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Enter eclair Second Class Matter. June
9 1947 at the Post Olfice at Lincoln.
Nebraska under the Act of March 3.
1879. __
Truman Speaks of
‘Human Rights’’
WASHINGTON. (ANP). In his
“State of the Union” message to
a joint session of the house and
senate Wednesday, President Tru
man urged that vast legislative
body to concentrate its attention
upon the things which bind us
together in this country and for
“comon aspirations for the fu
ture welfare and security of the
people in the United States.”
His first plea was for a greater
consideration of human rights. He
urged the nation to regard the
four freedoms, and emphasized
the necessity of every citizen to
have the right to vote. He spoke
out against discrimination, and
favored equal protection under
the law for all citizens.
He pointed out the need for
equal educational opportunities,
for job security and for the eco
nomic advancement of all citizens.
An adequate national health pro
gram was recommended by the
chief executive, a more beneficial
social security program, more
adequate housing, extension of
rent control, and a successful
veterans’ program. Proper use of
our national resources and a
workable farm program^ were also
suggested.
In elaborating on his domestic
policy the President said, “Relig- j
ious freedom, free speech and
freedom of thought are cherished
realities in our land. Any denial
of human rights is a denial of
the basic beliefs of democracy
ar^d our regard for the worth of
every individual.
“Today, however, some of our
citizens are still denied equal op
portunity for education, for jobs
and economic advancement, and
for the expression of their views at
the polls. Most serious of all,
some are denied equal protection
under our laws. Whether dis
crimination is based on race, or
creed, or 'color, or land of origin,
it is utterly contrary to Ameri
can ideals of democracy.”
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Dear Editor:
I must say that I am sorry that
the Moldens are not included in
the contest. They would certain
ly be my choice for the couple
of the year. They seem so at
piece and contented with each
other at all times. They seem
always in harmony and in ac
cord with wishes and desires.
I am sending in my vote for
another couple whom I admire
very much but I simply thought
these two young people were so
outstanding that they do deserve
to be mentioned,
J. M. Jackson
Lest We Forget
By Basilia Bell.
Do you remember those days
long ago when you were a care
free child running and playing
with not a care, not a worry?
You took no thought of what
tomorrow would bring. Just happy
and free?
Remember when you broke your
toy and you had confidence that
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either mother or dad could fix
it or buy another if it were be
yond repair? Those were the sweet
days. Remember the day you stuck
a nail in your foot, and another I
time when you were tryijig to use
the hammer and nails as the older
ones did, you smashed your
finger? Oh, yes, mother could fix
Jhat too
Remember how, while playing
in the mud or making pies or
walking in the mud and the sticky
mud ozzing up between your toes.
Oh that was fun. Then in the
evening around the old heater or
fire place was the story hour.
Mother had time then to sit down
with you and read or tell you a
story. The whole family gathered
around and sometimes a story
of mother’s experience was told.
How you marveled at the things
she had to do .the conditions un
der which she had to live. Then
sometime a game or two was en
joyed by all. This is the time when
the idea of fair play was taught.
There was no cheating, no fool
ing, all pure clean fun; everyone
rejoicing with the winner as well
as^with rejoicing when you lost.
Then at the curfew hour the beds
were turned down and each little
prayer was heard. Each asking
in his own simple way for the
things his own little heart desired
most. And so often ending with
“God keep me through the night.”
God Bless mama, daddy, brothers
and sisters and everybody.
Have you gone so far from that
bed side prayer that you don’t
ask any more or do you ask half
hearted, believing that maybe you
will receive?
When conditions around you are
all wrong and you have tried
with all your might to set them
right why not remember how He
heard so many nights and kept
you. Today too much is taken for
granted you are being kept yet
by His hand and you fail to see
or realize or to thank him. The
rain falls on the just as well as
the unjust but there will be a day
when the sun won’t shine on your
side of the fence. The rain will
fall on your neighbor and pass you
by. So let’s go back to the old
land mark where we learned to
trust and pary the simple way of
“Lord Keep me.” or Lord Help
me.” Not my brother or my neigh
bor but Lord save me. deliver
me.” Let’s go back to believing
that God does hear and answer
the prayer of the righteous For
he said, “If my people who are
called by my name will humble
themselves, Pray, turn from their
wicked %ays then will I hear from
heaven. Then the load will be
lifted all things will be righted
and you can be like that little
child happy, free and go along
your way singing with joy in
your hea/t.
300 Hear Dorie Miller's
Mother at Memorial
PHILADELPHIA. (ANP). Near
ly 300 persons filed into Turner
hall Sunday to observe Dorie Mil
ler services, which were sponsored
by Colonial Knights club.
Mrs. Henrietta Miller, mother of
the dead hero who as a mess at
tendant third lcass aboard the
Battleship Arizona at the time of
the infamous sneak attack at Pearl
Harbor, downed four Japanese
planes, journeyed from he Waco,
Tex., home and appeared as the
guest speaker.
The Sports Front
By
Howard
“Smoky**
Moiden
GIL DOBY, member of the
Cleveland baseball club of the
American league, is now a mem
ber of the all-white (savo for
him) Paterson Basketball club of
the ABL (American Basketball
league) . . . Signed to a Harlem
club at a time when its members
felt the Doby name would pack
in hundreds of court-loving fans
from the brown belt area of New
York, the Jersey money bags
have snatched Doby like a brand
from the burning from the ranks
of the underpaid, to become a
high-priced courteer'in so-called
fast company.
