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Vol. 30 No. 2 Friday, March 9, 1956_10c Per Copy
Marian Anderson To
Sing Monday Evening
MARIAN ANDERSON, a great
personality and a great singer
will appear in concert at the Civic
Auditorium, Music Hall March 12,
at 8:00 P.M. Miss Anderson is a
very accomplished person. She
is of humble parents. She first
started singing in her church
choir in Philadelphia and has
risen to fame as the world's great
est contralto singer. She has won
the respect of music lovers a
round the world. She has re
ceived awards and honors from
many cities and leading univer-'
sities through out Europe, South
America and the United States.;
She is the first Negro singer to
make the Metropolitian Opera.
When she was singing in Europe,
the great master Toscanini said
“A voice like Marian Anderson is
heard once in a hundred years.”!
Another hearer remarked “Mar
ian Anderson is the nearest to
heaven I have ever been.”
Many of the listeners have said
that she casts a magic spell over
over her listeners with her voice
and she gives everything she has
to God and God gives it back to
the audience. She has a rare
simplicity, dignity, art, power,
and beauty. She with her deep
tones can sing one of the lightest
of organ melodies as “Le Violet
te” and follow with deep tones as
“They Crucified My Lord” and
“He Never said a Mumbling
Word.” If you have not heard
Marian Anderson, you are not
aware of what you have missed.
Her hearers have come away from
her recitals uncertain as to wheth
er they have enjoyed an aestetic
or a religious experience.
The Heart Fund makes possible
a nationwide assault against dis
eases of the heart and blood ves
sels.
They were looking at the sign
in the store window which reads,
“Ladies Ready To Wear Clothes."
Well, it’s darn near time.
Can't Be!
Teacher: “Tommy, what is one
half of eight?”
Small Boy: “I don’t know ex
actly, teacher, but it can’t be
very much.”
No man makes dollars by de
positing his quarters in an easy
chair.
Council Says Move To
Extradite Crenshaw Wrong
New ^ ork C ity CIO Council today warned
Governor Averell Harriman of “the certain death
which is facing Clarence Crenshaw for whom you
have signed the papers extraditing him to the
State of Alabama.”
Council President Michael J. Quill and Sec
retary-Treasurer Morris Iushewitz, on behalf of
500.000 CIO members in New York City, declared
that the “regular process of law’ and order have
completely broken down in Alabama, and, in fact,
do not exist.”
Citing the fact that Crenshaw has served 24
years on the chain gang for defending his nine
year old brother from a white lynch party, the
message declared: “Our first concern is for the
life of this unfortunate man, but we are equally
concerned for you, Governor Harriman, since we
do not want anything to blemish your excellent
record of service to his country in both appointive
and elective office.”
lhe Council message pointed out that the
United States consistenly refused to return per
sons to Nazi, Fascist and Communist regimes be
cause they would face certain death. “Why then
feed victims to the death chamber—whether
the executioners are satellite hangmen or gun
happv murderers of the WThite Councils of the
South?” the governor was asked.
The refusal to extradite Crenshaw “will
mean more than all the pious primary campaign
speeches that are being made from the Atlantic
to the Pacific,” the CIO officials said. “Never let
our friends or enemies say that Crenshaw’s death
warrant was signed by the Governor of the State
of New York because it might serve to corral
votes of Southern delegates to the Democratic
Party Convention next August”
Refusal to extradite will be approved by the
majority of Americans and “will save the honor
of the people of the State of Newr York in refusing
to turn over Clarence Crenshaw to his execution
ers in Alabama.”
I
Post No. 30
Enthusiastic
To Lead
Theodore Roosevelt Post No.
30 American Legion in hot pur
suit of its former status as one
of Omaha’s leading organizations
is making rapid progress in that
very direction. The good coop
eration and added zeal on the
j oart of every one concerned is
positive proof that the Post is
now definitely on the march.
The influx of new members and
the renewal of former members
really shows that the interest is
running high. Our new Com
mander is on the job and shows
an earnest desire to have the
Post go over big. Let us all sup
port the new administration.
Please attend the regular meet
ing. Get as many eligible vet
erans to come in as you can and
let’s build a strong Post.
As stated before and with
much honor and praise is the
| ever continued visits of Legion
vets led by our good member
j Prank Payne to VA Hospital the
following sick report is submit
ted. 7n VA Hospital are Nath
aniel Watson.- Robert G. Ven
j able, Jr., Gene Freels, Clifford
i Foster, Edward Beasly, Ralph
j Underwood Walter Williams,
Richard Johnson, A1 Novak,
j home from recent release Henry
Tolar.d. In every aspect service
j that is carried on by the Ameri
can Legion, let us all take ac
tive part and be proud of our
record to serve all needy vet
erans, widows and families and
in so doing we keep our obliga
tion to God, our fellowman and
our country.
