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Tlfe® ¥®a®® PUIIUSIIEI) WEEKLY _ "Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 4225 o Street Phone 5-649 ' U No Answer Call 5-/506 Ruble W. Shakespeare--Advertising and Business Manager Charles Goolsby_i-K. Hnnoclcrta Lditor Y.M.CA. Lynwood Parker___Associate Lditor on Military Leave Rev. I. B Brooks---Promotion Manager Mrs. loe Green____Cliwulatton Manager Member ol the Associated Negro Preee and Nebraska Press Association Entered as Second Class Matter June 8. 1947 at the Poet Oflice at Lincoln Nebraska under the Act ol March 3, 1879 __ Single copy_5c EDITORIALS Hie views expressed in these columns are those ot the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the oolicy ol The Voice.— Pub. NATIONAL fOITONIAL ASSOCIATION Sports Questions and Answers By Alvin Moses (ANP). Q. Dear A1 Moses: Southpaw Gene Bearden, Cleveland Indians “trouble shooter” is a knuckle ball pitcher of rare ability. Would you venture a guess as to how many knucklers Gene throws in facing nine batters? What other pitch is he famous for?— Parker Woods, Sewickley, Pa. A. This would have to be a guess—pure and simple—but I'd say Bearden throws four knuck lers to any two other pitches in his kitbag. He has a beautiful “slider” but his knuckle ball actually—waltzes-in-the-breeze. Q. Who would you consider the most promising American girl tennis player from all you’ve seen or heard on the new crop of tennis players?—S. H. L., Prairie View Club, L. I. A. Maureen Connelly, San Diego, Calif., a 15-year-old West coast marvel. Q. At their best, I would rate Ray Dandridge, Jud Wilson, Bingo DeMoss, Johnny Beckwith and Blainey Hall with any play ers the majors have raved about since baseball came into exist ence. Would you agree on this point?—Lou Walters, Jersey City. A. Beckwith and Jud Wilson, tremendous hitters and all around ballhawks, bow to no other players at their favorite position—I can tell you that much. DeMoss wras a “tan Eddie Collins,” so let it go at that, eh Mortimer. Q. Sick in this hospital for weary months, I am getting my nurse, Miss Jones, to write this. Name some of the Negro ball players who have had big league tryouts this season—Lawrence Johnson, NYC. A. Hank Thompson, Jersey City; Orestes Minceo, Cleveland; Artie Wilson, San Diego; Lucius (Luke) Easter, San Diego; T. Crowe, Boston Braves; Ford Smith, Jersey City; Luis Mar quez, Newark Bears; Frank Aus tin, Newark; Monty Irvin, Jer sey City; Jim Pendleton, St. Paul; and one or twro more I can’t recall just now. Q. Read your recent brilliant story on Negro jockeys, “Real Vanishing Americans,” and thought it was definitely “top ■RECORDS gg VICTOR—COLUMBIA jg DECCA—CAPITOL -* and others == A Superior Musical. Service Won't You Coll Today? ! Schmoller & Mueller 2-8724 drawer-stuff,” Alvin. What does a race horse weigh? How long did Stymie race? “Powder" Horne, Morgantown, W. Va. A. About 1,100 pounds. He is usually eight feet long and moves about 54 feet per second. Stymie was a most durable horse,1 lasting seven years. He was a great finisher and was seldom (if ever) pushed at the start. He was through in ’47 when he lost his finishing kick. Q. Mel Allen is a favorite sportscaster of mine as well as members of my large family. He is my idea of an American who gives due credit to all with no regard to race, color or religion. Could he be from the south as I’ve been told?—George Tate, Richmond, Va. A. Back in 1935, Mel Allen wa« a senior at Alabama Uni versity’s law school—believe-it or-not! He is a real great guy in my book and I am proud to enjoy his confidence and friend ship. Q. What year did Ike Wil liams slaughter Bob Montgom ery? What was the final round, the approximate number of fans in attendance, the battleground? —Robert Tydings, St. Paul, Minn. A. In 1944 Ike Williams j snapped Montgomery’s winning j streak of 33 wins by halting the | “bobcat” in 12 rounds at Philly. J Actual ring figures list 14,807 at the scene. Q. Who holds the shotput I record?