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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01
Justice Dept. Considers
Probe OF Memphis Police

WASHINGTON-CA.NP)-T A.
Philip Randolph Memphis speech
took on a new growth last week
when the Rev. Aron S. Ciimartin,
chairman of the New York Work
ers Defense League, in a telegram
to Atty. Gen. Tom G.. Clark of the
department of justice, reported
that as a result of the speech, de-
livered few months ago, four Ne
gro leaders including LIT. George
w. Lee and Benjamin Bell, promi-
nent labor organizer, had been
beaten with iron pipes by thugs.
The league charged that the Mem
phis police, by such action, violat-
ed the civil rights of the leaders,
and asked that the department OF
justice conduct a probe.
The department of Justice.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01
S. C. Boy Studies
Carnegie Hall

COLUMBIA, b C.-Weldon Du-
Bois Dixon (pianist and twelve year
cid son of Rev. and Mrs. r. G.
Dixon Of Columbia) has gone to
New York and has enrolled in the
Conservatory School of Music in
Carnegie Hall. He previously stu
died at the Benedict College Music
School which has now closed for
the summer. weldon will return to
the city in Sept.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01
AME Church AT
Canton Pays RI
Off Mortage v

CANTON, Miss.-The Rev. f. l.
MCGEE pastor of Hampton Chapel
AME Church, Canton, Miss. on the
jackson District, in the East Mis-
sissippi Conference, having been as
signed there in the last series OF
conferences, findings the church
with a Mortgage Indebtedness, in
his first effort pays off the indCb-
tedness and saves three years Of
interest.
With the Tribe contest that came
off on the Third Sunday, June H.
1914, which made it high day with
the members and friends, The Rev
P. F. Pennington, pastor of Tri-
Union AME Church, Benton, Miss
preached at II O'CLOCK. The Tribe
Leaders collected from v.leir rnem-
bers and made the following
report on Sunday night.
Mrs. A. E. Travis, $500; Mrs.
Sallie Thomas, $1,000; Mrs. Celia
Miller, $1,000; Mrs. Sanie Thomas
$14.50; Mrs. Ethel James, $500,
Brother E. L. Sunrall, $11157- Mrs
j. M. MCGEE, $14O5; Mrs. MI. E.
McElroy, $42.43; Mrs. M. Marshall,
$25.01; Mrs. Eva Reed, $4125. From
Sundays collections leading up tc
the Drive $46.31. Total $36412
Then the pastor presented to the
secretary the amount that it would
take to pay the debt, which left a
balance Of S63.32. The congregation
stood and Mrs. MCGEE led in sing
ing 'The Church is Moving On
There were few other debts to
be paid, the amount was allotted
and left a balance of $28.12. God
we praise, We are singing, Glory
Hallelujah tbs Done, looking for
ward to a mortgage burning.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01
Sgt. George Myers
Drives I'm Burma

ALONG THE LEDO ROAD
Sgt. George II. Myers, whose pa
rents reside at 333-B Fraser st..
Atlanta has been v n e
with a Quarte1master trucking unit
hauling vital war supplies up the
Ledo Road from Northern India to
the battle front in Northern Burma
for the last Is months.
Sgt. Myers is one of thousands
OF American soldiers engaged in
pushing through the Ledo life line
1fom India, across Burma into
CHINA. This rugged highway cuts
through dense jungleS and precipi-
tous mountains, following close on
the heel Of 1t. Gen. Joseph W.
St1llwell's return march into Burma.
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PAGE THREE

through It's civil rights division.
chief, Victor 5otmen, advised on
Saturday that decision on the
probe will be reached some time
this week.
According to the league the at
tacks followed the labor meeting
a few months back when A. Philip
Randolph, president of the Broth
erhood of Sleeping Car Porters,
ALL, spoke to a mixed audience of
Negroes and whites in spite of the
fact that city officials denied the
group permit.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01
Stamps Bros. Apen
New Dining Room

The widely known and well liked
Stamps BIOS. Charlie Bill and Cliff
owners and operators of>the Stamps
Bros. Hotel in East Jackson after
heavy cash outlay for remodeling
will have the formal opening OF
their dining room Sunday, which
will be known as the 'Off Beat
room, beautifully decorated with
mirrors everywhere the room may
well be the most beautiful of its
kind in the south.
II an effort to nike the hotel
as exclusive and private as possible
all dancing has been curtailed on
the top floor, and every room re-
modelled for private parties and
entertainment. The boys are pre-
dieting a great crowd and great
time for the opening Sunday night.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01

