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EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
are those ot the waiter and not necessarily
i reflection of the policy of The Voice.—
Pub.
National Council
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lieize and perpetuate the achieve
ments of our heroes in the wars
ol the United States; to build
a patriotic resistance to alien
movements that would undermine
our loyalty and patriotism; to
safeguard our youth from the in
fluence of such movements; to
provide representation before the
Veterans Administration and
other * government agencies
charged with dispensing aid to
veterans for veterans who in cer
tain states, are denied the priv
ilege ot membership and repre
sentation in other national vet
erans organizations to promote
tlie general welfare of our com
rades, their widows and orphans;
to keep alive the spirit of com
radeship among ourselves; and to
pass on to posterity all benefits
that may accrue from our asso
ciation.
Starting with nothing in 1940,
the NCNV now operates in four
teen states and is rapidly spread
ing into many new ones with
many members in the armed
forces overseas.
Immediately after the organiza
tion was incorporated, a nine
point program was adopted, set
ting forth the objectives of the
Council and calling on all eli
gibles to join up and help push
the movement to a successful con
clusion. From those nine points
the following have been accom
plished or are moving rapidly
forward:
1. Full representation in all de
partments of our national de
fense: Army, Navy, Marines,
Aviation, Engineers, Aircrafts,
Medical department and Mechan
ical Forces.
2. Full representation in indus
tries in peace as well as war.
3. Admittance of Negroes into
schools of training for officers.
4. Restoration of the 9th and
10th Cavalries and the 24th In
fantry to full strength as combat
units. •
5. The training of Negro en
listed men in all phases of mod
ern warfare in peace and war
times.
6. That this training of officers
and enlisted men be maintained
in peace time in proportion to
our population.
7. To seek federal legislation
that will give to the American
citizens protection against lynch
ing and discrimination.
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Hello folks:
Here I am this week bringing
you the news in this fair city of
Elwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Arbury Turner
gave a birthday party for their
son, James. He received many
lovely gifts. They served sand
wiches, pop, ice cream and cake.
Everyone had a lovely time play
ing games. James is nine years
old.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ewing
gave a birthday dinner for their
mother, Mrs. Ella Hayes, April 30.
She received many lovely gifts.
Mrs. Gaskin and William, jr.,
helped them celebrate. The din
ner was given at the home of Mr
and Mrs. Ewing.
Miss Delphinia McKinney is
visiting relatives and friends in
Kansas City, Mo.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Washing
ton visited Mr. and Mrs. Nura
Washington, Monday afternoon.
The Baccalaureate services of
the Elwood High Senior Class of
1950 will be held Sunday, May 17,
at the Assembly of God Church.
Rev. O. F. Barnard will bring the
address. The graduation exercise
is Wednesday, May 17. There will
be eight graduating seniors this
year.
The Missionary Society of
Bethel A.M.E. Church gave a pro
gram, April 30. Mrs. Bletson gave
a fine talk on missionary work.
Willa May Hayes and Wilberta
Brady sang a duet accompanied
by Shirley York. Mrs. Mable Tapp
sang a solo.
The Women of First Baptist
gave a chicken dinner in the base
ment of the church Sunday after
noon, May 7.
Willa Mae Hayes, Marian
Chambers, Betty and Shirley
York, and Rev. H. Brown at
tended Church in Severance, Sun
day afternoon, May 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Walling
ford and family, Mrs. Sloan, and
Mrs. Wallingford visited Mr. and
Mrs. John Gorman Sunday, May 7.
Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Randall
from Sioux City are here visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Brown. Mrs.
Carter and Mrs. Randall are Mrs
Brown’s daughters.
Well folks that is about all the
news I have for you this week.
Hope you enjoyed the little visit.
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•TATS HISTORICAL SOCISTT
Nationally, there was a great
deal of opposition to the Kansas
Nebraska bill, creating the terri
: tories of Kansas and Nebraska,
signed by President Franklin
Pierce just 96 years ago this May
30th. In the West, however, the
bill came as the answer to a de
mand that the territories be or
ganized to provide an opportunity
for white settlement and develop
ment of the vast territory beyond
the Missouri River.
In both Iowa and Missouri
there was a demand that Nebras
ka be organized in order to pro
vide a route for the Pacific rail
way, about which everyone was
talking much and doing little.
Missouri's famed Thomas Hart
Benton, defeated for re-election
in 1851, made the organization of
Nebraska one of the important
planks in his campaign to get
back in the senate. Both of Iowa’s
Senators conducted public meet
ings in the western part of the
state urging Nebraska’s organi
zation.
And even from the Indian
Country came a demand that the
territory be speedily organized.
The Wyandots, nominally In
dian but with much white blood
and many white customs, had
been removed from Ohio to the
west bank of the Missouri at the
mouth of the Kansas River. They
.were much interested in territo
rial organization because they
thought it would increase the
value of their lands when the
time came (as they knew it
inevitably would) for them to sell
out and move on again.
To facilitate organization, they
formed a provisional government
of Nebraska territory. Abelard
Guthrie was elected delegate to
Congress and was sent to Wash
ington to urge the organization
of the territory. William Walker
was elected governor. (His pa
pers, incidentally, were published
in one of the early Publications
of the State Historical Society.)
The provisional government
soon found itself involved in con
troversy. When he came up for
re-election, Guthrie was defeated
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In the Churches
QUINN CHAPEL: Mrs. Lulu
Colley and Mrs. William Woods
were chosen as Mothers of Quinn
Chapel for 1950, at Mother’s day
services Sunday morning. As a
tribute to Mothers on their day
special services were held. Per
sons participating were Mrs.
Rachel Edwards, a reading “Our
Mother,” a paper by Mrs. Joseph
Dunn “A Tribute to Mothers of
All Time*” and a solo “Mother’s
Prayer” by Mrs. Melvin Shake
speare. Rev. J. B. Brooks preached
on the topic “The Reach of a
Mother.” . . . The Omaha District
Conference will start here May 24,
1950. . . . The Sunday School’s
Voice Subscription campaign will
end with a party in the church
basement Friday, May 26.
MT. ZION BAPTIST: Rev. W. I.
Monroe used as his subject Sun
day morning “Attributes of
Motherhood,” which was very in
spiring. . . . Van Simpson, 8 year
old grandson of Rev. and Mrs.
Monroe, preached a trial sermon
and was approved for license. . . .
by Rev. Thomas Johnson, a
Methodist missionary to the Shaw
nee Indians. At the same time,
a group of men from western
Iowa had gone across the Mis
souri River to Bellevue and
elected Hadley D. Johnson as
delegate.
So provisional Nebraska had
two Johnsons claiming to repre
sent it to the floor on Congress—
perhaps as an omen of years to
come when Johnsons and other
“sons” would dominate Nebras
ka’s ballots.
Both men went to Washington,
armed with certificates of elec
tion. Both were admitted to
the floor of' Congress. Finally,
however, Congress tired of the
whole business and removed both.
Except for the immediate polit
ical fortunes of the two Delegates
Johnson, it made little difference,
for by that time the official or
ganization of the territories of
Kansas and Nebraska was shortly
to be an established fact.
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