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Cara Carver Undergoes
Operation AZ FairVte'

MFA Clara Carver, Highland
StAfiSa. undsrvsut m Op@r1tiOa
Wsdnssday a. RAirvtsW hospitaL
HsP soadition h rspSEtsd god
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-09-19

Pan fnsASSs FsViSw, FFt&ay. OeG
10 MsIRs Q EJn- g. Js@ss UsAsS
homnA--AAv.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-09-19
MN. Bella Mcknight
To Give Gallery
Talks a institute

Mrs. Bella Taylor Mcknight.
field representative Of the sThibi.
ton. Portraits Of Outstanding
Americans u Negro Origin"
which 10 on exhibit this month Of
the Art Institute, will give gallery
talks at $50 p. m, Sept ~. and
20. at the Institute.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-09-19
Legion Head Likes
Separate Chapters

WASHINGTON. D. C. (NNPAD
james p. oNsil, newly elected
national commander Of the Amer
lean Legion. said here at . press
conference last Friday that the
present policy Of the Legion in
organizing eolored veterans In the
South into separats chapters met
with his approval.
Asked whether "shs barring Of
eolored veterans from joining the
Legion" In southern states met
his approval, o'Neil said eolored
veterans were not barred from
joining the Legion.
When the reporter asked Whsth-
sr they were permitted TO join the
same chapters as white Legion
naires, o'Neil replied that they
were not, that eclorsd veterans in
southern states wanted separate
chapters, and that such chapters
met his approval.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-09-19
Short Views
of the
NEWS
Louisville Cop Guilty
MANY Witnesses

NhaNy "AtAtGco%S h"NoA
L0UISVILLE.--Many witnesses
TO the killing Of George Edward
Kelly last week by PatrOlmAn John
R. womack are insisting that the
NAACP investigate the tragedy.
Kelly was shot and killed in .
confectionery. The policeman said
Kelly was shot while resisting ar
rest on disorderly conduct charge.
Witnesses Of the shooting, how
ever, in sworn statsments, say
that Kelly was first dubbed un.
conscious with q night stick and
then shot while he lay at the pa
trolman's feet. Alfred n. Carroll,
president Of the local NAACP
chapter, has taken the sworn state
ments.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-09-19
First Negro ~"
Worker Joins
Mill City Staff

Mrs. Robert Z. Jones last week
became the first eolored profess
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-09-19

Mrs. Mace v. LIttisjOha. IT,,
and daughter. Sharon Ann. S4S 81,
Anthony Ave, left the city Sun.
day. September II. for Kansas
City. Kansas.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
HEADS UNESCO SESSION IN
MEXICO CITY

Nashville, Tenn.-Dr. Charles S.
Johnson, newly inaugurated president
of Fisk University, left the campus
November ii to attend sessions of
United Nations Educational Scientific
and Cultural Organization in Mexico
City. He will be out of the country
for two weeks.
Selected by President Truman to be
of the ten United States delegates
to the organization which first con-
vened in Paris in 1916, DR.. Johnson
has been appointed to several of its
important posts. He is a member of
the executive committee, chairman of
the social science commission for the
U. S. delegation, rapporteur for all
social science projects Of the confer
ence, and a member of the co-ordinat-
ing committee for all projects Of
UNESCO.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
HOW LENA HORNE
LEARNED. TO SING

Chicaqo-Until Lennie Hayton
badqered and heckled her about X,
Iena Horne used to worry about being
too pretty, says December Negro Di-
oest. with the result that he singing
actually suffered.
ct .ena was worried that people
liked her for her looks and not Tor hel
singing" the Negro Digest article
states, But now I'm over my COM
plex," Lena declares.
Because she continues to command
attention with her astonishing lowell
ness. Lena's faith in her singing
wavered but that Of her fans did not
nudge. The staunchest of these fans
was white Lennie Hayton, now tour
ing Europe with Lena. He badgered
her. worked with her, he read her
lessons out of the musical copybookS-
Results a new and greater Lena Horne
according to Barry Llanov, author OF
the feature.
Now" Lena says, I'm over my
complex. People actually come up to
me and compliment me about my
singing and they seem to mean It and
I can believe it. | can sing now. I'm
over that fantastic complex. They can
tell me I'm pretty now without my
worrying about what they really think
about my voice.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
C TOPS LANE, so.

