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VOL. 20 — N«». 38____OMAHA, WKBKASAA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1947 ~ omTo^Y. xeU»A\' ahT
National Negro Achievement Week Observance Nov. 2-9
National Urban League Announces Fellowships
Awards In keeping With The
League’s Long Establihed
Plan of Providing Education
The National Urban League, 1133
Broadway, New York City, has just
announced that three recent college
graduates are to receive fellowships
from the Urban League for studv Hi
social work this fall. Theee awards,
wbliich include tuition and mainten
ance, have been granted to Franees
L. Clark, Fisk University, '47; Thom
as Augustine, Obexlin College and
Columbia University, ’47; and Jose
phine Belle, Lpsala College, 47.
Miss Clark, a resident of Nashville,
Tennessee, will study in the New
York School of Social Work, Colum
bia University, while Mr. Augustine
of East Orange. New Jersey and Miss
Bell of Montclair, New Jersey, will
study in the Graduate Departments
of Sociology and Economics at the
University of Pittsburgh. Miss Clark
will be studying under provisions of
a special fund provided by income
donated by friends of the late Ella
Sachs Plou; Mr. Augustine’s main
tenance is to be provided jointly by
the Pittsburgh and National Urban
Leagues, and Miss Belle’s mainten
ance is provided by the New Jersey
State Federation of Women’s Clubs.
These fellowships are competitive
and awarded in keeping with the Ur
ban League's long established plan of
providing professional training for
Negro socal workers. One hundred
and eleven grants have been made
since the date of the first fellowships
in 1916. Urban Leagut* fellows at pro
fessional schools of social work fol
low the prescribed social work study
courses for a period of two yeats,
while the other fellowships in the
social sciences are for one year each.
PRE-FLIGHT TRAINING
POPULAR AT LINCOLN (MO.)
Pre-flight training, including instru.
ction in navigation, power plant and
meterology, offered at Lincoln Uni
versity (Mo.) as a ground course
necessary for those interested in fly
ing, is priving popular. The course,
taught by Professor A. A. KildaTe,
head of the Department of Physics, is
a prerequisite for obtaining a pri
vate pilot’s license. Many students, in
cluding veterans, interested in Aeron
autics, are enrolled in this ad related
courses.
TURNS TO THEATRE
. --..... ..,
Dorothy Douegan who was seen this
summer in stock company at Clinton
Conn., in the play "Almost Faithful”.
Principal Eugene
Skinner Honored
Eugene Skiuner 133. on of Techni
cal High School’s most brilliant alu
mni, this year became the first Negro
Principal in Omaha. His principal
ship it at Long school where there
is a faculty of 16.
After graduating from Tech in
Mr. Skinner went on to North Caro
lina to teach. He was married tr
another teacther.
Because of Mr. Skinner's exception
al ability the University of Iowa gave
him a Fellowship so he could get his
Master’s degree in school administra
tion. A 'most all hills were covered bv
his fellowship. He even could get in
to the school activities free.
It only took him one to get his
Master’s degree.
Dutch White, track coach at Tech,
saill remebers Eugene, for he was one
of his best track boys. His record in
the 440 has still to he beaten here
At one time he held the interstate re
cord for 440.
A reception was given three weeks
ago in honor of Mr. Skinner.
THE UTTER EXTREME
Euduardo Ciannelli, recently signed
by arner Bros, to portray a profess
nnal killer in “To the Victor,” had
ust completed the role of a priest
i Walter W’anfer's “The Moment”:
G?la Anniversary
Of Opportunity
Features Editors
NEW YORK, N. Y. — Twenty five
years of publishing OPPORTl NIT\
official organ of the National Urbar
League, 1133 Broadway, will be mark
ed with a special commorative issut
to appear on newsstands throughou
the country on September 29.
Leading features in the Twenty-Filil
Anniversary Issue of the Magazint
include current editorials by Charles
S. Johnsin and Elmer A. Carter, first
an) second Editors, respectively, oi
the pournal of interracial opinion.
Dr. Johnson, who held his position
with the Magazine from 1923 to 1928
is now President of Fisk University.
Nashville. Tennessee. Mr. Carter ser
i ved as Editor of OPPORTUNITY
j From 1928 to 1942. He is a member
j of the New Y’ork State Commission
j Against Discrimination.
