Reading from left to right:
William H. Gray, Jr., president
Florida Agricultureal and Mec
hanical College; Horace Mann
Bond, president, Lincoln Uni
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versity, Pennsylvania; and Jes
se B. BJayton, Vice president,
Citizens Trust Company, At
lanta Georgia. This distingu
ished committee selected the
Negro finalists for the three
year graduate fellowships be
ing offered by the Pepsi-Cola
Scholarship Board for the fir
st time this year.
Council Bluffs Iowa
COPPOCK FREE OF
CHARGES
Bluffs Jury Clears Him in
Five Hours
Russell Coppock, 35, Pacif
ic Junction, (la) teacher and
coach, Thursday was freed by
a Pottawattamie County Dis
trict Court jury after 5 hours
and 18 minutes of deliberation.
Mr. Coppock returned to his j
high, school teaching duties on
Friday. He said : “It makes you |
feel good. I’d like to take a
holdiday now, but I feel I
should get back on my job.”
The charge against him was
unlawful assembly. It grew out
of his alleged attempts last fall
to interfere with Mayor John
J. Lutter’s order that a Negro
itinerant should get out of
town “within an hour or* go to
jail.”
A Mills County Justice of
the Peace jury had found Mr.
Coppock guilty. He was fined
$25 and costs along with five
other persons facing the same
charge.
America on Trial
He appealed. They didn’t He
was granted a charge of venue
to Pottawattamie County Cou
rt.
The jury Thursday came in
at 10:08 p.m. It was the wind
up to three days of arguements
touching on racial prejudice,
civil liberties and limitations
of the legal duties of public ser
vants. i
Paul James of Des Moines,
Mr. Coppock’s attorney, said
in his closing argument: “Mr.
Coppock is not on trial here. It
is America.”
Mr. James said that “I have
never heard of a man being in
dicted for 'being a good Samari
tan.” He said the Mayor, the j
complaining witness, had his !
own conduct on four counts: !
1. Ordering the man out of
town within an hour or go to
jail. ,
2. Making an arrest without
a warrent.
3. bailing to perform his du
ty in dispersing what, he (may
or Lutter) claimed, wa?a tum
ultous assembly.
Mayor Lutter is a retired
Navy chief petty officer with
39 years service. He had test
ified earlier that he was afraid
he would be “torn apart” when
he was confronted by Mr. Cop
pock at the home and office of
Justice of the Peace, Lola Bo
quette.
Mr. James indicated William
Drake, Mills County Attorney
and State's Council, and said:
“It’s the duty of the County
Attorney to remove the Mayor
for illegal acts. Instead, he’s
here defending him.”
Will Resume Teaching
In his closing rebuttal, Mr.
Drake termed Mr. James’s ar
gu ments as “four-fifths petti
foggery.”
He lashed Mr. James for at
tempting to put Mayor Lutter
and Mr. Twitty on trial.
I don’t deny Mr. Coppock’s
noble purpose,” he said. “But,
he’s a school teacher and he
should be among the first to
uphold judicial process and
not try to uphold judicial pro
cess and not try to conduct a
kangaroo court.
Test New Wood Preserver
Pentachlorphenol is a new chemi
cal wood preserver being tested by
the University of Illinois depart
ment of forestry.
Tune Up That Car
Proper adjustments of fuel, elec
trical and ignition systems that ara
a part of a good engine tune-up will
save many dollars and result in
trouble-free driving.
Electrical Transportation
The electric bill for running the
nation’s subways, street cars and
trolley coaches amounted to more
than 42 million dollars last year.
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Help Celeirafc Ills Birllilay Sy Pardrising
BooLer Washington Memorial Half Dollars
Booker Washington Birthplace,
Va., April 3, 1948—More than 90
years ago this month a Negro baby
was born to a slave mother on the
Old Burroughs Plantation in
Franklin County, Va. This infant
was destined to play such an im
portant part in the affairs of men
that his name was to be written in
the Hall of Fame among those of
America’s immortals.
This Negro baby was Booker T
Washington. Because of his large
contributions to our American way
of lfie in the fields of Education,
of Health, of Industry, of Religion,
of Business, and of Interracial
Good-will, the nation has time and
again paid tribute to his memory
Two of the most recent of these
tributes have been made in con
nection with the movement to es
tablish at his birthplace a “Service
Memorial” built in keeping with
the ruiding principle of his life—
Helpfulness towards others.
These tributes were the coinage
of 5 million Booker T. Washington
Memorial half dollars and the es
tablishment of a post office known
as the Booker Washington Birth
place, Virginia, at the site of his
birth. In paying these tributes, the
79th Congress which authorized
the minting of the memorial half
dollars, and the Post Office De
partment were laying the founda
tion for Americans of all races
and creeds to join hands to do
honor to a man who has directly
or indirectly contributed to the
success of millions of our lives
This can be done by purchasing
Booker T. Washington Memorial
half dollars at one dollar each. The
half dollar which is naid above the
fj-.ce value of the coin ic really an
investment in the economic welfare
of the Negro race. It will be used
to help open trade and industrial
training opportunities for Negroes
of low educational status.
