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The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22
School For Blind
To Train Woodland

New York, aMrch 6th-Isaac
Woodland, blinded Negro veteran,
whose assailant. Police Chief Lyn-
wood Shull Of B~atesburg, S. c.,
was acquitted by an all white jury
in twenty-eight minutes recently.
left New York City last week for
the Avon School for the Blind
where it is hoped, he will be suffic-
iently rehabilitated to enable him
to adjust to a normal life. Wood
ard was accompanied by Franklin
H. Williams of the NAACP legal
staff.
At the Avon School for the Blind
in New Haven. Conn. where Wood
ard was sent through efforts Of
the NAACP and the Veterans Ad-
ministration, Mr.. Woodland will be
taught to read Braille. to write.
use the typewriter, walk alone and
prepare himself for a trade or pro
fession.
Woodlands admission to the train
ing school marks the final chapter
in one of the most shocking stor-
les in southern anti-Negro sadism
in the history of American racial
strife. The horrible torture beat
ing of the Negro soldier, still in
uniform and fresh from more than
two years in the South Pacific. be-
came a cause celebre and was wide
-ly publicized in newspapers in
every section of the globe when
the facts were first discovered by
the NAACP in April. 1916. Thru
efforts of the Association, Wood
ard received medical care from
some Of the nations leading spec
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22
Police White
Washed In Ohio
Posse Probe

Cincinnati, Ohio, March 5th A
casual remark by a police officer
in Cincinnati, o., was responsible
for assembling a posse of rs to 100
men in that town to hunt down a
suspect in an attempted rape case,
City Manager Wilbur r. Kellogg
said, but his report on the incident
to the city council completely ex-
onerated the city administration.
The report, requested by the Gin
cinnati branch NAACP, said a
Madisonville home had been bur
glarized and a As year old wife
criminally attacked. Shortly after
ward, another home in the neigh
borhood was robbed by a Negro
answering to the same description.
A group of armed men, numbering
rs to 100, gathered at the scene to
join the manhunt.
But other factors were unearth-
ed by investigation made by Ern-
est ]. Waits of the Committee on
Democratic Action, Harold ]. Pier
son of the West End Civic League
Arnold B. Walker of the Division
of Negro Welfare and Harold D.
Smell of the Cincinnati branch MA
ACP. This group interviewed the
manager of radio station WCPO
over which a call for armed vol
unteers was broadcast. The man
ager said the call had gone out ov-
er WCPO in response to a request
from 1t. Conner of the Sixth Dis
trict.
The group talked to City Manag-
er Kellogg who gave them the po-
lice version of the affair. The po-
lice say that a radio newscaster
asked 1t. Conner whether help was
needed and 1t. Conner said it was.
MI. Kellogg refused to issue a
public statement to the effect that
the police had not requested a CIV
ilian help and would not tolerate it
in the future. He said such a state
ment would most likely result in a
riot against Negroes.
The City Council, which request
ed the City Manager to report on
the situation after receiving a let
ter from the Cincinnati branch OF
the NAACP, had no comment to
make on the report.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22

