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The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

To the Editor of the Omaha Guide:
DEAR SIR:
When the former U.S.O. was first established /
wrote an article making an appeal to the people Of
Omaha to form a committee for the purpose Of pur-
chasing the U.S.O. for a future YMCA.
In last weeks Guide | notice that you too are
fighting for such a project, and through your paper
| would like to appeal to the Negroes Of Omaha
once more to help in this worthy cause.
In a recent survey statistics showed that 30% of
the increased population in Omaha were Negroes.
Statistics also show that the Negro has made at
least 25% more money during the war.
We have built up our churches, and formed new
clubs, but no means has been provided for future of
our young men and women in the recreational and
social fields.
1t is alright to set back and let the downtown YM-
CA secure a building for us, but it would be far bet
ter and more profitable to us as a race of people, to
purchase the U.S.O. ourselves.
We owe it to the young men who have gone out
and fought for their city and country, to provide
them with some place where they can find rest,
peace and contentment.
hope that the Omaha Guide will continue it's
fight for this worthy cause and in doing 50 will en-
list the aid of some of the organizations of this city.
Respectfully yours,
E. A. MASON
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

Hampstead, L. I.-Five-star USO pins
in recognition of between $500 and $500
hours of volunteer service are awarded
(top left) by Colonel Edward E. Hill
dreth, Commanding Officer at Mitchell
Field, L. T., to Mrs. Elizabeth Bass
Golding, vice-chairman of the Nassau
USO Operating Committee, and to Mrs.
Florence Fuller, chairman Of the inter-
racial information desk committee at a
ceremony recently held at the Nichols
Court USO here. Only four Of these
high honors were awarded. Above left, a
small group of the 440 Hampstead USO
hostesses to whom Colonel Hildreth
presented pins Of from one to four stars
in recognition of between 500 and 5000
hours of volunteer service. From left to
right in the front row are, Dorothy
Schlaer. Mildred Gentry, Thelma Bau-
man, Erissa Gentry, Eloise Mills. The
picture at left shows some of the junior
hostesses and the men they serve. The
occasion is one Of the weekly USO
dances held at the Lido Beach Naval
Center. Attendance at these dances Ia
still more than 5000.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

of the services at Zion Baptist
Church rendering as usual SPLEEN
did spiritual services to their
church. On this Sunday, Mason
Devereaux Jr., is to deliver the
short talk before the regular SER
mon by the pastor Reverend Will
liams. He has chosen Youth
Looks to the Church for Christian
Leadership and Spiritual Guild
ance" as the subject of his brief
address.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

be treated for occupancy before
the students return to school on
January 8. The president said the
lost time will be made up at a lat
er date.
All administrators, administra-
tive assistants, full time cafeteria
workers. and maintenance en-
ployees have continued at their
posts.
DR.. R. N. James, State Health
Director, said the epidemic sprang
up in the southern part of the
state and is spreading rapidly.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
AMERICAN LEGION POST NO. 80
To Hold Open louise FOR Members Of AIMED Force.
Urge All World War III
Vets to Attend

Roosevelt Post No. 80 of the A
merican Legion, oath at Parker
streets (upstairs), will entertain
all members of the Armed Forces
in World War II on Thursday,
December goth, at s pm. All
Soldiers, Sailors. Marines, Wacs,
and Nurses r cordially invited to
free eats, drink and entertainment
No matter if you have been dis
charged or are still in the services.
you are welcome. Come out and
get acquainted with your Conrad
eS.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

gro American soldiers the bitter
thought that because they are not
white, they cannot receive at the
hands Of their country's Navy the
same treatment as other veterans
who fought the good fight, then
the war against Hitlerism has not
been won. This Association calls
upon you to issue orders to all
commanders of Navy vessels be-
ing used to return veterans to the
United States to accept cont;ng-
ents as scheduled without regard
to race or color"
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
E. A. MASON.

noon, Dec. 16 at $50 pm.
All members are urged to attend
and bring a friend as the member
ship drive was a success and the
local branch hopes to reach the
1000 membership mark in Omaha
and to make as good a showing
as most other cities with their
drives.
Expired memberships are hoped
to be renewed at this meeting.
Are you a member Of the NAA-
CP? If Not, WHY NOT?
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
the written record in the JAW
General Motors labor DISPUTE.

