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The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
PIONEER CARD SERIES DRAWING NEAR CLOSE

The Pioneers of Alaska held an other in their series of card part ies at the Pioneer Igloo last eve ming. Winners for the evening were Mrs. Larry Calvin, Mrs. Ben Hyndman, Mrs. Harry Nelson, Capt. Cannon, Harry Nelson and Pete Reader.
 The door prize was won for the third time by Curtis Jacobs Jr.
 Leading for tournament prizes are Mrs. Carrie McLain and s. Da. vid Mazen.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
Explosion Causes Oil Fire At Haifa

JERUSALEM, (P)-British off cials said today five Jews had blown up an oil pipeline in the Haifa dock district, setting off fire that ragged through extensive oil and benzene installations.
 The announcement said the Jews, dressed as Arabs and armed with revolvers, forced their way through heavy defenses of the oil dock area at 9:O5 am. and placed small charges of explosives under pipeline in several places.
 They tried to flee in a small truck, the report said, but were turned back and then attempted to scatter and escape afoot. Several suspects were rounded up for questioning, but police declined to say whether any were connected with the explosions.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28

HAVANA, Cuba, (P)-Two Gu ban Senators were wounded slight ly today in sword duel in the na- tional capito's fencing room. They had crossed swords over charges arising from the recent stay in Ha- vana of the New York gang chief, Charles Oucky Luciano.
 Senator Francisco Prio Socarras was wounded in the right arm and Senator Eduardo Chibas received wound in the right side.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
LIFTING THE LID AT JUNEAU

JUNEAU, LP)-A Senate me- morial said to be designed to clar- fly m Sinformation" in an editor ial based on leaks from a number Of closed door executive sessions I2,d by the Alaska Senate in this session was refused introduction by that body this morning. The memorial recited that Governor Gruening, chairman of the Terri toial banking board which granted a charter to the Union Bank of Anchorage under highly irregular proceedings. The Senate banking committee investigated the man ner in which the charter was ac- quired, but the governor gave no assistance to the committee; in stead tried to delay and impede.
 The memorial was offered by Walker and is directed to PreSi- dent Truman and urges the gov ernOr's office be declared vacant for reason of nOn-feaSance of of flee and dereliction of duty. The Senate refused to suspend the rules to receive it when seven Sen atorS voted against it.
 Rowing to the wishes of the leg islature Governor Gruening names Ziegler on the board of education, and O. D. Cochran on the board ot regents.
 A substitute general appropria- tionS bill passes the House, carry ing slightly over nine million and goes to the Senate where it will possibly be thrashed out n con- ferenCes extending into Friday morning Many departments have been upped for appropriation.
 The House passes Senate bill which eliminates half of one per cent tax on wholesale transactions and kills its own. bill for a gross  income tax.
 The Governor vetoes House bill which provides for open hearings in all Territorial agencies.
 The Senate passes the substitute of its own bill imposing additional taxes on case salmon, levying a tax upon slot machines and other coin operated devices; a memorial urging the secretary of war to con- tinue to allow Ladd and Elmen- dorf fields to be used by commer- cial aircraft until the cities of Fairbanks and Anchorage can pro-
 Continued on Page Five
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
Legislature Gets Nothing Accomplished
By Mary Valentine)

JUNEAU, Mar. 28, l2:5O p.m.- The answer to the bit question of what was accomplished by the 18th regular session of the Territorial legislature, is nothing.
 After sixty days of top drawer boondoggling, no revenue bills were passed, appropriations for Territorial offices, etc, cut to the bone.
 A general appropriation bill of eight million was passed at the last minute; the possible income for Alaska in the next two years is five millions.
 The legislators voted themselves an increase in the appropriation which points to a special session next year.
 The controversial unemploy- ment compensation experience rat ing bill finally passed in both Houses and approved by the Gov ernor without his signature. This bill sets up experience rating cred its for employers in the Territory, and was approved by the best le- gal minds in the social security administration in Washington, D. C., and west coast regional office The bill is not based on a charge back system as is similar legisla- tiOn in some states. Labor was not against the bill when this differ ence was understood by their in ternational leaders. Labor in the States previously went on record against similar legislation using the charge back system, and this may have been responsible for part of the controversy.
 The bill to settle the closed shop question by referendum passed to include all organizations, which if broadly interpreted, may mean ladies aid societies, etc. This took the teeth out of the original bill which labor strongly opposed.
 The legislature was in session all through Thursday night and Fri day morning until eight, when the session ended.
 The appropriation bill was the last one passed. The big storm Thursday over the Pioneer Home report, which points to misman- agement, and if true, comparable with Middle Age pest houses.
 No legislative ball was held for the first time in memory.
 Most legislators left immediately after the final adjournment. The halls of the federal building are empty but for lone janitor and well filled waste baskets and stacks of smelly cuspidors.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
NEW YORK, The FBI today

