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The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
MRS. WILLIAM T. DoRTCH

Mrs. Wade Barrier and Miss
Laura Lewis, both of Wrightsville
Beach, were notified early yester-
day morning of the death of their
sister, Mrs. William T. Dortch, on
Tuesday in Goldsboro.
Funeral arrangements have NOT
yet been completed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
SERVICE PLANNED

The regular Friday night SER
vices at B'Nai Israel Synagogue
will be dedicated to newly
weds. The service begins at
8 p. m. and sermon topic is
judaism and Marriage"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
JOINS NAVAL SER

William Edward Kraft, AR
Mic, yesterday enlisted in the
Electronics Warfare company
"a Of the Naval Reserve, To-
cal officials reported.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
PAUL SHELLEY

TABOR CITY, Feb. 2. - Paul
Shelley, SO. prominent man of the
Mt. Zion section of Horny county
died at his home this morning at
3:45 a. m. following a short illness.
He was a member of the Mt. Zion
Baptist church where funeral serv-
ices will be held Thursday after.
noon at 3 o'clock with the Rev.
Ralph johnson and Rev. w. E.
Maring officiating.
i. Interment will follow in the
church cemetery.
Mr.. Shelley is survived by his
wife and n daughter, Anglee OF
the home; two sisters, Mrs. Oscar
Clemens Of Green Sea, and Mrs.
Ozelnia Shelley of Loris, S. c.;
one brother, Leon of Tabor City
and his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
David Shelley of Tabor City.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
EQUIPMENT ARRIVED

Aircraft engines, for study
IN the aviation class of the pro-
posed Junior college in Will
mlngton. have been received
and stored at Bluethenthal air.
port, it was learned yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
ENLISTS IN

Perrin Kelley Rouse, Nom
Mic, has enlisted in the Or
gained Surface division 6-29
OF the Naval Reserve, local Of
flcials reported yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
ILL AT HOME

Mrs. Gertrude B. Smith,
child welfare worker, is report
edly i'll at her home here. She
is suffering with influenza.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
considerable decline in other COM
modify prices.
SURPLUS 'GG PURCHASE
PROGRAM

Ralph b. Kelly, poultry market
ing specialist with the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, announces the
program for the purchase of frozen
eggs IS a price support measure.
He said that offers of frozen eggs
would be receive until further
notice for delivery within thirty
days following acceptance of Of
fers.
He pointed out that this project,
which will be operated by the
poultry branch of the production
and Marketing Administration, is
the first irect price support opera
ton for eggs to be launched by
the U. S. Agriculture Department
this year. This program will sup
plement the current purchase pro-
gram for Great Britain and is being
use to provide price support in
areas of heaviest prouction OF
eggs.AQ A? 40 A? 40 A? 40 @
Kelly explained that breakers and
freezers who sell frozen eggs to the
Government under this purchase
announcement must cretify that
they have paid producers prices
averaging not less than 80 cents per
dozen of all the shell eggs they buy.
This is the same price a. that
which professors must pay pro-
ducers under the drie" egg procure
ment program.
For frozen eggs as for dried, the
33-cent price will prevail through
February, March an April. Frozen
eggs offered must be packed in
new tin or fiber containers holding
80 pounds each.
Frozen eggs obtained by the gov
eminent will be held for drying at
some future date for foreign ship
ment or other disposition designed
to keep them from going into do
nestle trade channels.
Kelly said that through its dried
egg procurement program for
Great Britain, the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture has obtained
more than 11,670, 900 pounds of this
produced so far this year to be ap-
piled against commitments, of a
total of 10000, 900 pounds.
ADVICE GIVEN HOG GROWERS
Hog producers are advised to
''finish OUT their hogs before plac-
ing them on the market.
John Winfield, State Agriculture
Department marketing specialist
says that although corn is scarce
in some areas of the State, farmers
purchase feed and push their
hogs up to IT'S to $50 pounds before
selling them.
"It will be to their advantage to
buy feed rather than to sell 100-to
120-pound hogs declared Winfield,
adding that these weights are now
bringing as low as eight dollars per
hundred less than the finished
weights.
There is every indication, he
said, that the demand for good hogs
will hold until late next fall.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
Iinterment in the church cemetery.
Georgetown, S. c.
R LENoRA L

