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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

PARISH STREET SATURDAY
NIGHT: Some significant things
are beginning to happen in Missis-
sippi and it truly looks like there's
a brighter day ahead for all of us
and as I look there appears moth
ing in the way that appears more
formidable than us, "it actually ap-
pearing to many folks with good
sense and good foresight that most
of us, especially us leaders aren't
as Liberal" in our thinking on the
new day that seems to be a dawn
ing as most of the White folks, all
Of whom we got the bad habit of
looking at as though we were ex-
pecting some calamity to arise out
of the fact that some how we had
got In the same company and there
had come time to talk that's what
some of the not SO smart fellows
were talking about as We gathered
around our Fish and Beer, and one
brought up that meeting out at
Jackson College the other day
where folks of genuine interest
were trying to find out what the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
Seek For
merCOnUicted
In Home Defense

Tee Davis, Negro tenant farmer
Of Edmonson, Arkansas, In March,
1943 took quite literally the Ar
kansas law which says mans
home Is his castle. AS result, he
is serving ten years in jail for al
legged assault with intent to kill.
Davis was convicted because hs
fired a shotgun through his own
door when it was being broken In
at night by a man, unknown to
him, was special deputy sheriff
hunting for thieves. The Workers
Defense League was called into the
case because it Is the official de-
felt5e agency for the Southern
Tenant Farmers Union, of which
the prisoner Is an active member.
There had been a complaint OF
thieving In Edmonson. Three de-
putieS searched several homes,
without search warrants. Then one
of them, named Weaver, went to
Davis house, which is somewhat
removed from the town. Finding
the door locked, he began to kick
it down. shouting: "Open up. Davis
inside with his family, fired through
the lower part of the door No one
was injured. Then Weaver fired
back, harming no one.
But Davis was convicted and
sentenced, despite his plea that he
acted within his rights in defense
of his home, which Attorney K. T.
Sutton of Arkansas ayers is abSo-
lutely the case under that states
laws.
The Workers Defense League is
campaigning for a pardon for Tee
Davis now, and it is possible that
he may be freed by Christmas, if
the story of Tee Days is widely
told, and many people urge par
don. In a letter to the Governor,
WDL chairman Aron S. Gilmartin
cited Section 1899 of the Arkansas
Statutes which declares the right
of a person to prevent another
from entering his home in vio-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

lent. tumuituous and riotous man
ner, even by homicide, If necessary.
"The trial record in this case is
barren of evidence of a specific in
tent to kill" Mr.. Gilmartin told
the Governor. 1--WE cannot find
evidence which shows, or from
whcih an inference could reason
ably be drawn, that Tee Davis
knew who was outside his door:
nor was there evidence of a reason
or motive for wanting to kill or
harm Mr.. Weaver, even if we as
sumo Davis knew who was outside.
From time immemorial, the doc
trine that a mans home is his cas-
tie has been upheld We are conf
dent that you will want to uphold
this important doctrine and do
justice to a humble citizen of Ar
kansas by exercising your power to
pardon Tee Davis"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
See Mystery
In Suicide Of
District Girl

WASHINGTON - (ANP)--- Deep
dark mystery surrounds the sui
eide Of Ann BurWell Wheeden,
daughter of the prominent Wash
ington physician anc private hos
pital owner, DIR. III. II. BurWell
The community where Ann grew
up and was widely known was
shocked when on Wednesday the
reWs of the suicide spread.
A senior in the medical school
at Howard university, Mrs. Vince
den lived in her own apartment.
Her husband, Sgt. Albert Wheeden
is in a New England camp.
Mrs. Wheeden is believed to
have taken her life because of a
notice and warning that she would
not graduate with her class. Al
ready. her application had been
accepted for an interneshjp In an
out Of town hospital which spe-
cialized In female diseases and she
was quite happy that her appli-
cation had been accepted.
DR.. John w. LawIah of the
school of medicine declared he
would consider it very llnfortu-
nate If the deed were attributable
to the fact that Mrs Wheeden was
not to graduate with her class,
for she had been notified in Sept
that this was the case.
Although it could not be con-
firmed it is rumored that finan-
cial and parental difficulties dat
ing some time back had played an
important role in the young wo--
mans life.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
New Chairman On
Special USO Unit

