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A large-scale cattle feeder near Wisner did something un
usual last week. He had a huge circular silo filled with feed and
needed some manner of pushing the ensilage over to the feeding
chute. He bought a small tractor, hired a huge crane and hoisted
the tractor to the top of the silo where it was deposited on top of
the ensilage. It will work it’s own way down as the feed is used
up. The West Point Republican showed a picture of the tractor
on its way to the top.
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Work has stopped on the new school being built at Papillion
because of a shortage of steel. The shortage is blamed upon the
steel strike. Lack of steel door and window frames are current
ly holding up the work.
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Bank deposits in Cedar County (Hartington) total over
$9 million, the Cedar County News has revealed. That’s over
$2 million more than there is in the banks of Washington County.
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The employees of the Goodall Electric Co. of Ogallala who
were forced into a vote relative to joining the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, rejected the union by a vote
of 382 to 127 the Keith County News has revealed. Goodall has
long been known for its high pay and top-ranking employer-em
ployee relationships and the effect of the union to establish itself
there was readily rebuffed by workers who realized they were
already well treated.
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The County-operated hospital at Chadron is experiencing
some difficulties on collections, the Chadron Record has revealed.
In five years time the hospital has accumulated uncollected debts
of $15,127 and *an effort is being made to get these collected.
The Oakland Independent told a story last week which we
don’t contest-but find it hard to conceive. A couple from there
went fishing in Canada and found the big Northerns biting excep
tionally well. The Independent showed a picture of the fishermen
with a 44-inch Northern which weighed 24 pounds. The 8 and 10
pounders were so plentiful they were just thrown back into the
lake, the news item said. Yes indeed! Fishing MUST have been
good.
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Thurston county is having trouble with the Crime Rate among
the Indians on the reservation. Costs of law enforcement and
prosecution among the Indian tribes has reached a new high, the
Pender Times has stated and the newspaper is urging its readers
to write Washington and other high places in an, effort to get more
law enforcement money made available for the area.
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Home building is booming in South Sioux City, the Dakota
County Star has revealed. 32 homes have been built in the town
since January, the paper stated last week. The free bridge across
the river has done much to attract Sioux City workers to the area
to live, it is believed. ., _»
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At Pawnee City the merchants have formed a company and
have purchased the Pawnee Theatre which recently closed. The
newly-formed organization hopes to operate the show on a co
operative basis, hiring a manager and keeping the show going
as a drawing card to town. $100 shares are being sold in the
company, the Pawnee Republcian stated.
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Work of building a surfaced highway west from the Decatur
Bridge to connect with Highway 20 which comes through Norfolk,
has been started, the Onawa Democrat reported last week. The
new all-weather route would tap the traffic from the northern
part of the state and furnish a fast, direct route into Omaha.
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Authorities at Ogallala are trying to solve the motive and
source of a quantity of dynamite recently found cached in an old
unused car in a weed patch. The dynamite, plus a quantity of
wired caps were discovered by a man who was seeking a used
part off the car. Police moved the explosives to a powder maga
zine and are now seeking the owners.
_I
ySummertime Is Picnic Time
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SUMMERTIME IS PICNIC TIME. Family picnics are fun, but
there are times when the small fry like to go off on junkets of
their own. Whether it is an outing with a best friend or just a
walk alone through country meadows, youngsters love the feel
ing of independence a solo trip gives them. .
This feeling of independence can be fostered, too. by letting
the kids make their own picnic lunches. A handy can of inex
pensive, high protein sardines from Maine provides a hearty
sandwich which the youngster can make herself. The keyless
Iquarter can opens easily and smoothly and there is no danger
■of cutting little fingers. The young chef can add sliced hard
cooked eggs or cheese if she wishes, or just a dab of mayonnaise.
An apple, a handful of cookies, and the simDle meal is complete.