W'itli attractive page designs tlirou
ghoul. OPPORTl MTV presents a
brief history <*f its own birth undei
the title “How It Began". Not opnly
j loes this historical feature include
fragments from the first editorials
written by Dr. Johnson and Eugene
Kinckle Jones. General Secretary of
the Nalioal l rban League, but the
cover of Volume 1, Number 1. is re
produced. A “then and now.” human
interest description of the children
j pictured on the cover adds warmth
and appeal to the Magazine's start to
vard its present national and inter
national prestige.
Ot T-OF-STATE LINCOLN (MO.)
FRESHMEN OUTRANK STATES
Resu'ts of the recent American
Council Psychological tests given to
248 freshmen have shown that stu
dents from states outside Missouri
made a slightly higher mean score
than the Missouri freshmen. The
score for out-of-state freshmen was
r>3,7 and for Missourians 61.2. A stu
, dent of Sumner high school, St. Louis
I '>■» ' ’1 exceptionally high raw scroe
of 171.^
Previous to this the highest raw
| scrOe was 155. E. G. Rogers, veteran's
! counselor, believes that the low sc rocs
| made on the tests could be attributed
in part to certain sociological reasons.
| These freshmen psychological tests are
administered to 282 colleges and uni
versifies throughout the country. The
mean score computed for Lincoln
(Mo.) freshmen was 63.7 while the
median score was 59.5.
World’s First Champ
James Figg. who won the crown
as-bare knuckle rhamp'o'- in 1719.
J .. ' ’
Agricultural Planners Seen launch
ing plans for their 1947-’48 program
are these officials of the A. and T.
College Agricultural Association.
Around the conference table are (us
ual order) J. W. R. Grandy (botany
teacher) Arthur Bell, President of the
Agricultural Association. Bernice
Wooten, secretary secretary; Dr. W. L.
Kennedy (dairy professor) and Harold
Hutcherson, treasures of the associa
tion. (Photo by J. Paul Howard)
Harlem Hilarity — Hear The
“HARLEM HOSPITALITY CLUB”
Saturday, 7:30 P. M. —« KBON
rarm production
From the top third of the nation’*
farms comes 80 per cent of the total
production; from the other two
thirds, 20 per cent
A concert with Koland Hayes as
guest artist on Nov. 7 will mark the
first public appearance of the Fisk
1 niversity student choir for the cur
rent school year. The concert will
kale palec in the Ryman Auditorium.
Nashville. Tennessee as part of the
ceremonies inaugurating Charles S.
Johnson as the sixth president of
Fisk University, Nov. 6-9.
Adding fresh laurels to Fisk’s musi.
cal heritage, the choir of 100 voices
will resume its Sunday night broad
casts over station WSM, Nashville at
their regular time, 10:15 p. m. on
Nov. 16. WSM has reserved this feat
ured spot for the choir on its hest
Class “A” time as a service to its
listeners. The program is not open to
advertisers. Letters of praise from the
distant points of Philadelphia, Minne
sota, Florida and Liberia have also
testified to their popularity.
B. T. Washington
Week Observed
November 9 to 15
ROCKY MOUNT, Virginia — S. J.
Phillips, President of the Booker T.
Washington Birthplace Memorial,
Rocky Mount, Virginia, annouces that
plans have been completed for th ob
servance of the second Annual Book
er T. Washington Memorial Week
which will be observed by the nation
November 9th through thfe 15th.
More titan a million people took an
active part in the observance of the
f irst Annual Booker T. Washington
Memorial Week sponsored by the
Booger T. Washington Birthplace
Memorial, and the three major net
works of the country through four
coast to coast broadcasts made the
rest of tlie nation conscious that
America s greatest Negro leader was
being honored. The Memorial hopes
this year to have even greater cooper
ation.
Churches, Schools, Fraternal, Social
Civic, Business and Professional
groups of all races and creeds over
the country have been invited to part
icipate in honoring Booker T. Wash- 1
ington during the November 9-15 per
iod , plans have been made for a
larger number of network and local
radio programs, and thousands of
pieces of literature serving the life
and achievements of Booker T. Wash
ington are being sent out. Special
planning is being made for school pro
grams on a large scale—since Booker
T. Washingtons greatest contributions
to our American Way of Life were in
the field of Education.
SUPREME RECORDING CO.,
XMAS SONG DUE FOR
EARLY IF AXING
HOLLYWOOD—Maxwell Davis, one I
of the musical directors of Supreme
Recording Co., revealed this week
that Emerson Scott and Jessie Cryor.
who have several song hits to their
credit, are working on a Xmas Song
they have composed which is due for
an early waxing under this label.