NEW YORK = (ANP) = Ray
Johns, white, director of USO CO.
erations in the United States, has
been named chairman of the Com
mittee on Services to Negroes,
Chester L Bernard, president of
USO, announced this week.
The committee, sort Of clearing
which USO Civ 6 to Negroes
throughout the country, has both
eolored and white members. The
colored members include DR.. Chan
ming Tobias. YMCA, Judge Hubert
Delaney and George Cohron of the
Social Security board.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
Albanian Promoted
In New Hebrides

WITH u. S. ARMY FORCES IN
THE NEW HEBRIDES - James
Ware. son of Mrs Matte Grlffln,
1e1B Clark ST., Atlanta, Ga, has
recently been promoted from priv
ate first class to technician fifth
grade at an island base somewhere
in the New Hebrides.
Corporal Ware, who is serving
with an Quartermaster Truck Co.
entered the Army in May, 1912 and
was stationed at Camp Rucker,
Ala, before coming overseas in
May, 1943
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
UP AND DOWN PARISH STREET

Negro Higher Education Needs in
Mississippi, and after everybody
had said the thing could be start
ed off with pre-medical course
down at Alcorn College, to serve a
state with a million and a quarter
Negroes and only about forty Ne
gro Doctors, with some of the
members of the Board of Higher
Learning present when II got
around to Dean Nelson's time to
speak. he told the meeting that
they already had pre-medical
course down at Alcorn i'm other
words If they took Dean Nelson's
word, the pre-medical school is
something we don't need down at
Alcorn cause We already got
one.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
IN BATTALION
PURPLE HEART To I88

WASHINGTON = tANP) - The
Purple Heart has been awarded
TO 1873 Negro soldiers of the 855th
Engineer Aviation battalion for
wounds received in action in the
South Pacific, the war department
announced.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

PEOPLE: Attorney Sydney Revels
Redmond, son of DR.. S. d. Red
mond, a prominent lawyer, Civic
leader of st. Louis, is in town TO
visit his parents for the holidays.
Walter Hill, known to most Ole
Tyne Parish Streeters, who has
made money in the cafe business
in Chicago. is in town for lengthy
stay, for the first time In years.
Mr.. George w. Greene, (Wash to
his friends, prominent in State Py-
THAN and Negro Fair Circles, is i'm
proving from slight stroke last
week.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

The association urged that Negroes
be appointed to fill some of these
vacancies, bringing up the total
number employed, and that they
be integrated and not segregated
as has been the custom
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

Mrs. Gertrude Wilson, wife of
the we'll known railroader, pie
Wilson" of North Gallitan Street,
going down in a losing battle with
a dreaded brain aliment at their
home Wednesday Sonny Man"
one time Parish Street play boy
showing the evidence of his inside
connection with the Chicago poll
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
CELEBRATES "NEGRU DAY"
! RICHMOND IVA ~-fANP)-f'Ne

RICHMOND, VA ~-VHNFJ- NC
gro Day" was celebrated here Sat
urday during the sixth war loan
drive for $3935000, the city's quota
The cclebrants included soldiers
from Virginia camps, boy scouts,
fraternal organizations, cadet crops
and school children, who made up
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

tical machine by presenting his
Democratic Club Membership Gard
the woman in the office of a
justice Of peace last week over
so years old, fighting a battle to
keep her 29-year-old husband tell
Ing the Judge that she was more
entitled to have him than any
other woman because she had
ben since he was Is years old,
and another woman, trying to keep
her husband of the same age by
putting Woo Doc Powders and Con-
lure Dust in his shoes and hat
band, with the judge getting all
the best of II $1,000 each for
disturbing the peace and fighting
.nn
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REVIEWING THE RUMORS
Mrs. Thelma Saddler, of the USO-
Travellers Aid Lounge recently got
her divorce from her husband, a
county agent down in Georgia I.
her friends deny the rumor that
she is to marry certain we'll
known Parish Streeter -. wedding
bells will be soon ringing for Grant
Schrock . certain popular Far
ish Street Waitress is planning to
leave the city +. to see If she can
stand to leave her husband the
young lady studying to be a beau
tician at teh Modern Beauty Shop
won't marry certain jackson Air
Base Soldier; that was a glamor
streak in Mrs. Evelyn Chislom's hair
1t was a hangover from
proxide blond while she was being
bewitching and seductive out in
California.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

