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' '_ \ ~ *5, ? - • k "• LOCAL AND NATIONA* The Omaha Guide NEWS i lassifed Ad* Get Result* | q(. per Copy Phone ____ __ fy WORTH IT . H Arney 0800 HEW TO THE UNE\ PHONE HA.0800 i’To ,SeU It, advertise -—- ' Entered as llnd Class matter at Post ____— 11 Office, Omaha, Nebraska, Under Act of VOL. 20 —No. 42 -------- _______i_ * Boy! What A Girl Stars Lem Moore - A1 Jackson TOWN THEATRE PRESENTS ALL NEGRO FILM-MUSICALS MIDNIGHT SHOW, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH TWO MAJOR FEATURES At the TOW N THEATRE, Saturday Nite, November 29th, two of the out- | standing all-Negro films "come to the screen to thrill theatre goers who love) red hot rhythm, romance and some of the biggest names in solid jive. SE1 IA CINDERELLA is the first big, full length feature with a cast ofi over 75 lovely ladies who really know the technique of foot dancing. “Sepia Cindetella,” Herald Pic tures’ Fast-moving filmusical coming to the Town Theatre on Saturday mid night, Nov. 29th, offers one of the most sensational musical aggregations seen in any picture for some time in the John Kirby All-Star Band, which is featured along with Billy Daniels and Sheila Guyse, Tondaleyo, Ruble Blakey, Deek Watson and His Brown Dots, Apus and Estellita and guest star Freddie Batholomew. Directed by Arthur Leonard, “Sepia Cinderella” boasts an original musical score by Charlie Shavers which is pre sented in sensational style by Kirby and his All-Stars. In addition to the famous maestro the All-Stars include Charlie Shavers, trumpeter with the Tommy Dorsey band, ‘Big Sid’ Cat lett at the drums, Buster Bailey, from the Noble Sissle Band, at the clarionet, Charlie Holmes and his saxophone and Billy Kyle, until recently with the Cy Oliver outfit. Hailed by the motion picture trade press as the outstanding All-Negro film made to date, “Sepia Cinderella” also features a bevy of lovely “Sepia Cinderellas,” winners in the recent national contest. The picture is from an original story by Vincent Valentini. “Boy! What a Girl” At last there is a promise that all Negro motion pictures have come into their own, according to advance re ports on “Boy! What a Girl,” a fea ture-length comedy with music, sched uled to open at the Town Theatre Saturday midnight show, Nov. 29th. In casting the picture, which was made at Fox Movietone studios, Herald Pictures, the producers, screened the entire Negro field until they got ex actly the people they wanted for each role, regardless of the price. As a re sult, the production cost of the picture is at least four times that spent on any all-Negro feature to date. The cast consists of seventy-five people. Tim Moore, one of the three prin cipal comedians, is a well known fig ure on the stage and screen. He is even known to European audiences, as a result of his appearance in England as the comedy star of “Blackbirds.” Al Jackson and Warren Patterson, the one ton comedy team, are among the high est paid in the night club and stage fields. Sybil Lewis will be remembered in such pictures as “Mystery in Swing,” “Broken Strings,” “Midnight Menace,” “Am I Guilty,” “Very Thought of You,” “Going My Way,” and “Be venge of the Zombies.” Betti Mays directs her own band and is a former member of the Har lemaires. Sheila Guyse came direct to the picture from Bill Robinson’s “Memphis Bound” in which she played the girl lead. Deek Watson, original organizer of the Ink Spots, is in the cast with his famous Brown Dots. Elwood Smith and Duke Williams have established outstanding reputations for their ap pearances in Broadway stage produc tion, while every show-goer will re member Jimmy Fuller in the screen version of Green Pastures. CPORTS *^OUT OF THE ^ APAM HAT ALSO IN '30, LOWELL TEJOTLE SCORED A TOUCHDOWN WHILE PLAYING WITH ONLY 10 MeN IN A SAME AGAINST NEW BRITAIN TEACHERS. i Ac A T / OP COLUMBIA, WAS KNOCKED OUT ' IN THE 1938 l GAME \ ’ AGAINST ARMY, ) BUT HIS FOOTBALL INSTINCT WAS SO STRONG — t THEY HAD TO * Fry the ball out OF HIS HANDS. IN AN OKLAHOMA SAME, A PLAYER LEAPED OFF THE BENCH AND , TACKLED A TISHOMINGO HIGH PLAYER ON HIS WAY TO A , \ TOUCHDOWN, BUT THE REF \ EREE DIDN'T SEE THE J X PLAY AND REFUSED / \ TO ALLOW THE / ^N^SCORE (1930LX^ Marshall Field, editor and