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VOL. XXI—No 12 THE OMAHA GUIDE OMAHA, NEBR. Saturday, April 17th, 1948 ONLY TEN CENTS PER COPY
SHOOTING AND CUTTING
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SHOOTING FATAL TO ONE
ONE HOSPITALIZED__
Muriel Rahn
MURIEL TO ‘DOUBLE’ AT
TOWN HALL - CARNEGIE
Ne wYork, N.Y. —Muriel
Rahn, nationally known rad
io. stage and concert artist,
will give her annua,! Town |
Hall recital on May 2nd, for
the benefit of the Greater Har^
letn Christian Youth CouncTk
Instead of ending her 1947-48
concert season with Town Hal
recital, as in the past, Miss
Rahn will make one more ap
pearance on May 4th, at the
Carnegie Hall, with the Carne
gie Hall Symphony orchestra,
for the famous. Carnegie Pop ;
Concert.
During her current season, '
the singer has covered more
than 25,000 miles, that took
her to more than 40 cities, in
cluding Los Angeles, Calif.,
Fort Worth, Texas, Savannah,
Ga., Charleston, S. C., Miami,,
Fla., and others, giving a tot
al of more than 45 concerts,
of which 26 were given at the
colleges in the South.
Miss Rahn's annual recital
at Town Hall is always given
for the benefit of some note
worthy charitable organiza
tion, and this year the artist
chose the Greater Harlem
Christian Youth Council, who
se headquarters are located at
Abssinian Baptist Church, &
the pastor1 is the Rev. A. Clay
ton Powell. Jr., a member of
the U. S. House of Represent
atives.’
Dick Cambell, the nation’s
only Negro Concert Manager,
is ersonal Representative and
Manager of Miss Rahn.
JOHN HOWARD
CHOIR IN OMAHA
John Howard Choir W.T.A.
M. feature will appear in Om
aha at the Pilgrim Baptist
Church on April 15, and at the
Grace Baptist Church April
16, and the Omaha Gospel
Tabernacle on April 18.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
CARVER STUDY CLUB
The George Washington
Carver Study Club is having
their installation services Sun
day, April 18. at 3 p.m., at the
Paradise Church, 1811 No. 23
street. Rev. C. Adams will de
liver the sermon. Our state
president will install the offic
ers. A wonderful program will
be rendered, including the
ladies chorus of Pilgrim Bap
tist Church. The public is in
vited to come and enjoy this
service with us. Our next club
meeting will be at Mrs. A. W.
Anderson, 2204 Burdette. Mrs.
Cowan and Mrs. Whitley ar^
the hostesses.
Mrs. A. W. Anderson, Pres.
Mrs. Mae Cooper, Reporter.
INJURED IN FIGHT
Arlene Williams, age 14, of
2608 Charles Street, was at
2124 Maple Street. After the
party Miss Williams became
nvolved in an arguement with
Geneve Hudgerson and where
at this subject cut Williams.
HOLDS POSITION
Mrs. J. Diggs of New York
was here in the city visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sol,
omon, 2615 Maple St. for a few
days. Miss Diggs is the first
Negro to ever have held such
a position as hers, she is Sec
retary of the Labor Depart
ment of the State of New York
Mrs. Diggs returned to New
York this morning April 13th
via United Airlines.
GIVEN BOUQUET
Mrs. Minnie L. Dixon, Mrs.
Emma Avant, and Mrs. Flor
rence Rogers were given a
small flowered bouquet in the
Church Sunday morning, April
4 in honor of their birthdays
and were royally entertained
by the immediate members of
the families. They were taken
to dinner at St. Benedict Chur
ch, Mrs. Hattie Jowers as the
dinner guest, and given a sight
seeing by Macey Avant. They
later went to the home of Mrs.
Minnie L. Dixon for the party.
Mrs. Avant and Mrs. Rogers
were 80 years old. They each
received identical gifts. A huge
peppermint stick was given
to each of the ladies. There
was a huge cake with the nam
es of the ladies Minnie, Flor
ence Emma on it.
DISOBEDIENCE
PROGRAM IS
ENTHUSIASTIC
“International President A.
