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VoT. 29 No. 22__Friday, July 29, 1955 . 1QC Per Copy
Marian Anderson To Receive
1955 Elk's Lovejoy Award
Contralto Marian Anderson has
been named to receive the 1955
Lovejoy Award presented annual
ly by the Improved Benevolent
Protective Order of £lks of the
World to the person whom it con
siders as having made an out
standing contribution in the field
of race relations. Miss Anderson,
who recently scored a major hit
in the Metropolitan Opera, will
receive the award at the 56th
convention of the Elks in Atlan
tic City Monday, Aug. 22. The
Lovejoy Award was established
in 1949 at the San Francisco con
vention. —(ANP)
Omaha Twins
Get Together
Labor Day
Omahans will be seeing double
this coining Labor Day weekend
but for reasons they’d hardly
suspect.
September 3, 4 and 5 hundreds
of pairs of twins will be seen on
Omaha streets, coming here for
the annual convention of Inter
national Twins Association.
Misses Dorothy and Doris Yates,
Council Bluffs, co-presidents of
the Association — and the first
ladies ever to hold that office —
said that invitations to the con
ventions are being mailed to mem
bers throughout the world. At
the meeting last year in Chicago,
they said, registrants attended
from as far awray as Sw’eden and
Germany.
Norman Haried, Convention
Bureau manager at the Chamber
of Commerce, said this will be the
second international meeting of
the Twins Association in Omaha.
The first was held in 1948 he said
when his Bureau organized the
Omaha chapter to bring the con
vention here.
Then he added the Misses
Yates were co-presidents of the
Omaha chapter of the world-wide
organization.
Moser Heads
C of C Drive
For Members
Ralph R. Moser, senior vice
president of the Carpenter Paper
Company, has been named general
chairman of the forthcoming an
nual membership drive for the
Chamber of (Commerce.
In making the appointment,
Ellsworth Moser, Chamber vice
president and treasurer, said the
Chamber campaign is planned ten
tatively November 14-18.
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
GETS SHOPING CENTER
Glen Arden, Md. — 320 Model
Negro homes which are being
built here as a development
worth 3 1/2 million dollars, have
2lso got a shopping center as the
Prince Georges County Commis
sioners approved the zoning. A
school, too, has been set aside for.
The shopping center won’t be
built until the homes are finish
ed.
Each of the homes will cost
about $10,000 to build and will
start January 15th. The town of
Glen Arden has already discus
sed plans for annexing the $3.5
million dollar investment when
it’s finished.
Tom Walker, 65
Tom Walker, age 65 years, of
2602 Hamilton St., expired Fri
day, July 15, 1955 at a local hos
pital.
He was an Omaha resident 11
years and was a Packing House
employee.
He is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Hattie Walker; five daugh
ters, Margaretretter, Kattie Lee,
Gloria Brown, Mae Frances Men
sey and Marjorie Mensey; two
sons .Robert Lee and Benny
Mensey; sister, Mrs. Mary Ledell
of Slaughters, Miss.
Funeral services were held
Thursday, July 21 at 2:00 p.m.
from New Hope Baptist Church
with Rev. Mark Marion officiat
ing, assisted by Rev. Dan Marion.
Interment was at Graceland Park
Cemetery.
Pall bearers were Messrs. Mote
Davis, Jeff Thompson and Ellis
Studervant.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice.
Infected Tonsils
Cause Disabilty
Among Children
Tonsils are the greatest cause
I of disability among children.
Tnis conclusion came from a
study of benefits paid to policy
owners of Mutual of Omaha,
largest exclusive health and acci
itient insurance company in the
world.
Of every 100 girls covered by
the survey, 27 had diseased or
enlai ged tonsils. Twenty-three
of every 100 boys had tonsil
trouble.
Upper respiratory infections,
such as influenza, pneumonia,
bronchitis, are the second great
est cause of disability. These in
fections affected 15 1/2 percent
of the children in the survey.
Appendicitis caused disability
of more than five of every 100
children.
The study also showed that
children have ear disorders 2 1/2
times more than adults.
More than 100,000 cases were
covered in the three-year study.
Since Mutual of Omaha does
business in every state, the sur
vey covered the entire nation.
Inter-Club Tea
Will Be August 31
The members of Cleaves Tem
ple, C.M.E. Church are sponsor
ing an Inter-Club Mammoth Tea,
I August 21, at the Near Northside
| YMCA.
All indications thus far, prom
I ise that this will be a beautiful;
(and different tea.
