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The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29
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Philadelphia-Joseph Rain
ey, Philadelphia magistrate
and candidate for Congress on
the Wallace new party ticket,
charged this week that he
saw Fascism in action in Am
erica" when he went to Birm-
ingham, Alabama, to make the
keynote address at the South
ern Negro Youth Conference.
Charging "Gestapo methods
of terrorization," Rainey, who
is president Of thhe Philadel-
phia branch of the NAACP,
said that hundreds Of Negroes
and white delegates who were
in the city to attend the con-
ference had to slip through
the police net to fly to another
nearby city for afety."
so desperate was the stu
alton that on reaching Birm-
ingham, l was Immediately
whisked to a secret place Of
hiding by those who met me
and told that it was dangerous
for me even to make a phone
call"
Rainey charged hat min
lister after minister was terror
lied by police when they Of
fered their churches for the
meeting, and that people
were knocked to the ground
as police secured the streets
practically ripping peple's
coats off as they snatched but
tons OF the NAACP from their
lapels.'
The executive secretary Of
the Conference, after being
taken into custody by the pol
ice was told, not only would
the police arret all OF the speak
ers and officers, "but that the
police would bring in the Klu
Kluz Klan to attack them.
The secretary had been jailed
for vagrancy although he had
$4,000 in his pocket at the
time and was regularly en-
ployed, Rainey declared.
The Conference, which was
scheduled to begin Friday
morning, did not get under
way until Saturday afternoon
because of the police threats.
Rainey, who had agreed to
speak, nevertheless. had barely
left the meeting hall for the
airport before the police
charged in to break up the
meeting.
All of this" declared Rain
ey, with the fact that five or
six Negroes had been killed
in the last thirty days by
Birmingham police, has placed
the Negroes in a state of in
timidation and fear"
The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29
IMPULSE BUYING
(NIPS)

Housewives are undoubted--
ly stimulated by open display
and effective packaging Of CO.
m%modities. Food shoppers in
1947 spent % billion dollars,
according to a national servey
by DeNemours Company. The
coast to coast study shows that
29.9 per cent, or nine in three
one in three items Of all purch
asses were made on impulse.
Less than half of the items pur
chased by shoppers were plan
ned ahead of time. 1t might
be well to plan our buying in
these times Of economic stress
The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29
MEM DAY

We find ourselves on an
other sacred day, to remember
those that has passed to their
reward, and we all should pay
tribute in a loving way as it is
our duty at all times, in fond
remembrance as some day
we will join them, and those
that are left will do honor to
US in the same way. So let all
of the living place flowers on
the graves and close our eyes
and say some words of prayer
for all those we loved, and use
Our best efforts to meet them
someday. Use ing our earnest
prayers and actions.
The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29
The U.S.A. Honors -.

This week we honor the mem
DRY of those who died in Ameri-
can wars. In time for Memorial
Day, the Post Office Department
has issued a stamp in special
tribute to the four chaplains who
went down in the North Atlantic
in 1913. When a German torpedo
hit the USS Dorchester, four
chaplains on board the troopship
John P. Washington, Catholic;
Alexander D. Goode, Jewish;
George l.. Fox and Clarke ".
Polling, Protestant-all gave up
their life belts to CTS who
didn't have them. AS the vessel
sank and the waters rushed up
to engulf them, the heroic chap
lains could be. seen, with arms
linked, praying, in unison.
This was one Of the most deep
ly moving episodes of World War
II. BY the last act of their lives,
the clergymen who represented
the three major religious faiths
of our country symbolized the
unity of the American people.
The postage stamp honors their
The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29
Ak>Sar>Ben Will Be Center Of
Presidents Address

WILL. BE
CENTER OF
ADDRESS
35th Division Veterans to Re
unite
The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29

member Of Phi Beta Kappa,
has travelled over most Of Eur
ope and Asia Minor and stud
led in Euopean universities,
principally the University Of
Berlin. The University Of Kan
sas City Review was founded
by him, as well as was the Kan
sas City Chamber Music Soc
iety in 1885, which has contin-
ued through the years to bring
~outstate music artists to Kan
sas City. Scholarly journals &
literary magazines have carr
led many of his articles and he
is co-author of a novel pub
lished in 1887 in England and
the United States.
The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29

