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<*•*****• ^ 00 y,, v ............ | Newspaper < j { This Is If our Newspaper 1 • doing is news. <. j What you are doing is news. $ Please Phone Your News To * ■ \\ please Phone Your News To i ha 0800 _ :: ha osoo | thewaha GUIDE !: /JUSTICE/EQUALITY HEW TO THE UNE\ ji theoi^ha guide | ; 2420 Grant St. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 1. ■ rtr-rL.- ‘ l/ ' .- ■ Vol. 29 No. 45__Friday, January 6, 1955\(p 10c Per Copy Pilot Civil Rights Campaign Jackson, Miss. — Elks Civil Liberties Department and Ma sons of Mississippi join hands to help Negroes secure their Constitu tional rights. In the above photo, left to right, are: Maxwell Will iams, NAACP; Dr. Lee Owens of Vicksburg, deputy grand master of Masons; Edward N. Lee, Sr. of Jackson, deputy exalted ruler of Elks; Honorable James E. Gilliam, grand master of Masons; Honorable Hobson R. Reynolds, grand direc tor of Civil Liberties, and Atty. Jack H. Young, legal advisor of | Elks. — (ANP) J. L. Taylor, Commander Roosevelt Post No. 30 Of American Legion Dies The Members of Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30, the Amer ican Legion and all of Omaha was stunned by the sudden pas sing of their Commander, J. L. Taylor. Commander Taylor with wife and friends were visiting in cele bration of the New Year. Shortly after the departure of his New Years guest, and after kneeling in prayer at the stroke of the bells for ushering in the New Year Commander Taylor suddenly passed. The State, County and Local Legionnaires will long remember the untiring efforts of Comman der Taylor to build and develop the Legion program of the Post second to none in the Country. Commander Taylor worked and labored to fulfil his Christian pro gram in the Legion, “That no ex serviceman. his wife and family should be denied of any right or ^ privilege offered by the American Legion, either locally, State or National!” Commander Taylor liv ed, worked and died rendering service to his buddies. The mem bers of the American Legion, locally, State or Nationally have lost their leader, whose heart and soul were devoted to the principle of service to his fellow - man. Commander Taylor was elected Commander three consecutive years and passed away while serving his third term. He left to mourn his passing, a devoted wife, Elloise and daugh ter Christine Larson, and members of the American Legion, locally, state and national, and a host of friends and admirers. H. D. Stewart, 1st Vice Com mander - H. L. Embry Jr., Ad jutant - N. H. Comans, Pub. Of ficer. American Loan Plan Announces Scholarship Plans Eight $1"0 Scholarships to Nebr aska High School Seniors will be awarded this year by American Loan Plan, President Jay Cheriack announced today. These Schol arships cover the tuition for one year’s study at the University of Nebraska. The progrr.m this year has been expanded to include the high school at Grand Island, Nebraska, where the firm recently opened a branch oFf:ce. Other scholar ships, as last year, will be award ed in the hi h schools in Fa’ls City, Platt-mouth, Nebraska City, Fremont, Columbus, Hastings and McCook. American Loan Plan operates a branch office in each of these cities. The scholarship committee in; each high school will select the winner and the alternate winner, j Winners will be selected on the basis of need, scholastic record,: indicated scholastic potential, i character and citizenship. The Nebraska Scholarsship Pro-; gram is a part of a thre state project which includes scholar ships to seniors in 24 high schools. Omaha Airman Stabbed To Death Airman Third Class Vernas G. Ashford, 17 years, 2723 North 26th Street was fatally stabbed in a private club in Clovis, New Mexico, Wednesday night Decem ber 21. Airman Ashford attend ed Tech High School and enlisted in the Air Corp the past summer. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carey Ashford; four sisters, Margaret, Luretha, Mild red, Gladys Ashford, all of Oma ha; seven brothers, Mr. Pleas Ashford, Glendale, Arizona, Mr. Oscar Ashford, Omaha, Mr. Le ander Ashford, San Francisco, Calif., Mr. Harley Ashford, Pen socola Fla., Sammie, Billy, Her man Ashford, Omaha; grand mother, Mrs. Hattie Boatner, Oma ha and other relatives. The body is being forwarded to Thomas Mortuary for services and burial. 