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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23
ESSAY CONTEST

Gc0ntsnued prom Page Onei
ers Of all ages with contestants be.
ing divided into three groups. The
FIRST group win be for those be.
tween the ages Of Is and Is years,
the second for persons over rs
years Of age and the third for Ne
gro residents of the city.
The essays must be 500 woFds
or less In length snd are required
70 be possmaFksd Res later than
ossobsr 70. The snsTiss ere 10 be
Judged en- their originality 81
sonssns and lssihllliY. The dsei.
slen 81 the judges will be final
Keen cautioned that al essays
must be on q specific subject with
no reflection on any other form Of
government"
Candidates for city posts in the
November General Elections, OF
members Of their families may moi
enter the contest, u was pointed
out.
Further information may be Oh
tanned at contest headquarters, the
First Federal Savings and Loan
offices al sl2-sia Southland Street
Keen said that the purpose Of The
contest Is 10 stimulate interest In
the Noyember elections.
we are hoping that we VII
have a lot Of contestants. That will
indicate that folks are showing the
proper interest In the important
election. Keen said today.
Tie pointed out that less than s..
900 Key Westers signed up 20 vote
with only eight more days left d
register.
Remember the Jaycees say
don't delay, register today
Keen reiterated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23
VIOLATIONS OF TRUCE

tCOntlnue1 Frum PaEe One
We have two recent Indications
that ghs Communists have violated
terms lad down BY the truce IN
in'roduslng warplsnes INTO North
Korea.
The first Indication consisted a.
radar observation q fast nying
alrplAnxs. obviously lets. origiua
ting and tern mating IN ne general
Pyonwyang AREA Prrvtous tracks
q Communist Iet arcfaft over
North Korea started and eaded
north 81 the Yala River The
Chinese North Korea border
Anderson said the second lndica.
tion came from the North Korean
plot VITO detected 20 or side
Monday morning tie had stated
that the MIGiSs currently are
operating from North Korean
bases and that MICS and other
type alrcraft Including twin engine
bombers had heen moved into
North Korea after the truce vas
signed. I"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23
"NATJJRE ROY"

Continued On Page Twol
and agreed that II was on the IN.
usual side.
"a did u hvs Z had neshins 10
Dc win H." csFsls sid.
what wss shss9" ths Judge
asked.
what . mean 10 ssy, Judge.
10 nat . did " bsssvss I did n
but ! he'd Noshlns 10 Do with w."
Garcia replied.
Earlier, Garcia had attempted
10 read . ten page prepared state.
ment on the stand In which he
said that the fault was with man.
kind. n you listen 10 this speech,
you'll know I'm not guilty" he
said.
With your permission. ladies
and gentlemen. I've had thl9 In
mind for some time" he began.
What | have 10 say concerns you,
me. and the rest Of mankind. There
viii be some Of you who VIII dis
agree but they are confused and
can't see the signs I can. Some Of
you may disagree because these
theories are brand new. Upon The
acceptance Of these theories. de.
ponds the future Of mankind.
consider II a great privilege "a
have your attention ! know 4 VII
raise some question.
The Judge Frequently lnisvvvps.
I'd 10 ssk him 10 Get 10 ne pssns
ard then ruled eVs ne sssss.
mani.
"Mr. Garcia. where did you ge'
this science from" Judge Cart
asked.
From the signs" Garcia re-
piled. lie also added that he had
attended the best schools" and
written several books.
DO you believe In the form o
the government we have" querisd
the Judge.
~ 10 . fire ssvssnms1s bvs
u sure cen lmpFevs.
"oe yev Think VeV cen bensslf
msnkiRd with YeVs science.
Il sure do, your honor"
well. sometime I might like "a
read What you've got but we arr
in court now and Il Is not relevap'
10 the case. We may arrive at ne
Utopia you talk about" vas the
judges rejoinder.
I've read the ancient phlloso
phers-Plato and Socrates, but thei
didn't talk anything like this" D
continued.
Judge Caro- also suggested ina
Garcia didn't have much respee
for governments. lie added that n
would postpone sentence until d
had q chance 10 consider tie case
The jury included Edward Ora
ham, David Z. Mecurdy, Ctlher
Gandolio, william 7. Daughtrey
Dr., william b. cullingford, Jr. en-
Eld0n Simmons.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23
ONO YOUTH
fcaannnea - PaRe onel

