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"vOlTxXI NO.T THE OMAHA^GUIDE OMAHA, NEBR. Saturday, March 27th 1948 ONLY TEN CENTS PER COPY
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Winner Under the 1 Sth Amendment
____ _____i
First Negro Voter
Thomas Peterson
His 'medal, for feeing tlje firit Ne
gro voter under the i ">th Amend
mcm, is itoiv part of the Xavier
histones] collection.
Nebr. -Iowa
Electricial
Council
Awards
Prizes
Bertha Huber, Route 7, Om
aha teacher at Monmouth Park
grammar school, will refceive a
new electric range as first pri
ze in the recent contest spon
sored by the Xebraska-Iowa
Electrical Council, it was an
nouced Saturday. The contest,
which ran from January 25th
through February 28. was held
in honor of the Tenth Anniver
sary of Martha Bohlsen’s “Ho
memaker's Club of the Air”
radio programs, heard daily
over four Omaha radio stat
ions.
flOther prize winners annou
nced include Mrs. J. Dale Co
onley, Genoa, Nebraska, who
won second prize—an electric
refrigerator; Mrs. F. A. Clif
ton, 4313 Mayberry Avenue,
Omaha, third prize—an elect
ric water heater; Mrs. Edward
Wenstrand, 508 North 32nd St
Council Bluffs, fourth—an el
ectric roaster; Amalka M. Kir
chner, 6515 Emmet St. Omaha
fitth—an electric mixer p Mrs.
\Y. A. Kelley. 2003 Seward
Plaza, Omaha, sixth—an elec
tric toaster; Mrs. Albert Le
pm-ki. 30c>7 South. 34th Street,
Omaha, seventh, and Mrs. L.
P. Struyk. 554 South 26th St.
Omaha, eight—electric iron.
Judges for the contest were
Mrs. G. T. Work, instructor
in the Adult Homemaking De
partment of the Omaha Pub
lic Schools; and Mrs. Eliza
beth Riner, supervisor of home
makng education for the Om
aha Public Schools; and Clara
Noyes, home ex‘ention agent
for Douglas County.
Prizes were awarded on the
basis of originality, sincerity,
and aptness of thought. The
contest required completion,
in 50 words or less, of the sen
tence “I like the Homemak
er's Club of the Air because..
.” Only one entry was
allowed any one person.
DR. HAROLD C. WARREN
L
Collge Head—Dr. Harold C.
Warren, for thirty years' a
Presbyterian minister and gra
duate of Princeton University,
1912. will be inaugurated as
president of Touga'oo College,
Tougaloo, Miss., Sunday, Ap
Tougaloo, Miss.. Sunday, Ap
ril 4. The eminent educator and
religious philosopher has com
pleted residence work for the
doctorate at the University of
Pittsburgh. Much of his edu
cation was abroad.
Rapid Expansion of Farm Service
Announced Bell Telephone Companies
Rapid Expansion of Farm Ser
vice Announced by Bell Tele
phone Companes
Seventy-two percent of all
farms in territories served by
the Northwestern Bell Tele
phone Company—the highest
percentage in history— now
have telephone service, it was
announced by that Company
today. This compares with 67
per cent at the beginning of
1947, 60 per cent at the begin
ning of 1946. and 56 per cent
at the begnning of 1945.
For the Nation as a whole,
farms having telephone service
j are now about 42 per cent of
the total number as compared
with 32 per cent three yrs ago.
1 In 1947 there was a gain of
, 11,659 rural telephones in ter
j ritories served by the North
western Bell Company in Iowa
i Nebraska, Minnesota, and No.
i and South Dakota. This gain
brought the total number of
such telephones to 165,639, the
highest rural telephone dev
elopment n the Company’s his
tory. Of ths gain. 991 were on
customer owned lines which
'connect with Northwestern,
Bell Company exchanges and
for which that Company pro
vides switching service.
The gain in rural telephones
n communities served bv the
Northwestern Bell in Nebras.
ka last year amounted to 859.
In the last two years—1946
and 1947 —the Northewestern
Bell Company made expendi
tures of more than $5.000,OOo
for expansion, of and improve-'
ments in it’s rural telephone
plant, the plans call for the
expenditures of an additional
$15.000,00o for further expan
sion and improvement in the
next two or thr-ee years, the
Company announced today. Tn
addition to extending service
to all who want t in rural areas
the Company stated that its
rural service objectives include
reducing the number of cust
omers per line to eight, and
eliminating magneto service
and ground or one wire lines.
