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win ][ - .mr Newspaper $ > What you are doing is news. | "Please Phone Your News To * HA 0800 X or send it to t ;; THE OMAHA GUIDE X 2420 Grant St | Vol. 30 No. 18 ;; This Is Your Newspaper ;; What you are doing is news. 3 Please Phone Your News To 33 ;; HA 0800 3 3 or send it to 3 3 - THE OMAHA GUIDE 2420 Grant St 3 __10c Per Copy Sen. Curtis Comments On Loyalty Dismissals Creighton Grad Gets Army Award A Creighton graduate and for mer Omahan has been awarded the Army’s Commendation Ribbon with medal pendant. The recipient was Lieut. Col. Wendall T. Jackson, South San Francisco, California, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert A. Jackson, 1334 South Thirty-second Street. Colonel Jackson received his doctor of dental surgery degree from Creighton University in 1943. This commendation was the result of Colonel Jackson’s dis covery of a method for using dental plastic to replace wooden splints and plaster casts in cases of bone fracture. Design and de velopment of this splint is cred ited by the Army with “contribu ting in great measure to improve ment in techniques of treatment and faster rehabilitation of pa tients’’ Originally the method was used only in cases involving broken fingers, but the technique has since been used in fractures of the bones of the feet and lar ger bones in the arms and legs. Because these plastic casts are much lighter than conventional plaster casts men were often en abled to remain on duty during | i Senator Carl T. Curtis stated to day that a recent decision of the United States Supreme Court re stricting dismissals of Federal employees in loyalty cases requires new legislation by the Congress during the current session. The Supreme Court, in the case of Cole vs the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, decided June 11, 1956, provides that government employees can be summarily dismissed for security reasons only in cases where an em ployee's job is sensitive. ‘ This could mean” said Curtis, “that a bout 50,000 government jobs are ‘sensitive’ to national security, and the other 2,300,000 Federal posi tions would not be classified as sensitive.” “There is before the Congress” pointed out Curtis, “legislation to clarify the situation and establish equitable procedures to determine loyalty. It contains appropriate safeguards and should be enacted this session.” Korean combat where formerly they might have been hospital ised Doctor Jackson entered service in April, 1943. He served in both Europe and the Far East before receiving his present assignment at the Presidio of San Francisco in July, 1955. Presentation of the award was made at a ceremony June 14 which included a parade and re view of one thousand Presidio troops. Lincoln, Nebraska Scene Of Wedding Tennessee State Grad and Fiskite Mrs. Joseph Robinson Phillips The chapel at first Baptist | Church. Lincoln, Nebraska, was the scene for the marriage of; Miss Sarah Louise Wesley of Omaha. Nebraska to Joseph Rob inson Phillips of Nashville. The Reverend Mr. G. H. Schroe der officiated at the double ring ceremony which was held on May ' 31 in a small company of relatives and friends of the bridal couple, i The daugh'er of Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Wesley, formerly of Okmul-! gee, Oklahoma, the bride was beautifully attired in a strapless j dress of white lace patterned in a loral motif, with a bodice inset of nylon net banded with taffeta. The short sleeved lace bolero and the waltz-length skirt featured the floral motif, with the skirt ending in a widely scalloped hemline over nylon net and taffeta. The waist-length veil was held in place with a bandeau of lace. The bride also wore long mitts of nylon net and carried a white Bible marked with an arrangement cf white carnations. She was given in marriage ‘by her father. Mrs. Helen McMillan Lewis of Omaha, acting as matron of honor was the bride’s only at tendant. Best man for Mr. Phil lips was Douglas L. Bruce of Pittsburgh Mrs. Phillips is a 1953 graduate of Fisk University and a member of Alpah Kappa Alpah Sorority. She is presently studying at the University of Nebraska where she will complete requirements to ward the Master of Music De gree on August 3. The bridegroom is the son of the Rev. and Mrs. F. P. Phillips of Nashville and was recipient of the bachelor’s degree from Tennessee State University in 1954. He will receive the M. S. Degree from the University in August. He is a member of Omega Psi Phi Frater nity. The young couple will be at home in Atlanta, Georgia, after September 10 where Mr. Phillips will assume the duties of instruc tor of biology at Clark College. David Lee Booker David Lee Booker, age 2 years, of 2807 R Ave., expired Thursday eevning, June 28, 1956 by scalding. He is survived by his parents, Mr and Mrs. David Lee Booker, Sr.; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Wilder; grandfather, Larry Booker; two sisters; two brothers. Committal services were held Monday, July 2, 1956 at Graceland Park Cemetery. Myers Brothers Funeral Service. Knee-High and Then Some Columbus, Nebraska—“ . knee high by the Fourth of July” . .ex cept when know-how coaxes it up to waist high. And this corn on