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Evening star., 1946-12-29
If. Col. John 6. Macomb
Dies in California

1t. Col. John Gordon Macomb
65, u. S. A., retired, native OF
washington, died Friday at Guerne-
vile, Calf, where he had lived for
several years.
Col. Macomb was the third gen.
Grafton of his family to enter Army
service. He was the son of the late
Col. Augustus c. Macomb, and the
grandson of Col. John N. Macomb
A great-grandfather, Navy Com
modore John Rodgers, was in the
War of 1872. He also was a grand
son of the late John c. McKeldin
a founder and first president of the
Second National Bank here.
Col Macomb entered the Army in
1902 as second lieutenant Of in
fantry on a special commission.
During World War I he served on
the staff of Marshal Joseph j
Jofre, commander in chief Of AL
lied armies in France, and was
wounded twice at Chateau Thierry.
After his retirement from active
Army service in 1926, he lived in
Chicago before moving to California
in 1888.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Irma Williams Macomb, and two
brothers, Capt. Alexander Macomb,
U. S.. N, retired, and Philip L. Ma
comb, both of Washington.
Services and burial will be to-
morrow at Guerneville.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Home and Job
Offered Father
|OfQuodrupIets
By the A.,ocioted Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. &C. w
Mattew, Newark (Ohio) contractor
was in Baltimore today to extend
an offer to Charles J. Hem, jr.
father of quadruplets now a week
old.
Mr.. MATHEWS offer involved fur
nished home, rent-free for a year
and job with his building concern
at salary of between $4,000 and
$1,000 a year if Mr.. HEM would
move his family to Newark. Mr.
MATHEW said he also would bear the
cost of moving.
The contractor said he would have
the Hem family move into a home
Mr.. Mattew has now. There the
Henns would reside until another
house can be designed to meet the
needs of a family with quadruplets
And Mr.. Mattew added that he
would try to top any offers made to
Mr.. Hem by any other sources.
While in Baltimore, the con-
tractor sent a bouquet OF fouI
orchids and large rose to Mrs
Hem in st. Agnes Hospital. He
enclosed q card which read:
ITO a mother who won the orchid
four times"
Mr.. Hem took the day of to &c
hunting and Mr.. Mattew could no,
reach him.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
UnskiHedCorvi
OfYuIe Bird Adds
ToAccident Toll

Adults who cut themselves while
carving turkey for Christmas dinner
accounted for many of the 95 in
juries in homes during Christmas
week, the District Red Cross Acct
dent Prevention Service reported
Four persons we're killed in home
accidents during the week.
The Red Cross said three persons
died as result of falls and the
fourth of a gunshot wound suffered
when rifle which was being
wrapped for a Christmas present
went off.
The 3-to-4-year-old group was in
volved in several unusual accidents
One boy attempted to ride a tri-
cycle down a flight Of stairs; an
other drank paint-cleaning fluid
one girl bit through lamp cord
and suffered severe burns on her
lips and tongue, while another was
cut on the head when picture
fell from the wall.
A breakdown of the nonfatal in
iuries showed that cuts were re-
sponsible for % injuries; falls, 26;
burns, IA; foreign matter in the
eye, throat and stomach. 7: acci-
dentally poisoned. g. contusions, 3
and unclassifled, 10.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
9OO-MiIe Trip inIron Lung
COMPLETED by Polio Victim

Jefferson City, Tenn, where she
received hundreds of greeting cards
forwarded there by friends back
home. Friday night was spent at
the University of Virginia Hospital
at Charlottesville.
Accompanying Janet were her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Gentle,
Dr.. Virginia Hamilton of the Eliza
Coffee Memorial Hospital at Flo
renee. two nurses and two represent
atives of the Infantile Paralysis
Foundation.
The mobile unit, 45-foot truck
and trailer, was built from funds OF
the March of Dimes campaigns. 1t
cost $15,000 and is said to be the
only one of its kind in existence.
At Baltimore the girl was taken
to the Children's Hospital School.
Associated Press dispatches said
that today she will be removed from
the mobile units iron lung to the
regulation equipment of the insti-
tution's respiratory unit, one OF the
most complete IN the NaClOn.
1000 Cards Awaiting.
Awaiting here in Baltimore were
about 40 Christmas packages and
about 1000 Christmas greeting
cards from persons throughout the
country.
Hospital authorities said Janet
was tired from the trip but that
her condition otherwise was good.
Janet's sister and a nephew both
had light cases OF polio last summer,
but have recovered completely. Mrs.
Gentle commented, there were six
cases of polio in our county this
year, and three of them were in our
family"
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Warren McNeiII Named
Aide Of Senator Robertson
By the Asscciofed Press

