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(Associated Negro Press) Pentecost Is Theme Of May 20th Lutheran Hour Speaking on the theme of Pent ecost. Dr. Oswald Hoffman will address his audience on The Lutheran Hour in his May 20 broadcast on the topic. "The Spirit of God Talks.” Dr. Hoffman will say that the story of Pentecost “must be very upsetting to the secularist and the naturalist. It assumes a startling fact, which a secularist cannot admit: that God is per sonal, and that He comes to peo ple personally.” The Lutheran Hour speaker will tell his audience on the Mu tual network and affiliated sta tions that “people are perfectly willing to toy around with God, to discuss Him philosophically, but they don’t really want to find Him.” He will add. however, that “when the Spirit turns people to Jesus Christ, He is creating a fel lowship which includes all be lievers in Jesus Christ.” Dr. Hoffman will point out that the founding of the Church at Pentecost was done in a remark able way, “as a living illustration of the fact that the Gospel of Jesus Christ cannot be restricted by the boundaries of nationality or of language,” “Wherever the Gospel of for giveness in Jesus Christ is preached, there will be Christians whose lives have been created anew by the Holy Spirit of God, giving them power to live as they would not be able to live under their own power,” Dr. Hoffman will conclude. Legion's May 9th Program Was Good Theodore Roosevelt Post No. 30 American Legion gave a very out standing presentation at Tech High Auditorium last May 9— headlined by the All American Quartette from Arkansas and very ably assisted by the Zion Baptist Men s Chorus. A very good crowd was present and the affair was one never to be forgotten and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The Legion committee headed by com rade J. C. Stewart is to be highly complimented in presenting this stellar affair to the public. The morale and spirit of the Post is made better and the fine support of the Ladies Auxiliary combined makes our Legion strive for great er achievements. Let us all not forget our needy veterans and surely keep in our minds and hearts the sick veter ans. Those now in V A Hospital arc: Richard Murrell, Ralph Under wood, Wm. J. Coffey, Steven Brid ges, Thos. Linton, Robert B. Smith, Harry Peterson, Virgil Goalsby, Norman Bradley, Hiram Bryant, Harrison Robinson, Will Calhoun. Pay these veterans a visit and some cheery flowers would help them to get well a gain. It is now time to pay your dues for 1957 and all eligible vet erans come on into the Legion, as the next annual convention spon sors some mighty fine things for the American Veteran. All to gether for God and Country and our Fellowman. H. D. Stewart, Commander Gerald McKinley, Adjutant N. H. Comans, Finance. Twenty-seven percent of all drivers involved in fatal auto ac cidents in the U. S. last year were under 25 years of age. i —--I SUGAR ROBINSON USING MILK AND HONEY AND BEEF BLOOD TO WIN OVER OLSON San Jacinto, Calif. (CNS) Sugar Ray Robinson has so varied his diet that if he loses to Bobo Olson come Friday, it won’t be because he hasn’t eaten the best of foods. Sugar switched to milk and honey in his training diet for the first time and he also added squeezed beef blood—to build stamina. “I want insurance in case Fri day’s fight happens to last the full 15 rounds. But in case I can’t take him over, I want to be sure I’ve got enough stamina to go the distance at a good pace,” so rea sons the 35 year old Robinson. Banquet Is May 29 Boys Town, Nebr.—The annual Boys Town athletic awards ban quet will be held Tuesday, May 29, at 6 o’clock, at the Boys Town high school dining hall. Paul W. Brechler, athletic dir ector at the State University of Iowa, will be the principal speak er. A limited number of tickets, at $1.00, are available. Tickets may be obtained from the Boys Town athletic department. No tickets will be sold after Friday, May 25. "AUTHERINE LUCY STORY" FOR FILMS Hollywood, Calif.A feature production is in the works which will parallel the famous Autherine Lucy story in Tuscaloose, Alabama. John O. Kellens, who has written “Young Blood” will do the screen play and the whole film will be produced at a cost of $200,000 — a modest budget. Titled “Incident on the Campus” the man behind the production is Albert Black, a television producer. Rock 'N Roll Artist Here Sat. i . i - 1 - ■ Bernice Gooden, rock ‘n’ roll artist, will be the guest at CBS Radio’s "Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Party’ Saturday, May 19 at 9:00 9:30 P.M., EDT. Miss Gooden will sing “What Did I Do To You?” and “I Just Want To' Be Near You.” Rock ‘n’ Roll King Alan Freed,' the program’s emcee, will present Count Basie’s orchestra in three instrumentals, “Bases Loaded.” j ‘:‘Mambo Inn” and “16 Men A Swinging.” Joe Williams, Count