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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-02-14
BY PERCY GREEN

PARISH STREET SATURDAY
NIGHT: One of the things that
everybody on the avenoo was talk
ing about Saturday was how them
people UP at that NAACP meet
ing at Parish Street Church the
other night kept going upon the
collection table until they had
raised $4,000 or more to be
used by that organization in
helping whenever they needs IL.
One of the brothers, however,
took great pains to point out that
he was watching all them people
that put there money down up
there the other night, and that
the thing that surprised him was
that all them people was COM
mon ordinary hard working peo-
ple. and some of them was put
ting as much as ten dollars ON
the table at a time. And then the
good brother said he looked all
around to see if he could see any
of Aunt Haggar's Chilluns, that
was supported to have more money
than everybody else, putting any
thing in the collection. He said he
looked again just to be sure that
his eyes wasn't fooling him and
he did mt seen none of them So
called professional people like
doctors and school teachers, and
business people, that is supposed
to know what the meeting was
all about. He said that he figur-
ed that they was waiting around
until somebody had done some
thing then they was going to run
out and try to grab off some of
the credit. Now we amt saying
that the good brother was
hundred per cent right. The way
we see it he could mt have been
more than ninty five per cent
right cause all of Aunt Haggars
Chilluns whats in the supposed
to be money class amt like that.
Some of them comes on out to
them meetings and gives their
money and tries to put the pro-
gram over Yes some of them
do, BUT ONLY ABOUT FIVE
PER CENT
HATED TO HEAR =. Of the
death of Mrs. John Dixon, of
Rose Street last Sunday Morn
ing And, of Lubertha jack
son, young student Nurse at the
Baptist Hospital both deaths
were sudden, and certainly a
shock to us y.
SEEN ON THE AVENOO
Were Mr. and Mrs w. A. Branton
of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Mr..
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-02-14

Were Mr. and Mrs w. A. Branton
of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Mr..
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-02-14

water. The farm contains 120 ac-
res with 80 under cultivation. The
40 year loan was made by the Cit
liens bank of Geneva (Alabama)
and guaranteed by the govern
ment.
CENTER INSET - Collins che
cking his electric water pump that
supplies an abundant water sup
ply for the house and barn.
LOWER RIGHT - Mrs. Collins
with a few of her chickens. She
has Is hens now and plans to in
crease this number to 100 by next
spring.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-02-14
Need More Bees

It Is estimated that there are only
5,219, 600 colonies Of bees In. the
United States or only one hive of
bees for each $50 acres Of land. AS
result, nearly 90 per cent of the nee
tar available goes to waste. Five
times as many colonies could be
kept without overstockinR.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-02-14
Fish vFTTh MOuqerraD

Mira. W. o. Boland, PetalIna,
Calf, maze the catch Of her lha
with a roousetrap when It snapped
sn string attached to one of tia
weather bureaus small balloons
which are sent 90 with delicate In
ztruaents auscrao s>r rsei *~rir.s
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-02-14
eassl.,s MatIress

TO prevent a mattress from sag
ging IN the center. turn it from top
to bottom one week. and from side
70 side the next
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
Myron Mccormick
Wins Key Role In
sIolson Sings Again

Myron Mccormick, n o t e d
Broadway stage, screen and ra-
dio actor, has been signed by
Columbia for an important sup
porting role in "Jolson Sings
Again" which stars Larry Parks
and Barbara Hale. Mccormick
will portray Col. Bryant, the
Army officer who perSuades AL
Jolson to resume his theatrical
career. Mccormick, reputed to
work on more radio shows than
any other actor in New York,
recently completed film role
in "Jigsaw," filmed in the East.
His previous screen appearances
include "China Boy" Fight for
Life" "Winterset' and Zone
Third of a Nation" He recently
finished the Broadway run of
"Joy to the World" and his pre-
vious stage successes include
State of the Union," and SOL
dier's Wife"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
Forty Men And Girl
Teach Red To Rumbq

