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I VOL. XXI—No. 3lT _OMAHA, NEBRASKA—THE OM AHA GUIDE—Saturday, August 28th^ 1948 ONLY TEN CENTS FERCOPY NEGROES FEATURED ON RADIO PROGRAMS C. C. Galloway, The Guide, 2418 Grant St., Omaha, Ne'or. Dear Mr. Galloway: Early in September several of the NBC programs return ing to the air after their sum mer vacations will feature, as in years past, prominent Ne gro personalities. Among them are Eddie Anderson (Roches ter on the Jack Benny show), Lillian Randalph (Birdie on the Great Gildersleeve), Ruby Dandridge (featured on the Judy Canova program), Eddie Green (heard on Duffy’s Tav ern and Amas ’n Andy), and Ernestine Wade (appearing on Amos ’n Andy). ‘We would be interested in knowing whether you would like to receive from us a bi monthly column on their ac tivities, accompanied by mats? If you would care for this ser vice, please check the enclosed postal and drop it in the mail. Should there be any special story coverage on any of our NBC stars that would be of in terest to your readers, please feel free to get in touch with us. Very truly yours, Chan Hadlock, NBC Press Department. ■SMJWB .i.B? - .-y V FIRE! FIRE FIRE NATIONS FIRE LOSSES AT ALL TIME HIGH New York—The Nation’s fi re waste affecting all racial gr oups, soared again during June destroying an estimated $54, 706,OCX) in irreplaceable proper ty and resources, an increase of 7.6 per cent over losses in the same month last year, the Nat ional Board of Fire Underwri ters announced this week. June’s toll of fire destruct ion brought the total for the six months of 1948 to $386,480. 000. This is greater than the total fire loss for the entire yr. of 1943, when an estimated $380,235,000 worth of property burned. June’s fire losses also brou ght the nation's fire waste fig ure to the highest level ever recorded in a 12 month period in U. S. History. This total for 12 months ending June 30, 1948 was $709,839,000 and increase of 12 per cent over losses of $633,457,000 for the 12 month period ending June 30, 1947. Bg-y"*’” New York—Tallulah Bank head. America’s Number One actress, star of “Private Lives” daughter of the late Senator from Alabama, shown above visiting the dressing rooms of vocalist Billie Holiday, Ameri ca's Number One Song Stylist at the Strand Theatre, Seemingly the Holiday pets, “Mister”, a celebrated thoro ughbred boxer, with "Lady”, six-weeks old Brindle Boxer, the latest addition to the ken nel menagerie, are stealing the show. Miss Bankhead commented that “Billie Holiday is one of the greatest she ever heard. ’ —Snelson E. MATTHEWS TRIUMPH AT VA. STATE Petersburg—The summer sc hool students at Ya. State Col lege will long remember Ed ward Matthews’ line recital here last Thursday night. The former star of Porgy and Bess, fresh from a record breaking ap pearance in the Yale Bowl sum mer concerts in New Haven, was the main attraction on the summer series and was greeted by an overflow audience in Va. State auditorium. Matthews’ fine baritone was heard to advantage in songs ranging from Shubert Handel and Brahms, to the folk songs, spirituals and operetic com positions of Gershwin’s famous Porpv and Bess. J. A. Moore, chairman of the Artists’ Recital Committee a; Va. State, praised Matthew's' fine performance.” and stated that “through the gentleman’s personality, his gracious man ner, and his generosity, he wa rned completely the hearts of all persons that had the privil ege of hearing him.” Then Came the Tub The indoor ‘bath was brought about when water systems were in troduced into cities in the early i800s. By 1830 the revolutionary idea of a warm bath three times a week 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. Is Not Inherited Tuberculosis is not inherited. It Is a disease which well people catch from people who have active tuber culosis. While it is a serious disease it can be cured and its spread can be prevented. LAW SCHOOL GRADUATES Here three rcent graduates »f Lincoln University of Law, St. Louis, are shown with th :ir dean. (L.R.) James L. Haw kins, Melton M. Lewis, Julius C. Judkins and Dean Scovel Richardson. The L B. degrees were awarded by President D. Scruggs at the Summer Sess» ion Commencement Convocat. ion August 5. ONE WORL DGROUP THRILLS N. Y. U. New York—New York Uni versity' summer students plac ed an unequivocal stamp of ap proval of Dick Campbell’s in ter cultural One World Ensem 'ole last Friday when the vocal group appeared in a morning musical under the auspices of the NYU Work Shop on Oil man Relations. The interracial interfaith qui ntette, composed of Japanese soprano, Hideko Yoshino, Neg ro ’tenor, Napoleon Reed, Scot ch Irish contralto, Elizabeth Dunning, English Basso, Bur ton Cornwall, and \ ienese Jew Rudolf Schaar, accompanist, lit erally had its listeners scream ing for more at the conclusion of the program that included opera, concert, spirituals and folk-songs, with a few pop tun ... -- ... r* » *■» ■ *• ~.jc» ■ -— ^ es thrown in for good measure. The audience, which was made to order for the deluged the singers after the concert for autographs. Invitations were also extended the group to ap pear in concert in the various home towns of the