Vol. 4, \o. 52 Lincoln. 3. Nebraska
Noted M issionarv Will Speak
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At Religious Meetings Here
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Dr. E. Stanley Jones, well
known religious writer and lec
turer, will conduct a series of
meetings in Lincoln from Oct. 32
to 27.
The meetings are under the
auspices of the Lincoln Minis
terial association, and will be held
at St. Paul Methodist church
They will begin at 7:45 p.m.
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DR. JONES is cm a nationwide,
two-year tour under the auspices
of the Federal Council of
Churches.
Dr. Jones who was a missionary
in India attracted much attention
with his “Ashramas” and his
speaking for Indian independence
In Hinduism, the Ashram is a re
ligious retreat held for Short
periods of time.
He established one for Chris
tians on a permanent basis at an
English-speaking church in Luck
now. Later he set up another at
Sat Tal and still later transplanted
the movement to the United
States, where it still flourishes.
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IN DR. JONES was elected
a bishop of the Methodist Episco
pal church but declined in order
to cun tin ue his missionary work.
He travels all over Idle world.
Born near Clarksville, Md~ Dr.
Jones grew up in Baltimore and
attended Baltimore City college
for a time. He holds degrees from
As bury college, Duke University
and Syracuse university.
Va. Medical Group
Asks Membership
ROANOKE, Va. CAHP). Dr. C.
Lydon Harrell, newly seated pres
ident of the Medical Society of
Virginia, recommended bene last
Wednesday that Negro physicians
be granted meaibetdtip in the
society at both the local and state
levels
Delivering a prepared address
before delegates a tier-ding the
103rd arential mrvpwtaat of the
society. Dr. Harrell said:
“Negro doctors are anxious to
join our Local and state societies,
which will make them eligible to
membership in the American
Medical aasooatkm.
“I feel that they are justified
in their ambitions and request ”
He said a poll conducted among
Negro physicians within the state
revealed “their qualifications to
be as high as these of the white
doctors.”
“As a public health measure,
we need more Negro physicians
and we seed to keep them bet
ter trained after they start to
practicing medicine.”
He added that while “there ap
pears to be nothing in the cobs
ststutkm or by-Laws of the Local
medical societies So exclude them
from membership ... there is a
clause in the state eocstitufioc
which states that only white
physicians may become oaabas
This puts the Negro physicians
in our state at a great disadvan
tage-'"
Earlier, the somesy had adopted
a resolution by Dr. John T. Him
iky, president-elect, to invite Ne
gro doctors to attend the group's
*eie*mfic sessions. Another reso
htwa. which would have pc
Butted Negroes to paerbeipate aa
ail sessions, fell short by five
hdej of the —ra two—thirds
majority.
Ne«rro Files*
For La. School
Board Election
NEW ORLEANS. (AMP). De
claring that the 180.000 Negroes
of New Orleans should have rep
resentation on the Orleans Parish
sebco? board. Earl J. Amedee. as
ounced his candidacy last week In
the election being held to fill two
vacmieies Nov. 7. Mr. Emedee re
ceived forms for filing Thursday
from Secretary of State Wade O
Maron. Baton Rouge.
Mr. Amedee. who attended A2
best Wicker. McDonough 35 high
school and Xavier university,
locally, is a 1943 graduate of the
Howard unhrersty law school.
ami did special study at South
ern university. Baton Rouge. He
opened law officers here recently.
A six-paint phtfons* announced
by Mr. Amedee. included the fol
lowing points
L Granting of a fair and equil
table pay increase to ail teach
ers. especially those in the 11-15
year category who presently re
ceive no acfitiai salary increase
2. Abolition of the ''shift or
platoon” system in Negro schools.
3. Discontinuance of the prac
tice of separate superintendents
for Negro and white schools.
i A Immediate construction of
new schools wherever seeded.
| 5. Emphasizing courses of m
stncdon which instill in the stu
dents a deeper appreciation for
the principles of American De
mocracy
C. Encouragement of greater
teacher-parent pazhdrabac sc
the public ■ ■ ■*' ic * of the erhenl
been! in order that the board
may be assarted in its formula
tion of overall administrative and
fiaral policies flnr the school sys
tem.