General Motors labor dispute.
The committee report declared
that the full possibility of collec-
tive bargaining had not been ex-
hausted and I'VE believe President
Truman and his advisers would
have been in a position TO insist
more firmly on the full use Of the
collective bargaining process be-
fore suggesting intervention by
the Government" if they had IN
spected the rec rd Of negotiations.
Leon Henderson was chairman
Of the committee. Other members
beside White were Profcss.r Err
nest w. Burgess. University of
Chicago; Mrs. ]. Birdsall CauIk-
ms, National President, NWCA;
and Robert Herrigan of the New
Council of American Bu<in"as
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

MRS. CHRISTINE ALTHOUSE
of the Althouse School of Beauty
Culture, 2715-2717 North oath
ST., who recently returned from
Chicago and parts east, has been
appointed State Organizer of the
National Beauty Culturists' Lea
que.
Watch for her column, each
week Health, Beauty and Sue
cess which will soon appear in
this paper.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
u. S. COAST GUARD SEEKS ~ENLISTMENTS OF
YOUNG MEN IL 10 Is YEARS I

Enlistment in the United States Coast Guard is 10Y open for young
men of the ages II to % inclusive. Men who have completed two
years of high school may enlist with the rating Of Apprentice Seaman,
while those who have not completed two years of high school but who
have completed the Sth grade, may enlist Is Stewards Mate 3 &c. En-
Hstments may be for two or three years, this is optional with the men.
Those interested should contact the Coast Guard Recruiting Repre-
sentative, Room 316A, Post Office Building, Omaha Nebraska
Howard c. King, CGM, USCG, is Recruiting Representative for O.
maha Nebraska.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
OUR
GUEST
Column
edited by Erna p. Harris)
tedited by ERNA p. HARRls)

dedited by ERNA p. HARRiS)
Well, Strange Fruit" is now
ready for the harvest-.It is a
fruit that sets some folks teeth on
edge and a fruit that others find
tempting and good to the taste.
Some white and colored) r 50
aIlergic to it that they walk out of
the theater, and some find it so
fascinating that they come back
two and three times-and pay to
do so.
If you ask people what Strange
Fruit" is about, you will get many
different answers. Many whites
will tell you that it is about the
Negro problem" whatever that
is. Others will tell you that the
author is in favor of intermarriage
lshe certainly has no objection to
IT'D and that this is her defense of
it. A few will tell you that it is
an insult to Negro womanhood,
and others will say that it is d
sneer at white mothers and their
sons. But a white Baptist minis
ter Of Philadelphia preached a ser
mon against Strange Fruit" de
nouncing it as an attack on the
Christian Church (white). He sue
ceeded in getting the white Meth
odist and aBptist Ministerial Coun
ellis to pas resolutions to ban the
show, the Methodists asking that
it be banned, the Baptists asking
that all lines be detected that made
the white n f'itr appear to Le =
hypocrite.
The censo- &c Philadelphia or
dered all such lines deleted, and
pressure was exerted from the
Mayor office. 10 liaes were de-
Ieted; many other ministers rose
up in protest against the proposed
banning, the theatre was packed
to overlooking and-the show
went on. The censor, by the way,
said that it was the first time in
ten years that a playwright had
refused to make the d%eletions or
dered. He commented that he had
lost a lot of face, but the author
replied that his loss of face was
better than her loss of integrity.
Then Strange Fruit" came to
New York. The fight began a
gain. This time the technique was
the smothering process. Three
Broadway drama critics (all white
5outherners) used the old and
Well-worn southern formula Of say
ing the show was dull and boring.
Being a Georgia white woman, |
had a good laugh. The idea of any
white Southern man being bored
with Strange Fruit" is plain fun
ny. But many readers of the New
York press are not southern white
women who know their old South,
and hence the trick was not with
out its deadly effect.
Yet through it all, from Mon
treal to Toronto, to Boston, to
Philadelphia, to New York, not
one critic has said what the play
is really about, and that seems an
incredible thing. 1t is a play a
bout human beings trapped and
destroyed by segregation, the pre-
vailing pattern of our white cult
ure; but no one has said so. 1t is
about the deep heartbreaking con-
fIict between Christianity and
White Supremacy, but no has
mentioned this. 1t is about the
white man and his infatuation
with his own Importance; it is a.
bout a disease of the heart and
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
NAACP TO HOLD REGULAR
MONTHLY MEETING SUNDAY
AT cLEAvES TEMPLE CINE.

