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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
STATE COMMANDER
ASKS LEGION POSTS TO
BACK BLOOD PROGRAM

Norman A. Johnson, Jr., State
Commander of the American Lee
gion. jackson, announced today that
he had called upon the thirty odd
thousand Legionnaires in the State
of Mississippi to give blood for the
boys in Korea.
1T behooves each of us, who
know so we'll what blood can mean
to wounded man, to exert every
effort to see that our comrades in
Korea have blood available when
needed" Johnson said
Il am calling on each Legion
Post in the State to set up a def
mite plan for this blood donor pro-
gram in cooperation with the Red
Cross, he further stated, "and |
hope that each will take part"
The plan calls for each Post to
set up special days to be devoted
exclusively to the blood donor pro-
gram.
It also calls for the registering of
Post members, to show the amount
of blood given, the date it was Civ
en-, and the type of blood that each
member has.
This program is two-fold in pur-
pose-first and foremost, to get
blood for Korea, and secondly, to
establish roster of blood donors
within each Post, with their blood
types recorded, to be used in emer-
gency cases.
We are asking our Posts to also
enlist the aid of every loyal citizen
IN the community, be he veteran or
non-veteran,' Johnson said.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
Register For Christmas Baskets Dec.
liz; Central Church, 9 am. to 5 pm

The Jackson Negro Christmas
Cheer Club is in the process of col
lecting contributions for this Christ
mas Season. During 1850 the Cheer
Club was able to collect enough
funds to provide 600 needy families
with healthy Christmas baskets.
Economic conditions suggest that
there will be more people needing
help this Christmas than last Christ
mas. The Cheer Club, therefore, re-
spectfully urges all citizens to share
their blessings of 1851 with the
needy by making a contribution to
the Negro Christmas Cheer Club.
The poor, INDECENT, down and-out,
forgotten family must depend upon
the generosity of the more FORUM
ate. Please be as liberal as your
blessings will justify in making
your contribution this year to the
Negro Christmas Cheer Club. Send
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
New Negro School
Voted In Winona

WINONA, Miss. = The qualified
electors of Winona Separate School
District went to the. polls on Tues
day, December 4 and voted 369 to
80 in favor of a $4,000 bond issue
for the purpose of constructing a
Negro school in the municipal dis
trict
The present Negro school build
ing will be replaced with a modern
up-todate structure at an approx
mate cost of $125,OOO, the bond is
sue providing funds to match gov
eminent funds available and to be-
come available for school construc-
ton purposes.
Based on previous school bond
issue the estimated cost in added
tax to the taxpayers of Winona
Separate School District will be ap-
proximately one mill, according to
City Attorney Robertson Horton.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
Two In-LaWs
Charged With
Assault On Girl

Memphis-Two brothers-in-law
charged by fereral authorities Of
kidnapping and violation of the Mann
Act in the alleged assault of u.
year, Memphis girl pleaded in.
nocent last Monday.
Accused of committing the assault
were Augusta Woody McGarrh. 28
and William Glenn, Mccain. 20. An
attorney for the defendants an
nounced in court that he would
file motions for change of venue
and for dismissal of the KIDNAPPING
Indictment
Ttty. w. J. Chiapella said he
would attempt to have the trial
moved to Pamela County. Miss, on
the ground that capital offense
must be tried in the county where
where it allegedly was committed.
Judge Marion Boyd set Friday
for hearing the motions.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
Negro Under
Bond for Shooting
AT Federal Officer

A 29-year-old Gulf Coast Negro
has been released from the Kinds
jail under $1,000 bond after being
arrested for 'assaulting fereral
officer"
The U. S. Marshals office identi-
fled the Negro as Wilifred Ranceful,
who was arrested at Pass Christian
last Saturday. He was moved to the
Kinds Jail by Deputy Marshal ]. w.
rabbit Daniels, Jr., Monday.
Federal authorities said Rance
full, also identified as whiskey
still operator, fired a rifle at an
ATU agent during an investigation
The ATU agent, Bill Bracus, spec
ial officer from the New Orleans
office, was repeatedly uninjured.
He was making a routine investi-
cation" at the time of the shooting,
attaches said.
Informed sources reported how
ever, that Ranceful told the Off
GERS that he did not know Bracus
was an ATU agent at the time he
fired the rifle.
Ranceful' was put under arrest
after further investigation was made
by special agents from. the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. He was re-
leased under bond Tuesday, court
officials said
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
Brooklyn Gets
First Negro
u. S. Attorney