8.000 Join Polio Fight t More than 8.000 polio fighters in Douglas County will join forces with volunteers throughout the na tion starting January 3rd, when the March of Dimes launches its 1956 campaign. The objective is to raise funds needed for polio patient aid, scientific research and professional education. Armed with Dime Cards, coin collectors and other fund raising equipment, a record number of volunteers will fan out into every part of the county in search of contributions to aid polio patients “born too soon to benefit from the Salk vaccine.” Service clubs, women’s organiza tions and churches have pledged their support to the drive, which will continue until January 31st. More than 2,000 March of Dimes coin cards have been distributed in preparation for the drive. Oma ha Street Department employees volunteered to place coin collectors jn strategic locations throughout the county. Omaha Fireman assisted the March of Dimes by stuffing over 100.000 campaign mailing pieces for Douglas County. These mail Bettine Field Announces Marriage The marriage of Bettine Field, daughter of Marshall Field, III, ] millionaire publisher, to Eldridge Bruce, ex-Pullman porter, is re-( vealed in the new issue of Con fidential Magazine (on sale Janu ary 5th). I The Field heiress now lives in England with her- husband and their mulatto son, the magazine states. The couple became man and wife in 1951 after her divorce from Dr. Mark Goodall, Jr. a Vir ginia physician. Describing the former debutante as a rebel in her social set, Con fidential says her wedding to the Negro porter was hushed up thoroughly. Also kept under wraps was the disposal of the case that involved guardianship of a daugh ter by the marriage to Dr. Goodall who told the New York Supreme Court his ex-wife’s new domestic arrangements caused him utmost concern for his daughter’s welfare, happiness and spiritual health. Bettine, in turn, shouted racial in I tolerance. In the end Bettine had 1 to give up her child by the first I marriage for nine months of the year. Confidential says Bettine and her current husband are living in a section of Londan where there are no racial problems. The heir ess tells her friends, however, she’s coming back to America in the near future to continue the fight for racial equality. Confidential points out that when Marshall Field set aside $11,000,000 in 1940 to endow the Field Foundation he intended a good part of it would be spent on interracial relations. He never ex pected, the magazine infers, to have any interracial relations of his own. ing pieces will be in the mail on January 4th. “Thousands of men, women and children — some of them our own neighbors — still are suffering from the cruel aftermath of polio,” Morris Miller, county campaign di rector, said. “Only a successful March of Dimes will enable us to , meet their needs.” J. L. Taylor J. L. Taylor, age 59 years, of 2407 Lake St., expired suddenly Sunday morning January 1, 1956 at his home. Mr. Taylor was a shoe maker all during the 31 years of his residence in Omaha, maintaining his business at his residence. He was a veteran of W. W. I and Commander of Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30, American Legion for the past 2 years. He was treasurer of Excelsior Lodge No. 2, F. and A.M. A member of Zion Baptist Church, he was also a member of the $10 Million Spent By Northwestern Bell To Expand And Improve Service Progressive 24 Club of St. John A. M. E. Church. Mr. Taylor is survived by his wife, Mrs. Eloise Taylor; daugh ter, Mrs. Christine Larson; 2 grandchildren, Jimmy and Patsy Patterson, all of Omaha; sister Mrs. Julia Smith of Middleton, Ohio; nephew, Joseph Haynes of Omaha. Myers Brothers Funeral Service. Head Of Sleeping Car Porters To Be On Radio I --.—- - — Christ Child Dominates YAL League The Main Christ Child 5 remains undefeated in the YAL League for boys 14-15 after five games. In this week’s games, Christ Child beat the Knights 32-28 (in overtime). National upset Cru saders Jr. 28-23 and Deputies romped the Browns 40-8. Golden Knights Win Winners of the Class B Holiday Basketball Tournament were the I Golden Knights who beat Sacred Heart Number 7, 33-22. High scorers for the Knights were Vern on Bennett with 10 points, and Bill Surber had 13 for the losers. Senior Loop Resumes Play After - two week layoff because of the Holiday season, the Senior Boys Basketball League will get started once again with games on i Monday night. Action promises | to be plenty hot as the Crusaders J will try to protect their unblemish ; ed 5-0 record from the on-pressing i Celtics (4-1) and Roses (3-1). The addition of two new teams (the Falcons and Courtmasters) prom ises to make competition even * more keen. Millions Saw Famed Rose Parade On January 2 THIS TYPICAL ENTRY in an early Pasadena, Calif. Rose Parade is a far cry from lavish floats of today. .v/ cv ■ A8.v<w-.-v.w..x. s.w.-vss.-.-.-.Ms/xi.-y-ve's..^:w>:9cyswaBa&»&x^y^»afr?