HOLLYWOOD-Red Skel-
ton learned to dance the rum
ba in record time-but it took
forty men and a girl to teach
him.
Director Edward Buzzell
had just called lunch hour on
the set of M-G-M's "Neptune's
Daughter, when suddenly
Xavier Cugat's band broke in
to an irresistible invitation to
a rumba.
Shelton grabbed Betty Gar
ret and said, 'I've always
wanted to learn that dance,
start teaching!"
She started some basic steps
when Ric a I'd o Montalban
drifted over and remarked,
'More hip action!" Next Gu
gat stepped down to offer sug-
gestions. Then members of the
band chimed in with more adj
vice.
Within 80 minutes a bewil-
dered Shelton is doing the
rumba like Latin American,
IF I'd had few more legs,
Imight have been able to do
all they told me to-" he
laughs.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
Barry Sings First
Solo In Morning

HOLLYWOOD = Barry Fitz-
gerald, who once was choir
boy in his native Dublin, will
sing his first screen solo in Para
mounts "Top O. The Morning" p"
Barry will be the, lead-off
vocalist in "The Donovans," an
extensive song-and-dance routine
set against the pictures Irish
background. Bing Crosby picks
up the old Irish air for another
solo and is followed by Ann
Blyth warbling the song backed
by a musical ensemble. The rou-
tine also calls for a group OF
Irish Dancers.
"The Donovans" is a rousing
Irish tune based on the old Irish
air, "The Wind That Shakes the
Barley" Although Fitzgerald
has sung snatches of some tunes
in past pictures, such as "Going
My Way" and Welcome Stran-
ger" this will be his first op-
portunity as a full-fledged solo
ist.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
Pretty Violinist
Makes Film Debut

HOLLYWOOD - A new cam
didate for stardom was launched
at Metro Goldwyn-M Mayer studios
when Marcia Van Dyke stepped
before the camera for her initial
screen role in "The Good Old
Summertime.
Miss Van Dyke, who was sign
ed little more than year ago,
has b be n through a rigorous
course of study in preparation
for her bow as an a tr S.
Formerly violinist with the
San Francisco Symphony Or
chestra, the newcomer is sched-
uled to perform several violin
solos in addition to her acting.
"The Good Old Summertime,
co-starring Judy Garland and
Van Johnson, is dir e ct e d by
Robert z. Leonard and produced
by Joe Pasternak.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
Publisher Named
To Produce Mystery

HOLLYWOOD - AS his first
Metro Goldwyn Mayer assign
ment, Frank Taylor will produce
Murder at Harvard" exciting
mystery based on Harvard Uni
versity's famous crime clinic.
Taylor was previously associ-
ated with Random House and
has had a long and distinguished
career in the book publishing
business.
Leonard Spigelgass is prepar-
ing the script after spending con-
siderable time at Harvard, where
he attended the entire course
conducted by the Department OF
Legal Medicine, Harvard Medi-
cal School.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
Ladd Acclaimed AT
Command Performance

HOLLYWOOD - Alan Ladd,
Paramount star, received a tre-
mendous ovation at the third
Royal Command Performance
which was a spectacular success
at the Empire Theatre in Lon
don recently. The Paramount
star with his wife, Sue Carol, is
currently visiting Paris.
Ladd is being mobbed by fans
wherever he goes, cable to
Paramount studio recently re-
ported. Although this is his first
trip abroad, he is one of the
most popular stars in England
and on the Continent.
Billy De Wolfe stopped the
show" with his comic impress
sions at the Command Perform
ance which netted a record
breaking amount for the British
Film Relief Fund.
AS soon as Ladd returns to
Hollywood he will report to
Paramount to prepare for his
next starrer, "After Midnight. "
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31