NEW YORK, The FBI today requested a description of Langley Collyer, 6l, as police continued rummaging through his junk packed Fifth Avenue house for the little man who seemed not to be there.
 An ll-state alarm has been is- sued for Langley, unseen since last Thursday. His brother Homer, 65, with whom he turned the big Har- lem house into a hermitage back in 1909, was found dead of a heart attack in the house last Friday.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28

VANCOUVER, B. C., P)-Bi- weekly air service between Van couver and New Zealand will start April "A, William Templeton, airport manager, said today he had been informed by the Austra- lian national airWays.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28
NUREMBERG, Germany,

NOCl@ANDCIlS, HeIHidIly, HD- A bomb explosion last night slight ly damaged the Nuremberg office of the Bavarian commissioner for racial and political persecutees, a German official announced today.
 At the same time other German officials in the American-occupied state of Bavaria reported a wave of anti-Semitic rumors reminiscent of Nazi days.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28

HOQUIAM, Wash. (P)-The lit tie trains were being put away today.
 Billy Sumpter, four-year- old victim of lymphatic leukemia whose recent request for a toy train brought flood of responses from across the nation, died yes terday.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28

TOKYO, P)-General MacAr- thur told the head of a Korean news agency today that Korea should be represented at the peace conference for Japan.
The Nome nugget., 1947-03-28

YAKIMA, Wash. (P)-Clarence Carlson, 35, Ellensburg pilot, died last night in Yakima hospital of injuries received 10 days ago in a crash of his plane near Prosser.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-10-18
10 Visit Here
January nth
BAN JIM CROW ON
FREEDOM TRAIN

New York = (SpeciaD - There
will be no separation of races
when the South, according to an
announcement here Sunday. Urged
by number of organizations to
make a definite stand ad clarity
the isEue, WintIgop< A SdricE, chair
man of the Heritage Foundation
repeated the stand taken on July
7, 1947 when the group first met.
There will be no segregation any
where the train stops for an ex-
hibition of the priceless documents
it carries, Mr.. Aldrich reiterates.
Officials of the Jackson Cham
Der of Commerce announced early
this week that a notice had been
received from the sponsoring agen-
cy that the Freedom Train would
visit Jackson on January 18th.
The program for the occasion is
being planned by a special COM
mittee of the Chamber of CONNER
ce.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-10-18
Mrs. Roosevelt
To Speak At
Ceremony
HONORING FIRST NEGRO
PRESIDENT AT FISH

Nashville, Tenn - Oct - Fisk
University has announced three
day program, Nov. 6, z, and s, for
the Inauguration of DR.. Charles
Spurgeon Johnson as it's sixth pre-
sident and first Negro in the post.
Conferences and seminars on
social science, education and in
ternatioal relations will feature fiji
teen authorities in these fields, in
GLIDING Mrs. Franklin d. Roose-
velyt and DR.. Frank Graham, pre-
sident of the University of North
Carolina.
]. Melville Broughton, former
Governor of North Carolina, will
lead a discussion on "The Recent
Economic Charges in the South
and will be assisted by Howard
w. Odium, Professor of Sociology
at the University of North Caro-
lima Frederick D. Patterson, pre-
sident of Tuskegee Institute; Har-
vie Branscomb, chancellor of Van
derbilt University; Mordecai w.
Johnson, President of Howard I'm
iversity land Frank w. Jenkins,
vice president of the InternafiOn-
al Harvester Company.
Other speakers will be Ralph
Bunche, director of the United
Nations Division of Trusteeships
Mark Ethridge, publisher Of the
Louisville Courier-Journal and
chairman of the United States Mis-
sion to the Balkans: Marshall
Field I'd, publisher; William Has
tie, Governor of the Virgin Is
lands, and DR.. CALVIN Hoover. re-
search direcciation's committee OF
the South.
DIR, Johnson was director Of the
Social Science Institute and the
program of social research at Fisk
from 1928 until his recent election
as president, succeeding DR.. Thorn
a. n. Jones' who Il now president
or Earlham Collage. Richmond,
Ind.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-10-18

