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

Four Negroes
Elected 10 Mo.
Legislature

ampa, Fla. - (NNPA) - There
was no general interest in the cleo
ton in this state by colored peo-
pie except in Orange County
where they joined with white
voters to elect Emery Alderman,
Jr., son of retired Federal Judge
Alderman, to the state legisla-
ture.
He is the first Republican elect
ed to the Florida legislature from
Orange County since Civil War
Reconstruction days. Colored
voters were a majority factor in
his election.
Also in Orange County, Arthur
Newell, a lifelong Democrat run
ming on the Republican ticket,
was elected county tax collector
over his Democratic opponent.
Colored voters also helped to elect
him.
1t is estimated that about 5000
colored persons voted outside of
Orange County, though registra-
ton is $4,000 colored Democrats
and 10000 colored Republicans.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
Judge Set 10
Revoke Columbian
Charter

Atlanta, No. (NNPA) - The
COlumbians, Inc, a mushroOming
new organization fighting color
ed people and Jews, have been or
dered by Superior Court Judge E.
+. Pomeroy to show cause by No
vember Is why it's charter should
not be revoked.
The order followed the filing Of
a suit against the organization for
revocation of its charter by Dan
Duke, assistant attorney general,
by direction of Georgia's Attorney
General Eugene Cook.
Almost simultaneously, James
Childers, 17-year old white youth
who was arrested while wearing
the red lighting insignia of the
Columbians, was bound over to
the Fulton County (Atlanta)
grand jury on charge of melting
to riot.
Mr.. Duke, who won nationwide
fame for his Klan-busting activi-
ties, charged in the suit that the
Columbians had "conspired to beat
and terrOriZe Georgia citizens,
and arrested that its aims, if full
filled, would render the state
incapable of providing constitu-
tional protection.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
Free Officer
Charged With
Binding Vet
JURY DELlBERATES
ONLY is MINUTES

Columbia. S. G. - (NNPA) -
After celebrating only Is minu-
ties, an all-white jury in the Uuni-
ed States District Court here last
Tuesday night acquitted Lynwood
L. Shull, chief of police of Baes-
burg, South Carolina, of having
beaten and tortured Isaac Wood
ard of the Bronx, New York, a
veteran, in violation of his civil
rights.
The verdict was delivered to a
packed courtroom of more than
300 spectators, half Of them col.
ored, who had sat out the day
long trial.
Shull was accused of binding
Woodland Charges against him
were brought under the federal
civil rights statute which prohib-
its police and other public officials
from depriving anyone of rights
secured by the Constitution and
laws of the United States.'
Woodland is permanently blind
as a result of the beating. The
mistreatment occurred after Shull
had arrested Woodland in the
South Carolina town for alleged1y
creating a disturbance on a bus
on which the latter was return
ing home after his discharge from
the Army earlier that day.
Shull was charged with the
violation of Woodrad's fright to
be secure in his person and inn
mune from legal assault and bat
terry" and ''the right and privilege
not to be beaten and tortured by
persons exercising the authority
to arrest"
Woodland testified that he was
blinded by beating given him
by Schulz while he was under ar
rest on February IL, at Batesburg,
after being accused of being drunk
and creating a disturbance. Schulz
was waiting for him at the bus
door, he said.
When he replied YES to a
question of whether he had been
discharged from the Army, he
said, the aresting officer struck
him with blackjack and said:
you don't say yes to me; you
say yes, sir
He charged that on his way
to the police station Shull beat
him so severely that he was per-
manently blinded.
At one point in the trial the
prosecuting attorney asked Wood
ard to remove his dark glasses
SO the jurymen could see his con-
dition. The judymen leaned for
ward intently as Woodland turned
CONTINUED on Page 81
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
New Law Gives Board OF Registrars
Power To Say Who Shall Register and
Vote In Alabama
DESIGNED To Disfranchise Negro Citizen:

day to discuss the election. The
election returns were scheduled
for airing before the Birming-
ham Branch of the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement OF
Colored People the same night.
Election ran true to form with
Winston county being the only
one of Alabama's 81 counties to
go Republican. 1t is additionally
Republican.
New Senator John Sparkman,
who sept silent in the Boswell
amendment debate, won both a
Senate seat and a congressional
seat. He will resign the congress
sional seat to fill the unexpired
term of the late Senator John H.
Bankhead.
Of the approximately 5000 col
ored persons registered in Ala
bama, it is believed that 90 per
cent voted.
All over the state intensive eff
fort has been made to get out the
vote. The weather was perfect.
The light vote, characteristic
of Alabam general elections, fav-
ored the Boswell amendment. Per-
haps a record off-year, general
election vote turned out. The re-
suits show that the Democratic
party was just about evenly split
ON the measure. With the state
election machinery sponsoring the
Boswell amendment, and counting
the votes, the progressives won a
moral victory.
Birmingham has gone reaction
airy. This industrial metropolis is
dominated by organized labor.
Both the Congress of Industrial
Organizations and the American
Federation of Labor were oppos-
ed to the Boswell Amendment.
CIO-PAC made no serious effort
to get out the vote. Had labor in
Birmingham stood by the progress
sive forces, the Boswell amend
ment would have been defeated.
Republicans were lined up
against the amendment. Evident
ly they did not vote solidly against
it. The Boswell amendment was
the whole talk Of the Alabama
election.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
Progressives Win
With Negro Vote
In Georgia

Brunswick, Ga. Especially Pro-
gressive democrats, with the back
ing of Negro voters and the City
Administration won complete
victory in the election held here
last week. More than 700 Negro
votes were cast and the candi-
dates given the Negro support won
by majority of more than 400.
According to J. M. Atkinson, Sec
rotary of the Progressive Demo-
Gratis, a club committee talked
with the candidates, then choose
the best two.
One issue in the election was
the need for hospital and the
privilege for Negro Physicians to
treat their ptients in the hospital.
One of the candidates raised the
question of the fitness of Negro
doctors to operate in the hospitals.
Mayor Hopkins stated that he had
made an investigation into the
matter and had found that white
and Negro doctors took and pass
ed the same examinations.
Following the election la t
week, Negro physicians were noti-
fled that they may attend their
patients at the hospital. Plans
now are being formulated for use
of the operation room.
Many other improvements in
the Negro community are ex-
pected to follow as result of the
election.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
REFLECT PATTERSON HEAD
OF COLLEGE FUND

New York Presidents OF 33
educational institutions affiliated
with the United Negro College
fund reelected DR.. F. D. Patterson
of Tuskegee Institute president OF
the Fund recently. They also NAM
ed Miss Florence Read of Spell
man College their vice-president,
succeeding Mr.. Thomas Elsa Jones
formerly of Fisk University. Pre-
sident Robert P. Daniels of Shaw
University was elected secretary,
the position formerly held by Miss
Read.
The presidents held their an
nual meeting in Atlanta and heard
their executive director, w. j.
Trent, Jr., report that "the pub
lie accepts the United Negro Col
lege Fund as an important re-
curing campaign that has i'm
portance" for the colleges them
selves and ''for the general well
fare of the nation" He declared
that Fund officials have been
"gratified at the increased sup
port Negroes have given to each
successive campaign.
The group voted to hold their
annual fund raising institute on
January 1921 in New York. At
these Institutes, it is the custom
for the presidents. to exchange
ideas and to make preliminary
preparation for their annual fin
ancial campaign, which takes place
in the spring.
Final tabulation of the results
of the 1916 appeal was awaiting
reports from several cities which
were conducting late drives. The
campaign this year was conducted
in 40 communities.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
FOUR NEGROES ELECTED TO
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE
By LUCILLE BLUFORD