supporting player in This Gun
For Hire" shot him to immediate
Stardom.
A more recent instance is
Richard Widmark's plunge into
the Hollywood headlines. Until
he kicked that defenseless old
lady down tn stairs in her
.wheelchair in kiss of Death,
Widmark was complete un-
known to movie goers.
Villiany has set many a
screen player off on the road to
success. Murder in cold blood
won Robert Ryan an Academy
nomination for "Crossfire."
Robert Taylor was popular with
the girls but not with men until
he pushed Lana Turner around
in Johnny Eager" And Humph-
rey CART certainly didn't
build his reputation as a. Sunday
School student. He did it with
blazing guns in "The Petrified
Forest"
But today there's another
trend in Hollywood Even estab-
lished stars are resorting to vii
lainy and deserting the straight
and narrow. Ray Milland does
so with a vengeance in his latest
4film. In "Alias Nick Beal' for
Paramount he is devilish chjr-
acter who induces Thomas Mich
ell into career of intrigue and
uses Audrey Totter to attain
this end.
Burt william, Too
Burt Lancaster played des-
picable character who maneu-
vers the murder of his wife
Barbara Stanwyck, in Sorry
Wrong Number" You may re-
member recently how George
Brent pursued his villanious way
in "The Spiral Staircase" anc
Charles Boyer drove Ingric
Bergman straight to an Acad'
emy Oscar by his persecution ir
"Gaslight."
While on the subject, Gregory
Peck was no angel in Duel Ir
The Sun" He merely plotted the
Aurder of his brother.
. There's a strange fascination
to villiany, and some actors have
come to regard the occasional
evil chore as career insurance ir
Hollywood. In pictures, at least
evil brings its own reward anc
crime definitely does pay.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
,Villainous Roles
Pay Off On Screen

HoLLYWOOD-Crime may bring individuals to no
end offers others mighty bright beginning AT least
hats the Hollywood.
If Alan Iadd in the stomach he'd probably
still be sound But the bullet he pat at
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31

to the top floor, then were afraid
to come down, and screams for
mama echoed through the build
ing to lower floor till she heard
and Went to their rescue. Had
other mothers recognized that
pretty mother, fans would have
mobbed her!
David Butler put on makeup
to direct himself in a scene for
1.-TWO Guys and a Gal" at Warn
er's. The plump director played
himself as a director-said his
last appearance in films was 21
Vars and 80 pounds ago.
Robert Fellows, who became a
paramount director with wild
Harvest" and recently did Seal
ed Verdict" has come up the
hard way. Starting with bit roles
for De Mile, he has been every
thing from office boy to punior
writer to assistant director. In
1941 he did two pictures simu-
taneously - pittsburgh" for
Universal and "Bombardier" for
RKO.
Signs of the times: Governor
Dewey, speaking on September
81 in the time spot held by "My
Friend Irrna," got Hooer rating
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
Ann Seymour Cast In
sAll The Kings Men

Ann Seymour, New York
stage and radio actress, was
signed yesterday by Columbia
for the role of Lucy in Robert
Rossen's production of "All the
Kings Men" At the same time
Ralph Dumke was named for the
part of the politician Tiny Duffy
and Walter Berk the part of
Willie. Miss Seymour's last stage
appearances in New York were
in "The Lower Depths" and with
Ethel Barrymore in School for
Scandal" She co-starred for four
years with Don Ameche on the
Grand Hotel" radio program.
She joins a cast which includes
Broderick Crawford, jeanne Dru,
John Ireland and John Derek.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31

of only 12.7-several points low
er than that usually won by the
CHS Monday night program
Lux Theater, God
frey's Talent Scouts, Stop the
Bob Hope and Mr.. Dis
trict Attorney topped him in the
latest poll.
Brian Roper, English child
actor, came all the way from
London to play one of the
principal roles in "The Secret
Garden" for MGM. Margaret
O'Brien and Dean StOckwell
head the very fine cast.
The annual party launching
new year for Irene Beasley'
yet. 1t was really family party
"Grand Slam" was the best on'
not big affair for the press
"We just asked the people WE
liked best" somebody explained
Irene, one of radios finest
proudly showed everyone thu
beautiful diamond and garne
pin her sponsor had given her
might Nurse" a hit when i
was released in the early 80!
with Barbara Stanwyck, Ber
Lyon, Joan Blondell and Clarl
Gable, is to be remade, with {
new script, new cast and Ale1
Gottlieb as producer.
With his difficulties with Co
Pictures settled, and {
new contract signed, Larry
Parks is set as the star of "Jol
son Sings Again" He will alsC
make pictures for his own pro
organization. He and hi!
wife, Betty Garrett, plan tt
form a company to produce
plays in which they will star
later adapting them for motor
pictures.
Children who like to pick
out tunes on the piano with
one finger should not be dis
cOuraged; they may grow up
to be famous One-fingered jazz
pianists, like Lionel Hampton,
the drummer. He displays this
talent i'm "A Song Is Born"
Sam Hearn, famed as "Schlep
perman" on the Jacv Benny all
show, and his brother Lew, have
been signed for featured comedy
roles in Happy Times" witt
Danny Kaye. Both were head
liners in vaudeville in the OLE
lush days. They'll be made w
to loo lie twins, though there
is really a difference of si1
years in their age.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
Fred NJ. Packard Joins
Columbia AS Producer