Philip Randolph’s remarks be
fore the Senate Armed Ser
vice committee, on Wednes
day, March 31, are resulting in
enthusiastic letters, telegrams
and telephone calls being re
ceived from individuals, civic,
liberal and college organiza
tions supporting Mr. Ran
dolph in his fight against dis
crimination and segregation in
the armed forces of the na
tion,” stated Theodore E.
; Brown, Research Director of
| the Brotherhood of Sleeping
' Car Porters.
Mr. Brown stated further
that officials personnel are
working overtime answering
| inquiries regarding Mr. Ran
| dolph's remarks before the
Senate Committee, at which
time he stated he woujd call
upon Negro veterans to join
a civil disobedience movement
and recruit their younger
brothers in organized refusal
to submit to Jim-Crow prac
tices in the armed service. Mr.
Randolph appeared beore the
Senate Committee with Com
missioner Grant Reynolds who 1
backed up Mr. Randolph’s re
marks with his own impas
sioned statement against seg
regation in the armed forces.
Mr. Reynolds was a chaplain
in the army of the United
States in World War II, and
is Chairman of the Committee
Against Jim-Crow in Military
Service and Training, of which i
Mr. Randolph is the National
Treasurer.
“All oficials n the Interna- !
tional ofice of the union have
expressed unqualified support
of Mr. Randolph,” concluded
Mr. Brown. j
Platinum Foxes Possible
By depriving ordinary silver
foxes of one of the “B” group of
vitamins, it is possible to obtain a
platinum fox. This discovery was
made at University of California
However, the platinized foxes do
not produce furs so durable as the
Norwegian variety. The only fox
that is being raised commercially
to any great extent in the United
States is the silver fox. Perhaps
they lend themselves to confine
ment better than most wild ani
mals. The grey fox is much slower
than the red fox. The red fox has
been known to cover a given dis
tance at the rate of SO miles per
| hour.
WOUNDED
Friday, about 11 :30, Mr. Co- !
peland was found in front of
2418 Hamilton Street by John
Peoples, 1510 North 24th St,
with a bullet wound in the calf
of his right leg, taken to the
County Hospital in a cruiser
car $.nd attended by Dr. Me
Cann and he remained in the
hospital. Copeland and his wi
fe were having a quarrel, and
Ethal Copeland, his wife, got
in a tussel the gun went off
and struck Mr. Copeland in
the right leg. Ethel Copeland
was arrested for investigation.
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GEORGE B. MURPHY, JR.
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George B. Murphy, former
editor and publicist and until
this week national commander
of the United Negro and Allied
Veterans of America, has tak
en leave of absence/from that
organization to accept appoint
ment as assistant campaign
manager of the National Wal
lace for President Committee,
it was announced last night by
C< B. Baldwin, campaign man
ager for Henry Wallace.
Murphy’s appointment fol
lows the election of Mrs. Es
te,lle Massey Osborne, chair
man of the educational com
mittee of the National Council
of Negro Women, as secretary
of the New York State Wal
lace for President Committee.
Mrs. Osborne, a faculty mem
ber of New York University,
is also an officer of the Assoc
iation o f Colored Graduate
Nurses.
Murphy served as national
National Association for the
public relations director of the
Advancement of Colored Peo
ple and before entering the ar
med services was Washington
editor of the Afro-American
for several years.
Baldwin said that he would
be responcible “for coordina
ting the activities of the grow
ing Wallace campaign as it
t'fects the Negro people in the
varied fields of labof, youth,
women’s organizations, and
cultural and other groups.”
In accepting the appoint
ment Murphy said that he was
“anxious to get to work quick
ly in the campaign.”
“The Negro people have be
en waiting a long time for a
leader, especially in this crit
cal period, who stands for the
peace, freedom and the com
plete abolition of Jim Crow.
Henry Wallace i s the only
presidential candidate whose
deeds n this respect match his
words.
‘The new party offers the
Xegro people an opportunity
which they welcome in their
march toward full citizenship.
There can be no misunderstan
ding of Henry Wallace's clear
and unequivocal stand for the
democracy, freedom and the
peace.”