tConiin1eo trom Page Onei
They eouldnt gasss Al . motive
Soc her ds1tA CAanees Cor Einding
ne Killer leoked slim.
here's he's uheY traced the sofi
slippers from TIE north eensral
ohio woods 10 . Ne~ Vera sab
lure:
From o trademark they learned
ne slippen were ns1s By Prima
Postwar Co. Columbus, ohio.
A serial number ~ them showed
that pair was one a some -
khlpped 10 LaEau shoe Store II
waite Plains.
wyandot County officers asked
Waite Plains police Il they knew q
q girl missing trOR their area
They did-Cynthia Piiel. the friend
~ teen-ager who wss . friend %
maay Oi them.
Win . picture n Cynthia. local
officers tried TO ink her with the
slippers A clerk at LaIars shoe
Store recognized Ter picture and
said Cynthia had fought . pair a
red. o0e-strap slippers similar %
the dead girls. Aug. p
Police told Ohin Authorities Cyn.
thia had q boy friend al college
From New YORK. the traIl
switched back % Ohio>-to Colum.
bus where cynthia's brother. Rob
EFT W. Pfeil. IL Q chemist.
re said he knew the youth and
named Sehinagle.
Schinagle. . blue-eyed air RorC
cadet Who processes . desire q
enter the ministry. vas In class
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23

obaervasiona Taken ~ City offies
Key We Pa. Sept "a, 1888
ats An. EST
TEMPERATURES
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23
Miami Man Still
On Critical List

Herman DevendoFf, IS. Hialeah.
n atlil fighting Zoe hla life Al Mon.
roe General Hospital following eri.
tical injuries sustained In on auto.
mobile accident Saturday. The
Hospital reported this morning.
Devendorf and q male eompan.
bon rolled over In their car a. high
speed Saturday. The companion
left his Injured friend and alleged.
~ hltched q ride up the Keys.
Devendorf has stlll not regslned
consciousness. In addition 20 q
severe head injury. he has scalp
decorations and gouges in his neck.
lie il under the care Of DR.. J. Ian.
eelot Lester, JF.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23
The
-
Weatherman
Saws

Ksy West ard Vicinity Consider
ahle Goodness ard somewhat
windy throagh thursday. with O..
easi0ual showers and thundsrsh0w
eFa. Continued yarn and humid
Moderate 10 fresh northeast winds
occasionally moderately strong
and Kusty IN showers. Los tonight
shout q. kiFk tomoFFow aboBl -
Florida; Mostly el0sdy fhrough
thursday wiih occasional showers
and thmndershOWers Little change
h temperature
gackNouvllls thrUugh the Florida
Straits Small craft wsrnings N.
dicated. Fresh northeast winds De
coming occasionally moderately
strong $50 mph. over east por.
ton and near showers 10 south
portion. Mostly cloudy weather
9th scattered showers and thun
dersh0wers through Thursday
Western Caribbean. Moderate
variable winds In south portion.
moderate % fresh mostly north
easserly winds In north portion,
except becoming fresh 10 strons
shifting winds in northeast portion
tonight and Thursday. Mostly
cloudy weather. Scattered showers
and thundershowerS, especially
over north portion.
Weather summary Tor The Tropi
cal Atlantic. Caribbean Sea and
Eastern Gulf Of Mexico The low
pressure area persists IN The west
eFn Caribbean and the Gull with
lts attendant widespread area Of
eloudiness and showers. In add
ton there IL q rather pronounced
easlerly wave IN the Caribbean %
the vicinity Of Jamaica.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23

saTsmsssV tsss Lsvsll. 1soo An
19.0s ins.--lol4.2 mhs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23
GENERALIZATION

Relative 1tvmidlsy. . An
sT9
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23
Condition OF
Gov. McCarly
Unsatisfactory

TALLAHASSEE ~ Gov. Dan
McCaFty's physicians reported 20.
day that x.ray examinations re.
vealed "a small area Of pneu,
monia Ia the left lung" but added
they consider his condition salts
factory"
The governor. slill recuperatlng
from . heart attack Of Feb. Is,
was taken back 10 the hospital
yesterday because Of compiled.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23
FOOD AND RENT

lContin1Gd ron PAGE Onei
eateEnry. up one-tsnth cf ere per
cert
OF 0netenfh Of enc per cent
turing the moab were elotking
prices Fresh fruits and fresh vege-
tables were down una and six per
cent. respectively. as heavy sup
plies reached retal stores IN Aag.
ust.
u was the SIXTH straight monfA
IN watch the index has Fisen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23

yesterday when he was called 90
the deans office.
There Capt. Calvin SWartx and
patrolman Robert Hoffman Of the
Upper Sandusky Police Department
arrested him for TIE strangulation
murder 81 the giri be planned 10
marry.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23

