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The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19

Now and then. some good friend
writes in to tell me that he'd like
TO believe hat what / write about
the coming New South is so. Brother
Jim Sloan. who farms over in East
Arkansas. sends me a letter saying
he can't believe it's SO cau he
knows in his mind that 1T just nat
uraIly amt SO"
Brother Jim Sloan is a mighty
good friend Of mine and I'm not
getting mad AZ him for writing very
honestly that there can't be a New
South If you count on white South
erners TO help build it," If my boy
had been deaten up by cowardly
town constables in Mississippi while
wearing the uniform Of his country.
reckon that I'd feel like Old
Brother Sloan who farms on week.
days and who breaches on Sunday
TO colored Americans like himself
over in Arkansas.
BROTHER SLOAN WANTS PROOF
Brother Sloan says he's got proof
OF his religion in that grand old
hNNlAAAltAAA IL NAA1e
he wasn't born in Missouri for moth
ing now he wants me to show him
some kind OF a document proving
that there is a New South on the
wy.
Well. Brother Sloan and all of you
who may doubt that new white man
being shaped in the womb of the
fertile young South. I've got the
document. and | ask your prayers
for that new white man while l
read il TO you.
The document was sent to me by
Miss Virginia Kaye. distinguished
actress and co-chairman OF the jun
ior hostess committee Of the Stage
Door Canteen in New York City. 1t
is a letter written by a white South
ern CT q a pretty Negro girl named
Dorothy whom he had first ~insulted
whea he found her serving as host
css captain In the canteen.
According to Miss Kaye. Dorothy
showed good ommon sense by
drawing the boy into conversation
and remaining calm while he storm
I'd and rallied Seems like he was
still pretty hot under the collar
when he started to leave. tLen turn
ed back with his face red 20 ask the
Negro girl "wm you write to me?
HEHE'S THE PROOF
Stin showing good sense. Dorothy
promised to write the boy Here is
the letter that she got weeks later
from the Dixie CT after he had
gone through the terrible battle OF
Kasserine Pass over in North Africa
Dear Dorothy:
To-day opens a new book in my
life and must say a very exciting
book to open may it never close.
vii you do me a very special
fawor? I am sure you will. Please
continue 70 add to the book a few
pages SO that someday | can have a
volume.
Yes Dorothy. I was pretty silly
for asking whether Negro girls
cume down to entertain Negro boys,
or what is the purpose Of the mix
ture. I am heart sorry. believe me.
After our conversation. you left
an impression on my mind which
I shall never forget Today | am on
the bloody batlefields. My trip
across was most unpleasant you
know what / mean sea sick. etc. Al
lack would have it. / met face 70
face in association a Negro boy who
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
Hospital Committee
Holds NJ Letting
Negro Medical Society
To Buy Property

