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The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21

SEATTLE, (HD - Nine persons died in Washington State over the weekend as the result of accidents.
 Five of the victims met death in traffic accidents, including three persons in a two-car coll- sion near Pasco.
 Three deaths were attributed to hunting, bringing the eight-day- old bird and deer seasons toll to six sportsmen.
 The eifhth accidental fatality was two-year-old Mary Alice Fisher who died in Spokane after drinking laundry bluing.
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21
NEWS IN BRIEF

SEATTLE, R)-Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal yester- day announced that the bronze star had been awarded William Charles House, Seattle, for brav- ing machine gun fire to destroy Navy codes when a Japanese as sault force landed near the Kiska astrological station June 2 l943. House was a chief aerographer's mate.
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21
NUREMBERG, (P)-Col. B. c

NUREMBERG, (P)-Col. B. C.. Andrus, U. s. Commandant of Nuremberg prison, said today that Rudolf Hess, when no longer in the shadow of the gallowS, has staged a remarkable recovery from the loss of memory of which he complained during his trial Hitler's former deputy Fuehrer, now serving a life term for war crimes, lis in a good humor and has a keen, alert memory" said AndruS.
 Hess is listed as Convict 125."
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21
MELBOURNE, Australia, (P)-

MELBOURNE, Australia, (P)- Striking transportation workers, pressing demands for higher wages and improved working con- ditions, stalled all rail traffic in the states of Victoria and South Australia today and kept street cars and buses off the streets of Melbourne.
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21

The foundation, to be run by a five man board of governors, will be devoted to advancement of recreational, cultural, scientific, educational projects.
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21

BERLIN, (P)-Eleven carloads of toys manufactured at Nuern- berg are enroute to the United States for Christmas trade, the American military government said today.
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21
NOTICE

Veterans interested in organiz- ing AMERICAN LEGION POST meet at City Hall. 7:30 PM. Thursday. evening.
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21
A. V. cORDovADO
 IN TOWN ON BUSINESS

A. V. Cordovado of Deering is in Nome on a business trip. He plans to return to Deering.
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21
NOTICE

l946 School Taxes now due may be paid at the office of the U. s. Commission.
 w. J. DOWD. Tax Collector
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21
NELS SWANBERGS. JR. BACK IN TOWN

The Nels SWanberg, Jr., family arrived from. Council Saturday and plan to winter here.
The Nome nugget., 1946-10-21
WARNING

It is unlawful for a ve- hicle to cross fire hose. Of- lenders will be prosecuted.
 A. C. BROWN,
 Chief of Police
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
F0RGOTTOK GA. MURDER
UnderSerutiny

NEW YORK, Aug. 15-Another
incident in the concerted drive IN
der way in Georgia to terrorize
Negroes has belatedly come to the
light. Ollie Harrington, Public Re-
lations Director of NAACP, re-
Gently in that state investigating
the Monroe massacre unearthed
facts indicating a new lynching.
The incident would have been n
of the many that occurs and is
forgotten had not NAACP invest
igators Immediately gone to work
to clear up the mystery.
The story is a pitifully familiar
one. John j. Gilbert. employed in
a chalk mill in Gordon, was found
shot to death on q roadside about
800 yards from his home on the
morning of August 3rd. He had,
according to his wife, left for
work on his regular schedule that
morning at about $50. IL seems
evident that he was waylaid as
Gordon citizens state, by some I'M
known party who mad planned the
killing. Rumor has it, in whispers,
that possibly and even probably.
he was put to death by enemes he
had made more among the whites
by his participation in a recent
unionizing movement in the chalk
mines. An carrier case of a beating
given a Negro labor union member
in the mines received considerable
publicity.
Although the case has not been
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
FOREMAN SAYS
MOB VIOLENCE I
FkSCISM F0RERUNNER

HAMPTON INSTITUTE. Va,
August 23-Outbeaks of organiz-
ed violence such as the recent
lynchings and beatings of Negroes
in the south reveal a growing
threat of Fascism in this country,
DR.. Clark Foreman of Atlanta, Ga.
president of the Southern Confer
ence for Human Welfare, told the
Hampton Institute Summer Con-
vocation here today.
Pointing out that Negro veter-
ans had been the victims in nearly
every case, DR.. Foreman declared:
Men who went away to fight
for democracy have died because
lack of it here. Almost without
exception the victims were guilty
only of standing up for their own
rights.
This is no racial matter, he
told the graduating class Of 80,
the faculty and many visitors
The organization of prejudice is
the prelude to Fascism. Violence
and discrimination against one
group easily spreads to other
groups and other parts of the coun
try.
1--WE blame the Geman people
because they did not resist more
effectively the growth of Nazism
in Germany. We must also blame
ourselves if we sit indifferently to
the growth of Fascism here.
There are signs" said DR.. Fore
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

