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PRESIDENT AT BOYS TOWN—President Truman shakes hands with Eddie Dunn, Boys Town mayor, during the Visit to the late Father Flanagan’s institution west of Omaha. At left is Father ^ Edmund Walsh. Next to the president is Patrick Norton, Boys Town general manager. (Courtesy of The Journal.) Truman Greets Negro Mayor of Boys Town Last Saturday President Truman was in Omaha to at tend the reunion of his old outfit, the 35th Division. After parading past the scores of thousands of Omahans in the morning, Mr. Truman dedicated Omaha’s World War II me morial partk on West Dodge Street. The presidential party then proceeded to Boys Town. There he spoke informally to its 480 citizens, paying tribute to its founder, the late Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan, saying, “The country and the world has lost a real citizen and a man who has g made a contribution to the wel fare of this great republic.” In the late afternoon the Presi dent attended two receptions and in the evening, spoke in Ak-Sar Ben coliseum, setting forth the democratic party’s farm program. Taylor Introduces Bill to Ban Segregation WASHINGTON. 'ANP). Sen Glenn Taylor, who is running for the vice presidency of the United States with Henry Wallace, last ^ week introduced a bill in the sen ate “banning segregation in the schools of*the District of Co lumbia.” Branding racial segregation as “one of the most viciuosly un American activities being prac ticed in America today,” Tay lor’s bill, which is a companion measure to one (HR 6488) intro duced by Rep. Arthur G. Klein of New York, would direct the District of Columbia board of ed ucation to permit no segregation of persons in the public schools because of race, creed, national origin or ancestry. Taylor said the recent action " of Dr. William Jansen, New York superintendent of schools, in can celling a trip to Washington by the 51 New York boys, including Negroes, pointed up the problem anew. “Dr. Jansen’s decision was the only one possible for any official who believes that the constitu tion and American principles f mean what they say,” the sena tor continued. He further added that, “I should like to make it possible for Americans to hold their heads high and act like Americans at * least in their nation’s capital. Further, I should like to make this possible throughout our great land, but surely we must start in the showplace of the United States—at the very seat of our government.” Mrs. Baker Receives State Appointment Mrs. Fawntella Baker, 701 Rose St., began work Monday, June 7 as clerk-typist in the Motor Ve hicle Division, at the State Capi told Building. The appointment came as a result of a State Merit examination which she took sometime ago. Robinson Dances With Marshall On 70th Year NEW YORK. (ANP). Bill “Bo jangles” Robinson was 70 years old on May 25 and he celebrated the event by treating friends to a sample of his terpsichorean art on an excurison boat in the Hud son river, and on Wednesday ap peared before an audience of 20,000 at a United Nations chil dren’s benefit in Madison Square Garden to put on his act. About 400 persons were pres ent on the excursion boat to honor the famed dancer on his birthday. Dressed n a yacht man’s cap with gold braid, he danced among friends until they finally got him to stand still in order to be presented with a pair of life-size sculptured dancing shoes. At the benefit, Robinson fol lowed Secy, of State George Marshall who addressed the aud ience, and tapped offstage arm in arm with the former army chief of staff. Denied Franchise ATLANTA, Ga.—The first Negro candidate for a major po litical office in this area since Reconstruction Days was denied a ballot in Bibb County’s Demo cratic primary contests. Card of Thanks To my friends, churches and auxiliaries who were so kind to me in my weeks of illness, Thank you and may God bless you all. —James Wadkins. 5 Among Graduates From Lincoln High School Friday Dr. Tobias First to Win Honorary Degree At New School NEW YORK—(ANP) Dr. Channing H. Tobias, director of the Phelps-Stokes fund, who was recently selected for the 1948 Springarn medal award, has also earned another unique honor. Last week, he became the first to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Laws from the New School for Social Research. The degree, conferred by Louis S. Weiss, chairman of the board of trustees of New School, cited Dr. Tobias for his “illustrious service to his country in war and in peace,” and particularly for his participation in the “signifi cant work” of the president’s Committee on Civil Rights. Dr. Tobias is a member of the trustee board of New School as well as of other institutions. Honorary degrees were also conferred upon Marshall Field, who delivered the commence ment address, “A Declaration of Faith in American Democracy,” doctor of laws; John Dewey, Al vin Johnson, Horace M. Kallen and Wesley C. Mitchell, doctor of humane letters; and Clara Wollio Mayer, dean of school of philosophy and liberal arts of New School, doctor of letters. New $500,000 Hospital Opens NASHVILLE—(ANP) The 21 year-old Riverside sanitarium plant, operated by the Seventh Day Adventists, blossomed forth with the ‘“new look” here Tues day when its new $500,000 75-bed brick hospital building was for mally opened to guests and visi tors. The sanitarium, formerly housed in modest frame cottages, began construction of the hospi tal, designed by McKissack and McKissack, local Negro archi tects, in 1946. The building affords added fa cilities for expanding the special ized medical, surgical and ob stetrical departments. All furni ture and fixtures are new and of the most up-to-date patterns. Riverside uses the tradition diet therapy, electrotherapy, dia thermy and hydrotherapy pro cedures made famous by the Ad ventists at their first health in stitution in Battle Creek, Mich. It is one