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. . ' .■ ——.- ■ .. " Your Newspaper «. * _. _ ;; are doing is news. ■ X This Is Your Newspaper Your News To “ 1 . j WTiat you are doing is news. . HA 0800 j: H | Please Phone Your News To or send it to B f f THE OMAHA OIIIDE X or sen^ it to J 2420 Grant St /mcflfr «milMITV _v | THE OTIAHA GUIDE | * /JUSTICE / EQUALITY HFWTOTHF IINF\ I 2420Grantst ! EQUAL OPPORTUNITY - I! Vol. 29 No. 27_Friday, September 2, 1955_ iqc per Copy Next Monday Is Labor Day Monday, September 5, is Labor Day. It marks the third long week-end of the four that are calendared for 1955. On the next day, September 6, the public schools again open their doors for new and returning pupils. Officially the summer vacation has ended. Previously, Decoration or Memorial Day and Independence Day had offered laborers the chance to be off from the daily task of bread winning. And there still remains Christmas which falls on Sunday but possibly will be celebrated on Monday. May 30th is usually marked with relatives and friends decorating the graves of soldiers and those who have passed before us. July 4th commemorates the successful attempt of the founding fathers to establish this great country of ours. It reamins for Labor Day to recognize the fruits of the laborer who toils, for the most part, eight hours a day, five days and often six a week, to produce the necessities and luxuries enjoyed everyday in one’s home. One of their own, a Peter J. McQuire, incidently a union man, around 1882 thought it was time to recognize the laborers with a day of their own. Eventually, the first Monday of September was chosen for that observance. This gave the working man a chance to get out in the country and see how his friend the farmer was doing. It was the last time he, wife and children could be together in an outing before little Mary and Junior would be hiking to the little red school house. So Labor Day really had a two-fold meaning, each separate from the other, because to each member of the family it means something different. No more picnics, hikes, or trips to the old swimming hole, is what the kiddies thought. Mama knew that after getting the old man off there was still the job to be looked forward to of getting the kids off to school. Papa knew that with the advent of school his pocketbook would be emptied for the next few months outfitting the kiddies so as to keep them looking as good as their playmates. Without a doubt, by the time he could retain a couple bucks it would start all over as Christmas is just around the corner. No wonder there is a Labor Day for the “Old Man” must have at least one day he can just relax and do wbat he wants to, before the World Series begin. It’s a lot different just being off from the job on Monday than when custom demands that his day be spent reverently observing the Sabbath. Consequently, Labor Day has a different significance for every one. It doesn’t matter whether that day heralds the end of the sum mer vacation, the coming of fall, or the thrid long weekend of the year, the important thing is it is a respite for the “Old Man” to en joy himself one day without having to put in eight or nine hours at a job. Observe Safety Rules And Live After Labor Day Detroit-If you expect to drive in the heavy traffic expected during the coming Labor Day I weekend, it may pay you to look over the “Big Ten” safety rules j outlined by Danny Eames, noted chief test driver for Dodge Div ision, (Chrysler Corporation: 1. Traffic regulations are for your protection. Observe them. 2. Keep a safe distance be tween yourself and the car ahead, particularly at high er speeds. 3. Stay in your own lane on hills, curves, and in “no passing” zones. 4. If driving at night, dim your lights to oncoming traffic. 5. The right of way may rightfully belong to you, but if a pedestrian comes along, give it to him. (And that doesn’t mean “Let him have it.”) 6. Always be on the alert for children. 7. Know the proper hand sig nals and be sure to use them! 8. Watch where you’re going, and where the cars behind, ahead, and on both sides are going. 