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VOL. XXI~No. 10. THE OMAHA GUIDE OMAHA, NEBR. Saturday, April 10th, 1948 ONLY^FcENTsTerToTy
OMAHA BOY KILLED IN
OGDEN, UTAH
(Special to the Omaha Guide)
Theotis Woods, an Omaha
boy who runs on the road,
was shot and killed in Ogden,
Utah, April 6th, 1948. Mr.
Woods is the only son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Young, 2517
North 18th. In the Night Club
in Ogden, two men got in an
arguement. One pulled out his
gun and shot two innocent by
standers, one through the
heart killing him instantly an
one through the hand.
Mr. Woods leaves a wife.
Iris, and a nine month old
baby daughter.
THEOTIS WOODS
J. LEROY WELSH FOR
BOARD OF REGENTS
J. LeRoy (Roy) Welsh,
whom Gov. Peterson appoint
ed to the State University
Board of Regents to complete
the unexpired term of the late
Vincent (Stub) Haskell, is up
for nomination in the April 13
primares to continue to serve.
For years Mr. Welsh has
been an extremely active
worker. He was largely re
sponsible for securing the war
time industrial alcohol plant
for Omaha, and has been un
tiring in his eforts to promite
the industrial use of surplus
farm crops to the benefit of
the entire agricultural region.
To this end, he established the
non-profit Agricultural Re
search Corporation, of which
he is president.
Mr. Welsh is currently serv
ing on the board of the Ne
braska American Legion to
help build the Youth Memor
ial Building on the campus of
the State University as a stu
dent recreation and commun
ity center.
In addition to being presi
dent of the Butler-Welsh
Grain Company, Mr. Welsh
also heads Omaha’s industrial
alcohol plant, the Farm Crops
Processing Corporation.
I
HARRY KNUDSEN
FILES INDEPENDENTLY
for CITY COMMISSIONER
Harry Knudsen has again
filed for the Office of City
Commissioner.
Mr. Knudsen ranks as the
Dean of the present City Com
missioner in point of servce to
the people of Omaha.
We should keep a man of
Mr. Knudsen’s ability and ex
perience on the City Council
so that the people of Omaha
may enjoy and take advantage
of that ability and experience.
WILLIAM J. DONOVAN 1
Wm. J. (Bill) Donovan, the
owner* of Donovan Brothers
Furnace Co., pioneers in heat
ing, one of Omaha’s oldest
furnace companies, is located
at 1114 North 24th Street.
Wm. J. (Bill) Donovan was
born and raised in Omaha. He
is married and has seven child
ren, and lives at 615 South 32
Avenue. My father and mother
c&me from Ireland and were
early settlers in Omaha, hav
ing ten children, eight boys an
two girls.
I, Bill Donovan, am asking
your support as a Democratic
Candidate for Director on the
Metropolitain Utilities Dist.
Board, at the Primaries. April
13, 1948. It will be a pleasure
to me if you and your friends
will remember me on this
great primary day. If elected
I will give the Board many of
my time and business exper
ience, to further the progress
this great Utilities has made
and continue to make it better
to the best of my abilty.
Yours for Success,
Wm. J. (Bill) Donovan
WALTER G. HUBER
Walter G. Huher, Lutheran
Church, member of Ak-Sar
Ben, District Commissioner of
Boy Scouts for rural Douglas
and \\ ashington County, and
member of the executive board
of the Covered Wagon Coun
cil. Worked my way through
college by means of sales work.
Considerable business exper
ience along with legal career.
Married to a former teacher in
Douglas and Washington Co
untys.
Gould Dietz, candidate for
District Delegate to the Re
publican National Convention,
has been closely identified
with the civic and commercial
progress of Nebraska for mor^
than forty years, during which
he has devoted muct of his 1
time and means to the devel- -
opment of numerous charitable
and civic institutions. Long a
leader in Ak-Sar-Ben, he was
chosen its twelfth king and
served as first president of the
Ak-Sar-Ben Exposition Co. j
He has never been a candi
date for any public office car
rying any compensation but
has represented his district in
previous national republican
conventions and is familiar
with the intricate procedure in
selecting a presidential candi
date. His friends believe he is
well qualified to serve again.
