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X w This Is Your Newspaper <> V#lM«>»WM***MM»****»<; | What you are doing is news. <j This Ik. Your Newspaper * Please Phojie Your News To | - What yoifc are doing is news. - + HA 0800 ;; !!Please Phone'Ypur News To " or send it to «■ « ’! HA'v&OO V, f THE OMAHA GUIDE y <1 or send ifOo Jt 2420 Grant St. /iiiCTirr ^caiiaiitv ■ • • THE OMAHA GUIDE <! /JUSTICE / EQUALITY HEW TO THE LINF\ !: 2120 Grant st\ :: EQUAL OPPORTUNITY “ Vol. 29 No. 14 Friday, June 3, 1955 10c Pef CpV NAACP Says Domestics Being "Sold" DOMESTIC WORKERS “SOLD,” NAACP OFFICIAL CHARGES New York — Many unlicensed domestic employment agencies in the New York City suburban area are inducing southern Negro women to travel North for al leged well-paying jobs, then cheat ing them of their earnings, threat ening arrest should they quit their jobs, and, in at least one agency, “selling” them to em ployers for the sum of $50. This charge was made by Her bert Hill, NAACP labor secre tary, in testimony before the New York State Joint Legislative Com mittee on Industrial and Labor Conditions here on May 25. Mr. Hill called for new legislation governing New York State em ployment agencies which recruit out-of-state labor. He said the NAACP is receiv ing “an increasing number of complaints” from what he term ed “the unfortunate victims of what is clearly a vicious racket conducted by corrupt traffickers in human misery.” Describing the circumstances of the domestic employment “rac ket,” Mr. Hill said: “Unlicensed employment agencies operating along the suburban periphery of New York City . . . where licens ing is not required, solicit Negro women from southern commun ities to come to New York State for domestic employment. “The solicitation consists of ad vertising in the southern Negro press and in some instances labor agents from New York City ac tively recruit in conjunction with local employment agencies operat ing in the Negro communities in the South.” NAACP IS Opposed To Resolution A resolution introduced in the Senate by Sen. Eastland (D., Miss.) to investigate the Supreme Court because of the Court’s anti-segregation school ruling was immediately denounced by the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People. In a telegram sent today to Senators Kilgore and Langer, NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins asserted that Eastland’s! resolution “is unconstitutional on j its face.” Mr. Wilkins urged that; no action to investigate the Su-; preme Court be taken by the Sen ate Judiciary Committe, of which Sen. Kilgore is chairman and Sen. Langer a member. “Senator Eastland’s under-1 standing of and regard for the United States Constitution can j be measured by his almost 100 per cent anti-Negro campaign of; last summer for reelection, by tlie fact that a Negro minister was murdered in his state, May 7, 1955, for wanting to vote, and by the fact that the political system in Mississippi, operated by the Salina Townsend Mrs. Salina Townsend, age 49 years, of 2621 Burdette St., ex pired Saturday, May 21, 1956 at a local hospital. She was an Oma ha resident ten years. She is survived by her son, Willie Smith, Los Angeles, Calif; three brothers, A. Toles, Ft. Smith, Ark.; Sam Toles, Los An geles, Calif, and Bill Toles, Bris tow, Okla. Funeral services were held Tuesday, May 31 at 2:00 p.m. from Lie Myers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Roy W. Johnson offi ciating. Interment was at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Pallbearers were Messrs Floyd Buckner, Bob Dickerson and C. Phillips. 350 Clubbers Will Visit Omaha Fri. Three hundred and fifty of Nebraska’s outstanding 4-H .Club members will visit Omaha Friday as they conclude State 4-H Week activities. