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For example, Lock heed Aircraft today has 1000 skill ed Negro workers in its Marietta, Georgia plant alone. In 1930 there were fewer than 200,000 Negro trade-union mem bers. Currently there are almost two million, and a growing number of Negroes have risen to posts of: union leadership. In 1944 the telephone industry hired its first Negro clerks and switchboard op erators. Today it has more than 10,000. Big-city banks and de partment stores, formerly employ ing Negroes only as janitors, now have many as clerks, stenograph ers, tellers and accountants. The Negro’s wages have increas ed to more than four times their 1940 level, the article states. This new prosperity has created a vast new market with a purchasing power of $16 billion a year. Full integration is now the rule in the Armed Forces. Among the nearly 6000 Negro officers is Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., of the Air Force. Similar advances are evident in education. In 1932 only 7000 stu dents attended Negro colleges, with possibly 2000 more Negroes in unsegregated colleges of the North. By 1947, Negro-college en rollment had climbed above 70,000; Negroes in other colleges numbered 12,000. Since then, many more institutions have open ed their doors. “The walls of prejudice are tum bling down,” Maisel says, “in the effort to make the American dream of equality come true for all men.” George L. Ledden , _ i Mr. George L. Ledden, 55 years 2016 North 29th Avenue, expired Thursday, August 18th at his home. Mr. Ledden was a barber and had been a resident of Omaha twenty-four years. He was a member of Mount Moriah Baptist Church. * He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Laurice C. Ledden; daughter, Mrs. Theresa Washington of Omaha; sis ter Mrs. Geneva Battles, Detroit, Michigan; nephew, Mr. Leroy Win ston, Omaha; nieCe, Mrs. Willie B. Womack, Little Rock, Arkansas; three grandchildren and other relatives. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon from Mt. Mori ah Baptist Church with the Rev. David St. Clair officiating. Pall bearers, Mr. E. B. Daniel, James Williams, James Stewart, John W. Goodwin, Claytee Brazier, Henry Thompson. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery with ar rangements by Thomas Mortuary. — Housekeeper Charged With Murdering Boss Freehold, N.' J. (CNS) Mrs. Car rie Stancell, 43 year old Negro housekeeper seemingly couldn’t wait to collect the $100,000 she was willed by her 81 year old em ployer, Charles Hlavac. Hlavac died in an auto accident July 7th, a week after willing Mrs. Stancel a $75,000 equity in the apartment house where he lived plus $25,000 additional. Prosecutor Vincent P. Keuper has ordered the body of the Bronx landlord to be exhumed. Mean while, Mrs. Stancel and William M. Jackson, a Harlem real estate broker and driver of Hlavac’s car, were jailed pending results of the autopsy. Jackson is charged with causing the death by auto and Mrs. Stan cel with being a material witness. In the accident caused by a blow out which overturned the car on Garden State Parkway near As bury Park, N. J., Hlavac was kill ed but Mrs. Stancel and Jackson received minor injuries. The vic tim’s brother feels Mrs. Stancel persuaded Hlavac to will her his estate and then to take the fatal .ride. / NEW SHOE STORE OPEN AUGUST 22 "Robbies” Shoe Store -a factory outlet for famous name shoes will open on the comer of 15th and 'Farnam streets, Monday August 22. . Robbies will feature America’s finest name shoes for women at 30 to 60 per cent less than the regular prices. Mr. Boyd Robinson, manager and owner of the new store has had many years of shoe retailing in Omaha and he will be glad to see many of his old customers and friends. Legion To Begin Drive For Members Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30 American Legion had its installa tion of officers last August 18th. A very fine program was carried out with Comrade Elmer Quinn from Melting Pot Post No. 312 A merican Legion presiding as the installing officer. The affair was impressive and was carried out with solemn dignity. At the con clusion of the ceremonies a tempt ing repast was served. Now the reat test is now in progress as every officer has pledged to do his best. The severe hot weather may hamper the all out cooperation of all members but surely as the weather abates the old spirit will prevail. Let us always remember our sick in V A Hospital. They are Willie