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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
First Boogie Woogie
Suite Is Composed

NEW YORK - (ANP) - Dan
BuFley and Leonard Feather have
composed a boogie-woogie suite.
the first work of its kind. Dc
scribed as a "Suite in -Four Com
Portable Quarters: Bedroom, Living
Room, Kitchen and Bath" it bears
the sub-titles Bedroom, Blues, Liv-
ing Room Romp. Cookin' With Gas
and Bathroom Boogie.
Continental Records will record
the work, featuring the composers
themselves at the pianos, as a
session to be held january 1. Odd
twist is that both writers are bet
ter known as journalists. Burley be
ing news and sports editor of Har-
LENS Amsterdam News and Fea-
Their the jazz editor of Esquire;
but both are experiences musicians
and have had numerous compost
tiens published and recorded.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
SengaLese Troops Again
Help To Liberate France
Gallant Africans Now Form
Backbone Of Fighting Force

of Africans Gas can be seen in all
the pictures of his campaign,
tarted from thousands miles
distant Equatorial Africa tawards
the freeing of France. His words
were: Our aim is Paris. We will
keep on till we reach it. Then, on
to Strasburg." And this he and his
army have magnificently done.
While French West Africans help
drive the Germans out of France,
East African troops with British ar
mics have cleared the japanese
fran a key port on the Chindwin
in Burma. Another East African
force linked up with them here at
Kalewa. Press cables say this rep
resents the East Africans first big
victory over the japanese.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
Save Journalist
From Deportation

Boston and Ellis island for 90 days.
immigration action climaxed
seven year fight by the British
Guiana writer to establish himself
legally in the country. Poyeo came
to the u. S. in June, 1887, as re-
porter covering the LouiS-Braddock
fight for the daily Chronicle OF
GEORGETOWN where he was an as
sistant on the copydeSk and a
Young crusader against imperialiS-
tic forces. Eventually he sought
work opportunity here and attend
ed college as working student
while .eluding immigration authorl-
ties. The war threw him into work
in a Michigan steel mill and later
Providence Shipyard.
Passport facilities were about TO
be granted for Boyea's deportation
on a seven-year- old warrant of ov-
erstaying of leave when wire
from P. MS Managing-editor, John
p. Lewis, to Miss PAUL. Murray,
board member of the Workers De
tense league, drew organized atten-
ton to his case. Morris Millgraln
WDL national secretary, acted
promptly and assigned Ernest
Frleischman, WDL attorney, as
counsel. Bail of $500 was provided
by Ayfred Baker Lewis. New Eng
land liberal and president Trade
Union Accident and Health 1ns. Co
The immigration board of app
peals is now considering a motion
for the reopening of the case.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
New Workers To
Launch Fight
Against Bias
Seek Solution
Of Prejudice
Made Problems

NEW YORK, (ANP)-Represen-
tatiyes of the Uptown chamber OF
Commerce of educational, religious
and civic groups came together
last week and presented new and
untrue program for solving exist
ing problems among racial groups
This is the first time that the
business men and Negro-leaders OF
the community have come together
on. such an about scale to work Tor
the betterment of race relations,
Col. Leopold Phillip, president OF
the chamber of commerce stated as
he explained that housing would be
one Of the main points OF consider
alton and that a committee would
seek the cooperatin Of all organl-
cations and agencies interested IN
the problems of housing, especially
in Harlem, with view to mproV-
ing such conditions as are Sub-stan-
dard"
He further stated that the COM
mittee will urge builders through
out the city to investigate posi-
bilities for new construction In
this area, and business leaders will
be asked to broaden the employ
ment opportunities for Negroes"
N subcommittee is formed of the
following members: Councilman
Stanley NJ. Isaacs, Benjamin j..
Davis Jr., DR.. NJ. c. Del Manzo Al
an /. Dingle, the Rev. William r.
Mccain, Rabbi William F. Rosen-
blum, and A. Phillip Randolph,
president of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car PorterS.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