Their star recording artist, Bobby
Pittman. continues to maintain his
national popularity as one of the out
standing sweet singers of the year,
which was set when he recorded
‘ Deep In A Dream” and “Don’t Take
■*our Love From Me,” five months
ago.
n ^ tf &>1
Dr. Fred Brownlee, secretary of the
American Missionary Association Di
vision of the Home Mission Board of
the Congregational and Christian
Churches will deliver the Convocation
sermon in Fisk Memorial Chapel, Nov.
9; ending the Inaugural Ceremonies
of Dr. Charles S. Johnson as the sixth
persident of Fisk University. “The
Religious Function of a University’
is to be the theme of his address.
A former president of LeMOyne Col
lege, Memphis, Tennessee, Dr. Brown ,
lee is trustee of several institutions
including Fisk.
TO APPEAR IN A SERIES
OF POP CONCERTS
The incomparable Ethel Waters, be
loved star of stage, screen and radio,
will soon app'ear in a series of speica
ally produced ‘pop’ Concert perfor
mances, co-heallining with the world
famous Hall Johnson Singers, top
ranking Spirituals choral group. The
coast-to-coast tour, scheduled to com
mence in mid-October, was arranged
by Concerts division of Gale Agency,
48W. 48th St., N. Y. C. Following a
series of eastern and midwestern en
gagements, the group will appear in
auditoriums of nearly every principal
southern and southwestern city, under
auspices of local church, educational,
religious, welfare and cultural organ!
zations.
The full two-hour Concert program
will highlight a stirring cavalcade of
song hits and unforgettable scenes
from “BJackJiirds”, “Rhapsody in
Black”, “As Thousands Cheer”, “At
Home Abroad”, “Blue Holiday”,
“Ma-tnba’s Daughters”, “Cabin In
The Sky” and other stage and screen
successes in which Miss Waters star
red.
Refuse to Recind
Order Ban On ‘The
Burning Cross’
The Virgiia State Board of Motion
Picture Censors last night announced
refusal to rescind their original ban
rejecting Screen Guild’s “The Burn
ing CrOss”.
In face of the Board’s action, Jack
Cartwright, Screen Guild publicity
chief, who made the appea in Rich
mond, pointed out to them that Vir
ginia is now on record as the first
and only State to completely ban this
picture which is mainly an indictment
of the Ku Klux Klan and other types
of un-American organizations.
Cartwright also reports the possi
bility that “The Burning Cross” might
be screened for members of the Con
gressional Un-American Committee
headed by Rep. Parnell Thomas of
New Jersey. The picture will be offer
ed to the Committee as conclusive
Hollywood are aware of un-American
activities in the nation and that this
pictupr is an all-out indictment of
such sub-versive groups.
A psecial screening for the hun
dreds of newspaper columnists, cor
respondents, and reporters in the Na
tional Capitol was panned today (Oct.
2) with very definite possibilities it
would be held at the National Press
Club, Cartwright said.
Y. M. C. A. HANDBALL TO GO
TO KANSAS CITY
The Omaha Y.M.C-A. Handball
team tpll travel to Kansas City to
participate in the “Heart of America
Handballesta” December 5-6-7. This
event has the sanction of tile Miss
ouri Valley A.A.U., and all matches
will be played at the Kansas City At
thletic Club.
Singles players will be: Manuel
“Manny” Grandinette, Midwest A.A.U.
champion, and Bill Pratt. Doubles
players are: Morris Champine and
Ed Garvey; and George Gratton and
Ed Olson.
LUXURIOUS LUXURY
The home of Cluade Rains in War
ner Bros.’ mystery-thriller, “The Un
suspected,-” 9tr<Jtch(^ Itaxury to its
luxurious ultimate with 12 by 24 foot
sliding doors between dining room and
SoUif^jm, each one upholstered in
shiny satin!
This Year’s Theme To Be
‘Community Planning For
Intergroup Understanding’
Midwest Electric
Exposition To Be
Held November 3
Booked as the top entertainment
feature of the first Midwesi t-.ectri
cal exposition to he held in Cmaiia
since 1937, Christopher Lynch, the
sensational young Irish tenor has sky
rocketed to fame as soloist on the
! N.B.C. network, will appear at th
| City Auditorium during the week of
' November 3.
1 Spokesmen for the Nebraska-Iowa
Electrical Council, sponsors of this
year's show, promise the public a
close-up of the widest possible array
of electrical appliances of all types,
wth demonstrations of their post-war
refinements. This will include after
noon and evening demonstrations of
television.
