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Vol. 29 No7 41 ~_ _Friday, December 9, 1955___10c Per Copy
Conference
By-Passed
Jim Crow
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Fail
ure of the White House Confer
ence on Education to include on
its agenda any reference to segre
gation was termed “incredible"
by Roy Wilkins, executive secre
tary of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, who attended the three
day meeting here this week, as a
member of the official New York
State • delegation.
“When one realizes that the
agenda for this conference was
formulated after the Supreme
Court decision of May 17, 1954,
banning segregation in public
education, it seems incredible,”
Mr. Wilkins said, “that the or
ganizers of the conference should
have failed to place this vital
item on the agenda.
“T h e court’s ruling,” the
NAACP leader pointed out, “af
fects some 50.000,000 residents
of 17 states and the District of
Columbia. To these people, the
problems incident to implemen
ting the decision are of vital im
portance. The conference should
have provided a forum for open
discussion of these problems.”
Mr. Wilkins noted that about
one-tenth of the 160 tables en
dorsed the NAACP proposal that
federal funds be withheld from
states which refuse to comply
with the court’s order to desegre
gate the schools.
The report on teachers, adopted
by the conference, included an
NAACP sponsored d eclaration
that “in the choice of candidates
for teacher preparation and
placement, race, religious affilia
tion, or national origin should
not be considered.”
The NAACP leader served as
chairman of his table for the dis
cussion on how to get and keep
good teachers.
Seal Sale
Ahead Of
Last Year
First reports from 78 of the
119 Nebraska Christmas Seal
$63,223.56, according to Paul Bo
gott of Lincoln, president of the
Nebraska Tuberculosis Associa
tion.
“The opening 12-day period of
the campaign points up an in
crease of $3 298.40 over the same
days in last year’s Sale”, stated
Mr. Bogott. “though these are in-1
complete returns.”
Forty-three chairmen have]
chalked up early increases; 35 ]
indicate fewer dollars returned.
Outstanding increases are noted
in Dawes. Sioux, Sherman, Cum
ing and Richardson counties and
in Shelby in Polk county. These
committees have doubled their
returns over the same reporting
period last year.
Increases of at least $100.00
have also been turned in to the
mail Sale chairmen in Seward,
Holt, Grand Island, Hamilton.
Dodge, Burt, Madison, Dawson
and Lexington, and Omaha. Lan
caster county tops the state in
dollars gained with an increase
of $1,500.00.
Volunteer Christmas Seal com
mittees sent Seals to more than
four hundred thousand families
in Nebraska on November 16 and
the reports now include contri
butions made at the close of
business November 30.
“The cost of this year’s twin
Christmas Seals remains the
same,” explained Mr. Bogott. “94
cents of each dollar contributed
is spent in Nebraska to continue
our programs of Education, Re
search and early Detection of
tuberculosis.”
Mr. Bogott concluded, “While
the early returns are gratifying,
I wish to reemphasize the urgent
need for everyone’s contribution
this year. To date we have only
obtained 30% of our require
ments to enable us to continue
our Nebraska program for next
year. So, I take this opportunity
to remind all people to mail back
their voluntary contributions as
soon as possible.”
FOR NEW PARENTS
Bottle warmers for the parents
of new born babes, will be wel
comed as thoughtful, useful gifts.
TO PLEASE A LADY - ON
WASHDAY!
A special “Christmas present”
to the American homemaker from
an important company soon will
be making those weekly wash
days in 1956 a lot easier!
For the first time - beginning
this month - there will be avail
able a washday detergent which
bleaches as it washes - presto -
in one operation!
To please a lady - laboratory
wizards have created a spectacu
lar new washing-bleaching pro
cess which releases pure, safe
oxygen into the wash water. This
adds exactly the right kind of
bleach and is safe for washable
colors.
Too strong (or too weak) a
bleach does not result in an ef
fective job. Also more fabrics
today are being resin-treated for
wrinkle resistance, and the wrong
choice of bleach actually may
harm such finished garments. So
“the right kind of bleach” in the
weekly wash becomes even more
important now than ever before.
The new Oxydol containing
Oxydol Bleach is the famous, all
purpose detergent but with a new
bleaching process added to take
the “guesswork” out of washday,
eliminate an extra washday step
for you, and still make clothes
cleaner, whiter, brighter.
This new product is being re
leased nationally this month.
Gyroscope Units
To Europe, Alaska
Three more United States Army
units have been added to the long
list of units now operating under
the “Operation Gyroscope” plan.
These units are the 97th and the
538th Field Artillery Batallions
presently stationed at Fort Lewis,
Washington.