The NAACP's regular monthly
meeting will be held at the Cleaves
CINE. Temple Church, 25th and
Decatur Streets on Sunday after
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
WHITE ON COMMITTEE
DRAFTING JAW STATEMENT

Detroit, Michigan-Walter White
Secretary of the MACE, was a
member of the committee of five
which drafted a statement from
IA representatives who inspected
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

YOUTH LOOKS TO THE
CSURCH FOR CHRISTIAN
LEADERSHIP AND SPIRITUAL
GUIDANCE
On the third Sunday morning,
the young people will be in charge
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
Sale Of War Surplus Autos,
Trucks, Trai|ers, and Scooters
To Be Held att. Crook. Dec 10

Inc Reconstruction Finance Corporation in Omaha announced that
a sale of War Surplus automobiles, trucks, trailer and scooters will be
held at Fort Crook, Nebraska, at $50 a M, December 10. No Jeeps
VIII be o sale, as a special sale of such equipment to veterans only s
now in progress. No lists 0 catalogs are available, but all equipment
may be inspected December IL and Is at Fort Crook.
Irrespective buyers attending the sale will be given a n itemized list
OF all equipment showing the ceiling price of each item Equipment
will be sold in single lots; none will be sold in quantity lots. Before
each item is offered for sale, buyers will be given a card on which they
will write their bid. When bids are all received. the sale on that par
-dcuar item will be closed, and the highest bidder announced. No bids
over the ceiling price will be accepted. In case several bidders offe.
the ceiling prc thy will draw lots.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
Purchase 0fYMCA. Building Is
Our Responsibility Says Mason

NO MEANS AS E PROVIDED FOR FUTURE
OF OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN THE
RECREATIONAL AND SOCIAL IEIDS
kkk
3115 Miami st.
Omaha, Nebraska,
December, 1915
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

Y. S. NAVAL LIEUT.. RESUMES LAW PRACTICE
Peter E. Marchetti announces that he has lust been released from
the U. 5 Naval Service as a Lieutenant in the United States Coast
Guard and has resumed the practice of law With offices at 1887 Omaha
National Bank Building, where he is associated with ShotweI and
Vance, jackson 1850.
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

mind that destroys all our people,
whatever their color, if they come
too close to it. 1t is a play about
you and me and the profound diff
ficulty we have in becoming sane,
mature human beings, but no one
has mentioned this. Yet the play
goes on, making friends and enc
mics, and making lots of them.
One wonders which will win as
the weeks go by, the friends or
the enemies. For the decision
may be important, not for the
plays author, 0 its producers,
but for white people and colored
people living in this segregated cul
ture of ours
Note to readers: Miss Smith is
much too modest about the merits
of her play. Howard Barnes, re
viewing Strange Fruit" in the
New York Herald Tribune, said it
is "a show to make one sit up and
take notice" Arthur Pollock,
writing in the Brooklyn Eagle,
called it lone of the most import
ant plays of the season, of any
season....more bite than a half
dozen ordinary dramas"
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15

= Every ah we shall present our Guest cm"a mnpmm@ a @eA American Press Associates devoted to uamng
the mhyg p, front and suggest local and ntuha action Coming @ CUES mmSs nP ms Buck
A Philip RmMphG George Schuyler Ira De Reid Rev. Howard n Elmo Rqnm and oMnk @wm the fight for equality
The Omaha guide., 1945-12-15
AN IDEAL GIFT
FOR XMAS.

"The Omaha Guide"
Just Call HA-OSOO
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29
village nearby where they re-

village nearby where they re-
sided.
Women took care Of the
fields as usual. The men worked
a little at odd jobs, such as
putting up tents and cleaning
UP rubble and trash.
"The men are Lazy punks.'
one M. p. said. 'NOne woman Is
worth five of them"
There were Swarms Of chill
dren everywhere, naked. half.
naked, OF in minute kimonos.
Many Of them had learned to
give the American salute.
Youngsters carried smaller
babies on their backs and
looked very serious in their
responsibilities.
The lack OF curiosity was re.
markable. This island never
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29

the u. s. Army hospital, he
saw a long line OF woebegone
humans, mostly aged. all sick.
The doctors said these pa.
tients represented every illness
known, from sniffles TO leprosy.
White people. they emphasized,
in the same circumstances
would have been killed by an
epidemic within a week.
The Army physicians gave
plenty of credit to two hard.
working. intelligent local girls
whom they had appointed as
nurses. They also served as in.
terpreters and saved the doc.
tors many hours of time and
misunderstanding.
When Bundy left the little
town, after two hours Of
breathing through his mouth,
the clean air outside the place
smelled good. II was a relief
TO get away, even though the
natives had proved interesting.
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29

