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' ii KSI&l I ii SS&JEJSJKU ii ; !W Ph“ne Your New8”r ii ii Elease Phone Your News T. !! • ii or^ndTta !i « JUT* ii • THE OMAHA GUIDE ii ii THE O^HA GmDE :; 2420 Grant St t 2420 Grant St J , tttttttttttti 1 ttttumi « ,1 ++++++++*++*++**+++*++*****+*++* L£ - - !'" '■■ ■ - 11 , J.M" . —. II ...I — ..I ... '■ — I. ■ ...I— ... . .'■■a. I." _ .'LU!J—----- - ■"'!-- "" Vol. 37 No. 44 Friday, January ll, 1957 l'Oc Per Copy _ __ ____ __ Business Activity Strong In Omaha During Year '56 (Note: The following report con cerning Omaha business activity during 1956 is based on informa tion furnished by the Business Research Bureau of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce, directed by Wilbur F. Limpp.) Business activity in Omaha during 1956 held strong in the total picture, despite adverse fac tors in certain areas and "compe tition” with record-breaking 1950. In those areas where slight de clines were noted as the books closed on 1956, the changes are attributable to drought conditions in the four-state area of which Omaha is the hub, and which re flected a lesser farm income in the past months. For example, the value of man ufactured products in Omaha is reported down 1.9 percent as com pared to last year—but up 160.7 percent over 1946 in a ten-year comparison. This business indicator includes livestock received and processed. The decline, although offset sub stantially by other manufacturing in Omaha, shows the effect of fewer livestock receipts here and the lower market price that pre vailed. Despite these factors, reports from authorities on the livestock market indicate that Omaha will continue as the “World’s Largest Livestock Market and Meat Pack ing Center,’’ leading again over Chicago. Grain receipts and shipments no longer are considered depend able economic indices because government storage of grain in rural areas has changed substan tially the pattern of shipment ■>-. from the producer to the consum er. • The number of livestock ship ped, although recorded as a ir .nus in the Chamber of Commerce re port, actually is an asset to the community because that in itself shows more handling and pro cessing locally, rather than mere ly shipping the livestock through to other markets. In other areas of business ac tivity, substantial gains are re ported for the year. Building permits, while com piled on a different basis in 1956 and therefore lending themselves to no direct comparison, show that residential construction remained at a very high level throughout 1956, and set new records in non residentlal construction. Contrary to the national trend of a nearly four percent increase in retail sales, consumer buying decreased some 2»/j percent in Omaha—reflecting again the less favorable crop conditions and prices in agriculture in the mid west. Wholesale sales increased 4Va percent over 1955, giving evidence to Omaha's continually growing importance as a distribution cen ter, and the establishment here | oi sun more nrms engaged in | wholesale business activity. Completing the picture of Omaha business activity in 1936 are a number of other basic eco romic indices—all of them show ing strong gains that offset those! declines already pointed out. For example, bank clearings and bank debits, up 1.7 percent and .9 percent respectively, over record-breaking 1955, are proof of a continuing healthy local eco nomy. The increase in postal receipts (up .6 percent) and electricity pro duced (a gain of 7.9 percent) also lend firm support to the local economy. Businessmen in Omaha, looking to recent years, recognize that . activity here in 1956 continued strong and steady in the total pic- i ture; and although the year 1956 set no sharp gains as did 1955, continued progress for our com 1 inunity was well-established by the record of the past 12 months. 1 - A man usually leads with his chin when his mouth is wide open. Seems to me that dieting is a thing of mind over platter! Always begin somewhere. You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do. Life is ten per cent what you make it and ninety per cent how you take it. The wise man meets a marital crisis with a firm hand—full of candy or flowers. t j — * Giants Sign New Pitcher Oxford, Ohio—(CNS)—The New York Giants acquired a new Ne gro right hand pitcher in 21 year old Chester Preyar. Preyar, or iginally of Mobile, Ala., says he signed for a $500. bonus with $500 more to come if he stays 30 days with the Giants' Class B team at Danville, Va. He’s to report to Danville after graduation in June. Activities Scheduled