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The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19

OPA NEW POINT SYSTEM
INITIATED IN n. Y. CITY

A program of education in the
new OPA point rationing system
was initiated in New York City this
week by Miss Frances H. Williams,
Senior Consumer Relations officer
of the Department of Information,
Office of Price Administration.
Between December S-14, Miss Viii
liams conferred with officials Of
the National Urban League, the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People the Depart
ment of Church Social Relations,
Women's Division of the Methodist
Church, and the National Boards Of
the YMCA and YWCA.
These groups discussed their
participation in an education camp
paign designed to inform Negro Or
CARNATIONS and groups of the func-
tioning Of the point rationing sys.
tenn. Similar conferences will be
held later in various key cities Of
the country.
Early in 1943 all consumers will
receive War Ration Book Two for
the purchase of goods to be ration
ed under the pint system.
Point-rationing is a method Of
regulating the sale of a group Of
similar commodities which can be
substituted for one another in act
ual use. To cite an example, three
products Of which there is no short
age-oatmeal, c~ornflakes and grits
are related commodities which can
be substituted for each other in
daily diets.
Point rationing will not replace
straight coupon rationing on sugar
gasoline and coffee, since these are
standardized dommoditios usually
of one quality. with no widely used
substituted ~affording an alternate
choice.
Under the point rationing system
consumers will he able to buy any
OF tile commodities in a group OF
similar commodities with the s4To
ration coupons. Everyone will be
entitled tc use a certain number OF
points each month cut of War Ra
ton Book Two to buy the comm
ODDITIES in the group. Purchases
may 1t made in any store but The
rev raton hook must be used.
Each commodity in the group Of
Similar types, like cereals, will be
assigned a point value by the
Government. A low point value
will be given to the commodity
which is most plentiful as compar
ed with the usual supply and de
mand 70 rit. If commodities afs
chosen having a low-point value
the shopper will get more for he
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19
AT ST. JOHN AME. CHURCH

The Annual Union Services viii
begin at st. John AME. Church on
Sunday evening, January 8, 1943 at
7:30 p. m. Ali churches of the city
are cordially invited and urged to
participate in these services. The
participating ministers are hoping
the unon services shall bring about
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19

governor of the Chad province. A
native of French Guiana on the
South American coast. and a bril-
liant graduate of French school,
Ebouse was the first of the colonial
administrators to defy the new
Vichy Government and announce
the Determination Of Africa to
fight for a Free France. His dec.
Continued on p~ager9SP4)
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19

Eddie Rochester,
Anderson, heekief
Of Jack Benny over
NBc every Sunday,
has been linsfru-
mental in interest
ing several Of the
motion picture stars
in producing 49,
minute 16 nm.
films TO be sent to
cur soldiers on for
eign soil. h e e
semi-short subjects
are TO be written
especially for such
release and will in
clude most of the
prominent radio and
film names in Hol-
lywood.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19
HE'S'A SHIPPING

Another old employee is All Wall
who started work in 1902, quit Is
years later and then returned err
anently in 1919. Beginning in the
machine shop, he is now a lathe
hand. Andrew Cantrell, hired in
1906, is now a florman and hacker
while Walter Sheridan, on the pay
roll for 35 years, has been a store
! room clerk for much Of this period.
J. w. Croker began work with
the company in 1918. He quit after
a short period Of time and re-en-
tered the service Oct. 5, 1920. Start
ing as a laborer Croker has now
worked himself up to the position
OF department. shipping and dis
crepancy clerk.
Ernest Crooke has had continu-
GUS service with the company since
early in 1917. He began as a lab-
orer in beef dressing and has now
reached a point where he is adapt
! ed to most Of the skilled work on
the dressing floor.
/ An assistant foreman in the soap
factory, James Johnson has worked
continuously for Swift since 1919
after being hired first in 1908 and
afterward leaving. Robert Hack
ley, taken on in 1918, is an evapor-
stor man and Phil Weightman, with
the plant u years during the rush
season in 1941 acted as an instruc-
tor and ail-around butcher in the
hog dressing department.
AS is customary in most Chicago
plants, Negroes are integrated thru
out instead of being separated into
special units. Thus far, Swift exc
cutives say they have encountered
no particular problems of racial
friction and believe that while az
work there may be less friction at
the company than is to be found in
the community outside OF employs
ment activities.
Many Negroes are union members
with several serving On various
COMMITTEES of their labor organic
atoms and occupying official posi-
tons in the administration Of union
affairs.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19
GET READY FOR NEW
POINT RATIONING
SYSTEM IN JANUARY