—Percy Little, Jackson, Miss. A. Chuck Fonville. The Voice “Advertisers” are making this publication possible, show them your appreciation by your patronage. Flrit Door North Varsity Theatre Elgjn and Hamilton Watchf" For Graduation COURT S. MULLEN JEWELER 14514 No. 13th Street Phone 2-7912 Lincoln, Nebr. | ±L. LINOLEUMS TILES METALS SHADES VENETIAN BLINDS EXPERT INSTALLATION AMERICAN LINOLEUM ' & SHADE CO. 114 No. 14 2-5723 SHOWALTER ROOFING CO. I Dealers in Inselstone and Inselbriek Insulation See us for price on BUILT UP ROOFS 233 North 22 2-2493 Lincoln. Nebraska o«4 occ, NEBMSIU h IAMBS C. OLSON, Suptrinknitnt • TATI HISTORICAL SOCIITT Of all the caravans to toil their weary way through Nebraska’s Platte Valley prior to the build ing of the railroad, none were more strange and perhaps none endured more suffering than the Mormon handcart, expeditions of the years 1356-60. Jay Monaghan, the well-known western author, describes these expeditions in the current issue of Nebraska History. The story he tells is one of suffering and hardship seldom equalled in the annals of the West. The handcart caravans were or ganized by Brigham Young, the famed Mormon leader, as a means of getting converts, too poor even to afford wagons, from the Mis souri River to Salt Lake. The vehicles used in the caravans were light, two-wTheeled carts. A pair of shafts were attached to a cross bar, long enough for three or four people to walk abreast and push. There were a few traces in front for pulling. A loaded handcart weighed about 500 pounds and was to be pulled by five people. Brigham Young estimated that once accus tomed to walking the emigrants would make between 25 and 30 miles a day—considerably better than the average for heavily loaded ox-drawn wagons. The principal outfitting place for the handcart caravans was Florence, formerly the Mormon Winter Quarters, and now a suburb of Omaha. From there they followed the Mormon Trail u estward across Nebraska along the no-th side of the Platte. During 1856, the year in which the hardcart plan was inaugu rated, a total of five expeditions left Florence for Salt Lake. The early ones, enjoying good weatnei. covered the distance to Salt Lake in record time, to be met by a brass band, a military escort, and high officials of the Mormon church The last two companies, how ever, got started so late from Flor ence that they ran into snow and heavy weather in the mountains. Both reached Zion during the month cf November,, but of the >00 who left Florence in the fourth company, 67 perished along the way. In the fifth company of 576 persons, probably 150 died along the way—accounts do not agree. In any event, the handcart com panies suffered under a mode cf traveling that made those who went west in covered wagons ap In Civil Service JOYCE WILLIAMS Miss Joyce W’illiams, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wil liams of 2224 R street, has re cently received an appointment as clerk typist in the depart ment of Child Welfare at the capitol. Miss Williams was a commercial arts major at the University of Nebraska. She has been working part time as clerical assistant to Dr. E. Z. Palmer, Department of Business Research at the university, and part time Voice stenographer. I She was placed by competitive , examination. Senate Would Aid States Program For Pupils Health WASHINGTON. (ANP). The senate passed a bill last Friday, which will provide federal aid to assist the states in making more adequate provisions for the health of school children. The bill guarantees the same health services for children at | tending public schools maintained for minority races in a state which maintains by law separate public schools, as are provided for chil dren m other public schools in the state. The bill was passed by voice vote and referred to the house committee on interstate and for eign commerce. It declares, “In order that no American child shall come to adult life with physical or men tal defects or conditions which can be prevented or corrected at an early age, it shall be the na tional policy to provide as sistance to the several states to enable them to improve health services for school children for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of physical and mental defects and conditions of school children, with special reference to the correction of defects and con ditions likely to interfere with the normal growth and development and educational progress of chil dren.” | ___ pear to be traveling first class, and in the best of style. George H. Wentz Ik. 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