-J
CHICAGO.
! colleges have swung far toward
democracy during the past decade.
There is scarcely an institution
left, outside the segregated South,
that is not open to all students re-
CARELESS of creed or color. An ev-
en- in the South recent Supreme
Court decisions have forced states
to provide much fuller facilities to
Negro students. In such border
areas as Maryland and West Vir-
GINA, the state universities have
opened graduate and professional
training to all citizens rather than
go through the fantastic rigma-
role of providing dual facilities in
the advanced specialities. Medical
schools are still resistant. holding
to quotas for Jews and practical
exclusion for Negroes. But even
here p%ressures are at last opening
the doors.
The great triumph is in faculty
appointments. Five years ago
only two Negroes held posts in in
situations other than Southern Ne
gro colleges. And these two were
in laboratory posts, hidden away
from the general classrooms. To
day fifty-six Negroes are teaching
in colleges and universities from
New York University to the Univ
erslty of California. While several
of these hold temporary visiting
le~ctureships, over half of them
have regular, permanent faculty
appointments as professors and as
sociates. This is a recognition Of
Negro scholarship-and of democ-
racy in education-that would have
eemed revolutionary even five
years ago.
High on college rosters today are
Allison Davis and Abraham Harris
at the University of Chicago; Char
les Bugs, professor Of biology at
Wayne University; Edward Chand
Ter st. Clair Drake, and Lorenzo
Turner at Roosevelt College; Wade
Ellis and Edward Palmer at the
University Of Michigan; Cornelius
and Catherine Golightly at Olivet;
Adelaide Hill at Smith; Joseph
Gier at the University Of Califor-
mia; Ira Reid and Hale Woodruff
at New York University; Kenneth
Clark, Marion Cuthbert. Eugene
Holmes and Lawrence Reddick at
the New York City colleges, and a
host of others cvhosen solely be-
cause of their talent.
Roosevelt College of Chicago has
set a new standard with an overt
welcome to talent regardless OF
any artificial restrictions or quota
among students, faculty or trust
ees. This college is a positive and
aggressive force far beyond it's
own halls, fighting for equal oppor
unities and full participation by
members of all groups in every
phase of American life.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22
A DECISIVE DECADE

Even a nitwit must realize that
today this world is at a most crit
ical period.
What happens within this next
ten years Io47-195O will shape
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22

NEW YORK, N. Y.-The United
States Coast Guard Academy at
New London, Conn, is accepting
applicants for the 1947 entrance
examination, Admiral Joseph F.
Farley, Coast Guard commandant
announced this week.
Applicants must be between the
ages of IL and %. Physical require
ments include 1920 vision and a
minimum height of five feet SIX
inches. High school scholastic re-
quirements include two years of
algebra, one year Of plane geom-
try, three years of English and one
year of physics. For the first time
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22
IN


Everyone should be grateful to
those who are pioneering in educa-
ton for peace and democracy and
living together kindly.
DR.. Clyde r. Miller, a professor
on the faculty of Teachers College
Columbia University, is just such
a recognized pioneer, now going a.
bout the country lecturing and
holding institutes for this good
purpose.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22

BEHAVIOR
CAPT. EARLE CONOVER

both events and evolutions for per
haps centuries ahead.
Democracy is truly ION trial..
Believers in it must do much more
than just believe In it if 1t is to
survive, and if the American Way
of Life'' is to be maintained.
The phrase America, the ARISEN
al of Democracy" is not an empty
or idle one, but is pointed, perth
ent and pregnant, indeed.
THE ATOMIC AGE
More than most of us can con-
ceive, unless we have given much
thought to it, the invention of atom
ic power has revolutionized human
society, for better or worse.
Scientists have prophesied that
other nations, even without some
of the recently reported leaks" of
information, will have made their
own secrets of atomic energy with
in 5 or 8 or certainly 10 years.
Conceivably a future war" could
begin and end within one or two
days! Wiping out national capt.
ais, industrial centers and whole
cities within hours could do it.
Now no nation is safe or secure,
with awful destructive power at its
finger tips.
BROTHERHOOD NEEDED
The immediate demand for friend
Illness and brotherhood must be
realized and proclaimed from the
housetops-and LIVED
Common ems tells us that if
two men facing each other, both
armed to the teeth, do not agree a
micably to discard their weapons
they must chance the effect.
Men have learned how IN deval-
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22
The Walters Column
(BY H. W. NTH .HA. osoo,

