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The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31
MIDWEST AIR FAIR

A thrill a second is promised
Sunday afternoon, August 1st,
to spectators who attend the
first annual Omaha Midwest
Air Fair, which will be held at
the North Omaha Airport, ST.
arting at 80 p. m. The Air
Fair is being sponsored by the
American War Dads, Omaha
Chapter No. 4
Program as follows:
l. Major Arthur Davis in the
"Blue Sky Capers."
2. 1t. Bill Fisher flying his
Rose Parakeet.
3. Marion Cole in Kicking
it around"
4. The Tigers Trio-Group
Acrobatics.
5. Carl Rupert-Parachutist
Delux.
6. Lowell White-"How not
to fly an Airplane."
Z. Steve Whitman in High
Speed Acrobatics."
8. Capt. Johnny Vasey-the
Worlds Champion Acrobatic
Pilot.
Also Army and Navy partic
ipating and l half hour exhib-
ition Of model airplanes.
This show is produced by
Ray l.. Doan, worlds famous
producer of air shows and thrill
events. Master of Ceremonies
Mr.. Thos. Sheehan of Omaha.
The big star of the Omaha
Midwest Air Fair is the Great
Capt. Johnny Vasey of Los
Angeles. Vasey flies a stearn-
man by plane in one of the
most sensational acts in the
trick flying field. He is gener-
ally regarded by experts as the
greatest acrobatic pilot in the
world. Known as that upside
down man." Vasey does many
of his stunts in the inverted
position.
Something different in Air
Show Acrobatics will be pre-
sented by the famous Tigers
Trio. Capt. Vasey, along with
Marion Cole and Major Art
Davis will do stunt flying in
unison, sending their ships
throu a thrilling series of loups
spins and strafing runs.
Completing the show will
be acts by Maj. Arthur Davis
Marion Cole, Steve Whitman
1t. Bill Fisher and his Tiny
Rose-P arakeet, 4 novelty act
BY Lowell White and a parach
ute jump by Carl Rupert, in
ternationally known parachute
Jumper.
To be held at the North ON.
aha Airport, 72nd and Bennine
ton road, Sunday, August 1st.
General Admission - S1.OO
Children S so Tax Included.
F. Sorensen, Gen Chrman.
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31
INDUSTRIES

Serving the public since Feb
ruary 1st, 1913, the Goodwill
Industries Store OF 1617 North
24th Street. This worthwhile
store offers reconditioned and
cleaned clothing, furniture, ell
~ectrical appliances and other
household items at attractive
prices. A street dress can be
bought for as little as one dol
lar. Mems suits sell for $500,
trousers sell for $1.25, mems
coats are priced at $1.OO, ladies
shoes at fifty cents, mems shoe
for Sl.OO Furniture averages
about one-third its original cost
All proceeds from the sale Of
these articles goes back into
wages for the aged and the
handicapped people who clean
and repair them.
The Goodwill Industries has
maintained a sheltered work
shop at 1913 North 10th St.
since 1888. They employ Go
aged and Handicapped people
who because Of their disabilit-
les, cannot find work elsewhere
This organization is a non-pro-
fit, non-sectarian, social serv-
ice agency that offers rehabila.
tation and sheltered employ
ment to those who need it re-
CARELESS or race, creed or color.
At the present time there is
a big demand for used clothing
at Goodwill Industries. Their
opportunity to continue in the
worthwhile work depends up
on the contributions of used
articles donate by the public.
The telephone in Atlantic 1909
If you would like to help turn
discard into timecards this is
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31

aires won the trophy by enroll
ing 12,552 members for 1913
by JUNE Is. or 1921 per cent
Of their previous average four
year June Is membership. Yer
mont was second with 1858
members for a prcentage of
144.22.
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31

TT.
There is a need at Goodwill
industries plant for an eNper-
fenced shoe repairman, Elderly
man preferred. One who has the
ability to supervise and pass
on his knowledge to new train
ees. This might appeal to an
older man who would come
out Of retirement to help turn
waste in to wages.
Goodwill Industries coordin-
ates with the Veterans Admin
lstration and other agencies.
Officers and board members of
Goodwill Industries are all re.
sidents Of Omaha.
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31
TOP FIRMS HIRE
NEGROES
URBAN LEAGUE

