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LINEN _~~~~2420GRAMTST~' ” PHONE HA.0800 TWENTY FIRST ANNIVERSARY EDITION OMAHA GUIDE CELEBRATES ITS 21ST BIRTHDAY TO OUR READERS: By George H. McDavis, Promotions Director. The OMAHA GUIDE, a paper with a purpose, founded oif the principle of Service to our Race, our City and to our State and Flag. This platform was written by C. C. Galloway, one of the co-founders of the Omaha Guide, Oc tober 15, 1926 and was published in the first issue of the Guide Feb. 12, 1927. The Omaha Guide is a necessary in stitution to the community in which we live. Mr. C. C. Galloway, publisher of this publication, merits a vote of confidence for his years of sacrifice in keeping the principles and ethics of journalism unsullied by coercion or profit from sources who would use the power of the press to further their own political gains. The Omaha Guide has and always will present the news as it sees it. Our purpose is to present to the highly concentrated citizenry of Omaha a complete summary of the worthwhile happenings and accom plishments of the Negro race in Oma ha and throughout the world, truth fully and without unnecessary racial agitations, that they may become bet ter citizens and neighbors. To deal with the social side of their news; to furnish honest and honorable employ ment to young colored citizens trained to follow the vocations of printing and journalism; to afford a reliable source of advertising for the merchants who sell millions of dollars worth of mer chandise to the Negro group each year. In keeping with our policy of giv ing our readers and advertisers the best possible service, we are striving to keep abreast uf the times with news, articles, and features. The staff of the Omaha Guide, on behalf of our publisher, wish to take this oppor tunity to thank the merchants who haye so generously patronized this pa per through these many years; and we sincerely hope that our reading public will patronize these merchants who J have made this paper possible. The Omaha Guide is the largest Negro weekly west of Chicago and north of Kansas City. It is also the only Negro publishing plant in this territory. Here are a few startling facts: The Negro population of Omaha proper is approximately 20,000. They spend annually $9,000,000.00; 30,000 of the consuming public, white and colored ,read the Omaha Guide; the average daily expenditure is about $1.50 per person; the total daily ex penditure is about $25,000.00. Mr. C. C. Calloway has contribu ted more to our race than any other Negro in our state. He is respected by all races; and for twenty-one years, he has served zealously and unselfish ly. There has never been any liquida tion, split-up, or change ot manage-1 ment; he has devoted his life to the j public’s welfare, giving his time and ! services to charitable organizations and the needy. I have just been in formed that he is entering the race for the state legislature. What a grand testimonial it would be if the Negro voters banded together and gave him their support 100 per cent. Can you honestly name one among us who is more deserving? KSWI KFMX 1560 FM 96.1 1 FEATURES HARRY BESSE in — <Main Stem Derby9 Y.P.A. TO GIVE PEW RALLY SUNDAY, FEBR. 29 The Young People Auxiliary of the Missionary Society of St. John’s church will have a Pew Rally on Sunday aft ernoon at 6 p. m. at the church. The officers and members with their sponsor have planned one of the finest and unique services of this conference year for you are members and friends of St. John’s. If you fail to come and enjoy this rare treat of wholesome Christian entertainment you will do yourself an injustice. The Y. P. A. sextette will make its first debut, there will be a beautiful violin solo by one of the members of this organization, the president will give several lovely solos as only she can present them, and there will be several numbers that will thrill one to no end. The silver offering will be turned over for the use of equipment for the newly decorated Youth Room in the church. President of this organization, Miss Deloris Taylor, vice president William Cunningham Jr., Secretary Kaltherine Wilburn, and program planners Miss E. Triggs and Miss K. Cole. Mrs. W. P. Ervin Supervisor. DRUNKENNESS CHARGE DISMISSED Thomas Simpson, 1402 No. 24 St. was dismissed of a drunkenness charge in Police Court Monday Feb ruary 23rd. Plants That Swim Despite the fact they are plants, and not animals, many species