DIR. Craig Morris, President of the
Omaha Negro Medical Society call
ed a meeting last week of the Com
mittee on the proposed hospital
which is planned to be built on the
westside Of 30th and Writ. on a
plot of ground 120 feet facing Goth
street and with a depth of 4O6 60
ing westward.
After the meeting was called to
order by the temporary chairman.
DR.. Craig Morris, he reported that
the Negro Medical Society had voted
unanimously in their last meeting
to buy this plot of ground in the
Bedford Park addition This plot
Of ground valued at $6.000.O0 was
reduced in priced to the Medical
Society to $4,000 by Mr.. Hiram d.
Dee, President of the Realty I'm
provement company and builder of
the new Bedford Park homes.
Through the efforts of DIR. Craig
Morris a permanent organization
was perfected at this meeting and
officers were elected pending the
filing of the articles of Incorporate
ion after the lot is purchased
DR.. Virgins was nominated for
the craftsmanship of the Hospital
Committee, but declined the offer.
stating. that there was nothing
needed any worse than a hospital
where American democracy will real
" be in reality pr virgins said
he was willing to do everything in
his power to assist in the work to
build this hospital. but he felt 1t
needed meon more aggressive in
thai kind of work than he was
ttorney Charles F. Davis was
mentioned as chairman and he also
declined. At this time DR.. Craig
Morris made a motion that Mr..
Hiram D. Dee be elected chairman
of the Hospital Committee n Mrs
q. w. Gooden' seconded the motion
The motion was carried unanimous
ly.
At the previous meeting the Com
mittee deemed it wise to extend an
invitation to the Negro Medical Soc
letY AuXllldTy TO ldht d part III the
building program. The Auxiliary
appointed their President Mrs. Yves
ley Jones. wife of DR.. Wesley Jones
to represent the Auxiliary at the
meeting in the office of the Bedford
Park Addition at 30th and Writ St.
Mrs. Jones. being unable to attend
the meeting. sent her representative,
Mrs. G. w. Gooden. Mrs Gooden
as acting representative for the Aux
Hilary was nominated and elected as
Secretary of the Hospital Commit
tee
After various discussions of the
future plans and procedures, a mo-
ton was carried with instructions
by Attorney Charles F. Davis, the
Committees legal advisor. to notify
the Chairman of the Medical Hospit-
al Committee when the doctors were
ready to purchase the site so that
Mr.. Dee could issue another call for
a meeting. The meeting was adj
burned pending a call Of the Chair
man.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
Mayor Il Thirteenth;
Vote little More
Than in Primary
Final Standings

Omaha voters Tuesday swept
four City Commissioners out of
office and handed Mayor Dan But
Ter the worst defeat of his 40-year
political career.
The Mayor ran thirteenth in the
field of Ia, with little more than
a thousand votes to spare over
Bus Driver E. E. Harrington. who
ran last.
1t was a lightning stroke-with-
out any thunder. The campaign
had been one of the most lacking
In interest in years. The vote was
Iight-only a few thousand more
than the primary balloting Of Is
thousand. Few apparently sus-
lpected an undercurrent Of protest
that would break into the ranks
of the City Hall crowd.
knudsen, Trustin 4th. 5th
When the votes were counted.
Streets Commissioner John Kresl.
Fire Commissioner Walter Koris-
ko, Police Commissioner Richard
'Jepsen and Mayor Butler were left
stranded.
Park Commissioner Roy Tow1
was back, heading the voting pa
Trade. Finance Commissioner Har-
Try Knudsen was fourth, Public
improvements Commissioner Har-
iry Trustin fifth.
In second and third places were
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19

PFC. REVER McCLOUD.
sends greetings to his family and
many friends He has been in a
rest center in Nice, France. He
sent many lovely things home to
his wife, Mrs Roberta j. McCloud
including pure silk hose. perfume
Jewelry and souvenirs from Nice.
Pfc. McCloud wired roses to his
wife at Easter time while he was
still resting at Nice Since We
day. his wife. family and friends
are hoping that he Will he sen
home instead of to the Pacific He
has been in Africa, Italy and now
he is in France Pfc. McCloud has
been overseas p months. Before
he entered the armed services, Pfc
McCloud was a Red Cap for the
Burlington railroad. Mrs. Roberta
McCloud is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. l. S. Pharr. Pfc. McCloud's
mother, Mrs. Pearlie McCloud who
resides in Alabama, has three other
sons in the service. She has been
a widow for many years and she's
proud of her son who are helping
to clear up the situations of this
war torn world.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
BEAUTY PARLOR SOON TO
OPEN IN GUIDE BUILDING

Miss Doris Hawkins. popular
beautician. who has for sometime
after her graduation operated a
booth at oath and Grace and recent
~ at the Victory Beauty Salon, has
taken a five years lease on the
store room in the Omaha Guide
building at 2422 Grant St. and is
sparing no pain in expense in beau
tifying and equipping a beauty
parlor for her customers. Watch
the columns of the Omaha Guide for
the announcement of the opening
of Miss Hawkins Beauty Parlor.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
Buddy G to Bring
His BIG Harmony Kings
to Omaha Sunday, May 20

