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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
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Rubie W. Shakespeare___Advertising and Business Manager
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Entered as Second Class Matter, June 9, 1947 at the Post Office at Lincoln,
Nebraska under the Act of March 3, 1879.
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The advertisements in this paper offer our readers the opportun
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for our readers to use better judgment in selecting the firms with
which they wish to do business and in selecting the products which
they wish to use.
There are other reasons for patronizing our advertisers. These
advertisers are progressive men and the welfare of the colored people
ol the world as well as all minority and handicapped groups depends
on progress. All such people have climbed to the station which they
now occupy through slow and sometimes painful progress. But al
ways this progress has been due to the efforts of far seeing men who
were progressive in their thinking and in their activities.
Patronize our advertisers because they are our friends. Among
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joy with our friends. (Our advertisers demonstrate their friendship
for the colored people of our community by advertising in this
newspaper.)
A philosopher once said, “The good is enemy to the better.” Be
cause the conditions under which all peoples of this world live today
are much better than they used to be is no reason to settle back, com
placently, and say, “ This is good enough.” If conditions do not con
tinue to improve then they will, no doubt, retrogress. Therefore it is
the duty of all of us to show at all times that we appreciate the
progress that has been made and that we are in full accord with all
programs designed to continue this progress.
Let us have the courage to stand up and say, “I believe in toler
ance, liberalism, progress, fellowship, and high social, ethical and
economic standards and I am opposed to intolerance, bigotry, and
f'.emagogery.” Let us choose our friends and business associates with
the thought in mind of furthering this program. Let us encourage
and join forces with those groups and those men who are working in
the same direction as we are for “in unison there is strength.”
Municipal Judge
Promoted in L.A.
LOS ANGELES. (ANP). Receiv
ing an honor unsurpassed by any
of the other Negro judges in the
United States, Judge Edwin L.
Jefferson was promoted last week
to a bench in superior court.
He was named for the seat by
State Supreme Justice Phillip Gib
| son. The increase in salary is from
$12,500 per year in municipal
court to $15,000 in superior.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thank all my many
triends for the wonderful cards
you sent me during my recent
illness.
MRS. DAISY HILL,
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Sports Scope
By Alvin B. White
1948 Olympic Hopefuls
NEW YORK. (ANP). Perhaps
the most amazing thing about the
tough competition for places on
the 1948, Olympic team, is the
performance of David Albritton,
high jumper.
Twelve years ago, Albritton was a
youngster at Ohio State university, where
he won national fame as a high jumper.
He won a spot on the 1936 Olympic team
which boasted the great Cornelius John
son as its champion jumper. But Dave
gave Corny a tougli road to travel every
time they met in competition.
Dave Albritton, “Ol’ Man River”
did 6 feet 7 V4 inches at a Wash
ington meet in January and is
getting tougher to beat in spite
of his advancing years. Louis
Irons, University of Illinois,
jumped 6 feet 4 inches; Garion
Campbell of Michigan State Nor
mal school also negotiated this
same leap.
In hurdling, Harrison Dillard of
Baldwin Wallace is in a class by
himself. He held every hurdle
record title on the books in 1946
and 1947 and is well on the way
to the same record for 1948. He
broke six hurdle records ranging
in distance from 45 yards through
220 yards during the 1947 sea
son.
“As usual, there will be plenty of tough
competition iit the short distances—Bar
ney Ewell. Billy Mathis, Thomas Carey.
Lloyd La Beach. Herb McKenley, Edward
Conwell, all 100-meter aces. And McKen
Bunche Confers
With Austin at
Lake Success, N. Y.
Warren R. Austin, who figured
i in the momentous switch by the
: United States in the partition
plan, was in close conference with
Dr. Ralph Bunche, director of
U.N. Trusteeship division and
principal secretary to the Pal
estine commission. The United
States has recommended a U.N.
trusteeship for Palestine which it
is believed by authorities will be
even harder to enforce than the
partition plan.
ley, Ewell, Carey. LaBrach can negotiate
the 200-meter distance in fast time too.”
Herb McKenley, Reginald Pear
man and Roscoe Brown, formerly
of Lincoln university, Pennsyl
vania, are the 400 meter men.
Brown is a Phi Beta Kappa man
who speaks eight different lan
guages and runs just as well in
each! He has negotiated the dis
tance in 48.5.
Charles Fonville, University of
Michigan, continues to amaze the
sports world tossing the 16-pound
shot. Six consecutive times, he
has thrown the weight over 56
feet. Jack Torrance’s outdoor rec
I ord of 57 feet 1 inch is seriously
threatened* by this newcomer
whose place on the Olympic squad
is almost assured.
POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
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HE
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VOTE FOR
JOHN
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First Place Endorsement by
Republican Pre-Primary Convention ■
for
Railway Commission
PRIMARY ELECTION APRIL 13TH
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JOHN KNICKREHM.
Chairman of the Nebraska State
Railway Commission, who is serv
ing his first term and who is a
candidate for re-election to the
commission in the Republican Pri
maries, April 13, 1948, received
first place endorsement by the
Republican Pre-Primary Conven
tion. He is a native son of Ne
braska and was born at Grand
; Island, Nebraska, January 18,
: 1890. He is married and has
| three children, and all have 4
j graduated from the University of
Nebraska.
The Kniekrehms are members
of the St. Paul’s English Lutheran
Church in Grand Island.
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