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The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
WE PREDICT. .....
The European War Will
Be Over Within 90 DAYS

The Omaha Guide predicts that the war will
be over within 80 days. The war Powers of Bee and
especially Russia have decided to 60 back to fighting,
of course England and America have had it in their
mind that they were going to win the war in the air
with %airplanes and seemly when they went into the
air Germany went under the ground. They forgot
that everything must come down to earth to win its
Victory at one time or another. When we think Of
the square mileage of Germany and the fact that
this whole Country can be set in the inside of the
State of Texas and when we think Of bombs explod-
ing and that they destroy everything within a radius
of 200 feet, we wonder sometimes if some Of the
bombs that have been dropped haven't exploded in
mid-air.
If it had not been for the fact that the three
Powers of Bee and again we say especially Russia
had not been iockeying for the control of the puppet
Government in certain areas in all possibility this
war could and would have been over at least 90 DAYS
Iago.
When we think of 37 lives being blotted out
levery second, we wonder where the hearts Of men
really are when they p~urposely permit a war To be
prolonged by ~jockeying for certain positions III the
world.
Let us hope that the Powers Of Bee have finally
decided that they have got what they want and that
they will stop permitting the destruction Of this
worlds youth and finish this war in the next 90 DAYS
Tor shorter if it is humanity possible.
After reading the above, don't get cocky for
the world war will not be over when the guns are
laid down IN Europe if we are willing to Judge the
future by the late past and the very late past. After
the European war is over We are going to see some
kind Of a disagreement among the Allies and out Of
this disagreement sad to say but the truth Of it is that
Japan will be able to prolong the war in Asia. We
must remember when japanese citizens can walk
to the cliffs three to five hundred feet in depth and
sling their children to death and slit their own threats
and fall back into the same pits before they will allow
themselves to be captured by the Allied Army. To
US this means one thing and that is the Allies have
got four hundred million people in Asia to either
kill or observe them committing suicide and that is
not going to take a short time to finish the Job. in
all probability we will be fighting in Asia for the
next five years but let us hope not; let us hope that
in their hands through the Divine Guidance of our
Redeemer will be able to gather around some kind of
a Peace Table and bring an end to this worlds misery
and human slaughter.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27

SIXTH ARMY GROUP-Music
means morale, and when a Negro
United States Army military band
with the Continental Advance Sec
tion-supply organization Of the
Sixth Army Group including the
Seventh Army in France-"gives
OUT with martial music, classics or
swing, morale rises ID a new high. !
The band, directed by Warrant
Officer Gerardo o. del Rio, has be-
come famous in the various military
neremonies in whinh it has partic-
ipated overseas and in a number of
concerts given for the benefit Of Al
lied s%ivilian audiences. The organic
alton is a continuation of the famous
9th Cavalry Band, which dates from
the a~ctivation Of the old 9th Cavalry
Regiment in Arizona in 1866.
After serving in the Indian wars
in the western United States the
9th Cavalry Regiment and its band
was stationed in various parts OF
the country until the Spanish Amer
lean War when it served under Ted
dy Roosevelt in Cuba.
During World War l it was sta
toned in the PHILIPPINES.
The presently designated 399th
Army Service Force Band got its
name upon the disbandment of the
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
the War Surplus Property Act I,

the War Surplus Property Act t.
provide that moneys recovered be
applied TO the public debt; interested
myself in matters Of concern to ag-
riculture and the livestock industry /;
and as a Member of the Senate
Small Business and Fuel Oil Com
mittees participated in and held 81
major hearings in assisting individ-
uals and small business.
l am now serving on the following
Committees namely, Judiciary, APP
preparations, Senate Contingent Ex-
penses, Claims and Public Buildings
and Grounds. and have been selected
as Party Whip. These assignments
and responsibilities have placed me
in a position to aid the very pro-
gram that is so essential to good
Government and have enabled me to
work for Nebraska interests.
Your comments and suggestions
will CO helpful and welcome. Thus
may J better serve you, our State
and Nation.
Sincerely.
KENNETH S. WHERRY.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
USO-YMCA Consultant
Conducting Midwestern
Survey of USO
Activities

