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LOCAL ANi NATIONAL The Omaha Guide NEWS Clactifcd Ads Get Results ^ ^ Pcr Cd^v Phone- A vJ^ H Amey 0800 uwmwmrK *WOR™"~ HEW TO THE UNE\ «to seu it, advertise” EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PHONE HA.0800 ' __________i.Tfcvgivwwi 31__ _ _ VOL. 20 — No 37_ OMAHA, NEBRASKA, SATDRDAY, OCrOBERl87l947 _om^? NetmAV. vV£ I'JT' POPULARITY CONTEST CREATES CITY-WIDE INTEREST < / ~ Take Housing War To Congress Subcommittee 17 Cities Will Be Given An Opportunity to Appear Before Congressional Subcommittee WASHINGTON, D. C., — NAACP branches in seventeen citiies will be given the opportunity to appear be fore congressional subcommittees to urge the federal government to put an end to restrictive housing practices that keep Negroes bottled up in slums. They have been asked by the Washington Bureau of the NAACP to send witnesses to testify before sub-committees 8f the House-Senate Joint Committee on Housing headed by Congressman Ralph Gamble (R„ N. Y ). The committee is scheduled to soon begin public hearings on the housing problem. The joint committee was set up last July by action of both houses of Congress and is authorized to conduct “a thorough study and investigation of the entire field of housing.” The investigation will include: (1) the ex tent of the need for housing in the I'nited States as a whole and in all aares thereof; (2) the reasons for ex isting high cost of building materials and housing, and the action that may be taken to reduce such costs; (3) the extent to which archaic building codes and zoning laws contribute to the existing shortage and large amounts (4) administration and operation of existing federal laws relating to slum clearance, insurance of mortgages on housing, home loans and rent control. Hearings are scheduled to be held in thf following cities: Pittsburgh, October 20; Cleveland, October 21; Detroit, October 22; Indianaplois and St. Louis, October 23; Jacksonville and-Dallas, October 28; Atlanta and Little Rock, October 27; Cincinnati, October 25; Miami October 27; At lanta and San Antonio, October 29; Birmingham and Houston, October 30; Baton Rouge, October 31; New Or leans, November 3-4; and Chicago, November 6-7. RACE MAN MAKES PROGRESS IN CLEANING BUSINESS - J Mr. John Andrews 1837 No. 24 st., operator of the Andrews Cleaning Shop at the same address has one of the coming cleaning business of the day. He has recently installed his own cleaning equipment which is some of the finest in this end of town. His complete Holfman Cleaning Un it with its Dedorizer Tumbles, Waser, and extractor will bring your cloth out looking like new. Mr. Andrews has been in business for the past four years at the same location. He came to Omaha from Dallas, Texas some years ago where he was born and reared. Mr. J. H. Andrews urges his many friends to come in and let him serve you and show you his new equipment that will really give you the finest cleaning in town. Drop in to Mr. An- ] drews shop anytime for you are wel- • come. SOMETHING TO SEE Alexis Smith chipping flagstone for the fireplace in her new San Fer nando Valley home, and looking not at all like the svelte charmer she portrays in “Whiplash.” FOR HOMEMAKERS An Arkansas salesman was first to win a prize in he national washing machine sales contest sponsored by Bendix Horn# Apppliances, Inc. His choice: a .22 rifle and chicken fryer, according to W. C. Jones, sales pro . motion manager. Clover From Italy Crimson clover was introduced I into the United States fn» 1015. Grand Opening of Nat’s Ice Cream Bar Thursday Swankie Ice Bar and Dining Room Opens Thursday by Bandleader Pi ate Towles Nate Towles will have the Grand opening of his beautiful unique Ice Cream Bar and Dining Room at 2502 No. 24st., On Thursday October 17. No cost has been spared in making this place one of the finest show places in this area. Time' and expense in the preparation of this great oc cassion is secondary according to Nate in giving the pulbic one of the, if not the swankies Ice Cream Bar and Dining Room in these parts. Tur ly the last word in modern design and color