Sharks. barracudas and other
dangerous sea animals seldom st.
tack divers, although they may a.
tack surface swimmers says the
National Geographic Society.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
See Healing Of
Threatened
breech Between
nAACP And
AmE Church
Bishop S. L. Greene
Addresses NAACP
Convention

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 28.-
(DSN)-The healing of a threat
ened breach between the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People and the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, the
nations two largest and most pow
erful Negro organizations, was ev-
ident here when Bishop S. l..
Greene, senior bishop of the AME
Church addressed the 44th annual
convention of the NAACP which
ended here today.
The threatened breach between
the two great organizations came
about following the recent address
of Walter White, NAACP execu-
tive Secretary at Central State
College. Bishop Frank Madison
Reed of the AME Church follow
ing the address. charged White and
the NAACP with inconsistency in
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
Virginia State Highway Commission
Honors Booker I Washington

BOOKER ASHIN TON
BIRTHPLACE, Va, June 30.-Fur-
Their honors were bestowed upon the
late Booker T. Washington, dis
tinguished son of Virginia, when
the Virginia State Highway Com
mission this week designated State
Highway 122 as Booker T. Wash
ington Memorial Highway" This
recognition stemmed from recon-
mendation of Booker T. Washing
ton Birthplace Memorial and res
olutions of the governing boards Of
Franklin and Bedford counties and
their principal cities, Rocky Mount
and Bedford.
Highway 1872 is a principal thor
oughfare extending along the foot
hills of the Blue Ridge mountains
between Rocky Mount in the south
ern part of the state and Big Is
land its northern terminus where
with u. S. Highway SOL it joins
the scenic Skyline Parkway. The
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
SYMINGT0N PRESENTS MEDAL
TO NOTED NEGRO ARCHITECT

ST. LOUIS. June 28-The Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People has "helped
strengthen the moral leadership of
the United States in the family of
nations" Senator w. Stuart Sym
ington told the delegates attend
ing the Associations 44th annual
convention here last last week.
The Missouri senator praised the
work of the Association in his ad-
dress of presentation of the 18th
Spingarn Medal to Paul R. Will
Hams, famous architect. ut is by
our Deeds" he said "that America
will convince watchful people
everywhere that we not only
preach democracy and believe in
it, but practice it, because we are
convinced it's benefits are for all
the people"
Calling for adequate strength to
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
President Says Administration Shares
With NAACP The Objective Of Ever
Greater Progress In Bringing To All
Americans The Rights And
Privileges Of Freedom
44th Annual Convention Adopts
lO-Point Program To Complete Task
Of Lincoln's Emancipation Proc mn.
Delegates From 40 States Representing
80 Local Units And 81 State
Conferences At Convention

st. Louis, June % - I am
happy" President Eisenhower said
IN message to the 44th annual
convention of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Color
ed People, ito restate the objective
which this Administration shares
with you - to make ever greater
progress in bringing to all AM
orleans the rights and privileges
of freedom"
The message, read at the opening
session of the six-day convention
which closed here today, expressed
confidence "that we shall reach
this goal"
New York's Governor Thomas
f. Dewey sent a message noting
the progress made in ''the abate-
ment Of racial discrimination and
segregation" much of which, he
said. "has been the result of the
consistent and uncompromising
work of the NAACP." Citing New
York States progress toward the
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
SEATING COMPROMISE BRINGS END TO BATON ROUGE BUS B0YC0TT
Negro Citizens Of Batcn Rouge
CaII-0ff Bus Boycott As City
Council Makes Seating Compromise
No Violence Reported During Six Days
Negroes Refused To Ride Buses
Leaders Orders Free Ride Fleet Disbanded

BATON ROUGE, La, June 90
(DSN)-The six days boycott Of
City Buses was called-off here
Thursday morning following a
compromise seating arrangement
for Negro and white passengers
reached at meeting of the Mayor
and City Council held Wednesday
night
The compromise seating arrange
ment reserves one seat in front of
1.-The bus for white passengers and
one seat in the rear for Negro pas
sengers. When the reserve seats
are occupied white passengers will
start taking the remaining seats
filling them from the front to the
back of the bus and Negro pas
sengers will start taking the re-
naming seats filling them from
the back to the front of the bus.
The boycott of the buses by Ne
groes here started last Friday
after the Bus drivers - struck
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
Admit Five Tout
For Grad Study.