Calvin K. Stalnaker, USO-YMCA
c~onsultant on services to Negro
members OF the armed forces is con
Quoting a survey of Mid-Western
USO activities.
Mr.. Stalnaker has had wide ex-
perience in the fields Of religion and
social service. For many years ne
was a minister OF the third Baptist
Church in Toledo, Ohio. He IS a
graduate Of Benedict College, Col
umbia, South Carolina and Paine
College, Augusta, Ga, and did post
graduate work at Chicago Univers-
ity and the University of Toledo.
Mr.. Stalnaker opened his tour i'll
Lawton Okla January 81 as the
speaker at the Lawton USO Clubs
third anniversary celebration. He
visited McAlester January % and
%; Little Rock "a and 25 and Mus
kogee, Okla, January 20 and 81.
Monday and Tuesday January 20
and 3O) Mr.. Stalnaker will visit
Joplin, Mo. He will be at the Kan
sas City USO-YMCA Regional Of
flee Wednesday January 81.
In his tour Mr.. Stalnaker will be
interested in meeting USO club dir
ectors, their staffs and volunteer
workers. He plans to meet with
them to discuss their personnel and
public and racial relation problems
their programs, continuing USO SER
vices for the war effort, as we'll as
plans for the post war period
NJ. Stalnaker's itinerary will bring
him to Omaha, Nebraska, February
6, and z, and to Lincoln, February 8
and 9.
He will attend a USO staff meet
ing on Negro services in Wichita
Kansas, February ~, 10, and IA.
His remaining schedule calls for
sessions in Manhattan, Kansas. Feb
Is and 16; Salina, Kansas, Feb. II
and IS; Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 10
and 20; and in Denver. Colo, Feb.
81 and %.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
Urge Men 80 to 81 Year Of Age to Get or Stay on
Essential Jobs or BE DRAFTED. .....

timated that 5000 Nebraska youths
who attain the age Of IS during the
first six months of 1945 will regis
ter with selective service. One out
of every three probably will be unfit
for service and therefore, will not
qualify for induction. This will
leave about 1900 qualified for Undue
ton but 500 of these may be unavail
able for induction until after July l.
The remaining 2,1OO will be induct-
ed
THE FARMERS-As Of January
/, 1915, there were 1887
med men, ages IS through 25, de-
ferred in Class TIC for farm work
in Nebrasna. Because of the acute
need of the armed forces for young
men, Nebraska selective service has
been directed to review the farm de-
ferment claims of young men. 1t is
believed that half of the 10,837 far
! mers ages, IS through 25, can be in
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27

!, strated clearly" said the NAACP
statement, that any 'work-or fight
bill means hat Negroes will be re-
stricted and ordered about on the
basis of color, rather than on the
country's needs.
Under this legislation, it is en-
tirely possible that local and state
administrators will restrict Negro
workers to certain types of employ
ment, will bar them from free move
ment to improve themselves and will
enforce all manner of onerous rul-
es dictated solely by racial discrim-
nation.
"Colored citizens will remember
the memorandum of Attorney Gen
eral Francis Biddle in the summer
Of l943 following the Detroit riot.
Although he denied the memoranda
um, it is fairly well established that
Mr.. Biddle suggested to the Presid-
ent that n remedy for the Detroit
situation was to keep any additional
Negroes from going to Detroit.
This is merely a sample of what
would happen under a National Ser
vice act. Negro workers could be
barred from white collar employ
ment. Thty could be confined to
farm labor. They could be barred
from high-paying factory jobs and
restricted to hard, hot, heavy labor
such as foundry work. They could
be ordered to outdoor work in Sc
we're weather There is no limit to
the ways in which Negro citizens
might eb mistreated under this type
of legislation. 1t would be little
better than slavery"
Roy Wilkins, acting secretary of
the NAACP, said that the 800 local
chapters OF the organization are be-
ing advised BY the national headquar
tiers in New York to oppose this leg
lSlation and to write their congress-
men and senator's asking them to
vote against it. The NAACP has
100000 members in A states.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
11,20O Nebraska Boys
Will Be n G q
SeleCtiVe Service

