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Evening star., 1946-07-24

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The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
DUKE ELLINGTON'S
MANAGER CONSIDERS
WAZIRRA SHAOREGUED
DANCERS AFTER SHOWING
BY Lou SWarz
BY Lou Swarz

New York City. Samuel Burke
manager Of Cab Galloway and
Duke Ellington, is showing keen
interest in the Wazirra Shoare-
gued Dancers since that private
showing last week at a Broadway
Studio. Appearing before a few
interested friends and Mr.. Burke
La ~Shoaregued and her Dancers
presented three groupings: Dali
nese, Cuban and African.
The Dalnese Dance was a story
Of a lad flirting with a native
beauty; the Cuban was a festival
dance known as the S~ambralebra
and the African grouping was
known as the African Zimballa.
Most spectacular was the Cuban
number with those sylized Rumba
movements, shimmying of the
shoulders and the many beautiful
ballet whirls. And indeed striking
as well as exciting was the Afri-
al Zimbablla which showed the
high priestess displaying the po-
wer Of voodooism thru the dance.
Beautiful, talented and trained
were they who made the Wizira
Shoaregued Dancers most out
standing: Donald Curtis, featured
male dancer; Carmen Butler. spe-
cialty dancer; Geraldine Mercer,
Ruby Moye and the native drum
mers; William Sol, Walter Ems
ley and Dean Sheldon.
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
Heavy Penalties For Vets
Defrauding The Government

A warning that heavy penalties
face ex-servicemen VINO attempt
to defraud the Government BY
misrepresenting their leave Gre
dts under the Armed Forces
Leave Act of 1916 was issued re-
Gently by Major General w. II.
Hasten, Army Chief Of Finance.
While there have been only a few
instances Of false statements a.
mong the 100000 applications
already filed, prosecution faces
those who have knowingly at
tempted to collect larger pay
ments than are legally due them,
the General said.
According to General Hasten.
claims for payment are scrutini-
zed carefully and, where fraud Is
suspected, such cases r trans
mitted to the Department Of Jus
tice for necessary legal action. In
one recent case, an individual
made a claim for unused leave
pay covering a period during
which he was actually AWOL or
in confinement. Investigation e
vealed that the AWOL time had
been erased from the discharge
certificate submitted by the vet
eran.
Advisory Centers and other a.
gencies or persons assisting vet
Grams claiming unsued leave pay
may do a real service to claim
ants by reminding them Of the
consequences of deliberate mis-
representation.
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
SAN MATEO NAACP BRANCH
PROTESTS BURNING
OF VETS HOUSE

San Mateo, Calf, Dec. 9th.
at the failure Of local
officials to investigate the burn
ing down of a new house owned
a young Negro veteran, John
T. Walker, on December 9Th, the
San Mateo branch of the NAACP
raised the sum Of $104 at its re-
gular business meeting last night
dec. 49, toward a reward for
information leading to the appre-
hension and arrest of the arson
ist. The branch also appointed a
committee to see the City Coun-
Gil to present a letter protesting
the indifference of its enforce
ment officers and the general at
titude of officials, who dub the
arson "a boys prank. not to be
taken too seriously.
Mr.. Walker had been receiving
threats and warnings from some
white people in the neighborhood
ever since August, when it was
learned a Negro was building a
new home there. Although the
letters were taken to the postal
authorities, Walker was told by
the County Attorney and the
Sheriff of the County that they
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
$4,000 Nebraska Veterans
Receiving Pension Checks

Almost $4,000 Nebraska war
veterans. about 800 more than a
month ago. r now receiving
monthly compensation or pension
checks as the result of service in
the armed forces, Ashley West
m%oreland, Veterans Administra-
ton Regional manager, reported
today.
The overwhelming majority. ).
about 1900. ar World War II
veterans with service connected
disabilities. Westmoreland said.
Their checks average a little more
than $40 per month, but vary
from $3.50 to more than $500,
depending upon the degree and
type Of disability.
Westmoreland also reported
that the number of Nebraska
World War II veterans enrolling
for education under the CT Bill
in established institutions, such
as colleges, business and flight
schools, is still on the increase.
Such enrollments increased to
as of December /, a gain
of $40 over the preceding month.
The number of World War III on
the job trainees, however, drop
ped almost a thousand during the
same period from 9,797 to 1852.
In addition to those getting ed
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
NATIONAL NEGRO
CONGRESS RE-AFFIRMS
SUPPORT OF CIO

