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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-03-28

Pack n to Meet
Pack "a Cubs held their kite
tournament last Sunday. A large
number of cubs and their parents
participated to keep the kites fly
ing in a strong wind.
Joe Wagner's kite went out Of
sight to win high flying honors.
Billy Duffy won the specially
with a fine box kite and Harry
Meverden won in the artistic
class with a Wolf insigne.
Pack "a will hold their pack
meeting at ZOO pm. Friday, Mar.
29th at the Legion hall on North
lone street.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-03-28

Arthur W. SieberB Sic wa,
DISCHARGED from the Navy q
Bremerton, March 10.
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FOR SALE: OH heater, $50, medi-
UNI. East Lewis and Sycamore,
Route 1. Jack +. johnson, Paeco
per
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-03-28
BOY SCOUTS

Troop ~
Troop "a held their regular
meeting on Monday, March Is,
in the basement Of the Methodist
church at TOO. Several new boys
joined and q few boys practiced
signaling. Games were played.
There was q Board Of Review
during the meeting and Bob
Wheeler passed one Merit Badge
and Bill Taylor passed two. Twen-
ty-one boys were present. There
will be a regular meeting next
Monday, April LIST, at ZOO p. m.
Bill Taylor, Scribe.
Troop ~
Troop 81 held its regular week
~ meeting Monday, March IS in
the Legion hall. The meeting
was opened with the Pledge Of
Allegiance.
Games were played and an adj
vancement hike was planned for
Saturday. A report was submit
ted to the troop by Duane Haml-
ton on the Cobra Patrol hike.
Patrol inspection was very well
matched but the Cobra Patrol
won by a small margin. The
scribe received money from IS
boys for subscriptions to "Boys
Life" 26 boys were present.
Phillip Vorvick, scribe.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-03-28
R&PW

B&PW
The Business and Professional
Womens club has received an in
vitation from the Richland Bush
ness and Professional Women to
attend silver tea to be given in
the recreation dining room Sum
day, March 81, from 500 to 500.
The affair is in commemoration
of Washington Day and is a part
of the Win the Peace Drive in
Richland. As many members as
possible are urged to attend.
April / the Married Couples
Dance club is giving an All Fools
party. Everyone attending is ask
ed to wear an All Fools hat.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-03-28

The B&PW will meet April 5
at the home of Beatrice Behrman
with the program in charge OF
Anna Mueller. This is a no.
hostess party as the club will 60
out for Dutch treats.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-03-28

Promoted 100000.
Pvt. Erest M. Pursley, Kenne-
wick, has been promoted to tech
nician 5th Grade, according to
Brig. Gen. John T. Pierce, Fort
Sheridan, Illinois, commanding
general. TICS Pursley is q men,
Der of the bakers and cooks
school at Fort Sheridan.
Mrs. Opal Vandine received q
letter from her son Gerald Now
cry, who is stationed with the
Army in Korea, that he has been
transferred from q Rifle company
to Headquarters company and Il
now acting in a clerk capacity.
John K. Lavejoy HALO Of
Kennewick returned to the States
recently from Pearl Harbor
aboard the USS Arthur Middle
ton. The ship Is one Of the many
attack transports that carried the
troops to the distant beachheads
in the Pacific.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Durocher re-
ceived news from Sgt. Edmund
Durocher, their son. He stated
that he Il awaiting orders to sail
from Tokyo home.
James p. Sroufe sac Of Route
1 was discharged from the Navy
at Bremerton, March IS.
Arthur W. Siebers Sic was
discharged from the Navy 1t
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1946-03-28

James r. Sroufe sac Of Route
I was discharged from the Navy
at Bremerton, March IS.
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CHIMNEY SWEEP - Furnaces
cleaned, oil burners cleaned.
Call Hotel West, Pasco. 52-2-p
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FOR SALE: Fresh and springer
cows, horses, four-wheel trailer,
tandem disc, and heavy 20-ft. log
chain. Phone 1911. Howard Ash,
East end of First Ave. sac
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Too Late to Classify

