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i i****^*^ttl,***M*****««M»l| «► ; '' This Is Your Newspaper o ;; This IhsYour Newspaper ; <• P1^‘r doulf 18nS,ws* o :: What yod'are doing is news. I ;; Please Ph°rje4Your News To <■ * Please Phone'Your News To :: HAi)8.?°. i: : hal;j :: or send it to .» j: or :* to :: :: the omaha guide j: the omaha 6ot)e :: | 2420 Grant St | | 2420 Grant St \ jj Vol. 29 No. 19_Friday, July 8, 1955_____ 10c Per Copy Program arrangements for the National Memorial Service for the late Mrs. Mary McLeod Be thune have be^n announced by Mrs. William Thomas Mason, President of the National Council of Negro Women. The service will be held on Sun day, July 10 at 4:00 P. M. at the All Souls Church, Unitarian, 16th and Harvard Streets, N. W. Five nationally known speakers will talk briefly on the several major areas of the life of the renowned educator and internationally known humanitarian. Or. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, Founder and President Emeritus of Palmer Memorial Institute of Sedalia, North Carolina, intimate friend and long time colleague of Mrs. Betnune will describe the liU'ugglje! vjjhich qhariufterized Mrs. Bethune’s early efforts. Dr. Brown is a life member of the National Council of Negro Wo men. Dr. O Hara Lamer, President of Texas Southern University, who was one of Mrs. Bethune’s early associates on the national scene will discuss her work as an educator and government official. Mrs. Harris Barrett Gaines, President of Colored Women, will address her remarks to the sig nificant contibution made to Wo men’s organizations. Mrs. Be thune served as 8th President of the National 'Association. She organized the National Council of Negro Women in 1935 and ser ved as its president until 1949. She was active with the latter organizaion as Founder, Presi dent Emeritus until her death on May 18, 1955. Roy Wilkins, Secretary of the NAA/CP, will discuss Mrs. Be thune’s work in the field of Hu man Rights and The Honorable (Clarence L. Simpson, Ambassa dor from Liberia, her contribution to international understanding and good will. Dr. Mark Fax, associate pro fessor of piano and composition at Howard University and Min ister of Music at the Asbury Methodist Church, Mrs. Bethune’s Washington Church home, will be in charge of music and Dr. Nancy Woolridge of Hampton Univer sity, 2nd Vice President of the National Council of Negro Wo men will conduct a service of litany. Rabbi A. Balfour of the Tem ple Sinai will offer the prayer and members of the Executive Committee of the Washington Council will serve as ushers. Those expected to participate in this capacity include: Mesdames Inez (Colvin, Irene Beckwith, Katie Dines, Ruth Roundtree, Lucille Thompkins, Alicia Parker, Hallie Lovinggood, Ann Barkus, Edna McClellan, Helen Pinkney Abies and Misses Alyce German, Patricia Roberts, and Jean Miles, President of the Washington Council. Also expected to par ticipate are Mrs. Jane Gorman and Mrs. Eleanor Singleton. Blue Catfish The Mississippi River and its tributaries is the natural home of the Blue Catfish. While it has been introduced into the streams of Colorado it has not definitely established itself there. Young fishermen who thrill at the capture of a bullhead a few inches long would find themsel ves in difficulty should they hook onto one of these giant relatives of the bullhead. Blue Catfish weighing to 180 pounds and mea suring in excess of five feet have have been taken but animals of this size are most unusual. It is not too uncommon in suitable waters however to take these fish weighing to 50 pounds. The Blue Catfish might pos sibly excusably be confused with the better known Channel Cat fish. Each has a deeply forked tail. In the Blue Catfish, the anal fin that lies to the rear along the under side of the body has from 32 to 35 rays while in the Channel Catfish this fin has from 25 to 30 rays. The free end of this fin in the Channel Catfish is rounded not pointed. The eye of the Blue Catfish is nearer the under mar gin of the head than to the upper while in the Channel Catfish this is reversed. The eyes too are smaller in the Blue Catfish than in the Channel Catfish. Large male, breeding Channel Catfish closely resemble Blue Catfish. As the name implies the Blue Catfish is blue slate colored above changing to silvery and to white beneath. The edges of the fins, particularly of the anal fins are frequently darker Girl Teams To Play Sunday At Muny Park The Muny Baseball Assn., is staging a baseball carnival Sun day July 10th at the Omaha Sta dium. There will be 4 games, the ! 