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mental airline estimate the company
saves $40 year for each pound it
eliminates from the weight of its
equipment.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-08-13
Carver Trades
School Commence
Erlent Convocation
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AUGUST IA, 1949 CAMPBELL
COLLEGE AUDITORIUM
T, B. PAYNE, CHIEF, VOCA-
TIONAL REHABILITATION &
EDUCATION DIVISION, VET
ERANS ADMINISTRATION IS
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER

The general public is invited to
witness the first Graduation Con-
vocation of the Carver Trades
School to be held on Sunday
afternoon, August ID, 1949 in the
s. L. Green Auditorium of Camp
hell College. This Convection is
concentrating the second ami
versary of the founding of Carv-
er Trades School
The Hon. T. B. Payne, Chief,
Vocational Rehabilitation and
Education Division, Veterans Ad-
ministration Regional Office 1923,
Jackson, Mississippi, will deliver
the Commencement Address.
The theme of the first Convoca-
ton is: "FINISHED-YET BE-
GINNING, THERE is MORE
BEYOND"
Trainees completing the requir-
ed work included the following:
AUTO MECHANICS HELPER:
Moss Bradley, Allen Broadwater,
Amos t. Clark, Tommie Funchess.
Henry Harper, Royal Timothy
Holden, r. S. Joiner, Jeff John
son, Marshall Richmond, Mason
Robinson, George Robinson, Jr..
Jessie J. Rudd, Arthur Lee
Thomas, Floyd Wade, Eddie Was
hington. CABINET MAKING:
George Berry, Willis L. Brooks.
Joseph Buckhalter, Luciols Can
non, J. c. Carr, Henry Clark
Samuel Robert Cobb. John H.
Collins, Willie Currie, Clifton
Davis, Hugh Leon Davis, Charles
B. Dixon. Grover C. Erven.
Sylvester Figures. Dock Gordon.
Jr., Lee M. Griffith, Tobey L
Harris, Willie Fred Harris, Morr-
is, Jenkins, David Jones, Eldridge
Jones', Jessie Jones', John Ed
Jorief, Marvel Kimble, Nelson
Kimbles, John McDavis, Wilbert
1, McDuffie, Dan NJ. Monore, Column
bus O'Banner. James E. Proctor
Durwood B. Silas, Preston Smith
Richard Smith, Odolfus Stamps
Walter Stiff, James C. Sutton
Henry Lee Taylor, Ozell Walker
| Wyatt Washington. Rufus L
White, Johnny w. Williams
julius Williams, Robert Williams
SHOE REPAIRING: L. v. Berry
ForFDt CASTOR, Isaac Crockett
James benson, Samuel Eains
Ollie Garrett Eugene King. Ear
nest Lee, Richard Mattox. Ros-
well w. Penn, Jr., Robert Smith
James Willis, Willie Young.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-17
Auto Easy to Purchase
In Prague for $4,000

PRAGUE.-If you want to buy
a a for $1,000, it can be done
easily here.
Just walk into any outlet for the
nationalized automobile industry in
Czechoslovakia and you can get a
Skoda 1101 tudor sedan for a mere
415,858.80 crowns ($8, 317.16.)
If you have a ration permit. il
Will set you back only half that,
2O3, 5O5.40 crowns, but you will
have to prove very specifically that
you have some really valid reason
for needing a car.
On the free market you needn't
prove anything except that you
have the money. (Four hundred
thousand crowns represents about
30 months of the average workers
pay, or about 10 months of the
average top managerial salary in
this country today.)
The Skoda 1101 is a small car.
considerably smaller than the 1888
Chevrolet but a little larger than
the German volkswagen.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-17
Jerusalem Scrolls Found
Oldest in Old Testament