Mrs. Lenora Mills, age 80, Of 6
South 18th street, died in a local
hospital at $50 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon, after a long illness.
She was the widow of the late
Franklin Mills, Jr., of this city,
and is survived by one son Frank
lin l.. Mills. Jr., of Wilmington.
Two daughters; Miss Lenora Mills
of Washington. D. c.. and Miss
Vera Mills Of Wilmington. One sis
ter: Mrs. Matte L. Clifton of this
city.
Funeral services will be held
from the chapel Of Andrews Mortu-
airy at a time to be announced lat
err.
She was a member of Grace
Methodist church.
"A new process has been devel-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27

Tomatoes packed in alright con-
t,ipers sometimes develop poor
eolor and flavor because of
"mothering.'
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
ICHes s.,'..,
Needs Something Better
Than Surface Relief

When you are tormented by Itch
(Scabies), scratches, camp itch,
or 7-year itch, don't be satisfied
with a medicine that can do moth
ing more than relieve the surface
discomfort. Use Sanative Wash,
which actually destroys itch para
sites on contact. 60 cents at any
drug store, or send direct to Owens
& Minor, Richmond, Va. Use only
as directed. Money back il not
satisfied. (AdV.l
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
REALTY TRANSFERS

H. Elizabeth King to George
Johnson, two residences between
18th and 18th streets.
Cavenaugh Chevrolet Co, Inc,
to W. E. Edwards, lot "a, Shore
Acres.
Rufus D. Mooney, to James Lee,
part of lots 3-4-5 at 4th and Bruins
wick streets.
MARRIAGE LICENSE
Thomas D. Huckaby, 80. La
Fayette, Ala, to Mary c. Riven-
bark, "a, Wilmington.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27

"A new process has been devel-
oped to make stzrch from sweet
potatoes with a %byproduct of cattle
feed.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-02-27
TRIAL Offer to prove how quickly this
famous medicated cream helps heal!

Nurses were among the first
to find out about the effective
ness of this greaseless medi-
Gated cream. Now Noxzema is
widely used by attractive
women everywhere as a night
cream and powder base.
Sfarf foday, while you can
still save on the limited-time,
special Trial Offer price! At
any drug counter.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08

MRS. G.. ANITA HAYES, 1928
North Oath Street, former North
side ranch YWCA. Secretary who
since coming to Omaha in 1910,
has unselfishly and untiringly de-
voted herself to the civic affairs of
the community.
AS local President of the Nation
al Negro Congress, Mrs. Hayes is
seeking to improve the lot of the
Omaha Negro. Most recently Mrs
Hayes appeared before the City
Council in behalf Of a controversy
involving Lothrop School. AS a
YWCA. Secretary, Mrs. Hayes
played an important part in help
ing mold the character of Oma-
has young women.
Mrs. Hayes is a member of the
Women's Voters League, a for
mer First Vice President of the
NAACP; Member of Forum Com
mittee; Member, Omaha ~Interrac-
ial Committee.
A graduate of Talladega, Mrs
Hayes holds a Masters Degree
from Columbia University. "A for
mer Staff Member of the New
York Urban League, Mrs. Hayes
has had extensive social work ex-
perience in New York and other
cities. The charming social worker
is a Delta.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BROUGHT TO TRIAL

while Maddry was working. Har-
ris denied this, but was kept in
Jail for two days without charges
being filed. Then, Harris testified
Deputy Sheriff Haynes told him
they were releasing him and that
he, Haynes, would drive him down
the highway on his way home.
Haynes let Harris out at an inter-
section near Minden where, Harris
testified, an automobile full of
white men, including Maddry, Sr,
and Perkins, were waiting. They
forced him into the car took him
off the highway and there beat
him until he had agreed to say
that ex- Corpral John Jones had
been providing in Maddry's yard
seeking to modest Maddry's wife.
Harris testified that the men
threatened to shoot him unless he
incriminated Jones. IF
Harris was picked up again in 2
days and placed in q cell across
from Jones. While the two were
confined there Harris testified
that he heard Maddry, ST., tell
Deputy Sheriff Haynes to Let is
have them and We'll make them
talk" At $50 pm, August 9Th,
they were led to the court yard by
Haynes, where a mob was waiting.
Jones was beaten on the head,
when he attempted escape, and put
into one car. Harris was put into
another where he was struck on
the head each time he tried to sit
upright. They were taken about
three miles from Minden, near Dor
cheat Bayou, Harris continued,
where he was stripped and beaten
until he lost consciousness. When
he recovered, he heard Jones groan
ing. The ex-Corporal asked for
water, which Harris brought him
in a shoe. Tell Keeny to take
car of girl" were his only words
and he then died in his co1npan-
ions lap. Defense Attorney Whit
field Jack asked Harris if it was
not true that he himself had killed
Jones which Harris denied.
Tuesdays witnesses for the pros
ecution consisted of an impressive
array of eye witnesses, white and
Negro, who saw the two Negroes
seized by the mob in front of the
Jail. A Negro couple also testi-
fled that Jones had been at their
home the entire evening on the
Monday night when, MI. and Mrs.
Maddry Jr., alleged, he was sup
posed to have been trying to break
into the Maddry home. Besides
seeking to imply that the FIJI had
used Gestapo methods in getting
evidence, defense counsel asked
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08

