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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-02-11
Band News
By Msrlsas PARK

Everyone connected with TIE
band IN any way Is waiting Ia az.
tieipation for the trip 70 the State
Fair IN Tampa. The trip will BE-.
gin sunday February the tenth a.
$50 a.m. AS usual. we are gaing IN
a chartered Greyhound bus.
The girls are al IN a hustle set
ting their clothes ready so that hes
viii look their best. Of course. ne
boys are planning What Ia wear
just AZ hard ~ the girls We an
know that stephen Trevor viii Try
10 find his little blond manrelie
he met last year. Steve n already
choosing his londest shirts and
plans 20 wear shorts and pose as
q tourist.
After We arrive IN Tampa and
GET all Our paraphernalia set ap
and put away We viii sup II tie
hotel When we have eaten, and 4
We are not too tired. We viii 90
out for a look around the tosn
Monday morning win BE- the time
for shopping and visiting friends
and relatives. The parade win
start AZ 90 pm. and win break up
~ the Fair grounds sometime
around pm. AZ the fair al rides
and exhibits viii be visited By the
Kew West grofp
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-02-11

4 was hard 10 replace her. Vita
Barroso. Nancys capable assist.
ant editor. has taken over a very
hard but worthwhile task. Evelyn
Neltles and shirley Trudeau are
her ASSISTANTS. The student Coun.
eli members thank Nancy for her
splendid work and wish Vita the
best o. luck with her new newspa.
per.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-02-11

Monday. February Z. Mr.. Gar
cla's third period biology class .ook
. field trip 70 TIE Aquarium. Trans.
poriation VAS furnished ~ Ire
school bus. with Mrs Barr as
chauffeur
The class spent tfc class acrlo3
studying the varieties ~ iish. For
several weeks hey have been
studying TIE animal hingaom sud
have Just heaan concentrating oa
fish.
The trip proved very warlh4ailr.
and ne students decided i vas
morc fua , studs hiolnEy tki gay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-02-11

Seventh graders 1t the Annex do
not have regular eym classes. I
heard. What do they have instead
Well. BY attending Mr.. Robinsons
health class last Monday. I found
out. They have a program of health
education
When ! arrived. Madeline Curry
acted as hostess and gave me the
names Of pupils and other inforTna
ton | needed. Monday and Wednes.
day they 80 outside for a play per.
iod. Tuesday they study their
health text books. Thursday they
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-02-11

hester sna~ina taan hefure with
more cxpcrcHce in driii and nca
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-02-11

A group II naval officers wiI
fhs week lilat q fasain shoN ca
cities IKE New kofk ard Paris. "a
90 set OF the resort scar Rfich
sports ensembles ard more forms
shop a. ne Casa Marina wheft tal
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-02-11

New York and Philadelphia. a.
wei o. Washington. have VII.
messed the inaugurations ~
Presidents ~ tire United State
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-02-11

The movies we're thoroughly en-
joyed by the girls They are also
very helpful as the girls swimming
classes and instruction viii be
starting soon.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
First Negro
Elected To
n. Y. Senate

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 = For
the first time in the history of
New York politics, a Negro was
elected to the State Senate.
He is julius A. Archibald, Demo-
crat, of the Twenty-first Senate
District, who defeated Senator
Harold F. Panken, Democrat, in
a primary fight in August. He
won over Raymond j. Burke, Re-
publican, getting 69,789 votes, in
Guiding 1862 on the Liberal par
ty ticket, to Burke's 29,468.
Assemblyman Elijah j. Crump,
whom the Democratic organization
refused to slate for denomination
in the August primary, .as defeat
ed for another term in the As
sembly from the 18th A. D. Run
ming on the Liberal party ticket,
Mr.. Crump was beaten by Leslie
Turner, Democrat, who polled 3D.
989 votes to Crump's 5,682.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
Florida Court Rules Negroes Cannot
Be Barred From Using Daytona
Beach Municipal Auditorium