MRS. Elizabeth Smith Holton OF
Hattiesburg. Miss, spent the week
emu with her mother, Mrs Gussie
Smith and her sister, Mrs. Pearl
Lloyd, before leaving for New York
Or E F.. Fields Of Chattanooga
Tenn. spent the week end with his
mother, Mrs Ida Fields. DR. FIELDS
is one of the leading dentists Of
that city. aM
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01

M. and Mrs. Moses Luckett and
little daughter, Carolyn Jean and
Miss Mildred f. Jones are visiting
relatives in Chicago and Cleveland,
Ohio. ls,a
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01

are clad to know he is resting fine
after undergoing an operation at
the Afro hospital, Yazoo City,
Miss.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01

We regret very much to see the
LLOYD and Smith families leave for
New York where they will make
then home.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01

Mr.. and Mr.. G.. NJ Varnado also
went to Memphis for the marriage
of Miss F,arneStine VarnadO.
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CANTON NEWS

Mrs. C. j. Blount has returned
home after a pleasant visit in New
Orleans, La, with her husband
Mr.. Howard Blount.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01

Mrs. r. V. Prichard. Mrs M. E
Penquite. Mrs. E. S. P. Shields
Mrs. H. d. Paris, Miss Louise
Adair, Miss Lucille Nichols, Mr. c
M. Varnado Mr.. Sam Levy, Rev.
Parker, Rev Franklin and Rev. L
w Jones were among those who
attended the BTU Congress in
Birmingham. Ala
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-07-01

The friends Of Mr.. Alex Wilkes
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Mr. Ida V. Barnes went to New
Orleans on a business trip.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
LITTLE HOPE HELD
FOR TRAPPED MINERS

BELLAIRE, O., July 7.-RH
Sixty-six men entombed in the
Powhatan mine will be officially
pronounced dead tomorrow, but to-
night rescue workers set up drills
to bore two shafts deep toward
them on the faint chance they may
be found alive.
It may be two to five days be-
fore the nine-inch and three-inch
shafts, taree-quarters of a mile
apart ,are driven approximately
400 feet deep to tunnel in which
the men were caught behind a
wall of flame that blocked the main
shaft of Ohio's largest coal mine.
Whether they are dead or alive
was not known, but spokesman for
the coal operators and the United
Mine Workers said they felt there
was chance at least some of them
still lived.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
DEATHS
MAY REACH 40

. JELLICO, Tenn, July 7-IR-The
engine and four cars Of a south
bound troop train plunged So feet
into a desolate mountain gorge last
night, with a possible death toll
CT 40 soldiers and trainmen.
Wreckage of four cars-two of
them burned-rested in the Rocky
Clear river after leaving the Louis
vile and Nashville railroad tracks
il miles from here. A fifth car
hung on the edge of the defile.
Known dead numbered 10, all
soldiers except Engineer John c..
Rollins and Fireman j. w. Cum
minis, both of Etowah, Tenn. Iden-
tlfication of enlisted dead proceed
ed slowly, Army public relations
explaining that most men either
were in their berths or in wash
rooms, preparing to retire, when
the crash occurred. Personal be-
longings were thrown in heaps, and
some victims lost identification
tags.
Wavering lights of acetelyne
torches flashed in the rugged glen
as Army and civilian squads work
ed under an overcast sky to free
injured and recover bodies. At
least 100 were hospitalized. Each,
in turn, was pulled up the steep
embankment in block and tackle
sings, and removed to nearby
Army infirmariee or to civilian hos
ritals. Many received blood plasma
before being moved.
Estimate of the death toll at
between 40 and 50'' was made by
DR.. E. c. Muncy, resident ply
stefan at Knoxville's general hos
pital, who directed part of the res
cue operations.
Last injured soldier to be re-
moved was identified by the Army
as Pvt. Leonard Dettag, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Dettag of
Evanston, Ill. He was pinned in
the bottom of a wrecked car IL
hours beneath four dead men, but
retained consciousness and talked
with rescuers as torches cut twist
ed steel imprisoning him. He later
died of his injuries.
Express Agent C. L. Alley said
the train carried 1,006 soldiers.
Cars remaining upright were
switched to another track and pro-
ceeded to their destination.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08

On the heels of reports of
Wilmington's first polio case,
DR.. A. H. Elliott, city-county
health officer, announced yes
terday that proposals for curb
ing the spread of infantile para
lysis will be discussed Thurs
day at the monthly meeting Of
the city-county board Of health
in order to have precautionary
measures ready for immediate
enforcement in the event there
are additional cases reported
here.
At present, only the one case
is registered with the depart
ment for this city. The victim
is Rudolph Carter, three-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin
Carter of 20 Court M, Lake
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
BALTIC GATEWAY
BEING BESIECED