Everyone is invited to attend
and bring friends. For any ad- |
ditional information call the Rev. j
A. Ralph Davis, PL. 4733.
Former Omahan
Visits Uncle
| Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt Kenner of
Chicago visited Saturday after
noon with Mr. C. C. Galloway,
publisher of The Omaha Guide.
Mrs. Kenner is Mr. Galloway’s
niece and a former Omahan.
The Kenners had been visiting
in Lincoln, Nebr., where Mrs.
Kenner was bom and reared.
They were the house guests of
Mr. and Mrs. James Dean of
1018 “O” Street.
“We have had such a good time
and everyone has been so nice,”
said Mrs. Kenner speaking for
herself and husband. On one
occasion, they lunched with Mr.
and -Mrs. Clayton Lewis of Lin
coln.
While in Omaha, she said she
was able to visit with another
old friend, Dr. Price M. Terrell,
I Sr. But after visiting with her
| uncle, the Kenners had to rush
back to Lincoln in that they were
■ invited to a “fish fry.”
Mr. and Mrs. Kenner said they
planned to leave Lincoln and
motor back to Chicago sometime
j early Monday.
Boys Town
Alumni To
✓
Meet July 29
The fourth annual national as
sembly of the Boys Town Ak’mni
Association will be held at Bo., s
Town July 29-31.
Business, of the convention will
include election of national officers
for the coming year. Present of
ficers are John Gutowski, Detroit,
Michigan, a 1941 graduate of Boys
Town, president; Tom Padilla,
Kansas City, Missouri, ’27, vice
president; Donald Roybal. Boys
Town, ’40, secretary, and Edwin
Novotny, Ralston, Nebraska, ’43,
treasurer. ,
In addition to business meetings,
social activities have been arrang
ed for delegates, alumni and their
wives. These will include a show
ing of the several Boys Town
movies at the Music Hall Friday
night, a luncheon for the ladies’
auxiliary, a dance Saturday even
ing, a picnic Sunday afternoon,
and a banquet at the Boys Town
high school dining hall Sunday
evening to conclude the convention.
The recently-formed Ladies
Auxiliary will hold its meetings
during the period of the assem
bly.
The Boys Town Alumni associa
tion was organized in 1951
through the efforts of Msgr. Nich
olas H. Wegner, director of Boys
Town, for the purpose of fostering
and strengthening friendships for
med at Boys Town, to maintain
ties between Father Flanagan’s
Home and the more than seven
thousand former citizens, and to
assist recent graduates in com
munities where members of the
association are living.
Chapters of the association are
now organized at Omaha, Nebr
aska; Chicago, Illinois; Des
Moines, Iowa; Detroit, Michigan;
Kansas City, Missouri; Milwaukee,
Wisconsin; Minneapolis, Minne
sota; Pueblo, Colorado; and a
Southern (California chapter with
headquarters at Los Angeles.
All former citizens of Boys
Town are invited to attend the
convention, whether or not they
are members of the association.
Return
From Trip
To Denver
Two Omahans were recent vis
itors in Denver, Colorado where
they spent ten days.
Mrs. Ruby Trulove of 2864
Lake Street and Mrs. Tenolia
I Walker of 2611 Maple Street en
joyed their stay immensely, it
■ was learned.
Mrs. Trulove said she has made
the trek every year for the past
five years, mainly in order to
just “rest”. But still she en
joyed being entertained by
I friends in Denver.
Our Youngsters
Little Ebby, who had a talent
for getting into mischief, ran into
the kitchen with a brighter-than
usual gleam in her eyes.
“Mommy.” she announced im-1
portantly. “I gave the kitty a1
bath.”
“But what towel did you use ”
her mother asked anxiously.
“I didn’t use any,” she answer
ed, “I just wrung him out.”
i
Free Swims
For The Kids
3 Days
Beginning Monday, July 25,
1955, the Park and Recreation
Commission will open their swim
ming pools on Monday, Wednes
day and Friday from 9 a.m. to 12
noon to all children free of
charge under 13 years of age.
Prior to this time, the Red
Cross, the World Herald and the
Park and Recreation Commis
sion have been sponsoring a
Learn To Swim Program every
morning in all of the park pools.
This will be an opportunity for
the children who have been learn
ing to swim this season to con
tinue their practice, and we hope
that many children of the com
munity will use this opportunity
to have a “free swim” on the
Park and Recreation Commission,
said Mr. R. B. McClintock, Super
intendent of Parks and Recrea
tion.
