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Terror Strikes Harlem
As Crime Takes Over
NEW YORK (ANP) — Terror
reigns in Harlem. An unprece
dented wave of snatchings, mug
gings, hold-ups and house rob
beries have swept in with the
Christmas season that baffles the
police and defies stopping.
Over at the swanky Riverton,
owned by the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Co., the situation has
gotten so serious, the manage
ment has sent letters to every ten
ant urging the utmost caution, not
only in walking through the beau
tiful park surrounding the apart
ments, but in riding elevators and
in admitting unknown persons to
apartments.
In a newly concocted scheme,
robbers now disguise themselves j
as delivery boys, bringing fake
parcels to the elevators. Unsus
pecting passengers enter the sell
service cars with a pistol or a
switch blade.
Several cases of robbery at
knife-point in this fashion have
been reported to the Riverton
management which can do noth
ing about the matter.
Further, robbers boldly ring
apartment door bells and gain en
try through other ruses, sticking
up the tenants and making get
aways before help can be had.
Street hoid-ups are becoming
more and more common. Purse
snatching has reached the epi
demic stage. Last Thursday night,
two women had their purses
snatched within two hours of each
other and within one block pf:
each other. * The thieves madej
clean get-aways. In one case,
teen-agers accosted a woman J
walking up the outer walk near
Madison Avenue after she had
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GOOD SPORTS
*
Lynn Fishman, young Muscular
Dystrophy victim from New York
City, and Bill Stern, nationally
known sports personality, collab
orate on making a contribution to
the 1952-53 Muscular Dystrophy
appeal. Bill Stern is serving as
National Chairman for the Sports
Committee for the Muscular Dys
trophy Associations of America,
Inc., nationwide campaign, cur
rently being conducted throughout
December. Funds are being sought
to sponsor medical research to find
treatment and cure for thousands
of youngsters like little Lynn who
are victims of this progressively
crippling disease.
Fight Muscular Dystrophy through
research. Give to your local Mus
cular Dystrophy ’Association Chap
ter, or to M. D. A , New York ft,
N, Y.
left the bus at 135th and Madison.
They darted out from behind
parked cars and, grabbing her
dangling purse, ran rapidly up to
138th street, crossed Fifth ave
nue and were lost in the “jungles”.
Riverton guards, assigned to pro
tect property and persons, were
nowhere to be seen. Neither were
the city police whose prowl cars
seldom visit this neighborhood.
All this happens just at the
time a committee visited the Po
lice Commissioner asking addi
tional police protection in the area
between 125th Street down to 59th
Street on the West Side (Eighth
Avenue to the River).
Reports are that students at
Barnard college, a woman's col
lege unit of Columbia university,
are warned not to leave the build
ings after dark unaccompanied.
Tenants of apartment houses in
the neighborhood of the Cathedral
of St. John the Divine report fre
quent robberies (one house was
robbed 35 times within a month).
Residents of the avenues bor
dering the parks in the area dare
not venture near the parks after
dark.
The whole community is in a
frenzy of fear and Police Com
missioner Monaghan has promised
additional police as fast as they*
can be added to the force. He has1;
asked for a force of 25,000 men,1
but even that may be inadequate
to combat the rising tide Qi nrlm*
that is terrorizing Harlem.
Y ule-Birthday
Banquet Given
Ex-Slave, 106
Mrs. Emma Davis, 2156 U, spent
a quiet Christmas day with her
son, Girt Davis, and grandson.
Christmas day, 1952, was the oc
casion of Mrs. Davis’ 106th birth
day.
Employees of the First Trust
Company, the Salvation Army,
and the Girl Scouts contributed
food for the Christmas-birthday
banquet.
Mrs. Davis says she was born
in Waxahatchee, Tex., in 1846 and
worked as a slave girl until 1865.
She lived in Cooper, Tex., most
of her life but moved to Lincoln
to live with her son, Girt, five
years ago. Anohter son, Jim
Fuller, 2244 S, also lives in Lin
coln but was not present for the
birthday dinner.