listeners. Dr. H. H. Giles, director of the NYU Work Shpo on Hu man Relations praised the En sentble as a practical example of our workshop theory. Eug ene Fields, of Kansas City, a Fellow in the NYU summer school, described it as “the fin est program I have ever heard, and one of the greatest demon strations of racial unity I have ever seen.” Ruth Hubbard, and Vivian Beamon, Cincinati school mar ms, who were responsible tor the appearance of the group at NYU were showered with pra ise and congratulations by the faculty and students of the work shop for inviting the En semble to appear. The group leaves for a mid west concert tour in October, appearing in Detroit on Octob er 15th at the Masonic Temple under the auspices of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Chica go. October 18th at Orchestra Hall for the Free Religious F'e llowship and Cleveland Octo ber 24th at the Music Hall, for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and hosts of others cities and colleges along the way. Ciut Lines Nndro4 The above members of the group are left to right, Napol eon Reed, tenor, Hideko Yosh ino, sorano.p Elizabeth Dun ning, contralto, Burton Corn wall. bass. The pianist and the director, Rudolph Schafer, is not shown. PLOW TERRACE CON. Entries in the Third Nation al Plow Terrace Contest stood at 16 Friday morning with two midwestern states still unheard from but expected to enter. Julius Lensch, chairman of the contest’s general commit tee, said that Oklahoma and Kansas had not officially en tered any contestants, but that he was in contact with them. Both states have evinced a wil lingness to place entries in the affair. Contest officials estimate that there will be at least 20 entries when the event gets underway, next Tuesday, Aug 24th, on the Mrs. J. Lewis farm four mils south of Harlan, la. Latest entries received by the contest committee are the first and second place winners of the Iowa and South Dak ota state contest hefd the past week. Albert Ratzrass of Avon, won the South Dakota con test, and Bernard T. Frantzen of Dell Rapids placed second. Iowa will be represented by State Champion Albert Sax en of Quimby and runner-up Floyd Blakely, who won the Shelby County contest last week. Since Blakely will repre sent the state, Shelby County’s entry in the National Contest, will be Zeno Lapke of Dunlap, second place winner in the Sh elby contest. Manwhile, it has been an nounced that Margaret Scott. Shelby County farm girl, will reign over the contest as plow Terrace Queen. Her attendants will be Judy Nelson and Lyla Marie Wiese, also Shelby Co unty girls. Miss Scott will b crowned Monday by former Cov. C. Kraschel of Harlan. She will present plaqes to winners of Tuesday’s contest. Sponsors of the contest are the Omaha Chamber of Com merce, and the Omaha Farm Equipment Club in cooperation with the Shelby County Soil Conservation District. 88 Rural Youths Gather in Louisana for First Southwide 4-H Encampment The first Southwide 4-H club camp for rural colored boys an girls opened Tuesday. August 24th, at Southern University, Baton Rouge, La. The encampment will con tineue through August 30. Eighty-eight delegates from 10 States are in attendance, re presenting the (Nation’s 300. OOo colored 4-H club members. The delegates of camp consists of a series of addresses by wh ite and colored leaders, group discussions by the 4-Hers, and sightseeing tours of New Or leans, Baton Rouge, the Lou isana agricultural experiment station, and oil refinery near the capitol city. Other recreat ional activities will include a boat ride on the Mississippi riv er, and calisthenics and games on a campus at Southern. T. M. Campbell and John W. Mitchell, Extension Ser vice field agents are in charge of the ncampment which is sponsored jointly 'by Federal and State Extension Service, ker will be Dr. F. G. Clark, pre sident of Southern, H. C. San ders, director of the Louisana State Extension Service, Miss 1’atsy Graves of the Farmers Home Administration, and Dr. Roscoe C. Brown of the U, S. Public Health Service. States represented at the en campment are: Alabama. Ark ansas, ‘Florida, Georgia, Kent ucky, Louisana, Maryland, Mis sissippi, Missouri, North Caro lina, Oklahoma, South Carolina Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, an West Virginia. SCHOLARSHIP WINNER Ta LINCOLN U. (MO.) Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 21, 1948—Lincoln University will register its first Pepsi-Cola sch olarship winner for the fall setn ester. Miss Nina Mae Redd, 17 3ips*r old Kimball High School graduate has ben admitted .s a freshman in the College of Arts and Sciences according to the Registrar, W. R. Talbot. Miss Redd daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Redd, Iae ger. West Virginia, attended school in near by Kimball earn ing exceptionable grades throu the foru year period. Her rec ord for the past semester shows a straight “A” average. Althou literary inclined Miss Redd has not vet declared her intention on an area of specialization. , The scholarship provides, tui tion (for 4 years) fees, a twen ty five dollar per month allow ance plus railroad round trip fare to Lincoln from her home. AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PUBLIC—by your Editor, Mr, C. C. Galloway . Subject. "You Can’t Keep a Good Man Down.” My dear Friends and readers of the Omaha Guide: It is a pleasure for me to tell you a little story about a man who I believe has tried to do more for the citizens for -our community than any other person in Omaha. This gentleman who is good natured and has no discrim* ation in his heart against any race, creed, color or religion, and because he is also a member of a minority group and has experienced seeing many of his race being discriminated, in spite of the fact that he could build homes in richer comm unities and make a handsome profit. The gentleman I am talking about is Hiram D. Dee, and We all have the highest respect and. utmost admiration for his aliility and his kin\l dsire to cooperate with those that need cooperation. Unfortunately it takes an enormous capital to sponsor that kind of program that Mr. Dee has started. The cooperation that he has expected and which promised, was not forthcoming and he there fore continued with the build ing of homes for our people until his capitol ran out and he was forced to stop temporarily in order that he may reorganize and find a better way of helping our people with housing that is urgently needed in our community. Again/ let me repeat that Mr. Dee can just as well devote his time to the building of homes in othr communities where the valuation is greater and the possibilities of making a pro fit are much better. Yet this gentleman continues with steady effort to plan and complete a job that he has started in Bedford park which community is the pride and glory of our people in Omaha. Mr. Hiram D. Dee builds beautiful homes and it is a pleasure to drive past Wirt Street, and see what has hap pened and accomplished to date. As a matter of fact, these homes are considered excellent in quality and design by F. H. A. all Realtors Builders, and Mortgagees and Bankers. Each and every home that was built by Mr. Dee to date could be resold by his purchasers for two to four thousand dollars more then paid for. Some have already been resold at big profit. It is a well known fact that Mr. Dee is the first in the city of Omaha who has made it possible for colored people to buy a new home, and let us all give credit where credit is due. Many of us well know that he has tried to do more for our people in Omaha than any other person that you could possibly name, and I believe it is our duty to recognize with favor and appreciation the fact that he has been practically alone in the effort trying to provide necessary housing for this mid-citv section. Realizing the necessity of homes and the lack of capit al which exists' among many of our people w ho can not make a substancial down payment which is the difference between mortgage and selling price. Mr. Dee has decided to take my advise to build rental housing. New' plans are now in the making and arrangements for mort gages will soon be completed and if every thing goes well con struction will soon start. That means between Wirt and Spen cer and 70 additional housing units on Spencer between 26th Ave., and 28th Street. If you want to rent in the near future it may be well for you to make applicaion in Mr. Dee’s office and select the kind of room arrangements which would be best suit your needs. Apartments with living room kitchenette bath with one or two bedrooms will be available . >. Mr. Hiraam D. Lee is a friend ot ours and you will find it a pleasure to do business with him. He will do the best he can for you at all times, but remember he also expects you to do the best youcan. You can’t keep a good man down” and in behalf of the community I want to congratulate Mr. Hiram D. Dee for his sincere and continued effort in trying to provide new' hous ing for our community. C. C. Galloway, Publisher of the Omaha Guide RADIOACTIVE SUBSTAN CE IN BLOOD HELPS IN STUDY OF HEART Chicago, 111.,—Scientists can now “see” certain kinds of heart disorders in individuals, regardless of race or color, with the aid of radioactive sub stances injected into the blood. This new technique of study ing heart diseases, known as radiocardiography was de scribed this week, in a report prepared by l)r. Myron Prin zmetal and his associates at the Cedar of Lebanon Hospital. Los Angeles, and presented before the Twenty-first Scien tific Sessions of the American j Hart Association. The report covered the further development of radio | cardiography since its first ap plication to dogs and normal ! circulatory conditions. More recently it has been applied to living human beings suffer ing from heart failure IMPORTANT THE SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM Registration for Selective Service need not interfere with the vacation of any young man in Nebraska, according to State Director of Selective Service, Brig. General Guy N. Henninger. Provision is made in the regulations for the ab sence of an individual from his home. “If you are away from home on the day or days for registration,” Gen. Henninger advises young men 18 through 25, “you may register with the Selective Service Board in the town in which you find