New York-LeWis Flagg III, 35,
Brooklyn, has been appointed as an
assistant U. S. attorney for the
Eastern New York district in Fed
eral court, Brooklyn.
Flagg, the first Negro to receive
such an appointment in Brooklyn,
was sworn in last week. He is a
veteran of World War II and was
awarded the Bronze Star for action
in Italy, where he was wounded.
At present he is major in the
New York National Guard, COM
handing the 771st AAA Battalion.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
Mrs. 0. B. Cobbins
Says Local Pastor
Mis-Interpreied
Her Letter To Him

jackson, Miss.-In a telephone
conversation made by Mrs. o. B.
Cobbins of Chicago to Rev. ]. T.
Woodson of this city, one day last
week-a conversation that was wit
messed by other persons, Mrs. Cob
bins made the following statements
and asked that said statements be
published in the newspaper as a
paid-for article
Information has come to me that
Rev. M. R. Comic of Christ Temple
Church has publicly stated that /
wrote him letter confessing to
the church that / had done wrong
and asking him to forgive me. This
information indicates that Rev. Con-
&c is giving members of the church
the impression that l am asking
to be taken back into Christ Temple
Church and is in this way proving.
that |, along with other faithful
true members of the church were
wrong, when we attended the real
National Convention of the church
in California, rather than the split
session called in Chicago by Rev.
Comic. / admit that | did write Rev.
Comic and because of some person
al matters, asked his forgiveness.
feeling that this is the only way
for true Christian to do But,
wish it understood that l did not
ask to be taken back into Christ
Temple Church, for as long as Rev.
Comic is misleading the public into
thinking hat those persons who
went to the California Convention
instead of the split-session in Chi
cage have sinned against the church.
would not be a member of his
congregation
Rev Comic has done some very
fine christian people a great in.
justice. He has ousted them from
the place of worship that would
not be standing today. had it not
been for the tireless efforts of men
and women who were giving their
all for the church, even before ne
was born and my way of think
ing, he is tht one who should be
asking forgiveness"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
Frozen Woman Tells Plans To Wed
Legless Man She Met In Hospital

Mrs Dorothy Mae Stevens, Chi
cago's 24-year-old deep freeze
girl who surprised the world BY
her amazing recovery after being
literally frozen to death last Feb
ruary, and now recovering in Z
convalescent home, has revealed
her plans to wed Edward j. Her.
manski. 8, Polish fellow patient
also an amputee.
In an exclusive interview last
week, Mrs Stevens told the De.
fender that she will marry Her.
manskl as soon as she is granted
a divorce from her husband, John
ny Lee Stevens.
The love affair started at the
Chicago Convalescent home. 5O5s
VlncenneS ave., where both are re.
covering from amputations and be.
diS iCidDliltdL6O.
Hermanski, whose legs are am.
putated above the knees, has beer
handicapped for two years. He was
IN the construction business for Is
years.
Mrs. Stevens won international
tame when she bravely fought her
way back to life after having been
frozen stiff as a board" Both OF
ner legs were amputated and she
lost all fingers except one.
The couple will be fitted for ar
tificial limbs this week. After the
wedding they plan to live on the
West Coast, where Mrs. Stevens
is slated to make movie.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

OUR SPECIAL CHRISTMAS.
ISSUE WILL BE OFF PRESS.
DEC. 20. There WILL BE.
NO PAPERS DEC. 18TH
Houston To Ban Segregation In
Rest Rooms Of Airport Building

