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The Nome nugget., 1949-03-28
Sales Tax Makes Jail Term Less

VANCOUVER, B. C., R)-Jack Blair, 34, is doing three months in jail, instead of sentence of years, because he remembered the Pro- vince's three per cent sales tax.
 Charged with theft of sum exceeding $25, Blair complained to Magistrate Oscar Orr, he should have been charged with taking less than $25. (Theft of more than $25 may be tried in higher court where a maximum penalty of seven years may be imposed. Six months is the maximum for sums less than $25).
 They're counting the sales taxi" Blair protested.
 Blair pointed out he was charg- ed with taking 10 pocket knives, priced - without tax at $2.49 each.
 Comes to $24.9O," said the de- fendant.
 The court, forced to agree, sen- fenced the tax-watcher to three months.
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-28
CHAMBER DINNER WELL RECEIVED

On Friday evening last, the members of the VIVA Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors made a complete report of activi- ties relative to legislature, the Nome breakwater, Red Cross, and recent taxation, effecting Alas kans.
 The guest speaker of the even ing was Wesley Welch, president of the Walrus Club, who spoke on the activities and purpose of his group.
 He stated in short that the group was cross-section of the popula- tion of Nome and that the purpose was purely for the benefit of a better community.
 Welch spoke elatedly over the success to date of his club with the sponsoring of the milk fund for supplying milk to the Nome school children and told of plans for future activities to benefit Nome.
 It was moved to have a dinner meeting in the near future to hear all about the legislature from the returning Senators and Represen- tatiVeS of our Division.
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-28
Holiday Ends; Miners At Work

PITTSBURGH, (P0 - Hard and soft coal miners east of the MiSSis- sippi trOOped back to work today to send coal flowing to the tipples in volume for the first time in two weeks.
 The end of UNIV president John L. Lewis memorial-prOtest mine shutdown found most of the diggers happy to be back on the job earning pay again.
 Beginning at midnight when some pits scheduled early shifts, the return to work movement pro- ceeded without interruption in the big western Pennsylvania fields and elsewhere.
 By the end of the day, all 463,- 900 miners idle in the U. s. were expected to be producing coal again. The Pennsylvania pits all have been given a special state ordered safety inspection.
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-28
TWO JOURNEYS

AUBURN, Ala. (P)-TWO lead ing tournaments will be entered by Auburn's 1949-5O basketball squad. Coach Danny Doyle's Fig CTS will seek honors in the Okla homa City tourney and participate in the annual Southeastern Con- ference carnival in Louisville.
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-28
Axis Sally Gets 3O-Year Sentence

WASHINGTON, (P - Mildred E. (Axis Sally Gillars Friday was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in pri- son for treason.
 Federal Judge Edward M. Cur ran also fined her $10,000. Loss of citizenship is automatic on con- viction of treason.
 Miss Gillars, 48-year- old Maine born woman, was convicted March 10. Sentence was delayed until her attorneys could argue motions for new trial.
 Just before passing sentence, Judge Curran denied these mo- tions.
 Miss Gillars broadcast the Axis Sally" programs for the Nazi ra- dio during the war. Her treason conviction was based on the broadcast of one propag n d a drama called "Vision of Invasion"
 Before passing sentence, Judge Curran remarked that the trial evidence showed that Miss Gillars did not take part in high level Nazi propaganda policy confer ences as was the case of Douglas Chandler and Robert Henry Best.
 Chandler and Best were other Americans who gave propaganda aid to the Germans. They were tried for treason at Boston and sentenced to life.
 The "Vision or Invasion" was broadcast by the Nazis a month before the Allies landed in Nor way.
 Miss Gillars portrayed Evelyn, an Ohio mother who dreamed her son was killed in the invasion.
 The government charged the broadcast was beamed to Ameri- cans at home and abroad as part of Nazi propaganda and as an in strument of psychological warfare.
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-28

Back the Queen Carnival this year and we'll give you an Ice Carnival next Year!
 Buy Oueen Contest Tickets!
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-28

LOGAN, (P)-Three small girls burned to death yesterday when their home at nearby Long Fork caught fire after an explosion.
 Their mother and sister escaped death when the blast catapulted them into the yard. They were seriously injured.
 In the hospital with second and third degree burns are Mrs. Whit and five-year- Wanda Lou. Their condition was flair"
 The father, a coal company em- ployee, heard the explosion and saw his house burst into flames as he was returning from a neigh bor's house.
 The Val q Aran, upper valley of Frances Garonne River, is a geographical accident, formed by an overlapping twist of the main Pyrenees ridge in the shadow of the highest summit of the range.
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-28

