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Evening star., 1946-07-24
50 Per Cent Increase
In Weekly Polio RATE
Reported for Nation

An approximate so per cent rise
in the weekly case rate of infantile
paralysis for the whole Nation was
reported today
At the same time, United
States Public Health official said
he still felt the country would be
spared a major epidemic year.
The ofiicial, who asked anony-
nifty, told a reporter that with
only two States still to be heard
from, the total OF new cases for
the week ended July 2o,. Is 646.
This compares with 403 new cases
for the preceding week in the same
States.
The latest available totals bring
to 3,242 the number of cases so
far this year There were 2,048 for
the same period a year ago and
2,320 in 1944-a year which event.
ually proved to be the second worst
Polio year in United States
records.
Although current totals for this
year exceed those of 1914 to the
same approximate date, the Health
Service official said:
II still look for this years totals
to drop below those OF the epidemic
year OF 1914 not only in weekly fig
ures but in cumulative totals"
He offered two reasons for his
view:
l. The cases this year are distrib-
uted more widely among a larger
number of States than in 1914 and
may we'll level off, before reaching
anything like the explosive out
breaks that occurred in a few States
in 1914.
2. The disease began to increase
this year several weeks earlier than
in 1914.
Major increases for the week end
ed July 20 were noted in the follow
ing States:
Minnesota, where 81 new cases
were reported. compared with 40 in
the previous week and 20 the week
before that.
Kansas. IS new cases compared
with 1S the week before; Missouri.
"a compared with 13): Alabama, SO
90; Colorado, 43 (31): Texas, 81
90; California, 80 (25), Louisiana,
27 18).
Evening star., 1946-07-24
WAC Re-enIistments
For Europe SOUGHT

A special effort is being made to
recruit former members of the
Women's Army Corps for assign
ment in the European theater, it
was announced today by 1t. Col
John G. Shettle, officer in charge
of the Baltimore recruiting district
Those needed for re-enlistment to
serve in Europe include former
WACS with experience as stenogra-
pliers, general clerks, statistical
clerks, teletype operators, clerk
typists, administrative noncommis-
stoned officers, telephone switch
board operators. cryptographic tech
nicians and supply clerks.
Evening star., 1946-07-24
Veterans Protest Army's
Negro Enlistment Bon
BY fhe Assoeiotsd Pres,

CHICAGO. July 24.-The United
Negro and Allied Veterans of Amer
lea appealed to President Truman
today Ito rescind the order stopping
Negro enlistments" by the Army and
to require the War Department to
accept citizens into the service re-
gardless of their race"
Kenneth c. Kennedy, national
commander of the organiza ton. said
the veterans of this country cannot
condone policy that would restrict
Negroes or any other minority group
in terms of national service.
He said: This organization
equally opposes the recent order OF
the War Department terminating
the assignment of Negro personnel
to the European theater."
Copies of the statement. Mr.. Ken
nedy said, were sent to President
Truman, Secretary of War Patterson
and Gen. Eisenhower, Chief of Staff
Evening star., 1946-07-24
IS Danish Middies 10 Pay
4-DaY Visit 10 Annapolis
By the Ak.oeiotad Pas,

ANNAPOLIS, July 24.-Eighty-
five ROYAL Danish navy midship.
men will see how American mid.
dies live when they arrive here Fri.
day aboard the Danish frigats
"Holger Danske" TOR four day visi
at the Naval Academy.
The 2,200-ton training vessel. vii
tie up at the academy's Santee dock
The vessel will also visit New York
Aboard will be Commadore C. A
S. Westermann, commander in chiei
and superintendent of the Roya
Danish Naval Academy; 10 officers
is petty officers, and AZ enlisted mer
as we'll as the midshipmen.
On Monday the officers and crew
will take a sight seeing tour o.
Washington with the middies ane
be guests at the Danish Lega ton.
The last visit by Danish shir
here was In October. 1899, wher
square-rigger Danmark docked un.
der the command Of Capt. Knue
LaurttS Hansen.
Evening star., 1946-07-24
Ii. Col. Martin {. Wise, 81,
To Be Buried Tomorrow