JERUSALEM.-A two-man scien.
tific expedition to the Dead Sea has
returned here with what they said
was evidence that the Jerusalem
scrolls are the oldest known manu-.
scripts of the Old Testament.
The world first learned of the ex.
istence Of the scrolls when Syrian
scholars called them to the attention
of the American School of Oriental
Research in Jerusalem a year ago.
Discovery Of the ancient leather.
bound papyrus in a half-closed cave
in August 1947, has been described
as ''the greatest manuscript dis
covery of modern times"
A first estimate of their q
placed them in the first century be.
fore Christ.
Their monetary value has been
conservatively estimated at more
than a million dollars. But their
worth to the Christian-Jewish world
is incalculable.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Lamb re-
turned to Laurel Monday after
spending a week visiting relatives
in Butte, Helena and near White
Sulphur Springs. In Butte they
were the guests of the B. E.
Lambs and Mrs. Margaret Gavin.
While in Helena they visited w.
j., Frank E. and Lloyd E. Lamb.
They were also guests at the Jack
Ahern ranch near White Sulphur
where they visited Mrs. Ann Carr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Robertus en-
tertained at a lawn picnic at their
home Sunday in honor of. her
mother, Mrs. Margaret Bateman
of Norfolk, Va. Those attending
were Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ro-
bertus, ST., Mr.. and Mrs. John
Robertus and son Tommy, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Robertus, Jr., and
sons Danny and Bobby, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Zeiler and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Tony Podolanchuk,
Miss Esther Robertus and Albert
and Raymond Robertus.
The Women of the Moose held
their regular meeting at the club
rooms last week. Mrs. Edythe
Teeters, senior regent, presided.
Elsie Kuper was appointed to the
junior regents chair to serve until
a special election is held to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the
Geath of Mrs. Birdie Milligan. The
chapter passed a resolution to
drape the charter for a period of
thirty days in respect to the men,
DRY. of Mrs. Milligan. At the So
cial hour which followed the meet
ing, refreshments were served by
Theresa Fichtner.
A meeting of the executive
board of the Wesleyan Service
guild was held at the home of
the president, Mrs. Inez Sturte-
want, Tuesday evening. Plans
were formulated and a program
outlined for the coming seasons
activities. The first regular meet
ing will be Sept. %.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Strack of
Sidney spent last week at the
home of Mrs. Strack's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. William MacIntyre.
Mrs. Nancy Vaught has return
ed from her vacation spent in
Washington, Oregon and Califor-
Mr.. and Mrs. Truman Easton of
Brainard, Mimi, are visiting at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Raleigh
Sr.
Mrs. Jake Frank spent the week
end in Livingston, a guest at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-17
BRITAIN WORRIED
Grow Fewer

OF the famous apes SUI
left on the Rock of Gibraltar, Grea
Britain, ever conscious of the Legend
that when the apes go, the Brit
ish go, too" again is taking step.
to reinforce" the unique garrison
at the gateway to the Mediterra.
mean Sea.
Gibraltar's apes, the only Similar
species living wild in all Europe,
have roamed the cactus-covereo
upper reaches Of the 1,350-foot
Rock for centuries, notes the Ma.
tional Geographic Society. Num-
bering 100 or more in the 18th GEN.
fury, they have dwindled alarmingly
close to the disappearing point sew
eral times since. On each occasion
a new batch of recruits replen-
ished the colony.
Apes Rounded Up
AS a focal nerve center in the
war-General Eisenhower directed
the invasion of North Africa from
"Gib"-and a citadel bristling with
military activity, the Rock no
longer could risk the danger of
rowing apes possibly causing wild
confusion and serious damage. Ac-
cordingly, they were rounded up
and placed in captivity for the du-
ration. Most of those at large today
are requirements brought from
Africa after the end of hostilities.
The powerful t~ailless creatures,
the size of big airedales, are not
really apes. They are macaques,
native to the forests of Barbary
south across the strait in north
west Africa.
Scientists believe they first came
to Europe in prehistoric times
when the Mediterranean was a lake
and the Strait of Gibraltar was
dry land. The modern explanation
is that pet macaques brought from
Barbary frequently escaped or
were freed from bondage by hui
mans and found hospitality and sus-
tenance in the %labyrinths and veg
citation of the Rock.
Even a few dozen Barbary apes
running wild could make Gibraltar
seem infested, so constant were
their acts of mischief at times.
Many are the stories of their de-
structive or playful descents, al
ways by daylight, on shops, dwell
ings and barracks, as well as on
civilian and military inhabitants of
the community.
Officially Protected
In a noble experiment, the Brit
ish gave the Gibraltar apes Off
cial protection in 1856. They were
added to the garrison strength,
given limited food rations and
placed under a sergeant, Keeper
of the Apes" On one occasion
they rewarded their b~enefactors by
noisy warnings of an attempted
surprise attack by a Spanish force.
In general, however, they took
advantage Of their immunity by
acts of thievery and damage to
property and human dignity. The
worst offenders were arrested and
sometimes exiled to distant ZOOS.
After 1880, their liberty was cur
The leader of one band, caught
kits from the garrison,
lad his head and face shaved
closely. His gang would have none
IT SO bare-faced a scoundrel, and
greeted him with a shower of
sticks and stones. Whereupon he
'eturned to take up humble quar-
ers with the soldiers who had
punished him.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-17
The Outlook Says:

Mrs. May Crutcher, publicity
chairman and reporter for the Wo-
men of the Moose, since the insti-
tuition of the chapter, has assigned
her duties, temporarily to Edythe
Teeters. Mr.. and Mrs. Crutcher
are visiting indefinitely at Serb
ner, Neb., and other points.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-17
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Leto and

MT. and Mrs. Benjamin Leto and
daughter Frances of Buffalo, N.
Y, arrived Tuesday by plane to
make an extended visit at the
home of Mrs. Leto's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Graves.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hansen and
son Myron of Bookings, S. D.,
are guests of MI. and Mrs. T.
]. Hartley. Mrs. Hansen is a Sis
ter of Mrs. Hartley.
Laurel outlook., 1949-08-17

F. o. E. Picnic, Sunday, Aug. 81,
Riverside Park, II noon until?
Adv.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
SOUTHERN GOVERNORS VOTE TO
EXPAND REGIONAL EDUCATION

are scheduled that will expand OPP
portunities for Negroes in the field
of graduate study.
The education board also was
authorized to extend the South's
educational setup to include social
welfare studies.
Willard F. Caldwell, who was
reelected as chairman Of the Con-
troll board emphasized anew that
the regional education pact is not
designed to preserve the South's
traditional segregation of races
in the schools.
He declared:
segregation has no place in
this program. Our objective is
simply to provide better education
for all people in the area"
DR.. John Ivey, who directs the
regional education council in At
lanta reported nearly 400 students
are enrolled under the plan at Ia
Southern institutions. The States
pay for their schooling on a quota
basis.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
Bishop Franklin
Dedicates New
Bethlehem Center

The New Bethlehem Center, the
construction of which was recently
completed at 920 n. Blair Street
after being moved from Central
Church, was dedicated last Sun
day.
The address and dedication was
made by Bishop Marvin A. Frank
lin. The dedication program also
included greetings from Mrs. T
H. Tore, vice president of Mis-
sissippi Conference Woman's So
ciety of Christian Service, and
address by S. w. Miller. and ex-
preston of appreciation by Miss
Ruby Berkeley.
The New Center has a splendid
program under way with approx
mately 300 children and young
people in organized groups, and
many others, who come only to
the play group, maternal and child
care clinic, which is run by the
Public Health Department and
numbers of other groups who use
the facilities for meetings of var
ious kinds.
The Center Staff is composed
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
S. c. Teacher Files
Suit Against State
For Loss OF Job

COLUMBIA, S. C.-Suit seek
ing restoration to her job as teach
er was filed in the Richmond
County court of Common Pleas
last week by Miss Julia Pettiford.
Miss Pettiford was one of 600 Ne
gro teachers recently fired by the
South Carolina Board of Educa-
ton for alleged cheating on ex-
aminations for certification.
In her suit the teacher claims
that the state did not prove that
she had anything to do with the
use of any of the fraudulent aids
it claimed the dicharged teachers
used.
She charged that her certificate
to teach was revoked without due
process of law in violation of the
U. S. Constitution and the South
Carolina Constitution.
According to Miss Pettiford's
petition, she held a class three
grade certificate in the elementary
field dated from July l, 1947 to
June 80, 1854.
She took the test in question
Feb. 10, 1949 at Carver School
She was discharged September 16
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
Magnolia Classic To
Be Annual Affair

JACKSON, MISS, (Special)-
Tennessee States fearsome tigers
must show all of their Wanted
wares to stop a victory minded
Jackson College eleven when the
two teams meet here Saturday
night in the first Annual Magnolia
Classic.
The power-laden Tennessee
squad, scourge of Negro College
teams the country over, is rated
by some sportscasters good six
touchdowns better than the locals.
In other quarters the pre-game
dopesters are slightly less con-
WINGED of the might Of the tigers
and give the Tennessee club a two
touchdown edge or fourteen points
Still others predict an upset win
for Jackson College.
President Jacob L. Reddix, in
informal discussion with an Advo-
cate reported concerning the game,
expressed sincere appreciation to
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
Christmas Cheer
Club Organized
At Central
Church Meeting

