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Way, Seattle, for outstanding SER
vice as commanding officer of a
destroyer escort, the U. S. S. VAR
ian.
Pvt. Clarence Christensen, hus-
band of Mrs. Alberta A. Christen-
sen. Marysville, has been wounded
in action in Europe.
Sgt. Axel c. Swanson, son of
Otto Swanson. Greenacres, has
been wounded in action in Europe.
Pic. Elmo o. Vedin. son of A.
vid Nedin, Port Angeles, has been
wounded in action in Europe.
Pfc. Harold V. Weedman. huS-
band of Mrs. Margaret w. Weed
man. kelso, has been wounded in
Europe.
Pfc. James F. Hagensen. son OF
Mrs. Vita Hagensen, Orchards, has
been wounded in action in the Pa
cific area.
Pfc. Leroy E. GRANDSON. son OF
Emil E. Erlandson. Bellingham,
has been a prisoner of war in Ger
many.
Pfc. Donald E. Johnson. U. S.
NJ. c. R., son of Mr.. and Mrs
Severt Johnson. 1852 Jones Ave.
n. w. Seattle, has been killed in
action.
Pfc. Oswald X. Petersen, neph-
ew of Odin NJ. Larsen, 143l Cor
liss Ave. Seattle. has been wound
ed in European action.
1st. 1t. William H. Gustafson
husband of Mrs. Rachel A. Gust
afson. Asotin. has been wounded
in action in Europe.
Pvt. Robert E. Westholm, sor
of Elmer Westholm, 1912, And s
w. Seattle. has been wounded il
action in the Pacific.
s Sgt. Siegried H. Fehlberg
brother Of Paul o. Fehlberg, Ia
coma. has been awarded the Sill
yer Star for driving a flaming We
hicle. loaded with exploding am
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Our Scandinavian
American Servicemen

Two brothers. Lieut.. Comdr.
Harry N. Wallin and Pfc. Don
Wallin had a grand reunion with
their father. Nels Wallin, 1927
Wallinsford Ave, Seattle. Com
mander Wallin has been serving
in the Philippine area and is now
on duty in San Francisco. Pri-
vate Wallin has been in the Aleu-
tians year.
Pfc. Robert G.. Jensen. son OF
Andrew S. Jensen, Olympia, has
been reported killed in action in
Europe.
Pfc. Donald F. Svare. son of
Mrs. Hulda P. Svare. 232 Wash
ington Ave, Bremerton, has been
wounded in action in Europe.
Pfc. John A. Jorgenson. hus-
band of Mrs. Alice L. Jorgenson
Tilhcum, has been wounded in Ell
rope
S Sgt Arthur 3. Mikelsen. hus-
band of Mrs. Alice Mikelson, Port
Orchard. has been wounded in Ell
rope
TIA Emerson E. Seaman. a
friend of Howard Erickson, Rem
ton. has been wounded in action
in Europe.
Pfc. Clifford F. Hammer. hus-
band of Mrs. Frances NJ. Hammer,
Aberdeen. has been wounded in
action in the Pacific area.
2nd 1t. Ernest ]. Engstrom, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest w. Eng
strom. Kent, and Sgt. Walter J.
Nelson, husband of Lucille X.
Nelson. 66O6 Cooper St. Seattle,
have been awarded Air Medals.
Corp. Arthur E. Borderud of
Seattle has been awarded the
Bronze Star for meritorious ach-
ievement in Germany.
Pvt. Raymond L. Anderson, the
husband of Mrs. Beryl Anderson
Spokane. has been wounded in ac'
ton in Europe.
The Legion of Merit has beer
awarded to Lieut.. Comdr. Lee
nard A. Myhre. 1s205 Ballingel
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band of Mrs. Joyce M. Gunnarson,
1880 Linden Ave-, Seattle; and
Pfc. Keith R. Matson, son of Mrs.
Alice c. Matson, Selah.
n Il
Pfc. Vernon R. Greenwood, son
of Trygve Greenwood, 1345 Weller
ST., Seattle, has been wounded in
action in Europe.
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Pfc. Billy E. Johnson, son of
Mrs. Jessie B. Johnson, Longview,
has been wounded in action in Eu-
rope.
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munition, away from an area
where men and other vehicles
We're, somewhere in Germany"
Pvt. Donald G.. Johnson, son of
Mrs. Anna P. Starks, Hartford,
has been wounded in the Pacific
action.
Pvt. Thomas B. Johnson, son of
Mrs. Anna Johnson, Longview, has
been wounded in the Pacific.
Pvt. Erwin H. Olson, son of Mrs.
Greta NJ. Berg, 4510 Meridian
Ave, Seattle. has been liberated
from prisoner of war camp in
Germany.
Pvt. Warren H. Ackerlund. son
of Mrs. Lillian Ackerlund. Gle Ell
UNI, has been liberated from a
prisoner of war camp in Germany
T/Sgt. Richard G. Mortenson.
2507 E. 95th ST.. Seattle, has been
awarded the Purple Heart.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hanson, 1916
Queen Anne Ave. Seattle, receiv-
ed the Air Medal with two Oak
Leaf Clusters for her son, Sgt. AL
vim c. Hanson. missing in action.
The medal was presented at a re-
treat parade at McChord Field.
Ems. Austin C"Toss") Olsen,
navy fighter pilot. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leroy Olsen. 4422 S. 10th
St.. Seattle, recently downed four
Jap planes over Okinawa, and
helped down two others.
Recent graduates are: Roland
Stenquist, 2l52 N. 1S5th ST.. Sc
attic Naval Air Station, Ottum-
wa, Ia: Ray Munson, son of Mr.,
and Mrs. Clarence c. Munson, Sc
attic, from Naval Reserve Officer
Training School, New York
Pvt. John T. Norgord, U. S. NJ
c.. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
A. Norgord, Bellevue, has been
wounded in action.
! T/5 Merl r. Beckman, son of
Ralph r. Beckman, Charleston. has
been wounded in action in Eu-
rope.
Pvt. ALI G. Eliassen, nephew OF
Fred Dahl, Port Angeles, has
been wounded in action in Europe
/ Pfc. Roy C. Johnson, U. S. NJ
/ c. r.. son Of Mr.. and Mrs. liver
/ Johnson. South Bend, has been
killed in action.
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brings material Allied
forces the world but active hand IN the fighting
well
THIS vessel took part IN the Le invasion and nov for the M
While unloading
sailor painting his accounted for
And
the fighting unloading the
vital supplies that helped the tide battle fog The
American
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The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24

