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Seward seaport record., 1950-09-05
RECEPTION HONORS MRS. PHILLIPS AT
 SANATORIUM

Women employees of the Sew ard Sanatorium honored the wife of Dr. Francis Phillips, thoracic surgeon, at a reception Thursday evening, August 31, in the dining hall of the hospital.
 About one hundred Seward ladies were guests and entered their names in the guest book, which was in the charge of Mrs. Nell Schnoecker, who later pre- sented it to Mrs. Phillips to help acquaint her with the Sew ard women.
 Dr. and Mrs. Phillips came to Alaska from Shreveport, Louisi- ana. The doctor arrived some weeks ago, but Mrs. Phillips drove up over the Alaska High way with her two daughters, Jane, 9 and Susan, 3. Dr. Phil lips has been in the Territory before, having seen duty in the Aleutians during the war.
 The reception was held be- tween the hours of 2 and 9 pm. in the dining room, which was beautifully decorated by Mrs. Phyllis Bacon with fall flowers in copper receptacles.
 Refreshments were prepared by Miss Susan Hayward, Sana- torium dietician, who is famous for her dainty connections, and two beautiful silver coffee serv ices were loaned by Mrs. Clar- ence Larsen and Mrs. Oscar Watsjold for the occasion. A program of recorded music was provided by Mrs. Melvin Anderson, which was so arrang- ed as to blend with, but not to intrude upon, general converse ton.
 Miss Ruth Murrell, superin- tendent of hospitals, was a charming hostess, knowing, as she does, most of the SeWardites by name and able to make intro ductions all round.
Seward seaport record., 1950-09-05

"All things come to him who aits''-provided he goes after what he is waiting for.
 Woodrow Wilson
Seward seaport record., 1950-09-05
The G.adGe Roe9e4
By Mildred Kirkpatrick

It was with mingled feelings that I went to Anchorage last week to represent Seward at the conference of Alaska cities. Not knowing what the attitude to- ward Seward might be, or if there was any kind of attitude, I was prepared to be either dis tant or cooperative, whatever the situation might call for.
 Suffice it to say, it was the most gratifying visit I ever made. Seward was received with the greatest cordiality and the people of Anchorage from Mayor Loussac, who is very gracious host, to the councilmen, chief of police, fire chief, tax assessor, building inspector, and news papermen went out of their way to grant me special conferences aside from the main issue.
 I am not easily fooled by peo- pie because I have worked all my life in public relations. Be- lieve me, friends, the people who count in Anchorage have no grudge against Seward these days. No matter what may have been true in the past, or whether it was mostly imagined, our neighbors now declare that what is good for Seward is also good for Anchorage That city has outgrown the time when it was necessary to fight other com munities for it's own existence, and can now afford to be big.
 If all the people get here who told me seriously that they would be the first ones over the new highway into Seward, we will never be able to contain them for single day. They are waiting just as impatiently as | we are for the opening.
 With the road opening we will be more closely allied as neigh bors, so let's adopt a more friend ly attitude ourselves and not read our own interpretation into every move made by Anchorage, but try to put ourselves into their place and come to a better understanding and a kindlier re- lation with our surrounding com munities.
 The proposed League of Alas kan Cities can do wonders for each and every one of US if we make it work No one city, ard no two or three cities can make it work. It must be a Wholeheart- ed cooperation of all the com munities in the Territory
 If you will begin thinking about the League, I will give you the details later as they are worked out, and, I am sure, you will be quick to see it's ad- vantages to us all.
 As a beginning for our indi- cation of goodwill, wouldn't it be wise as well as interesting to see that a good delegation attend the official opening of the Sterling Highway tomorrow at the Kenai River bridge? Gen. eral Kepner, Governor Gruen- ing and other officials will be present to dedicate the new road at 200 pm.
Seward seaport record., 1950-09-05

Grand opera-a place where the tenor gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15
FOREIGN AFFAIR." COMING TONIGHT
 AT 10TH CENTURY

"A Foreign Affair" which ar- rives tonight at the 20th Century Theatre, is laugh-and-love affair of riotous proportions. Produced by Charles Bracket, directed by Billy Wilder, the Paramount comedy about life among the American Occupation forces in postwar Ber- lin is highly original and enter taining.
 Starring Jean Arthur, Marlene Dietrich and John Lund, it tells of an over-zealous Congresswoman Miss Arthur, who arrives in Ber- lin with a committee to investigate the status of CT. morale. Her sus- picions aroused by the open frat ernizing with frauleins, Jean pre- tends she is a German girl and learns that the glamorous ex-Nazi night club star, Miss Dietrich, .s now under the protection of an American officer.
 The shocked committeewoman decides to track the man down and expose him. She is given the assist ance of Captain John Pringle (John Lund), assigned to her by Colonel Hummer (Millard MitchelD. The Captain is, of course, the officer she seeks, and he does everything in his power to stymie her investigation, including the waging of cam- paign for her love.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15
UPSIDE DOWN US. FLAG
 BRINGS AID TO VESSEL

