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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
MAMMOTH CITIZENS RALLY
COLLEGE PARK AUDITORIUM
TUES. NIGHT TO MARK OPENING
OF UNITED GIvERS FUND DRIVE
Purpose OF Rally Is To Inform Public
And Create Greater Interest And
Enthusiasm Behind The Drive
College Choral Group Bands Choir To
Furnish Musical Entertainment For Program

A mammoth Citizens Rally,
marking the opening of the United
Givers Fund Drive of the Terri
torial Division which is under Ne
gro leadership and direction, and
which is primarily responsible for
the success of the campaign for
funds in the Negro community of
the city will be held at 1870 Tues
day night, October 6, at the Col
lege Park Auditorium.
Plans for the mammoth city rally
were completed at an enthusiastic
meeting of officers and workers
of the Territorial Division, Tues
day night, at the Edward Lee
Hotel.
The primary purpose of the
Citizens Rally as pointed out at
the Tuesday night meeting is to
give to the Negro public the facts
about the United Givers Fund and
to create greater popular interest
and enthusiasm for the success
of the work of the Territorial Di-
vision
In keeping with the above pur-
pose, no one will be expected to
make his gift at the Citizens Rally
bat everyone is invited and urged
to attend in order to learn more
about the United Givers Fund.
Some of the finest musical
groups, and church choirs of the
city, and Tougaloo College Cho-
rus, Campbell College Chorus and
Jackson College Chorus have been
called upon to furnish musical en-
tertalnment during the program.
With such organizations on the
program those attending the rally
will not only be given some very
important information but will
also be well entertained.
The Territorial Division of the
United Givers Fund Campaign
which is sponsoring the Citizens
Rally at the College Park Audi
forum Tuesday night is headed
by President H. B. Wilburn of
Campbell College as General Chair
man with Mrs. Doris Hall Tharp
as Co-chairman.
Atty. Sidney R. Tharp, who will
be the direct assistant to the chair
Continued On Page Four
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
Prince Hall Dav
Celebrated

The F. & A. NJ. Fraternity of Nc
Comb, Mississippi celebrated for
the first time Prince Hall Day
September 20, 1853.
This celebration was one of the
largest and most successful noted
in the History of McComb, Repre-
.sentatives from all districts were
present and a total numberof three
hundred spectators witnessed the
ceremony.
Our guest speaker for the &C.
casion was Professor r. l.. Cain.
of Franklin County, who gave the
Origin of Prince Hall and his asso-
citation with the F. & A. M. Mason
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03

US-raters are paid.
One US-rater will be retained
as maintenance" ramp operator.
In assigning local-raters to the
jobs, the Canal Company is furth-
er carrying out recommendation
of the General Accounting Office
to utilize qualified local rate help
wherever possible. The company in
stituted the program with the mass
replacement of US-rate truck driv-
ers by local-raters.
The US-rate ferry ramp opera
tors have already been reassigned
to other jobs with the company.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
Jackson College
Lyceum Assn.
Announces
1854 Series

The Jackson College Lyceum AS
ISOLATION proudly announces a star
studded series of events for the
1953-54 season. The season will
begin with jose Limon and Com
pany, with Pauline Koner in Oc-
tober. jose Limon has been called
1.-THE first male dancer of our era"
and is considered by many of the
worlds leading opponents of the
modern dance movement. Pauline
Koner is described by John Martin
Of the New York Times as ian
excellent dancer and comedienne"
whose technique is tremendous.
The exact date Of this presentation
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
$50, 000-A-Year SawmilI Enterprise
Developed As 0ff-Farm Job Side|ine

Six brothers of Macon. Ca, who
started operating a small sawmill
seven years ago to piece out their
income from farming, are now
crossing $60,000-a-year from their
off-farm enterprise, says Negro
State Agent P. H. Stone of the
Georgia Extension Service in a re-
Nport to the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
The brothers are Robert, John,
Nelson, Isaac, Moses, and Leon
Dumas who were reared on ten
ant farm near Macon, and got their
idea about operating a sawmill
from their father who used to cut
and haul fuel wood during the
slack farming season.
When their father died 16 years
ago, the six boys, their sister, and
mother continued farming as ten
ants on so acres with a pair of
mortgaged mules. But the land
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03

profoundly shocking to read that
the Department of Defense has de-
clded to wait until 1866 to end
segregation in schools on military
posts where state funds are in
volved. Apparently, those who have
been interested in thwarting the
Presidents plan to end segregation
in these schools now have the upper
hand"
One of Hannah's aides said the
Assistant Secretary was out of
town. The action had come Wed
nesday at news conference when
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
Funeral Service
Held For Father
Of Mayor OF
Bonneville