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, the farm youths are in Lincoln, touring industries, the College of Agriculture and par ticipating in discussion groups. Friday — ‘Omaha Day’ — they will be guests of Omaha livestock interests for a tour of the yards in the morning and a noon lun cheon at the Livestock Exchange Building. In the afternoon, under spon sorship of the Chamber of Com merce, the visitors will be taken by special train to Offutt Air Force Base to see the latest in aircraft and other equipment used by the Strategic Air Com mand. The trip to the, base by train will be the first ever permitted for a touring group. Arnold Peterson, chairman of j the Chamber committee in charge of arrangements, said ‘O maha Day’ will conclude with a banquet for the 4-H Club dele gates at the Chamber of Com merce. Entertainment will be offered and special awards will be given to 16 girls of the group whose State 4-H Week trips are spon sored by the Chamber. The awards, to be presented by Chamber General Manager O. W. Roberts, will be made in recogni tion of the girl’s outstanding a chievements in clothing and home living projects as a part of their 4-H Club work. TRAP SHOOT SUNDAY JUNE 5th The North Side Rod and Gun Club will have a public Trap Shoot at the Club House, Sunday, June 5th, 1955. The shooting will begin at 12:00 o’clock noon. After the shooting the Club will hold its regular meeting at the Club House. Democratic party; through trick ery, threats and violence pre vents 497,000 Negro citizens of voting age from casting their ballots in elections held there,” Mr. Wilkins declared in the tele gram. THE NEWEST CARD GAME Don’t believe it the next time some one tells you that Calypso is only a combination of Canasta and Bridge. Nothing could be farther from the truth as you yourself will discover the very first time you play the game. Calypso, of course, is the exciting new card game cur r e n t 1 y (weeping the country 0 Which gives ^ each player ' Jiis own per sonal trump suit and is' played with (four decks | of cards shuffled to gether to i form one giant pacx. uonceiveu in the romantic island of Trinidad, ! Calypso has already been described Iby one well-known card expert as the first really new card game since Whist. Whist first appeared way back dn the sixteenth century. | If .this isn’t enough to convince you that Calypso is an entirely new game, •a few comparisons with Canasta and Bridge may help. How does Calypso differ from Bridge? For one thing, there is no kidding in Calypso. For another, there is no "dummy”; all four players play every hand. But Calypso’s big gest distinction is that it gives each player his own personal trump suit,' determined at the beginning of the ; game by drawing cards and unaltered by any of the cards received in en-( suing deals. } Calypso is a game in which tricks are taken, but unlike Bridge, the number of tricks captured has no significance and they are frequently broken up in the process of forming Calypsos. Calypso also differs from Bridge in that no one suit ranks higher than another. What about Canasta? The games are similar in that the main object in Calypso is to complete as many. Calypsos as possible during the four deals comprising a game. But you cannot add to a Calypso (a complete run of 2, 3, 4, etc., up to the ace of your personal suit) by melding from your hand; you build the Calypso only with cards in tricks won by you and your partner. There is no meld ing or discarding in Calypso, no wild cards or bonus cards; Jokers aren’t even used. Perhaps the best news for most card fans is that a Calypso game is completed in a half hour or less while a game of Canasta can some times run several hours. You can get a free, pocket-sized leaflet containing the complete rules for playing Calypso merely by send ing a stamped, self-addressed envel ope to Playing Cards, 420 Lexington Avenue. New York 17. COLLEGE WO;. .> JERIES QUEEN Miss Judy Samuelson, 20, sophomore at Omaha University, Sat urday was named the 1955 College World Series Queen. In making the announcement, E. F. Pettis, Series chairman, said that Miss Samuelson was chosen by the Omaha Sportswriters and Sportscast ers Association from a field of nine candidates. The College World Series will be held at the Omaha Stadium June 10-14. Miss Samuel son is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Samuelson of 6723 North 24th Street in Omaha. YWCA Offers A New Summer Program Of Teen-Agers1 Day Out NOTICE Martha T. Smith will have a Tea the second Sunday in June at the home, 933 No. 25th St. You all are cordially invited. 