A distress signal consisting of a United States flag flown upside down brought Coast Guard aid to a disabled fishing vessel near Tree Point, 40 miles southeast of Ketchi- kan, yesterday afternoon.
 The fishing vessel Roma, owned by J. c. Bushes of Ketchikan, was sighted by Coast Guardsmen at the Tree Point light station who ob- served the inverted flag and hand flares which were being waved from the deck of the vessel.
 The message reaching Coast Guard headquarters here from the light station said that the Roma was making five knots under jury rigged sails when sighted.
 The cutter Hemlock was sent to the vessels aid and lowed it to Ketchikan. It had run out of fuel.
 Three persons were aboard the Roma, but the messages to Coast Guard headquarters here did not reveal their names.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15

FILM PORTRAIT
 OF JENNIE HERE,
 CAPITOL SUNDAY

Its contents heralded as "an ad venture in time" David O. Selz- hicks Portrait of Jennie" opens Sunday at the Capitol Theatre.
 Portrait of Jennie" stars Jenni- fer Jones and Joseph Gotten, and is keynoted by most unusual kind of love story and the most terrify- ing storm scene ever photographed.
 The picture is the saga of a heroic artist who, fighting against the strangest kind of overwhelming odds, attempts to paint the portrait of an incredibly beautiful girl.
 Especially noteworthy in 'Por- trait of Jennie" is the unusual look in it gives on New York living. Avoiding the glamorous Fifth Ave nue angle or the depressing "slum" angle, which have become as fa- miliar to moviegoers as their own home town problems. this picture points up the distinctive character istics of those middle-class, every day New Workers whose way of life is neither to be pitied nor envied. This side of New York appears in the family trade" bars of Third Avenue, the West End garage where taxi driver garages his cab, r Washington Square as a boy and girl watch dawn light up lower Fifth Avenue, in Central Park in winter time with the skaters.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15
C0N(ERT-G0ERl
 SING PRAISES OF
 KENNETH SPENCER

Juneau concert-goerS went home last night singing the praises of Kenneth Spencer, big negro basso.
 Spencer appeared at the 20th Century Theatre and, assisted by Jonathan Brice at the piano, sailed through a program that was me- lodious crowd-pleaser.
 Beginning with the minorish la ment, Tt is Enough. from Elijah" by Mendelssohn, he finished his first group of numbers with the sprightly "Si tra ceppi" by Handel. The satisfying way in which he put over both the sad and the gay proved his artistry early in the eve ming.
 Although his singing of Debussy, Brahms and Schubert were well re- ceived by near-capacity crowd, it was his singing of the familiar songs which brought him the greatest ap- plause.
 Annie Laurie" a Scotch folk song, and "Oh, No John," an old English song sung with fitting fla cial expressions and voice effects which greatly amused the audi ence, were Spencer's two as en- cores after the first half of the program.
 The second half of the program was begun with three piano solos by Spencer's accompanist. These gave those persons who hadn't had a chance to hear music from Juneau's new piano an opportunity to listen to a finished musician at an excel lent instrument. Brice played Pre- Jude in G Minor" by Rachmaninoff, Fairy Tale" by Medtner and Pre- Jude (pour le piano)" by Debussy.
 The second half of Spencer's pro- gram was, if possible, more pleas ing to the audience than the first half.
 It included the Green Eyed Dra- 
 gon" with the 13 tails); Mobile Bay" sailors song of the sea, and several of the songs of Spencer's own people. among them Every Mail Day." 'Michieu Banjo" and Roll Jordon, Roll"
 With one exception all the en- cores following the end of the pro- gram were songs of the colored people, sung by man whose race and training fitted him to bring the most out of the great songs.
 Water Boy" and "Old Man River were sung with the feeling that was meant to be there-the cheer full hopelessness of the chain-gane worker, and the wishful sadness o1 the worker by the Mississippi.
 Nightcap for Juneau concert goers was cowboy song during which Spencer in good humor apeo sagebrush crooners, even to the yodel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15
SERVERS ANNOUNCED FOR GIRL SCOUT TEA
 AT ! O'CLOCK TODAY