Funeral services for 1t Col Mar
tin c. Wise, ST U. S. A.. retired. who
died Monday at Walter Reed Hos
pitsl. will be held at IL am. tomor-
row at Fort Myer Chapel Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Col. Wise. who lived at 2l00 Nine
teenth street NV. retired from the
Army about 10 years ago after 30
years service Born in Pine Bluff
Ark, he was graduated from the
Military Academy in 1904 and taught
there several years He was sta
toned in Washington several times
during his Army career and had
taught at the Army War College
He also served several tours of duty
in the Philippines.
He was member of the Elks and
was 32d degree Mason.
Surviving are sister, Mrs. J. w.
Dlbrell, and two brothers. Will H
and Bent T. Wise. all of Texas.
Evening star., 1946-07-24
County Expects Early
Start on Widening
|0f Wisconsin Avenue

Widening of Wisconsin avenue for
approximately 5000 feet north Of
the East-West highway is expected
to start soon under the direction of
the State Roads Commission as a
result of action taken yesterday by
Montgomery County Supervisor Will
lard F. Day and the county commis-
sioners.
The board approved letter, to be
mailed today, in which Mr.. Day re-
quested the roads commission to be-
gin work as soon as possible. Mr..
Day said, in his letter, the county
has acquired 20-foot right-of-way
along the east side of Wisconsin
avenue from Avondale street to
Chase avenue and from Chestnut
street to Glenbrook parkway-a dis
tance of about 1900 feet.
In asking the commission to start
moving the curb east for 20 feet
along the two sections of roadway,
Mr.. Day said the county will pro-
ceed with plans to acquire rights
of-way along the remaining 800
feet between Chase avenue and
Chestnut street.
He added the county also plans
to acquire land on property now oc-
cupied by the Hot Shoppe at Wis
consin avenue and East-West high
way so that the roads commission
will be able to widen the intersec-
ton and bring it in line with Old
Georgetown road.
After the commission has COM
pleted widening the street along
the east side and the county has
constructed new sidewalks, Mr.. Day
declared in the letter, the county
will acquire land along the west side
of Wisconsin avenue sufficient for a
74-foot roadway between curb lines.
The present width is 40 feet.
Evening star., 1946-07-24
War Profits
Continued From First Page

brothers, Henry and Murray, were
active.
We saw seven 1000 bills in this
ease" he said, and there were two
million of them floating around dur
ing the war. They weren't used for
playing pinochle,"
Refers to Freeman's Testimony.
Senator Brewster's comment on
the $1,000 bills was a reference to
testimony that Jospeh Freeman
Washington sales agent for the
combine, carried his pay around in
his pocket in that size currency.
Senator Brewster said that he
had believed that the committee
prevented considerable corruption
during the war
TT seems" he said, that a great
deal of criticism-and disclosures
were submerged in difference to the
need for quick production, That is
evident from the food of tips now
pouring into the committee"
He said that one of the first jobs
now facing the committee Is a
determination Of priority on the
cases called to its attention.
The committee plans no open
sessions within the next two or
three days, Chairman Mead said.
This afternoons executive session
will deal with several specific ques-
tions, possibly including the COM
mitee's future course in regard to
Representative May, Democrat, of
Kentucky. Mr.. Meader said his own
personal opinion was that unless
Mr.. May appears voluntarily before
the committee, the committee might
issue another subpoena for his pres
ence after adjournment of Con-
gress.
While Congress is in session Rep
fesentative May cannot be obliged
Evening star., 1946-07-24
Louis DreYfus, k., Chosen
As u. ). Minister 10 Sweden

Louis G. Dreyfus, ir., veteran
career diplomat, was nominated by
President Truman today to be
American Minister to Sweden.
He will succeed Herschel v. John
son, who recently was made deputy
to Senator Austin, Republican, of
Vermont, in the latter's new position
as American representative on the
United Nations Security Council.
Mr.. Dreyfus, native of Califor-
MIA, who has served at numerous
American diplomatic posts since
1910, has been minister to Iceland
since March, 1914
Evening star., 1946-07-24