Corporal Buddy McCrea, former
light-heavyweight champion boxer
of Colorado and well known around
these parts in fight circles, informs
US that he is now manager and NC
for the BPS Harmony Kings. a sing
ing quartette of the F%airnont Army
Air field.
Buddy and his troupe OF singers
will appear here Sunday evening,
May 20, at the Christ Temple church
day, May 81. they will present an
other program at the Paradise Bap-
fist Church, 23rd and Clark St, at
s o'clock, Rev. Adams,
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
"TRUSTEESFIP" THE OLD MANDATE QUESTION OFFER
Little Hope For Democracy To Over o Mil
BAsIcALLN CONCERNED
PEOPLES HAVE LITTLE VOICE
INSIDE OF CONFERENCES

San FranciscO-As the San Fran
cisco difference for the drafting Of
the framework Of a world Security
ORGANIZATION enters its closing
phase. the question OF the status Of
Colonial peoples is st-i a question
mark.
with the exception Of the three
American Negro consultants 70 the
American delegation. DR. w f. Il
Dubois. Mrs Mary Mcleod Bethune,
and Walter White. the peoples bas-
ically concerned and who viii be
vitality affected politically, econom-
icalIy and socially whose very
Continued Oh page 81
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The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
Safeway Stores To Hire Co|ored Girls
Opportunity Opens Its Doors;
CoIored Girls with High School
Education Wanted As Clerks

The head Of the Omaha
Safeway Stores, Inc, has
informed us that they are
IN need Of girl clerks in
their stores girls who
are accepted must have a
high school education.
Here is your chance
girls-all you have to do
is to apply at their employ
ment office at 724 South
18th street, and see Mr..
r.. b. Wilson. Be sure
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
Rev. R. A.. Simpson to
Preach at Cleaves Sunday

The Rev r. A Simpson will
preach at Cleaves Temple Church
Sunday, May goth He is The noted
Presiding Elder of the Missouri
District of the Kansas-Missouri an
maui conference.
He will hold the Third Quarterly
conference at Cleaves ext Monday
night.
The public is cordially invited to
hear this. noted minister
Rev T. j. Douglass Is the pas
tor at Cleaves.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
WASHINGTON SELLS AGAIN

Mr.. Lee Washington former own
er Of the Ritz Cafe, Elite Billiard
Parlor and Apex Bar, has sold out a
gain Mr. Ernest Britt. Prophet
or of the Green Lantern Cafe, has
bought the Washington Hotel which
has twenty-five rooms in it. from
Mr.. Lee Washington
The Washington Hotel was form
erly owned by Mrs Myrtle Wash
ington at 22nd and Willis.
Mr.. Britt said he got tired of his
customers begging for a place to
sleep. He will now ,be able to ac-
commodate at least thirty guest a
day at his hotel at 22nd and Willis.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19

you have with you, proof
of a high school educa-
ton.
This is not just a war
time, but an alI-time Job,
that may lead to better
things. Go on down girls
and make good. Will you?
If you get the job,
please take care Of it, so
that the way for those
who follow you, may be
made easier. Make good,
STAY and stick on the iobI
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
St. Philips Church to
Hold Combinations

on sunday. May 10th at 600 pm. ].
the st. Philips the Deacon Episcopal
Church at 21st and Paul Streets.
Rev S G. Sanchez. Rector. will
hold Confirmation services.
The Honorable Bishop Brinker
will be in attendance at the Con-
firmation.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
TRUCK COMPANY SENDS
NAACP S67O

New York. N.Y.-Memberships
and contributions in the amount of
500 were sent to the NAACP by the
3990th Quartermaster Truck com
pany through Cpl Theodore Les
ter. This is the second remittance
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19