New York-The National
Urban League through its
six-months old Pilot Place
ment Project is steadily gain
ing ground in its effort to OBJ
tain key technical and PR
fessional jobs for Negroes III
private industry. Since the
beginning of the project in
January of this year, twenty
skilled Negro workers were
employed by seventeen top
American industrial and com
mercial enterprises, accarding
to the National Urban League
Department of Industrial r.
lations.
Eleven of the firms were,
for the first time, using Ne
groes in white collar positions,
stated Leroy Jefferies, Assis-
tant Industrial Relations Di-
restor, in charge of the Pro-
Ject. The new job placements
represent a wide range of
skills as well as an impressive
array of substantial industries.
With only a partial report
from So Urban League branch
es around the country, the
greatest number Of positions
were secured in the Greater
New York area where place
ments were made with the
American Tobacco Company,
with Anna Rosenberg, publi-
relations counselor, Franklin
Simmons, r. H. Macy & Co.,
Savarin Coffee Co., Saks (34th
st.) Schaefer's Beer Co., Uni
corn Press, Godfrey Black
Textile Brokers, Safeway l
Mishkin Drug Co.
In Detroit, through the Ur-
ban League, placements were
made it'll the House Of Tele.
vision Inc, and the D. c. Mar
ston law firm. The Urban
( League of Eastern Union
County elizabeth, N. j.
placed two skilled workers, one
each with the National Mold
lite Company and the American
Type Founders. The Brewster
Finishing Corp, of Pa terson,
n. ]. employed a chemist
through the efforts of the En-
glewood Urban League.
The new jobs cover the
fields of accounting (auditing
and comptometer supervising)
sales (including sales super
vision), pharcutive training,
chemistry, and secretarial
| work.
j In continuing work on the
Pilot Placement project, which
has high priority on the Ur-
ban League program for 1913,
the NaPtional Urban League
has made contact with out
standing daily newspapers to
secure employment for reportt-
ers, writers and other workers.
1t is also working with a large
number of industrial and bust
ness firms, including Ballan-
tines Beer Co., P. Lorillard &
Co., Colonial Syrup Co., Walt
er Kidde Construction Co.,
General Foods Corp, General
Electric Co., Dupont Chemical
Corp, and Chase National
Bank.
Qualified persons are con-
tinuing to file applications
with local Urban League
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31
Leaves for Conventions

Rev. and Mrs. William Far
mre, left for Seattle, Washing
ton and Los Angeles, Califor-
MA, Monday July 10Th. They
will attend the National Con-
vention of the Federation Club
in Seattle. An a church conven
ton in Los ngeles.
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31

One of the leading members
of the NACW is Mrs. Annette
Harris Officer, second vice pre-
sident, Of East St. Louis, Ill.
She will attend the NACW
convention to be held July 81
August 9TH. in Seattle. Last
year, Mrs. Officer, os president
Of her states Baptist General
Women convention, attended
the Worlds Baptist alliance in
Copenhagen, Denmark.
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31
New Mexico Winner of the
Quinn Legion Trophy

Indianapolis, Ind.A New
Mexico has been declared the
1913 winner Of the John R. GU
inn Department Membership
Trophy of the American Leg
ion.
The Spanish State Legion
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31
Birthday Celebration

"A special program at Union
Memorial Methodist Church
was given by Rev. Hooks, Sun
July 18th in honor of his bir-
thday.
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31
Nebraska Federation Of Color
ed Women's Clubs Gives Sch
o1arshin

oAol oii1P.
A scholarship of $50. was
presented to Miss Loretta Ag-
&c to further her nurse training
career. She is the daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Agee, Of
31O1 R Street. Miss Agee is a
student of Creighton Univer-
sity and is taking her nurse tr-
aiming at St. Joseph hospital
She is the first colored girl to
be given the opportunity to
take the training. The present.
alton was made at Union Mem
orial Church, Sunday July 18th
by Mrs, Lenora Gray, founder
Of the Nebraska Federation Of
Colored Women's Clubs.
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31
News
Il from
n A A G P


