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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
Mississippi Negro Officer First Navy
Fighter Pilot And First In Combat
Dies In Line OF Duty

HATTIESBURG, Miss. = Dec.
II Especially Mrs. Daisy
Pearl Brown, the wife of Ensign
Jessie L. Brown of the U. S.
Navy was notified here Friday
that her husband, the Nays first
Negro flyer, and the first to fly
combat mission, as reported in
the Jackson Advocate last week,
died December 4th, Gin line duty"
in Korea.
The telegram to Mrs. Brown
which contained no details of her
husbands death was received
Tuesday afternoon from the Chief
of Naval Personnel.
The young wife, with her two
year old daughter Panel Elsie,
read the message quietly as she
vainly sought to hide her visible
emotions.
Attached to the Aircraft Car
rier Leyte on duty in Korean wa
tiers the 25-year-old fighter pilot
flew his first combat mission on
October Is, near Chongjin, when
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
To Study Negro
Employment
In Dixie

DURHAM, N. C. (Atlas)-Dur-
ham will be the scene of a study of
Negro employment by the National
Planning Association, it was an
nounced this week. The study will
be southern-wide, and will be done
primarily in cities and industries,
run by committee of the South.
DIR. Calvin B. Hoover, chairman
of the Department of Economics at
Duke University will head the in
vestigation. The southern commit
tee said he would inquire into "the
policies and practices followed by
management and labor unions in
the employment of Negroes in the
South"
All cities and industries in the
South are to be studied by econo-
mists from the various Southern
universities which are to be an
nounced later. The committee said
the investigation is expected to
throw light upon long-range eff
forts to obtain more effective use
of the manpower not only from the
whites, but Negroes as well.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
We're Licking jim,
Crow In Sports
Says Jackie
Robinson

''Is the fight against Jim Grow in
sports over?" That's the question
that Jackie Robinson asks and
answers-in the issue of Look
magazine released Tuesday, Dec
ember 5. In a revealing picture
story, Jackie tells of the struggles
he has had as the first Negro to
break into professional baseball.
The fight isn't over yet, but
Robinson feels that marked pro-
gress has been made and we're
winning the one that counts He
tells of the heartbreak and frustra-
ton he faced before he was accept
ed by the players themselves. And
he pays tribute to Branch Hickey
who helped him over the bumps by
instilling the motto: "Slow and
easy. Bite your lip. Don't say
what's on your mind. Try to I'M
derstand the other fellows prob
lem."
Robinson adds, in the Look story:
81 realize, of course, that the sue
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16

Walter White Tells
Clio Unions That
Racia! Arrogance
Is Root0f War

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 7. = The
war in Asia is not merely a
fight between dictatorship and
democracy. 1t is also a desperate
struggle between chose who have
been robbed and scorned because
of color and place of birth and
those who have done the robbing,"
Walter White, executive secretary
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie, told delegates attending the
second annual convention of the
International Union of Electrical
Workers, Clio, here today.
Citing the "racial arrogance"
of white Americans and Euro
peans and their exploitation of
underdeveloped areas, Mr.. White
said: "All these factors add up to
the distrust which caused the
present rulers of China to believe
in my. opinion quite enormously
that their lot would be better
served under Soviet instead of
democratic contrf :"
Continued CA Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
BARRIERS Walk Out
In Protest OF
coIored Employee

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico
(NNPA BARRIERS atomic energy
plant here were reported to have
walked out when a colored en-
ployee walked into the barhershop
for a haircut.
The employee had been precious
ly refused service in the barbershop
and had complained to the Wash
ington Bureau of the National As
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of
Colored People that he was unable
to get haircut in Los Alamos, a
Government community.
Clarence Mitchell, head of the
NAACP's Washington Bureau, is
reported to have taken up the en-
ployee's complaint with the Atomic
Energy Commission with the re-
suits that instructions were sent to
the Los Alamos Atomic plant to
serve the employee.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
Singer Billy
Daniels SIashed
BV Movie Actress