NEW YOs.A-The national Of
ficers of the National Negro Con-
gross, at a meeting held today to
plan for organizational expansion
took cognizance in a letter from
Mr.. John Brophy, director of In
dustrial Union Councils Of the CLIO
dated November 26 to the Los
Angeles Industrial Union Council
on the relationship between the
national office of the CLIO and the
National Negro Congress. The
communication states that the
National CLIO Committee to Abo-
iislJ Discrimination has advised
Mr.. Brophy that the national of
flee of the CLIO has never endor-
sed the National Negro Congress
and that from time to time the
policies of the National Negro Con
greSs are at variance and in op-
position to the policies of the CTO.
In response to the many inqui-
ries to our office on this matter,
we make the following statement:
1. The position Of the National
Negro Congress since it's organi-
cation in 1886 has been one of
support to the policies of the Go
and progressive labor generally.
We have fought, consistently, to
bring the Negro workers and the
Negro people into the trade union
movement. We believe that the es
sential for the progress of Negro
as well as white Americans. The
fundamental conviction of the Ma
tional Negro Congress is that the
highest interests of the Negro
people and the forces of organi-
zed labor are interdependent. This
is especially true today when
there is evidence Of the strongest
possible effort to smash organized
labor.
q. The Congress has conduc-
ted a militant fight against lynch
ing. and all other forms of OPP
preston inflicted upon Negroes,
and has campaigned for adequate
housing. price and rent control,
for decent hours and living wages
against colonialism and now for
world peace. In the light Of the
above declared policy and pro-
gram, we are forced to ask in
what respects the policies of the
National Negro Congress are at
variance, and in opposition to
those of the CLIO. We have to con-
dude. therefore, that Mr.. Bro
phys reference to non-recognition
of the National Negro Congress
by the CLIO is vased on a misun-
derstanding of the National Negro
Congress. This misunderstanding
the National Negro Congress is
taking immediate steps to discuss
and clear up.
r. The National Negro Con-
gress takes note Of the endorse
ment of the National CLIO Of the
| National Association for the Ad-
| vancement of Colored People and
! expresses its view that this en-
| dorsement is in accord with our
fundamental conviction that the
! interests Of the Negro people and
labor are being served through
the development of the closest
POSSIBLE collaboration between
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
RIGHTS OF ALABAMA VOTERS
TO BE DEFENDED BY NAAcP

NEW YORK, Dec. 18th. The
case Of Mitchell vs.. Wright, in
volving the right of Negroes in
Alabama to register and vote in
the Democratic primaries, finally
came to trial on December Is.
This case was sent back to the
District Court for trial when the
u. S. Supreme Court, on October
IA, 1916, denied the registrars
petition for writ Of c%ertiorari to
review the decision of the Circuit
Court of Appeals, which reversed
the District Courts dismissal of
MitchelPs original complaint a.
gainst the registrars.
The trial date was set at q
preliminary hearing held Dec. 6
1916, in the District, where Asst.
Special Counsel Robert L. Carter
and Atty. Arthur D. Shores of
Birmingham, represented tn e
plaintiff.
This case is considered particu-
larly significant in view of the
fact that Alabama has recently
enacted the Boswell Amendment
in al attempt to defeat the posi-
BILE outcome of this case. 1t is the
contention of the NAACP coun-
sci however, that the Boswell
] Amendment is unconstitutional,
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
RURAL HEALTH NEEDS
EMPHASIZED BY DR.. BROWN