From many contacts due to
his wide acquaintance nation
ally and locally, he believes (
that the sentiment of a major
ity of citizens is strongly in 1
favor of a return to funda
mental priciples of govern
ment, and that, with a strong
leader worthy and capable of
inspiring the confidence of the
electorate, the republican par
ty, will be successful in No
vember.
Mr. Dietz has announced
that if elected in the Primaries,
April 13th, he will enter the
convention pledged to the Sec
ond District’s Presidential can
didate.
WILLIAM M. PECK
William M. Peck who is
running for the Legislative
from the 5th district is not
just another candidate.
He is a man who has lived
in or near the 5th district sin
ce comming to Omaha in 1916
as a boy of 16.
Knows most of its people,
knows what they want, and
has the ability if elected to get
them what they want.
Others have been elected,
but failer to produce,
i Vote for Bill and get results.
* HARLEM INAUGURATES HRST “UNOFFICIAL” MAYOR 4P
The "Mayor of Harlem," Sherman Hibbett, 39-year-old former Detroit resident who came to Mew York
in 1941, was inaugurated March 23 at impressive ceremonies in Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom. Hibbett, who
was elected in the first popular vote ever conducted for a locality mayor, received an additional honor at
the affair when he was presented with a framed plaque by Philip Morris A Co. Ltd.. Inc. The plaque, pre
sen ted to Hibbett by Philip Morris’ famed cigarette callboy “Johnny,” was a Certificate of Award “for di»
tinguished achievement toward improving better race relations and civic government in terms of real
Jdemocracy.” Looking on as Hibbett accepted the award are, left to right, Reuben J. Patton, executivf
director of the Unofficial Mayor’s Committee of Harlem; Hugo E. Rogers, Manhattan Borough President^
"Johnny,’’. Mayor Hibbett and Herbert Wright, Philip Morris representative in Harlem....
Eighty Listed on T. S. U.
Honor Roll
Houston,—Eighty undergrad
uates made the honor roll of
the Texas State University in !
the first semester, William H.
BeLI, acting dean, announced
recently. Two students main
tained a 3 point or A average,
and the remaininm 78 made a
2 point (B average) or better '
in five courses or more.- Only
students who carry a credit
hour load of 15 semester hours
or more are considered for the
honor roll, Dean Bell said.
Leader Hoskins of Houston
and Delcenia Powell were the
two students who had A aver
ages. Honor roll students from
cities otther than Houston are
Ruby Lee Dickerson of Gal
veston, Lula Mae Haller of
Angleton, Jessie Mae McDon
ald and Nancy Steward of Luf
kin, and Booker T. Sears of
Dayton (Texas).
noustonians other than
Miss Hoskins and Mrs. Pow- !
elj on the list are:
Preston Adams, Jimmy Ray
Alexander, Ritchie Alexander.
Richard Barnes, Louise Spri
ggs Beal, Ada Margaret Berry,
Edna L. Brown. Thomas Bur
r e s s, Robert E. Burroughs,
Ora Lee Cambell, Lessie E.
Carr. Stephen L. Carraway,
Llayron Clarkson, Helen Ruth
Daniels, Leon Davis, Kath
leen S, Decatur, Ethel Lee
Foster, Hilda Sayles, Daisy
Scott, Hubert D. Smith, Mar
lin Smith, Marlin Smith, El
Nathan Galloway, Alice R.
Grisby; William Grovey, Lillie
Hall. Eugene Harrison, Carrie
Earl Hart, Estelle M. Hearne,
Theasel Henderson, James
Hicks, Nealie Hoskins, Aman- |
da J. Hunter, Haetie Bell John
son, Jessie Mae Johnson, Cel
ia Kingsbury, John Lane, Etta
Lee. Joseph Lee, Eric May
field, Juanita Brown, Martin
Mayfield, P a u 1 i ne McNeal,
I Steve Moten, Connie Peter
[ son, Maulta Pierson, Shield
Ponder, Mytle Pullum, Arth
ur Ratcliff, Doris Raymond,
I Clarice Rhodes, Theodore Rh
odes, Norma Roberts, Goles
Robertson,
Janet Marie Stafford, Elga
Steward, W a d d e 11 Steward,
Bettye Stivers, Josephine Tho
mpson, Yvonne Tobin, Mary
Trahan, Raymond Tyler, Carl
Walker, Curtis Watkins, La
verne Weston, Laura Nell
Weston Celeste Wilkins, Ly
dia Wilkins, Theodore Wil
liams, Carrie E. Wilson, Her
man Woods, Beatrice Young,,
Beatrice Windom, and Hazel*
Wheatley.