ANOTHER NOTE TO MY
FRIENDS THE NIGHT CLUB
OWNERS :. If I were you I be-
lieve I would get "Bouncer" to
put all of those rough and tough
people out of my place when they
get rough and tough it will
look a whole lot better if the
"Bomcer used the pistol or Black
Jack and then you could
kinda go behind and patch things
up then, there would not be so
much and many growing enemies
F.. they may put you on the
wrong end some time.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: ".They
that can give up essential liberty
to obtain little temporary safety
deserves neither liberty nor safety"
= Benjamin Franklin.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-23
EXPECT JAMAICANS
 TO REPORT JAN. l

State Manpower Director William J. Fitzgerald announced yesterday that baout 400 Jamaicans will ar- rive in Waterbury by Jan. to take jobs in brass mills, thereby bringing the total number of Jamaican work CTS in the state to 800. The workers who will be housed in Meriden, Plantsville, and Shelton barracks, will be employed by the Scovill Mfg. O., the American Brass Co.,, and the Chase Brass & Copper Co.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-23
Reds Aiming ForPrussio
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- twkeen the capital and Lake Bala- ton.
 Russian forces were seld to have speared to within two miles north of Szekesfehervar, the main German fortress guarding the gap on the di- rect road to Vienna. Heavy fighting also was reported north of Ercsi, IA miles southwest of Budapest, with the bulk of 10 Soviet divisions bat ting to cut the last railway escape line from Budapest to Vienna.
 Moscow's communique again hm- tied itself to the fighting on the Hungarian-Slovak border, reporting small gains in the pincerS drive on L,osonc in southern Slovakia. Rein forced German units were putting up stiff resistance all along the ap. breaches to Losonc in an effort to avert 8 Russian breakthrough that would trap tens of thousands of NaZis in the border mountains.
 More than 1,700 Germans and Hungarians were captured yester- day, but the Soviet advances were limited to few miles on most sec tors. One spearhead pushed to with in nine miles east of Losonc, at Hu- sina, while other units seized Sobot- ka and Vysna Kalosa, 15 and 25 miles aSt-northeast of Losonc.
 The SovietS also frightened the lower jaws of their partially -closed trap with the capture of Durenda, Hostice and Tamastelke, 13 to 19 miles east-southeast of Losonc and Petervarasa, 29 miles southeast of the railway center.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-23
Hope Held For Truce
Continued from Page 1)

(COQCluueQ 1TO1u FdSG U Elas, as result of mediation by the British, agreed last summer should remain under Edes control pend- | ing the complete liberation of Greece and the establishment of a stable government.
 Eam's reply to Scobie's peace pro- posals arrived at British headquar- 1 ters in Atrhens last night. Dated Dec. 18 mad delayed four days in transmission, it was understood to accept Scobie's demand that Elas troops from outside areas w1th- drawn from Attica.
 Those from the Athens-Piraeus area, the reply was said to propose, would remain in their homes and surrender their arms to an Anglo Greek commission. The note also was reported to insist on the estab- lishment of a National, all-party government.
 Such terms, if actually included in the FAM note, might bring a pre- Christmas truce in the two and a half-week- civil war.
 The note was delivered in a seal ed envelope to Scobie's headquarters by StamitaS Mercouris, former cabinet member, who had received it from Michael Kyrkos, ELIAS in- termediary. Mercouris was taken to British headquarters in a British vehicle.
 Meantime, brisk skirmishing con- tinued around the British-held peril meter of central and southwestern Athens, from which the ELIAS ap- peared to be withdrawing in fa- vor of strengthening their positions in the northern part of the capi- tai.
 Ground observers also reported ELIAS achievements. some in mo- tor vehicles, moving toward Athens from the north. British Sherman tanks and 25-pounder artillery harassed ELIAS units in eastern Athens throughout yesterday after noon.
 Six ShermanS on mine clearing patrol penetrated to the Averow prison, seized by ELIAS units in a concerted attack earlier this week. The prison appeared abandoned, though ELASmen firing from an adjacent hospital killed two British soldiers.
 The normal flow of water to cen- tral Athens has been resumed Hadrian's acqueduct. At Piraeus. port of Athens. rocket firing beauf1ghters silenced an ELIAS mortar or gun position which had been hurling shells toward the dock area.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-23
STORE CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY
Single Fort
 Over Tokyo
lContinued from Page D

