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were injured. Rescue workers con-
ceded there was practically no
possibility of finding any of the
missing still alive.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
Former Asylum
Inmate Killed By
Greenwood Police

GREENWOOD, Miss, July 81
Especial Gilbert Markham a %
year old Negro man, former in
mate of the State Insane Asylum
at Whitfield was shot to death by
police officer here last Friday.
According to reports the former
asylum inmate was shot to death
while being taken to Jail in a police
car after long struggle with two
policemen in the kitchen of a cafe
where he was employed.
The two policemen, Herbert L.
Steed and Otis Hill, reported that
Policeman Steed whose shot hit
the former asylum inmate squarelv
between the eyes, was forced to
shoot when Markham renewed the
struggle while on the way to Jail
The two policemen went to the
cafe to investigate a report that
the former asylum inmate had been
creating a disturbance and the
struggle began when they told him
that he was under arrest.
Officer Hill is reported to have
suffered few minor brusies dur
ing the struggle in the car.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
Three FLORIDA
WOMEN FOUND
SLAIN I'm BED

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, July
24.-GNS)-Three Negro women
were slain in their beds in West
Palm Beach early Tuesday by a
machette swinging saurderer.
Law enforcement officers have
the murder knife and they are
watching the condition of two
Negro men in Pine Ridge hospital,
both of whom were cut badly.
The victims of the knife Staying
were Maggie Robinson, 50, owner
of the house; Dorothy Poole, 18,
roomer; and Gladys Hall. Wis
itor from Detroit.
The two Negro men, Richard
Nichols, %, and Ashley Crummey,
80, are in the local hospital with
serious knife injuries. Crummey,
who was accused of the triple
Staying by young Nichols, is in
critical condition with his throat
cut.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
MISSISSIPPI STATE NEGRO
DEMOCRATS ASSOCIATION SETS
AUGUST 18TH FOR FIRST
ANNUAL STATE CONVENTION
The Negro Vote And The Present And
Future OF The Negro In Mississippi
Politics Is Theme Of Convention

The Mississippi State Negro
Democrats Association, an organi-
cation of Negro citizens of the
state pledge to support the state
and national democrat party and
to share the duties and response
bilities of voting and political par
ticipation at the local and state
levels will hold it's first annual
state convention in Jackson, be-
ginning at 10 o'clock in the morn
ing of Friday August 18, it was
announced by Percy Greene State
President of the organization here
last week.
The meeting will continue a
statewide mass meeting of Negro
Veterans also the President said.
The theme of the first state con-
vention of the association will be,
according to the President, The
Negro vote, and the present and
future of the Negro in Mississippi
politics. President Greene said that
since its organization in Jackson
on February %, 1949 there had
been a steady growth in the men,
bership of the organization in all
sections of the state, and that the
association had already Demon
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
HASTE Nomination
Approved By
Senate Committee

WASHINGTON, July "a =
(SNS)-The nomination of Will
liam H. HASTE, former dean of
Howard University law school, to
be Judge of the Third Circuit Court
of Appeals was approved Monday
by the Senate Judiciary commit
tee. Action on the appointment now
goes to the Senate floor.
HASTE, who is now serving un-
der recess appointment, will oc-
cupy the highest legal post ever
attained by a Negro if his appoint
ment is confirmed by the Senate.
The third circuit court, over
which HASTE will preside, has
headquarters in Philadelphia. The
district covers several Eastern
states and the Virgin Islands,
where HASTE was at one time
governor.
Senator Pat McCarran, Nevada
Democrat, who is chairman of the
judiciary committee, would not dis
close the vote by which the con-
troversial nomination was approx
ed. Hastie's appointment had been
tied up in the committee for sew
eral months.
HASTE had been questioned by
members of the committee because
of his alleged membership in So
called communications" organiza-
lions. He was also queried about
several speeches and statements
which committee members inter
preted as indicating possible COM
munist sympathies.
However, Senator William Lang.
er, a member of the committee
said that the questions raised about
Hastie's loyalty were "utter non.
sense"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
Committee Told
No Agricultural
Workers n eeded
In Mississippi