I'VE take home remedies. we
pray, and we die in many rural
areas for sheer lack of adequate
medical care', said DR.. Roscoe c..
Brown of the u. S. Public Health
Service at a recent meeting of
colored Extension Service super
visors at Southern University.
Baton Rouge, La.
DR.. Brown discussed the sub
ject: How can Extension Ser
vice cooperate with local health
agencies in furthering health pro
grams. Pointing out the Unequal
tiles of health facilities between
white and colored groups and the
lower resistance of Negro Amer
leans to some diseases, DR.. Brown
said that the Negroes life expec-
fancy is IL years less than that
Of the majority group. In terms
of facilities, we are q minority
that needs more, but has Less,
said the Public Health official.
Because of the shortage Of doc
tors, hospitals, and clinics avail
able to rural people, there is not
much that most of us can do to-
wards providing curative facili-
ties for the sick who live on the
back roads, declared DR.. Brown
but Extension personnel can do
a great deal to help keep rural
people well"
Information about prevention Of
diseases ought to be made avail
able to as many rural people as
possible, the doctor said. And he
called on the supervisors to get
acquainted with such local sour
ces Of health assistance as the
County Public Health Unit, Am
erican Red Cross, American So
cial Hygiene Assn, American Can
GER Society. the National Tuber-
culosis Assn, National Fedora
ton for Infantile Paralysis and
State and local medical and dental
associations.
DR.. Brown suggested that Ex-
tension agents might get a health
education program started in
their counties by organizing a
health discussion group. He point
ed out that often out Of discus
sion groups come the establish
ment Of clinics and other facili-
ties.
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
In New Attack
On Schoo! Segregation

NEW YORK, Dec. 18th. In a
new attack on segregation in ed
u~cation, developed by the NAACP
a brief has been filed on behalf
of Ada Lois Sipuel, in the Su-
preme Court of Oklahoma, ex-
posing the fallacious theory that
separate but equal" meets the
requirements of the Fourteenth
Amendment. The rights of Miss
Sipuel, an honor graduate of the
Langston university, eminently
qualified to study law, who was
admittedly refused admission to
the University of Oklahoma Law
School solely on account of her
race and color, ire being defended
by NAACP counsel and Attorney
Amos T. Hall of Tulsa, Okla. A
brief was filed on her behalf on
December 9Th, 1916, in an appeal
to the Supreme Court Of Oklaho-
ma from the refusal Of the District
Court of Cleveland County, Ok
lahoma to compel the Board of
Regents Of the University Of Ok
lahoma to admit Miss Sipuel to
the School of Law.
Pointing out the inequalities
which have actually resulted from
the separate but equal" system
as revealed by the statistical da-
ia gathered by experts in the
field Of education, the briefs ar
gument reads in part:
Segregation constitutes a de-
NAL Of the equal protection Of
the laws and is violative of the
Constitution and the laws Of the
United States. Despite the line Of
cases in support Of the separate
but equal theory, this Court Is
under an obligation to re-exam-
inc the rule and the reasons on
which it Is based in the light Of
present day circumstances and to
adopt and apply a rule which con
forms with the requirements Of
u fundamental law"
This approach to breaking down
the 'separte but equal system will
be used In two other current
NAACP cases. that Of Viola NJ
Johnson VS.. louisiana UNIVERSE
ty for admission to medical school
and Charles j. Hatfield VS.. Louis
lama State University for admis-
sion to the law school. Hearing
on these petitions for writ of man
damus were held on December
16 with Assistant Special Coun-
sci Robert L. Carter and Attorn-
ey A. p. Tureaud Of Louisiana,
representing the REALTORS.
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
GIFT OF HIS EYES
OFFERED WOODARD BY
MAN FACING A

New York, Dec. 18th. The gift
Of his eyes was last week offered
Isaac Woodland by a man condem-
ned to death in Washington, who
hoped that Woodland, at least,
might somehow be made to see
again. To this touching and in
spring offer, the Wills Eye Clinic
in Philadelphia, reputed to have
been the most successful in the
country in the transplantation Of
the cornea, expressed its willing
mes to perform the operation
free II 1t would be possible to re-
store the blinded veterans eye
sight.
Tragically enough, woodard's
eyes were 50 completely destroyed
by his brutal beating in Bates
burg, 8. c.. last FEBRUARY that they
are beyond saving. Isaac Woodland
is doomed to go through life with
out his sight. the victim of q man
who still goes free.
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
NAACP OBTAINS REDUCTION
OF GI's 20 YEAR SENTENCE