Funeral service was held at 2 p.
M. Monday at Central Methodist
Church for Mr.. Edward H. Jackson,
father of Leroy Jackson, Mayor Of
Bonneville of the City Of Jack
son, and popular Manager of the
Alamo Theatre, who died last week
in San Francisco, California, where
he had been living with others of
his children for the past several
months.
The eulogy was delivered by Rev.
j. D. Wheaton, former pastor of
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
.Deltas Award
10 Scholarships

Washington, D. c., Sept. 2s-
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority last
week awarded ten scholarships in
four eategories to goods to pursue
work in their respective fields.
The scholarships were presented
to members of the sorority with
work experience who wished to
complete work in specific areas, to
high school graduates who will be
entering college this fall, to nom
Deltas who are currently enrolled
in college and to members of the
sorority without work experience
who will be entering graduate
school this fall.
Two awards were presented in
the first category. Recipients were
Anna F. Marvin, a student at the
University of Washington, Pull
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
Defense Dept. Accused Of Ignoring
Presidents Segregation Order

Washington, d. c., Sept 28-The
Defense Department has been ac-
cused by NAACP official of TO-
nOring President Eisenhower's or
der to eliminate segregation in
schools on military posts.
The accusation came in a letter
made public Tuesday by Clarence
Mitchell, local representative of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People 1t
was dated September Is and ad-
dressed to Asst. Secretary of De-
Tense John A. Hannah.
Mitchell's letter stated: at is
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
knights And
Daughters Of
Tabor Slate Gath
Annual Session

Greenville, Miss. = P. NJ. Smith
of Mound Bayou, Mississippi an
nounced this week that the 9Th
Annual Session of the Knights and
Daughters of Tabor will be held
in Greenville, Mississippi at the
New Hope Baptist Church. Nelson
and Theobald Streets, November
20, 1853. The Knights and Daugh-
tiers of Tabor is a fraternal or
ganization, owner and operator of
the Taborian Hospital at Mound
Bayou, Mississippi.
Representatives from all over
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
North West Dist.
All Club
Leaders Meet

The Northwest District All lead
ers held their first meeting Sep
TENDER 10, 1853 at the Drew Color
ed School, Drew, Mississippi with
representation of 10 counties
which were as follows: Bolivar,
Sunflower, Leflore, Tate, Carroll,
Quitman, Grenada, Washington,
Holmes, and Coahoma. There were
Al leaders present.
Devotion was led by Carroll
County and remarks by Mrs.
Geretha Watson Kimble, Sunflower
home demonstration agent, follow
Continued On Page Four
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
Educational


DR.. Hill who served as president
Of Wherefore University for the
past six years has national reDu-
tation for his educational versatile
ty. He is REGARDED as an individual
who is equally at home as an adj
ministrator, educator, aut or,
teacher pulpiteer, linquist, lectur-
err, and platform speaker.
President Hill has spent more
than twenty years in the field of
higher education. He is the author
Of several books in the field of
philosophy, has travelled extensive
Nv in Europe. the near East and the
Islands, and can converse fluently
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
WHEREFORE PRESIDENT EYED
FOR VIRGIN ISLANDS GOVERNOR

Wherefore, Ohio. Sept. 28-The
name Of DR.. Charles l.. Hill. a
native of Urbanam, Ohio and dig
nified President of Wherefore
University has been presented by
the Ohio Republican Patronage
Committee for appointment as
Governor of the Virgin Islands. 1t
was revealed, recently, that the
Ohio college administrator was rec
emily unanimously endorsed by the
State Committee which is under the
craftsmanship of Senator John w.
Bricker. Representative Clarence
Brown of Ohio who is well ac-
quainted with DR.. Hill was quick to
note the Ohio mans outstanding
qualifications for the appointment.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03

Reds to refuse repatriation, and re-
turn to the United States, accord
ing to report from Korea filed
by Sam Summerlin, Associated
Press correspondent.
The group refusing return to the
United States, all white, includes
at least one native of Mississippi.
Communist Correspondent Will
fred Burchett told allied newsmen
the names Of the Americans in the
group but u. S. Censors withheld
Continued On Pare Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
Willie MCGEE CASE LEADS
WAR PRISONERS TO BALk
AT RETURNING TO U. S. A.