Get ready for the new point rat
ioning system after the first OF the
year OPA announced that War Ra-
ton Book NO. 2 containing coup
ons of graduated values will go TO
every American soon after January
1. Meats are expected to be one Of
the first to go under the point IA
tioning system. with other commod-
tiles to follow as requirements of
the armed forces grow.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19
DEAN DIXON, NEGRO SYM
PHONIC CONDUCTOR
GUEST SPEAKER AT "ARTS
TO RUSSIA WEEK" DINNER

Dean Dixon, famous Negro SYM
phonic conductor told an CARTS to
Russia Week" dinner in honor of
Charles Chaplin, Thursday, Dec. 8,
at the Hotel Pennsylvania, in New
York, that America can thank Rus
STA for "a plan which is annihilat-
ing the Nazis."
The dinner was sponsored by the
Arts Committee for Russian War
Relief and was attended by over
1000 persons prominent in the art.
stage music, dance, radio and lit
erary worldos, gathered to honor
Chaplin who according to the spon-
soring committee, is a symbol Of the
artist fighting TO keep culture and
arts in a world of free peoples"
Dixon, one of the leading speak
ers at the dinner, said:
when we find that in some coun
tries our artists say: I'VE can't CON
pose-we can't write-conditions
are in such a flux on all sides of
U.s. and yet, in between duty as
a fire-warden and in between bomb
ings, Shotakovich is able to COM
pose one of our greatest works, his
Seventh Symphony, what does it
mean?
cit is not an exceptional thing.
The Russians are not different from
us. 1t is something that starts way
down deep; it is something you can
not pin down. But when We realize
that here is a country in which art
lists let no wars, barbarians' bombs,
or destruction interrupt their art,
we find the markings of a great peo-
pie.
Here is a country that is being
beseiged," he continued, "a country
where barbarians are trying to an
initiate everything, and yet they
give US great art. This is some
thing to be very thankful for. and
we musicians are indeed thankful"
Dixon told the diners that he
stood before them in a two-fold cap
acity- that of a musician and
that of a member Of a minority
group.
From the standpoint of a repres.
entative Of a minority group he
said, II look to Russia as u great,
a marvellous country. Why? They
are showing us brotherhood, a hui
man spirit such as we of other coun
tries have been reaching out for in
, all civilization. Russia Is showing
us how millions of peoples Of diff
ferent cultures can live and pros
per and create great art together.
This is a plan to annihilate the
Naz' philosophy which we can thank
Russia for"
Dixon Paid tribute to the purpose
Of the eipner. saying. 'T is a great
thing to be doing"
1.-The help we give to Russia will
be returned to US in many FORMS
re said 1T will be returned to us
! Philosophy and certainly in freedom
from Nazi tarbarianism Let US car.
ry on this work of aid to Russia
~holeheartedly and enthusiastically.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19
Busy With the
War Effort Too

Eddie csntor's chief
cook and bottle
washer on his NBc
program, Hattie
Mcdaniel, Is n Of
Hollywood's busiest
stars when II comes
TO entertaining the
boys In The service.
A member Of the
AWvs. the oscar"
winner is filling In
v e spare moment
staging shows for
Negro troops sta
toned in California.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19

ment of the French West Africa
with the United Nations was ann
ounced recently. These were chief
ly Senegalese volunteers, directed
by French officers and rated with
the Moroccans among the best fight
ing men in Africa.
This stroke of their supporting
the Allies u was engineered by
Felix Eboue, American-born Negro
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19
LEND-LEASE AID TO
ETHIOPIA