LONDON, Saturday, July 8 -
"A state of siege in Wilno and
uprisings in many parts of Ii
thuania were reported today as
Red troops fought their way closer
to that ancient gateway to the Bal
tics and swept steadily westward
along the whole 350-nile central
battlefront
The early morning supplement
to the Russian communicate said
that the Germans were throwing
fresh reserves into the fighting for
Wilno. but asserted that even these
reinforcements had failed to stem
the mighty Russian tide.
More than $50 places were taken
az the Soviet forces hurled massed
artillery and infantry northwest
from Minsk, and incomplete re-
ports showed 5000 Germans had
been wiped out in this savage
battle. the supplement said.
During the day Red troops cap
tured two important district CEN
tiers, Ostrevets and Oshmyana,
enc Is and the other 20 miles from
Wilno; and thus reached the line
which Russia considers the border
CT the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist
republic. The prewar frontier of
this Baltic state, however, lies Is
miles on to the west of Wilno.
To the north, where Gen. Ivan
Bagramian's First Baltic army
was battling toward Latvia, Soviet
troops crossed the Drissa river and
cut the highway between Dzisna
and Idritza.
South of Wilno the Red army
plowed within four miles of the i'm
rortant railway junction Of Baran-
cwicze and in the area of the Prip-
vat marshes Soviet forces captured
the district center of Stolin, only
38 miles from Pinsk, the broad.
cast Russian communicate said.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08

Liz oIotS D otLOAllCy' LII IOI :
NAL statement issued while State
Police Commissioner Edward ].
Hickey still questioned long list
of witnesses, said that there ap-
peared to have been inadequate
fire fighting equipment on the
grounds of the Ringing Brothers
Barnum and Bailey circus where
within a few minutes a crowd of
5000 festive spectators became a
hysterical mass yesterday as
flames tore through the big top.
What equipment there was, said
Alcorn, was manned by "inade-
quate personnel"
There is also in our possession"
he asserted, information that the
tent itself had been in use only
since the road show started this
season and that it had been treat
ed with paraffin which was diluted
with gasoline, making the entire
tent highly inflammable."
Saying that all agencies were
determined not only "to ascertain
the exact cause of the fire but also
to fix responsibility, if any, for the
tragic loss OF 1ife,' A1corn added:
cit is probable that after the
adjourned hearing by the fire mar
shall and after the coroner's in
quest, additional warrants will be
issued"
In his capacity as state fire mar
shall, Hickey questioned between 40
and so persons during the day. In
the group were circus officials and
workers and spectators who were at
the circus grounds when the big
top collapsed in fiery heap soon
after the discovery of a small
flame.
Once during the inquiry, Hickey
left the hearing room with six ush-
ers who commended that the fire ap-
parently was caused by a cigaret
carelessly thrown by man against
sidewall of the tent. Hickey and
the ushers went to the circus
grounds to examine the probable
spot of the fires origin.
Later, Hickey said the ushers'
story had "stood up under oath. !"
Even while officials sought an
explanation for the disaster, APP
proximately one third of those who
| lost their race with death In the
| Continued on Page Two; Col. 81
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
MACARTHUR'S MEN
GET THIRD FIELD

ADVANCED ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, Satur-
day, July 8.-tR-Gen Douglas
MacArthur's forces captured Noem-
1oor's Namber airdrome without
opposition July 6 to conclude the
occupation of that islands three
ar strips-an within bombing
range of the Philippines-in a
Whirlwind five-day campaign.
The success, scored in Dutch
New Guinea's Geelvink bay area,
was announced today.
instead of driving across the IN
vaded islands western coast from
the sector where the two other air
nelds were won, the troops were
put ashore near the Namber field
me morning of July 6, covered by
destroyers and rocket-firing infan'
Try landing craft. BY noon, the oc'
eupation was completed.
Kamiri airdrome, captured a few
hours after the first landing or
Noemfoor July 2, already is being
used by Allied planes. Ornasorer
Held was seized two days after the
Island was invaded.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
GEN. De CAULLE
SEES ROOSEVELT
picture On Page Eight