o£ the very few hospitals in the United States, operated by Negroes, which offers this service. Eleven Receive Jr. Hi Diplomas Graduation ceremonies will be held (Thursday) in St. Paul Methodist Church at 2:30 p. m. for the hundreds of boys ancf girls completing junior high schools in Lincoln. Of those to receive di plomas, one Is among students from Irving Junior Hi and ten are among /those from Whittier. All expect to enter Lincoln High next fall. Graduates include: Ernestine Burns, Irving ^ Iona Adams Elis Finley Betty Bowhan Marian Bradford Cecil Hatcher Betty Rose Huston Kathryn King Mary Lou Knowles La Dora Walker Winifred Winston Pinewood Bowl To Be Scene of First Open-Air Commencement i Exercises In traditional graduation ceremonies, scheduled this year to be held in Pioneer Park’s beautiful evergreened Pinewood Bowl, the 545 members of Lincoln High school’s senior class will say their last goodbye’s to their alma mater and prepare to face life. The graduation exercises, scheduled for Friday night will be the first held out of doors for many, many years. Among those who will re Nebraska Vets Get! Good Medical Care Admissions to the Veterans hospital at Lincoln during the past two years numbered 8,661 —or about one admission for every 18 veterans living in the state — Veterans . Administration officials reported today. At present, the VA said, there are 286 veterans hospitalized in the institution, which cares chiefly for general medical cases. The agency reported that 367 vet erans in the state are awaiting hospitalization, but added that none had service-connected ail ment.. During the same two-year period, the VA said, the out patient clinic of the Lincoln regional office and private physi i cians taking part in the agency’s ! home-town medical program gave 130,770 physical examinations and rendered 63,253 individual treatments to veterans who had become ill or disabled as a result of their service. Also as part of the outpatient treatment, some 1,145 prescrip tions are being filled each month at the VA clinic and by private pharmacists throughout the state who are engaged in the VA’s home-town medical program. Lincoln Club Joins Nebraska Federation The United Church Women’s Kensington club became affiliated with the Nebraska State Federa tion of Colored Women’s Clubs on Friday afternoon, June 4. The meeting was held at the home of Mrs. John Miller, president and organizer of the club. Mrs. Frances Mosley of Omaha, state organizer of the Federation was present for the inception. She was accompanied by Mrs. Lenora Gray, past president, and r * C. M. Farmer, parliamentarian. The Kensington was organized about two months ago and since that time has “caught on.” It now has a membership of almost forty. It aims at uniting Christian women to sew for charity. To fulfill this aim, the club is plan ning a bazaar for the month of November. Regular m e et i n g s come twice a month—one in the afternoon, the other in the even ing. Joseph Blands Are Parents Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bland of 2618 East Pike, Seattle, Wash., announce the arrival of a 8 pound 3 oz. daughter, Roslyn Joanne on May 21st. Mrs. Bland is now home from the hospital and is doing nicely. Hed friends will remember her as the former Margaret Goolsby. ceive ineir diplomas are: William Lewis Burns, son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Burns, 2443 So. 9th, who majored in en gineering. He has been his home room representative and played on the school’s reserve football, basketball teams and was on the . varsity track team. He plans to enter the University of Nebraska in the fall. Dorothy Harriett Green, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Green, 2221 S St., home economics major. She participated in Joy Night and worked in the Y Teens. Miss Green, who pro fesses an interest in journalism, has been the writer of the Teen Age Chatter column in The Voice. In the fall she will enter the University of Nebraska. Juliet Hammond, arts and sciences major, is the niece of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert H. Hamilton, 1941 T. Miss Hammond is trans fer student from Longview high school, Longview, Tex. She likes to swim and also has a special interest in music. Soon she will ! enter the school of cosmetology in Omaha. Richard Cecil Holcomb, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Holcomb, 2300 R, has been a trades preparatory student. He has worked as an ap prentice of the Horace E. Colley fur studio for several years. Susie May Whitehall, arts and science major, who is the daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. H. O. White hall, 2216 T. She participated in Joy Night this year. She is active in teen-age society and is a mem ber of Quinn Chapel Jr. choir. Miss Whitehall plans to enter the university in the fall where she would like to major in voice and social work. Boston U. Instructor Named Oberlin Professor BOSTON— (ANP) Dr. Wade A. Ellis, an instructor in mathe matics at Boston university, has been appointed to the faculty of liberal Oberlin college in Ohio as an assistant professor of mathe matics. The appointment is ef fective next September. Mr. Ellis is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Whit Ellis of Chandler, Okla. He is a gradu ate of Wilberforce university and holds a M.S. degree from the University of Mexico, and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Michigan. At Michigan he taught mathematics, prior to his Boston university position. Fisk has also had the young scholar as a member of its faculty. During the war Mr. Ellis was a staff member of the radiation laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and also served as chief of the radiation branch, antenpa laboratory, Cam bridge Field station for the air material command in Cambridge, Mass. The new Oberlin professor is married and the father of two sons. ■ ■