On Monday night, November %
Civic Leaders, Pastors, and School
Officials met at Central Methodist
Church to organize for the work
of the Christmas Cheer Club for
the year 1949. Formal organiza-
ton was completed with E. W.
Banks elected Chairman, Father A.
Buxton Keeling, Secretary, DR.. A.
H. Mccoy, Treasurer.
The group observed that due to
Tightening economic condition, its
task for the forthcoming Yuletide
season will be greater this year
than in any recent previous years.
However, the joy of bringing cheer
to the down-and-out of our group
makes us willing to leave no stones
unturned in an effort. to help very
needy family.
The many friends Of the Negro
Christmas Cheer Club, who re-
sponded so generously last year to
the appeal, are again asked to
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
US. Judge Issues Injunction School Case
1REE CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH IN BOLTON FIRE
South Has Worlds
Worst Government

COLUMBIA, S. C. - The South
has some of the worlds worst gov
eminent, Morris E. Abram of At
lanta, newly elected member of the
Southern Regional Council last
week told the South Carolina di-
vision of the SRC.
"We have some of the worst gov
eminent in the world in the South, :"
Abram said. 81 don't know about
this state, but in Georgia we have
some terrible schools, penitentiar-
les and roads.
"The reason is that we don't
vote for good schools or good peni-
tentiaries, but we vote for the best
method of keeping the Negro
down."
Abram explained that by keep
ing the Negro down the South was
keeping itself down and was violat-
ing the federal constitution. He
declared.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
Negro Tenant Shifts
From Cotton To
Dairying; Now
Crosses $4,000

FRANKLINTON, Lathe need
for more milk for their growing
family got Mr.. and Mrs. Willie f.
Magee, who live near here, out of
cotton farming and into dairying.
Eight years ago the Magees
were tenant farmers growing cot
ton and corn and coming out in
debt almost every year. Today
they own so acres. a new home,
and "a head of dairy cattle that
bring them a gross income of
about $4,000 annually.
The Grade A milk from their
grade and purebred Holsteins. Jer-
seys, and Guernseys is sold in
New Orleans. A route truck picks
up 30 gallons of milk at their gate
every day. A new electric cooler
keeps the milk top quality until
the truck arrives.
81 want a herd of 40 milk cows
and about 140 acres more of land"
says Mr.. Magee. "Then | think
I'll be in shape to see my children
through school"
1t was his desire to see that
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
jackson College Tigers Aim For
Upset Win In Clash With Tennessee

the Tennessee school for having
accepted the invitation, considering
the large number of post season of
fers previously received by the Tig-
ers. Mr.. Reddix further stated that
special thanks were due Tennessee
State President Walter S. Davis,
who accepted the invitation and ex-
pressed the opinion that Jackson
College was a growing institution
that was rapidly gaining national
prestige.
President Davis is a native of
Canton, Miss, having at one time
been student at Alcorn College
before going to Tennessee State
where he completed his college
training.
Mr.. Davis now holds a Doctor of
Philosophy degree in Agricultural
Science from Cornell University.
Because of the fine record of the
local eleven, interest in the game
has spread over the state and
throughout the south, and prepare
tons for hundreds of out-of-state
visitors have been completed.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03

BILOXI, Miss, Nov. 28.-South-
ern governors voted to expand the
south's regional education program
and to coordinate its schools of
higher learning with the economic
and social needs of the area in
their meeting here last week.
The governor Of each state will
appoint a committee to suggest to
the educational control board the
types of training and research that
can best develop the South.
Arrangements were made to in
clude the states of Texas and Ken
lucky in the regional plan if their
legislators endorse it.
The governors also approved a
contract by which Maryland can
send Negro nursing students to
Meharry Medical College in Nash
vile.
The regional plans, as result
of gubernatorial approval, will be
extended to collaborate with pri-
vate agencies which have research
facilities and resources. Studies
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
Gen. George c.
Marshall Speaks
On Negro Problem