Quoted with full regard for the Iyd-
ings amendment.
The Tydings amendment to the
Selective Service act does lot give
the agricultural workers absolute
exemption from induction. Such ex
emption was never intended. When
he asked Congress to adopt his a.
mendment. Senator Tydings said:
"All my amendment seeks to do is
to provide that whenever a person is
employed continuously in good faith
in the production OF food, and tax
ing him off the farm would leave a
large section of land uncultivated,
and there is no replacement, he shall
eb deferred upon these facts until a
replacement can Be found"
Nebraska agricultural experts a.
gree that at the close of 1874. there
Continued on Page ~4
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27

United States Senate
Committee on Education and Labor
January IL, 1915
TO MY FRIENDS
or OMAHA, NEBR.-
For two years l have served as
your United States Senator and am
reporting to you as the 18th Con
gress ends, and the 10Th Congress
begins.
The program which | advocated n
the elections of 1910 and AZ sug-
gested elimination of governmental
nonessentials removal of confiscat-
DRY taxes; elimination of govern
mental subsidized competition pro-
lection and encouragement Of priv
ate enterprise; and the return to 10
cal Government. Accomplishment Of
such aims would revive sane Govern
ment.
One cannot do otherwise than sup
port and cooperate with the military
leadership in the war program be-
cause we want this wal won with
maximum syeed and minimum loss.
We shall unite odr efforts in writing
an enduring peane based on Christ
ian principles.
On the domestic front, | have
constantly fought the New Deal
philosophy Of self-created emergenc-
les; of setting class against class; Of
political influence, pressure and priv
-ilege; of power politics of uncon-
stitutionality of high taxes; and of
deficit spending.
Since being in the Senate, I have
religiously adhered to the principles
of Constitutional Government; a
mended OPA. legislation to provide
protection for the private citizen in
enforcement proceedings; lmepded
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
CNvNK STAuNAKRTOH OMNHN HBRuARy6-7


to negotiate a change Of policyt
without successful results" Hen
derson said.
The War Manpower Commits
sion has also attempted Il change
this company's practices but was
unable to and certified the case to
FEPC in November 1913. At this
time the company made a public
statement that it could not comply
due to the prevailing community
pattern in East Alton. This city
has no Negro residents and there
is an alleged sentiment among the
white citizens against them.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27

A formal hearing on complaints
Of racial discrimination against
the Western Cartridge Company Of
Alton, Illinois, will be held
by the Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practices on
January 81, it was announced to-
day by Elmer w. Henderson, Re-
gional Director in Chicago.
Our Committee has received a
number of complaints that this
refuses to employ quail
fled Negroes at its great ammunit-
ion plant and we have attempted
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
Nat ToWies
Bus Almost
Fire Quilted

Mr.. Nat Towles, owner Of the
Nat Towles Orchestra, reported that
he had a serious fire on the bus the
other night. The fire destroyed
many Of the seats and berths there
in, and it was with some difficulty
tina, they left the city a few nights
ago to meet a musical engagement.
Mr.. Towles was forced to furn
ish chairs for his musicians to sit on,
and of course there were no berths
until Mr. Towles can remedy this
sad situation.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27

During the first six months Of
this year, Nebraska selective service
will need approximately 1920 men
to meet the general military service
dinuction requirements OF the armed
forces, Brig. General Guy N. Hen
ringer, state director estimated this
week on the basis of present condi-
tons.
1t is expected the general said
that these inductees will come from
the following sources:
New 1S-year olds 2.1OO
From farms, ages IS thru 25 500
From Industry, business,
ages $500 ... 1000
Men, ages 80 thru 81. 1000
L -..--- 1920
eneral Henninger gave the follow
ing explanations regarding these
manpower sources:
THE 1s YEAR OLDS-It is es.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27

End Cavalry Division more than a
year ago. The band came overseas
in January, 1914, and served in Al
RIGA and Italy before entering
France. Throughout its history the
band has won a number of prizes in
contests, including first place in that
of the Texas Centennial Celebration
at Dallas III 1886.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
DEMOCRACY WORKS IN OMAHA

one is colored and the eleven white
men vote to elect the one colored
man as their jury-foreman that is
what we call a real Democracy.
This all happened in the Honorable
Judge Arthur C. Thomsen's Court.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
o. p. A. CLOSES TOR