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T. S. U. TO OFFER
HEALTH LECTURE
SERIES
Houton.—A series of health
lectures have been scheduled
at the Texas State University
for Negroes during National ,
Negro Health Week, April 4
10. The lectures are being con
ducted under the auspices of
the Division of Natural Scien
ce and Mathematics, Robin
son H. Parson, acting chair
man. !
On Wednesday, April 1, Dr. I
J. D. Bowles, university phys
ician, will give a health talk
to all university women; and
on Thursday, April 1, a sim
ilar talk was given to all uni
versity men.
Miss Francetta Lane, con
sultant in health education.
Houston Anti - Tuberculosis
League, will lecture to the
university community on Mon
Continued on the next column
FEDERAL HOUSING AD
MINISTRATION
Commissioner Franklin D.
Richards of the Federal Hous
ing Administration today not
ified all field offices of the
FHA of the amendments to
Title VI of the National Hous
ing Act passed ’by Condress
and just approved by Presi
dent; Truman. The new amend 1
ments extend Title VI of the
NaUpftal Housing Act passed
by Obngress and just approved
by President Truman. The1
new amendments extend Title
VI for thirty days, through,
April 30, 1948, and grant the
Federal Housing Admniistra
tion an increased insurance
authorization of $400,000,ooo.
The legislation contnues te
mporary the important act
ivity of FHA in the insurance
of mortgages loans covering
newly constructed 1- to 4 fam
lly properties under Section
603 and multifamily or apart-1
ment type projects under Sec.
608 . The principal difference
iPv the new amendment as com
pared to the former provisions
of Title VI which FHA has
administered under the Veter
ans Emergency Housing Pro
gram is contained in Section
603 where insured mortgage
operations on and after April
1, 1948 will be based on value
nstead of necessary current
costs as heretofore. The bill
also provdes that all applic
ations for mortgage insurance
under Section 603 received in
FHA offices on or before Mar
ch 31st, will be processed on
the former basis of necessary
current costs.'
Mr. Richards indicated that
Title VI applications for mort
gage insurance will continue
to be handled on a selective1
basis and that preferential
treatment would continue to be
afforded those projects offer
ing the best low rent and sal
es possibilities for occupancy
by veterans as heretofore.
The bill does not in any way
affect the regular operation of
FHA under the Insured Mor
tgage Plan of Title II and the
Property Improvement Loan
facilities under Title I.
JUDGE SAID HE WON’T
STAND FOR DISCRIMIN
ATION
Judge Lester Palmer said to
C. C. Galloway of the Omaha
Guide upon investigation he
had found the Harket Houses
had been discriminating a
gainst some Omaha Citizens,
especially at the new Grey
hound Bus Station, 18th and
Howard. Judge Palmer* said
he thought it was a disgrace
upon the city to refuse to ser
ve passengers who would not
have time between arrival and
departure to go elsewhere to
eat. The Judge also said that
the lunchroom at the railway
station, the Burlington stat
ions, and other bus stations
did not refuse or discriminate
against the citizens.
day, April 5. On Wednesday, I
April 7, Dr. Bowles will again
lecture, this time to the stu
dent body and faculty.
As a climax to the seres, the
Physical Education Depart
ment will present Dr. J. E.
Codwell, principal of Phillis
Wheatley High school, on
Friday, pril 9,
Large Erosion Acreage
It is estimated that in the United
States at least half the acreage
needed this year for intertilled and
close growing crops is subject to
erosion.
