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Tib © 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 2225 S Street Phone 5-6491 If No Answer Call 5-7508 Ruble W. Shakespeare.Advertising and Business Manager Rev. J. B. Brooks.Promotion Manager Dorothy Greene .. Secretary Mrs. Joe Greene.Circulation Manager Member of the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association ..Entered as Second Class Matter, June 9, 1947 at the Post Office at Lincoln, Nebraska under the Act of March 3, 1879. ___ 1 year subscription.$2.00 Single copy.5c EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns are those of the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the policy of The Voice.— Pub. Gossip of the Movie Lots By Harry Levette. Movie offers are looming for Sarah Vaughn. On her closing night at the Club Oasis, George Jessel of Twentieth Century-Fox, Georgie Stoll of MGM, and Jonie Tapps, of Columbia, all were ring siders. They applauded regular ly. From Club Oasis, Sarah moved into the Million Dollar theater. . . Herb Jeffries is here with the vaudeville show at the Paramount theater . . . Male bit and supporting players have been working in the moun tains every night on location for ‘•King Solomon’s Mines,” MGM film shot mainly in Africa. Included in the lineup of sup porting players in ‘‘Union Station” starring William Holden are Ivan H. Browning, James Davis, Mil ton Shockley, George W. Ross, Chester Johnson, James Adamson, Jay Loft Lynn, Robert Lewis, and Bobby Johnson. It’s a Paramount film . . . A word more about the Lena Horne-Billy Eckstine Miscue . . local splash seems to have come from Louella Parsons column,-and others grabbed the apparently juicy morsel and bannerlined it . .j Hollywood AFL film couiacil has worked out a plan to gef 25 percent discount from established prices f«?r treatment at the WlL liam E. Branch clinic . . . Darryl F. Zanuck of Twentieth Century Fox, producer of “Pinky,” recent ly received Redbook’s silver award for his contribution to movie pro duction during 1949 . . . first award went to studio rather than single picture . . . Louise Beavers has another tearjerking role in Twentieth Century-Fox’s “My Blue Heaven.” She became famous as a crying star in “Imitation of Life.” Hollywood is fighting back at congressional attempts to censure the movie industry. In a public statement the Motion Picture As sociation of America pointed out that Hollywood has its own censorship program, and needs no government licensing. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE ACADEMY AWARD Unfortunately this is being writ ten before yours truly and his girl “Friday,” Essie Mae Seabron of Joliet, 111., go to the glittering glamorous academy award cere ASK YOUR GROCER FOR GOLD CUP BREAD i monies at the Pantages theater t Hollywood and Vine. Miss Seabron is lovely in her silver fox and pink orchid. Also added to the select list of corre spondents invited is Chester Washington of the Courier. He visited Arch Reeves of Producers association three weeks ago and was approved. Among the glittering stars who . will be present will be Ethel Wa ters, candidate for supporting ac- | tress award. Will tell you all about who was and was not there next week. Added features to this year's celebration include an 850 seat bleachers being constructed for fans outside the Pantages theater. From there fans will view the glittering glamor of the evening. First come, first served will be the policy observed—no admission. A special public address system will operate to let the crowd know who’s who as the stars enter the theater. African Report Discussed at Press Conference NEW YORK. (ANP). The re cent report on the status of Afri can students in the United States was discussed here last week at a press conference conducted by j Dr. Channing H. Tobias, director of the Phelps-Stokes fund, and Dr. Ruth C. Sloan. The repcfrt, titled “A Survey of African Students Studying in the United States,” was based upon a study made by Dr. Sloan and Ivor C. Cummings of Sierra Leone, a member of the British Colonial office welfare department and the directorate of colonial scholars. Dr. Sloan and Cummings inter viewed hundreds of African stu dents in schools throughout the United States. The study revealed that Africans are most surprised by the dis crimination they meet in America. They also are faced with financial problems. They find it difficult to get into professional schools of such fields as medicine and engi neering. United States postal money or ders were filst issued during the Civil War. VINE ST. MARKET GROCERIES b MEATS 22nd and Vine 2-6583 — 2-6584 by JANES C. OLSON, SvperinlenJtnt •TATI HISTORICAL SOCIITT The knowledge will be small consolation if you get stuck in the mud this spring, but Ne braska has come a long way since pioneer times in the development of its public roads and highways. A glance through pioneer rem iniscenses and the spring issues