9. Give the other fellow more than his share of the road and watch him! 10. Regulate speed to road conditions, rather than post ed speed limits. You can’t think of ten things at once but try to keep Danny Eames’ “Big Ten’’ tips in the back of your mind when you drive this weekend. If you do, you’ll be sure to get back to your labors on Tuesday, Sept.6. "IT'LL BE MOORE — SAYS MAXIM North Adams, Mass. (CNS) “I pick Archie Moore to win the world heavyweight championship by a knockout on September 20th,” predicts Joey Maxim, former world lightweight champ. Maxim says he has good reasons for going a long with Archie: “Marciano is a nothing boxer. Rocky is so easy to hit. I’m sure Archie will call his shot.” CUBS BUY THREE NEGROES FROM MONARCHS Chicago, 111. (CNS) The Chicago Cubs raided for a second time the Kansas City Monarchs in getting topnotch Negro talent. Previous ly they bought their double play combination from the Monarchs in Gene Baker and Ernie Banks. This week they bought thre young play ers for an undisclosed sum. The three included J. C. (Joe) Hartman, 21, shortstop; George Lee Altman, 22, first baseman,out fielder and Louis B. Johnson, 21, outfielder. Urban League To Discuss Job Outlook At Milwaukee Merit System Exams To Be Held Sept. 24 Persons interested in a number of state jobs will be given an op portunity to qualify for such em ployment by taking Merit System examinations on September 24. Examination centers will be es tablished throughout the State wherever there are enough inter ested persons in the area to justify such a center. These examinations will be giv en for positions in the three State Departments of Health, Public Welfare and Employment Security. Many of the positions will be in County Welfare Offices, State Em ployment Offices and local Health Departments. Most of the posi tions will be clerical such as Typ ists and Stenographers. Others will be technical and professional positions such as Case Worker and County Director in Public Welfare; Interviews in Employment Offices and Nurses, X-Ray Technicians, Sanitarians and Laboratory Techni cians in Health Departments. Several of those who will take the examinations on September 24 will be provisional employees who have been appointed provisional ly until they can be fully qualified by examination. It is expected that many will be interested in taking examinations for positions which they anticipate will be va cant at some future date. Examin ations are given on Wednesdays of each week in the Merit System Of fice for all applicants who find it convenient to take the examina tions in Lincoln. Those interested in these posi tions should contact their nearest State Employment Office, County Welfare Office or local Health De partment for more detailed infor mation. Complete information may be secured by writing to the Merit System Office, 1306 State Capitol, Lincoln 9, Nebraska. What To Carry To College So you’ve been accepted at the ivy covered halls of the college of your choice and are shuddering at the thought of what the rocky road ahead holds for you. Don’t worry it isn't as bad as some of the upperclassmen would like to make it. If you have carefully checked I the transportation schedules, you can get to the campus in the day time. Otherwise, you might find yourself curled up on the hard benches in some railroad or bus station. After you get on the campus, what next? Ten to one you’ll be assigned or in some cases allowed to choose a roommate. That’s the Joe or Jane that you’ll spend the next nine months with. If he or she is a freshman, they are just as much afraid of what lies ahead as you are. And if you are lucky and have enrolled at one of the colleges where freshmen are housed together, then start mak ing friends. Without a doubt, your first ad venture across the campus will find those tough upperclassmen waiting for some gentle hazing. It’s all a part of college life and if you take the hardships put on you with a smile, you can look for ward to next year when you can make the freshmen jump. Watch the other students and you’ll soon learn what type of clothes predominate on the cam pus, for you don’t want to be an “odd-ball.” One more thing, don’t forget to carry an extra blanket in the suit case because the school may not be furnishing them when you get there, and that could mean a couple of night of shivering from the cool fall nights. If it’s a larger college, don’t be surprised if the trunk full of clothes doesn’t arrive for a couple of days. You just have to wait your turn on delivery. This necessitates carrying all the things, toilet articles, included you might need, until the steamer gets to the dormitory. Above all remember that a cer tain number graduated from the college you are attending the past year and that you are just starting out. Sometimes it’ll be real rough but Rome wasn’t built in a day. The job outlook for Negroes in the Negro market operations of major American firms will be the subject of one of the discussion sessions at the forthcoming Annual Conference of the National Urban League in Milwaukee. The session is being jointly planned by the Ur ban League and the National As sociation of Market Developers. Lester B. Granger, League Exe cutive Director, and Moss H. Ken drix, NAMD President, will open the discussions. The discussion panel, chaired by Guichard Parris, Director of Promotion and Publici for the National Urban League, will include Julius A. Thomas, the League’s Director of Industrial Re