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Sen. Butler to Present Flag to Arbor Lodge
FLAG THAT FLEW OVER
SENATE DURING DIAMOND
JUBILEE OF ARBOR DAY
Senator Hugh Butler, (R.-Neb.j
announced today plans for the
presentation to' Arbor Lodge, Neb.
City, Nebraska, of the American
flag which was flying over the
United States Senate on April 10,
1947. On that date, the Diamond
Jubilee of Arbor Day was cel
ebrated by the Federal Congress
with the planting of amemorial
oak in front of the Senate Cham
ber on the Capitol Grounds in
Washington, D. C.
Members of the Nebraska del
egation in Congress sponsored
this celebration on the seventy
fifth anniversary of the orginal
Arbor Day, established in 1872
at the instigation of J. Sterling
Morton of Nebraska City, who
later became Secretary of Agri
culture under President Grover
Cleveland. Since its establish
ment in Nebraska, the celebration
of the event had spread rapidly
to all the forty-eight states and to
many forgein countries.
Arbon Lodge, now o state park
at Nebraska City, is the old home
place of the distinguished founder
of Arbor Day, during the period
when he was a crusading Nebr
aska pioneer editor.
Senator Butler explained that
the flag he will present is worn
from its daily exposure in use as
the flag of the Senate, but is still
in condition for display inside the
Lodge. It is now being cleaned,
in preparation for the presenta
tion, which will be made through
J. Hyde Sweet, publisher of the
Nebraska City News Press.
ST. JOHN’S A. M E. CHURCH
22ND AND WILLIS AVE.
Reverand E. B. Childress
Mason Devereaux Jr.—Reporter
‘‘And not only so, but we glory
in tribulation also: knowing that
tribulation worketh patience" in
Romans 5 chapter 3 rd verse was
the text stirring Christian—filled
message, A Christian Asset. No
man can work for Jesus Christ
who objects to being corrected,
for a man, just cannot work with
Jesus Christ unless he is obedient,
any man that does his fellowman
wrong needed not be told so, for
his own concpcopis will condemn
him, the religion of Jesus Christ
is agressive religion and any man
that follows the religion of Jesus
Christ ought to be able to stand '
on his feet and defend that relig
ion regardless of the manmade
obstacles placed in his way
thoughts for Rev. Childress’s
sermon. Convert: Master Herchial
Visitors: Reverand & Mrs. J. E.
Wade of Clair Chapel of Omaha,
Mrs. Anna Jones, Mrs. C. C. Dud
ley, Mr. Daniel Jones, Mrs. Flora
Simon, all from Clair Chapel of
Omaha Reverand M. T. Wilson of
Omaha. Mr & Mrs. Marks of Om- 1
aha, and Miss Eula Colton of Om
aha, Nebr.
‘A man should have an expan- I
sive heart and mind that will |
grasp the program as it continu
ally progresses and expands, too
many men today lack the willing
ness to lay their life on the altar
if necessary to the furtherance of
God’s program here on earth, and
man will hold to the possessions of
the world and starve himself
spiritually. These are thoughts
from our pastor's suiritual mov
ing sermon, Sunday morning. Apl
ril 27th. 1947. The subject of this
sermon filled with the Holy Ghost
‘The Thing that is Lacking” from
the 10th chanter of Mark and the
21st verse. Then Jesus beholding
him. and said unto him, “One
thing thou lackest; go thy way,
sell whatsoever thou hast, and
give to the poor, and thou shall
have treasurers in heaven; and
come take up thy cross and follow
me.”
Visitors; Miss Willa M. McCre
ary of Omaha. Nebr., Miss Baker
of Clarinda, Iowa, Mrs. J. E. Bell
of St. Paul A. M. E. Church, the
mother of Mr. Walter Bell. B. B.
Cowan of Omaha, Nebr., and the
Rev. & Mrs. Hayden.
The trustees and pastor’s appeal
to the members to continue to pay
on your Century Club pledge and
more if possible. There is much
yet to be done and the 100% co
operation of the members is
absolutely necessary. Five accord,
ing to your God-given ability for
that is what it will take in a
building program such as we are
carrying on.