of water algae are able to move about by swimming. Brown algae range in size from forms that can be seen only under the microscope to others 200 feet long. Algae differ from fungi in that they can extract and build up their food from inorganic substances. Seaweeds are the most familiar representatives of the al gae family. Cities Grant Pay Increases To Help Meet Rising Costs Scores ol cities are granting pay raises to municipal employees to help them meet increased living costs. In Cleveland the mayor agreed to grant pay raises to muni cipal employees which will cost the , city $2,100,000 this year. Fire and I police personnel received a $240 a year increase, plus six new holi days to be added to annual fur- | loughs. White collar employees of Cleve land will get a $180 annual raise if they make less than $3,000 a year. Their increase will be 6.5 per cent if they make more than $3,000 an nually. Pittsburgh councilmen earmarked $1,200,000 for municipal pay raises. Biggest pay boosts went to em ployees receiving $2,000 a year or less. Chicago’s record city budget for 1948 includes pay increases of 8.5 per cent for municipal employees earning less than $5,000 a year, plus raises averaging $300 a year for higher paid employees. In Omaha, all city employees have been given a flat $15 per month wage boost. The increase will affect approximately 1,260 workers. New York City boosted the sal aries of 42 top city officials. The action added $86,000 to this year’s' payroll. Wild Mountainous Country Favors Greek Guerrilla War Barren and desolate mountains, threaded by icy streams and broken by snow-packed passes and cre vasses, form a wintry background for the fighting in Northwest Greece, notes National Geographic society. Rising from the Ionian sea, south of Albania, the wild region of Greek Epirus is one of the nation’s least populated sections. Terrain and conditions are particularly suited to guerrilla warfare. Konitsa and Philiates, the far northwestern centers of recent struggles, are little more than vil lages. Ioannina (Yanina), the capi tal and metropolis of Epirus prov ince, normally has a population of about 20,000. There are few roads and no rail roads in the northern Pindus area. Most of the shepherds and farmers who make up the bulk of the popu lation have never seen a train. Australia Seeks Uranium Special monetary awards for the discovery of radio-active minerals in Australia were approved at the first 1948 meeting of the federal cab inet at Canberra. These range from 1.000 pounds ($3,200) for the discov ery of deposists of uranium ore to 2.000 pounds ($6,400) for uranium oxide yielding up to 25 pounds with a pro rata payment for additional quantities. The government’s con trol of mica fields will be continued for another year, the cabinet con sidering mica to be a strategic mineral of first-class importance and development of the mica in dustry essential. Approval was giv en for the sale or hire of machinery from government stocks to mica miners. Coal resources and the pos sibility of manufacturing synthetic substitutes also were discussed. It was decided to send missions to other countries in an attempt to build up adequate liquid fuel re serves. 30,000 Readers THE OMAHA GUIDE PUBLISHING PLANT 2420 GRANT STREET Omaha Nebraska Largest Weekly Negro Publication from Hereto Calif. FOUND IN DAZED CONDITION William Holden, 29, 1416 East 33rd Ave., Denver, Colo., was found by the police after a call placed by the Engi neer Bill Schroth informing them that man wandered in the Finley Ice Co. plant at 24th and Seward St. in a dozed condition. He was unable to give the police any other information other than that the man’s name was Willie Holden later verified by Holden at the hospital. Holden wandered in the plant around 3:3319 a. m. Febru: ary 17th collapsing almost imme diately. Holden was unconscious when the police ambulance arrived. He was retained by the hospital for observa tion. His condition was more like a person who has epileptic fits. JAILED FOR FIGHTING Tuesday February 17 Ronald Clax ton, 22, was arrested at 24 Erskine St. by Policemen Cole along with Joe M. Fazier, 24, soldier, 2607 No. 27 St. for disturbing the p«ace and fighting. ARGUMENT ENDS IN CUTTING Mr. Hugh Pollard, residence at 2637 Hamilton St. was the scene of a cutting scrape on Sunday February 22, 1948. Mr. James Jackson, 2432 Seward St., 46, was visiting the Pollards at their home when a Mr. and Mrs. J. Wilson came to pay