NEW YORK, amp "A cam
paign by the Workers Defense
League to save colonial Negro
from deportation to B. Guiana-eno
ed tritsnphantly this week with the
release from Ellis Island of Sam
uel A. Blyea, liberal newspaper
writer and former University oil
Wisconsin student. Boyea was ar
rested in Providence, r. l., on Oct
9, while working at the Walsh-kal-
ser shipyard plant. After spending
night in the Providence county
iail he was held pending deporta-
ton at the immigration stations at
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

Released by u D wax -DSpSrCHlS-ts
Bureau of Public Relations
HEROIC CHAPLAIN-Chaplain
Captain Thomas A, jenkins of
Charlotte, N. c., recipient of the
Silver Star for gallantry IN action
with the Fifth Army in Italy, is IN
the United States on leave. AS
signed to a Quartermaster truck
group in Italy, Chaplain Jenkins
citation states that ''In an area lit,
by brilliant flares, under heavy
enemy fire and bombing, Chez adj
ministered to the dying, assisted
in the evacuation of the wounded
to points of safety and helped In
the'7 Identification of the dead.
Throughout the enemy bombing
and strafing, his cool courage and
disregard for his own safety :.
inspired the officers and men" a U.
s. Army Photo from BPR.l
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

C. Udell Turpin, deputy manager,
treasury department.! Robert A.
Cole, Metropolitan Funeral SyS-
tenn association, 100000; j. M.
CroSt, United Insurance company,
5000, 900; Robert EWins, South Cen
trail Association; T. K. Gibson, Su-
preme Liberty Life Insurance Co.,
$250,0OO; Eli Norman, Eli Inc,
$25, 900,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

WASHINGTON, amp The
War department will announce
shortly the results of q survey 1t
has made among Negro enlisted
soldiers, at home and overseas, to
determine how much thought they
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
Only A Few Look Forward To
Attending Full-Time Glasses

have given to the furtherance OF
their education after the war, 1t is
reliably learned.
Last week the department an
nounced that 100000 of approx
mately 6,75O,OO0 enlisted men now
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

NEW YORK - (ANF)-- Pro-
tests from local labor and civic
leaders against the sale of shoe
polish carrying an offensive label
with the word niger on contain
ers caused a big downtown depart
ment store to stop selling the po-
liSh last week.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
TO GO TO AFRICA

WASHINGTON (ANP)- A sur
vey to ascertain the extent OF
Africa's army and navy equip
nlcnt will be conducted by sub
committee Of the senate war in
vestigating committee during the
Christmas recess. Sen. Mead.
chairman, announced.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

The first choice Of millions at the
very first warning of common head
ache pain, muscular aches and pains
or colds painful miseries is St.
Joseph Aspirin. You can count on
it's friendly aid when these miseries
strike. Yes, it goes right to work to
relieve their aching misery. When
gargled St. Joseph Aspirin's pain
relieving action eases soreness OF
colds ere throat too. Keep St.
JOSEF q .spirin handy, instantly
ready relieve these painful trou-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

BUYING WAR BOND-Represen-
tative citizens of the south central
district presenting Francis M.
knight, chairman Of the sixth War
loan drive in Chicago and Cook
county, with their checks for bonds
purchased during the sixth war
loan drive.
Reading from left to right: Rev
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30

II. A. Valentine, Victory Mutual
Life Insurance Co., $4,000; w.
Ellis Stewart, Supreme Liberty
Life Insurance Co., V. j. McDade,
Goldenrod Ice Cream Company,
$52,150; Edward A. Feeny, South
Center Department store, $4,000;
P. j. Sample, Pullman Porters
Benefit association, 100000; Maj.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-12-30
buy BONDS

bles. Judged as your doctor judges
aspirin = clinically - no aspirin can
do more for you. No wonder st.
Joseph Aspirin is the worlds larg-
est seller at 10c. And you get the
big 100 tablet bottle for only 35c.
Quality, strength and purity are
guaranteed by the makers ? lou'll
find genuine, pure st. Joseph Aspirin
a big value atllttle cost. You can't
get better aspirin, so why ever pay
more. Lookfor thenameoneach box.
Be sure it says st. Joseph Aspirin.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Or. LoVeU Ragatz
To GiDe Talk
(On Postwar africa