FOR RENT: Large store with
mezzanine located at 225 West
Lewis st. in Pasco. Phone Ken
newick 1866 for further details.
SIC
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FOR SALE: Seasonable cut flow
ers, ported plants, c6rsages,
funeral arrangements. Kennewick
Green House, on River Road. SIC
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FURNISHED apartment for rent.
( C. A. Carpenter, Ave. II. Phone
Pip. 52-p
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Southern Negro Youth Congress, NAACP
Plan Legal Action In Miss. Rape Case

from the streets after the regular
panel had been exhausted.
After refusing the request OF De-
PENDANT Counsel for competent
sanity examinations, the court call
ed in several -profesioal persons
who readily declared the defendant
sane and the trial proceeded &C
cording to schedule.
MCGEE, who was normal at the
time of his arrest was suffering
from severe mental condition at
the trial, which is said to have re-
suited in part from a beating he
had received following his arrest.
and before his removal to the Kinds
County Jail in Jackson for safe
keeping.
In the case of Sherman Street,
in Jackson the investigation re-
vealed several angles to the case
which Mr.. Brunham said warrant
ed further study. Street, it was re-
vealed, had been leader in efforts
to obtain back salaries from his
former employers as a result OF
which the employers were found to
owe large sums in back wages. It
was also revealed that previous
charge of attempt rape against
Street. for which he was acquitted
resulted from a similar relationship
with an employer in Belzoni, Miss.
In the case OF Albert Lee, who
was arrested here the day follow
ing his arrival from Southern
Christian Institute, where he had
graduated after a four-year attend
ance, Lee was charged with attempt
rape after being picked up by police
enroute home when an attempt
entry into the home of a white
family in the Bailey Avenue Section
of North Jackson was frustrated by
the cries of young girl occupant
of the room through which the en-
try was attempted
Mr.. Burnhain said here that ~
Continued on Back Page
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05

JACKSON, Miss. - Plans for fur
ther legal action in Mississippi
Rape Cases by the Southern Negro
Youth Council, National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Color
ed People, and probably the
American Civil Liberties Union,
were revealed here last week fol-
lowing a visit to Jackson and Lau-
rel for preliminary investigation by
Louis E. Burnham of the Birming-
ham Office of the Southern Negro
Youth Congress.
The cases under investigation
were those of Willie MCGEE, Laurel
and Sherman Street and Albert Lee
of Jackson.
In the Laurel Case, Willie MCGEE
was sentenced to death on a charge
of rape after trial in which the jury
deliberated only one and one-half
minutes. In the case OF Sherman
Street in jackson the death SEN
tence was imposed after the jury
had deliberated two minutes. Also
in Jackson, Albert Lee, H-year-
old student was sentenced to Is
years in the penitentiary on a
charge of attempt rape.
In Laurel the investigation re-
vealed that there are mcny white
citizens who doubted the attack
charge placed against MCGEE, VINO
it was alleged to have entered the
home of white mother on Novem-
Der 2, and attacked her while her
sick child slept beside her In the
bed, and while her husband was
asleep in an adjoining room. In the
trial of MCGEE which took place on
December with the presence OF
State Militia sent by the Gov
ernor to prevent any attempts at
a lynching, the trial judge refused
a request by the contemporaries
attorney for the accused to call IN
competent physicians to give the
defendant a sanity test. Several OF
the jurors were picked at random
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05

"How long will 104 600 Negroes
in Atlanta remain slaves?" asked
DIR. MAYS as he deplored the Negro
status in America with special RET
erence to the Atlanta scene wnlch
presents an ugly picture even When
placed alongside % other southern
cities in which Negroes have been
placed as members of police per-
sonnet and which cities report GOOD
results from having done SO.
AS DIR. Mays recounted facts that
make for the real situation in At
lanta he stated:
mot one Negro policeman IN the
city of Atlanta; not one Negro doc-
tor in the city who can practice az
the municipality owned hospltai
(Grady) for which all Atlantans
paw in the form of taxes; Negroes
are not allowed to vote in the prl-
mary election for the mayor; nor
can they vote for the governor OF
the state; in fact, Negroes do not
count in the shaping of the govern
ment of the city or in the state.
DEpLOREs NEGRO's PLIGHT
1.-THE Negro child in Atlanta is
taught three and a half hours
day in contrast to the white child
who is taught six hours said DR..
Mays as he related the nideous
truth of the Atlanta public school
system. DR.. Mays continued as ne
recounted facts of the study spon-
sored by the Atlanta Urban League
chief among which were, the per
capita expenditure for white child
is SLOT as against per capita ex-
renditure for a Negro is $37; the
median salary for the elementary
white teacher is $400 more annually
than that same salary is for a Ne
gro teacher of the elementary
school: the median salary differ
ence between the white and Negro
teacher on the Junior high school
level is 5000 more for the white
teacher; and, for the teachers on
the high school level, there is q
difference of $1,000 more to the white
teacher.
ATLANTA NEGRO ENSLAvED
How lnng will 100000 Negroes
Continued on back Pagel
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Former Hampton
Executive Gets
Post In Africa
Held Top Negro
Post In UNRRA;
Active Democrat

