Lincoln 3, Nebraska Official and Legal Newspaper February 21, 1952
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Hiffhest Heroisi
NEW YORK (ANP)—Mr. and
Mrs. Van Charlton of the Bronx
received notice from the Army
last week of the posthumous
award of the Medal of Honor to
their son, Sgt. Cornelius H. Charl
ton, 21 years old.
He is the second New* York,
Negro to receive the nation’s high
est military award for heroism,
since the Spanish-American War.
Pfc. William Thompson of Har-j
lem was similarly honored in
Korea last July.
The Congressional medal has
been awarded to 41 soldiers since
the outbreak of the Korean con
flict.
Sgt. Charlton was credited with
having taken over a platoon after j
its officer was wounded. He led
an assault up a hill and wiped outj
several enemy positions with gre
nades and rifle fire, and killed six,
foes.
Repulsed in this engagement
last June 2 near Chipo, he later
led another assault on the hill,!
clearing the enemy from the crest.
While trying to clear out the last1
emplacement he was struck by a
grenade and fatally wounded. Be
fore the fatal blast he had been
knocked down by the blast of an
other grenade. Even though
deeply wounded in the chest, he
charged on after seeing that all
his wounded comrades had been
count reported that after he had
been mortally wounded by the
second grenade, he continued to
lire and silenced the enemy posi
tion.
The 58-year-old father of the
hero said: “My boy’s action in
combat and death make a liar out
of Paul Robeson, who said the
Negroes would never fight for
their country against the Com
munists.”
Sgt. Charlton was a student at
Theodore Roosevelt High school
when he joined the army. He was
a member of the 24th Infantry
Regiment of the 25th Infantry Di
vision. During World War II two
of his brothers were in the serv
ice, one a marine and one a coast
guardsman.
Ministers Wives
Hear Teachers
At the regular meeting of the
ministers wives council held at the
home of Mrs. Vara Powell, 526
North 22nd street, Mrs. Lois
Schwab and Mrs. Ruby Nell Ruth,
teachers of Home Economics, from
the Home Management depart
ment of Agr. College were guest
speakers. They used the theme
“The Ideal Hostess.”
Commemorating National Negro
History Week, roll call of mem
bers was answered as follows:
Mrs. Jennie Edwards gave a re
view on Joe Louis; Mrs. Golden
Brooks, James V • Johnson; Mrs.
Henrietta Bell, Booker T. Wash
ington; Mrs. Mary Humbert,
Bishop R. R. Wright Jr.; Mrs. S.
Belle Monroe, Annie Burroughs;
Mrs. Oceola Nathan, Mrs. E. C.
Clement; Mrs. Vara Powell, Mrs.
Mary M. Bethune; Mrs. Rubie
Shakespeare, George W. Carver;
Mrs. B. E. Johnson, Langston
Hughes; Miss Belva Spicer, Doro
thy Davis.
The president, Mrs. S. Belle
Monroe who left Tuesday for an
extended trip to California was
presented a gift from the mem
bers. Co-hostesses were Mrs.
Vara Powell and Mrs. Rubie
Shakespeare.
Members of
j Armed Forces
Should Vote
“All members of the Armed
Forces are entitled to vote and
! should send an application, letter,
1 or postcard to their County Clerks
or Election Commissioners re
questing a ballot for the April 1st,
Primary Election,” Secretary of
State, James S. Pittenger an
nounced. He said that military
applications for ballots are now
being received.
“Extensive programs are being
carried on by the Defense De
partment to advise members of the
armed services of their rights,”
Pittenger said, but urged friends
and relatives to advise them, also,
that they might have every op
portunity to vote.
Formal application forms need
not be submitted. Postcards or
^ letters may be submitted as an
application and must contain the
(voter’s residence address, politi
cal affiliation, and the address to
which the ballot should be sent.
“All requests for military bal
lots received by March 29th will
be honored,” Pittenger said; but
he recommended that they be sub
; mitted not later than March 10th.
All ballots must be in the hands
of the County Clerks by 10 a.m.,
April 10th nad must have been
voted by March 31st.
“Many civic organizations are
conducting campaigns to get out
the vote and suggest that Nebras
ka’s citizens do their part by for
\ warding this clipping to a friend
in the service. No one should be
deprived of the right to vote be
cause of the lack of information,”
Pittenger declared.