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (NNPA)
- Four Negroes were elected in
the November 5 elections to the
Missouri legislature - three from
st. Louis and one from Kansas
City. The Kansas Citian is Jas.
Mckinley Neal, Democrat, who
survived the Republican avalanche
which descended even upon Presi-
dent Truman's Jackson County.
Mr.. Neal, a druggist, defeated
julius B. Jones, Republican, in
the fourth legislative district. He
is the first colored Democrat ever
sent to the legislature from Kan
sas City.
st. Louis legislators elected are
Josiah C. Thomas, Republican;
William Massingale, Democrat, q
J. C. Bush, Republican.
DR.. G. J. Dixon, St. Louis ply
sician, was elected magistrate in
the third district of st. Louis.
In Kansas City colored voters
supported Enos E. Axtell, whom
they helped to nominate in the
August Democratic primary, de-
feating the incumbent, Represen-
tative Rober C. Slaughter, whose
vote in the House Rules Commit
tee resulted in Go tie, blocking
House consideration of fair en-
ployment practice legislation. The
vote was Reeves 42,032y Axtell,
3O,476.
Mr.. Axtell carried the colored
wards but was unable to survive
the Republican sweep in nine white
wards. He was defeated by his
Republican opponent, Albert L.
Reeves, Jr., son of federal judge.
United States Senator Frank P.
Briggs, Democrat, of Missouri,
was defeated by James P. KEN,
Kansas City Republican lawyer.
Kem's election puts two Republi-
cans into the Missouri Senatorial
seats for the first time since
Civil War Reconstruction days.
Representative John B. Sullivan,
of st. Louis, also was defeated
in the Republican sweep.
In Kansas City, Kansas, Will
liam H. Towers, veteran Republi-
can member of the Kansas legis-
lature, was reelected. There was
no Democratic opposition to him.
Fred White, the first colored
person to serve as Wyandotte
County Commissioner, was re-
elected for a second term Of four
years. He is one Of the three
county commissioners who con-
duct the business Of the county.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
Broaden Fight
Against Rrace
Discrimination

Washington, D. C. (NNPA) =
Broadening the fight against race
discrimination here, the Commit
tee for Racial Democracy last
Saturday sent a telegram to the
lessee of the National Theatre
calling on him to lift the color
bar at Washington's leading legi-
innate playhouse.
The telegram, addressed to Mar
Gus Herman, president of the E
Street Theater Corporation, New
York City, informed him of an
economic boycott" that is now
being carried on against the Ma
tional as we'll as Lisner Audi
terium of George Washington Uni
versity.
Near curtain time last Friday
night, about sixty persons pres
ented themselves at the National
in mixed groups seeking admis-
sion. When the colored persons
in the groups were refused adj
mittance, the mixed groups were
refunded admission prices.
Back stage, Miss Ida Fix, eve
cutive secretary of the committee
and Leon A. Ransom, accompan-
led by John J. O'Connor, MEM
Der of the committees executive
committee and member of the
board of Catholic Interracial
Council, talked with Walter Hous
ton, who was appearing at the
National last week in the current
play, apple of His Eye.
Miss Fox said that Mr.. Houston
was decidedly of the opinion that
anyone should be admitted to thea
tres without regard to race, creed
or color"
Edmund Plohn, manager of the
National, was not available when
members of the mixed groups
sought to talk with him, but later
told reporters that the policy of
the National is Ito observe the
customs that prevail in the COM
munity.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
FAMED NEGRO SINGER
VICTIM OF LONDON
THIEVES


London - The famed Negro
singer Adelaide Hall, joined the
ranks Of the Duchess of Windsor
and other celebrated LDndoners,
recently the victim of jewel thiev-
csc, when thieves entered her
apartment here last week and
made off with personal property
valued at $4,000. An itemized
list Of missing articles included
an Ermine coat, other furs, and
jewels.
The famer singer stated that
the thieves entered her apart
ment while she and her husband
were having dinner with next door
neighbors.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
Prerer Gin 10 voix.

Polish sailors on Ges,rovtts se1s.
Ing In the British nav nov pr4fer
gin to vodka because i - loss is,ary
So they nave sv Ipr.i Ii.' GIN
OF their own It's drunk neat WITH
1 couple Of dashes Of red pepper.
instead u o4.isxA
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
By EMORY o. JACKSON