Houston, Textile Houston Post
said today this city, despite its Deer
South traditions, will have no white
and Negro segregation in the rest
rooms of its airport terminal build
ing.
The Post said the decision to have
no segregation came after a Negro
woman was forcibly removed by
a policeman from a white" taxi
cab at the present terminal build
ing.
The newspaper said the woman's
name was not available.
In many Texas cities it is illegal
for Negroes to ride in cabs resig-
mated for use of white persons.
Councilmen. the Post said. while
|geluctant to discuss the terminal
segregation matter, admitted the
problem arose at a meeting with
the mayor
The woman was described by the
Post as an officer of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) and influ-
entail in the Democratic party.
The Post then related this story:
When the NAACP woman re-
turned to Washington, a visit by a
Cicil Aeronautics Authority Off
cial followed. The official threat
ened to cancel a 100000 grant to-
ward cost of the new terminal as
well as to refuse to consider an
application for 100000 in additional
aid.
The building, expected to be COM
plered in about a year, will cost
ST 100000.
The warning was given to Mayor
Oscar Holcombe.
Mayor Holcombe discussed it at
an unofficial meeting with the
councilmen. The council authorized
the mayor to remove designations
of separate rest rooms for white
and Negro persons from the plans.
The mayor said yesterday he
could not recall such council action
and said plans for the terminal had
not been changed
Other than that, the mayor
said, Il have no comment"
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
I'll Enrolled AT
Louisville j.

Louisville, Ky.-The first attempt
to determine the number of Negro
students enrolled in the University
of Louisville has disclosed 271 col
ored persons attending classes there.
DR.. Phillip Davidson, president
of the U. of L., said the largest num-
Der came from Louisville Munich
pal College. which formerly was a
division of the U of L. reserved for
Negroes.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

all contributions to DR.. A. H. Nc
Coy, Treasurer, 1851 North Parish
Street Contributions will be ac-
knowledged through the press.
Many are counting on you to light
en- and make cheerful what will
otherwise be a bleak Christmas
for them. Won't you be their Santa
Claus?
The next meeting of the Cheer
Club is called for Monday evening,
December 3. at 6 pm. at Central
Methodist Church. Persons inter-
ested in the work of the club are
invited.
Registration dates for all apple
ants seeking Christmas baskets have
been set for Monday and Tuesday,
December 11-12, from am. to S
pm. at Central Methodist Church,
North Parish Street.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
YWCA News

Blessed are they who have the gift
OF making friends, for it is one OF
Gods best gifts"
The Branch YWCA will hold its
Christmas program THE Hanging
of the Green's, on Sunday, De-
cember 8, at 5 p. m.
If you can remember back to 1916
when hte YWCA started the Hang
ing of the Greens you will not
miss this one because each year
it is better
The program is being given by
the total membership of the YWCA
Branch. Special Music is being furn-
ished by the YWCA Glee Club un-
der the direction of Mrs. Princess
B. Jones.
All members and friends are ex-
pected to be present.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
Accused White Rupist Of
Negro Child Given MistrioI

