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Kodiak mirror., 1951-01-06
To Form Guard Unit Here

Plans to activate a local company of the Alaska Ma tianal Guard around January 15 were announced yesterday lv Capt. Tom Owen.
 Capt. Owen and First Sgt. L. B. Sessions arrived from Anchorage yesterday to inter- view prospective members of the new unit. The two men may be seen at the city hall between 10 and 12 am and l and 3 pm Monday through Friday. A meeting will be heId for all interested persons Monday at 7::30 at the Elks Hall.
 Men 17 through 35 are eligible for the guard. Per- sons signing with the guard arc indefinitely exempt from the draft, Sgt. Sessions said.
 Twenty men are required to form a company and in the event one is activated here it will be known as Company c, 201 Infantry Battalion, Alaska National Guard. The two men are staying at room 1, Kodiak Hotel.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-01-06
asked Ball January IA

The annual Russian New Years masquerade ball will be held on the evening of January IA, at the Elk's Club, it was announced yesterday.
 Entrance to the colorful dance and party, under the auspices of the Russian Wo- mems Club, will be by ticket only. Tickets will go on sale this week and may also be purchased at the door the night of the ball.
 Prizes will be awarded for the best, most original, most eaxnical and cleverest costumes for both men and women.
 An orchestra has been en- gagged for the evening and the yearly event is expected to draw a large crowd.
 On Tuesday a luncheon dinner will be offered to the public by the Russian Wo- mems Club in the basement of the Russian church. Lunch. son will begin at 12 pm and viii be served until 5 pm. Dinner will begin at 5 pm and served as long as it is desired. A charge will be made and the proceeds from the masquerade and luncheon-dinner will go into the Russian Women's Club fund which is used for church work.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-01-06
vOkaceks Have
 First 1851 Baby

MT. and Mrs. Mill Vokacek are the parents of the Kodiak New Years Baby. Little Mary Theresa Vok- acek was born at 11:54 pm Wednesday night at Griffin Memorial Hospital, far ahead of any other competitors for the claim to the first 1851 baby.
 The little girl, who weighed 6 pounds at birth, is the se- cond child of the Vokaceks who have son, James Mill, two and a half years old.
 The father of the 1851 baby is city utilities superintendent, and her mother is U. s. Con- missioner for the Kodiak area.
 Vokacek is currently acting as special commissioner while Mrs. Vokacek is in the hos pital.
 The baby will receive gifts from several merchants and businesses, as does the first baby each year. They will be presented to Mrs. Vokacek today by the Kodiak MIRROR which annually sponsors the donations to the first infant of the year.
 Donors previously listed as giving gifts for the first baby were Donnelley and Acheson, Kraft's Dry Goods, Kodiak Motors, Rhoades Furniture, The Stork, Bank of Kodiak, City Market, Norman Photo, Leonard's Jewelry, Orpheum, Kodiak Laundry and Bert's and Wodlingers.
 Other gifts just announced include a nightgown for the mother from Mar Lou, a Better Homes and Gardens Baby Book from Knudsen's, and a hand made dress from Smiths Tailor Shop.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-01-06
Troops Pull Out Of lnchOn
By the Associated Press

Tokyo The last United Nations personnel at Inchon pulled out by sea as Chinese Red troops approached the flaming docks. Inchon is the seaport for the abandoned capital of Seoul.
 There was no mass evacua. tion of soldiers through h. chon. The evacuees were soldiers stationed at the port, plus civilians. Demolition squads set off. explosives
 throughout the harbor leaving it a mess of worthless wreck
 age for the enemy.
 The main LIN ground force withdrew south, ahead of advancing communist troops. Red Chinese patrols crossed
 the Han River on thick ice southeast and southwest of Seoul but for the time being
 LIN forces have broken off
 contact with the enemy.
 Contact was still maintained in central Korea and around l6O, ,OOO Chinese and North Korean communists attempted to cut across the escape routes to the old Pusan beachead. Swarms of Chinese Reds
 pushed southward and
 menaced Wonju, important
 allied escape highway center 55 miles east of Seoul, Gen. MacArthur's headquarters announced. The report said the Reds were attempting to
 destroy LIN forces at Wonju and then wheel east to cut off the retreating Eighth Army. Meanwhile in Washington , the Defense Department was preparing to ask Congress to
 step up the service for draf- tees from to 28 months. Il 1 is also preparing to raise the age limits for inductees witt 1 continued on page 10
Kodiak mirror., 1951-01-06

