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About The voice. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1946-195? | View Entire Issue (March 17, 1949)
V« *&**,,? • . . -I I_■ Promoting Is Louis' Idea Vacates Championship For Big Time Deal; Plan Walcott Charles Bout for Crown BY LIIIX OVERSEA CHICAGO. (ANP). The idea of entering the promo tional field was Joe Louis’ alone, it was revealed here by his attorney, Truman K. Gibson, Jr. As retired heavyweight champion of the world Louis leaves behind the greatest record ever achieved by a champion boxer. His becoming a promoter will breed the biggest fight for the control of boxing by several groups loaded with money. His co-partners are James D. Norris, one of,the world’s leading grain operators and co-owner of the Chicago stadium, and Arthur M. Wirtz,. partner with Sonja Heine and her ice review, and owner of large real estate proper ties. Wirtz and Norris also own 45 percent interest in Madison Square Garden and interests in large stadiums in Detroit, St. Louis, and Indianapolis. Louis, Wirth, and Norris each own a third share in their new organization, the IBC, Internation al Boxing club, which also has ties with leading foreign groups. Although he had planned to be a promoter two months ago, his plans were kept secret until all arrangements had been com pleted. Attorney Gibson is cred ited with guiding the char pion toward the desirable setup. The first fight to be promoted by IBC will be the Ezzard Charles-Jersey Joe Walcott bout for Louis’ vacated heavyweight crown. The winner of this bout has agreed to meet either Gus Lesnevich or Lee Savold within 90 days after the match. Louis said that both Walcott and Charles have signed two year agreements to fight exclusively for IBC. The new champion will de fend his title every six months. The new IBC program has been approved by the NBA (National Boxing association) commissioner Abe J. Greene. Joe sent his let ter of retirement to Greene dated March 1, 1949. Louis is entering the promotion game against the advice of the man who made him and whom he made, Mike Jacobs of the Twen tieth Century Sporting club. He told Jacobs of his decision two days before his announced re tirement. “Uncle Mike,” said of the Louis retirement, “It looks like I have to Tetire, too.” The Brown Bomber’s entrance into this phase of boxing may break Jacobs’ monopoly over the game gained through Louis. The latter’s firm was caught off bal ance because it had figured on signing the Bomber for a June ti tle defense. What it will do now depends on Jacobs. The International Boxing club’s biggest competitors will be the Tournament of Champions, Inc., which had already cut into the Jacobs monopoly. This firm, headed by David Charney, is Eastern Stars Plan Tea for Sunday, Mar. 20 Amaranth^ Chapter No. 3, Order of Eastern Star, will have a silver tea at the home of Mrs. J. Bonds, 427 No. 24th street, on Sunday, March 20 from 4 to 6 p. m. The public is invited, ac cording to Miss Frances Lewis, Worthy Matron. —Courtesy The Lincoln Journal. JOE LOUIS. backed by the Columbia Broad casting system, Music Corporation of America, and Allied Syndicates. Jack Solomons, the British promoter, also hopes to land the big fights. He controls two cham pions, Freddie Mills, the 175 pound king, and Rinty Monaghan, flyweight titlist. He has a fish and bookmaking fortune behind him. Southern Schools | Contract For 200 Meharry Berths ATLANTA. (ANP). Contract forms, under which various south ern states will contribute to the education of medical and dental students, were drawn up and ap proved by representatives of 10 southern colleges meeting here last Feb. 26. Presiding at the meeting, attended by educators from participating states, was Dr. W. T. Sanger, president of the Medical college of Virginia, at Richmond. The contract forms provide that Meharry Medical college, Nash ville, will take 200 Negro medical and dental students from Ga., S. C., Fla., La., Md., Miss., Ark., N. C., Okl., Tenn., Ala., Tex. and Va., receiving in turn $1,500 for each student accepted. Georgia has stipulated it will contribute $24,000 a year for the next two school years to Meharry, tvhich will take 16 such students from the state. The legislature has already set aside the $48,000 for this purpose. The state will contribute $15,000 to schools accepting 10 other den tal students from the state this fall. Emory university will take 20 medical and 70 dental students.; Name Negro to Gary School Board GARY, Ind. (ANP). Mayor Eu gene Swartz announced Friday the appointment of the Rev. J. Claude Allen as a member of the Gary school board. This is the first time in the history of the city that a colored member of the board has been named. Student NAACP Meets to Vote Fate of Rules The college chapter of the Na tional Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People met Tuesday, March 15 at the “Norris” house, to consider changes sug gested by the University of Ne braska faculty committee on Stu dent Organization before that group would complete its consid eration of the NAACP as a cam pus organization. Main issues discussed included the suggestion of the faculty com mittee that the NAACP forsake title and ties with the National Association