Jackson, Miss.-A 48 year old
white man, H. L. Morrow, who
lured IA year old Negro girl away
from her home on the pretense of
hiring her as baby sitter and who
confessed to having driven the
child in his car to a secluded field
west of Jackson and who admitted
to sexual act with the child. stat
ing that he held his hand over her
mouth to KEEP her from crying out:
who so brutally raped the child that
she had to be attended by several
doctors, one a white doctor from
Clinton, Miss, who is said to have
stated in his first testimony that
the child had without doubt been
raped, and had to be hospitaIized
for several days; was on Wednesday
of this week given a mistrial by a
jury who could not reach an agree
ment as to punishment of the ac-
cused rapist
The jury had three choices. 1t
would have fixed a death penalty.
"a life sentence or acquitted Nor
row. The case was given to the
jury late Tuesday night when at
II p. m. it failed to reach agree
ment. 1t reported at Gas a. m. Wed
nesday, when it informed Circuit
Judge M. M. MCGOWAN before
whom the case was being tried
that an agreement could not be
reached thus forcing the Judge to
order a mis-trial
According to the rules of the
court new trial will be set on a
date to be decided by the Judge
after he has consulted lawyers in
volved on both sides.
At this writing it was reported
that Morrow was still being held
in Jail and brief interview with
Mrs. T. c. Almore, chairman of
he Womanhood Defense Committee,
an organization that came INTO be-
ing in response to the aroused in
dignation of Negro citizens at the
time of the dastartly crime, re-
veals that her organization has
pledged itself with the assistance
of Negroes thruout the state to
carry on the fight to see that Nor
row is punished to the fullest ex-
tent of the law.
At a mass meeting held follow
ing the failing of Morrow, money
was given by Negro citizens in
every walk of life to aid in seeing
that everything possible would be
done to see that Morrow was pun
ished to the fullest extent of the
law, which provides death, in the
electric chair for the crime of rape.
Acting on the expressed will of
the masses who contributed their
money the Womanhood Defense
Mommittee hired as special coun-
sci in he case, Judge John G. Bar
kett The states prosecution was
handled by attorneys Julian Alex
ander and Hugh Gillespie. The de-
dense was represented by attorneys
Ernest Shelton, E. B. Todd and
" J. Sucker, Jr.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
liz Descendants
Mourn Death OF
70 Year Old Man

:. Cincinnatti-Funeral services for
Malcolm Furlow, 70 father of
25 children. of whom 18 are still
living, were held Tuesday from the
Jamison and Jamison Funeral home,
The remains were later shipped to
GAINESVILLE, Ca, for burial.
\ Furlow died at General Hospital,
Nov. 81. He had enjoyed go years
of happy married life with Mrs.
Mary Ellen Furlow and his record
family. Besides his wife and 18
living children, heis survived by
81 grand children and 40 great
grandchildren.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

named above were presented in
the beautiful Stevens Rose Room
and promoter Miller here'makes it
plain to his dance public, he'll con-
tinue to give his dances at Steven
Rose Room, whenever it is avail
able for rent or the attraction is
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

not SO large as to warrant more
space than can be had in this dance
hail. The Stevens policy of giving
free music to their public on Sat-
|urdays, Sundays and Holidays,
makes it Impossible for any pro-
moter to book dances in the hall
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

w. J. Summers have brought the
worlds greatest entertainers to
Jackson such artists as Duke Ell
lington, Louis Jordan, King Cole,
Count Basic, Louis Armstrong. Bud
dy johnson and many smaller, al
tho equally as great attractions.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
Negro Soldier
Held In Murder
|0f Mother

Richmond, Va.-George Barlow
a 28-year-old soldier, has been re-
turned here from Fort Lawton
Wash, to face trial on a charge OF
numbering his mother, Oct. IL. Bar
low, who has already been indicted
by the grand jury, was brought here
on capias from Hastings Court.
His mother, Lucy Hicks, As, OF
5l3 North Fifth Street, died in a
local hospital, Oct. IL of injuries
allegedly received when she was
struck in the face Oct 10.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
Coke Program
10 Present Negro
Baritone Jan. 6

Jackson. Miss-Music lovers are
invited to hear William Warfield,
famous Negro Baritone, when he
appears as Guest Star on the Ed
gar Bergen with Charlie Mccarthy
Radon Show, Sunday, January 6,
at 800 q. m. E.S.T-CBS Network.
The Edgar gen-Charlie Nc
Carthy Radio Show is sponsored
by the Coca Cola Company.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

Aside from dance bands, promoter
Miller has also sponsored attrac-
tions like Wings Over Jordan, The
Southernaires, Sister Rosetta Tharpe
the greatest of all gospel singers,
,Mahalia Jackson.
All the dance band attractions
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

loving public on Christmas Day
and Night.
AT present, promoters, Miller and
Summers are doing everything pos
sible to bring one of the biggest
named attractions in the country to
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
Negro Christmas Cheer Club
Acknowledges Contributions