the Pollards a visit too. Johnson’s wife, Clara Bell Wilson, was so drunk that when Jack son came to the front door to admit them, he (Jackson) refused to admit them because of the condition of Clara Bell. An argument ensued whereupon in the course of the heated conversation Clara Bell pulled out a knife from her purse and began swinging her arm stabbing Jackson in the left shoulder necessitating treat ment at the station of two small lacer ation wounds in the left shoulder of Jackson. Wilson took his wife home. Wilson was arrested at his home and later his wife was picked up by the police. Case/to come up before City Prose cutor Simon A. Simon and Judge Dennis O’Brian Friday, February 27. Then Came the Tub The indoor bath was brought about when water systems were in troduced into cities in the early 1800s. By 1830 the revolutionary idea of a warm bath three times a we’ek was the aim of a crusade. By the 1920s the U. S. owned 95 per cent of all tubs in the world and had begun to go in for such variations of the standard'porcelain tub as solid onyx tubs, marble tubs and tubs with solid gold fixtures. Wild Indian Bees The Russian beekeepers are ex perimenting with wild Indian Itees. The Indian wild bee is said to pos sess a number of qualities which ; make it superior to the domesti I cated species, especially for colder climates. It emerges from the hive to lower temperature than ordinary bees and has a much greater speed of flight. It is able to fly through fog when visibility is poor. Indian bees even have been known to go out for nectar on moonlit nights. Up You Will Go ‘ In 1892 the first automatic or push I button controlled elevators were in . stalled. FLASH! " All Omaha will soon be able to hear A. Philip Randolph, International President of the Brotherhood of Sleep ing Car Porters and Champion for the underprivileged. Stand by for announcement of dates he will appear in Omaha. WATCH FOR MARCH 9-10 These are important dates for every single mother and father of Omaha. Take out your calendar now and encircle March 9-10. Why? It’s Dr. Howard Lane, of course. He will be guest speaker for the Parent Education Institute which is sponsored annually by the Univer sity of Omaha, the Adult Education Department of the Public Schools and the Omaha Council of P. T. A. Ur. Lane is second to none in the field of Child Development. For many years he was a member of the staff of Northwestern University, for three years he taught at Wayne University in Detroit at the same time that he' was psychologist with the department of police in Detroit. He did outstand ing work in solving their problems of Juvenile Delinquency. He was Con sultant on improvement of student teaching for the American Council on Education and reorganized the social science department of Hampton In stitute. He is now teaching Child De velopment at New York University in New York City. On March 9 and 10 there will be morning and afternoon sessions of the Build Own Highways Every citizen of Guatemala is re quired to contribute the equivalent of two weeks’ work, either in money 1 or in labor, toward upkeep of the country’s road system. Guatemala, which grows a large part of the world’s supply of bananas and there fore needs good roads, was among the first of the Central American re publics to have a highway from border to border. Rise in Cancer During the past 25 years, cancer has climbed from seventh to sec ond place as a direct cause of death. It is now second to heart trouble as a cause of death. About 175,000 Americans will die of cancer this year and of the total population of 140 million now living, some 17 mil lion will die of cancer. Institute in the Auditorium on the tenth floor of the Brandeis Store, i There will be one evening meeting. This will be held at Omaha University and will be planned primarily for fathers. Every member of P.T.A. whose group has taken out a blanket mem bership will be admitted free to all sessions by presenting a membership card. Anyone who is not a member may purchase individual membership cards for $1.00 each. Watch for program announcements in all newspapers. Mrs. Veme Vance is Chairman of the Parent Education Institute. OVERUSE OF INTOXICATING LIQUOR LEADS TO ARREST Lester Young was arrested Sunday Febr. 22 for drunkenness at 2410 De eatur St. Lloyd Neal was arrested for dis turbing the peace and drunkenness at 24th and Lake St. on Sunday Febru ary 22nd. Robert Rogers, a friend was arrested for interfering with