New York, N. Y, Sept. 28.-
(DSN)-The Willie MCGEE case,
famed trial Of Mississippi Negro
which dragged through almost five
years, until MCGEE was convicted
and sentenced to death, and SUBJ
sequently electrocuted in the State
OF Mississippi portable electric
chair at Laurel, Miss, where he
had been accused Of the rape of a
white housewife, is the reason that
lead number Of U. S. war pris-
oners in the hands of the Korean
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
Slave Labor
Reported In
South Africa

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. %
The UN Commission on Racial
Discrimination in South Africa last
week reported forced labor in
South Africa as revealed recently
in a secret memorandum forward
ed to the commission by the Afri-
can National Congress and South
African Indian National Congress
from Capetown, Union of South
Africa.
The memorandum formally
charged the Malan administration
in South Africa with violating the
Continued On Page Four
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
BLACKS TO REPLACE White
LAB0RERS ON PANAMA CANAL

Panama City, R. P, Sept. Is
The replacement of US rate
(white) ferry ramp operators by
local-raters (Negroes), originally
scheduled for several months ago
but postponed, will be made effec-
tive Sept. 20, the Panama Canal
Company Government announced.
A total of nine local-raters will
be employed to operate the ramps,
filling the positions formerly held
by US-raters.
1t was reported that, the local
raters will receive Is cents an
hour, compared to the $2.18 the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
South African
Premier Moves To
Create Separate !.
Supreme Court
Move Follows Failure
Of Effort To Remove
Col0red People From
Voters List

johannesburg, South Africa,
Sept. 28.-Prime Minister Daniel
F. Malan, advocate of extreme
apartheid (racial segregation
measures, last week introduced a
bill calling for the creation of a
separate high court to rule with
supreme powers on all constitu-
tional issues.
His action followed closely his
failure by II votes in his third at
tempt to obtain parliamentary sane
ton to remove the colored (mixed
race voters from the white cleo
toral register in Cape Province
1t is viewed as another move by
Malan in his fight against the col
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
Paul Robson
Again Denied
Travel Passport

Swansea, Wales, Sept. 28-Paul
Robson, singer and actor, last
week lost another round in his fight
to regain his passport to travel to
foreign countries.
The U. S. A. state department
denied Robson . passport to at
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
EdWina Divers To
Ting At ougaIoo
College Oct. 18th

A former Tougaloo College stu
dent who is making good in the
concert field will return to her
alma mater to sing. '
She is Edwina Divers, lyric
soprano currently appearing as a
soloist in New York.
In the first of a series of cul-
tural events sponsored by the
Tougaloo College Lyceum Commit
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
Toledo Has First
Negro Teacher

Toledo, Ohio, Sept. %. = The
city's first Negro high school
teacher began work this session in
the Toledo school system.
The high school teacher is James
Hill, who has been assigned to the
faculty Of Scott high school.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
State Agents In
Training Session

Negro Agents closed their Train
'ng Session on September Is at
II o'clock with talks by other
Specialists from State College.
Mr.. Paul Yount, Poultry Special
st. State College, Miss. pointed
cut to the group that farmers
should think in terms of small
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
Chicago deep
Freeze Woman"
Attempts Suicide

Chicago, ILL.,, Sent. 20 - Mrs.
Dorothy Mae Stevens, this city's
famous deep Freeze" woman last
week flirted with death again. Her
latest encounter with the grim
reaper" was in the form Of an at
tempted suicide. Mrs. Stevens gain
ed fame nearly three years ago
when she recovered after her body
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
Annual Session
N. ". King Hiram
Masonic Grand
Lodge EIecta
Chapter 0ES To
Be Held Here
Delegation Expected
To Break All Previous
Records