Gets Expert Assistance
Georgia Clark, a Florida A and M
University coed from Fort Laud
erdale, receives some expert ad
vice in the art of marble shooting
from Walter Brooks, New Jersey
state champion, and quarter fi
nalist in the national meet which 1
was held in Tallahassee recently
Looking on is James Newbon
(left, of Bloomington, Indiana,
the Indiana champ, and James
Thorn of Tallahassee, the Florida
champion. (A and M staff photo
by'C. J. Smith, HI)
Witnesses
Meet Here
August 2-5
A veritable volunteer “army”]
of Jehovah’s Witnesses will as
sure pleasant surroundings and
accommodations for all mem
bers of the group when it meets
at Civic Auditorium, August 2
to 5. o
“Volunteers with experience in
a particular phase of activity are
assigned to specific duties”, said
John H. McLaughlin, Convention
Chairman. McLaughlin, also a
volunteer, has taken two weeks
off from his duties as president
of a construction corporation in
Lincoln, to aid in making the
convention a success. Witnesses
volunteering their services are
screened through a Volunteer !
Service Department, headed by
Robert Badertscher, 3311 Charles
St., Omaha.” “More than 6,000
hours of free time have already)
been devoted by witnesses seek-.
ing rooming accommodations, as •
well as by office personnel hand
ling the many details,” said Bad
ertscher.
McLaughlin was lavish in his
expression of thanks to the color
ed residents of Omaha, who have
opened their doors to incoming
delegates. “It appears as of now
that we have ample room for thei
arrival of our colored brothers
from out of town”, he said.
Eugene R. Smerchek, Man
hattan, Kansas, is in charge of
cafeteria to be set up in the audi
torium. He has handled similar
conventions in Seattle, Washing
ton and other cities in the
Northwest. He announced that
he will devote the coming week
to purchasing of foodstuffs, pas
tries, and refreshments. More
than one-half ton of chicken will
be on his grocery ^>st.
Serving trays, * cutlery and
other equipment will be shipped
in from various depots in Dubu
que, Denison and Newton, Iowa:
Kansas City and Mexico, Mis
souri: Topeka, Kansas: Sioux
Falls, South Dakota and Lincoln,
Nebraska.
Paul Anderson, 2006 No. 69th
St., Omaha, is in charge of In
stallation and Engineering. He
will work with engineers of
Civic Auditorium in setting up
the stoves, walk-in coolers and ’
500 hundred feet of tables to be;
used in the cafeteria.
Another volunteer witne s s j
from Omaha, Roy Johnson, 1713 (
Monroe, has charge of convert
ing the boxing ring in a setting;
more in harmony with the Chris-(
tian Assembly. He has an-j
nounced that the addition of j
wings at either end of the ring
will compliment the speakers’
platform. A scenic back-drop,
aporopriate to the theme of the
convention, “Christian Enjoy
Peaceful Living Now and For
ever”, is being constructed.
Albert Proudfit, 6787 Emmett,
Omaha, is donating his talents in
the field of draftsmanship to the
creating of signs. He stated that
160 signs will be displayed atop
cars throughout the metropolitan
area. Another 300 cards will be
used in buses traveling in the 0
maha-Council Bluffs-Ralston area.
“Past experience at similar
conventions has proved the love
and consideration the witnesses
have for each other”, said Mc
Laughlin. “And we are all de
lighted to be able to make our
brothers comfortable.”
Robert W. Wallen, former O
mahan, now affilliated with the
Watchtower Bible and Tract So
ciety, is the featured speaker. His
discourse, “Why Permanent
Peace will Come in our Day”
will be delivered Sunday, Aug
ust 5, at 3:00 P.M.
Leadership
School In
Kentucky
Frankfort, Ky. — Negro and
white women from Illinois, Indi
ana, Ohio, Michigan and Kentucky
attended the Lincoln Leadership
Training School of Christian Ser
vice here at Kentucky State Col
lege, July 1-7. This leadership
training project was sponsored
by the Woman’s Society of Chris
tian Service and the Wesleyan
Service Guilds of the Kentucky
and Louisville Conferences of
the Southeastern (white) Jurisdic
tion and the Lexington Confer
ence of the Central (Negro) Juris,
diction of The Methodist Church.
“Using Channels and Resources
for Understanding Our World’’
was the theirs of a ark .hop con
ducted by M Marg ret Bender,
New York: fit ;i Miss Eva
Shipstone, a i la, thr» Isa
bella Thoburu t liege Lucknow,
India.
