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Tib® Won®® PUBLISHED WEEKLY - -—-_ “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people." Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2226 6 Street Phene 6-649) 11 No Answer Call 6-7608 Ruble W. Shakespeare . -.. Advertising and Business Manager Charles ffeeUhy ... _Associate Editor, Y.M.C.R. Lynwood i--- - - Q«.orHnt<» Editor on Military Leave Rev. J. B. Brooks- ----... Promotion Manager Mrs. Joe rurcnlntton Manager Member ol the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association Entered as Second Class Matter June 9. 1947 at the Poet Office at Lincoln, Nebraska under the Act of March 3, 18/9 i year subscription_J2.0C Single copy-Sc EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns ore those ot the writer and not necessarily a reflection ol the oolicy ol The Voice.— Pub. Ike Williams Defends Title; Walcott-Charles Ducats $20 lightweight champion Ike Wil liams defended his title April 26 in Los Angeles against Enrique Bolanos for the benefit of the Lou Costello Foundation. Ike received only 7% percent of the gate while Bolanos got 17% percent. Williams has decided to give up fighting in the welterweight divi sion after losing two decisions to Kid Gavilan, leading welterweight challenger. He will probably have all he can do to hold his title against Bolanos and the No. 1 challenger, Freddie Dawson. In a previous fight with Bo lanos, Ike barely eked out a split decision. He has never fought Dawson. Sugar Ray. By signing up with the Tourna ment of Champions, Sugar Ray Robinson, welterweight champion, may have pulled an ace in the hole in the form of his long cov eted chance to fight for the mid dleweight championship. With the great furor and op position to Tony Zale’s returning to the ring to seek Marcel Cer dan’s crown, the Gary battler may not fight. It is rumored that he has been offered 10 percent of the gate if he stays on the sidelines and lets Robinson and Cerdan battle it out for the championship. Many fans believe that Zale, who has taken rugged beatings from Rocky Graziano and Cerdan, should retire before his health is injured in the ring. Despite what the people are saying, Zale still believes he can come back once more. Anyway, if Zale does fight Cer dan, Robinson will meet the win ner of that bout for the 160 pound title in ten days. Between Rounds. Ringside seats for the Jersey Joe Walcott - Ezzard Charles heavyweight championship bout will cost either $20 or $25. Joe Louis and partners of the Inter national Boxing club (IBC) want $25, but Illinois Athletic commis sion chairman Joe Triner says $20. Top price for the last heavyweight title bout in Chicago was $27.50 for the Joe Louis-Jimmy Brad dock biff in 1937 . . . Rumors still persist that Jack Dempsey will soon join IBC . . . More rumors say Mike Jacobs and IBC will merge into one. Develop ments are expected next week. Jimmy Bivins, once 'known as the wartime heavyweight cham pion, evidently is at the end of the road. The convincer should have been his kayo by Archie Moore in Toledo. Moore is one of four men who will participate in an elimination tourney to find a title opponent for 175 pound champion Freddie Mills of England. The other three are Gus Lesnevich, former cham pion; Joe Maxim, and Harold Johnson. Johnny Bratton is tentatively scheduled to fight Bobby (The Spoiler) Lee at the Chicago sta dium June 3. ANP Head Receives Degree Claude A. Barnett, director of the Associated Negro Press has received the honorary degree Doctor of Humanities from his alma mater, Tuskegee institute. The citation, made by Dr. Fred erick D. Patterson was for “wide spread and constructive influence in the field of journalism and wise leadership as special assist ant to the secretary of agricul ture, trustee of Booker T. Wash ington institute in Liberia, trus tee of the Liberia company and trustee of Tuskegee institute.” I always keep a soft, clean paintbrush handy for dusting hard-to-get-tp-places like win dow sills, mopboards and corners. It is especially good on Venetian Minds and picture frames. I h IAMBS C. OLSON, Superintendent •TATI IIITOIICAL SOCIBYV BY JAMES C. OLSON. Superintendent, State Historical Society. Nebraska probably never has enjoyed a boom quite like that experienced by the earliest terri torial pioneers. New towns were being platted, lots were com manding high prices, railroads and other industries were being projected, and above all, money was plentiful. An important reason why money was plentiful was that the territorial legislature, in common with similar bodies elsewhere during the 1850’s, created banks of issue on terms so easy that almost