(Contlnued from Page D connaissance flight over the former British crown colony and naval base of Hong Kong about 1:30 p. m. (East China Time) yesterday, the Japanese Domei Agency said.
 Though Hong Kong had been raided previously by China-based Liberators and other bombers, the flight was the first by a B-29 over the colony. The Superfortress may have been searching for Japanese fleet units which had fled from South and Central Pacific waters to seek haven closer to the home land in the face of the American Pacific offensive.
 Domei also reported two Amer ican fighter raids on the Canton area of Eastern China north of Hong Kong yesterday, the second lasting from to 2 p. m, (East China time) and perhaps designed to tie down Japanese fighters during the B-29 sortie.
 One of five P-51 Mustangs was shot down and another was dam aged heavily in the afternoon raid, while three were shot down or dam- aged during the morning attack, Domei said.
 The Tokyo attack came less than A hours after 100 or more Saipan- based Superfortresses bombed the Hatsudoki factory of the MitsubiShi aircraft works at Nagoya, 165 miles west of Tokyo, through overcast that prevented observation of re- suits.
 United Press War Correspondent Mas R. Johnson reported from Sai- pan that the B-29S ran into the toughest Japanese fighter opposi- ton yet encountered over Japan at Nagoya, but War Department communique yesterday listed only five enemy fighters probably des- troyed and four damaged compared with a total of 63 shot down or damaged over Mukden, Manchuria, December 2.
 Though the War Department said none of the B-29s was lost to enemy action, Johnson quoted pilot as saying that one Superfortress had crash-landed at sea after being shot up in 8 dog-fight with Japanese fighters.
 A Japanese Imperial headquarters communique claimed 20 Superfort- resses had been shot down over the Nagoya area and another 20 dam aged, while 1t listed four Japanese planes as missing.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-23
Patton Aims To Cut
 Off Nazis' Vanguard
(Continued from Page D

Hubert for their deepest announced penetration.
 There were no major changes ar1- nounced from the other Allied fronts
 The Ourthe rlver line halfway across Belgium already had been preached by the Germans in a sweeping advance of IS miles or more in 24 hours and there was no indication that that pace was nota being maintained as the offensive thundreed into its second week.
 Captured German soldiers reveal ed that the Nazis were suffering frightful losses in their reckless charge through the First Army center, but headquarters spokes- men admitted there was no reason to believe American casualties were not equally heavy, or perhaps heavier.
 One German spearhead drove 15 miles west of Bastogne, leaving a strong American garrison surround ed in the town, and reached the St. Hubert area, 29 miles northwest of Sedan and barely 20 miles from the French border.
 That was noon Thursday, and all indications were that some clements of the Nazi force had famed out wei beyond that point, possibly rac- ing for the Sedan gate or perhaps hooking northward to chop up the American Hanks.
 A second force struck across the important Bastogne-Arlon highway midway between the two towns, pre- sumably in the Martelange sector, and thrust on to within about 30 or 35 miles of Sedan. At Martelange, the Nazis were only q miles north northeast of French soil.
 A third Nazi task force slashed IA miles northwest of Bastogne to the area of La Roche, 13 1-2 miles north east of St. Hubert and apparently forced crossings of the Ourthe river on both sides of the town.
 At the same time, powerful Ger
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-23