DR.. Lowell Ragatz of George
Washington University will speak on
Africa in the Postwar World at a
meeting OF the City Of Hope Auxil-
iary, Los Angeles Sanatorium, at
1:30 p m. Tuesday in the vestry room
Of the Washington Hebrew Congre-
CATION.
The program will include the pres
entation of slate of officers for
the next two years by the Nominat-
ing Committee and report OF the
recent benefit party by Miss Wini-
fred Stern. Mrs. Rena Frank will
lgive the opening prayer and Mrs,
Benjamin Brill will preside. At the
social, concluding the meeting, Mrs
Samuel Handelsman and her COM
|mittee will serve dessert.
Plans for the intensification of the
fight against tuberculosis on four
distinct fronts were announced re-
Gently in a report by Pinches Karl
They are: To provide free care fol-
needy consumptives who come to
the City of Hope from all parts OF
the country; to assist former
patients to find their place again in
the world; to encourage victims to
accept care SO that they may be
isolated and thus prevent spread OF
infection, and to distribute informa-
tion to enlighten the public on
proper safeguards in combating the
disease.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Mrs. Banks Ceilings
To Be Installed

sMrs. Banks Ceilings will be in.
stalled as president of the Kappa
Kappa Gamma Alumnae Association
Of the District at supper meeting
at $50 pm. Tuesday at the home o.
Mrs. Raleigh Gilchrist, 4939 Thir.
tieth place NV.
Other officers to be installed are
Mrs. Ronald Kinsey. vice president
William Van Dersal, treasurer; Mrs
Charles d. Williams, recording sec.
|retary; Mrs. Truman T. Felt, CORE.
spending secretary: Miss Genevieve
Fisher, assistant secretary, and Mrs
Franklin Mason, Army Navy chair.
man.
The program has been arranged by
Mrs. Ralph Dwan. Reservations car
be made with Mrs. E. A. Norton, $500
Livingston street NV. or with Mrs
Terrence Wolford, 6311 Georgia
street, Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
DR.. Finch to ak
At Chew Chase

"The Prospect of a Postwar Inter-
national Organization" will be dis
cussed by George A. Finch, secretary
|of the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace and editor in
chief of the American Journal OF
International Law, at a meeting OF
the international relations section,
Chevy Chase Women's Club, at
pm. Tuesday.
A reception honoring the speaker
and his wife, who is president of the
|club, will follow. Hostesses will be
Mrs. F. F. Espenschied, IT,, section
chairman; Mrs. Harold A. Sutton,
Mrs. Russell S. Mcbride, Mrs.
Donald Bernard, Mrs. Raymond
Bland, Mrs. S. McBoggs, Mrs.
Daniel s. Murph, Mrs. John b.
Goodell, Mrs. Henry A. Wolsdorf
and Mrs. Clayton M. SINNERS.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Engagement Pad
Com m unity Clubs

