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VoL 29 No. 35 . Friday, October 28, 1955 10c Per Copy
Industrial Secretary of the
Omaha Urban League To
Tell of Achievements
Milton D. Lewis, Industrial
secretary of the Omaha Urban
N a ti o nal Achievement Week
League, will speak on Omega’s
program. The program, spon
sored by the Beta Upsilon Chap
ter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity,
will be held at 3:30 Sunday after
noon November 13th at Calvin
Memorial Presbyterian Church
at 24th and Wirt Streets.
N ational achievement wpek
theme is “Desegregation, A One
Way Station: Integration, Our
Destination.” Mr. Lewis will dis
cuss progrls ss| being made
throughout America in this field
of human relations.
Last week it was announced
that the Pastor of Calvin Mem
orial Presbyterian Church, The
Reverend Charles E. Tyler, would
deliver an inspirational message
on Omega’s “National Achieve
ment Week” program.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the program.
Wilbert C. Lewis,
Basileus, Beta Upsilon Chapter,
AT. 7937
YWCA Seeks
Military
Hostesses
Young employed girls, or those
attending local business schools
and colleges are invited to join
the YWCA Military Hostess
group. A meeting will be held
at the YWCA on Tuesday Novem
ber 1) at 7:30 to orient girls on
rules and regulations concemng
participation in the program.
Girls serve as volunteer host
esses at Offutt Air Force Base
parties and dances. Hostesses
plan parties too for the person
nel at the field.
Any girl 18 and over should
contact Elinor Van Steenburg at
the YWCA —JA. 2748.
Louise Parker
Now On 'The
Music JRoom'
Louise Parker, young contralto
who won the Marion Anderson
Award for two consecutive
years, will be soloist on CBS
Radio’s “The Music Room’’ Sun
day, October 30. Miss Parker
will sing three of Manuel de
Fall2’s arttmgements of popular
Spanish songs, a modern song by
Alicia Scott and two spirituals.
A graduate of the Curtis In
stitute of Music and a former
member of the Hall Johnson
Choir, Miss Parker has given re
citals in several American cities.
In September 1951 she went to
Eurtope with the Hall Johnson
Choir on a trip sponsored by the
U. S. Department of State, and
stayed on after the choir left to
6tudy with Mrs. Nannie Larsen
Todson, distinguished Swedish
singer, formerly a member of
the Metropolitan Opera. During
the past three years, Miss Parker
has sung with great success in
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Hol
land, Belgium and Italy.
(Sunday, Oct. 30 at 9 15-9:30
A.M., EST)
Kellom Holding
Ceramic Classes
Kellom Adult Ceramic Classes
will hold their meeting in the
Craft Room on Tuesday nights
at 7:00 p.Yn. This years classes
will be conducted by the center’s
new Craft instructor, Duke Ellis.
Assisting Mr. Ellis will be an old
timer to Ceramic (Class Members,
Mrs. Mangle.
HE’S THE YOUTH ON TRIAL
Rafael Campos, Domincan boy
who created an auspicious acting
debut in “BLACKBOARD JUN
GLE”, plays an even more im
portant role in “TRIAL” M-G-M
film of the Harper's Prize novel
by Don M. Mankiewicz.
His role is that of Angel
Clavez, accused of murder and
defended in court by Glenn Ford,
oo-s|arring With Dorothy Mc
Guire, Arthur Kennedy, John
Hodiak, and Katy Juredo.
Kellom Trains
In Gun Handling
Boys 12 and under are being
offered a chance to have fun to
learn club organization and man
agement and to fire an Air Rifle
on an organized range, when they
become members of the Kellom
B B Gun Club. This club will meet
every Thursday at 7:30 under the
guidance of Mr. Alvin Allen and
Josh Gibson. Boys interested in
joinng the B B Club can sign up
with Mr Gibson at the Kellom
Community Center, 24th and
Caldwell Streets, JA. 1116.
