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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
American Envoy Objects
To Polish Press Attacks
BY The Associated Press

WARSAW. July 19.-Polish news
papermen questioned American Am
basssdor Stanton Grif1is sharply to-
day about American plans for the
reconstruction of Germany, but the
envoy replied that the way for
America and Poland to understand
each other lis not in the prize ring"
Mr.. Griffis told Polish journalists
at his first news conference since
assuming his Warsaw post that their
press was attacking the United
States continuously.
While you appeal for help. you
give us crack in the nose" the
envoy said,
The Polish newsmen insisted that
Poland should have priority In the
rebuilding of Europe, as one OF the
victims of German aggression.
There is no question of priority"
the ambassador said. "All Europe
must be reconstructed together"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Memorial Committee
To Meet in Kensinaton

The Kensington Area War Me-
mortal Committee will meet at pm.
Wednesday at the Kensington ar
mory to discuss plans for a drive for
funds. -Slr
w. A. Rogers, chairman of the
committee, said the meeting will
determine whether a chairman can
be found to direct the drive OF
whether the committee will be
disbanded and plans for the memoir
ial abandoned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Marine Reserves 10 Receive
Victory Medals Saturday

Col. Harvey L. Miller. commander
of the Districts Fifth Marine Re-
serve Battalion when it was acti-
waited here in 1910, will receive the
first World War II Victory Medal
to be awarded former battalion
members at the American Legion's
Department encampment at noon
Saturday at the Sylvan Theater.
Col. Miller who Is now chairman
OF the District Boxing Commission
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20

and head boxing coach at Maryland
University, will be presented with
the medal by Brig. Gen. William T.
Clement, USMC, director Of the Ma
rine Corps Reserve.
On receiving the medal. Col.
Miller will award similar medals to
several hundred other former men,
bers of the battalion.
This first presentation to the Dis
trict Marines was made possible
through the courtesy Of the War
and Navy Departments at the re-
quest of the American Legion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20

g-aat grandchildren, Dom v.
Smythe III, 7. and Ellen Srnytfe, 8.
Funeral services will be held Mon
day at the Hines funeral home, 2901
Fourteenth street NV. The time
has not yet been set. Burial will
be in the family plot at Forest Hill
Cemetery, Utica, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Russian Farmers
2 Hours for Lunch
Draws Admonition
Nv III. As,ee;o.ed Press

MOSCOW, July 10. Il. A.
Benedi, Soviet Minister OF Agri-
culture, today demanded that
farmers stop taking two hours
for lunch and work harder in
getting in the grain crop.
In a newspaper appeal for
utmost harvest efforts. Benedi
criticized some collective farms
where he said the farmers had
been loafing. showing up for
work at 8 am. and taking a
long lunch.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-07-20
Hecht Names ShIesingeI
Silver Spring Manager

Milton P. Shlesinger has been
named operating manager of The
Hecht Co. Silver Spring store.
Harry N. Hirshberg, jr.. will be
merchandise manager of the new
store, scheduled for opening in the
fall
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Harlem Grill
eiIIg
Good Food

Something very very nice has
happened to Amite Street, perhaps
one of the incest things that ever
happened, and we do mean the
opening of the HARLEM GRILL,
without a doubt one of the incest
and finest places in Jackson to eat
snack.
Streamlined and modern in every
detail The Harlem Grill is rapidly
becoming the most popular spot in
Jackson.
Enroute to the theatres, waiting
for either of the three buses that
run through Annie Street, or while
on a shopping trip downtown, stop
in the Harlem Grill and enjoy the
tasty Sandwiches, Breakfasts, Short
Orders and many other good eats.
Courteous and efficient waitress
es are on hand to give you the best
in service.
at 108 w. Amite, near Corner Parish
The HARLEM GRILL is located
ST. EAT HERE AND ENJOY IT.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Sugar Beet
Workers TO Get
Increased Rates