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, Nov.
10.-The Federal District court for
the southern district of Florida
recently ruled that Negroes of
Daytona Beach cannot be barred
from use of a municipality owned
auditorium here, but added that
they must wait until steps are
taken to maintain segregation.
The court enjoined the city from
discriminating against Negroes in
admission to the Peabody Auditor
ium but allowed the defendants a
reasonable time to prepare suit
able administrative regulations and
make necessary structural changes
to provide "equal but separate ac-
commodations and equal privileges
and opportunities in the use' of"
the auditorium.
Daytona Beach built and oper-
ates two auditoriums-one for
Continued On Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
MAU MAU CHIEF MARRIED TO
ENGLISH SCHOOL TEACHER

LONDON, Nov, 10 - Jomo
Kenlatta, AZ years old, recently ar
rested leader of the Mau Mau
Society and Kenya African Union
in the Kenya crisis, is secretly
married to an English school mis-
tress and father of a nine-year-old
son. 1 S~t
Jomo said goodbye to his wife
in England six years ago to be-
come keyman in Kenya's politi-
cal flareup-this is the story of
Mrs. Jomo Kenyatta.
Bearded, beringed Kenyatta came
to England % years ago. He mar
ried Miss Edna Grace Clarke,
daughter of marine engineer in
1912. He was then working as a
farm laborer and she was assistant
head mistress at boarding school.
Today, she says: "He made it
plain that if it came to a choice
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
Wife Shot Five
Times Left
Dying On Bed
Husband Refused To
Give Motive At First;
Claims Self Defense

A comedy 27-year-old wife, and
mother, Mrs. Annie Mae Rhodes
was shot five times and left dying
on her bed at her home at 1884
Ludlow street in northwest Jack
son last Saturday night.
There was still some life in
the bullet ridden body Of the young
woman when police entered the
home but she was pronounced dead
upon arriving at a local hospital.
Immediately upon finding the
bullet ridden body Of the young
woman police began search for
her husband James Rhodes who
was the number one suspect in the
shooting. He was arrested Sunday
night and admitted shooting at
his wife several times with a %
pistol.
Questioned by the police follow
ing his arrest Sunday night Rhodes
stead-fastly refused to give a mo-
tive for the shooting.
However, according to reports
in making the claim that he shot
in self defense, Rhodes told police
Monday that he reached in his
boots and got the pistol and began
shooting when he thought his wife
was going for a gun when she
reached for. a package of .ciga
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
The Three
DeIta's
JabberWock
Theme

Not Reading, 'Riting. and 'Rith-
metic-but Romance, Rhvtm, and
Rhyme are the three Rs which
have been selected for the Jabber-
wock theme of 1852. This enter
tanning program of unique sEits.
featuring unusual talent and skill,
is sponsored by Alpha Chi Sigma
Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta So
rority and will be given at the City
Auditorium on Saturday, Novem-
Der %. at 1880 P. M.
With Soror Lucille Price as COM
petent president, the members of
Alpha Chi Sigma Chapter are
working diligently to make this
years Jabberwock the most sue
cessful one in the chapters history.
Soror Barbara Barber, the efficient
chairman of the Jabberwock Com
mittee, has organized in a splen-
did way subcommittee, which are
functioning with much enthusiasm
for the success of the project.
Contestants are as follows: Miss
Jabberwock' Misses Carolyn
Blunt, Mamie Stevenson, Thelma
Sutton, Vera Lee Anderson, and
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15

jim CROW CARS 0uTLAWED
BY u. S. SUPREME COURT,
Say State Segregation Laws
Not Affected By Decision

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. II
-(DSN) - The Jim Grow" car
heartache of the Negro traveller
and among the worst evidence of
racial segregation in the nation
was outlawed by a decision rem
dered here Monday by the United
States Supreme Court.
The high bench rejected an APP
peal from a lower court ruling that
separation of white and colored
passengers is an unconstitutional
burden on interstate commerce.
The issue was appealed by the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The
court acted in a brief order, with
no opinion.
Segregation of coach passengers
is general in Southern states, the
principal exception being North
South through trains.
Mondays case, which is on its
second round through federal
courts, was started by William c.
Chance, of Parmelee, N. c.,
Negro school principal, it is one
of long series supported by the
National Association for the Adj
vancement of Colored People in
its fight to abolish segregation in
transportation and other areas of
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
Negro Named
Supreme Court
Justice In
Panama Republic