publisher of The Chicago Sun was one of the four speakers who discussed “Human Rights and International Relations ’ during the inaugural program of Dr. Charles S. Johnson as president of Fisk University, November 6-9. THANKSGIVING DAY | By H. W. Smith We come again to another day of Thanksgiving; a day we pause and give praise to God for the many gifts from day to day. We ought to make every day a day of Thanksgiving so that on this Thanksgiving Day we could give double thanks. Let not one on Thursday November 27 fail to pause in his daily work and give thanks for Life, Health, and Strength. Yours for a happy Thanksgiving. THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY POST 30 The American Legion Auxiliary of Roosevelt Post No. 30 held its regular meeting Thursday evening with the following committees making their re ports. The rehabilitation chairman, Mrs. Ora Glass reported on the bingo party! to be held at the Veterans Hospital in j Lincoln in the near future. The Kitchen chairman, Mrs. Evan- j geline Alexander report was good. The Historian chairman, Mrs. Mabel Blanton made a very interesting re port on how and when the auxiliary was organized. The Social chairman Mrs. Greta Wade reported more finance on card part. She requests all stubs for the J Turkey raffle to be in at the Legion Hall Nov. 25th at eight o’clock. The Bingo Chairman, Mrs. Carrie Green made a splendid report. All members are urged to attend all meetings. “WILBERFORCE QUEEN” Miss Shirley Smith Miss Smith, beauteous damsel, waSj elected by popular vote, crowned “Queen” of the Football Classic on Homecoming Day — Wilberforce (Church) University vs. Kentucky State. She is majoring in Social Adminis tration, graduation March 1948, will continue post graduate work at Boston University. WHITE CURIOSITY SEEKERS BURN NEGRO HOME By DR. LEONARD F. MORSE Atlanta, Ga. (Global)—As soon as a Negro family moved into their new home in what is considered to be the white residential section of Northwest Bi-Cameral Congress Under its constitution, Chile s bi-cameral congress elected di rectly by the people, as is the presi dent. The latter has somewhat the same power as the president of the j United States. Atlanta, the house burst into flames, as more than a dozen white men stood around to see “what would happen.” Police officers were present to protect the Negro family and assist firemen. , who extinguished the flames before I much damage could be done. MRS. BETHUNE BELIES POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS RUMOR By DR. LEONARD F. MORSE Daytona Beach, Fla. (Global)—Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, president emeritus of Bethune-Cookman College brands the rumor that she wiD run for Congress against Congressman A. Clayton Powell as “foolishness.” She states’ that she has no intention of run ning for any public office and that any rumors of such intentions on her part are without foundation. RANDOLPH TO SPEAK IN TAMPA Tampa,^'la. (GloDal)—The fampa Division of the Brotherhood of Sleep ing Car Porters, will present to the citizens of Florida’s West Coast the National President, Philip Handolph on Tuesday, December 9. He will ; discus matters pertaining to the po litical problems that must be consid ered during the next session of the National Congress. M. P. Webster, National vice-president will accom pany Mr. Randolph and speak on the ! subject: “Your Stake in Making De mocracy Work.” B. F. McLaurin, In ternational Field Organizer will be in the party and will make an address. — URBAN LEAGUE OPENS OFFICES IN JACKSONVILLE Jacksonville, Fla. (Globai) — This City has an Urban League. It is .one of the agencies of the Community Chest and plans to render much needed service to the growing Negro population of Florida’s largest city. Mr. L. I. Alexander, prominent insur ance and realtor is chairman. LINCOLN TOPS LANE, 1?-0. Jefferson City, Mo.—Lincoln Uni versity (Mo.) Tigers hit the victory trail again last Saturday when they earned a 6-0 win over the Lane Drag ons in Public School stadium in St. Louis last week. A crowd estimated at‘" approximately 5,000 saw the tilt, the first one Lincoln has played in St. Louis in the last five years. Early in the second period the Ti gers started a drive and finished it when Halbacfk George Holt broke off guard and raced 35 yards for a score. It was the only score of the game and proved to be Lincoln’s margin of vic tory. Jimmy Jones’ attempt at con version was no good. Tim Battles was a standout player for Lane in the game, and his line charging severly jolted the Tigers at times. HEADS UNESCO SESSION IN MEXICO CITY Nashville, Tenn.