During the month of February,
11,000 Americans purchased
Booker T. Washington Memorial
half dollars on the strength of an
appeal carried through the press
in connection with Lincoln’s birth
day. Thesfe people’s response was
in appreciation of what Lincoln
had done for an underprivileged
group. This month we are appeal
ing to you to pay tribute to one
of these freed slaves who over
came obstacles without bitterness,
served mankind withou* thought
of race or creed, and through a
program of unselfish service won
for himself the respect and ad
miration of the worla.
Honor this great American by
using the coupon below to pur
chase Booker T. Washington Me
morial half dollars. In doing this
you will be helping to perpetuate
the ideals and teachings which won
for him a place among the stars
and which will help to win eco
nomic freedom for a great num
ber our group.
In our effort to cooperate with
this worthy cause, we sincerely
hope that you, as a reader of our
paper, will cooperate by using the
coupon below:
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BIRTHPLACE MEMORIAL
• Booker Washington Birthplace, Virginia
Gentlemen:
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I enclose $1.00 each for-Booker T. Washington
(number)
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New York City (CNS)—The
future of the • Negro woman
is indissolubly linking with
trends affecting the nation and .
the world. Her battle is the ba- j
title engaged all people who
believe in progress and in equ
al freedom.
True it is that her status in
America is not equal to that of
the white woman and her part, j
therefore, cannot ’be played in
precisely the same terms.!
There are handicaps imposed
on her which are beyond her
control and which millions of
truly democratic whites have
struggled in vain to remove
from her path. Nevertheless, a
task lies ahead of the egro wo
man today in which the prob
lems peculair to her own racial
group become merely one fac
cet of the vaster issues confron
tin the nation as a whole. Like
all the women of the world,
regardless of color or creed,
she must realize that until the
major issue is solved, the indi
vidual facets cannot be effect
ively altered or improved.
The major issue is world sec
urity, without which there can
be no return to the ways of
peace. Irt the age of atomic we
apons, security cannot be est
ablished by any device other
than trust and sincerity be
tween the nations possessing
these weapons.
The road to international un
derstanding is a long one.
Treaties between powers are
not shortcuts to it; they are
merely bridges which wash
out easily n a storm. A perman
ent road bed must be made of
closeness between the masses
of people, deep enough to over
come the vicious efforts of the
powerful interests seeking to
draw intire nations into their
struggle for supremeacy. Un
derstanding among peoples
comes only through education
on the one hand, and the pro
per representation of people in
government on the other. In
other words, the school room
and the polling place are basic
factors of international secur
ity, more permanent than pol
tical compromises known as
peace treaties, protected by an
international police force, wh
ich, at best, are emergency
measured, or palliatives, but
not cures for mankind’s re
current attacks of the disease
of wrar.
However, the goals we seek
on the international plane, mu
st first be achieved at home.
All Americans must become
aware of the fact that there is
such a thing as being citizens
of the world. It must become
the aim of our school to bring
SPRING FLOODS By COLLTER
this awareness to our children,
and what the school is not e
quipped to do in that direct
ion, the women must do in the
family enviroment.
In the existing American
conditions, the Negro woman,
like all minorities, is compelled
to be better than her equals
in order to be recognized as an
equal. Therefore, her task to
day is a particularly challeng
ing and arduous one. Her con
stant unrelenting and organi
zed drive in every community,
city or rurtil area, must be
toward more and more, better
and better education for her
children. At home, she must
supplement it with an unbro
ken effort to lower racial con
sciousness and minority com
plexes which often dominate
the Negro personality to the
detriment of mental qualities
and material skills.
At the polls, the Negro wo
man has already proven her
worth, but she can and must
do more. In those sections of
the country where she enjoys j
full rights as a citizen, it is
important that not one single
member of her race be absent
on registration day or on elect
ion day.
he must strive to learn all the
facts concerning her as a cit
izen, remembering that, in or
ganized groups, her voice will
be heeded only if it expresses
an awareness twicei as determ
ined and twice as broad as that
of the white woman. The more
she contributes to the solution
of problems common to all wo
Roast Ham, Polish Style, Makes A
Delicious Easter Dinner Treat
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TIE Easter dinner Is traditionally a challenge to the family menu
planner to produce something special just as the Easter fashion
parade calls for a new look in bonnets as part of the festival tradition.
V A savory roast ham is a popular
focus for the main course and, ot
course, gayly colored Easter eggs
are the classic symbol of the spring
festival day. So use piles of hard
boiled eggs, dyed bright green and
yellow to make an attractive holi
day garnish for your holiday ham,
(and plan to use the eggs for a
supper dish later on). For a new
Idea in flavoring the Easter ham,
you might take your cue from
Poland and cook the ham with beer.
This traditional favorite with Polish
cooks has a piquant malt flavor that
will give the family a new taste
thrill; and as in all meat cookery,
the beer will have a tenderizing
effect on the ham. When cooking
with beer, allow container to stand
open for about 15 minutes before
adding to other ingredients.