1st one beginning at 12:30. Two [ other games .follow at 3:00 and 5:30 P. M. They will be regular Muny league games. The All American girls profes sional baseball club will play the l Muny League All Stars. I The Assn. hopes to raise ' enough money to help pay for umpires of the seasons games, j The All-American-Muny league game will start at 8:00 P. M. Admission for the entire day of all 4 games is 75c for adults and 25c for children. I _ ELER CHEATHAM PRESIDES OVER ADVENTIST CONFAB The Allegheny conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, currently meeting in Pine Forge, Pa., at tracted some 4,000 delegates from seven states and the District of Columbia. In the above picture is Elder William L. Cheatham, president of the Allegheny con ference, which met for the 10th consecutive year in Pine Forge. Dr. Peale Urges Job Seekers To Drop Vacating Attitudes Dr. Norman Vincent Peale warned Negroes against feeling rejected even before they start to apply for white-collar jobs. He said in the current issue of Look magazine that more and more offices are drawing the no color line. Job applicants who ' expect to be turned down set up 1 an “unconscious barrier” be 1 tween themselves and the person ' interviewing them, he said. I Dr. Peale made his statement in answer to a Negro who com j plained that people are cordial when he phones for an appoint ment, but freeze up when he ap pears for a personal interview. “You must be sure that some of the ‘freezing’ is not in you. Perhaps you go in for the inter view with a negative attitude, expecting to bej turned down. Ne gative expectations often bring a bout negative results,” cautioned the author of the best-selling book, “The Power of Positive Thinking.” j%|4i Trinking.” “Pray before the next inter view, think positively and always face people in a kindly frame of mind, ” was Dr. Peale’s conclud ing advice in Look. Briefs Mrs. Donald Levell and sons of1 Atchison, Kansas were recent 1 visitors in Omaha of her sisters and their families, Mr. and Mrs. George Miles of 2623 “Z” Street j 'and Mr. and Mrs. John Penning ton of 2718 Pratt. » Several Omahans were injured recently in a car wreck in Mis | souri. Mr. Leroy Jameson and Mrs. Harry Wright and two i daughters were visited at Sedalia, ! Mo. after the autombile wreck I by their mother, Mrs. Fate Jame ;son of Baxter Springs, Kansas. Mrs. John Jones’ mother, Mrs. Charles Brannon of Fremont, Nebr. died June 15. Mrs. Bran non, 74 years old, is survived by Mrs. Jones, a son Raymond of Milwaukee, her husband, three brothers and two sisters. Inter j ment was in Fremont. than the other portions. Blue Catfish breed in June or , July when the water reaches a I temperature of 70 degrees to 75 degrees F. A nest is made in an excavation under a protecting shelf of some sort. The eggs ap pear in gelatinous masses and a fish weighing two pounds may lay about 5,000 eggs. In from 6 to 10 days, the eggs hatch. By the end of the first summer, the young fish may be to 4 inches long but sexual maturity is not j reached until about 4 years when the fish may have a length of 12 to 15 inches. Young fish may be spotted. I The food of the Blue Catfish is highly varied. It includes mol luscs, insects and their larvae, worms, crustaceans, fish, frogs, and carrion. In fact, they eat almost anything that might be considered as edible. The Blue Catfish is somewhat migratory in its habits and its abundance at any one spot may vary consider ably during the year. Blue Catfish are commonly taken on trot lines, by jugging, or on baited lines. Hooks sizes 2/0 to 4/0 may be baited with large night crawlers or with min nows, particularly large chubs. Trot lines in Iowa are usually used with 25 to 100 hooks and are set at right angles to the shore usually just downstream from is lands. Commfertfel fishermen may take these superior catfish in, seines. The flesh is excellent and finds a ready market in the cities within range of the fish. This catfish is considered by some as the most valuable fish in the Mississippi Riv^r system. It is the hope of the National Wildlife Federation that practices affecting this fish may be such that the supply may continue indefinitely and that its abund ance may increase rather than decrease. Over 1,500 To Attend Alumni Picnic More than 4,500 graduates from all parts of the country are expected at the ninth annual Creighton University Alumni Picnic July 25 at Peony Park. The picnic will be from 2 P. M. to 12:30 A. M. A golf tournament beginning at 2 P. M. is the first event on picnic agenda. Games for child ren will begin at 3 P. M. with din ner featuring barbecued beef at 6:30 P. M. The day will close with danc ing to the music of Eddy Haddad in the Royal Grove. Five-hun dred-dollars-worth of door prizes will be distributed at intermission. Children will be entertained in the evening with western movies and cartoons. Arrangements for the annual celebration are under the direct ion of the Alumni Council with Dr. Joseph Gross as president. Negro Tenants Cause Commies To Move Out___ Russians Won’t Live With Negroes