Basie’s vocalist will sing “Stop, Don’t” and “Everyday,” the first song Williams recorded with Count Basie’s orchestra, which hit the best seller lists overnight and re mained there more than six weeks. “Rock ‘n’ Roll Dance Party is produced and directed by Lou Melamed. This program will be broadcast through the facilities of CBS Radio, Hollywood. More than 41% of the deaths and more than 35% of the in juries due to motor vehicle acci dents last year occurred on Satur j days and Sundays. - I Mrs. Eisenhower Helps Celebrate Savings Bond Birthday Among those who helped celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Seri js E Savings Bond on May 1 were Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower and nine-year-old Marilyn Miller, Washington school youngster. They are shown here in the White House just after the First Lady sliced into the four-foot, 300-pound cake made in the likeness of a $100 E bond. Mrs. Eisenhower is honorary chairman of the National Women s Advisory Committee for Savings Bonds. Marilyn was selected for the honor for her outstanding achieve ments in the School Savings Stamp Plan. The huge cake, decorated in four colors, was baked and do nated by Clement’s Pastry Shop of Washington as a contribution to the Savings Bond Program. Sales have exceeded $80 billion since E bonds were first offered on May 1, 1941, and today over 40 million people own more than $40 billion in E and H bonds# Mack McCollum Golf Tourney Near An End_ St. Louis, Missouri — Golfers from all over the mid-west terri tory are arriving to tune-up for the Fifth Annual Mack McCollum Tournament, which is to be play ed Saturday and Sunday, May 19 20, over the Forest Park 18-hole course. Tournament Dir e c t o r, Cliff Evans, announced yesterday that he has received entries from all of the cities in the Central States Golf Association. J. Leon ard Taylor and his Denver, Colo rado mates left home last Sunday headed for several practice rounds on the Forest Park lay-out. The nine hundred miles they will tra vel to get here will probably earn for them the medal for coming the longest distance. from ail indications tnis wui ne the finest event the local Para mount Golf Club has ever sponsor ed. President Nat Jordan stated he was looking forward to a very colorful tournament. Ted Rhodes, who was here to play in the Carl ing Open last week, will be on hand to look over the proceedings. He probably will team up with some of the top amateurs for an exhibition round. Another color ful performer who has entered is Eddie Young, St. Louis, one-arm golfer who shoots in the low 80s. In fact, the regular troupers who follow the tournament trail will be here. They will be coming from Minneapolis, Kansas City, Chicago, Evanston, Milwauk e e, Memphis, Indianapolis, Louisville, Nashville, Springfield, Decatur, Peoria, and many other mid-west cities. The Ladies Too There will be three flights of ladies in the tournament. A real battle looms in this division among Patton, Siler, and Walker of St. Louis, Mallory and Reynolds, of Kansas City, Roach, Armstrong, Philpot, Simons, and Elligan, of Chicago, Jackson, of Detroit, Scott of Peoria and Clift, of Memphis. In addition many newcomers to the Mack McCollum affair will be trying to shoot their way into one of the top positions. The tourney will get under way Saturday at 7:00 a.m. Sunday play ers who were unable to qualify Saturday must tee-off between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. The regular final round will begin at 7:45 a.m. The Paramount Clubhouse, 4438 Easton, will serve as headquarters for the tournament. Players may register at the clubhouse, begin ning Friday after 4 p.m. The phone number is FRanklin 1-8530. Says There Are Differences Among Negroes Mr. Schuyler points out that the white ‘one drop’ perfection ists, who have always refused to admit color differences among the Negroes, are partially re sponsible for the current Negro disinterest in light skins. “Those with light skins, better manners and a little literacy (mostly gained as house servants for white planters who were not i n f r e quently their relatives) could not escape to the white groups, as in Latin America. They were compelled to identify them selves with the swarm of black field hands and proletarians. They supplied the early Negro leadership.” Mr. Schuyler concludes that “for better or for worse, two dis tinct, centripetal and endoga mous societies have evolved in America. They seem to be as mutually exclusive as the Wal loons and Flemings in Belgium, the Moslems and Hindus in India and the Jews and Arabs in Moroc co. Both now have a vested in terest in their integrity. Few whites want to be black and few Negroes yearn to be white. Melt ing pot is, to say the least, dim and remote.” About 70 percent o* the rub ber we use today is synthetic, made from