PANAMA CITY, R. p, Nov. 10.
"A Negro-Panamanian, making
his mark in the judiciary of his
country, was elevated last week to
justice of the Supreme court.
The National Assembly by a
44-4 vote confirmed the appoint
ment of Jose Maria Vasquez Diaz
by Col. Jose Antonio Remon, pres
ident of the Republica earlier.
Justice VasQuez Diaz had served
his country for the past eight
years as district attorney for the
First Superior Court of the Re-
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
State Division
Southern Regional
Council Meeting
Set For Nov. Is
Rabbi G.. Matinband
Principal Speaker

EDWARDS, Miss, Nov. TO-
(SpeciaD-The annual meeting of
the Mississippi Division of the
Southern Regional Council will be
held Tuesday, November 25, in
the Parish House of the Episcopal
Church, corner Capitol and West
street in Jackson, it was announced
here this week by DR.. John Long,
State Chairman.
The meeting is scheduled to open
at 9:3O Tuesday morning with adj
journment set for 3 o'clock in the
afternoon.
The program includes a number
of important items among them
being the election Of officers.
The principal speaker of the
meeting will be Rabbi Charles
Mantinband of Congregation B'nai
Israel of Hattiesburg, Miss. Rabbi
Mantinband is regarded as an ex-
ceptional leader to come to our
state. He has long been active in
the Southern Regional Council in
Alabama and is well acquainted
with the work and purpose of the
organization.
In making the statement regard
ing the coming meeting DR.. Long
said. that he was looking forward
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
hockaday,
Lawson And
Byars Get High
Business League
Appointments
Sudduth, Other Key
Officers Reelected A
Washington Confab

Washington, D. C.-The Ma
tional Negro Business League
closed its SEND annual convention
in Washington last week amid
what was described as one of the
most successful meetings of the
half -cenutry-old organization of
business people.
Several important actions were
taken by the NNBL board of di-
rectors designed to further pro-
mote the activities of the organi-
cation. A major decision of the
board was one dividing the nation
Continued On Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
JAIL. SENTENCE OF NEGRO EDITOR UPHELD
John H. Mccray Nationally Known
South Carolina Editor And Negro
Democratic Leader Must Serve
Sixty-Day Prison Sentence
Say Case Result OF Effort Of Certain :
Vindictive Political Leaders

COLUMBIA. S. c., Nov. 10
(SpeciaD - The State Supreme
Court, in an order filed Tuesday,
unanimously upheld 60 day prison
sentence upon John H. McCray,
editor of The Lighthouse and In
former, imposed August 13, 1851
by Judge Steve c. Griffith at New
berry on a charge that Mr.. McCray
had broken terms of three year
probationary sentence by leaving
the state on two occasions in 1850.
Early Thursday morning the ed
itor said he was preparing to re-
port to Newberry county authori-
ties within the ten day period al
lowed by law before effectuatiOn
of the lower court ruling.
The courts opinion, written by
Justice A. J. Stukes, was con-
Cured in by Justices Baker, Fish
burne, Taylor and Oxner.
The Jail term was a secondary
development in the celebrated
Greenwood libel case, in which Mr..
McCray and Del Booth of the AS
sociated Press were indicted for
criminal libel on January A, 1850,
after the two, in separate stories,
but similar as to detail, had re-
ported certain statements of Willie
Tolbert, executed late in 1919 af-
ter conviction for rape upon a
young white Greenwood county wo-
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15

versity accepted the designations
with deep regret. He said he be-
lieves that with patience and for
bearance on both sides a solution
of the issue might have been reach
ed.
The letter resignation, dated Oc-
tober 9Th, was sent to doctor Nc
Grady during a recent meeting OF
the university regents. However,
upon the plea of bishop Edward
cambridge Of Tennessee, the ac-
ton was withheld and the vice
chancellor and the faculty members
had several meetings. Signers of
the letter were the Rev. F. Craig
hill Brown, dean of the seminary;
the Reverend Robert Malcolm Nc
Nair, the Howard A. Johnson,
James A. Reddick, the Reverend
Continued On Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
Jackson Chamber OF Commerce
Again Host To Negro 4-H Clubs