4-Month Baby Dies Bobby Vem Jones, age 4 month, of 3235 No. 27 Ave. ex pired Friday, May 27, 1955 at his home. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jones of 0 maha; brother, Willard Morgan, Omaha; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Franks, Omaha, and Mr. and Mrs. Odie Jones, Chicka sha, Oklahoma. Committal services were held at Graceland Park Cemetery, yers Funeral Home Service. Witness To Lee Murder Is Located New York —An eyewitness to the fatal shooting of the Rev. George W. Lee -in Belzoni, Miss., on May 7, today told FBI Agents in East St. Louis, Illinois, what he had seen that night, according to information received here by Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Coored People. The witness, Alex Hudson, was located in East St. Louis by the NAACP. He had left Mississippi a week after the killing. Billy Jones, an East St. Louis lawyer and president of the Illinois State NA ACP, accompanied the witness to the FBI office where the Mississip pean told his story. Hudson says that he was sitting with a friend when the Rev. Mr. Lee’s car passed. He saw another car overtake that of the clergy man and heard the shots fired from the second car. Rev. Lee’s car swerved off the road and crashed into a house while the other car disappeared in the dark ness. The NAACP, Mr. Wilkins said today, is tracing other witnesses in the hope of securing the arrest and conviction of the slayers. Wilkins at Memorial At a memorial service held in Belzoni on May 22, the NAACP executive assured 400 Negro lead ers from all over the state of con tinued NAACP support in the fight for the ballot, for justice and for desegregation of the public schools. “We expect to stay in Mississippi for the duration—until victory is won,” he said. Mr. Wilkins lauded the slain clergyman as a courageous man who “fought for equality and first class citizenship for himself and for his people.” He was killed the NAACP leader charged, “be cause he thought he ought to vote just like other Americans. Some one threatened him and told him The YWCA is offering a brand new summer program called TEEN-AGERS DAY OUT. There are “days out” at both the Central and Branch YWCA for young girls. Central YWCA’s days are Tues day and Wednesday. On Tuesday Softball, badminton, sewing and a number of surprise classes are being offered. On Wednesday, Bait Casting, Fun Hour and coke tail tips (these are party idea ses sions, cake decorating, etc.). Northside Branch YWCA at 28th and Miami have Thursday and Friday special offerings as follows: Thursday—games, ping pong, music, crafts, movies and many extras for 9 through 12 year old girls. Friday—sports, ping pong, music, baby sitting sessions, trips and sewing for twelve to fif teen year old girls. Special activities being offered by the YWCA include: Horseback riding, bowling, painting and sket ching and tennis. Call the YWCA, JA 2748 for full particulars. There are teen-age activities for all age groups, so call the YWCA and plan to join several classes, or come all day... these classes are the answer to “what to do” for the young girl and will help her make many new friends. he should withdraw his name from the registration-lists. He refused to do this because he was an A merican and Americans have the right to vote.” Citing election figures, Mr. Wil kins declared: “In Mississippi there is a real reason for your effort to vote .. .Although there were 710,000 whites of voting age and 497,000 Negroes, only 285,000 votes were cast in the 1952 elec tion. How many of these were Ne gro we do not know, but we do know the Negro registration was about 20,000. So Negroes had practically no vote of consequence in 1952 and now they are trying to take even that little away from you.” The NAACP spokesman com pared a congressional district in Mississippi with one in California, each with a total population of 365,000. In the Mississippi dis trict only 51,600 votes were cast in the congressional election of 1952, as compared with 175,200 votes in the California district. “What does this mean?” he ask ed. “It means that Mississippi does not have a government sys tem that gives representation to all the people, only to a small part of them. It means that not only Negroes, but tens of