Peter Gilmore and Elmer Harris, representatives of the Alaskan Salmon Industry, arrived yesterday from Jun- eau to start annual fish price negotiations.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-01-06

Paul Dooley, base ,employe, spent Christmas and : New Years in Seattle with his nasther, Mrs. Eleanor Dooley, who went outside recently.
Kodiak mirror., 1951-01-06
Services Held Here For Marshal Paul Herring

ten years, and who reduced the crime element in Anchor age considerably in his year and a half as marshal in that city, was buried here at his own request Wednesday af- ternoon.
 Herring, who was deputy marshal in this area for a decade and perhaps the most widely known of Kodiak figures, died Thursday even- ing, Dec. 28 in Providence Hospital in Anchorage, of cancer.
 At the same time, raging of the house which served as his marshal's house for ten years-with it's overstuffed chair, big radio. Alaska paint ings and ikons, and Herring's own photo lab-was con- pleted.
 Herring's death followed a lingering illness and a pro- loaged period of pain during which time he knew his case was hopeless, the Anchorage Times reported. Herring came back to Anchorage last year after specialists in Seattle had operated on him again and found his case hopeless. The Times said The maintained good spirits and discussed his plight frankly with his friends. j."
 About six weeks ago he moved from his apartment in the Anchorage Hotel to Provi- dence Hospital, and while there became a convert to the Catholic faith.
 A requiem mass for Herring was said Tuesday at the Holy Family Church in Anchorage, with Father Joseph T. Walsh celebrating the mass.
 Wednesday services were conducted by Father Louis B. Fink, s. J., at the Elks Club, and business houses closed for two hours in honor of the late marshal.
 Pallbearers were Jorgen Fredrickson, Ben Kraft, Pat rick Lynch, James G. Martz, Mill Vokacek, and Clarence Dizney. Honorary pallbearers were Lee c. Bettinger, Emil Knudsen, Pat Cannon, Char les Madsen, Jake Foley, Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, Merrill Coon, George Slawson,. Char les Skinner and members of the Kodiak Rotary Club of which Herring was a charter member.
 By the Associated Press Paul Clint Herring was 4S years old and held the posi- tion of United States Marshal, Third Division, Territory of Alaska. at the time of his
Kodiak mirror., 1951-01-06

 City, Alabama, in 1902 and was the son of the sheriff of Phoenix City which was then rated as one of the worst criminal towns in the U. s. His father was reputed to be the only man who could en- force the law there.
 Herring attended schools in East Lake, Ala, Columbus and St. Simons Island, Geor- gia. He served two enlistments in the U. s. Coast Guard from 1917 to 1922, a part of which time he was on duty at Cor dova, Alaska. Following his discharge from the service he returned to Cordova.
 He worked for 10 years on the Copper River and North western Railway and in 1884 entered the employ of Arctic Piggly Wiggly at Cordova as a butcher.
 Until 1889 Herring remained in the grocery and meat busi- ness and then accepted an appointment to the U. s. MarshaPs staff at Valdez. He was there only a short tiae before coming to Kodiak as a deputy marshal.
 Herring quickly won the ad- miration of territorial officials and high navy officials for his work in law enforcement, criminal investigation and crime prevention.
 Throughout the war he kept close contacts with visitors and his reports were made a part of the official intelligence re- cord of the military.
 He was repeatedly mention ed by writers and novelists do ing articles and stories about Kodiak and received consider able fame through a Saturday Evening Post article about Kodiak.
 For many years he labored tirelessly for a new U. S. federal jail for Kodiak and finally saw a new, modern structure completed here. He was a charter member of the Kodiak Rotary Club and was a member of the Chamber of Commerce. He was also a mem- Der of the rationing board for Alaska during the war and was a member and one-time post commander of the American Legion at Cordova. He prepared and presented several papers on defense measures for the territory and read them before several organizations.
 In May, 1949, he was ele- vated to marshal of the Third !; Division over many applicants for the position. He moved to. ! continued on page 10
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-06-09
Natchez
Continued from Page One)

