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THE VOICE Published Weekly “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people ” ELBERT SAWYER Publisher and Editor Business Address 2225 S Street, P.O. Box 2023. 2-4085 Burt F. Newton.•. Executive Editor Maxine Sawyer.Advertising and Business Manager James Sawyer.Circulation Manager Member of the Nebraska Press Association Entered as second class matter, June 9, 1947, at the Post Office at Lincoln, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3. 1879. I year subscription . *2 50 Single copy . .lOe Out of State 1 year Subscription *2 50 Single Copy 10e EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns are those of the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the policy of The Voice.--Pub. Sport SJiorts By BERT NEWTON Ted King is an important mem ber of the Lincoln Central High basketball team. Lincoln Centra’ qualified for the state tournament Bob Fairchild did not make the trip to Kansas City for the Big Seven indoor track meet. He suf fered another leg injury. Gene Baker, first Negro to play in the Western League and also the first to wear a Chicago Cub uniform, may solve the team’s shortstop problem. According to reports coming from the Cubs’ training camp, Baker has been fielding sensationally. A Chicago paper had a feature story on Baker and the following para graph is lifted: “Major league pitching may be a bit too much for the unassuming kid from Davenport, Iowa. But he can field with the best of them. He glides over the ground with the greatest of ease, has a bull-whip arm and is durable, as witness his 420 con Every Item In Our Entire East Windows */iOFF CHEAPPER DRUG STORE “Come In and Hrowse Around” 1325 0 St. Lincoln Hodgman-Splain MORTUARY 1335 L Street Uinroln, Nebraska "mgi. 2 9313 FOR HOME. SCHOOL OR OFFICE USE ROYAL TYPEWRITERS Manual—Klectrie—Portable A. B. DICK MIMEOGRAPH DUPLICATORS Oomple'e Duplicator SuppUea DICTAPHONE CLARY ADDERS SALES—SERVICE—RENTALS Coll. Phone or Write NEBRASKA TYPEWRITER CO. 1 is No. 11th 2-7285 Open Thursday Ireolan until • We Otve Ufl Green Stamp* secutive games in the Pacific Coast League.” Goose Tatum is featured in last week’s LIFE magazine. Lincoln fans remember Tatum for his en deavors with the Lincoln Wings basketball and baseball teams. Tatum is now a star with the famous Harlem Globe Trotters. Western Leaguers are promi inent on the Panama League all-! |star team. Named to the mythical' jclub were Pablo Bernard ( Den ver), Bob Prescott (Denver), and Clyde Parris (Pueblo). Don Newcomb e, Brooklyn pitcher in the Army, won $270 on the “Strike it Rich” television! program, February 27, for Mrs. Cornelius Johnston, 60-year-old Jersey City woman. He explained Mrs. Johnston, an invalid, had helped rear him as a boy. ! Bill Bruton, formerly of the Denver Bears, is given a chance t to take the centerfield job fromj I Sam Jethroe. Jethroe had a very disappointing season last year I with the Boston Braves. Harry (Suitcase) Simpson, Cleveland outfielder, hit a grand slam home run in his first exhibi tion game against the New York Giants last Saturday. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR GOLD CUP BREAD ^ You’ll show good manners by sharing your party line and keeping calls reasonably i brief. You’ll show good sense ^ by spacing calls out and re placing the receiver carefully after each call. Following this type of frieodiy cooperation adds up to better party line service for everyone. [LINCOLN TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CO.! Civil Defense Can Cut War Peril, Says Ike WASHINGTON —• Pre s 1 d e n t i Eisenhower Wednesday said the American people can reduce the chances of a third world war by building a strong and vigilapt civil defense organization. Mr. Eisenhower made the state ment at the White House swearing 'in of Val Peterson, former gov ernor of Nebraska, as federal civil defense administrator. The President said the job of civil defense is vital to national security and “means developing a preparedness, a vigilance, so im pressive as to deter aggression itself.” Mr. Eisenhower said he be lieved this country can “awaken to the task” of preparing for the (effects of a possible conflict. Toj the extent that it does so, he said, ,“the chances of conflict will be I lessened.” | - People In The News I Congratulations to Shirley Con 1 rad for making the Honor Roll at (Lincoln Central High School. Mrs. Doris Bowen reports that the Midwinter Musical Festival, given Thursday evening, March 5, I at the Urban League, was quite1 (successful. Sponsored by Quinn Chapel AME Church, Mrs. Bowen was the affair’s chairman. And a new baby boy has joined | the household of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nevels, Jr. The following were included in the Lincolnites appearing at the FEPC hearing last week: Mrs. Basilia Bell, Wyatt Williams, Sid jney H Alexander, the Rev. Johr, Gilmour-Danielson Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 142 So. 13th St. 2-1246 | RO So** 20*. ft.. Ux«ln N*4. . Nmm 3-4747 R. Harris, and the Rev. Ralph G. Nathan. Whitney Young, Omaha Urban League executive secretary, did not speak at the FEPC hearing. He, however, played quite a part in planning the program pre sented by proponents of the bill. Mrs. Raelee Harris is enrolled in an “in Service” training course for Sunday School teachers being carried out at First Christian Church. James Robinson is reported to be somewhat improved at Vet erans hospital. Mary Frances Cooley, outstand ing young soprano, will appear in a concert in Lincoln on April 21 at Grace Methodist Church. Omahans in Lincoln Sunday were Milton Johnson, Lawrence McVoy and Curtis Robinson. Chester I. Lewis, who worked in Lincoln for several summers while attending the University of Kansas, is practicing law in Wichita, Kansas. He graduated from law school at the end of the first semester of the current school year. Mrs. Alberta Cooke was a Chi cago visitor during the past week. John Roberts has returned to Chicago for further medical ex amination. Lincolnite's Mother Dies in Seattle Mrs. Eleanor Emery, mother of Mrs. Loretha Shepard and Mrs. Mary Pierce of Lincoln, died sud denly at her home in Seattle Thursday, March 5. Death was caused by a heart attack. Mrs. Emery had visited in Lin News From Quinn Cliapel Spring-like weather brought a large gathering to Quinn Chapel last Sunday. Rev. John R. Harris preached from the subject, “Re member Jesus Christ.” The text was 2 Tim. 2:8. The Rev. Harris complimented everyone for the fine showing they had made during the second Quarter just ended, but urged continued effort to make the third Quarter even greater. Mrs. Doris Bowen is receiving congratulations for the success of the Mid-Winter Festival. “With out the help of my Women’s Day Committee, the cooperation of the churches and the talented young music pupils, it would not have been so successful. We should make this an annual affair, quotes Mrs. Bowen. A St. Patrick’s Tea is the at traction for Sunday, March 15th. The Usher Board is sponsoring this unique idea at the home of Mrs. Mary Greene, 2200 Dudley Street. The hours are from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Go to church Sunday. coin frequently and had a large circle of friends here. She had lived in Marshall, Missouri, be fore moving to Seattle. Mrs. Shepard and Mrs. Pierce flew to Seattle for the funeral. THE EVANS CLEANERS—LAUNDERERS Save Money Use our Cash and Carry Plan 333 No. 12th St. Dial 2-6961 SPECIAL '52 DeSoto Firedome 8 Sedan 2900 Miles—Heater and Tinted Glass Like New $249500 See it at PARRISH MOTORS 120 North 19th h ~ ~ =—1 GOLfi c Spring's Little Top-Over Short foals *2.» 7 to 15 ^ WJW Budget Terms # Pink • Red • Blue • Loopy textured • Adjustable sleeve cuffs • Softly feminine short coat GOLD’S... Basement I —■