before the overpayment was dis
covered.
AS he was leaving their Office he
said, Mr.. May called him there and
told him he was informed that un-
reasonable demands were being
made on the contractor and he
wanted me to assure him the con-
tractor was not being prosecuted"
Mr.. May, he said, told him he
wanted TO see him as soon as he
came back to Washington. He said
he telephoned Mr.. May the follow
ing day and told him he didn't think
the Garssons were being prosecuted.
Earlier, the committee drew the
witness admissions that he went to
the Carson wedding party on official
travel orders and at Government
expense, and that Murray Carson
paid his hotel bill in New York.
Says Trip Necessary.
But, he added. he had work to do
in New York, which he would have
gone up to do that week anyway
and he was confident I did no
wrong"
Asked about the present status
Of Jacobson. who was acting legal
chief of the Chemical Warfare
Service and has been mentioned in
the testimony as having visited the
Garssons' Washington office, Gen
Watt said Jacobson was now on
sick leave but that he had been
told Il didn't want him around"
Not Suspended or Dropped.
He said Jacobson had not been
suspended and had not been
dropped from the payroll because
that's a drastic business with a
civil service employe.
I'm now trying to find a solution
as to what to do with Jacobson. y
Gen Watt told the committee. so
far, all have done is get him out
of the way until I can make a deci-
sion.
One of my first priority jobs is
to settle with Jacobson"
Evening star., 1946-07-24
Dr.. Howard Kane Rites
Set Today in Maine
By the hssociaied Prass

MACHIAS, Me, July 24.-Funera
services will be held here today fol
DR.. Howard F. Kane. SO. professo,
OF obstetrics and gynecology a,
George Washington University from
1881 until he entered naval service
as commander in World War II.
DR.. Kane who came here from
Washington in June, died from a
heart ailment Sunday.
A native of Machias and a grad
uate of Worcester. Academy. Bow
doin College and George Washing
ton University. DR.. Kane was editor
of the Quarterly Review of OBJ
stetrics and Gynecology. He was
credited with devising q method
of pain relief in operations.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs
Clara Bailey Kane.
Evening star., 1946-07-24
Lie Sees StuIin, MoIotov

LONDON, July "a iPl-The Mos
COW radio reported today that Trygve
Lie, secretary general of the United
Nations General Assembly. who is
now making a tour of Europe, had
been received by Prime Minister
Stain and Foreign Minister Wy
acheSlav Molotov.
Evening star., 1946-07-24
Seven Marines Reported
Freed by Chino Reds
By the Associated oress

PEIPING, July 24.-The Chinese
press reported today that seven
United States Marines. captured
July l3 by Communist southwest of
the port city of Chinwangtao. had
been released. but the Marine Corps
said no such information had been
received.
A special truce team headed by
Col. Morris Martin of Sacramento.
Calf, still was reported negotiating
with the Communists for release Of
the men.
Evening star., 1946-07-24
Bottle With GuerriIIus
RACES Near Manila
BY the Associoted Press

MANILA. July 24-The sound OF
81 -millimeter mortars used by mill
tary police against revolving peas
ants in Bulacan Province was heard
20 miles away in Manila suburbs
today. even as peace reports filtered
in from other provinces.
The guns were directed against
200 Hukbalahaps EARNED PEASANTS
attacking an outpost where 80 sus-
pected Huks. arrested in an earlier
clash, were being held, authorities
said,
Evening star., 1946-07-24
Plane Ports on Sale Daily

A sale of surplus airplane parts.
including instruments and motor
accessories, will be held every day
this week at Andrews Field from
s am. to $50 pm.
Evening star., 1946-07-24
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Evening star., 1946-07-24

A large tin ore deposit in Nigeria
Africa, covers an area of e,ooC
square miles.
Evening star., 1946-07-24
Conferred on Examinations

On March s, 1916, he related. he
had conference with the off,
cials Of Erie Basin and Batavia
to show them we were interested
in getting the termina ton job done -
This conference, he said, was held
in the Erie Basin office in Illinois
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-02
Negro Issue Seen As Threat To Freedom
0fSpeech, Freedom Of Press in State
With Arrest of White Holmes County
Editor in FIogging Case
Georgia Candidate
Spent EarlyLife
In Jackson
BY FRIENDS HERE