Murphy is a nephew of Carl
Murphy of Baltimore, publish
er of the Afro-American, and
w a s prominent among 50
Xegro leaders who urged Wal
lace to run for president in a
special Chritma greeting last
year.
Gov- Hastie Has
Troubles, Too
The streets of Charlotte A
malie, lovely old capital of the
Virgin Islands, were thronged
with happy islanders when
William Henry Hastie was in
augerated as governor in May
1946. But today, Governor
Hastie is haveing his troubles.
The Virgin Islands are suf
fering from a simotaneous de
pression and inflation, Beverly
Smith, Washington editor,
says this week’s Saturday Ev
ening Post. .Although he is con
sidered by U. S. Interior Dep
artment to be the ablest gov
ernor the island ever had, Mr.
'Hastie has not succeeded in
“passing the miracle” by whi
ch the simpler folk expected
he would correct the condition
brought about by the collapse
of the war boom just as the
American inflation was boost
' ing prices.
“Hastie has no mircles,” Mr.
Smith says. “He knows that
clear thinking and hard work
by everyone, over a period of
years, are needed to build a
sound economy. He does not
even make soothing promises.”
Governor Hastie’s notable
composure and courtesy are be
ing tested to the limit in this
insular possession where “feud
and factions, jealousies and the
schisms flourish like the foli
iage in luxuriant profusion,”
according to Mr. Smith. The
bright eyed young inealists
whom Mr. Haste encouraged
while he was an assistant sol
icitor in the Interior Depart
ment, have gained control of
the island legislature, and’are
now doing much to embarrass
the governor’s adminstration.
Narly all the local politic
ians and legislators are Neg
ro, as is Governor Hastie, but
conflicts haae arisen, Mr. Smi
th says. “To a man of Hastie’s
strict fiews and rigorous con
stitutional training, the doings
of the legislators were deplor
able,” he writes. “To him their
precedurers seemed slipshod,
their finances loose, their hun
ger for patronage and privil
ege excessive. Moreover, the
collapse of the islands’ temp
orary wartime prosperity made
sharp budget cuts essential.
The governor moved in vigor
ously to clean up and tighten
up the lawmaking process.
“The legislators were sur
prised, angry and hurt. Having
rifted into certain priviledges,
they had come to'regard them
as rights. The island politicos,
who have precociously master
ed such American devices as
logrolling, the filibuster and
the rejection of executive ap
pointments. set out to embarr
ass the governor and hamstri
ngs his program.
The problem of the govern
or’s race has been a minor one,
Mr. Smith says. The color line
exists socially, but is very faint
in business, and nonexistant in
politics. Amoung the whites,
the majority, including those
from the south, speak of the
governor with liking or with
prudging approval.
Guy Doug Rich became in
volved in an arguement with
several women in the Lake St.
I Tavern 2229 Lake Street. Rich
accused a lady of taking his
f money and Lawerance Sales
i tried to take Rich home. We
Rich to the front door and let
him loose. Rich then went to
I the wash room where he strip
ped to the waistjine and got in
an arguement with Leslie Wil
liams. Williams stated that he
i Rich pulled a knife on him.
Williams stated that he took
the knife away from Rich and
inflicted a wound on Rich.
Rich was taken to the County
Hospital by Fire Rescue by
, Dr. McCann for cut on neck
and right arm, deep laceration
of right side of neck, released
I from hospital, and brought to
the station and booked, for in
( vestigation.
ARNA BONTEMPS
| Arna Bontemps, Fisk lib-1
rarian and author, will appear
with Marjorie Kinnan Rawl
ings, author, of The Yearling,
on a seminar, “Writing and
Folk Materials”, during the
19th annual Festival of Music
and Art at Fisk University,
April 29th May 1st.
Eats Up Coal
Lighting the average home for a
year eats up 600 pounds of coal at
the powerhouse.
TRAFFIC NEWS
“Death was forced to take
several holidays during the
month of March insofar as the
traffic fatalities were concern
ed because of Nebraska driver
continued alertness. This en
abled the State to establish an
all-time low for deaths due to
traffic accidents,” E. P. Tin
ker, Executive Director of the
Nebraska State Safety Coun
cil said today.