* * *
KID GAVILAN, sturdy Cuban
welterweight contender for Ray
Robinson’s crown, signed to meet
tough GENE BURTON, New York
entrant in the 147-pound sweep
stacks, for a 10-round contest that
will be held on Jan. 12 at the
St. Nicholas aren^ . . . Burton,
unbeaten thruout 1947, was good
enough to whip poker-faced IKE
WILLIAMS, world’s lightweight
monarch, in a non-title affair and
soundly thrashed highly touted
BERNIE DOCUSEN, Louisiana
boxing-cutey.
* * *
LLOYD MARSHALL was
stricken with virus-pneumonia
forcing him to again cancel his
Jan. 9 date with the brownskin
southpaw toughie, BERT LYTELL.
also from the coast, in what Was
to have been the Madison Square
Garden semi-windup attraction to
Olle Tandberg and Joe Maxim.
* * *
Joe Louis, tells newsman: “My
arm has been feeling pins and
needles since the Jersey Walcott
fight. Could it be neuritis?”
The Returns
Of the Contest
Be sure and send in your votes
or your candidates.
Best Dressed Woman
Mrs. Mary Green
Mrs. Agnese Adams
Mrs. B. McDaniels
Best Dressed Man
Mr. Eddie Keys
Mr. Herschel Burden
Mr. Gilbert Hubbard, jr.
Couple of the Year
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Peterson
Rev. and Mrs. Trago McWilliams
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Lewis
All American Boy
Richard Holcomb
Albert Bowen
Billy Rutherford
Miss “Voice” of 1947
Joyce Williams „
Betty Wilson
Jeanno Malone
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Dark Merit
By Kathryne Favors
Dear Readers:
Often I like to deviate from
the regular chronological order
of Negro history to bring you
other information which I find
from time to time.
Following is a quotation from
Booker T. Washington’s book,
“The Story of the Negro:”
*When the average European
or American white man thinks or
writes of the Negroes ho considers
them as one race and attributes
to them certain traits which are
supposed to be equally common
to all groups and to all localities.
This is a mistaken view and may
be likened to an attempt to class
all of J^he Aryan peoples as \a
homogeneous race, having com
mon features and traits. In fact
the Negroes of the world, just as
the Aryans, are scattered over a
great area, live in different en
vironments and have varied and
opposite mental and physical pe
culiarities. Indeed, the Negro
races of the world differ from
each other even more widely than
the different branches of the
Aryan stock. In Africa, for ex
ample, the Negroes are distributed
over the territory of much great
extent and of greater physical di
versity than is true of the Aryan
races of Europe. They also differ
more than Aryan races in general
appearance, in stature, physiog
nomy, and mental and moral con
stitution. Hence, to speak of all
Negroes in Africa as one race,
having common characteristics, is
as misleading and is an unscien
tific as if we should consider all
Europeans and Americans as of
one race, and attribute to all of
them the same traits.”
Following is a list of a few of
the materials which the white
man gave to some of the black
men of Africa for African slaves:
French brandy Men’s shirts
or rum Dutch knives
Iron bars Coarse laces
Brass kettles Crystal beads
Earthen cans Olive oil
Glass buttons Red cotton
Brass rings or Narrow bands
bracelets of silk
Gunpowder Axes
Old sheets Chintz
Red caps
I have believed the best of every
man,
And find that to believe it is
enough.
To make a bad man show him at
his best,
Or even a good (man swing his
lantern higher.
William Butler Yeats
“Be Kind to Your
Clothes”
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| Holiday Newscasts
By Mrs. A. L. Terrell.
Ennis, Texas
The Senior Choir of St. Paul
Baptist Church presented a Christ
mas Pageant entitled “The Child
of Prophecy” on December 21 at
8 p. m. All attendents enjoyed it
very much.
* * *
There were many out-of-town
visitors who enjoyed the holidays,
with relatives and friends .in
Ennis. Among them were Mrs.
Arquilla Nellum, of Ardmore,
Oklahoma, who visited her
mother, Mrs. Nancy Lister. Mr.
Isiah Hopkins, of Los Angeles
California was also the guest of
Mrs. Lister.
Mrs. Ruby Taylor of Conroe,
Texas was house guest of Mr.
and Mrs. jClaudie Terrell.
The following persons were
dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Andrew Jackson on Saturday
December 21: Mistresses Willoby
and Taylor of Dallas, Mrs. Ruby
Taylor of Conroe, Texas, Mrs.
Mary Walker and daughter, Miss
Arletha Walker who is a student
of Prairie View College, Hemp
stead, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson
Sr. w’ere dinner guests on the
following otfassions; Christmas
Day, hostess, Mistresses Willoby
and Taylor of Dallas; New Year’s
Day by Mr. and *Mrs. Andrew
Jackson Jr. Mrs. Katie Hiickaby
and Mrs. Postell spent a few days
in Houston but was called home
suddenly due to the illness of
their uncle.
* =* * l
Mrs. Nannie Aikens and daugh
ter spent the holidays with Mrs.
Aikens niece, Mrs. Beatrice Cole
man, of Houston, Texas.
George H. Wentz
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