Girt Davis says his mother is
not able to walk well enough to
leave the house. She spends her
time sewing and making quilts.
“Second-Hand Christians,”
Too Many Americans Are
NEW YORK— (ANP) —Church
membership in the United States
is at an alltime high of 85 million
people. The reason these 85 mil
ilion professed servants of God
i aren’t making more of a spiritual
inlfcact on American life is be
cause too many of them are sec
ond-hand Christians, claims Dr.
Harry Emerson Fosdick in an ar
ticle in the December issue of
Pageant Magazine.
For too many American church
members their religion is formal,
not vital; they have inherited it
from their families or borrowed it
from their friends. They believe
after a fashion, says Dr. Fosdick,
but the profound experiences of
the human soul which transform
(character, sustain strength and
Thought for Today
Every wise woman buildeth her
house: but the foolish plucketh it
down with her hands.
He that walketh in his upright
ness feareth the Lord: but he that
is perverse in his ways despiseth
him.
Proverbs 14:1.2.
F. Rivers
May Become
Federal Judge
NEW YORK — (ANP) — When
Justice Francis Rivers’ 10-year
term as member of the City Court
judiciary expires on Dec. 31, there
is a strong probability that the
life-long Republican will be re
warded with an appointment to
the U. S. District Court. If this
happens, Judge Rivers will be the
First Negro appointed to that
court.
Although the salary is $5,000
a year less than his present sal
ary, the job is a lifetime one,
compared with the terms served
in other courts. A long-time ad
viser on Republican affairs to
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and Her
bert Brownell, Rivers’ appoint
ment is considered a foregone
conclusion.
At the same time, there is a
well defined rumor that James
Yeargin, for 13 years an assist
ant district attorney, now in the
homicide division, also will be re
warded for his long service to the
party. ' Yeargin was an unsuc
cessful judicial candidate on the
Republican ticket two years ago
and returned to his job where he
is one of the main cogs in the
prosecutor’s office.
Bakers Cooperate
With OPS to Guard
Choppers’ Budgets
Most housewives recently be
gan paying an additional penny
for white bread—but they’re get
ting bigger loaves for their
money.
This was pointed out recently
by Henry C. Winters, district en
forcement director for the Office
of Price Stabilization, who praised
bakeries in Nebraska communities
for the compliance with OPS
price regulations,
OPS recently granted the bak
eries an increase of one cent a
loaf for white bread, with the
stipulation that the weight of the
loaf must be upped from 20 to
21 y4 ounces.
An intensive check of the prin
cipal bakeries by OPS enforce
ment agents reveal that in nearly
all cases, bakeries have adjusted
their weights to comply with the
ruling. In a few instances, where
the adjustment had not been
made, bakery officials readily
agreed to comply, after the ruling
was explained to them.
“Although a penny per loaf
seems like a trifling increase, it
amounts to hundreds of thousands
of dollars in the annual house
hold budgets of Nebraskans,” said
Mr. Winters. “Because of the co
operation of the bakeries with
OPS, housewives can be assured
that they are still getting full
value when they buy bread.”
State OPS Chief
To Quit Job Soon
Edwin Moran, Nebraska district
director of the Office of Price
Stabilization has submitted his
resignation from the price con
trols job which he has held since
March 19, 1951. His successor has
not been named.
Mr, Moran plans to return to
his private law practice in Ne
braska City.
courage, and make God person
ally real, they have not known
first hand.
"IVOIdOiSIH iViS U
Speaker
At St. John Banquet
New Executive
Secretary Is
War Veteran
The new executive director of
the Lincoln Urban League, Sid
ney H. Alexander jr., is a veteran
of World War II.
The 33-year-old Denver man
will assume his
post in early
January.
He will make
his first offi
cial public ap
pearance at the
league’s 21st
annual dinner,
January 28th.
Acting execu
tive secretaryCoJ|r(esy Linco(n
Star .
since the resig- S. Alexander
nation of Lynwood 'Parker in
August has been Mrs. Sara
Walker.