Nebraska recorded just 6
traffic fatalities for March as
against 26 last year for the
same period.
In establishing this all-time
record, a previous low of 7
traffic fatalities in March of
1941 was substantially better
ed.
At the same time, other ma
rks were established during
the month of March. One of
these was the longest period
in post war recordng; with
out a death due to a traffic
accident. This record was est
ablished when the State went
11 days without a fatality
from March 2 thru 13. Also
recorded during this month
and the latter part of Febru
ary was a 25-day period with
mark was established from
February26th thru March 21.
At present the State is real
izng a saving of 22 lives for
the first three months in 1948.
• At the present rate, this will
give the State 88 lives saved
for the year nearly realizing
the State Safety Council’s pie
to save 100 lives.
KIXGSBLOOD ROYAL RE
VIEW APRIL 30
The Senior Choir of Zion
Baptist Church are having a
, book review April 30 by Mr.
Bohaman. The title, Kings
blood Royal. Everyone is in
vited to come.
WHERE-Z I O N
TIME-8:00 P. M.
End Dripping
To prevent cream from dripping
oS the pitcher onto the table cloth,
put a bit of unflavored fat on the
tip of the spout.
SHOOTING and CUTTING
Thomas Hall, 2512 Cald
well street. 44 years, and Cecil
Halloway, 2513 M street, 48
years, became engaged in a
shooting and cutting at the
Burlington station Wednes
day. April 14th. Cecil Hallo
way states he came in on the
Burlngton train front Kansas
City about 8:17 p.m. and
when he stepped off the escu
lator, Thomas Hall came up to
him and started to cut' him
about the face. Halloway then !
pulled a gun from his pocket
and shot Hall twice. Both
were taken to the County Hos
pital in police ambulance. Hall
was pronounced dead by Dr.
A. J. Callahan and the body
sent to Meyers Mortuary.
Cecil Halloway was attended
for back of neck and right ear. j
He remained at the hospital j
with a police hold. The follow
ng evidence was found. A
Smith & Wesson 38 caliber
revolver and one blood stain
ed knife used by Thomas Hall.
Hall had been put under a re
straining order to keep from
molesting his wife. Hall and
his wife had begun divorce
proceedings. Mr. Hall was a
very likable person. He is sur
vived by his wife and four
brothers, Lynwood and Clar
ence both of Omaha, and Jack
of Denison, Texas, and Lonnie
Qf Burkley, Cal., one sister
Bernice Ruffin, in Chicago.
GALLEY SIX
ELKS ORATORICAL
CONTEST
Elks Hall 2420 Lake St. 8:15
P. M. April 23, 1948.
The Improved Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks
of the World have an opinion
that if these contests will dir
ect the minds of the students
to a study and consideration
of our organic law, the Con
stitution of the United States
that the inevitable result will
be a change in the public mind
to the end, that our Constitut
ion will be interpreted and ad
ministered in accordance with
the fatherhood of God and the
brotherhood of man.
That unfair decisions will be
reversed and unfair acts will
cease when the public mind
correctly interprets the funda
mental principles upon which
this country stands.
In this desired result our
Order nvokes the aid of the
public, the clergymen, the
teachers and students.
Subjects for Oratation
1. The Constituton and Citizen
ship.
2. The Constitution and Slav
ery- .
3. Harriette Beecher Stowe &
th Constitution
4. Fredrick Douglas and the
Constitution.
5. The Negro and the Constit
ution.
6. Lincoln and the Constitut
ion.
7. John Marshall and the Con
stitution.
8. George Washington and the
Constitution.
9. Booker T. Washington and
the Constitution.
10. The Constitution.
Contestants from Various
High Schools
Lorraine Peters, Alice Wash
ington, Elarnor Starks, Edith
Sparks, Matsodonia Pruitt,
Naomi Goodwin. Delores Wi
ghtman, Ida Rahn, Raymond 1
Davis, Victor Wilburn.
The winner will be awarded
a trip and expenses to the Re
gional Contest, Minneapolis.