ters communique claimed 20 super Actresses had been shot down over the Nagoya area and another 20 damaged out of force of about 1O0." Four Japanese planes were listed as misSing)
 Capt. Jay J. Brown of (Rt. 9 Little Rock, Ark, said 40 fighters in- tercepted his element alone, with one twin-engined fighter bearing the German crosses rather than Japan's rising sun. Fifty planes in- tercepted a second formation and 30, third.
 Capt. Louis L. Halton of Nacog- doches, Tex, and Wichita, Kan, who flew with the Eighth Tir Force ever Europe before coming to the Pacific, said his plane beat off eight attacks in 19 minutes.
 'sThis is more like fighting the Germans than anything I've seen over here" he said.
 Haltom reported he saw enemy fighters knock out an engine of one superfortreSs in fierce combat over the target area. Though loS- ing altitude, he said, the B-29 managed to evade five or six dog ging enemy fighters, only to crash land later in the sea because of ex- tensive damage. He believed the crew may be rescued.
 :. (1.he discrepancy. between the War Department announcement thaS no B-29s were lost to enemy action and Haltom's story was not explained.)
 The fighter opposition was on a much larger scale than previously encountered over Honshu, Japan's main home island. Returning pi- lots reported the enemy was up there waiting fo rus" and pressed home his attacks more aggressively than ever before.
 Despite the opposition, however, the superfortreSSes carried out for nation bombing with precision in- strlrments on the HatSudoki plant of the Mitsubishi aircraft works through overcast that prevented ob- servation of results.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-23
Yonks March On PoIompon
tcontinued rrom page D

(Continued rom Page D Gulf of Leyte and in the Sulu Sea)
 (Tokyo also said groups of 10 to 20 American planes raided Legaspi, Davao and Clark Fields on Luzon Island)
 Japanese planes again struck at American installations on Mindoro Island, 300 miles northwest of Leyte, but lost seven to American fighters and two to anti-aircraft fire. There was no enemy ground activity on MindorC.
 American Liberator bombers touched of fires and explosives at Clark airf1eld northwest of Manila, 145 miles above the new American airfield on Mindoro.
 Other Liberators dropped 100 tons of explosives on airdromes on Panay, Negros, Cebu and Masbate Islands. Thirteen enemy planes were destroyed or damaged on the ground, runways were cratered severely. and several fires started in dispersal areas.
 Heavy and medium bombers team ed up for attacks on Sassa and Padada airf1elds at Davao and San Roque airfield at Zambonga, all or Mindanao Island.
 Elsewhere in the southwest Pacific, American bombers started fires at petroleum refineries at Mir and near Balikapapan, Borneo, destroyed nine barges loaded with anmuni- tion and supplies in the Halma- heras, and flew 2,2O0 miles round trip to attack Malang airfield on Java, where eight aircraft were de- stroyed or damaged on the ground
 Reconnaissance planes discover ed an enemy troop convoy consisting of two freighters and a destroyer in the Banda Sea. In masthead bombing and strafing attacks, the planes sank a 2,000-ton freighter and scored straf1ng hits on the second. Many troops were seen swimming near the burning hulks.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-23
CHORUS HEARD IN
 COMMUNITY SING
Clergy Offciate, Mayor Speaks at Annual Christi
 mas Event

The first of this years Christmas carols were heard by an audience of more than 200 last night at The Green despite the bitter cold and the rush of last minute shoppers. The carols were rendered by 8 mixed chorus of Chase Park children under the direction of Miss Ann McMahon.
 The sing was first broadcast over VERY and then rebroadcast over WATR; Mayor Monagan gave a brief opening address. The program was sponsored by the Park Depart ment under Park Superintendent James J. Curtin.
 The carolers were accompanied by Eugene J. Oviatt, pianist, William J. Derwin, assistant superintendent of parks, was in charge of arrange ments.
 Rev. Edward Morrison, pastor of the Blessed Sacrament church, de- livered the invocation, Rev. Roger B. T. Anderson, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, the benediction.
 Deputy Frederick Hickey headed a police detail htat wos on duty.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-23

tanks to some extent, particularly in forward sectors where the Am ericans were firmly in control of the main roads and were forcing the Nazis to use poor secondary roads or the open fields.
 But the weather still was oper- ating most heavily against the Am ericans, shackling their admittedly superior airpower.
 Grounded for the longest period since D-day, thousands of Ameri- can and British bombers, flgsterS and figster- -bomberS were waiting tensely for chance to repeat their great triumph of the Normandy campagin-when they turned miles of the rolling French countryside into a charnel house of dead Ger mans and shattered enemy armor.