Fred M. Packard has joined
Columbia Studios for an indef-
mite period as a producer. Pack
ards deal is in addition to the
commitment he already has be-
tween his own company, Fred M.
Packard Productions, and Twen-
tieth Century-Fox which calls
for Fox to handle the releasing
of his independent company S
first announced production,
"Quicksand."
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
Music Turns Actor
In Score Of Sinner

HOLLYWOOD - Composer
Bronislau Kaper is adopting a
unique angle in the score of
"The Great Sinner" He is hav-
ing the music turn actor.
The dramatic intensity of the
story will be supplemented
through the music which will
range from the military Ra-
detzky March through the light
heartedness of Strauss, the ro-
nance of Schubert, explosive
ness of Wagner, gayety of
French can-can melodies.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
3 Important Roles
Filled For New
Autry Starrer

Columbia yesterday named
Nan Leslie for the feminine lead
and Alan Hale, Jr., for the part
of Gene Autry's friend and ro-
mantis rival in rim of the Can
yon." At the same time Thurston
Hall was cast for the role of big
Tim" Hanlon, bonanza king of
the Western town in which the
action takes place. This latest in
Coulmbia's series of Autry star
rers is directed by John English
and pro duced d by Armand
Schaeffer.
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1948-12-31
Released by wNU Features.
By INEZ GERHARD

Joan Bennett, settling down
4 New York for six weeks with
her family, found her apartment
lacking pots and pans. With a
baby ard two small girls, meals
had to be prepared at home. The
cook gave her a list and she
and the little girls headed for a
fascinated by the escalator, so
she told them to ride it while
she shopped. They rode happily
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
PHA Versus FHA?

The movement being spearheaded in Pas
cagoula by the Veterans of Foreign Wars de-
signed to prevent the sale of government
owned housing here on the basis of today's
inflated replacement values is one that GER
tainly merits success, and is along the line of
action long advocated by this newspaper.
The attempted sale of the so Ghlfdale
units for Negroes is a perfect example of
what can happen in the sale of the Eastlawn
Navy houses.
The Federal Housing Authority, a govern
ment agency which has a long background
of successful operation in financing home
construction and home buying, appraisal
these units at ST 900 each. The Public Hous-
ing Authority, who administers the govern
ment-owned houses here and is handling all
sales, set the sale price at $3.50 for some
units and $225O for others.
Z BY act of Congress, the FILA must guaran-
tee 90 percent of their OWN appraisal in
the sale of the houses, leaving 10 percent
to be paid by the purchaser. This Congress
sional act was designed to allow veterans,
as we'll as non-veterans, to buy government
owned surplus housing with small down pay
ments over a long period OF time.
The PHA practice of setting the sale price
higher than FILA appraised price is, how
ever, defeating the entire object of this act,
as is exemplified in the attempted Gulfdale
sale, for here is the catch:
The purchaser must pay in CASH the diff
ference between the FILA appraisal and the
PHA sale price, in ADDITION to the 10 per-
gent down payment required on the FILA
appraisal. In the case of the Negro units,
this down payment amounted to better than
5000 in the purchase of a $2250 unit.
Only IL applications for purchase was re-
eeived by the PHA.
Now what happens?
Details of the whole transaction nave been
reported to the Washington office of the
PHA and, unless prevented by the present
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06