Twenty-Nine
Favor More
Road Revenue
By CLIFF H.ANDAHL
Chairman, Nebraska Kdttors Hlabwar
Cssltrtscr
It Is just » coincidence, but 21
members of the Nebraska Legis
lature—exactly the required num
ber to pass legislation with an
emergency clause—are on record
in favor of increasing state funds
for highway construction.
At least that is their attitude as
expressed in a pre-election poll,
and there is no reason to believe
it has changed since. As for the
other 14 members of the Legisla
ture, they are either uncommitted
or open-minded.
Legislation passed with emer
gency clause becomes effective
immediately; legislation without
the emergency clause becomes
effective 90 days after passage
The former requires 29 votes for
passage; the latter 22 votes.
Among 1952 senators answering
a flat “yes” for increased road
revenue are J. Monroe Bixler,
Harrison; Hal Bridenbaugh, Da
kota City; Dwight W. Burney,
Hartington; H. K. Diers, Gresham;
Tom Dooley, Pa pill ion; A. A
Fenske, Sunol; O. H. Liebers, Lin
coln; C. C. Lillibridge, Crete;
Joseph D. Martin, Grand Island;
Robert D. McNutt, Lincoln; L. M.
Shultz, Rogers; and Karl Vogel.
Omaha. Of these, Liebers, Lilli
bridge and Vogel voted to kill the
gas tax bill in the 1951 Legisla
j ture.
On Saturday night, December
27th, The Lebanon Lodge No. 3,
sponsored a St. John’s Day Ban
quet at the Lincoln Urban League.
Honorable Charles A. Stewart, *
C.C.F.C., of Omaha, Nebraska,
was the guest speaker.
Using the eleventh chapter of St.
John and the 33 and 44 verses as
the background of his topic,
“BURIED TALENTS—UNLOCK
ING YOUR POSSIBILITIES,”
Hon.*Stewart says: Stir up the gift
that is in you, have a definite aim,
and a burning desire to get what
you want. Desire is the starting
point of all achievements. To be
come satisfied with oneself is to
stop growing.
Giving four definite purposes
for achievement, Hon. Stewart
states further:
1— Know what you want( fix in
your mind the exact thing that
you want, be definite),
2— Set a time to get it( Estab
lish a definite date for the ac
quiring of the thing desired),
3— Know why you want it (de
termine what you intend to give in
return for the thing you desire, as
there’s no reasoning in the thought
that you get something for noth
ing), and
4— Know how to get it (create
a definite plan fnr putting into ac
tion your desired goal). These pur
poses, backed by the urge to go in
the right direction, the urge to go
from where we are to beyond
■ ourselves, and the urge to be at
tached (do a little more than that
which you’re being paid); These
are the bases for the stimulation of
unlimited possibilities.
Others appearing on the pro
gram were: Rev. Wm. I Monroe,
Prayer; Choral selection by the
Denton Chapel Trio, directed by
Mrs. Sarah Tarpley, a piano se
lection my master Charles Bonds,
and solos rendered by Mrs. Le
nora Letcher and George Randol.
Brother Clayton P. Lewis, Grand
Master of the lodge, gave the clos-.
ing remarks and introduced the
grand officers, visitors and com
mittee members.
Stock Notes
The coupon that appears in the
lower right hand corner of The
Voice, is for all persons in Ne
braska, who are interested in
securing better housing for the
lower income groups in this area.
All Citizens of the State of Ne
braska are asked to join together
and support this very worthy
movement. Any questions that
you might have concerning thi^s
stock please call, 2-2247, or
2-4085.
NORTHSIDE IMPROVEMENT
ASSOCIATION
Federal regulation requires that this offer be confined to
i residents of Nebraska.
I AM INTERESTED
Send me a Prospectus:
I would like to know more about this great movement to
provide housing for the low' income groups in this area. I will
do my share.
NAME.7.
j ADDRESS...
CITY .. ...State of Nebraska
Mail this coupon to the Northside Improvement Association
, i at 1319 O Sheet, Lincoln, Netfra'-ka, or The Voive P. O. Box 20J3.