At Kellom Sports: Open Basketball Tournament I Kellom will be the scene of the Fourth Annual City wide basket-! ball tournament on January 2, 3., A 4. Finals start Friday January I 4, 1957 at 2:00 P.M. Club News Senior Citizens will meet at Kel lom Friday, January 4, 1957 at 6:30 P.M. to 9:30 P.M Senior Citizens also work two days each week on hobbies, in their new club room on Charles Street. Boys' B B Gun Club: Will meet at their regular time Wednesday January 2, 1957 from 7:00 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. Youth Council: Mondays 7:30 to 9:30 P.M. Tap dancing Saturday January 5, 1957 starting at 9:00 A.M. - Clubs: The Junior Hoppers 3:30 to 5:3o P.M. each Wednesday. Tho Rock a Bop Social Club Will meet January 9,*’1957 Horn 8 :00 to 9:30 P.M. Tha Junior Hepstors: Will meet at their regular lime Monday January 6th, 1957. For additional information call Ja. 1116.' The Center will return to its regular schedule January 7, 1957. Miami Bus Segregation A Surprise MIAMI, Fla., —fCNSV—The City of Miami was completely surprised by Federal Judge Emett, Choate's ruling that its bus seg regation laws and those of the entire State were unconstitution al. For the ruling came during what is ordinarily pre-hearing maneuvering in such cases. Even the NAACP Attorney, G. E. Graves was surprised by the ruling. He went to court thinking the “judge was going to convene a three-judge court and have us go to trial." Mr. Graves was j bringing his case for four women who complained that their con l stitutional rights were violated when they were told to move to the rear last October. Negroes continued to ride in the back on the buses, while the white folks sat in the front. Ethel Waters Is In Debt For Taxes Chicago—After 41 years in show business and grossing well over a million dollars, Ethel Waters is heavily in debt to the U. S Government for back taxes. In 1936 all of her engagements to gether added up to only nine weeks, “not enough to make me eligible to receive unemployment compensation,” she says in Feb ruary EBONY. For the last two years her earnings have been low enough to entitle her to tax re funds which she had to re-indorse back to the Federal government in payment of tax arrears. All of her royalties from her best-selling autobiography, His Eye Is On The Sparrow, were also Collected by the Internal Revenue Bureau.|, Her ten-room home in Los An-, geles, which is shackled by U. S. i tax liens, is being rented out as a school for handicapped children. I, RED CROSS VOLUNTEER Mrs. Dorothy Allio, chairman of the motor corps of the Somor villo-Raritan Chapter, Somorvtlle, N. J., stops to chat with a refugee family as she prepares to un load supplies from chapter wagon at the Army reception Center Mrs. Allio, a volunteer for six years, gives one free day a week to the Red Cross. She s a widow and lives with her two sons in Somorvjllc. (ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS PHOTO) Southern School Bonds Go Begging NEW YORK. January 3.—Some southern states are complaining about the lack of buyers for school bonds to finance segrega ted schools, according to news paper articles and editorials from the South received at NAACP headquarters here. Gov. Leroy Collins of Florida Is so perturbed about the school bond situation that he has written an 800-word letter to President Eisenhower asking the federal government to purchase Florida's state school bonds. In his letter Gov. Collins said conditions ‘are making it diffi cult, unfeasible or impossible for states and local units of govern ment to market bonds for the fi nancing of vitally-needed public improvements.” Judge Rules Jim Crow Bus Law Invalid MIAMI, January 3.— The Flor ida state law requiring racial segregation on local buses is un constitutional, United States Dis trict Judge Emmet C. Choate de clared in an oral opinion banded down here today. The federal judge ruled in a case brought jointly by the Dade County Coun cil of NAACP Branches and the Florida State Conference of NAACP Branches. Immediately following the de cision, G. E. Graves, the attorney who filed the case for the NAACP, announced that he would return to the court to file papers for an injunction restraining the State of Florida from enforcing Jim Crow on the buses. SCEF Asks Meaning to Freedom Vice President Nixon has been asked to help restore majority rule in the Senate and so help “make freedom more meaningful in Alabama, Mississippi, and Loui siana.” Aubrey W. Williams, president of The Southern Conference Ed ucational Fund, Inc., in a tele gram to Vice President Nixon on