WASHINGTON, July % - For
eign workers are being imported
for agricultural jobs because they
are more easily exploited than our
own citizens and not because there
is a real need for them. According
to Clarence Mitchell, labor secre-
tary for the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
Testifying before the Presidents
Committee on Migratory Labor on
July 13, Mr.. Mitchell charged that
although there are many reports
about shortages of farm workers,
nobody really knows whether such
shortages exist. The NAACP Of
fetal pointed out that many short
ages are created by restriction of
of the free movement of labor in
the South, Southern growers fear
that those who come into their
areas will remain.
In 1948, Mr.. Mitchell said, the
NAACP suggested that the U. S.
Department of Agriculture for pre-
and Arkansas to test whetherNthere
were idle agricultural workers who
could be used in other areas. This
test was not made.
The NAACP spokesman criticiz-
ed the Department of Labor. and
the Department Of Agriculture for
preventing the appointment of the
qualified colored person to the COM
mittee, especially since one-third
of the migrant workers are colored.
He asked the committee to recon-
mend to the President that a col
ored member be named.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
Garden Club
Flower Show Set

The Garden Clubs have a flower
show scheduled for early fall, ac-
cording to Mrs. Frances R. Greene,
flower show chairman.
With this in mind, the gardens
who hope to have blooms to ex-
hibit in this show will have a busy
time in the garden from now on.
A planting of Zennias and last
planting of Gladiolus maybe plant
ed at this time. If Gladiolus are
planted the last Of June, planting
some a few days earlier and others
later, you should have some sprigs
to exhibit.
Miniature glads, makes an at
tractive exhibit also dwarf carna-
tions and potunias. Be sure to pick
out the buds of Roses, petunias,
dallas, and zennias already made
in August to have late blooms in
fall. Also set your dahlias in Au-
gust.
A complete schedule of this show
and details will be given later.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
NEGRO SOLDIERS SCORE FIRST MAJOR KOREAN VICTORY AT YEON
NEGRO SOLDIERS CHASE NORTH
KOREAN REDS OUT OF YECH0N
Macarthur Halls
Soldiers Courage

TOKYO, July 25.-The first ma
jor American ground victory of
the Korean war was scored Friday
by hard-fighting United States
Negro soldiers who drove North
Korean Reds ont of Yechon after
a 16 hour battle.
COMMUNICATES from Gen. Doug
las MacArthur's headquarters did
not identify what unit of Negro
soldiers won the victory. How
ever, American casualties were
light.
Yechon is an important rail and
highway city, so miles northeast
of Taejon.
Fridays battle at Yechon marked
turning point in American
strategy. Heretofore American
soldiers have been fighting a rear
guard, delaying fight.
The doughboys overwhelmed
the Communist forces with an en-
veloping, thanking action under a
curtain Of mortar and artillery
fire which sprayed the village on
the slopes of the mountain behind
Yeehon. The soldiers moved in
and successfully took the city.
The Yechon battle began Thurs
day afternoon and ended Friday
shortly after dawn.
The Negro soldiers, moving with
bullet-like speed in small groups,
scurried across rice fields, set up
guns and raked the defenders who
crouched behind bushes and houses.
During the latter stage of the
battle fighting was at a close
range and the GIs moved gingerly,
firing as they advanced.
The extent of enemy losses was
not Immediately determined.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
Mississippi Division Of Southern
Regional Council To Renew Request
10 Governor Wright To Appoint
State lnterraciaI Commission
Council Seeks To Attain Ideals
And Practices OF Equal Rights
Opportunity For All People OF State
State Chairman Sends Communication
To Organization Members

The members of the Mississippi
Division of the Southern Regional
Council are being urged to again
call upon Governor Fielding l..
Wright for the appointment of
standing state Interracial Com
mittee.
The call upon the members of
the organization to again request
Governor Wright TO appoint the
committee was contained in a let
ter sent out by the State Chairman
of the Council last week.
The letter also called attention
to the need for financial contribu-
ton to carry on the work of the
organization in the state and set
the date for the next meeting as
Tuesday October cath in Jackson.
In renewing their request for the
appointment of the Interracial
Committee all members of the
Council have been requested to sign
and return to the state chairman a
communication to be presented to
the Governor and Superintendent
of Education at later date.
The Communication is as fol-
lows:
The favorable attitude being re-
vealed by our political leaders and
the people of Mississippi in gener-
al toward securing for the Negro
population of our State educational
advantages looking toward uni
form system of education and in
seeking elimination of any in
equalities in citizenship is most en-
couraging and promising. This at
titude is shown in many ways; in
the action of the recent legislature
in making special appropriations;
in declarations by the Governor as
to his interest; in the action of
many communities in over-whelm-
ingly voting bond issues for schools
and facilities for Negroes: in pro-
vision by our cities for recreational
activities street paving, better
housing, disqualification, etc., for
the Negro populations; in registra-
Continued on Page Sky
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
State Negro Vet.
Hand cuffed To
Tree And Beaten
By Sheriff, Deputy
Warned Not To Say
Anything To Anybody
About Incident