Minn., There the winner shall
be awarded $1,000 scholarship.
CAP & GOWN CLUB
Dt, Althony Adams, Dt. Hel
ne Baker, Dt. Millie Bone, Dt.
Myrtle Browder, Dt. Jessie M.
Brooks, Dt. Margery Clayton,
Dt. Celeta Crib'bs, Dt. Mary
Criner, Dt Evelyn Dyer, Dt.
Vivan S. Hall, Dt. Maryland
Hickman, Dt. Anne Johnson,
Dt. Grace Jordan, Dt. Margar
et Lambert, Dt. Josephine Mer
ritt, Dt. Mare Robinson, Dt.
Gertrude Shropshire, Dt. Eve
lyn Stevens, Dt. Mabe Thomas
Dt'Bennetta L. Cleveland.
EDUCATIONAL COMM.
Reverand Chas. Favors, Bro.
Ernest Williams, Robert H.
Johnson, Edgar Lee.
Dt. Margaret Richardson,
Hortense Callaway, Opal Me
Alister, Maryland Hickman.
Dt. Bennetta L. Cleveland,
Local Directoress
Rev. Chas. Favors, •' j
State Director
Dt. Lola Mae Jackson, Chero
kee Temple, Xo. 223. Omaha
Nebraska, has transferred to
Minnehaha Temple Xo. 129,
Daughter Elks. Minneapolis,
Minn, she oganized a Purple
Cross Nurse Unit. The Class is
advancing rapidly under her
supervision.
Rev. Chas. Favors of the Pil
grim Baptist Church has been
commissioned by the Grand
Exalted Ruler J. Finjev Wil
son, I.B.P.O.E. of W. as State
Director of the Educational
Department for this Territory.
YOUR FAMILY’S FOOD
By Mrs. Evelyn Halm
Kea cross Nutrition Director
GARDEN PROFITS
Better meals for less mon
ey that's what a home garden
can furnish. Even a small gar
den on a town or city lot if pr
operly managed can furnish
from $50 to $75 worth of veg
etables a year, specialists of
the U. S. Deparment of Ag
riculture estimate. Larger gar
dens, especially those on the
farms, can provide even more.
A well- planned, organiz
ed home gardening program
has long range benetits in both
nutrition and health. We all
know that home grown veg
etables right out of the garden
taste better, and they offer
more vitimines than vegetabl
es from the store, because
they have full freshness. Home
gardeners get a great deal of
pieasurer irom picking their
owq home grown vegetables
right in their prime.
VEGETABLE VARIETY
Instead of sticking to a fav
orite few in your freedom gar
den this year, it’s a good idea
to add some new kinds of veg
e t a b 1 e s— un-familiar to the
family. When vegetables are
grown at home children are
more apt to develope a liking
for a variety of vegetable flav
ors. Mothers and fathers to
day who “ just can’t stand”
certain vegetables can perhaps
look back in their childhood
and find that their families had
no vegetable gardens, and a
limited variety was served in
their homes. As adults we tend
to like those vegetables which
we become acquainted with in
our early life.
CONSULTATION
For answers to your Nutri
tion questions call your Red
Cross Nutrition service. AT.
2723
The Powerful Peanut
The peanut, “thenut that is
not anut”, is a legume like pea
or bean. These small brown
nuts outrank many a more
“pretentious” food on the nu
tritional yardstick. In fact, few
foods have crammed into them
as many of the vital nutrients
a# have peanuts. They are high
ni protein and a good source of
calories. Peanuts are one of
our very best sources of niacin
one of the B complex vitamins
In addition they give us a fair
' supply of minerals—especially
iron. Concidering what we get
from them—as peanuts or as
peanut butter—they rank high
on the list of “Best Buys”. Six
level tablespoons of peanut
butter or three ounces of pea
nuts equal the protein value
of an average four ounce ser
ving of meat, for approxima
tely sixor seven cents.
Use in Meal Plan
| Even though they compare
favorably with meat in protein
value, they are not very adapt
a b 1 e as main dinner dishes.