Jefferson City, Mo.-Lincoln Uni
versity (Mo.) Tigers hit the victory
trail again last Saturday when they
earned a so win e the Lane Drag
ons in Public School stadium in St.
Louis last week. A crowd estimated
at approximately 5000 saw the tilt,
the first one Lincoln has played in St.
Louis in the last five years.
Early in the second period the Ii
gers started a drive and finished it
when Halbacfk George Holt broke of
guard and raced 35 yards for a score.
1t was the only score of the game and
proved to be Lincoln's margin of vic
tory. Jimmy Jones attempt at con
version was no good.
Tim Battles was a standout player
for Lane in the game, and his line
charging severly jolted the Tigers a
times.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
KING COLE TRIO TO OPEN
ENGAGEMENT AT NEW YORK'S
PARAMOUNT THEATER

It's the white lights of Broadway
for radios favorite threesome the King
Cole Trio, on Wednesday, Nov. II.
On that date the popular rhythm
group begin a three to four week stand
at New York's Paramount Theater.
According to reports, the radio
threesome, which set an all-time rec
ord during their personal appearance
at the Paramount last year, will draw
a fiat $1,000 a week for this years in
person stint. The Trio's Paramount
appearance follows a successful en-
gagement at Frank Dailey's Meadow
Xxx.
King Cole Trio Time" the groups
weekly program, is head on Saturday
at 5:45 p. m, EST over WOW and
NBC.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
THE AMERICAN LEGION
AUXILIARY POST 80

The American Legion Auxiliary of
Roosevelt Post No. 80 held its regular
meeting Thursday evening with the
following committees making their re-
ports.
The rehabilitation chairman, Mrs.
Ora Glass reported on the bingo party
to be held at the Veterans Hospital in
Lincoln in the near future.
The Kitchen chairman, Mrs. Evan
geline Alexander report was good.
The Historian chairman, Mrs. Mabel
Blanton made a very interesting re-
port on how and when the auxiliary
was organized.
The Social chairman Mrs. Creta
Wade reported more finance on card
part. She requests all stubs for the
Turkey rattle to be in at the Legion
Hall Nov. 18th at eight o'clock.
The Bingo Chairman, Mrs. Carrie
Green made a splendid report.
All members are urged to attend all
meetings.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
SOUTHERN MIGRANTS CRACK
INDUSTRIES COLOR LINES

Chicago-Negroes who were looked
down on as ignorant and inferior by
Southern whites are winning lasting
roles in modern industry according to
a December Ebony photo-story show
ing how these colored workers have
adjusted remarkably to intricate pro-
duction methods and mastered them.
How. green, raw Southern share
troopers have learned to master ma
chimes overnight is best shown in the
steel industry which has been using
Negro labor for more than half a cen
tury," Ebony declares. Negroes have
been restricted to the dirtiest jobs,
with three out Of every four classified
as laborers, but slowly some of the
better steel jobs are nov going to them.
This trend" Ebony claims, is due
more to the shortage Of skilled workers
rather than any campaign by labor
unions or management.
These o-nce-scorned Southern mi
grants are still largely confined to I'M
PLEASANT jobs in steel mills, but slowly
they are cracking the color lines. And
lily men,"
thanks largely to their work the Help
Wanted" signs outside most steel mills
cry out for more Negro workers, who,
Ebony says, are:
Handwriting, better-than-average-
paid, union-conscious, car-owning fam
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
RANDOLPH To SPEAK
IN TAMPA

Tampa, Fla. NoDal)-rhe Tampa
Division of the Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Car Porters, will present to the
citizens of Florida's West Coast the
National President, Philip Randolph
on Tuesday, December 9. He will
discus matters pertaining to the po-
litical problems that must be consid-
cred during the next session of the
National Congress. M. P. Webster,
National vice-president will accom-
pany MI. Randolph and speak on the
subject: Your Stake in Making De-
mocracy Work" B. F. McLaurin, In
te~rnational Field Organizer will be in
the party and will make an address.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22

AAioNC at VA NlONlCtOllC oluOlOo, IlCldlu
Pictures, the producers, screened the
entire Negro field until they got ex-
actly the people they wanted for each
role, regardless of the price. AS a re-
suit, the production cost of the picture
is at least four times that spent on
any all-Negro feature to date. The cast
consists of seventy-6ve people.
Tim Moore, one of the three prin-
cipal comedians, is a well known fig
ure on the stage and screen. He is
even known to European audiences, as
a result Of his appearance in England
as the comedy star of "Blackbirds." Al
Jackson and Warren Patterson, the one
ton comedy team, are among the high
est paid in the night club and stage
fields.
Sybil Lewis will be remembered in
such pictures as Mystery in SWING
Broken Strings" Midnight Menace
Am l Guilty" very Thought Of
YOU" Going My Way" and Re.
venge Of the Zombies."
Betti Mays directs her W banc
and is a former member of the Har
lemaires. Sheila Cuyse came direct tt
the picture from Bill Robinson,
Memphis Bound" in which she played
the girl lead.
Deck Watson, original organizer O
the Ink Spots, is in the cast with hi
famous Brown Dots. Elwood Smitl
and Duke Williams have establishe,
outstanding regulations for their APP
lpearances in Broadway stage produc
ton, while every show-goer will re
member Jimmy Fuller in the screel
version of Green Pastures.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
SPELMAN CHORUS TO SING
THREE SPIRITUALS
CONCERTS ON CHS