Aurelius S. Scott, the candidate
or coroner for Fulton County, Geo
rgia, whose candidacy created nation
wide attention when he entered his
name on the Democratic ticket in
Atlanta recently spent his early
life n Jackson when his parents
lived at 91S N. Parish Street, his
father being the head of the State
Grand Court Of Calanthe. SCOTS
father, built the brick building now
occupied by Stephens Grocery at
the corner of Parish and Church
Street and also built a church which
was located on the site now occu-
pied by the Crescent Laundry.
Aurelius S. SScott is the oldest
of several Scott children the most
widely known Of whom is the
late w. A. Scott, Jr., founder of
the Scott Newspaper Syndicate and
the Atlanta Daily World the ma
TONS only Negro daily newspaper.
The family moved to Jackson from
Edwards. Aurelius attended Smith
Robinson Public schol and Jackson
College. The family moved to At
lanta following the death of the
father Rev. ". A. Scott who died
here.
Much of the sensation created
by the announcement that he had
filed as a candidate for Coroner
resulted from the fact that his
candidacy was opposed by his bro
Their c. A. Scott, now editor of the
Atlanta Daily.
In commenting on the fact that
the candidate was last week con-
fined to q mental institution friends
here many OF whom are we'll known
and prominent in education and bus
ness said that Aurelius started to
showing signs OF mental illness
shortly hitter the death of his
brother, w. A. Scott, who was shot
to death under mysterious circum7
stnaces in Atlanta just as he began
to round out a great career in the
newspaper field.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-02
Arrested For
kidnapping Negroes

Hazelhurst, Miss, Oct. (NNPA)
Sheriff r. L. Miller said here
last Tuesday that a Jackson pri-
vate detective, a Jackson justice
of the peace and Copnah County
merchant have been arrested and
bunch of Copiah County Negroes
and of carrying them out of the
County"
Sheriff Miller said Dan Goodin,
private detective, was arrested on
warrants charging kidnapping and
carrying concealed wepon, nd
posted $4,000 bond on tbs first
chrge and $3.50 on the latter. The
Sheriff said Justice of the Peace
]. B. Bell also was arrested on
kidnapping charge, as wasi ]. N.
Griffith, the merchant. Both made
bond.
Sheriff Miller refused to divulge
any details but Bell asserted in
Jackson last Tuesday that he is
innocent Of all charges. He leclar-
ed that Griffith called him Sunday
end asked that he request Goodin
to come to the Griffith home to
investigate a break-in the night
before in which a colored man en-
tered Mrs. Griffith's bedroom.
Bell said he took the detective
to the Griffith home, where Mrs.
Griffith described the man. Later,
he said, while colored man living
near by was voluntarily answering
questions asked by Godin, the mans
brother walked up. AS he did so,
Bell said, Mrs. Griffith called out,
s'that's the Negro that was in my
bedroom"
Bell said Goodin called District
Attorney II. Y. Barlow at BroOk-
haven, on whose instructions Good
in took the men in Bells car to
Brookhaven for questioning. Dis
trict Attorney Barlow questioned
the two men, Bell said, and swore
out an affidavit in which the latter
man was arrested.
Bell said the District Attorney
returned the two men to he Couiah
Couny Jail in Hazelhurst. There,
Bell said, the men swore out af-
fidavits which resulted in the is
suance OF warrants for Bells arrest.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-02
Editor Sentenced
Will Appeal Case To
Supreme Court

Lexington, Miss. Especially -
Miss Hazel Brannon, Editor of
the Durant News and Lexington
Advertiser was fined $50 and SEN
fenced to Is days in Jail for con-
tempt of court. Miss Brannon
was cited for contempt of court
here lastweek after questioning
Henrietta McAtee, wife of Leon
McAtee, Negro farm hand who
was beaten to death and his body
thrown into nearby bayou early
this spring. Miss Brannon
questioned the dead mans wife
after she had appeared on the
stand as a witness for the state
in the trial here last week of five
men charged with manslaughter
in connection with the crime.
In suspending the Jail sentence
Judge S. F. Davis warned Miss
Brannon that the Jail sentence
would be carried out if she violat-
ed a two year period of good be-
havior.
Miss Brannon announced fol-
lowing the trial that she would
appeal the case to the State Sup
RENE Court.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-02
RES TRUMAN TELLS U. N THERE CAN BE NO WORLD PEACE
WITHOUT JUSTICE TO ALL REGARDLESS OF RACE CREED OR COLOR
Nations Chief Welcomes UN Assembly