in order that it might be more closely supervised by the school. No other national organi zation of the Nebraska campus has been so challenged recently although it is common for na tional offices to exercise some con trol of local chapters. Also con sidered was the provision which requires half of annual dues of one dollar to be sent to the na tional headquarters. Speakers on the program were Eugene Berman and Charles Goolsby who talked on why there should be a campus organi zation of NAACP. The constitution for the college NAACP had been previously re viewed by the Student Council and approved before being sent to the Faculty Senate group which must also approve all student or ganizations. Rutgers Student Council Condemns Bias on Campus NEW BRUNSWICK. (ANP). Rutgers university student coun cil in a memorandum presented the university board and adminis tration last week, condemned racial bias in fraternities. The student council asked that any organization which did not admit Negroes or Jews or had any bars against race, color or creed, be barred from the university campus. The officials were further asked to state their own positions on the matter. Little Red School House, African Style Among topics now being studied by the U.N. Trusteeship Coun cil at Lake Success is the first report from one of its own regular Mission to areas under U.N. Trusteeship system. The report con cerns Ruanda-Urundi and Tanganyika and covers all phases of na tive life, including health, economics, social welfare and schools (above). (ANF). Job Opportunity Campaign To Be Sponsored At Urban League Friday By Alfred Grice A vocational opportunity pro gram is being sponsored Friday, March 18, at the Urban League beginning at 7:30 p. m. The pro gram will consist of conferences with high school students con cerning the vocation they plan to choose, in addition to a general program for students and their parents. Students will be familiarized with their chosen fields by lec tures, demonstrations, films and At YWCA Confab MRS. CARTER WESLEY # MRS. CARTER WESLEY of Houston, Tojcas, was chairman of the credentials committee of the 18th national convention of the Young Women’s Christian Asso ciations of the U. S.. which met in San Francisco from March 7 to 14. Plans for world peace and understanding through organiza tional work were discussed at the convention. Postal Employes Get Promotions Mr. Roland Young, employed for the past several years in the post office maintenance depart ment, has recently been up graded and is now relief eleva tor operator. Mr. Ernest Cruder also re ceived a promotion from the maintenance department to mail handler. conferences. The ultimate pur pose of the program is to enable the youth of Lincoln to make their just and due contribution to America’s onward march and to her industry’s full utilization of their skills and human re sources regardless of race, religion or color. Certificates of Recognition from the National Urban League will be awarded to three local persons. Urban League staff members said that their names would not be revealed until Fri day, however. Among persons who will speak briefly on their occupations' or professions will be Miss Katie Faulkner and Joseph Ishakawa, U. of N. art department; Mrs. Helen Randol, U.S. Employment service; Mrs. Dorothy Glenn, leg islative clerical pool; Mrs. Frances Greene and Mrs. Mary Thelmon, See Job Opportunity, Page 4. Noted Medics Attend National Cancer Meet \ By Lewis O. Swingler, Editor, The Memphis World MEMPHIS. (ANP). Three out standing leaders in the field of medicine, one internationally noted for his research in the de velopment of blood plasma, at tended the three-day Na tional Cancer conference last week in Mem phi s. Sessions were held at the Peabody hotel Friday thru Sunday of last week un der auspices of Mr. Swingler the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute of the U. S. Public Health Service. Physicians who were present at the meeting included Dr. Charles Richard Drew, medical director of Freedmen’s Hospital, Washington, D. C., and distin guished for having developed blood banks during the last war; Dr. Robert S. Jason, vice dean of the medical college at Howard, and director of cancer research there; and Dr. W. H. Sinkler, medical director of Homer G. Phillips hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Several other prominent medics were invited to the conference, one of the first major meetings to ever be held on cancer. They were Dr. George W. Hilliard, assistant pro fessor of surgery, Meharry Med ical college, Nashville; Dr. John Johnson, professor of medicine at Howard, and Dr. Burke Syphax, director of tumor clinic at How ard; and Dr. John Morehead of the Virgin Islands. The conference brought no new facts that would reveal what causes cancer and the delegates left with many of their old gen eral definitions of “sick cells,” or “upset io the general function of the body.” There was general agreement that a more intensified education al program would and should be carried out in order to make the patient himself aware of early symptoms of cancer. Once the patient is able to detect these symptoms, and call upon his doc tor, cures can be effected in a majority of cases. ,.