/ TdnCIlSG. lie SlOlG, We SllOH-
gly urge the Senate to pass the
Anti-Poll Tax Bill, H. r. %
which has already been passed
by the House.
3. Segregation in interstate
transportation. The Powell bill
to end segregation in interstate
TRANSFORMATION has been intro
, duced in the House. Americans
must be able to travel any,
where in the country without
humiliation.
4. Lynching. More than 5,
600 persons have been lynch
ed by mob in America. Certain
states have been neither will
ing nor able to punish iynchers
Federal action is imperative.
We reject the Ferguson bill re-
ported out by the Senate JUDI
iciary Committee. We call up
on the special session to enatc
! an anti-lynching bill embody-
ing the features included in the
Case bill, now on the House
calendar.
S. Displaced persons. We
call for the passage of remed-
ial amendments to the Displac
ed Persons Act that will in
crease the number Of admissi-
bic DPS to 400, thousand, will
eliminate the provisions that
discriminate against Jews and
Catholics and strike out condit-
ions that are Enthusiastically
! unavoidable.
We call upon President Har
ry ). Truman and upon the tit
ular head and presidential cam
didate of the Republican Party
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, to ex-
ert to the utmost their influen-
&C upon their parties to pre-
vent any parliamentary or pol
itical trickery designed to side
track these guarantees of basic
! human rights and to see to it
that these measures are inact-
| ed at this session Of the Con-
gress.
The following organizations
and delegates participated in
the conference and approved
! the above statement:
Nat. Council Of Negro Women
Mrs. Jeanetta Brown
George LIP Weaver
Odd Fellows
Henry P. Slaughter
Beauty Culture League
Cordelia @. Johnson
United Auto Workers, Go
| William Oliver
Paul Sifton
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
Norma Boyd
Mrs. Elsie Rumford
American Jewish Committee
Alex Brooks
Nat. Assoc. Colored Grad. Muir
Mrs. Lofts c. Campbell
Friends Com. on Nat. Legis.
G. Lloyd Bailey
Americans Veterans Com.
Robert l.. Carter
American Civil Liberties Union
Mary Baldinger
Nat. Council for Perm. FEPC
Roy Wilkins
Anti-D defamation League Bnaf
] Birth
J Herman Edelsberg
Nat. Assoc. Negro Milliners,
Hair Stylists and Dress Design
, Mabel Lewis
Nat. Alliance Postal Employees
William G. Jason, Jr.
Nat. Medical Assoc.
G Herbert Marshall
international Ladies Garment
Workers Union AFL
Charles Zimmerman
American Jewish Congress
Sanford Bolz
NAACP
Henry Lee Moon
Walter White
Jesse Dedmon
Edward r. Dudley
Leslie Perry
Attending as observers also
were Walter J. Mason Of the
American Federation Of Lab
or and Miss Margaret Clarity
Of the National Catholic Wei
fare Conference.
The Omaha guide., 1948-07-31

Destroyer of Crops
. Fan storms destroy more farrs
crops h America than toruadcsA
Evening star., 1948-06-23
Convict Gets 50 Years
AS Political Pull Ebbs
By the As,ocio'ed Press

DETROIT, June 23.-Frank Ban
ning's self-styled political pull gave
out Yesterday as he was sentenced
to so to so years in the Southern
Michigan State Prison.
you have avoided justice all
your life through playing politics" ,"
Recorders Judge Paul H. Krause
told the 45-year-old gunman.
Banning was sentenced in the
shooting last February of Patrolman
Benton Hacker during holdup.
The officer recovered.
Pasquale Gizzi, 27, of Detroit, who
was with Banning at the time,
received a 10-to-20-year sentence.
Banning was pardoned by President
Truman in 1947 from Leavenworth
Federal Penitentiary, where he had
served six years for jewel theft.
He states that it was through
political influence that he managed
to secure a pardon from Leaven-
WORTH Banning's probation report
read. Banning claims that he was
able to have women brought to him
while in Leavenworth because of his
prestige"
Banning also awaits sentence in
Federal Court on a jewel theft
charge.
The probation report stated that
Banning's political connections be-
gan in the 1930s when he operated
gambling dens, baWdy houses and
blind pigs in st. Joseph, Mo.
Evening star., 1948-06-23

you can serve it with cold cuts. More
good hints in my column today. And
I've got plenty for you next week!
Evening star., 1948-06-23

of civil engineering. University Of
Mississippi, declare:
Members Of occupations regarded
as nonprofessional, such as ours,
usually are considered businessmen,
tradesmen or just plain racketeers." i"
DR.. Kellogg was one Of six mem
bers of a panel which discussed
Ethics and Professional Aspects of
the Surveyor" in an afternoon ses-
sion Of the Congress eighth annual
three-day meeting yesterday
Another panel member. Prof.
Frank c. Mirgain Of Rutgers Uni
Evening star., 1948-06-23
Surveyors Demand
Professional Status