The Atlanta : Morehouse : Spelman
Chorus of Atlanta, Ca, will offer three
consecutive programs Of Negro folk
songs and the works Of Negro COM
posers over Columbia network, Sun
day, Nov. Is, % and 80 (CBS, HOS
.11:3O am. EST. From West, At
.lanta).
The mixed chorus of 100 voices is
under the direction of Professor KEN
per Harreld, and has been heard on
three previous occasions on CHS. 1t
is composed of students at Atlanta
University, Morehouse College, and
Spelman College, and is considered
one Of the outstanding Negro college
choirs. The Atlanta chorus is the Sec
ond in the series of Negro college
choirs being presented on CHS in the
Sunday half-hour formerly held by the
Wings Over Jordan" choral group.
Nh. Harreld, concert violinist anc
music educator, is a graduate Of the
Chicago Musical College and the Sher
wood Musical School. He also studied
in Berlin. He is responsible for organ
!izing the Neutrality-suspicious. orches
ira, the Harreld String Quartet and the
Morehouse Clee Club.
For the choir's first program, he ha'
chosen the following hymns:
Beautiful Savior" There Is
Balm in Cilead," Great Day, the
Righteous Marching" Rocks anc
Mountains Shall All Flee Away
"Yonder Come Day." Swing Low,
The Angels Song" and Deep River
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22

lures faSt-moving flmusical coming to
the Town Theatre on Saturday mid
night, Nov. 29th, offers one of the
most sensational musical aggregations
seen in any picture for some time in
the John Kirby All-Star Band, which
is featured along with Billy Daniels
and Sheila Cuyse, Tondaleyo, Ruble
Blakey, Deck Watson and His Brown
Dots, Apus and Estellita and guest
star Freddie Bartholomew.
Directed by Arthur Leonard, "Sepia
Cinderella" boasts an original musical
score by Charlie Shavers which is pre-
scented in sensational style by Kirby
and his All-Stars. In addition to the
famous maestro the All-Stars include
Charlie ShaverS, trumpeter with the
Tommy Dorsey band, Big Sid Cat
lett at the drums, Buster Bailey, from
the Noble SiSsle Band, at the c~larionet,
Charlie Holmes and his saxophone and
Billy Kyle, until recently with the Cy
Oliver outfit.
Hailed by the motion picture trade
press as the outstanding All-Negro
film made to date, "Sepia Cinderella"
also features a bevy of lovely "Sepia
Cinderellas," winners in the recent
national contest. The picture is from
an original story by Vincent Valentino
t'Boyl What a Girl" Il
At last there is a promise that all
Negro motion pictures have come into
their own, according to advance re-
ports on Boy! What a Girl" a fea-
t~ure-length comedy with music, sched-
uled to open at the Town Theatre
Saturday midnight show, Nov. 29th.
In casting the picture, which wa.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
THANKSGIVING DAY
By III. w. Smith

We come again to another day OF
Thanksgiving; a day we pause and
give praise to God for the many gifts
from day to day. W. ought to make
every day a day of Thanksgiving so
that on this Thanksgiving Day we
could give double thanks.
Let not one on Thursday November
81 fail to pause in his daily work and
give thanks for Life, Health, and
Strength.
Yours for a happy Thanksgiving.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
PEGGY MANN WAS GUEST STAR
WITH KING COLE TRIO. NOV. Is

The popular young ballad and
rhythm singer, Peggy Mann, was the
guest vocalist on King Cole Trio
Time" on Saturday Nov. 15) at 5:45
|p. m, EST over station WOW and
INBC.
The King Cole Trio, featuring Nat
Cole at the piano, Irving Ashby on the
guitar and Johnny Miller on bass, open
their show with the novelty tune, "Oh,
Kickeroonie." Following this, they
combine their talents for the current
hit, How Soon" and "Ballerina."
Peggy Mann, who began her mete-
ORC rise to vocal fame singing with
New York bands in 1914, is today n
of radios most popular femme vocal
lists. An alumna Of such top radio mu-
steal shows as Hit Parade" The
RCA Victor Show" and Frank Sina-
tra's program. Peggy is currently ON
a personal appearance tour through the
east and middle west.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
FISK ADDS THREE
NEW TRUSTEES