Mr. Ed Killingsworth who fell
down the steps last Thursday com
ing from Atty Ray L Williams Of
flee in the Tuchman block. was re
leased from the hospital but is back
and his conditions are as well as
could be expected
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
MARRIAGE

Felix Metoyer, Pip Lake Street.
over 81 to Mary C. Brown, 1892
Franklin St. over 21.
William Quarles, 2219 Ohio st
26; to Dolores Williams, 2505 Maple
St 10.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
YOU HAD BETTER WRITE BUFFET.
WHERRY, AND BUTLER-136 NAMES
SHORT-WRITE TODAY!!.
PERMANENT FEPC HACKERS
DISCOURAGED

Washington House supporters
were about ready Thursday to aban-
don their fight for a bill 20 create
a permenant Fair Employment Prac
tice Practices Commission.
SO far as | am concerned. the bill
is dead" said one FEPC advocate
I'VE haven't even one hundred sig
natures on our discharge petition
We need 21S before we can force the
bill to the floor"
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
Rev. John S. Williams
Choir of 80 Voices to
Appear Here June "a

The Rev j. S Williams Of Kan
sas City. Mo under the auspices of
the CleaVes Temple church. will
bring his choir ensemble to Omaha,
on Sunday. June "a.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
DIR L.. f. BRITT BACK
IN OMAHA

DR. l. E. Britt, who has been
visiting his wife and daughter in
Los Angeles, California, has return
ed to Omaha. DR.. Britt left his
wife and daughter enjoying the best
of health.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19

two members of
the Omaha Vot-
lers League slate,
Joe Dolan and
Charles w. Lee
man, respective
Fly. In sixth and
IS e n t h spots
were the other
two members of
the Owl slate,
Arthur j. Weav-
er and Carl w.
Jensen. The lat
ter finished some
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
BOUND TO DISTRICT COURT

DOSND ~ DASlItlCI u
Charged with statutory rape "a
gainst a Is year old girl. Emanuel
Wilson, 23. of 1921 Blonde Street
was bound over to District Court
on $4,000 bond by Municipal Judge
Frank Nimtzcent.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19

REV. @. c. ADAMS
Pastor Of Paradise Baptist Church
The Rev. G. c. Adams of 1913
North 26th street is a constant
reader of the Omaha Guide and has
the paper sent to his sister in Ala
bama. The Guide is sending pa
pers to many parts Of the world
Rev. Adams is a rue friend of the
Omaha Guide.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19

Mr. Hiram ID Dee, President Of
the Realty Improvement CO Inc i.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19

fro this company which sent the
NAACP $211 last August.
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19

dition has purchased the northeast
corner at oath and Burdette St
which contains two full lots and has
The Omaha guide., 1945-05-19
] places were

$40 votes ahead Of Mr.. Kresl. who
G iran eighth.
Detroit evening times., 1945-11-01
a GORGEOUS Hunk Of Man

COralee Moore, 3, Of Mi
ami Beach, nearly swoon.
ing a. her three-year-Old
boy friend, Joel Gaine, also
of Miami. initiates his manly
chest and strikes a Hercu-
lean pose. The children
take swimming lessons
at the North Shore Hotel.
international Phot
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-05
Fascists Within
Must be Erased

HOLLYWOOD. Calf, July 5
.-(R1-Now that German Fas-
cists have been beaten. says As
sociate Justice Frank Murphy of
the supreme court, Americans
should concentrate on the bat
tie against all the manifestations
of the Nazi disease we may find
among our own people"
ours is now the spiritual bat
t!e," Justice Murphy told. an ia
dependence day crowd at Holly
wood Bowl.
eve still have to m GU Il I
guard" he declared, against
those in our midst who have
been nurtured on the myths of
the superior and inferior races
and who practise discrimina-
ton against fellow Americans
because of the color of their
skins or some other arbitrary
racial sign" %
He added that there still are
among us. calling themselves
Christians, those who follow the
Nazi line of anti-semitism and
fail to see that in attacking the
Jews, they undermine the basic
tcnets of Christianity"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-05
Richmond Farmers Elevator
Firm Raises Capitalization

