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V OL- 20 — No. 34 OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATCRDAY SEPTEMBER 27, 1947 ' errw'onlr xlrnX'l K2? a [ST
Gary, Indiana Newspaper Takes Democratic Stand In Schbol Strike
CARY, Ind.—Adding its strength to the many democra
tic voices raised in denunciation of the parents of striking
school children in Gary, Indiana, the Gary Post Tribune
made its position clear in a recent editorial. The newspaper
edplored the cause of the Gary strike^ the presence of Negro
children in Emerson School, in spite of the fact that' many
school board?’’ asked the Post Tribune. ’They liave lost a
week's schooling for their children. They have stirred up a
of the newspaper's readers attempted to use pressure on its
i policy by cancelling their subscriptions.
“What have the people of Emerson district accomplish
ed by standing out against the democratic policy of the
cauldron of ill-will which can become a lasting poison if it
is not countered with a realization they have made a mistake.
For they are trying to turn backward the democratic process
in an age in which that process! is being accelerated every
where . . . Our advice to those Emerson distrtu^ people who
want to advance the democratic process is to send their chil
drenj back to school and quit ascribing to the Negro qualities,
and desires he does not have. Treat him like an American “■“*
we feel sure he will reciprocate and act like one, act lit*
even to the extent of satisfying the wished ofhiscritics.”
This newspaper 1st setting an example which most of the
nation should take note.
ST. LOUIS ARCHBISHOP TAKES FIRM CHRISTIAN STAND
Lawrence Lewis Sued For Divorce By His Wife
Chapter One of Omaha’s Most
Popular Romances, Marriages
Ends In Suit For Divorce
One of Omaha's moat popular and well known romances and marriages has
ended. The first steps have been taken in the filing of a divorce by Mrs. Law
rence 1’. Lewis, 1415 North 24th st., from her well known columnist husband,
Lawrence F. Lewis.
It has been intmiated from unconfirmed sources that this marriage of
about six years was brought about due
to interes't in a third party. When reach
ed by telephone Friday morning, Mrs.
LAWRENCE P. LEWIS
Lweis refused to make any comment,
•nly saying that she did not appreci
ate person* meddling into her private
affair* and that the public would know
soon enough, all the facts of the case.
Mr. Lewis sou Id not be reached
either for a statement on the divorce
proceedings.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have two !
children, and until the unconfirmed, al
leged rumors of the triangle, have both
lived a ideal domestic life.
During the past few years. Mr. Lewis
has held various jobs in our city. He
can be best remembered by his col
umn in one of the local papers under
the tide of “Along My Way.” He was
employed in the locker room of the
Field Club and at preseat he is em
ployed by a national railroad along
with his continued writing of his col
■um
He can be seen at all the various
popular night spots, public events,
aport shows, etc., gathering data for
his weekly column. He holds member
rfiips in various social clubs, being
quite a man about town after hours
as kq is often heard sayang when aek.
ed where he is going, “Along My
Way."
Mrs. Lewis’ life was not quite so
glamorous. She was a typical wife and
mother and remained such for the be
nefit of her children.
Rumors have it (and as far as this
paper is concerned they are ji»t ru
mors) that the third party involved in
his divorce proceedings is one of
Omaha s would-be leading figures.
Whether these rumors are true or not
remain to be seen. If they are then
ene of the most deadly of sin his been
perpetrated for the scripftfres say.
"Whom God has joined together, let
no man put asunder.”
Attorney for Mrs. Lewis is W'illiam
Jamison. 1
Milk In Milky
In more and more industries miiir
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 produt
tion during hours of fatigue loif
points, are reported where milk I
being served between meals or ad4
ed to diets.
Lutheran Hour
In It’s Fifteenth
Season On the Air
On Sunday, September 28, Bringi"g
Christ to the Nations, the Lutheran
Hour, inaugrates its fifteenth season of
proclaiming over the airwaves *bj
Savior's glorious Gospel of salvation
by grace, alone through faith.
Through heaven's rich grace a con
servation and fundamental church
body, has been privileged to maintain
and expand a radio ministry which has
aptly been called “a miracle of mod
ern missionary history.”