The 18th anniversary Of the Negro Press
will be observed throughout the country from Febr-
uary "A through March 3 under auspices of the
Negro Newspaper Publishers Association.
Beside an essay contest for high school stu
dents, sponsored locally by The Omaha Guide and
nationally by the Publishers Association, and in
d~lvidually arranged radio programs on local sta
lions, there will be two national radio broadcasts
over the National Broadcasting Company and Col
umbia Broadcasting System chains.
The purpose of the observance is to point up
the part the Negro press is playing in reporting our
efforts in the war at home and abroad, and in keep.
ing up morale.
The first half-hour national radio program of
the week will be broadcast on Saturday, February
"a, at $50 pm. (EWT). Entertainment featured
on this program will be Jack Benny, Rochester and
Lionel Hampton. There will also be reports from
two war correspondents-John (Rover) Jordan of
the Norfolk ournal and Guide, who will talk about
the 92nd Division with which he has been working
for the last four or five months; and Enoc Waters OF
the Chicago Defender, who will speak from Pearl
Harbor where he will interview a Negro naval offic-
er stationed there. Waters will also tell of some of
the roles Negroes are playing in the Pacific, where
he has been a correspondent for two years.
In addition to these features, there will be a dram
atization Of the heroic exploits Of Corp. Waverly b.
Woodson. On D-Day, during the invasion of
France, Woodson, as a member of the medical corps
performed one of the heroic efforts of the war. He
is now in a hospital in this country and will DC
brought to New York for a personal appearance on
the program.
RAJ pm Cooper, stage and screen star, will be
master Of ceremonies for the NBC broadcast.
The second national broadcast will be made
on Friday, March 2, at 7:15 pm. (EWT) Details
will be given next week.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24

New Experimentation to whites
Of 200 units planned originally for
Negro war workers in New Boston
Texas, and the repeated refusal of
MIA to follow a non-segregated
pattern in public housing projects
was protested by the NAACP in a
letter today to MIA Administrator
John B. Blandford, Jr.
Over the signature of Special
Counsel Thurgood Marshall the N
AACP pointed out that Negroes are
occupying on a segregated basis
only 1874 units of the $500 a1located
for the servicing of members and
workers of the Red River Crdance
depot n Lone Star Ordnance
plant. In urging MIA to put a
stop to its discriminatory practic-
es and preclude any recurrence of
the Sojourner Truth housing stu
alton in Detroit, Mr.. Marshall said;
I'VE have repeatedly taken the
position that occupancy Of public
housing Projects under your sup
ervision should be on a non-seg-
regated basis because there is no
authorization in either the Unit
ed States Constitution or federal
statutes for segregation in feder-
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24
brotherhood; it is something that
should be practiced."