thou sands of whites are prevented from voting.” Marion Marlowe and Julius La Rosa will be seen and heard sing ing a duet for the first time on Ed Sullivan’s “Toast of the Town”, Sunday, June 5, CBS-TV, 8:00 PM EDT. The number will be “Two Lost Souls.” C Of C To Pay Tribute To W.O.W. A special tribute will be extend ed to the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society by the Chamber of Commerce Monday noon, June 6. A Public Affairs Luncheon will be held then to commemor ate the organization’s sixty-fifth anniversary. Principal speaker for the oc casion will be U. S. Senator Rom an L. Hruska. Chamber President Frank P. Fogarty said the (Chamber is de lighted at this opportunity to re cognize one of the city’s great institutions and its valuable con tributions to the nation and this community. “Since its founding 65 years ago,” he said, “the growth and development of the Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society has paralleled the growth and de velopment of the Omaha commu nity. And always the Society has been a leader and an inspira tion of tremendous effect in the business life of this community, standing today as the world’s strongest fraternal life insurance society.” At the luncheon, national of ficers of the Society w7ill be joined as Chamber guests by local civic and business leaders. Mr. Fogarty urged Chamber members to make early reserva tions for this Public Affairs Lun cheon, the last scheduled for the current season. Legion Had Good Crowd At Services Memorial Service was held at Calvin Memorial Presbyterian Church May 27th, with a large at tendance. Rev. Charles E. Tyler pastor, delivering a special ser mon for the occasion. The officers and members of the post are very grateful to the band which was donated by American AFM local 558. We again say Thanks. Remember our sick in VA Hos pital: Ralph Underwood, Phil Bar ge, Cleveland Loekard, Willie Bill and Tom Jones. Always remember our oath and obligation to serve God and our country and our fellowman. J. L. Taylor, Commander Burns H. Scott, Adjutant N. H. Coman, Pub. Officer. Omaha U To Graduate 220 Monday There are 220 candidates for de grees at the University of Omaha for the University’s forty-sixth an nual Commencement Exercises, to be held Monday, June 6 at 5 P.M. The event will be held in the Sta dium, but in case of rain will be transferred to the Fieldhouse. Sir Leslie Knox Munro, K.C.M. G., Ambassador from New Zea land, will make the Commence ment address, “Ideas Leap Fron tiers.” Also scheduled for Commence ment weekend are Baccalaureate Services on Sunday, June 5, at 5 P.M. in the Stadium. Rabbi Sid ney H. Brooks, Temple Israel, will deliver the sermon. President Emeritus Rowland Haynes, Uni versity of Omaha, will read the Invocation and Benediction. The University Choir will sing two an thems, one of which is “Mene Te kel Upharsin,” by Dr. Leslie N. Garlough, professor of biology. On Saturday, June 4, the Aumni Association will honor Senator Ro man L. Hruska, at the seventh an nual Achievement Day Banquet. The 6:30 P.M. banquet will be in the Auditorium. Senator Hruska will receive the Alumni Citation for Achievement, and make a ad dress. Other honors conferred Alumni Achievement night will be the Daniel E. Jenkins Memorial Scholarship and the award to “Athlete of the Year.” Negro candidates for degrees in 1955 are: Joseph S. Shearron, 2907 North 27, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration; Barbara D. Davis, 2417 Binney, Bachelor of Science in Education; Clara Ange lena Person, 2416 North 22 Street, Bachelor of Science in Education; Marvin A. Crayton, 3218 Grant, Bachelor of Arts; Betty Jean Scott, 2928 Franklin, Bachelor of Arts. John H. Brown Mr. John Henry Brown, Sr. 41 years, passed away Monday afternoon May 30th at his home 2633 Z Street. Mr. Brown had been a resident of Omaha two years and was an employe of Cudahy Packing Plant. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Lillie Mae Brown, three daughters, Leveria Armour, Edith and Jan nie Brown, five sons, John Henry, Jr., Freddie, Richard, James, Levi Brown, all of Omaha, sister, Mrs. Jannie Grayson, five brothers, Mr. Otto, John, Jessie, Goodlow Brown of Omaha, Ernest Brown, Pine Bluff, Arkansas and other relatives. Funeral services have been set for 2:00 P. M. Friday from Mt. Olive Baptist Church with arrangements by Thomas Mortuary. 