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| I cl J N,. 5} Llppplp t, N«bruk> TPpnPar, JplT PI. 1919 I A 1 3 I J u * ! Joan Rankin w»»isih UV1S Ohio Delegate to D.C. Meet o£ Girls Nation COLUMBUS, Ohio.—Joan Ran kin, 16-year-old Cincinnati high school girl, who was elected Gov ernor of the Buckeye Girls State last month will be among the Ohio delegation to Girls Nation to be held in Washington in August. Girls States and Girls Nation are educational activities of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary, conceived to -show American girls how their government works and to demon strate the actual details of tf\e democratic processes at various levels. The Ohio American Legion Aux iliary in selecting its delegates to Girls Nation had previously named Miss Rankin an alternate and said that she would not go to Wash ington. The action was taken to save her “embarrassment posed by social discrimination in Washing ton.” The Ohio auxiliary reversed its decision last week and said that Joan Rankin would make the trip. The Ohio State Democratic league and the Ohio chapters of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People had previously lodged a protest to the by-pass and had urged the Ohio Legion to fight discrimination in the Nation’s capital by sending the attractive Ohio miss. Meanwhile, out in Nebraska, no word had been received as to whether or not Teresa Littlejohn, 16-year-old Omaha governor of the Cornhusker Girls State would attend the national meet. 5th AME District Laymen Plan For Solid Organization OSKALOOSA, Kans.—The lay men of the Fourth Episcopal dis trict of the AME church held their annual meeting in Minneap olis, Minn., July 6, 7, 8 and 9, under the administration of its president, William Entxminger of Detroit. The work of the conven tion was to consider ways of “better supporting and the super vision of and preaching the Word.” Meanwhile, Bishop D. Ormonde Walker of the Fifth Episcopal dis trict of the AME church expressed his interest in a letter to George J. Jones, president of the Fifth district’s Laymen’s organization, said, “I am definitely interested in a very strong laymen’s organiza tion in the Fifth district.” At a meeting of the ministers and laymen in Kansas City, Kans., last month, Bishop Walker sug gested a fine, simple plan for each church conference and district in organizing. 1. That a lay organization should be set up in every church. 2. That in each local church one Sunday of every year be given over to laymen to raise funds for the support of their organization. " 3. That each local laymen’s or ganization would send a delegate to meet at the seat of the annual conference with the assurance that certain time would be given to it. 4. That conference laymen’s or ganization be set up by elections. President George Jones further urged the laymen of his denomi nation to co-operate in the devel opment of their local units. Warren Will Sign \ational Guard Bill — Courtesy 'Lincoln Journal. Gov. Francis E. Warren. SACRAMENTO, Calif. (ANP). Assemblyman W. Byron Rum ; ford’s measure to abolish racial | discrimination in the California State National guard received the unanimous approval of the senate here last week, just as it had in the assembly. The senate voted 29-0 in favor of the measure. It is now on its way to Gov ernor Warren, who has already i announced he will sign it and see that the law is put into ac tion. The adjutant general of the | state militia announced similar intentions. Th$ measure bans segregation and discrimination in the state guard because of race, color, creed or national origin. An amendment gives the governor reasonable discretion as to the time required to effectuate changes without impairing efficiency or morale of the militia.” The bill is patterned after the New York law. Bell Telephone Hires Two More At Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (ANP). Two colored girls were added to the corps of operators at the Northwest Bell Telephone com pany here last week to bring the number of Negro “hello” girls to four. The two new girls are Miss Vivian Patterson and Miss Shir I ley Kyle. Both were hired through I the aid of the Minneapolis Urban league. They began training June 27 for their jobs. The first two Negro girls were employed July 8, 1946. They were Jewel Beck and Car j men Allen Davis. Our Honor Roll The following is a list of those who are New Subscribers or have Renewed their subscription to THE VOICE. How does your Subscription Stand? Mrs. Connie Winston. Mrs. Clayton Lewis. Mrs. Walter Bell. Mrs. Maurice Copeland. Mrs. Lela Becks, Beatrice, Neb. Mr. Sanford Hern, Hamburg, la. Mr. R. E. Colin. Mrs. Mattie D. Brown. Bivins. Texas Mrs Mollle Lankford, New York City Mr. J. H Polick. Mr. W. A. Lynn. Miss Florence Reed, Detroit, Mich i Mr. A. lil. Simms. Texas Gets Anti-Lynch Law . —- . -- Newman Bible School Closes Friday Night The Vacation Bible school which has been held at Newman Meth odist church for the last two weeks, will close with exercises to be held Friday evening at 7:30 in the church auditorium. The school has had over fifty chil dren enrolled and has been under the direction of Mrs. Goos by, Omaha, extension worker of the Methodist board of education. Kindergarten classes have been taught by Misses Dorothy Greene and Emma White. Maxine Stith has instructed the primary chil dren and Mrs. Marie Collins, the juniors. The classwork has been varied, with handcraft and scrapbooks and supervised play adding to Bible stories and prayers. Robbie Powell has been in charge of the music. • The public in invited to attend the closing exercises says Mrs. | William Greene, wife of the pas tor. ] South Africa i Lets Bars Down For AME Bishop. CAPETOWN, South Africa. (ANP). Bishop Bonner, superin tendent of the two South African districts of the African Methodist Episcopal church, arrived here on the S. S. Athlone Castle. Bishop Bonner .vas elected to serve in Africa at the last general conference