lations; Louneer Pemberton, In dustrial Secretary, Urban League of Dayton, and NAMD Secretary; Ramon Scruggs, President of the Detroit Urban League, and NAMD Treasurer. Other panelists include Samuel W. Whiteman, NAMD Vice- Presi dent and Assistant Manager, New York Office, R. Mars, The Contract Company; and Joseph F. Albright, National Representative, Curtiss Candy Company. H. Naylor Fitz hugh, Howard University Market ing Professor, and Consultant to the NAMD Board, will serve as re corder for the session. Participants will discuss such questions as: the significance of the job openings for Negroes with large firms seeking to cultivate the Negro market; the past and future impact of integration upon such op erations in various sections of the country; and the roles which the Urban League and organizations such as the National Association of Market Developers have played, and may be expected to play, in this area. In preparation for the Milwaukee session, the NAMD, whose bead quarters are located at 1830 [Eleventh Street, N. W., in Wash ington, D. C., has conducted sur veys among local Urban Leagues, Negro colleges offering training in marketing and related subjects, and persons actively engaged in Negro market operations. Results of these surveys will be presented at the session. According to NAMD’S proxy, Moss Kendirx, who is Public Re lations Counselor to the Coca-Cola industry, and Ramon Scruggs, of the Public Relations staff of the Michigan Bell Telephone Company, | the Milwaukee session is expected to attract nearly 100 participants from Urban League and from mar- j keting circles. Over thirty local League industrial secretaries have 1 already indicated their intention j to participate. As a “warm-up” for the Milwau kee meeting, officers of the Na tional Association of Market De-! velopers will meet with a number; of Chicago sales and public rela tions personnel on Saturday, Sep ' tember 3. A luncheon session has ' been arranged at the Washington Park Y.M.C.A., 5000 South Indiana Avenue. Louneer Pemberton, for mer Industrial Secretary for the Chicago Urban League, and newly appointed Industrial Secretary for the Dayton Urban League, has ar ranged the meeting, with the co operation of Chicago members of the Bottle and Cork Club. The luncheon meeting, slated for 12:30, will review the services of the Urban League and the Bottle and Cork Club to Negroes in sales, advertising, and public relations, and develop recommendations re garding possible future programs in these fields. The National Association of Mar ket Developers was organized at the Tennessee A and I State Uni versity in March, 1954, after two years of planning activities. Pur i pose of the Association is to serve as an information center to aid persons working in the Negro mar ket, local associations of such workers, and young people aspir ing to careers in this field. Honorary members of NAMD in clude James A. (Billboard) Jack son, of the Standard Oil Company; Dr. W. S. Davis, President of Ten nessee A & I State University; Jul lius A. Thomas, Director of Indus trial Relations, National Urban League; and John H. Johnson, President of the Johnson Publish ing Company. The atmosphere you have now entered caters to adults and the sooner you act like an adult the sooner you’ll become a member of the group that is seeking to im prove and make this a better world to live in. Offutt Lists Jobs For Exams Civil Service examinations were announced last week for these jobs at Offutt Air Force Base. Senior Plumber and Steamfitter, $1.85 per hour. Mason, $1.81 per hour; Sheet Metal Worker, $1.81 per hour; Operating Engineer (Water), $1.79 per hour. Sign Paint er, $1.69 per hour. Insect and Ro dent Exterminator, $1.57 per hour. Applicants must be citizens of the United States. Applications must be filed with the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil Service Ex aminers, Offutt Air Force Base, Room 404 Post Office, Omaha, Ne braska, before September 15, 1955. Forms for filing may be obtained at that office or at these Post Offices: In Nebraska: Omaha, Fre mont, Nebraska City, Bellevue, Blair, Plattsmouth, Tekamah and Wahoo; in Iowa: Council Bluffs, Glenwood, Harlan, Missouri Valley, Red Oak and Shenandoah; or from the Ninth U. S. Civil Service Reg ion, St. Louis, Missouri. Ethel Rene Jones Mrs. Ethel Rene Jones, 34 years, [2101 Ohio Street, expired Tuesday | morning, August 23rd. Mrs. Jones had been in failing health for some time. Mrs. Jones had been a resident of Omaha thirteen years. She is survived by her husband, Mr. Johnnie A. Jones; three sons, Johnnie A. Jr., Leonard A., Bruce Carl Jones; four daughters, De lores, Patricia, Camille, Tita Rene. ones, of Omaha; parents Mr. and j Mrs. Will Clibourn; four sisters,: Mrs. Effie Wilcox, Mrs. Parthenia Evans, Mrs. Glayds