Girls who are serving at the Girl Scout Tea and Fashion Show this afternoon at Elks Hall are:
 Carol Davis, Jean Ellis, Donna Eneberg, Louise Folette, Ann Fur ness, Marion Glafke, Patsy Kadow, Carol Leath, Caroline Meyer, Lo- nene Shaw, Patricia Sweeney, Jac- quelline Tanner, Joyce Tanner, Page Whitehead, Edwina Tydlacka, Ruth Hudson, Rosita Zamora.
 On the program will be: Jean cite Nelsetti, Arlene Parsons, and Glady Uggen.
 Shirley Sharing, who is one of the models for the fashion show, had her name inadvertently omitted from the list previously published in The Empire.
 Tea hour starts at 2:30 o'clock with the fashion show to follow.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15
SAVE ON FUEL
ECONOMICAL HEAT

The Sievert Oil Burner burns either distillate or kerosene oil in cook stoves, heaters, furnaces, pas teurizers, boilers, prune dippers, dairy sterilizers, etc. Safe. odorless, very convenient and low priced. Very easy to install i'll any firebox designed for coal or wood. MAKES HEAT FOR LESS THAN THE COST OF WOOD OR COAL. Install it yourself. Write for circular and prices on different sizes. Dealers wanted. Address
 SIEVERT OIL BURNER co. 71O N. Main St. Los Angeles 12, Cal.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15
FISHERMAN DIES

Ingvald Anderson, Juneau fish, erman, died yesterday at pm, at St. Ann's Hospital. He was 63.
 MT. Anderson was born in Nor way. Funeral arrangements are be- ing made by the Charles w. Carter Mortuary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15
HOWELL IN TOWN

Everett Novel;, former resident of Alaska now residing in Seattle, is guest at the Baranof. Novel; is interested in housing project in Fairbanks.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15
FROM ANCHORAGE

Guests registered at the Baranof from Anchorage are: Arne Michael son, John R. Mclaughlin, H. L.. Meats, William c. Manley, Harry Birnhaus, E. B. Colyunger.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15
TWO FROM sITKA

Two Sitka residents are registered at the Baranof. They are H. Mo- Nulty and Richard Aga.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15
FROM SKAGWAY

Duncan F. Hukill and family, who arrived on the Princess Norah, from Skagway, are guests at the Baranof.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-04-15
SKATING TONIGHT

Shirley Casperson today called at. tention to youngsters that there will be skating tonight at AB Hall start ing at 8 o'clock.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-04
Judge Sets Jury
Verdict Aside In
Louisiana
Doctors Case

ALEXANDRIA, Lain an UNI
precedented move here in the Rapi-
des Parish Court house last Thurs
day, District Court Judge A. v.
Hundley "annulled, voided and set
aside" the verdict of guilty arrived
at by all white jury last October
in the case of youthful DIR. James
E. Hines, prominent local physician
and surgeon. The accused was con-
victed of manslaughter in connec-
ton with the death of 17-year-old
Ethel Carr, May 1, 1949.
In setting aside the verdict, thus
granting new trial, Judge Humid
ley ruled, ct is unfortunate in
criminal trials that persons who
are un-tutored in the law are re-
quired to translate its intricate
provisions and upon their transla-
tons determine the liberty of fel.
low human being"
John R. Hunter, Jr., counsel fol-
DR.. Hines, presented the motion fol
new trial on the basis that the
jury's verdict was contrary to thu
law and the evidence. No date was
set for the new trial.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-04
Prof. w. Milan
Davis To Address
Knights, Daughters
OF Tabor
Goal Set At Fifty
Thousand Dollars

Greenville, Mississippi - Tabor
ians from all over the state Of Mis-
sissippi will meet at Mound Bayou
Monday February 10, 1850 to cele-
brate the Eight Anniversary of
one Of the Knights and Daughters
of Tabor most serviceable insti-
tutions-The Taborian Hospital.
The Taborian Hospital is rated
by authorities from the State
Health Department Of Mississip-
pi, as being one of the best insti-
buttons for health in the state. 1t
is affiliated with the Maharry
Medical College, Nashville, Tonnes
see, and has given service to over
5000 Negroes in the last eight
years.
Professor w. Milan DAVIS, Presi-
dent of Okolona Industrial College,
Okolona, Mississippi, and president
Of the Mississippi State Teachers
Association, will be our guest
speaker.
The program will be held in the
auditorium of the Mound Bayou
High School, and will begin at
1000 a. m.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-04
Ala. Circuit
Court Asked To
Review Taylor's
Case Again
MONTGOMERY.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. = The
Alabama Court Of Appeals was
asked Wednesday to hear for a
second time the appeal of U. S.
Sen. Glen Taylor CD Ida, from a
$50 disorderly conduct fine.
The first time the court took
up Taylor's case, it upheld JEFF
ferson County Circuit Courts con-
viciton of the Senator. He had
been arrested in Birmingham 20
months ago while he was Vice
Presidential candidate on Henry A.
Wallace's Progressive Party ticket.
At that time, he was involved in
a scuffle with police trying to keep
him from entering a Negro church
through the Negro entrance.
Taylor's lawyer, Arthur Shores,
a Birmingham Negro, filed the mo-
ton for a re-hearing today in
Montgomery on the grounds that
the police were trying to enforce
an unconstitutional law of segre-
cation.
If the court of appeals refuses
to listen to Taylor's case again, he
can take it to the Alabama Su-
preme Court and then the Supreme
Court of the United States. Shores
has indicated he'll do just that eff
necessary"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-04
DR.. GRAY NOW
AFRO EDITOR

