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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-12-14
Mob Threatens
Couple Seeking
Apartment

Chicago (NNPA) - A colored
couple took refuge in the Airport
Homes housing project office last
Sunday after a jeering group OF
whites had followed them from a
nearby bus stop.
The couple, a war veteran and
his wife, said that the Chicago
Housing Authority had invited
them to apply for an apartment in
the project. They declared, fur
Their, that they were unaware of
disorders at the location last week
in demonstrations against the ad-
mission of colored veterans.
Two 'teen-aged boys suspected
of brick throwing were taken into
custody near the project by police
during the afternoon. The police
were part of a detail of $50 men
posted in the area. The boys
were turned over to juvenile au-
thorities.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-12-14
Regional Council
10 Fight Growing
Reaction
CALL FOR GREATER USE OF
NEGRO POLICEMEN

Atlanta, Ca, (DSN)t - The
Southern Regional Council will
concentrate its main efforts in
the coming year on the improve
ment of law enforcement and po-
lice training throughout the south,
1t was decided at the groups
annual meeting here last as mem
berS were urged to accept the
challenge" of the upsurge of re-
action and "wirk all the harder
for those things we know to be
right" and to secure greater use
and development of those resour-
ces both human and economic,
for tn benefit of all people of the
south where such a large num-
Der is now living on a margin
of fear and want.
The council reelected top Of
ficers to serve during 1947, but
accepted the resignation of Miss
Emily FL. Clay, who announced
that she was moving to Florida
and would retire from the staff
after three years with the council
and 20 years prior service wit
Continued on Page 81
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-12-14
Court To Hear Case
Youths Condemned
To Die
STATE COURT DENY
SUGGESTION OF ERROR

Natchez, Miss 49, Governor
Fielding HI. Wright, according to
reports was really to issue stay
of electrocution for IA year old
James Lewis Jr., and Is year old
Charles Trudell, two negro youth
sentenced to electrocution for
the alleged murder last February
of Harry Mckay a white farmer,
of Wilkerson County, in order to
allow this case to go to the us.
Supreme Court. The report fol-
lowed the action of the State Sup
preme Court in Jackson Monday
in denying a subsection of error
presented by Walter Colman, Lo-
cal Attorney defending the two
youths. The subsection of error
was filed by Attorney Colman
after the Supreme Court upheld
the decision of the lower court.
The, date of electrocution was set
for Friday, December 18th.
The report stated that Governor
Wright would issue the stay in
order that the case could be TAX
en- to the United States Supreme
Court. Gov. Wright, who was alb
sent Monday attending the Confer
ence of Southern Governors in
Florida was expected to arrive in
Jackson Tuesday. 1t was under
stood that Attorney Colman wuold
confer with the Governor immed-
lately upon his arrival concern
ing the electrocution. In the9mean-
time it was that the NAACP and
the Civil Rights Congrest had
become interested in the case.
The two youths was sentenced
to death in separate trials, and
was sentenced to die in the cleo
trio chair twelve days before
Christmas.
According to Walter Colman
attorney for the youths, they were
convicted without fair trial un-
der the law. The only evidence
supporting the convictions and
death penalties were confess
sions" extracted from the boys
in a Vicksburg all without advise
of friends or counsel.
Last February Mckay, a Will
kinson County farmer was found
on his property shot in the back
and apparently robbed. Police
Immediately arrested the 1.-TWO
youths.
The original decision was ham
ded down by circuit court Judge
RE. Bennett at Woodville, who
denied motion for a new trial.
The decision OF Judge Bennett
was upheld on November 18th.
" the State Supreme Court.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-12-14
llickenIooper
Doubts Unanimous
Vote for BiIbo
WASHINGTON d c. (NNPAl

Washington, D. C. (NNPA) -
Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper,
of Iowa, one of two Republicans
on the five-man Senate campaign
investigating subcommittee which
held hearings in jackson, Mlssls-
sippi, last week on election charges
against Senator Theodore G. Bill
DO, said last Sunday that a unanl-
nous vote clearing the MISSISSIPPI
plan was doubtful.
Senator Allen ]. Ellender, OF
Louisiana, subcommittee chair
man, who is accused of acting as
Bilbo's attorney during the hear
ings, had predicted unanimous
decision in Bilbo's favor. The
subcommittee will meet here De-
cember 16 to draft its report.
Senator Hickenloopers said he
has not yet made up his mind as
to how he will vote. He added
that Republicans are not engaged
in any plot" to keep Bilbo from
taking his seat for third term
beginning January 8.
"Nobody has been plotting with
me, either to reject or retain SEN
ator Bilbo's seat" Senator Hick-
enlooper said. "The question is
not a partisan political issue, but
rests entirely upon the propriety
of the individual, regardless OF
what party he belongs to-"
Meanwhile, attorneys for the
Senate War Investigating COM
mittee were preparing for hear
ings scheduled to open here on De-
cember IL on charges that Bilbo
lad improper dealings with war
contractors who built Army camps
in Mississippi.
Thirty witnesses have been sum-
moned to appear before the COM
mittee, and committee attorneys
have assembled documents and
photostatic copies of bank ac-
counts and war contracts to be
offered in evidence.
: The hearings will involve COM
plants that Bilbo received from
war contractors who built Key
Field at Meridian and Keesler
Field at Biloxi, Mississippi, more
than $4,000 in cash and a new
Cadillac automobile, and that the
contractors had built him an ar
tificial lake, with an island IN
the middle and "dream house"
on the island.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-12-14
Green Reelected
Mayor Of
Mound Bayou