Speaking at the annual bac-
calaureate services as a part
of the SIND annual commence
ment exercises at Lincoln I'm
iversity (Mo.) vii be the Rev.
P. H.. Hill (above), pastor Of
Shiloh Baptist Church, Of
Topeka, Kansas. A native Obi
oan, Rev. Hill is a graduate
of the c. n. I. department OF
Wilberforce University and
Payne Theological seminary
with a BID. degree. Hiss prev
ious experience include that Of
teacher in Ohio and Indiana /;
pastorates in Ohio and Kan
sas. Presently he is Vice Pres
ident at Large Of the Mission
airy State Convention of Kan
sas, First Vice President of
Topeka Council Of Churches,
treasurer of Kaw Valley Bap-
fist District Association.
The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29

Daisy Whitmeyer smiles a.
midst spring foliage on the ca
mpus on the Texas Collage,
Tyler Texas and Robert B. ia
mes, Morehouse College, Alta
nta, takes things easy. James
was No. | winner Of last week
S intercollegiate competition
TO decide the most "outstand-
ing" student in collegiate ran
ks. The contest was staged by
the Westinghouse Corporal
ion, in the interest Of the Unit
ed Negro fund, which is now
The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29

The Methodist men of Clair
Chapel Memorial Church were
very highly entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. John Coleman at
their lovely home, 28O8 Miami
street, on May 10, and will
sponsor a program at the
Church on Sunday afternoon,
May 30th. Everyone is invited
r. attend
The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29

Center Of many activities for
35th Division veterans attend
ing the Omaha reunion will be
Ak-Sar-Ben Field, gigantic 81,
100000 activity center for ON
aha's non-profit, civic organ
ization.
Top attraction, Of course,
will be a nationwide broad
cast from the field by Presi-
dent Truman at $50 p. m,
Saturday, June 5th. 1t is ex-
pected the President will sp-
eak on national defense in one
Of his mhjor non-political adj
dresses of the year.
Also scheduled for Satur-
day afternoon is a special Ak
Sar-Ben 35th Division handi-
cap race with all 18th men at
tending as honorary guests.
Top officers Of the 35th assoc
iation will act as honorarty
judges.
Ben include a baseball game
Other activities at Ak-Sar
Ben include a baseball game
between the 10th F. "A. (Of
World War u and the 18th
Infantry (World War ~, and
various sorting events for ali
free barbecue at the field Sun
veterans attending. A huge,
day evening will wind up re
union activities.
Now in its 54th year, Ak
Sar-Ben is probably the only
organization Of its kind in the
world. 1t is Incorporated un-
der the laws of Nebraska as
a non-profit organization VII
ose sole purpose is community
betterment. Any Omaha bus
mess or professional man is
eligible to pay $40 a year for
the privilege Of being dubbed
I"Sir Knight"
Ak-Sar-Ben members, this
year expected to total 1900,
see such activities as a 32-day
racing meet; ice hockey and
ice shows; famous e~ntertair-
ers, orchestras and musicians
the largest exclusive All club
livestock show in the world
and a horse show which ranks
with the best any where.
Each fall the Ak-Sar-Ben
coliseum becomes the scene Of
an exclusive social event. The
arena is converted into the
throne room of the mythical
Kingdom Of Quivera, embrac-
ing all the Missouri and the
Platte River valleys. Then
the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben
and their ladies gather to wit
ness the coronation Of the new
king and queen chosen among
the community's civic leaders.
Ak-Sar-Ben officials serve
without compensation. One Of
their most recent achievement
was in freeing two bridges
crossing the Missouri between
Iowa and Nebraska after the
years Of operation by the toll
system.
The organizations nam .
was derived by spelling Neb-
raSka backwards.
The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29
Lincoln University Mo. Com
mencement Speaker.

CAiOOiliCl oPSdhCl.
DR.. Clarence r. Decker, the
president Of the University Of
Kansas City, Mo. who will
challenge the 50 graduates
from Lincoln University in his
address on the occasion of the
SIND annual commencement
convocation at the Institution
at ten o'clock the morning Of
June 9TH.
The doctor Of philosophy de-
gree was awarded him at the
university of Chicago in 1923
at the age Of %, and he is one
o the youngest university pres
idents in the country. He is a
The Omaha guide., 1948-05-29
Money For Family

