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NAACP Leaders Predict
November Voting Results
Negroes Votes May
Be Decisive Factors
NASHVILLE. (ANP). A pre
diction that 4,000,000 Negroes
will vote in the 1948 presidential
election was made during the
closing sessions of the Race Re
lations institute at Fisk last
week by Henry Lee Moon, direc
tor of public relations for the
NAACP.
This total, Moon said, would be
four times the number of colored
voters in the 1944 elections. The
voting of 1,000,000 Negroes may
spell the “emancipation of the
white southern voter and the end
of the one party system,” he said.
. “Increased voting by both Ne
groes and poor whites will in the
long run result in the election
of legislators more responsive to
the needs of the southern masses
of both races.”
Moon did not predict a Negro
“bloc” of votes, but felt that col
ored votes would be equally di
vided among the Republican,
Democratic and Third parties.
Colored votes can be the decisive
factors in the election of several
senators and at least 75 repre
sentatives in 17 non-southern
states, he added.
This year's Institute is the fifth an
nual meeting to be held at Fisk. It is
sponsored by the. American Missionary
I association. Students from all over the
nation attended the meeting, and more
than 40 lecturers and consultants served
on the faculty during the three week
meeting.
24tli Infantry
In Anniversary
TOKYO. (ANP). The famed
Twenty-fourth Infantry, which
was transferred to Japan from
Okinawa last year, celebrated the
fiftieth anniversary of the bat
tle of San Juan Hill here Thurs
day, July 1. Highlight of the
celebration was the singing of a
commemorative song set to words
written by Delos Avery, Chicago
Tribune columnist, entitled “San
Juan Hill.”
Organized in 1869, the regiment
saw hard combat in the Spanish
American War and participated in
the San Juan Hill victory. It went
overseas in April, 1942, to serve
in the Solomons, Marianas, at
Bougainville and Okinawa.
Samuel Neal Dies
In Local Hospital
Samuel Neal, 53, died Friday
after an illness of three yearsxHe
had been a resident of Lincoln
for more than 35 years.
Surviving beside his wife,
Carrene, 1918 T are a daughter,
Mrs. Bobette Rife, Lincoln and
a sister, Mrs. Harris of Topeka,
Kas. Funeral was held Wednes
day at Browns, Rev. R. L.
Moody, officiating.
Jerry Laws, Broadway’s
First Negro Stage
Manager, Has An Heir
NEW YORK.—Jerry Laws of
“Finian’s Rainbow,” considered
the first Negro stage manager on
Broadway for a major show, is
a proud father. His wife pre
sented him with an 8-pound son.
The singer-actor has starred in a
number of musical hits and trav
eled extensively with “Porgyand
Bess.” __
Announcement
A Fish Fry will be given by the
Brotherhood of Mt. Zion Baptist
Church at the home Mr. James
Stewart, 1939 S Street, August 28
at 7:30 p*. m.
Baseball Game
Honor Bethune
WASHINGTON. (ANP). Hon
oring Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune,
founder-president of the National
Council of Negro women on her
birthday, the Homestead Grays
of Washington and the Clowns of
Indiana, will play a benefit base
ball game Wednesday, July 14, at
Griffith stadium.
For the past several years, the
Homestead Grays have observed
the birthday of Mrs. Bethune
with a baseball game in her
honor, the proceeds of which go
to NCNW for use in the promo
tion of its national and interna
tional program.
Lest We Forget
I.est we forget those who are III.
Mrs. Ollie Brewer, 319V4 So. 11th.
Mrs. Marcella Whitebear, University hos
pital, Omaha.
Mrs. Irene Mosley, St. Elizabeth hospital.
Lawrence Dean, 1018 Rose.
Wendell Curtis, 229 V6 No. 9th.
Identical Interests Seen
In Three Generations
Rev. T. T. McWilliams, sr., center, Rev. T. O. Me
Williams, jr., and Kiel]
The Annual Western Diocese
convention of the Church of
Christ (Holiness) U. S. A. con
vened at Bethel Cathedral,
Church of Christ (Holiness), 1302
East Adams Blvd., Los Angeles,
Calif., July 26-August 1, 1948.