The u. S. Department of Agri-
culture has announced minimum
wage rates to be paid sugar beet
workers this year by producers who
apply for payments under the Sug-
ar Act of 1897 as amended.
The minimum piece work rates
specified in the wage determination
average about $500 per acre, or
"a percent above the average of
the 1916 rates for the IL wage dis
tricts into which the sugar beet
producing area is divided. In most
wage districts, the increase is di-
vided between cultivation and har-
vest work in the proportions of
about one-third and two thirds re-
spectively.
Minimum time rates for all dis
tricts are established at go cents
per hour for blocking, thinning,
hoeing, or wedding; and IS cents
per hour is set for pulling and top
ping. As in previous determin-
ations, piece rates may be reduced
in cases where labor saving meth
DDS are employed. If higher rates
are agreed upon, payment of such
higher rates is required.
Department officials point out
that the wage increase VIII give to
labor a share in the higher prices
which sugar beet producers are gu
aranteed for their 1947 crop. AS
previously announced, producers
are assured a national average
price of $14.50 per ton of average
quality sugar beets
The Sugar Act requires, among
other conditions of payment to
growers, that all persons employed
on farm in the production, culti-
walton, or harvesting of sugar beets
be paid in full at rates not less than
those determined to be fair and
reasonable" by the Secretary of
Agriculture.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
South Handles
u. S. School
Funds Fairly

Reports this week revealed that
much to the surprise of many the
Southern states are making an
equitable opportionment between
white and colored land grant
colleges of Federal funds approp-
rated for the further endowment
of agricultural and mechanical col
leges.
AS an example of this, is that
here in Mississippi, where the col
ored population is 1872 per cent, an
ALLEGATION Of 562 per cent -aas made.
to the colored land-granted college.
The sum of So, 480, 900 for this pur-
pose is carried in the Labor-Feder-
al Security appropriation bill, which
the House passed last Tuesday. The
Merrill and the Bankhead-
Jones Acts, under which this ap-
preparation is made, calls for an
allotment of $4,000 annually to
each state and territory for the
more complete endowment of the
land-grant colleges.
NO FORMULA SET
Separate Immigrant colleges are
maintained for colored and white
students in seventeen states.
The question of what division of
the allotment was made between
the colored and white land grant
colleges arose during hearings on
the supply bill before the Labor
Federal appropriations subcommit-
tee.
No formula was established for
making the division, but the law
simply requires that the states COM
ply with equity as they see it. Dr.
John Studebaker, commissioner of
the Office of Education, said the
states have used chiefly population
figures as a basis of appointment.
Representative George B. Sch
wabe, Republican, of Oklahoma,
noted that Langston University re-
ceived ten per cent of the fund
while the Indian college at Still
water received Ninety per cent.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Maryland Farmer
Exhibits High
Grade Hams

High grade hams and bacon, cam
ned chops. and smoked links were
exhibited by the colored farmers Of
southern Maryland at their first
annual Pork Show held recently at
Upper Marlboro. Md. according to
report received by the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture from the
Maryland State Extension Service.
The show slas been initiated as
an annual project, say Extension
officials. to help stimulate farmers
to improve their methods of rails
ing livestock, and of bvtchering,
and curing meats. Prizes for the
gest hams went to Mrs. Agnes
johnson, Mrs. Priscilla Moore. L.
r. Patterson, and Sydney A. Moore.
In addition to the exhibit, de-
Enonstrations we're given in meat
cutting. meat curing and meat can
ming. County Agent James r. Tay-
Tor, who directed and planned the
exhibit, says that within few years
he expects the Maryland Pork
Show 10 compare favorably with
the well known Georgia Ham and
Egg Show.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05

State College. Miss Forty negro
county agents who will direct the
negro All woodland Improvement
contest sponsored by the G. M. & o.
r;silroad attended intensive train
ing schools in tree marking for
selective cutting, timber estimating,
and valuing and use at Meridian,
Greenwood and Brookhaven.
J. S. Therril, associate Extension
forester, who was in charge Of the
schools, said the agents received the
instruction as well as the forestry
contest for Negro All Club boys
with enthusiasm. After the first
school, the state Negro supervisory
staff led the teaching for a large
part, Mr.. Therril said.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Join The Easter Parade AT
New Colored Skating Rink =.
Music by Eddie Byrd Orchestra
Byrd Formerly Played
Drums With Louis Jordan;
Has Sensational Band
Bob Steele
AT Rink
Sat-, April 5th