Dr. Carter On
TV Demonstration
Dr. J. E. Carter, Sr. of Augusta,
Ga., president of the National
Dental Association, will head a
distinguished group of dentists
who will attend the 42nd NDA
convention in Chicago, Aug. 1-5.
Features of the session will in
clude two television demonstra
tions. Volunteer patients will be
subjects for the demonstrations.
Dr. Charles M. Thompson, NDA
director of international rela
tions and publicity, arranged the
progfam. —(ANP)
—
Beau Jack
Story In Sport
Magazine
j The oft-speculated question —
| What happened to Beau Jack’s
money? — is finally answered in
an expose-type article in the cur
rent issue of SPORT magazine.
“The Facts About Beau Jack”
gives the complete data of the
fighter’s earnings, what happened
to them, and reveals the truth
about the celebrities (popularly
known as the “20 millionaires”)
who sponsored Jack’s professional
career, and have been accused of
letting him get slaughtered in
the ring while they reaped the
profits and Jack reaped the
wounds.
SPORT magazine is at news
stands now.
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•FEDERAL JUDGE
RULES FAVORABLY
ON RACIAL ISSUE
El Paso, Texas — Texas laws
and constitutional provisions re
jquiring segregation of students in
public institutions were declared
unconstitutional by Federal Dis
trict Judge R. E. Thomas, in a
ruling handed down here on July
18.
The ruling, in compliance with
the Supreme Court decisions of
May 17, 1954 and May 31, 1955.
jwas made in an NAACP case in
volving Miss Thelma White who
j a year ago had been denied ad
mission to Texas Western Col
lege solely because of her race.
Last year she attended New Mexi
co A. and M. College. Following
Judge Thomas’ ruling ordering
i her admission. Miss White said
she would transfer to Texas
, Western. She was represented
|by NAACP Attorney U. S. Tate.
The coal used to make a year’s;
American output of steel would
require a train 15,348 miles long.
Broadcasters Rehearse At School
Mrs. Laryea (left) and Miss
Tamaklee, both from Africa’s
Gold Coast are among the broad
casters from all over the British
Commonwealth who attend the
British Broadcasting corporation’s
staff training school. Here they
rehearse gramaphone effects for
a student’s production. (ANP)
[Davis Proposes 3-Point
[Teachers Tenure Program
Houston, Texas — A three
point program to strengthen the
tenure rights of Negro teachers
in the change-over from segregat
ed to non-segregated schools is
'proposed in an address scheduled
,for deliverey to the American
| Teachers Association convention
here tonight by Dr. John W. Davis,
director of the NAACP program
for teacher security,
j Dr. Davis proposed enactment
!of new tenure legislation, estab
ment of a teacher aid plan, and
the setting up of a teacher place
ment bureau by the ATA.
The text of Dr. Davis’ proposal
j follows:
Job Rights of Teachers
The maximum security for
j teachers can only be obtained
! through the enactment of tenure
: legislation. The* membf/ship of
i the A.T A. in non tenure states
i should join hands with their fel
ilow teachers of the N.E.A. and
urge state legislatures to pass
tenure laws.
The legal right to the jobs of
non tenure teachers employed un
der annual contract or contracts
i for any term of months or years
expires at the end of the contract
teim. At most, the teacher can
be said to have an expectancy,
not a right, of future employ
ment. Nevertheless, in many
situations, an expectancy may be
an interest upon which legal ac
tion in the courts may stand, es
pecially where governmental
authorities have acted in viola
tion of state or federal law. It
is necessary to add here that our
lawyers have indicated many
times that they cannot seek to ap
ply legal principles in a vacuum.
Therefore, in the event that any
teacher seeks their assistance, all,
not just some of the facts must
be furnished them.
Cooperative States Teacher
Aid Plan ,
It seems to me to be strongly
desirable for the state organiza
tions of the American Teachers
Association to establish and free
ly support a teacher aid plan
which will be comparable to the
Donald Dushane Plan of the
N. E. A. Under an arrange
ment of this sort, teachers who
might be embarassed through
loss of jobs because of their
fight for freedom or consolida
tion in the processes of desegre
gation of public schools, would
have temporary support for them
selves and their families.
Teacher Placement Service
I submit also for the considera
tion of the American Teachers
Association a suggestion which if
acted upon favorably would bring
into existence a body in your
membership which would compile
nation-wide employment oppor
tunities for Negro teachers. To
the known vacancies in teaching
opportunities, displaced teachers
could be referred, for work con
! sideration and possible employ
ment. It would seem advisable
that the compilation of employ
ment opportunities and teacher
placement proposal now made
might well be related to and
concentrated in the offices of Dr.