December 28th expressed the ap precitation of the Educational Fund for the posters affirming the rigni oi an rtinencaiis iu juu» | without discrimination because of religion, color or national ori gin which appeared on all U. S. mail trucks in southern and other cities. "We look forward” said Mr. Williams “to the day when this ideal of fair employment prac tices is written into law as a standard of nations' morality." “Passage by the 85th Congress of such a law,” the telegram con tinued, “and of all civil rights legislation, including protection of the right to vote, will depend largely upon your ruling as to whether or not the Senate can change its rules especially rule 22 on cloture. "At a time when, our country is so deeply concerned, and right fully so, about freedom in Hun- j gary, and the Near East, we urge you to use the prestige and power of your high office to help make freedom meaningful in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. On behalf of the Silent South now without representation in Con gress we appeal to you by your ruling to help restore majority rule in the Senate.” Ignorance is so hard to conceal because peonle always try to hide it in a public place. .— ^• .• ■naa—iitoWi Teen News BY WEAD Hello cool ones, I hope every one had a swinging time during the holidays. I better get started to catch up on some of the latest gossip and stuff. I see lots of new bracelets, sweaters, shirts, rings and things flashing around. Santa was real good to you huh? 1 have had an urgent request to tell the happenings out at (West Dodge Hi) O. U. First, I would like to congratulate the newly weds, Nadiene and Kenneth, and Bonnie and Jimmy. Good luck, ft seems Charlene J. will be next on the list, she found a ring in her stocking Christmas. S. Kirsy, N. Mittchel and J. Collins had a certain interest in the N.A.I.A. tip-off tournament. What could O. U. be like without Mr. Cool Brooks, changing the slang around “All that’s good to ‘‘All that’s well and giving lectures in the lounge, Janice C. not losing her voice, Janice M. not borrowing rennies, W. Bowman walking • I down the halls, and no one borrowing cigarettes. Well, later for the college gang and on with the teenagers. Let’s start with Margaret M. sending a certain guy a get-well card. Pat A. still hanging on to B. D. It must be nice. Irene C. does every one know of your new flame, A. Horne? Alyce Me. how was the show "Rock Pretty Baby” especi ally with V .W.? C. Fowler I don’t see you and T. Davis much any more, what’s happening? I see Joye J. and A1 still making it tight, Sam W. I heard you went steady only 2 days, what kind of love is that? Well kiddies and kats I'm go ing to Shove off, On my word of honor, because I want you to Re turn to me, ha, ha. I’m getting Spring Fever. PERSONALITY FACTS OF THE JVEEK Best Dressed Girls: Helen P., Joy J., Alice Me., and Gwen S. Best Dressed Boys: Gene R.. James B., Dennis F., and Harvey R. i Best Girl Sport Players: V. Johnson, II. Curry, E. Hobson, and M. King. Best Boy Sport Players: Gene R„ E. Owens, and Art B. Best Couples: Ruth and Jim, and Leta and Otis. Cutest Couples: Willie F. and Leon. Mixed up Couples: Violodora and Kenneth. Crazee: Marvia B. Crazier: Violodora J. Craziest: Wellie F. Tuff Girls: The Mad Mademo selles. C-U next week friends. — Charles Johnson Mr. Charles Johnson, 65 years, 929Vi North 26th Street, passed away Monday evening January ! 7th at a local hospital. Mr. Johnson had been a resi dent of Omaha for over twenty five years. He is survived by a sister, Mrs. Lovie French, Foreman, Arkan sas, nephew, Mr, Otis French,! Akron, Ohio, two nieces, Mrs.: Louise Fitzgerald, Omaha, Mrs. Myrtle Beaver, Akron, Ohio and rlher relatives. The body is at the Thomas Funeral Home pend ing arrangeents. Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back. DELTA SIGMA THETA OF FICIALS. headed by national ’resident Dorothy I. Height of Vew York City (seated fourth rom left, center row,) pose for ■ameraman at the sorority’s 24th tationl convention held in De roit, Michigan, during the reeent holiday season. More than ,000 delegates from 30,000 states i and the Republic of Haiti attend-* ed the session, centeered on the (heme: Releasing the Delta Po tential: For Leadership, For Leadership, For Comm unity Service and For Personal Growth.” Speakers included Dr. Martin Luther King of Montgom ery, Alabama, president of the Montgomery Improvement Asso ciation on which spearheaded the successful boycott against segre gated buses; Dr. Bleuu Gallagher, president of the College of the City of New York; and Mrs. M. j