brotherhood; it is something that
should be practiced."
Asserting thai he is not pessi-
mistic for the future, tina 9TH
heart of America is sound, Mr.
Monsky sad that i"America has its
greatest source of strength in it's
umerou nationalities which have
learned to work together and con
tribute their varied cultures to the
common wealth of the country.
For that reason, it will not be
found wanting in helping to estab-
lish a new postwar world"
Chairman of the program was
w o. Swanson, national trustee
of the NCCJ, assisted by Milton
Livingston and Edward Leary.
Miss Ethel Alpenfels. former Y
WCA activity director in Denver,
spoke Monday and Tuesday to O.
maha high school students on The
Scientific Approach to Understand
ing the Peoples Of the World" She
also spoke at the Dundee Parent
Teachers Association meeting last
Tuesday evening and visited the
University of Omaha Her talks
are sponsored by the Omaha Round
Table.
Miss Alpenfels was the guest of
luncheon, Tuesday noon at the
Blackstone Hotel.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24
Geo. w
Ha1sey
Denver Dist. Chr. of
P.O.D.C.W. was
A well known
Figure to Omahans

Mr.. George w. Halsey, Denver,
Colorado departed this life Febr-
uary Sth, 1916. Brother Halsey
was District Chairman of Denver
District, Protective Order of Din
ing Car Walters, Local No. 465,
Regional Director and member of
the Executive Board of the Joint
Council Of Dining Car Employees.
He was no stranger in Omaha and
was well liked by all who knew
him. He has been a member of the
Organization since the time it was
chartered in 1894. Brother Halsey
was not only a good organization
man for most of his him was occup-
led in civic, charitable and econ
omic movements and whenever any
Of these movements were present
ed, you could always depend on him
to help put the program over.
Omaha has lost a friend and a
brother and Denver has lost a val
liable and distinguished citizen.
Arthur H. Reed, Secy-Treas.,
P.O.D.C.W., Local No. 465.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24
3 FAITHS REPRESENTED
ON JOSLYN PROGRAM

Three laymen of the Catholic
Protestant and Jewish faiths Sum
day night called upon Americans
to clean house of their own racial
and religious bigotry to show their
sincerity in help thu world rebuild
on the principle of the brotherhood
of man.
They are A. C. R. Swenson, con-
sui for Sweden; Francis p. Mat.
thews, chairman of the executive
committee of the National Cathol-
&c Community Services and Henry
Monsky, president of the SUPERIOR
lodge of B'nai Birth.
Appearing at Joslyn Memorial III
a goodwill meeting sponsored BY
the Omaha Round Table TO open
the city's annual Brotherhood
Week program, the three men
stressed that America is playing an
important role in the construction
Of a new world order, and there
must be no disunity at home.
The United States has TO many
races and creeds to afford 20 in
dulge inthe vices of intolerance and
hatred" Mr.. Swenson declared. TIT
is for America now to show that in
peace as well as in war it has IN
ity and faith in democrats process
ses.
He declared that I'VE are at pres
ent faced with a very real trial of
our faith in democracy II me way
we treat the Americans IT Japan
csc descent"
Mr.. Matthews declared that as
much as unity and understanding
was needed in the past, "a far
greater need exists now, We have
only to look overseas to sec the de-
gredation of mankind that has
been the fruition Of PHILOSOPHERS
that do not recognize the brother
hood of man.
Mr.. Matthews, who toured liber-
ated areas of Europe last fall, de-
clared hat he had been apprehen-
sive Of what could happen in Am
erica after seeing how Christian
civilization in those lands has been
all but destroyed.
Mr.. Monsky agreed with Mr.
Matthews that 1T ought never be
| necessary to theorize or talk about
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24
Naacp Protests
MIA Plan to
Take Housing
For Negro War Workers

al projects. We have also point
ed out to You on several occas-
ions that such policies Of segre-
cation by you are unlawful.
Public housing agencies, however
nave insisted on maintaining a
policy Of segregation and have
sought to justify this policy Oh
the grounds that it provides sep
arate but equal treatment. we
have pointed out in Detroit.
Washington and many other
areas that it is impossible to
maintain separate and equal
treatment at the same time and
that segregation Invariably
brings about unequal treatment
in addition to the segregation 1t
self.
The refusal to admit qualified
Negro applicants to the new pro-
jects in the area of the Red Riv-
er Ordnance Depot and the Lone
Star Ordnance Plant solely be-
cause Of their race or color Is i'll
direct violation of the Constitu-
tion and laws of the United Stat
es. TIE denial of available, ade-
quate housing facilities to quail
fled Negro workers seriously
hampers our program for build
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24
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THE LIVING
SOUTH
(BY HAROLD PREECE) g
Copyright, 1945, by New South
Features)