According to figures also re
leased today by the American
Telephone and Telegraph Co.
for the Bell System as a whole
Bell System Companies thro
ughout the nation added 309.
000 telephones in rural areas
last year, bringing telephone
service to farm regions at the
beginning of 1948, there were
over 2,000,OOo farm telephones
1 n territories served by the
Bell Companies.
The 1947 gain brought the
increase n the number of rur
al telephones served by the
Bell Companies to 700.000 in a
little over two years since V-J
Day. This represents 70 per- j
''“’it of their immediate
war objective, announced n
1945, of adding another million
rural telephones within a per
iod then estimated to take as
long as five years. This goal
was set for the frst phase ot
the long-range program, com
pany. officals said.
During the last two years,
new rural lines have been built
at the fastest rate in history—
enough by the Bell Companies
alone to stretch twice around
the world. During the same
period. 300.000 miles of wire
were strung in Bell Systm ar
eas. The heavy construction
program in rural areas is con
tinuing this year throughout
the Bell System.
In addition to bringing tel
ephone service to more rural
customers, the Bell Companies
are continuing their efforts to
improve and modernize rural
telephone service. Many lines
which have been temporarily
overloaded to reducing the nu
mber of parties on a line.
The pace of the progress
during the past two years, the
Company said, is to a large ex
tent attributed to the fullest
possibile use of fast, econom
! ical construction methods de
veloped and perfected by tele- |
phone engineers in recent yrs. I
Use of stronger wire has cut
down considerably the num
ber of required poles, which
are now set farther apart. Port
able power-tlrven augers dig
holes where rock doesn’t nter
fere, plows dig trenches, bury
wire and cover it in one oper
ation where soil condtions per
mit.
Rural expansion programs
also are under way in areas
esrved by independently-own
ed telephones whose lines con
nect with those of the Bell
system.
Mrs. Iceslon McSwain
I /
^ Icelon McSwain wishes to
inform her customers that she
! is now operating at 2418 Grant
Street, “Edwards Beauty Sal
on.”
Mrs. Cornelious Edwards
Owner
I PEOPLES SONG BOOK
| HAS MANY FAVORITES
WALLOPS JIM CROW
| “The People’s Song Book,”
I just published by Boni and Ga
’ er, is a book you’ll want for
yourself, your friends, y o u r
i piano or your guitar, if you
have one. It has 100 songs with
words and music in arrange
ments which, Paul Robeson,
who went over the book, says
are splendid.
Here are many of your fav
orite songs: John Henry”, Lift
Every Voice and Sing”, by
James Welton and ^ Rosa
mund Johnson, often called the.
“National Negro Anthem”, ‘Go
Down Closes”, Joshua Fit the
Battle of Jericho”, “Oh Free
dom”, “Oh Mary, Don't You
Weep”, “Take This Hammer”.
Here, too, is “Strange Fruit”
which Billy Holiday m a d e
famous and a dozen anti-Jim
Crow songs, including “Listen, i
Mister Bilbo”, “Black. Brown
and White Blues”, “Hallelu
iah, I’m a travelin’ ”, “Talk
ing Union”.
That is natural for this book
because as the noted folk lor
ist, Ben Botkin points out in
his preface, “There has never
been a book that draws upon
the greatest of folk song trad
itions the freedom song, as
successfully as this one does,
olt, sing “Walk in Peace”, wh
ich is included in the book can
forget it. Here is one verse that
These are songs that not only
helped build America but will
help keep it free.”
No one who heard the fam
ous Calypso singer, Sir Lance
hit me powerfully:
We condemn Russians for
tyranny,
And denial to the press of
liberty.
But tell me this one thing,
candidly:
Is Greece, or Spain, or even
China, free?
And' black men in this great
democracy,
Do they walk with noble dig
nity?
Or do they hang their heads
in shamfc,
And torture their souls in a
Jim Crow train?
I - _
“THE RED MILL,” IS
TECH HIGH’S OPERA
Omaha Technical High Sch
ool’s opear, “The Red Mill,”
promises to be one of the best
productons ever given by the
Senior Glee Clubs. Romance,
thrills, comedy, and all-round
I good entertainfnent are includ
} ed in this Victor Herbert op
ear to be presented April 2nd
and 3rd in the Tech High Aud
itorium.