ILL. J. c. DANCE. NJ. r. S. G.. c..
SPECIAL GUEST
Jackson, Miss, Oct. 3.-(SpeciaD
Ill. John c.. Dance. Most Pussi-
want Sovereign Grand Commander
of the United Supreme Council,
U. S. A., will be present to wit
ness the 18th Annual Session of
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03
United Civers Fund Workers Get Set For Drive
HOME COMING DAY SUNDAY AT MISSISSIPPI STATE SANATORN

Negro Diplomat
Helps Negotiate
Tin Purchasing
Agreement With
Five Nations For
j. S. Government
Youth Urged To Look
To U. S. Foreign
Service For New
Careers
GEORGE l.. p. WEAVER
ADDRESSES NATIONAL.
FOUNDATION FOR
BROTHERHOOD
NEW YORK, N. Y, Sept. 27-
Especially - An American Negro
who, on behalf of the U. S. gov
eminent, helped negotiate new tin
purchasing agreements with five
producing nations, last week urged
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-10-03

PatrOniZe Our Advertis.
ers - Their Advertising
in this paper shows that
rhey appreciate your
trade.
Evening star., 1953-09-05
Brennan Puts Smart Deal
For BurIup in the Bog

ton Division" which needs bags
for trash-carrying purposes.
"a close tab on market con-
ditionS," Mr.. Brennan went on,
revealed that the burlap mar
ket was static and that a low
(price) point had been reached" :"
Large quantities of burlap were
"afioat," the procurement off,
Ger said, and the wisdom of
hitting the market at this time"
was proven.
Excellent competition and a
saving of $4,000 based on the
last price paid was the result"
Mr.. Brennan said.
Speaking in terms of total ex-
penditureS, Mr.. Brennan said
that $11.8 million was spent in
purchases during fiscal 1858. This
represented a slight reduction
over fiscal 1852, he said.
The total included flags for
the Presidential Inauguration
celebrations. a radar speed meter
for traffic control and frozen
fruits and vegetables for con-
sumption by various District in
StitutionS,
Evening star., 1953-09-05
Four New Cases Reported
As Area Polio Shows Drop

Four new cases Of polio have
been reported in the Washington
area, but the 173 total so far
this year still was running more
than 100 behind the comparable
point of last year.
The District yesterday listed
its 40th and 41st cases as an g.
year-old boy of the 1900 block Of
Holbrook street NE, at Chill
dren's Hospital, and a 28-year-
old man Of the 3700 block of
Benson street NV, treated at
home.
Montgomery County's 50th
case was identified as a 3-year-
old boy of Spring Hill court in
Chevy Chase. Montgomery had
only 25 cases tabulated as of this
time last year.
In Fairfax County a IT.
month-old boy of the Annandale
area was listed as the 25th VIC
tim so far this year. He was in
Children's Hospital. Fairfax
had so cases at this time last
year.
Evening star., 1953-09-05
Navy Cargo Vessel Here;
Ex-LocaI Man Is Skipper

A Navy cargo ship commanded
by a former Naval Gun Factory
officer TIED up here yesterday to
allow the crew five days liberty.
She is the U. S. S. Altoona and
her skipper is 1t. Comdr. Ray
mond 2. Willett, who recently
completed a tour of duty as se-
curity officer of the Gun Factory.
He and Mrs. Willett, now Of Nor
folk, formerly lived in Rock
Greek Gardens Apartments in
Silver Spring.
The 335-foot Alcona normally
operates out of Norfolk as a
supply ship for naval installa-
tions in the Caribbean. Under
Atlantic Fleet policy. however,
the commanding officer is al
lowed to take his ship to various
East Coast ports for liberty.
Also arriving yesterday at the
Gun Factory was the LIST 11O6
which had been operating on
amphibious training missions at
Quantico. She is scheduled to
shove Oh Tuesday.
Evening star., 1953-09-05