JERSEY CITY, N. ]. - A man
with a mission, and with money to
give away is Marine Corps veteran
George Marker, of Cheyenne, Wyo-
ming. He is searching Jersey City,
for some trace of the family of his
buddy, Pfc. William Barr, who died
in action on Two Jima. He has 49,
600 and a wrist watch to give to
Bars family, if he ever finds
them. The money, watch, and 9th.
er mementoes yer entrusted to
him by his dying buddy, with in
~struetions to pass them on to his
family. Now that Marker has fin
ished his lengthy Hospital tour"
he hopes TO soon find his buddy's
people to pass on the money and
keepsakes.I
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Women Urged TO Employ
Ballot More Effectively
BY the Associated Press

SENECA~FALLS, N. Y, July 90
A greater and more effective use"
of the ballot by women was asked
today at mass meeting concluding
the centennial of the first Womens
Rights Convention.
Miss Dorothy Kenyon, New York
attorney and United States delegate
to the Commission on Status of
Women of the United Nations, in a
speech cited the need for many
more qualified women in all posts
of Government"
Mrs. Emily knight MacWilliams
of Seneca Falls. general centennial
chairman, read communication
from President Truman which
termed the centennial "a notable
milestone in history of American
progress"
Miss Anna Lord Strauss. Wash
ington, D. c., chairman of the Ma
tional League of Women Voters and
a great granddaughter of Mrs. Lu-
cretia Mott, one of the organizers
of the 1948 convention, also spoke.
More than 100000 commemora-
tive stamps marking 100 Years of
Progress of American Women
l848- -l948"-were sold here yester-
day after first-day issue ceremonies
opening the centennial.
The stamp pictures Mrs. Stanton,
Mrs. Mott and Carrie Chapman
Gait, who spent her life working for
Womens suffrage.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
90 Americans Invited
To Royal Garden Party
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, July 20-Ninety- mine
Americans have been invited to
meet King George and Queen Eliza
beth at a garden party to be held
at Buckingham Palace Thursday.
Some of the Americans live per-
manently in England, but most OF
those on an invitation list released
last night by the American En-
passy are visiting the country.
1t will be the second of the sea-
sons large garden parties at which
the royal couple will entertain Wis
itors and persons who are not Brit
ish subjects.
The Embassy announced that one
Of the invitations was issued to Col.
and Mrs. Robert r. Mccormick of
Chicago. Col. Mccormick, publisher
of the Chicago Tribune, is on fly
ing visit to Europe.
Invitations also were sent to Mrs.
Charles Macarthur (Helen Hayes
and her daughter Mary of New
York, and Miss Antoinette March
Of Hollywood, daughter of Frederic
March, the actor.
Others on the guest list include
Miss Rosemary Brooke. Lexington,
Va: Mrs. Julia Johnson Davis and
Miss Josephine johnson of Norfolk.
Va: Mr.. and Mrs. William Branch
Porter and Miss Marie Carter of
Richmond.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Murray Contest Features
Montana Primary Today
BY the Asseeiaisd Pres,

HELENA. Mont. July 20.-Mon-
tana voters go to the polls today in
a primary election.
At stake are the jobs of SEN
ator, two House members, State OH
ces, "a district judges, 28 State. Sena-
tors. full House of 80 State Rep
resentatives and local Offices.
Heaviest campaigning centered on
senatorial and gubernatorial races.
DR.. Harry J. McGregor, Great Falls,
opposes Senator Murray for the
Democratic nomination.
Wellington D. Rankin, Helena at
torney who has tried for the Senate
before, and Tom j. Davis, Butte
attorney, campaigned for the Re-
publican nomination.
Out to beat Republican Gov. Sam
c. Ford, now serving his second
term, are Mike Kuchera of Hardin
and State Railroad Commissioner
Leonard c. Young, Helena.
Five campaigned for the Demo-
cratic gubernatorial nomination.
One is former State Supreme Court
Justice Left Erickson, beaten by
Gov. Ford four years ago. Mr..
Erickson defeated former Senator
Burton K. Wheeler in the primary
two years ago.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Story Of Lost A-Bomb
Brings Denial by Navy
BY the Assoeiuted Press

A statement by Rear Admiral Ellis
Zacharias, retired, that Navy
ship carrying an atomic bomb sank
without trace in the Pacific during
the war had this terse official denial
pinned to it today:
mo Navy ship carrying an atomic
bomb ever disappeared"
The former Navy intelligence
officer told Mutual network radio
audience Sunday that near the close
of the war a vessel bearing an
atomic bomb headed for the Island
of Tinian, but disappeared.
A Mutual spokesman said Admiral
Zacharias had identified the ship
as q destroyer and had added that
the story was once released by the
Navy, but was generally overlooked
in the furry over the Hiroshima
and Nagasaki atomic explosions.
The Navy put out the official
denial of Admiral Zacharias' story
late yesterday.
One Navy officer suggested that
the retired admiral may have been
thinking of the cruiser Indianapolis
which was sunk by enemy action
near the Philippines after previous
ly carrying one-and possibly two
-disassembled atomic bombs to
Tinian. Those were the bombs
later dropped on Japan.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Conqress Should Include
More Workers, Carey Say!
By the kssocioied Press