anyone could set himself up in the banking business, in cluding the issuance of currency. According to this procedure, a bank could be started by five men, and could open its doors for business as soon as half of the initial capital was—not paid, but subscribed. Currency could be is sued without the necessity of a legal reserve against it. It is not strange, therefore, that such currency came quite soon to be known as “wildcat money,” and that prudent business men came to distrust it completely. Bank notes fluctuated in value with great rapidity, and a stand ard requirement for doing busi ness was a frequently revised guide to the values of the various notes. Most of the notes were entirely worthless outside the territory. There is a story to the effect that a Missouri river wood merchant once offered to trade his wood for the notes of the new Platte Valley bank at the rate of cord for cord. His skepticism, viewed in per spective, seems to have been eminently sound. When the great depression that engulfed the country in 1857 hit Nebraska, the wildcat banks were among the first business institutions to fail. And as they failed, their utter worthlessness was brought into full view. m Illustrative of their situation, were the conditions found at the two banks operating in the set tlement of DeSoto. One had a safe and a cashier; but all the other had to show for its existence was its name engraved upon its bills. As another example, a sheriffs writ of execution against the closed Bank of Nebraska at Omaha showed as assets: “Thir teen sacks of flour, one large iron safe, one counter, one desk, one stove drum and pipe, three arm chairs, and one map of Douglas county.’’ Nominated For Commissions In Air Force Designated as distinguished military graduates of the Air Reserve Officers’ Training corps unit at Tuskcgee institute, the four young men shown above have been nominated as second lieutenants in the U. S. Air Force by President Truman and approved by the senate. * From left to right, they are: Cadets Rufus L. Billips, Birmingham; Prentice E. Jones, Malvern, Ark.; James W. Wheat, Fort Worth, Tex., and 2nd Lt. Clarence W. Holloway, Rehoboth, Va. Each is to receive his commission in August of this year except Lt. Holloway who received his at Tuskegee’s graduation exercise in May, (ANP) College NAAC1* To Gel Second Hearing The college chapter of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People will get its constitution reconsidered, according to a statement by Dean T. J. Thompson, chairman of the Faculty Senate committee on stu dent affairs. The statement came after and hour and a half con ference attended by Mrs. Ruby Hurley, Youth Secretary for the NAACP, John B. White, past president of the chapter, Charles Goolsby, president; and Dr. Mau rice C. Latta, faculty adviser to the group. Dean Thompson had raised ob jections on three points. Stating that he didn’t want any organi zation on campus that would be “dominated” by “outside” forces, and that he was an advocate of local control, Dean Thompson submitted that payment of half the yearly dues of $1 to the na tional organization constituted control. He suggested that the group abandon affiliation with the national organization and operate as an independent, local unit. This was not agreeable to organization representatives and members, many of whom belong because it affords an opportunity to contribute directly to the good work done nationally by the asso ciation. A second objection was raised over the interpretation of a provision that gives the National Association jurisdiction in con flicts between the student and the city group. This was held to remove from the school all admin istrative control. Third, if per mitted, Mr. Thompson didn’t feel that such a group could be ad ministered as other student or ganizations are, insisting discrimi nately that it couldn’t be sus pended from the campus for breaking university rules. W**^-ty&** I0'-2V- SB* Lincoln's Favorite Potato Chip ___ 46 Years 13th & O National Bank of Commerce Lincoln, Nebraska Member F.D.I.C. I Your City I Light Department Gillett Cream Poultry fir Eggs Plenty of Parking Space ■ 528 No. 9tb TeL 2-2001 I Masons, OES To Sjtonsor Williams In Omaha Concert % The Prince Hall Masons and Order of Eastern Star will pre sent the Williams Choral En semble of Kansas City, Missouri, in concert at the Technical high school auditorium in Omaha on Sunday, June 13 at 3 p. m. John S. Williams is head of the music department at Lincoln High school in Kansas City. He is an alumnus of Omaha Univer sity, where he majored in music and philosophy. 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