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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*
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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Pictured above is Mrs. Walker
with some of the lovely gifts she
received.
Duhaime announced that the fed
eral government had approved the
grand jury action. This action will
study the reasons behind a series
of bombings which saw Negroes,
Jew’s and Catholics terrorized for
several months.
The study will cover the bomb
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