WINONA, Miss, July "a
(SpeciaD-Jim Smothers, a Ne
gro veteran of World War II was
kandcuffed to a tree and severely
beaten by Sheriff Dewitt Tyler
and Deputy Sheriff Lawrence King
here Friday morning.
In addition to the beating the
Negro veteran was arrested and
held in Jail until Saturday when
he was released after paying a
$31 fine.
According to reports the Negro
veteran was involved in a near
accident with two white youth at
a Winona street intersection and
although there was no accident the
two youth followed the veteran
and continued to curse and threat
en- him when the veteran stopped
his car in the Negro neighborhood
one of the youth who had con-
tinued to follow him got out OF
their car and threatened him with
a pair of brass knuckles. The
veteran then rolled up his glasses,
locked the doors and refused to
get out of his car.
According to reports the two
youth left and reported the Incl
dent to the sheriff who with his
deputy handcuffed the veteran to
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
Delta-wide Afro
Meeting AT Mound
Bayou, Sunday
Hon. T. ]. HuddlestOn
And DR.. r. B. Gayden,
Principal Speakers

All Afro lodges in the delta will
gather at Mound Bayou, Miss,
Sunday evening, July 80, at / pm.
The occasion will be the Delta
wide pre-Grand Lodge Program
and Membership Drive of the Afro
American Sons & Daughters. The
meeting will be held in the spa
cious air-cooled auditorium Of the
Mound Bayou High School. Gen.
eral remarks will be made by Hon.
T. j. ("Cousin Tom") Huddleston,
Founder and Supreme Custodian
of the ro-American Sons &
Daughters. The guest speaker will
be DR.. R. B. Gayden, National Rep
resentative Of Educational Board
of National Baptist Convention,
New York City, N. Y.
The welcome address will be
made by Mr.. C. v. Thurmond,
Mound Bayou Postmaster, and re-
Spouse by Mrs. Gussie Peace
Young, Mississippi's greatest Ne
gro woman orator, Clarksdale
Miss. Musical selections will be
made by talented groups.
More than so local Afro lodges
will be represented in this great
public. Each lodge is requested
to bring two adult applications
The meeting opens promptly at
pm. and will close at 3 pm. The
general public is invited.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
TENNESSEE STATE GETS FIRST
CHAPTER OF KAPPA DELTA PI.
S0CITY AT NEGRO COLLEGE

TENN. A AND I STATE COL
LEGE, NASHVILLE, BECOMES
THE FIRST NEGRO INSTITU-
TON to have established on its
campus chapter of Kappa Delta
Pi, an Honor Society in Education,
which admits both men and women
to membership. 1t makes no dis
tinction as to color or creed. Found
ed in 1911, the Society co-operates
with college and university au-
thorities in emphasizing thorough
scholarship as a basic necessity
in the preparation of teachers. It's
purpose is to encourage high pro-
fessional, standards, and to recog-
nize outstanding contributions to
education.
The first chapter was installed
at the University of Illinois. The
Zeta Chi Chapter, installed in the
College Library at Tenn. State
July Is, becomes the 166th chap
ter.
Miss Catherine Vickery of Ala
bama College, Montvallo, Alabama,
first vice president of the national
body, conducted the installation and
initiation ceremonies, assisted by
Mr.. A. E. Anderson, counselor for
the Alpha Pi Chapter at the Pea
body College, Nashville; Miss
Frieda Johnson, Messrs James Ma
son and James Penrod, also OF
Peabody; and DR.. v. S. Nyabongo
Mrs. Geraldine Fort, and Mrs. A.
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
UNITED NATIONS WORLD PANEL
OF EXPERTS REPORT FINDINGS
ON RACE PROBLEMS
SEE NO SCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION
FOR RACE DISCRIMINATION
Say Myth Of Race Has Caused
Untold Human And Social Damage