Knoxville, June 29.-Five teach
ers admitted to the University Of
Tennessee last week to do graduate
work in courses not offered in Ne
gro schools of the state brought
to six the number of Negroes now
enrolled at the white institution.
The five graduate students, all
taking further training as instruct
ors of handicapped children, began
their studies at the university last
Tuesday on scholarships granted
by the state department Of educa-
ton.
The teachers are: Virginia Ma
son Payne, of Nashville; Howard
M. johnson, of Nashville; Parler
D. Alexander, of Williamson coun-
ty; Mildred Shaw, of Jackson. and
Lennice Porter Grudge, Of Knox
vile.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
Negro Groups Plan Study Of Proposed
Three Million Dollar School Bond
Issue 10 Advise Negro Voters

The Jackson Negro Chamber of
Commerce and the Jackson Negro
Citizens Committee was reported
this week as planning to make an
extensive study of the proposed So
Million Dollar school bond issue in
order to intelligently advise Negro
voters when the Bond issue comes
up for vote early in August.
The group is reported as plan
ming to call in the two practicing
Negro lawyers, Sidney r. Tharp
and Jack H. Young in order to get
the legal opinion on just what and
how much the Negro Community is
to receive out of the proposed So
Million Bond issue if passed.
One influential Negro leader
said in discussing the preparation
for making full study of the pro-
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
Christianity Finding Open Door In
Africa, Says Negro Catholic Bishop

NEW YORK, June 27.-Chris-
tianity is finding an open door in
Africa, by. contrast with the Orient,
which "has fellen prey to the Red
scourge," the Most Rev. Joseph O.
Bowers, newly consecrated Bishop
of Accra, British West Africa, de-
clared in his first radio network
address, broadcast on CHS Radios
"Church of the Air" last Sunday.
Transcribed last month on the
occasion of the West Indian church
mans conservation at st. Louis,
the address was entitled, "Our
Lords Last Will and Africa" and
drew on Bishop Bowers ID years
as missionary priest in Africa.
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
Labor Leader
AssaiIs Senator
Mccarthy

ST. LOUIS, June -"McCar-
thyism is making towards of Am
orleans who should be brave" Pat
rick E. German, International Sec
rotary Treasurer, Amalgamated
Meat Cutters and Butcher Work
men Of North America, A. F. L.,
charged in an address before the
44th annual convention of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People whose six
day conference closed here today.
The labor leader referred to
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
Grocer CHARGED
With Rape Of
9-Yr.-0Id Girl
Negro Policemen
Aid Investigation

Metairie, La. June 29-(SpeciaD
-Merrick Perron, white, 47-year-
old grocer of Metairie, La, was
charged last week with aggravated
rape on nine year-old Negro girl
in his store.
First District police arrested
Perron following complaint of the
child's parents and an examination
of the victim by the New Orleans
Parish corner revealed evidence of
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
Univ. Of Calf.
Senior Class Elects
Negro President

Los Angeles, Calf, June 3d.
(SpeciaD-Robert D. Gibson, 1922
A Marsten Ave., a graduate stu
dent in the School of Pharmacy at
University of California, was re-
Gently elected president of the sem
Tor class on the campus.
Gibson, former student at Uni
versity of Oregon, is married. His
wife, Helen, is employed by the
Department Of Welfare, Division
Of Aid to Needy Children.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
SunfIoWer County
Hunting & Fishing
Club Hold Meeting
DR.. Joseph E. Pettus
Is Guest Speaker

Indianola, Miss, June 20.-(Spe-
ciaD-At special meeting at the
Carver Elementary School in In
dianola Thursday night, June 25.
the Sunflower Hunting and Fish
ing Club had the pleasure of hear
ing DR.. Joseph E. Pettus, Presi-
dent, and Harley G. Harper. Vice
President, and organizers of the
Wildlife Association of Mississippi
Jackson, Miss. Professor M. c..
Dukes introduced DR.. Pettus and
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
Alabama Medical
Society Admits
Negro Doctor