CHICAGO-Two Negro investi-
gators figured prominently in ex-
posing a huge sugar racket and a
budding counterfeit ring, compos-
ed of both colored and whites, on
Chicago's southside last week. Fed
eral agents estimated that more
than 5000, 900 pounds of the prec-
ious stuff had been diverted from
the regular channels into black
market operations. Counterfeit
sugar stamps and stolen ration
books both were used.
Six months ago, Washington O.
PA officials became alarmed over
the large quantities of stamps that
were missing and issued orders for
a careful checkup on all sugar
transactions. AS a result of this
move, two Negro secret investiga-
tors were sent to Chicago from
New York and quiently, but swift
ly, began to hunt out the brains"
of the racket.
The sleuths were told to frequent
southside night spots and taverns
to make contact with the big
Shots" Within two weeks they
were taken into the confidence of
the leaders. Shortly afterwards
they were taking part in selling
and transferring the stolen and
counterfeit stamps and collecting
information that was to blow the
lid off the racket. They traced q
series of deals that stretched from
New York to Los Angeles.
The stamp prices varied from
three cents to 80 cents, depending
upon whether they were counter
felt or the real thing, and upon the
number of pay-offs in the trans
actions.
The buyers indicted by a federal
jury here included candy manu-
facturers, food manufacturers, bak
ers. truck drivers in the yeast de-
partment of Anheuser-Busch d
sugar broker and a bottling works
operator.
Included among the leaders were
200 pound James Chg JIM Win
tiers, owner of a southside livery
service, and his body guard, Rob-
ert (Bob the Mole) Bailey, age 80.
Winters was already under a three
years probation On a charge of re-
ceiving stolen property. Yancey
B~ridgeforth, owner of a taxicab
company, is said to have made ov-
er $3.50 900 from the racket. Ira
Roberts is now awaiting trial in
federal court in Tulsa, Okla, IN
der a charge of transporting So
900 counterfeit stamps. One of the
Negro sugar kings, at n a clerk
at $25 per week, was able to pay
kidnappers $40, 900 in ransom mon
ey for his release.
Investigations into the sugar
racket brought to light a bold plan
to make $50, 600, 900 in counterfeit
money on paper formerly used by
the government for printing Chin
csc currency. The paper, similar
to that now used by the govern
ment, had been stolen for the pur-
pose. Federal agents nipped the
scheme by Selling the paper.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08
Wornen's Day
At Bethel Baptist
Sunday, March 9

Mrs. ]. M. C. Amos Cham of
Tulsa, Okla, will be guest speaker
of the Women's Day Program on
Sunday, March 9, at Bethel Bapt-
list Church, South Omaha.
Mrs. Cham former president of
the Texas Women's Baptist Con-
~vention, is very well known and
thought of nationally. Mrs. Cham
will speak, Thursday evening to
the Administrative Council of the
Bethel Baptist Church. and will
speak Friday evening to the public
She will speak on Christian Eth
les. which is one of the five points.
Mrs. Cham will be guest speak
er Sunday morning and Sunday
Afternoon. The theme will be "Wo-
men with Wings" Sunday morn
ing. Sunday afternoon her theme
will be wings to Raise Above the
Clouds and Floods"
Mrs. Cham arrived Thursday in
Omaha.
Mrs. Maggie Gholson, is chair
man of the program.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08
At Huge NAACP Membership Rally
TEXANS
SCHOOL SEGREGATION