Senator Robertson, Democrat, OF
Virginia yesterday announced the
appointment of Warren A. McNeill
an Associated Press correspondent
here, as his administrative assistant
Mr.. McNeill will assume his new
duties January 6. For the last year
he has covered Washington news
of interest to Tennessee, Louisiana,
Arkansas and Mississippi.
Reared in Lynchburg, Va, Mr..
McNeill became a reporter while
still in high school. Later he was
city editor of the Richmond fVao
Times-Dispatch and joined the As
sociated Press staff there in 1880.
Subsequently he served three years
in the New York bureau of the
Associated Press and then for seven
years was Associated Press bureau
chief at Nashville.
The job of administrative assist
ant was created by the last Con-
gress to relieve Senators of some
of their duties and to permit them
to devote more time to legislative
matters.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Byrd May Not Answer
Parsons Election Contest
BY the Associated Press

Indications are Senator Byrd,
Democrat, Of Virginia, will not SUBJ
NIT an answer to the contest of
election notice left with the Senate
Secretary on behalf Of Lester Par
sons, Norfolk Republican.
1t was learned yesterday Senator
Byrd has not prepared an answer
and has made no plans to do so.
John Locke Green, Republican
treasurer of Arlington County, pre-
pared the petition on behalf of Mr.
Parsons. defeated by Senator Byrd
in the November election.
Representative Smith, Democrat,
of Virginia, against whom similar
petition was filed, recently sub
mitted an answer to the clerk of
the House. Mr.. Smith contended
his opponent, Lawrence Michael,
Republican, comedies that he was
defeated" and asked that the case
be dismissed. He asserted the suit
was an attempt to "circumvent by
political manipulation the adverse
decision OF the Federal courts in the
matter"
The petitions contend the elec-
tions are void because sections OF
the State Constitution are "arbi-
trary and unreasonable" in the re-
quirement of poll tax payment
before voting.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
FionceK Kicked Her
Out of Car, Girl
TeIIsOhioPoHce
By,the Assoeioted Press

BUCYRUS, Ohio. Dec. 28.-A girl
who told Sheriff Ralph Schreck, he
said. that she was kicked out OF an
automobile by her f1ance on the way
to her wedding, was offered shelter
in the county jail here today.
The sheriff said the girl first re-
fused to reveal her name when po-
lice found her Friday night, but
identified herself today as Marie
Teal of Toledo.
:. Sheriff Sclreck said her clothes
were torn to such an extent that
she couldn't appear on the street. y
and that since she had no money,
he was permitting her to stay at the
Jail until relatives or friends arrive
from Toledo to take her home.
He said she refused to identify
her fiance. but said they were on
their way to be married Friday
when the man opened the door Of
the moving car and pushed her out
into the street.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Montgomery Orphans Cour'
Appraisers Appointed

Charles H. Klinck, of Takoma
Park, has been appointed chief ap-
praiser for the Orphans Court for
Montgomery County, Millward c..
Taft, chief judge for the court, an
nounced yesterday.
At the same time Judge Taft an
nounced the appointment of Ted
Ray of Silver Spring, Willard A..
King, Chevy Chase. and James M.
Mount, Gaithersburg, as assistant
appraisers.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Suspect in Fatal Shooting
Is Held Without Boil

Walter Freeman, %, colored, 200
block of N street NV. yesterday
was ordered held without bond on a
charge of murder involving the fatal
shooting of a woman acquaintance.
Police said the woman, Gertrude
Hunter, 20, colored. 1400 block of
Sixth street NV, was shot in the
back with a .22-caliber rife as she
was entering house in the 600
block of Mades court NV, with
some friends early Thursday.
Another hearing on January z was
ordered for Freeman when he ap-
peared before United States Com
missioner Needham C. Turnage.
Freeman was arrested Friday. He
will appear at coroners inquest
for which no date has been set.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
BookerT. Washington coins
Minted in Westfo Go on Sals

