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EDITORIALS
The views expressed in these columns
necessarily a reflection of the policy
are those of the writer and not
of The Voice.—Pub. I
A Tribute To The Negro Press
The Negro press keeps the
public well informed and indeed
sometime misinformed as is true
of all newspapers. We must take
into consideration that com
mentators discuss the implica
tions and meanings of events in
terms of their effects upon the
community.
Negro newspapers are honest,
faithful and indeed biased to the
Negro’s cause. In fact, the logic
of their very existence compels
them to be such organs. They
have an influence in American
life, far beyond the imagination
of most people.
Opportunities for advancement
in the Negro press are abundant. !
Skilled craftmen, artists, writers
and men of executive ability are '
constantly being sought by this
medium. With the constantly
growing economic status of the
Negro population in America, op
portunities are becoming even
more abundant in the industry
where jobs have been opened in
editorial, mechanical and busi
ness departments.
The Negro press offers a chal- |
lenge to the Youth of America j
today. It will be his task to
carry on and continue to build i
this great institution which has
had such a strong influence in
shaping the lives and opening up
opportunities for all of us.
The Negro press looks out
upon the world as one country
and mankind its citizens. It
strives to remind us that as men
everywhere seek feredom, there
must be a growing realization
that as long as men are not free
everywhere, men are not free
anywhere; therefore, it seeks to
Impress upon the Negro people
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the importance of wanting and
seeking integration, and partici
pation in making and adminis
tration of the laws under which
they must live on all levels. And
that without such integration and
participation, they are not free.
AME Zion Bishop Dies
GREENSBORO, N. C.—Bishop
Edgar Benton Watson, chairman
of the board of bishops of the
African Methodist Episcopal Zion (
church, died of a heart attack
Wednesday, Jan. 17, at his home \
in Greensboro.
At the time of his death, the
71-year-old minister was bishop, ‘
of Central North Carolina, East >1
Tennessee and Virginia. He had*1
previously served in Africa, Ok- 1
lahoma and Texas, 1
Card of Thanks
Mrs. Pauline Ivory wishes to
thank the many friends for the
lovely dinners and other cour
tesies extended her son, Pfc. But
ler Ivory, while on his visit home.
i h IAME8 C. OLSON, Superintendent
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Nebraska’s Governors (26)
Charles W. Bryan, who served
three terms as governor (1923
25, 1931-35), though overshad
owed by the commanding figure
of his brother, William J., stands
as one of Nebraska’s most color
ful political figures and an im
portant personage in his own
right.
He was born at Salem, 111.,
Feb. 10, 1867. After attending
Illinois College and the Univer
sity of Chicago, he went to farm
ing and the raising of purebred
livestock. In 1891, he came out
to Lincoln, where his older
brother already had made enough
of a name for himself to get
elected to Congress. In Lincoln,
he became manager and sales
man for a manufacturing and
brokerage business.
When his older brother cata
pulted to national prominence,
Charles W. became his political
secretary and business agent, a
post he retained until the death
)f William Jennings Bryan in j
1925. An important feature of
his relationship was Charles W.
3ryan’s service as publisher and
issociate editor of The Cotn
noner, the nationally-known
>ublication through which Wil
iam Jennings Bryan expressed .
lis views on questions of the day.
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Sighted Plan
Homer Wright, a Western Elec
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ing a place on the Lincoln board
of education. He says, “foresight
—Courtesy Lincoln Journal-Star
and judgment in a long-range I
building program to meet the
crowded conditions developing in ;
Lincoln schools is essential.”
Wright is a former school j
teacher and school superintendent,
and was supervisor of adult edu- j
cation in St. Louis.
The primary election is April
3rd.
First Negro Salesman
COLUMBUS, O.—(ANP)—The
r. and R. Lazarus company, one
)f the nation’s leading department
stores, hired its first Negro in a
rlerical capacity in its 100th year
listory. The new clerk is Ted
liewis, who has worked for the
itore for 27 years in the house
seeping staff and later as stock
clerk.
Lewis becomes a salesman in
the men’s furnishing department.
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and
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