The Annual Roundup Of out
standing achievement winners will
bring to the great city of Jackson
165 boys and girls to be the guests
of the Jackson Chamber of Com
merce according to the Negro State
All Club Staff; Miss Alberta Dish
mon, G. c. Cypress and Thomas M.
Norman, Jr.
These All champions, because
that is what they are, have ex-
celled all other boys and girls in
their respective project activity.
During their two days here they
will stay at the Edward Lees Hotel
for the boys and the Summers
Hotel for the girls. The schedule
will consist of formal program of
giving out prizes and metals to
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15

between politics and private life,
he would always choose political
life"
In 1912 he sailed from Storing
ton, Sussex to Africa, leaving her
and their three-year-old son, Peter.
He wrote once.
Why Jomo sailed away, Mrs.
Kenyatta, AZ, grey and matronly,
said: 81 don't know. But l was
very much in love with him. He has
a noble face and a commanding
personality"
The marriage was kept secret
because at was Jomo's wish and
my relatives were against it," she
said. "They are reconciled now"
He treated me with Kindness"
she said, "but he left me in no
doubt about his attitude toward
women. Their place, he said, was
Continued on Page Seyen)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
Seven Faculty Members Of Famed
University Of The South Quits Over
Refusal To Admit Negro Students

SEWANEE, Tenn, Nov. 10 -
Especially - The Dean and six
faculty members Of the University
of the south at Sewanee, Tennes-
see resigned their position because
the trustees failed to reverse a de-
cision not to admit Negro Theology
students at this time.
The mass exodus, effected the
end of academic year in June, will
leave only one seminary faculty
member. The action, announced by
doctor Edward McCrady, vice chan
cellor, was described as follow
up to a threat by the professors
to resign in 1853 unless the trus-
tees reversed a decision not to adj
NIT Negro students to the Theo-
logical school at this time.
Doctor McCrady said that the
Espicopal church supported uni
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
Northeast Miss
Conference Of
anne Church Held
In Columbus
Bishop Gibbs Lists
Appointments

In Columbus, Mississippi, Octo-
Der Doth through November 2nd,
the Fifty-third Session Of the
Northeast Mississippi Annual Con-
ference of the Eighth Episcopal
District convened at Turner's
Chapel African Methodist Episco-
pal Church, Reverend F. l.. MCGEE,
host Pastor. and the Rt. Rev. Carey
A. Gibbs, Presiding Bishop.
A very warm welcome was ex-
tended to the Conference by repre-
sentatives from the various groups
of Columbus. Through this medium,
a Christ-like rapport was estab-
lished and followed through the en-
tire Conference.
The opening Session of the Con-
ference began Wednesday at $50
Continued On Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
Son-In-LaW OF
Earl Cobb Killed
In Auto Crash

DR.. Lee Otis Miller, a captain
in the Medical Corp. of the U. S.
Army was killed in an auto acct
dent Monday night on a highway
near Meridian, Mississippi.
Captain Miller, who is the SON
in-law Of Earl Cobb longtime en-
ployee Of Sellers Motor Company
was enroute to Jackson for an
Armistice Day dinner with his
wife, his eleventh month old daugh-
ter, and his wife's parents at the
CObb's home on Deerpark street
here.
Following the accident the body
was prepared in Meridian for ship
ment to the Miller's home in
Ashville, N. c. for funeral arrange
ments.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15

those winners, a banquet and an
educational tour which will take
them through the colleges of the
city, the Coca Cola Bottling Com
pany, The Jackson Zoo, the Swift
Paultry Plant, the State Capitol
and Mississippi Products Company.
These boys and girls will come
from all sections of the state to-
gether with their agents and repre-
sentatives of the State Advisory
Council, who will also hold their
semi-annual meeting in connection
with the Annual Roundup.
During the year All Club MEN,
bers have carried out projects in
production and conservation of
foods, feeds and fibers; have helped
Continued on Page Four
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
DR.. A. W. Dent
Renamed To
Education Fund