vile, on that day. Guests were
Mrs. Matilda Klsondorf and
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gamm, and
family, of Armada; Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Wesling, Mt. Clemens,
Mr.. and Mrs. William Klesen-
dorf, Birmingham; Eldon VAIL,
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Lori and
family. and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Leverenz all of Memphis;
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Leverenz
Jr.. and daughter, of st. Clair;
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Blum, and
daughters, of Roseville, and Mr..
and Mrs. Herman Leverenz, Sr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold w. Lever
enz and son and Mr.. and Mrs
and Herman Trettin, all Of Len
OK.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lueck en-
tertained at dinner in their
home in Lenox township on Sat
urday evening, June 30th hon.
oring their daughtcr-in-law
Mrs. Jack Lueck, of Mt. Glenn
ems. whose first wedding an
niversary occurred that day. W.
T. lie Jack Lueck is in action
in the Pacific. On Sunday Mr.
and Mrs. Lueck and daughters
and Mrs. Jack Lueck were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Nothaft in Detroit, in observ.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-05

since the national contest
closes July 8. and the story
must be in print before that date
y. we are emulating the prin-
cipal In 1t and losing no time
in covering the necessary
ground. The n arrativ e
(which some might think was
fabricated, but which our cor
respondent attests is the whole
truth) will be rushed airmail to
New York as soon as this edi-
ton hits the street.
We hope the American Spirit
Guild whose motto Is
That's The Spirit!" will
enjoy Dukes" offering
and regardless of its standing in
the national finals, we trust. 1t
will provide them with material
for their library on spirits hav-
ing q sense Of humor:
"A very old and wealthy
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-05
MONITOR-lEADER
who wants to 90 on to the
Pacific to finish the job.


FOR THOSE who want to see
fast softball team in action,
Covered Wagon diamond on Sun
day afternoon will offer an ex-
hibition and clinic by the Briggs
Bombers, of Detroit, form G I
world champion softball teams
and right now one of Detroit's
leading aggregations. On the in
vitation Of the Mount Clemens
! O.O.F., and manager William
Middleton, the Bombers will put
on 4 show at Covered Wagon
starting at $3.50 pm. You are
invited.
Ralph s. Randolph's efforts
as 4 good husband yesterday
resulted In painful (but not
serious) injury to him when
he fell from . second story
rear porch Of his home, 1919
Moross while wrestling with
bed springs and trying to
clean 1 rain spout. The acci-
dent took place at 8 a. m,
and when Mrs. Randolph and
Joyce rushed to phone for a
doctor. they found that 4 fall
ing bedsprfng had severed the
telephone wire. 1t really was
4 worrying time for the RAN
! d0lphs At st. Joseph
Hospital they found Ralph had
a bone Clipped in his left ell
bow and bad bruises of the
right arm and he'll soon
be right as rain.
MRS. WILLIAM SCHON-
setback informs us that Gil
bert Memorial Baptist Church
has a large size canvas by F
Harold Hayward enhancing one
side of the baptistry and depict.
ing the River Jordan in a mas
terful fashion. 1t was donated to
the church more than 20 years
ago by artist Hayward in mem
Dry of his wife and the
church, then under the ministry
of Rev. E. Bond Griffith, paid
Hayward $100 for the expense
of his canvas and paint only
Many Mount Clemens Wis
itors interested in art have
viewed the canvas down through
the years, and experts have hail
ed it as one of Hayward's best
Next time our begrimed .
youngsters stall at taking a
nice warm bath with lots of
sudsy water, we intend to
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-05