All dance and music lovers of
Jackson and surrounding towns are
invited to join the EASTER PAR
AIDE at the NEW COLORED SKAT-
ING RING, EASTER SUNDAY
MITE, beginning at p m.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by the new sensation, ED
DIE BYRD, His Drums and His
Orchestra. EDDIE BYRD, you will
remember was very recently with
LOUIS JORDAN and those who
saw the Louis Jordan picture, BE
WARE" will remember seeing Ed
DIE. Now travelling with his own
orchestra, EDDIE BYRD is packing
them in wherever he appears.
Admission to the EASTER PAR
AIDE, will be: ADVANCE TICK
ETS, $1.50 AT DOOR, $185. Tax
Incl. Advance tickets are on sale
at the regular places. See the in
side advertisement for more de-
tails of this affair.
AND THE PICTURE at the
SKATING RINK, SATURDAY
MITE i'll be Bob Steele in Eel d.
ABLO RIDES" Show starts at
700. 81. You can't afford to miss
this picture. proceeds go to
Girls Club of Rink. 49,.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Preniiss Singers
To Appear AT
Cenireville

The 40-voice chorus of the Prem
tiss Normal and Industrial Institute
will raise their voices in two reel.
tails at Centerville when they ap-
pear at the white high school audi
forum at ZOO p m. on Sunday,
April Is. On the same day at $3.50
they will appear in the Winan
Chapel M. E. church at Centreville,
under the pastorate of the Rev. E.
W. Washington of Collins.
Various clubs composed of lead
ing white women of the city are
using every influence in seeing that
both recitals are well attended. Pro-
ceeds will 60 to the further deve-
lopment of the local colored school
of which Principal Anselm j. Finch
is at the head Aside from heading
the Centreville school, Principal
Finch is a member of the executive
board of the Mississippi Association
of Teachers in Colored Schools;
chairman of the public relations
committee of the same organization;
state officer of the Hi-Y club; and
executive secretary of the Missis-
sippi State Committee of 100.
Since being at Centreville, hav-
ing gone there as principal just six
months ago, he has added new
roms, concrete walks, steps and
porches. Driveways have been
graveled; enrolment increased;
buildings painted.
Plans are underway at the pres
ent time to have water toilets in
stalled asywell as gas fer. heating
purposes by the time Of school
opening in September
Both. Principal and Mrs. j. E.
Johnson will accompany the choral
group on Sunday, April Is, when
they invade the Wilkinson county
metropolis.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Income From
Woodland Equals
That from Cattle

Income from farm woodlands that
are carefully and intelligently man
aged is often as high as that from
cultivated crops, pastures. meadows
and orchards, says John W. Keller,
assistant chief of the Soil Conser-
walton Services forestry division.
Writing in the April issue of
SOIL CONSERVATION, a U. S.
Department of Agriculture public
alton, Mr.. Keller says that southern
pines planted in experimental areas
of the Alabama Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station have yielded ex-
cellent returns. For example, slash
pine IL years old $14 per acre per
year; slash pine II years old, $12;
and loblolly pine 20 years old. $40
per acre per year.
Gross returns from beef cattle
production in Alabama during the
1943-45 period, says Mr.. Keller,
ranged from $3.50 to $40 per acre
per year.
Colored county agents report that
increasingly colored farmers are
adopting modern woodland manage
ment practices. Through select cut
ting, many Of them are said to be
tipping the longtime income from
their farm woodland by a wide
margin.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Steering Committee For
1947 Red Cross Drive Meets;
Workers To Be Named Soon
Mrs. M. c. Miller,
Chairman; Quota to be
Reached by April Is