New York, N. Y, Nov. 26-(Spe-
ciaD-A capacity audience of $500,
estimated on the basis of admis-
sion card requests, is expected to
attend the symposium at Hunter
College Assembly Hall, Tuesday
evening where General Of the
Army, George C. Marshall will
speak on the international implica-
tions of Negro Progress in Ameri-
ca.
The theme of the symposium is
Americas Stake in higher educa-
ton for Negroes, and DIR. Benjamin
E. Mays, president of Morehouse
College, Atlanta, Ca, the other
speaker on the program with Gen.
eral Marshall, will discuss the
Negro college graduate in Ameri-
ca. Mrs. Mildred McAfee Horton,
former president of Wellesley Col
lege, and wartime head of the
WAVES, is the presiding chairman
Of the evening.
DR.. Claiming H. Tobias, director
of the Phelps Stokes Fund, and
four other eminent educators and
race-relations authorities will serve
as panel speakers. They include:
DIR. Edwin R. Embree. former
president, Rosenwald Foundation;
DIR. Brooks ENEMY, president,
Foreign Policy Association; DR..
Margaret Mead, Associate Curator
of Ethnology, American Museum
of Natural History; and DR.. Ira
DeA. Reid, Head Of the Sociology
Department, Haverford College,
Pa.
Sponsors include the New York
college clubs of Barnard, Brown,
Bryn Mawr, Columbia, Mount
Holyoke, Radcliffe, Smith, Welles-
ley, with the New York City
branch of the America Association
of University Women, and the Uni
ted Negro College Fund.
Among the guests of honor, who
will be on the dais at the meeting
are; Trevor Arnett, Bernard M
Baruch, Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bet
hume, Dorothy Maynor, DR.. Peter
Marshall Murray, Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, William Rosenwald
Mrs. Catherine Hughes Waddell
and Mrs. Wendell Willkie.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
Paul Robson May
Oppose Powell For
Congress Seat

NEW YORK - Harlemites ex-
pect that Rep. A. Clayton Powell
Jr., will be opposed by Paul Robe
son and Grant Reynolds in next
years Congressional race, accord
ing to De. L. B. Capehart. insurg-
ent Democrat leader in the 18th
Assembly district
DIR. Capehart's views were made
known last week in a letter to
Mayor O'Dwayer in which he COM
planned that Tammany hall had
been kicking Negro Democrats "a
round.
The letter, signed by DR.. Cape
hart and John Deleayer, president
of the Citizens Democratic club,
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
Stringer Masonic
Grand Lodge Opens
"a Annual Session
Greenwood Sunday
Mrs. Mary Mcleod
Bethune Monday
Night Speaker

The M. w. Stringer Grand Lodge
will hold. it's 74th Annual session
in Greenwood, Miss, December A.
5-6-7, 1949. The session will open
with the Memorial service Sunday
night, December 4th at the New
Zion Baptist Church, on the corner
of Carrollton and G.. Streets. The
Sermon will be delivered by Rev.
H. HI. Humes, President of the
General Missionary Baptist Con-
vention of Mississippi.
The Oratorical Contest will be
held Monday night December 9Th
at the Wesley Chapel M. E. Church
Corner of Howard and Gibbs
Streets. Following the oratorical
Contest the guest speaker will be
Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, of
Washington, d. c., president of the
National Council of Negro Women
of America. On Tuesday night
following the local program the
guest speaker will be Hon Ashby
B. Carter, Grand Master of the
jurisdiction of ILL.,. and President of
the Postal Alliance of United
States Government Employees.
During the Session the Hon.
Jesse O. Thomas of Washington
D. c., Public Relations Consultant
of the American National Red
Cross, will be present AID will adj
dress the delegates.
We are hoping to have other
distinguished guests during the
session to bring us greetings.
The Hon. James C. Gillian,
Grand Master Of the NJ w. String
er Grand Lodge, Prince Hall At
Continued on Page Four
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1949-12-03
Ralph McGiII On
Board Tuskegee
Institute

Tuskegee Institute. Ala, Nov.
30.-When Ralph McGill, Editor of
the Atlanta Constitution received
official notice of his election to
membership on the Board of Trus-
tees of Tuskegee Institute, he re-
piled: II am honored to be selected
and hope that | may be of some
service"
Mr.. McGilrs colorful journalistic
career includes four assignments
abroad during which time he COW
cred the rise of Hitler's power as
well as other aspects of the chang
ing international scene covering
more than decade. With equal
facility, Mr.. McGill describes
rural home, a soil conservation
project, a football game, a politi-
cal convention or discusses a farm
tenants problem, race relations,
late book: all with courage, in
tellectual honesty and, sometimes,
with startling frankness. He is q
reporter. an editor and social
and political analyst.
A native of Tennessee, Mr.. Nc
Gill played on the Vanderbilt foot
ball team, began newspaper work
with the Nashville Banner as a
sports writer and Joined The At
lanta Constitution in 1929. Since
1941, he has been Editor-in-C Chief.
The association of Mr.. McGill
with President F. D. Patterson and
Tuskegee Institute will recall a
similar warm friendship that ex-
listed between Booker T. Washing
ton and the late Clark Howell,
former Editor of the Constitution.
Fifty-four years have passed since
Booker T. Washington made his
famous Atlanta Exposition Ad-
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