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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10
Woman Hurt
Seriouly In Baldwin
Accident

FAIRHOPE, Ala Mrs. W. L.
Booth, j. 27. Fairhope YVES
seriously injured about Z p. m.
Saturday when struck by an auto
mobile as she wac crossing the
highway in DapE7e
Highway Patrolmen o. L. Muir
ply and Jack Patrick said Mrs.
Booth was taken to a hospital ia
Fairhope where atte~dants said
her condition was serious.
Officers said no arrests were
made in the case. Driver of the &C
cident car was James G. Crunp-
ton, az, 1l7-D Third St., Blakelg
Island, the patrolmen said.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10
Truman Attacked
AS Selling Reds
Wallace Charges People Are
Driven To Communists

BOSTON, Mass. - Henry A.
Wallace said Sunday that Presi-
dent Truman, Defense Secretary
Forrestal and Sen. Vandenberg
Or, Mich.) are 'the greatest sales
men Communion ever had"
"They are driving people to &C
cept the radical programs OF the
Communists in the hope of solving
their problems" Wallace said to
the formulating convention of the
Progressive Party of Massachu-
sets.
Heavy arms, the draft, compul-
sorry military training and battle
ships cruising the world" he said
won't succeed in stopping hungry
and desperate peoples from de.
manding and getting justice ant
a now ehance to build and pros
per.
The third party presidential
candidate said the United State
is "nation shaking with fear
because of what he said was al
Outrageous campaign to Great
fear" by military men and BIZ
business men,"
Wallace said he had been tolt
that he would "pick up a let o
votes for the new party" if h
would really blast Russia in SOM
of my speeches."
In his address, Wallace sal,
America faced a choice betweel
two alternatives:
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10
War Vet Doomed
Again

Willie MCGEE, 33-year-old Negro
wa rvet who was twice saved from
a Mississippi death sentence by in
tervention of Civil Rights Con-
gress. has been doomed for athird
time. was revealed. Niece was
sentenced to die in the electric
chair April 9, following his las
trial which took place in Laurel,
Mississippi 3-8. MCGEE was convic-
ted of rape by an all white jury.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10

first mission of the Medical MIS-
sion Sitters in Africa, the Holy
Family Dispensary, Berekum' in
Sister M. Raphael "a graduate
of the Academy of Our Lady, has
received the degree of B.. ). in
pharmacy from George Washing
ton University, Washington, u. Z.
and Doctors Hospital, Washing
ton, d. c.
She has had previous mission
training at the Catholic Colored
Clinic, Atlanta, Ga.
The Medical Mission Sisters con-
duct five hospitals in India ano
'lo!Ils!p puelqsV gu,
one other mission in the United
States, the Catholic Maternity In
stitute. Sante Fe, NM.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10

of the game today. Rated as tops
for this season is pitcher Hilton
Smith, and Third Baseman Herp
Sonell. Both players are well sea-
soned and will be at there best
here Thursday Night.
The Clowns mixing fun with top
baseball playing will also have a
line of star performers not the
least of whom is Goose Tatum,
the steller First Stacker, the man
every lover of the game will enjoy
seeing.
Fans from all sections OF the
state are expected here for the
Game Thursday Night.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10
Catholic School Pupils
Win Negro History
Quiz

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Clifton
Calvin and James Brooks, stud
ents at st. Benedict the Moor
school heer, were awarded first
honors in the Negro History Quiz
program sponsored last week by
the Milwaukee Urban League. st.
Benedict's, a Catholic scheol, is
conducted by the Sisters of st.
Dominic.
Eighteen contestants represent
ing six schools, participated in the
contest. All questions released to
personages and events in Negro
history.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10
Nuns To Establish
Medical Mission On
African Gold Coast

CHICAGO, Ill.-Sister lRaphae
Devane, of Chicago, accompanied
by Sister Paula, of Franklin, Mass
sailed for the African Gold Coast
February %, aboard the ass.
African Glenn"
They are part of group of
four sisters who will establish the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10

Wednesday. A patrolman in Mr..
Leuci's office had counted the
coins and found there were 1886.
The proprietor, Jerry, Battle, 81
was found dead. apparently of
natural causes in his shop at 412
w. 39th street. In the rear was
the drum of pennies, some small
change and a handbook showing
deposits of S3,S33.21.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10
THE SPECTATOR
SAM SPECULATOR