The 97th and the 538th Batal
lions are to go to Europe in 1953
and the 2nd Division is to go to
Alaska in July of 1956.
Only persons with prior Mili
tary service are eligible to be en
listed for the two units now
located at Fort Carson and only
those persons who do not have
any military service will be eligi
ble for enlistment in the 2nd
Division. Information concerning
these and other “Operation Gyro
scope” units may be obtained at
the U. S. Army Recruiting Station
located at Room 101A, Post Of- (
fice Building, Omaha, Nebraska. ■
Sarah Winters
Mrs. Sarah Winters, age 80
years, of 2919 Lake St., expired
Saturday Nov. 26, at her home.
She was an Omaha resident 36
years and was one of the oldest
Mothers of Mt. Moriah Baptist
Church. She was also a member
of the Missionary Society.
Mrs. Winters is survived by
her husband, Thomas of Omaha;
sister, Mrs. Willie Lee Thomas
of Detroit Michigan; 2 nieces,
Mrs. Roberta Fly of Detroit,
Michigan, and Mrs. Beatrice
Henderson of Pittsburg, Pa.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday Nov. 30, 1955 at 2:00
P.M. from the Mt. Moriah Bap
tist Church with Rev. David St.
Clair officiating.
Interment was in the family
plot at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Pallbears Messrs. T. Baltimore,
W. Beasley, L. Starling, C. Stew
ard, D. Taylor.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice.
Dewey Starks
Mr. Dewey Starks, age 56 years,
of 5825 So. 15 St., expired Sat
urday evening Nov. 26, 1955 at
his home.
He was an Omaha resident 41
years and was a Butcher at a
local Packing House.
He is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Gladys Starks of Omaha; 3
brothers, Ray and Ernie of Omaha
and Howard of St. Paul, Minn.; 5
aunts, Mrs. Jean Hodges, Mrs.
Minnie Walker, Mrs. Pauline
Mitchell, Mrs. Myrtle Davis, Mrs.
Emma Johnson all of Omaha; 2
uncles, Thurston Bryant and Hir
am Bryant of Omaha; 5 nephews.
Howard, Jr., Emmett Dozier,
Harrold and Donald of Omaha,
Paul Starks of St. Paul, Minn.; 3
nieces, Miss Ernestine Starks of
Omaha, Patricia and Cecelia
Starks of St. Paul, Minn.
"^Funeral services were held
Thursday Dec. 1, at 2:00 P.M.
from the Myers Brothers Funeral
Chapel with Rev. L. A. Parker
officiating assisted by Rev. Mrs.
Emogene Reed. Interment was
at Graceland Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers Messrs. M. Wil
liams, J. Hodges, R. Davis, L.
Mitchell, C. Mitchell and B. Mar
tin.
Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
vice.
Kellom Party For Girls,
Boys, Will Be December 22
Kellom Community Center will
hold a free Christmas Party for
Boys and Girls 13 and over in the
Kellom Auditorium December 22,
8:00. The party will include sing
ing of carols, Christmas music,
puppet show, and a popular movie.
Club News
Kellom B-B Gun Club will hold
their Christmas program on De
cember 22 at 7:30 at 2302 Charles
Basement. Program will include
movie, games, prizes.
Kellom Rifle Club
Under the sponsorship of Bob
Radin the Kellom Rifle Club now
has 26 members and will soon be
making their application for their
national charter.
j The members of the Rifle Club
! are very grateful to the Midwest
' Athletic Club and the Kellom
-Youth Council for generous dona
■ tions which are being used to buy
j ammunition.
Youth Council
The Kellom Youth Council in
their regular Monday night meet
ing voted to help the school in the
purchase of a new Spotlight for
j the auditorium. The club also
made a $25 donation to the Kel
lom B-B Gun and Rifle Clubs.
Plans were made for a gigantic
Christmas-Party to be held on De
cember 19th at a destination un
, known.
Near North
Recognizes
Efforts
Recognition o £ exceptionally
fine work in physical education by
the Near North Branch Young
Men’s Christian Association took
place this week through receipt
of a 1955-56-57 Eligibility Certifi
cate, granted by the National
Council of YMCA’S through the
National Physical Education Com-!
mittee.
This is an honor awarded only
to YMCA’s in which their physi-!
cal departments adhere to certain 1
high purposes and ideals, and
maintain standards in keeping
with the aims outlined. Certifi
cates are awarded every three
years to the Associations meriting
them.
A statement from the National
Committee, accompanying the cer
tificate, is as follows:
“Attaining a Certificate in YM
CA physical education is a mark
of honor and distinction.