NEW YORK (NNPA) = In an
address of welcome to the United
Nations General Assembly and a
statement of American foreign
policy, President Truman last
Wednesday declared that there can
be no peace in the world without
justice to all, regardless of race,
creed or color.
Mr.. Truman told the Assembly
delegates from the fifty-one Unit
ed Nations that everlasting peace
rests upon four essential freedoms
= freedom of speech. freedom of
religion, freedom from want, and
freedom from fear. He said, in
part:
'The peoples of the world know
that there can be no real peace
unless it is peace with justic for
all - justice for small nations
and for large nations and justice
for individuals without distinction
as to race, creed or color = a
peace that will advance, not re-
tard, the attainment of the four
freedoms.
eve shall attain freedom from
fear when every act of every ma
ton, in its dealing with every
other nation, brings closer to rea-
lization the other freedoms =
freedom of speech, freedom of re-
ligion and freedom from want.
Along this path we can find jus
tice for all, without distinction be-
tween the strong and the weak
among nations, and without dis
elimination among individuals"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-02

tory and for which White People
of the town raised a fund to see
that the slayer was brought to
justice. The 16 year old Negro
youth was shot to death when
he met Dickerson while bouncing
a football on the sidewalk in the
business section of the town. AT
ter shooting the youth the first
time the man is reported to have
followed him across the street
where he fell and held his pistol
to his breast and fired again. The
first shot after starting to run
when the white man with gun in
hand asked him Don't you believe
I'll kill your"
In the Dickerson case the jury
after celebrating for few min
utes rendered a simple verdict OF
mot Guilty.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-02
Former Asylum
Inmate Killed
After killing One

McComb, Mis-, - Lucius Brown
Pike County Negro man, former
inmate of the State Insane Asylum
Thursday after he had shot and
killed Deputy Sheriff Harmon
McGuffee.
According to reports Brown shot
and killed the Deputy Sheriff who
went to his house to talk to him
after the people in the neighbour
hood where he lived reported that
Brown had been creating dis
turgance in the community during
most of the night by continually
firing off his gun. The Deputy
is reported to have taken Brown
to the asylum on at least two
occasions. AS the Deputy stepped
upon the porch of the house after
calling Brown to come out and
talk to him Brown opened the
door and fired point blank the
charge from the shot gun hting
the Deputy Sheriff in the face
killing him instantly. Brown him
attempted to leave the house by
other officers who had followed
the deputy to the Brown house.
Earlier in the week Horias Car
penter, delinquent Negro youth,
16 years of age was shot to death
by a McComb Merchant who accus-
ed the youth of stealing. According
to reports the merchant obtained
the release of the youth from the
County Farm where he had been
sent on a charge of theft and start
ed him to work in his store. When
sevehal articles were stolen the
merchant charged the youth with
the theft. Last Saturday night the
merchant took the you'll to his
home where the youth had been
staying to make him tell where
he had hidden the stolen articles.
The merchant is said to have told
police while he was questioning
the youth he drew a knife and
threatened to cut him where upon
he shot him killing him almost
instantly, The merchant, w. L.
Hinton, was freed on bond of $1,000
after preliminary hearing to a.
wit the action of the Pike County
Grind Jury.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-02
hIcorn Honor
Student Gets Med .
Scholarship

Jackson, Miss. - The State
Medical Education Board at a
meeting held in the offices of the
Board here last Thursday award
ed the last scholarship to become
effective this semester.
Among those receiving the
scholarship awards was Albert L.
Lott, of Brookhaven, age %,
whose wife is Mrs. Lula Belle
Lott. He received his public
school education in Brookhaven
where he completed his High
School studies at Alexander Hi
School. He received his B. S. de-
gree at Alcorn College. Was As
sociated editor of the college pap
er and president of his college
class. A CT he served four years
and ten months in the armed
forces. He was accepted for first
year work at Meharry Medical
College, Nashville, Tenn.
Negro students attending medi-
cal school as a result Of awards
by the State Medical Education
Board are Anthony D. Jones, Wick
burg, at Howard University, Wash
ington, D. c., E. M. Barron, jack
son, Albert l.. Lott, Brookhaven
and Marshall F. Nichols, of Biloxi
all attending Meharry Medical
College in Nashville, Tenn.
At the time of it's meeting here
last week the board had received
twelve applications for scholar
ships from Negro students.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-02

the closing session. He became
i'll shortly after arriving here and
Hospital. His condition was re-
ported as mot serious.
President John w. Davis of
West Virginia State College was
reelected chairman of the execu-
tive committee. Other members
of the executive committee are
Presidents J. F. Drake of Alabama
State Agricultural and Mechani-
cal College; Scruggs; Clark; F. D.
Bluford of North Carolina Agri-
cultural and Technical College and
G. L. Harrison of Langston Uni
versity, and w. R. Banks, public
relations director at Prairie View
State University.