THERE WAS NO formaty in sight when
Major General James L. Bradley. COM
mander Of the 96th "Deadeye" Division
on Okinawa. decided to take his bath. His
attire at that time was regal, since he was
TO bathe under his new +in-can shower.
His men regard him as "a great eharae-
ter." He doesn't ask for saIutes even when
he wears a hat says Artist Gilbert BundY.
-PP;.sH: .,.: sy G1sst sSsdY cOU'sA i'''
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29

NI ~ 444G CdA ~ oSo6No Va
~ the struggle for Oki-
N& nawa, bulldozers had
strained and clanked every
night from dusk to dawn,
barely keeping the supply
routes passable for the
bumper-to-bumper conveys
which had oozed through
the mud each day to the
American front lines.
According to Artist Gilbert
Bundy, who covered this Pa.
cific action for the Hearst
newspapers, the Yanks now
have highways that would look
good to any tourist. Military
vehicles can speed along with
ease over the sturdy roads that
U. S. troops constructed before
defeating the Japs.
One bright day, the first in
more than a week of heavy
rain, Bundy borrowed a jeep
for two hours and availed him.
self of the chance to drive
about and find out something
more about the island country.
side and the natives.
The landscape he saw was
mildly rolling and checked off
into miniature fields. IL told an
obvious story OF Its slavery TO
the people. They had beaten.
begged and cajoled II into pro-
ducing for them so that they
might live.
The week Of rain had washed
a mask of dust off the leaves,
had filled the rice paddys and
replenished q small stream be-
low one Army road. The pic
ture was that of a standard
Japanese print as the tiny
Okinawan women and children
bathed, worked and gossiped
in the fields.
These people were refugees
who had fled the battle zones.
There were no guards in sight
when Bundy drove into the
Detroit evening times., 1945-07-29

Drawing by Gilbert Bundy. Copyright. 1eto.
KinK Features Syndicate. Inc.
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M-Sgt. H. s. Heller Former Sgt. Major On Visit Here

It's always a pleasure to well come one of Bradley Fields "alum- nj" back to the Base after a tour of overseas duty. Yesterday, one of our most famous graduates returned to his old haunts for a short visit. M/Sgt. H. s. Heller, former Sergeant Major, "breezed in" to renew some old acquain- tances.
 Sgt. Heller spent some time in India doing intelligence work with a medium bomb group and received battle star for the India Burma campaign. He returned to the States in June and is now nearing the end of his thirty-day recupera- tion furlough.
 When the Sergeant's "time is up" he will report to the Redistribu- tion Center at Camp Davis, N. C., for re-assignment.
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It. Edward w. Splawinski, one of Bradley Fields first settlers who arrived at what was then the Windsor Locks Air Base back in 1941 with the original founding cadre, visited this Base last week after an absence of over two years. Since the time he left Bradley as an Air Cadet back in April 1943 Ed earned his wings as bomber pilot, participated in 29 missions, was shot down over Germany, wounded, captured and recently freed from a prison camp by the Russians.
 Ed entered the Service on May 8 1889 from his home town of New Castle, Pennsylvania. He arrived at Bradley in 1941 as Staff Serg cant and assumed the duties as Chief Clerk of Base Operations. Tn April 1943, with the grade of a Tech Sergeant, his application for Air Cadet Training was accepted and he left for Ocala, Florida, for primary training He received his Basic at Greenwood, Mississippi, and his advanced training at Co., lumbus, Mississippi, where he also received his pilots wings. On May % 1914 he went overseas as a B-t7 pilot with the Eighth Air Force.
 While on his twenty-ninth mis-
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Cast Of Fifty Including
 Ray Kinney's Band and
 Aloha Maids to Entertain

