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She’s Dad’s Day Queen k Every daughter is a queen in the eyes of her Dad. Here’a Shirley! Peters ready to maintain that position. She shopped early for her Father’s Day gift With such a cute wink, her dad should be extra 1 pleased with his present Father’s Day this year is June 20. Loaal merchants are displaying many attractive suggestions for gifts to give “Daddy.” * _, ' New Look For Young Housewives y _. CHICAGO—Contest Winner Jackie Brown demonstrates the ad vantages of the newest in clothing and equipment for the modern homemaker to Losers Gloria Hunter (center) and Betsy Harmon, ex ponents of older methods of ironing. Jackie, cool, comfortable and I efficient in shorts and halter, defeated the two girls in a shirt ironing 'contest (Gloria: electric hand iron; Betsy: old-fashioned sad iron) by finishing a shirt from first crease to fissl fold on the Conlon automatic lihonte ironer in _4 minutes, 33 seconds (In a contest held recently here. HOUSING RECORD , A new all-time record of new dwelling units started in any one month under FHA inspect ion was established in April with a total of 35,555 units, Federal Housing Commission er Franklin D. Richards an nounced today. This exceeds the March vol ume of 30,122 units by 18 per cent, and the previous high' record of 30,386 started last October by 17 per cent. Also it represents about 40 per cent of all non- farming dwelling units started during April, as reported by the Bureau of Lab or Statistics. The volume of new residen tial construction started under FHA inspection or the first four months of 1948 was 104, 698 units, considerably more than twice the 42,032 units started during the same period of 1947. Mr. Richards said that eight out of nine dwelling units started under FHA inspection so far during this year are be ing financed and built under the veterans emergency hous ing provisions of the National Housing Act (Title VI). More than 34,000 of the units are located in rental housing pro jects while a considerable pro portion of the other units are being built or rent. WEIGHED IN THE BALANCES By Myrtle M. Goodlow America and Britain are weighed in the balances and found wanting for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.—I Samuel 2-3. America lynches, and Jim Crows the loyal American Negro And Britain now persecutes the Jews They told us world war number two And you remember the slogan too Was or forld wide democracy To free all men from slavery And from strife and tyranny And if they are victorious A bright, happy road lay before us To-day the bitter truth is this; k Slave and consentration camps still exist. And human beings, against God’s holy will Are held in slavery still. ''N L—-1 Great Britain’s bitter deal Toward the state of Israel Is an example of her kind. • • And a sorry one to all mankind Who believe in true democracy And not greet nor treachery It is sad to think in this crucial hour _ rv. Her lust for greed and power i And for the sake of a few oil fields , Turned the Holy City into a battlefield • . _ Kingdoms shall rise or all • Thus decreed the God of all ■*“ And no kingdom shall ever rise ► On bloody sacvrifice, deceit and lies. America preaches equal rights Beneath her Stars and Stripes Is it any wonder then " & Other nations distrust them? They once held the golden key Of world wide peace and liberty But freedom no longer—hears their knock For the door is closed and locked New leaders we hope will find a key . To the door of true democracy. CORNHUSKER COMMENT (Editor's-Note: With spring here, many. Nebraskans are looking forward to summer and vacations. For that reason this week’s column by Mar garet Chambers is a descrip tion of one place popular with tourists.) Sleeping in the sun, or shrouded in the velvety black ness of a Mexican night, Tax-j co, ancient pueblo of the Az tecs, welcomes the visitor with the gracious hospitality of Old Spain. One comes upon Taxco all at once— a sharp curve in the road and there it is, clinging to the mountainside. There is a charm in the antiquity of its adobe houses and stone dwell ings with their red tiled roofs. One has the feeling that they climb eternally to meet the gray old cathedral whose gaunt stone towers and gilded domes reach