Bell, Paul Adams, Ralph Underwood. Go out there and see them and if you can’t go out, please send them a kindly get well card. Post Commander M. C- Stromile and family are vacationing on the West Coast. The installation is over and now is the beginning of the annual membership drive and it is urged by the Commander and officers that an all out effort be put on to bring into the Legion Post all new and delinquent mem bers that are eligible. It is written in our constitution that all true Legionaires will devote their time and energy to all needy veterans and their wives and orphans there by keeping the principles of the American Legion high* and sure in doing this we do allegiance to God, our country and our fellow man. J. L. Taylor, Commander Burns Scott, Adjutant N. H. Comans, Pub. Officer. Harriet Williams Mrs. Harriett Elizabeth Williams 80 years, 2531 Parker Street, pass ed away Thursday evening, Aug. 18th at the above address. Mrs. Williams had been a resident of Omaha four years. She was a member and Stew ardess of Cleaves Temple Metho dist Church. She is survived by three sons, Mr. George Washing ton Williams, Omaha, Mr. Vernon Williams, Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Oliver Williams, Chicago, 111., two daughters, Mrs. Carrie Hart, North Little Rock, Arkansas, Mrs. Octavia Hatcher, Omaha, five sis ters, Mrs. Cora Ellis, Cleveland, Ohio, Mrs. Sally Waddley, Mrs. Mattie Kerr, Mrs. Willie Kerr, At lanta, Ga., Mrs. Katie Hendricks, Hefner .Alabama; three brothers, Mr. Mack Kerr, Pine Bluff, Ar kansas, Mr. Rufus Kerr, Little Rock, Ark., Mr. Cleopheus Kerr, Cleveland, Ohio; grandson, Mic hael Herman Williams, Chicago, Illinois and other relatives.. Services were held Wednesday evening at Thomas Mortuary with the Rev. A. R. Davis officiating. The body was forwarded Thurs day morning to Kensett, Arkansas for further services and burial Saturday in Kensett. STRETCHERS FOR WOOL SOCKS, SWEATERS Woolen socks will retain their shape better after laundering if they are stretched over a shape. A set of stretchers may be made by cutting 3/16” Tempered Duo lux. a smooth-on-two-sides hard board, to the proper shape with a coping or jig saw. Bevel the edges with a sandblock or file. To speed the drying, bore several holes in the stretcher with an ex pansion bit. Sweaters may be stretched similarly. Elks End Gala Convention In Atlantic City Guiding members of the Inpen dent, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World to a successful convention at Atlantic City, N. J., last week were (left to right) Robert Jackson, grand exalt ed ruler; Mrs. Nettie Carter Jack son, grand daughter ruler, and Judge William C. Hueston, grand secretary. One of the highlights of this year’s session was the a warding of the Lovejoy Medal to Mrs. Marian Andersen, famed con tralto. The Elks boasted of having nearly 80,000 persons on hand for the convention. (ANP) Richard Thomas Rites Aug. 23 — Richard Thomas, age 36 years, of 966y2 No. 27th St., expired Saturday, August 13, 1955 at his home. He was an Omaha resident twelve years. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Gladys Grayson; two sisters, Mrs. Rosalie Conner and Mrs. Al onzo Stevenson, both of Omaha; two brothers, William Grayson, Omaha, and Pvt. St. John Gray son, U. S. Army. Services were held Tuesday, August 23, 1955 at 10:00 a.m. from the Meyers Brothers Funeral Chapel with interment at Mt. Hope Cemetery. New Show Starts At State Aug. 30 “LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDOR-! ED THING”, the eagerly-awaited Twentieth Century-Fox production, in Cinema-Scope and color by De Luxe, of Han Suyin’s autobiograph ical best-seller, has been announ ced by the STATE THEATRE as its next attraction. It will open there Tuesday, August 30th. Starred in the film, a true-life romance about a Eurasian woman doctor who finds love, and a mix ture of happiness and tragedy, in Hong Kong, are Jennifer Jones and William Holden. Ga. Rescinds Teacher Purge New York — T he NAACP took favorable note last week of the action of the Georgia State Board of Education earlier in the week rescinding resolutions aimed at teachers who belong to the NAA CP or who in any way approve of school integration. The education board’s move was described by Gloster B. Current, NAACP director of branches, as “a major victory for the Georgia NAACP State Conference and other citizens in Georgia who open ly opposed the Board of Educa tion’s ridiculous action.” In a letter