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___v ^ ^ ^ VOl. i, NO. 11 Un,,!, *.Cr,..a V1’ Wpppppper Th.rriM, ;|, I„| Welcome St< "l- Fair Visitors Truman Makes Address At Legion’s New Home WASHINGTON —(ANP)— De livering the dedicatory address for the new Washington head quarters of the American Legion, President Truman last week de fined “Real Americanism” as meaning “fair opportunities for all our citizens.” “Real Americanism also means freedom of speech,” he continued. “It means freedom of religion and fair play.” The President elabo rated on the meaning of real. Americanism by pointing out that! none of America’s citizens should! be held back by unfair discrimi-i nation and prejudice. “In America,” he said, “the people have the right to say what they think, regardless of how much of it ij disagreed with. No man should be discriminated against because of his religious faith, and every man who is ac-| cused of a crime should be con-, sidered innocent until he has been proved guilty. People must not be penalized and persecuted for exercising thier constitutional lib erties. “Real Americanism means all of this and more, it means that liberty is not license. There is no freedom to injure others. The constitution does not protect free speech to the extent of permitting conspiracies to overthrow the Government. Neither does the right of free speech authorize slander or character assassination. These limitations are essential to keep us working together in one great community.” The President pointed out that Americanism is under attack by. communism "both at home and abroad,” and it is also under an other kind of attack. “It is being undermined by some people in this country who are loudly proclaiming that they are the chief defenders against communism.” He charged the latter group as attacking the basic principle of fair play that underlies our con stitution by spreading slander, lies] and by character assassination.; “These things are a threat to every single citizen everywhere in this country,” declared Mr. Truman. He therefore urged every single American who loves his country and his freedom to “make a fight for real 100 percent American ism.” Minton Joins String Band WILDWOOD, N. J. (AN?). For! the first time in its history, the| Wildwood string band has a Ne gro member. He is Russell F. Mintqp, jr., of Ardmore, son of the superintendent and medical director of Philadelphia’s Mercy Douglas hospital. Minton, a clarinetist, made his first appearance with the band at its biggest affair—the annual Baby Parade sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. An accomplished musician, he played first clarinet while attend ing Lower Merion High school and was selected as a member of the all-State high school band. Now a pre-medical student at Penn State, he is working in Wild R.C. Workers From Indonesia Visit Lincoln Two Red Cross workers from j Indonesia, who are in the U.S. as guests of the State Department, are visiting in Lincoln this week. Coming as they do from an in fant republic, wartorn for years, they are seeking ideas as to the solution of the unnumerable social and educ|tional problems of the 77 million people. On Friday they met with the Lancaster County Red Cross chairmen of thQge services in which they are particularly in terested: Volunteer Services, Home Service, Disaster Services, Blood Program, Fund Raising,! Veteran’s Rehabilitation, Public Information, and at noon were entertained at a luncheon at which the chapter executive com mittee also were present. Miss Srijati Sastroamidjoj, sis ter of the Indonesian ambassador I to the U.S., is head of the Social Service Department of the branch j of the Indonesia Red Cross in Djakarta, a city of 2% million 'people, and capital of Indonesia. The work consists primarily of social services to the thousands of displaced persons In the area, whose problems of unemploy ment, malnutrition, sickness, lack of support, are tremendous. All displaced persons in need of as sistance are referred to the Red Cross by the Ministry of Social Services and other welfare or-. ganizations. Miss Rades Adjing Foeschet Erna Djajadiningrat is a member of the National Board of Gover nors of the Indonesian Red Cross. She is in Lincoln primarily to study the Nebraska program of Home Economics. She serves as head of the Department of Voca tional Training for Girls, Ministry of Education, and of the Depart ment of Veterans Rehabilitation. As such, she supervises 115 voca tional training schools thoughout Indonesia for girls between 12 and 19 years of age. She works closely with public and private welfare agencies. While in the' U.S. she is studying social work in general, education programs, and Red Cross services. Increased parking space at thei Nebraska State Fair grounds in j Lincoln will park enough cars each day so that if placed bumper to bumper, the cars would stretch for 19 miles. Sept. l-8th cIWe Voice Appreciation Week Watch For It wood where his parents maintain a summer home; % Youth Passes Resolutions At Assembly ITHACA, N. Y. <^ANP). The first triennial general assembly of World Assembly of Youth which met recently at Cornell university passed a resolution on discrimination. The resolution submitted by the workshop, called for removal of [segregation in schools, and for an international convention to guar antee the rights of all races and religions. Some 500 delegates represent ing youths of 64. non-communist nations attended. Outstanding delegates for for eign countries included: Nil wan Pinthong, a magazine editor and publisher from Bangkok, an