toward the sky. The pueblo is built around a charming plaza. Here the sel ver workers have their shops. Here the people come daily to draw water from the open well. Here children play on a rock-walled ledge while their elders gather for a bit of gossip. Narrow, cobbled streets es cape from the open square to struggle up the mountain. Bur ros, goats, chickens and pigs roam at will through the streets and plaza. At one cav ernous doorway, a gorgeous parrot preens his red, orange, green, purple plumage, scream ing betimes at the jostling hu manity. Sadfaced little people come and go, bearing faggots of wood or the daily supply of water, Oriental-wise, upon their backs. Night comes quickly in Tax co. The sun drops out of sight and darkness wraps her shad owy mantle about the moun tain. Only the stars and the gray old cathedral are left to guard the sleeping pueblo. In dreams Taxco relives the grandeur that was hers ages ago, when princely Aztecs lived and rfcigned upon the mountain. (Editor’s Note: Entitled “Help Wanted’’ this week’s column is the work o Bill Fosh ier, a senior in the University of Nebraska School of Journal ism.) / Mr. and Mrs. Smith had liv ed a normal life in a very nor ' mal Nebraska town. They had paid for their farm out of the back breaking efforts of Mr. Smith and the saving, scrap ing cooperation of Mrs. Smith. Their children were all married and away from the neighbor hood. Smith was the sort of a man you would ask to sit on a pile of dollar bills that belonged to you while you left to get a drink of water. His wife was the kind of woman you would ask to keep your kids when you had to go into Chicoga for a couple of days. No one could ask for better people. The Smiths had three child ren, two boys and one girl. All were married now and busy building reputations as darned good people. There had been lots of sacrifice—sending all the children to college, giving them clothes, and keeping them fed throughout the lean years. Smith was too old to farm now and had done hard grub bing to get by in lean years. He was a proud man and proud of his amily. He asked nothing from anyone without giving ample payment in kind. He liked to look people in the eye and give everyone he met a happy word. But Smith had a litttle tough luck. About four months ago he began to have trouble with his health. His stomach pained him almost unbearably. He didn’t tell his wife. He hated to worry her. Finally, he had to see a doctor. The doctor checked him quickly and gave him the hard truth—cancer. Smith just hasn’t the dough for an Operation. He. wouldn’t have a cent left to keep his wife in groceries and a roof over her head. He isn’t com plaining about himself. It’s just that he feels so powerless to -whip this thing alone. Smith will never ask, but you can help. A couple of pen nies change from cigarettes, maybe an odd dime rattling about in your pocket—that’ll do the trick. Stuff a little change into the red, blue and white cancer drive cans which are waiting near cash registers in lot's of places. Smith will never know just who helped him, but YOU will! Old Temperature Test By holding Incubator eggi In the eye, the ancient Egyptians and Asi atics determined the proper degree of heat for the eggs. THE SPORTS TRAIL By Dick Lebbs Major league baseball teams have been nicknamed almost everything from Infants to Beaneaters to Giants. There was a rapid turnover of names until shortly after the turn oi the century when most of the present day tags were adopted. The oldest, most consistent ly used moniker is that of the New York Giants. First used in 1885, the name has hung on down through the years. The Cincinnati Reds were dubbed the Red Stockings in 1883, but in 1891 the name was changed. The change lasted only one year. Thereafter the Cincinnati entry again became know as the Reds. The most recent change oc curred in 1943 when the Phil adelphia Phillies adopted the J Blue Jay symbol as a result of fans’ votes. However, the name Phillies still clings. Brooklyn owns the longest list of unusual names. Prior to being called Dodgers, they were known as Bridegrooms, Superbas, Infants and Robins. Even the name Dodgers is just a shortening of the real name of Trolley Dodgers. Evolutionary proc esses worked overtime in deriving