Surveyors-who have been con-
tributing to the Nations develop
ment since Colonial days-want rec
ognition as an established profess
sion.
They are getting tired of playing
poor relatives" to the more esteemed
members of the engineering pro-
fession, a group of them agreed
here yesterday.
Several hundred members Of the
American Congress of Surveying
and Mapping, meeting here in the
Statler Hotel, heard DR.. F. H. KEEL
logg, chairman of the department
Evening star., 1948-06-23

clothes. He'll be delighted to learn
that the thorough washing action
is safe for the finest fabrics, and
certainly will mean longer life for
his shirts! You'll both want to look
at the Steam-Seal, the live rubber
molding around the lid that seals
the cleansing steam into the big
tub (takes nine full pounds of
washD and means a 1Uhiter wash.
Look at the Pressure -Selector: it
makes it so simple to choose the
proper pressure for every fabric,
and has safety feather-touch re-
lease. Don't put off that date!
Evening star., 1948-06-23

women voted Dromedary better
than home made cakes! Cost is
less than you'd pay for its superb
ingredients! Try it! Add gay color
this simple way:
CONFETTI CAKE
Bake Dromedary White Cake as
directed on package. Add
chopped colored gumdrops to
boiled frosting; or use Drome-
dary's delicious chocolate Fudge
Frosting Mix.
Evening star., 1948-06-23
ADVERTISEMENT.
Eve Don'ts For
Factory Workers

I Don't use eyes unnecessarily. 2. Don't
read in poor light. g. Don't neglect eyes
exposed 10 dust, wind or overwork. Battle
them with Lavoptik. Quickly soothes in
famed. sore burning, itching and granu-
lated eyelids or money refunded Thousands
praise it. 80 years success. Get Lavoptik
today At all drug stores.
Evening star., 1948-06-23

never fails! You
just beat in a
cup of milk and
turn out two big
snowy e
layers so mirac-
ulously lig h t
and heavenly
delicious. no
wander C263
Evening star., 1948-06-23

infec t ant. For
Clorox makes
white cottons
a n d lin e n S
snowy-white, re-
moves stains,
leaves your laun-
dry fresh and
sanitary, too
and linens last
on ger W h en-
washed with the
Evening star., 1948-06-23

The Big Job Is Easy-Keeping
the family wash snowy-white and
sanitary and the house healthfully
clean with Cloror-iS easy! ]
understand from my own expert
ence why Clorox is first with Amer
ica's housewives both as a gentler
bleach and as a more efficient dis
Evening star., 1948-06-23
JE55|E5M&hQk
by Jessie De Both

Tanning Leading the salad bowl ho reward
chunks stuffed with cheese
together lightly with shredded cabbage chopped onon and
Evening star., 1948-06-23
WONDER OF WONDERS

OUCH A FABULOUS ready mix as
y Dromedary's new White Cake
you never even imagined. Dream
cake is what it makes, and so easy,
Evening star., 1948-06-23

versity, suggested, however, this
might be remedied by requiring
formal civil engineering training for
an surveyors.
Evening star., 1948-06-23
Husband Aqrees! When you

Husband Agrees! When you
tell him about the new Norge
Triple Action Washer, your hus-
band will agree that the whole
family will benefit from this work.
time and money-saver. And when
you make date to meet him at
your Norge dealers, like every hus-
band he'll go all out for the famous
Norge washing g-action-Up, Down.
Around. 1t handles every garment
separately and gives you cleaner
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23

ers covering the convention sud
denly discovered a new voting
bloc" within the Legion which
was out to upset the rule OF
the '.kingmakers" - t h e fe W
moneyed boys who run things In
the Legion from b h n d the
scenes.
According to newspaper re-
ports "a strong coalition group"
was formed to push the election
of James F. Green, a World War
II veteran of Omaha, Neb.
I know this Jim Green and l
know the people who have
pushed him into the Legion's
national spotlight. And by any
standard Jim Green and his
packers" cannot be considered
a new deal in Legion politics.
James Green's name in the
newspaper headlines as a pos
sible National Commander of
the American Legion is no mere
accident. 1t was the result of
careful planning and grooming.
And the planning and grooming
was not done by any new vot-
ing bloc" but by the same old
line Legion leaders who have
controlled the Legion ever since
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23
PETITIONERS TO
SEE GOV. GREEN

With an anticipated 100,-
600 signatures on petitions
demanding special session
of the state legislature to put
its state ticket on the ballot,
Progressive lea ders an
nOunced plans for a weekend
delegation to pres sent the
sheaf of papers to Gov.
Dwight I'll. Green.
Deadline for turning in the
petitions in the Today whirl-
wind campaign was the meet
ing of the county central COM
mittee Tues day night at
which plans were made for a
representative d lie 6 a ion
from labor and Progressive
leadership.
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23

The Standard learned that
group of attorneys were to adj
wise the elected representatives
to the tenants organization-the
Co-ordinating Council of Pub
lie Housing-Wednesday on pos
sible legal action to stop the
evictions.
Facing immediate eviction
are 200 project tenants who re-
ceived notice from the CHA
Sept. 20 that they are no longer
eligible for tenancy since their
total annual income exceeds
$4,000.
However, the great bulk of
tenants facing eviction in the
near futures, 033 families liv-
ing in the CHA's 10 projects
who are hit by the CHA'S pro-
gram to evict high income"
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23

