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About The voice. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1946-195? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1951)
I I Chest Drive Begins Today Lincoln will be striving for its 25th consecutive successful drive, a record unmatched by any city m the country. In 26 of the 29 campaigns, Lincolnites have gone over the goal cm contributions. Thu year marks a new high in amount of money to be raised— *342.684.27. A total of $302,985 was raised last year, second only 1© 1945, a war year. The Community Chest repre sents 27 campaigns lumped into one From the Chest, funds go lor the preservation of family Itfe. protection and care of de~ pendent children, prevention of disease, provision of educational anc recreational activities and; programs for boys, girls and vet erans. For every dollar received by fee Community Chest, 48 cents goes lor training and develop ment of boys and girls. 29.8 cents' lor family relief, care of aged, ill, anc dependent children, seven cents lor military services, a incise. for contingencies, 4.1 cents lor campaign expenses, 3-3 cents for administration and 2.3 cents lor coordination and social service e* change. Albert A. Held is general chair mar. of the campaign and Carl W. Olson m president of the Com munity Chest. Three Richmond Schools Named For Ed oca tors S3 uMM Off Li— iAXPj — Mun lom Carver, and Blackwell — "hiret new Richmond schools for ( Negroes—were named for per sons formerly active in Negro education. Munfnrd school was named for Mrs. Mary Coatee Branch Mun fnrtL wndeiy know* for her cham pionship ol education, better in ier—racial relatioas, and women’s ngnts. Carver school war named in honor of the imminent scientist, Ur George Washington Carver. Bom a slave, Dr. Carver was graduated from Iowa State col- j lege yori for many years was di-. jector of agricultural research at Tuskegee institute. In this ca pacity, he produced more than 3BL prouucp from the pea-, mas Juries H Blackwell, after whom the new BlackweE school was named devoted most af his life pg fhf education of Negroes. He was the first principal of the fTr>lnred <»gt scfisd in Manchtt-; ter MLunfnrd is an entirely new sEh[)Ql erected in the city's West mr ruit sgarteweHs and Carver’s; i*w embody two former schools, Dunbar and tv additions in both. nra schools. Tgitr Defak Wind First Pri*<- m Mo§it Coolest GENEVA, Switzerland— (ANP ). —Ms MaStrwuda Doha:. 26 rmtei' student in Paris under a Jam Hays Whitney fellowship, - iar weak won one of two first prow m the annual international Tmreir contest here. oiw« Dobns. a soprano, won first perre for her smgmf of sn aria fvnrr Mneart'i ‘Abduction From tac Seraglic,” called *Ach, Icfc laease.” Born in Atlanta, Mias Dobbs be gan in the First Congrega - tmssL church and Spebmar. col Courtesy Lincoln Star MAYOR VICTOR ANDERSON The Lancaster county Food Fair and Better Home show will be held at the Lincoln Urban League October 16, 17 and 18, sponsored by The Home Makers Kitchen in stitute, Dr. Josef Stodemire, gen eral manager. Mayor Victor Anderson will be guest speaker Thursday evening at 10:00 p.m., October 18. 53rd Annual Library Assn. October 11-13 The Nebraska Library Associa tion will hold its fifty-third an nua? convention in Omaha at the i Paxton Hotel, October 11th tc 13th. The American Heritage theme which has keynoted the American Library Association work for the year will be de veloped at the state meeting. Featured on the first morning’s program are Mrs. Buth EJostwiek, Director of Children’s Work of the' St. Louis Public Library, who will discuss “Trends in Children’s Reading,” and Professor William Utely, Head of the Government Department of the University,1 who will address the luncheon honoring Trustees and Friends of the Library with the topic “Who’s* Calling the Shots?” The after noon session will feature a mend ing workshop conducted by Mrs. Dottie Whitman of Denver. In the evening Miss Bernice Ander son, Omaha librarian recently re turned from abroad, will speak on Scandinavian libraries. Friday’s program will start with a business meeting in the mom ling at the conclusion of which Mix Alice Paine, Librarian of the; iNebraska State Teacher's College j at Kearney, will succeed Mr. Yale Kf Kessler, Librarian of Wayne State Teacher’s College as Presi dent of toe Association. In the afternoon Dr. Harry Burke, Su perintendent of Omaha Schools will speak on "Threats to Ameri can Education." In the evening there will be a banquet addressed by Mrs. Mildred Bennett of Bed Cloud, who is known for her re cently published “World of Willa Gather.” Saturday morning will be given over to meetings of the various sections of the Association. Out standing wjjl be the panel of high {school students at toe Children’s Librarians Section which will dis cuss “Bocks toe Teen-agers Like.” lege. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley Dobbs of Atlanta. While visiting Geneva, she heard about toe competition and decided to enter. In Paris toe had been .studying with Pierre Beraac. Kent' ’co/ Association Votei "^l+dmit Negro Doctor -- -1 Mrs. Sampson, Dr. Ferebee Panel Leaders NEW YORK — (ANP) — Mrs ! Edith S. Sampson told 500 dele gates to the twoday session of “Women in the Defense Decade” held here recently that America can have both defense and eco nomic well being provided it is willing to utilize its manpower regardless of race, color, creed, or sex. Mrs. Sampson, former alternate delegate to the United Nations and chairman or the committee on In ternational Relations of the Na tional Council of Negro Women, and Dr. Dorothy B. Ferebee, act ing director, university health center, Howard university, were panel leaders at the conference sponsored by the American Coun cil on Education. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke on “Do We Measure Up” in the section on Citizenship De fense of Freedom, Mrs. Emily Taft Douglas, wife of Sen. Paul Doug las, chairman. Dr. Ferebee served as chairman of the section which discussed health and Welfare Building America’s Strength. Mrs. Sampson spoke on Pro duction for Defense and Peace. She told ^he delegates that pro fessional women have a job to do in interpreting the realities of pro duction for defense and peace. Among the numerous partici pants were: Dr. Benjamin Mays, president of! Morehouse college; Mrs. Walter G.j Daniel, wife of the president of Virginia State college; Prof. Lydia Rogers, Howard university; Mrs. Donald Jenkins, Southern univer sity, and Dr. Virginia Bybango, dean of women at Tennessee A&I State college. LOUISVILLE, Ky.—(ANP)—Negroes now are eligible for membership in the all-white Kentucky State Medical association. At the meeting of the association’s house of delegates, the white medics voted unanimously to change its by-lawa to make such action possible. The QSMA amended its con ft rites About Integration Lt. Dennis D. Nelson, author of ' a new book, The Integration of1 the Negro ir the U.S. Navy, a .first hand account of the Navy’s! [abolishing ol segregation for its Negro personnel. Lt- Nelson was among the first 12 Negroes com missioned as officers in the Navy I during World War II. He is a graduate of Fisk university, and {now is serving as a member of the USN Office of Information. Dr. Griffin Visits Philadelphia and N.Y.C. NEW YORK—(ANP)—Dr. J. H. Griffin, owner and surgeon of the Griffin hospital and clinic, Bain bridge, Ga., last-week visited in Philadelphia and New York. Dr. Griffin visited hospitals in Philadelphia and saw the World Series in New York. Senate Body to Hold Hearings On Beck as Recorder of Deeds WASHINGTON—(ANP)— The Senate District committee an nounced this week that it will soon schedule hearings on the ap pointment of Earl Wayne Beck of! Kansas City, by President Tru man to serve as recorder of deeds in the JHstrict of Columbia. The white house seems confi dent that Beck will be confirmed in spite of the fact that he was the storm center of one of the investigations held in Jackson, County, Mo. in 1940. A spokesman for the adminis tration claimed that Beck’s work with the Jackson Connty Home far Delinquent and Neglected Boys was clean and would stand as much investigation as anyone cares to give it The nomination of Beck, a long time friend and political backer of President Truman, was sent to the senate last Wednesday. He will succeed Dr. Marshal L. Shepard who resigned on Sept. 5, to campaign as a democratic can didate for a similar post in Phi adelphia. Although Beck is said to be ja capable person well qualified for thi« post his appointment came as surprise to Washington resi ■ dents who had hoped that the president would name somebody from the District to fill this po sition. Since the Recorder of.Deeds is traditionally the highest post ini the district to be given to a Ne gro, some of the residents felt that the president had insulted the people of that city by appointing a Kansas City politician, thus, im plying that no local resident is competent to fill the job. On the other hand, it was un derstood by politicians that Wash ington residents are disfranchised and the appointment of a local | citizen would have little influence in swingmg votes to the demo cratic party. Beck, a 60-year-old real estate broker, has been active for a number of years in the social wel fare and civic affairs in Kansas City. Beck’s friendship with the pres ident dates back to 1926 when Mr Truman was presiding judge of Jackson County, Mo., and he was superintendent of the county’s j Home for Negro Boys and Girls. This friendship has lasted through the years and Beck claims that he , put forth his best efforts for the Ire-election of the president dur ing the '948 campaign. stitution to: 1. Delete the word “white” from requirements for active members. 2. To charter a state-wide Ne gro medical society for physicians who are not members of any county medical society. The latter organization is deemed necessary to insure the admission of Negroes to the state body which is an affiliate of the American Medical Association. Iu Kentucky to become a mem ber of the state society, a physician must first belong to a county so ciety. Despite the change in the constitution, local county groups do not have to accept Negro mem bers If a Negro doctor finds it impos sible to gain membership in his county society, then he could join the special state-wide Negro group. Thus Negroes may become member, of the state association either through a county society or the special Negro group. According to Dr. Bruce Under , wood, secretary of the KSMA, the . first step in putting the house of delegates’ rules into action would “ be that of the KSMA council’s P chartering the state-wide society. a . The council Is the KSMA govern - I ing body between meetings. I This action probably will not be I taken until its next mt. ting about a month from now in early No vember. One factor not provided for in the delegates’ action was the question of social events, An un named office said this will be worked out “in a fair and equi table manner” by the council. Total membership of the KSMA is about 2,000. There are an esti mated 70 Negro doctors in the state of Kentucky. They belong to the Blue Grass State Medican Association, affiliated with the National Medical association. The rules change in Kentucky comes on the heels of an article in the current Journal of the Na tional Medican Association which jdeclares that “there are definite trends toward integration in medi cal matters. The Journal article cited as pro gressive steps, the disbanding of the National Association of Col ored Graduate Nurses, the abolish ing of the jimcrow office of Negro i health work in the Federal Secur ity administration, and the open I ing of k ore southern medical schools to Negroes. It also pointed out the election of a white physician as president elect of the John A. Andrew Clin ical society at Tuskegee. Newsman Named To Embassy Post In Pakistan KARACHI, Pakistan—(ANP)— Herbert Tate, formerly editor . publisher of the New Jersey Her |ald, was recently appointed cul tural officer in the U. S. embassy here. Tate, who arrived in this country about three montjis ago, ^as become very popular locally, especially with newspapermen. He tis living here with his wife, who •joined him recently.