for the first time colored player
against southern college in a
southern college football stadium,
and there was no untoward Incl
dent except the AZ to 0 drubbing
the University Cave the Crimson
eleven.
Chester Pierce, Harvard's right
tackle, played well, although the
Cava-liers ran all over him and
his teammates. He blocked and ta-
ckled we'll, and remained in the
game for fifty-nine Of the sivty
minutes Of play.
Upwards Of a hundred Red and
Blue, starred and barred flags OF
the Confederency waved here and
there in the crowd Of $4,000 per-
sons thaet saw the game, but when
Pierce left the game the crowd
spplauded him.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-10-18
Alcorn & Jackson
College Game In
Vicksburg

The Jackson College-Alcorn FOOT
hall game will be played this year
on October Is at the VicksDurg
High School Stadium making the
first tine in recent years that the
annual game between the two Sc
hools have been played off there
respective grounds.
The Jackson College Alcorn
game is the outstanding events IN
state College football circles each
eason and both tea malways points
towards their annual en- counter.
The Alcorn Braves have been
showing up strong in the early
season games and have piled up
a large score against some worthy
and less worthy opponents. They
are expected to pack a tremen-
dous punch for the Vicksburg tilt.
The Jackson College ughers got
off to bad start when they were
beaten by one point margin
in her opening game with Rust at
Holly Springs but crashed back in
to the linelight with a show OF
mower and team work to beat the
strong M. I. Eleven 1870 on their
nome grounds Saturday. Coach Ell
lis said the tigers will be ready
for Alcorn in Vicksburg.
The game is expected to draw a
record crowd from all sections or
the state.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-10-18
Let Contract For
$4,000 Stadium

Langston The Board of Regents
for A and M. Colleges this week
began awarding contracts for the
construction of a $4,000 stadium
at Langston University, according
to statement released by DR..
G. l.. Harris, president of Langs-
ton.
The first contract amounting to
$3S,980 was awarded the Pittsburg-
Des Moines Steel Company of Dali
las. This firm will furnish steel
to be used to support wooden slab
seats that will accommodate APP
provimately 1000 spectators.
The plans call for additional con-
tracts for the construction of dres-
sin and shower rooms and a press
box.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-10-18
SMITH COUNTY MOB TERR0RIzE VETS
. STATE |NTER-RA GROUP Meeting HERE
Negroes Served by
7of is Local
Chest Agencys

Seven of the Is agencies which
make up the Jackson Community
Chest family are rendering distinct
services for colored people, both
in metropolitan Jackson and throu-
ghout the country.
The Boy Scouts through the use
of a full-time colored field director
operates "a colored units of SER
vice - either Scout troops or Cub
packs. 1t also maintains a camp
for colored youth. The girl scouts
also employ full time colored
field worker who supervises the
work among 357 colored girls and
72 colored ladies.
The Parish STREET Branch of the
YWCA operates IL year around
clubs with a total membership of
426. During the past year 70 adj
ditional seasonal clubs were op-
erted with a total membership Oh
more than 400.
The Bette C. Marno Branch OF
the YWCA has operated IL year
around clubs for colored girls
with a total membership of 314.
Both of these colored branches,
locatde Parish Street have be-
come Centers for the entire col
ored community. They are used
hv various community clubs and
for community gatherings. Ann
ual attendance at both branches
run into many thousands for each
Approximately so per cent OF
the services rendered by the Fam
ily Service Association and con-
siderable proportion of the SER
vice rendered by the Travellers
Aid Department are for colored.
These services for colored have
been almost completely developed
since the organization OF the Com
munity Chest.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-10-18