rA
When they first started to talk
ing about giving the enlisted men
terminal leave pay | started coun-
ting up the dollars | was going
to have. OF course all of us know
now that Uncle Sam said: ut
wasn't like that"
l may seem ungrateful, but the
giving of those bonds. which / may
cash in five years, just adds one
more trouble to my already over
taxed mind. Just taking care Of
the bonds five years is almost
worth the money that I will get.
I can't afford a safety deposit box
because that will eat up much of
the principal.
Personally, I cannot see any adj
CntaGo OF the Government pass
ing such q bill at this time as
long as they gave it in bonds. Most
of the veterans who have been
lucky enough to core rcck VIII
their health and strength will not.
in five years, need the mcnCv as
they need it now.
Many are out of Jobs. living OH
$50 a week; many are sick, ment-
ally and physically; many cannot
afford a 500 bonus for a place to
live; and those who do not need
the cash now will not cash the
bonds anyway. If the veteran ever
noodc hoIn liz TT NOXNf
All Of us cannot 60 to school.
I stopped by the Band-Box Re
sell Clothing Shop. owned and
operated by Mrs. Charles Davis,
976 North 25th St, located next
to the Omaha Guide office. I pass
the clothing shop very frequently.
I was surprised to see the quail
CONTINUED ON P.rEF8)
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
BENNETT TO OPEN FALL
SESSION WITH RECORD
ENROLMENT

GREENSBORO, N. ca capa-
city number of $50 students will
be enrolled at Bennett College
this fall when the college opens
September IL. Freshmen and new
students will arrive on the campus
September II to begin their period
of orientation. Returning students
will arrive September IL.
In announcing the opening dates
president Jones stated that the in
stitution would welcome to its cam
pus one of the largest freshman
classes in the history of the col
lege. The 154 freshmen and new
students will represent % states,
Africa, the Virgin Islands and the
District of Columbia.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
PROMINENT OMAHAN DIES

Mrs. Minnie Solomon, 2516 Ma
pie Street, wife of Mr.. Charles
Solomon and mother of DR.. w. w.
Solomon, passed away August IS.
Mrs. Solomon had been ill since
spring.
Her momentous love, faith and
devotion were great factors in in
spring her son in his quest for
medical knowledge. She raised 2
nephews, William Clark and Eli
oft Solomon, from an early age to
manhood.
In addition to being a devoted
wife and mother, Mrs. Solomon
was well known and loved in the
community for her creative work
in church, civic and club circles.
In addition to husband Charles
and son and daughter, DR.. and Mrs
w. w. Solomon, she leaves to
mourn her loss: sisters Mrs. Cen
cite Shelton and Miss Fanny Jones
and a brother, Richard Jones of
Chicago.
Funeral services were held at 10
am. Wednesday from st. Johns
AME church.
Honorary pallbearers were: T. P
Mahammitt; Eugene West; Will
lam Haynes, DR.. Herbert Virgins;
DR.. d. w. Gooden and Arthur
Goodlett.
Active pallbearers were the mem
bers of DR.. Solomon's fraternity.
They were: Milton E. johnson;
Ray L. Williams; James G. Jew
ell; Lonnie Thomas; Wanaseebee
Fletcher and Arthur B. McCaw.
Services were conducted by Rev.
E. B. Childress. Internment For
rest Lawn Cemetery.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

man, that people ire beginning
to realize citizens must be alert
to stand for democracy here as
they fought for it overseas. The
fact that Georgia Citizens are con-
testing the nomination of Eugene
Talmadge for Governor because
of the clearly unconstitutional
county unit vote system is one ex-
ample, he declared.
81 believe that the Supreme
Court will in October decide that
Mr.. Talmadge has not been nomin-
ated for governor Of Georgia.
The Summer Convocation wit
messed the comforting of 80 Master
of Arts Degrees and So bachelors
degrees by Ralph P. Bridgman,
president Of Hampton Institute.
and saw G. James Gholson, presi-
dent of the graduating classes pre-
sent to the Institute the graduates
parting gift of 500 to be used in
connection with the annual Arts of
the Theatre Festival.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
Negro Veteran
Natl Conventn
Held In Ark.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Aug. IS
Many states were represented at
the National Convention Of the
National Council Of Negro Vet
Grams which held its second nat
ional meeting here this week. The
session which were extended over
a three-day period were presided
over by National Commander B.
H. Muldrew Of Kansas City. one of
the founders OF the organization.
Formed and chartered in the state
of Kansas. in 1910 by a group of
disappointed World War 1 veter-
ans who saw the many discrimin-
atory tactics employed against Ne
gro veterans by the older veteran
groups this organization has grown
into a large body covering many
states Highliting the program
we're the resolutions passed con-
demning the rising tide of racial
strife now enguifing the nation. A
more liberal policy providing more
liveral opportunities for Negro We
terans and the interrogation Of Ne
gro personnel in the Veterans Ad-
ministration and the other agen-
cies responsible for the administr-
alton Of veterans training were
also adopted The appointment of
a National Service Officer to re
present Negro veterans claims be-
fore the Veterans Administration
and the establishment of a nation
al office in Kansas City, Kans.
were other important measures
passed by the convention.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