Y.W. Has
Mothers'
Swim Classes
A new program at the YWCA
will be a swim class for mothers
and pre-school children begnning
Wednesday, November 2 at 9:30
10:30 a.m. The term is scheduled
fori six weeks and will be limited
to fifteen mothers.
Mothers may enroll two pre
school children over three years
of age. Fees are six dollars for
the mother and two dollars for
each child.
A YWCA physical examination
is required and may be secured
from your family physician or
through the YWCA.
Regristrations are accepted at
the YWiCA front desk, 506 So.
17th St., each day and evening
until 9:30 pjTL.
Omaha U
Earns Its
Red Feather
The faculty and staff at the
University of Omaha contributed
$1,402.35 more than its quota to
the 1955 Red Feather-Red Cross
drive.
A total of 209 people gave
$4,559.61 or an average of $21.81.
The quota was $3,157.25.
C. Glenn Lewis, chairman for
the drive, said there was 100%
participaton from members of
the college of business admin
istration, college of applied arts
and sciences, college of education,
college of adult education, and
the buildings and grounds depart
ment.
The 1954 quota for the Uni
versity faculty and staff was
$2,550.
Extra Polio
Aid From
New York
Emergency help for Douglas
County’s polio patients has ar
rived from New York March of
Dimes Headquarters, Chapter
Chairman W. A. Sawtell, Jr. an
nounced today.
The help came in the form of a
check for $16,700, an advance
supplied through national head
quarters by other chapters across
the country that are operatng in
the black. Mr. Sawtell said there
are over 1,200 chapters that will
have exhausted their available
March of Dimes funds before the
end of the year.
“And since polio respects no
state on county lines, chapters
with funds have willingly answer
ed the distress signals of thoes
operating in the red. i't’s the only
way we can be sure of saving
the lives and usefulness of polio
patients everywhere in the coun
try,” Mr. Sawtell said.
He added that “the promise
of the Salk vaccine is bright, but
the full realization of that prom
ise is for the future. As we in
Douglas County know only too
well, polio isn’t licked yet.”
Dish Drainer
When the rubber-covered ' disk
drainer alongside the kitchen
ages and sticks, wash It thoroughly
and let dry. Then apply thin coat
of white shellac and allow to dry
before using. The drain life will be
prolonged and It will not disinte
grate as rapidly.
NAACP Drive A Success
The meeting that was held at Zion Baptist Church by the local
oranch of the NAACP was a huge success. As I was going into the
ioor I met Mr. Arthur B. McCaw, member of the board of directors
af the NAACP, he said to me, “We’ve got them hanging on the
rafters.”
When I got to the door the doorman said, “I’m sorry but its im
possible to admit even one more, we are crowded to a full capacity.”
I showed him my reporters card, he said “ Pardon me, come on
in.”
When I got to the press table in front of the rostrum I found
the WOW-TV Cameraman and in a few minutes the Secretary of the
local branch came in with a few friends whom I did not know. Next
Bill White came in, also seated at the Press table was Charles Wash
ington. By this time the audience had become a little restless and
nervous, and had begun to applaud for action, this happened about
three times before the distinguished guest and her escorts came out
and took their seats on the rostrum. In a few minutes the very, very
busy Mr. Bill White came to the Press table and asked me if I had
seen the World Herald Reporter, he had to find the reporter for he
didn’t want to start the meeting until he came. In about ten min
utes, Mr Davis came back with the World Herald reporter, by this
time the Secretary of the NAACP local branch said to the reporter,
I “Oh you are here at last, come right around here I’ve been saving
this seat for you all evening.”
In a few minutes the distinguished guest and her escorts came out
and took their places on the rostrum, applauses were deep and loud.
It was a standing ovation of appreciation and sympathy extended to
the distinguished guest Hrs. Mamie E. Bradley.
Mrs. Bradley arrived by plane at 11:45 A.M. Monday. She was
met at the air port by a group of distinguished citizens and a group
of television and newspaper reporters and photographers. She was
escorted to the radio station where she was interviewed by a radio
announcer. Where she answered promptly and fully all questions ask
ed by the announcer without a break in her voice.