NO0IIOIIIueu IIUIH age OItI
ans County.
A double column front page re-
port Of the incident in the ultra
conservative Natchez Times, read
as follows:
MEMORIAL DAY AND FLAG
HAD TOUGH TIME MAKING
IT DOWN MAIN STREET
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-06-09

SUNRAY OIL CORP. reported
net income for the quarter ended
March 81 of S6,056,824, equal to
$.62 per share.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-06-09
Sharecropper Is
AIMED In Million
Dollar Estate

MIAMI, Fla. - (SNS) = Zeke
Campbell, 56-year-old sharecrop-
per, was named in a court order
Friday as the owner of one-third
Interest i'll an estate that may
reach $1,0O0,000.
Dade County Judge w. F. Blan-
son ruled that Mr.. Campbell should
have been receiving 5000 week
aor the past 10 years as income
from his share in the estate of
D. A. Dorsey, pioneer Miami prop
|erty owner who died in 1910.
Representing Mr.. Campbell. in
court, Henry M. Jones, former as
sistant state Attorney, produced
evidence which convinced Judge
blanton that his client is Mr.. Dor
sey's long lost son, Ezekial Dor
sey.
The late Mr.. Dorsey's estate
included downtown real estate and
100000 in bonds, cash and other
assets and provides and estimated
$4,000 a month from rentals alone.
Judge Blanton ruled that Mr..
Campbell, his adopted sister and
Mr.. Dorsey's second wife are each
entitled to one-third of the estate.
Mrs. Dorsey died a few months
after her husband.
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Livestock
Continued from Page One)

Continued from Page One)
the herd.
Some colored farmers are even
in the purebred business. In
South Carolina, State Extension
Leader E. N. Williams took me TO
visit Elley c. Fore of Marion who
has Sd head of purebred Herefords
bn his 4O1-acre farm. A few
weeks ago, he got 1900 for five
registered yearlings he sold for
breeding purposes.
Carroll Jones of Epes, Ala, also
Is breeding Hereford cattle. He
operates a $3,400 cotton and cattle
farm. On his farm are about 300
brood cows.
In Florida, District Agent J. A.
Gresham and | xisited two farm,
ers near Mariana who are def
nltely sold on cattle. Matthew
Williams of the Springfield Com
munity has 60 head of Hereford
cattle and 90 Duroc hogs grazing
IN pastures on his 451-acre farm.
when | got married in 1908"
said Mr.. Williams, 1--WE didn't have
thing but an cid mule my broth
er-in-law gave us as a wedding
present" The Williamses now live.
IN amodern stone home that cost
S11 900; also, they have a tractor
and $4,000 barn.
The other Florida farmer we
visited is Andrew H. Bowers, who
owns 265 acres in the Liberty Hill
community. He has modern
dairy with % Guernseys. His
milk check averages 500 a day.
Also, Mr.. Bowers raises hogs, cot
ton, peanuts, and pine timber for
market. He came out of the coal
mines in the Birmingham area 25
years ago and began share-crop-
ping in Liberty Hill, his birth
place.
In South Carolina. | visited
Julian Durant of Manning, who is
raising hogs as a sideline for his
cotton and tobacco. "Three years
ago." said Mr.. Durant, az sold
pnly five hogs; this year I expect
TO sell 75." County Agent Will
liam Thompson has helped him
provide good grazing for his swine.
The hogs were grazing two
acres of rape.
In all three States, livestock
production is rising. The number
Of cattle and calves on farms in
creased by about 100000 during
1850. For the South as whole,
the number increased by two mil
lion, accounting for half the in
crease of the entire Nation.
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ms long,"
After the delay, the parade con-
tinued up Main amidst cheers and
marching to the tune of Battle
Hymn of the Republic"
The group assembled at Ma
tional Cemetery after the parade
and paid tribute to the veterans
buried there. The program in
cluded the Gettysburg Address and
rifle salute over the graves.
The Times also backed up its
front page report of the incident
with the following editorial under
the title:
A Regrettable Blunder
When group of Natchez po-
licemen, full of their authority,
STROBE out to halt the Negro Me-
mortal Day Parade here yesterday
morning, they stopped more than
marching group of people with
dark skins.
At the same time, they stopped
the flag of the United States, the
widows of men who gave their
lives for their country, and the
uniforms of the American Army,
Navy, and Marine Corps.
1t takes hardy soul to be so
careless with the symbols of his
liberty. For no matter what color
the hands that bear it, the flag is
that to which we all give alleg-
lance. And no matter the color of
the body it covers, the uniform is
that worn with honor by the de-
tenders of our country.
When a man goes before the
draft board, they don't turn him
down because he's black. When
he's dead, he's just as dead,
whether he was a Negro, a Jew,
an Italian, a Nisel or an Anglo
Saxon. Bullets make no distinc-
ton according to race or personal
background.
So men of all colors and races
and creeds are entitled to the re-
spect of their fellowman when
they pay tribute to their dead, for
they are our dead, too.
Mayor Conner, who had given
permission for the proposed line
of march, has expressed his ex-
treme regret at the incident. And
so should we all.
But why did it happen in the
first place The policemen would
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Louisiana Man
Leaves $4,000
Estate To Church