L 0mmNntfy LtNbS
Petworth Women's Club, Fine Arts
Section-Friday, 1890 pm, Ken
esaw Cafe; luncheon, program OF
American paintings.
Park View Women's Club, Litera-
ture Section-Tuesday, 1890 pm,
with Mrs. George Jones, 3670 Park
place NV.
Sixteenth Street Heights Club
Tuesday, with Mrs. James M.
Gongwer, 101 Aspen street, Chevy
Chase.
Takoma Park Women's Club-To-
morrow, 1890 pm, 214 Spruce
avenue; homemakers' department.
Wednesday, 1:30 pm, 502 Mis-
sissippi avenue, Silver Spring;
music department.
Silver Spring Women's Club-To-
morrow, 10 am, Red Cross head
quarters; public welfare and sew
ing. Tuesday, noon, Ugly Duckling
Tea House, lis B street SsE.;
literature department.
Chevy Chase Women's Club, Inter-
national Relations Section-Tue
day, pm. speaker, George A.
Finch, Prospect for Postwar In-
ternational Organization; recep-
ton.
Riverdale Women's Club-Tuesday,
pm, with Mrs. w. A. Turner,
1909 Sheridan street, University
Park.
|Kenilworth Ladies' Guild-Wednes-
day, l pm, 1890 Minnesota ave-
nue. NE.
Arlington Club Institute-Tuesday,
l pm, Clarendon Recreation Gen.
ter: speaker, Mrs. Edgar B. Mer-
ritt, "Womens Place in the POST
war World"
Miscellaneous Clubs
PEG Sisterhood-Tuesday, 8 pm,
with Mrs. Robert II. Young, 1926
Newton street NV; speaker DR..
Elgin Groseclose, Iran: Re-vis-
tied" Il 3
City of Hope Auxiliary, Los An
geles Sanatorium-Tuesday, 1870
pm, Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation; board >and dessert
meeting.
Adas Israel Sisterhood-Tomorrow
1890 pm, synagogue, Sixth and
I streets NV; board luncheon,
business meeting.
Curley Club-Tonight, $50 pm,
with William j. Boyd, PIT Fifth
street NE; benefit supper. Thurs
day, BIS pm, Hotel Continental;
business meeting, party.
City of Hope Auxiliary, Los An
geles Sanatorium-Tuesday, 1870
pm, Washington Hebrew Con-
gregation; speaker, DIR. Lowell
Ragatz, Africa in the Postwar
World"
Daughters of the American Revo-
lution-Tomorrow, pm, Victory
Chapter. with Mrs. Royal E.
Burnham. 1901 Tennyson street
NV. Tuesday, Constitution Chap
ter, with Mrs. William w. Ken
drick, 604 Whittier street NV
Tuesday, 7:30 pm, Federal City
Chapter. chapter house; election
of officers. Wednesday, 8 pm,
Marcia Burns Chapter, chapter
house.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

by the University of California while
she was living on the West Coast
Her articles on folk song and the
ballad in music have appeared ir
the Journal of American Folklore
Miss Poladian plans to carry out hel
study chiefly at Cornell University
also using materials of the New
York Public Library and the Brown
collection in Boston.
Jewelry Collecting.
The third of the trio of interest to
capital scholars, DR.. Berta Segall
who won one of the three awards for
students of archaeology and the his
tory of art, spent considerable time
in Washington while studying the
fine collection of early Christian and
Byzantine jewelry included in the
art collection at Dumbarton Oaks,
in Georgetown.
Although a native of Germany,
where she studied at the Universities
of Berlin, Hamburg and Leipzig, she
has applied for citizenship in the
United States and her second papers
are pending. Now working to COM
plete a book, The History of An
cient Jewelry," DR.. Segall points out
the historic value of jewelry.
Classical jewelry represents i'm
portant historical and artistic source
material which has been almost
entirely neglected by archeologists
because of the apparent lack of
reliable data" she comments.
DR.. Segall also has studied at the
Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore.
the collection of Yale University, of
which she is preparing catalogue,
and the collection of the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts. She began
her studies as an assistant to Prof
Robert Zahn of the Atlas Museum,
Berlin, and later studied collections
in London, Paris, Italy and at the
Benake Museum, Athens, Greece.
DR.. Segall is now living in Cam
bridge, Mass.
The AAUW Latin American Eel
loWship is of local interest, as it is
project of the District of Columbia
unit. 1t was given to Senorita Maria
v. Cabrera Cardus of Paraguay, now
on leave from the Public Health
Service of Paraguay, who is studying
at the University Of Wisconsin on
grant from the United States Public
Health Service in cooperation with
the Pam American Sanitary Bureau
She will continue her studies in
pharmacy at the University of Wis
consin. She hopes upon her return
to Paraguay to classify and utilize
in the preparation of pharmaceuti-I
cal products certain medicinal plants
native to Paraguay which have not
been completely utilized or are
scientifically unknown and which
can be of value in the treatment of
certain tropical diseases, such as
malaria and hoekworm.
Commenting on the absence of
mathematicians, physicists and
chemists from this years list of
scholarships, DR.. Kathryn McHale.
general director of the association,
explained that the majority of
women with training and experience
in these fields are mostly engaged in
war work.
Even If women in the physical
sciences and kindred fields felt free
to carry on their own research, there
is little opportunity to do so," she
explained, since practically every
laboratory is now given over to war
research y..s
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Riverdale WOn,en
To TiesO GOIOred
Garden Slides