—Dr. Charles S. Johnson, newly inaugurated president of Fisk University, left the campus November 11 to attend sessions of United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization in Mexico City. He will be out of the country for two weeks. Selected by President Truman to be one of the ten United States delegates to the organization which first con vened in Paris in 1946, Dr. Johnson has been appointed to several of its important posts. He is a member of the executive* committee, chairman of the social science commission for the U. S. delegation, rapporteur for all isocial science projects of the confer ence, and a member of the co-ordinat ing committee for all projects of UNESCO. ---— FISK ADDS THREE NEW TRUSTEES Nashville, Tenn.—Three new trus tees were elected to Fisk University’s board of trustees on November 6, it was announced by Mrs. Vera Cravath Gibbs, chairman, during the inaugural ceremonies of Doctor Charles S. John son, sixth president of Fisk. The new addiitons are Edwin R. Embree, president, Julius Rosenwald Fund; Luther Evans, librarian, Library ' of Congress, Washington D. C.; andj Beardsley Ruml, chairman, Federal; Reserve Bank of New York. j PREDICTS NEGROES WILL ELECT PRESIDENT IN CLOSE ELECTION If the 1948 presidential election proves to be reasonably close, the party which wins the Negro vote in the north and west will put its candi date in the White House, Walter White, nationally-prominent Negro leader, declares in a signed article in today’s issue of Collier’s. Writing as the Secretary of the Na tional Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, White points out that the Negroes now hold the “potential balance of power’’ in 17 states of the north and west and that their greatest power, outside the south, is in nine of the biggest states. "These nine states have a total elec toral vote of 223, and the party which i carries them will put its candidate in the White House in 1948,” White says. “Only 266 votes are needed to elect a President.” The other eight states with a substantial concentration of Ne gro voters, have an additional 72 elec toral votes. “If the Negroes had voted as a bloc against Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944, Dewey would now be President, White reports. He points out that the total colored vote, in eleven of the 17 states, is greater than the plurality I given Roosevelt and that a switch of these electoral votes would have re sulted in a Republican victory. “The party that wins the Negro vote in 1948,” he adds, “will be the one that offers some concrete evidence that it intends at least to help him get a square deal.” He says that the Negro is thoroughly disillusioned by past campaign promises of Democrats and Republicans and “watches with a hard boiled eye the antics of the would-be Presidents and lawmakers.” The Negro leader reports that Presi dent Truman gained a great deal of support from the colored people in his Lincoln Memorial speech last summer, when he said “the federal government must show the way toward extending civil rights to every citizen.” “At the moment, President Truman seems to be strong among the Ne groes,” he continues. . . . “The ques tion is whether he can hold what he has gained, or whether the good will which he created for his party and his own candidacy will be overthrown by the actions of southern members of Congress. ... ( “But there appears to be no enthu siasm at all for any of the current Re publican candidates. And of course, as far as the Negroes are concerned, there is no comparison between President Truman and Franklin D. Roosevelt, despite the President’s present popu larity.” White declares that the current po litical power of the Negro in the north and west, due largely to the migration of Negroes from the South in the two World Wars, has the political strateg ists of both major parties “worried.” But he deplores any move to organize