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The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05
THE TRUE
WILL COME BY PRAYER

Please take the Bible and read The
Acts, Chapter 10, first verse, and all
will plainly be seen that my stand
right against wrong will hold good.
All this fuss will soon pass away.
l am truly glad and pleased the way
the preachers have treated my stand
toward God. | shall do the best /
can do for all the churches to bring
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05
MT. MORIAH BAPTIST ChuvcI

MT. MORIAH BAPTIST ChnrcI
Req. DGvid St. CLAIR, Pastor
We truly praise and thank God for
His blessings and the down pouring
of His spirit upon US at both the
morning and evening worship period.
Services throughout the day were
we'll attended.
The request program by the choir
was enjoyed and appreciated by all
present
The end Of the month reports utrf.-
ed in by all clubs and auxiliaries was
excellent and the expected sum for
the month was exceeded.
Among the visitors present was
Mrs. Corrine Harris Of Liberty, No,
Mrs. Harris has been in the city sew
eral days and is visiting her sister
and brother-in-law Rev. and Mrs. St.
C.air.
Visitors are always welcome to our
church at any time.
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05
NEGRO, WORKING
WITH LABOR, Ghost
OF DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
(BY ERNEST (. OHNSON

(BY ERNEST Z. JOHNSON)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (ANP)
The Negro was the ghost" of the
Democratic party convention, common
ted an observer last week just back
from Chicago. In different phrasing
this IS a view which found much con-
currences among others who make it
their business to keep abreast of pol
ltical developments.
Perhaps not since Civil war DAYS
has the so-called Negro issue been
SO persistent a factor in a political
convention as it was when three in
congruous elements-labor, remnants
Of the confederacy and the city ma
chimes locked horns in the midwest
trying as they did to come up with a
ticket and a platform that would re-
tam for the party control of the ma
tional administration for another four
years.
How successful they were will be-
come known only when the votes are
in next November.
If there is any one thing which
stands out in connection with that
demonstration apart from the ditch
ing that was given t Vice President
Henry A. Wallace it is probably the
very effective way in which labor's
managers utilized the attitude of Ne
gro people, in general, AMI the or
gained strength of Negro workers,
III particular, to further the mutual
cause.
Negro leaders themselves had paw
ed the way for this unprecedented
show of strength on the part of la
Dor when, long before either Of the
two major conventions, when they
and agreed upon a set Of demands
which would be made upon both part
les. These dealt with a permanent
Fair Employment Practice commit
tee; elimination of the poll tax as a
requirement for voting elimination
of jim crow in the armed forces and
amelioration of the i~ll-treatment &C
corded Negro soldiers; and anti-lyn-
ching legislation.
These leaders appeared before the
resolutions committee Of the Repub-
lican convention in June. Ultimate
ly, the party acceded to each of their
demands, practically without equivo-
cation. Could the Democratic party
do less? The Go through its Polit-
ical Action committee had shown the
greater aggressiveness between the
two branches of labor. There are
approximately a half million Negroes
organized in CIO unions, and Presi-
dent Philip Murray has frequently
spoken out in support of Negro de-
mands, both i nand out of congress.
In short, the CLIO through the years,
had carefully nutured its Negro mem
bership and fought within its own
ranks signs Of discrimination. 1t had
achieved an eminent position as a
spokesman.
Henry A. Wallace too had endear-
ed himself to Negro people. His IA
nous speech in which he unveiled the
common man" was felt by every
Negro as his personal plea for a
break" In 1913 Mr.. Wallace show
ed the courage to stand before 10000
people in Detroit shortly after the
riots and publicly abhored such I'M
democratic conduct. He went furth-
er, talked of elimination of poll tax
es, and protection from personal
harm. To Negroes as to all Amer
leans, Mr.. Wallace became the SYM
hol Of liberalism.
On the other Land, a authenticated
south had go:'en Up On It's hind legs
and had taken the initiative in de
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champion 20 nm crew on battle man
euvers aim their gun low to knock
off torpedo bombers Swimming the
surface of the sea. Rated on the
basis of efficiency and speed, these
Negro Coast Guardsmen were select
handing that the Party refrain from
meeting tbs deniI..C. of northern Ne
groes. They were prepared then -
and have not yet completely relented
to become injurious to the party's
fortunes this fall ON this matter Fur
thermore, they were and are violently
oppose to the vice president.
Undoubtedly, the CIO had other
xes to grind than that OF satisfying
Negroes. But certainly while it had
votes plus money, it was lett to NJ
gro people to provide them with tho
ore telling issue on which PAL cou'j
stand solidly and make their voice he
lizard.
The south had determined on two
things-a white supremacy plank,
meaning anything which would negats
Negro demands; and a vie s.dcnt
ct their own choosing. War Mobil-
ization Director Jimmy Byrnes, some
times called the assistant president"
was their man.
It was mainly the objection or Ne
groes to Brynes that enabled CIO
leaders to eliminate him quickly. CIV
en- though the President too wanted
him. Bob flanagan, the Democrat
ic National Chairman, and the city
bosses who would have put Bryncs
over, insisted that the South Carolina
ian was for Negroes. The thing that
defeated that argument was al anti
Negro statement made BY By~ros
earlier m his career while in the son
ate, and which lie had fJ-gotten T.
had been publ she'd in Crisis magaz-
inc in February, 1871, about the tine
Brynes had been made a irstice OF
the U. S. Supreme :ourt. Here's
how it worked:
Henry Lee Moon, Negro publicity
man for the Political Action comm
tee, put a copy Of this statement n
the hands of Sidney Hillman, PAC
chairman. Meanwhile, George L. 7
Weaver, director ii the Go Comm
ittee on Discrimination, saw that Pill
Murray got acopy by way OF James
Carey, the able Go secre:ary-teas-
ure1.
Naturally, when H:llman and Mur-
! ray sat down to .alk with flanagan,
Boss Ed Kelly Of Chicago, Frank
Hague of Jersey City, and e. Flynn
of New York, the two labor leaders
were we'll armed to put the heat fin
ally on the aspirations Of Byrnes
The machine mel-except for Hams
gal.-were defelted. HanncGac i
has later been shown, was fo- Ser
Hairy Truman all along
.-l So, this on. tc'ncnstraticn ha.
hc,' to many ~! III fruits Of Or
"a. zation Of the Ncerc into the Ia
r.. II, vement has dlreadJ had as pro
found an effect as has yer been CD
served possibly through any other
channel Of expression. It would
seem that attainment Of the ultimate
goal by Negroes may yet be obtained
quicker through labor than in any
other way
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We'd with each other to entertain
them, showing the fine new colored
homes in Llydale and Chester, the
many colored businesses conducted by
our group. The National NAACP,
meeting convened at the Metropolit-
an church while they were in the city
The National Demo. party conven-
ton met at the stadium on the west
side of Chicago during their visit al
so
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05