5000 Hear Delany Speak Of Schools Judge Hubert T. Delany, chair man of the committee on branch es of the NAACP, returned this week from a trip through Vir ginia, Alabama, and Texas, speaking for the NAACP on in tegration in education. While in Texas he spoke to 5,000 high school students in three different schools, urging them to encour age their parents to vote and to join the NAACP as the best method of securing integration in education. Judge Delany, whose second term as Domestic Relations Court Justice expires in August, was unanimously endorsed last week by the Domestic Relations Court Committee of the Associa tion of the Bar for reappointment when his term expires. Reports are that Mayor Wagner looks favorably on his reappointment. He was also reelected for a two year term to the Council of the Diocesan convention. He has been a member of the NAACP Board of Directors since 1935. Myrtle Marshall Mrs. Myrtle L. Marshall, 48 years, 3029 Pinkney Street, pas sed away Saturday morning at her home after an extended ill ness. Mrs. Marshall had been a resident of Omaha twenty-six years and was a member of Mt. Nebo Baptist Church where she Mrs. Marianna McFadden Named to Presidency of the Omaha Community Council MRS. McFADDEN 60 Honor Mary Bethune Sixty people gathered today in Enugu, the capital of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, to honor the memory of Mary MacLeod Beth une, including members of the Government of the Eastern Re gion, senior civil servants, miners, students and housewives. Among the distinguished speak ers were Michael Ogon, Parli mentary Secretary to the Mini ster of Lands in the Eastern Ni gerian parliament and Nelson Uko, President of the Eastern Region Ex-Servicemen’s Associa tion, who said, “We are grateful for her selfless example and de dication to our common cause. She pioneered at eighty the road of Moral Re-Armament. We fol low.” served on the Usher Board until her health failed. She is survived by her husband, Mr. George R. Marshall, mother-in-law, Mrs. Hettie Marshall, of Omaha and other relatives. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from Mt. Nebo Baptist Church with the Rev. Claude Williams officiating. Pall bearers Mr. George Dumas, Harold Benson, Elmer White, John Rodger, Herman Dryor, James Butler. Burial was at Mt. Hope Cemetery with arrange ments by Thomas Mortuary. Give An "In The Clouds" Shower For Bride-To-Be Since a young bride-to-be is traditionally “up in the clouds”, here are some very special wings to keep her happily aloft! This lharming center piece for a bridal shower, or a wedding breakfast, perhaps—will be some thing the honored guest will want to keep among her cherish ed mementoes. Her “wings” can be made simply of crepe paper, light colored cardboard, some ribbon and the decoration is a heavenly trimming of Bridal Blue*—just a cup of landry bead-. bluing mixed to a froth with a quarter cup of water! DIRECTIONS: For the base, brush paste over a long, thin box and cover it with Spring green crepe paper which has been first stretched and then crushed be tween your fingertips. Press paper into place on the paste. PETALS: (See Fig. 1) Cut a strip of white crepe paper 414” with the grain x 25” long . . . fold in half twice and cut one long edge into petals 1” wide and 3” deep. With thread and needle, gather uncut edge to form a circle and j paste to top of box. Make a second row of petals and paste over first, alternating petals. Trim petals with ten cent store wedding rings, one for each guest. WINGS: Cut two wings (see Fig. 3) from lightweight card board; cover with white crepe paper. Make many white crepe feathers (see Fig. 4) and paste on, in rows, alternating the tips. . . . start at the wing tip and work toward the round end of the wing. Cut short feathers for the base. Bend wing tabs back at right angles and paste to top of box 2” apart. Cover with green ribbon bows. CANDLE HOLDERS: Cut wings from light cardboard (Fig. 5) Cover with white crepe and feath ers as above. Tape wings to col lar of