Declaring that the defense Of z
thiopia is vital to the defense of
the United States President Roose
welt has ordered lend-lease aid ex-
tended to the Government of Eth
iopia, the White House announced.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19
NAACP SAYS THAT 1T
DOES NOT DOUBT
HER STATEMENT
"But from all indications
they shall keep eternal
vigilance on this matter"
Gen. Davis Criticized

Washington, D. C.-In a confer
ence at the White House on Deem
LIST to discuss the recent reports of
the treatment of Negro soldiers a.
broad, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt ex-
pressed to Walter White, the Exc
| cutive Secretary Of the NAACP her
SonTiction that Brigadier- General
Benjamin o. Davis had done well
in his efforts toward lessening the
tension between Negro and white
soldiers in the American Expedit-
ionary Forces stationed in the Brit
ish Isles. Mrs. Roosevelt said that
friction created by prejudiced Sou
thern whites had been somewhat
eased. In answer MI. White stat
ed that while the NAACP did not
disagree with Mrs. Roosevelt con-
corning the value of General Davis
investigation, there could however
be no slackening on the part Of the
Association in the protest against
the establishment of the Southern
Jim Crowism abroad. The attacks
made and propaganda spread by
white officers in England, Australia
and other parts Of the world, to
which Negroes have been sent and
the United States, must be regarded
as one of the gravest of all prob
lens and n which the NAACP
will continue to fight.
Commenting on General Davis
report the December 5th issue of
The Nation said, Perhaps General
Davis did not get around as much
as he should have or perhaps he
|! did not consider it wise to make an
issue Of the matter at this time.
An ugly and dangerous situation
does exist and it impairs the effic-
iency of the troops and ~depresses
the morale of the entire Negro pop
ulation, already near the breaking
point"
In recent months controversy
! concerning the introduction Of Am
erican prejudice has also run high
in the English press.
A letter from a soldier which ap-
peared in the fall issue of the Eng
lish magazine The New Leader
stated: "A talk was given to US yes
terday by our detachment officer.
During the talk he explained that
he had to bring to our notice the
contents of a letter written by the
Bridgadier. The letter said that in
the absence of any ruling from a
higher authority it had been decid-
ed to circularize a suggested Set
Of rules which would assist the
troops in their relationship with
p! any Negro soldiers. 1t was under
standable that Higher Authority
had not rushed to any decision on
the subject requiring so much tact
but it had been possible to get a
line on probable decisions by study
ing various comments contained in
correspondence and reports from
conferences. These were set down
as a list of suggestions. There was
no hint that they we're to be taken
is orders. except in the first
case which forbade members of the
ATS. to associate with colored
troops. 1 do not remember all the
details or their sequence but some
have stuck and the effect on the
whole of this letter was to cause
a certain amount of bewilderment
and scorn among those who heard
it. 1 mother words, English troops
were asked that their natural
friendliness toward visitors be ton
ed down in the case Of Negroes.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19
DR.. HAWKINS
TO HEAD
NAACP LOCAL

DR.. "A. L. Hawkins, prominent
doctor of our city, was elected Pres.
of the local branch Of the NAACP.
Sunday, Dec. 18th at Zion Baptist
Church. Arthur B. McCaw is the re
President.
w. L. Myers, was reelected as
Treasurer, Mrs. John Albert Will
Jams, Secy, Mrs. H. Bush, LIST Vice
Pres, Rev. F. G. Williams, End Vice
Pres.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19
BATTLING SENEGALESE JOIN ALLIED ARMY
I'M AFRICA. AMER-BORN NEGRO. EBOUSE
~ - RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR AID

From the land of Battling Sikh
French West Africa-the United
Nations armies stood reinforced
this week by tens of thousands Of
the most feared and effective sold
iers of modern warfare. the dread
ed Senegalese.
Almost legendary figures in the
first World War, where they We're
used as shock troops" against the
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19

Germans, the sharp-shooting ,bolo
welding Senegalese are now align
ed with scores of battalions Of 9TH
er colonial troops fighting under the
banner Of the free French.
Although the full strength of the
Senegalese force has not been All
nounced, approximately $4,000 of
these troops believed station
ed at Dakar alone when the align
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19
HEADS WAR TRAINING COURSE