The officers and pastor in words
of thanks can only express in a
small way what the members and
friends have done so far in sup
porting this building program, but
they pray to God each day that
blessings of prosperity shall be in
abundance to those who have loy
ally assisted in this program and
those who the continuing to as
sist,
Though we are upstairs their is
still a more glorious w’ork yet to
be done before the church is com
pleted. Enlist today in the Cent
ury Club 60. 40 25 or whatever
you can give to the club. Members
of St. John’s, your membership
is needed today in these clubs.!
Let us pray for the sick whoever
they mavbe or where.ever they
maybe, throughout the week.
The Youth for Christ still de
sires more young people to come
out and participate in their
Christian program. Young People.
They meet every Saturday even,
ing from 7.30 to 9:00 p. m. at the
church.
COMING EVENTS:
Mother’s Day
Men's Day
The May Breakfast
The Century Club needs your
membership today. Membebrs of
St. John’s? Why not enlist in this
worthy organization for a worthy
cause now ? Let not he or she who
is able fail to heed this urgent
Christian call. A membership in
the Century Club is your insur
ance of a worthwhile investment
Hole -in-One for Cornhusker Golfer in C.B.
VISITING TEACHER TAKES
THE CLASS
J. G. Anquandah, of Accra, Gold
Coast, West Africa, trained at the
Accra Government Training col
lege and recently headmaster of
a large infants school there, is one
of the many teachers and other
Disabled Vets
Read This
Disabled Nebraska World War
II veterans who may be eligible
for an automobile or other con
veyance at government expense
but who have not yet made appli
cation, should do so before June 1
to assure consideration of their
requests, Ashley Westmoreland,
Manager of the Veterans Admin
istration Lincoln Regional Office,
said today.
Under the law, veterans of
World War II who are entitled to
compensation for the loss, or loss
of use, of one or both legs at or
above the ankle from war-service
lisability are declared eligible for
conveyances provided they meet
state licensing requirements.
“This congresional act,” West
moreland explained, “is scheduled
to expire on June 30 and applica
tions must be completed by that
time to be considered. To be on
the safe side, veterans interested
should submit their applications
to the V. A. by June 1.”
During the past nine months,
147 Nebraska World War II vet
erans have made application for
conveyances and 102 of these
have been certified by the V. A.
as eligible, Westmoreland said.
in your God’s program here on
earth. What other program could
one invest so little and get so
much out of them, a investment
in your Father and Son’s Jesus
Christ Kingdom here on earth ?
Let’s not put off tomorrow what
can be done today. Place your
membership with any Trustees or
or the Pastor of the church today,
for it is needed in order that St.
John's may continue to fly its
Christian banner as it moves for
ward in its program for a bigger,
better, greater St. John’s in Oma
ha for our children, our commun
ity, and our God.
P. S—The 75.50, 40 and 25 and
what so ever you can give club
is also open for membership.
Mothers send your children to
Sunday school every Sunday
morning at 9:30 a. m. Attend our
Morning Services at 7:30 p. m.
Visitors and friends are always
welcome at St. John’s the friendly
church at 22nd and Willis Ave.
Come and worship with us won’t
you?
Omaha Boy with
Admiral Byrd
James W. Jones, Jr., steward’s
mate, first class, USN, son of Mrs
James C. Jones of 2532 Maple St.,
Omaha, Nebraska, who is serving
aboard the aircraft carrier USS
Philippine Sea, has been made a
charter member in the Order of
the Penguin, an order created by
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd es.
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colonial students who complete
their studies in Britian. The tea
chers. in order to widen their
knowledge of British schools and
teaching methods, visit various
grades of schools to observe and
teach twice weekly. Senior pos
itions such as headmasters, super
visors are open to them on return
to their own countries. Or the 2,
000 colonial students in Britain at
the present time, 700 are there as
the result of scholarships.
In the picture Mr. Anquandah
tells a story - five year olds at
the Marlborough Infants school,
Isleworth, Middlesex, as part of
his special course in infant-junior
work.