A second v sh -p wag held
on an integrated b k for young
people under the ^ -ship of
Mrs. Nettie Alice O' ■ •• .nd Mrs.
Ward Rees, MillerijSh*;, *?'y.
Instructors for tie fee ait cour
ses included Mrs. J .nes H.
Touchstone, Chicago, fill.; Mrs.
Earl Douglass, Cass City, Mich.;
Miss Theresa Hoover J New York
City; Miss Sallie Lou McKinnon,
Nashville, Term., gad Miss Ola
Lee Barnett, Ashe'iHe, N. C.
Mrs. G. W. Hammel, Madison- j
Loretta Young Chooses Werle's Creation
Of Cup O' Gold Eyelet Organza
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LORETTA YOUNG, star of NBC-TV’s “Loretta Young Show.”
wears a Werle govern designed especially for her weekly Sun
day night program. The Cup O' Gold linen top has a stand
away portrait neckline and is trimmed with large, blacket velvet
buttons. The yellow eyelet organza skirt, with black velvet
belt, is extremely full to allow for Miss Young's famous whirling
entrance at the opening of her half-hour TV stanza (ANS)
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ville, Ky., was the dean and Mrs.
W. H. McCallum, Detroit, was the
associate dean of the school.
Crafts were taught by Mrs. W. B.
Owsley, Morehead, Ky., and Miss
Grace Thatcher, Madisonville, Ky.
Pastor
Asks For
Negro Aide
By Samuel P. Perry Jr.
BOSTON, Mass. — (ANP)—The
Rev. Clayton Brooks Hale, who
last week submitted his resigna
tion from the Second Unitarian
church, following a furor among
church members when he request
ed that a qualified Negro be ap
pointed assistant minister, said
that he made the proposal be
cause he was “confident beyond a
doubt” that his congregation was
ready for such a stepu
So far, the churd^ staudk,?
committee has dec''me a to accept
the resignation which was to be
effective July 31, 1957. Rather, a
special committee has been ap
pointed to stud} the matter dur
ing the summer and then to con
fer with Dr. Kale.
It has been reliably learned
that the majority of the standing j
committee acceded to Rev. Hale’s
request for a qualified Negro.
This fact notwithstanding, there,
were “indications of resignation
threats” and “harsh words.”
For his part, Rev. Hale revealed
in the ctuirch calendar his view
point:
I would not have made such a
proposal if I had not been con
fident beyond a doubt of this
congregation’s readiness to put1
their Christian convictions into
practice.
“That I misjudged my people
ha i become too obvious to ignore j
for it is not easy to lose one’s j
f’iends no matter how justifiable
may seem the cause.”
“After the letters came in con- ]
taining the resignation threats,
both material and administrative,
after the harsh words were spoken
by people I have grown to love
quite sincerely, after the most
gratifying and encouraging letters
flooded my mail, after the Stand
ing Committee favorably passed
my proposal, I escaped to Deer
Meadows (his Maine Summer
home) for a period of introspec
tion and self-analysis.”
After retreating to Maine, Rev. i
Hale reached the decision not to
appoint a Negro as minister to j
students, even though 70 per
cent of his congregation and the |
Standing Committee, controlling
body of the church, were in favor
of his proposal.
“I could never subject him,” he
explained further, “to the heart- i
breaking experience which has
been mine.”
He chose the 1957 date as the j
time of resignation because the
“advance date” would give both
the congregation and him “op
portunity for another year of j
thinking and working together,”
as well as to ascertain if “either
the minister or people have un
justifiably wronged each other.”
Rev. Hale's church was found
ed in 1649 and he is its 20th
minister. ^ ^
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CHALLENGE VALIDITY OF
UNION PACIFIC COOKS
CONTRACT -
The tactics of “Divide and
Rule” which have been denied
but continued by the Union Pa
cific Railroad and its conspira
tors, some officials of the Cooks
Union Local No. 372 since the
writing of the 1935 contract. As
a result of the Bread and the
Meat status of the Negro cooks
has been sorely affected. This
condition has continued to grow
and has now reached formidable
proportions which can4>t$y be de
tcc/jgd through it? subtle' opera
tion. Op<* reading the contract
without analyzation could never
discover the vicious under cur
rents through which these men
are only permitted to work a few
months a year thus remaining
unemployed and unable to meet
their obligations the rest of the
year.