CHARLESTON, w. Va, July 20
Congress needs fewer lawyers and
more, laborers in its membership,
James Carey. secretary treasurer OF
the CIO, said last night.
Mr.. Carey said that America de-
serves a better Congress than the
present one, and it is up to labor
to see that it gets it,"
He recommended report cards for
members of Congress, similar to
those issued to school children,
which would tell them what labor
thinks of their records.
He addressed the opening session
of the eighth biennial session of the
Federation of Glass, Ceramic & Sill
ca Sand Workers (CIO), which will
extend through the week. Repeal of
the Taft-Hartley Act was urged by
Joseph Froesch of Columbus, Ohio,
international president of the union.
About 100 delegates have come
from locals in Ohio, Indiana, Illi-
nois, Michigan. Missouri, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee.
Louisiana, Virginia and West Vir-
ginia.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Tog|iatti in Conference
With 7 Aides in HOSPITAL
By the Associated Press

ROME, July 20.-Palmiro Togliat-
ii, gravely wounded by the bullets
of a would-be assassin. is well
enough to confer with his Com
munist Party ieutenants in a new
drive against Catholic Premier
Alcide de Gasperi.
Luigi Longo and Pietro Secchia.
two of Togliatti's top aides, called
on him in the hospital yesterday,
the party newspaper L'Unita report
ed. The doctors permitted them to
stay only short time, however.
A debate is pending in Parliament
on motion by the Leftist forces to
express no confidence in Mr.. De
Gasperi's government. The motion
was entered soon after Antonio Pal
lante, young sicilian law student
fired three bullets into the Com
munist leader last week.
LUnita published a reply from
the Italian Communists to Prime
Minister Stain. who had expressed
regret that Togliatti's fellow Com
munists had not protected him ade-
quately. The reply said:
Bitterness for the inadequate
vigilance and protection of oul
leader is strongly felt by us ane
has deeply saddened us. Your word.
help us to learn from this unhappy
experience the necessary lessons"
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Broken Cable Cuts Off
District Traffic Liqhts

Traffic lights went out all over the
city, snarling traffic for about five
minutes this morning, when a fallen
light control pedestal cut an electric
cable. Police said an automobile ap-
parently rammed the pedestal at
New Jersey avenue and E street
NV, but they had no trace of the
motorist.
The lights went out shortly after
10 a m. when a short circuit resulted
from Potomac Electric Power Co
workmen splicing the severed cable,
according to George Butler, chief
electrician at the District traffic
shop.
He explained that the wiring con-
trolling the lights is relayed through
out Is areas.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Fare Raises Provoke
Disorder in Mexico
By the Associated Press

PUEBLA, Mexico, July 90
Throngs of students and workers
stormed through Prebla streets yes
terday, overturning buses and
smashing the windows of the electric
light company.
Police estimated the damage at
100000 pesos (s40,00O).
The demonstration was set off by
an increase in bus fares from 10
to IS centavos q to cents.
Several thousand workers and
students overturned five buses, one
belonging to each of five lines op-
Grating here.
The crowd then turned to the
light company where Pop bottles
were hurled through :he windows.
Workers and customers lodged be-
hind counters as the bottles sailed
through the Office.
The company recently increased
its electric rates an average of IS
per cent.
Federal troops were called out
to break up the demonstration in
front of the light company and to
prevent the mob from entering the
building,
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Geneva U. n. Group Meets
|0n Slave Labor Survey
By the Assoeioted Press

GENEVA, July 20.-Plans for a
survey of slave labor all over the
world were discussed at the OPEN
ing of a United Nations group
meeting yesterday.
The seventh meeting of the U. N.
Economic and Social Council talked
about whether the survey and plans
for doing away with slave, labor
should be erased from the pro-
gram.
The survey was proposed by the
American Federation of Labor. BY
implication it is directed against
conditions in Communist controlled
countries. 1t was fought by the
Red delegates, but the Western dele
gates were for 1t.
A second item about labor was
proposed by the World Federation
of Trade Unions. The federation
mentioned II nations which it
claims infringe on the rights of
trade unions. 1t called on the
Council to ask these countries to
modify their union policies.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Landlords File Pleas
To Increase Rents in
5 Apartment Houses