to W. W. Law, acting president of the Georgia State NAACP, Mr. Current asserted: “The backing down on the part of the Board, and especially on the part of Attorney General Eu gene Cook, upon whose advice the Board acted in the first place, is an outgrowth of the adverse pub lic reaction engendered by the Board’s misguided attempt to de prive Negro teachers of their live lihood simply because they support the NAACP’S effort to uphold the Constitution of the United States. “As a result of the thoughtless | and crude attempts of opposition .leaders to frighten and intimidate i Negroes into forsaking the NAA I CP. our program is gaining wide support in the South. We are en couraged by the fact that many church leaders such as Bishop Randolph R. Claiborne, Jr., Pro testant Episcopal Bishop for North Georgia, spoke out against the Board and in support of compli ance with the decisions of the Su preme Court. Bibb Congratulates Officer —————_ ———— —1 Happily receiving congratula tions from Joseph D. Bibb, direc tor of the Illinois department of Public Safety, is Robert M. Pat ton, first Negro promoted to ser geant on the state highway police force. Bibb, at left, is the first Ne^-o to hold a position of cabinet rank in the Illinois state govern ment. So it is a question of one “first” praising another “first.” (ANP) Marie Tucker Mrs. Marie Tucker, 74 years, 2508 M Street, passed away Tues day morning, August 23rd at a local hospital. Mrs. Tucker had been a resident of Omaha forty two years. She was a Deaconess at Paradise Baptist Church, mem ber of Ruth Chapter. Mrs. Tucker had taken an active part in civic affairs. She was one of the founders of Woodson Cen ter and helped with the Old Folks Home. Mrs. Tucker is survived by her husband, Mr. William Tucker, 0 maha; daughter, Mrs. Cerrelda Scott, Chicago, Illinois; one son, Mr. Frank Tucker, Chicago; two sisters, Mrs. Cerrelda Clardy, Mrs. Mattie Mitchell, Tulsa, Oklahoma; brother, Mr. Walter Warren, Pratt, Kansas; two grand children, Will ian and Thomas Flemming, Chi cago and a host of other relatives. Funeral services have been set for ten o’clock Saturday morning from Paradise Baptist Church with the Rev. C. Adams officiating. 6000 Degrees In 1954-55 To Negroes New York — More than 6,000 Negroes were graduated from in stitutions of higher learning in the U. S. during the academic year, 1954 - 55, according to the current issue of The Crisis, official organ of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Pointing out that its information is not complete, The Crisis gives a tentative figure of 6,802 Negro graduates. The fact that few racially inte grated colleges and universities keep records regarding the race of their students accounts in large part for the incomplete statistics on Negroes who were graduated this past academic year, The Crisis notes. The figure (6,802) represents 6,370 bachelor degrees and 296 master degrees. Doctorates were awarded to a number of Negroes during the same academic year. These de grees were in the fields of philoso phy, dental surgery, medicine, science, laws and fine arts, as well | as honorary degrees. Adline Timberlake Mrs. Adline Timberlake, 101 yrs. passed away Monday morning August 22 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. U. S. (Gabby) Watson, 2805 Bristol Street. Mrs. Timberlake had been a resident of Omaha seventeen years and was a mem ber of Pilgrim Baptist Church. She is survived by one daugh ter, Mrs. Mary Parker, Omaha, seven granddaughters, Mrs. Gen eva Hart, Lexington, Tenn., Mrs. Annie Seats, Champlain, Illinois, Mrs. Jean Bryant, Omaha, Mrs. Elsie Pearson, Lexington, Tenn., Mrs. Sadie Jackson, Los Angees, Calif., Mrs. Lorraine Watson with whom she made her home, Mrs. Hazel Parker, Omaha; four grand sons, Mr. Jake Parker, Lexington, Tenn., Mr. Lum Parker, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., Mr. Jceal Parker, 0 maha, Mr. Clay F. Parker, Madi son, Wisconsin; thirty great grand children and a host of other rela tives. Funeral services have been set for Thursday morning from Pil grim Baptist Church with the Rev. IT’S AMAZING! hen cn a Wellington / r> ^ V N.r.,FARM Regularly lays / LOWS' TAILS ytere V »3SS wm SHELlSTHfffARF / EviPlOYHO AS ACTUAL CURgEMg/ gS_ WLA-W-WiFA/iP AS9LF ■/ MANY INDIAN YR'BES OF COLONIAL DAYS. ipo?? MANy VEARS, /?M '^2' ECCENTRIC WEALTHy LCNDOK)£(? ENJoyEp ^ OAiLy swim gaprpd iw FULL PRESS! /?RBep OF the Tiniest Books in THE \YORi_D. .. ONUV-3- of an inch ^JAREL.. ON ThF subject of Clothing was published ip ^PESXHWSBBV, • , -During- M\DDl£ #RG£S MONKS RCrtfeo IIRS DOCTORS RND p SURGEONS ,fW0RMl>Ki jlMfiJOR OP^RRTiONSl W BABBLING BROOKS Gertrude Brooks, AT 8817 CALLING ALL GIRLS. New youth group formed under the guidance of Mistresses Dorothy | Rogers and Aquille Fields and Le vada Harris of Cherokee Temple j 223, Mrs. Seymour Kaplan of the j Omaha Youth Commission, Mil dred Buxton and Marianna McFad- ■ den of the OMCC. A group of! thirty-five young women ranging in ages from 9 to 17, met at the j home of Mrs. McFadden and was | organized into four groups: do-! mestic, sport, Jr. Elks and drill team. Mothers were asked to at tend this meeting and several were present and approved of the pro ject whole-heartedly. Any school girl between the ages of 9 and 17 that wish to join any of these ( groups, please call McFadden, HA 8506 or Dorothy Rogers, JA 0699 or PL 6581. — AKA'S On A Tour Of i Hawaii Honolulu — After a highly suc cessful boule held in San Francis i co last week, fifty-one members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, embarked on a tour of Hawaii, vis iting Pearl Harbor and other ; places in the islands. Among the national officers of the sorority who went on the tour were A. Cathryn Johnson, Atlanta; Evelyn Roberts, St. Louis and Irma Clark, Chicago, who served as tour director. Part of the group left Saturday by Pan American Airways for the United States; the others follow ed on Mondav. Among those making the trip were Louis Clark, Kansas City; Edythe Ingraham, Philadelphia; Willie Collins, Texarkana; Lillian Parrott, Baltimore; Blanche Clark, Los Angeles; Laura Banks, Tuscon; : Irene Baxter, Philadelphia; Char lotte Powell, Philadelphia; Car mentia Watson, Philadelphia; Sa die Samuels, Cincinnati; Norma 1 Pitts, Los Angeles; Mary Orogden, (New York. Also, Doris Parkes, Columbus, Ohio; Patricia Berry, Philadelphia; Alfredia Hidalgo, Philadelphia; Albertine Edmondson, New York; Mrs. T. Edmerson, San- Antonio; Viola Donma, South Carolina; Dorothy Scott, Topeka; Mamil L. Williams, Topeka; Jeanette Greene, Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. Will iam Robinson, Wellesley, Mass.; Mrs. Clara Gaines, Winston-Salem; ' Frances Payne, Wilmington, N. C.; 1 'Valentine Waddill, Washington; ; Minerva Haywood, Cleveland; Ethel Chapman, Philadelphia; Ru by Chambers, Detroit; Norma Woods, Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. James Butler, Vera Griffith, De troit. Also, Laura Banks, Arizona; Em ma Harrison, Dorothy Andrews, Texas; Dr. and Mrs. Harvey Shaw, Detroit; Carol Shaw, Chicago; Es dale Malloy, Texas; Fannie Edmer sen, San Antonio; Marcella Dixion, Roselle Finley, Delgratia Scott, St. Louis; Elizabeth Ennis, Los Ange les; Lydia Burkes, Columbus, Pe tra Harris, Chicago; Zelma Love, Oklahoma, and Marie Robinson, Oklahoma City. Charles Favors officiating. Burial will be in the family plot at Mt. Hope Cemetery with arrangements by Thomas Mortuary. NAACP Legal Appeals For N _ | Mrs. Mahan Died Aug. 22 Mrs. Eliza Mahan, age 74 years, of 2854 Manderson St., expired Monday evening, August 22, 1955 at her home. She was an Omaha resident five . years. She is survived by four daugh ters, Mrs. Willa Mae Thompson of Omaha; Mrs. Esther Lee Tatum of Richmond, California, Mrs. Oshie Mae Rivers of Stockton, California and Mrs. Tommie Lee Burse of Heywood, California; seven sons, Monroe of Cairo, Illinois, Andrew of St. Paul, Minnesota, Horace and Henry o f Stockton, California, Bennie of Pittsburg, California, Hollis of Redwood City, California and Gane of Little Rock, Arkansas; two sisters, Mrs, Estella Rayford and Mrs. Alberta Penix of Thorn ton .Arkansas; two brothers, John and Jack Nelson of Bearden, Ar kansas; thirty-seven grandchildren; twenty-two great grandchildren and a host of other relatives. Myers Brothers Funeral Service. 