The “Gimmick” in the contract
is the alphabetic system whch is
outmoded and has been discon
tinued by all Railroads except the
Union Pacific. This system is a
vicious destructive practice of
rank discrimination. This prac
tice of years standing has re
mained intact and uninterrupted
only by suits filed in his and
others similarly situated in be
half of Thomas E. Hayes.
However, the Company Officials
have done their work well in co
operation with the officers of
Local No. 372 by threatening co
ercing and misleading their
frightened, uninformed victims
which prevented them from act
ing and fighting for the rights
rightfully theirs through their
own labor. They have been
lulled into silence and apathy
through the company officials
and opportunities which are
lullaby of threats to run them off
the road if they joined Hayes in
suing the company for their in
alienable civil rights to work ar.d
be treated equally as employees.
These foolish victims though con
tinued to be without job security
and seniority while their younger i
white co-workers continued to ;
work and accumulate more sen
iority.
After seeing their plight d |
that they have nothing on which 1
they can depend for support and |
happiness for their families, >ome
courageous ones are joining with
Thomas E. Hayes in filing suit
against the Union Paei-ic to
challenge the validity if the
existing working agreer-ent.
Seein' Stars
By Delores Calvin
New York . . (CNS) . . STARS
1 CRN WRITERS: Both Billie Hol
iday and Eartha Kitt have their
lives out before the public in
print. Billie’s has already arrived
via the popular book firm,
Doubleday and Co. and called:
“Lady Sings the Blues.” It has
solid impact, a certain quality of
absolute honesty about her whole
past so that it’s sure to be a best
seller. In fact, Lady Day may be
able to retire on the earnings
from this likely winner, which is
being talked about for movies.
E a r t h a’s biog, “Thursday’s
Child” is a bit behind—for it’s
not due until October. It's com
ing from the firm, Duel, Sloan
and Pearce. Maybe not as color
ful as Billie’s, still the advance
notices say it’s very, very inter
esting. With the stars turning
to writing, they have hit on a very
good additional income possibili
ty.
Nat King Cole doing standing
room only at the Sands in Las
Yegas. He’s top billing at the
night spot and handles it so . .
Pearlie Mae Bailey doing some
clever advertising for “That Un
certain Feeling” which co-stars
her for Paramount. Pearlie Mae’s
proving she’s big time for the
movies, which could certainly use
her in its battle against TB.
Maurice Rocco is a name crop
ping up in the news these days.
Maurice has been an astonishing
pianist back in the ’40s. That
playing the piano while standing
up act sought of wore thin and
his popularity waned. We see
now he’s on a few fairly good
dates so that this could be the
beginning of something interest
ing.
Eartha Kitt reported not as
good as could be in Glasgow,
Scotland. The star seems not to
be so fitted for this vaudeville
excursion. Prices were raised
for her appearance so that it’s
a little disappointing for her not
t'i catch afire as was expected.
Eartha’s far from laying an egg.
Just a bit tired from her London
■•rpearance. . . Meanwhile, she’;
heading on to Sweden for a month
of engagements. ,
Billy Shaw’s death has not stop
pod his agency, which makes
most of its money from Negro
talent. Shaw’s son, widow and
other members of the family plan
t carry on. Their biggest client
is Dizzy Gillespie-now a hot item
- along with a string of minor
names as fill-ins.
New youngster, Richard Wil
son, has already cut sides for
Columbia records. He’s about to
get the build-up treatment. Dor
othy Donegan was rushed into
tb* “Blue Note” in Chicago when
Ri iard Powell and Clifford
r*>wn were killed in an auto ae
cVimt on their way to the Chicago
d, e. .
Muriel Smith left for Washing
ton, D. C. to do the revived ver
i«i n of “Carmen Jones” on tour.