Mound Bayou, Miss. - B. A.
Grees, Harvard Educated Law
yer, and longtime Mayor of Mound
Bayou, the states only all-Negrc
town, and one Of the most widely
known of the all-Negro towns OF
the country was reelected to
another term here Tuesday with
out opposition.
Rumors Of proposed opposi-
ton ticket Of young veterans did
not materialize.
Members of the Board of Alder
men were J. T. Huddleston, B. l..
Reyes, R. w. Jones, Ezell An
derson, and Abe Riddle.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-12-14
Elected Head OF
Stringer Lodge

Greenville, Miss. James c.
Gillian, GAINESVILLE lettercarrier
and long time active in Fraternal
circles of the state, was elected
Grand Master of the Stringer
Grand Lodge of Masons of Mis-
sissippi here last week. One OF
the largest delegations in the II
yeats history of the organization
attended the session.
DR.. H. l.. Knave, of Lausel, an
nounced the election of a Grand
Master as first order of business
on Wednesday morning, December
d. 1916. DR.. Lee M. Owens, Of
Vicksburg was appointed to con-
duct the election. The credentials
Committee reported 1,485 dele
gates without proxies. When the
votes were counted it was found
that Gillian received 924, DR..
Knave ATT with "a counted as not
voting.
A feature of the session was the
awarding Of number of scholar
ships. $4,000 was given to Nat
chez College for travels and lib
rary. Campbell College received
$4,000 donation for its build
ing fund.
Attending the session were:
Raymond E. Jackson, Buffalo,
New York, Imperial @Potentate,
and Mrs. E. Moore, representative
of Imperial Court of Daughters OF
Isis.
Other officers elected were. DR..
Lee M. Owens of Vicksburg; De-
putty Grand Master, DR.. H. ).
Field, Laurel: Senior Grand War
den, w. A. Godbolt, Hattiesburg;
Junior Grand Warden, ]. B. Irvine,
Gulfport, Grand Secretary, j. w.
Porter, Tupelo; Treasurer, B. W.
Currie, Vicksburg; Secretary
treasurer Relief Fund. Members
of the Relief Board are: J. I.
Kirch, T. C. Alamore and B. J..
Johnson.
Hattiesburg was selected for
the site of the 1947 session.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-12-14
Democratic
Institutions
Hate Groups Attack

WASHINGTON, D. C. -(NNPA)
cognizance of the wave
of mob violence that has swept
the country since VJ-Day, Presi-
dent Truman by executive order
last Thursday created a fifteen
member committee on civil rights
to draft recommendation for
broadening existing civil rights
laws.
Accompanying the order was
a statement by Mr.. Truman in
which he pointed out that the
federal government is duty-bound
to protect civil liberties but weak
nesses in present federal statutes
hampers the discharge of this
function.
The action of the President is
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-12-14
NEGRO MAJORITY ELECTS

Albany, Ca, (DSN) - Edward
]. Davis, with the majority OF the
negro votes casted in his favor
was elected City Commissioner
here last week.
Davis was backed by the Pro-
,gressive Voters League and was
elected from the City's fifth ward.
The registration shows 1910
negro voters and 913 white vot-
erS.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-12-14