crude oil or natural j gas. Corinth Noted Day Of Prayer It was announced by the Rev. J. Andrew Thompson that Thurs day, May, 17 would be observed as NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER as set by the National Baptist Convention U.S.A., Inc. This date was set as a special day of prayer to give thanks to God for the great and historical decision outlawing segregation in public schools as handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States, May 17, 1954. A special service was held at J 8 P.M. with many local citizens j taking part in the program. Dr. Coleman W. Kerry, Correspond ing Secretary of the Educational Board of the National Baptist Convention and of Dallas, Texas As Campy Goes So Go the Dodgers New York (CNS) Roy Campanel la didn’t win the “Most Valuable Player Award” last year for noth ing. .. .Just to get the record straight this year, Roy has been out of the Dodger line-up for four games. In their last nine games, the Dodgers have dropped seven, won only two — while Campy was suffering a sore thigh. Just before Roy had to get out of the lineup — he led the team in RBIs with 12. Despite th; layoff, only one teammate has caught up with him— Gil Hodges, with 13. Roy’s substitute, Rube Walker, got only 3 hits in 14 times at bat and they were singles. Once Roy re turned to the line-up they’ve been winning which all proves how val uable the roly-poy guy is, that’s all. Yessirs Name Six To Council Six new Council members have been elected to three-year terms for the Tribe of Yessir of the O maha Chamber of Commerce, and another has been re-named, ac cording to Richard T. Billig, Tribe secretary. Terms for all of them begin July 1. The six new members: W. D. Alf, manager District Commercial office, Northwestern Bell Tele phone Company; Ray Beselin, own er of Beselin’s (tobacco and candy wholesalers); Robert Kiplinger, general agent, Guarantee Mutual Life Insurance Company; Thomas J. McGrath, assistant cashier, O maha National Bank; Ernest Tan ner, vice president, First National Bank; and James Zimmerman, as sistant cashier, United States Na tional Bank. Continuing on the Council is Charles Schmidbauer, resident manager, Falstaff Brew ing Corporation. The balance of the 22-member governing body of the Tribe, is made up of hold-over members. Those retained include E. F. Agee, Jr., Wayne Avery, Emmett Curry, Robert Farley, Ralph Foral, Clive Heckenlively, John Koutsky, Fred Miller, John Moats, Jack Shelton, Carl (Winkie) Smith, Rolla Smith, Einar Viren, Jack Wright and V. B. Elseffer. Council members retiring this year: Leonard Bergman, Walter Conrey, Frank Frost, Charles Mar tin, William McKain and L. C. Mc Vea. All have served as Big Chief (chairman) of the Trib of Yessir except Mr. McKain. Einar Viren currently is serv ing as Big Chief. John L. Koutsky is Little Chief; L. C. McVea, treas urer; and Mr. Billig, secretary. New officers for the Tribe of Yessir will be elected at a meet ing of the Council June 7. was guest speaker. Rev. Thompson expressed the hope that the prayer life of the citizens of our nation will be strengthened to the extent that every day will be a special day of prayer because more miracles are wrought by prayer even in our day than the world ever dreams of. More than 766,000 persons were injured in weekend traffic acci dents last year. Poll of New Orleans Doctors Challenges Statements That Integration Dangerous New Orleans—Four out of five New Orleans psychiatrists and neurologists participating in a poll thought racial school integra tion would be either beneficial or of little effect upon the child ren. The poll was conducted by the Medical Advisory Committee of the Southern Conference Educa tional Fund, Inc., in cooperation with a comittee of the New Or leans Medical Association. Fifty-six questionnaires were mailed to New Orleans psychia trists and neurologists: 21 replies were received. The key question was: “From a professional point of view, how would you characterize the pshchiatric effect of racially integrated school on white and Negro children?” Seventeen doctors—81% of those replying—thought integra tion would be either beneficial or would have little effect. Ten termed it beneficial; of the seven believing it of little effect, three qualified their answers with “in the long run.” Four considered there were harmful possibilities in the end ing of segregation. Two of those thought both races would suffer; one believed that whites would be harmed while Negroes would benefit. The poll was undertaken fol lowing the filing in the New Or leans Parish School case of affi davits from eight physicians and Continued I Prosperity Seen Here Continuing good business ac tivity for the Omaha area is con firmed by Rand McNally’s “Map of Business Trends” for May. M. L. Woodburn, manager of the Business Research Bureau of the Omaha Chamber of Commerce said the report shows that April business here was eight percent i above the same month a year ago. January, February and March increases this year, as compared to the same three months of 1955, were seven percent, three percent, and seven percent, he j said. Rand McNally divides the Unit ■ ed States into eight areas of j economic unity in compiling its I report, with each area repre ! senting a small region in which I business conditions depend on the ! same basic factors. Omaha is in the area which in I eludes the states of Nebraska, Iowa, North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. For the first four months of ! 