We made lots OF promises about what
to expect in this year Of grace and the
Number Twenty anniversary Of M-G-M.
X X X X
One of the promises was 1.-THE White
Cliffs of Dover. And from the success
of the opinions, guess we've a right to
say-promise fulfilled.
X X \ x
Another-and what anotherl-;s Pearl
Bucks Dragon Seed. This is the pic
ture of pictures, the super of supers, the
colossal of colossals.
X X X X
We mean. brother, it's good.
X X 4 *
Just cast an eye on the comments of the
critics who caught it at the Radio City
Music Hall where it's now breaking
records.
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05
LOCAL NEWS

INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS
The Ladies Auxiliary of Roosevelt
Post No. 30 held installation Of offic-
ers last Thursday evening, July 18th.
Mrs. Mable Blanton, past President
was the installing officer.
Mrs. Eva Milsap, President receiv-
ed a lovely gift water set, pitcher and
glasses.
After business refreshments were
served.
Eva Milsap, President, Pearl
Thomas, Reporter.
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05
4 TO
PROSECUTE SURHAM JIM
CROW SLAYER. .....

New York-Assurance that NAA-
-CP attorneys will aid in the prosecu-
ton against Herman Lee Council,
white bus driver indicted by the Dur
ham County Grand Jury for the slay-
ing Of Pvt. Booker 7. Speedy, July
8, was given this week.
An argument over the enforcement
of the States Jim Crow bus law was
the cause Of the pistol Staying Of the
Camp Butner soldier. VI
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05
DEATH AXE WILL
MARION COOK,
Grand Old Man of
Musical Comedy Era