Now back to the meeting, Professor Eugene Skinner, principal >
of Long School, was the chairman of the program committee. After ,
two or three selections by different choirs, Mr. Skinner presented
Rev. Z. W. Williams for the invocation. Following this Mr. Skinner
presented Mrs. Mildred Brown, Editor and Publisher of the Omaha
Star, and announced she would introduce the speaker of the evening.
After a few well chosen remarks Mrs. Brown introduced Mrs. Mamie
E. Bradley to the audience. Again the audience went wild as Mrs.
Bradley took her position at the altar and began telling the story
of the murder of her son in Mississippi and the trial that she had
to attend to identify her only child. To me, she is second only to
Mrs. Mary McCleod Bethune.
She told the terrible story of the lynching of her fourteen year
old baby, who was lynched in Money, Mississippi, in full detail from
the first telephone call she received. I believe she spoke forty-seven
minutes without breaking the tone of her voice or shedding a tear.
Mrs. Bradley said “the hoodlums of Mississippi brutally beat
holes in his head with a blunt instrument and also knocked his jaw
from one side out the other, knocked his teeth down his throat,
pulled his tongue out by the roots, shot him in the temple and then
tied a gin wheel to his neck and threw him in the river.” She told
the full story of the stricken grief she went through trying to get
her son back home for burial, after the body arrived in Chicago it
lay in state at the church where he was a member and a loyal Sun
day School attendant, three days and three nights. One hundred
and fifty thousand people drifted by the remains in line for the
above three days and nights. Mrs. Bradley said the thing that held
her together was praying and faith in God, she said she prayed and
cried everyday for three long weeks before she could pull herself
together.
In conclusion, she said she hoped her son had not died in vain.
She was now hoping that his death would bring about somehow,
someway, a new day for all the American people and would teach
Christian way of brotherly love and understanding so that the
American public of all nationalities could live in peace, and harmony
and respect for each other as we all should regardless of color, creed
or servitude, as we were all children of the Almighty, the Creator
of Heaven and Earth, because in the beginning this world’s population
was started, according to the Christian teaching, in the Garden of
Plenty by our Creator and we should learn to live in peace with
each other.
At this point, the President of the local branch of the NAACP,
Rev. Streeter, pastor of Cleave Temple Church, took his place at the
altar. He added flame to fire in his remarks to the audience, de
manding them to stand up and be counted and take their places as
American citizens. Doctor Streeter also said he didn’t want a single
person to leave that audience before contributing something to the
defense fund so that we could back up the fighting forces of the
NAACP to bring about a full emancipation, not only for the Negro
but, all American citizens for full citizenship of America by 1963.
The church auditorium is supposed to hold about 1,100 people
and it was packed to its capacity. There just wasn’t any standing
room and when the World Herald reporter came in he said there was
such a large crowd outside begging for entrance that it looked as
though he would never be able to get through the crowd and this
was the reason for his being late.
Before the tables could be arranged for the collection the crowd
was moving forward to the front to contribute their bit. There was
$1,172.32 laid on the table. When this reporter was going out he
met many, many more people who didn’t even hear the talk, with
money in their hands, trying to get in to contribute their bit to the
cause of the Christ Way of Living, together in this America.
The amount with what they had raised the previous Sunday made
a total of about $1,788.46.
Hallowe'en
Can Be
Dangerous
Hallowe’en magic can really
m|ean “Hallowe’en tragic,” ac
cording to the Omaha Safety
Council.
“Hazards double up on such a
night,” explained Manager Harry
Hatcher. “Not only is there
great danger of fire, but of traffic
accidents.”
H e explained t hat chldren
dress up in dark costumes, often
made of paper . . . and carry
jack-’o-danters lighted by candles
Not only is it possibe to have the
costumes catch finsj but the child
ren must have matches to light
the candle, and so play with those
left over.
Besides, the fact that thousands
of small children will be roaming
the streets on Hallowe’en, dressed
in dark clothes, means motorists
will have a hard time avoiding
them.