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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-10-18
VETERAN BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL
here With FRACTURED SKULL,
BROKEN Jaw after BRUTAL
BEATING BY MOB
No Arrests In Case

jackson, Miss, Oct. 13 (DSN)
A heavily armed mob terrorized
Negro veterans here last Sunday
nd following the incident, Quillie
Duckworth, "a yer old veteran OF
the southwest Pacific was brou-
ght to the Jackson Vetran Hos
pital where he was found to be
suffering from a fractured skull
and broken jaw as result of bru-
tai beating received from members
of the mob.
The incident took place last
Sunday, October 9Th, not far from
the Shady Grove Baptist Church
about IA miles from the town of
Bay Springs near the scene of the
widely publicized Craft case in
volving Negro veterans and a
Smith County mob which occurred
a little more than year ago.
According to reports of the in
cident two car loads of heavily
armed white men overlook truck
load of Negro veterans on the
highway as they were returning
from Shady Grove Baptist Church
Sunday afternoon and after max
ing them unload at gun points,
threatened to shoot them all and
beat several of the group inclu-
ding Quillie Duckworth who was
brought to Foster General Hos
pital here and found to be suf-
fering from a fractured skull and
broken jaw.
After the threats and beatings
the mob took the truck from the
veterans which was returned to
the driver, later after it was
found to be the property OF
Bay Springs white man.
Quillie Duckworth was brought
to Foster General Hospital here
by his 81 year old father, Cation
Duckworth and his brother Hez-
ekiah Duckworth, a veteran of the
European Campaign and another
veteran who was involved in the
incident.
Efforts to determine the cause
or motive behind the action of the
mob proved unavailing. Several
coniectures was advanced, howev-
err, among them being the posi-
Bile to a certain white element in
the country to a large number OF
Negro veterans attending the
Cherry Grove CT Training school
increasing the difficulty in obtain
ing farm workers needed during
the cotton picking seasn.
No arrest s nor investigation
have been made and there app
cared to be little hope Of any
thing being done regarding the
case on the part of Smith County
law enforcement officers. How
ever, it was understood here that
every effort will be made to have
the cas- Investigated by the us
Department Of Justice.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-10-18
kIansmen Arrested
Reveal Plan OF
Negro Fear Cmpg.
NEGRO COMMUNITY SHOW NO
CONCERN AFTER FIERY
CROSS BURNING

Jackson, Miss, Oct. Is, (DSN)
Five Alabama Klansmen, arrested
here. Saturday after a frey cross
burning Friday night, in a vacant
lot just south of Clarks Street
Baptist Church and the reavily
populated Negro residential dis
trict of North Galliton street paid
fines totalling $500 after being
tried i'm police court on charges
of malicious mischief and carry
ing concealed weapons.
The Klansmen arrested were lis
ted as William Morris, Proprietor,
Magic Roofing Company, Birming-
ham; r. M. Arnott, Bessemer; R.
Gardner, Birmingham; Ewell Han
dley, Gadsden; and Hogt Roden,
of Alabama City.
Arnott and Gardner, who were
armed with ptstols were fined
for carrying concealed weapons in
addition to being fined for NAL
icious mischief with the entire
group.
Asserting when they were arres-
ted that they came to Jackson at
the request of Mississippi Khan
Leaders, Morris, who acted as
spokesman for the group said that
he was founder of the Federated
Ku Klux Klan, recently incorpor-
ated under the laws of the state
of Alabama; and stated that sew
eral Klarvens had recently been
re-ctivated in Jacksom and ohter
Mississippi cities under order to
protect white supremacy through
aggressive "ear" campaigns.
Speaking of the Klan's aggres-
sive Fear Campaign, Morris said,
"The Negrohas ear of the Khan.
He doesn't like those white robes
those burning crosses. Psycholog-
ically hyet ayree ryiol?led
ically they are very effective"
Police who were first attracted
to the group when first seen riding
slowly through Negro neighbor-
hoods in 1916 Kaiser automobile
said that the cross set afire by
the group measured IA feet and
was wrapped in an old quilt soak
ed with gasoline before being
lighted.
Few residents of the neighbor-
hood actually saw the burning
cross. The lot wherethe cross was
located is hidden from view by
the railroad embankment between
district and the lot where the
cross was burned.
However, a few did see the blaze
and when questioned professed lit
tie interest or concern. Most of
them thought it was the work Of
neighborhool choldren. Others said
they regarded it as the kork OF
a group Of cranks.
There was no indication that the
incident had caused any fear a
mong residents of the neighbor-
hod and Of the city.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-10-18
Maryland
Association Admit
Negro Teachers