First issue of the new Booker T.
Washington 50-cent pieces from the
San Francisco mint will go on sale
at The Star business counter tomor-
row. Those on sale during the past
week have been from the Phila-
delphia mint.
The San Francisco coins can be
identified by a small S under the
log cabin on the back.
The issue is being sold at 81 a
coin, the extra so cents going toward
the construction of an industrial
school in Franklin County, Va, the
birthplace of the Negro educator.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Youth Refuses to Yield
Gun. Is Sent to Jail

Robert Gray, 10, colored, of the
1000 block OF South Monroe street,
Arlington, charged with disorderly
conduct in Arlington County Court
yesterday, was given an opportunity
by Judge Hugh Reid to shorten his
30-day Jail sentence by surrendering
to police the rifle which got him into
court.
Gray, however, refused to forfeit
the .22-caliber gun which it was
testified, he used to shoot out WIN
dows and q door Of house in his
neighborhood.
In addition to serving the 80 days,
Gray must pay fine of SIS.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Frederick Police Seek
Veteran in Death Of
Sfrang|ed Seaman
BY the Associated Press

WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. 3d.
Frederick County authorities today
pushed their investigation into the
strangulation death of a Navy sea-
man as a police alarm was broad
cast for former sailor for question
ing in the case
The body of Seaman First Class
Frederick j. Currie of Crosse Pointe,
Mich, found Thursday morning in
a snow-covered ditch beside High
way so, about one mile east of here,
was sent to Washington today.
(Acting for the Navy, the
Chambers Funeral Home is pre-
pairing the body for burial and
said the body will be sent Mon
day to Seaman Currie's home in
Michigan)
Meanwhile, Deputy Sheriff Robert
De Haven said the alarm for the
former sailor for questioning in
Seaman Currie's death was made
after a wallet containing the naval
discharge paper of the man sought
was discovered near the body. Mr..
De Haven said no charges had been
placed against the man, however.
The deputy added that local au-
thorities hoped the Federal Bureau
of Investigation would be able to
identify a second young man seen
with Seaman Currie and the former
sailor in and around Winchester
over the past week end
A picture of the former sailor
sought for questioning, supplied by
the FBI at Washington, has been
identified by Harry w. Copenhaver,
used-automobile dealer; L. A. But
ler, merchant at Cross Junction,
Frederick County, where Seaman
Currie and two young men made
purchases over the week end, and
Robert Luttell, farmer, as the
picture of one of the young men
they saw with Seaman Currie.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Six Lynched in 1946
In ) Southern States
BY the Associated Press

TUSKEGEE, Ala, Dec. 28.-Six
Negroes in three Southern States
the largest number in recent years
lost their lives this year as result
of lyncliings, DR.. F. D. Patterson,
president of Tuskegee Institute, an
nounced today.
The information was included in
the 33d annual lynching report COM
piled by the institutions depart
ment of records and research.
States in which the lynchings oc-
CURED were Mississippi %, Georgia
"a and Louisiana %. In the lat
ter State, another victim later re-
gained consciousness and escaped
DR.. Patterson said.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
Foreign Production Of Oil
Passes Marks SET in War
BY the Assoeioted Press

TULSA, Okla, Dec. 28.-Foreign
petroleum production and consump-
ton in 1916 exceeded any previous
year with daily average output up
to December averaging 2,930, 600
barrels, an increase of 38 per cent
over 1888, the Oil and Gas Journal
reported today.
The oil trade magazine in its an
nual international number ex-
planned that foreign crude oil out
put passed war peaks early in 1916
and total production continued to
expand steadily over the balance
of the year.
Evening star., 1946-12-29
DR.. MckoWn Installed

MARTINSBURG, w. Va. Dec. %
(SoeciaD DIR. Paul McKown, di-
rector of vocational guidance in
Berkeley County high schools, has
been installed as president of Mar
tinsburg Kiwanis Club. He succeeds
Paul Hammann.
Evening star., 1946-12-29

. We are proud Of le46 :. our first year.
II justified our optimistic outlook; under
seIf-criticoI inspection it hos proven that ours
is q better outomotive service as we
pIonned it should be.
. We pIoced the best equipment ovoilobIe IN
the hands Of our experts. and together they
won the respect and friendship Of countless
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patronage the foet thot you liked our
service and recommended US that reolly
helped US to grow And for this we express
our sincere appreciation.
In the year oheod we shall improve upon the
year gone by we will do our utmost in
spirit and performance to make Moyflower
Motors a true home for your Lincoln or
Mercury.
Evening star., 1946-12-29

Moy be purchased
on convenient terms
with your present
pjono as port pay
ment.
Evening star., 1946-06-04
Ellington 10 Play
In Benefit THURSDAY.