Rent increases of up to SIS per
month for 492 apartment units have
been requested by landlords of five
large Washington houses, the Dis
trict Rent Control Administration
announced yesterday.
William A. Richardson, rent ad-
ministration secretary, said it would
pe at least eight weeks before an
investigation of the units could be
completed by his office.
The largest of the buildings in
volved, he said. is owned by B. F.
Saul at,200 Rhode Island avenue
NE. 1t contains l66 units. Monthly
increases from that would raise the
rent on the two-room- and bath
apartments from SAL to SAT, and the
rent on four-room units from $40
to S80.50 have been asked.
Aaron S. Schwartzman has petit
toned for increases in three apart
ment buildings. At 1920 Connecti-
cut avenue NV, containing 80
units, he seeks an increase on three
room units from $69.50 to s79.S5
and on one-room, light housekeep-
ing units, from $35 to $40.25.
For his 78-unit apartment house
at 2101 New Hampshire avenue
NV, Mr.. Schwartzman seeks in
creases from $3.50 to $4490 on
two-room apartments and from
Sl00 to $115 on five-room units.
At 1451 Park road NV, con-
tanning 70 units, Mr.. Schwartzman
asks an increase from $40 to $40
on two-room units and from S65 to
$73 for those with four rooms.
The third owner, Jefferson L.
Ford, has filed for his 7l-unit
building at 1900 Nineteenth street
NV. asks authorization to raise
rents on one-room nits'from $3.50
to $3.50 and from $50 to $S8 on
follr-rOOm units.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Missing Hospital Potent
Found at Cumberland

Jack Notkin. SO. who left George
Washington Hospital Thursday just
before he was to undergo q brain
operation, is being held BY police in
Cumberland. Md, where he was
found, according to the Missing
Persons Bureau here. He could not
remember how he got to Cumber-
land.
Mr.. Notkin Of Pittsburgh was
taken to the hospital Wednesday by
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Petroleum Council Names
Committee on Oil Policy
by the Associoied Press

The National Petroleum Council
named 25-man committee yester-
day to draw up a national oil policy.
A year and a half ago the council
refused to take such action. 1t said
then that a petroleum industry war
council report on foreign and do
mestic oil policy still represented the
industry's views.
A. Jacobsen. president of Amerada
Petroleum Corp, New York City, Is
chairman of the new committee.
The group was named at the request
of Secretary of Interior Krug.
The War Council report, which
was presented last year as still rep
resenting industry opinions, said
there Is a need for development of
foreign sources of Oil, but imports
should not be allowed to endanger
domestic development.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
John Barrymore, Jr.,
Wants to Be Actor
By the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, July 20.-John
Barrymore, jr., 16-year-old son of
the late matinee idol, arrived here
late last night aboard an American
Air Lines plane.
Young Barrymore, who said he left
New York yesterday, declared that
as soon as he finishes his last year
of high school he will try to break
into the movies.
I've always dreamed OF being a
great actor as my father was" he
said.
He said he had been visiting his
mother, the former Dolores Costello
at Watertown, N. Y. The youth was
reported missing for a time yester.
day after he left his mothers home
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Crews Of B-29s Allowed
To Leave British Bases
By the Associofed Press

SCAMPTON. England, July 20-
Crews of so American Super For
tresses, were on an oficially-tagged
training mission. looked over Eng
lands countryside from the ground
today.
Although the airmen have been
granted permission to check out for
the first time since their week end
arrival. they'll still be kept within
radius of about IS miles of the
RAF bases at Scampton, Wadding-
ton and Markham.
Col. Stanley Wray. of Munieie,
Ind, their commanding officer, said
the time for beginning practice
missions has not been fixed.
Evening star., 1948-07-20
Czech Charge Of Plot
Draws U. S. Protest
BY the Assoeio}ed Press

PRAGUE. July 30.-The United
States Embassy protested to Czecho-
slovakia yesterday over a Defense
Ministry assertion Saturday accus-
ing Americans of completely in a
plot
The statement had said Ameri-
cans were parties to conspiracy
which resulted in the death of a
Communist Party ofiicial and an
attempt on the life of the Defense
Minister. The Ministry said the
plot was formulated in the Ameri-
can zone Of Germany.