However, there are many ways
of using peanut products in
menus, and we should depend
on them for contributing to the
days total protein.
For example, for an adoles
cent bov-age 18, the following
foods in a day’s diet will give
100 grams of protein—the a
mount recommended at this
age:
Amt. Food Gms Prot
314 - 4 oz. Meat 20
1 quart. Milk 33
1 Egg 6
4 T. (level) Peanut Butter 17
2/3 cup Navy beans 8
3 T. cottage cheeze
8 slices Bread 16
Total grams 100
Mr. John Davis of 2209 No.
25th Street was found sitting
in a parked car bleeding from
the head, He was taken to ehe
Central Station and treated for
laceration and arrested.
Value of Milk
A quart of milk—four glasses—
supplies approximately these per
centages of the daily nutritive re
quirements of an average man: Cal
cium, 100 per cent plus; riboflavin
(vitamin G), 82 per cent; phos
phorus, 67 per cent; protein, 49 per
cent; vitamin A, 30 per cent; thia
min, 22 per cent; calories, 22 per
cent; vitamin C, 19 per cent; niacin,
• per cent, and Iron, 3 per cent
OUR
Guest
Column
Brotherly Behavior
A sign caught my eye in a
store the other day: “Let’s
get aquainted” The temp
ation to comment couldn’t be
resisted, for proofreading does
s o m e t h i ng to a guy after a
while .
Said I, “Next time you get
’acquainted’ you’ll have to put
a ‘C’ in it”. Said the man “Not
1 out of fifty would have not
iced it.”
The ‘C’ In Acquaintance
I wish that I thought only 1
out of 50 would miss the “C” in
acquaintance but I’m afraid
the figures would have to be
reversed to gve the true picture
Have you many acquaintances
whom you have never seen.
Maybe you’ve talked to a
person over the telephone apr
ain and again, but have not
seen him. At first he was a
mere name but now he is a
real, phone personality. At fir
st he was only a voice, but now
after receiving responces and
reactions to your own, he is a
living spirt and spirits remain
unseen.
We have all read about folks
getting hitched who never set
their headlghts upon each o
ther until all set to erchange
the most solemn vows of fide
lity. They had gotten aCquaint
ed by correspondence, long in
both distance and in time, Pro
seal affixed to their wedding
certificate should be their own
very familiar postage stamp.
Widenng the Cirlce
Perhaps you’ve one of those
sensible and enviable persons
who make acquaintances from
a wide variety of associates.
What if their background of
nationality or culture, religion
or race, is most diverse from
our own! Aren’t they more
interesting just because of
those differences, added to in
dividual experiences, plans and
aspiratons!
Those who want to know of
a foreign nation would do well
not merely to read the daily
papers, but to find someone
! from that country. If he was
just recently aide to look up
and wink at Miss Liberty for
the first time, all the better for
swapping yarns which reflect
another country and its folks.
Having a “pen pal” overseas
for young people provides en
joyment for the whole family.
More power to the groups plan
ning this.
I
Surprise Ahead
What shall we find! That
human nature is pretty much
! the same the world around; the
“common people” only about
99 and 44-100 per cent of them,
however, have the very same
i basis desires and dreams that
we have; they are not lying a
wake o’nights formulating the
plans for world conquest but
working hard by day that they
might have their own little
parcel of land for enjoyment
of their quiet and simple life,
for the love of their wife and
the kids.
pathy and this, in turn, gives
support. Helpful hands are al
waysneeded across the seas.
Brotherhood and its twin, w-o
rld Peace, are waiting for bet
ter acquaintance most of wh
ich, unfortunately, ever must
remain without any ‘C’!
Warm Water for Plants
Tepid water instead of cold water
should be used for watering house
plants. Cold water may shock the
plants, damage the roots and retard
growth.
TO DIRECT FOREIGN
RELIEF,
WASHINGTON, D. C—Governor!
Herbert H. Lehman, shown ini
photo, has left his post as governor]
and has become director of foreign
relief and rehabilitation. The White]
House made this appointment as al
step toward mobilizing food, cloth*]
ing and other necessities to assist!
victims of the war in United Na-1
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