the Negroes into a single voting unit. “Most of us devoutly hope that it yvill never be necessary to form a racial bloc of Negro voters,” he says. “It would be far better, both for the Ne groes apd the country as a whole, for racial and other groups to function as American citizens. Whether the Ne gro does so or not is not a choice he will make. It will be made for him by the politicians.” The 17 states in which the Negro is said to hold the “potential balance of power” are: New York, Illinois, Penn sylvania, California, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, New Jersey, Missouri, West Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, Del aware, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma and Massachusetts. KING COLE TRIO TO OPEN ENGAGEMENT AT NEW YORK’S PARAMOUNT THEATER It’s the white lights of Broadway for radio’s favorite threesome ,the King Cole Trio, on Wednesday, Nov. 12. On that date the popular rhythm group begin a three to four week stand at New York’s Paramount Theater. According to reports, the radio threesome, which set an all-time rec ord during their personal appearance at the Paramount last year, will draw a flat $5,000 a week for this year’s in person stint. Tlie Trio’s Paramount appearance follows a successful en gagement at Frank Dailey’s Meadow w£»k. “King Cole Trio Time,” the group’s weekly program, is head on Saturday at 5:45 p. m., EST over WOW and NBC. FLORIDA NEGROES SEEK TO INCREASE VOTING STRENGTH By DR. LEONARD F. MORSE Jacksonville, Fla. (Global) — Harry T. Moore, ranking official in the Flori da N.A.A.C.P. and executive secretary of the Progressive Voters Leagues of Florida, has sent out an appeal to all Negroes in Florida to organize more voters leagues to better be prepared to vote and to give answer to the many problems now facing the Negroes of the State. The Voters League is chartered un der the laws of Florida and is gen erally considered the mediu mof han dling the Negro franchise throughout the State. It has made remarkable strides i na brief four or five years. Roland Hayes, internationally fa mour tenor appeared as guest artist in a ocncert given by the Fisk University Choir at the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, Tennessee, at 8 p. m., No vember 7. civ m neatmif The wearing'of something blue at the wedding was ancient Israelite custom which suggested a blue rib bon for the bride;;—blue bein'gkhe col or of rairitV. love and- fidelity ATLANTA-MOREHOUSE SPELMAN CHORUS TOSSING”” THREE SPIRITUALS CONCERTS ON CBS The Atlanta - Morehouse - Spelman Chorus of Atlanta, Ga., will offer three consecutive programs of Negro folk songs and the works of Negro com posers over Columbia network, Sun day, Nov. 16, 23 and 30 (CBS, 11:05 11:30 a.m. EST. From WGST, At lanta). The mixed chorus of 100 voices is under the direction of Professor Kem per Harreld, and has been heard on three previous occasions on CBS. It is composed of students at Atlanta University, Morehouse College, and Spelman College, and is considered one of the outstanding Negro college choirs. The Atlanta chorus is the sec ond in the series of Negro college S choirs being presented on CBS in the | Sunday half-hour formerly held by the [“Wings Over Jordan” choral group. Mr. Harreld, concert violinist and music educator, is a graduate of the Chicago Musical College and the Sher wood Musical School. He also studied in Berlin. He is responsible for organ izing the Morehouse-Spelman orches I tra, the Harreld String Quartet and the Morehouse Glee Club. For the choir’s first program, he has chosen the following hymns: “Beautiful Savior,” “There Is a Balm in Gilead,” “Great Day, the Righteous Marching,” “Rocks and Mountains Shall All Flee Away,” "Yonder Come Day,” “Swing Low,” “The Angel’s Song,” and “Deep River." — PEGGY MANN WAS GUEST STAR WITH KING COLE TRIO, NOV. 15 The popular young ballad and rhythm singer, Peggy Mann, was the guest vocalist on “King Cole Trio Time” on Saturday (Nov. 15) at 5:45 p. m., EST over station WOW and NBC. The King Cole Trio, featuring Nat Cole at the piano, Irving Ashby on the I guitar and Johnny Miller on bass, open | their show with the novelty tune, “Oh, •Kickeroonie.” Following this, they combine their talents for the current hit, “How Soon” and "Ballerina.” Peggy Mann, who began her mete oric rise to vocal fame singing with New York bands in 1944, is today one of radio’s most popular femme vocal ists. An alumna of such top radio mu sical shows as “Hit Parade,” “The RCA Victor Show” and Frank Sina tra’s program. Peggy is currently on a personal appearance tour through the east and middle west. NEW IMPROVED BUTTER-NUT The fresh, new bread in the fresh, new wrapper. Try the blue-and-white gingham loaf. i HOW LENA HORNE LEARNED TO SING Chicago—Until Lennie H a y t o n badgered and heckled her about it, Lena Home used to worry' about being too pretty, says December Negro Di gest, with the result That he singing actually suffered. “Lena was worried that people liked her for her looks and not for her singing,” the Negro Digest article states, "But now I’m over my com plex,” Lena declares. Because she continues to command attention with her astonishing loveli ness, Lena’s faith in her singing wavered but that of her fans did not budge. The staunchest of these fans was white Lennie Hayton, now tour ing Europe with Lena. He badgered her, worked with her, he read her lessons out of the musical copybooks. Results a new and greater Lena Home according to Barry Llanov, author of the feature. “Now,” Lena says, “I’m over my complex. People actually come up to me and compliment me about my singing and they seem to mean it and I can believe it. I can sing now. I’m over that fantastic complex. They can tell me I’m pretty now without my worrying about what they really think about my voice.” SOUTHERN MIGRANTS CRACK INDUSTRY’S COLOR LINES Chicago—Negroes who were looked ■ down on as ignorant and inferior by Southern whites are winning lasting roles in modem industry according to a December Ebony photo-story show ing how these colored workers have adjusted remarkably to intricate pro duction methods and mastered them. ' How. green, raw Southern share croppers have learned to master ma chines overnight is best shown in the steel industry which has been using Negro labor for more than half a cen tury,” Ebony declares. “Negroes have been restricted to the dirtiest jobs, with three out of every four classified as laborers, but slowly some of the better steel jobs are now going to them. “This trend,” Ebony claims, “is due more to the shortage of skilled workers rather than any campaign by labor unions or management.” These once-scorned Southern mi grants are still largely confined to un plasant jobs in steel mills, but slowly they are cracking the color lines. And ily men.” thanks largely to their work the "Help Wanted” signs outside most steel mills cry out for more Negro workers, who, Ebony says, are: “Hard-working, better-than-average paid, union-conscious, car-owning fam World’s First Champ James Figg. who won the crown as bare knuckle champion in 1719, I retired undefeated In 1720 Rose Bouquet A LUXURY fabric !« youra for a budget price in this rayon faille-taffeta evening dress. The fab-( ric, made of Avisco rayon, is attrac tive to look at and stands up well after repeated dry cleanings. The dress is simply styled, with clusters of roses tucked into the drape of the skirt. Negro Actor Starred in “Burning Cross” Wins High Praise Joel Fluellen, accomplished Negro ac tor, starred in "The Burning Cross," won high acclaim from reviewers attend ing the opening of the film in Lcs An geles. One reviewer reported "The simplest and most effective performance is turned in by Joel Fluellen.” Screen Guild Productions, distributot of the highly controversial film exposing Ku Klux Klan, just won a court reversaj of a ban on the picture imposed by the Virginia State Censor Board The pic ture will soon be playing leading thea ters throughout the nation. ALL-AMERICAN TIMBER Here he is, the Aggies pride and joy, Robert (Stonewall) Jackson, full back sensation on the A. and T. Col lege eleven. Now in his sophomore year, Stonewall has been the most consistent ground-gainer on the North Carolina team for the past two sea I sons. Weighing in at 210 pounds, the fleet-footed fullback, who hails from Allentown, Pa., has been prominently mentioned as an all American candi date. Jackson will start in the fullback slot when A. and T. College tackles J. C. Smith in their Turkey Day tilt at Greensboro.