Bishop Wm. A. Washington, D. D.,
host pastor and the Presiding
Bishop of the Western Diocese.
The Presiding Bishop commis
sioned the following: Rev. T. T.
McWilliams, Sr., center, Rev. T.
O. McWilliams, Jr., left, and
Richard McWilliams, right.
Rev. T. T. McWilliams was re
appointed District Chairman of
the Midwest District of the West
ern Diocese comprising the fol
lowing states: Nebraska, Kansas,
Colorado and Iowa. Rev. McWil
liams is making Lincoln his
headquarters, and he he works in
the Advertising Department of
“The Voice.”
Rev. T. O. McWilliams, jr.
was re-appointed pastor of the
Christ Temple Church at Lincoln
Baptists9 Youth
Canteen to Open
Friday9 August 20
Everyone, young and old is in
vited to the Grand Opening of
the Mt. Zion Canteen, Friday,
August 20 from 8:00 to 10:45
p. m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church
on 12th and F Streets.
The purpose of the canteen is
to give high school age youth,
university age youth and young
married couples a chance to en
joy wholesome recreation in the
church. The canteen will be held
every Friday night. The director,
Mrs. Zeola Hammond plans to
have talent nights, roller skating
sessions, games group singing,
and other interesting programs.
On the agenda for Friday night
will be group singing, group
games and individual games such
as ping pong and Chinese check
ers.
Plans are under way for “Fun
Nights” for adults who are inter
ested in good recreation.
For the Grand opening, there
will be free soft drinks and other
snacks will be sold.
aril McWilliams, right.
and the corresponding Secretary
of the Midwest District of the
Western Diocese.
Richard McWilliams was ap
pointed District President of the
Sunday school and H. Y. P. U. of
the Midwest District.
Mrs. Margie Norris, Mrs.
Georgia King and Mrs. Zora
Adams received appointments as
District Missionaries of the C. W.
W. W. of the Midwestern Dis
trict.
The 52nd annual session of the
National Convention of the
Church of Christ (Holiness) will
convene in Washington, D. C.,
August 15-22, 1948. Bishop Wm.
A. Washington is the President
of the National Convention of the
Church of Christ (Holiness).
Bishop Washington will deliver
the opening sermon Sunday, Au
gust 15th at 3 P. M. Bishop W.
E. Holman, Presiding Bishop of
the Northeastern Diocese, is host
t,
bishop.
Delegates Sail to Europe
For World Council Meet
Aim of Conference to Unite
Christian People of the WOrld
Teachers Want
One Standard
For All Schools
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo.
(ANP). American schools should
offer equal educational opportun
ity to all children, John M. Ek
lund, newly elected president of
the American Federation of
Teachers, said after the annual
conference of this group last week.
The Denver teacher at Oppor
tunity school said there should be
no double or triple standard for
schooling. He also felt that the
GI bill of rights benefits should
be given to youths drafted in the
current army.
Eklund said:
“The equalization of educa
tional opportunity throughout the
nation by adequate state legisla
tion supplemented by federal aid
must demonstrate to the child at
the country crossroads, in the in
dustrial areas and in the villages
that a democratic nation holds for
him all that his neighbor gets.
“We can never defend double
or trii lc standard in school serv
ices.”
He continued, “If we are to
t2ach democracy with full under
standing, we must practice it in
every area of living.”
PoliceSergeant
GetsLawSchool
Professorship
New York Herald Tribune
Frederick J. Ludwig, thirty, of
1575 Unionport Road, the Bronx,
a police sergeant who worked his
way through Columbia Law School
while serving as a patrolman, has
been appointed a professor at the
University of Nebraska college of
law, it was announced yesterday
at the district attorney’s office.