scheme. Fixitures, lighting, and furnishings are the best and latest of design. Nate’s place is the place to go for the best in good things to eat prepar ed direct from Jack Cravens kitchen. Bar-a-cue Ribs fresh from Nat’s built in door bar-a-cue pit, choice steaks of all kinds, short orders at your com mand will come steaming hot to sooth one’s hungry palate. At the Ice Cream Bar you find special sodas sundas take your choice of some of these: Sundas; Unknown. Sax, Jam Session, Bd| Fiddle, and a host of others; Sodas: Triple Dip of Cherry, Strawberry, Cholate, etc. Ice cold drinks at the fountain the wav you like them. To serve all these good things to eat the following staff will be on hand; Ruth Miller, Anna Ruth Davis Haddy Jean Williams, Mrs. Nate Tow les Assist. Mgr., and Mr. Nate him self Towles Mgr. Delivery service is provided for those that desire to serve guest at home or wish a evening snack home after the show etc. just call WE. 3943 and place your order. MOTHER CALLED TO DAUGHTER’S BEDSIDE Mrs. V. Lewis of 2002 Maple st., is in Waco, Texas, where her daughter, Miss Gloria Lewis of Omaha, recently underwent an appendectomy. Miss Lewis was visiting her grandmother, in Waco, when she became ill. She has been released from the hospital and is resting well. Mrs. Lewis is expected to return to Omaha this week-end. DEFINITION OF A MAN ‘Tie who works crossword puzzles with a fountain pen.” The late Walter Chrysler used to say that one of the important quali cations of a good salesman is tact. Hi« favorite explanatory story on the subject concerned an applicant who listed “tact” among his various virt ues. When asked what made him think he was tactful, he answered, “Well, I live in a boarding house, and i one night I opened lhe bathroom door while the landlady was in*the tub. I said, ‘Pardon me, Sir,’ and went out.” DRYING THE FAMILY WASHING IS simple when one has a Bendix automatic Homer Dryer. Merely throw garments in, helter—skelter, set the machine and leave. It beats hanging out! World’s First Champ James Figg, who won the crown as bare knuckle champion in 1719, Early Entries In Miss Mid-City Queen cBeauty and Popularity9 Contest . . . ' QUANDA RUFFIN “Miss Northside Beauty School” CHRISTINE BASSET “Miss South Omaha” MADELINE MATHEWS “Miss Corby Street” WILMA GAINES Fisk Inauguration of Dr. C. Johnson As President Held NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The inaugu ration of Dr. Charles Spurgeon John son as the sixth president of Fisk University on November 7 will climax the four-day Inaugural Program fea turing the appearancp of Frank Gra ham,president, University; Marshall Field, 11, publisher Chicago Sun, William H. Hastie, governor, Virgin Islands; Harvie Branscomb, chancel lor, Vanderbilt University; Mark Ethritfee, publisher, Courier-Journal, Fredrick D. Patterson, president, Tus kegee Institute, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, chairman Sub-Commission on Human Rights, United Nations; Frank W. Jenks, vice-president Inter national Harvester Company; Hpnor able J. Melville Broughton, former governor of North Carolina; and Ho ward1 W. Odum, professor, University of North Carolina. Doctor Johnson was Director of the Social Science Institute and the pro gram of Social Research at Fisk from 1928 until his recent election and will be the first Negro to serve as chief executive of the University. He is succeeding Dr. Thomas E. Jones who is now serving as president of Earl ham College, Richmond, Indiana. t In keeping with its 81 year tradi tion of sendee to the public, Fisk University will present a series o-f conferences and seminars on Social Science, Education, and International Relations bringing before the audi ence over 15 authorities in these fields. The relationship of alumni to private colleges wil be the topic of a conference planned by the Fisk General Alumni Association. The Honorable J. Melville Brough ton, former governor of North Caro lina will lead a discussion of “The re cent Ecnomic Changes in the South” opening the four-day program on Nov embber 6. ROSALIE STEWART “Miss Watson Beauty School” CHARLOTTE BROOKS Miss North Omaha JOHN SMITH Program and Ceremonies Arranger Enter Now You May Be This Year’s Miss Mid-City Queen; $1000 In Prizes 1. Your club or organization may sponsor a contestant. 