of the denomination which met in Kansas City in May, 1948. Ministers and officials of the church with women members of the congregations wearing leo | pard skin hats, led by Dr. Francis F. H. Gow, African Methodist leader, widely known in the United States, met Bishop Bonner at the dock. This is Bishop Bonner’s first charge. He comes from the state of Alabama, he said. Asked what tribe his forebears hailed from, Bishop Bonner smiled and said he wouldn’t be knowing but it must | have been a pretty tall tribe since he himself was six feet four inches tall. Queried as to how long he ex pected to remain in South Africa, Bishop Bonner said “six months,” according to the reporter from the daily Argus. Lancaster Polio Chairman For 1949-50 Named Dr. Harold Arnold succeeded Dr. Kenneth E. Hollatid as chairman of the Lancaster County chapter of the National Founda tion for Infantile Paralysis at a | meeting of the association held at I the YMCA July 12. In his report Dr. Holland noted that there had only been one case of polio in the county. Last year, $11,555 was spent on new cases in Lancaster county with an additional $2,239 in treat ment for old cases between June and December. This brought the total amount spent by the local unit for polio treatments to $24, 096 for the year 1946. j Gov. Jester Signs Measure With Stiff Penalties For Mobsters Who Wound, Kill AUSTIN, Tex. (ANP). An anti- ] lynching bill, carrying severe pen alties for persons taking part in m n iniiiiii i iiw-t ...if -in I_BJI —Courtesy Lincoln Journal. Gov. Beauford Jester Jail KKK Official For Withholding Klan Records BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ANP). William Hugh Morris, director of the Federated Ku Klux Klan, inc., , was sentenced to jail here Friday, July 8 for refusing to turn Klan records over to a grand jury which is probing into mob vio lence in Jefferson county. Wil liams, sentenced by Judge Rob ert J. Wheller until he produces the records, said his refusal was based on his belief that the pa pers had nothing to do with the investigation. The grand jury probe started July 1, with a county grand jury opening an inquiry into the inva sion of a cafe by 60 white sheeted men. At the start of the hearing, three more Alabama flog gings were reported and in ad dition two state investigators re ported the disruption of a KKK meeting near Lineville. Several high Klan officials have testified before the grand jury. Among them are Dr. E. P. Pruitt, chairman of the board of gov ernors of the federation; Dr. John R. Jones, secretary; E. E. Camp bell. Mrs. Walt White Gets Divorce In Mexico JUAREZ, Mexico. (ANP). Ru mors that Walter White, execu tive secretary of the NAACP, and his wife were divorced were con firmed here last week when it was revealed that Mrs. White was granted an uncontested divorce in Juarez June 30. Mrs. White still has “the ut | most respect for Mr. White,” ac cording to a statement issued in her behalf. Her suit was filed on a claim that she and her hus band could not agree on family matters. Married for 27 years, they have two children, Jane and Walter jr., a property settlement agree able to both was made. Mrs. White spent three months in Mexico before obtaining her divorce. Both she and her hus band had cori$inually denied di vorce rumors. mob action that results in death, was signed into law last week by Gov. Beauford H. Jester. The bill, an emergency measure passed by the legislature at the governor’s request, provides punishment for two degrees of lynching. One specifies death or impris onment of not less than five years for persons convicted of participa tion in unlawful assembly result ing in the death of a person or persons. The other gives impris onment of not less than a year or more than ten for mob members who shoot, stab, cut, maim or wound victims but do not kill them. Any act of violence upon any persons resulting in death is de fined as a lynching. The district attorney in the area in which lynching occurs is charged with investigation and prosecution, and is also empowered to seek help j from other sources. The governor has the right to spend such amounts as needed to apprehend lynchers. Persons convicted under the act are also subject to civil liability. — National Urban League Reviews Pool Tensions NEW YORK. (ANP). The Na tional Urban league issued a statement here last week review ing the anti-Negro tensions which have cropped up during recent weeks in the three widely-sepa rated areas of St. Louis, Washing ton, D. C., and Youngstown, O. The statement, entitled “An Urgent Call to Action To En force The Rights of All Citizens— Without Discrimination—To Use Publicly Owned and Operated Recreation Facilities,” charged that flare-ups between Negroes and whites were “planned, insti gated and fomented” by employes entrusted to maintain discipline at the swimming pools. None of the cities have laws, ordinances or rules denying the free use of facilities by citizens because of race, creed or color. Said the league: “Each incident points up the utter failure on the part of public officials intelligently to protect the rights and privileges of Negro citizens to use publicly-owned and operated facilities." In St. Louis, despite an order from the director of public wel fare to the director of parks and playgrounds that Negroes be per mitted to use municipal pools, employes at the pools “threatened to walk off their jobs if Negroes were admitted.” This action ap parently persuaded white youths to attack Negroes. The Urban league looked upon this tension as creating “general unrest among Negroes for fear of similar clashes in their other re lationships in the community.” It outlined a three-point program which called for (1) conferences with city officials, (2) enforce ment of state and city laws against discrimination and segregation, and *(3) the request that news papers and radio editors give un biased presentations of facts in volved in any disturbances which might occur.