H. C. Trenholm, executive secre
tary of the American Teachers
Association. This office would |
be able to serve equally well all j
of the teachers and states involv-;
ed.
Warning Aginst Thought Control
Teachers have always been in
the vanguard for freedom and in-!
dependence. In this age of ten j
sions and forced conformity
there is the grave danger that
such principles will be submerged
in an atmosphere of fear and sil
ence on important issues. Vital
ity is possible only when there is
controversy and controversy is
possibly only where there is free
dom.
Even now too many channels
of communication are closed on
the implementation of the de
cisions of the Supreme Court of
the United States which outlaw
ed segregation in public educa
tion in this country. Many of
ficials of colleges and universities
in the South admit freely that
this subject which has broad so
cial, economic and spiritual im
plications is not given attention
in their courses or discussion pro
grams and that such courses or
■programs are not now contem
! plated for the future. This re
| presents the submergence of one
; of the essential" principles of our
■ democratic life—freedom o f
speech; and, points strongly to
thought control. Real liberty in
America guarantees not only
freedom to think but the right to
teach objectively, openly and
without interference, any issue of
vital concern to the American
people. The teachers of the na
tion are called upon to combat
this menace to freedom and basic
human values. Education is the
teacher’s tool to open channels of
communication so as to lead
people to understand the meaning
| of the Court’s decision and its
! relation to democracy and the
future of America.
4-C's Head
Gives Boost to
Credit Union
“Poor people can pool their lit
tle bit and help each other finan
cially,” said Mr. Harold A. Mason,
president of the Centralized Com
monwealth Civic Club, last Satur
day in an interview.
Mr. Mason took time out from
other duties to come to the Omaha
Guide office to explain the func
tions of a credit union.
“It’s the greatest thing there is,”
he continued.
For instance, it can help indivi
duals who really need it. But the
primary use is to teach wise use
of money rather than just to loan
money.
Let’s suppose you need $300. and
want to go to the 4-iC's sredit
union for the money. How do you
go about securing the lan?
Join 4-C Club
Well, first of all, the borrower
must join the 4-C Club and pay
dues. Afterwards, he or she
I makes an application for joining
the credit union, paying a fifty
cents entrance fee and obtaining
one five dollar share,
the household budget,
the credit union, the aspirant is
[ ready to submit an application for
■ a loan.
The application goes to the
credit committee of the credit
union where the individual seek
ing the loan is investigated upon
about the reason for wanting the
loan, how long employed at the
current position, how much salary
is realized, and what can be paid
without too much of a strain on
the househld budget.
Careful Scrutiny
After careful scrutiny, the loan
is either approved or disproved. In
case of disaproval the borrower
"Not At A Stranger"
Starting At Six Theatres
In This Area August 4
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V
It Happened
| Recently, a certain young lady
! decided she needed another copy
!of her birth certificate.
Being in Lincoln, she made the
trip to Bureau of Vital Statistics,
and informed the receptionist of
her desire.
The receptionist passed the in
formation on to the proper per
son and after some time passed,
the individual returned with the
copy.
On the birth certificate it said,
“Black American”. Of course,
the young lady let it be known
right away she didn’t appreciate
the epithet.
But she was told, “Why that’s
the way we always put it.”
“That’s not the way I want—
change it,” said the applicant.
And she thought to herself, if it
comes back with Negro spelled
without a capital “N” they’ll just
have to do it over.
However, it came back with
the capital “N” and the young
lady departed.
All this took place because on
a former copy the racial designa
tion had listed her as “White.”
I _
I I
Roosevelt
Legion Men
at Installation
Theodore ivoosevelt Post No.
! 30, American Legion sent its Com
mander J. L. Taylor and board
members William Piersen, M. C.
Stromile, and J. Gardner to at
tend the installation services of
the South Omaha Post.
They reported it was well at
tended and several local dignitar
ies were present. All in all it was
a fine affair.
This should remirfd the members
of Post No. 30 that they will soon
have installation services and a
delegation of state and local dig
nitaries will be on hand to lend
color to the occasion.
Lets all be present in full force,
both Legionaires and the Ladies
Auxiliary.
Lest we forget, always keep in
mind our duty to the sick. Com
rade Ralph Underwood is still con
fined to the VA hospital and there
are some sick whose names aren’t
known. Send them a card or
please pay a visit.
As all attention is focused on
the coming installation services j
next August 11, let us prepare to i
come out in full force and regalia.