Still, of Boley,! Oklahoma, Mrs. Victoria Gooden,' Los Angeles, California; one broth-j er, Mr. Clifford Clibourn, Boley, j Oklahoma and other relatives. Fi>$eral services were held Sat- [ urday afternoon from St. John’s A. M.E. Church with the Rev. S. H. Lewis officiating. Honorary bear-i ers were members of the Corn husker Golf Club, active bearers, Mr. Richard Turner, Felix Law rence, Abe Johnson, Welton Ho gan, Alfred L. Bradford, B. B. Breck. Interment was at Mt Hope Cemetery with arrangements by Thomas Mortuary. -- Set Sept. 11 As Prince Hall Day The Masters and Wardens Council of Prince Hall Masonry of j Nebraska will hold their second observance of the birth of Prince Hall on Sunday, September 11, 1955 at 3:00 p.m. at St. John AME Church, 22nd at Willis Avenue. Prince Hall was born on Sep tember 12, 1748, at Bridgetown, j Barbads, British West Indies, and arrived at Boston, Mass., in 1765 after working his way on a ship. After arrival, he embarked upon his trade as a leather worker or craftsman. He was a free man (as were a 1 number of Negroes) contrary to1 the belief that all Negroes during that period of history were slaves, j Among many of his outstanding contributions were the following: ! 1. The first Methodist minister | 2. A strong abolitionist 3. A fighter for equal educa tional rights 4. The Master of the mother I lodge. He was initiated into Masonry | on March 6, 1775 by a masonic body composed of the members of the British regiment that was stationed in Boston. After much activity, he was granted the or ignal charter from England In 1787 which gave birth to Prince Hall Masonry as is known throughout the nation. Prince Hall corresponded with the Grand Lodge of England throughout his career and was known by them as a brother and true Mason. So it is to this day, the name of Prince Hall means much to Ma sonry, the Masonic family, and to history. He gave to this people and country a heritage that will; be honored throughout the ages.1 Therefore, we extend to you a cor dial invitation to share in this ser vice of commemoration. Von R. Trimble, Pub. Chm. i i A. backlog of United States Savings Bonds gives you that Cool, relaxed feeling -- even in j the heat of summer. t Three Year Old Accident Victim Buried Tuesday Delores Perry, age 3 years, of 2525 No. 17th St., was killed Thursday, August 25, 1955 when she dashed into the side of a car shortly after 8:00 P.M. about fifty feet south of Indiana St. on 24th Street. She was prononunced D.O.A. upon arrival at a local hos pital. She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Perry; three brothers; two sisters; two grandmothers; two grandfathers, one great grandmother. Funeral services were held Tues day, August 30, 1955 at 10:00 A.M. from the Salem Baptist Church with Rev. J. C. Wade officiating as sisted by Rev. David St. Clair. In terment was at Forest Lawn Cere tery. Pallberares were Robert Paige, Charles Felton, Melvin Wade and Paul James. Myers Brothers Funeral Service. George Williams Buried Monday George Williams, age 63 years, of 1314 No. 25th St.„ ex pired Wednesday evening Aug ust 24, 1955 at the Veterans Ad ministration Hospital. He was an Omaha resident 49 years and was employed by the U. P. Railroad as a Chair Car Attendent. He was a member of Omaha Lodge No. 9, F. and A. M., James Jewell, W. M. A veteran of W. W. No. 1, he was a member of Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30 of the American Legion, J. L. Taylor, (Commander. His survivors are his wife, Mrs. Helen Williams of Omaha; brother, Silas Bowles, Grand Rapids, Mich.; sister, Mrs. Ma die Matlock, Omaha; 8 nieces; 4 nephews, and a host of other relatives. Funeral services were held Monday August 29, 1955 at 2:00 P.M. from the St. John A. M. E. Church with Rev. S. H. Lewis officiating assisted by Rev. Charles Favors, Rev. F. C. Williams and Rev. J. H. Rey nolds. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Omaha Lodge No. 9, F. and j A. M. had charge of Masonic rites and served as Pallbearers. I Myers Brothers Funeral Ser-1 vice. — Edwin D. Steward Edwin Daniel Steward, age 12 years, of 1107 No. 19th St. ex-, pired suddenly Wednesday even- j ing August 24, 1955 at a local hospital. Edwin was a native of Omaha and is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Steward; brother, Duane; 4 sisters, Char-' lotte, Gwendolyn, Wanda and Andrea; uncle, Ned Steward; 2 aunts, Mrs. Genevie Starks and Mrs. Juanita Rose; cousin, Mrs. Edna Campbell, all of Omara. Funeral services were held Tuesday August, 30, at 2: P.M. from the Salem Baptist Church with Rev. J. C. Wade officiating assisted by Rev. L. A. Parker. Interment was at Graceland Park Cemetery. Pallbearers Messrs. Harold Rose, Gene Rose, Rodney Gray, Kenneth Orduna, George Twy man and Joe Anderson. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. J. H. Williams John Henry Williams, 82 years, i 2824 North 26th Street, expired, J Thursday, August 25th at a local j hospital. Mr. Williams had been ' a resident of Omaha five years. He is survived by a brother, Mr. Arthur C. Williams, Kansas City, Missouri. The body was forward ed Sunday afternoon from Thomas Mortuary to Bills Funeral Home,! Kansas City, Missouri. New York — The NAACP last week reiterated its request for fed eral intervention in a worsening racial situation in Mississippi where “a reign of terror” is “directed against law-abiding Negro citizens who are attempting to vote and carry on a program to implement the recent decisions of the Supreme Court in public education.” A letter sent by NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins to At torney General Herbert Brownell, Jr., declared that “failure on the part of the federal government to take strong measures against those who are openly exhorting to violence and depriving Negro citizens of their constitutional rights encourages the malefactors to widen their scope of operations.” At the same time Mr. Wilkins dispatched a letter to the Hon. Hugh White, governor of Mississippi, calling upon that official to “uphold the laws of the United States and the States of Mississippi and .... take all necessary steps to insure the protection of the lives and Con stitutional rights of all of the citizens of Mississippi.” Two Murders Mentioned Two murders and several deth threats have taken place a Mississippi in recent months, the murder victims and those threaten ed with death having been Negroes who had registered to vote. Most recently, Mr. Wilkins’ letters to Attorney General Brownell and Governor White relate, the president of a local NAACP branch in Mississippi received a death threat through the mail, with an attached clipping containing the phrase, “keep out of white folks politics.” The threatened man since has requested that his name be withdrawn from a petition calling for desegregation of the schools of his town. On the voting situation in Mississippi, the NAACP letter to the attorney general asserts: Pressure Groups “Already we see evidence of mushrooming growth of Citizens Councils and other groups throughout the South which are organizing to prevent Negroes from exercising the right of the franchise. “-Reports from our field officers and the press indicates that on election day, August 22, many Negro voters were turned away from the polls or their ballots challenged on grounds of illegal party mem bership-The denial of the franchise is attributed to an order from the chairman of the State Executive Committee of the Democratic Party, Mr. Tom J. Tubb, to all county committees to challenge Negro voters at the polls on the ground that they were not qualified members of the Mississippi Democratic Party. “A UP Story in the New York Times of Wednesday, August 24, states that in a number of counties (in Mississippi) not a single Negro showed up to vote and in some places election managers presented Negro voters with unanswerable questions designed to prevent them from participating in the election.” Mrs. Minnie Curtis To Be Buried In Alton, Illinois Mrs. Minnie Curtis, age 71 years, of 1820 Clark St., expired Friday evening, August 26, 1955 at her home. She was an Omaha resident three years. She is survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. Mamie Larry, Miss Alice Curtis and Mrs. Jessie Saunders, all of Omaha; two sons, Charles and Arthur Curtis, both of Alton, Illinois; thirteen grandchildren. Her remains were forwarded to the Joel Russell Funeral Home, Al ton, Illinois, Sunday, August 28, 1955 for services and burial. Myers Brothers Funeral Service. ELSTON HOWARDS EXPECTING IN OCTOBER New York (CNS)' The Elston Howards—he’s the New York Yan kee’s first Negro player—are ex pecting the last week in October. They’re hoping the baby will be a nice follow-up to the World Series’ check. _ AL SMITH TAKES OVER FOR LARRY DOBY Cleveland, O. (CNS) To Cleve land, A1 Smith is just about the most valuable player. Already he has played in six positions and is their lone .300 hitter. This week he stepped into Larry Doby’s job as centerfielder. What with Lar ry due to be out for three weeks and perhaps the rest of the season, Smith, a Negro, will be carrying the major weight of the club on his shoulders. «ws®2J SURE-FIRE FORMULA FOR A CARE-FREE CAR TRIP IS PROPER LEAVE-TAKING. GIVE A« MUCH PRE-TRIP THOUGHT TO THE HOME YOU'RE LEAVING ASTDTHE HOLIDAY HAVEN YOU'RE PLANNING TO Vert. (0ETTIWG VtOUR HOME READY TO GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU INCLUDES NOTIFYING THE POLICE TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR TRESPASSERS. 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