A collection Of colored garden
slides will be shown by Mrs. w. d.
Kneesi at q meeting Of the River
dale Women's Club at 8 pm. Tues
day at the home Of Mrs. w. Al,
Turner, 1909 Sheridan street, Uni
versity Park.
A.slate Of officers to be considered
at the annual election In May will
be introduced by the Nominating
Committee, including Mrs. A. L.
Bacon, Mrs. A. Lee Amoss and
Mrs. r. B. Bell. Mrs. B. H. Gather.
garden chairman, is in charge OF the
program Assisting hostesses will be
Mrs. A. ]. Perry, Mrs. M. r. Peters.
Mrs. L. L. Powers, Mrs. A. B. Secor,
Mrs. ]. d. Schroeder and Mrs. Har-
vey Sewell
A nurses scholarship fund
amounting to $3.50 and now being
used by local girl In training Ia
Baltimore was raised this year by
the club.
Evening star., 1944-04-23

Alice Hurst Garvey: Worcester.
Mass, Charlotte Morrison ana
Katherine r. Berry: Gulfport. Miss..
Florence Sillers Ogden and EIisa-
beth Hoffman; ST. Louis, Mo.
Georgia Scott and Cora Bell TAFT.
Ashevtlle, N. c., Eva Downey Bar-
nett: Western New York Branch.
Buffalo, Ethel Holmes Mllnsey.
president; Cincinnati. Ohio, Ceoree
Elliston and Mabel Posegate; East
Cleveland, Ohio, Opal Hemler:
Cleveland, Maize Wade and Janet
Davis Maynor; Pittsburgh, Pa, Har-
riet Dun Phillips, Gertrude Martin
Rohrer and Lulu Gable Giese, 8
candidate for first vice president:
Dallas. Tex, Pearie Wallace Chappell
and Margaret Innis Douglas; Madi-
son, Wis.,, Georgia Colvin Hyde and
Kathryn Dayton Aurner; Houston.
Tex. Ulalah Grant and Phyiura e.
Skalinder, and Salt Lake City.
Utah, Mary B. Steyle.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
National Pen Women to Oben
Biennial Session Here Saturday