Refusal of the police to pro-
tect political candidates was I'M
derlined by Sgt John F.
Sweeney of the Fillmore ST.
police, after abou, 20 teel--agers
had thrown stones and tomatoes
at Sidney L. Ordower, Progress
sive candidate for Congress from
the 9Th district, at a street
meeting at Madison and HARLOW.
"Ordower is just a rabDle-
rOuser who's trying to make the
front page" said Sweeney.
The meeting, which was held
Monday night, was the third
such rally on that street corner
to be broken up by hoodlums.
The first time police took Or
dover into custody, but denied
they intended to arrest him.
The veteran who was beaten
is Fred Winsberg, of 4217 W
Van Buren,. The hecklers as
saulted him after he had pro-
tested against their activities.
Continued on page 7
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23

tenants have an average income
of 1884.
This group includes tenants
like Jessie Glanton, Al, Negro
metal grader at Elesco Smelt-
ing Corp, 1144 w. 14th pl., and
trustee of his union, Local 758,
CLIO Mine, Mill & Smelter Work
), who makes about $1,939 an
nually.
Jessie can't figure out what
all this talk about high in
come" evictions is all about. He
makes less than the maximum
income of S2,700 to make him
eligible to go on living with his
wife, ennie, 40, and their
daughter, at 1860 w. 18th, in the
Robert Brooks project.
This is the catch. Jessie'S wife.
ContinueC or page 7
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23
The Author

Justin Gray is publicity di-
rector of the Illinois Progress
siye Party. A World War III
vet-he was a rifleman in the
famous 3rd Ranger Battalion,
and later, field correspondent
for "Yank"-Gray became
assistant direc or of the
American LegiOn's National
Americanism Commission at
the wars end. What he
learned about the Legion led
him to resign and cO-auth0r
the recently published ex-
pose, 1.-THE Inside Story OF
the Legion"
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23

wanted the World War II vet
Grams to join the Legion. But
they were afraid that the Legion
would change hands with the
changing generation. In order to
offset such possibility the
Legion hierarchy opened train
ing school-an ''indoctrination"
Continued on page
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23
SLuGGINGS, MURDER
Note MAR CAMPAIGN
Dems get mail threat;
sluq vet at PIP meet

Political Observers noted developing Of terror
this week.
World War II veteran Sugged at West Side
Progressive Party meeting On the day Adai Steven
Democratic candidate for governor turned to the
Federal of Investigation threatening letters which
he received through the mails.
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23
Expose Legion's
new voting bloc
By JUSTIN CRAY

in
usualh
of
the
And
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23

The newspapers reported all
this-in front page headlines.
But they also reported some
thing else. In an attempt to play
a new angle on the Legion con-
vention, the newspaper report
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23
CHA tenants form
eviction council

council representing the $3.50 persons living in
'lowrent projects maintained by the Chicago Housing
Authority (CHA) moved this week stop the threat of
eviction facing nearly 4O9o of their ranks
The Illinois standard. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-23
it was organized in 1915.

James Green started his rise
in Legion circles in the summer
of 1946-only a few months
after he was discharged from
the army. 1t was then that the
Legion hierarchy picked him as
potential national commander.
The old tire Legion bra S
Evening star., 1948-01-08
x-Ray Of Press Opens
Biggest Metropolitan
tuberculosis Drive

The most ambitious campaign to
wipe out tuberculosis ever attempted
in a metropolitan area got under
way unofficially today when men,
bers Of the press visited the down.
town clinic of the washington Chest
x-Ray Survey, 1850 Pennsylvania
avenue NV, to be checked for
possible indications of the disease.
With formal opening of nine
clinics-eight of them in Govern
ment buildings-set for Monday,
survey officials expressed the hope
that Washington residents would
cooperate 100 per cent" in the
drive to reduce the Districts tuber-
culosis death rate of 62.3 per 100, 1000
population. The national rate is 35.9.
Three mobile clinics, which will
visit every residential area before
the survey is completed in June, will
go into operation on Tuesday. They
will first visit the Anacostia area.
Newspapermen found the entire
process took less than three minutes.
Principal loss of time was occasioned
by the necessary clerical work. This
will be eliminated, survey officials
said, since all business houses and
Government bureaus will be supplied
with cards which applicants can fill
out before taking the free checkup.
Sponsors of the plan, never before
attempted in city of more than
100000 population, are the District
Health Department, the District
tuberculosis Association and the
United States Public Health Service.