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The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-05-22

season in the Protestant Church
League with George Bailey as
coach.
CLUB NOTES
Asst. Atty. Gen. Joseph S.
Mitchell, was guest speaker at
the annual meeting of the Mys-
tic Social Welfare Society, dis
cusSing Some Opportunities for
Service in the Community" Mrs.
Mary Spears, soloist, Mrs. E. L.
Valentine, pianist for commun-
ity singing. Annual reports by
Mrs. Gladys High, secretary,
and Mrs. Frieda Ross, treasurer.
Following officers were reelected:
Mrs. Rosetta I. Tyler, president;
Mrs. High, secretary; Miss Thel-
ma McNair, corresponding Secre-
tary; Mrs. Frieda Ross, TreaSur-
er. Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Rosa Carrick, chairman,
Mesdames Pearl Ridley, Matte
Thompson, Clara Pryor and Mr..
Hodges.
The Women'S Service Club,
Inc, Mrs. Wiley L. Hunt, presi-
dent, will give its annual bene-
fit concert at the Maiden High
School Auditorium, May 81, pre-
senting artists from the Dun
canbury School of Arts, Mrs. E.
L. Valentine, chairman.
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instructions are simple, easily
read and actual patterns accom-
pany each mentioned article. Such
things as luncheon sets, covered
hangers, beach bags, laundry bags
for the lucky families on the out
skirts or in the country, garden
ing aprons with kneeling pads and
an apron and chefs cap for faith
er's outdoor cooking. This book
contains gifts for every occasion
Ordinations, Wedding, Anniver-
sareis, Bon Voyage, and Special
Occasions. There are even gifts
for the remaining servicemen. All
of these things take very little of
your time to make and no author
atative skill, You save at least a
third and sometimes more by
making these things yourself. Put
these materials to work by send
ing ten cents to Home Sewing
Bureau, 400 Manhattan Avenue,
Suite 4, New York 26, New York,
and ask for the book entitled, ''7l
Gifts You Can Sew"
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Household Hints
BY MARY ANN KNoWI1


The art of gift giving is bound
up with the art of living, but now
adays with so many demands on
the budget many a generous inn
pulse has to be vetoed. The buy
ing of gifts for the average FAM
ily's relatives and friends is very
expensive. However, all house,
wives who have the desire can
ALLEVIATE this problem by sewing
them herself. L have book that
has instructions for articles that
can be made at home ard without
a machine if you so desire. The
The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1948-05-22
Boston YWCA

Four local young women will
appear in the annual Dance Sym
postum OF the Boston Y.W.C.A. on
Thursday, May q, at s:l5 Pm. at
14O Clarendon Street, Boston.
Members Of the Modern Dance
classes and Studio Group, under
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
WINS 1ST
AWARD AT COLO. u.

Boulder, Colo BY popular
vote Of the student body Of s,
1000 Anthony Ray, q, has been
awarded at the first Dunklee
Citizenship award at the Uni
versity of Colorado.
Considered one of the sch.
ool's outstanding graduates,
Anthony was chosen for the a.
ward because of his many sch
DOL activities and high scholar
ship. The Dunklee award was
established May 9th, by Ed
ward V. Dunklee, Denver at.
torney, and graduate in the
class of 1913 from Colorado.
Ray holds a membership in
the oldest honorary fraternity
as former' governor Carr Of
Colorado, Robert L. Stearns,
president of Colorado and the
"Whizzer" White, Rhodes sch
olarship student and football
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
WHITE BAPTIST URGE SEGREGA
TON END

White, A secretary, who
with DR.. Bernard Clausen, the
Cleveland clergyman upheld
the negative side of the quest
ion: "Will increased military
preparedness help to make Am
erica secure and contribute to
an enduring peace?" In the de
bate the affirmative side was
advocating by DR.. Daniel A.
Polling, a member of the Pres.
idents Commission to Study
Universal Military Training,
and Perry Brown, chairman Of
the American Legion's Nat
ional Security Commission.
mo nation in human hist
ory," Mr.. White maintained,
has veer gone in for militar-
ization Of its people and the
building of a vast war mach
inc without eventually suffer
ing defeat, the bankrupting Of
its economy, the impoverish-
ment Of its people, and the set
ting in motion Of retaliatory
able to war and destruction.
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N. P. Dodge, Jr. Elected to the
Board of the Metropolitan
Utilities District