A0eAAAsO
Japan's interest IN fishing was q
natural development In q land Of
many islands, surrounded by nsh-
teeming waters. The people OF the
islands have nshed along their
shores from time immenorial.
Large-scale and distant operations.
however, have been Of relatively re-
cent growth. In the days Of Japan's
self-imposed isolation. fishermen
were forbidden to leave coastal wa
tiers. It u only within the last hall
century or 90 that the government
has encouraged remote and deep
sea fishing, through subsidies and
other efforts to expand and mod
ornixe the industry.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-12-14
Equalization Case
May Result From
Conditions at State
Politics In Alumni
Activities Blamed


is worse now than it was twenty
five years ago according to a
statement made by a member OF
an accrediting committee which
visited the college a few days
ago on behalf of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Sec
also attributed to an official high
in the educational affairs of the
state was revealed by prominent
members of the Alcorn Alumni
Association here last week.
The deplorable conditions eX
listing at the college had already
been pointed out to groups here
by Harry Wright, Veterans Rep
resentative, weeks ago to observe
its Veterans Training Program.
Contract with the State Depart
ment of Education here revealed
that the ccrediting Committee or
behalf of the Southern Associa-
ton of Colleges and Secondary
Schools which recently visited the
college was composed of DR.. P
III. Easbn, State Supervisor (oi
Negro Education, Fathree, State
Vocational Education, and DIR.
John E. Bryant of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Sec
ondary scshools.
In describing the Condition
found on their visit to the school
one of the official pointed Out
that their visit was on q Satur.
day when nobody at the college
had been "alerted" with respects
to their visit and most of the mem
berS of the faculty was absent
However, he also pointed out thai
it was not the policy to "alert'
institutions with respect to visits
to the Accrediting Committee.
SHOULD BE CONDEMNED BY
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Conditions which met the eyes
of the Committee were termed
as almost indescribable. The
word filthy and unhealthy
being called inadequate to des-
cribe the actually existing CON
ditions. Everywhere the buildings
class rooms, dormitOries and the
grounds were found to be dirty
and unkept with seemingly no
regards to the laws of sanitation.
The visit to the science class
room found a puddle of dirty wa
ter which almost covered the class
room floor and showed evidence
OF having been allowed to re-
main there for sometime.
In speaking of the filth and
dirt which had been allowed to
accumulate in the building and
on the ground Mr. Fatheree of the
State Department of Education
said that if called upon he would
recommend that the State Board
Of Health condemn the. place and
close the school until it could
be cleaned up. He said as things
were found upon the visit of the
committee they were a danger to
the health of the students.
One of the worse fthe many
deplorable conditions was found
upon a visit to the Hog Raising
Project. AS fhd Ihognens were
approached flocks of buzzards
were found in the pens feeding
on the dead pigs and accumulated
filth.
In spite of the wide area avail
able for grazing the hogs they
were being kept in pens which
could cause nothing but increas-
ing filth.
The biennial appropriation for
Alcorn College amounts to around
$4,000 or about $4,000 each
Evening star., 1946-07-02
Parties Planned
For EnziLv Myers

Parties are being arranged In
honor of Miss Emily French Myers
and f1ance, Capt. Herman Philip
Hevenor, whose marriage will take
place on July II at the Church of
the Epiphany, to be followed by a
reception at the Sulgrave Club. Mrs,
Sherley Ewing of Baltimore, the for
mer Miss Marie vom Rath of Wash
1ngton and Long Island, will be Miss
Myers matron of honor and her
bridesmaids will be Miss Catherine
Hambley and Miss Corinne Will
lams.
Miss Hambley will entertain for the
prospective bride and groom on Sat-
urday afternoon, July 13, and on
the afternoon of the 14th Mr.. Ed
ward c. Vandevanter will give a
party for them in the garden of his
attractive Alexandria home. On the
following day Mrs. Clarence Norton
Goodwin will be hostess at kitchen
shower for Miss Myers.
At the present time Miss Myers
is involved in New York shopping
and many prewedding preparations.
Their Washington friends will be
pleased to hear that Capt. Hevenor
and his future bride will make their
home here.
Evening star., 1946-07-02
Maryland Clubs
Choose Officers

Two local Maryland clubs havk
announced the results of annual
election of officers.
Elected new president of the Sill
yer Spring Branch of the American
Assertion of University Women is
Mrs. James Earle Miller. Serving
with Mrs. Miller will be: Mrs. w. r.
Roster, membership chairman; Mrs.
Thomas Norrel, secretary, and Mrs.
John E. Dietz, treasurer.
Chairmen of standing committees
for the coming year include: Mrs.
J. r. Kanagy, education: Miss
Louise Whitney, internal education
and relations; Mrs. Paul H. Ander-
son, fellowship; Mrs. L. o. Regiem-
bal, legislative program; Mrs. ).
Carney Howell, publicity; Mrs. C..
F. Nettleship. jr., program; Mrs.
Falconer Smith, social studies; Mrs.
Frank c. Cross, creative arts; Miss
Marie S. Klooz, economic and legal
status of women, and Mrs. E. Boykin
Hartley, hospitality.
The Woman's Club of Melwood
District has elected Mrs. J. Letcher
Shovel president for the coming
year. Other officers elected include:
Mrs. John L. Bond, vice president;
Mrs. j. G. Jerome, recording Sec
retary; Mrs. Roderick B. Dunlap,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. Jo-
seph Wilson, treasurer, and Mrs.
N. H. Collins, director.
Evening star., 1946-07-02
Mrs. Whitehead
TOins Husband