“It means that the YMCA so
^recognized is following a code
of ethics in harmony with the
principles and aims of the YMCA
in general, and has measured up
to agreed-upon stanflards.
“Specific standards which have
been met are:
1— Conducts a balanced and in
teresting program of physical edu
cation.
2— Has a physical education com
mittee and volnteer leadership to
give policy and program guidance.
3— Has qualified professional
leadership.
4— Operates under an adequate
written policy.
5— The Association is a member
in good standing of the National
Council of YMCA’s.
“The Association also meets
these requirements:
(a) Seeking ways to discover—
and meet its full responsibilities.
(b) Continually inspects, revises,
amplifies, and modernizes the pro
gram in the light of new develop
ments and new constituencies.
(c) Considers as basic require
ments, maturity in thinking and
maturity in judgment
“In addition, however, the Eligi
biltiy Certificates indicates that
the National Council of YMCA’s,
in granting the honor through
the National Physical Education
$2,400 Freshman
William Sidney McCain, Tennes
see State University freshman
from Dayton, Ohio, enrolled in
metallurgical engineering, i s
shown receiving the first install
ment of a $2,400 Dayton Malleable
Foundation scholarship grant. Dr.
James A. Parsons, who heads me
tallurgical engineering at Tennes
see, made the presentation.
Stars From Many Musical Fields
On "Woolworth Hour" Sunday
Versatile singing star Dorothy
Sarnoff, popular composer-vio
linist Florian Zabach, Margaret
Whiting, top recording star, and
this year’s phenomenally success
ful vocalist A1 Hibbler will tell
“What’s New In Music" when
CBS Radio’s “The Woolworth
Hour” presents them “in person”
Sunday, Dec. 11.
Miss Whiting will open the pro
gram with a song by her famous
father, Dick Whiting, “My Ideal,”
and will also sing “Let’s Fall In
Love.” Florian Zabach will per
form on his violin some of his
musical winged specimens such
as “Hot Canary.” A1 Hibbler will
sing his latest record hit, “He",
and the musical setting of Joyce
t
Kilmer’s famous poem “Trees.”
| Dorothy Sarnoff will offer a med
ley of songs from Gershwin’s
opera “Porgy and Bess,” opening
with the aria “I Love You, Porgy.”
At the close of the program, in
commemoration of the current
Mexican festival of “Our Lady of
Guadalupe.” she will sing George
Bizet’s “Ave Maria.”
Percy Faith, who composed
the theme song for “The Wool
worth Hour” some months ago,
has written and recorded the
melody as the basis of a full
length song, “Caress,” which the
Woolworth Chorus and Orchestra
will perform. Percy Faith re
ecr* exclusively for • Columbia
Records.
|
27,216 Use
Free Bus
Ride Coupons
A total of 27,216 persons have
taken advantage of the free bus
ride coupons offered cooperatively
by downtown firms and the Omaha
Transit Co., W. D. Lane, president
of the Downtown Omaha Associa
tion, said today.
Mr. Lane revealed the figures
in a speech in a speech before the
Exchange Club Tuesday at the
Omaha Athletic Club. Figures in
clude from November 10, the first
day of the free rides, through De
cember 3.
The peak day was Friday, No
vember 25, when 2,731 coupons
were redeemed.
Mr. Lane also said more people
every week are using the coupons.
The average daily number during
the first week was 1,190. This
figure climbed to 1,320 the second
week and 1,690 the third week.
In outlining the objectives of the
Downtown Omaha Association, Mr.
Lane said that downtown property
values must be kept high.
“This will protect the valuation
of houses, because taxation radi
ates from the heart of the city,”
he said. “If downtown valuations
go down, it will force up the taxes
for homeowners. It is important
to keep the heart of our city
strong. We must keep it a thriv
ing business area.”
He said a survey taken in 1954
on why people go downtown show
ed that only nine percent go to
department stores; fifteen percent
go to other stores; eight percent to
theatres, hotels, and restaurants;
and the remaining 68 percent go to
pay taxes, insurance and utility
bills, to visit doctors, dentists and
lawyers, and take care of other
personal business.
Mr. Lane said 100,000 automo
biles drive downtown every week
day.
FOR A PARTICULAR MAN
A man who is particular about
good grooming will appreciate
gifts of toiletries, such as after
shaving lotions, colognes, shaving
soap, toilet waters, talcum pow
ders, etc. Many come in gift
combinations, specially packaged
for Yuletide.
Committee, is aiyare that this
particular YMCA physical depart
ment is endeavoring to extend its
influence as far as possible in
building good citizenship based on
Christian priciples.”