A. Phillip Randolph. foe of Com
munism and stormy petrol labor
leader, is rapidly becoming the
John L. Lewis of the American
Negro. Lewis is damned, reviled,
and abused by the press, radio and
many people but his union rank
and file are behind him due to the
results he has achieved. Randolph
stated to President Truman and a
congressional committee that Ne
groes were unwilling to fight for
democracy abroad until they were
assured of democracy at home.
This strong statement deserves
careful analysis.
Expediency, inertia, patriotism,
propaganda and the love of fight
will lead us into war service with
Jim Grow units but very probab-
ly there will be goldbricking, NUT
inies. mass assertions, and riots be
tween segregated units and lily
white units where recreational IA
cilities are limited. Recreational
is being used in a very broad sense
here to cover places spoken of by
Kfpling when he wrote, Single
men in barracks don't grow into
plaster saints"
Many parents are opposed to
Selective Service and UNIT be-
cause they can not see the justice
of inducing their sons into jim
Grow units for the preservation OF
democracy. Many ex-GIs publicly
state they will do more fighting
unless it is in an integrated unit
Many liberals joined by coscient'
ious Church members can not un.
derstand the ethical or Christian
justice of maintaining Jim Grow
units while demanding that demo
cracy be established in the rest OF
the world.
Despite these facts | do not be
lieve that there will be mas!
movement of conscientious object
ors among a submerged racial mi
nority if another war results. Ye
these draftees, not imbued with {
great patriotic fervor, will be NJ
more capable soldiers than the
hired Hessians who lost the Revo.
lutionary war for Great Britain.
Presidential prospect Dewey IL
"a recent radio talk stated that Ru:
STA has won European ceuntrie!
with an idea and that only
stronger idea could counterac
their way Of life. President Tru
man has made some bold recon
mendations that threaten the uni
ty of the Democratic Party, whe
Their he spoke for partisan polit
delegates to the UN fereibly poin
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10
Dead Candy Store
Owner Had Saved

A location drum, half full of
pennies, part of the estate of an
elderly candy store operator found
dead early this month, was turned
over to Public Administrator
Francis J. Mulligan by Frank
Lueci, police-property clerk on
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10
Refuse Lynch
Damage To Family
Of Willie Earle

GREENCILLE, S. C. County
ATTORNEY J. D. Todd, Jr., said on
Thursday that South Carolina
Law providing that the county IN
which a lynchine occurs shallpay
the vitim's family 100000 would
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10

"We can either join the most
vicious reactionaries in describing
them (Communists) as barbar-
ians. savages, tools Of the Krem-
lin and subverters Of democracy;
or we can sober up a little and
recognize that they are tired Of
waiting for their own reaction
aries to give them a crumb Of free
dom and relief from ancient fued-
alistic practices"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10

legal proof that Earle was lynch
ed. The victim was slain a year
ago and thirty-one men exonerat-
ed alothough 26 signed statements
detailing the lynching.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10
3N. c. College Cage
Stars Sing Swan


DURHAM, N. c. - When the
North Carolina Eagles closed their
1913 basketball season last week
three senior members of the squad
played their last collegiate game.
Elmer McDeugal of Chicago, Ill,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-04-10
Kansas City MOnarchs Bring Outstanding
Stars Here For Game With Clowns

Some the outstanding will be Thursday
o'clock between the
Kansas CITY the Indianapolis Clowns
The Monachs long of the great teams OF Negro
pasebau The team which ROBINSON the big lea
es the Nonas bring the outstanding performers
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Iron Speaks Up to Moscow