^wginn»wwcoeowH^ PilESENT-DAY FLOATS ore products of skilled artists, designers and craftsmen. The metal frc-^c is covered with chicken wire, sprayed with plastic "cocooning," then covered with flowers. <!T:: :: 'll IIll'IIMIM IB—889—HiMl ft... ... . . ONLY FRESH FLOWERS and greenery may be used on floats. A single float may cost $20,000 and use 300, 000 flowers — all hand-attached by corps of workers during the day and night preceding the Parade. him ■ ..— ADDED DELIGHT to viewers of the Rose Parade are the bevies of beauties, shapely majorettes, smart bands and equestrian units. _ A. Philip Randolph, President j of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and newly-elected Vice j President of the AFL-CIO, will be the guest on WCBS Radio’s public i service program “Let’s Find Out,” Sunday, January 8th at 11:05-11:30 AM, EST. He will be interviewed by Ed O’Neill of the Daily News and Ted Poston of the New York Post on “Labor’s Role in 1956.” Martin Weldon, producer-narra tor of WCBS Radio’s “Port of New York,” is moderator of this public service feature that deals with problems of particular importance and concern to the inhabitants of Greater New York, New Jersey and the surrounding area. Negro Girls Win $500 In Baby Derby Chicago — Twin Negro girls are among sixteen sets of newborn ar rivals on New Year’s Day to win $500 in gifts in the Eighth Annual; Toni Twin Baby Derby, conducted by The Toni Company, leading cos metic manufacturer. Daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Louie 1 Jones, Bobbie Ann and Betty Ann are the only 1956 Derby winners born in the state of Tennessee, j They reside at 1562 Rayburn St. | Memphis. Pennsylvania led the nation this i year with three sets of twins and one set of triplets. Michigan took second place with three pairs.1 Other winners were born in Ala bama, California, Ohio, Oregon, Maine, Massachusetts, North Caro lina and West Virginia. The Jones were unaware that a double blessing was on the way and said that to their knowledge tuere is no history of twins on | either side of the family. First to [ arrive at John Gaston Hospital was Bobbie Ann who was born at 11:36 A.M. Betty Ann followed at 11:49 A.M. They weighed 4 lbs., 10 ounces, and 5 lbs., 8% ounces, respectively. The lucky twins will receive a Hestrom twin baby carriage, a year’s supply of Gerber’s baby food, an assortment of toys from the Ideal Toy Corporation, Trun dle-Bundle infants’ wear, a special selection of Love dresses, Lullabye cribs, and Kantwet posturized in nerspring mattresses. ; Waiting at home to welcome the litle newcomers are a brother, ! Louie Edward, 2; and sister, Gracie , Lee, 7. Mr. Jones is an unemployed dis ! abled vet. Half Of The Phones Are In United States With one telephone, on the I average, for every three persons, the United States had more than h3lf of the World’s 94.5 million I telephones on January 1, 1955. i About 5.3 million telephones i wqre added throughout the world I in 1954. This information was published today by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company in its annual survey, “Telephone Sta I tistics of the World.” Iceland has replaced the United States as the second talkingest nation in the world the compila tion revealed. Canada, with 417 conversations per capita, is in first place for the third consecutive year. Ice land, with 394 conversations per More than $10 million was spent by the Northwestern Bell Tele phone Company in Nebraska in 1955 to extend and improve tele phone service, according to W. D. Alf, District Manager of the Tele phone Company. This has included changing tele phones in fourteen exchanges to dial service and twenty-five new buildings and building additions as well as installation of additional switching equipment in many central offices. More than $2.5 million was spent for telephone lines, about $3 million for central office equipment, and over $3.2 million for telephones and other telephone equipment in homes and places of business. With more than 15,000 tele phones added in the past year, the 100 Northwestern Bell exchanges In Nebraska now serve 243,200 telephones and handle 35,620,000 calls a month as compared with 33,958,000 in 1954. Investment of the company in telephone plant in the state now stands at approxi mately $78 million. The number of Northwestern Bell people required to provide service in Nebraska has increased by 110 in the past year, from 3,700 to 3,810. A large part of the Nebraska telephones added during the year were in Omaha where the total number increased from 134,743 to about 145,000. Since 1945, Omaha has added nearly 64,000 tele phones, an average of about 500 a month. The average number of telephone calls per day climbed from 740,000 to around 800,000. Omaha residents are now making over 9 per cent more long distance calls than they were a • year ago or approximately 364,000 a month as