In U. S. A living example of just how much Russian Communists are fond of the American Negro came to light this week when an apartment building at 3519 13th St., N W — for many years ten anted by Russian families was “turned over” to Negroes. The Russians quickly moved out. Up until a month ago, owner of the building Charles Baron had 13 units occupied by Russians and the remaining 5 by white Americans. With the rest of the neighborhood going Negro— Bar on put the sign “For Colored” on his lawn. Baron noted that right away the Russian tenants began giving notiees of moving. Two Negro families moved in two weeks ago with seven more just coming in. However, eleven of the Russians have gone and the last two are expected to go in a few days." The white Americans are still in the building. Commented Baron: “They are always talking about Americans. Their propaganda is that the A merican people are oppressing the colored people. But after the colored people began to move in” . . . At the Soviet Embassy, the I Gospel Groups To Entertain In La. July 22 The mid-summer Festival of Compel Music at the Shrine Aud it rium, July 22nd, bids fair to take its place with other similar concerts in New York, Philadel phia, Chicago, Atlanta and Hou ston, Texas that have attracted crowds of upwards of 20,000 per sons. An array of the nation’s most outstanding <>ospel groups in eluding the Pilgrim Travelers of Cos Angeles, Soul Stirrers of Chicago, the Gospel Harmonettes of Birmingham, Ala., Brother Joe May of East St. Louis, and the Caraven Singers of Chicago will appear on thi giant Shrine st^ge. 1 In the past thesj and other sim ilar “packages” have proven to. be of national appeal. In Newark, promoter Roney i Williams staged the “World Ser-, ies of Gospel Music” last October j and drew 20,000 at the vast New- ( ark Armory and the following i night another 15,000 in Philadel phia Arena. He donated a $500. cash prize to the most popular j group selected by those in attend i ance Brother Clarence Welch, popu lar Los Angeles religious disk jockey is sponsoring the Festival of Music with the idea of making it an annual event. Gregory Peck Now Playing At State Theatre Eric Ambler’s screenplay of H. E. Bates’ novel, “THE PURPLE PLAIN,” now playing at the State | j Theatre through United Artists release, has all of the drama and conflict that made the book a best-seller. In addition to which ■ the magnificent Technicolor pro- j duction boasts a sterling per-' I formance from a truly great ac- f tor—GREGORY PECK. In what can easily be called his j best role to date, Peck brings to j Forrester, disillusioned ace pilot) [fighting in Burma and deliberate-) ly trying to get himself killed,: j the frightening cynicism and j moroseness of a man no longer in love with life. He stands out powerfully in his scenes of ex plosive temperament, yet handles with delicacy the transformation brought about by love for an ex quisite native girl. Beautiful WIN MIN THAN (which means Brilliant A Thous-, |and Fold), as Anna the young) girl who brings Forrester back to reality, establishes herself as a rising star with a sincerity of acting as well as a delightful ap pearance. Shot on location in the jungles of Ceylon, the desperate humid heat, the fierce sun and water less plains, combined with the| terror of surprise air raids bring! an atmosphere of despair of the brave men and women who fought there in World War II. I On Same Program Walt Dis ney’s “STORMY” an entertaining true-life featurette in technicolor! rounds out the program. PAGE 4— _ 1 Sports Shorts Moore, Marciano Bout To Be September 20th New York — Expecting the first million dollar championship fight since Joe Louis met Billy Conn back in 1946, the Interna tional Boxing Club has signed the Marciano-Moore bout to Yankee Stadium for September 20th. When Louis met Conn gate re ceipts were $1,925,564. IBC is hoping it can get even half of this for no Marciano bout has thus far made the million mark. The best one was the first Ezzard Charles which attracted $543,029. Whatever the take is, Archie will get 20% and Marciano the 40%. Should Moore capture the title, a return match will be scheduled 120 day after and that’s tentatively promised to Miami, Florida—just in case. Durocher Warns Dodgers New York — His world cham-1 " —--- t i Press attache claimed he did not know anything about the families in the 13th St. apartment. WVF Director Visits Whtie House .... Val Washington, Elwood S. McKenney, MaxwellRabb Mr. Ellwood S. McKenney of Boston, Massachusetts, recently appointed Executive Director of the World Veterans Fund, visited the White House on June 29 to confer with Maxwell Rabb, Secre tary to the Cabinet. Mr. Val J. Washington, also from Boston and Director of Min orities of the Republican National Committee, accompanied Mr. Mc Kenney on his trip to the