Christmas
Party Will
Be Dec. 18th
The Midwest Athletic Club of
the Near North Branch YMCA will
again sponsor their annual Kid
dies Christmas party on Sunday,
day, December 18, at 2:00 P.M.
This annual club affair has
maintained a steay rise in attend
ance each year. Over 800 young
sters participated in the festivities
last year, and the club members
look forward to entertaining ap
proximately a thousand boys and
girls this year.
Band music for the occasion wil!
be furnished by a grant from the
Trust Funds of the Recording In
dustries obtained by the coopera
tion of Local 558, American Fed
eration of Musicians.
A special Christmas play will
be given by the students of Lake
School under the direction of Mr.
Dubon. Mr. Booker Washington
will lead the audience in commu
nity singing and last but not least,
the Christmas movies.
Children 12 years of age and
under are cordially invited to the
program.
MRS. SELBY NAMED HEAD
OF MOTHERS MARCH ON POLIO
Mrs. Wayne Selby, 3107 Howell,
has been named chairman of 1956
Mothers March on Polio.
As chairman, Mrs. Selby will
have the job of recruiting 6,000
women for the job of calling on
Douglas County homes to collect
funds for the March of Dimes.
The Mothers March will be con
ducted on Thursday night, Janu
ary 26.
It will be the start of Mrs. Sel
by’s fifth year with the National
Foundation for Infantile Paraly
sis.
Morris F. Miller, Douglas County
Chairman for the polio drive, an-;
nounced the appointment Thurs-1
day.
_
FOR MEN, ON-THE-GO
If your man does a lot of
traveling, he’ll appreciate a leath
er kit, fitted with all his favorite
grooming aids.
SCATTERING PLEASURE
A group of gaily colored and in
terestingly shaped scatter rugs!
make a happy and useful gift for
the lady of the house.
»
Basketball
Y.A.L. Leagues
—
Eleven teams are entered in the'
Kellom Community Center’s Y.A.L.
Basketball League for seventh and
eighth grade boys. Games will be
played on Wednesday night in the
Kellom Gym. The Y.A.L. is buy
ing suits for all teams and is pay
ing the cost for officiating.
Teams entered in the league:
North Christ Child, Hope Luther
an, Red Raiders, City Mission,
Browns, Ramblers, Rosebuds, Sa
cred Heart, 13th Street Eagles,
Celtics, and Golden Knights.
Y.A.L. Basketball League for
Boy’s 14 -15 will be played on
Tuesday nights. Six teams are
entered. Last Tuseday’s games,
Louie Butera scored 8 points as
North Christ Child defeated Na
tionals 18 -13; Deputies beat
Crusaders 25-22; and the Browns
shaded the Knights 24-22.
Outstanding
Young Man
Is Sought
The search by the Nebraska
Junior Chamber of Commerce
for the state’s Outstanding Young
Man of the Year began officially
today.
D. P. Fallis, Omaha, state chair
man of the event, said that pub
lic nominations are invited for
consideration by the Nebraska
Jaycees in selecting the young
man for their Distinguished Ser
vice Award.
Any young man in the state,
between the ages of 21 and 35 in
clusive, may be nominated for
his service to his community,
state and nation. And any Ne
braskan may enter their own
choice of candidate.
“We want all the people of the
state to help us select the win
ner,” he said, “and we urge them
to participate. All they need to
do is send us the name and ad
dress of their candidate, with a
letter outlining his activities.
The candidate in turn, will re
ceive an official entry blank from
us.”
The names of nominees should
be sent to D. P. Fallis at 2509
Dodge Street, Omaha, Nebraska,
not later than midnight, January
13.
The award to the Nebraskan
named Outstanding Young Man
of the Year will be presented at
the winter conference of the Ne
braska Junior Chamber of Com
merce scheduled January 28 in
Holdrege. The event will climax
Jaycee Week in Nebraska, held
each year in commemoration of
the founding of the Junior Cham
ber movement.
The 1954 winner of the award
was Jack Bentley, an insurance
man in Sidney.
':r ..
Wayne M. Harper, steward third
class, USNR, of 2216 Miami St.,
Omaha, Nebr., completed a two
week reserve training cruise a
board the light aircraft carrier USS
Saipan November 5. The Saipan '
is based at the Naval Air Station,1
Pensacola, Florida.
Harper, who attended Omaha
Technical High School, is employed
by Swift and Company in Omaha.
Mr. Brown was a stubborn in
dividual. He would never wear
rubbers when it rained, or an ex- j
tra sweater on chilly nights, j
Mrs. Brown became somewhat
irritated by his obstinacy.