An increasingly sharp exchange OF dip
lomatic notes between the Soviet and
Iranian governments points to renewal
of tension In the Middle East. And it is
interesting to observe that the sharpness
is not one-sided. Iran is not taking abuse
and threats from Moscow tamely. 1t Is
answering back in kind.
The Soviet charges against Iran follow
the familiar Soviet pattern. Iran, like
Sweden, is accused of Transforming itself
into q military base for American i'm
perialist" aggression against the Soviet
Union, and of acting generally as an
unfriendly neighbor The presence of
American technical advisers to the
Iranian gendarmere and military estab-
lishment is cited as proof" of this
nefarious process. An Iranian counter
charge that Moscow is exerting various
forms of pressure which constitute inter-
ference in Iranian internal affairs is
dismissed by Moscow as IAN injurious
fairy tale"
The rulers of the Kremlin have never
reverse they suffered in Iran two years
ago. At that time their strong bid for
dominating Iran by setting up puppet
state in the Province of Azerbaijan ada
cent to Russian Transcaucasia was baked
by an Iranian appeal to the United
Nations, vigorously backed by the United
States and Britain. Compelled to with
draw its troops from Azerbaijan and
permit the subsequent collapse of the
puppet regime, Moscow kept diplomatic
ace in the hole by getting an agreement
from the then Iranian Prime Minister
giving Russia extensive rights in oil ex-
ploration and development in Northern
Iran. However, there was joker to this
agreement, because it had to be approved
by the Iranian Parliament. And when
the matter came up before Parliament
last autumn, it was vigorously rejected as
incompatible with Iranian law and
sovereignty.
This bold rejection was presumably due
In part to the assurance of American
support made by our Ambassador. How
ever, Moscow has taken the stand that
the agreement is binding and that Soviet
oil rights in Northern Iran are valid.
Ever since then. Moscow has conducted
steady war of nerves. on Iran by
series OF admonitory official notes supple
mented by threatening attacks in the
Soviet press. Iran also charges that this
verbal barrage has been supplemented BY
,nenacing acts such as the massing of
Soviet troops on the Iranian border per-
mission OF 1ranian refugees to form
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Makina the Tux q Fair One

There is talk at the Capltol now OF
reviving the Pond tax plan to raise needed
millions for the District budget. This plan
was outlined in report on local taxes
prepared by DR.. Chester B. Pond in 1878.
The meat of it was a combination sales
tax and personal income tax, the latter
to be applied on incomes in excess OF
$4,000.
When this report was made it was be-
lieved that taxation by State (or the
District of Columbia) of Federal salaries
was unconstitutional The Supreme Court
later decided sthat it was not. But one
reason for DR.. Ponds exemption OF salaries
under $4,000 was that this would avoid
the constitutional question involved by
missing most Federal salaries.
Another reason was that the money
needed-it. was about $6,500,000 at that
time-could not be had by local income
tax, unless the rates were made so high
that in combination with the Federal
income tax they would amount to con-
fiscation in the higher brackets. So the
sales tax was to furnish most of the
revenue, being the only tax that would
raise the money and get something from
Washingtons large nontaxpaying popula-
ton. The tax on higher incomes would
supplement the sales tax
But Congress would not go for the sales
tax. It enacted local income tax that
is probably the most atrociously discrimi-
natory tax law in the country. Instead OF
taxing all locally derived income, it
exempted the salaries of those 'domiciled"
elsewhere. The practical effect was to
apply the tax only to Washingtonians
who have no vote; other Washingtonians,
maintaining legal domicile elsewhere,
though they might live here all their lives,
were exempted. When this unfair tax
was amended last year, 1t was made even
more discriminatory than before.
/, If the Pond plan is revived, therefore,
and is seriously to be considered, the in
come tax part of it should be applied as
DR.. Pond intended it should be. If it is
to begin with $4,000 or $4,000 salaries,
all of such salaries earned in the District
should be taxed That would hit the
Marylanders and Virginians earning their
living in Washington as well. as legal
residents of other States. They would, of
course, be credited with the tax they pay
to their home States But the principle of
taxing all incomes earned in Washington,
with no exemptions, is the only fair prin-
ciple. If Congress is unwilling to follow
that principle the idea of any local income
tax should be scrapped.
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Spring-ControI

Hoao may tether wrists and ankles 1ohen
The first hepatica shakes of the snou
And south toinds ,DItistle In the busy aDren,
When mould cart,oheeI doton tulip
roU?
Ho1o may stop my ,oilly-nilly racket
When baby leaves uncurI and buds
appear,
When Would almost burst lyric
plGcket
And put the springtime back half a
- year?
And hop may conduct myself 7oith
reason
Some sen.blance OF srpected dignity
When Uould try to blossom NTH the
season,
or chirp and marble in a dogtoood tree?
Hop nsay meet decoruDa's sober terms
When am on the yerge OF eating toorDss?'
COSETTE MIDDLETON.
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Better to Wuit and See