(BY HI. w. SMITH. .HA. O8OO)
Mr.. Frank Buford and Mr.. Theodore
Thomas on the sick list.
Walters Key Club going good at all
times.
Mr.. Bob Cole one of the oldtimers Of
Omaha is looking in on his MANY
friends...-M Cole lives in sunny
Calf.
Paxton hotel walters very much on
the jobs with a smile.
Blackstone hotel walters improving
at all times.
F~ontenelle hotel walters with their
headwaiter Jones, very much out in
front on service.
Omaha Club walters with Capt. Earl
Jones topping the service with a smile.
Read The OMAHA GUIDE for all
the NEWSi
Mr.. Ross Fountain Of the OAC has
been promoted. Mr.. Fountain was one
of the wide awake side walters and he
has contributed his bit in the U. S.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22
Negroes and members of othe

Negroes and members of other
'minorities'' are taking full advan-
tage of the new opportunities. Stu
dents are qualifying at almost ev-
cry college and university. The
colored professors have high stand
ing in scholarship and high popu-
larity as teachers. The service Of
Negroes on boards Of trustees,
while still rare, is proving useful
in every way.
There r still many ills in hui
man relations in America. 1t is
of special moment though, that the
colleges, which mean SO much to
the future patterns of our society,
are swinging with fresh zest into
the practice Is well as the teach
ing of democracy.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22

counts and names the other thirty
as accessories before and after the
fact. All thirty one are being
charged with murder and conspir-
acy to commit murder.
All but four Of the accused men
r Greenville taxi drivers. Earle
was taken from the Pickens Coun-
ty Jail by an armed mob soon af-
ter his arrest as a suspect with the
fatal stabbing and robbery Of a
Greenville taxi driver.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22

trigonometry will not be required.
Applicants for the examination
will be accepted until March 81.
The tests will be held May z and 8
in key cities throughout the u. S.
to be announced later.
Those who qualify will not need
Congressional appointment for &C
ceptance to the Academy, the Com
mandant said.
After four year Of intensive train
ing, cadets r graduated with a.
bachelor of Science degree in n
cheering and commissioned as
United States Coast Guard en-
SipnS-
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22
oMAH's OWN INSTITUTE

OMAH'S OWN INSTITUTE
DR.. Miller will be Omaha's guest
shortly and all are invited to see
and hear him. Seminars will be
held at the Joslyn Memorial on
Monday. March 81, "a .. m. and
Tuesday April 1, 10-11:55 a. M,
and "a p. m. A mass meeting is
planned for April 1, at s p. m.
This Institute is a joint endeavor
by a great many of Omaha's or
CARNATIONS, and is being endorsed
by educators, clergymen, civic and
social workers. WELCOME TO
ALL
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22

lal1sts but it was discovered that
his eyes were totally beyond aid.
NAACP Investigators tracked
down his attacker, Police Chief
Shull, who was eventually tried
and acquitted in record time In
South Carolina.
A trust fund Of $40, 500 was set
I'm with the proceeds from individ-
uals and funds collected on a a
t1onwide tour of NAACP sponsor
ed mass meetings.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22
Edited by vERNA p. HARRIS,

THE COLLEGE FRONT
(by EDWIN r. EMBREE.
President julius Rosenwald FUND.-
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22
AGENCY OPPORTUNITIES OPEN
p. o. BOX 6666
WASHINGTON, ID. c.

ope material resources of this
wondrous earth and how to utilize
the laws of God-for their good as
well as for their evil-but they
have yet to learn how to live bro
therly.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22
81 Indicted In
South Carolina
Lynching

Greenville, Sc. (CNS) A general
Sessions Court, Grand Jury has in
dicted thirty one men in connect
ion with the February IL lynch
Staying of "a year old Willie Earle.
The indictment charges Roosevelt
Carlos Hurd, ST., a Geeenville taxi
cab dispatcher with murder on two
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-22

army and has advanced himself to first
assistance. to m~atridee ward. Orchids
to Mr.. Fountain.
Musician headwaiter is top man MS
he has advanced from the front page
to the magazine section Of the World
Herald and going good.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11