HOLLYWOOD - Billy Dan
iels, $4,000 a week Negro night
club singer, was slashed from
cheek to throat Thursday in a
pre-dawn Hollywood apartment
fracas and police arrested red
haired actress Bonnie Quillan as
his assailant.
Miss Quillan was booked on
suspicion Of assault and police
said faces a possible extortion
charge.
Thirty-five stitches were taken
by physicians at Hollywood re-
ceiving hospital to close the gap
ing butcher knife wound suffered
by Daniels in an alteration with
the actress in her lavish apart
ment. He was reported recover
ing.
Police said Miss Quillan fought
like a tigress' when she was taken
to the police station for question
ing. At first she declared:
'He doped me and then tried
to attack me-"
However, Detective c. c. Forbes
said the actress backed down COM
pletely on the attack charge, say
ing she went into the kitchen to
get some sleeping tablets and
does not remember what happen
ed. Forbes said she admitted:
II remember hitting him with
a table lamp and then | just went
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
South Africa
Ban Natives
Outside Border

JOHANNESBURG, Union of s..
Africa = (ANP) = The Union of
South Africa this week banned
from its schools all Africans out
side its borders. South Africa did
not take similar action against
Whites.
Using alleged overcrowdedness
of it's schools as an excuse, this
nation said it does not have enough
facilities to teach its own natives.
The government said Africans
from foreign territories" already
in school may complete their train
ing.
H. L. Wander Walt, secretary for
education, made the announcement
for his government. His ruling ap-
plies to South African universities,
missionary colleges, and other in
situations, he said.
In the past, hundreds of African
students from British protectorates
and tropical Africa have come to
study in South Africa for both
high school and college education.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
Truman-Davis Talks High|ight Mid
Century White House Conference

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL = The
time worn contention that the home
and the school are the chief influ-
ences in molding the character and
shaping the lives of children was
re-emphasized last Tuesday morn
ing by the two principal speakers
at the White House Conference on
Children and Youth.
President Truman drew the loud
est applause when he departed
from his prepared text to say that
his mother and father were the
greatest influence on his life and
his first, second, and third teachers
played a great part in developing
any traits of character which he
might have.
Preceding President Truman's
speech, DR.. Allison Davis, profess
sor of Education at the University
Of Chicago had stressed the fact
that the "free schools in America
must be the ladder Of the people"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
Native Leader Say All Africans
To Challenge White Mans Dominion

JOHANNESBURG, Thursday -
Forced by pressure at home and
abroad to make the first official
public explanation" of the South
African Governments racist policy
of stringent ghetto-segregation
for all non-Europeans - 80 per-
cent of the country's population
Minister of Native Affairs DIR.
Verwoerd failed this week in his
attempt to justify this policy to
the African people.
Speaking before the Native
Representative Council" in Pre-
toria on Tuesday, he stated that
if the Africans and Europeans
were not separated from each
other as far as possible" the
African would not be satisfied
with a limited share in the po-
litical field in the form of COM
munal representation, but would
desire full share on the basis of
equal voting rights in the govern
ment Of the country. Along with
this, he would want the same con-
ditions in social, economic and
other fields. This, Verwoerd
warned, would ultimately result in
trace mixture"i
In an uncompromising rejection
Of Verwoerd's argument, African
Leader Selope Thema declared
that the White mans dominion
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
Catholics Of South
ToStudy Denial Of
Franchise In
Coming Meeting

COLUMBIA, S. C. - "Wiles and
devices" that have denied the fran
chise to "a great mass of our
citizenry" and the injustice in hous-
ing, education and health benefits
resulting from segregation will get
attention at the annual convention
of the Catholic Committee of the
South here, it was announced this
week.
When the three-day convention
is held in Columbia's Township
auditorium Jan. % to "a a work.
shop session of the Race Relations
department of Cos will be devoted
to Catholic principles of full racial
justice, it was revealed by John
Mccain Of New Orleans, chairman
of the Race Relations department
of the regional organization Of
Catholic clergy and laymen.
I'm spite Of concessions made as
a result Of court decisions or in an
ticipation of possible litigation,
much remains to be done," Mr..
McCann said.
The Very Rev. Maurice Shean
of Rock Hill, S. c., chairman of
the convention, described present
plans for the conclave when he re-
turned from New Orleans where he
had conferred with Mr.. McCann
and other leaders of the regional
(Continued on Page Two
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16