The Public Utilities Commission should
have little trouble in deciding whose testi-
mony on the oil-supply situation should
be given the greater weight-that of the
special counsel of the Senate Small Busi-
ness subcommittee on Oil or that OF the
director of the Interior Departments Oil
and Gas Division. The subcommittee
counsel used the PUG hearing as sound
ing board for an attack on "those Tin the.
oil industry who want to reap profits
and those in Government who want more
power" His contribution to the hearing
sounded more political than factual.
Max w. Ball, head of the Oil and Gas
Division, on the other hand, based his
warning Of widespread and acute"
gasoline shortage this summer on facts
and figures collected by the division in it's
authorized studies of oil supply and
demand Interior Secretary Krug was
justified in protesting to the Senate sub
committee against the impression Gre
ated" at the PUG hearing by Counsel
Paul e Hadlick that oil conservation is
unnecessary. The oil shortage the past
winter was real enough and Mr.. Krug
declares that oil supply at present is
tagging about IS per cent behind re-
quirements.
To make the outlook darker, the
President has just asked Congress to
appropriate $375, 900 900 at once for a new
stockpiling program-presumably includ-
ing oil-and for three billions additional
for expansion of defense forces These
programs, If approved. are certain to drain
off more oil from stocks otherwise avail
able for civilian uses. Already plans are
being discussed for voluntary gasoline
rationing program.
The PUG can i'll afford to ignore these
portents in deciding the issue of whether
to postpone further the proposed change
over from streetcars to buses on the Ben
ming line. The change-over win mean an
increase in Capital Transit gasoline con-
sumption of more than eight hundred
Evening star., 1948-04-05

O. Are women In the Soviet Union subject
to compulsory military seryice2-W. E. A.
A. Women in the Soviet Union have not
been subject to compulsory military service
except in time of war and then only for
specialized services.
O. What per cent of retail sales should q
store spend for advertising?-s. N. o.
A. There is no hard and fast rule as to
what percentage Of receipts from sales should
be set aside for advertising In the case Of
staple goods u Of per. cent, to per
cent is generally allocated to advertising
Averages in typical linesnc care: Womens ap-
parel stores l.35 per cent; dyers and cleaners
2.SS per cent; gift shops per cent; florists
8 per cent. ~.r.~---.
@. Please compare the number of clocks
and watches purchased in a years. p. G.
A. In l946 approximately $4,000 900 watches
and 100000 clocks of all types were pur-
chased by persons if the United States.
Q. Does Tennessee have two State songs1
N C. r.
A. song entitled my Homeland, Tennessee"
was adopted by the legislature as the official
State song In 1925. In 1885, "When It's Iris
Time in Tennessee" was adopted as an
ofhcial State song (Chapter 154 of the Public
Acts of 1880 with the specific provision that
1t should not affect the status of any other
State song
g. Which Is more popular, brushless shav.
ing cream or the lathery variety?-P. r. T.
A. According to recent trade survey, the
brushless type was used by So per cent of
an shavers.
Q. Do bats bite?-N. D. E.
A. Although bats generally do no harm,
they will bite II picked up.
O. Please tell why the game of whist was
so nemed.-D L. o.
A. Since the game was originally always
played in silence 1t was called by the inter-
lection whist meaning hush" or keep still"
O. How long Is the Army step and how is it
measNred?-H r. B.
A. The Army step is 30 inches in length.
measured from heel to heel or toe to toe.
@. Which State produces more potatoes,
Idaho or Maine?-D 8. T.
A. Maine produces more potatoes than Idaho.
Over 10-year average Maine produced IA per
cent of the United States potato crop. Idaho
per cent.
Q. What is the name OF President Trumans
airplane?-B ]. B.
A. President Trumans personal plane Is
known as the Independence.
G. Was Marie Curie French?-G. MT.
A. Marie Curie, whose maiden name was
Sklodowska. was Polish. ~
O. Can bolt of lighting strike more than{
one building at time; in other words, can a
group OF buildings be struck by one bolt of
lightning?-M. G. T.
A. The National Bureau of Standards says
that usually lightning stroke passes to the
ground and to the conducting water in the
ground by as direct path as possible, so that
1t is relatively rare that more than one build
ing is damaged by q single stroke. Lightning
discharges are, however, proverbially erratic in
very curious and unexpected occurrences
Evening star., 1948-04-05

military units on Russian territory, and
seditious activities of Soviet agents on
Iranian SOIL
The weight of evidence thus shows that
Moscow has beer perpetuating q state of
tension with Iran, although it has hitherto
refrained from open aggression. Whether
that stage is now in the ofiing or whether
the stepping up Of Soviet pressure on Iran
is meant to distract attention from other
fields is matter that time will disclose
Evening star., 1948-04-05
History-From the Balcony