the ar resting officer Coleman. Neal was fined $10.00 cost for drunkenness and Rog ers was fined $10 and costs and given Bve hours in jail. CHARGE DISMISSED The charge aof drunkenness against Mr. and Mrs. Brimms, 2408 Maple St. was dismissed by Judge Dennis O’Brien on Monday, Febr. 23 for lack of prosecution by Mrs. Brimms’ mother who called the police but didn’t appear in court. REVEREND E. BOOKER TENOR WILL GIVE RECITAL The Junior Choir of St. John’s church will present the Reverend E. Booker Tenor of Philadelphia in a dramatic recital Friday evening Feb ruary 27 at 8 p. m. at the church. Reverend Booker is one of the most promising young tenors of the year, and his programs have received praise throughout the country. He is stop ping in Omaha on his way to Reno, Nevada. He has planned a program of interest and spiritual entertainment for those that plan to come out. There will be no admission, but a silver offering will be taken. Everglade Wild Game Wild game in the Everglades were forced to forsake their homes for high grounds as virtually incessant downpours inundated the whale vast area, reports Florida Wildlife. Coons, opossums, deer, wildcats and other animals fled before the rising flood-waters. In some sections young quail and turkeys were trapped by the water. Snakes also moved out of the flood areas. Lost Bnt Won Election A man who made no election cam paign and who did not have the high est number of electoral votes was elected President of the United States in 1824. World Book encyclo pedia says that John Quincy Adams made little effort to get votes, but received 15 less electoral votes than the leading candidate, Andrew Jack son. Adams was- selected by the house of representatives because none of the candidates had a ma jority. War and Population Although nations involved in World War II count their total war dead at 15 million, the world's popu lation now is 10 per cent larger than It was in 1939. That increase is one of the reasons for continued hunger In countries which have not been able to restore food production to Its prewar level. EXCESSIVE DRINKING CAUSES ARREST Geraldine Smith arrested at 24 Lake St. for over indulging in intoxi cating drinks. Lee Williams arrested at 24th Lake St. for being in a drunken condition. Frank Moore 25 yrs. was arrested at 24 Lake St. in an intoxicated condi tion Friday February 20. James Woods 24 was found drunk on Friday February 20 at 16th and Lake St. and taken to the station. Charles Johnson 37 was picked up Thursday February 19th at 25th and Lake in drunken condition and Viola Boozer 33 was arrested at the same place for over indulging in intoxicat ing drinks. Bass Are Heavy Eaters After young bass leave the spawn ing beds their foods consists of min ute crustaceans and insect larvae, and as they grow older they devour worms, tadpoles and small fish. In later life they take crawfish, frogs and minnows. When they attain a ' weight of two or three pounds ! they will bolt anything from a worm J to a young muskrat. — THE JOLLY MATES The Jolly Mates Club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Brown, 2112 North 27 Avenue, February 21, 1948. Our president, Mr. John Davis, opened the meeting with the club’s verse. After the business was dis I cussed, games were played. Our host .and hostess served a delicious lunch, of which was enjoyed by all. We are very happy, indeed, to have Mr. and Mrs. Brown restored back with the club. We are glad to report Mr. m Young is able to be up and around. Also hope he keeps on the road to re covery. We will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Davis, 2118 No. 29 Street, March 6, 1948. (There is no handle to the human i heart. It must be open only from the inside.) John Davis, President Beatryce White, Reporter Ban American Comics Authors, Journalists and educators of New South Wales have asked their government to ban all comic strips from the United States and to Impose severe restrictions on impor tation of short stories and articles, j A deputation claimed that use of Imported features was a serious drain on dollars and that newspa pers were using this material in preference to local items at a time when Australian journalists were | seriously affected by newsprint cuts. j POWDER PUFF SALON UNDER 'new MANAGEMENT Announcing — what was formerly the Powder Puff Salon, beginning the first of March, will be under new management—The Margo Salon. Props. Mrs. Hazel Chinn Black, Mrs. Amette Erwin.