WASHINGTON, July 7-tR-
General Charles De Gaulle, predic-
ting that the last German will be
chased from France before the end
Of 1914, opened today his talks
with President Roosevelt aimed at
laying foundation of friendly I'M
derstanding.
Before hand, President Roosevelt
told a news conference the talks
would deal chiefly with the fight
of the French underground, now
approaching the scale Of full-fledg-
ed battle with the Germans in
southern France, and would touch
in general way on problems of
civil administration.
Mr.. Roosevelt declared that the
question of recognition of the
French national committee would
not come up, as it had not come
up in De Gaulle's recent talks with
British Prime Minister Churchill.
With this prime obstacle out of
the way, it appeared that the two
leaders would be able to discuss
military problems and the recon-
stitution of a free France on a
basis that could lead to complete
erasure of the strain which has
characterized Franco-American re-
lations during the past few
months.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
Health Board To Discuss
Measures To Curb Polio

Forest. DIR. A. M. Crouch, ply
sician attending the child, stat
ed yesterday that the boys con-
dition was progressing salts
factorily since the Sister Ken
ny treatment was begun last
Sunday.
1t was not mentioned what
measures the board would dis
cuss in the event that polio in
creased. However, it is eX-
pected that the same appeal
will be made for Examinations
of all unnecessary travel and
strict enforcement of all health
laws, as is now known in the
Piedmont area where 200 cases
are reported.
The Carter child is being
treated at James Walker Me
mortal hospital
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
FIGHT
LIKE CASINO

ROME, July 7 In A bitter
struggle reminiscent of the fight
for Casino several months ago
ragged today in the ruined village
of Rosignano, 10 miles below the
big Italian port of Livorno, as the
Germans struck back furiously at
American forces along a 30-mile
front extending inland from the
west coast.
After three days and nights Of
savage house-to-house fighting in
side Rosignano, American infantry
was reported in possession of two
thirds of the flattened village. AT
best it was grim yard-by-yard
advance for 1t. Gen. Mark W.
Clark's doughboys as they tackled
successive Nazi strongpoints and
repulsed the inevitable enemy
counterattacks.
Inland from Rosignano American
and French troops engaged in in
creasingly furious combat as they
probed into the mountainous out
posts of Germans formidable
Gothic line, the strongest natural
defenses in Italy. Just ahead Of
Allied forces are peaks rising tc
$500 feet.
Remnants of "a German divi
sions, reinforced by hundreds Of
new guns, mortars and other. wea-
pons, fought hard to give nazi
engineers and labor battalions time
to complete this defense belt. Re
connaissance disclosed, for exam
pie, that the enemy is working
feverishly on Notifications in the
Futa Pass area, 20 miles north OF
Florence, though Allied troops still
are 20 mountainous miles south OF
Florence.
Although the enemy was knocked
off high ground at several points
yesterday, the days fighting left
the front substantially unchanged.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
Bomber Attacks
Sting Germans
Into Defense

LONDON, July 7NR-More
than LOO U. S. heavy bombers
under strong escort drenched
IL high-priority targets in CEN
trail Germany with 5000 tons
of bombs today, singing the
Germans to put up the biggest
aerial battle in six weeks, in
which ia enemy planes and
36 American bombers and six
fighters we're shot down.
A night Raj raid on Berlin
was announced by the DNB
which broadcast that British
nuisance raiders were over
Berlin shortly after midnight.
Earlier the German radio re-
ported planes over Schleswig,
Holstein, Mecklenburg, Han
mover and Brunswick and the
Paris radio had left the air in
the middle of news broad
cast.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
Artillery Fire Halls
Japs Fleeing Saipan

said. One Japanese plane was
destroyed and two American
fighter aircraft were lost, pre-
sumably to ground fire. One
American pilot was rescued.
Lack of interrogation over
Guam and Rota again empha-
sized dwindling japanese air
power in the Marianas.
The enemy effort to quit
strategic Saipan, which is
within bombing range of ia
pan, contrasted with previous
attempts to land from barges
at night behind the American
lines. That trick also was flu
tile.
The Americans had pushed
against strong opposition to
within two miles of Inagsa
point, at the northeast tip of
Saipan.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08