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (NNT ~
- Despite the active opposition
of Governor-elect James E. (Big
Jim) Folsom, the Boswell amend
ment, designed to disfranchlse
Negro citizens, apparently receiv-
ed enough votes at the polls on
November 5 to make it the law of
Alabama.
The amendment held a substan-
tial lead in returns from 1876
of the states 1852 boxes, the
count being $1,000 fol- ratification
and 68,745 against ratification,
but returns were spotty and lack
ing entirely from several counties
and final outcome appeared to be
uncertain until the official count
is made.
Unofficial tabulation of Jeffer-
son County's votes from 234 of
the county's 254 boxes showed the
amendment leading 16,454 to 49,
373.
Of the states sixty-seven coun-
ties, twenty-five were in the col
umn against ratification on the
basis of present returns.
Birmingham was the only large
city to favor the amendment.
Mobile opposed it, 1886 to q
100, and Montgomery went against
it, 2,760 to 2,082. Huntsville,
Gadsden and Admission also OPP
posed the measure.
Dothan of the Wiregrass and
Selma of the Black Belt went
slightly for the amendment. Cen
trial and South Alabama went So
Idly for it. The amendment met
heavy opposition in most of the
.so-called white counties.
The amendment, sponsored as a
''white supremacy" device, gives
boards of registrars power to de-
termine who shall be allowed to
register and vote, in Alabama. 1t
eliminates from the state consti-
tuition the $500 property qualifi-
cation but makes the ability to
understand and explain any arti-
Gle of the Constitution of the Uni
ted States" a prerequisite to regis
tering and voting. Many eminent
members of the legal profession
are unable to comprehend and
conttru articles of the Constitu-
ton.
Under the Boswell amendment,
applicants for registration also
must possess good moral charact-
er and understand the duties of
citizenship under a republican
form of government"
E. C. (Bud) Boswell proponent
of the amendment, summed up
the spirit of the law in his jubi-
liant comment from Geneva Coun-
ty, when he said "it now looks
like it is carried and white sup
remack is safe in Alabama" He
predicted that it would stand up
under court test = a question on
which there is a division of legal
opinion.
Sticking to his belief that the
amendment was "undemocratic, .
Mr.. Folsom said whatever the
people of Alabam want, / am for"
The dominant reaction by col
ored citizens is that the amend
ment will serve as a rallying point
to bring the group together. An
extreme but isolated reaction is
that there should be as mass exo-
dus from Alabama because the
vote established the white mans
hate for colored people in Ala
bama. The campaign definitely
has left scars, some deep and
unhealing.
Most of the leaders issued no
statements. The rank and file
were urging court action. Moth
ing definite has been decided.
1t is probable that no immediate
court actions will be brought.
Everyone will first watch the adj
ministration of the law.
The Progressive Democratic
Council, headed by Attorney Ar
thur D. Shores, met last Wednes-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
By LOUIS LAUTIER
For The NNPA News Service

WASHINGTON, ID. C.. Nov. y
Swelled by the Negro vote which
had been going Democratic since
1892, A Republican landslide in
the November 5 elections gave
that party complete control over
both the House and Senate.
Twelve seats gained in the Sen
ate made the count fifty-one Re-
publicans, fortythree Democrats,
and two undecided.
a gain of fifty-four Represen-
tatives madel the House count
246 Republicans, 1877 Democrats
ane American-Labor, and two TN
decided.
The Republican landslide, how
ever, was not big enough to carry
Republican candidates to victory
in the twenty-second New York
Congressional district, the first
Illinois Congressional district,
and the fourteenth California
Congressional district.
! Democratic incumbents in
! those districts defeated the CO.
lored candidates whom Republic
an organizations had put up to
recapture the colored vote. Re
preventative Adam Clayton Po-
well, Jr., o. New York, was re-
elected over Republican Grant
Reynolds by a vote of 32,722 to
1888.
Representative William L. Daw-
son, of Illinois, won over Repub-
lican William E. King by vote
of 37,410 to %, POP, with three
precincts of 184 missing.
Representative Helen Gahagan
Douglas, of California, real Ii
beral defeated Republican Fred
erick M. Roberts.
Although a bitter campaign was
waged against Representative
Vito Marcantonio, of New York.
American Labor, on the ground
that he was pro-Communist, he
regalned his seat in the eighteen
tn Congressional district, defeating
Frederick Bryan, Republican, by
$500 woes. Mr.. Marcanonio has
been one of he leaders of rere
ial Legislation affecting coIored
people.
The landslide caught three Was
ington State liberals who have
fought side by side with Mr.. Mar
cantonio and Mr.. Powell for lib
eral Legislation. They were Hugh
De Lacy, John M. Coffee and
Charles Savage.
With majorities aligned against
him in both houses of Congress.
President Truman finds himself
in a position where he can fun
ction only by grace of the Re-
pubIicans.
This situation led Senator ].
William Fulbright, Democrat, of
Arkansas, to suggest that Mr.. Tru-
man resign and name Republi-
can Secretary of State, who, in
the absence of Vive President,
would succeed to the Presidency.
Another suggestion was the APP
pointment of new cabinet OF
Republicans for more of porto
lios except Secretary of State.
Neither proposal was seriously
considered. Republican leaders
generally stressed the need fol
cooperation between the Repub-
lican Congress and the Democra-
tic administration in the interest,"
of the country.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey,
of New York, on the strength of
a landslide reelection, became
one of the leading contenders
for the 1913 Republican nomin-
alton for President.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-11-16
Yifamin C In Tomatoes