This same Sunday also marks the
return of Dr. Walter A. Maier, regu
lar Lutheran Hour speaker to the air.
During his summer absence from the
air, the messages have been delivered
by a series of summer guest speakers
Millions throughout this country and
ab^ad will warmly welcome Doctor
Maier’s new fall series of Scripture
founded, Chriat-exalting messages.
As Bringing Christ to the Nations
marches forward, in the Savior’s name,
into its fifteenth year of service to
Christ and His Kingdom, it is heard
over larger system of stations than
ever before—a staggering total of 1,000
oolets throughout the world. At its
recent Chicago convention, the Luth
Cra nLaymen’s League, sponsor of the
broadcast, passed a far-reaohing re
solution providing that this fall the
broadcast should be heard over a thou
sand stations, provided, of course, tha'
by God’s grace the necessary mean>
are available for this purpose. What
a mighty blessing of our heavenly
Father to employ a thousand power
ful witnesses to the Savior’s grace over
tremendous areas of the earth’s sar
faec!.
During the months of May, June
and July, Doctor traveled throughout
the American Zone of Occupation i:t
Germany as a technical adviser to
the United States Military Government
in the field of education and religious
affairs. The twelve weeks of his sta•
there took him to Berlin, Munich.
Frankfurt, Stuttgart, as well as many
other smaller communities in the
American Zone of Occupation.
One of Doctor Maier’s duties in
Germany also consisted in the task
mandie Radio Luxembourg, Radio
Austria; and over five stations in
China: Shanghai, Kunming, Chung
king, Peiping and Canton. Additional
opportunities for the preaching of the
Savior’s Gospel will soon be available,
and these openings must be drafted
for the cause of Christ,
In order to serve these distant ter
ritories more expeditiously, two new
Lutheraa Hour branch offices have re
cently been opened: in London, under
the cooperation of the Rev. E. George
Pearce, and in Hankow, Ghina, with
the cooperation of the Rev. Paul Kray
ling.
Firs* Sea* Sale
Agricultural seeds ware ftrst sold
commercially in the United States j
• Kruif 1
Baptst Conclave
Donates $500
to the NAACP
NEW YORK — Attorney General
Tom Clark has been asked by the
I NAACP to file briefs amicus curae in
the two restrictve covenant cases which
t
will be heard before the United States
Supreme Court n November of thi*
year. The first case is McGhee v5.
Sipes, which is a writ of cert
iorari to the Supreme Court of Michi
1 gan, which will be heard before 'he
Supreme Court of Michigan, which
court upheld an injunction enforcing
an agreement among property owners
which reads: ‘‘This property shall not
be used or occupied by any person ex
cept those of the Caucasian race.”
The second case is Shelly v. Kraemer.
which is a writ of certiorari to the
Supreme Court of Missouri to review
the affirmance of a restrictive agre-- '
ment which was interpreted by the
court as barring not only occupancy by
non}Caucasians, but also ownership
•f the property by non- Caucasians.
In a letter to the Attorney General,
Walter White, executive secretary of
the NAACP, declared: "‘The Depart
ment of Justice owes—minorities a
deep responsibilty to help the cour!
to understand the issues involved to
arrive at a decision which will not set
up in America legalized ghetto life
for Negroes, Jews and any other group
which may have the temporary disap j
proval of a dominant majority.”
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Guilty of Sterotyping
New York Herald Tribune
NEW YORK—The NAACP found it
necessary to protest to the New Yo-k
Herald Tribune concerning a politi
cal cartoon entitled “Topsy Didn't
Just Grow,” which was featured in
the September 16th issue of the news
paper. The following excerpts are from
a lettsr written by Madison S. Jones
Jr., administrative assistant, to Mrs
Helen Rodgers Reid, President of the
New York Herald Tribune:
“The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People feels
that this cartoon was most insulting.
The gross caricatures of Negroes por
trayed in the picture were indicative
of the most exaggerated stereotypes
and its publication by the Tribune
schocked and astounded us. For some
time we have felt that the New York
Herald Tribune has been foremost in
the fight for a fair and equitable press
for all Americans, but with the ap
pearance of the cartoon n question it
would appear that the policy of the
paper had radically changed.