of early newspapers provides plenty of evidence that good old fashioned Nebraska mud was one of the principal obstacles in the way of spring-time travel in old Nebraska. Covered wagon emigrants, beat ing their way to Oregon, Cali fornia, or Utah, frequently had trouble with Nebraska’s mud—the Nebraska leg of the long journey almost always was undertaken in early spring. The trails became so badly rutted that wagons sim ply could not pass and new roads had to be marked out. (This, in cidentally, accounts in part for the fact that the Oregon Trail may be several miles wide in certain parts of the state, notably southeastern Nebraska.) In territorial times, roads were little better than trails; and when the ground thawed out in the spring they usually were impass able. Rural roads were not the only ones afflicted by the spring thaw. Village and city streets suffered in equal or greater pro portion. An editorial in the Dakota city Democrat, April 20, 1861, may he considered typical: “Last week this city was visited by shower after shower of April rain that reduced the condition of our streets to the consistency of paste. Pedes trians worked them up into a still worse condition with stogas and gutta percha boots, until the up per surface for two feet deep, was of the primitive nature of brick. Stilts and other pedal appendages, adroit jumping, and the aquatic knowledge of sturgeons, were in much requistion. But this state of things could not last, so, the weather after being the cause of a monstrous amount of pro fanity, and the subject of uni versal remarks of an invidious nature, was induced—using lan guage more expressive than ele gant—to ‘dry up’.” Even the proud city of Omaha was afflicted with mud. Frank J. Burkley devotes an entire chap ter of his excellent book, The Faded Frontier, to “Muddy Omaha.” He quotes from an early Omaha newspaper as follows: "We saw a dray laden with groceries sink into three feet of mud on Elev enth street near the northwest corner of Douglas street yester day morning. Its freight had to be taken off and put on an ex press wagon before it could be moved from that slough of des pond.” And here’s a choice verse from the Omaha Herald, March 13, 1868, reproduced in The Faded Frontier: “Some towns are famed for beauty, “And others for deeds of blood. “But say what you may of Omaha, “It beats them all for mud.’’ I I PEAK of QUALITY Subscribe to The VOICE—Your subscription helps make this pub lication possible. Elwood, Kansas By Wityerta Brady. Hello folks: Here I am this week bringing you the exciting news from El wood, Kansas. The El wood High School Glee Club sang at the Baptist Church, Tuesday evening. Refreshments were sold after services. Mrs. B. Bernard Watson of Kan sas City, Kansas State P.T.A president, spoke at the Baptist Church Sunday afternoon. She gave an interesting talk on educa tion. Rev. R. Rogers and choir of St. . Luke Church of St. Joseph ren- i dered services at Bethel A.M.E. Church Sunday afternoon. Visit ing ministers were as follows: Rev. and Mrs. M. Medlock of Third Street, Rev. L. Lilley of St. Paul C.M.E. Church, Rev. W. Bletson and congregation of Grant Chapel. It was a great meeting. Everyone attending reports a good service. Miss Darlene Brown entertained a group of teen-agers Monday eve ning at the Scouthouse. Everyone had a swell time. Miss Patricia Burns will entertain next Monday at the Lincoln School. The Sr. Y-Teens are having fun for all: Cake Walk and Box Sup per at the Lincoln School Thurs day evening. Everyone is invited to come and have a great time. Mrs. Charles Scott is presenting her piano pupils in a recital Wed nesday evening at the Lincoln School. Miss Nova Barker spent the , week end in Kansas City visiting LET DONLEY STAHL CO. 1331 N SI. B—UR— druggist ( / » MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION 10th and 0 St. Since 1871 relatives and friends. She returned home Monday evening. The El wood High School Glee Club is preparing to go to Law rence. Kansas, March 31 and April 1. -1 Well folks that is about all the news I have lor you this week. Hope you enjoyed the visit with me. Bye now! Bert Bundle, Nimitz May Settle Indian Dispute LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y. (ANP). Dr. Ralph J. Bunche may become a UN mediator once more in a tense situation if plans offered for settlement of Indian disputes go through. According to the latest plan Dr. Bunche will be part of a two-man team of Adm. Chester W. Nimitz and himself which will try to set tle the issue between India and Pakistan over who is to get Kash mir. Adm. Nimitz would be mediator, and Dr. Bunche, chief of staff. The Indians, however, are said to be opposing the idea not be cause of objection to Dr. Bunche, but because Adm. Nimitz has the title of UN pleviscite administra tor in Kashmir, and he is the one who decides the results of a planned vote. 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