May our allegiance to the Amer
ican Legion prompt us to ever
keep in practice our oath of obli
gation to God, our country, and
fellowman.
J. L. Taylor — Commander
Burns Scott — Adjutant
N. H. Scott — Pub. Officer
can go to the credit union and per
haps clarify the condition that
prevented the loan at that time.
If sccessful, the borrower gets
a check for the desired amount,
and is now ready to do business.
However, he knows that he will
have to make restitution on the
note at one per cent on the unpaid
balance on the date promised for
the duration of the note.
As mentioned before the pri
mary function is to teach the wise
use of money. This means pract
icing thrift.
Cites Example
Mr. Mason cited an example
wherein a certain member has
saved $35. every two Tyeeks since
last October. In other words, the
man is putting his money where
it can also aid the community.
The credit union lists a four
fold purpose:
1. Regular thrift habits for all
wage earners.
2. Convenient, confidential, low j
cost credits.
3. Education in the wise use of |
money.
4. Democratic control of money.
Mr. Mason concluded: “New
members have been coming in all'
along. I have personally contact
ed some of them and trey have re
ed some of them and they have re
sponded favorably.”
READ THE GUIDE’S
CLASSIFIED ADS!
Acclaimed as the most import
ant picture to come from Holly
wood in many years, Stanley
Kramer’s “NOT AS A STRANG
ER” will have its Nebraska pre
miere showing in six theatres
locally at the same time.
Opening an extended engage
ment starting Thursday, August
4th, the film will be shown at
the STATE, DUNDEE, AVENUE,
MILITARY, AMES THEATRES,
and at the BROADWAY THEA
TRE in Council Bluffs.
Attracting enormous crowds in
other cities of the nation, th'
simultaneous showing has bet
arranged in order to accommi
date the many thousands of lo
cal goers who are awaiting the
picture.
Olivia de Havilland, Robert
Mitchum, Frank Sinatra, Gloria
Grahame, Broderick Crawford
and Charles Bickford star in
“NOT AS A STRANGER”, which
Kramer produced and directed
for United Artists release. Miss
de Havilland, Sinatra, Miss Gra
hame and Crawford are Academy
Award winners.
The multi-million-dollar pro
duction, vftiich was written for
the screen by “Oscar” winners
Edward and Edna Anhalt, has
more than 70 speaking parts and
features such noted character
performers as Myron McCormick.
Lon Chaney, Jesse White, Lee
Marvin, Mae Clarke and Paul
Guilfoyle.
George Antheil, the disting
uished composer, wrote the music
for “NOT AS A STRANGER”,
while Frank Planer was director
of cinematography and Rudolph
Sternad was production designer.
EDUCATIONAL GROUP
DROPS RACIAL TAB
Washington — The policy of
labeling institutions of higher
education by race in its annual
Education Directory Part 3: High
er Education, has been abandon
ed by the Office of Education,
the NAACP Washington Bureau
was informed last week.
In response to a letter from
Clarence Mitchell .director of the
Washington bureau, requesting
such action. E. V. Hollis, chief of
the Q|fice of Education’s col
lege administration division, said
that “the next issue of the Direc
tory, which will appear early in
1956, will not carry the designa
tions heretofore used to indicate
racial distinctions.”
TWO SOUTHERN TOWNS
COMPLY WITH COURT
DESEGREGATION RULING
Atlanta, Ga. — Two southern
towns of the deep south have de
cided to go along with desegrega
tion as per the Supreme Court
ruling. Chattanooga’s School
Board announced it will lift racial
barriers in the city’s schools. It
did not state its starting date—
just that it had agreed to it.
Corpus Christi, came through
with the best compliance on the
school issue. A city of 150,000,
it has decided to no longer bar a
student from any public school
because of race. The board voted
a “100% compliance.”
Mission Plans
Gala Affair
| Next Sunday
The St. Columban’s Foreign
Mission Society holds its third
annual Summer Festival next Sun
day July 31st.
The festival will be held in a
picnic setting on the grounds of
St. Columban’s Seminary near
Bellevue. Starting time is 1: P.M.
Road signs in Bellevue will give
directions to the Mission grounds
where ample parking space wall
be provided.
Featured will be games for the
adults and children, pony rides
and miniature airplane and train
rides, 21 merchandise and amuse
ment booths and a band concert.
Dr. Mike Healey, prominent am
ateur chef, will be in charge of
lunch and refreshments.
Proceeds from the Summer Fes
tival wall go to support St. Col
umban’s missionaries who are
combatting Communism by telling
the story of Christianity.