Cleveland’s modern day name of Indians. Prior to 1915, they had used the names of Spiders, Wanderers, Exils, Blues, Naps and Molly Maguires. Pittsburgh names have run from one extreme to the other. Originally known as Innocents the club was dubbed the Pir ates in 1891. The Boston National Lea gue entry, at one time called' the Beaneaters, were known as the Bees from 1936 to 1941. But then the label was again changed to Braves. Do any of you know whose official nickname is Nationals? Fans’ ballots changed the na tion’s capitol city team from Senators to Nationals. How ever, the vote result was not binding with sports scribes,; who incidentally, have been responsible for a majority of the monickers attached to the 16 major league teams. THE SPORTS TRAIL By Dick Lebbs Since, 174 major league base ball clubs have done their share to promote American good will by making foreign jaunts at various intervals. Evidently four trips to Japan prior to World War II failed, to cement ideologies even though the sport caughtt on with the Japanese and today ranks as one of their favorite pastimes. The first foreign trip to be made by top professionals was in 1874. Boston and Philadel phia played a series of 14 games in addition to seven cricket matches. The first game took place in Liverpool on July 3. The last was played in Dublin, August 25. Until 1886 the. teams stayed within the country. But that fall the two Philadelphia ag gregations made a trip to Cuba. Later on in the autumn other trips to Cuba were or ganized by Connie Mack and John McGraw. Two years later the firs ’round the world tour was made. Twenty players were in cluded in the group which played their first game in Auckland, New Zealand, on December 10. The tour was not concluded until March 26 att Dublin. L-naries Comiskey and John McGraw sponsored the second world tour made in 1913-1914. This group of barnstormers followed the same general route as the first, although they went to Japan first and worked down the Eastern coast of Asia to Australia. . All these tours met with considerable success. Conse quently, an extensive tour was planned of the European con tinent in 1924. After a series o contests in England, Ireland and France, the rest of the trip was cancelled because the Europeans weren’tt interested in seeing Americans play ball. At least from the financial standpoint, the tour was a dis mal failure. Outstanding men of the day such as Ted Lyons, Herold Ruel, Casey Stengel, Hank Gowdy, Travis Jackson and Frank Frisch were partic ipants in the ill-fated venture. Three times within the last 30 years American baseball missionaries have visited Jap an. The All-American stars, led by Herbert Hunter, played 11 games in November, 1922. Nine years later a team of All-American stars battled Japanese college teams and all-star nines on the island across the Pacific. The last tour was made by American League all-stars in November and December, 1934 under the management of Connie Mack and Babe Ruth. Of course, everyone remem bers the recent “foreign tour" of Mexico undertaken by a few o the major leaguers. But that didn't cause any friendliness between baseball officials of the two countries unless you can call the five years suspen sion of these players an act ot good will. YMCA NEWS 104 years old this week. This anniversary marks a vital mov ement started by youth in its constant need tor encourage ment, counsel and wholesome activities. On June 6, 1844, 22 year old George Williams called togeth er 11 of his friends to see what could be done about improving the wretched conditions of fel low workers in the London drapery trades. From that me eting sprang the Young Men’s Christian Association which to day serves boys and young men in 74 countries. The Omaha association’s membership totals 3,693. Nor th Side, Near North Side, and South and East Omaha bran ches are active in addition to the central “Y”. The Omaha “Y” conducts an extensive sports program for boys 9 to 15 years and the young men 16 and over, special interest groups and an adult educational program open to the public at cost; maintains a cafeteria: and sponsors other public activities and services from time to time. Here in America the YMCA has given us the games of bas ketball and volley ball, pioneer ed in boy’s camps, launched the father and son program an promoted the first national swimming and life-saving cam paign. TAHITIAN HOSTESS —Hi" ' " 11. 