Army. >aw L nion
Honors Dr. Bunche
WORCESTER. ¥ag (AXP).
Dr. Ralph J. Bendy, sesjar tfi
reeanr at tise UJf. Trusteeship
Council, made his first appear
ance at New Fr-gr’and last week
after becoming the first Negro in
; word history to receive the Nobel
Peace prize.
The orrasor, was ate Military
Baa 323d Banquet held here at
the Hotel Sheraton by the Ellis
Spring Garrison Ha 31 of the
Army and Nary Union. A gofct
-nedal fer meritorious service was
awarded to Dr. 3-mcise by Na
tksal Omnzsikr Joseph Safc
lesi of Fiuida.
Will Gel Negro
Delegates in Ga.
WASHINGTON (ANP).
Georgia’s race baiting Gov. Her
man Talmadge received a loud
slap in the face last week when
Federal Secunty Administrator
Oscar Ewing announced that he
was appointing 18 additional per
sons—probably Negroes—as rep
resentatives of Georgia in the
coming Midcer.t jry White House
Conference or Children and
Youth.
Governor Talmadge had se
lected 36 white delegates and no
Negroes to represent his state at
the conference. He had added that
Ik was not going to appoint any
either. Ewing had ref usd to okay
the delegation on the contention
that one-third of the state’s chil
dren were Negroes
Each Georgia delegates attend
ing the conference, white and
Negro, will have only two-third of
a vote, however, because of
Georgia's refusal to do as other
southern states have done. They
have appointee representative
numbers of Negroes.
In a fetter to Governor Tal
madge dated Oct. 10, Ewing an
nounced his decision. He wrote in
part:
“No matter how distinguished
and well-meaning white people
may be. it would seem to be axio
matic that they connot fully com
prehend the problems of Negrc
children in the same way that
representative Negroes can.
-In Georgia, approximately
one-third of the population is
Negro. We would be failing in our
duty to a large proportion of the
children of Georgia if we did not
find a means by which Negroes
themselves could interpret to us
the needs, the problems and the
possuahtfe* of the state’s Negro
children.
“I had hoped that you would
see our punt of '.dew and co-op
erate by having some Negroes in
cluded in the Georgia delegation.
Georgia is the asly state having
a substantial Negro population
that has failed to do this_
“I have therefore decided to
send invitations to the 36 dele
gates named by you and at the
same time, to send similar invita
tions to 18 additional delegates
whose names wiH be chosen on
the hawk of recommendations
made by appropriate local groups
is Georgia.
Funeral Held
For Mr>. Spicer
FsB^erai services for Mrs. Eu
pK^rr v- S Sf.ctf was held Sun
day, October 15, at Lincoln Sev
enth-day Adventist church with
Elder T. S. Cc^dand officiating
She was bom is Breather.
County, Kentucky, February 28,
1863, and died October 11, 1950.
Surviv es are two sons: Chester
Spacer. Gardner. Kas; Manford
Spicer. Kansas City, Kas: two
daughters Mrs. Syhra Massey,
Sacramento. Calif., Mis Beiva
Spicer, at home and a foster
daughter. Mrs. Malania Manlove,
Otasha. Kas. Three grandchildren,
xe brother Sertan South, West
Bend Ky
&rui was a: College View
cemetery.
. “
Benjamin Banneker
Grandson of mk African slave
reproduced tbe plans for Wash
ington, DjCL, has naesnory after
Major FSerre lev, far.t took the
on^nai bhaeprmts to France*
S* ** Cor Chest Drive;
Net renter This Year
By Clyde IV. Malone
GIVE BUT GIVE ENOUGH. This year, as for the past
25 years, the Lincoln Community Chest is making its re
quest for the funds needed to finance the 26 social agencies
in Lincoln. This campaign provides the opportunity for the
citizens of all claims, all races, all religions to unite in the
interest of everybody’s health, welfare and happiness; pres
ervation of family life; protection and care of dependent
Court Upholds
Negroes in Tex.
Md. University
WASHINOTON. vANP). The
U.S. supreme court last week in ,
its first session gave its approval ;
to the attendance of Negroes at
white universities in the south by
refusing to hear appeals in the
cases of Texas and Maryland.