New York, August l., (PPNS) --
The death os Will Marion Cook here
in Harlem Hospital a sew days ago,
marked the passing Of one Of the
pioneers in Negro show life. "A dis
tinguished comloser, his compositions
ranked tops on the hit parade in the
earlier part of the century. He en-
-joyed his greatest success during the
days when the American stage in
cluded in its galaxy Of brilliant per
forsers such luminaries as Bert Viii
liams, George Walker, Jesse Ship,
Bob Cole, Ernest Hogan and a num-
Der of others.
AT the time Of his death, Cook was
rs, and had been in Harlem hospital
several weeks following his return
from Haiti where he had been living
with his son, Mercer. He was born
in Washington, DC, in 1869, the son
Of the Howard University Law pro-
lessor, DR.. John H. Cook. He stud
led at the Oberlin Conservatory OF
Music and later he went to Berlin
and continued his music studies with
DR.. Joseph Joachim who was SO cap
tivated by his technique on the violin
that he presented him with his own
instrument. On returning to Amer
lea, Cook studied composition under
Anton Dvorak, the composer of The
New World Symphony who was
then head Of the National Conserv-
atory Of Music in New York.
The success of his first Broadway
production, "Clorindy", The origin of
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05

better conditions.
Rev. F. W. Williams made that
clear Sunday. Much good can be
done. Come and see for yourself
don't take someone's word.
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05
(Text)

That Section One C) Of Article Eight () of the Constitution Of
Nebraska be amended to read as follows:
"The necessary revenue of the state and its governmental sub
divisions shall be raised by taxation in such manner as the legislature
may direct; but taxes shall be levied by valuation uniformly and
proportionately upon all tangible property and franchises, and taxes
uniform as to class may be levied by valuation upon all other prop
erty. Taxes, other than property taxes, may be authorized by law.
Existing revenue laws shall continue in effect until changed by the
legislature.
"An Of the net proceeds from motor vehicle registration fees
and license taxes, gasoline and other motor fuel excise and license
taxation. except the proceeds from taxes imposed on gasoline used
in aircraft, after providing therefrom for () administration and
statutory refunds; OBJ payment of obligations incurred in the con-
struction and reconstruction of public highways and bridges; shall
be appropriated and used solely for construction, reconstruction,
maintenance and repair of public highways and bridges, and shall not
The above proposed measure to be voted upon at the General
Election, November Z, 1914, is published in accordance with Section
1910. Chapter 80. sompled Statutes Of 1929. State Of Nebraska.
FRANK MARSH,
Secretary of State.
POI IltfL ADV. POLITICAL ADV
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"A memorable motion picture!' said
Howard Barnes, N. Y. Herald Tribune.
X \ X X
Zone of the inest!" said John r.
McManus, PM.
X X X X
Walter Winchell put it in his Orchid
Garden and praised the ''cinemagic''
Of Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston.
Aline MacMahon!
X X 4 h
Well add our cheers for Akin Tamiroff
and Turhan Bey. And the direction ot
Jack Conway and Harold S. Bucouet.
And the screen play Of Misses Roberts
and Murfn. And, Of course. Pandro
Berman's production!
X X X 4
Dragon Seed" sheds glory on all
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05
FROM CHICAGO

RETURNS FROM CHICAGO
VISIT.....
Mr. and Mrs. HIRAM r. Greenfield
of 1905 North 49th avenue, have re-
turned from a delightful 15-day vaca~
ton visiting in Chicago as the guest
Of Elder Lucy Smith, pastor of the
beautiful new $4,000 church. Friends
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Proposed BY Initiative Petition
(Title)

(Title)
AN AMENDMENT to Section I, Article VIII, OF
SEE II YES the Constitution of Nebraska, so as to provide that
- II all of the net proceeds derived from motor vehicle
registration fees, motor vehicle license taxes, and all
SO3 NO excise taxes levied upon gasoline and other motor
Il vehicle fuels used in motor vehicles in the State OF
Nebraska shall be appropriated and used for the
purpose of constructing, repairing and maintaining public highways
within the State of Nebraska and for no other purpose whatsoever.
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05
BOWELS SLUGGISH?

. Feeling like you lost your best friend
headachy-dull-all because of sluggish bow
els? Why put up with constipation misery?
tasting chewing-gum laxative. Chew FEM
A-MINT tonight at bedtime, taking only in
accordance with package directions. Next
morning-thorough, gentle relief, helping you
feel swell again. Millions rely on FEEN-A-
MINT. Chew like your favorite gum. Tastes
good. Try FEEN-A-MINT-a whole family
buPply costs only 10e.
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05

by Sergeant G. E. Bivens Of
The Biven's Tabernacle Church,
2711 North 9th Street.
The Omaha guide., 1944-08-05
LEGAL NOTICE OF MEASURE TO BE VOTED UPON
NOVEMBER z, 1914
PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
(Ttle)