That White House Balcony Is finished.
So is The Stars notably unsuccessful effort
to discourage its construction. In the
circumstances the following prophecy,
phrased in the words of some future
historian, would seem to be in order:
sThe re-birth Of national unity in the
country, the revival OF brotherly love and
the two-party system really began about
1860 with successful effort to restore the
south (solid South facade Of the White
House.
Permissible only coins left in circula-
tion-were contributed by school children
to cover the cost of removing the so-called
balcony from the portico.
"The children contributed for two
reasons: (A) They we're the only ones left
with red cent: tB) They were the only
ones who had any sense at all.
Many of the country's ills began with
construction of the balcony. For when 1t
was built, everything else seemed to fall
apart. Our international relations went, to
pot. The miners quit working and industry
closed down. The South seeded from the
Democratic Party. western Democrats re-
volted. The odd combination Suggestive
of the balcony itself of Northern political
bosses and star-gazing liberal" elements
scuttled and ran. The Republican Party
had so many candidates, none of whom
could lose, that none of them could win.
At least twenty new political parties took
to the hustings; all OF them were tri-
umphant at the polls but none got enough
votes to control the Government.
"The only organized authority left in
Washington was the White House Archi-
tect, who recruited large army Of
assistant architects and craftsmen and
from the White House basement subjected
the Nation to reign OF esthetic terror.
This reached Its climax when members of
the Fine Arts Commission were found
garrotted in the attics to which they had
fed
THE people were divided among them
selves, not only In politics but as between
those who thought the balcony was
obscene and those who were surprised that
it did not look so bad When it was
removed everybody kissed and made up
and lived happily ever afterward"
Evening star., 1948-04-05
Stars, Men and Atoms vi
Simple Text Helps Doctors
Understand Rudiouctivity
Effects of Bomb Are Described
In Question-Answer Form
By Thomas r. Hssy,

ny fH0mGS X. f7eHfy
The atomic bomb caught American doctors
almost completely unprepared.
Hardly one In . hundred had any idea Of
what it was all about-yet IL such Q bomb
should be dropped on an American city, they
would be the only persons who could possibly
do much about 1t.
Like most people, they are confused oy tbs
new concepts and new words which have
come into the world and few are much fur.
ther advanced today than they were three
years ago.
Partly to stimulate their interest, the Amer
lean Medical Association has prepared
primer Of atomic nssion information In the
form Of questions and answers. This, 1t Is
planned, will be distributed as widely a. pos
sible among physicians.
II Bomb Should Hit.
It contains much which is easily compre-
hensible to the layman. Some Of the questions
and answers are Is follows:
Question: II . city OF $4,000 were sprinkled
with radioactive dust it would:
(a) Be discovered promptly because Of inter-
ference. with radio communication.
I'D Disrupt telephone service.
(c) Contaminate drinking water.
I'D Render the sewage radioactive.
Answer: The radioactive dust would do all
these things.
Question: The burst OF neutron radiation
from an atomic bomb lasts not longer than
(a = second: (b) . minute: (c) an hour;
Id day; (e) q month
Answer: No neutrons are present after the
nrst few seconds OF the blast.
Timed Foods Not Immune.
Question: Is food from tin cans protected
against the radiation from an atomic bombp
Do neutrons pass through metals?
Answer: Neutrons pass easily through most
metals, including iron and tin. The food in
the cans would not be protected.
Question: The day after an atomic explosion:
Neutron radiation has completely subsidized
Gamma radiation is persistent and danger
Gus.
Beta radiation may be strong but is harder
to detect.
Answer: All three statements are correct.
Question: The radioactivity left In a region
after the explosion of an atomic bomb:
Is due simply to the deposit of radioactive
dust from the bomb itself. 8.
Is due also in part to the fact that lombard
ment with neutrons transforms ordinary
chemical elements partly into radioactive
isotopes.
Answer: Both statements are true.
Evening star., 1948-04-05

thousand gallons. Since the change-over
would involve removal Of the streetcar
tracks, it would be impossible to restore
streetcar service II the gasoline supply
should fail The prudent course would
seem to be to defer the change until there
can be no doubt as to the amount OF
gasoline available for the undertaking
Evening star., 1948-04-05

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