1956. Omaha’s gains have been ; higher than the area average, Mr. , Woodburn said. “A small town’s a place where a fellow with a black eye doesn’t have to explain to people. They ' know!” CHURCH OF TODAY / __ < READY-MADE HOUSE OF WORSHIP It this prefabricated church manufactured by United Statet Steel Heme*, Inc, the hom ing subsidiary of U. S. Steal corporation, at itt ultra-modern plant in New Albany, Ind. Many of the churches already have been erected in various localities of the nation. Du* to mass production technique.), the churches are erected speedily and economically without loss of strength or quality. All are expendible and, due to penalization, floor plans may be varied. The church pictured above was designed by William M. Cooley of Chicago,^!. A.. three psychiatrists intended to show that integration would con front the community with a health hazard and would be a “psychiatrieally traumatizing to the children of both races." Following are some of the com ments appended to the question naires by the New Orleans specialists. In the words of one doctor: “There can be little question of the detrimental effect on the psychic development of any dis criminated-against group by a system which teaches them that they are inferior. The psychic effect on master groups is equal ly, but more subtly, detrimental.” Another doctor envisaged the emotional transition that will take place with the coming of inte gration: Initially there is likely to be some reserve and suspiciousness on the part of both races. Espec ially in the upper grades the children will first try to remain separate and associate only with their own color. Some, inflamed by their elders, may become in volved in fighting. “Gradually it can be expected that the children will come to ac cept the individuals of the other race according to each one’s worth as a human being. The over-all effect on mental health should be salutory.” Among those medical men who thought that integration would have little effect “in the long run,” the reservations expressed were largely based on their doubts about adult behavior in the situation. A doctor who considered that integration would be harmful to both races qualified his answer by adding “under present set ting.” The one respondent who believed that Negroes would benefit and whites lose, added comment: “Probable lessoning of health standards or levels for ; white race.” ine most comprenensive anaiy ! sis of the dispute was appended j by one psychitrist: “The fears that any mixture of the races will lead to increases of disease, significant lowering of in telligence, or psychiatric diffi culties in either race are, to my view, unfounded. These seem to be rationalizations to attempt to show just cause why the status quo should be maintained, and to seem to give a scientific medical basis for views which otherwise would have to be termed biased, undemocratic and Unchristian Rationalizations of this sort also attempt to remove the cause for such views as a racial prejudice from the individual to a larger external scientific and social causation. “These methods of rationaliza tion are common in history. They, in one form or another, have been used to give a pseudo-logical scientific front for action that has motivations other than the stated ones. Hitler used them effec tively in Germany, except the pre judice was primarily against the Jew rather than the Negro. Per haps it is forgotten that one of the reasons we fought so hard in World War n was to- assert that racial intolerances were not com patible with freedom and democ racy." Republicans Say They Have The N. Y. Negro Vote New York (CNS) The Republi cans of New York feel already that President Eisenhower will win the Negro vote of the nation’s biggest city. According to Thomas J. Curran, New York County Re publican Chairman, it’s the Negro vote that will cause Ike to win “by a handsome majority” in the predominantly Democratic city of New York and will help him sweep the state and the nation “by land slide proportions.” Curran held a conference with I Negro district leaders and candi dates and he told them the Repub I lican record on civil rights would swing the race into the GOP | column.