low candle holder and cov er with crepe paper. Make 2 circles of petals (see above) for base of candle holders. Trim with green bows. BRIDAL BLUE DECORATION: Brush edges of all larger feathers with Bridal Blue—just a touch of heavenly blue for that happy girl “in the clouds.” It was announced officially to day that Marianna McFadden has been efected to the presidency of the Omaha Metropolitan Commun ity Council. Questioned in an in terview, Mrs. McFadden explain ed that the Council, better known as “OMCC”, was organized a year ago through the Omaha Urban League under the direction of Ted Cobb, the League’s Community Services Secretary. With a mem bership of seventy civic, religious and social organizations, it is gear ed to the development of self help and community-wide improvement, projects aimed at neighborhood and community-wide improvement, especially of the Near Northside. Mrs. McFadden succeeds Ted Cobb, who served as president of OMCC for its first year of opera tion in 1954-55. During Mr. Cobb’s term of office Mrs. McFadden was chairman of OMCC’s Ways and Means Committee, which has the responsibility for determining the ways and means by which major projects of OMCC are to be carri ed out. Under her chairmanship the Committee initiated and de veloped over five major projects. In recognition for distinguished service to OMCC throughout 1954 55, Mrs. McFadden was chosen as “Delegate of the Year.” When asked to comment about the election, Mr. Cobb remarked, “It is already well known that the Urban League undertook the re sponsibility for organizing OMCC with the expectation that through OMCC constructive neighborhood improvement programs could be stimulated, unmet needs could be detected, leadership developed, and various resources in the com munity used more adequately. In my judgment, OMCC has elected to its highest office a person who is eminently qualified to assume leadership in meeting those ex pectations. Mrs. McFadden has my endorsement both as the out going president and as an Urban League staff representative.” Mr. Cobb also praised the elec tion of others members of the Council who will serve with Mrs. McFadden i n various posts throughout 1955-56. Others elect ed were: Robert K. Hill, 1st Vice President; Mary Drew, Recording Secretary; Nonie Raybon, Corres ponding Secretary; H. D. Stewart, Treasurer; Andy Wright, Sgt-at Arms; Adolphus Nelum, Member at-large. Ted Cobb will serve the Council as Special Advisor and Program Consultant. Robert K. Hill, who in addition to serving as Vice President, is a founder and strong enthusiast of OMCC. I have known Mrs. McFad pleased with the election of Mari anna McFadden as President of OMCC. I have know Mrs. McFad den for a great many years and I am confident that OMCC stands to gain from her leadership. Mrs. McFadden has been a civic worker in Omaha for at least twenty years that I know of. She has worked long and tirelessly for both the YMCA and the YWCA in their membership programs. And she is also a strong supporter of the NACP and the Urban League.” Mrs. Nonie Raybon, pointed out that Mr5. McFadden has been “a real worker and leader” in the famed Elk’s Cherokee Temple No. 223. As proof, Mrs. Raybon con fided that Mrs. McFadden doesn’t like to brag about her accomplish ments but in less than thirteen years she has served once as presi dent of the Temple’s Nurses Unit, twice as chairman of the Trustee Board and seven times as presi dent of the Booster Club and is presently serving as Chairman of the Reserve Fund for the Mid Western States Association of the Elks. Asked aftout her religion and what she intends to do as presi dent of OMCC, Mrs. McFadden smiled and commented “In connec tion with my religion, I am a Bap tist and attend Salem Baptist Church. In connection with what I intend to do as president of OM CC, as soon as you stop asking me questions I am going to stop talk ing and start working as a presi dent is supposed to.” Carton of Ioe Fill empty milk cartons almost to the top with water, seal the pouring spout shut with melted candle drip pings or other wax, and freeze In your refrigerator. The frozen car tons keep food and beverages cold on outings when packed to a corns •ated box.