N. P. Dodge, Jr., SOFA Cap
itol Avenue, memer of the firm
of N. P. Dodge & Co. was ap-
pointed Director Of The Met
ropolitan Utilities District at
the regular meeting of the
Board, June 9th. The appoint
ment was made to fill the I'M
expired term Of Allan A. Tux
ey left vacant by his death.
N. P. Dodge, Jr. was born in
Botson, in 1910. He is the son
of N. P. Dodge and Grand
Nephew of General Greenville
n. Dodge the engineer in
charge Of the building of the
Union Pacific. He was educat-
ed in the public schools then
went to Milton Acadamy in
Boston and from there natur-
ally gravitated to Harvard. He
was a member of the Harvard
Track team running a pretty
rugged quarter mile. He cap
tanned the track team in his
senior year graduating in 1888.
He married Miss Constance
Wentworth of Boston and has
two children Constance Lem
oyne, known to all her friends
as Lee, age Il, and one son
PHILIPPE, Jr. age II.
He spent three years with
his father learning the real es-
tate business then feeling the
call to public service entered
the O.P.A. and at the time of
his resignation from the ser
vice to rejoin his father in the
real estate business. He was
food administrator for six of
the southern states.
During the second World
War he served as flying in
structor first in Lincoln and
Sioux City later wishing for
more active service he was at
tached to the US. Ferry Com.
mand taking planes from Buff
balo overseas later to Africa
and the Mediterranean. He re-
joined his fathers firm after
the war to look after their ex-
banding real estate holdings,
which are pretty well scatter
ed all over the United States.
He is a member Of the ON
aha Post of The American
Legion. .
He is a tireless worker, a
good administrator and elieves
that a usiness man owes the
community which gives him
support a share Of his time for
public service.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
SOUTHERN CATHOLIC
e ARE FOR UNITY

New Orleans, La.,-An inter
racial committee Of leading Ca
tholic .laymen was set up last
week by Holy Name Societies
Of this Southern, Catholic city.
Its stated purpose was "for
mutual exchange Of thought &
action between the racial group
"This interracial group is a
first step, too long delayed in
the direction Of concerted act
ion toward a higher spiritual
development for Holy Name
men," said ]. Elliott Sheehan,
retiring president Of the Metro
politian Council Of Holy Name
Societies, in announcing the
move.
Mr.. Sheehan and Albert A.
Levy ST., his successor as the
president Of the Metropolitan
council, were chosen among
those to serve on the commit
tee of three white and three Of
the Negro Holy Name officials
There are about 5000 Holy
Name members in New Orlear
of whom a fourth are Negroes
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
WHITE T URGE
END

OF
segregation and discrimination
in education housing, employ.
ment and the armed services
was urged in resolutions I'M
amiously adopted by delegates
attending the Northern Bap-
fist Convention here last week.
The delegates endorsed the
report of the Presidents Com
mittee on Civil Rights.
Other resolutions Of the con
vention deplored the call too
common pattern of enforced
segregation within its own in.
situations, and urged these in.
situations andthe local church
es to renounce and correct the
condition within their respect
i've fellowships," affirm the
right Of the individual to free
dom of speech and association :
and opposed compulsory peace
time military CONSUMPTION.
Participating in the Conven-
ton program was Walter
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
SPEBSQSA

Omaha will be host to the
1850 convention Of the
SPEBSQSA, the Society for
Preservation and Encourage
ment Of Barber Shop Quartet
Singing in America. The an
nouncement was made Friday
by the Omaha Chamber of
Commerce Convention man.
ager, Norman Haired, who
went to Oklahoma City early
this week to invite the group
to Omaha.
Approximately 5000 Barber
Shop Singers are now in Okla
homa City for this years con
vention.
MI. Haired said that Omaha
secured the 1850 parley large
ly through the help of G. E.
Wilson Of Omaha. Mr.. Wilson
is a Past President of the Ak
Sar-Ben chapter SPEBSQSA
and is now a member Of the
Board of Directors of the In.
ternational group.
Omaha's invitation for the
convention was accepted over
similar offers from Toledo,
Miami and Kansas City.
More than 90 Omaha mem
bers of SPEBSKSA are in at.
tendance at the Oklahoma City
! convention.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
DEEP SOUTH TOTALI-
TARTAN. NOVELIST SAYS