citizens movement, chances are that the 30
units will be put up for sale on a cash bid
basis, and bring the PHA possibly less than
half of the original sale price per unit.
If these units had been put on sale in the
first place at the FILA appraisal, chances
are that the majority of them would have
been sold. At a price of $1,000, down payments
would have amounted to less than $3.50, and
the FILA would in the long run receive a
whole lot more for its property.
The same condition is shaping up for the
sale of the more than 900 Navy houses. In
dications are, from unofficial sources, that
prices will range from $500 to $4,000 per
unit or better, according to location and
size of lot. We venture the guess that the
FILA appraisal will be from $500 to $500 less
than the PHA sale price, and under those
conditions the individual purchaser would
have to pay $1,000 or more down in order to
buy.
These units cost the government approx
imately $4,000 to build. Average life of the
units is six years, which means that the gov
eminent has collected $4,000 or more per
unit in rent. On the basis of these figures
the government should have realized at least
one-third of its investment, and have APP
proximately $4,000 tied up in each unit.
We don't argue the point that it would
take more than this figure to replace these
houses. We do point out though, that build
ing costs are inflated and our own govern
ment is, it says, fighting this initiation. Why
then should a government agency deal on
tho hacic ne the carpa inflatiop9
As we pointed out, the FILA has a long
and successful operation behind it. Its APP
praisal of these units is made on a sound
business basis, with all economic factors that
might apply during the course of its l5-year
guaranteed loan taken into consideration.
As a result we'll stick by their figures, rather
than the replacement basis being used by
the PHA.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06
Capital Comment

these European countries, some of
which it has been charged has
been siphoned off in turn to Rus
STA. Russia, on the other hand,
it is estimated, has withdrawn
from these European countries be-
tween twelve and thirteen billion
dollars in goods and other treas
ure. AS paradoXical as this may
seem, the answer is very simple.
The United States has pursued the
humane course of trying to help
these war ravaged countries to re-
gain their pre-War economic stat
us without asking for any repara-
tons or other payments. Russia,
on the contrary, has pursued the
totalitarian policy of removing
factories, farm produce and 9th
er goods from Germany. Austria,
and other war ravaged countries
under the guise of reparations.
Then, too, Russia through the Sc
eret police and other highland
ed methods has forced these help
less countries into trade agree
ments which are favorable to her.
The question naturally arises
whether the people of these coun-
tries like the treatment that they
are getting from Russia. The ans
wer, of course, is that they do
not, but the presence and near
presence of the Russian army and
the ever present secret police and
threats of %dethroning the local
rulers place those countries with
in the Russian orbit in a more or
less impotent state.
The conflict, therefore. If is ap
parent. is on in dead earnest. The
big question is. viii the Christian
and humane efforts of America
and her Allies prevail in this con-
fliet. or will the totalitarian and
imperialistic efforts Of Stains
Russia prevail?
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06

of the 1908 votes cast were
for legalized sale of liquor. Res
ponse was received from 80 of
the states 80 counties, with rs
of that number voting wet"
We think it time we stop fool
ing ourselves about liquor in
Mississippi. Several thousand
federal liquor licenses are as
sued annually in the state, and
our state tax commission does
a thriving business in the col
lection of the black market tax.
Under this system bootleggers
and crooked politicians are
growing fat, and protected road
side dives are an increasing
menace to the health and
morals of our citizens. State
control of sales, and a long
process of education are the
only answers to the evils of
liquor.
The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1948-02-06

and granting tax cuts ranging
from 10 to 30 per cent, will re-
suit in approximately 10 percent
of the income tax paying pub
lie in the higher brackets get
ting more than so per cent of
the total benefits from the pro-
posed cut. We believe that all
seven of our Mississippi repre-
sentatives did a genuine dis
service to the great mass of
Mississippi citizens in voting
for the Republican bill, as flu
ture events will eventually re-
veal.
The funny thing about the
whole situation is that the Re-
publieans used to be called the
sound money party. Great
was the beatings of breasts
among them over debts con-
traeted by the late President
Roosevelt for social reforms,
while now they are strangely
silent over the vastly bigger
federal debt, and favoring tax
cuts that will make reduction
Of it virtually impossible.
After a successful effort in
killing price and wage con-
trolls two years ago that could
have prevented the present in
flationary spiral that we are
riding towards a bust, the Re
publieans now propose to aban-
don rent controls, due to eX-
pire the latter part of this
month. Latest suggestion is that
all lids be taken off of rent
ais in return for long-term
leases. Economists have esti-
mated that under this proposal
rents III some section will in
crease as much as so per cent.
The tenant. incidentally, occu-
pies a nice secure spot in this
situation He signs a long-term
lease Al increased rents and
takes a chance on being stuck
with It # and when a bust
comes.
4 poll conducted by the
Daily News on the liquor ques-
ton showed that 70 per cent