PHILADELPHIA = DR.. William
H. Gray Jr., former president of
Florida A. and M. College in Tai
lahassee, Florida, has taken over
the position of manager of the
local office of the Afro American.
Dr. Gray, who resigned his post
last year in flood of accusations,
took over his duties THIS week at
the office, APT S. Broad Street.
He succeeded Leon Snead, who
has been head of the local setup
for about two years.
Since he left Florida. when GER
tain members of the legislature
began an attack on his regime at
the college, DR.. Gray has been con-
tinuing his studies.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-04
j. S. Senator
Appoints Young
Negro Woman
Staff Assistant

WASHINGTON - Miss Frances
Williams, former st. Louisan and
daughter of Professor and Mrs.
Frank l.. Williams of that city, has
been appointed to the staff of
Senator Herbert H. Lehman d.,
N. " as legislative assistant.
The appointment by the newly
elected senator from New York is
viewed in these quarters as being
in line with the usual practices and
policies of the former Governor of
New York State.
Only one month after Senator
Lehman's Inauguration, he appoint
ed Walter White as a member of
the Board of Visitors of the War
rick School for Boys, later ap-
pointing such persons as Elmer
Carter, Eugene Kinkle Jones, Mrs.
Lillian Alexander and others to re-
sponsible positions.
Miss Williams, a Phi Beta Kappa
and a Mary Lyon scholar in eco
Monies and sociology from Mt.
Holyoke College, is also a fellow
and graduate of the New York
School of Social Work and re-
search assistant for two years at
the University of Chicago. She
earned her masters degree from
this institutions political science
department.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-04
Houston Negro To
Preside Over
~ Council

DALLAS, Tex.-Theodore Har-
ris, insurance executive of Houston
will be the first Negro to preside
over the annual meeting of the
Southwest Area Council of YMCA
when it convenes at Wichita Falls,
Tex, February 24-25.
Harris, who was elected second
vice-president of the council at its
1949 meeting set a precedent then
for Area YMCA councils in the
South, according to Matthew G..
Carter, associate secretary of the
council staff with headquarters in
Dallas.
The Southwest Area council of
YMCA's is interracial and its pur-
pose is to promote and extend the
7 organizations in the states of
Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-04
TaImadge Says
He Will Protect
Unit Vote System

ATLANTA - Governor Herman
Talmadge promised Thursday that
he would "use every means avail
able to protect" Georgia's county
unit voting system, which is under
attack in a suit filed yesterday in
Atlanta.
The governor said he had au-
thorized State Attorney General
Eugene Cook to take any steps he
wishes in connection with the court
suit. Talmadge charged:
"A lot of people in Georgia want
to destroy the county unit system,
including the crowd that defeated
in 1948."
Under the system, each county is
given a specific number of votes.
In state elections, the unit votes
not the popular votes are counted.
This means that the 468-thous-
and residents of Fulton county
have six unit votes while the 1,700
people who live in Chattahoochee
county are represented by two
votes.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-04
Boy Scout Week
Feb. 6-12 Marks
Organizations
10th Birthday
Pres. Truman To
Greet Outstanding
Scouts At>WhitehOuse