Before my two-year OLD
David grabs them from
my desk and starts chew
ing them up, I've been
trying to 90 through a lot
of plans to lift the face of
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24

cracy during the so years when
he was teaching school in his
home state of Georgia.
He inspired young Southerners
as a teacher. He inspires Young
Southerners as a business man.
spent twelve years as a high
school principal and SO years as
president Of Georgia State Col
lege at Savannah" Then at the
age of 81, when most men consid-
er their life courses to have been
run, he moved North and went in
to business.
The rewards of teaching have
been great in my former students
men and women who are now
bishops doctors lawyers teachers,
businessmen, and responsible civ
il servants"@so writes Major
Wright who started life as a
slave in Georgia, more than 90
years ago.
They write and credit me for
the impression 1 made on them,
although now I feel how made
quate I must have been"
MATCHES CARVER L
Now, much more should he
written about Major Wright than
I am able to squeeze into my few
hundred words. l agree with
Negro Digest Editor John H..
Johnson though that Major
Wright's life lis a saga of cour-
age and accomplishment that
matches the story Of George
Washington Carver"
Id like to see some member of
the Association of Young Writers
and Artists, organized by the
Southern Negro Youth Congress,
start to work on a book dealing
with the life of Major Wright.
What a book that would be to
put alongside Booker T. Wash
ing't p from Slavery" and the
Autobiography Of Frederick
Douglass.
1 can't help but think that gen
erations of Negro teachers have
been inspired by the ex-slave
Booker T. Washington, and gen
erations of Negro crusaders fol
democracy by the ex-slave, FREQ
erick Douglass. 1 believe thai
generations of public-spirited anC
~far-Seeing business men will bt
inspired by the ex-slave, Majol
Wright.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24

Dixie in the hopeful years
that will follow this war.
David must like those
plans from the way that he chews
on them when I turn my back to
roll a cigarette. They are plans,
drawn up by different federal
and private agencies, for better
housing, better schools, and bet
ter everything else in this part Of
America where your people and
M people will forge a new des-
tiny and a new democracy.
But I'm mighty disappointed
that I've cen no plans to build
Negro business in Dixie. Just as
we've got to have more machines
and more assembly lines run by
Negroes in Dixie if Dixie is ever
going to have peace and prosper
ity, so we r going to have more
stores and shops, more banks and
finance companies by Negroes
I've seen no plans to build Ne
gro business in Dixie. But 1 have
read ajor R. r. Wright's article
From Slave to Banker" publish
ed in the February issue of Negro
Digest When I read that moving
little sketch of Major Wright's
life, told in language eloquent by
It's modesty, 1 could ~foresee the
great Negro business enterprises
that will rise up in Dixie to give
security and more prosperity to
u people of both colors.
Now Major Wright had to move
up North to make a success of
business. He is president Of the
Citizens and Southern Bank and
Trust Company in Philadelphia.
But were proud that we gave
him to the North and to Amer
ica---.we remember that he laic
some pretty solid bricks for demo.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24
NEBRASKA COMMITTEE ADS
FOR 1915 BEGIN

Announcing that the years adv
ertising program of the Nebraska
Committee, United States Brewers
Foundation, begins in Nebraska
newspapers this month, State Dir
ector Charles E. Sandal comment
ed that "Our Advertising, like our
activities, serves a useful purpose
in the public interest. The mes
sages, completely factual in con-
tent, help enlighten u citizens on
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24

this organizations purposes and
accomplishments in the field of eff
fective beer tavern control. we
work for development of greater
public consciousness and cooperat-
ion on the part CT the beer retail
ing business, and the program is
one in which the complete under
standing, confidence and support of
the public is most necessary"
"As in former years, daily and
weekly enspawers throughout the
entire state will carry the 1915
schedule" Mr.. Sandal said.
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24

Dixie III the hopeful years
that will follow this war.
David must like those
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ing the necessary materials Of
war.
We, therefore appeal TO YOU
as Administrator Of the Nation
al Housing Agency to Immediate
ly discontinue the present policy
to refuse to permit qualified Ne
gro applicants to be admitted to
the new projects in this area. we
urge you to do this not only for
the reasons mentioned above, but
in addition wish to point out to
you that every effort should be
made to avoid a recurrence OF the
difficulties experienced III the So
journer Truth housing situation
in Detroit"
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24
Cash Prizes for
High School
S d e n
Omaha Guide Sponsor
Contest for Ell i Oh
School Boys and Girls
In Concentrating
118 Years of Negro
PreSs....