Mrs. Jimmie Musselman is
in charge of the dancing in the
opear. Besides the numerous
small dances, there are also
several ballets.
Mrs. Flora Ellis is director
of the glee clubs. Some of the
musical numbers includs:
“When You're Pretty and the
World Is Fair.” “Whistle It,”
“Even.- Day Is Ladies Day
With Me,” “In Old New York,
and “The Isle of Our Dreams.”
Old Temperature Test
By holding incubator eggs in the
eye, the ancient Egyptians and Asi
atics determined the proper degree
of heat for the ppm
Governor Thomas E. Dew
ey and two Nebraska farmers,
Edwin Arndt of Platte Center
and Charles Boedeker of Mur
ray are shown in upstate New
York on Dewey’s farm at Paw
ling. The Nebraskans paid the
Empire State leader a visit to
discuss the presidential aspir
ant s view on agriculture.
When two representative
Nebraska farmers, Edwin Ar
ndt of Platte enter and Charley
Boedeker of Murray, called up
on Governor Thomas E. Dew
ey at his farm in Pawling, N.
-> last weekend, they were
impressed to find the chief ex
ecutive of the Empire State
practical and “down to earth”
in his attitude and understand
ing of the nation’s agricultur
al problems.
Governor Dewey told his
i Nebraska visitors that he re
garded agriculture the basis of
all industry and that he con
sidered a prosperous, soundly
managed American agriculture
essential to the national econo
my.
Arndt and Boedeker are
both cattle feeders, as well as
farm operators, so they plied
Governor Dewey with quest
ions regarding livestock. As
the Governor pointed out. a
large percentage of New York
State farm income is derived
from the production of dairy
products, hence his farm is
stocked with a commercial dai
|-ry herd. And yet. according to
the Xebraskans, Dewey's kno
wledge and understanding of
feeding, care and development
of livestock extended far be
yond the limits of dairy cattle.
“I asked Governor Dewey
about this method of haying."
said Arndt, who has developed
new and revolutionary proces
ses of crop drying as well as
hay drying. “I got a ready an
swer. for the Governor knew
exactly' the methods used in
his farm community', and had
very good general knowledge
of other hay-producing section
throughout the country'.”
Boedeker, who operates 3
farms in Cass county and has
topped the market for five con
secutive yrears with Angus
calves, asked Governor Dewey'
about his views on farm par
ity'. “The Governor said he had
just issued a statement on par
ity and he repeated it to me
from memory.” Dew-ey' said. “I
firmly believe that parity' must
be maintained for merican agri
culture. Our present parity for
mulas also need to be modern
ized to provide a true measure
between farm prices and farm
costs. We must never again
allow low prices to destrov the
Blood Bank’s
Emergency Quota
Filled 1st Monih
AMERICAN NATIONAL •
RED CROSS
Douglas County Chapter
During the Red Cross Blood
Bank’s first month of opera
tion, all emergency requests
for blood were met, Howard
C. Hansen, Director, said this
week.
From February 18, to March
17, 338 successful blood dona
tions were taken from 444 pro
spective donors. Two hundred
pints of Red Cross blood, av
eraging 50 pints a week, were
given to patients in all local
hospitals.
Within the month, hospitals’
demand for blood prevented
the Bank from building up a
reserve stock, so three extra
blood donation schedules were
arranged,
“Now our reserve stock is
growing a little every day, but
more donors are needed to
meet the ever increasing need
for blood in Douglas County”,
Hansen said.
The Bank has been able to
supply all types of blood, in
cluding the rarest, AB nega
tive and B negative.
Two pints of rare B. posit
live and B. negative blood have
'been sent to Osceola, Nebr
aska to a patient undergoing
surgery. A patient in an Om
aha hospital with type R pos- j
itive blood is receiving Fed
Cross donated blood after de
pending on relatives and frie
nds for transfusions. She has
had over 20 transfusions.
The Blood Bank’s operation
al budget of $24,500 is respon
sible for the 10 per Cent in
crease in the Fund Campaign’s
goal over the amount contri
buted last year, $220,000. The
Campaign seeks $241,583.
NEGRO PRIEST ASSIGN
ED TO ‘WHITE’ CATH
OLIC PARISH
Kent, O., March 27th Spec
ial-Father Allen M. Simpson.
Negro natives of Iowa who
was recently ordained to the
Catholic priesthood, has beer,
named assistant pastor at St.
Patrick’s Church here. Mem
bership in the parish is almost
entirely ‘white’. There are only
a few Negro communicants. .
