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About The voice. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 1946-195? | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1952)
THE VOICE PUBLISHED WEEKLY _ " “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people.”_ Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2225 S Street Bo* 2023 2-4085 U No Answer Cell a-V«k>o Ruble * -Shakespeare. Advertising and Business Managei Dorothy Green.... • Secretary Mrs. ioe ,reen .Circulation Manager Member o7 .he Associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press AssoetottOB ' Entered as Second Class Matter, June (7 1947. at the Post Office at Unctoln. Nebraska mdet the Act of March 3. 187k __ 1 year subscription . f?.50 Single copy.IOC Out at State 1 Tear Subscription 12.50- Single Copy 10c Political Picture By ANP There will be nearly 9,500,000 non-white civilians aid enough to vote in the November election, ac cording to the U.S. bureau of census. The great majority of these non-whites are Negroes. Whereas Japanese, Chinese, Indians and others are included among the non-whites, they do not total more than 500,000 persons over 21 years old. This means that there-will be! about 9,000,000 Negroes old enough to vote. Despite this num ber, the NAACP and other inter- j ested organizations do not ex-! pect more than 2,000,000 to vote. There are many reasons for this. One of the chief reasons is that most of those colored voters live in the South, which, incidently, has the largest percentage of cti zens 21 years and older, and also maintains artificial barriers which! work to keep them from voting.! According to the 1950 census. 5,693,181 or about 61 per cent of the non-whites lived in the south. This compared to about 71 1 per cent in 1940. Today there i probably are fewer living there. The change reflects the move- j ments of non-white out of the' South since 1940. Among the civilians of voting i age are many who may not vote because of confinement in penal institutions, mental hospitals and kindred institutions. In all these cases, eligibility to vote is determined by state laws, which vary in many respects. Fur thermore, there is a substantial number of persons in the Dis trict of Columbia who lack voting residence in any state. On top of this is the general apathy of many colored persons who have never voter and thus do not understand the importance of the ballot. If the number of (Negroes old enough to vote would go to the polls, they could well next election. Even in the North where there I is no organized effort to keep the Negro away from the polls, there 'are many colored persons who do [not vote. One of the chief reasons for this is that they do not ful fill the residence requirement. j This group includes a number of recent migrants who, because I of the housing situation in most 'metropolitan cities, have not re Imained long enough in one neigh- ‘ ^borshood to establish a residency. [ They move from one room to an-,1 other before they finally settle down. This is, of course, no fault ‘ of theirs, but it does result in a^ fewer number voting. i* * * * Next week we will give a run- * down on the voting strength of £ non-whites in the 48 states ancj- 1 the District of Columbia. __ 1 6. David paid an enormous price * for the red lights he ran through ( . . . and life for Him only began ‘ to brighten, not when he began 1 to live his life over, but with God, ' entirely anew. | 7. Daniel learned his lessons early and discovered that he had not lost a thing, when he deter-! mined to set out to follow his God and forget the edict of the king. ' / IM TELLING NAT READERS \ / THEY CAN HELP MAKE THE \ / KENNY TREATMENT AVAILABLE ) TO MORE POLIO VICTIMS - BY / \ CONTRIBUTING TO THE KENNY / ^__ \FOUNDATION FUNO APPEAL J 1 [3 _ _tj by VANES C. OLSON, Superintendent •TATI HlSTOatCAL SOCIETY When Nebraska’s reminiscences turn to football—as they are apt to do about this time of year— the talk invariably gets around to the great teams produced by E. O. “Jumbo” Stiehm during the year 1911-1915. Sparked by such great names in Cornhusker foot ball history as Leonard Purdy, Dick Rutherford and Guy Cham berlain, the “Stiehm-roller” in five years won 35 games out of 40 —losing only twice and being tied three times. In 1911, Stiehm’s first year at Nebraska, the Huskers lost only to Minnesota but were held to ties by Michigan and Iowa State. The next year was somewhat in the pattern of Nebraska’s “good” years, with victories over every body on the schedule except mighty Minnesota. Stiehm’s third year at the helm, however, saw his team undefeated —even Minnesota went down be fore the “Stiehmroller”—as the Huskers began a three-year vic tory streak which was to be bro ken only by a scoreless tie with South Dakota (interesting in view of the 1952 opener). The greatest game of them all was the 20-19 victory over Notre Dame at Lincoln, Oct. 23, 1915. rhe old stands were packed with a capacity crowd of 8,000, who, as ”y Sherman wrote the next morn ng in The Lincoln Star, could ‘flatter themselves that it was: heir privilege to inspect an en-j 'agement which represented the aerfection of football.” Things didn’t start well for Ne-; araska, as Jess Harper’s Irish scored in the first few minutes of j alay. Notre Dame led at the half,' .3-7. Early in the fourth quarter, lowever, Nebraska, aided by the arilliant running and passing of 3uy Chamberlain, held a precari aus 20-13 lead. With seconds to go, the Irish slipped across an other touchdown. Harper rushed Johnny Miller in to kick the ex tra point. He missed, and the game was over. Chamberlain, who scored two of Nebraska’s three touchdowns on that memorable October afternoon in 1915, was Nebraska’s first all 1 ■■. « Gillett Poultry FRESH DRESSED POULTRY QUALITY EGGS Phone 2-2001 528 No. 9th VINE ST. MARKET GROCERIES & MEATS 22nd and Vine 2-0583 — 2-6584 BEAL'S GROCERY Fresh Fruits & Vegetables Meats 2101 R TeL 2-6933 | Honored At Birthday Parly On Sunday September 7, 1952, Mrs. Cordie Walker was given a very wonderful birthday party by her daughter, Mrs. Mary Green. On the very beautiful cake was the inscription, to mother on her 70th birthday. Among the forty | Grand Jury to Investigate Fla. Bombings MIAMI, Fla. (ANP) — More than eight months after the brutal bombings of Christmas night, 1951, killed a Mims, Fla. NAACP leader and fatally injured his wife, a^ federal grand jury last week was authorized to investigate the series1 of bombings which terrorized Mi ami last year. Asst. U.S. District Atty. Ernest American—and he remains one of the greatest. •Hailing from Blue Springs, Chamberlain played end and halfback on Stiehm’s great teams. He could run, he could pass, he could tackle. He is one of NU’s all-time high-scorers. j Stiehm’s five years as head coach was a fairly long stretch for Nebraska, exceeded only by W. C. Booth’s six years and D. Z. ’ Bible’s eight, although Biff Jones also served five years. Jumbo’s term at Nebraska came to a close at the end of the 1915 season when, dissatisfied with the $3500 he was getting, he demanded $4250. The University refused to pay it, so Mr. Stiehm packed up and left. 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