E. Tilly and Mrs. Sadie T. M. Alexander, the two women mem bers of President Truman’s Corn- j mittee on Civil Rights. (ASSOCI ATED NEGRO PRESS PHOTO) j; Filibuster Show Down Is Certain The United States Senate is facing a real show-down on the old question of filibustering When Congress opens this week a bi partisan group led by Senators Douglas. Humphrey, Ives, and Clark will make a bold bid to change the Senate rules. They are aiming especially at an inter pretation of the rules which in effect requires unanimous con sent to change them. But their ultimate objective is to curb filibusters and clear a path for civil-rights legislation. It would be well if the civil rights controversy were not al lowed to confuse the issue over filibusters. For this issue con cerns the larger and continuing question as to whether a small minority should be able to veto indefinitely congressional action on any subject. Opinions may differ as to the purposes for which filibusters have been used; j many who have opposed their use at one time have favored it at i another. The best arguments for it are i that it provides a last-ditch safe guard of the rights of a minority and that on some questions the intensity of minority feeling to be given extra weight. There may be wisdom in such reasoning. But the civil-rights issue raises a further question, for here the filibuster has been used to deny the rights of a minority within a minority. Theoreticaly and historically the filibuster looks like a poor adjunct of effective representa tive government. It is not really a safeguard of free speech, but rather an abuse of speech. Often j it is a doling of words which | makes speech meaningless and frustrates democratic action. His tory attributes most of the weak ness which permitted the repeat ed partitioning of Poland to rules that blocked action by its Parlia ment. The Senate’s cloture rule— requiring 64 affirmative votes— is not so stringent, but the pro vision barring any closing of de bate on a change of rules does permit a veto by one member. If the filibuster were generally used, it would not be tolerated. If it were frequently used against those who favor it most, they may lose their taste for it. We do not; recommend a resort to such ex-1 treme measures. But those whoj defend the filibuster should think I twice about the extremes to wmcn 5 they may be tempted. At the j very least they ought to concede that the Senate rules should not be frozen until unanimous con sent is obtained to amend them. The senators proposing a change will make their move in the first minutes of the 85th Congress. They contend that at that moment the Senate, like the House, can adopt a new set of rules by a simple majority vote. Their op ponents argue that the Senate is a “continuing body” because two thirds of its members carry over. The advocates of change declare the legislation and appointments \ before the Senate expire with! each congressional session and have to be renewed, hey point out 1 also that new embers should have some effective voice in the rules that govern them. Indeed, they contend that even if the Senate be considered a sontinuing body, 1 that does not deprive it of the I right granted by the Constitution to “determine the Rules of its! Proceedings.” Let us recognize that checks on impulsive majority action may; he wise and useful. But nothing in the American constitutional system favors a perpetual frustra-l tion of the established purpose of the people. Sooner or later pro-} cedures which permit such frus trations must be modified. Dorothy Brown Mrs. Dorothy May Brown, agei 12 years, of 633 Hamilton Street j expired Saturday January 5, 1957 ( it a local hospital. She was an Omaha resident for ibout 8 years and a member of it. John Baptist Church for the I Lloyd J. Pryor Lloyd J. Pryor, 26 years, of 3508 Burdette Street, died Friday night January 4th in a Kansas; City, Missouri Hospital of injuries 1 suffered in an automobile accident j near Marceline, Missouri while returning home from St. Louis, Missouri.' Mr. Pryor had been a resident of Omaha all of his life. He was a veteran of World War Two, a 1 trusted employee of Bozell and Jacobs Advertising Agency and a faithful member of the Morning Star Baptist Church. He is survived by his father, Mr. William A. Pryor, Omaha, 1 son, Lloyd J. Jr., daughter, Holli, Pryor, of Omaha; brother, Mr. Robert (Ira) Jackson, Ada, Okla homa, sister, Mrs. Evelyn Scales, St. Louis, Missouri, and other rela tives. Funeral services were held 10:30 Tuesday morning from Morning Star Baptist Church with the Rev. Z. W. Williams