Hampton Institute. Va.,-Jeffer-
0 d. Davis has been appointed
supervisor of the war training
courses formerly known as Nation
al Defense courses) at Hampton In.
stitute, it was announced.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19

The letter stated quite definitely
that Negro troops should not be al
lowed in the canteens, entertain
ment and dances organized for H.
M. forces"
The British War Commentary has
this to say: 1.-The attitude of the
population toward American troops
confirms the ~peace-time experiences
In the villages and towns Black
troops have been received with
sympathy by the people, shopkaep-
ers often declaring that they pre-
fer them to the white American
troops because they are kinder and
more polite"
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19

MRS. GRAY BREWER, who was
recently married to Rev. N. B
Brewer, left the City Wednesday,
Dec. is for her new home in Cofsey-
vile, Kansas, 70S E. 5th st.
Mrs. Brewer. a prominent n ac-
tive member of Cleaves Temple
Church, is the first of our group in
the state to receive a Leadership
Training Diploma from The Inter
national Council of Religious Educ
alton. She has taught Leadership
Training Classes in the Paseo
School Of Leadership Training Of
the Missouri Conferences
at intervals for a number of years.
and has taught Adult Education
classes here for Z years. She has
supervised and taught in Vocation
Church schools here also.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19

EXPERT BUTCHERS, NEGRO AND WHITE,
w-rk together in this department of Swift and Co.,
preparing hams and bacon for use throughout the
United Nations. More than 1000 Negroes are en-
ployed at the huge packing plant in the Stockyards
area.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19

Lillian Randolph,
the Great Glider
sleeves" mad on
Z h e weekly NBC
Sunday series OF
the same name, Is
another OF Holly
wood Radio City
Players busy enter
tanning soldiers sta
e d In ant
around Los Anea-
les. Despite her Fs-
do and screen se-
tivities. the eoioFeo
performer also finds
time 70 have week
~ dinners at her
home for lonesome
Negro troops.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19

Encourage your white n~eighbors to subscribe
Ito THE OMAHA GUIDE and learn what the dark /
Ter one tenth Of the American population is think
ting and doing.
The Omaha guide., 1942-12-19

the large plants in the Chicago ares
since meat packing became a major
industry. Today, and for a good
many years past, they are found in
both the skilled and semi-skilled
categories as well as at the unskilI-
ed jobs.
WORK IN SPECIAL LINES
One of the major employers OF
Negro labor is Swift and Co., one Of
the larger meat packerst out in the
famed stockyards district. This
past July, out of a roster of approx
imately 5,4O0 manual workers, there
were 2,039 Negroes at the Swift
plant. This is considerably more
than were employed there at the
corresponding time in 1941. 1t il
true of Negroes as it is Of other
races and nationalities working
there that the total number fluct-
yates with the seasonal demands of
the industry and the type Of volume
being handled.
Although they are at work liz
most departments the majority of
the Swift and Co., Negro person
mel are in the cattle, sheep and hog
dressing sections and their subsid-
larry departments, soap, table ready
meats, smoked meats, pork trim
ming, curing cellars, refinery de-
partments, cold storage and the BY
product departments.
Obviously, with more than 1000
Negro workers, many have made
outstanding records and have been
in the company employ for MANY
years.
One of the oldest is Joseph Shor-
es who last ospring started his for
ty-third year at the plant. He has
been a Swift and CO. worker since
April 1900, leaving for a short time
in 1904 but returning the following
year. Starting as a teamster. Shor-
es, now "a has been a chauffeur
since 1899.
Evening star., 1942-08-30