The Omaha Safety Council
asks parents to accompany their
children, keep matches and flam
mable costumes away from them,
and to be extra careful while
dniving.
Beauticians1
Group Is Active
Much interest is being mani
fested in the Local Beautician’s
Chapter snce our Annual Conven
tion in 1955. Our theme: “Beau
ticians United For New Respon
sibilities,” is being felt and car
ried out in a very satisfactory
manner. The increased atten
dance is proof that we are aware
of the rededication of ourselves
for greater service in keeping
with our theme.
On Monday Oct. 17, 1955, our
meeting was held at the home of
the president, Mrs. C. Rose Mur
rell, 2421 Erskine Street.
Be sure and mark your calen
dar for the next meeting date,
time and place. Monday Novem
ber 7, 1955, 10:00 am 12:00
noon at the new location of the
“DEBUTANTES BEAUTY SA
LON”, 3408 N. 24th Street, Mrs.
Downtown Omaha Makes
Plans For Hallowe'en
Details of a Halloween cele
bration sponsored by the Down
town Omaha Association were
announced today.
Art students from 12 Omaha
public and parochial high schools
will paint Halloween scenes on
23 display windows of downtown
stores, according to W. D. Lane,
association president. Teams of
two to four students will do the
painting between 2:30 and 5:30
October 31.
One hundred dollars in prizes
will also be awarded by the down
town organization for the best
black and white photographs of
the high school window decora
tions. First prize in the photo
graphy contest will be $50. second
prize, $25. and third through sev
enth prizes, $5. each. Any man,
woman, or child who does not
make his livelihood in the photo
graphy business is eligible to
enter the contest. Photographs
must be taken on .Halloween be
tween 5:30 and midnight.
| Technical High School students
will decorate seven windows.
Benson, Central, North and South
public high schools and Brownell
Hall will each be responsible for
painting two windows. Notre
Dame Academy, Holy Name, Sa
cred Heart, St. Celia, St. Joseph
and St. Mary Catholic high school
students will each decorate one
window.
All paintings will feature Hall
oween themes with either harvest
scenes, witches, goblins, ghosts
oh skeletons. All decorations
will be 6 feet high and 9 feet long
and will be done in tempora paint.
Judges for the photography ■
contest are Lawrence Robinson,
chief photographer, Omaha World
Each high school student taking
part in the window painting will
receive a ticket to the matinee
performance of the Regimental
Band and Mass Pipers of the
Scots Guards appearing in Oma
ha, November 5.
All downtown stores will be
open until 8:30 p.m. on October
31, and several of them will offer
special Halloween attractions in
addition to the paintngs and the
photography contest.
Herald; Miss Mary MacGregor,
who is in charge of temporary
exhibits at Joslyn Art Museum;
and Walter L. Griffith, Jr. photo
grapher.
Only black and white prints,
4” x 5”, or smaller, will be accep
table in the photo contest. No
negatives will be accepted. Each
contestant may enter as often as
he wishes, but each entry must
be a picture of a different wind
ow. Lane said that all photo
contest entries must be mailed
to the Downtown Omaha Associ
ation, 510 Electric Building, Oma
ha, Nebraska, and postmarked
before midnight, Novemberv 10,
1955. All entries will become the
property of the Downtown Oma
ha Association and none can be
returned. Winners will be an
nounced on or before November
17, 1955, according to Lane.
ML NEW "HOLLYWOOD ICE REVUE"
Margie Lee, ballerina on blades, featured in Hollywood Ice Revue.
Outstanding Ice Show at Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum
Once again producer Arthur
M. Wirtz has topped his previous
successes by assembling an out
standing list of skating stars
which he presents in the all-new
edition of Hollywood Ice Revue,
coming to Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum
for eight days, November 15th
through the 22nd.
The very impressive array of
stars includes world’s champion
Gundi Busch, exciting Andra Mc
Laughlin, ballerina Margie Lee
(pictured above), Skippy Baxter,
The Three Bruises, Jimmy Gro
gan, Freddie Trenkler, and the
Olympic pair champions, Ria Ba
ran and Paul Falk.