The South had a totalitarian
regime long before Hitler or
Stain rose to power, Lillian
Smith, well known novelist OF
Strange Fruit" stated in a talk
before the Independent Vot-
ers of Illinois last week in Chi
cago. The l. W. |. is the Chica-
go Area Affiliated of the Amer
leans for Democratic action of
which Miss Smith is a board
member.
Each totalitarian regime is
characterized by a sacred idea,
Miss Smith continued; in the
South it is white supremacy.
The South practices three for
ms of segregation: moral, rae
ial and intellectual, Segrega-
ton, Miss Smith said, is a pat
tern of death and the only per-
feet segregation is that Of the
coffin.
billion people in the world
today according to Miss Smith
are looking for what the Unit
ed States has to offer. The
treatment of the Negro in this
country has become a symbol
Of our failure as a democracy
to other peoples. President
Truman's Civil Rights Com
mission report and his message
have dramatized civil rights in
the eyes of the world and this
country must make good its
promises.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19

doleful predictions, we have
not had a real oil shortage, and
have been Inconvenience only
by temporary and localized
dry spots"
Next winter, when the heav-
lest demand comes, there will
be need for voluntary conser.
walton Of fuel oil by users. I'm
expected developments may
make the supply-demand stu
alton tighter than can e fore
seen now. But the public
should know that all the re-
sources and energies Of this
highly competitive industry
are being devoted to the en-.
ormous task Of seeing that no
one really suffers for lack Of
oil.
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Neck and Neck

On the average, so million
gallons of oil are eing sup.
piled each day to the consum-
ers OF the Unitebd States. That
IS an incredible figure, and rep
resents an all-time high. Yet
demand has kept up with pro-
duction and the race is close.
The efforts Of the industry
to establish a comfortable mar.
gin Of supply over consump-
ton deserve national recogni-
ton. Expenditures for new
construction during 1947 and
1913 will total some $4 billion
dollars. Last year $4,000 new
wells were drilled, and about
$1,000 will be sunk this year.
And this number will be in.
creased if sufficient tools be.
come available.
The job of making usuable
oil products only begins when
the crude comes out of the
ground. So the industry is
working overtime on building
new refineries and moderniz-
ing old ones, on construction
of storage plants and pipe lines.
and on the expension of its
marketing facilities. This is
the reason why, in spite oil
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
STUDENTS
BOYCOTT
AGAINST

Dubuque, Iowa, (SpeciaD-
| Students at Immaculate Con
ception Academy, Catholic ac-
ademy for girls here, have re-
solved to boycott places Of
business in which intolerance
of any kind is fostered. The
resolution has been approved
by the faculty at the school
and student committees have
been sent to other Catholic
schools of the city to colicit
cooperation.
The resolution reads as fol.
lows "We the students of I'm
maculate Conception, have
pledged ourselves against in
tolerance, whether racial or
religious.
We purpose not to patronize
places in which these un-C Chris.
tan and un-American views
are practiced. We hope thus to
make the owners of these
places realize the selfishness of
such views and reverse their
attitude. Such action, however
will not be taken without noti-
flying them Of our intentions.
By this, we mean no person
al offense to the proprietors of
the places where intolerance is
practiced, but let it be known
we shall do all in our power to
combat such intolerance; for
we are convinced that a defin-
tie step taken against undemo-
cratic relations will make Du-
buque a better place, and a
better Dubuque means a better
world for us, the citizens of
tomorrow"
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
ELECT NEGRO
HEADS MEMS GROUP IN
OREGON COLLEGE

LaGrande, Ore. = Eastern
Oregon College elected Robert
Terry, Negro football player
and honor student as president
Of the associated men students,
while co-eds chose Hisako Kid
o, a Nisei girl, as president OF
of the associated woman stu.
dents.
The entire 726 enrolment at
the state supported college in
clude only three Negro boys
and two Nisei girls.
Terry, a resident of LaGran-
&c has a long string Of high
school and college honors to
his credit.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19