Duke Ellington and his orchestra
will present a concert at the Water
gate at $3.50 pm. Thursday for the
benefit of "Teen Age Canteen," in
the Northwest Settlement House, at
SIS M street NV. The canteen for
underprivileged colored adolescents
is raising funds to move into build
ing of its own.
The concert, which will be the
first of the season at the Water
gate, will present program consist
ing entirely of the orchestra leaders
compositions. Among the numbers
will be: BLACK, Brown and Beige, .
tone poem on the history of the
Negro race; Perfume Suite" new
experiment in rhythm and orches-
tration, and several others.
Prominent instrumentaists in the
band, who will play solo numbers
especially written for them, will in
Evening star., 1946-06-04

clude Johnny Hodges, alto saxo-
phone; Laurence Brown, trombone,
and Rex Stewart, trumpet.
The concert Is backed by "The
Bakers Dozen, Inc.,". a group of
young women, headed by Mrs. Ruth
B. Spencer, who have been spon-
soring Teen Age Csnteen" for the
last 18 months. Already they have
raised substantial sum towards
the new location for the canteen.
Evening star., 1946-06-04
Sheer Beauty Marks Local
Concert by Tuskegee Choir

Mr. Wright as soloist, and Dawson's
"Soon-Ah VIII Be Done"
Other numbers by Mr.. Dawson
were the very beautiful Hail Mary
and There Is a Balm in Gilead.'
A giften composer and an expert
leader, his power to obtain a spcn-
taneous and heartfelt response from
every member of his group puts a
particular stamp upon his choir
Several encores were given, includ-
ing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
Evening star., 1946-06-04

Men II to 30! In civilian job
you must use your income to pay
for food, clothing, rent, education,
travel, entertainment and savings
for the future. All these things are
free to Navy men. You can now
enlist in the Regular Navy for 2, 3,
or years. Go to the Navy Re-
cruiting Station at 1920 G street
NV. today!
Evening star., 1946-06-04

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16

House Rules Committee by Repre-
sentative Leo e. Allen, of Illinois.
Mr.. Allen voted for the anti-poll
tax bill in the House and was
one of the four Republican men,
bers of the Rules Committee to
vote for giving the FEPC bill
special rule in order that it might
be brought to vote on the House
floor.
The Democratic majority in the
House Rules Committee, which
exercises life and death power
over almost all legislation, will
be reduced to minority and the
prospects of getting a rule on
FEPC legislation in the Eightieth
Congress are thereby increased.
Representative John Taber, of
New York, will succeed Represent
ative Clarence Cannon, of Missouri
as chairman of the powerful House
Appropriation Committee.
The program of the Republican
members of the House Appropri-
ations Committee calls for econ
omy by reduction of the 2,464, 900
employees on federal payrolls as
of September 80, reduction of
Army Navy appropriations and
elimination of wartime agencies,
including the Office of Price Adj
ministration, the Civilian Produc-
ton Administration, the War AS
sets Administration and various
housing bureaus.
Other economy moves contem-
plated are the abolition of waste
full spending by various execu-
tive departments and a slash in
foreign relief.
mony, his attempts at. explana-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
JOSEPHINE BAKER NOW
WANTS TO MARRY A NEGRO

Paris = (DSN) = The interna-
tionally famous Negro actress,
stage, screen and radio star, jose
phine Baker, who won the hearts
of American fighting men of all
races through her appearances
before them during the war in
many places in Europe, now free
an unattached at 40 and recover
ing from a recent illness, after
being twice married and twice
divorced, to an italian Count and
a French Millionaire, says she is
now ready for another trip to the
alter.
Speaking on the subject of her
third trip to the altar the fam
Gus star said recently, 81 can tell
this to you l want to marry an
American of our own race; one
who will care for me and manage
all my affairs"
The famous star has lived
abroad now for 20 years, mostly
in France, and her achievements
on the stage and scree mis- one
of the most outstanding of any
Negro performer in the history
of the theatre.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
Protest Victory
OF TaImadge
Supported Officials