WASHINGTON (SNS)- PreSi-
dent Truman has announced tn.
appointment of Dr.. r. O.'Hara La
nier to the post of United States
Minister to the Republic Of Libe-
ria.
DR.. Lanier has been special as
sistant with the Bureau OF Areas
of the United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation Administration
since April 8, 1945. He had served
as dean of instruction, acting
president and dean of the faculty
of Hampton Institute from 1910
through 1915.
In making the announcement,
Congressman William l.. Dawson,
D.-Ill.) commented: This appoint
ment displays once again President
Truman's keen interest in build
ing up fine relationships with 9TH
err peoples of the world DR.. La
nier has won an enyiable reputa-
ton as distinguished educator,
splendid administrator and a pro-
found student of African affairs
He is the type of man who will not
only embrace the close friendly
relationship which has existed be-
tween America and Liberia in the
past, but will carry to the people
of Liberia the inspiration and
knowledge needed to make Liberia
model Republic"
DR.. Ianier is native OF Win.
ston-Salem, North Carolina. Edu-
Gated in Lincoln and Stanford
Universities, he served as instruc-
tor at Tuskegee, Florida A. and
M College; Houston, and as assist
ant director Of the Division Of Me-
gro Affairs Of the National Youth
Administration.
The new appointee Is a member
of the national committee of the
National Urban League. the exc
cutive board of the Southern Ne
gro Youth Congress; past presi-
dent of the National Association OF
Collegiate Deans and Registrars in
Continued on Back Page
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05

The 1916 March of Dimes, nation
wide appeal of the National Fom-
dation for Infanti1e Paralysis,
January l4-31. has been endorsed
by Mrs. Ruby E. Suits Lyells,
President, Mississippi Federation OF
Coolred Women's Clubs. and Libra
rian of jackson Cillege,, her state
ment commends the organized fight
to conquer poliomyelitis, one of the
most expensive diseases known to
medical science. and urges the
support of the March Of Dimes by
every man, woman and child in
Mississippi.
Founded in 1898 by the late
President Franklin Delano Roose-
Welt to lead, direct and unity the
fight against infantile paralysis. .
the National Foundation is dedi-
Gated to the conquest Of the disease.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Pres. OF State Federation OF Colored
Women's Clubs Endorses March OF Dimes

It's chapters in nearly all of the
SOTO counties in the United States
uphold a pledge to aid polio patti
ents, regardless of age, race, creed
or color.
This year the March of Dimes,
January l4-31, is dedicated to the
memory of the great war president.
Half of your contributions to the
March of Dimes remains with your
local chapter of the National Foun-
dation to be used for special equip
ment disqualification. transportation
and treatment and care of polio
treatment and care of polio
patients. The other half goes to the
National Foundation for research,
education and emergency aid dur
ing epidemics. Join the March of
Dimes, January 1881. Fight in
fantile paralysis,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Ask Probe OF
Treatment OF
Capt. kuIzae
Skipper Accused Oh
Washington
Smuggle Attempt

WASHINGTON. D. G. - A re-
quest that a full investigation pe
made of the incident reported from
Marseilles November 1924 in which
Captain Hugh Mulzac, of the LII
berty Ship Booker t. Washington
was accused of trying to srnuggle
a German woman into the United
States has been telegraphed to Adj
miral Joseph r. Farley Of the
United States Coast Guard by the
NAACP.
The facts in the case are very
meager. but according to crew mem
bers a German woman was found
aboard he Booker T. Washington
before il sailed, and her luggage
was discovered in the custody OF
the ships butcher.
DETAILED 20 HOURS
A lieutenant q. g. of the Coast
Guard at Marseilles Is reported as
having accused Captain Mulzac OF
giving the woman shelter aboard
the ship for the purpose of per-
hitting her attempt to enter the
United states illegally. The Book
err t. washington was said to have
been detained 20 hours at Mar
settles while the Coast Guard Of
Continued On Back Pagel
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Carver Day Set
For January 5