3 Choirs To Sing For WCTV Meet Three local church choirs will be singing when the Women’s Christian Temperance Union meets here in September. The Zion Baptist Church, Pil grim Baptist, and St. John’s A.M. E. will be on hand at the Imman uel Baptist Church, 24th and Pinkney Streets to offer musical selections. The convention will begin at 7:30 P.M. on September 18 and last until September 21. I Members o f the respective choirs are asked to meet for re hearsal Monday evening, 8 P.M. at the St. John’s A.M.E. Church. Mrs. Ruth Downing, Organist. Mr. George Wheeler, pianist. Mr. Booker Washington, direc tor. Mrs. Minnie Dixon, music chair man. Riley Rice Mr. Riley Rice 77 years, of 2519 North 28th Avenue. A resident of Omaha forty-five years. Born in Macon, Georgia. Died in Chicago Illinois, August 11, 1955. Funeral was in Chicago, August 15, 1955 at 10 A.M. He was a member of the Seventh Day Christian Church. A loyal Christian and a friend to all. His survivors a son, Richard Rice and Vivian Redden of Omaha, Mrs. Almeda Stokes of Chicago. Grandchildren Tony Stokes, Rich ard Rice, Jr. and Roger Wardell; Great grandchildren Coral Jean Stokes of Chicago; two brothers, C. Rice, Minneapolis, Minnesota, J. Rice of Ga.; five sisters, Mrs. R. Scott, Mrs. U. Reese, Mrs. L. Johnson, Mrs. K. Boyd, all of Ga., Mrs. N. Martin of Chicago. A host of nieces and nephews. Defense Fund loney Now! Last year when the U. S. Su preme Court decided that racial segregation in public education vi olated the Constitution, Negroes throughout the country were elated. Few realized that this decision came about only after years and years of hard work by many, in cluding large groups of volunteer lawyers and social scientiests. Few realized the several hundred thousands spent on expenses in these cases. Hardly anyone ever paused to consider the threats and intimida tions against the parents of the school children involved. Most Americans simply took all of this for granted. Now, after the last decision ii these cases, the deep South is a gain showing its hand. At least two Negroes in Missis sippi have been killed for insist ing on the right to vote. White Citizens’ Councils are cropping up all over the South, de termined to destroy all economia 1 advantages for Negroes. Governors and attorneys general have said repeatedly that they will litigate this matter for fifty or a hundred years. Louisiana has appropriated $100,000 to resist court actions ill that state. Other states have as> signed six to fifty lawyers to op pose cases in their states. Negro teachers are being intimidated and discharged. You have read about these and other challenges in your own news papers. You have felt sorry for - these people. You are sure that the NAACP will meet these ever increasing challenges. Again, you are taking it as a matter of course because the NA ACP has never let you down. 1 have news for you: WTe will not be able to meet these chal lenges unless we get the money to do it. We have always had difficulty meeting our regular budgets. We ! cannot meet this heavily financed new assault unless you stop taking I us for granted and dig deep into i your pockets—and do it now! Thurgood Marshall, NAACP Le ! gal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., 107 West 43rd Street, New York 36. N. Y. (Contributions are deductible for U. S. Income Tax Purposes.) — Thomas Moore Died August 16 Thomas Moore, age 64 years, of 2606 No. 27th St., expired Tuesday, August 16, 1955 at his home. He was an Omaha resident thirty years and was employed by the i Union Pacific Railroad for twenty five years. j Mr. Moore was a veteran of World War I and was a member of Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30, J. L. Taylor, Commander, j He is survived by his wife, Ef fie; brother, William Moore of Dal las, Texas; two nieces, Mrs. Juani ta Ferguson of Oakland, California and Mrs. Lucie Miller of Dallas, | Texas; two nephews, Mr. Jack Moore of San Francisco, California i and Mr. Douglas Moore of Wash 1 ington, D. C. Funeral services were held Tuesday, August 23, 1955 at 2:30 P.M. from the Cleaves Temple C. M. E. Church with Rev. A. Ralph Davis officiating. Interment was was in the Soldiers Circle at For est Lawn Cemetery. Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30 had charge of American Legion rites and served as pall bearers. Myers Brothers Funeral Service. Ethel Rene Jones Mrs. Ethel Rene Jones, 34 years 2101 Ohio Street, passed away Tuesday morning, August 23rd. Mrs. Jones had been in poor health for some time. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Johnnie A. Jones; three sons, Johnnie A. Jones, Jr., Leonard A. Jones, Bruce C. Jones; four daugh ters, Delores, Patricia, Camille, Rita Rene Jones, of Omaha; par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Will Clibourn, Boley, Oklahoma; four sisters! Mrs. Effie Wilcox, Mrs. Parthenia Evans, Mrs. Gladys Still, Boley, Oklahoma, Mrs. Victoria Gooden! Los Angeles, Calif.; one brother! Mr. Clifford Clibourn, Boley, Okla homa and other relatives. Thom as Mortuary in charge of arrange ments.