The Steering Committee of the
1947 Red Cross met Thursday, APP
ril 8, 1947, at 6 p. m. to make plans
for the drive Workers in all sec
tons of the city have been named
and will be contacted to meet at
the Marino Branch YWCA on Tues
day, April 8, at p. m.
Mrs. NJ. G. Miller has been select
ed chairman of this drive and will
have an able assistant.
The Steering Committee is COM
posed of Mrs. M. c. Miller, Mr..
Willie Miller, Mrs. M. A. Smith,
Prof. |. S. Sanders, Mrs. Doris Hall,
Rev. J. D. Wheaton, Mrs. A. M.
Hail. Mrs. ]. L. Reddix, Mrs. S. L.
Greene, Mrs. S. D. Redmond, Miss
Minnie Parish and Miss L. B. Walk
or
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Study Better
arm Methods

Better methods of getting farm
and home demonstrations across to
farm people are being emphasized
in county agents workshops, say
Fepartss receisscd nv :f'se " 8, d.
partment Of Agriculture from State
Extension Directors.
The reports indicate that State
wide agens workshops have already
been conducted by Negro State Elk
tension supervisors in Maryland,
West Virginia, and Virginia. These
workshops were patterned after the
South-wide Extension supervisors
workshop held at Southern Univer-
sity last fall.
The county agents workshops
have been considering such prob
lens as developing effective pro-
grams, making an annual plan of
work, establishing in-service train
ing and leadership training proce-
dures. and employing information
techniques to improve their press
releases and monthly reports.
1t is pointed out that there are
more than 800 colored agricultural
extension workers employed thru
on. the South to serve colored far
merS Through demonstrations,
these workers help farm people i'm
prove their homes and their farms.
Considerable emphasis now is be-
ing placed on demonstrations which
point up the desirability of grow
ing more sideline and substitute
crops in the cotton region to help
conserve the soil and raise the gen.
eral standard of living.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
YMCA Mem ship
Campaign Is
Under Way

More than 100 persons, volunteers
in the Annual Membership Cam
paign of the Parish Street Branch
Y. M. C. A. assembled at the ~"
Friday evening, April 4th for the
Pep Meeting and Coaching Con-
ference under the leadership of Di-
vision Managers A. B. Keeling, r.
X. Young, p. l. Abrams, Isidore F.
Gross, E. w. Banks, General Chair
man and S. L. Greene Jr., Associ-
ate Chairman.
Neal G. fBarield. General Sec
rotary of the Y. NJ c. A. and Ellis
w. Wright prominent local civic
leader and President of the jack
son Y. NJ. C. A. ere special guest
for the meeting. Others on pro-
gram were Rev. r. K. Young and
E. w. Barker, Executive Secretary
of the Parish Street Branch Y. M.
C. A. Instructions to campaigners
and workers kits and supplies were
given out by David N. Howell, Ma
tional Council of Young Mems
Christian Associations, Campaign
Director.
The first dinner report meeting
will be on Monday evening at the
Y. M. c. A., $50 p. m. when all
workers will make their reports.
Other reports next week will be
Wednesday and Friday evenings.
An effort is being made by these
volunteers to secure 1000 members
for the Parish Street Branch Y. M.
c. A. of Greater Jackson
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Poor Soil
Poor Diets

The poor nutritive conditions
found among rural people living
in poor soil areas seem to be direct
~ related to the unproductivity of
the soil and the resulting poverty
Of the people says Olive Sheets
in a recent report from the Missis-
sippi Experiment Station.
Enlarging her statement, Miss
Sheets adds that the people do not
produce enough fod of the right
kinds for an adequate diet and be-
cause of low incomes, they do not
purchase it. She points out that
many Studies Of the diets of rural
people show that low or very low
income families have deficient diets,
and some show also that the ply
steal condition of these families is
related to their poor diets.
A study of the diets of families
living on poorer and better soils
was made recently by the Missis-
sippi Experiment Station. Records
were kept of the menus served by
125 white families for two days at
three different reasons of the year.
The families living on poorer soil
served milk, meat. and eggs less
often than those on better SOIL They
produced less milk. meat, and other
foods than those on better soil.
The menus and records Of food pro-
duced indicate that families on poor
er soil have diets inferior to those
on better soil
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05