WASHINGTON CNNPA) =
President Harry Truman yesterday
proclaimed Jan 5th as George w.
Carver Day in Commemoration
Of the achievements of the noted
scientist. A congressional resolution
designating the day was signed by
he President last night.
The proclamation honors the
famed scientist who contributed to
the expansion of agricultural eco
nomy of the nation through his
diligent research as an agricultural
chemist"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Dock Workers
Strike Over
Low Pay Scales
Attempt By New
York Firm For
Concessions Hit

,ovrA- CAMP - Nesfo
elders stationed in Lioeria Mon.
been placed on the alert ,. anu -, n all
pe.n declared off limits 70 @ ~
ro .,isorv personnel as the result %
min.aa ;s which has developed nei.
ia strike by dock WORKERS ns, as COM
tne RAYMOND Concrete fns o S
Ine If New York, the Assoc,a.ea
pay pay y press is able to reveai re.
Me- Me- ,.;oid censorship which mas
heen clanped down on am o,shin
Going news. An American nare
= also expected to arrive i'io
shortly.
THE RAYMOND company IS ounu a
w. American naval base mere
and recently flew Braziheu s wur
ers into Liberia to 90 cois sn =
49,, work on the harbor, winch Il
heing financed by American ~
lease funds.
PROTEST STRIKE
All of the Liberian dock "olAe.s
for the RAYMOND company Went
ont On strike on Dec. 16 IN pIo1es.
AGAINST a low wage scale o, u
oents a dav. and against anegeo
pressure by the company on sns
- e.o,rernment for a railroad anu
mining concession said 70 even s.
nallv embrace about 100000 snares
If Ijberian territory. The strikers
Lain that the company's repoi'
that they were well paid was untru.
that they were forced to work even 10
on sundays under the threat "
being prosecuted for vagrancy, Inc
exorbitant salaries of minimum
Of 5000 per month paid to import
al Rrazilians were also cited py
the Iiberians who claim 10 naVe
done all of the unslsilled ana mos.
IF the semi-skilled and sKlileo
u1ort at the lowest possible wage
No Afro-Americans ale at present
EMPLOYED by the company mere,
and passes are beng denied beyono
the gate of the extra territorial
scene of operations OF the com.
nany even to Liberian citizens ho'
working for the company.
AGAINST CONCESSION
Former president Edwin Barclay
has come out openly against me
rail and ore concession, which ne
claims would tend to make an
other Haiti or Peurto Rico out OF
Liberia and imperil the Smai
landowner and the national SOW
ereignty as we'll" Members OF the
Liberian Supreme court and some
legislators have threatened to re-
sign rather than sanction the ran
and mine concession, which has
has approved by President Tub
man. An American warship is salo
to be on the way to Monrovia and
American troops stationed at Rob-
erts field have been put on the
alert by Col. Graham, commander
of the post. Fighting has ragged in
Monroyia since Sunday and a
heavy censorship has blanketed
outgoing news on the true state
of affairs in the besieged country.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Pfc. Ed. Dorsey
Reenlists In
Regular Army

MANILA Private First Glass Ed
Dorsey, formerly stationed in this
city, has enlisted in the Regular
Army under the provisions of the
Army Reenlistment program. He
Laement, Mississippi.
Pfc. Dorsey who entered the army
July %, 1914. formerly served with
the 4494 Quartermaster Service
Company, arriving overseas July
9, 1915. He wears the Asiatic-Paci-
-fic Theater Ribbon. the Philippine
Liberation Ribbon and the Victory
Medal.
Before entering the service, Pfc.
Dorsey engaged in farming. His
brother, Willie Birks, is serving
with the Engineers as a sergeant.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Wife Held In
Shotgun Staying
OF Husband

BENTONIA, Miss. = Mrs. Clar-
ence Wade, comedy farm wife. is
being held in the county jail at
Yazoo City charged with the death
of her husband in shooting which
took place here Saturday night.
The shooting took place during
jealous argument during which the
wife fired . stosgnsa at her huspana
at close rssngs, the shots sitting the
stomach and kidneys.
The wounded man was rushed to
a Jackson hospital; he died Sunday.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Senator Bilbo Pledges Strenuous Fight
Against FEPC, Anti-Poll Tax And
Anf-L ynching Upon Return To D. G.