CIRCLEVILLE, o. lP)-A fam fly of five burned to death early yesterday when fire destroyed their tenant house on a farm, 12 miles northwest of here.
 A neighbor discovered the fire abou 5 am. and called the fire de- partment. The neighbor said she observed no activity about the house until the firemen arrived.
The Nome nugget., 1949-03-28

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The Nome nugget., 1949-03-28
WAVERLY, Tenn. (P) - TW

persons were killed when fire swept through the Dixieland hotel here early yesterday. One man was killed in a leap from the sec ond floor of the two-story frame structure, and the other was found dead in his room from smoke and fumes. Some 20 persons escaped from the blazing structure without injury.
, 1949-08-10
Kjeld Helweg-Lursen
Returns to Spend
Few Days Here

Kjeld H~elweg-Larsen, who
visited here recently with his
wife, made a trip down the
other islands and returned to
spend a few more days here,
left yesterday for st. Thorn
as; there he will interview
Governor HASTE in connec-
ton with his proposed book of
these islands to be known as
the Three Small Saints.
Mr.. Helweg-Larsen will be
joined by his wife who is com
ing down from Tortola; they
plan to leave on Thursday for
Nassau, where they recently
purchased a home. There they
will write three books to be
named: Caribbean Cocktail,
I'm the Footsteps of Colum-
bus" & "Three Small Saints.
This work they expect to COM
plete in three months.
Mrs. Larsen h a S
over 5000 feet of technicolor
films of these islands. Mr.. Lar
Continued on Page a
, 1949-08-10
First In Series OF
Formers Meetings.
To Be Held Sunday

The first of a series of far
mers' meetings will be held at
Grove Place on Sunday, Au-
gust "A, 1949 at $50 pm, R. L.
Harmon, Extention Agent, will
be the principal speaker. Al
farmers are urged to be pre-
sent.
Several similar gatherings
are scheduled for the month
of August for the purpose of
furnishing the Extention Of
flee with helpful Information
for the 1949--5O plan of work.
, 1949-08-10
Fred Fl. FQrwell, RFC
Official. Mrs. Furwell,
Visit Virgin Islunds

Fred H. Farwell from the
headquarters of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation
in Jacksonville, Florida, ar
rived here this morning. He
was accompanied by Mrs. Far
well.
Mr.. Farwell had visited st.
Thomas some time before but,
with Mrs. Farwell, they were
seeing ST. Croix for the first
time.
An invitation was extended
by the editor Of the Avis, to re
turn for a longer visit during
which time they would be able
to see and enjoy more of the Is
land. Mrs. Farwell did some
shopping, and both expressed
their pleasure in visiting here.
They returned on the after
noon plane.
, 1949-08-10
DR.. Henry Wells. Of
Yale University Visits
Virgin Islands

A recent visitor to the Vir-
gin Islands was DR.. Henry
Wells, Professor Of Political
Science at Yale University.
He spent a day in St. Thomas
studying conditions there and
came over between planes for
a similar study.
DR.. Wells taught at the Uni
versity of Puerto Rico during
the summer session. At Yale,
his courses deal with Ameri-
can territories and Deepen
denotes.
He conferred with the Hon.
Ludwig Harrigan and other
local leaders.
, 1949-08-10
SPONSOR OF v. /.
ART CENTER FINDS
U. S. INTEREST

In anticipation of the open
ing of the art Center of the
Islands,, Lawrence R. Schu-
mann, sponsor visited the Art
Colonies at Provincetown,
Gloucester and Rockport,
Mass. He spoke with several
groups of artists about the
new and unusual Art Center
here in the Virgin Islands, and
was pleasantly surprised at
the great amount Of interest
shown by these artists.
Many assured him Of their
desire and plans to come here
during the months Of Novem-
Der and December, serious in
their questioning: "HoNmuch
will it cost me to live?", Where
will l live?", Will l be able to
have accommodations suitable
for a studio in which to paint?"
May I exhibit my paintings at
the Art Center?", Can we be-
come members?"
1t is believed that through
THE collaboration of the Grum
Continued on Page A.
, 1949-08-10
American Red Cross
Sends Medical
Supplies to Ecuador