Teachers may think of them
selves as unimportant, as mere
day-care-keepers-of quiet in the
classroom" declared Mr.. Davis.
but in the most realistic sense,
the survival of tn United States as
major power depends directly
and chiefly upon the public
schools"
In his speech President Truman
pointed out very emphatically that
America is not struggling to pre-
serve her own liberty as a nation.
We are striving in cooperation
with other free nations" he said,
ito uphold the basic values of
freedom OF peace based on Justice
which are essential for the pro-
gress of mankind"
The purpose of this conference.
continued the President, is to seek
ways to help our children and
young people to become mentally
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16

he was credited with destroying
five railroad cars, damaging Is,
straffing a warehouse and shoot
ing up a red vehicle.
Shortly before his death En-
sign Brown was singled out for
mention in another dispatch, in
this raid he hit tanks and locomo-
tives behind Communist Lines in
North Korea.
The son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Brown Of Hattiesburg, he gradu-
ated from Eureka High School
here in 1914. Later he attended
Ohio State University where he
studied Engineering for two
years, paying for his school by
working nights on the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
Joining the Navy in 946, he
received his commission in 1913
at the Pensacola Naval Air Sta
ton and received his advanced
training at Jacksonville, Fla,
before joining the fleet.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
State Negro Republican Ranks Torn
Asunder By Perry Towards Press
Statement And Courtesy Call
Upon Governor Fielding Wright
Leaders Say Negro Republicans
In Mississippi Want No Part
OF The Dixiecrat Movement
SPEECH TO MASONS
GETS COOL RECEPTION; ONLY A
BARE HANDFUL AT MEETING HERE

The movement to Gust Perry w.
Howard from his long held Post
as National Republican Commit
teeman for Mississippi, which for
some months has been reported as
being in progress is reported to
have gained new impetus and
growth throughout the state as
result of one of Towards few and
visits to the state which
was prompted by an invitation to
speak to the Stringer Masonic
Grand Lodge during its annual ses-
sion in Laurel last week.
The Ranks of Negro Republicans
in the state were torn asunder and
the movement TO GUST him as Ma
tional Committeeman is reported
to have gained new impetus and
growth as a result of Towards
visit to Jackson Wednesday fol-
lowing his speech to the Masons
in Laurel, during which he gave
lengthy statement to the press af-
ter Courtesy Call upon Governor
L. Wright at the Cover
nor's office in the State Capitol
Towards statement as publish
ed in the local daily is as follows;
We quote:
"An about campaign to gain
for Taft for president in
CONTINUED on Page Two
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
La. Committee
Raises Emergency
Fund For NAAcP

NEW YORK, Dec. Z = More
than $4,000 has been raised for
the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc, by a spe-
cial committee appointed by DR.. E.
A. Johnson, president of the Lou
isiana State Conference of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, to assist
the Association in it's financial
emergency.
Working both within and outside
of NAACP branches throughout the
State of Louisiana, the special
committee, under the craftsmanship
of Mrs. Mildred C. Byrd, has set
a goal of $4,000 in its Embarrassing
efforts.
During the past week, the Legal
Defense Fund has also benefited
by gift of 5000 from the Max
Ascoli Fund, Inc, of New York
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16
NEGROES ASK ADMISSION TO
TENNESSEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. = (SNS)
Following the new policy of the
National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People to
seek equality of educational op-
portunities on "all levels" a group
Of Negroes, sought the aid of
Federal Court to have the white
public schools open to them.
The issue was raised in a suit
filed to have the court admit them
to white elementary and high
shoots in neighboring Anderson
county. The plaintiffs contend
that they are not receiving equal
educational rights as provided I'M
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16

der the 14th amendment to the U.
S. Constitution.
Specifically, the suit asked the
district court to declare whether
it is unconstitutional to deny
equal rights to Negroes by rea-
son of their race and color. And
sought to have the court restrain
Anderson county school officials
from prohibiting Negro students
from attending White schools and
riding in school buses with white
children.
1t was the first suit filed in
the state to force admission of
Negroes to white schools. Legal
authorities pointed out.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16