New York, Dec. 18th. The
original sentence of twenty years
confinement which was levied on
a Negro former serviceman, lack
G. Taylor, has been reduced to
nine years, the legal department
of the NAACP has just been in
formed, and there is a chance Of
a further reduction in his term.
Taylor had been found guilty Of
the 61st and 93rd Articles of War
by a court-martial sitting in
France on November 81. 1914. A
petition for clemency was SUBJ
mitted to the Secretary Of War
in his behalf by the NAACP's le-
gal department, on October II,
1916, pointing out that the pro-
secution failed to sustain it's bur-
den of proof and that the identi-
fication of the defendant as the
attacker had not been clearly es-
tablished.
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21

gle Day Sale" during which high
school and college girls sell small
celluloid double barred crosses on
downtown streets, realized less
than $500 last year. This year, the
total was over $14OO. or more
than twice last years figure, the
best previous sale.
Last year, according to the Of
ficials. Nebraskan's bought $131,
273.45 worth Of Christmas Seals.
In view of the large number of
new cases of active tuberculosis
reported in Nebraska during 1916
523 up to November 2. this years
goal has been set at S135, 900.
Will that goal be met? VIII
those active cases of tuberculosis
be discovered and treated before
they can infect others? These
questions, said the officials of the
Nebraska tuberculosis Associa-
will be answered by Nebraska's
business and professional men
and women, the farmers, the
clerks and the housewives who
are eng asked to buy Christmas
Seals. They r sure that Nebra-
skans won't fail them in this wor-
thy effort.
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
Let's Go Over the Top
In Our Christmas Seal Sales

accelerated program for fighting
tuberculosis in the state next year.
With the sale of Christmas
Seals past the halfway mark,
that was the sixty four dollar
question" pondered by officials of
the Nebraska tuberculosis Assn.
the past week.
Preliminary returns which have
come in. they reported, are en-
couraging. But the vast majority
of Seal Sales Chairmen have not
yet sent in their preliminary re-
ports, so it is difficult to estimate
progress of the sale on a state
wide scale.
In Omaha, the sale is running
slightly ahead of last years fl
CURE at this time. Omaha's Ban
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
The Public Welfare Must Come First"
Says New President

1T would have been easy, and
perhaps understandable for the
NAM to have tried to capitalize
on the current wave of public in
against the excuses of
certain labor union leaders.
1T would have been easy, and
perhaps understandable, 70 these
manufactures to have made a
short-sighted attempt to ride the
trend shown in the election last
month. But, fortunately, neither
of these attitudes was taken.
"Instead, problems were exam
ined carefully and conscientiousIy
and a major contribution was
made toward suggesting solutions
on which the whole nation can
unite.'
300 Employees
This summation Of the National
Association Of Manufacturers
51st Congress of American Indu-
stry in New York last week was
made by Earl Bunting, the self
described little fellow" manufac-
turer (his O'Sullivan Rubber Corp.
Of Winchester, Va, has 800 en-
ployees), after his election as
MANS 1947 president.
Current difficulties" Mr.. Bunt-
ing said, ARE in many respects
due to a stiff-necked attitude on
the part of both labor leaders and
management, as a result Of which
stockholders and workers ar g
caught in the middle.
"Neither labor nor management
exist in a vacuum; they co-exist in
a society. And never must we In
business, or they in labor, forget
that the public welfare must come
first"
Asked by a reporter ION which
side Of the road, right or left" he
walked back in Berryville, ILL.,"
his home town, Mr.. Bunting said:
I'VE always walked in the mid
die Of the road in BerryviIIe. And
I'D say ] am right square in the
middle Of the road still, politically
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the rest Of
the foIks!'
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21

ucation or job training under the
81 Bill, Nebraska has ITO dis
abled World War II enrolled in
colleges and training establish
ments under the Public Law 16.
During the past month, the num-
Der of disabled veterans in school
and training increased by 128.
Meanwhile DR.. H. a. Scott,
manager of the Lincoln Veterans
hospital, reported 288 veterans
were receiving treatment at the
Lincoln institution on December /.
The hospital has a waiting list
Of 389 all Of whom seek treatment
for non service connected disabi-
lities.
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21

could M nothing until some cri-
minal act tad taken place. The
house was burned before it's COM
pletion, and the State Attorney
has been contacted by N. w. Grit
fin, NAACP Regional Secretary,
who states that branches in Palo
Alto, as well as San Mateo, are
most concerned about this occur
renee.
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21

VIII Nebraska's Christmas Seal
Sale set a new wrecord, or will it
fail to provide the greatly-needed
funds with which to carry on an
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21

labor and the Negro people.
Max Yergan, President
National Negro Congress
Revels Cayton, ex. secy.
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
RANDOLPH CALLS ON
PRESIDENT TO GRANT
AMNESTY FOR PRISONERS