Carey's Neighborhood Grocery
at 9th and Grant was closed early
this week for a period of four
days.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27

When a dog bites a man, that
is no news but when a man bites
a dog that is news. When twelve
men have been chosen as jurors
in a law suit for S15,0000.00 and
eleven of those men are white and
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
Natl Service Act
"Slavey''say Naacp

NEW YORK, NY.,-Despite President Roose-
velt S i~nsistence upon a National Service act which
will draft all men and women in the country for the
war effort, the NAACP characterized this legisla-
ton as ''slavery'' in a statement this week.
Experience during the first World War demon
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
DISCUSSES CLOTHING
BOWLES DISCUSSES CLOTHING
APPAREL PROBLEMS
Decisions of
Need Public
Understanding
FROM THE OFFICE OF PRICE ALTON
TO THE OMAHA GUIDE PUBLISHING COMPANY

a month g when I wrote you about h new food rationfng pro-
topping sta% i sf ihf1a ! sat We Y s fased 4 further fstP fm problems .I IN y dm4cult task of
we have made may sound unpleasant to some Tney urgently
to Il taE @es 4 s r Of o ri m MOST 5sri etans 2 those q problems rob y are now about
Our actions will Be greeted With enthusiasm BY millions Of consum-
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ingly and iresponsibiy departing from facts N""
are taking. First lets look 1T the problem saGm =" lev Il" ne actions we
N a eons percent Pc fs rise over the last IS months This in . SPITE OF a
held held stable lte Food prices have actually gone down in his period That
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I'm suEe YOU VIII gree that with h rise in clothing prices. with
and ies available, and With Insufficient ten textiles %s'to to- me pac einin hPP pdem a@s
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raj Know OWL th al oeh ha 2 e b Sa Z eM Fer OF tns tiaeGo ffe end Far some
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terpredng this program { the public These r. undoubtediy strins-
t" tempoHze with such a critical a time problem Mons = = =" aiio'o
Sincerely, CHESTER BowLEs, Administrator.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
Morale Rises to New High When
Negro Army Band Gives Out ....."
Omaha Boy With Famous
NeUrO Band In France

S-sGT. ARCHIE l.. BROWN, 22s Parker Street, is a member this band
A we'll trombonist Archie formerly played with Lloyd Hunter
Benny Moten, Fletcher endersOn N Basfes Orchestra before
entering he services of hisc country.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
MAKES APPLICATION FOR
NEW BEDFORD HOME. .....

Mrs. Hattie Webb, of 1911 Maple
Street, Monday, made formal APP
plication for one of the new hom-
es in the New Bedford Addition,
located between Writ and Spencer
Streets, 30th and 9th.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27

During the 1914 epidemics, Tie
need for properly trained profession
al workers was acute and it might
have been greater, but, in anticipa-
CONTINUED PAGE TWO
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27

w DISABLED NEGRO VETS TAKE LAW COURSE AFFECTING
DISCHARGED SERVICEMEN A II AMERICAN UNI, WASHINGTONDC.
Two Negroes are included in the first class # 81 Handicapped veterans
of this a o taking a five-month course at American University,
Washington, e designed to make them Experts o laws Affecting the
rights OF discharged service men, particularly disabled veterans.
a w action with the 92nd Infantry Division and Tech. Sgt Charles N
Milton. 6 of tan u. wi served in the South Pacifc
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Lonnie May, linotypist, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, is a rehabii-
tated polio victim. Through efforts Of the Oklahoma County Chapter
of the National Foundation for Infantle Paralysis, at Luther, Okla
homa, and the Oklahoma Commission for Crippled Children. he has
overcome complies involvement of lower limbs and mastered
= skilled trade. All expenses for treatment maintenance, training
and travel of victim were borne by the Oklahoma County Chapter
through funds received in the March of Dimes in Celebration of the
Presidents birthday.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
March of Dimes Provides
Scholarships

NURSES IND STUDENTS
AIDED.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27