The show, Hawaiian Nights, fea- turing Ray Kinney and his inter nationally famous orchestra, will bring a little bit of the Islands to the Bradley gym today at 1900.
 Besides Kinney's Orchestra, which is recognized in the States as the number one band for Island music, the show also features a cast of fifty, including such bright lights of entertainment as the glamorous Aloha Maids, Hawaiian Dancers and Singers; Kuulei, known as the "Polynesian Loveliness in Rhy- thm"; Lehua, Hula Commedi- enne"; the Coral Islanders, the Musical Ambassadors, and many others.
 Also included in the show, al- though their Hawaiian ancestry is strictly from Brooklyn, are Ben Beri, "the Funniest Man on Earth, ;" and Sammy White, comedy, danc- ing and singing star. ...:...
 In speaking of Ray Kinney's Band in last weeks issue of the BEAM, M/Sgt. D. P. Steele, Brad ley's live and jam" authority, had this to say about the organization:
 "Kinney's outfit is no fake. An his men are Island born and have
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GI Insurance, Extended for Three Years

National Service Life Insurance policies issued on or before 31 De- cember 1945 under the five year levef premium terms have been ex- tended for another three years under Public Law 118, 79th Con- gress, approved 2 July 1945. This means that men who obtained in- surance that might expire by 1945 need not convert or lose their pre- miurns until 1948 and that com plete coverage is now afforded all those insured for a period of eight instead of five years. No change IS required in the amount of Class N Allotments or of direct cash pre- mium remittances under existing insurance contracts and insurance so extended includes all existing rights and benefits for the extend ed period such as premium waiver provisions, the right to convert to permanent plans, etc.
 All personnel that are insured for less than the S10,000 maximum should make plans to take full availability of the extension by in creasing their premiums to the maximum amount by 31 December 1945.
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Hawaiian Nights at Gym Today
Ten
 Beats Suffolk, Enter Seni's

Bradley's Fighters blanked the Suffolk County AAB ten, 20, to win the Northern championship in the FAF Tourney. Rupe Mallach bowled a swell three-hitter, out of which only one was clean single. The Fighters only touched Styba- niewicz for six hits, but loose fielding on the Long Islanders part handed the locals the game in the fourth chukker.
 Joe Klein dropped beautiful bunt that couldn't be handled and Irwin sacrificed him to third after Klein had reached second on wild pitch. Harrington drove a fly to medium left but Klein scored when Pendleton's throw hit Tari- nelli in the back on the way in. Noto got two bases when Dimick let his hot grounder go through
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OFFICERS

The Red Cross needs your wives assistance!
 The Red Cross Branch of the Bradley Field Women's Club meets every Friday from HOO to 400 to roll bandages, make swabs and sew. The group has fallen below its quota due to the lack of attendance-wOrkers are urgently needed.
 Gentlemen, may we reach your wives through you? Urge them to put in an appearance each Friday and do their bit toward this important effort.
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(Otfial FAF Photo)
 LOOKS INNOCENT DOESN'T IT?" Yes to all out ward would that the amount of damage shown in above crash trivial That is true insofar the vehicles concerned However the is not true with regard the passengers. Four hospazed with injuries consisting bruises and back injuries the four received fracture of the left femur tgh bone) Through carelessness many man hours were lost-nnOcent suffered
 ACCIDENTS DON'T HAPPEN-THEY ARE CAUS ED apparent of this accident the backing of vehicle main thOrOfare without first observing traffic conditions would permit such acton and then only when guided by foot who can instruct the Adequae signs posted at hazardous locations about the Base the directing of traffic both vehicuar and pedestrian Proper observance these signs will do much to eliminate further accidents
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LOST

A liberal reward has been of fered for the return of the jew eled pendant part of lavaliere lost in the vicinity of the Offic- ers' Mess or Officers Club July sixth between 1900 and 2O30. Finder please notify Base Per sonneT Services Office, Extension 2O5.
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Bong Tests Jet Planes

Los Angeles (CNS)-Maj. Rich ard Bong, American air ace, now is testing P-8O Shooting Star jet fighters.
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Ex>Brad1eyite Has Seen
 Lots of Action Since '43

sion, a raid over Madgenburg, Ger many. Eds plane was so riddled by fire from Focke Wolf 1908 that the crew was forced to abandon the
Bradley beam., 1945-07-14

plane. Although suffering from severe leg wounds Ed managed to bail out and was picked up by Ger
 man troops and hauled off to Stalag
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