Although the exposition opens Mon
day evening, November 3. Lynch’s
radio commitments in New York will
prevent his arrival in Omaha until
the following day. He will then sing
twice each evening, at 7:00 and 9
o'clock, for the alance of the week,
exposition closing Saturday, Novemb
er 8. *
A student and close friend of the
late John McCormack, Lynch is wide
ly known as the latter's protege, for
shortly before his death in 1945 Mc
Cormack predicted tl.Mt the youthful
tenor would be “the one most likely
to succeed me.”
Also included in the exposition's
nightly stage shows will be Connie
Russell, MGM starlet and NBC vocal
ist. and Morton Wells and his orches
tra. Lyle DeMoss will act as master
, of ceremonies. Radio Station WOW is
co-operating with the sponsors in pro
viding the demonstration of televis
ion and the entertainment features,
i Each afternoon at 2:00 a cooking
school will be conducted by Martha
Bohlsen, Home Service Director of
the Omaha Public Power District,
withspecial emphasis on the econonti
cal use of foods.
Other for the xeposition's Monday in-,
augural at 6r30 p.m., the auditorium’s
doors will be open daily throughout
the week from 1:00p.m. to 11 o’clock.
Awards of various electriical appli ,
ances will be made at all afternoon
and evening sessions.
I '— -
“MIRACLE IN HARLEM"
SOON TO BE RELEASED
‘•Miracle In Harlem”, third all |
Negro film produced by Herald Pic
tures has been completed and is set
for an early release by Screen Guild
Productions; marking the first inde
pendent Negro picture to be distri
buted by a nationa distributing com
pany.
According to Herald Pictures’ ex
ecutive producer, Jack Goldberg, it
also marks an entirely new approach
in the Negro field of screen enter
tainment, combining heavy drama and
mystery, with strong religoous over
tones.
Stepin Fetchit, popular comedian,
returns to the screen to head in all
star cast including Hilda Offley, She
ila Guyse, William Greaves, Creigb
ton Thompson, Lawrence Griner, Ken
neth Freeman, Jack Carter, Sybil
Lewis, .Milton Williams. Monte Haw
ley, Ruble Blakey, specialties by Sav
annah Churchill, Norma Shepherd, La
vada Carter and the Juanita Hall
Choir.
This is not just another Achieve
ment Week Program. The theme of
this year’s activity—‘'Community Plan
ning for Intergroup Understanding”—■
ami the times—a period when the
nations of the world are attempting
to learn how to live in peace with one
another—make this a special project
Unless we in the United States prove
that democracy can achieve unity and
equa' onno-tunity, our leadership in
international affairs is weakened.
In every community in America
there are resources for intcrgroup
understanding. These we must ap
praise and plan to channel into posi
tive action. This Achievement Week
Program—the 27th of the Fraternity
is to he a vital factor encouraging
community interest and participation
in this project.
The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity is
not trying to do the whole job. It is,
however, joining others in pushing for
ward toward the mobilization of re
sources for fostering intergroup under
standing. Its program for Achieve
ment Week, therefore, is to concen
trate on the following!
1. To call altentiion to the agen
cies and individuals that are
working in the field;
2. To outline the basic problems,
that demand immediate atten
tion;
3. To stress the need for prompt
and effective action to deal
with basic issues in this age
of atomic power;
4. to indicate the glaring defects
that now exist in a society
that professes to be dem
ocratic ;
5. To center community recog
nition on hose local agencies
and individuals who have
made a real contribution to in
tergroup understanding.
The matter of intergroup justice
and equality of opportunity is no
longer one of concern to disadvantag
ed minorities alone, t is a national
problem of high priority and with far
reaching international implications.
The Fraternity’s concern with it is ex
pressive of its concern for equality,
justice, national strength and inter
national understanding. It is our cur
rent activity designed to make a real
contribution to world peace and dom
estic tranquillity. It reflects'our dedi
cation to world peace and domestic
tranquillity. It reflects our dedication
to a functioning democracy.
STARTED MANY STARS
Peter Godfrey, director of Warner
Bros.’ coming Ronald Reagan-Shiriey
Temple co-starrer, “That Hagen GW,
once operated England’s famous Gate
Theater where Tames Mason; Mich
ael Redgrave, David Lean and other
notables of the British screen got their
Start.
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Try the improved loaf. Fresher, more flavorful. Wrapped
in blue and white gingham.
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