OKE BdTT IN FILM II bE SHUWNT IN BHANDETS STOHE
Thrilpacked for its full 40-minute showing, the War Departments
latest film, Sucker Bait, will be shown at the Downtown WAC Salon
in tn Brandeis store OIL Saturday afternoon, January 81 Starring in
the film is Corporal Russell Gleason, of Hollywood, who will make
three personal appearances during the afternoon.
The purpos of thu film on which h government spent thousands o
dollars is to graphically show how dangerous is the practice of discuss
ing military information in public n within hearing O strangers. Re-
leased thsw week for civilian consumption the picture will b e shown in
Omaha. TO the first time in III midwest Three screenings are SEIZED
minute talk after each showing.
Highlghts OF he film are a gunfight between Nazi spies III FIJI.
lei operation Of a German spy class in Berlin; Nazi subs D n the
prowl in thu North Pacific; the sinking of a u. s. convoy, and various
other thrilling episodes The showingsa are pen tt h public without
charge.
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
Senator Kenneth S.
Wherry
Reports
COMMENTS
And SUGGESTIONS

United States Senate
Committee on Education and Labor
The Omaha guide., 1945-01-27
"sUCKER BAIT" WAR FILM TO BE SHOWN IN BRANDEIs STORE

Sincerely, CHESTER BOwLEs, Administrato
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-23

IF YOU'RE CHILD like Eddie buy War Stamps! II you're
grown. buy War Bonds Forget your quoa"-buy till IT t&
Detroit evening times., 1945-09-23

Meanwhile your dealer may have other fine mattresses
made by Simmons If you need mattress NOR, be the
you bears the Simmons label That label your of
honest workmanship and rcStful rclaration..
P.S. We offer too limited number of Beautyrest Box
Springs. at $50. so.
Evening star., 1945-05-25

play writer's, however, that it was
effective drama to have Mr.. Mum
bargain with the Nazi officer fo1
military information by revealing
the idea of submerged bridges. II
my melodrama heroes are to be
strong, silent, admirable men, !
find them more convincing when
they remain SO.
The screen players who portray
the Nazi officers I found adequate
enough, except for one, described
by his fellow Nazis as The Butch
er," a fact which to my mind pro-
vided no excuse whatever for pam
tomiming derived from choreogra-
ply by Agnes DeMille.
X X X
This weeks stage show was high
lighted for me by the dancing of
Sondra Barrett. very alive crea-
ture with electric toes and a red
dress. I enjoyed her performance
immensely
Sue Ryan, late of Mr.. Ziegfeld' S
limitless Follies, is the headliner,
and she truly gives out when she
sings. She can actually make you
think her novelty lyries are better
than they are.
Chester Dolphin's head-balancing
and juggling is superb, much better
than his Word-patter. Also there
is Mary Lou Brewer, winner in the
WTOP Song to Remember" con-
test and the ever-delightful Roxy
cites, this time as Mexican Jump
ing Beans"
Evening star., 1945-05-25
By PATRICIA SIMMONS.

Roughly Speaking"-we would
say it was a long shot that hit the
jack pot. It's also the name of the
picture which pays off this week
at the Metropolitan with more than
it's share of heart-warming mo-
ments, amusing situations and lots
of laughs.
Roz Russell, the gal you've grown
accustomed to seeing draped in a
chic business suit over a newspaper
typewriter or behind an executives S
desk, does somewhat of turnabout
this time. Roz's standard equip
ment throughout most of the pic
ture is a family of five freckle-
faced, shiny -nosed kids.
If you think they fail to dampen
the usual Russell spark you have
another thought coming. Not her
precocious progeny, two world wars.
a depression. the stock market
crash, infantile paralysis or a di-
vorce are able to get Roz down or
halt for long the exciting events of
her life story from the age of q
to SO. It's amazing that for all the
ground it covers the script never
seems to get sidetracked. AS for
tagging, there just isn't time.
X
We regret to mention that there
are several things in Roughly
Speaking" about which we have no
right to report. Fact is we missed
the dialogue completely. There was
that time when Jack Carson decided
wife Rosalind would make a Won
derful person on which to practice
his salesmanship. Everything would
have been all right if he hadn't been
selling vacuum cleaners. Chicken
feathers used solely for demonstrat-
ing purposes flew freely and we'll, it