NEW IBERIA, La. - (ANP)-
Austin A. Williams, 80, who died
here three weeks ago, left an estate
valued at $4,000 in cash and war
bonds, plus an undetermined am
cunt of property, it was disclosed
last week, when City Judge Ward
lilly, one of the executors of the
estate, read Williams will in open
court.
Generally known as the owner of
numerous pieces of rental prop
erty here, Williams was born in
this city on November Is, 1869.
One bequest was to the Episcopal
church of the epiphany, of Will
liams' property located at Gil West
Main Street, in the business sec
ltion.
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The American flag had a tough
time going down Main Street ir
Natchez today.
Local police halted parade Of
Negro veterans, many of whom
wore overseas service stripes, who
were paying tribute to "the men
who did not return
Some 1000 indignant Negro cit
liens waited on West Main this
morning while police delayed the
parade nearly 45 minutes.
Offering no explanation, three
police halted the Negro American
Legion colored guard instructing
them to cross over to Franklin
rather than marching up Main.
Mayor Audley Conner expressed
extreme regret" today concern
ing the incident. He said that he
had given permission to the Negro
American Legion to parade down
Main several days ago.
He pointed out that the Negro
parade on Memorial Day is ira
dition in Natchez and that they
have been allowed to parade since
| can remember.
"We had the Mayors permis-
sion to parade on MAN," Post
Commander Frank Daley pointed
out, as he tried to calm the irri-
tated paraders.
But police stood fast, acting on
orders from headquarters. Fred
Schleet, chairman of the police
committee, was called upon to
take action to allow the parade
to continue. Both the Mayor and
the Chief of Police were contacted
before the parade got underway
again.
1.-THE same thing happened last
year." Daley said. Except last
year we didn't have to wait quite
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give no reason for their action.
But there was obviously a slip
up some where along the line.
Either the orders did not reach
the police or they chose to ignore
hhcm. Take your choice IS to
which is the more acceptable ex-
PLANTATION.
In any event, prejudice should
mot be allowed to triumph over
patriotism, nor personal feeling
serve as an excuse for holding
lightly the flag, the uniform and
what they represent.
Even though the parade finally
did go on, the incident Wednesday
was blunder for which we should
all be heartily ashamed.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-06-09
Methodist Retire
Four Ministers

JACKSON, Miss, June a (DSN)
-Four Ministers were retired at
the Saith session of the Mississippi
Annual Conference of the Metho-
dist Church held at Central Church
here last week.
They were Rev. J. A. Williams,
Meridian Circuit, 40 years of SER
vice; Rev. A. L. Bohanan, Rose
Hill Circuit, SO years; Rev. S. L.
Harrison, of Bay Springs, SO
years, and Rev. ]. E. Jackson, of
Shubuta, 80 years of service.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-06-09
SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1851

The Alabama All Fat Stock
Show in Montgomery a few weeks
ago, gave further indication of the
part colored farmers are playing
IN the livestock production pro-
gram of the South. The boys and
girls exhibited 1872 head of cattle
and 300 hogs. This was about
twice the number shown last year.
Extension workers everywhere
expect the increased livestock pro-
duction to accelerate the pace to-
wards more satisfactory living
standards in the rural South.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-06-09