The American Red Cross has
allocated an amount$50 900 for
the purchase of medical sup
plies and other necessities
for the victims of the recent
d disastrous earthquake in
Ecuador.
Arrangements have been
made by the Cuban Medical
Association with an air trans
port line for shipment of or
thopedic items and the head
Of their Sanitation department
was ordered to Lima to aid the
government there. Other items
of shipment included penicillin
chlorine and DOT.
, 1949-08-10
Filipino President
Addresses Members
Of Congress

The President of the Philip
pines Republic yesterday adj
dressed the members of the
House of Representatives and
also the Senate in Washington.
During the course of his ad-
dress he said, that Asia can
not and ought not be lost to
communism. He said he felt
very strongly that the free
countries of southeast Asia
must themselves start the
movement for closer coopera-
ton to protect their own in
terest in the political and Gull
tural field.
Communism in Asia, he
said, can be checked through
cooperative, non-military eff
Continued on Page ~
, 1949-08-10
Ezzdrd Cherries Meets
Gus Lesnovich In
YGnkee Sodium

Ezzard Charles, recognized
as the new worlds heavy
weight boxing champion, is
scheduled to defend his crown
against Gus Lesnovich at the
Yankee Stadium in New York
tonight.
Charles crown is not recog-
nized in New York City, but if
makes a good showing, in the
absence of any other conten-
der or claimabt for the title,
he may get the necessary re-
cognition.
, 1949-08-10
Locul L~egionuires
Elect New Officers
MondoY Night

Members of the American
Legion at their meeting held
on Monday, August 8, elected
Ejnar R. Boiling as Post Com
mander. Others elected were
Archibald R. Davis, vice COM
manders Lionel Emanuel, adj
jutant; Will A. Thurland, chap
lain; Ernest NJ. Phaire, histor-
ian; Valdermar George, Ser
geant-atarmS and Herbert L.
Canegata, publicity officer.
A Meeting is scheduled to
be held on Monday night, Au-
gust %, in the Police Court
Room, at which delegates re-
turning from the convention
to be held in Bayamon, Puerto
Rico, August 18th and 18th
will make their reports.
The two delegates selected
to make the trip are Messrs.
Boiling and Emanuel.
, 1949-08-10

The Champ is a 5 to 18 IA
vorite to win over Lesnovich.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-08-13
Ca. kIansmen
Beats Woman For
Talking To Much
About Strange
Fruit Romance
FBI CALLED TO
INVESTIGTE CASE

Atlanta, Ga. Aug. 7 - A mask
ed mob of Ku Klux Klansmen
accusing Southwest Georgia
matron of telling too much a.
bout an alleged affair between a
white man and a Negro woman,
pulled her from her Alamo home
and beat her numerically, 1t
came to light Saturday.
The Negro woman, Mrs. Man
ME White, is still suffering from
the effects of the beating which
occurred on July %, according
TO information given to officials
of the Atlanta Branch, NAACP
Saturday.
Georgia State NAACP investiga-
tor. Rev. A. L. Brewster of Dub
in, Ca, visited the woman and de-
clared that she perhaps has been
injured permanently from the
brutal ordeal. The beating was not
revealed earlier because of the
great fear that seized the com
munity, it was believed.
FBI CALLED IN
c. L. Harper, Atlanta NAACP
Branch president and DR.. William
Boyd, state president, stated that
the Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation has been called into in.
vestigate the case.
Mrs. White declared that mem
bers of the hooded gang dragged
her out into the yard while others
inside forced a cover over her
husband head and kept him in
the house.
1t was not revealed whether
whether she could identify any of
the hoodlums, both Mr.. and Mrs.
White have lived in the commun-
ity for practically their entire
lives.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-08-13
Miss. Delegates
Hear Negro All
Campers chaIleng.
ed To Help Trans
form Rural South