'I IIIIIIIIIIIMMFHI—Wi— “Women love to read about foods and parties," says Caroline Guild, noted writer and world traveller, “because every women is a hostess at heart." In her new book “Rain* bow in Tahiti" Mrs. Guild tells a fascinating story of life on the ro* inantic island where she won inter' national acclaim for her hospitality. One of her favorite party refresh* ments is this Tahitian Punch which she serves with small cookies. '— "l TAHITIAN PUNCHj ) A ft cup sugar /' MF il4 cup water > I J tbsps. lemon Juice i TK J Lemon rind - - K I I cup strawberries, fresh or frozen '■f. f I cup canned pineapple, cubed ‘ ”• I } bananas, sliced / i bottles Roma Sauterne V_, ^Dissolve sugar in water. Add lemon juice and few strips lemon , rind. Pour over a block of ice in a chilled punch bowl or large water pitcher, and add sauterne. Just be* fore serving, add fruit Serve in |unch cups or small glasses. Serves j Suited For Swimming 11 HERE is a bathing suit in a new fabric which combines service ability with good looks. Made of Avisco span rayon and cotton, the fabric h smooth-textured and re* main* unchanged by salt water. Note the smart detail of the cuff-edged bra top—and the flattering pleated Jiort^« HATTIE McDANIEL SELF-CONFIDENT BEFORE MIKE Hattie McDaniel had “stars in her eyes” and “butterflies in her stomach” over her first starring role in radio. So says the screen veteran when the conversation gets around to her title role on Columbia’s “Beulah” series. 1 thought 1d never get through the first few broad casts standing on my feet” confides the genial actress, to whom the mike trade is still something pretty new. When someone expressed surprise that she should still get stage fright after so many success ful yeers in show business, Hattie chuckled and said: “The only excuse for an act ress not getting the jitters be fore any kind of show is if she’s so frightened she's numb!” Miss McDaniel, who is still remembered or her Acedemy-award performance in “Gone With The Wind,” described her first day in a radio studio in harrowing de tail. “The microphones them selves wrere my first Water loo,” she said. “It wasn’t that I was afraid of what they might do to me ... I just wasn’t quite sure what I’d do to them.” The producer’s booth, with the cue-thrower and his assistants firmly en sconced behind several layers of plate glass, and the sweep ing second hand of the big studio clock, which is radio’s read dictator, are still things she sees in hef sleep, Hattie shudders. But Producer Torn McKnight, who guides the “Peulah” broadcasts, stepped in to say that Hattie not only stood on her feet during those first shows when she was so nervous, but her performances brought radio veterans to their feet in appreciation of her fine \ artistry. I Hattie it at home with the I mikes now, and it’s more than just increased familiarity with the techniques of the new trade that have given her confidence. She brings the same genuine feeling to her radio character ization that she has always brought to her picture roles. ‘It’s no trick,” Hattie claims. “It’s simply that I identify myself so closely with a char-! acter I like (and I’m very fond ; of Beulah) that it’s not long beore I am that person. And then the strangeness disap pears and I can by myself . . . or herself, in this case.” Miss McDaniel says that during the broadcasts, she identtifies herself so closely with the other characters that she has trouble believing they are different people after the show. With that famous twinkle in her eye, she chuck led the equally amous chuckle and said: “Why, when Ernie Whitman, who plays my boy friend Bill on the program, asks me for a movie date in the script, I’m all ready to put on my gladrags and go as soon as the show’s off the air” (“Beulah” is heard overCBS Mondays thru Fridays, 7:00 7:15 P.M., EDST.) For $ale at a BARGAIN 2 Apartment Residence Good Commodations Ph. HA 4572 Evenings [Omaha, Neb. | No racing on Sunday and H; Monday except Holiday w Monday, July 5 M MEET ENDS S JULY 5 I 8 RACES *DAIIY I ★ ★ ★ w ADMISSION 75c 1 (Including State and Fedorariax) LADIES' DAYS ■ TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS ■ (Admission for Ladies, 35c in- 'UN; eluding tax and service charge) V NO CHILDREN ADMITTED! NO BODY KNOWS HOW DRY I AM This old song might have been sung for the whole month of May by Mother Earth in the state of Nebraska’. Here are some figurers whi ch go to prove that we are bad ly in need of rain. The rain fall from January 1 to June 1st was 7.09 inches or a deficit of 2.09 inches. This is re fleeted in the water pumpage figurers of the Metropolitan Utilities District. The total pu mpage for May of this year beat all records known despite the packing strike. The packers and Stock yards when in full production consume 25 per ce nt of Omaha, a total water sup ply May 1947 with the Packers at w'orli consume 1.120,800.000 gallons. May 1948 with the Pac king Houses idle on account of a strike the Water pumpage was 1,170,960,000 or an increase or 50,160,000 or 3 per cent. On ■■ .. .. — ... | May 27 th 54,900,000 gallons were pumped May 28, 52,52Q, 000 gallons were pumped. The se two days are the biggest 2 days of Water Pumpage in the history of the water plant for the month of May. Last year; we had plenty of rain in May* Last year we had Hland This year the earth is just thirsty. Take a look at the river on June 1st the river level was 6.7 feet against last years lev el of 9.3 feet. Our thirsty land needs a ' good drink of clear cool rain , water, else the city dwellers will demand more water than ever before and wheat and will no longer yield a golden harvest for the Nebraska farm. 4rregated lands this year ma prove the blessing that a har nessed Missouri River will give our state when and if the Pick Sloam dream is turned into a reality. Robert Merrill Gives A Recipe * For Spaghetti with Meat Balls , Robert Merrill, star of radio and stage, admits to being a (pood and I thrifty cook and says what he likes when he can get into hia kitchen 1 la spaghetti and meat balls which he prepares like this: Spaghetti with Meat Balls 2 small onions 1 can tomatoes 1 egg 1 green pepper 1 carrot 1% lb. spaghetti Vi lb. mushrooms % lh. chopped meat seasoning (for lour people) Here’s how he makes It: Brown onions, green pep* per, mushrooms, and add desired seasoning. Add can of strained tomatoes and simmer for Vi hour. Grate carrot and mix with chopped meat. Add seasoning and egg. Mix. Roll into balls and cook in tomato sauce for five minutes. Boil spaghetti In -separate pot ana strain, auu uiuiato sauce auu Robert Merrill meat balls. "It's a myth that bachelors are bad cooks.” says Mr. Merrill. "I not only keep things in order in my kitclnn bi’t I also see to it that every drop of used fat is saved. How about you?” REPUBLIC’S THRILLING “WYOMING’4 - A GREAT OUTDOOR DRAMA f&rr " ’TED YATE8 PUBLICATIONS Co-stars WHliAnf Elliott, lovely"^VertC Ralston and John Carroll art reunited in the climactic scene from Republic’s roaring drama of a great state, “Wyoming." Featured In tne top supporting roles art George “Gsbby” Hayes, Albert Dekker, Virginia Grey and Mmsl Maria Ouspenskaya. Joseph Kane produced and directed the higlW budget production.. J io Years Ago : Nebraska Launched a Unique Program ; In June, 1938, leaders of the brewing industry met It! the Cornhusker Hotel, Lincoln, to launch a program of Self-Regulation in Nebraska. Now—10 years later—they return to the original meet ing place to review accomplishments and plan for the f future. ■j*. Ir* What are the purposes of the industry’s Self-Regulation program? To help prevent abuses that might occur in the sale and consumption of beer; to see that condition* surrounding such sales and consumption are not against the public interest. Has the program succeeded? Yes. Tavern owners now > generaKy strive to conduct their places in the public in terest. Citizens, patrons of taverns or not, cooperate by demanding strict enforcement of law and orderly con duct. Publ't officials are helped and welcome the cooper ation df the industry program. And, now, at the outset of its second decade of service, the brewing industry renews its pledge to help safeguard the public interest. It faces the future with confidence that its'program is sound—and permanent. NEBRASKA COMMITTEE Brewers Foundation Charles E. Sandall, state director. 7to ri*»r n*n same blm.. uacolb