The high court refused to hear
a new Texas appeal of the Her
man Sweatt case which resulted
in Negroes enrolling in the Uni
versity of Texas this fall.
It also refused to hear an ap
peal by the University of Mary
land of a decision by the Mary
land court of appeals ordering the
school to admit Miss Esther Mc
Cready to its nursing school.
In rejecting the Maryland case
the court made it possible for
Miss McCready to continue her
study at the white school without
the fear of being put cut at any
moment. She had been admitted
to the school Sept. 5 without fan
fare. She was to remain there
pending action by the supreme
oourt.
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Ala. Town Refuses
Klan Parade
OPELIKA, Ala. (ANP). The
little town of Opelika, Ala., re
cently refused to allow a Ku Klux
Klan parade.
The city commission rejected a
petition by the Klan to stage a
parade and “anti-Communist dem
onstration"’ on the grounds that it
might be interpreted as an act to
scare Negroes rather than fight
Communism.
One of the reasons cited by the
commission was that the parade
was to travel through a Negro
community. It said it would con
sider a different route for the
parade.
The city body acted in accord
ance with an ordinance limiting
parades and demonstrations in
January after the Klan had
burned a cross in front of a Negro
school last Jan. 3.
In the meantime Rufus R. Todd
resigned his position as head of
the Wildwood Klavem No. 27 of
the Klan.
Le*t We Forget
Tho*e Who Are 111
Mrs. Virginia Brown, St. Eliz
abeth hospital.
Mrs Belle Shakepeare, 2225 S
Street.
Mrs. Irby Stephen, 1965 U
Street.
Mrs. Susie O'Donne1, 623 C St
Res*. Trago McWilliams, Sr., St.
Elizabeth hospital.
Mr. James ‘Step’ Jones, St.
Elizabeth hospital.
Lo*t—
Package containing two rings.
Eastern Star ring and Wedding
Band, Shell broach and other
small articles. Sentimental value
Please rail 5-7566. Reward.
children; provision of wholesome
clean recreational programs for
the youth and adults, and other
advantages are made possible by
contributions to the community
chest.
The Lincoln Urban League is
one of the 26 agencies supported
by the Community Chest and
gratefully submits some of the
things the funds received has en
abled them to accomplish. Pro
vide recreation and entertainment
for 11,300 boys and girls in clubs
or organizations with a member
ship of 190 between the ages of
7 and 18 years. Employment
placements for 151 persons. Vo
cational guidance was given to 31
high school students. Conferences
and personal interviews with
411 persons with problems; hous
ing secured for 98 persons. This
listing is just part of the results
from contributions to the Com
munity Chest. So, let’s give but
give enough.
I “Lincoln is recognized as an
outstanding Community Chest
1 city, a fact its citizens can be
proud of,” said Louis W. Horne,
campaign director, who has been
the chest’s only executive secre
tary since 1923. “Back in 1923, the
year the chest was organized here,
$96,885 was collected from a total
of 6,786 subscribers. Peaks of
$183,463 in 1932 and $182,594 in
1942 were hit before the record
figure in 1945, due to wartime
services. The 27,845 subscribers
in 1945 marked the top figure in
that respect, also,” Horne added.
Hits Omission of
Negro Soldier In
Life War Picture
I NEW YORK.—“Life” magaz
ine’s “Picture History of World
War II” is a “lily-white” book
which “manages, skillfully and
deliberately to carry no record of
I the non-whites who helped
toward victory,” Roy Wilkins, ad
ministrator of the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People, charged this week
! in a letter to “Life” Publisher
Andrew Heiskell.
Noting that the 364-page volume
of text and photographs includes
j only one picture of a Negro
: soldier—an accordion player
; weeping over the death of Presi
dent Roosevelt, Mr. Wilkins la
1 mented the fact that the book
| gave no indication “that one-tenth
i of the population of America had
its share of men in the uniform
j of their country doing their best
all over the world in the fight
against Hitlerism and Japanese
t imperialism.”
The participation of numerous
Negro units in both the European
and Pacific theaters was cited by
Mr. Wilkins, especially the build
ing of the Ledo road and the
Alcan highway, with the observa
tion that “even the smallest bit”
of the record “has been blotted
out.”