marm who played hostess to
her Upper social club
Mrs Earl Conway who hos
tossed the Spanish Club-popu-
larizing and giving lcvlty to the
study Of languages by Mrs. Ber-
tina Lantoin.
IN NEW YORK;
The fraters Of Kappa Alpha
Psi were closing out their an
nual conclave for preferred
New Years watch on Broadway.
Detroiters still raving about the
highlite Of the Kappa conclave-
Ca costume ball with floor show
entertainment were DR.. and
Mrs T. Malone Atty and Mrs.
Willis Graves, Jean and Erma
Collins, Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore
White. Atty a. Craigen. Mrs.
Theodore Owens, and Victor
Hicks who again was elected a
national officer Of the fratcr-
nifty. and Mr. and Mrs. Gloster
Current and their house guest,
Miss Jackie Williams.
IN CINCINNATI
The sorors Of Phi Delta Kap-
pa. still aglow DER their closed
formal dance in the roof garden
VI Cincinnatjs largest an d
swankcst hotel were congratu-
lating Mrs. Olivia Henry Of
Philadelphia Pa o'er her cleo
ton as National President Of
Phi Delta Kappa succeeding
Mrs Nadine Robinson Of New
York City Staying over TO
pend Now Years eve thuslv
we're Mcsdamcs Bcruice Hoag-
land, Thelma Parker tagain
made regional dircctoD Sadie
Ransom Winfrcd F7rfax MN
Blanche Allen Be mice TAYLOR.
Eloisc McMorris. Allyson War
rick. Barrett Cleo Beatty and
Gravcc Williams
AND ON OUR SICK LIST
Az Krwood hospital cham-
ing Mrs Dorothy Pierce Of 23rd
avenue and Ms Hazel Gary
recupcrating in Receiving hospi-
tai To these we wish a speedy
gct-wcll
Confined on Page ~
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11

up and coming business that has
not only proven enjoyable but
somewhat profitable
don't have TO remind you
that the Republicans are IN
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11
The West Side Featurette

her return 10 the kitchen that
her dog and cat Wcre acMtlmg
in on unusuAl fashion she de-
cided 10 investigate and found
the caller to ne larie black
bat Then the fight was on
bat against dog cat and Miss
Lcste You guessed H. the bat
was killed but fot the rcu'an-
der Of the day, Miss Lester s
two dumb animals wore smart
enough not 10 put that window
back up Brrrr
Annual Formal
The glamour Gal cllt Les
Petite Amies will have their
annual formal on the l7th u
this month Their president
Johnny Dubois, IS promising
another fine evening II this
scribe IS not mistaken, ! think
this S the sixth year ior the
popular girls clab
Tragedy left az the altar
was very fine young woman
who had 70 face those fyiends
who had been throwing party
after parity for her ard her IL
ancec It's too bad that HSC
can't SEQ that such actions
should be carefully planned be
forehand
AT the 81 Cyprans church
with Fathc- Matolm Dade act
ing as master ~ ceremonies
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11