In spite of wartime travel restric-
tons, q large number Of delegates
will attend the biennial business
meeting OF the National League Of
American Pen Women Saturday at
the willard Hotel.
The session will open at 10 am.
with Mrs. Victoria Faber Stevenson,
president. presiding. The entire day
will be given to reports of commit
tee chairmen and business concern
ing the progress Of the league. II
is expected the announcement OF
newly elected officers viii be made
THAT day. For the first time in It's
history, the league held this years
ELECTIONS by mail. Announcement
Of successful candidates has been
withheld until all delegates are as
sembled.
The first days program will con-
clude with q dinner at 7:30 pm.
An award tea and installation of
onlcers will be held Sunday In the
studio Of the District League, 1851
Columbia road NV. Announce
ment Of annual awards will be made
then.
Reservations include the follow
ing:
El Centre, Calf, Anne Hardy
Davis, president, and Iva Ellen
Brand Joellen Ingram; San Francis
leo, Calf, Grace Bolles Hedges, also q
candidate for first vice president;
Central Colorado Branch, Denver,
Clyde Robertson and Bertha Klug;
Pueblo, Colo, Georgia Moore Eber-
ling, president. and May Arno; Day.
tona Beach, Fla, Blanche Ratcliffe,
president; Tampa, Fla, Nancy Har-
mon, president, and nellie Ramsey:
Honolulu, T. H., Margaret Yates, Lu-
cinda Buckley, Louise F. Rice and
Mary Frances Barnes; Springfield,
ILL.,. Bessie I. Hibarger, president, and
Mary Bedell Funk; Northern II
linois, Chicago, Minnie Moreland
Dow, president, and Esther B.
Colder: Des Moines, Iowa, Esther
Bergman Marcy, president, and Grace
Noll Smith: Wichita, Kan, Leila Fer
Irell Rex, president; Baltimore, Md,
Alice Norris Parran, president, and
Georgia Day Sherwood; Chevy Chase,
Md, Mollie Ellen Nicholson and
Evening star., 1944-04-23
'ROse.C CrOss.Day'

The annual "Rose-of the Cross
Day" ceremonies will be held at
|3 pm. today at the Academy of the
Holy Cross. A rosebush will be
planted in memory of the class of
1914 by the class president, Miss
Mary Anne Sheehan, who will be
assisted by her classmates and by
Miss Peggy Harper, Miss Marie
Frances Koepenick and Miss Cath
crime Eckloff, three small daughters
of alumnae members. The latter
trio will signify past, present and
future graduates of the academy.
An inter-American program and
tea, followed by benediction in the
chapel of Dunbarton College, will
be given by the International FEEDER
lation of Catholic Alumnae at pm.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
Civic and Study Clubs

LfCfc ana OIHdp LfHOS
American Association of Universit,
Women-Tomorrow, pm, tea
pm, Program Committee, sym.
postum, Campaign Experiences.
Tuesday, 8 pm, lounge, art.
kaleidoscope program. Thursday
II am, book review group. Sat
urday, recent graduates dance.
Argyle Study Club-Tuesday, p m.
with Mrs. Stewart Carpenter, 2;
S. Aberdeen street, Arlington, Va
Washington Club-Tomorrow, II
am, book review. Tuesday, II
am; speaker, Mrs. Jon Otto
johnson. Thursday, pm; speak
er, DR.. Elgin Groseclose, Iran
Today
Twentieth Century -Wednes-
day, 10 am, nature section
Thursday, II am, YWCA, Execu-
tive Board: 2 pm, YWCA, speech
drama section.
Business, Professional Clubs
Zonta Club-Wednesday, Gas pm.
Willard Hotel; annual banquet
and installation OF officers.
Business and Professional Women's
Club-Tuesday, Walsh House
2020 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
bandage-making unit. Thursday
7:30 pm, with Miss Jennie Harris
1409 Twenty-first street NV.
/, glee club. Friday. 8 pm, Mar
jorie Webster Junior College
TITS Seventeenth street NV, ben
eft party. Saturday, Service Clut
No. l, 300 Ninth street NV; can
teen unit.
National League of American Per
Women, District Branch-Today
4 pm. to $50 pm, war efforts
tea; speaker, Miss Minnie Har-
man, Red Cross Blood Donor
Service" Tomorrow, 8 pm, busi-
ness meeting.
Evening star., 1944-04-23
". J. Boyd Host
To CnrIev Club

William j. Boyd will entertain
members of the Curley Club at a
buffet supper at $50 pm. today at
his home, 217 Fifth street NE. The
proceeds will be applied to the club
fund for scholarships
A business meeting will be held
at 8:15 pm. Thursday at the Hotel
Continental with the president,
Miss Mary Healey, presiding.