your self. Be sure and put your home address on the registra tion card, and it will be for warded to the board in the county in which you live.” “If you should be outside the continental limits of the country or its territories, you need not register until you re turn to the United States. You must register within 5 days of your arrival in this country, either at home or at some other board oftice. “If you are ill on registra tion day, either in the hospital or under a doctor’s care, you should register as soon as you are able to do so.” Regulations are expected soon covering registration of | inmates of penal institutions and other unusual cases, the General explaind. A handy calendar for the guidance of young men sub ject to registration has been issued by the Nebraska State Headquarters, Selective Ser vice System, Brigadier General Guy N. Henninger, State Dir ector. If you were born You will Bori< In : Register On: 1922, after Aug. 20 Aug. 30 1923 Aug. 31 or Sept. I 1924 Sept. 2 or Sept. 3 1925 Sept. 4 or Sept. 7 ; 1926 Sept. 8 or Sept. 9 | 1927 Sept. 10 or Sept. 11 | 1928 Sept. 13 or Sept. 14 929 Sept. 15 or Sept. 16 1930, before Sept. 19 Sept. 17 or Sept. 18 After Sept. 19, 1930 ^ 18th birthday, or within- 5 days thereafter. VETERAN WINS 6 ABBOTT SCHOLARSHIP Jefferson City, Mo., August 14—Otis N. Thompson Jr., ’48 winner of the Robert S. Ab bott Memorial scholarship in journalism, is a Work!' War II veteran, who spent 23 months in the Pacific theatre of oper ations, with the rank of Tech nician 4th grade. The brillinat young student who has just completed his sophomore year at Lincoln University (Mo.) is a native of Baltimore, Mary land and the son of the Otis N. Thompsons of 1207 East Arlington Avenue. He will en ter LU’s prefessional School of Journalism in pursuit of the Bachelor degree in journalism in September. Thompson is third winner of the award. DELTA SIGMA THETA By Carter-Johnson Aassociates St. Louis—The waard oi eight scholarships and three special awards, one to a Liber, ian student, were officially an nounced to delegates attending the 20th annual convention of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, on Thursday afternoon. The total scholarships are valued at $5,000, and were decided up on by the National Scholarship Board of Delta which met in Cincinnati in mid-July. Dela's convention continues through, out this week. The special awards created were: 1. A foreign scholarship for a teacher to study methods oi ■elementary school education in New York City. 2. The Juliette Derricotte Special Scholarship Award, to be established at the Univer sity of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Social Work, for professional training in group work (available to any Delta!. 3. A special Delta award for study and participation in the Institute of Race Relations at Fisk the Summer of 1949. The eight Delta recipients for the 1048-49 warads are: Marv Jeanette Campbell, Epsilon Chapter, Ohio State University, Columbus. Miss Campbell lives in Dayton, Ohio and will enter Wellesley Col lege this fall td study pre-dent istry Miss Verna M. Cotton, ~of Alpha Lambda Chapter, North Carolina College, Durham. Miss Cotton lives in Engield, North Carolina, and will enter the Graduate School of Carn- j egie Institute of Technology,' Pittsburgh, to study Library Science. Miss Charlie Lucille Davis, Alpha Beta Chapter, Fisk Uni versity, Nashville. Miss Davis will complete work in music ology for an M.S. degree at Radcliffe College. Miss Dorthola Frances Grant, Beta Iota Sigma Chap ter, Langston University, Langston. Oklahoma. She will study Clinical Laboratory Technology at Meharry Medi cal College, Nashville, Tennes see. Miss Grace Williston Par rott, Gamma Theta Capter, is a graduate of the University of Dayton, Art Department. Miss Parrott lives in Washing, ton, D.C. She will study at the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York City. Miss Margaret Louise Price of Gamma Gamma Chapter. Philander Smith College, Lit tle Rock, Arkansas. She will complete her work in home ec onomics for the B.S. degree at Philander Smith College. Miss Bufordyne Westbrooks Alpha Zeta Chapter, Talladeea College, Talladega, Tlabama. Miss Westbrooks will enter the Graduate School of Journ alism at the University of Wis_ consin. Madison. She is the first Delta to receive the Julia Bumbray Jones Scholarship Award. This award is in mem ory of Mrs. Jones of the Pitts burgh Courier. Miss Pay E. Woodson, .Beta Lambda Chapter, University of Toledo. Miss Woodson will complete work for the B.S. de gree in Art Education at Tol edo University. Members of the Scholarship are Miss Dorothy Height. Na tional President, New York City; Mrs. Reber S. Cann, Na tional Secretary, Cincinn&ti, Ohio; Miss Beatrice E. Pen man. National Treasurer, Kan sas City, Kansas; Mrs. Ella P. Stewart, elected member. Tol edo, Ohio; Miss Naomi R. Cherot. Chairman, Kansas City, Kansas. L ——— Graduates from the College I of Arts and Sciences and Sch-! ool of Journalism, Lincoln Un. 1 f iversity, Missouri were “wel comed into the society of edu cated men and women” by the President Sherman D. Scruggs at the Summer Session Com mencement Concovation.