H. D. Stewart, Commander
II. L. Embry, Jr., Adjutant
N. H. Comans, Pub. Officer
Schools Plan
"Spectacular"
April 12th
The Omaha Public Schools are
planning to stage the Omaha
l Youth Spectacular at the Civic
j Auditorium on Thursday night,
! April 12. Over 3600 boys and
| girls from the physical education
I classes of the public schools will
offer a saulte to Omah in a pro
gram of activities which will in
clude athletic performances, dan
ces and marching groups. A back
ground of music will be provided
by a school band and orchestra.
The various nationality groups
making up much of Omaha’s pop
ulation will be saluted by dances
with performers attired in color
ful native costume. The many
segements of the city’s business
and industrial life will be recog
nized. Representatives from all i
city public schools will partici
pate in the Spectacular. Pupils,
classroom and physical education
teachers are already at work on
practicing the numbers for the ,
program. Miss Catharine Carrick,
Supervisor of Physical Education,
is in charge of the production and
she is being aided by Tom Hall
strom, Assistant Supervisor, and
many other members of the school
staff.
Heart Fund At Two-Thirds
Of State Goal
Nebraska Heart Fund contributions reported thus far total $90,554
almost two-thirds of the state goal of $145,000.
State Chairman Robert Crosby today announced that partial re
ports had been received on 105 of the 372 communities conducting
Heart appeals.
All but $12,000 was raised mainly in the Heart Sunday residential
canvass February 26th in 17 of the largest cities reporting initial totals.
The six biggest Heart Sunday, according to first returns, were:
Omaha, with more than $40,000; Lincoln $12,500; Fremont $1,885;
Scottsbluff $1,800; Hastings $1,700, and Columbus $1,565.
“We are greatly depending on reports from the other 100 Heart
Sundays, mostly in cities between 1,000-6,000 population, to help us
achieve our goal,” said Crosby.
He pointed out though that some of the best campaigns reported
to-date have been in small towns. He cited Lisco with 70c per
capita; Union with 52c; Ithaca with 50c; and Pilger with 36c.
“If everyone, who has not yet given, will send a contribution to
his local Heart Fund today, I am confident the goal can be achieved,
if not exceeded,” declared Crosby.
He added that the true goal of the campaign is to give everyone a
chance to share in the fight against heart-blood vessel diseases, which
cause 54% of all Nebraska’s deaths.
Seventy-five percent of all funds remain in the state to further
the Research, Public and Professional Education, and Community Ser
vice Programs of the Nebraska Heart Association.
The current drive hopes to raise $27,000 more than last year to
help establish a full-time professorship of heart research at both
medical schools in Nebraska.
Mr. Crosby said he expects to have at least an initial progress re
port from every one of the 372 Heart Fund campaigns after March 15th.
A second progress report is due after April 15th and the final after
close of the fiscal year, July 1.
FAM-U To Dedicate Three Buildings
FAM-U TO DEDICATE THREE
BUILDINGS—Three recently com-;
pleted buildings—constructed at
a cost of $2,137,000—will be dedi
cated and formally named during
Founders’ Weekend activities at
Florida A and M University March
9-11. The buildings are (top to
bottom) the science-pharmacy, the
R.O.T.C., and the new dormitory
for men. They will be named
“Everett Bocker Jones Hall,”
—
“W. H. A. Howard Hall,” and
“Jonathan C. Gibbs Hall” respec
tively in honor of the founder of
the university alumni association,
the acting president of the college
during the 1923-24 academic year,
and former secretary of state and
supertintendant of public instruc
tion for the state of Florida who
was instrumental in aiding in the
passage of the bill by the legis
lature that establihsed the insti
tuition in 1887. Dr. George W
Gore, Jr., ‘insert) is the presidenl
of the university, under whose
a d m i nistration a tremendous
building program has been launch
ed. Presently, the university’s
plant is valued at $10,000,000 wit!
a nadditional $5,000,000 of build
ings either under construction oi
in the blue print stage. (A and IV
staff photo by H. Jones Jr.)
'THE BLOOD OF A
A CO-ED"
New York — The much-touted
‘chivalry’ of southern gentlemen
has crystalized into “yelps for the
blood of a co-ed” at the University
of Alabama, editorializes the March
issue of THE CRISIS, official journ
al of the NAACP.
The editorial refers, of course,
to Miss Autherine Lucy, first Ne
gro student at the University of
Alabama, who was pursued by a
mob on the campus when she ap
peared for her class work.
But, the editorial points out, “we
shall have to be charitable to the
University of Alabama.”