The National Newspaper Publish
ers' Association in connection with
the annual Negro Press Week OBJ
servance February 25 to March 81
will ponsor a National High School
essay contest-Subject: The Negro
Newspaper, Crusader for Real De
mocracy'. Coupled with this nation
al contest is a local essay contest
sponsored by THE OMAHA
GUIDE. Local prizes are $1,000
IN CASH, FIRST PRIZE; $500
IN CASH, SECOND PRIZE; $3.50
IN CASH, THIRD PRIZE.
The three prize winning essays Of
THE OMAHA GUIDE Contest
will be entered in the National Con-
test.
National prizes are $500; SIS. and
so, all War Bonds. This year marks
the 11Sth Anniversary Of the Negro
Press. All essays must be mailed to
the Negro Press Essay Contest Edi-
tor of THE OMAHA GUIDE and
should be postmarked no later than
March 3, 1915.
RULES
/ Manuscripts shall contain no
less than 800 and no more than 1000
words.
2. Manuscripts must be written
theme paper using one side only.
3. The contestants name must not
appear or the manuscript. Attach
the essay a separate sheet of pa
per on which should be written the
name and address Of the contestant,
tse name Of the school and Of the
principal.
4. Winners will be selected by five
uCegs to be named by this news
aper. Prizes listed above for the
cal contest will be awarded BY this
lper according to the decision of
e judges.
5. The first three prize winning
avs in this coolest will Be entered
lie National Negro Newspaper
ek High School Contest.
A committee of judges, no
than seven in number, shall
three National prize winners
among the essays submitted to
by the various member papers.
The decision of the judges in
contests shall be final. All
become the property Of the
NNPA and zone will be returned to
contestants. Judges will base
their choice on the character of the
material. originality, composition
an dneatness.
3. Only persons Of high school
age in the continental United States.
now attending high school, are elig-
ible to enter this contest. No mem
Der or relative Of a member Of the
Of any newspaper will Be eIig-
ible 10 compete in this contest.
Omaha Guide Publishing Co.,
1920 Grant Street,
Omaha, Nebraska
HA-OQon HA-ooo,
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Red Cross war Fund

The 1915 Red Cross War Fund
will be held from March l to 81.
The goal is $500, 600, 900.
This money is needed by the A
merican Red Cross to provide it's
The Omaha guide., 1945-02-24

services to our soldiers and sailors
throughout the world and to the
people at home. All of us must
give to the limit Of our ability.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-01-17
HOBBY SHOW T00pEN HERE
 TOMORROW
Display Space Filled 10 Ca pdeity in Scottish
 Rife Temple

The Hobby Show at the Scottish Rite Temple will open it's doors to the first visitors tomorrow after noon at 3 o'clock A colorful and fascinating showing of the media used by local lobbyists has filled all available display space to capacity. This showing of the possible uses to which native woods, ivory and other Southeast Alaska products can be put in the development of hobbies and crafts will enchant and surprise visitors.
 David Ramsay will delight boat model enthusiasts with four models of perfection and beauty, including an exact replica of the Estebeth.
 Ralph Mize is doll house builder after the dream of all little girls. Even a grand piano which produces music and is fashioned to exact scale is to be found as a part of the furn- ishings of this model house.
 Novel BOutOnnieres
 
 With a flare for real chic Mrs. Arthur Zimmerman has combined seashells and pine cones into bou- tonnieres of originality and distinc- ton.
 Mrs. Harold Foss is showing some intricate tooling on leather; Mrs. Henry Harmon is displaying china painted with an Alaska cotton de- sign. Mrs. J. H. LikenS and Mrs. Joe Werner are exhibiting painted furniture, the former with a Scan- dinavian design, the latter using peasant motifs.
 Mrs. Roy Peratrovich has charge of native arts and crafts and is eager to have any persons who may have particularly nice crafts done locally by native craftsmen to con- tact her today.
 The Botany Club members are busily gathering house plants which