alone is the happy man. ‘Happy is that people whose God is the lord.” Pastor Bernthal continued: ‘The plain truth is that without Christ there is no happiness in the world. Christ alon€ can give the comfort which abideth for ever—He is the Light; without Him men are always in the dark —He is the Bread; without Him men are always starving—He 13 the living Water; without Him men are always athirst. Give them what you like, place them where you please, surround them with all the comforts you can im agine—it makes no difference. Separate from God, the Prince of peace, a man cannot be happy. But give a man a sensible inter est in Christ, and he will be hap py in spite of poverty. He will tell you that he lacks nothing that is really good. He is provid ed for; he has riches in his posse ssion and riches in rcerve. He has meat that the world knows not of. He has friends who never leave him or forsake him. The Father and the Son make their abode with him. The Lord Jesus Christ sups with him, and he with Christ.'’ f'e»t Packing From a humbl* beginning 306 rears ago, meat packing has grown o become one of the nation’s larg est industries. Meat packers fn the United States produce more than 30 Dillion pounds of meat annually. From five million farms and ranches in every state the meat packers purchase 127 million cattle, talves, hogs and sheep to make into steaks, roasts, stews, sausage items and canned meat, as well as utiliz ing by-products for many pharma ceutical and manufacturing items. First Seed gala Agricultural seeds were first sold commercially in the United Stater • knot 1747 COLUMBUS DISCOVERED INDIANS USING CRUDE RUBBER 1 BALLS/ ...EARLY YANKEE SEA CAPTAINS FOUN0 BRAZILIAN NATIVES . MAKING SHOES FROM LATEX/ 7'LahjiHjCLjU PRODUCED. VSi}mWRSTU.s. RUBBER PATENT GRANTED TO j'^JACOBEHUMMEL FOR \ RUBBER VARNISH fO , A WATERPROOF SHOES 1V> TLe j Charles Goodyear ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED VULCANIZATION PROCESS... THE FORMULA FOR A HEW INDUSTRY/ ... PATENTED over 200 APPLICATIONS OF RUBBER... DIED OWING $200,000/ PAepaied OyTtaiumai Patent Council. RUBBER INDUSTRY TODAY PROVIDES JOBS / 285,000/