The South African Mau-Maus
may have gummed up the Dis
trict's broom-Straw situation,
but the burlap-bag picture is
bright.
That is because burlap bag
ingredients come from the Paki-
stan-India region, which Maui
Maus do not frequent. Maui
MauS, of late, have been more
interested in chopping down
human beings than the f1brous
trees which produce broom
straws. But in PakiStan- India.
a burlap paradise, politics has
been the governing considera-
ton.
AS District Procurement Of
ficer Roland M. Brennan sees it.
certain political discussions in
Pakistan and India pointed up
the possibility of action to with
hold production to strengthen
the market"
AS a result, Mr.. Brennan said,
a Significant saving Of $4,000
was made in the purchase Of
10000 yards of 12-ounce 40-inch
burlap for the District Santa
Evening star., 1953-09-05
7 Girls Hurt in Fairfax;
Hif-Run Driver SOUGHT

Virginia police today rad a
lookout for Washington motor
ist who is believed to have been
the hit-run driver of a ca' that
seriously injured two young girls
in Fairfax County.
Injured while walking along
the dual-lane Lee highway near
Fairfax late yesterday were:
Beverly Jean Paxson, IL. of
o05 South Highland street,
Arlington, and Frances Lee
Sauls, II. of Route l, Fairfax.
Both were taken to Arlington
Hospital.
Police said the girls were
walking along the right side of
the road when convertible
with District tags struck them.
A 10-year-old girl witnessed the
accident.
Beverly Jean, thrown into a
ditch, suffered a fractured
shoulder. right arm and right
knee and possible skull frac-
lures. She is in critical condl-
ton.
Francis Lee, knocked about 10
feet, suffered head cuts and a
possible skull fracture. Her con-
dition is fair.
Evening star., 1953-09-05
Chase in Heat Sends
Policeman 10 Hospital

= A six-block foot chase in the
torrid heat yesterday put a Met
ropolitan Police private in the
hospital with heat prostration.
Pvt. Pete G. Barrick, 81, of the
Eleventh Precinct, was called
out with his partner, Pvt.
Charles c. Mahoney. to pick up
a 16-year-old youth in the 3400
block of Twenty-f1fth street Sc.
yesterday.
The temperature was near
100, the humidity wretched, and
the boy started running when
the policemen arrived. He ran
for six blocks before Pvts. Bar
rick and Mahoney caught up.
Pvt. Barrick put the youth in a
patrol wagon but then became
sick. An ambulance rushed him
to Casualty Hospital, where his
condition is listed as serious.
Evening star., 1953-09-05
Holiday Weekend
Travel Heavy as
100000 Leave City

More than 100000 Washing
tonians, holiday-bound for the
Labor Day week end, got out of
town last night and early today
with little trouble. traffic ex-
perts said.
Spokesman for bus, air and
rail terminals said they had to
hustle from yesterday afternoon
until after dawn today handling
what was generally described as
"the usual holiday crowd"
They were unanimous in their
opinion that the outward hound
traffic flow was the heaviest Of
the year, but nothing like Labor
Day in the past.
Automobile club officials esti-
mated some 10000 drivers de-
parted from the city last night.
Police patroling nearby high
ways in Maryland and Virginia,
however, said traffic moved
smoothly and was little heavier
than on an ordinary week end.
No Traffic Jams.
No major traffic jams were re-
ported.
A dispatcher at the Greyhound
bus terminal said double and in
some cases triple sections were
added on all runs. He reported
business began to pick up a few
minutes after most Offices closed
for the day and continued all
through the night.
GAS soon as we got rid Of one
bunch," he said, another would
show up. We had our hands
full, but no jams. In most cases
the passengers were patient and
formed double lines. All in all
it was a pretty orderly opera
ton"
He estimated "a little better"
than 10000 persons passed
through the terminal from 4 pm.
yesterday until z am. this morn.
ing.
Extra Sections Added.
A like number, it was eSti-
mated, left by air from National
Airport.
Late last night and early today
space was still available on some
flights because extra sections
were added by all lines using the
huge airport.
Union Station appeared crowd
ed, but was not jammed. Pas
sengers hustled to trains, some
of which departed with empty
seats. In all, is extra trains
were added to regular schedules.
Most popular spots with de-
parting motorists, according to
the American Automobile AsSo-
citation, we're New England shore
resorts, the nearby Atlantic Coast
and the Pennsylvania mountains
The popularity list was made UP
from requests for trip informa-
ton by members, the associa-
ton said.