the Charles Rudat farm south west of Columbus, Nebraska, ap pears to be hurrying to get ready for the 1956 National Mechanical Corn Picking Contest to he held here October 11-12. Larry Owen (left), manager of the Columbus Chamber of Com merce, Fred Rosacker and Orville Oberg, contest co-chairman, are up to their waists in contest corn. State Theatre To Offer Sneak Prevue Second Annual • special treat is being offered Omaha public Monday evening at 8:30 when a Sneak Prevue will be held at the State Theatre, this sneak prevue is one of the top features from one of the major film companys. “The Searchers” the attraction shown for the last time Monday will be shown before and aft«¥ the Sneak Prevue, this is all be ing offered at the State’s regular prices. When Academy Award-winner Robert Rossen makes a picture he goes through much painstaking research to see that it is authentic Its ^rilnutc <#*-»«■*!* and since “Alexander The Great” was to be his most important and spectacular picture to date, he was especially thorough in recrea ting the historical background of Alexander’s time. The picture which was filmed in Technicolor and Cinema-Scope will open Ti^fc day at the State Theatre through United Artists release. Briefly, this is the historical background against which the dramatic story of “Alexander The Great” unfolds: The early part of “Alexander the Great is set against the back ground of unrest which pervaded the Hellenic world—with Athens as its center of culture and poli tics—during the fourth century B. C. Two hundred years earlier Persia had infiltrated the Aegean coast and in the early part of the fifth century had attacked Greek territory. Against these cam paigns Athens led a confedera tion of Greek .states and inflicted defeats on Persia at the Battles of Marathon. Salamis and Plataea. When the three great states of Athens, Sparta and Thebes failed to establish a federated empire, the time became ripe for an out side conqueror to take advantage of the weakness of the divided Greek world. This lot fell on Philip of Mace donia. Although he was consider ed by the cultured Greeks to be little more than a barbarian, he was a strong and ambitious mili tary leader. When Philip became king of Macedonia he at once established authority over the turbulent Macedonian clans and was the first ruler in Europe to establish a nationally conscrip- | ted army which he trained on highly professional lines. Kenneth Pollard,Sr. Kenneth M. Pollard, Sr., age 50 years, formerly of Omaha, expired Sunday morning, July 1, 1956 in Oakland, California. He had been a resident of Oak land for over 15 years. Prior to leaving Omaha, Mr. Pollard was at one time President of the Baccanite Club, and was the second Negro to be employed as a route salesman for the Omar Bak ing Co. He was a former member of St. John A.M.E. Church. Mr. Pollard is survived by his. son, Kenneth M. Pollard, Jr., and’ daughter, Mrs. Beverly Jean Lem-! on, both of Omaha. Funeral services have tentative ly been arranged for Thursday afternoon, July 5, 1956 at 2:00 p.m. from the Myers Funeral Home Chapel. Mrs. Bird With Citizens For "Ike" — New York, N. Y. June 27—Mrs. Crystal Bird Fauset, of Philadel phia, Pa., a former official of the Democratic National Committee and the first Negro woman in the United States elected to a state legislature, has joined the Fom*' en’s division executive staff of | National Citizens For Eisenhower, j She will serve as Special Assistant to the National Co-Chairman, Mts. Dorothy D. Houghton, who an-1 nounced the appointment today at Citizens For Eisenhowr national headquarters, 45 East 47th Street, New York City. :vj.-s. rav cet - * Republican, began her long ~«i filiation with the Democratic party in 1036 as Director of the Democratic National Committee's MRS. CRYSTAL BIRD FAUSET, j former Democratic National Com mittee official and the first Negro 1 woman ever elected to a State Leg islature, appointed Special Assist ant to Mrs. Dorothy D. Houghton, Co-Chairman of National Citizens for Eisenhower. campaign activities for Negro women, a post to which she was reappointed in 1940 and again in 1944. In 1938, Mrs. Fauset was elected to the Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a Democratic Representative from Philadelphia—a political “first” since it was the highest elective office ever held by a woman of her race. In the fall of 1944, the combined pleas of Re publican Negro leaders together with the liberal record of Gov. Thomas Dewey’s New York State administration toward minorities impelled Mrs. Fauset to become a Republican. Consequently she was named Advisor to the Republican N a t i o n al Committee’s Negro women’s campaign activities di vision. The new aide to Mrs. Haugh ton is a graduate of the Boston (Mass.) public schools and Teach ers College, Columbia University. With a wide background of ser vice to her adopted state of Penn sylvania, Mrs. Fauset is a past vice-president of the World Af fairs Council of Philadelphia and' in 1950 visited India as a guest of 1 the New Delhi government. Two j years later, the University of Pennsylvania sent her on an ed ucational mission to Nigera, West Africa. In 1955, Mrs. Fau set was awarded Pennsylvania’s Meritorious Service