ex change student in journalism; Pop Luan Lim, a social science major at Rutherford college in North Carolina, from Singapore; Shahjahan Fahim, wife of the [prime minister of Pakistan and a [member of the All-Pakistan Wo I men’s association; Mary Club-j walla, a juvenile court magis trate from India; Zaude Gabre madhin, a student, Beloit college from Addis Ababa; and Jacques Adzomad, a pastor-missionary from Togo, French West Africa. The assembly supported a re quest that passports ye made eas ier to attain. This OUld aid stu dents who wanted to study abroad. I Colleges Open ! Doors to Negroes | RICHMOND (ANP)—For the first time in its history Negroes will study at Virginia colleges. Seven colored students already have been admitted for the fall term. Three will study at the Medical College of Virginia and four will enter the school of social work at Richmond Professional Institute. Another student had applied for admission, Dr. George T. Kalif, director of RPI said. All are resi dents of the state. A Negro woman has been ad mitted to the school of medicine at the Medical college of Virginia. NEBRASKA CROP LIVESTOCK GROUP FORMED—Meeting at Grand Island to form Nebraska’s first Christian Rural Overseas Live stock committee were: left to right, Honor Ochsner, Madison; J. H. ~ Vinton, Gordon; E. P. Rjran, Grand Island; Don Sampson, Central City; Arnold Lambert, Springfield, Mo.; W. H. Brokaw, Lincoln; Ernie Weller, Atkinson; W. A. Redfield, Crete; E. G. Ihrig, Atkinson; H. C. Johnson, Cambridge; Merlin Frantz, Lincoln. The livestock commit tee’s first action was to set Nebraska CROP Livestock week for October 14 through 20. 30-Minute Hurricane 1 Rips Through Kingtson W. B. SHURTLEFF W. B. Shurtleff, Businessman, Builder, Dies W. Bruce Shurtleff, 64, of 2464: .Woodscrest, prominent Lincoln businessman, died Monday, Au gust 20. He had been hospital ized for a heart condition for a (short time. He was a member of the cham ber of commerce and St. Pau] Methodist church. I HE IS SURVIVED bykils wife, I Elsa A.; three sons, Woodrow B., and Donald O., both of Lincoln and Bruce K. of Pensacola, Fla.;^ daughter, Mrs. Mary Frances Danley of Lincoln; brother, L. E. Shurtleff of Lincoln and six grandchildren. Funeral was at 10 a.m. Wednes- , day at Hodgman-Splain with Rev. j James Lamar Ray officiating, i Burial was at Wyuka, To Give Pageant A Pageant, “The Beautiful Gar den of Prayer” will be given at the Urban League (tonight) Thursday, Aug, 30, at 8 p.m. The program will feature musi cal and dramatic talent from all over the city being highlighted by Lincoln’s Women’s Gospel chorus. Mrs. H. Denton and Mrs. H. D. Colbert are sponsors. Leaves 110 Dead 1,000’s Homeless By Wilbert E Hemming KINGSTON, Jamaica—(ANP)— A 30-minute blast from a 150 mile per hour hurricane caused exten tive damage to the city of King ston last week. Fields in the coun try areas and food crops were wiped out. But in the wake only 110 persons perished out of sev eral thousand homeless. Communications and fuel sup plies have been drastically dis rupted. Electrical power will not be available for one week. Burst water mains left the city dry and thirsty. A famine follows fast at the heels of the disaster. * If the water mains remain broken for any length of time, there may be an epidemic. At the moment, the extent of the damage could not be esti mated, as the parishes have been virtually cut off from the city. Roads clogged with landslides prevented traffic movements. | Telecommunications were shat- « ' tered. The electrically operated radio system was dead. Power lhad to be turned off because of 'high tension overhead wires. ^ There has been no music for the cathedrals and no movies for the cinemas. , / There were no fires, fortu nately. It there had been, the effect would have been chaotic as 1 firefighters would be hampered by the debris-blocked streets. * • * Ed. Note: The following is part of a letter received by Oscar Harriott (5903 Walker Street) from his brother in Kingston. Mr. and Mrs. Harriott have been in the States five years. Two of their three chil dren are in Kingston. Mr. Harriott received, his masters from the University of Nebraska in July. They arc seeking food and cloth ing to send to the island. * 8 8 j Friday night, the 17th of August, at about 9 o'clock, this island was struck by one of the ■ most disastrous hurricanes in its I history. The Governor had just broadcast to us calling upon the j people to grid themselves for the impending catastrophe. H e warned that never in our history did we experience anything so catastrophic as that which was about to strike. Committing us all to a Great Providence, his broadcast ended, and immediately the Public Service turned off the great turbines and left the island in silence and darkness. In a few minutes the wind burst upon us in all its fury at 125 miles per hour. It was a night of horror as thousands of roofs blew away and walls crashed in. When morning broke everything presented a piteous spectacle. All churches in the city were badly damaged — the Parish Church, St. George’s, Coke. Little Wesley came down with a crash. Practi cally every house was either badly damaged or demolished. Giant trees were uprooted and thrown down. Franklin Town, Rollington Town, Allman Town, East and West, are like wilder nesses. At Morant Bay there is not a house standing. Spanish Town, Mandeville, May Pen, and Bog Walk were all brought low. In Kingston and St. Andrew there were some 100 deaths. Six little boys died when the dormitory at the Orphanage crashed. One (Continued on Page 3, Col. 1)