Sergeant Ludwig, said to be the
first member of Phi Beta Kappa
to join the police force, entered
Columbia in 1943 while working
-as a patrolman from mid-night to
8 a. m. Although he reportedly
averaged three hours of sleep
daily during the next two years,
he was graduated with honors in
1945 as co-winner of the Robert
Noxon Toppan Prize in consti
tutional law.
Receives Scholarship to
Princeton University
Miss Jane Molden has been
awarded a scholarship to Prince
ton University where she will do
work on her Masters degree in so
cial work. Miss Molden was grad
uated from Weeping Water High
school in 1944 and received her
A.B. degree from Schauffer Col
lege in Cleveland, Ohio. She is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Molden of Weeping Wa
ter and a sister to Howard Mol
den of this city.
Miss Molden spent Sunday as
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Molden.
Vaughn Relatives Burn
The explosion of a gasoline iron
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Williams, Nicodemus, Kansas, last
Friday, resulted in the severe
burning of Mrs. Williams, a son
16, and two daughter^ 14 and 17—
the older girl fatally. Mrs. Wil
liams is a sister of Norval
Vaughn, 1985 “S” street.
NEW YUulV. tAINt'J. A group
of seven delegates of the AME
Zion church sailed from New
York Aug. 14 aboard the Queen
Mary to attend the first assembly
of the World Council of Churches
in Amsterdam, Holland.
Members of this group for the
conference to be held Aug. 22
Sept. 4 were chosen by the AME
Zion board of bishops in session
at Newburgh, N. Y.
Representing this denomination
are Bishop B. G. Shaw, Birming
ham; Bishop W. J. Wells, Chi
cago; Dr. George F. Hall, Char
lotte, N. C.. financial secretary;
Dr. D. P. Thomas, Chicago, pas
tor, Greater Walters church; Mrs.
Abbie Clement Jackson, Louis
ville, executive secretary, Wom
an’s Home and Foreign Mission
ary society; the Rev. J. Clinton
Hoggard, Younkers, and James
W. Eichelberger, secretary of
Christian education.
More than 500 Americans from
33 denominations will attend the
religious conference which will
include 40 nations and 150 de
nominations. At this conference
will be 450 official delegates, 450
alternates and 450 accredited
visitors from all over the world.
The aim of the conference will
be to unite the Christian peoples
of the world so that they can
work on a common front to solve
the world’s problems.
The Colored Methodist Episco
pal, Bishop J. A. Hamlett, second
district, and his wife, Mrs. Lena
A. Hamlett; Dr. B. Julian Smith,
secretary, board of religious edu
cation, Chicago; Dr. E. P. Murchi
son, editor, Christian Index,
Jackson, Tenn., and Mrs. R. T.
Hollis, president, Women’s Con
nectional council.
Negro Baptists, Dr. J. H. Jack
son, Dr. William H. Jernagin, Dr.
Benjamin E. Mays, president,
Morehouse college; Dr. Calvin K.
Stalnaker, Dr. J. M. Bracy, Dr. R.
W. Coleman and Dr. W. W. O.
Lewis.
Methodist, Bishop . Alexander
P. Shaw.
African Methodist Episcopal,
Bishop and Mrs. D. Ward Nichols
and their daughters, Miss War
dine Nichols and Miss Susan
Nichols; Bishop William A. Foun
tain, Bishop Frank Madison Reid,
Bishop and Mrs. John A. Gregg,
Mrs. Anne E. Heath and Mrs,
Alma A. Polk.
Philander Smith Gives
60 B.A., 5 B.S. Degrees
LITTLE ROCK. (ANP). Sixty
five graduates of Philander Smith
college won degrees of bachelor
of arts and bachelor of science
during commencement exercises
held on the campus last week.
Bachelor of arts degrees went to
60, and bachelor of science to five.
Baccalaureate services were
conducted by Dr. Albert J. Gat
lin, Jonesboro district superin
tendent of the Methodist North
Arkansas conference, in Wesley
Chapel Methodist church. Fol
lowing the commencement pro
gram, an alumni meeting was
held.
This class was the largest grad
uated in the school's 18 year his
tory. The institution has an en
rollment of about 1,400.