“We are asking that an apology be
made to all readers of your paper and
that steps be taken to insure any re
currence of such offensive material.
We havu had many calls from persons
who have identified themselves not
only as Negroes but as whites, who
felt that the cartoon was an insult to
intelligant Americans.”
LOS ANGELES TO GET FIRST
POSTAL HELICOPTER
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The first
helicopter air mail will be inaugurated 1
October 1, in Los Angeles, according
to an announcement by Postmaster
General Hannegen.
Land uf Quarter*
1 Africa is the land of quarter*. One
quarter of its area is forest and
bushland, one quarter is grass land,
one quarter is desert and the re
maining quarter is cultivated. World
Bonk enevclnnndia rlicclnsca
|~E 7,-b IN A PROGRESSIVE COUNTERATTACK"—Henry'A
fc - . . as.he apPeare,^ ■» * "'Mting in Madison Square Garden on
Jsept. ii, where he called for “legislation ending Jim Crow in our
.nation once and for all.” With Wallace are Dr. Frank KinodLi
National Co-Chairman of the Progressive Citizens of Arnica Lhleh
sponsored^the meeting; Singer Lena Home and PCA
Paul Robeson, who joined the former Commerce SeccetaXjwl53
tttack on racial discrimination. Jtt.-*2s25ia8L»®*B^!
Farm Income At
>
Highest Peak In
Nation’s History
BERKELEY, Calif.—Net farm in
come in the United States reached
15 billions dollars last year, an in
crease of 130 per cent over the 6.5
billions of 1941.
Dr. H. R. Wellman, director of the
University of California Giann Founda
tion of Agricultural Economics, in
pointing out this increase, says 1947
income probably will be even larger
In the first seven months of 1947,
nfitibnal oasji receipts from farm
marketings were 27 per cent higher
than in the same period last year;
cash receipts from livestock and live
stock products were up 30 per cent;
those from crops rose 22 per cent.
It is possible the gains over 1946
will not be maintained durng the
rest of 1947, but they were exception
ally large last year, prices having ris
en to new high levels When ceilings
ware removed, and remaining high.
Farm production expenses, though
are also higher than last year. In July
1947, the index of prices paid by far
mers was 16 per cent over a year ear
lier, and farm wages were up seven
per cent. Hence, some of the gross in
come will be absorbed by higher costs.
Nevertheless, 1947 will go down in
history as a year of Americas agricul
ture as a whole, Wellmansays.
OPENING NIGHT OF “OUR L4N!"
SPONSORED BY NAACP
New York The first performance of
Theodore Ward’s play, “Our Lan!”,
which is opening at the Royale
Theater in New York City on Sept
ember 24th, will be sponsored by
the National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People. This
play, which was tried out at New
York s Henry Street Playhouse last
season, received high praise from
many critics. “Our Lan!” is an ex
cellent dramatization of the fate of a
group of Negroes during the Recon
struction period.
Clever From Maly
Crimson clover was Introduced
Into the United State* from Italy hi
Paul Robeson On
Speaking Tour Of
Eastern 3 Cities
NEW YORK—The Progressive Citi
zens of America announced today that
Paul Robebson, PCA vice chairman,
will appear with Henry A. Wallace at
“progressive counterattack” meetings in
three eastern cities during October.
1 he fonder vice president is on a
speak ng tour of 10 cities on the east
ern eaboard, under the sponsorship of
PCA and various independent organi
zations. Robeson will appear with him
in Springfield, Mass., on Thursday, in
New Haven, Conn., on Wednesday, Oc
tober 8; and n Baltimore, Md., on
Wednesday, October 15.
The two shared the platform at the
opening of Wallace’s eastern tour in
Madison Square Garden, New York, at
a mass meeting sponsored by PCA.
Wallace’s talks throughout his tour will
advance his ideas on world peace aDd
an effective United Nations., as well
as stressing the need for strengthened
progressive political action at home
Robeson will speak on civil liber
ties and defense of the rights of racial
and national minorities.