NEW YORK-In the Interna-
tional Headquarters of the Broth
erhood of Sleeping Car Porters in
New York City, A. Philip Ran
dolph made known a communi-
cation which he has addressed
to President Truman calling upon
him to issue a broad amnesty to
all political prisoners including
conscientious DIRECTORS and Jeho-
vah's Witnesses who have been
convicted since 1910 as a result
of their religions and have lost
their civil rights.
Honorable Harry S. Truman, M.
President,
United States of America
White House
Washington, D. c.
My Dear Mr.. President:
Since we are approaching Chri-
stmas, a holiday which comment
crates the birth Of Christ. the
Prince of Peace, whose life, spirit
and mission we're consecrated to
the cause of peace and the saliva
ton of all mankind, I, in the name
of the officers and members of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
tiers herewith request and urge
that you. as the head of this ma
ton, issue a general amnesty to
all political prisoners including
conscientious DIRECTORS and Jeho-
vah's Witnesses who have been
convicted since 1910 and have as
a Christmas gift of our great
country to these persons whose
: convictions concerning war ought
to be respected.
I believe that the big heart of
America throbs with the spirit of
fair play not only to those who
| agree with US with respect to war
and peace but also to those who
disagree with our government.
This Is Of the essence Of the Bill Of
Rights which protects American
citizens in their right to private
judgement and free speech. I am
sure that a proclamation from you
giving blanket amnesty to all po-
litical prisoners will meet with a
response OF general appreciation
among Americans everywhere
end especially since we have ex-
tended amnesty to thousands Of
German and Japanese soldiers.
Very truly yours,
A. Philip Randolph
International President"
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21
The Omaha Guide

\ Published Every Saturday, at ego Grant Street
q OMAHA, NEBRASKA-PHONE HA. oseo
y entered as Second Class Matter March is. 1927
4 At the Post Office at Omaha, Nebraska, under
3Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
VIC. c. GaLo1c1y,-. Publisher and Acting Editor
"A All News Copy Of Churches and all organir-
' atoms must be Il our office not later than 100
VIZ. m. Monday for current issue. All Advertising
kCopy on Paid Articles, not later than Wednesday
Wnoon, proceeding date of issue, to insure public
Nation.
The Omaha guide., 1946-12-21

and has no application to this
case.
Evening star., 1946-12-01

1T IS something of q COIN
cidence that, with the war
ended, should come the final
volume of Ernest Newman's
"The Life of Richard Wagner"
This great German composer was
animated by much the same
ideas as developed under the
Nazi regime and it will remain
for future historians to prove how
influential was his answering
belief in the destiny Of Germany
to work the worlds salvation, in
building the political edifice that
caused SO much havoc.
Wagner dreamed of art as the
great regenerator, however, yet
he was political minded enough
to take sides firmly in such mat
ters all during his life. He, too,
believed in the power of racial
purity among the Germans, of
their intellectual superiority, of
the saving grace of German cul-
ture and of a new world they
would build. But he dreamed OF
himself as the great spirit in this
movement and not of Hitler
who was to do him honor by
reverent command performances
of his music dramas in the focal
point of Wagner's kingdom, Bay
reuth.
Newman published the first
volume of his Life of Richard
Wagner in 1888 covering the
initial 35 years of his life. The
second volume discussed the next
II years with the third limited to
the following important six years.
The concluding work. which is
by far the most important mu-
steal book of recent issuing,
rounds out the stormy and bril-
liant story of one of the greatest
figures in musical history.
Evening star., 1946-12-01
Recommended

THE LIFE OF RICHARD
WAGNER-1866-83, by Ernest
Newman. (Alfred A. Knopf;
$750.)
MODERN MUSIC, by Max
Graf. Philosophical Library,
N. Y; So
LETTERS OF COMPOSERS.
Edited by Gertrude and Mir
lam LubelIe Shrifte. (Alfred A.
Knopf; So
THEME AND VARIATIONS.
an autobiography by Bruno
Walter. (Alfred A. Knopf; $5.)
TWO WORLDS OF MUSIC,
by Berta Geissmar. Creative
Age Press; $3)
Evening star., 1946-12-01
For Singers

ROUNDS AND ROUNDS, col
lected by Mary G. Taylor. With
decorations by Richard Erdoes.
Music designed by Joseph Zizza.
(William Sloane; $3.) Over 100
rounds with music and highly
amusing pictures. A delightful
volume.