“You never take any good ad
vice,” she complained.
“Lucky for you I don’t,” he re
plied, “or you would still be an
old maid. ’
DESK TOPPERS
A survey of a man’s desk (at
office or in home) may reveal
the need for a calendar clock,
memorandum book, picture
frame, desk lighter, work organ
izer or maybe a complete match
ed set of accessories.
Too Many Dropping Out Of
School Without Finishing
Dennis Hooper
Mr. Dennis V. Hooper, 75 years,
2903 Charles Street, was found
burned to death Sunday morning j
December 4th in the incinerator
at the Fontenelle Hotel where he 1
was employed. The last time Mr.
Hooper was seen alive was Fri
day afternoon December 2nd
emptying rubbish into the incin
erator. The body was burned be
yond recognition. Mr. Hooper
had been a resident'of Omaha
twenty years. There are no known
survivors. The body is at Thom
as Mortuary.
James Banks
Mr. James Banks, 67 years,
3509 Burdette Street, passed away
Sunday November 20th. Mr.
Banks had been a resident of
Omaha 40 years and was a re
! tired Cudahy Packing Plant em
| ployee. He is survived by three
j sisters, Mrs. Alice Stewart, Mrs.
; Matilda Robbins, Mrs. Gertrude
B. Lucas, of Omaha, two brothers,
Mr. Louis Banks, Deadwood, S. D.,
i Mr. Stanley Banks, Los Angeles,
California, uncle, Mr. Albert
Banks, Omaha and a host of other
relatives. Funeral services were
heid at two o’clock Friday after
noon from St. John’s AME Church
with the Rev. S. H. Lewis offici
ating, assisted by the Rev. D. St.
Clair. Pallbearers were nephews,
Mr. Roy and Lawrence Stewart,
Roy and Ernest Rahn, Walter and
Larry Grimes.
Interment was in the family
plot at Graceland Park Cemetery
with arrangements by Thomas
Mortuary.
In earlier articles we called at
tention to the growing feeling that
“Negroes were failing to prepare
for opportuntities which are in
creasingly being presented to them
in industry and various profession
al areas.” We promised to tell in
subsequent articles what seems to
be happening to Negro high school
students—are they finishing or
dropping out prematurely? Brief
mention is made about current de
velopments in trades and crafts
as they relate to the Omaha Negro.
Authoritative sources reveal
that out of each one-hundred stu
dents who enter high school, only
about fifty remain to finish theil
training! This is a general figure;
covering all students of all races.
It is conservatively estimated that
Negro drop-outs run considerably
more than this general figure. A
number of reasons are advanced
for this condition, but two seem
most prominent: economics and
lack of encouragement.
Local schools, with inadequate
facilities, are attempting to do a
job of counselling students. Never
theless, important contributions
must come from parents and other
community resources.
Omaha public school officials
state that they encounter difficul
ties getting students, white and
Negro, to enter machine shop
training. They report that de
spite the growing oppoortunities
in drafting, sheet metal work,
1 printing, electrical work, and radio
| repair, a negligible number of Ne
1 groes show interest in entering
these fields.
All of these facts seem to in
dicate strongly that parents have
a very special role in counselling
and guiding their children—a role
which they are generally unpre
pared to fill. We’ll talk more on
this subject next week.
"Polio Isn't Licked Yet"
Is Theme of '56 Polio Drive
“Polio isn’t licked yet” will be
the theme for the 1956 March of
Dimes campaign.
Douglas County Drive Chairman
Morris F. Miller said Wednesday
that patient care for the more
than 200 polio victims in the coun
ty will “run between $100,000 and
$120,000 for 1956.”
This estimate, Mr. Miller said,
is based on the experience of pre
vious years, when Douglas County'
had to get help from the National (
Foundation to care for its case
load.
“A case of polio almost never
costs less than $100,” Mr. Miller
said, “and that would be an ex-1
tremely mild case. On the other
hand, we have some cases that'
cost as much as $15,000 a year to
keep the patient alive and make
an attempt to rehabilitate him.”
The March of Dimes chairman
added that “it’s very difficult to
say whether there is any end in
sight. We know that in time the
Salk vaccine is going to reduce
our case load, especially in the
aga group that received the vac
cine shots at school. But we don’t
know when that reduction will
come nor how great it fill be, be
cause polio is very sporadic, and
we might have an epidemic that
would actually increase the num
ber of cases even though many
people would be protected by the
Salk vaccine. We do know, how
ever, that polio and its crippling
effects are going to be with us for
quite some time to come.”
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