Margie Lee is making her ini
tial appearance in a major ice
show following engagements in
hotel ice shows in Cleveland and
Detroit. Her family hails from
Holdrege, Neb., where Margie’s
grandfather had a large cattle
ranch. Margie’s older sister, Car
ol Lynne, who formerly skated in
Hollywood Ice Revue, was born
in Lincoln, Neb., but the family
moved to California prior to Mar
gie’s birth. Miss Lee's extensive
•tody ot Ice skating, ballet and
acrobatic dancing is evident In
her brltilant performances which
earn enthusiastic applause.
The renowned story of “Cin
derella” is presented as one of
the twenty colorful feature and
production numbers in this twen
ty-first edition of Hollywood Ice
Revue.
Entirely new acts, lavish cos
tumes, brilliant settings and en
chanting music will be featured
in shows commencing at 8:30
nightly except Sunday, November
20th, when a twilight matinee is
scheduled for 6:00 p.m., and at
regular matinees at 2 o’clock Sat
urday and Sunday, November
19th and 20th.
Tickets for Hollywood Ice Re
vue may be ordered by mail by
addressing orders to Omaha Coli
seum Corp., Box 7, Elmwood Sta
tion, Omaha, Neb., and should be
placed early for the best location.
Orders should specify the date
of performance and the number
and price of tickets desired and
should include a check or money
order made payable to Omaha
Coliseum Corp., and a self
addressed, stamped return enve
lope.
Prices (Including tax) arc
(3.50 for rinkslde and box seats,
(3.50 and (1.60 fof Teserved
Velma Mumell-Hill, proprieter. #ou^ ^ **!*<! ."IrSThaw aatrm
Mrs. Cassie Rose Murrell, Presi- tf you KrT. poppyml
dent. ihaeaa bread atlcka.
Omaha Labor Group Takes
Active Part in the 1st Mid
West Atomic Conference
Six members of Local No. 60
United Packinghouse Workers of
America, CIO attended the first
Midwest Conference on alterna
tives to atomic war. The Confer
ence held in Des Moines, Iowa,
October 21 and 22 drew more
than 200 delegates from churches,
liberal organizations and CIO
unions. Delegates representing
Local No. 60, UPWA CIO at the
Conference were: Willie Shuttles,
Harold Tibbs, Ole Johnson, I.
Gooch, Charles Scudder, and Joe
Labanowski.
1 he Conference devoted itself
to workshops which explored the
ways to ease tensions in the
world. Participants at the Con
ference discussed racism, coloni
alism, world trade, technical as
sistance, dis-armament and the
United Nations.
The Conference discussed the
need for more citizen participa
ton in discussions of the need for
peace in the world. It was a
coming together where people
can share experiences and ideas
about working to relieve tensions
in the world, a spokesman said.
Speakers at the Conference in
cluded: Frank P. Graham, United
Nations representative for India
and Pakistan; President Ralph
Helstein of the United Packing
house Workers of America, Ul’O;
Dr. Wiliam Davidson Co-Chair
man of the Atomic Scientists of
Chicago; and C. M. Stanley, na
tonal president of the United.
World Federalists.
Sponsors were Amercan Friends
Service Committee; Iowa Coun
cil of Churches; Iowa Council of
United Church Women; Des
Moines Chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement
of .Colored People; Iowa State
Industrial Union Council CIO;
United Packinghouse Workers of
America; and United World Fer
eralists.
Committee Will Work For
Passage of School Bonds
Formation of a Citizens Com
mittee For School Bonds was an
nounced Tuesday. Co-chairmen
of the group are W. Dale Clark,
chairman of the board of the 0
maha National Bank; Morris E.
Jacobs, president, Bozell and
Jacobs, Inc.; and W. C. Frazer,
Attorney. Executive secretary
of the group is Mrs. Harry
Schneiderwind, president of the
Omaha Council of Parents and
Teachers.