Funeral Rites were held at Gen.
trail Methodist Church here, at one
o'clock Tuesday afternoon for DR..
Leroy A. Smith, widely known To-
cal physician and founder Of the
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-12-16

Patronize Our Advertise
ers - Their Advertising
i'm this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-02-04
NOTICE
UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES
Department Of The Interior
Bureau of Land Manageme nt
Anchorage, Alaska
Jan. "a, 1850
Department Of The Interior,
Bureau of Land Management,
District Land Office, Anchor
age, Alaska. Notice is hereby
given that Lowell M. Pickett
of Anchorage, Alaska, as
Trustee, has filed in this Office
his application, Anchorage
O14589 under Section II of the
act of March 3, 1891 ZIG Stat
1095), for entry and patent for
the use and benefit of the oc-
cupants of Kodiak townsite,
the tract of Land designated
as Municipal Reserve" on
the supplemental plat of U. S.
Survey No. 2537B, officially
filed in District Land Office,
Anchorage, Alaska, Septem-
Der 13, 1949. If no protest is
received during the period of
publication or within thirty
days thereafter, the applica-
ton will be allowed.
George A. Lingo, Manager
Date First Publication 1880
Date Last Publication 2-25-50
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-02-04
Bartender Fined
For Serving Minor

AL Styling, bartender at the
B and B, was fined $35 and
costs by City Magistrate
Myrna Perkins Tuesday, after
a jury found him guilty of
serving liquor to a minor.
The complaint was filed by
Navy Chief w. H. Young of
the shore patrol, who charged
that Styling, last Saturday
night, had served a minor sail
or.
A city ordinance makes the
bartender liable, rather than
the bar owner, in the case of
such an offense.
Members of the jury were
Norman Sutliff, John Thevik,
Leonard Campbell, Stuart
Nuckols, Mrs. Stanley Alvine,
and Lee Caddell.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-02-04

L. K. Wodlinger, local;drug-
gist, and Mrs. Wodlinger, now
vacatioping outside, are at
Palm Springs, Calf, and are
planning a trip to Mexico. In
March, two of Wodinger's
brothers will come from the
east to join them for a short
stay at Palm Springs.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-02-04
AsLande Remedies
Bakery

LaLande's Kodiak Bakery
has been undergoing repairs
and remodelling this week as
Max LaLande, new owner,
prepared for the opening.
A new hardwood floor was
installed and workmen painted
and arranged the equipment.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-02-04
NOTICE.

1.-THE Informal Group of
Christian Scientists meet for
Sunday services in the main
floor of the Bank Building ev-
cry Sunday at II am.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-02-04

School was dismissed on
Thursday morning, for the
entire day, when the weather
turned cold.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-02-04

Mr.. and Mrs. LaLande re-
Gently purchased the former
Christy's Bakery from Walter
Erickson and Everett Koch.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-02-04
KODIAK MIRROR
Chamber To Meet

The Chamber of Commerce
will hold it's regular meeting
TIL lrsday. All members are
ur ged to attend.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1950-02-04

Father Gerasim SchmaltZ OF
Monks Lagoon is in town for 4
visit this week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-12-21

agriculture at the University of
Maryland He had been associated
with his father in farming for sever
al years. He was member Of the
Garrett County Farm Bureau, Inc,
and was enrolled in the Farming for
Better Living program.
Surviving are his wife, who was
the former Margaret Friend, a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Friend; two children, Charlotte Kay,
aged 3, and Paul Harrison, aged | !;
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Baker, Loeb Lynn; and a sister, Mrs.
Mrs. f. d. Custer, Of Oakland.
Deceased was member of the
Pleasant Valley Methodist church,
from which place funeral services are
being conducted this afternoon at
o'clock with Rev Randall Prince,
pastor, officiating, assisted by Rev.
George w. Simpson, United Brethren
minister of Loeb Lynn. Interment
will be in Pleasant Valley cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-12-21
MRS. WILLIAM II. O'BRIEN