Left West Warren December
l3l. 1916 about 1880 TO invade
Inkster, Michigan 10 celebrate
the New Years arrival In pass
ling through Dearborn / came
Very close 10 running through a
red light. II was hard 10 tell
the colorful lights the city was
decorated with from the stop
and-go signals. Arrived in Inks
ter at about 1870 and was seat
ed in Club Vogue just in time
to have little spirits, see the
floor show and witness the
gaiety that was on hand around
inc. Shared a table with Mr..
and Mrs. George Betty Thorn
as. the couple that resemble
each other so much that every
one takes them 70 be brother
and sister.
Enjoyed the floor show, espe-
icially cute Donna Finley who
this month is celebrating her
FIRST year in show business,
Chester Renue gave her her
first engagement. in Baltimore.
VIII leave for Canada as soon
as her contract az Club Vogue
expires. Appreciated the cour-
tesy shown me from the waiter,
! Clarence (Sleepy)l Street Not
tied several people there knew,
famous and otherwise. Sonny
Edwards. the photograp her,
4 George Smelling. playboy from
Toledo: Esther Collins Paul
Britton, James Wyatt G. Carter
and many, many others
Loft Club Vogue 70 visit the
Paradise Club also in Inkster
and found the place jumping
Il was fun listening 10 the Jim
4 my Miller band, watching the
moving pictures shown. and eve
ryone so full of YOU know what
Vale Walker. Of fireman Ne
plays sax in the band and YOU
-hould hear him play Laura.
I NV how II intrigues me and
after this week you can call
me by that name my. my.
That blues singer. Muddy Water
fell right in with his songs
which blended with the mood
everyone appeared to be in.
hope | have as much fun watch
ing the old year 60 out for at
least fifty years, more, as l did
this time.
New Venture
So YOU think your baby's first
walking shoes are the sweetest
/ shoes in the world = and what
mother wouldn't want TO keep
them2 That is precisely what
George c. Walker, World War
! Veteran. II OF fireman, OBJ
served before selecting a busi-
ness venture. after receiving his
honorable discharge. Most OF the
little shoes are made Of soft
material and after being scrap
ped bv the little new stopper,
little processing with metal
helps preserve the shoes So the
story goes. Young Walker and
his wife put their heads togeth-
or and erected a work shop
in their basement and started
research work in preserving ba-
by shoes To date they have an
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11

John and Eileen Hearst Of
Leicester played hosts at a
cocktail party
Or. and Mrs jackson Of Wood.
land entertained friends at
cocktail party and ditto Dr. Bes-
trice Keemer.
The fraternity houses were
filled up and running over play.
ing open house TO their fraters
and friends The Alphas making
their New Years party closed
and ultra swanky again.
Mrs. (. A. Carter going out
for the first time since her re-
cent illness to attend Bertha
Lantoin's dinner party par eX-
cellence honoring Mrs. Horton,
STA w. Turner and Miss Horton
STA Turner White Of Washing
ton. .. c.. house guest Of our
valerie Turner Pettiford and
Mrs Emily Worsham, house
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Conley
Worsham from West Virginia
And in the household Of the
Cecil Roblnsons there was re-
ioicing DER the seven pound
baby girl just left by the stork
Then topping it all was the
gala evening--Ncw Years day
at the home Of Dr. and Mrs.
Preston who entertained with
their first annual cocktail party
over one hundred guests For
this special occasion the home OF
the Prestons on Ferry was made
beautiful by special decorators
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11

n. HANCOCK lol OV Stala IS
president and has held the office
for quite few years, lie IN
formed this scribe aht tinhtc
formed this scribe that IN the
very near future he wlll be
putting in music and entcr-
tanners, and that. my dear
friends will be nice thing
For as have reminded readers
before Westsiders generally and
their entertainment pleasures IN
other parts Of Michigan and
many OF them have not been
blessed with notification from
their fayorite automobile conn
panv that their new car will be-
delivered. Also there VIII be
a membership drive FOR the La
dy's auxiliary addition TO the
club
Illness
Sorry ia hear Of the Hines
Of Mrs. Gertrude Bucklcy i
seems she has not been able
TO keep out " sick bay since
the death OF hcr mother Ms.
Pinkie Dubois
Miss Marv Lester. dress de-
siCner had an unusual visitor
the other day urlnvlted y
made rs way through kitchen
window Miss Lester had opened
before going into anotheg part
OF her apartment Noticing upon
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11

cfeaTn spr0uts beverage, bread
and cookies. d. Curtis reports
tnat each plate vas cleared,
therefore II appeared 20 be
most successful venture. Among
persons present were Represcn-
tatives Of Tuskegee Alumni, r.
r Jones, president. Rev. and
Mrs Horace White, Rev. a c.
Williams and Mrs. Rackham
Holt The company closed the
event with 2 presentation Of a
$50 War Bond going 70 John r.
HlI fny MS outstanding sales
work
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11

the a W. Cur
t.s Com pany
served one
b U n dre d and
sixty persons a
d n n er COM
posed Of pea
nuts The menu
c onsiste Of
m k chicken.
creaned pc a.
nuts peanut ice
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11
Vandenberg Named
Senate President