Medal—the Commonwealth’s highest citizen award. twit mpmwm I exams For fouth Soon Senator Carl T. Curtis advises t>at an examination will be given the Civil Service Commission tl^July 9, 1956 in connection vith appointments to the Mili tary, Naval and Air Force Aca demies. All boys interested in taking this examination should v rite immediately to Senator Uirtis at Washington, D. C., giv ing his full name, address and date of birth . The boy .should state clearly the academy in which he is interested. To be eligible for an appoint ment a candidate must have passed his seventeenth birthday,1 but not have reached his twenty second birthday, by July 1, 1957. He must also meet certain men tal and physical requirements ar.d the results of this examina tion will be one of the important factors which will be considered by Senator Curtis in making his nominations. Senator Curtis will be glad to furnishh any boy, up on request, a booklet setting forth the qualifications for an ap pointment For each vacancy at the Naval Academy the Senator is entitled to nominate one pricipal appoin ‘56 'Rattler' Off the Presses YEARBOOK PRESENTATION' -Bettye Hayes of Jacksonville, editor-in-chief of the 1956 Ratt ler, yearbook of the Florida A and M University, is shown as she pre sented the first copy to President George W. Gore, Jr. The book is size 9x12 and contains 248 pages. (A and M staff photo by James Walden.) YWCA Needs Girls For Military H<»?J»ess Program The YWCA is recruiting girls to serve as Junior Hostesses in the Military Hostess program. After joining the girls are scheduled at dances, parties and roller skating events at the Ser vice Club at Offutt Air Force Base. Girls who are eighteen and over are invited to the YWCA Wednes day July 11, at 5:30 p.m. to the monthly orientation. A special swim party and pic nic will be held July 12. Other events include two roller skating parties, two picnics, plus square dancing and social dancing in the newly air conditnoned Service Club. Creighton Uni. Administrators at Alumni Council Two Creighton University ad ministrators are attending the an nual convention of the American Alumni Council in French Lick, Indiana, this week. They are the Rev. Henry W. Linn, S. J. vice president in charge of public relations and development, and Robert T. Reilly, director of public relations and alumni secretary for the Uni versity. Mr. Reilly will be a panel member for discussions of “Volunteer Alumni Leadership” and “Wills and Bequests.” Talton Price Mr. Talton Price, 67 years of age, Tryon, No. Carolina, former ly of Omaha, died at Veteran’s Hospital, Oteen, North Carolina, June 24, 1956. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Talton Price, Tryon, No. Carolina; three sisters, Mrs. John Ross and Mrs. Edward Fletcher, Omaha, Ne braska and Mrs. William Parks, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; two brothers, Mr. George Price, De troit, Michigan and Mr. Marvin Price, Omaha, Nebraska. Funeral services were held on June 27, 1956 at Tryon, North Carolina. Anna Mae Larkins Miss Anna Mae Larkins, age 45 years, of 3109 Maple St., died Fri day, June 27, 1956 at a local hos pital. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Pearl Goodwin Larkins; fa ther, Thomas Larkins, both of 0 maha; two sisters, Mrs. Rosetta Strowder, Bertha George, both of Omaha; niece, Mrs. Rosetta Lewis of Omaha; two nephews, George Ak-Sar-Ben Gives Funds To County Fairs The Douglas County Fair at Wate*loo, Nebraska has received $500 for fair grounds improve ments from the Knights of Ak-Sar Ben. Granting of $500 to each of Nebraska’s county fairs is being continued for the third consecu tive year by Ak-Sar-Ben, Omaha civic organization. This is the latest of a series of projects of financial assistance to county fairs, and has resulted in state wide improvements valued at nearly a half million dollars, ac cording to J. L. Thurmond, a Governor of Ak-Sar-Ben and chairman of its Public Affairs Committe. The grants are made possible by funds from Ak-Sar Ben’s annual race meeting. The popular county fair im provement program follows the “dollar-matching” principle, in that Ak-Sar-Ben agrees to put up $500r provided the people of each county also raise at least an equal amount. In 1955. most of the 74 counties that took advantage of the grants raised far more than $500, resulting in greatly in creased facilities. Many new buildings were constructed, in cluding livestock exhibit build ings, 4-H activities buildings, dining rooms and kitchens, grand stands, stages and many other needed facilities. In addition to the $50,000 Ak Sar-Ben sets aside each year for the new improvement program, it makes available approximately $75,000 a year for county fair premiums, part through the State Racing Commission and part paid directly to exhibitors by Ak-Sar Ben. According to Mr. Thur mond, Ak-Sar-Ben plans to con tinue these projects as long as the money is available for it. President Morton Steyer and Secretary R. D. Herrington of the Douglas County Agricultural So ciety said the Ak-Sar-Ben grant and the county’s matching fund will be used for the installation of a well, electric pump, and wash rack. Smith of Omaha and Sgt. Amos T. Glover of Ft., Riley, Kansas. Funeral services were held Sat urday, June 30, 1956 at 10:00 a.m. from the Myers Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. F. K. Johnson officiating. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers Messrs Isiah Jack son, Booker T. Holloway, James Smith, Eugene J. Hamilton, Odell Strong and A1 Crossley. Myers Brothers Funeral Service. Urban League 'Biggies1 Fuss Over Award to Sen. Lehman tee and five alternate appointees. For each vacancy at the Mili tary Academy the Senator may nominate one principal and three alternate appointees. For the Air Force Academy the Senator will nominate ten boys. These ten boys along with the boys nominated by the other members of the Nebraska Delegation will! compete for the three vacancies accorded the State of Nebraska. Letters expressing interest in an appointment to one of these ( service academies much reach, Senator Curtis before June 10. j 1956 in order for appropriate ar-j rangements to be made for the bov to take the examination Men's Swim Classes To Start July 9 Registrations are now being taken for the "Mens’ Learn To Swim Class” which starts July 9 at the Central Y.M.C.A. The class is open to all men, 16 and above, in the Omaha area; mem bers and non-members. The course is $7.50 for non-members. This class is ideal for fathers who have sons to take swimming and is a “must” for people who fish that cannot swim. This class is limited, so hurry and registar to day! For more information, call the ‘Y’ ATlantic 1600. Annual Soiree To Be Held Sunday Evening | All is in readiness fo»' the first : ■•“•••«! ■s-'*me at th« Branch [ building, which win he held Sun day evening, from 6 to 9 p.m. The affair will be held in the building and on the grounds of the Branch. 7 groups are sponsoring tables; these are the Branch Committee, the Quack Club, the Timekeepers, the O.M.E. Club, the Patton Club, the Rod and Gun Auxiliary, the Opti-Mrs. Club of Pilgrim Church. Miss Barbara Long announces 1 the following program: Music will be provided by George Wheeler, the Hinton Chor us, Mr. Leroy Gude, Cherry Curry, well-known pianist; by Art Break field, promising young singer. Special music will be rendered by little John Smith, and our singing Troubador will be John M i c k e ns. Also, Miss Joyce Abrams, promising young soprano will be here. All members and friends of the YWCA are wel come,—men and women, boys and girls, all are welcome. “MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT THE FRIENDLY CORNER ON SUN DAY EVENING.” Cries of non-partisanship were being heard louder than usual from the Urban League as pot shots were being taken at both local and national organizations. First rumblings came from un identified members of the local board who did not look too kindly on the Urban League of Greater New York honoring Senator Her bert H. Lehman, as “the conscience of the Senate and the nation in the fight for full equality of op portunity for all Americans.” Ready to stand and be counted, however, was Atty. Joseph A. Bailey, Republican designee for Congress in the 16th C. D. IN A PUBLIC statement, Mr. Bailey asserted, “As one close! interested in the supposedly not partisan efforts of the Urban League of Greater New York, I wish to protest the fact that the League directors see fit at this time to create a special award for Senator Herbert H. Leman who is expected to be Democrat-Liberal candidate for re-election. “I know that some leaders of the Urban League are strongly opposed to making this political award and to allowing their or ganization to be used for political purposes. But I know also that because of their positions they do not wish to make a public state ment at this time.” Further fuel was added with the announcement Thursday that Rob ert W. Dowling, president of the National Urban League, had form ed a business men’s committee to promote Governor Averell Harri man’s nomination for President. The committee is expected to have a membership of 100 or more, representing business interests of the country. Mr. Dowling said that he waa pleased with the Governor’s ef forts to stamp out segregation in government-aided housing and in Powell Says Negro Colleges Should Be Integrated Now Washington, D. C. (CNS) Rep. Adam Clayton Powell made the statement this week that Negro schools would have to become in tegrated immediately if Negroes as a whole wanted the white schools opened up to them. Powell’s comment followed his latest run-in. He had been asked to pose with Maxine Perryman, a student at Mississippi Vocational School, who represented this year’s Miss Cotton from the Memphis, Tenn. set-up. Powell refused and was rebuked by letter from Dr. J. H. White, president of the Mississippi school who said: “There will always be a need for all Negro institutions.” To this Powell answered: “In an integrating society, the Negro cannot ask that which he is not willing to give.” Miller Awarded Fellowship .. ,l, FORD ELLOW—Wentworth E. Miller, assistant professor of political science at Florida A and M University, has been granted a Ford Foundation Fellowship for African Studies which becomes! effective in September. He has also been granted a similar fel lowship by Boston University. (A and M staff photo by C- J. Smith, IE)