Houston, Texas Condemning
separate schools and calling for
the end of segregation in Texas
public schools, the Houston NAA-
CP branch's Kickoff meeting for
its 1947 membership campaign got
off to a rousing start, on FEBRUARY
23rd. The resolution, presented to
a packed house, vas greeted by en-
thusiastic cheers. The group also
adopted resolutions calling for an
anti-lynching bill and opposing
both state and federal anti-labor
legislation.
Thurgood Marshall. chief couns
ell, NAACP, described to the group
the NAACP's effort to break down
the wall of discrimination facing
Negroes at the University of Tex
as, and told of his part in the MA
ACP'S battle to gain admittance in
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08

it's law school for Heman Marion
Sweat, whose application for adj
mission was refused on the basis
of his color. The courts have or
dered Texas to provide a separate
but equal" law school for Negroes
or admit them to the University's
existing facilities.
The Houston branch, under the
leadership of Mrs. Lulu B. White,
State Conference Director of Bran
ches. and Rev. A. A. Lucas, presi-
dent of the branch, presented MA
ACP life membership medals to
four Texans: DR.. Thomas Fletcher
Arthur Mandell, Percy Foreman,
and Herman Wright. The latter
three are white attorneys in Hous-
ton. Life members in the NAACP
are those who have paid in $500.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08

ing myself"
Does that make a difference ?"
he asked.
"Of course. Everyone wants to
| go places where they can enjoy
themselves 2" 1 answered.
Il mean by your going" he said.
mo, no. It's just that I don't go
often" I replied.
THAT doesn't mean anything to
me-" the gentleman said.
II know that, but I just made a
remark" I said.
Cant you dancer" he question
ed.
"Of course I can" 1 replied.
Then why don't you go to dane
esq" he asked.
II do" I answered.
But you don't like to dance" he
said.
IT do like to Dance" 1 spoke
sharply.
Then why don't you go often?"
he asked.
"Say Mister" I said slowly.
Don't say anything for just one
minute and I will tell you all about
it. 1t is a Benefit Dance held for
the widow of the late James Seay,
and it viii be held at the AMVETS
Club, 2+th and Miami, March 18th.
and that day comes on a Monday.
This young widow will soon give
birth to another child, and we are
assisting her in facing the next
few months, and if the prices 60
up any higher, the next few mon
tbs will be tough for her. Her late
husband was a veteran of World
War II, serving three and one-half
years in the Armed Forces of the
United States. Now will you buy
a ticket ?"
why didn't you say so. I will
buy two tickets" the gentleman
said, reaching in his pocket and
giving lie the money.
Thank you, thank you" I said
almost exhausted. You have old
your coed deed for the daJ, and I
HOPE that ", Lave the time of
your life at the dance"
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08
OMAHA URBAN LEAGUE
WILL PARTICIPATE IN
VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
CAMPAIGN MARCH 1923

Omaha, Nebraska. The Omaha
Urban League will participate in
the 18th Vocational Opportunity
Campaign, March 1923, in coop
GRAFTON with the National Urban
League of New York City, it was
disclosed this week by Mr.. M. Leo
Bohanon, Executive Secretary.
Hundreds of schools, colleges, cen
ters, YMCA's, YWCA's and veter-
an groups have already registered
to take an active part, said Mr..
lBohanon.
The VOC, a nationwide program
flor youth and adults, has an i'm
lpressive theme this year, 1.-THE
Future Is Yours, What Are Doing
ABOUT IT., and the local program
lis being planned around the gen
Ieral implications of the theme.
A general Vocational Opportun-
Iity Campaign Committee, commun
lily wide and interracial in charac-
ter is now being organized. Those
approached and who readily con-
lsented to serve are representatives
of labor, businss, education, indus
try, social service, religion and
if~raternities. Various programs
will be planned and will be under
the leadership of those who are
experts in their field.
Mr.. Bohanon said that emphasis
ION training and job opportunities
for Negro youth is the underlying
purpose of VOC and that the i'm
mediate objective is to stimulate
Negro youth to think, plan. train
and prepare for jobs; thus, to i'm
prove employment opportunities for
them in order to insure the secur-
Iity of the Negro population. 1t
lgoes beyond that, he said, it brings
about the stability Of our national
economy.
The citizens are urged to watch
the papers for further announce
ments with regards to the VOC
campaign Every Negro youth and
every veteran that can possibly do
$50, should plan to take an active
part in all or some of the programs
which will be arranged for them
Mr.. Bohanon further urged.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08
MISSISSIPPI NOE
CASTRATES