WASHINGTON. d. Michi-
gans Senator Arthur II. Van
denburg was named early this
week as presiding officer Of the
new Senate and Senator Homer
Ferguson also a Michigan Repub-
lican was named 70 the Repub-
lican Steering Committee
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11
Bits OF BanterInq
81 Bobbye
Because the year is new
There 5 been much adolf
Twas the NIGHT before Ne


And Mrs Leroy Soles (nee Timetta Carlysle) return
ed home from the hospital whore she had undergone
minor operation. Dr. George Bran. tripped down the
steps Of his home take in New Years parties fell
and broke his wrist
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11

from Acme Florists with frag
rant snapdragons and yellow
tea roses HoStesses assisting Dr..
and Mrs. c. w. Preston wear.
ing corsages Of sweetheart ros-
es and gardenias were Mes
danes Violet Lewis, w. Jones
Mosee, Selma McGlacker an d
Matte Jefferson.
And with the young fry
four OF Detroits most charming
debutantes entertained ultra-ul-
ira honoring New York Univer-
sity's popular coed Miss Hor-
tensia Turner White OF Wash
ington, d. c. Hostesses for this
occasion were pretty Dorothy
Ann Hicks, Barbara LOOMS,
Louise Loomis, ad Helen Cuz-
Louise LOOMS. and Helen Gus
zens. Setting for the dancing
party was the cute rumpus
room in the Loomis home on
Trowbrldge
OTHER TOP HoSTESsES
FOR THE WEEK
Miss Edna PolndeXtcr who en-
tcrtained some Of our local pop
ular matrons al a lovely break
fast in her Waverly avenue
home with linens and silver be-
fitting her "LadyS Majesty
Mrs Alfred Thomas. ST., who
entertained with a luncheon IN
her Josephine avenue home
Mrs. Moses Walker with din
ner at her home Mrs. Thelma
Williamson Woodward with a
champagne soirce and dinner
ad Mrs Thclma WI sctdl
and Mrs. Angel Lambert at the
YWCA- all hostesses entertain
ing in the honor Of Mrs. Hor-
tcnsia W Turner Of Washington.
D. c and Miss Hortcnsia Turn
er White Of New York Univcr-
sity. house guests Of Mrs Nalcr-
ie Turner Pcttiford Of West
Grand boulevard.
Mrs John Spencer (nee Ger
trude Bailcy) popular school
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1947-01-11

From the looks
of the way the
Wayne County
Political Gu b
been iancied up
with its new
"eyerythings l
might add pros
p gro u S ly so.
II AIRY II latin
cock a resident
Of the westside
Evening star., 1947-05-21

on TINE Ar TONIGHT.
M0p. 7I5-Ihe Andrews Qsiefs sing.
Wop. 7.30-Ihs play is "0ns Sunday
Afternoon"
WMkL, 3:45-Eah Bunting, president Of ihs
National Association Of Manufacturers. discusses
pending labor legislation.
Evening star., 1947-05-21

louise; Joins Blns Crosby ier duet N
"YaIsniina.
VOL. 1000 Senator Jossph Ball and
Jossph Psdwsy sf The AL discuss asAouId Ne
President Veto The Current Labor lssisisiienl
s WT0p. t0:30-6uests are Oscar lsvsnf md
Ellis Arnall, former Governor Of Georgia.
Evening star., 1947-05-21

Last changes n
rGdio prorranss s0rle-
times reach The Star too
Evening star., 1947-05-21

WTop, 800 Comedian Phil Sivsn visits.
Wec. 9:00-Dsffy decides 10 sell the Tavern.
50 Archie calls In Boris ksrloff 10 irishtea awaY
prospective buYeE.
MoP, s:3o-BsndIssdsF Woody Herman ap.
pean.
WkAl. i0:00-MaurIes chsWlisr sings