Atlanta (NNPA) - Except for
the holly contested race in the
fifth Congressional district (At-
lanta), there was little interest
manifested in the election in Geor-
gia.
Less than 20 per cent of the
voters over the state bothered to
go to the polls to confirm the un-
contested slate of Democratic NOM
lnees for nine other Congressional
seats, governor and long list
of state officials.
In Atlanta it is estimated that
only about 80 per cent of the
$4,000 colored persons eligible to
vote went to the polls. They,
however, overwhelmingly voted for
Representative Helen Douglas
Mankin, whom they were decisive
in electing to Congress last F'ebru-
airy.
Mrs. Mankin, who was defeated
by her Talmadge-supported op-
ponent, Judge James C. Davis,
announced she would contest the
election results in the fifth dis
trict. She charged fraud and ir-
Irregularities. Incomplete returns
gave Judge Davis 22,69O, Mrs.
Mankin, 1916.
The election in Atlanta was
marked by confusion due to lack
OF knowledge Of use of voting
machines IN a write-in contest
which was necessitated by the
elimination of Mrs. Mankin's name
from the ballot few days before
the election.
1t is reliably reported that col
ored people who did vote here
scratched the name of Governor
Talmadge, who won the summer
primary on a white supremacy
platform. He was elected with
out opposition.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
$4,000 Earmarked
10 Fight Lynch
Terror in South

New York Contributions to-
falling $4,000 were voted today for
four organizations by the Ma
tional Council Of the National
Maritime Union to help implement
the Unions vigorous fight against
lynch terror in the South.
The 4 groups and the amounts
allocated to them are: National
Negro Congress, $4,000; Southern
Negro Youth Congress, $1,000;
Southern Congress of Human We'll
fare, $1,000; Crusade to End
Lynching, $500.
Asserting that Continued or
ganization Of the American peo-
pie is the only guarantee that
fascist terror in the South will
be brought to an end" a report
adopted by the Council declared:
"Our Union was one of the many
organizations that spoke out in
horror against the recent lynch
ings in the South. We went fur
Their and posted $5,0O0.00 reward
for the capture of the lynchers.
Despite the demands Of the Amer
lean people, Government authori-
ties have not yet apprehended the
lynchers. We believe they are
known. 1t is rumored that the
FBI as we'll as the state authori
ties have their names and it is
therefore quite obvious that nei-
Their the FBI nor the state has
any intention of acting and ap-
pretending the criminals"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
EmbaImers Clinic
Held Here

Funeral Directors and Embalm-
ers from Mississippi and Louisi-
ana attended a Clinic held at the
Jackson Casket Factory here last
week.
Among those who attended were
0. w. Pierce, L. C. Davis, Shreve-
port, La; James Kennon and Mrs.
Ada Mae Kennony Minden, La,
H. H. King, Ruston, La, w. A.
Maddox, Monroe, La, Jasper Will
liams, Rayville, La, S. L. Camp
bell, Hammond, La, Roy Smith,
and Leroy Locke, Bastrop, La.
From Mississippi were Miles
Porter, Marks, Frank L. Woods,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16

ton were silenced by a blow a.
cross the head and the words
"shut up"
Woodland said he was beaten
further and that his arm was
twisted. He said that he took the
police chiefs blackjack after a
struggle but dropped it when an
other policeman ran up and
threatened him with Z pistol.
On REORGANIZATION Woodland
could not identify or describe the
officer who allegedly had the
weapon.
Physicians at the Columbia Vet
Grams Hospital, where Shull car
ried Woodland the next morning
otter his arrest, testified that
woodland was blind when he was
admitted to the faculty. Three
doctors testified that found Wood
ards right eye cornea broken and
the eye blinded and hemorrhages
in both eyes.
The bus driver, Alton G. Black
we'll, and Elliott Long, a Bates
burg policeman, both testified that
Woodland was Every abusive" and
"profane" and in "a drunken con-
dition" when the bus stopped at
Batesburg, where Blackwell call
ed police to remove Woodland and
a white veteran.
Two war veterans - one col
ored and the other white = who
were discharged at Camp Gordon
on the same day as Woodland and
rode on the bus with him, testi-
fed that Woodland was not drunk
and had not created disturbance.