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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—
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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
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