Mrs. A. Kendall Whitehead
daughter of the Deputy Surgeon
General Of the Army and Mrs. Ray.
mond w. Bliss, has sailed for Tokyo
where she will join her husband
Maj. Whitehead, CAV.
TIE former Miss Martha Jane
Bliss is graduate of Mills College
in California. For more than a
year she was with her husband al
Ft. Riley, Kans., and later at Ft
Ord, Calf, prior to her husbands
departure for Japan in November
1915.
Maj. Whitehead served with the
guerrillas in the Philippines from
194l to 1914, escaping to Australia
in a 25-foot boat and from there
returning to the United States.
&c -
Evening star., 1946-07-02
In The Ne1Us

The Chief Justice and Mrs. Fred
Vlnson, accompanied by the Under
secretary of the Treasury and Mrs
O. Max Gardner are awav on a
weeks vacation in New England
Joining them later, if his duties per-
init, will be Senator Walter F.
George of Georgia.
The party took off from Wash
lngton yesterday and are the guests
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Leonard in
Brookline, Mass. The feminine con-
tlngent will remain there, while the
men take fishing trip aboard their
hosts boat to Falmouth and Woods
Hole.
The Deputy Assistant Postmaster
General and Mrs. Roy M. North
have as their guest the latter's
sister, Mrs. William Robert Felts,
wife of DR.. Felts of Jedsonia. Ark
Mrs. Felts was accompanied to
Washington by her son, DR.. Will
liam Robert Felts, jr., who recently
was graduated from the University
OF Arkansas Medical School and
now is interning at Garfield Me-
mortal Hospital.
Mrs. Ralph Coolidge Mulligan has
left for South Brooksville, Me,
where she will spend the summer
at Holiday Farm, her place on Pen
obscot Bay near Mount Desert.
Miss Patricia Murphy, Miss Mary
Mcintyre and Miss Maureen Mae
Macintosh have gone to Newport,
where they are the guests of Dr.
and Mrs. Vincent Hernandez and
their daughter, Miss Billie Herman
dez.
Mrs. William C. Dulin, who is
visiting her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank M. Stuart. in Washington,
has been joined by Mr.. Dulin, who
came from Wright Field, Dayton,
following his discharge as a captain
in the Army. Mr.. Dulin has re-
ceived the Army Commendation
Ribbon with two Clusters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dulin, with their in
FAINT daughter, Jacquelyn Scott
Dulin, who was born June 10. shortly
will return to their home at 4500
Chase avenue in Bethesda, which
was leased during the war.
Evening star., 1946-07-02
| Miss Leach Weds
Mr.. Go0dfell0W

On the 29th wedding anniversary
of the bridegroom's parents, Col. ano
Mrs. M. Preston Goodfellow, Miss
Elizabeth Allene Leach, daughter oi
Mrs. William Harold Leach and the
late Mr.. Leach of Wilmington, Del.
became the bride Saturday of Mr.
M. Preston Goodfellow, jr. The
Rev DR.. Albert H. Kleffman offici-
ated at the ceremony at o'clock in
the West Presbyterian Church in
Wilmington.
Given in marriage by her uncle
Mr.. Herbert Leach, the bride wore
"a gown Of white nylon marquisette
embroidered in seed pearls and a
tulle veil draped from a braided
coronet. She carried a bouquet OF
white roses and stephanotis.
Mrs. Robert A. Shurter, jr, of Will
mlngton was matron of honor and
the other attendants were Miss Alice
Goodfellow, sister of the BRIDE
groom; Miss Helen L. Milliner, Miss
Mildred A. Stats and Mrs. Philip
G. Derickson, all of Wilmington !;
Miss Sue Cox of Whiteford, Md. !;
and Miss Mary Ellen Newton of
Dover, Del.
Col. Goodfellow was best man for
his son and the ushers were 1t. John
F. Donovan, U. S. N, of Buffalo;
Capt. Dan Kramer, Mr.. Thomas S.
Blankley III, and Mr.. Charles Van
S. Mottola of Brooklyn: Mr.. Walter
w. Friend, jr., of Greenwich, Conn. :;
Mr.. William E. Coykendan, jr., of
Riverside, Conn, and Mr.. Alfred S.
Haessler of Amityville, N Y, uncle
of the bridegroom.
Evening star., 1946-07-02
Mrs. Wade Hostess
1t Luncheon Today