Believed to be the first Neg
ro native of Iowa to become a
Catholic priest, Fr. Simpson
was ordained last month in the
Catherdral in Youngstown. O.,
by Most Rev. James McFad
den, D. D., Bishop of Youngs-!
town.
The pastor at St. Patrick’s
hurch here, to whom Fr. Sim
pson will act as assistant, is
Fr.-John B. Holcomb.
VOTE FOR
C. C. GALLOWAY
STATE SENATOR
FIFTH DISTRICT
ability of our farmers to pro
duce our needed food and fibre.
Following the Nebraskans’
visit to the Dewey farm, the
pair was interviewed upon th
eir return to Nebraska. When
asked for their conclusions
they agreer that “Governor
Dewey undoubtedly has the
best understanding of the
understanding of the broad
subject of American agricult
ure and the most realistic ap
proach to the nation’s farm pro
blems of any presidential as
pirant. We are convinced that
an administration headed by
Tom Dewey would give the
American farmer the best pos
sible consideration, assistance
and cooperation. Dewey’s lead
ership would put emphasis on
the reward for individual farm
effort and would consuicuously
omit restrictive or regiment
ing legislation that can ulti
mately result only in econom
ic chaos and agricultureal ruin.
OUR
Guest
Column
OPEN LETTER TO
AMERICA
It’s a funny thing ab'nrt jus
tice. Webster says it is t’ e qua
r lity of being just. Just what
this means I am not too sure
I because here in America we
have all kinds of interpretation
for it. We have a white justice
and a black justice. We have
even gone so far as to invent a
Mexican justice and an Orient
al justice.
Constantly we hold ourselv
es up- to ridicule and discust
to ever civilized nation in the
world with our lopsided ver
sions on this thing we call jus
tice. They just can’t under
stand why and how we can
profess so much interest in the
voting privileges of the Poles
who are thousands of mles a
! way and still deny our own
■ citizens the vote here in our
own country. They can’t under
stand howr we can insist that
the Jews be given a place to
live while here at home we de
ny men the right to a home
simply because of their color.
Why citizens of our own coun
| try must go into courts to de
fend' their rights to decent ho
mes and nine times out of ten
the courts deny them these
same rights.
Yes. we know we are the
land1 of the free and the home
of the brave but we would
have to work overtime to make
anyone else believe it.
\Ye have just completed the
toughest war in our history
and we haven’t learned a thing.
We are falling back into that
same self-satisfied rut.
From coast* to coast prejud-,
ices are on the rampant. Dis
criminations are the mode of
the day. \Len get jol s, homes
justice, according to the color
of their skin or where they we
re they were born or their rel
igion. Even Congressmen ad
vocate violence to keep citizens
from voting, and we do noth
ing about' it but yawn.
Of all the states in the Union
I defy any man to fin 1 just one
that is absolutely democratic.
I'll even settle for a ritv—or a
town. As a great comedian on
ce said, “there aint no such an
imal”.
If Chri't himself came to
day and if by chance bis skin
were black, he wouM be jim
crowed in every stn ■ e in the
union. Would this be justice?
If you've wondered what hell
is, ask the Negro you meet.
He can easily tell you. It’s just
that simple. Nothing more an
nothing less.
We talk about the* Nazi, the
Fascist, the ommunst. They
are rank amateurs. We taught
them everything they know.
Can we deny it? No! Not to
day.
A grlpat man whose shoe
laces we are none fit to tie said
“He who is \vithout sin cast
the first stone.” If he should
sav that today, who cast that
first stone? Don’t try to an
swer. We all know. We none
could.
A house divided against it
self cannot stand. Let’s clean
in our own house before attem
pting to clean clouds. Let’s
find what justice really means.
Let’s make Democracy work.
VISITS
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Worlds
motored here Friday from Ch
icago to spend five days with
relatives. While here, they
were royally entertained. An
elaborate cocktail party was
given by Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hill, a breakfast by Mr. and
Mrs. George Dean, a dinner by
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Essex, a
luncheon by Mrs. Lillie Lev
ison, a lovely cocktail party
by Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Dean.
The World’s left for St. Louis
Thursday before returning to
Chicago.
IMPROVING
Mrs. Eugene McGill, owner
owner of the Blue Room, wh
recently suffered a heart at
tack, is imorovinfr _
-Go to the EASTER SERVICES this SUNDAY