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THE VOICE PUBLISHED WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people." Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2225 S Street Box 202.1 2-4085 If No Answer Call 5-7508 Ruble W. Shakespeare Advertising and Business Manager Dorothy Green Office Secretary Mrs. Joe Green Circulation Manager Member of the Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association Entered as Second Class Matter, June 9. 1947, at the Fost Office at Lincoln. Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 1879. 1 year subscription.$2.50 Single copy .10c Out of State 1 year Subscription $2.50 Single Copy 10c EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns are those of the writer and not necessprlly a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—Pub. Army Integration Has Long Way to Go By Claude A. Barnett CHICAGO — (ANP)—Althougl various recent reports given to th< press ^y such persons as Mrs Anna Rosenberg, an assistant sec retary of defense, say that inte gration of Negro and white troop; in the army have progressed s long way, there is much evidence to the contrary in various camp: in the United States. Last week while President Harry S. Truman was reporting tc 25,000 Negroes in front of the of ’ fices of ANP that he sees army jimcrow fading away, ANP re ceived in its hands evidence of gross discrimination against Negro soldiers in Fort Sill, Okla. It appears that outside the United States, overseas commands are beginning slowly to carry out the President’s orders in regard to equal opportunity for all men in the armed forces. Within the United States, how ever, it seems that much needs to be done before the army can begin to brag about integration here. Individual Negro newspapers have criticized the administra tions of various camps within continental U.S.A., and so have soldiers. The GI’s who suffer from this bias, however, dare not com plain too openly. According to re 1 ports from Fort Sill, here is a - basic list of nine evils making life miserable for Negro soldiers sta tioned there: ; SCHOOLS—Schools are run on i new modern school, but only white ! childi-en may attend. White chil ’ dren ride to school in army buses provided by the post driven by jmen on the government payroll. I Colored youngsters have to go. to jschool in Lawton, Okla. in a 1948 Dodge bus furnished by the state of Oklahoma and driven by a boy, 19 years old. NCO CLUBS—The post has two clubs for non-commissioned offi cers, but No. 1 is for white NCO’s and Nd. 2 for Negroes. White oc casionally visit No. 2, but Negroes cannot become members of No. 1. 1 INTEGRATION OF UNITS— jThere is very little integration at I Fort Sill. There is some token in tegration of Negro enlisted men in lower grades in certain stand ard units, but that is all. The atti tude here appears to be that (ac cording to a statement accredited to a high ranking white officer) Negroes cannot compare to white soldiers and there really seemed (Continued on Page 3, Col. 2) Christmas Cotillion to Honor Mrs. Roosevelt to Be in Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA (ANP)— Mrs.; Franklin D. Roosevelt, often called the world’s “First Lady,” will be' presented the Diamond Cross of Malta, by the Philadelphia Cotil lion Society at its fourth annual Cotillion, according to Eugene Wayman Jones, executive director. Cotillion officials are planning for 10,000 people at the affair Dec. 30, to be held at Convention Hall. The Cotillion also will include the fantasy, “The Golden Flame,” and formal presentation of over 100 young people. Famed band leader Count Basie and his orchestra will furnish mu sic. Two other dance bands and a symphony orchestra are planned to accompany the spectacle. The Philadelphia Cotillion So ciety, a non-profit cultural organi zation, this year plans to found and maintain a Heritage **House. This Heritage House will symbol ize the strength and greatness of the Negro through the ages, and will be open to all who visit Philadelphia. The various sections of the planned Heritage House will include murals, and, other works of art, including literature to show the advancement of the Negro. Among the charities of the non profit Cotillion Society are the NAACP, Fellowship House, music and ballet scholarships, as well as other cultural and civic organiza tions. SMITH Pharmacy 2146 Vine Prescriptions — Drugs Fountain — Sundries Phone 2-1958 b VANES C. OLSON, Superintends • TATI ■lATOaiCAl BOC1BTV An exhibit that attacts a great | deal of attention in the State Historical Society’s museum in the capitol — particularly at this time of year — is that showing the Lillie corn husker, an improve-! ment upon the husking peg, in— ^ vented in 1890 by W. F. Lillie ofi Rockford, Neb. As agriculture moved out to the prairies of the Middle West, and large fields of corn replaced the small patches grown by farmers in the eastern states, the problem of adapting harvest methods to the needs of quantity production became a pressing one. On old eastern farms, with from three to five acres devoted to corn pro duction, the corn was Cut and shocked in advance of frost and later husked and thrown on the floor in the corn crib. In Nebraska from an early date most of the corn was husked in the field after it had matured. To the pioneer farmer, husking corn with cracked, bleeding hands was an unpleasant and seemingly never-ending task in the late fall and winter months. Nebraska farmers quickly adopted such de vices as were made available to help ease that task. The first invention used to help lighten the burden of husking corn was the husking peg, a smalt, round piece of hard wood sharp ened at one end, some six inches in length, held in the hallow of the right hand, and kept in place by a loop of buckskin or other soft leather. The sharpened end of the peg was thrust into the husks at the tip end of the ear, enabling the operator to husk the ear quickly and efficiently. W.’ F. Lillie invented his husker as a means of helping out his father-in-law who had ldst his right thumb at the second joint and could no longer husk corn. Mr. Lillie cut a peg out of an old scoop and his father-in-law found that with its use he could husk corn as well as ever. Lillie real ized the value of the device and experimented with a variety of hooks, of different shapes and sizes, all cut from old shovels. He patented his device in 1893. Mr. Lillie was a man of very limited means. He found it dif ficult, therefore, to develop and Every Item in Our Entire EAST WINDOW OFF CHEAPPER DRUG STORE 1325 “O'* St Where Your Furniture Dollar Buys More 1532 O Street SHURTLEFF'S | Your Friendly Furniture Store Negro Knoxville Schools Cop All Honors in Fire Prevention Contest By Dr. O. B. Taylor KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—(ANP)— Negro school took top honors in all three categories of the 19521 fire prevention contest, sponsored ■ by the Junior Chamebr of Com merce, collaborating with the bu-' reau of fire prevention, on a city wide basis. . ^ The schools, which received bronze plaques, are: Cansler elementary, Mrs. Edna Murdock-Le Flore, principal; Beardsley junior high, Monroe Senter, principal, and Austin sen ior high, O. T. Hogue, principal. J. W. Carroll, chief of the casu alty division of the JCC, pre sented the plaques to the schools. H. N. Witt, chief of the city bu reau of fire prevention, said dur ing ceremonies at Cansler school, “I am proud that these boys and girls are learning so early in life how to prevent fire hazards.” merchandize his invention. He traveled widely through Nebraska, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa giving demonstrations. The device caught on, but Mr. Lillie lost control of it, and though his device — or modifications of it — sold well he did not reap much financial reward. Nevertheless, as late as 1921 a Nebraska hardware firm which had placed its first order for Lillie huskers in 1893 was reported to be still handling them and selling ten time as many as of husking pe^s. 100,000 Books All Kinds Reasonable E. H. Long, bokbuyer 1130 “N” Street r* , — ZZ1 Congratulations to The Voice 27th & 0 DRUG Harvey A. 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