2. You may nominate someone youfselT. 3. Any girt over 18 is eligible. 4. Please furnish The! Omaha Guide with a glossy-print of jour nominee for publication. 1. $1000.00 in Prizes. 2. 10 Winners; 10 Prizes. 3. First Prizes, $200.00 in, cash. 4. Queen to be crowned Nov. 10th. 5. Winners to be honored at Gala Ball on Nov. 10th. 6. No member of the “Mid-City Queen” Committee will be permitted to make any nomination. 7. The 10 contests receiving the largest number of votes in order, will be adjudged winners. ALBERTA RILEY Lou Swartz to Appear Twice In Same Season SAVANNAH, Ga. — When actress Lou Swarz is presented here in Not. ember by he Eastern Stars t will mark an historic event in that she will be filling a second request engagement in this City during this 1946-47 sea son. But since her program is of such high caliber, this actress who presents ftom Shakespeare to Dunbar and from authored selections to her own original mono-dramas, has pleas* ed her audiences over and over again. Her bersatility is so prooinouced that she makes her audiences smile, laugh and cry. Many cal her her Quick TO CHANGE ARTIST, be cause of her ability to change trends right along with her costume changes. Lynn Holloway of the Carolina Times declared that, “Hear her once is like a trip to Fairyland.” DEATH Miss Swarz lef such a favorable impression upon her Quincy, Florida audience, when she appeared there in recital in March of this year, that a motorcade from Quincy went to Famcee to hear again during the Sum mer, M iss Swarz will appear here under the auspices of Worthy Grand Mat ron Mary L. Ayers and her Eastern Star Chapters. SUPERSTITION DEFIED! Shirley Temple deliberately defied superstition by removing her wedding ring before each scene in her forth coming Warner Bros, drama “That Hagen Girl.” “Nothing’s going to happen to my marriage,” she stoutly maintained. “Two hours after I married John Agar, I slipped the ring from my fin ger just to prove I had no sympathy with superstitious nonsense. And look at us! We’ll be celebrating our sec ond anniversary this very .month!” Nearly 5,000 Votes Are Already Cast In Popularity And Beauty Queen Contest Walter White Lists 10 Ways To Fight Prejudice NEW YORK—Listing ten ways in which Americans can fight racial and religious prejudice, Walter White, NAACP secretary spoke over a nation wide ABC network October 7th on America’s “Town Meeting of the Air”. Mr. White urged his listeners to first judge their fellowmen not by col. or or creed but as men; to wratcb their words in labeling whole groups with catch phrases; to observe fair employment practices; to support leg islation to stop lynching, disfranchise ment and educational inequalities; not to be lulled to inaction by trust in the slogan “the slow process of education’ ; fight segregated housing through property holders' covenants; write letters to newspapers, film mak ers and radio stations on racial and religious stereotypes; join a church or other community organization which opposes discrimination; face sqtzarefy the question of intermarri age and recognize it for a “red herr ing”; and steer clear of the genera lization that everything is all right in the North and all wrong in the South. Telegrams and letters of congratu lation reached Mr. White from Miss ouri, New York, Texas, Connecticut, Illinois. Alabama, Iowa, Maryland and California. Other speakers on the program were Charles P. Taft, president Fed eral Council of Churches; Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce, former Congresswoman from Connecticut; and Max Lerner, chief editorial writer for the news paper PM. OFFICERS-COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN ANNOUNCED BY LINCOLN SCHOOLS The Lincoln School Mothers’ Club announce their new officers and com mittee chairmen for the year. Mrs. August Palmesano—President Mrs. A1 Caste — Vice President Mrs. Jack Spelic—Secretary Mrs. Frank Spevak—Treasures Mrs. Kyle Harrell—Corresponding