Senators Warned To
Shun False Economy
Washington, D. C., Apr 9—War.
ning the Senate to "shtin the fol
lies of false economies,” Leslie
Perry of the Washington Bureau,
NAACP, urged members of the
Senate Appropriations Committee
to make a deficiency appropria
tion of $23 million for the current
school lunch program and to re
stor the 43% cut in the approp
riation for the Department of
Labor.
Current funds for the 'school
lunch program, which serves near
ly 5 million children throughout
the United States, are practically
exhausted. Schools in California,
Illinois, New York, and North
Carolina are especially hard hit
and may have to either close the
lunch program or seriously curtail
it.
Operating funds for the Depart
ment of Labor also took a deep
slash from the House. USES had
its request of $6% million reduced
to $900,000. Its Bureau of Labor
Statistics which collects and anal
yzes data on cost of living, indust
rial accidents, employment and
wagsees had its appropriation re
duced 60%.
Subcommittees of the Senate
Appropriations Committee began
holding hearings this week on the
School Lunch Proram deficiency
appropriation and the regular ap
propriation for the Department of
Labor.
In a sharply worded telegram to
Senator Styles Bridges (R.,N.H.),
Chairman of the Deficiency Sub
commitee considering appropria
tion for the School Lunch Pro
gram, Perry wrote “. . .The Con
gress would be pennywise and
pound foolish to economize at the
expense of the Nation’s children.”
In another telegram to Senator
William F. Knowland (R., Calif.),
Crairman of the Senate Approp
riation Subcommittee considering
theappropriation for the Depart
ment of Labor, the NAACP said,
“We hope that the Senate will
shun the follies of false economies
in which the House indulged when
it considered the appropriation for
the Department of Labor, United
States Employment Service, the
only Federal agency making a
large scale effort to utilize the
services of minorities in industry,
was practically wiped out. The
Bureau of Labor Statistics which
furnishes information, vitally nec
essary to workers and industry
alike, on the cost of living.em
ployment, and wages and hours
has been seriously crippled. We
urge you to restore the funds nec
essary to enable these agencies to
render important services to the
American people.”
HUSBANDS P/IAY BE RESPON
SIBLE FOR CHILDLESS MAR
RIAGES
Chicago—“Approxima t e 1 y one
out of every five marriages is a
childle^ one, and about one in
twelve produce only one child. In
3ueh cases the responsibility is
about evenly divided between the
husband and wife. With proper
treatment, probablyy a third of
them could be corrected.” Such is
the picture of a childless marri
ages as presented in the May is
sue of HOME CIRCUIT, The
Magazine For Bronze Women.
The old notion that the wife
alone was responsible for childless
marriages has now been exploded,
and the available evidence indic
ates that ther are various condi
tions in the male which may be
responsible for infertility. Blocked
ducts, clash of blood types, dis
ease. dead sperms, etc., are men
tioned among the causes which
may contribute to this condition.
Fortunately, however, medical
CORNHUSKER GOLFER MADE
A HOLE IN ONE
Believe it or not, Milton Wilson,
the former president of the Com
huskers, made a hole-in_one at
the Dodge Park "Golf Course in
Council Bluffs, la. His foursome
consisted of three other members
of the Cornhuskers Golf Club. Bill
Davis, Herb Toole and Byrl Cald
well, The hole.in.one was made
on the unlucky hole. No. 13, It
was a beautiful shot from the tee.
It fell about two feet from the
cup and rolled right in. Bill Davis
was also in there pitching with
Tolle, and Caldwell Davis made
an unusual approach shot on No.
16, He held out a 25 foot approach
shot from the green. It was a very
fine pitch shot.
The Cornhusker Qplf Club has
joined the downtown Y. M. C. A.
Golf league. The league has about
35 or 36 teams.
This will be the first time that
a colored team has competed in
a league. The league will open
the season with a field day Wed.
at the Indian Hills Golf Course.