Nashville, Tenn.-Three new trus-
tees were elected to Fisk University
board Of trustees on November 6, it
was announced by Mrs. Vera Cravath
Gibbs, chairman, during the inaugural
ceremonies of Doctor Charles S. John
son, sixth president Of Fisk.
The new additions are Edwin R.
Embree, president, Julius Rosenwald
Fund; Luther Evans, librarian, Library
of Congress, Washington D. c.; and
Beardsley Ruml, chairman, Federal
Reserve Bank of New York.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22

da N.A.A.C.P. and executive secretary
Of the Progressive Voters Leagues OF
Florida, has sent out an appeal to all
Negroes in Florida to organize more
voters leagues to better be prepared
to vote and to give answer to the many
problems now facing the Negroes Of
the State.
The Voters League is chartered I'M
der the laws of Florida and is gen.
orally considered the mediu moi ham
ding the Negro franchise throughout
the State. 1t has made remarkable
strides i ma brief four or five years.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
MRS. BETHUNE Bellies
POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS RUMOR
BY DIR. LEONARD F. MORSE

Daytona Beach, Fla. (ClobaD-Dr
Mary Mcleod Bethune, president
emeritus of Bethune-C Goodman College
brands the rumor that she win run for
Congress against Congressman A.
Clayton Powell as "foolishness." She
states that she has no intention of run
ming for any public office and that any
rumors of such intentions on her part
are without foundation.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22

Atlanta, the house burst into flames,
as more than a dozen white men stood
around to see what would happen"
Police officers were present to protect
the Negro family and assist firemen.
who extinguished the flames before
much damage could be done.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
URBAN LEAGUE OPENS
OFFICES IN

Jacksonville, Fla. (Clobai) INV This
City has an Urban League. 1t is one
of the agencies of the Community
Chest and plans to render much
needed service to the growing Negro
population of Florida's largest city.
Mr.. L. |. Alexander, prominent insur-
ance and realtor is chairman.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
today's issue of Golfers

Writing as the Secretary of the Ma
|tional Association for the Advance
|ment of Colored People, White points
out that the Negroes now hold the
potential balance of power in II
states of the north and west and that
their greatest power, outside the south.
is in nine of the biggest states.
These nine states have a total cleo
itoral vote of 223, and the party which
carries them will put its candidate in
the White House in 1913" White says.
"Only 266 votes are needed to elect a
President" The other eight states
with a substantial concentration OF Ne
gro voters, have an additional 70 cleo
toral votes.
IF the Negroes had voted as a bloc
against Franklin d. Roosevelt in 1914,
Dewey would now be President,
White reports. He points out that the
total colored vote, in eleven of the II
states, is greater than the plurality
given Roosevelt and that a switch OF
these electoral votes would have re-
suited in a Republican victory.
"The party that wins the Negro vote
in 1948," he adds, will be the one
that offers some concrete evidence that
it intends at least to help him get a
square deal" He says that the Negro
is thoroughly disillusioned by past
campaign promises of Democrats and
Republicans and watches with a hard
boiled eye the antics of the would-be
Presidents and lawmakers"
The Negro leader reports that Presi-
dent Truman gained a great deal OF
support from the colored people in his
Lincoln Memorial speech last summer,
when he said the federal government
must show the way toward extending
civil rights to every citizen
AT the moment, President Truman
seems to be strong among the Ne
groes," he continues. The ques-
ton is whether he can hold what he
has gained, or whether the good will
which he created for his party and his
own candidacy will be overthrown by
the actions Of southern members of
But there appears to be no enthu-
siasm at all for any of the current Re-
publican candidates. And of course, as
far as the Negroes are concerned, there
is no comparison between President
Truman and Franklin D. Roosevelt, |
the Presidents present popu-
White declares that the current POI
litical power of the Negro in the north
and west, due largely to the migration
of Negroes from the South in the two
World Wars, has the political strateg-
lists of both major parties worried"
But he deplores any move to organize
the Negroes into a single voting unit.
Most of us devoutly hope that it
will never be necessary to form a racial
bloc of Negro voters" he says. TT
would be far better, both for the Ne
groes and the country as a whole, for
racial and other groups to function as
American citizens. Whether the Ne
gro does so or not is not a choice he
will make. 1t will be made for him
by the politicians"
The II states in which the Negro is
said to hold the potential balance of
power are: New York, Illinois, Penn
sylvania, California, Ohio, Indiana,
Michigan, New Jersey, Missouri, West
Virginia, Maryland, Connecticut, Del
aware, Kansas, Kentucky, Oklahoma
and Massachusetts,.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
d NEGROES WILL
E PRESIDENT IN
o