NEW YORK. August 15th-The
NAACF investigators working in
South Carolina in an attempt to
discover clues which would lead
them to the policemen responsible
for the savage attack and binding
OF Negro veteran, Isaac Woodland,
announced today the discovery of
an eyewitness to the February II
assault The witness. a Negro vet
eran. had remained silent for fear
OF retaliatory action against him
self. When found however, the We
teran readily supplied investiga-
tors with the information he pos
sessed and drew up a signed affi-
davit when promised NAACP pro-
lection.
The veteran. whose identity can
not be disclosed for obvious rea-
sons. in his affidavit clears up a
controversy which reached a dra-
matte climax recently when Orson
Welles, hard-hitting radio COM
m~entator and Hollywood actor,
answered the mayor of Aiken. S.
c. who demanded a retraction Of
the charge made by Woodland that
the brutal attack had occurred in
that city WeIies in his regular
Sunday afternoon network broad
cast, had stated that Woodland. a
man who had served his country
during the war claimed that he
had been attacked and blinded in
Aiken, S. c. The burden Of proof
lies with you, Mr.. Mayor, said
Welles. You should have address
sed your demands for a retraction
10 Sgt Isaac Woodland. But it
would have to be sent in braille,
Mr.. Mayor. for Isaac Woodland has
no eyes, continued the provoca-
tive commentator.
Woodland in explaining his rea-
sons for naming Aiken as the
scene Of his horrifying experience
said. TO the best of my know
ledge ! was attacked in Aiken, S.
c. The policeman, after he put me
in a car 10 take me to the hospi-
tai answered me when asked him
hLGEE A was. AlG LDAu nlE We were
in Aiken When we got to the
hospital. the police told the doc
tor that he was from Aiken. A
few days later a couple Of guys
came into the ward inquiring of
the soldier who got beat up in All
ken. They we're interested because
they were from Aiken themselves
According to the story told by
the eyewitness the atttck actu-
ally occurred in Batesburg, a few
miles from Aiken The bus opera
tor came into the bus with three
police officers and pointed to
Isaac Woodward One OF the po-
licemen came into the back of the
bus and took Woodland out. When
they got his outside one of the.
policemen took out a blackjack and
smashed Woodland across the
head. then they carried him down
the street That is the last I saw
of him. said the witness.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
CONSTRUCTION BEGUN ON
NEW DORMIToRIEs FOR VETS
AT FISK UNIVERSITY, TENN.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-Construc-
ton has been started on two dor
mitories for student veterans at
Fisk University, it was announced
today by John H. Sweitzer, sup
erintendent of buildings and the
grounds at Fisk. The dwellings,
which r expected to be complet-
ed in early October, will be loca-
ted at 912-18th Avenue North.
The two units, provided by the
Federal Public Housing Authority
consist of a two-story building
which will accommodate SO men. and
a single dormitory with space for
Is men. Study rooms and lounges
will be included in each building.
These dwellings, said Mr.. SWEET
ger, plus q II family unit and a
30-man dormitory recently COM
pleted on the campus, will help
considerably in meeting the needs
occasioned by the university's in
creased enrolment.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
CAMPAIGN STARTED TO
REDUCE a SMOK
NUISANCE