Expressing himself upon num-
Der of other issues that can be
easily seen as the pattern for his
campaign which gets underway
early in the spring. the Senator
expressed a constitutional objection
to compulsory military training
while lamenting the fact that it
would interrupt the education of
Is and 10 year-old- white boys,
said. IF you draft Is and 19-year-
old Negro boys in the army, give
them a good uniform. three meals a
day, let them shoot craps and drink
iiquer around the barracks for .
CONTINUED on back Page
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Governor Names New Set OF Officials
For Negro Town In Election Dispute

The all-Negro town OF Winston
vile had a temporary set OF OH
Gals Saturday, but it's government
al troubles apparently were not over
Coy. Thomas L. Bailey named q
slate of officials to succeed those
recalled in an election Dec. 15 and
to serve until another election can
be held. But the officials whom
the electors voted rs to Z to recall
have announced they will not sur
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05

render their posts.
John T. Smith, attorney for the
electors, said, however, he did not
believe they would maintain this
stand.
The temporary officials named
are Mack Williams, mayor; Reed
Causey, Will Coleman and VIII
Byndum, aldermen: Nick Christ
mas, marshal and Webster Jackson
Jr., treasurer,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Negro Citizens Eye Coming Cam
paign With Increasing Concern

JACKSON, Miss. - Senator Theo
G. THE Mar" Bilbo, in and out of
Jackson to mend and prop up his
political fences for the 1916 cam
paign while spending a Christmas
vacation at his $4,000 Dream
House In Popularyille, said here
last week that upon his return to
Washington he would wage the
most strenuous fight of his life for
the defeat Of the anti-poll tax bill,
the anti-lynching bill and the F. E.
P. C..
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Throng Hears Mays
On Emancipation Day
By RUTH L. CORNELIUS

ATLANTA -(SNS)- ny
Using as subject: 1--WE Started Way Down Low; we
Have Come Long Way; But, We Have Much furtnef 10
Co." Dr. Benjamin E. Mays world traveller scholar author
and president of Morehose College, addressed approximate
three thousand people Wheat Street Baptist Churcn
tuesday the S3rd anniversary OF the Eman
patton Proclamation which was celebrated unoer Tic
auspices of the Atlanta Branch of the NAACP
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05

The matter was called to the
Presidents attention in letter
dated December 1945, addressed
to Commissioner Arthur S. Flem-
ing, a fcopy of which was sent to
the White House, written by Ad-
ministrator Chester BowleS Of the
Office of Price Administration Mr..
Bowles wrote Commissioner Flem-
ing as follows:
POLICY STATES
THE National Office of the Office
of Price administration has been
able to meet its stating problem
in considerable part because it has
followed a policy. of hiring without
regard to race. Approximately Is
per cent of our National Office
staff are Negroes the great major
fly of these employees have proved
competent and faithful. With rare
exceptions, relations between all
employees are excellent. We owe
our Negro employees a real debt
VI 6ldIltuQC tOi tilCu iOydlts dllu
good performance. However, I am
disturbed about their future.
Negro employee who are reduced
in-force find it practically inposs-
ible to secure employment in a
number of departments and indie
pendent agencies because of dis
criminatory hiring practices. I am
confident that the heads of these
departments and agencies are not
aware of these practices and would
not approve them. A few specific
instances will illustrate the prob
lem confronting our Negro employ
eeS.
NO FACILITIES
"Our officer In charge OF out
placement, for example, found
that although the State Depart
ment needed several CPC-3 messen
gers, they must be young, male
white and gentle. In the Weather
Bureau Department Of Commerce,
Continued On Back Page)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
Bow|es Reveals D. c. Workers Refused
Transfer Re- Employment Because Of Race
OPA Administrator Calls
Attention To President

WASHINGTON (SNS) president Trumans Execu-
Order continuing the Fair Employment Practices Com
mittee which was issued December 20, contained the
statement that it had to his attention that many
oya and qualified employees have been refused transfer
and unemployment by employing agencies solely because of
and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-01-05
NO FACILITIES

CONTINUED On Back Page)