officia- j ting, assisted by Rev. J. C. Wade, ■ Rev. J. W. May, Rev. H. W. Fitch., Honorary bearers, Mr. Kinnie Fairchild, Marion Sweet, James Wilson, Warren Agee, active j bearers. Jack Camper, Richard Beasley, Frank Nelson, Richard Longmier, Jesse Nolan, Joseph Berounsky. Interment was at Forest Lawn Cemetery with ar rangements by the Thomas Fun eral Home. Committee of 10 To Probe NAACP Richmond, Vo<—(CNS)—A ten | man legislative committee has ’ been appointed to investigate | namely the N \ACP—and any other organization which promotes j testing Jim Crow laws in Virginia. The committee which will hold its first meeting in 10 days, was j authorized by a special session of | the General Assembly, is com- j posed of all strong segregation-1 ists. It has the power to invest!-1 gate the activities of corporations, I organizations, associations “which' seek to influence, encourage or promote litigation relation to racial activities in this State." It j is armed with a $25,000 appropri- j ition and can subpoena records1 >f any firm, plus witness. All members, but two, are attorneys. .ame length of time. Mrs. Brown is survived by her lusband, F. T. Brown, 2 daugh ers, Charlotte Ann and Carol; 4 i The high cost of meeting polio attacks has exhausted March of Dimes funds in many parts of the country. Although the Salk vac cine promises eventual victory over the disease, contributions to the March of Dimes are ur gently needed to "finish the job,” which includes not only provid ing for the medical care of those who will still get the disease but also helping polio patients of the past fight their way back to nor mal, useful lives. The National Foundation, for Infantile Paralysis has had to advance more than $6,300,000 in emergency aid to more than 800 chapters that had become im poverished through meeting the cost of patient care. They de pend heavily on the 1957 March of Dimes to relieve the financial strain resulting from these in roads. The campaign ends Jan uary 31. Letters Reveal Death Plots New York, January 7th—The half brothers acquitted of mur dering 14-year old Emmett (Bobo) Till disclosed today they have received - numerous death threats since a Mississippi jury absolved them in the famous "wolf-whistle” killing of the Chicago Negro youth. The threats to J. W. Milam and his half-brother, Roy Bryant, in the form of letters from outside the state, were revealed in an ar ticle in the new issue of Look magazine by William Bradford Huie, who repeated charges he made in Look a year ago that Milam shot the Negro youth after Till had made advances at Bry ant’s wife. Despite the threats to him and his family Milam has been for bidden to carry a gun by the sher iff, the magazine said. Milam also admitted in the ar ticle that he and Bryant have suf fered resentment from their neighbors and a string of econom ic reverses in the 16 months since their trial . He told of the following set backs: A boycott by Negroes which has forced the pair to close or sell a chain of small stores they had operated in the Mississippi Delta. Robert D. Allen Robert Dewey Allen, age 78 years, of 2430 Lake Street, ex pired early Tuesday January 1, 1957 at his home. Mr. Allen was an Omaha resi dent for 70 years and was cook at the Central Police Station for 19 years having retired in 1951. He had completed 30 years as a civilian employee of the Police Department. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Julia Gordon of Omaha; 3 daughters, Mrs. Lucy Elliott, Mrs. Dorothy Wilson of Chicago, Illi nois and Mrs. Elizabeth Hopkins of Oakland, California; son, Rob ert (Bud) Allen of Oakland, California; 9 grandchildren, Mrs. Dorothy Morrison, Robert Allen, Richard Wilson, Ralph Elliott, of Chicago, Illinois, Miss Mildred Hopkins, Mrs. Mary Ellen Jack son, Miss Patricia Allen, Miss Shirley Allen, “Butch” Allen of Oakland, California; 5 great grandchildren and a host of other relatives. Funeral services were held Monday January 7, 1957 at 11:00 a m. from the Myers Funeral Home Chapel with Hev. E. T. Streeter officiating assisted by Father S. N. Jacobs. Interment was in the family plot at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers Messrs Burns Scott, Malcom Scott, Thomas Chandler, Ralph Adams, Charles Dickerson and Leroy Wright. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser vice. sons, Richard, James, Melvin and frank; mother, Mrs. Leola Fulks, stepfather, Charles Fulks; 3 sis ters, Mrs. Alice Colbert, Mrs. Mary McCowin and Oralee Fulks; 3 brothers, Morie Maloney, Malcom Maloney and Bobby Joe Fulks. Myers Brothers Funeral Ser