Wilmington, Del - Under a re-
solution passed at the annual con-
vention of the State Education AS
ISOLATION here last Wednesday
colored teachers for the first time
will be admitted to membership In
the association
Adoption of the resolution, which
made $50 teachers, previously
barred, eligiblt for membership
climazed a movement started ~
1885. The membership OF tho a.
sociation now includes about u
500 al Dsleware's teachers.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1947-10-18
Mississippi Division Southern Regional
Council Annual Meeting Here tuesday
For The Sake OF The Soul And OF The
South We Need A Fair And Favorable
Attitude Toward The Negro" Motto
Robert Durr Birmingham Editor Speaks
On Negro Press

The annual meeting of the Mis-
sissippi Division of the Southern
Regional Council will be held here
beginning at 10 o'clock in the
morning Tuesday October 12. a I
day meeting, it was announced
early this week by the chairman
OF the Mississippi Division, Rev.
II. Brent Schaeffer of Jackson
The meeting viii be held in tba
auditorium of the Parish House
of st. Andrew Episcopal Church
at the corner of Capitol and West
Streets.
Chairman Schaeffer said that
the public as well as members
were invited and urged to attend.
The Mississippi Division of the
Southern regional Council is sue
eessor to the State InterraciaI
Commission following its reorgan-
lzation two years ago to become
part of the Southern Regional
Council whose headquarters is in
Atlanta, Georgia.
The Mississippi Division has as
a motto-For the sake of the soul
and of the South, we need a fair
and favorable attitude toward the
Negro.
According to Chairman Schaef-
fer a special program his been
arranged for the meeting the fea-
ture of which will be an address
by Editor Robert DUR, OF the
Birmingham Weekly Review, Biz
mingham, Alabama. Editor Durr
will be introduced by Percy Greene
editor and publisher of the Jack
son Advocate, and will speak ON
the suh|fects "The Development
Character and influence of the
Negro Press"
Other cpeeches include "a pres
entation of the General Detectives
of the Southern Regional Coun-
cip' by its executive director, G.
S. Mitchell, Atlanta, Georgia; and
DISCUSSION of Farm Tenancy
by Mr.. Owen Cooper, secretary;
Mississippi Farm Bureau FEEDER
alton. Opening Devotion by the
Rev. Vincent G.. Franks, D. ID,
Rector of Sc. Andrews Episcopal
Church.
Officers of the Mississippi DE-
vision of the Southern Regional
Council are: Rev. Fl. b. Schaeffer,
Jackson; Chairman, President L.
C. Jones, Pfney Woods, Vice
Chairman, Mrs. Paul Arlington,
Jackson: Second vice chairman,
Mrs. Ruby Lyells, Jackson, Sec
rotary Treasurer. Members of the
executive committe are: Miss F.
o. Alexander, Jackson; Miss Ca
Uterine Bass, Jackson; Rabbi STAN
ley Brav, Vicksburg; Msgr. JOS
eph B. Brunini, Natchez; Editor
Holding Carter, Greeneville; Dr.
P. w. Hill, Clarksdale; Mrs. NJ
M. Hubert, Jackson; President J.
e. Johnson, Prentiss; presidents
John Long, Edwards; Mrs. L. w.
Price, Jackson; Mrs. w. Fl. Rat
lift, Sherard; and President ia
cob L. Reddix, Jackson, MISSES
ippi.