The Ferguson Furniture Compan,
In keeping with its policy to shar,
community responsibility have leat
off this year with the very sub
stantial contribution of $4,000 II
the Christmas Cheer Fund A de
tailed report of all contributions i
herewith acknowledged:
Brought Forward 1850, S230.25
Ferguson Furniture Company
0150.OO.
Peoples Funeral Home and Bur
ial Association, $500.
R. e. Remington Company. 5000
jackson Clearing House, 5000.
DR.. A. H. Mccoy, 5000.
United Gas Pipe Line Company
$500.
J. c. Penny Company, $500
Stuart c. Irby Company, $500.
r. c. Brown. $500.
Jackson Coca Cola Boiling Com.
pany, $500
Southern Cotton Oil Company
1900.
Fred L. Nelson Insurance Agency
1000.
Reid MCGEE Insurance Agency
1000.
w H. Lackey, 1000.
Smith Music Store, 1000.
First National Bank. 1000
Jackson Paper Company, 1000
Virginia Carolina Chemical Cor
poration, 1000
New Jackson Meat Market, 1000
Whites Lumber Yard, 1000.
Mississippi Foundry and Machine
Company. 1000.
Mrs. Virgil HOWE, 1000
Orgill Brothers Hardware Com.
pany, 1000
NJ w Overstreet and Associates
1000.
Mrs. Maggie Collum, 1000
Corr-Williams Tobacco Company
1000.
Jackson Fertilizer Company, 500
Clarke Building Material Com
pany, 500.
First National Bank, 500.
Everett Hardware Company, 500
Ascher Brothers, 500.
Capital Paint. and Glass Com
pany. 500.
Frank T. Scott. 500
H. r. Stands, 500.
Harold c. Warren, 500.
o. B. Taylor, 500
Brown Music Store, 500.
Sternberg Pecan Companl, ESQ
Mrs. D. W. Jones, 200.
Mrs. Lizzie J. Wilson, Its
Roy Taylor, 100.
A Friend, 100.
Mrs. Eunice Eley, LOO.
Mrs. Charles c. Afford, LOO.
Total Contributions to date.
s96O50.
The Christmas Cheer Club, re-
specially urges its many friends
in Jackson to send in their con-
tributions Immediately. Plans and
arrangements for purchasing make
it necessary for the Club to konw
at the earliest possible date how
much money it will have to spend
on the Christmas baskets for the
many persons seeking help. Won't
you send your contribution to DR..
A. H. Mccoy, Treasurer, 1851
North Parish Street, today.
Special attention is called to a
previous announcement on regis
tration naming Monday and Tues
day Dec. Hip as registration dates.
A correction on dates is noted since
Monday is the 10th of December,
therefore all registrants are remind
ed that our registration dates will
be Monday and Tuesday of next
week which will be December 10
and II.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

Jackson for their first promotion
in the Auditorium and it is hoped
that within a few days the name
Of such an attraction can be releas-
ed.
As promoters, w. = Miller and
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

The Adult Sewing Class of the
YWCA is taught by Miss G. T.
Campbell. The class meets on Thurs
days at 4 p. m, and is free to all
YWCA members.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

on any holiday.
The Christmas Day Attraction
at the New Auditorium will include
Concert and a Matinee Dance for
teenagers and a dance at night.
Watch this paper for more details
of the Christmas Dance.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

Twenty-mile long icebergs were
sighted in 1913 by Australian air
reconnaissance in the Antarctic.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

The Public Affairs Committee of
the YWCA will hold an open dis
cussion on Current Problems At
fecting us Today" at the YWCA on
Monday, December 10, at 6 p. m.
Al civic minded people are in
vited to be present.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08
Buy Christmos Seals

Jackson, Miss.-This week, Pro-
moter Willie j. Miller was official
~ informed that he will be per-
mitted to rent the use of the newly
erected Negro City Auditorium for
entertaining his music and dance
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1951-12-08

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