Nebraska’s Election Commis
sioner noted that his office has
been busily engaged in completing
last minute filings. “No filings
, will be accepted after 5 p.m.,
Thursday, February 21, 1952,” said
Pittenger, “and the official list of
candidates will be certified to the
counties not later-than March 7th.
Guidance Center
To Sponsor Panel
The third annual meeting of the
Lincoln and Lancaster County
Child Guidance Center is spon
,soring a panel discussion and pub
lic forum entitled: “Understanding
Your Child,” Monday, February 25
J—Student Union Ballroom—8 p.m.'
The panel will consist of:
Dr. Harold C. Lueth, Dean of
the University of Nebraska Col
lege of Medicine, as chairman.
A psychologist, Dr. D. Stewart
MacDonald, Director of the Child |
Guidance Center.
A psychiatrist, Dr. George Lyt
ton, of the Central Nebraska Men
tal Health Clinic in Hastings.
A pediatrician, Dr. Herman M.
Jahr, of Omaha, Head of Pediat
rics, U. of N. College of Medicine.
A psychiatric social worker, Mrs.
Leon Lucas, of Lincoln.
And a Lincoln mother of 4, Mrs.
Ernest W. Hancock.
The public is invited and there
is no admission charge. Questions
may be sent in ahead of time to
the Child Guidance Center, 228
South Tenth, and there will be
ample opportunity for questions
from the floor.
frong Anti-Discrimination
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—jw Passed In Albuquerque
World Day
Of Prayer
Draws Near
The Lincoln Council of Church
women will have one more home
prayer meeting, preparatory to
the World Day of Prayer Silence
on Friday, Feb. 29.
The meeting will be held on
Feb. 22 at 10 a.m.
Women of all denominations
may attend these informal neigh
borhood meetings, choosing the
Dne nearest home if desired.
Mrs. Frank Whyman is prayer
group chairman.
Grace Lutheran Church, 22nd
and Washington, will be host to
World Prayer services on Feb. 29.
Hostesses for the neighborhood
prayer groups are:
Mrs. O. A. Dahlquist, 1688 Perkins.
Mrs. James S. Wallace, 2855 Garfield.
Mrs. Orin Bates, 3009 Holdrcge.
Mrs. Rose Harrison, 3445 Orchard.
Mrs. Harley Thrapp, 1311 No. 44th.
Mrs. C. M. Duff, 1345 No. 37th.
Mrs. Donald Helmsdoerfer, 319 No.
Mrs. N. A. Martin, 8024 S.
Mrs. F. Stark, 135 No. 24th.
Mrs. Fred Hallock, 1516 So. 19th.
Mr# D. B. Marti, 3303 M.
Mrs. Joe Riley Burns, 2702 No. 49th.
Mrs. R. H. Powell, 526 No. 22nd.
Mrs. Virgil C. Welch, 2313 No. 67th.
Mrs. J. W. Staton. 457 No. 25th.
Mrs. P. L. Quinn, 1128 No. 66th.
Mrs. F. J. Lightlc, 1100 So. 30th.
| Mrs. Ervin Clement, 2520 So. 53rd.
Miss Grace Lenfest (evening group) 491S
■ Adams.
j Mrs. Harold C. Sandal!, 415 No. 27th.
I Mrs. Arthur W. Taylor. 1710 B.
| Mrs. Mary Shelly, 924 Plum.
Famed Hunter Dies
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (ANP —
Pete Gantrot, famed hunter of the
eraly 20th and late 19th centuries,
died here last week at the age of
105.
Gantrot because of his superior
marksmanship in his younger days
was rated the most desirable hunt
ing companion in the state.
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.—(ANP)—On the birthday
| of Abraham Lincoln, the Albuquerque city commission
passed a strong anti-discrimination ordinance.
Sponsored jointly by the Albuquerque branch and the
University of Mexico chapter of the NAACP, the measure
hurdled opposition from the National Hotel and Restaurant
Owners Association, the local Barbers Union, and ‘the
County Retail Liquor Dealers Association, and independent
restaurant owners. It was passed at its third reading.