President Truman will greet II
outstanding Boy Scouts in the
White House during Boy Scout
Week, Feb. to IL, to mark the
doth birthday anniversary of the
organization.
The Scouts, who will represent
the nations 100000 Scouts and
leaders in ceremonies at Wash
ington, D. c., where the Scout
Movement was Incorporated, will
go to Independence Hall in Phil
adelphia Feb. for ceremonies
where the Liberty Bell is en-
shrined. The Scouts will wind up
their trip in New York where they
will enjoy sightseeing, meet not
ables and visit the National Coun-
Gil office.
Boy Scout Week marking the
4Gth birthday of Boy Scouting in
the United States, will be OBJ
served from Feb. 6 through Feb.
II. On the actual birthdate (Feb.
g all the members will have an
opportunity to recolnmit them
selves to. the Scout Oath or Prom
Use at 8:15 p.m., in the four time
zones.
The theme of the birthday cell
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-04
Rust College Alumni
And Friends To Raise
$3.50, 900 May l, 1850

Representatives Of Rust College
Alumni from Jackson, Meridian,
Vicksburg, Yazoo City and Canton
met January 80 at Central Meth
odist Church, Jackson, Miss, to
accept their share Of responsibility
in the Rust College Building Fund
Campaign of $4,000 which must
be raised by May /, 1850.
The campaign is sponsored by
the Trustees of Rust College and
will commemorate the twenty
fifth anniversary of the Presi-
dents administration. The alumni
and friends have already raised
more than $4,000 of the quota
on the basis of a minimum of
$100 for each year of President
L. M. McCoy's administration.
The alumni and friends who were
present at the Central Church
meeting pledged and contributed
more than $4O0 in their first eff
fort of the campaign.
The keynote addresses were de-
livered by Rev. Charles H. Dubra,
chairman and trustee of the coll
Iege and the President, DR.. L. M.
Mccoy. The speakers gave vivid
word pictures of the growth, pres
ent status and future plans of
Rust College. The meeting closed
with emphasis on the $50 thou
sand-dollar expansion program
which will begin at the close of
the present campaign.
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-04
Law Students
Seek To Enter
North Carolina j.

CHAPEL HILL, N c. - Six
North Carolina college law stu
dents, all natives of the state, de-
scended upon the University of
North Carolina here last week,
bent on gaining admission to the
university all white law school. The
six applicants were:
Perry Gillard, Fayetteville, Floyd
B. McKissick, Asheville, Solomon
Revis, Raleigh James Lassiter,
Rocky Mount; William A. Marsh,
and Richard Powell, both of Dur
ham. They were accompanied by
NAACP Atty. Frank Williams of
New York.
Armed with transcripts of their
records, they visited Dean Henry
P. Brands, Jr., who issued them
application blanks. The students
completed the blanks while in the
office and returned them to Bran
dis. They asked that their papers
be processed in time to admit them
to the university for the second
semester-which begins early next
month.
DR.. Brands told them he would
waive the requirement of photo
graphs and process the applica-
tons on the basis of scholastic
qualifications. However he said he
did not have the authority to ac-
cept or reject an application.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-02-04
Forest County Negroes Denied Right To Register
STATE NEGRO DEMOCRATS
HAVING FIRST JEFFERSON
JACKSON DAY Dinner in STATE
HISTORY HERE FEBRUARY 10
Prominent Citizens From All Sections
Of The State Are Expected To Attend

The First Jefferson-Jackson Day
Dinner in the history of the state
given by Mississippi Negro Demo-
Gratis will be given here next Fri
day night, February 10, at 8 p. M,
according to James l.. Oliver, chair
man of the Dinner Committee.
Mr.. Oliver said early this week
that invitations had already been
mailed out to Negro Democratic
Voters in the city of jackson as
we'll as some in other sections of
the state
Due to the limited size of the
space available for folding the
Dinner, Mr.. Oliver stated that only
a limited number of invitations had
been sent out
He also expressed the hope that
all those receiving the invitations
would return the cards and Checks
Immediately, as the list of those
who will attend the dinner must
be made up not later than Wednes-
day, February 9Th, after which no
other guests can be accepted.
Mr.. Oliver said that a great
success for the dinner was indicat-
ed by the fact that after the first
invitations were sent out people
started calling in asking that they
be invited even though the dinner
is $500 per plate.
The differentiation Day DIM
ner, for which all guests will pay
$500 per plate, will be held at the
Betty Marine Branch YWCA at
8 o'clock Friday night.
DR.. A. Charles Hunter of Column
bus, one of the most gifted speak
ers of the state, has been named
tentatively as the guest speaker.
The Jefferson-Jackson Day Din
ner here was planned after Percy
Greene, President of the Mississippi
pi State Negro Democrats Asso-
citation, received an invitation from
the National Democratic Commit
tee to attend the $100-A-Plate JEFF
ferson-Jackson Day Dinner, in
Washington, D. c., on February
16, where President Truman will be
the guest of honor.
A dinner which is held annually
and attended by white and Negro
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