Cuest
Column
KING-SIZE

The United States economy
cannot be air-litted or truck
borne, says the San Francisco
Chronicle editorially. If it i
to move it must mve by rail
or not at all.
Back of that statement lie
what the Chronicle terms
King-size figures. This coun-
try has 227 thousand miles of
railroad-29 percent Of the
worlds mileage. 1t has a mil
lion, $50 thousand freight cars,
which transported o54 billion
ton-miles of freight last year.
Along with it, the lines rolled
up nearly 40 billion passenger
miles. And the value Of the
railroads is something like
% billion dollars, according to
conservative analysis-or al
most l20 thousand dollars per
mile of line.
1t would take an astronomer
to visualize figures such as
these. But there is one easily
assimilated comparison which
points to our dependency on
the railroads. They haul seven
tenths Of the nations freight.
All the other carriers-the
waterways, the trucks, the
pipe lines, the air carriers, the
lake steamers-move together
only three-tenths of the whole.
The Chronicles editorial
was occasioned by the threat
ened strike which was pre-
vented by government action.
AS it said, we would find even
a weeks rail strike inconveiv-
able and intolerable.' Going
farther, all the activity in this
country is tied in one way or
another to efficient railroad
service-the kind of service
that moves the goods when VIZ
want them moved, and takes
them swiftly and safely to
where they are needed. That
is the enormous stake we AM
orleans have in our railroads.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
BISHOPS COMMEND
N A

Nine Bishops Of the African
Methodist Episcopal church
join in a statement commend
ing the Honorable Henry A.
Wallace for his contribution
to the causeof a living Chris
tianity to which our daily lives
are dedicated.
Full text Of the statement
1--WE, the following Bishops
follows:
OF the African Methodist Epis-
copal church, in recognition of
Henry Wallace as a Christian
and as a leader in the cause of
Continued on Page ~
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Board
0 Building
Omaha 2, Neraska
Debar Sir.
l understand that a vacancy
exists in the Rent Advisory
Board. /, therefore, readily re-
commend Mrs. Viola Beeson
for that vacancy.
Her past participation in the
Rent Board and her deep CON
Germ for the welfare of the rent
er has earned her the privilege
OF serving on that board again.
With increasing prices Of the
necessities of life since the eli
mination of the OPA and the
initiation that is already playing
tr1ghtful havoc with MANY an
American family it is most Wit
at that the community and the
area have on its Board of Rent
control, one who will express
the elementary needs and de-
tend the economic positions OF
those that are forced ito rent.
Hoping such a qualified per-
son as Mrs. Beeson will serve
on your Rent Board, l remain.
| Very truly yours,
H. Mendelson,
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
$2.252.OOO A DAY is u. S. FIRE BILL

first time since March 1914
that monthly fire losses had de
creased compared to the same
month in the previous year.
However, it is too early to tell
whether this indicates that the
peak of fire destruction has
been reached.
The SOB, 10000 figure does
not include losses paid as a re-
suit of the Texas City disaster,
neither does the Texas City
loss figure in the April l947 est
innate. Texas City losses were
largely conclusion losses, paid
under extended coverage, not
under fire policies alone.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
A BARRIER FALLS

Although colored physicians
in Dixie are denied admission
to the American Medical Ass
ociation, qualified Negro nur-
ses in the South may now be.
come members of the merican
Nurses Association.
Last week the controlling
board of the American Nurses
Association, the house of del.
egates, voted to admit some
5000 Nurses who have been
denied membership in several
Southern states.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19

$2.252,OOO a Day u. S. Fire Bill
During the past II months
fires, largely preventaDle, de-
stroyed $703,262,0O worth of
irreplaceable property in the
United States.
Fire destruction continued at
a rate Of S2,252,0OO a day for
the first 121 days Of this year
the equivalent of two conflag-
rations a day.
During the month Of April,
an estimate S63,75l,0 900 worth
of property went up in smoke.
This was a decrease of o.2o per
cent from losses of sos, 900
in April last year. This was the
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
CHILDREN HIT HARDEST BY
FIRE

Since 1890, child fatalities
from common diseases have de
clined as muct as rs to 90 per
cent, where as the accident dea
tn rate for the same period has
dropped only 9 per cent and
- per cent for girls.
The u. 5. Office Of Educat-
ion reports that 3 out of every
10 fires deaths occur to child
rem Of elementary school age
and under.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
all American.

a AAlllAA lSQl1.
Besides playing the ball Tyre
and the alto clarinet in the
band, he is an active member OF
Psi Mu Alpha, honorary mus
ic fraternity; Alpha Phi One
ga, Kappa Kappa Psi, former
vice-president of the Independ
ent Student association, larg-
est organization on the cam
pus, the Players club, Viking
club, and the Cosmopolitan
club, former to further relat-
ions and create better under
standing among the students.
His major is music, He is a
native of Colorado, his parents
coming to the state from Fay
cite, Missouri.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
Doing the Work