White House and sat in on the Confer ence. The World Veterans Fund sup ports the World Veterans Federa tion, which consists of 6 United States veterans’ organizations and 121 veterans’ organizations in 29 countries throughout the world with 18,000,000 members. Mr. Alfred Gwynn Vanderbilt is President of the Fund. During the conference Mr. Rabb expressed confidence in the efforts of the World Veterans Federation in uniting the federa tions of the world in a program for peace. He expressed the hope that Mr. McKenny’s outstanding experience as a member of the Massachusetts Commission against Discrimination in which he did such an excellent job in adminis tering the anti-discrimination laws of the state, will serve him in good stead in his efforts to ce ment the friendship of all peoples. The 29 countries involved are in Europe, Asia, and North America. (Shown in the picture from left to right are Val J. Washington, ; Director of Minorities Division, Republican National Committee; Ellwood S. McKenney, Executive Director, World Veterans Fund, and Maxwell Rabb, Secretary to ithe Cabinet.)) pions called disintegrated, his star player called confused, Leo Duro cher struck back that the pennant race is not all but over. The dandy little manager of the Giants served notice that his team would be moving for they were not down and out as pictur ed. Moreover he added a word of warning to the Dodgers: “I’ll say now what I said in training. If those guys lose any one of their three guys—Robinson, Reese or Campanula, it’ll still be pos sible to overtake them.” New Willie Against Brooklyn New York — Tired of all the reams of copy picturing him as being confused, worried, suffer ing from girl trouble, Willie Mays came a-bustin out of his slump and against the Dodgers. He per sonally won the Giants’ only game with the Brooks by driving in five of the six runs. He per formed some amazing catches re minding so many of the days of ’54. Willie’s only answer to the com ment over his new “take charge” attitude: “I kept tellin’ you all that if you just let me alone, I’ll start hittin’.” Jim Gilliam Needs Benching Brooklyn, N. Y. — Hitting a mere .213 with only six hits in three weeks, Junior Jim Gilliam— the spunky 2nd baseman for the Dodgers—needs to be benched in the worse way. But with the Dodgers suffering from so many injuries to key personnel, Mana ger Alston just hasn’t been able to afford to give Junior the rest cure. At least he’s healthy com pared to the rest. $500 Scholarship Offered At AU The deadline for filing applica tions for the Walter Francis White Scholarship offered by the National Atlanta University A lumni Association has been set as August 1, according to Mrs. Jos ephine Murphy, President of the Association. The scholarship, which was established in honor of Mr. White, an alumnus of the University, at the June meeting of the Associa tion, is for $500. It wall be award de to a student who wishes to en ter the graduate department of Sociology at Atlanta University and work in the field of race re lations. The stipend will cover tuition with an additional grant in-aid of $100. for each semester. Applications should be sent to the Registrar at Atlanta Univer sity. In addition to the usual doc uments required for admission to tre University, a written pro spectus of not more than 1,000 words, stating the student’s plans for his graduate work and his as pirations for his career should accompany the application. There should also be a letter of recom mendation from one of the pro fessors in his major department. On Board "Queen Mary” - Mr. and Mrs. Chester K. Gilles-j pie of Cleveland, 0., at top of stairs leading to first class pas senger dining room on the S. S. ‘Queen Mary.” The well known lawyer and his wife are on a visit to England, Belgium, Hol land, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France. They return on the “Queen Elizabeth” during July. A. L. Hawkins Enjoy Ft. Scott Home-Coming; Accompanied By Chicagoans PROTECT COWS’ MUZZLES Livestock is protected from in jury when feeders and shelters are covered with smooth, splint er-free Masonite Tempered Presd wood. Old feeders and shelters may easiily be covered over with these panels. Just nail them on. In new construction, the -14” panels go right over the lumber framing. USEFUL LAP TABLE For an elderly person or in valid, a lap table is helpful. Make one from a viece of Mason ite 3/16” Tempered Presdwood cut tol8” x 24”. Into one edge, using a keyhole saw, cut a semi circular waist-size notch. Round thecorners and lightly bevel the edges with a file or sanndblock. The lap table is handy in a chair or in bed while reading, writing or playing* cards. Magazine Story Exposes "Othello" Jose Ferrer has played many a brilliant role on stage and screen,; but his most dramatic perform ance was before an audience of