PARIS, July 24.-The findings
of an international panel of ex-
perts on race problems under the
auspices of the United National
Educational, Scientific and Gull
tural Organization has provided
evidence that there was no scien-
tific justification for race dis
elimination.
This conclusion, in report made
public today, was reached by a
group of scientists who had been
called together by the organiza-
tion to define the concept of race
and to synthesize most modern
views of biologists, geneticists,
psychologists, sociologists and an
thropologists.
In their report, described by the
organization as "the most author
itative statement of modern scien-
tific doctrine on the controversial
subject of race ever to be issued"
members of the panel agreed that:
1. The range of mental capaci-
ties in all races was much the
same.
2. There was no evidence that
race mixtures produced biologic-
ally bad results.
8. Race was less a biological
fact than a social myth.
A. No large modern national or
religious group was scientifically
speaking race.
at is now generally recognized
that intelligence tests do not in
themselves enable us to different
late safely between what is due to
innate capacity and what is the
result of environmental influ-
ences," the report said. what
ever it has been possible to make
allowances for differences in en-.
vironmental opportunities tests
have shown essential similarity II
mental characteristics among al
human groups"
Members of the panel suggest.
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
JUSTICE BURTON OF UNITED
STATES SUPREME COURT GRANTS
STAY OF EXECUTION FOR MCGEE

Justice Burton granted the stay
of Execution on writ of Habeas
Corpus presented by Mrs. Bella Alb
surg, of New York City, woman at
torney for the Civil Rights Con-
gress which is backing the defense
of the accused veteran.
The action of Justice Burton
marked the fourth time in which
MCGEE has escaped execution by
only a few hours. He was sche-
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
National Negro
Insurance Assn.
Holds Annual
Convention
Say Negroes Own
5000 Million
In Insurance

LOS ANGELES, Calf, July 25
American Negroes own 900 mil
lion dollars in insurance out of a
national total Of 4190 billion, j..
Leonard Lewis, executive vice
president and treasurer of the Afro
American Life Insurance Co., of
Jacksonville, Fla, declared in his
address, opening the Both annual
convention of the National Negro
Insurance Association here at Sec
ond Baptist church last Tuesday.
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29

PatrOnize Our Advertis-
ers - Their Advertising
in this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29

Washington, D. c., July 90
WIRE REPORT TO JACKSON
ADVOCATE) Associate Justice
Burton of the United States Su-
preme Court Wednesday morning
granted a stay of execution for
Willie MCGEE, Negro veteran and
father of four children who was
convicted and sentenced to death
on a charge of rape of a white Lau-
rel, Mississippi housewife five
years ago.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29
Reuther Asks
U. S. Square
Home Practices

WASHINGTON, D. C. (NNPA)
Walter P. Reuther, president of
the United Automobile Workers
(CIO) in statement proposing
total peace offensive, last Tuesday
urged the United States to square
its practices at home with its
preachments abroad.
Reuther's peace proposals called
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1950-07-29

COLUMBIA, S. c., July "a =
The erudite and energetic prelate,
Bishop Frank Madison Reid, D. d.
above presiding over the 7th A. NJ.
E. Church Episcopal District, has
forcefully made himself an inspira-
ton, not only in the spiritual, but
in the civic and economic welfare
of the Negro citizens IN his Dis
trict with over 10000 members.
Continued on Page Five)
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1950-01-12
HIPPoDRoME.

Viena karta per desimti me-
tn pasirodo tokia gera filma, ko-
kia dabar nuo ateinancio tre-
ciadienio, sausio 18 dienos, bus
rodoma HIPPODROME teatre.
Tai yra 1.-THE Hasty Heart, is
torija apie sesis kareivius, kilu-
'sius is ivairiu krastu, pateku-
sius j ligonine ir turincius is
laikyti paslapti prizes viena is
savo tarpo, kuris isimylejo
slauge :. Tai drama, kurioje
su kaupu ir juoku ir asaru s.
Svarbiausiose rolese Ronald Rea-
gan, Patricia Heal ir Richard
Todd, Anglijos filmu zvaigzde.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1950-01-12
APIPLESE LIETUVIU BANKA
Plesikai sugauti

tai praleke AUTOMOBILES. Nors
moteru jis ir neuzkliude, bet
praleke taip arti, kad jos Wis
tick parvirto ir apsidauze, Sc
mute net nugaben6 j ligonine.
Tas, national, atkreipe kitu
demesi ir kaz kas eme ta auto
mobili WITS. Plesikai pamate,
kad su automobiliu per miesta
sunku isbegti, Wade Park Ave.
automobile pamete ir soko beg
tt pesti. Taciau du is ju buvo
tuojau sugauti, treciam tue tar
pu pavyko pasprukti. 10 namuo-
sc surasta 1000 doleriu. Pas
sugautuosius pinigu nerasta. Pa
begusio namuose budejo polici-
ia. Paryciui ] tuos namus ate
10 vienas vyrukas, kuri policija
noreio sulaikyti, bet jis bego ir
oolicija il nusove. Bet tai media
lyvaves Lietuviu Banko apple
Sine, nors, national, is tos pa
;iOs "bendroves'.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1950-01-12
NUOsIRDUS KVIETIMAS