Secretary Mrs. J. C. Hatdck — Hospitality Chairman Mrs. Alfred Brink — Membership Chairman Mrs. Anthony Palmesano — Room Chairman Mrs. Frank Giandinota — Tele phone Chairman Miss Ida Gitlin is Principal of the shool. Mrs. Letoa Traver, teacher in the Adult Homemaking Department of the Omaha Public Schools is sponsor, of the club which has for its pur poses the study of children and co operation with school activities. There is no P. T. A. in this school. WHAT? NO ROMANCE! A recent visitor to Warner Bros. Studio was convinced that motion , pictures are much more romantic than the business of making them. On the “Winter Meeting” set, he saw Bette Davis’ first meeting with her new leading man, Jim Davis. Mr. Davis, who stands 6 feet, 3 inches in height, who weights 190 pounds, and who was not a bit ner vous, said, “Hello, Miss Davis.” And Miss Davis replied, “Call me Bette, j I’m fine; how are you? Let’s get to work.” By Geo. H. McDavis The 2nd Annual Beauty and Popu larity Contest sponsored by the Omaha Guide is attracting city-wide interest. Much credit mut be given to the act ive support and whole-hearted cooper ation of the merchants of our city for without their support this venture would be impossible. We earnestly solict the cooperation of all Chibs 4nd organizations of Omaha to back a candidate and make this contest the largest and most suc cessful one. To date ore than 5,000 votes have been cast and the final tally is ex pected to exceed 25,000. If you want to help your favorite candidate win get out and vote now! Show your favorite how popular she is. B. T. Washington Memorial Farms Heavy Producers ROCKY MOUNT, Va.,—Mr. S. J. Phillips, President of the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial, Rocky Mount, Va., states that the Memorial sweet potato farms located in Alabama and Virginia will produce approximately 6,000 bushels, and that the memorial plans to ship more than a million certified sweet potato plants to farmers throughout the South next Spring. He made knowm the fact that this operation is a part of the “Field Service” of the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial which is designed to perpetuate his ideals and teachings. Sweet potato growing is a specialty of Mr. Phillips. When he was a teacher of Vocational Agriculture in East Alabama, he supplied farmers throughout Alabama and Georgia with thousands of sweet potato plants year ly. In 1926, the State of Alabama fin anced a trip for him to study sweet potato plant production in South Georgia. As a County Agent in Arkan sas* he established a sweet potato plant production project which sup plied farmers with more than one quarter million plants anngally. When he was Farm Superintendent at Tus kegee Institute, record yields were produced under his supervision and potatoes were available for students on a year-round basis. . Mr. Phillipis asserted that this Is o*e of the several projects which the Memorial hopes to establish through out the country as a part of the “Service Memorial” to Booker T. Washington. Through such program, the true spirit of Booker T. Washing ton of “helpfulness towards others” will be maintained. This potato growing project, ac cording to Mr. Phillips, bss been made possible through funds realized from the sales of the Booker T, Washington Memorial half dollars. Such wholesale production of pota toes, coming at a time when the world needs foad-stuffs, is a dircet contribution to human welfare. Amerfcsan Meat Packing From a humble beginning 300 rears ago, meat packing has grown o'become one of the nation’s larg tst Industries. Meat packers in tha United States produce more than 30 3lllien pounds of meat annually. From five million farms and ranches in every state the meat >ackers purchase 127 million cattle, ralves, hogs and sheep to make into •teaks, roasts, stews, sausage items tnd canned meat, as well as utiliz ing by-products for many pharma teutical and manufacturing items. IMPROVED BUTTER-NUT BREAD It 8 new, rich, fresh, soft. Wrapped in bright blue-and white checkered gingham. Ask your grocer. Watch Next Week’s Issue for Other Entrants and Returns