“We shall have to recognize that
here are a people suffering from
one hundred and twenty-five year:
of Anglo-Saxonism.”
Calling the University of Ala
bama “a shame and disgrace to the
other universities of America,’
THE CRISIS asserts: “We shall ex
pect the University to issue, in ad
dition to the usual registration ant
class cards, SIPPENBLATTEh
(race cards-) to all future stu
dents.”
HAVE BREAKFAST WITH US!
The Rev. Eugene H. Kessler,
S.J. will celebrate the Jesuit
aumni Mass in honor of St. Igna
tius Loyola, in St. John’s Collegi
ate Church on the Creighton cam
pus, next Sunday, March 11 at
10:00 A.M.
Following the Mass, the Very
Rev. Carl M. Reinert, S.J., Presi
dent of Creighton University
will be the speaker at the break
fast in the Creighton cafeteria.
Announcement of the speakers
was made by Robert T. Reilly,
general chairman. Mr. Reilly
said that more than 200 men and
| women representing various Je
| suit schools are expected to at
tend.
The ceremonies at Creighton
University are part of a nation
wide observance held in hundreds
of cities throughout the United
States on March 11, to memorial
ize the 400th Anniversary of the
! death of St. Ignatius Loyola,
[ founder of the Jesuits,
i Approximately 600,000 alumni
! and students of the 28 Jesuit-con
ducted colleges and universities
and 45 high schools in the United
States have been invited to take
part in the tribute. Observances
will be held in more than 100
major communities in this coun
try on the same day, March 11.
These ceremonies are part of a
world-wide Ignatian year, exten
ding from August 1, 1955 through
July 31, 1956.
Anyone who has attended any
Jesuit school, or has come under
the influence of Jesuit teaching
may make reservations for the
breakfast with Mr. Reilly at the
Creighton University alumni of
fice. The cost of the breakfast is
$1.00.
Seventeen priests from the
Jesuit . Community located at
Creighton University in Omaha,
Nebraska will serve as the main
speakers for the Ignatian year
Communion breakfasts to be held
Sunday, March 11.
The ceremonies are part of a
world wide commemoration of Ig
iatian Year, memorializing the
400th anniversary of the death of
St. Ignatius Loyola, the founder
of the Jesuit Society.
Nebraska cities and the Jesuit j
Priests who will speak there are
as follows:
Alliance, The Rev. Daniel B. Mc
Namara; Columbus, Rev. Raymond
J. Bishop; Falls City, Rev. Philip
T. Derrig; Fremont, Rev. Thomas
A. Hanley; Grand Island, Rev.
Bernard Hasbrouck; Hastings,
Rev. William F. Kelley; Lincoln,
Rev. Henry W. Casper; Norfolk,
Rev James J. Quinn; North Platte,
Rev. Norbert J. Lemke; Scotts
bluff, Rev. Thomas A. Halley;
and Wahoo, Rev. Richard C. Har
rington.
In Iowa, observances will be
held in the following cities: Des
Moines, Thomas R. Haller; Ester
ville, Rev. John J. Foley, Sioux
City; Rev. Gerald H. FitzGibbon.
In South Dakota: Mitchell, Rev.
Philip J. Doughterty and Sioux
Falls, Rev. Austin E. Miller.
At the Omaha observance, the
Rev. Eugene H. Kessler, S. J., will
celebrate the Mass in St. John’s
Collegiate Church at 10:00 a.m.
The Very Rev. Carl Reinert, S. J.,
President of Creighton University
will deliver the address at the
breakfast to be held at 10:45 a.m.
in the Creighton cafeteria.
Autherine Lucy Still Feels
She'll Be Given Justice In
Alabama School Squabble
NEW YORK — “There is nothing that anyone in Alabama
or any place else can do which will check my faith in ultimate
justice within the democratic principles," declared Miss Autherine
Lucy here today.
At a crowded press conference held in the Wendell Willkie
Memorial Building under NAACP auspices, the young woman who
on February 29 was permanently expelled from the University of
Alabama said, “I still maintain my faith in my country.”
The university expelled Miss Lucy, its first Negro student,
the same day that her reinstatemnt on the campus was ordered
| by a federal court in Birmingham, Alabama. She flew to New
York yesterday with Thurgood Marshall, NAACP sepecial coun
j sel, and Mrs. Constance Baker Motley, NAACP assistant special
| counsel, to consult physicians and, as she put it, “to get a rest
from the terrific strain I have been under since this case began.”
In the short statement she read to the press, Miss Lucy said
she was “completely disheartened” by the expulsion action of the
university.
“At the same time,” she continued, “I intend to continue not
to be angry or to bear illwill to anyone.”