CI\ IL SERVICE EXAMIN
ATION ANNOUNCED FOR'
MAIL HANDLER POSIT
IONS IN OMAHA POST
OFFICES
Miss Rena B. Smith, Director
Eighth U. S. Civil Service Re
gion, announced today that ap
plications for probational (car
eer) appointments to the pos
ition of mail Handler in the
Omaha Post Office Service, at
Omaha Nebraska, would 'be
accepted until the close of bus
iness 28 April 1948.
The entrance salary for reg
ular Mail Handlers is $2,000 a
year with periodic increases of
$100 a year until the maximum
salary of $2,500 is reached. Sub
stitute Mail Handlers are paid
at the rate of 99 cent per hour.
Appointments are u s u ally
made to substitute positions,
followed by promotion to reg
ular positions according to sen
iority of appointment. All com
petitors will be rated on an
elementary written test desi
gned to determine to read and
write on and to perform simple
tasks. Applicants will also be
given a strength test before
appointment which will con
sists of shouldering and carry
ing a mail sack and contents
weighing 100 pounds.
A copy of the announcement
and application forms may be
obtained from the Secretary,
Board of U. S. Civil Service
Examiners, Post Office Build
ing, Omaha, Nebraska, or from
the office of the Director,
Eighth U. S. Civil Service Reg
ion, Post Office and Custom
house Building, St. Paul 1, Mi
nnesota.
MRS. RINER GOES TO
WASHINGTON
Mrs. Elizabeth Riner, Sup
ervisor of Homemaking Edu
cation in the Omaha Public
Schools, has been asked to ser
ve on thelstafff of the United
States Office of Education in
Washington, D. C. for two
months commencing April 1st.
Mrs. Riner will prepare mat
erial on Adult Homemaking
Education based on her exper
ience in Omaha. The program
of Adult Homemaking Educa
tion in the Omaha Public Sch
ools is recognized as outstand
ing, particularly in the field of
Family Life Education, and
has gained national recognit
ion. Mrs. Riner has been Sup
ervisor of Homemaking Edu
cation since 1934 and taught
the first c,lass in adult home
making offered by the Depart
ment of Vocational Education
of the Omaha Public Schools
in 1920. She has servied as an
instructor and consultant on
the summer school staffs of
Cornell university, Stout In
stitute, Colorado A & M Col
lege, Syacuse University, Ball
State Teachers College (Indi
anna) and the University of
Nebraska. Dr. Harry A. Burke
Superintendent of Schools,
said “This temporary appoint
ment to the United States Of
fice of Education )is a splend
id tribute to the worn of Mrs.
Riner and the Adult Home
making Education staff of the
Omaha Public Schools.”
Miss Martha Artist, Head of
Homemaking Department at
Technical High School will be
Acting Supervisor of Home
making Education during Mrs.
Riner’s absence, and Mrs. Le
ota Traver will assist Miss
Artist.
American National Red Cross
DOUGLAS COUNTY
CHAPTER
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Volunteer workers for the
Red Cross Fund Campaign are
taking advantage of the time
extension of the drive to “cle
an up” all campaign solicitat
ion, W. B. Millard, Jr., chair
man, said this week.
He urged county residents
to remember Red Cross’ im
portant role in service to veter
ans, servicemen and their de
pendants, disaster relief and
rehabitation and the National
Blood program and to give
generously. i
He told the people of Doug
las County, “It would be of
tremendous assistance if those
who have not given or have
not been contacted send in
their contribution to the Red
Cross Campaign headquarters,
702" Woodmen of the World
building, Omaha.”
RECEIVE MORE MEDALS
Donald F. Gunn of Grand
Island, Nebraska, Northwest
ern Bell Telephone Company
lineman, who received a Vail
Medal Award from the Tele
phone Company last Septem
ber for rescuing a fellow work
man, has been presented with
two additional awards in rec
ognition of his heroic action.
The presentation was made at
McCook Nebraska, on April 1
by Stuart H. Kelley, Assist
ant to the Vice President and
General Manager! of the North
western Bell Telephone Co.
The two awards are the
Certificate of Merit of the A
merican Red Cross and the
President’s Medal of the Nat
ional Safety Council which is
made up of thousands of safety
organizations and industries
employing more than 12.000,
000 persons.