Nashville, Tenn - That col
ored Alters are being counted
on to play an important part in
Transforming the rural South was
the challenge placed before club
bers by speakers last week at
the second annual Regional Al
Camp held here at Tennessee
State college.
Mississippi: G. C. Cypress and
Mrs. Dollye H. Hunt, leaders;
Eddie Young, Herbert Wright,
Harmon L. Knox, Randolph Ray
bon, Valley Rec Harvey, nnie c.
Braugher, Anna 1. Moore and
Evelyn Clark, All delegates,
were the Mississippi representa-
tives at the camp
The 100 camp delegates from
II Southern and Border States
were first challenged by DR.. w.
S. Davis, president of the col
lege here, who welcome the club
bers. Said he to the representa-
tives of the Nations $4,000 col
ored Alters, GAS first rate farm
boys and girls, you cannot af-
ford to attend second class
schools to get second rate train
ing to become second class far
mers."
A second challenge came from
DR.. Harry V. Richardson, presi-
dent of Cannon Theological Sc
minary. Speaking on the camp
theme Better Living for a
Better World" - he told the 4-H-
'ers that they could begin max
ing a better world by helpina
to improve their own homes and
farms.
Emphasizing the Importance of
agriculture, DR.. Richardson add
ed, You are preparing yourself
yes to make the most significant
contribution of any group to the
economic advancement of Negro
Americans. Unlike many other
occupations" he said, farming
creates new wealth and makes
the world richer.
DR.. Lawrence A. r,ayfs presi-
dent of Arkansas State college,
urged the 4-H'ers to help find
Continued on Page S
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-08-13
Veteran Prefers
South To North,
Home He Goes

Greenville, n. C. - amp =
Lewis Allen, native of Green
Vile, returned last week because
he would rather live down home"
than "up north. White newspap-
ers here are welcoming him as
a good colored citizen.
Allen, "a, recently graduated
from school of photography in
Hartford, Conn, and plans to
set up a photo shop in Green
vile. He told his step-father with
whom he was living in New
York that he would rather live
in the south than the north
In an interview, the young
navy veteran told a white report
er:
Nothing is all good or all
bad anywhere. No matter where
you rae, you'll find good people
and you'll find bad people, both
black and white. The south is not
as bad for Negroes as they'll tell
you in the north. The north is
not as good for them as you'll
hear in the outh. I choose the
south"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-08-13
Monmouth
Crowd Attend
StoneviIIe Annual
field Day
HON. ALT. STONE
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER

Stonevell, Miss. (SpeciaD -
Between 1900 and 1000 people
attended the Annual Field Day
at Stoneville, Mississippi, Mr..
Charles Burton, Negro County
Agent for the past ten years
originated this day for the edu-
cation of Negro farmers in Wash
ington and adjacent counties.
Music for the occasion was
rendered by the Harmony Four
Quartet Rev. A. L. Saddler,
President of the Delta Burial
Corporation Marks, Miss, and
pastor of the ST. James Baptist
Church, Quitman County, offered
prayer. DR.. d. Gray Miley, Su.
perintendent of the Experiment
Station gave the Welcome: Mr..
Emmit Ford, Negro Planter,
Mound Bayou, discussed the
changes he had made on his
farm in keeping with the theme
of the program, Agriculture in
a changing world"
Mr.. A. II. Stone, head of tie
Tax Commission was one of the
guest speakers. Mr.. Stone paid
tribute to Booker Washington and
L. T. Montgomery Mr.. Stone said
his philosophy has always been
in the keeping with the sermon
on the mount as recorded in
the sixth and seventh chapters
of st. Matthews. "Do unto your
neighbors as you would have
them do unto YOU"
Mr.. Stone was reared in the
Mississippi Delta and knows the
Negro and white man as none
else in these parts. He warned
his Colored friends that they
were a part of the south and
any man could become great pro-
viding he possessed a great soul.
Mr.. M. NJ. Hubert, the head of
the Negro Extension Department
Of Mississippi presented Mr.. Err
nest e. Neal, the head of the Ru-
raj Life Council, Tuskegee Inst
itute, Tuskegee, labama who spoke
from the subject, we quote: "The
role of griculture leadership in
a changing world. He warned
Continued on Page 81
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-08-13
Howard j Bulletin
Editors Win Award
In International
Contest

FIRST PUBLICATION REPRE-
SENTING NEGRO INSTITUTE
TO WIN AWARD IN AMERI-
CAN ALUMNI COUNCILS AN
NUAL MAGAZINE COMPETI-
TION
Only School in District of Col
umbia Area to Win Award i'm
1919 Competition
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-08-13
z Negroes Sentenc
ed Uder Antimask
Law In Alabama