Mrs Fannie Mae O'Brien, &c, of
Meadow Mountain, six miles west of
Swanton, died last Wednesday night,
December -, in Potomac Valley hos
pital, Keyser, w. Va. Mrs O'Brien,
wife of William H. O'Brien, had been
i'll since the previous Sunday and was
admitted to the hospital on Tuesday
Deceased was born in Homecoming
and was daughter of the late Will
liam Henry and Elizabeth Beeman
Green. She had resided in the Swan
ton area for over 40 years, and be-
longed to the Piney Grove Church Of
the Brethren at Swallow Falls.
Besides her husband, Mrs. O'Brien
is survived by one daughter, Mrs
Lester burst, Cumberland; two sons,
Loaring O'Brien, Deer Park; Francis
O'Brien, Swanton; five sisters, Mrs
Foster Noble, Moundsville, w. Va;
Mrs. Martin Regal, Lansing, Ohio;
Mrs. William Green and Mrs. Lima
Myers, Homecoming; and Mrs. Ruby
Layman, Cumberland; two brothers,
Harry Green, Mt. Savage; Grover
Green, Homecoming; also II grand
children.
Funeral services were conducted on
Sunday afternoon from the Meadow
Mountain Mennonite church. Rev.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-12-21
REV. OBED HAMSTEAD

Rev. Obed Hamstead, youngest son
of the late John and Martha Evans
Hamstead of Grant County, passed
away November %, 1850 at his home
at Morgantown following lingering
illness. He was born June II, 1870,
and was aged 80 years, five months
and eleven days. December %, 1891,
he was united i'm marriage to Miss
Anna Fike, daughter of the late Rev.
and Mrs. Jonas Fike, of near Eglon.
Besides his widow he is survived by
five sons and five daughters, Mrs.
Lena Fike, Mrs. Bessie Fike, and At
torney Ezra Hamstead, all of Nor
gantown; Mrs Mary Wilson, widow
of the late Ben. Wilson, of Philippi;
Alvah Hamstead, of Charleston; Jon
as Hamstead, of Kingwood; Elwood
Hamstead, of near Martinsburg;
Warden Hamstead, Of Williamsport,
Pa; Mrs. Dora Steel, of Wheeling;
and Mrs. Martha LawtOn, Of near
Gnegy Church, who with her husband
and family resides on the old home
stead where her parents resided until
the family was about grown when
they moved to Morgantown, where
Rev Hamstead was engaged in pas
torial work as long as health per-
mitted. Also twenty grandchildren
and eight great-grandchildre sur
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-12-21
DIED
DANIEL w. DORSEY

Daniel w. Dorsey, 70, retired pro-
prietor of the Casselman hotel in
Grantsville, died early Sunday morn
ing at the hotel where he resided.
Born is Ashtola, Pa, September II,
1871, he was the son of the late Pat
rick and Sara McCusker Dorsey and
lived in Avilton until 1904 when he
and his sisters moved to Grantsville.
There Mr. Dorsey and his sisters
opened the Casselman hotel which he
managed until 1871.
Survivors include a sister, Sister
Mary Luca, St Mary's college, Notre
Dame, Ind; a brother, Frank P. Dor
sey, Harrington, Neb., and several
nieces and nephews.
He attended St Vincent college,
near Pittsburgh, Pa, where he studied
law.
Mr.. Dorsey was a member of st.
Stephens Catholic church, Grants
vile, and the Holy Name society He
was a charter member of Grantsville
Woodmen of the World Camp No. Al,
and Garrett County Historical society
He was a well known hunter and was
interested in wild life and Grantsville
community affairs.
A requiem mass was held from st.
Stephens church, Grantsville on
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, with
Rev Fr Camillus officiating Inter
ment was in st. Michaels cemetery,
Frostburg.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-12-21

chant at Bruceton Mills, w. Va. lie
was a son of the late David and Cath
crime Groves Wilson and was mem
Der Of the Methodist church at Sugar
Valley, w. Va.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Lulu
Wilson, at Oakland; and one brother,
Samuel Wilson, Chester, Va.
Funeral services were conducted ON
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock
from the Sugar Valley Methodist
church, with Rev. j. E. Johnson, of
Oakland, officiating. Interment was
in the church cemetery.