command SAID COIllSIlC.
A Chinese army spokesman an
on this seventh annivers-
airy of the start of the war that
these counterthrusts would re-
move for some time the threat of
complete Japanese occupation of
the 1000 miles of Peiping-Hankow-
Canton railway through China,
Major Japanese goal.
The high command reported
from the front that reinforced Chi
nese began their Commemorative
the morning of July 4, penetrated
japanese lines in several places,
occupied ten strong points, and
even behind the japanese lines
won the upper hand in offensive
actions.
Attacking key points on the va
rious enemy advance routes, the
Chinese also broke into Yunkfeng,
As miles northwest of Hengyang,
and battered at the gates of Yuh-
sien, 3 miles northeast, and Liling,
80 miles northeast of Hengyang.
The siege of Hengyang was brok-
en-, the Chinese said, on it's 18th
bitter day by Chinese who stabbed
suddenly from the southwest of
the battered rail junction, after
slashing attacks by U. S. 14th Air
Force filters all along the front
had disorganized Japanese sup
ply and communication lines. So
badly were these enemy lines bog
ged down, the high command said,
that japanese troops in the Heng-
yang area had to receive supplies
and ammunition by plane in the
same manner as Chinese troops
previously had been supplied
However, in this wartime capital
of China, while the claims appear
ed to have heartened the popu-
lace, the more cautious preferred
to wait and see how the situation
developed before yielding to gen.
eral jubilation.
Other Chinese forces attacked
the main body of an enemy force
which, by-passing Hengyang, had
swung south and cut the railway
at Leiyang. This force has fallen
back Is miles and Leiyang now is
back firmly in Chinese hands, said
American-educated Maj. Gen C..
c. Tseng.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
Chinese War
Going Badly,
I'D. K. Says

WASHINGTON, July 7-RE
President Roosevelt sketched
a gloomy picture of the war
in China today but frightened
it slightly by observing that
the Japanese have stretched
their supply lines dangerously
thin elsewhere.
MIR. Roosevelt told his news
conference the fighting in
China is not going well and
frankly expressed concern over
the military situation on the
Chinese mainland. He agreed
with reporter who said the
American people are not fully
aware of the seriousness Of
the situation.
But he said Japan's strategic
position is not good one from
the standpoint of global war be-
cause of her extended and har-
ried communication lines be-
tween the homeland and occu-
pied territories.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08

U. S. PACIFIC FLEET
HEADQUARTERS, P F A r L
HARBOR, July 7-tR-Steady
advances on Saipan and the
crushing of an enemy attempt
to evacuate 200 of its groggy
defenders were reported today
as American troops, aided by
new carrier aircraft strikes,
pressed for a knockout at the
northern tip of the island.
Using barges, the enemy
tried to sneak out to sea Tues
day night. The move was de-
tected and American artillery
quickly broke it up, Adm.
Chester w. Nimitz reported.
Planes from fast Ameri-
can carrier task force smash
ed at Guam and Rota islands,
south of Saipan in the Mari
anas, Wednesday night, Nimitz
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
POLITICAL QUESTION
RR1TATES ROOSEVELT

WASHINGTON, July = ~
President Roosevelt laughed with
reporters at another inconclusive
exchange over the fourth term
question today, but erased his
smile when a questioner asked
whether ne had found a vice
presidential candidate yet"
That, the President declared.
sounded like an unfriendly cues.
ton. He added he would not ans
wer it.
The question and answer lent
emphasis to topic of special in
terest in political circles with the
approach of the Democratic ma
tional convention. That the chief
executive will stand for another
term against Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey, Republican candidate, few
doubt. Who will be his running
mate, however, has developed into
big question mark,
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
Two Nazi Generals
Reported Killed

LONDON, July 7.-tR-The Ber-
lin radio announced tonight two
additional German generals had
been killed on June %, the same
day that Col. Gen. Eduard Dietl,
commander of the Nazi forces in
Finland, died in an airplane crash.
They we're infantry Gen. Emil
Won Wickede, commander of an
army corps, and 1t. Gen. Carl
Eglseer, commander of Alpine
troops.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
Army Paper Director
Relieved Of Command

ALGIERS, July 7-R-Because
of differences of opinion with War
department officials regarding
political censorship, Col. Ebert
White, director of Mediterranean
editions of the Stars and Stripes,
servicemen's daily newspaper, has
been relieved of his command and
ordered back to the United States,
it was learned reliably today.
Colonel White, New York ad-
vertising executive, had sought to
obtain more extensive coverage of
political and other controversial
news from the United States.
The Wilmington morning star., 1944-07-08
County School Board
Has S8O,782 Surplus

The county school board ended
the 1894 fiscal year with sur
plus of $80,782.05, according to fl
cures released yesterday by J. A.
Orrell, county auditor.
The budget for the year, as ap
proved by the county board o
commissioners, was $458, 805.01 and
the total expenses incurred
amounted to $378,O2296. Total ope-
ration expenditures amounted to
1854 ,0OO.6'. Capital outlay involved
$12,138.62, and debt service was
S11 1881.