(Tiue)
AN ACT to prohibit the manufacture, sale,
800 YES transportation, importation, advertising, possession
II or use of intoxicating liquors a a beverage. and to
repeal the existing liquor laws of the State of
sol NO Nebraska set forth in Chapter ZIG, Laws of Ne
braska for 1885, and all amendments thereto.
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LEGAL NOTICE OF MEASURE 70 BE VOTED UPON
z, 1914
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(Text)

BE 1T ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE
OF THE STATE OF NEBRASKA:
SEC. 1. That the manufacture, sale, transportation, importa-
tion, advertising, possession r use of intoxicating liquors as a
beverage is hereby prohibited.
SEC. 2. That Chapter 116, Laws of Nebraska, 1885, and all
Amendments thereto, ar hereby repealed.
The above proposed measure to be voted upon at the General
Election, November 7, 1914, is published in accordance with Section
1910, Chapter 81, Compiled Statutes It 1929, State of Nebraska.
FRANK MARSH,
%1 Secretary of State.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

But what thickens the archaeological
soup Is how this hieilis=cu1rp iicated
design, known gen@etEieally- ass
'unicursal labyrinth" Of that helps
you any, was ever called Troy Town.
The Trojans didn't go I'm for laby-
rtnths OF mystic mazes. They went
in for Helen, Wooden Horses, and
romance with gods and goddesses-
but they had no Minotaurs.
That monster, half btiiH i, half man.
az every child knows, lived IN Crete,
in the center OF just such a labyrinth,
from which he emerged every nine
years TO dine voraciously on beaute.
Gus youths and maidtns.
Yet suddenly, toward the 18th cen
fury, when royal parks, catheM
gardens, ducal forests in England~
adjacent northern countries went In
for building Cretan labyrinths OF
turf and hedges. formal gardens
they'd had the patterns on their an
cient monuments and stones for cen.
turtles everybody called them Troy
Towns! In English. plain Troy Town
in Welsh, Caerdroia, which means
Troy Citadel; in Norwegian. frozen
borg; and in Mediterranean linguia,
Franz, FFuia-a
All this happened in the Middle
Ages.
Today, thanks 10 Mr.. Cotton and
his associates, there is a possibility
that the answers may at last be found
and not in any museum library or
ancient tome, but in the word.of-
mouth tradition of our own hardy
Tennessee mountaineers.
Cotton has evidence that there was
a game, or pageant, in medieval Eng.
land called Game of Troy" or Go
ing to Troy" and that there was also
a game called Running me Maze.
Perhaps they were the same, and
If so the Cretan labyrinth got its
Trojan name from that game
Nobody in England knows. Nor
does any book tell. But many tradi.
tons, idioms, phrases, facts. lost 10
England since pre.Shakespearean
days, have survived in the mountains
Of Kentucky and Tennessee ~ and
Cotton hopes the solution Of the mys.
terry may be among them.
II little Megalomaniac Adolf had
seen Troy Town" first, I'm sure he'd
never have adopted the sWastika.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

centuries and still bob up today.
What do they mean? How did they
get there, scattered all over the Nor
die world and TO America? Why are
they called Troy Towns? Nobody
knows any of the answers.
OF course, they came originally
from old Cretan coins and Etruscan
pottery. That much they do know.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

rather, with new clues still popping
up TO amaze the pundits from every
odd corner of the globe.
The most recent discovery, an
nounced by Harold S. Cotton in The
Scientific Monthly" is that identical
Troy Town labyrinth designs have
been found among American hill-folk
of English descent in the mountains
of Tennessee.
Did they copy
them from the Red exmm b $50
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

in The Isles Of Greece, and since I
found this blanket I've had quite a
kick wondering how it got across the
ocean here TO reappear in Indian
weaving"
Troy Town, my eye" said I ex.
aiming the thing more closely.
How it got over here is that the
Spaniards maybe brought it, but it's
no more the map of Troy or any
other town or walls than you're
monkey. It's a kind of labyrinth, a
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

skins, perhaps the Cherokees, or did
their ancestors bring them over cen
turtles ago from England? Mr.. Cotton
wonders. He's been chasing them
down in this country for lifetime.
Years ago he found his first on the
adobe walls of a Casa Grande ruin in
Arizona; later another scratched on
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

puzzle, a mystic
maze. I've seen 'em
when / was a kid,
on turf or made of
hedges in cathedral
to W n s in + n &
land
LiZotte, slightly
offe n q e d, could
contribute nothing
more, but he had
introduced me TO
one of the most fas-
chatting mystery
stories in the whole
realm of archaeology
- mystery serials
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

the rock OF a
Hepi Indian pue-
bio in the same
state thc II on
Pima Indian bas-
kets and plaques,
3, and on other oc-
caSiona1 Indian
baskets.
lie Knew as an
archeologist that
the design came
from anc lie I
Cretan coins, yet
had been known
as Troy Town"
for thousands Of
years, and he
knew [ h a [ he
was on a new
trail leading 10
another AIT ancient
mystery.
The trail leads
through ancient
l. n g. a n d, Ire
land, Wales, Fin
land, Denmark,
Iceland, W here
similar m axe s
e II gEa V ed on
runestones, or in
turf or hedge de-
signs. have kept
bobbing up for
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-04-30