Mrs. Spruille Braden, wife of the
Assistant Secretary of State, was
the guest in whose honor Mrs
Leigh Wade entertained at lunch
con today at the Mayflower.
Mrs. Wade and her husband, Col
Wade, have come up from Havana
where they resided during the past
year, and are occupying the apart.
ment of Mrs. Stephen Burke at the
Altamont for a short time, before
leaving for a visit in Michigan. II
was in Havana, when Mr.. Brader
was our Ambassador to Cuba, that
Col. and Mrs. Wade became friends
The other guests at the informa
party were Sonora de Belt, Mrs
Ira Eaker, Sonora de Rivero, Mrs
George Allen, Mrs. Robert Walsh
Mrs. Smith Bowman, Mrs. Lawrence
Arnold, Mrs. Barge Hartz, Mrs. F.
Mckenzie Dawson, Miss Ruth Over
ton, Mrs. Ned Boone, Mrs. Clarence
Lee Miller, Mrs. Duncan l. Hasell
Mrs. Ruth Butcher, Miss Betty
Hynes, Mrs. James O'Donnell Moran
Mrs. Robert Emmett Moran and
Mrs. John Shugrue.
Evening star., 1946-07-02

All Saints Episcopal Church in
Chevy Chase was the scene of the
wedding yesterday of Miss Elizabeth
Brooks Ross and Mr.. Robert Ed
wards Vetault, which was followed by
a reception at the KenWood Coli
and Country Club. The Rev. DR..
Charles w. Lowry ofdciated at the
ceremony.
The daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene Phillips Ransom Ross, the
bride was escorted and given in
marriage by her father. She was
attended by Miss Jacqueline r. Ray
as maid of honor and the brides
maids were Miss Jeanne 7. Foote
and Miss Joan Fehr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Robert
Vetault, parents of the bridegroom
came from East Hampton, Long
Island, for the wedding and also Mr.
Phillip Barry, who served as best
man, and Mr.. Donald M. Halsey
who was one of the ushers. 1t
Arnold Stone, U. S. N. R., of Guam
tico, also was an usher.
The bride wore a dress of white
jersey trimmed with pearls and
made with a long train. A head
dress of orange blossoms held her
veil of net in place and she carried
a white satin prayer book trimmed
with orchids and bouvardia.
Miss Ray was dressed in tearose
and the bridesmaids in pale blue
Evening star., 1946-07-02
Visitor HOnOyed
At Dinner Partp
|BV ALbertizis
By Libbv Manure

A delightful party was given last
night at the Shoreham in honor
OF Mrs. Paul Yannoulatos who is
here on a visit from Shanghai. The
host and hostess were the Financial
Counselor of the Cuban Embassy
and Sonora de Diaz Albertini.
The guest of honor looked very
smart In a dress Of emerald green.
Her husband, who is presently in
charge of Greek affairs in Shanghai
comes from a family of shipping
pioneers. The main branch Offices
Of his business are in London,
Athens and China. Mrs. Yannou-
latos said that in Shanghai every
thing was chaotic, but business was
booming.
Sonora de Echegarary who was
there with her husband the Agricult-
ural Attache Of the Spanish En-
bassy, wore lovely grey chiffon
gown with lace inserts. The minis
ter Counselor of the Cuban EN-
bassy and Sonora de Blanco came
with Mrs. Miguel Lasa who is here
on a visit. Mrs. Lasa is noted for
her perfect Basque beauty, and was
pronounced the most beautiful
woman in Cuba by the American
artist Barclay.
The Ambassador of Honduras and
Sonora de Caceres talked with Mrs.
John Deliyannes who Is here from
Greece studying for degree in
economics at George Washington
University.
The atom bomb was discussed
with various views. One held it
went off by mistake several yards
higher than planned which lessened
the explosion, and another thought
1t was a bluff-that better ones
could be made.
The Military Attache, Col. Spyros
Stathopoulos, was there with his
charming wife. Another couple from
the Greek Embassy was the Naval
Attache and Nine. John Toumbas.
Nine. Toumbas wore a short eve
ming jacket which her husband had
bought in India made of antique
gold material designed with tiny
hand embroidered dancing figures.
She and Nine. Stathopoulos dis
cussed the advantages of a SUM-
burn, one of them being that
thrifty Europeans had learned it
kept the cold out the following
winter. Nine. Stathopoulos said
living in the warm climate of
Cyprus has made it easy for her to
bear the cold of her first winter in
Switzerland, but the second and
third winter had been harder as
sun stored up in her system gave
out.