Volume 2, Number 8.
DR. CARVER.
January 5 Date
Of First Carver
3-Cent Stamps
The George Washington Carver j
Commemorative 3-cent postage
stamp which will be issued on 1
Jan. 5, 1948 at Tuskegee Institute, j
according to an announcement by
Postmaster General Robert E.
Hannegan. The date is the fifth
anniversary of the death of Dr.
Carver and designated George
Washington Carver day in a Proc
lamation by President Truman.
According to the announcement,
the color will be purple. It will be
► slightly larger than the regular
^ postage stamps.
This is the second time in the
I history of the country that the
L portrait of a Negro has appeared
t on a United States postage stamp.
The first was the Booker T. Wash
| ington 10-cent stamp which, like-,
wise, had its first-day issue at
Tuskegee.
The initial printing of the Car
| ver stamp wdll be 60,000,000.
For the benefit of those who in
the past have sought a souvenir
or memento from the Carver
Foundation at Tuskegee Institute,
a specially prepared letter will be
I sent direct from the Carver Foun
i dation on the first day of issue.
^ The envelopes are beautifully en
r graved and bear the return ad
dress of “The George Washington
Carver Foundation, Tuskegee In
stitute, Ala., First Day of Issue.”
Enclosed will be a block of four
Carver Memorial Seals and a let
f ter of appreciation on Carver
Foundation letterhead signed by
India, whose record goes back into the
dim era at the dawn of history, is one of
the world’s newrest independent nations.
Created from the predominantly Hindu
parts of what was British India, the new
country shares the Indian “subcontinent”
•- with largely Moslem Pakistan, also cre
9 ated from British India. One of the most densely peopled countries
in the world, India's 300,000,000 inhabitants live in some 1,200,000
square miles. Agriculture is the principal induffry, although manu-:
facturing is making important gains. Her permanent representative
at United Nations Headquarters is Dr. P. F. Filial. India's flag has
saffron, white and green horizontal stripes with a 24-spoke wheel.
SO LITTLE MEANT SO MUCH
When our pilgrim fathers wrested a meagre living from their rock-strewn
soil, they didn’t wail about their hardships, rant against their neighbors!
They shared what they had...and were grateful for life’s simplest awards:
food, clothing, shelter. Now that our lives have become so greatly enriched,
materially, we must take care lest we lose the greatest gift of all...
appreciation.
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Churches of Lincoln
Texas Defends Bias in Schools
AUSTIN, Tex.—The Sweatt case was reduced to one of “State’s
rights” in Attorney General Price Daniel’s answer to Heman Marion
Sweatt’s appeal to the Third Court of Civil Appeals to force his
admission to University of Texas Law School.
“The sole question remaining m
the case is the State’s power under
its own constitution, duly adopted
by the people of Texas, to provide
separate publicly supported col
leges and universities for its Ne
gro and white students,” Daniel
asserted.
Though it was Daniel who posed
the query that revealed the Sweatt
Dr. Russell W. Brown, director.
The price of each letter, complete
ly serviced is $1.00. A plate block
i for stamp collectors is $1.25. Pro
ceeds go to the Carver Foundation.
! (ANP).
case as an all-out attack on segre
gation, the Attorney General de
clined to file answer to testimony
given at the last trial by Drs.
Charles Thompson and Robert
Redfield and Dean Harrison of
Pennsylvaniar and other authori
ties.
He said this is not a class suit
to review the history of Negro
education. However, he frequently
quoted Ambrose Caliver in vying
with Dr. Thompson at the last
trial, and was tied up by the
Howard educator.
Establishment of Texas State
University for Negroes and the
three-student interim-law school
in Austin fulfilled requirements of
equal educational facilities in Tex
as, joked Daniel.
The Sweatt case is set for sub
mission and argument Jan. 14.
Life Magazine
Carries Story
Of Methodists
CHICAGO.—The current issue
of Life magazine carries a dozen
pages of the picture story of the
Methodist Church. The story is
the result of months of research
and study by the religious editor
of the magazine and his associates,
in collaboration with the leaders
of the various boards and agencies
of the denomination.