Co-star this savory treat with
sweet potatoes, Polish style, and for
a handsome dessert in the Easter
tradition scoop out halves of pine
apple shells and fill with pistachio
ice cream. Cookies cut in rabbit
shapes are an Easter treat; use a
cardboard cut out, if you lack rabbit
cookie cutter, and a sharp knife.
Easter Ham, Polish Style
1 pre-cooked ham 1 tablespoon dry
Whole cloves mustard
1 cup brown 2 tablespoons
sugar t vinegar
\ tablespoon 1% cups beer
jlnna™on
Place ham on rack in open roaster
in moderate oven 325°F. Bake 1V4
hours. Remove rind. Score fat di
agonally in two directions to form
diamonds. Stick whole cloves in
diamonds. Combine sugar, cinna
mon, mustard and vinegar. Add
enough beer to form a paste; spread
over top of ham. Return to oven.'
Bake one hour longer, basting fre
quently with remaining beer. Skin
off excess fat from pan. Measure
remaining liquid; add enough water
to make two cups. Add 2 table-'
spoons fat and 3 tablespoons flour
to roasting pan; blend over low
heat. Add liquid; stir constantly
until thickened; simmer 5 minutes.
Season to taste with salt and pep
per. Serve with ham.
Sweet Potatoes, Polish * !e
6 medium-sized It - alt
sweet potatoes 1 cup 1.
2 tablespoons
butter
Cook sweet potatoes in rapidly
boiling salted water 30 minutes or
until tender. Peel and slice, M"
thick. Place in casserole. Dot with
butter. Sprinkle with Vz teaspoon
salt. Add beer. Cover. Cook in hot
oven (400 degrees F.) 1 hour or un
til beer is almost absorbed. Sprin
kle with remaining salt. Serve hot
with plenty of melted butter. Ap
proximate yield- ? -ortions.
men and to the entire commun
ity, the more will she break
down the racial barriers. Some
times, in her passionate de
sire to work for her own peop
le she can. unwittingly, raise
those harriers by making oth
ers overconscious of them. Th
is requires a sence of balance
and a tact which many out
standing Negro women pos
sess in a remarkable degree
and which all Negro women
are certainly able to develope
once they recognize them as
weapons of their own struggle.
In those parts of the coun
try where the poll-tax still pre
vails, the Negro woman i s
doubly handicapped in bring
ing her keight to bear on the
choice of proper! representa
tion in government. This dif
fculty must challenge her cou
rage rather than doctor her ef- ■
forts. She must seek means of 1
raising herself in political in- ;
telligence to a level egual to or >
higher than that of the more 1
priveledged mem’bers o f her
community.
It is an up-hill fight for Neg- !
ro and white alike, because the 1
expressions of Fascism, which
must still be destroyed, are
manifold. But the goal justi
fes the effort. The goal is
world peace, which will come
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11 To stimulate
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11 Egyptian
} deity
15 Cupola
17 Poker stake
18 German river
20 Unusual
23 Hint
24 To require
26 At no time
28 Note of scale
29 Of longer
standing
31 Person
named for
an office
33 From a
distance
35 Comfort
36 Fails to
follow suit
39 Post of a
stairway
-12 Bovine
quadruped
43 Souvenir
45 Roman
emperor
46 Consumed
: 48 Ecclesiasti
cal council
: 50 Tier
; 51 Kind
53 To redact
55 Prefix: down
56 Three in one
59 Expunging
instrument
, 61 Small drum
! 62 Withered
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r Vertical
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1 Outer coating
of the teeth
2 90
3 Spanish hero
4 Short jacket
5 Citrus fruit
6 Land measure
7 To exist
8 Man’s name
9 Movable
shelter
10 Complete
11 Goddess of
peace
13 Indian
shelter
16 Uniform
19 Type of
automobile
21 Cry of the
Bacchanals
22 Archaic:
sweetheart
25 To put off
27 Ascended
30 Rants
32 More recent
34 To depend
36 To ridicule
37 To gain by
compulsion
38 Trigonomet
rical function
No. 34
40 Ate away
41 To decrease
44 Systems of
rules
47 Silkworm
49 Dreadful
52 Vat
54 Viscous
substance
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suffix
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point A
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pemanentiy only when under
standing amoung peoples will
have supplanted distrust a
mong powers.
International understanding
is based on unity at the nation j
al level. This unity demands a
higher educational plane for
all citizens. In a nation of na- !
tions, such as the United St- j
ates each group must do, its
part, for ouly when all meet on '
common ground will racial bar
riers permantly collapse.
At the oot of the hill to real
equality stand the school room
and the polling place. In both,
the Negro woman has a very
definite, very challenging, very
significant position to hold.
Nutritious S.vceteners
Sorghum and molasses actually
are more nutritious forms of sweet
eners than sugar, being rich in iron,
and calcium.
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bargain! At no extra cost, you can enjoy more cheerful, sight
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You’ll begin to notice the savings soon. The new, lower
rates are effective now, and all statements after April 15th will
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