Vitamin G In Tomatoes
Studies indicate that the amount
Of ascorbic acid IN tomatoes, the
most important vitamin Of this fruit.
varies directly with Light intensity
IA the growing areas.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-08-02
Nickelodeon Robbed
Student Club
Weekly Dance Funds

Approximately $25, represent
ing the entire luke box" pro-
ceeds from dances held this sum
mer by thse Pascagoula High
school Band Auxiliary Student
club, was stolen from the nickle-
odeon in the high school gymna-
SUM, J. f. Stone. head of the
band auxiliary, reported.
The theft was discovered
Thursday afternoon when a main
tenanee man sent to repair the
music box found the lock on the
machine broken and no money in
the collection compartment. Mr..
Stone expressed the opinion that
the theft occurred sometime be.
tween Friday, July 10, and Tues
day, July %, for only ono nickel
was found in the box and was
presumably the one he himself
used to test the box Tuesday af-
ternoon.
The Student club is making an
appeal for the return OF the
funds.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-08-02
Two Men Fight In
Jail; One Charged.
Other Hospitdlized

Jailed ds simple DRINKS, two
men engaged in a fight in the
county Jail this week with one
of the compatan.s ending up ir
the Jacks on County hospital and
the other charged with assault
and battery with intent to kill.
They are S. L. Brock who was
released from Jail Wednesday on
1000 hord lending hearing on
the charges and w. l.. Halton
whose jaw bone was broken twice
in TIE fight. Halton's condition
was desc ihed as good" at the
Jackson County hospital.
The men were arrested togeth-
.er On Lincoln avenue by City
Policemen j. E. Patterson and
Nolle Golf end placed in the Jail,
An hour or two later, Deputy
Sheriff John R. McNeal and City
Policemen S. "a. Holyfield and
C. G. Groves discovered the in
jured man when they went into
the jail 20 take another prison
er. There was { third man in the
cell with Brock and HILTON, Chief
Of Police J F. Shirley said.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-08-02
Local Merchants Holding Price Line
Says Labor Committee After Survey

the committee and merchants
that items too far inflated in
price should not be stocked.
Food Increase
Investigation showed tina {
staple food stuffs show more in
crease in price that dry goods,
furniture, hardware and rubber
goods which have remained at
essentially the same prices, it
was revealed.
The withdrawal of government
subsidies is responsible for this
Mr.. Simmons sid. THE purchas-
er has to assume the amount of
the subsidy in increased prices.
There is also prospect of some
advance in the price of other
items. Many standard brands of
necessities were held down in
price during the war and these
will no doubt now be granted
increases to match the mark up
of their competitors"
With the feeling that the acti-
vities of this committee have
brought merchants and the gem
eral public into closer relation
ship, the committee was asked
to continue as a representative
body, Mr.. Simmons said. And in
turn the committee asked for
continued cooperation and ex-
pressed appreciation of help ac-
corded the group in its survey
and investigation.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-08-02
Jackson County
Ex-Murine Club
Formed tuesday

A Jackson County Marine
club Wass formed in Pascagorla
Tuesday night when a cor of
men who formerly served in the
United States Marines gathered
at a meeting in Lincoln Hall. All
were veterans of World War IL
and represented most of the Mar
ines six division and a number
of air wings and other wartime
units of the corps
The group decided TO form an
Ex-Marine club of the county TOR
the time being with affiliation
with the national Marine Corps
League as a possibility at a later
date. Another meeting of the
group and all other former Mar
ines of the county will be held
next Tuesday night, August 8, at
the same building WHICH is To-
Gated on Lincoln avenue near l4th
street in the Eastlawn section.
Meeting time will be at 1880
and all persons present at this
meeting will become charter
members of the organization
which will be social and benevo-
lent.