Two thousand photographs and
volumes of historical and statis
tical data were furnished from
Methodist headquarters here to
make possible the essay. Life has
5,398,000 subscribers and an esti
mated 22 million readers.
Pittsburgh Courier.
First I must send a ship to sea,
If I would have it return to me.
Rev. Moody ,
To Alabama
Conference
Rev. Robert L. Moody, pastor of
Northside Church of God at 23 and
T, in company with little James
Stephen, left Tuesday, November
25, to attend the Alabama State
Youth and Church School Con
vention to be held at Fairfield, a
suburb of Birmingham, November
27 through the 30th.
Rev. Mr. Moody is recognized as
a great leader in Christian Educa
tion and in the Christian ministry
of youth.
His outstanding ability is dem
onstrated in his evangelistic lead
ership. Under his ministry many
people have accepted Christ.
Rev. Mr. Moody will be guest
speaker each evening during the
convention and will conduct two
classes in Christian education. The
theme of the convention is “Youth
Seeks a Master.”
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by your patronage.
Thursday, November 27, 1947
Turban Helps
Pastor ‘Pass’
In Alabama
JAMAICA, N, Y.—The turban
—No, 1 headgear item in Far
Eastern countries—proved its po
tency here in the United States
. . . and in Mobile, la., it be
came the big gun in a one-man
blitz on jim crow, staged by the
Rev. Jesse W. Routte, pastor of
a Lutheran church here. The
Rev. Mr. Routte is a Negro.
Humiliated and insulted on a
visit to Mobile four years ago,
the Rev. Mr. Routte decided to
try an experiment on southern
racial bias and went south sev
veral days ago bedecked in a
turban which he rented from a
New York costumer. “It worked
like magic,” he said.
His turbaned entry to the Ala
bama city brought him a recep
tion similar to that accorded visit
ing dignitaries, he told members
of his congregation here Sunday.
Prominent white leaders in civic,
political and social circles wel
comed him with courtesy. Not one
of them even asked him if he were
a Negro, he said.
The headwaiter in a leading
white restaurant was asked by
the minister what would happen
if a Negro came there to be
served. “No Negro would dare
come in here to eat,” the waiter
told him. The Rev Mr. Routte
was satisfied with the results of
his startling experiment.
There was silence in Mobile.
Singfest Series
At St. Paul Church
Sponsored by the Lincoln Minis
terial association and Women’s
Division of the Chamber of Com
merce, the Christmas series of
community singfests will be held
at St. Paul Methodist church at 8
o’clock each Sunday evening from
November 23 through December
28. Offerings from the sings will
be added to the electric organ fund
for Pinewood Memorial bowl.
Rev. John Brooks of Warren
Methodist church will deliver the
meditation for the sing next Sun
day evening, and Rev. Russell By
thewood of Tabernacle Christian
church will preside. Robert An
derson, University of Nebraska
vocalist, and Miss Geraldyne Kel
ley, Nebraska Wesleyan violinist,
will be guest musicians. Dorothy
Schneider and Ray Young will
play their accompaniments.
Charles Putney will lead the sing
festers in familiar cords and
hymns of the yuletide season, ac- .
companied by Paul LeBar, organ
ist.
An interesting innovation this
series will be ushering by official
usher groups from Lincoln
churches.
Joint committee from the Worn- _
en’s Division and Ministerial asso
ciation which plans the sings in
cludes Norma Carpenter, chair
man, Dr. Gerald Kennedy, Rev.
Thomas A. Barton, Rev. Virgil
Anderson, Mrs. Thomas A. Barton,
Floyd Campbell, Clara Aronson,
Mrs. Betty Sheaff, Mrs. Doris
Pierce, Mrs. Hazel Smith, Fan
Casford and Mrs. Margaret Gra
bill.
Miss Norihan in Recital
Wednesday, November 12, the
University of Nebraska, School of
Fine Arts presented ^eir senior
recital in the Temple Theater at
4 o’clock. One person appearing on
tne program was Miss Ruth Nor