Mi riel’s planning to return to
Europe just as soon as she can
got back.
hye Warns
Independent
As chr>maa of the Douglas
County Ri publican Organization j
I wish to ake note of last Sun
day’s newspaper article to the
effect th't some Republicans are
considering an Independent Can
didate t)r Congress.
The ight to run as an Inde
pendent is, of course, the same
as the right to run as a Republi
can or Democrat. But when
such persons have been closely
iden ified previously with the
Rejviblican or Democrat Party
the consequences of running as
ar Independent or campaigning
i<: an Independent may not be
v hat they expect.
Experience has indicated that
an Independent Candidate is us !
ually unsuccessful and by taking
votes from his former Party’s'
Nominee he often succeeds in
electing the Candidate of the
very party whose principle he
has sworn to defeat.
Here in Douglas County the
backbone of our campaign or
ganization is the Ward Chairman
and the many volunteer workers
who co-operate with them. The
Ward Chairmen represent a
cross section of Republican op
inion. Before the Primary, as
is entirely normal they were
divided in their opinion of the
candidates. Since the Primary
Election, however, they have be
gun the work of organizing their
Wards with the same spirit and
determination as in other elec
tion years, and—this I want to
make perfectly clear—are solidly
behind Glenn Cunningham and
all other Republican nominees
on the November ballot.
Charles A. Nye, Chairman
Douglas County Republican
Central Committee
Letters to
the Editor
Following is a letter received
this week from the Inter-Civic
Council, Incorporated, Tallahas
see, Florida.
July 20, 1956
Dear Editor:
Our City Transit System on
June 30, 1956 committed suicide,
this we lament if it is really dead.
We are profoundly positive that
there is nothing wrong with our
bus system that a good dose of
DECENCY, CHRISTIAN LOVE
and REAL DEMOCRACY will not
cure.
Seventy percent of the cities
bus riders were Negroes. We have
suffered chronic humiliation at
the hand of bus drivers and local
segregation statutes. Our collec
tive cups of humiliation were
forced to overflow on May 25.
We did not seek to destroy the
bus system, we simply sought
justice, this was flatly denied us.
We must now provide transpor
tation for our people. We plan
to use 9-10 station wagons (four
door), full time drivers, a full
time secretary and combination
maintenance-dispatchers.
We hope that our efforts have
been enlightening to our brothers
in other areas of oppression. If
you are able to favor us through
efforts (individually or collective
ly) that will aid us financially,
you may rest assured that your
least effort will be highly appre
ciated. We must contnue to pro
vide or set up permanent trans
portation for our people. This
done we must prepare for a long
legal battle to make our victory
complete.
Sincerely yours,
THE INTER-CIVIC COUNCIL INC.
President
M. C. WILLIAMS, D. D. S.
Secretary
HARRIMAN TO RECONSIDER
SENDING MAN TO ALA.
NEW YORK. — (ANP) — Gov.
Averell Harriman, who has signed
extradition warrants for three Ne
gro chain gang fugitives that he
would reconsider his decision to
send Clarence Crenshaw, 42, back
to the Alabama road gang on
which he had been serving a life
term for the murder of a white
man.
The governor directed his coun
sel, Daniel Gutman, to hold a
hearing here Wednesday on Cren
shaw’s petition that Harriman
withdraw his signature from a
warrant he signed January 16.
After he was picked up here by
the FBI last December, Cren
shaw, who had spent nearly 24
years on the road gang, protested
that he would be killed as “a Ne
gro who killed a white man" and
then escaped.
Crenshaw was convicted at 18
of killing a white man who was
beating Crenshaw’s 9-yesr-o 1 d
brother. *
The city CIO Industrial Union
council and other labor and civil
rights groups had appealed to the
governor to withdraw his extradi
tion order.
Harriman’s office said that
Wednesday’s hearing had been
requested by Edwin W. Tucker ot
Brooklyn, Crenshaw’s attorney,
and by “others interested in the
case.”
The statement also said that an
unnamed New York resident had
asked Alabama Governor Folsorr.
to drop the extradition and that
Folsom’s legal advisor, Frank E.
Long, had replied that “Harriman
was in better position to investi
gate and reach conclusions con
cerning Crenshaw.
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