Ozark. Ala = (INS) = Two
Negroes the first persons to
be convicted under Alabama's an
timasking law were sentenced
in Ozark Friday.
Btth youths were members of
Negroes who organized Ku
Klu Khan of their own to fright
en- Negro girls for repeatedly
have illicit relations with white
men.
Police however, said the girls
denied the accusation. The pair
were listed as Tommie Johnson.
IS, sentenced to six months. and
Robert Miller, 81, who received
so days on the city streets.
A third Negro youth was
turned over to Juvenile uthor-
tiles mad two other have not been
arrested.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-08-13

Washington, d. C. = The edi-
tors of the Howard University
Pictorial Bulletin, official alumni
publication of the institution, have
been presented an award OF
Merit for Outstanding editorial
achievement in publication of an
alumni magazine in the 1949 Ma
gazine Awards Competition spon
sored by the American Alumni
Council for alumni publications
in the United States and Canada
The award, the first American
Alumni Council prize presented
the editors of a magazine repre-
senting a Negro school, was re-
ceived by University officials to-
day. The Howard Bulletin is the
only publication of a college or
University in the District of Col
umbia area to receive an award
this year.
The winner of the top award,
Magazine of the Year., was pre-
sented to editors of the Dart
mouth Alumni Magazine. Other
winning publications in the com
petition received Award of Mer-
it" citations. Last years win
ner of the Magazine of the Year.
award was the Harvard Alumni
Bulletin.
The American Alumni Council
Continued on Page 5
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-08-13
Sgt. Johnnie A.
Terrell In Japan

With The Eighth Army In
Gifu, Japan: Sergeant Johnnie A
Terrell, son of Mr.. John Terrell.
of Gloster, Miss. is a member
of the Oath Infantry Regiment.
now stationed at Gifu, Japan and
is part of the 25th Infantry (Tro.
pic Lightning Division, command
ed by Major General William B.
Kean.
His present duty is that of a
machine gunner in Company M.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-08-13
Declare Southern Catholic Universities
Must Open Doors To Students
Regardless of Race
Say Lack OF Labor Union Membership
OF Negro Danger To Economic
Welfare OF South

Lafayette, La, Aug. (SpeciaD
Strong indictment of absentee
owners of Southern industry for
tanning race prejudice in order
to keep Southern wage scales at
less than substance levels was
received by seminary students
meeting here from all parts of
the South.
1t was accompanied by a de-
claration that Southern Catho-
lie universities must open their
doors to all qualified students,
regardless of race.
The Rev. Clarence J. Howard,
S. v. D., Negro Catholic priest
of Bay st. Louis, Miss, voiced
the findings in two days of ses-
sions in a regional study week
that brought young men studying
for the priesthood from all the
Southern major seminaries.
Father Howard is editor of st.
Augustine's Messenger, monthly
magazine; vice rector of st. Au-
gustine's seminary, and assistant
provincial of the Society of the
Divine Word He is a native of
Norfolk, Va, and a convert to
the Catholic Church.
By encouraging mutual distrust
between races, industrialists can
keep wages low and take adj
vantage of the artificial Compel
ition for jobs, said Father Ho-
ward at the session Thursday,
ug. 4. Life, liberty and the pur-
suit of happiness cannot be ac-
hieved without a certain amount
of income" he added.
Union organizers who ignore
the need of labor organization
for Negroes are harming the la.
Dor movement, the priest declar-
ed. Lack of union membership
for Negroes constitutes a danger
to the economic welfare of the
entire region.
Discussing refusal of the fran
chise to Negroes, Father Howard
pointed out that the Pope had de-
clared that all citizens of de-
mocratic countries had, not only
a right, but duty to vote.
In an address on Education
Wednesday, Father Howard voic-
ed the same demand as work
shop of the Catholic Committee
of the South meeting in Lexing-
ton, KY.
TO segregate a man because
of color is the same as segregat-
ing man because he has red
hair or bald head" he declar-
ed. Catholics should take the
lead, beginning on a college lev
ell, in admitting Negroes into our
universities. The objection that
this is against the law is unbound
ed.
The Catholic Church has the
obligation of preaching the teach
ings Of Christ to every creature.
We have the obligation of also
teaching the Catholic attitude in
regard to Negroes. nd the best
way is by showing what we be.
lieve. To accept them in om
schools would be one of the bes
means of instruction we coulI
use."