IF the 1913 presidential election
proves to be reasonably close, the
party which wins the Negro vote in
the north and west will put its candi-
date in the White House, Walter
White, nationally-prominent Negro
leader, declares in a signed article in
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
Miss Shirley Smith

Miss Smith, beauteous damsel, was
elected by popular vote, crowned
Queen of the Football Classic on
Homecoming Day - Wilberforce
Church. University VS.. Kentucky
State.
She is majoring in Social Admins
~tration, graduation March l948, will
continue post graduate work at Boston
University.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
Negro Actor Starred
in Burning Cross"
Wins High Praise

Joel Fluellen, accomplished Negro &C.
tor, starred in The Burning Cross"
won high acclaim from reviewers attend
ing the opening Of the film in Les An.
geles. One reviewer reported The
simplest and most effective performance
is turned in by Joel Fluellen."
Screen Guild Productions, distributor
Of the highly controversial film exposing
Ku Klux Khan, just won a court reversal
OF a ban on the picture imposed by the
Virginia State Censor Board. The pic.
ture will soon be playing leading thea.
tiers throughout the nation.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
WHITE CURIOSITY SEEKERS
BURN NEGRO HOME
~ DIR IFONARD r MORSE

Atlanta, Ga. (ClobaD-As soon as a
Negro family moved into their new
home in what is considered to be the
white residential section of Northwest
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
Worlds First Cnamu

James Figg, who won the crown
as bare knuckle champion in I719,
retired undefeated IN 1870
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
Bi-Cameral Congress

Under its constitution, Chile has
q bi-cameral congress elected di.
rectly by the people. as is the presi-
dent. The latter has somewhat the
same power as the president of the
United States.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
TOWN THEATRE PRESENTS
ALL NEGRO
MIDNIGHT SHOW, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 2eTu-

1+--+o11 7roN, cf7t <0vENfbEh I'LL
TWO MAJOR FEATURES
AT the TOWN THEATRE, Saturday Mite, November 29tb. two of the out
standing aH-Negro films come to the screen to thrill theatre goers who love
red hot rhythm, romance and some of the biggest names in solid live.
SEPlA CINDERELLA is the first big, full length feature with a cast Of
owe Is lovely ladies who really know the technique of foot dancing.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22

Marshall Field, editor and publisher
of The Chicago Sun was one OF the
four speakers who discussed Human
Rights and International Relations
during the inaugural program of DR..
Charles S. Johnson as president OF
Fisk University, November SO.
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22

Roland Hayes, internationally ia
mour tenor appeared as guest artist in
a concert given by the Fisk University
Choir at the Ryman Auditorium,
Nashville, Tennessee, at s p. M, No
vember 7.
Dns y weddng
The wearing of something blue at
the wedding was ancient Israelite
custom which suggested a blue rib
bon for the bride-blue beingthe col
or of purity. owe and adelity-
LANTA-MOREHOU
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22
NEGROES SEEK TO
INCREASE VOTING STRENGTH
BY DIR. LEONARD F. MORSE
BY DIR. LEO

Jacksonville, Fla. (ClobaD- Harry
/. Moore, ranking official in the Flori-
The Omaha guide., 1947-11-22

NEW IMPROVED BUTTER-NUT
The fresh, new bread in the fresh, new wrapper.
Try the blue-and- white Bingham loaf.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-11-01

New York Cooking a ten
ounce rare sirloin steak in fifty
seconds, or a well-done steak in
one minute fiat, or a one and a
half pound lobster in two and a
half minutes, are among the in
,teresting demonstrations sched-
uled for the 32nd National Hotel
Exposition to be held in Grand
Central Palace, New York, No.
vember 10-14. 1t will be the first
public demonstration in New
York of the new Raytheon Rada-
range for cooking electronically
in a fraction Of the time required
by conventional methods. Prepar-
ing luscious pork chops, lamb
chops and fish fillets in fifty Sec
onds, or whole chicken in four
minutes, or baked potatoes and
baked apples in scarcely more
than a minute, sounds somewhat
revolutionary. So does the baking
of cup cakes, mullins and biscuits
in only thirty seconds.
The pre-cooking preparation is
exactly the same as called for in
standard stove except in the
case of frozen foods. With the
latter no thawing is necessary.
Frozen food is placed under the