DR.. Albert w. Dent, president
of billiard University, has beer re-
appointed to The Fund For The
Advancement of Educators Com
mittee on Faculty Fellowships for
the academic year 1953-54.
For the third successive year DR..
Dent will help select approximately
$50 college teachers throughout
the United States who will be aw-
arded faculty fellowships designed
to broaden their teaching qualifi-
cations.
Dean William De Vane of Yale
University is chairman of the
Committee on Faculty Fellowships,
Continued On Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15

LONDON, England, Nov. 10
Many people did not think it late
coming that Lady Molly Higgins,
wife of Sir John Higgins, former
governor of Jamaica, should have
poured out her soul bewailing in
an article written in London, how
Negroes of the world are being
treated by white people.
She said only in adversely did
the man regard the Negro as a
brother because the Negro was
needed then to render deserving
help.
an moments of crisis" she said,
at matters not that a man or
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
DR.. Rufus (.
Clements Heads
Land Grant
College Presidents

Washington, D. C. = DR.. Rufus
E. Clement, president Of Atlanta
University, Atlanta Georgia, was
elected president of the Conference
of Presidents of Negro Land Grant
Colleges, meeting in it's 30th an
nual session last week in Washing
ton.
The Atlanta University presi-
dent succeeded DR.. E.. B. Evans,
president, Prairie View A. and M.
College, Prairie View, Texas. 9th
ers elected to office were DR.. Rob-
Continued On Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
Powell Wins
Fifth Tern,
In Congress

NEW YORK, Nov. 10 = Repre-
sentative Adam c. Powell, Demo-
crat, defeated three opponents in
the sixteenth Congressional district
of New York, who were seeking to
unseat him in the House of Repre-
sentatives.
Powell polled lisp votes to 49,
S32 for Richard L. Baltimore, Jr.,
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
NEGRO PRESS TO HONOR
PRESIDENT TRUMAN

plaque by the publishers bearing
the following inscription: >, ITO
Harry S. Truman. 32nd President
of the United States, who has
awakened the conscience of Ameri-
ca and given new strength to our
democracy by his courageous eff
forts on behalf of freedom and
equality for all citizens.
At the two-day board meeting,
NNPA directors will consider an
expanded public service program
for the Negro press and complete
plans for the associations annual
Mid-Winter Workshop which will
CONTINUED On Page TwOl
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
First Negro
Elected In
Georgia Since
Reconstruction

AUGUSTA, Ga, Nov. 10 (DSN)
w. c. Erwin, business manager
of Payne College because the first
Negro to be elected to public office
in the State of Georgia since Re-
construction days, when he was ell
ected last Thursday as a member
of the Board of Education.
Erwin was opposed by r. ]. WIFI
kinson, former city councilman.
Erwin got 921 out of 1878 votes
cast.
Erwin ward included 1924 regis
tered Negro voters and 942 regis
tered white voters.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-11-15
BIRMINGHAM INTERRACIAL
Committee SEES need
FOR NEGRO POLICEMEN

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Nov. 10
(SpeciaD - The Birmingham In
terracial committee, after on e
years existence, finds that Negro
police officers are the greatest
need of this city.
Bishop c. C. J. Carpenter, chair
man of the committee, in a report
to the jefferson county coordinat-
ing council Of social forces, spon-
sor Of the interracial committee,
suggested: birmingham now is
about the only southern city with
out Negro police"