III W ~ ~ FFAA
~ fishing o IF
c or p u S Christi,
Tex s, witt a
strange companion,
n LeVantine named
LiZotte, whose fam.
lily had hotels over
here on the Gulf,
others IN Greece and
elsewhere on the
Mediterranean.
Lizotte liked his
comfort and had
brought along a
Navajo b. la n ket
whose unusual. geo.
metrical, maze like
d @ S i G n interested
me deeply.
It's a pattern
named Troy Town."
he said, astonish,
ingly. IT'S a map
of Troy, or the
Walls Of Troy.
That's what It's al.
ways been called.
It's a famous de-
sign, antique, back
Evening star., 1944-01-15
H. f. Newcomet Dies;
PRR Vice President
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-Horace E.
Newcomet. SO, vice president of the
Pennsylvania Railroad and associ-
ated with the line for almost 48
years, died yesterday after a long
illness.
Born in Philadelphia and gradual
ed from the University of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr.. NeWcomet entered the
roads service in Chicago in 1896,
advanced rapidly and became su-
periutendent at Louisville, and
later served at Logansport, Ind, and
Cleveland, where he became general
superintendent of the Lake division
in 1923. He came to Chicago as gen.
eral manager of the western region
in 1926
Mr.. Newcomet also was an officer
and director of several subsidiaries,
terminal and transportation con-
Germs, including the Chicago Union
Station Co., Cincinnati Union Term
inal Co., Dayton Union Railway,
Terminal Railroad Association of St.
Louis, Union Depot Co., Columbus,
Ohio; Mackinac Transportation Co.,
and other concerns in Detroit, To-
ledo, Peoria and Louisville.
Surviving are the widow of Chi
cago, a son, sWalborn w., of She
boygan, Wis.,: a daughter, Mrs. j.
Beach Glow of Lake Forest: FIVE
grandchildren, a brother and a sister.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
operation Urged
In School Meetinus

Closer cooperation of Washington
civic groups in using public schools
for their evening meetings was urged
last night by Milo F. Christensen,
of recreation, speak
ing at meeting of the Washing
tonians at the Highlands Apart
ments, Connecticut avenue and Calf
fornia street.
Citing the fuel shortage and diff
Guilty of obtaining custodial per-
sonnel, Mr.. Christensen announced
that several groups had revised their
schedules to meet the condition and
that two or more meetings were
being held the same night in the
same schools. He also said that
meeting rooms in several of the
branch libraries will be made avail
able in the near future.
The Washingtonians approved
legislative plans to increase the
number of Military and Naval Acad-
emy appointments allotted to Dis
trict boys. A resolution indorsing
the movement to grant suffrage to
District citizens also was passed.
1t. q. g. Dorothy Gillian of the
SPARS, urged greater participation
by women in active war work. Miss
Eta Taggart presided.
Evening star., 1944-01-15
Allowance
Cut in Montgomery

Heavy purchases of liquor during
the Christmas season have forced
the Montgomery County Liquor
Control Board to restrict whisky
sales at the three county dispen-
saries to one pint per person every
Is days, it was learned today.
Beryl English, general manager
of the board, said the action was
taken to assure an adequate sup
ply OF liquor for all county resi-
dents. He added that in some
cases, the board has not yet re-
ceived its December shipments nor
has it received its whisky quota for
this year from the distilleries.
He said that as soon as supplies
are replenished, the dispensaries
will resume the sale of fifths. The
new restrictions went into effect
last week, he said.
Meanwhile, Prince Georges County
liquor dealers have threatened to
launch an investigation into the
alleged shipment of Maryland dis
tillery products to other States
while county dealers cannot OBJ
tain adequate supplies to remain
in business"
Lawrence Whalen, vice president
of the County Restaurant and Hotel
Association, said that there is
plenty of whisky" in Maryland but
that out-of-State sales through the
black market are draining the
supply.
Unless we get some relief" Mr.
Whalen asserted, I'VE will go to the
Governor and ask him to put an
embargo on the sale of all whisky
produced in Maryland"