man had q mansion out In the
hills, but Il was Of little ma
terial use to him for no one
would live In it. Legend had
II that the place was haunted.
He figured that q little finan.
cial inducement might break
the spell, 50 offered IS to any
one who would stay In the.
house overnight.
Broke and reckless, q younl
colored fellow named Rastus ap
preached the property owner
and explained that for IS ah'al
do anything So the bar
gain was made and Rastus fear
lessly walked out to the big, 81
lent maDsion.
darkness descended,
Rastus lit q lamp, and Its
beams in the shadows picked
out q white cat with q black
tail. The strange feline stalk
ed over to Rastus, perched on
Its hind legs and said:
'Rastus, I see there are two
Of us here tonight
Said Rastus:
"Yassuh! But when all get Il
that door there'll only be one!'
So Rastus started to put
distance between himself and
the strange house, and was
halfway to town when he
heard footsteps behind him.
He looked around and saw .
man running close to him
carrying his head under his
arm Rastus ran and ran
till his breath gave out. He
was pushed. So he sat down
on q log and waited for the
headless head-carrier to sit
down beside him.
Said the ,headless man:
THAT was . nice race we had,
stranger!'
Said Rastus:
"Yassuh! And when ali get
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-05

RICHMOND - The annual
meeting of the Farmers Eleva-
tor Company stockholders, one
Of the oldest farmers organiza-
tons in this vicinity, was held
last Saturday at the Cook Hotel.
About 80 stockholders were pre-
sent. A very prosperous years
business reported the sales Of
the company of over half mil
lion dollars. The following di-
rectors were reelected:
Harold E. Parker, Charles w.
Fuerstenau, Arnold N. Lever
Frank j. Hirt from $1,000 to
$35, 900 by a stock dividend. This
was unanimously accepted.
The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President and manager, Arnold
w. Leverenz, who has been with
the company for the past 10
years; vice-president, Bruce
Weymouth; secretary and treas
urer. E. H. Rowley, who has
been with the company since it's
organization in 1898, and Assist
ant Secretary and Treasurer,
Mrs. Iva Smith, who began work
in the offices in 1923 and has
charge of the office at present.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stocker
entertained relatives and friends
Sunday in their home in honor
of. their daughter, Dorothy Jean,
who was confirmed in st. Pet
er's Lutheran church, Mutton
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-05

tell them about the letter Pfc.
William F. Ogden, USMC,
wrote to his mother, Mrs. Will
liam E. Ogden, of 255 Jones
street. As part of an interest
ing description Of activities on
Okinawa, including the bitter
Naha tussle, Ogden tells Of the
thrill Of capturing a small
town where the houses had
wells back Of them :.
which the Marines, unwashed
and unshaved for more than-a
wee k .. immediately put
to good use. The dusty Ind
perspiring men also found q
small stream, Bill reports
:. land when I say SMALL
mean 1t" II was Is
inches wide and six inches
deep -. "but we took .
bath anyway"
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-05
& All. I'll. Day
B. D. A. ~

Our recent column announced the annual contest Of the
American Spirit Gud offering bond awards for the most
effective published spirit spook toes with ohosty
silence the port Of seven readers . until today.
WIN ohost-writer using the pen Of Duke come
forward with moving narrative concerning thot strange world
with which moonlight block cats and mdnah associated
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-05

ance of the birthday anniver-
sary. OF Mr.. Nothaft, a brother
of Mrs. Lueck.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1945-07-05

1t. Wilson (Willie) May is
home from the wars on 30-day
furl0ugh, loaded down with
autographed pictures Of such
stars as Jimmie Cagney, Bing
Crosby, ETC., whose shows he
helped to arrange as Special
Service Officer for one of our
Yank divisions in France. Will
lie found his work interesting
except for such occasions as at
Liege and during the Battle
of the Bulge when heavy bonn
bardments had everyone dig
ging deep fox holes. He just
got out of the Bulge Con f00t)
in time to avoid capture 80.
but he doesn't say much. Even
these stray notes were wrung
from him with extreme diff
Guilty. He's one ETC veteran