3700 VETERANS UNABLE TO
VOTE IN THE STATE
Approximately 3700 World War 11
veterans in Nebraska are not yet old
enought to vote, according to a tabul
ation announced today by Ashley West
moreland, manager of the Veterans
Administration regional office
in Lincoln.
The survey of veterans by age groups
showed, Westmoreland siad that about
three percent of the state’s 122,000
veterans still are under 21 while 400
areunder 20 years of age.
Three out of every five veterans in
the state are under 30. The average '
of all World War 11 averans is 29.1
years. Only 100 veterans of this war
are over 60 years of age.
Westmoreland also gave these statis
tics for ex-servicemen throughout the
nation for other wars: Average age of
World War 1 veteran is 53.7 years;
Spanish-American war veterans, 71.1
years; Indian wars, 85 year; Civil war,
100.7 years.
\NAACP Lawyers
Fight Segregation
In Pa. Schools.
NEW YORK—In a letter addressed
to the Superintendent of the Harris
burg, Pa., School District, the NAACP
Legal Department charged discrimina
tion in the assignment of Negro and
white pupls in various elementary
schools n the ChiiyofHarrisburg. It
was alleged that a Negro youth,
Byron Quann, seven years of age, lived
within the prescribed area of jurisdic.
tion to attend the Boas School, a pre
domantly white school. He was denied
admission to the said school and °ent
to a predominantly Negro school, in
which district he did not reside The
letter stated in part:
“Needless to say, we feel from facts
that race is apparently playing a part
in the decision to deny Master Quann
the right to attend Boas School.”
Section 1405 of the School Laws of
Pennsylvania was referred to in the
letter, which laws state in part that:
“It shall unlawful for any school
director, superintendent, or teacher to
make any distinction whatever on ac
count of or by reason of the race or
color of aany pupil.” I
The letter requested that the sup
erintendent’s office immedately take
the necessary steps to insure that
Master Quann will be admitted to
Boas School.
Attorney* for the NAACP, includ
ing Thurgood Marshall, special coun
sel, and Franklin H. Williams, assis
tant special counsel, stated, in com- j
mooting upon this situation, that seg
regation was being effectively ac
complished in many Northern com
munities, particulary Southern Jersey,
where an exhaustive survey was carri
ed on by the NAACP, and in Central
Pennsylvania cities 'and towns. They
pointed to the situation obtaining in
Steelton, Pennsylvania, a neighboring
city of Harrisburg, where segregation
in the elementary schools is almost
complete. They stated further that the
pattern of substantially segregating
Negroes in the elementary schools of
Harrisburg has been long established^
that children of a few privileged Ne
gro families have been allowed to at
tend predominantly white schools but
that the masses of Negro children were
required to attend segregated Negro
schools supervised by “helping teachers
instead of principals. It was stated of
further by NAACP attorneys that no
Negro teacher in the school system
of Harrisburg was permitted to taech
or supervise any class in which white
puplis are enrolled and that no Negro
teacher has been promoted to a postion
in the High School or has been en
gaged to teach in the High School.
(Jrienttation Program
At Technical High School
Miss Edna Gregorson has a big or
ientation problem this year with the
freshmen in her Social Relations
classes at Technical High School.
The 4i$ students from one of her
classes come from many different
schools and commnuities. The boys
and girls co'me from 15 different pub
lic schools, two country schools, one
student had a private teacher because
of paralysis, one boy from out of state,
and students from three diiferent par
ochial schools.
Miss Gregorson say that the main
purpose of Social Relations class is to
make freshmen better acquainted with
themselves and help them adjust te
their newly found problems at Tech.
Stymies Efforts of White
Men to Have Segregation
In the Parochial Schools
Walter White Is
Among 64 Men
Who Run America
NEW YORK — Walter White was
named one of the sixty-four men who
run America by John Gunther in the
September issue of “47” magazine. Mr.
Gunther, the author of the current
best-seller, "Inside U. S. A.”, ascribed
the power of the executive secretary of
the NAACP to the fact that the bal
ance of power in no fewer than seven
teen states depends on the Negro vole.