Pradedama 1850 metus Kata-
liku Spaudos Remeju Draugija
rengia vaidinima. Geriausi see
nos megejai-os vaidins komedi-
ia "As numiriau'. Vaidinimas
bus 81 sekmadieni, sausio Is d.,
A val. PIP. sv. Jurgio parapijos
saleje. Kita programos dali at
liks sv. Jurgio parapijos cho-
ras ir vietos solistai-es. Veliau
sokiai prie puikaus Al. Nemanio
orkestro, taip pat vaises ir uz-
kandziai. Izanga IS c.
Visus nuosirdziai prasome at
silankyti. KOm.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1950-01-12
GGRQVg!?&!{@{{%Ia&dtS&{ |?
KULTUROS FONDO NARIU
SUSIRINKIMAS

81 sekmadieni, sausio Is d.,
II val. prizes piet, Lietuviu Sale
je saukiamas Lietuviu Kulturos
Fondo Clevelando skyriaus nariu
susirinkimas. Visi nariai ir tie,
kurie, pagalvoje, turetu sazinin-
gai prisipazinti, kad privaletu
butt jo nariais, kvieciami butt
mai apsilankyti. o nariais turetu
butt visi, kurie jaucia lietuviska
pareiga paremti svarbius kul-
turinius sumanymus, tokius, ku-
rie be platesnes visuomenes pa
ramos negaletu butt ivykdyti.
Ia proga verta pamineti, kad
Ciurlionies Ansamblis itemptai
rengiasi pirmajam savo pasiro-
dymui, kuris numatomas kovo
men. pradzioje vienoje is geriau-
siu Clevelando saliu.
Kulturos Fondas, salia kitu
remimo budu, turetu labai veik-
liai prisideti prie to koncerto BIZ
lietu isplatinimo. Tai bus svar-
bi ir reikalinga parama Siam
svarbiam kulturinio gyvenimo
ivykiui, parama - darbu.
Dirva = Field. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1915-current, 1950-01-12
PASIRENGIMAS VASARIO
16-TAI

Treciadieni LietuviQ Saleje
ivyko pasitarimas del VasariC
16-tos minejimo Clevelande. Da-
lyvavo 16-kos organizaciju at
stovai. Nusistatyta rengti bend
ra minejima, bet laikas if vie
ia dar nenustatyta.
Minejimo rengimui vadovauti
pavesta Kulturos Fondo Cleve-
landos SIX. valdybai, kaip vie
ninteliam vienetui Clevelande,
apimanciam visas sroves.
Numatomos atitinkamos is
kilmes ir Lietuviu Darzelyje ir
speciali radio programa. Visais
Sventes rengimo reikalais in
formacijas teikia Fondo sekre-
torius J. Daugela, tel. AT 9S71
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81 treciadieni, mazdaug Is mi
nuciu prizes II valanda is ryto,
lietuviu banke, DIRVOS redak-
cijos kaiminystej ivyko apple
Simas. Bankas jau veike, tar
nautojai buvo savo vietose, buvo
keletas interesantu, be to, kaip
tik buvo ateje ir du is banko
direktoriu: PIP. Muliolis ir Obe-
lienis.
Staiga iejo j banko patalpa
trys jauni vyrai, atstate ginkla
visiems isake pakelti rankas ir
pasilikti savo vietose. Vienas
per uztvara isoko j tarnautoju
skyriu, atidare duris kitam, pri-
ejo prie atviro seifo, susikrove
krepsi ten buvusius pinigus If
pasiSalino Seife tue metu
buve apie $4,000 doleriu pinigu.
Nei tarnautojai. nei kiti Pile
simo metu nieko negalejo pada-
ryti. Jie tik pastebejo plesiku
automobile numerius.
Bankas del to apiplesimo
nuostolio neturetu, nes banke
esami gryni pinigai Xxi 10000
dol. yra apdrausti.
Taciau plesikams nepavyko.
Jie labai skubeio. Kaip tik tuo
metu is DIRVOS redakciios bu-
vo iseiusi Ona Trainauskiene, ks
tik atnauiinusi DIRVOS pre-
numerata ir gavusi dovanu sic
mini kalendoriu SUI savo patrones
Sv. Onos paveikslu. il, palaukusi
zalios Sviesos. eio skersai gat-
We ir dar pagelbeio pereiti vie
mai senutei. Staiga, visiSkai prizes
jas nepaprastu greiciu neteise-