The chairman of the new group
said that they are expected to en
roll at least 25,000 members in
their committee before the spec
ial election on November 22. On
that date, Omaha voters will bal
lot on a proposed $20,000,000
bond issue for construction of
schools. The chairman said they
are advocating the bond issue af
ter careful study. They said that
the schools are urgently needed
now but that the cost should be
spread among those that will ben
efit from the buildings in the
years to come.
The three chairmen issued the
following statement: “Omaha
grade school population has
grown tremendously - approxi
mately 5,000 within the last three
years. This growth has come a
bout because Omaha’s industrial
expansion is bringing new fami
lies to our city and the average
family is becoming larger.
“Nearly four thousand public
school children are now attending
schools half-days or using class
rooms in basements or portable
temporary shelters. There are
24 such steel and wooden shelters
now in use in Omaha. Omaha’s
birth records show that, within
the next six years, elementary
schools will have to be provided
for 9,000 more youngsters than
are now enrolled. }
“The Schools must be built.
Even with half day sessions and
classes in make-shift buildings,
Omaha public schools cannot
house the children who are now
of pre-school oge. All of us want
Omaha children to have adequate
schooling facilities. Our Board
of Education wants to keep the
school taxes for buildings as low
as possible. The only question
to be considered in this school
matter is: What is the best way
to get the money to build the
schools we must have?
“After considerable study and
consultation with experts, the
Citizens Committee For School
Eonds recommends the proposed
type of bonds. The new school
buildings that are needed 'will
prpbaby be in use for at least 60
years. Those of us now living
in Omaha and paying taxes to
day are willing to pay our fiur
share for these buildings. Those
who will be living in Omaha and
paying taxes 15 or 20 years from
new should also be willing to pay
their share for these buidings.
“A study of --school construction
osts sinve the end of World War
II shows a constant rise in these
costs. I f school construction
costs continue to increase at their
present rate it will be cheaper to 1
build the schools now and pay ^
the low rate on the money bor
rowed than to build the same
structures in a few years and pay
cash for them.
“The School District of Omaha
is now out of debt. The district
has the finest credit rating avail
able. Therefore it will be easy
for Omaha to borrow for school
needs at the lowest possible in
terest rate and these low interest,
bonds can be paid off at any time
without penalty. The Board cam
take advantage of lower interest
rates if they should develop.
“The (Citizens Committee For
School Bonds advocate this means
of financing because it is the only
way to keep the taxes for Omaha
school buildings at their present
level or lower. The Omaha Board
of Education has authority from
the Nebraska Legislature to raise
the mill levy to finance the school
building grogram. If the bond is
sue is refused, the people of O
maha will have their school build
ing taxes at least doubled for the
next five or six years. In other
words, the educational facilities
that will be used by future fam
ilies, and future generations, will
be paid for only by those living,
in the city now.
“There is no speculation about,
the need for school building-.
The children are already bom
and hundreds of additional child
ren ane reaching school age each
week. These children must have
proper educational facilities. W*
believe that the sensible way to.
build these schools is by voting
for the school bond issue on No
vember 22.”
Classes For
Adults Start
October 31st
Informal Evening Classes fox
men and women will again be
conducted by the Omaha Y.M.C.A.
beginning week of October Slst
Classes will meet once a week
for from five to eight sessions in
an informal setting with no ex
aminations or homework.
Many courses are being spon
sored by Omaha business associa
tions and organizations. Included
are: “Learning to Dance”;
“Learning to Square Dance”;
“Your Social Security;” “Effec
tive Speaking;” “Improving Your
Education at the Library”; “Cer
amics”; “Famly Fun Nite”; “Bi
ble Times and People”; “Traxni
ing of Restaurant and Cafeteria
Sales Personnel”; “Your Life In
surance and How to Profit by
“Layman’s Law”; and “Bridge foe
Beginners”.
Class participation is empha
sized and instructors are men and'
women who have had extensive
background in their particular
field.
Classes are stimulating, enjoy
able and of an informal nature*
For further information and a
folder describing the courses,,
call the Y.M.C.A. Adult Program
Department, AT. 1600.