The difference between Mr. Gunther
listing of the wielders of power in the
United States and the tabulation of in
fluential men made in 1930 by James
W. Gerard is indicative of the changes
which have taken place in this country
during the last seventeen years. Where
as Mr. Gerard’s list was composed al
most entirely of tycoons, Mr. Gunther’
selections include men from various
occupations. The growing importance
of the Negro in national life and the
increasing importance of the Negro
vote attested to by the selection of
Walter White by Mr. Gunther as one
of the men who guide the destinies of
the United States.
Nation Faces New
International
Threat In Credits
BERKELEY, Calif. — The end of
government control over consumer
credit, set for November 1, means ad
ditional infaltionary pressure on
prices, says Dr. Frank L. Kidner, pro
fessor of economics on the Berkely
campus of the University of California.
Even if the banks and other agencies
try to keep the expansion within rea
sonable bounds, the end of government
conirols implies a considerable in
crease in consumer credit in the near
future, Dr. Kidner.
It would not be surprising during
the coming Christmas shopping period
to see for the first season since Pearl
Harbor the dollar down, dollar a
week sign in advertisements and shop
widows, he says.
Notice To Second
Annual Beauty
Contest Entrants
Applications will close on
Monday, October 6. The Sec
ond Annual Beauty Contetst
will be held at the beautiful
AMVETS Hall, 24th and
Miami sts., Monday, October
20, at 8:00 p. m.
Get Out And Vote
81000.00 in Prizes. If you
wish to enter this contest, con
tact Mr. George H. McDavis at
The OmahaGuide, HA 0800.
ST. LOUIS, Mo ,—In spite of the
concerted efforts of several groups
composed of white me t to initiate seg
regation in the paroc.iial schools of
St. Louis, Archbishop Ritter of St
Louis is standing front in his refusal
to countenance any form of education
al segregation. According to Atty. D.
M. Grant, presiden. of the local lead
ers on this situation, Archbishop Rn
ir,- admits no racial ; ri blein m ibe
Catholic Church. The 1 r "tbisl.op ho
le ves that the only question involving
oarochial schools is 'hether or nut the
student is a Catholic; if this qualifi
cation is met. On the basis of this
reasoning, Archbishop Hitter has con
tinued to refuse io meet with the vari
ous committees who seek to discuss
the question of race
In appreciation of bis admirable
stand, the St. Louis branch of tha
NAACP sent Archbishop Hitter tin
following telegram; “Extended here
with is the since.e admiration arwi
good wishes of a r.on Catholic over
your Christian ruling concerning raci
ally integrated Catholic high schools
in St. Louis. I am sure that this is
pleasing in the sight of Him.”
BURNING CROSS BANNED
The Virginia State Board of Censors
Has banned the showing of Waters
Guild Productions’ picture “The Burn
ing Cross,” accordng ts word received
here Sunday (Sepf.21) by )John J.
Jones, president of Screen Guild.
Joel Fluellen, noted Negro actor, is
starred in this daring expose of the
Ku Klux Klan.
The Virginia board’s message re
ject frig the picture reads, “This pic
ture is inhuman and is of such < ha>M
ter that itjs exhibition may
incite to crime aad for these reason*
me entire motion picture IS rejected.”
Executive of Screen Guild and Som
erset Pictures, producers of the f.W
will meet today, to confer on steps is
appeal the censor board’s decision be
fore the Virginia Court of Appeals.
"The Burning Cross” has been
whole-heartedly acclaimed by news
paper critics wherever it has b*a»
shown,” Jones said. “In San Francks*
where it opened a pre-release bring,
mg to the screen the insidious tac
tics of the Ku Klux Klan and darisg
to show the inner workings of this niv
American hooded organization in a
picture that while it preaches toles
ance also is excellent entertainment,”
he said.
“Plans to open the picture in Atlanta
Ca., the home of the Ku Klux Klan,
are now under consideration,” Jonen
said Whether or not we win thrsnali
in Virginia we will not devate from ear
intention of putting “The Burning
Cross” on the screens of the Southern
States. W’e feel sure that a vast
ority of the people in the South waat
to see this picture and do not believe
in the intolerant precepts of the Ku
Klux Klan.”
Ideal Hog size
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duce hams, shoulders and sides od
the meat desirable size for curing.
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The Amazon river is sometimes
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