The act for which Mr. Gunn
is receiving such outstanding
recognition took place a few
miles west of Grand Island on
May 1, 1947, when a fellow
workman, Lloyd Pearson suf
fered a 7,200 volt shock over
a wire which broke as it was
being unwound and flipped up
against an electric power line.
After directing the other
member of the crew to call a
doctor and emergency unit,
Mr. Gunn, while alone in the
interval before help arrived,'
applied artificial respiration
so effectively that, although it
required some 20 minutes to
restore the victim to conscious
ness, his efforts were success
ful
During the war, Mr. Gunn
served in the Coast Guard
where he received first aid tr
aining in a life-saving station
and aboard the ship, F S141,
overseas. In January 1947, he
took the Telephone Company
first aid course which he pas
sed with a perfect score.
To Her Who Waits
Women inherit 70 per cent of the
estates left by men and 64 per cent
of those left by other women.
Re-Elect Your
MUNICIPAL JUDGES
• ''
LESTER PALMER
FRANK G. NIMITZ
DENNIS E. O’BRIEN
PERRY M. WHEELER
(Political Advertising)
BROTHERLY BEHAVIOR
By Earl Conover
In typicau Irish humor Pad
die is supposed to have said,
“Begorra, I think iv’iybody’s
as good as iv’rybady ilse-in
fact some are a litie bit better”.
Maybe you are one of those
“better” people, who, by rea
son of character, training, ed
ucation and idealism, should
be taking even more of an act
ive interest in the affairs of
your government than you do
now.
The. complaint i s so often
made that the “better” folks
are the very ones who show
the least interest in govern
ment e. g., they make up the
majority who do not vote. Still
the government affects them
1001 times each day.
We've told that they vote
most faithfully — and would
vote repeatedly if they had
chaYeleonic characteristics —
who have most to win or lose.
(‘Tis a selfish world, to be
; sure .) Yet in every election
| planned for us we win, or lose,
| depending upon those “right”
1 or “wrong” election officials. A
j multitude cannot seem to see
the direct relationship betwe
! en an election and their daily
i life,
“PUBLIC SERVANTS”
Sometimes our “public ser
vants!’ need a reprimand, a
reminder they were elected for
such, to represent us and not
to re-present their own ideas
ad infinitum, et ad absurdum.
Often, however, our public
officials are as innocent as
new born babes of any major
responcibility for realjy unfav
orable conditions. Many things
are just too big for any of us
to have caused — or avoided.
Headwinds were too powerful
for any smooth sailing.
But let’s play the game of
“S’p'osin ” ias we did when
kids. Let’s pretend that all the
blame should be drept like a
ton of brick on the toes of
some “public servant”. What
do we do about itl? Anything
at all?
Well, some folks do some
thing: they go out and vote.
They’re not content with the
tongue lashing which seldom
gets more than the backyard
broadcast, or heats up the tel
ephone wires on occasion.
They use their feet to go to
the polls. Protest votes win or
lose many an election, some
times by even one or two.
Your vote might turn the tide.
GIVE HIM THE GATE
So if you’re all fed up with
Senator so and so, if he’s done
nothing for you since you
gave him a cross (X) on the
ballot, except to match it with
his own making it a beautiful
double-cross, you can do your
part to “give him the gate”.
Even before he begins his cam
paign sppeches you can begin
[your very own. But get some
' facts and figure first because
there’s entirely too much un
true talk about other’s, espec
ially our, ,polititians.
“The mills of the gods grind
Slowly but they grind exceed
ing fine.” A peaceful revou
tion is possible,, and expected,
under our American system.
That’s why we like it.
Now that all (?) our citi
zens have registered, may they
ont forget and vote. Probably
some will need a reminding, or
even a car ride to the polling
places. If some sacrifice is ne
eded, let’s give it.
Her’s one chance for needed
changes. May the very best
people be elected.
First Labor Organization
America’s first national labor or
ganization, the Knights of Labor,
was founded after the Civil war by
two Pennsylvanians, Uriah S. Ste
vens and Terrence V. Powderly.
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