She said she has “authorized” her lawyers to “take whatever
steps are necessary” to “test the validity or invalidity of this lat
est action of the Board of Trustees.”
Suffering from exhaustion, Miss Lucy left immediately after
I reading her statement. Reporters’ questions about her case were
answered by Mr. Marshall, who had accompanied her to the press
conference.
Asserting that “we will not allow anybody by any action to
make us angry or to make us emotional about this,” Mr. Marshall
said that a decision will be made tonight or tomorrow on legal
action on Miss Lucy’s case.
Miss Lucy was admitted to the University of Alabama on
Februaury 1 by a federal court order after almost four yedrs of
legal battle. She was temporarily suspended from classes on Feb
ruary 6 following several mob demonstrations and threats on her
I life.
In order to get her readmitted to the university, Miss Lucy’s
lawyers had filed contempt charges, based on preliminary informa
tion available at the time, against the university officials. How
ever, upon thorough investigation it was discovered that the
charges could not be supported by competent legal evidence. At
the hearing on February 29, the charges were withdrawn by her
lawyers.
These charges — that university authorities had conspired
with the mob to force her temporary expulsion from the campus
— were cited by the university trustees as their reason for per
manently expelling her.
Mr. Marshall observed that the reason used to expel Miss
Lucy was not the real one. Her lawyer’s complaint was filed
three weeks ago, ht recalled, and the university had sufficient
time to act before the judge ordered hr readmission.
Chester Harris
Dies At Atchison
Mr. Chester Harris, 75 years,
of Frankfort, Kansas, passed a
way Wednesday February 29th,
at Atchison, Kansas where he had
gone on a visit. Mr. Harris was
a retired Missouri Pacific Railway
employee. Two years ago he and .
his wife celebrated their fiftieth
wedding anniversary at the family
home in the family home at
Frankfort, Kansas where their
family was born and raised. Mr.
Harris is survived by his wife,
: Mrs. Luvena Harris, Frankfort,
! Kansas, five daughters, Mrs. Olga
Waller, Miss Elizabeth (Betty)
! Harris, of Los Angeles, Calif.; I
i Miss Dorothy Harris, formerly of 1
, Omaha but now of Chicgao, 111.;
j Miss Janet Harris, Chicago, HI.;
Mrs. Theresa West, San Francisco,
Calif.; two sons, Mr. Otis Harris,
Chicago, 111.; Mr. Edward Harris,
Berkley, California and other
relatives. Masonic services will be
! j held Saturday evening in Atchi
son, Kansas and funeral services
will be at two o’clock Sunday
afternoon at Frankfort, Kansas.
Y-Teens To
Hold Ramble
Dance At Y
Y-Teen Fun Nite Council will
hold a teen-age dance at the
Y.W.C.A. Building, 17th and St.
Mary’s on Saturday, March 10th
from 8-11:30 P.M.
ELVES’ is the name Y-Teens
have given to this March event
which promises a full evening of
fun, games and dancing for all
who care. A Snack Bar and
Ping Pong Room are included in
the available facilities.
Feature of the evening will be
a dance contest with 1st, 2nd and
3rd place. Bob Howe of North
High has charge of these ar
rangements.
Judy Brumbaugh and Linda
Yirak will have charge of the
decorations. Other Council mem
bers active in the preparations
include: Gloria of Westside,
Bernice Berenis and Anita Mar
sik of South, Karen Plank, Sue
Farris and Pal Holmes of Central
High with Carolyn Robinson and
Mian Bailey from Near North
side, Brian Victoria and Esther
Martin of North High.
All High School Teen-Agers
are welcome to join the frolic
and enter the dance contest
which will be held during inter
mission.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY, PROGRAM
FOR “THE WOOLWORTH
HOUR”
Martha Wright, WCBS Radio
singing star; Count Basie, one of
the great jazz pianists; com
poser-singer Matt Dennis; and
Thomas Hayward, tenor of the
Metropolitan Opera, will join in
a pre-St. Patrick’s Day program
on CBS Radio’s “The Woolworth
Hour” Sunday, March 11 at
1:00-2:00 P.M., EST.
Matt Dennis will perform one
of his own songs, “Violets for
Your Furs,” and “Mimi.” Mar
tha Wright will sing “The Ship”
from Kurt Weill’s “Three Penny
Opera” and “Mr. Wonderful”
from the coming play of that
name. Count Basie will perform
"Swinging the Blues” and “The
Midgets”. In honor of St. Pat
rick’s Day, Thomas Hayward will
sing “Danny Boy” and “Thine
Alone” from Victor Herbert’s
operetta “Eileen”.
Continuing the St. Patrick’s
Day theme, Percy Faith will con
duct the Woolworth Orchestra
and Chorus