First stage Of the campaign to
reduce Omaha's smoke nuisance
starts the week of August Is.
All householders will be urged
10 get their furnaces cleaned and
repaired or to make arrangements
70 have the work done before the
heating season starts.
After the heating season begins.
the second stage of the campaign
will be carried on to teach the pro-
per method of firing furnaces in
order to reduce smoke and con-
serve fuel.
Smoke is evidence of wasted
fuel, chairman Frank r. Boicourt
Of the Omaha Smoke Commission
said ia announcing plans for the
campaien. ~
IL is good economy to reduce
smoke. Not only does the presence
Of smoke indicate that some of
the fuel is going to waste, but it
adds to the family cleaning bills,
\ makes the housewife work hard
er TO keep her house clean and it
IS a hazard to health.
One Of the basic requirements
q smokeless firing, said Mr.. Boz
court explained, to impress people
with the necessity of getting heat
ing plants in serviceable condition
before cold weather arrives and it
becomes difficult TO have furnaces
cleaned and repaired.
He urged all ho~useholders to
arrange now with their furnace
man 70 have heating equipment
made ready for winter.
An Omaha anti-smoke ordinance
provides penalties for violations
and the Smoke Commission is en-
powered to cite violators in the
city attorney for prosecution.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

investigated locally, the coroner
and the sheriff who were called
Immediately upon discovery of
the body, and held an immediate
inquest, gave their verdict as gun
shot at the hand of unknown par
ties. Nothing further has been
done.
If this man was killed as an ex-
ample of the treatment which will
be dealt other Negroes in that
county who join unions, it will
serve as a convincing kind of in
timidation. NAACP's Investigators
are working to bring the murder
.ers to account, so that those free
doms granted all citizens under
the Fourteenth Amendment and
the MIRA will be properly respec-
ted by brutal southern lawbreak-
orc
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

De on e1fectlVe methods of Oppos--
ing race hate and solving social
problems through American team
work" in local communities, with
the theme American Teamwork
Works: Attacking Postwar Prob
lens in Race Relations"
This interracial group, which
will hold five days of workshop
sessions on employment, housing.
and community planning, will be
addressed by white and Negro
leaders in industry, labor, govern
ment and public welfare from both
the North and he South.
Wilson Wyatt, National Hous-
ing Expediter, is among the speak
r already listed. which also in
clude Frank Horne, FPHA Race
Relations Advisor; Victor Reuth-
er, UAW-CIO Educational Direc-
tor; Boris Shiskin, AFL Econom-
ist; George LIP Weaver, Director
CLIO Committee to Abolish Discri-
mination; Benjamin Wood, Mana
ging Director, Tea Bureau; Ed
ward Ray. Editor, TAMPA DAILY
TIMES; Roscoe Dunjee, Editor,
Oklahoma City BLACK DIS
PATCH; and Catherine G. Dye of
the Greater st. Louis Community
Chest.
The meeting in st. Louis, one of
Americas border line cities. that
may well become an example of
the best or worst in northern and
southern racial patterns. lis COM
ing at a critical time. Tension
spots increasing in the midst of the
Ku KluX Klan, which recently
held a demonstration in st. Louis;
price increases, continuing low wa
ges, and thousands Of unsatisfac-
torily employed and unhoused We
terans are calling for new ap-
proaches by Urban League affi-
liates. which stretch across the
country in "a cities and 27 states.
Representatives of League board
and staff in eight strategically To-
Gated southern cities will be at
tendance with first hand accounts
of what is happening in their com
munities. with the entire attention
of the Negro-white conference Gil
rected to finding better, more eff
fective plans to attacking the ra-
cial and economic inequalities thru
out the nation.
Using Athens, Alabama, as an
example, President Baldwin sta
ted, The temper of many COM
munities. north as well as south,
is like the heavy atmosphere be-
fore a thunderstorm. In selecting
for this years conference the
theme that American Teamwork
Works the National Urban Lea
que reaffirms its faith in the
soundness of the American peo-
pie and in the integrity of their
democracy.
The st. Louis conference will be
a forceful reminder to the entire
nation that determined groups of
white and Negro Americans are
continuing to work together for
the four freedoms which the Bill
of Rights vas designed to guar
antee for all people.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
NEGRO & WHITE CITIZENS
Form Omaha Council ofN.N.C

A meeting of negro and white
citizens on August 81, formed a
Council of the National Negro Con-
gress. Elected officers are Mrs. G..
Anita Hayes, president; Mrs. Ro-
wena Sudduth, executive secretary;
Mr.. Charles r. Trimble, treas.
The Congress sent a telegram
to President Harry S. Truman and
Atty.-Gen. Tom Clark demanding
immediate action in bringing the
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS
BOARD OF ELECTIONS