private detectives, Paul Robeson and Jose’s wife Uta Hagen, Con fidential magazine states in its new issue on sale July 7th. In an article “The Midnight Raid of Jose Ferrer,” the mag azine says that Ferrer, seeking evidence for a divorce action a gainst his spouse, found plenty of it when his party burst into Uta’s domicile, 417 East 58th St. early Christmas Day morning, 1946. For some time, Confidential states, Ferrer had known that Robeson and Uta had been play ing off-stage scenes from the play “Othello” in which all three were cast. So Jose hired a fleet of private eyes to get the evi dence. One night Ferrer’s raiding par ty slipped into the Hagen home in swanky Sutton place an hour after Robeson had entered. They tiptoed to what had once been Ferrer’s den. “Crowding around the door way,” the magazine adds, they looked in on a room comfortably j furnisred by, among other things, a divan which was being occupied to capacity . . “What they watched was the | kind of evidence that would stand up in any divorce court in the land. Satisfied it was a picture j neither the dicks nor the witnes ses would soon forget, Ferrer snapped on the ceiling lights. As he did so, the ham in him explod ed like a big can of overripe Spam. Jose got his divorce, Confi dential adds. Dr. and and Mrs. A. L. Haw kins of 2120 North 244th Street left Sunday, July 3, and motored to Fort Scott, Kansas for a home coming. Accompanying the Hawkins for the July 4th festivities at Fort Scott, were Mr. and Mrs. Smalley Cook of Chicago. Mr. Cook is the son of the late Prof. E' Haw kins, principal of the Junior High School honored with that name. About the trip Mrs. A. L. Hawkins said, “We had a good time and saw a lot of old friends.” Ft. Scott is the place where Dr Hawkins was born find reared. Afternoon festivities were hel> at Bridal Veil Park with all the “Old Timers” bringing picnic bas kets, enjoying barbequed ribs, and reuniting with guests who had come from California, Washing ton, Illinois and Oregon. Mrs. Hawkins estimated that some one thousand persons were on hand. In the evening ,a banquet was sponsored by the Hawkins in hon on of a brother, the late Prof. E. L. Hawkins, at the E. L. Hawkins Junior High School, at 6:30 P.M. Mr. Gordon Parks, LIFE maga zine photographer was unable to make the homecoming, but Mrs. A. L. Hawkins stated the Parks family had other representatives from Colorado Springs, Denver, Wichita, Seattle and Portland. Also, that Mr. C. C. Parks, brother of Gordon, rendered a solo. Others on the program were Mrs. E. J. Hawkins, who served as Mistress of Ceremonies, the Rev. M. C. Russaw, Mr. J. K. Graham, Mrs. Katherine Miller, Miss Mary Graham, Miss Erma L. Bruce, Mr. Robert Nelson, and Ft. Scott “Old Timers” were in troduced. The menu included: roast tur key, dressing, potatoes au gratin, giblet gravy, green beans, cran berry sauce, relishes, hot rolls, angel food cake and orange sauce, coffee, mints and nuts. After the diners finished, Dr. Hawkins showed some movies of his and Mrs. Hawkins’ sojourn in Europe. It was learned that Dr. Haw kins’ brother, after whom the banquet site had been named, was active in Fort Scott community affairs better than fifty years. Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Hawkins and Mr. and Mrs. Cook returned to Omaha Tuesday, July 5. Af terwards, the Cooks entrained for Chicago. The homecoming was plannned by Mrs. James H. Wilkerson and Mr. Baker T. Cummings of Ft. Scott. The musical program and addresses at the banquet were un der the direction of Mrs. E. J. Hawkins and Mrs. Thelma Mur ray. Cereal ’n Soup Casserole Lightens Summer Cooking Summer is often one big headache for Mrs. Homemaker and the rea son boils down to the simple fact that no matter the weather she’s still responsible for the preparation of daily meals for her family While there is actually no 100% solution for this, it’s helpful to use familiar pantry shelf products in quickly prepared dishes. Combining the right foods is also important, and what could be more inspired than a cereal ’n soup combination. Although there are many ways to go about this, here’s one that beats all—and beats the heat, too. Called “Meal In A Casserole” it means exactly what it says; it has everything . . . soup, fish, vegetables and topped with crunchy toasted corn flakes. Meal In A Casserole 1 box (12 ounces) quick- 1 cup (7%-ounce can) tuna frozen green peas, thawed fish, flaked 1 can condensed cream of 2 cups Post Toasties Corn Flakes mushroom soup 2 tablespoons butter, melted Combine peas and mushroom soup in saucepan. Bring to a boil stir ring once or twice. Then add tuna fish and mix lightly. Turn into greased 1-quart baking dish Crush cereal slightly, toss with melted butter and / use to cover tuna fish mixture. Bake in hot oven (400°F.) 20 to 30’min- t utes. Makes 4 servings. 1 V w