went only a short distance when
the driver told Holloway to get out
of the car and to get out of town
right away. The driver said Jen-
kins was the one he wanted.
The unnamed man took Jenkins
to a side road off Highway 40,
north Of Collins, where a group of
white men were waiting. They IL
ed Jenkins to a tree and castrated
him with a razor blade. Left I'M
tied, he struggled to his nearby
home where his mother found him
lying on the porch. Jenkins is now
in a Jackson, Miss. hospital.
John Sanford, Sheriff of Coving
ton County, said there was nothing
he could do about it because Jen-
kins will not name his attacker,
who was said to be interested in
the Negro girl and resentful of
Jenkins attentions to her. The
sheriff found the rope and razor
used in the attack after a brief in
vestigation.
Holloway, who was with Jenkins
when he was picked up by his as
sailant. is in hiding someplace in
Mississippi.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08
Dudley And His Band
Will Play For Benefit Dance

should receive a vote of thanks
and everlasting gratitude from our
community, because without their
help this affair would have been an
impossibility.
With Cliff Dudley and his big,
little band, and the other Surprise
Featured Entertainment, This Bene
fit Dance will assure you of one of
the most cheerful gatherings for a
worthy cause that you have ever
attended this year or any year.
If you are seeking a night of re-
taxation and enjoyment-DONT
and we are sure you won't, MISS
THE DANCE OF THE YEAR.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08

The Benefit Dance, given for the
widow and the child of the late
James E. Seay, at the AMVETS
Club, March II, has obtained Cliff
Dudley and his band who will play
sweet music for your dancing en-
tertainment.
Mr.. Paul Allen, manager of the
AMVETS Club, has obtained other
Special Entertainment for the
night of the dance.
The Members of the AMVETS'
Club have donated the hall and
their services to assure the success
of this Benefit Affair and all
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08
HOW TO BE A SALESMAN

After being turned down last
week as an entertainer at the
Benefit Dance given for the widow
and child of the late James E.
Seay. at the AMVETS Club, oath
and Miami on Monday, March IT,
I was a little undecided as to what
I would do the night of the dance.
Surely I could do something to
make this gala affair a success.
1 decided that I would sell tick
cts. With the price only a dollar
plus tax and the purpose so needy.
SO necessary, 1 felt that I would
not need any sales talk. How
wrong I was.
AS 1 walked down oath Street
with my hopes high and tickets to
sell in my pocket, I approached a
perfect stranger, at least a perfect
stranger to me, and 1 said, Say,
Mister, would you like to buy a
ticket to a dancer"
What dance ?" he asked without
answering, cycling me all at the
same time.
THE dance at the AMVETS Club
I replied. Il have some tickets
here in my pocket and 1 would like
to sell you one of them"
They dance at the AMVETS
Club every night" the gentleman
said. did you see the floor show
last week." he continued. boy,
it was swell. They had dances,
I'm sorry, but I didn't get to
see the show" I answered, cult
ing him off, and getting to the
point.
Il would like to sell you a tick
ct to a dance"
"Oh yes, a dance. What dance
are you talking about ?" he asked.
1.-The dance at the AMVETS
Club" 1 answered.
You said that before" he said.
Yes 1 did," 1 replied. Would
you care to purchase a ticket?"
"a ticket to what" the gentle
man asked.
ITO the dance at the AMNFTS
Club L replied.
You said that before" he said.
L know 1 said that before, but
I have to say it in order to sell you
a ticket I remarked nervously.
who said 1 was going to buy a
ticket ?" he asked.
Nobody said it. I replied.
you just said it." the gentleman
said quite loudly.
Pm sorry, but 1 didn't mean to
say it" I said.
"Oh, then you don't want to sell
tickets ?" he asked.
"Of course, 1 have them here in
my pocket" I replied.
when is this dance going to be?
the gentleman asked.
"On the 18th of March," I re
piled.
The gentleman stopped talking,
and by the looks of it, was trying
to think. He looked up the street
and then down the street, as if
wanting someone or something to
come and relieve him of this stu
alton.
The dance will be a swell affair."
I remarked quite hastily. Pm 60
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08

leading questions which implied
that several witnesses had been
coached by the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People. Counsel showed Har-
ris a picture of Harris with Walter
White, executive secretary of the
Association, which appeared in the
Pittsburgh Courier and asked why
he had not mentioned the picture
during direct examination.
The trial has been conducted in a
tense courtroom packed with news
paper men, law students and Ne
gro and white spectators. 1t high
lights the first lynching in Webster
Parish since 1886, when two white
men were the victims, the prosecu
ton is expected to conclude its
case Wednesday.
The Omaha guide., 1947-03-08
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