NEW YORK City (Calvin's
News Service)-Charles Collins
was ruled out Of the Democratic
primaries for State Senator of the
21st district when the Supreme
Court upheld the decision of the
board of elections that some of
Collins petitions had been fraud
ulently obtained. Headquarters of
the ALP endorsee says it viii ap-
peal the courts decision. Should
the appeal be turned down, Coll
ms will 60 after a big written
campaign.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

barred to Negroes as effectively
as if by legislative fiat" is grad
ually opening new job opportunit-
es to Negroes, Jeffries stated
Fourteen large merchandise firms
in the New York area use Negroes
as sales and stock clerks, steno-
graphers, and personnel executive
es.In New Jersey, the local Lea
CUES Industrial Relations Depart
ment reported placement Of six
clerks in two Newark stores. Fur
ther east, seven Boston stores, in
Guiding small exclusive shops in
the Cambridge and Back Bay sec
tons, are using a total Of twenty
Negro sales girls in addition to
clerical workers. Department stor
es in a number of small Western
and mid-western towns are hiring
Negro clerks. In milwaukee, Wis
consin, the first Negro department
store clerk was placed EARLY this
year through the local League.
This ~lessening Of opposition to
employing Negroes by the retail
merchandising industry, which com
pJleted more than Z billion dollars
worth of sales in 1915 and employs
millions of workers around the
country, is viewed as an encourag-
ing sign in the total white collar
pictures for Negroes, Jeffries stat
ed. 1t is one of the areas, he
pointed out, in which timidity on
the part Of employers fearing pub
lie opinion has kept employment
bars most rigid. In 1888, accord
ing to a survey made by the New
York State Commission to investi-
gate conditions of the urban Negro
population, there was not a single
Negro sales clerk in any Of the
eve major department stores in
New York City. The crack was
made during the wal years when,
after assiduous spade work by the
New York Urban League, various
civic groups presented their re
quests to department stores, with
the result that two Of the city's
leading firms employed Negroes
as sales clerks and clerical work
ers. New York's example has
been studied by cities throughout
the country, Jeffries said, and be
is of the opinion that the move
ment will spread throughout the
country.
Indignation of Negroes in depart
ment stores has become one of
the major activities of TIE Urban
League movement. III I il CON
nection it has VIC. I'd with other
organizations throue1out the coun
try in spearheading variou1 move
ments, particularly 1 Chicago
where the local Lea Ie'~ Women's
division has formde - -tcrracial
committee in launch-l- " special
effort to secure employment for
Negro women as sales clerks in
stores in the loop"
The Urban League department
store manual, subtitled Practical
Applications for the Integration
Of Negroes in Department Stores
includes the plan that wherever
feasible, training courses in mer-
chanoIsing and retailing be estab-
lished in the schools or in local
Leagues in cooperation with de-
partment store management to in
sure the availability of trained
Negro personnel. 1t will be used
by the Urban League personnel at
the National Urban Leagues An
nual Conference, to be held in St.
Louis, Missouri. September 25-29,
as a basis for discussion in devel-
oping te%chniques to attack the
problem systematically in local
League areas. The conference
will also take up at length, the
whole problem Of The Negro
Worker in the White Collar Fields
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
WIFE OF So. OMAHA
PASTOR KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Mrs. Elizabeth Black, so, 252O
J Street, died Sunday afternoon of
injuries caused when a car driven
by her husband Rev. F. J.. Black,
go, was in a collision with a truck
at West Pacific st. and County
Road Sc, about a mile south of
Boys Town.
The condition of the Rev. Black
was reported as good at Doc
tors Hospital. He is pastor of the
Heaven of Rest, First Church of
Spiritual Healing.
Mrs. Black suffered chest in
juries and shock, hospital author
tiles said. The Rev. Black received
chest and side injuries.
Mrs Blacks body was taken to
Myers Funeral Home.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24

glas County Food Preservation
Committee composed Of the follow
ing agencies:
Nebraska Power Co, Home Ser
vice Dept; Douglas County Elk
tention Service; Red Cross Nutri-
ton Service; Metropolitan Utili-
ties District, Home Service Dept;
Farm Security Administration;
Household Arts Dept. of World
Herald; Adult Home Making Dept
of Omaha Public School system;
and Omaha Nutrition Councils.
The Omaha guide., 1946-08-24
Many Department and Retail
STORES ADOPTING
FAIR EMPLOYMENT
P R C ES
Clerks and Sales People Hired
In Midwest and Eastern Areas

In a manual on "Integration Of Negroes in Department Stores
the National Urban League revealed this week a substantial gain in
the use Of Negroes as sales and clerical workers in The retail mer-
chandsing field throughout the country. The department store
manual, compiled by Leroy Jefhies, Assistant Director Of the Lea
CUES Industrial Relations Department, from reports Of local Leagues
and released for Urban League use-indicated that The greatest
gains have been made in New York, New Jersey, and Massachusetts.
The retail merchandising field. Described as late as 1893 as being