Commission met Monday in closed
conference The decision was hand
ed down from the court a few
hours previous to the emergency
meeting.
The commission called forth the
city's legal talent to study the out
come of the case. The members
refused to comment until the legal
group had revealed their findings
A local Negro attorney, who re-
manned anonymous, stated that
such a study was futile since there
is no next step"
The case was not considered by
the Supreme Court in open session.
The nine judges merely upheld the
verdict of the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals at New Orleans.
Birmingham, which has been the
scene of bombings in connection
with the zoning controversy, has
several "white" residential areas
in which Negroes own property.
Almost half of the Birmingham
population is colored.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1951-06-09
City Lawyers
Study High
Court Decision

Birmingham-(SNS) = React
ing to the Supreme court decision
which outlaws the city's racial
zoning law, the Birmingham City
Evening star., 1951-10-04
Bankers GroupWarns
0verspending PeriIs
Our National Economy.
by the A,soeiaied Press

CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-The Ma
tion's bankers believe excessive
public and private spending is
endangering the country's eco
nomic strength.
1t must be reduced, they as
serted today, to minimize further
imitation.
This was the stand taken by
members of the American Bankers
Association at their 77th annual
convention which closed today.
The association embraces 98.4 per
cent of the banks in the Nation.
In a resolution the A. B. A.
delegates said a long struggle to
preserve democratic civilization
lies ahead. and that its result
depends as much on an orderly
economy as on force of arms.
Pledging support to the pro-
gram for expanding United States
armed strength, the bankers at
the same time asserted methods
must be found to trim nom
defense expenditures, both by
Government and by individuals.
And they urged sharp scrutiny of
both military and foreign aid
programs.
Warn on OverSpending.
Present overspending, they said,
"exhausts critical raw materials,
strains the seams Of the eco
nomic fabric, builds up bureau
cratic controls. imposes inordinate
and destructive taxes, works in
justice to millions of our people,
and impairs the freedoms We are
seeking to defend"
The need for restraint of such
excesSes has been a recurring
theme throughout the A. B. A.
convention which with an attend
ance Of 1875 ranks as the largest
meeting of the association in
nearly 80 years.
The bankers heard speakers
warn that renewed imitation was
coming. that voluntary restraint
Of credit in future months may
be more important than ever be-
fore.
New Officers Selected.
Their new president, c. Francis
Cooke Of Roanoke, Va, elected to-
day to succeed James E. Shelton
of Los Angeles, told them their
place of leadership was not only
in the field of banking, and that
they should not shirk community
responsibilities.
Mr.. Cooke was advanced from
the vice presidency to the asSo-
cations top executive position.
The bankers elected w. Harold
Brenton. president Of the State
Bank of Des Moines, Iowa. to the
vice presidency, placing him in
line to become president at next
years convention which will be
held in Atlantic City, N. j., Sep
tember 28-October /.
William B. Gladney, president
Of the Fidelity National Bank of
Baton Rouge, La, was elected
treasurer of the association.
Evening star., 1951-10-04
Stanton Park Group Elects
Johnson for Fourth Term

Clarence p. johnson became the
first president to be chosen for a
fourth term in the 32-year history
Of the Stanton Park Citizens As
sociation last night.
With only one exception, all six
officers from last year were re-
turned to their posts by almost
unanimous votes. Others re-
elected were Joseph H. Gill, first
vice president; Mrs. Daisy Gold
stein, second vice president and
treasurer, and Harry Stull and
Kathryn Bowers. delegates to the
Federation of Citizens Association.
Mrs. Byron Seath declined to ac-
cept her election as secretary.
In an open forum following the
election, the citizens voiced their
protest over the proposed increase
in the District budget for 1853 and
the general laxity in police patrols
In their area.
The citizens met in the Peabody
School, Fifth and c streets NE.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-06-06
LOCAL AUTHORITIES LIABLE FOR WAFER
 FRONT PROTECTION

U. s. Coast Guard headquarters here today issued the following statement:
 Tn accordance with existing sta- 'tutes and Executive Order 10173 the Coast Guard has broad general authority and responsibility to safeguard vital port facilities and vessels from sabotage. Particularly at this time the situation requires the greatest degree of protection for waterfront facilities and losses from accidents and sabotage.
 The responsibility placed upor the Coast Guard under the Magnu- son Act does not abrogate the basic responsibility of local authorities, owners and operators for the secur- lty of waterfront facilities. Coast Guard forces are available for shore-side protection only in spe- clal cases. Therefore, owners and operators of waterfront facilities are encouraged to take necessary steps to protect their establishments against all kinds of destructive forces-accidents, fire, and sabot- age.'