The interest in forestry by this
group is going to increase greatly
Negro participation in forestry
work in Mississippi" Mr.. Therril
declared. "They have set as their
goal 400 entries in the woodland
improvement contest.
These 400 entries will carry out
forest stand Improvement practices
on their 1-acre contest plots, keep
and submit complete records Of
of products removed and value of
time spent in doing the work. value
stand left.
by their work and records, they
will compete for $1,000 in awards
offered in this contest
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Be Careful
With Your
Poison

Now that spring is here officially.
many housewives will begin to
prowl around in dusty attics, or
Uttered Easements, and dream up
schemes for getting the little man
to roll up his sleeves and buckle
down to tina necessary evil-spring
house cleaning.
Important in the cleaning pro-
gram will be the job of getting rid
of insects and rodents. This brings
out the roach and rat poisons in
variety of forms-lye, sodium hy-
droxide, strychnine, sodium flou-
ride, etc. In the eagerness to get
rid of pests, carelessness may re-
suit in the death of beloved pets
cats, dogs-and even Junior.
Very few cases of home poison
ing ever reach the headlines. but
doctors and veterinarians could
produce many records of suffering
and death brought about through
negligence in the use of poisonous
preparations. Shelves may be dust
ed with ant or roach powders and
then forgotten even by the one who
did the busting, to say nothing of
others who had no knowledge of
the busting. or were told in the
most casual way
When pets or children come in
contact with the poison dust they
innocently get 4 sufficient dosage
to cause acute pains, vomiting or
death. The parents are at loss
to explain what has happened.
BY the time the doctor arrives
and discovers the cause, it may be
too late. Dogs may dig up poison
ed food from the ground. or over
turn garbage cans in which poisoned
food has been thrown. The best
advice in such cases is: BE CARE
Full WITH YOUR POISON!
Courtesy HOME CIRCUIT, The
Magazine For Bronze Women.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Site for Della
Negro College
Undetermined

Location of Mississippi's propos-
ed new $4,000 vocational college.
for Negroes, originally destined for
the Greenwood Army Air Base in
Carroll county, was still undeter--
mined yesterday
The board OF trustees of state
institutions of higher learning yes
terday made formal request of the
State Building Commission to Sc.
cure for them the site through the
War Assets Administration, but the
Commission will take no action on
the matter before its April II meet
ing here.
In view of the difficulties en-
countered by the Commission in
clearing the acquisition of the Gulf
Ordnance Plant at Prairie through
the WAA and the probability of
binding provisions on the property
in the event that it was obtained,
the Commission may not be willing
to become involved in the matter.
A Carroll county delegation APP
peared before the Commission last
week in protest to the chosen site,
and the Commission referred the
delegation to the college board
since it had no authority in the Sc
lection Of the site. The college
board made no mention of COM
plants of the site in its request yes
terday to the Commission.
Although the Commission has no
authority in selecting the site, it
is authorized to secure surplus pro-
perry for the state through the w
AA, and thus it may or may not
seek to obtain the air base as it
desires.
The air base, according to the
college board, is located within Is
miles of the center of Negro popu-
lation in Mississippi on l.600-acre
tract. The property with its inn
provements s valued at 81 ESQ. 600.
The college board hobes to get !
minimum of 800 acres or as much
as 1000 acres of the property on
which to lacte the Negro school
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1947-04-05
Agents Help
Negro Miners
Grow Own Food

Colored agricultural extension
agents in West Virginia are help
ing Negro mining families in that
State to produce more of their own
food at home, reports L. A. Toney
of the West Virginia State Extern
sion Service.
Although COOL land is scarce in
the mining area. by encouraging
families to develop backyard plots,
many mining families now are
growing considerable part of their
food supply, according to a survey
conducted recently by the West
Virginia State Extension Service.
Last year 5000 rural and mining
families in the State grew gardens
This represented an increase of
nearly 1000 over 1945. The survey
also showed that many mining fam
lilies raised hogs, chickens, turkeys,
and rabbits From their home
grown food supply, they canned
2S1, 29l quarts of fruits, vegetables.
and meats.