down to business. To one end OF
the line, we tied a heavy weight and
a wooden float with white flag.
The weight was to keep the line
from drifting and the flag to make
it easy for us to find it again.
AS I Irowed the boat, my uncle let
out the line. When we came to
the other end, we also tied weight
and float to it. The line, with the
exception of the two ends, sank to
the bottom of the river.
After waiting while for the crabs
to get on the bait, we started back
over the line. I dipped down with
the net and pulled up the line, which
my uncle pulled over the roller. The
line came out of the water without
frightening the crabs; then it went
| over the roller and back into the
water. My uncle rowed slowly, and,
as the line came up. I netted the
crabs and dropped them into the
basket.
1t is interesting to watch the
crabs come up with the line. They
hang on with their claws, one claw
on each side of the bait, and eat
away. Several times, there were two
crabs on the same bait. Often, the
crabs were so interested in eating
| that they were lifted clear of the
water before being netted. We just
let the undersized crabs ride the line
until the roller knocked them back
| into the water. This was the first
time in years that crabs have been
SO plentiful, and with just our short
line we caught more than IS dozen.
And, boy, what crab feast followed! |!
We also went fishing and caught
about 30 perch and a few hardheads.
They really tasted good for break
| fasts.
The water was fine, SO we all went
swimming lot; also, we went
boating, canoeing. soft-crabbing and
shrimping. And, as the weather was
| fine, we really had swell vacation.
Evening star., 1942-08-30
Briefitorial
Leader or Driver?

Recently, I read a magazine
article about a man who has
made a remarkable record in
business, rising to the top of
his particular line in a few
years. In explaining his Sue
cess, the writer of the article
made this statement: His en-
ployes and associates love him.
He's the kind of leader who
says Let's go!' instead of 'Hur-
ry up!'"
That's mighty neat way Of
expressing a basic difference in
executive methods. The leader
who says Lets go!" really
leads. When he wants some
thing done, he is the first to
start doing it. pointing the way
and encouraging his associates.
On the other hand, the Hurry
up" type stays back, barks COM
mands and tries to drive his
employees, instead of leading
them.
Every person who hopes to
have authority some day must
know how to use it. The les
son is simple and sound. Learn
to be leader and not a driver.
It's almost always easier to pull
than to push!
The Editor.
Evening star., 1942-08-30
Powell Girl Tells of
Discovery of Radium
In Canadian Wilds
By CORA LEE CAMPBELL, IA,

Powell Junior High School
Can you imagine yourself dis
covering something worth $50,0O0 q
gram?
Well, that is just what Gilbert
Labine and E. E. st. Paul did in
1930-and from the air, at that!
The two were flying over Great
Bear Lake. in the Mackenzie River
district of Canada. Below was wild
country inhabited only by Indians
and trappers, and the nearest rail-
road was $500 miles. Suddenly one
of the men noticed that some of the
rocks along the edge of the lake was
of a peculiar color. He thought he
recognized them as pitchblend.
Landing, the men examined this
rocks and decided they were un-
believably rich in radium ore. They
reported their discovery, taking
samples OF the rocks for analysis.
Thus were Canadas rich radium
fields discovered Machinery was
taken into the wilderness by air.
plane, and mining of the precious
mineral was begun. Today, Canada
leads the world in radium produc-
ton, and the price of the mineral
has been cut in half, making it
available to many more hospitals
and research laboratories than could
afford its use formerly.
How many other valuable secrets
are hidden in the wilds OF Canada2
Evening star., 1942-08-30

An old suitcase can be refined and
divided into compartments to form
8 compact picnic hamper that can
be carried very easily. 1t is large
enough to take the supplies for a
group of several people, and with
the woods and streams calling, it is
one of the real pleasures of summer
to plan and enjoy picnic. This
hamper will last several summer
seasons If 1t is painted some gay
eSlor.
Use heavy corrugated cardboard
for the partitions. Make one to Mt
across one end of the suitcase, in
closing a compartment about 8
inches wide. Fasten the partition
TO the sides of the suitcase with
adhesive tape or strips of canvas
glued in place.
Cut out a strip OF cardboard for
Evening star., 1942-08-30

a small partition and divide the end
compartment into small and larger
pockets, fastening the ends of the
corrugated cardboard strip as you
did before. The remainder of the
hamper is partitioned off with a
long strip to form a roomy COM
partment and narrow one, as the
drawing shows. This narrow space
is used for cups and thermos bottles,
the pockets at the end of the hamper
sare used for silverware or other i'm
plements of warfare" or small bot
ties, while the large space is left for
the major share of the lunch.
Line the hamper with gayly COL
ored paper, and the cover as well
Fasten two strips of elastic tape to
the inside of the suitcase top, to
hold linen and paper plates and
other fat dishes or articles included
in the hamper.