The tournament will follow the
next day, which will last all the
summer all the matches will be
played at the Indian Hill Course.
A lot of trophies will be given to
the winning teams. The golfers
that are representing the Corn
huskers are as follows: Lonnie
Thomas, Hebr Toole, John Sims,
Byrl Caldwell, Joe Mosely, and
the hole .intone champion Milt
on Wilson.
science can come to the aid of
many couples who find themselv
es childless. Followed according to
directions, a simple fever therme
ter may be the answer in numer
ous cases, according to the article.
Southern University Beauties
(Picture at the right)
Enjoying a hest hour at South
ern university, Baton Rouge, La.
left to right are Noveta Allen,
Minden, La., Victoria Boutte, Bat
on Roughe. Verna Stevens, New
Orleans and Margaret Saizon of
New Roads, La.
Alden Bland, Writer
CHICAGO NOVELIST
Alden Bland, whose first novel.
“Behold A Cry” a penetrating
study of Negro Life in Chicago,
is leceiving wide (.acclaim. Mr.
Bland, a native of New Orleans,
has atended both Illinois Insti
tute of Technology and the Uui
versity of Chicago. He is present
ly employed in the Government
service.
The book published by Charles
Scribner’s Sons, New York sells
for $2.50.
Southern University
Beauties
Scenes at Tuskeqee Institute rounders Day Exersises
founder's day exercises at Tus
kegee institute brought many of
the nation’s leaders to the campus
of the historic Alabama school.
Shown in the pictures are top
left, left to right: Chaplain Harry
V. Richardson of Tuskegee, Basil
O’Conner, chairman, The Ameri
can National Red Cross and the
chairman of the board of trustees
of Tuskegee institute, who pre
sented Dr. Embree; Dr. Edwin R.
Embree, president of the Julius
Rosenwald Fund, Chicago, Foun
der’s day speaker and Dr. F. D.
Patterson, president, Tuskegee.
Top right, members of the Tus
kegee class of 1927 who attended
the class anniversary reunion
which was held at the institute in
connection with the Annual
Founder’s day exercises.
Bottom left: Dr. B. Johnson,
cheif physician at Howard uni
versity delivering the reunion
class address. Dr. Johnson was a
Montonian, Class of 1927. He
presented the check for $800
which will be the nucleus for an
annual scholarship fund given in
the name of the class of 1927.
Bottom right: Trustees and vis..
itors chat with Isaac Hatahway,
sculptor and director of the div_
ision of ceramics. Frontrow, Rob
ert P. Morgan, of Cleveland, pre.
sident of the Tuskegee General
Alumni association; Alexander B.
Siegal, New York attorney and
Tuskegee trustee; Basil O’Conner
and Mr. Hatahway.
Nashville Pianist
Elmer Schoettle, Nashville pian
ist, will be among the performers
at the Concert of Contemporary
American Music that was held Fri.
evening, April 25th, during Fisk
University's l£th Annual Festival
of Music and Art. With Mary
Phillips Street, also of Nashville,,
he will play the "Yenvalou” Suite
for two pianoes, by John W. Work,
composer and Fisk professor of
music. Other evening musical eve
nts of the Festival will include the
opera "Madame Butterfly,” a re .
cital by Phillipa Duke Schuyler,
child pianist and composer, and a
concert by the famed Fisk Uni
versity Choir.
FOR SENTENCED VET
NAACP ASKS CLEMENCY
New York, N. Y., Apr9th—The
legal staff of the NAACP today
submitted a petition for clemency
to the War Department in behalf
of James Young, former army
Private, now serving a life term
at hard labor for alleged rape of
a native girl in the Philippines.
Young was convicted by an army
court in the Pacific Theater of
Operations on September 25, 1945.
The petition pointed out that
many errors of law had been com.
mittedat the trial; that hearsay
testimony was admitted; that ail
elements in the alleged crime had
not been established, and that
many damaging leading questions
had been permitted by the court.
The petition further stated that
the witnesses testifying against
Young were contradictions of the
fact.
The petition urged that clemen
cy be granted Young by permitt
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