Meeting of Heart
Association to Be
On February 23rd
Medical Research Grants totall
ing $5,000, to be used for study
of heart diseases and their many
causes, will be given to two Ne
braska medical schools as a fea
ture of the annual Scientific and
Business meeting of the Nebraska
Heart Association next Saturday,
February 23, at the Hotel Corn
husker in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Dr. F. W. Niehaus, president of
the Nebraska Heart Association,
which is now conducting a fin
jancial Drive for $60,000 to fight
heart disease in Nebraska, said
that medical research grants of
$2,500 each will be given to the
Creighton University School of
Medicine and to the University of
Nebraska College of Medicine,
both of Omaha.
“These two grants were ap
proved by our Executive Board at
its January meeting and the
money comes from proceeds of
the 1951 Heart Fund Drive and
from Memorial Gifts from the re
latives or friends of Nebraskans
,'who have died from heart
'diseases,” Dr. Niehaus said.
Dean Harold C. Lueth of Uni
versity of Nebraska College of.
Medicine and Dean F. G. Gillick
of Creighton University School cf
Medicine will accept the grants
in behalf of the two medical
schools which they head.
“I hope that the 1952 Heart
Fund Drive will exceed our goal
of $60,000,” said Dr. Niehaus.
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Tribute to Gold Coast World War II Dead
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Citizens of the Gold Coast re
cently paid tribute to their na
tion’s war dead who gave their
lives for freedom in World War
II. Shown above is the new Gold
Coast War Memorial. The wreaths
laid on it were placed there on
the Remembrance Day Services.
The inscription on the memorial
reads:
“In memory of the officers,
warrant officers, non - commis
sioned officers, men of the Gold
Coast forces Royal West African
Frontier Force who gave their
I lives for their king, country, and
peopel in the World War, 1939
! 1945.”—(ANP)
The ordinance, which prohibits
discrimination in public places be
cause of race, creed, ancestry or
color, provoked more audience
participation than any other item
on the lengthy agenda.
Passage of such an ordinance
was urged after mixed groups had
experienced difficulty in restau
rants, bars, and other such places
of public accommodation.
Modeled after a measure now
before the legislature at Madison,
Wis., the ordinance specifically
provides:
“All persons shall have right to
full and equal accommodations,
advantages, facilities and privi
leges of any place of public ac
commodation, resort or amuse
■ ment within the city of Albu
; querque.”
The law defines such places to
Include hotels, restaurants, bars,
jice cream parlors, dispensaries,
clinics, hospitals, bath houses,
theaters, concert halls, skating
I rinks, golf courses, swimming
pools, pool parlors, public convey
ances, and public halls and eleva
tors.
The ordinance had strong en
jforcement and punishment proyi- I
sions. The owner or operator of
such, a place is held responsible
and if he is guilty of violating the
law, he can be fined from $100 to
$300 or sentenced to 30 to 90 days
in jail. The law also provides for
revocation of the places’ city occu
pation license on the second of
fense within a year.
Aligned with the two NAACP
chapters in fighting for passage
of the ordinance were:
The Ministerial Alliance, the
National Council of Catholic
Women (local), the Central Labor
Union, the majority of the Amer
ican Legion. Posts, Alianzo Hispano
Americano, the American Council
of Spanish Speaking People, and
many independent labor groups.
At the final reading of the bill,
Hobart LaGrone, president of the
local chapter of the NAACP, said:
“It is fitting that this should
come up for its final reading on
the birthday of the Great Emanci
pator who started the struggle to
make all citizens equal.”
Chief source of opposition to the
bill came from H. Duncan Sim
mons, executive secretary of the
Bernalillo county Retail Liquor
Dealers Association, and Bill Up
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Kappa Phi Meets
At Urban League
Zeta Alumnae Chapter of Kappa
Phi held its regular monthly
meeting Monday evening at the
Lincoln Urban League.
After a short business meeting,
Mr. Lynnwood Parker, executive
secretary of the league addressed
I the group using as a theme “Love
^of Community.”
Hostesses for the evening were
Mrs. M. L. Shakespeare Mrs. Ida
Anderson, Miss Irma Killer, Mrs.
Dale Griffing and Mrs. Beverly
Marek.
| Miss Ethel McCamley is presi
dent