compared with 334,000 a month in 1954. capita nosed out the United States which had 393. More than half of Iceland’s telephones are in its capital city. Reykjavik, as is 40 per cent of its population. These figures are for the year of 1954 since it takes almost a year to collect information from more than 250 governments and companies throughout the world. The Netherlands installed its one millionth telephone in 1954, bringing the total number of countries on the “more than a million list” to 12. The United States, the United Kingdom, Can ada, German Federal Republic, France, Japan, Sweden, Italy, Australia, Switzerland, Argentina and the Netherlands, in that order. Telephone service in the United States is supplied by some 4,800 private companies, together with thousands of connecting rural or farmer lines and systems. Prior to 1927, the telephones of only three other countries could be connected with Bell ^vstem telephones. These were Canada, Mexico and Cuba. In January 1927 the first overseas radiotelephone circuit was estab lished between New York and I London. At the beginning of last year a customer in the United States could call any one of 91 million telephones in more than 110 countries or areas including the United States. A man went out one day to seek his enemies, and he found no friends. A man went out one day to seek his friends, and he found no enemies. In keeping pace with Omaha’s growth and increased telephone requirements, the telephone comp any spent about $4,350,000 in 1955. Building construction included a new central office at 90th and Western Avenue and three tele phone garages. One in the west ern part of the city was completed early in the year and two others were built — one in the north part of Omaha and one in the south. In mid-December, ground was broken at 19th and Dodge for a twelve-story telephone building which is to be completed in 1957. In 1955 as in 1954, a large part of the total expenditure in Omaha was to provide more telephone cable and wire to serve residents in recently developed areas and to increase wire facilities in older sections of the city. Some 250,000,000 conductor feet were placed during the year. Sizes of cable ranged from 26 to 2,121 pairs. With the increase in telephones, about $300,000 was spent for equip ment additions in Omaha central offices. The largest project of this kind is the installation of equipment in the new Terrace office which will be completed and placed in service about the middle of 1956. During 1955, it was increasingly evident that Omaha people are be coming more telephone minded regarding use of additional tele phones in their homes. More than one-third of the total tele phones added were residence ex tensions. In the entire territory the North western Bell company serves in Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North ' Dakota and South Dakota, more than 100,000 telephones were add ed in 1955 bringing the total to over 1,900,000 — more than twice as many as at the start of World War II. The company’s construction pro gram for 1955 was the largest ever — $62 million or nearly $30,000 for every working hour during the year. This included fifty-four new buildings and building additions, 29,000 miles of long distances cir cuits, 91,000 new poles, 2,300 in stallations of switching equipment in central offices, 36 dial conver sions, and considerable replace ment of outmoded and worn equip ment. About $5 million was spent on buildings alone. Telephone users talked more frequently during the year. For the company as a whole, the aver age was nearly 7,000 calls every minute during 1955, or a total of 3.6 billion conversations for the year. The number of long distance calls also was up — 11 per cent over 1954. Nearly one-third of the long distance calls originating in Northwestern Bell exchanges were dialed directly by the opera tor to the telephone called. Another noticeable development in long distance telephoning is i that more people are saving them | selves time by calling by number. From business telephones, for ex ample, 84 per cent of all long dis tance calls are now placed by num ber. | Other noteworthy telephone de velopments of 1955 including put ting in telephone answering equip ment for a considerable number of customers and installation of speakerphones — the “hand-free” telephones — in both homes and offices. Also, the percentage of telephones in color increased | greatly. _PROTECTION PREFERRED_ ' : t- a IB SB I^BWW"1 .i" R— Polio isn’t licked until the vaccine has been riven to k m... people as possible. March of Dimes funds are needed to age protection from crippling attacks of polio Hein {JOIN THE MARCH OF DIMES, Jan. 3-31. H ‘P 8fllt P°U®’> "**“-*—*-~* "* * «•» f