Those who have been be-
unused by the wild claims made
on behalf of government pow
er development should consid-
er a recent release from the
Edison Electric Institute. Ac-
cording to it, the job Of taking
electricity to rural America
will be practically complete in
1851. Work now in progress or
definitely planned will connect
an additional 100000 rural
dwellings, most Of them on
farms, to power lines by the
end of that year.
What that means to rural
America needs little amplifica-
tion-electricity is the cheap
est and the most efficient SER
want ever devised. 1t can revol-
utionize the life of the farm
family, doing away with much
manual drudgery and increas-
ing production and income.
And one Of the most interest
ing aspects of this revolution
airy process is the agency that
is responsible for it.
At the end of lost year, H.
million nine hundred thousand
rural dwellings were taking ell
ectric service. REA co-ops
served two million, and thirty
thousand or 10 percent. NUM-
cipal and other government
agencies brought power to 500
thousand, or about 2 percent.
All the rest-10 million SIX
hundred thousand dwellings,
representing 81 percent of the
whole-were served by the
business-managed electric COM
p%anies!
In other words, free enter
prise, as represented by the
regulated, heavily-taxed utili-
ties, is the driving influence
behind the stepped-up rural ell
ectrification program. The tax
subsidized government power
ventures get most of the pro-
paganda, while the private
companies are doing the work
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19

Fires and burns account for
nearly one-fourth of all fatal
accidents to preschool-age boys
according to Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company's Statist-
ical Bullitin. The rate Jumps
to ALMOST two-fifths among
girls. Accidents now outrank
every other cause Of death for
this age group and have shown
the least improvement over
previous years.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
DON'T BLAME PROFITS

A short time ago a survey
was made of the way families
are attempting to meet current
living costs. Heavy majorities
reported that they were buy
ing only necessities, doing
without things, and trying to
make food and clothing go far
Their. They also reported, gem
orally speaking, that it was nee
essary to spend a higher pro-
portion Of their income for
food.
This is the inevitable conse-
quence Of an initiation which
has not yet spent its course.
Some groups have managed to
increase their earnings suffici-
emily to offset price increases.
Some have bettered their pos
itions. Millions Of people, on
the other hand, have been for
ced to steadily reduce their
purchasing, and there is no re-
lief in sight.
1t is easy and perhaps natur-
al to blame business for Great
ing this problem. From various
quarters, we hear ominous talk
OF the size Of industrial profits.
Retail stores have been pick
eted by people, with angry ban
ners protesting the going pric
es Of food, clothing and Just
about everything else. Natural
or not, this attitude is based
on serious misconceptions. For
the truth is that the net profits
Of industry, the money which
can be retained by the owners
of the tools-millions of invest
ors who have put their savings
in industry-are one Of the SIN
allest items in the cost of doing
business. And surveys Of retail
trade, including both the chain
and the Independents, show
that most stores earn a profit
of only one to five or six cents,
according to type Of goods sold
out Of each dollar they take in.
Certainly there is no margin
there that will permit price cut
ting.
Business of all kinds is as
worried about high prices as
any consumer. 1t knows that
mass production and mass dis
tribution cannot survive if peo-
pie cannot afford to buy. Price
have gone up in spite Of its ef-
fort to hold them down.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19
4 photo by Ransome.l

WILLIAM HARMON BROWN. experienced housing manage.
ment consuitant whose appointment as manager Of the famed
Brown succeeds Walter w. Scott, and will assume full respon-
sibiity on July l. Born in Harrisburg. Pa, he is a graduate Of
Howard University. Before coming to New York he lived in
Boston for some years where he VIC sK.d with the Federal Public
Housing Administration.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19

47th Street, New York City, on
Thursday, June Path, 1913. 1t
will be the first time that an
all Negro written, financed pi
cture will be shown on Broad
way. Mr.. Micheaux expects a
long Broadway run and in
tends to exhibit the picture in
every major city in the nation.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19

Read the Omaha Guide fol
all the news.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19

Oscar Micheaux, author and
sher of the sensational
novel, "The Wind From No
where" which has been adapt
ed into movie of epic proport-
ions under the title of, The Be-
trayal. Mr.. Micheaux announc-
es, that the movie will open at
the Mansfield Theater, ESQ w.
The Omaha guide., 1948-06-19

Destroyer q CreDs
Han storms destroy more farm
crops h Amsr;ea than toruadcsa
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OPEN LETTER

Director of the Rent Control
Board
WOW Building
Omaha 2, Neraska