Florence, Ala. = June 20 =
An all-white medical society here
last week lowered it's color line
and admitted a Negro doctor.
He is DR.. L. ]. Hicks who was
admitted to the Lauderdale Coun-
ty Medical Society. The vote on
Dr.. Hicks was unanimous.
The 55-year old DR.. Hicks al
ready has been permitted to treat
his patients in the city-county
operated Eliza Coffee Memorial
hospital here.
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
bunche Denies
knowledge House
Probe Pending

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 20.
-(SpeciaD-A possible investiga-
ton Of DR.. Ralph J. Bunche by the
House Tn l. American Activities
committee was reported without
foundation this week, in a letter
from the Nobel peace prize winner
to his former student, bayfield,
Lundy, prominent young local at
torney.
Thanks for yours Of June TO-"
the letter reads, land the enclosed
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
National Council
Of Churches
Names Three
Negro Lawyers

New York, June 30.-The Ma
tional Council of the Churches of
Christ in the U. S. A. announced
last week the appointment of three
Negro lawyers to study its COM
mittee on ethics and economics.
Those named are Attys. Sadie T..
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
No Order To
Remove Walter
White Book

ST. LOUIS, June 81. = Walter
White, NAACP executive secre-
tary, was today assured by Secre-
tary of State John Foster Dulles
"that the Department Of State is
sued no order to remove your books
from any library" Secretary Dull
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
anne Zion Confab
To Meet In
Louisville

Salisbury, N. c., June 30.-The
General Convention on Christian
Education and General Assembly
of Christian Youth of the AME
Zion Church will meet in Louis
vile, KY, July 81 to Aug. 6, 1854,
it was announced this week.
There will be representatives at
this meeting from SO states and
the District of Columbia, Africa,
Virgin Islands, and South America.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
kenya African
Union Members
0utIaWed As
mau mau Front

Mairobi, Kenya, June 80 The
Kenya government last week out
lawed the 100000 member Kenya
African Union, the British colony's
only native political organization,
as being an alleged cover for the
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
EIks Getting
Lined Up For
Big Convention

I WASHINGTON - With top Of
ficials Of the IBPO Elks of the
World in various parts of the ma
ton and overseas this Week, things
are being gradually shaped up for
the most important venture of the
order: the 1853 Grand Lodge ses-
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
Bishop Orders End
OF JimcroW In All
North Carolina
Catholic Churches
Say No Segregation
OF Races Will Be
Tolerated In Diocese

Raleigh, NJ C. June 20 - A
show down between Bishop Vim
cent S. Waters and the die-hards
in the Catholic church of North
Carolina appeared imminent last
week over the prelate's order ban
ming segregation of the races in
all Catholic churches in the Do
cese of Raleigh.
In the latest order on the con-
troversial question Of the segre-
cation of the races in churches,
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
Negro Farmer
Brings In Yazoo
county's
Cotton Bloom

Yazoo City, Miss, July /
Especially - The first cotton bloom
in Yazoo county for the 1853 crop
was brought into town this week
by R. A. Cader Of Palo Alto plan
tation.
The cotton was planted around
the fifth Of April and is of the
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
Highway Death
Of Negro Man
Called Completely
Unavoidable

Meridian, Miss. June 20 - State
Highway Patrolman w. C. Dansby
said Thursday that a Kenwanee
colored man, Frank Scott, age
about IS, was instantly killed
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
State Funeral
Directors And
EmbaImers Hold
9th Annual
Convention
Select Clarksdale For
1854 Meeting

Yazoo City, Miss, June 24-For
the past two days the 9th annual
meeting of the Mississippi Colored
Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Association has been in session
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
White Youth Gets
Life Sentence For
Raping Negro Girl.

RALEIGH, N. c., June 29-Life
in prison was the penalty given to
a 15-year-old white youth here
last week for the raping of seven,
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04
State Shriners
Hold First Annual
Gala Day
Celebration Here
Editor Greene Is
Guest Speaker

The Shriners and Daughters of
Isis, affiliated with the M. w.
Stringer Masonic Grand Lodge of
the state held their first gala day
celebration here last week with
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-07-04

Champion Newsboy: The Cham
pion newsboy of the JACKSON
ADVOCATE for the past weeks
is Emmitt Burns, whose route
covers the area around the corner
of Lynch and Dalton street. Start
ing with 10 papers he now sells
more than so papers each week.
During the week of the School
Teachers Convention he alone sold
SIS papers. Emmitt says he is saw
ing his money while selling papers.
SO when he finishes High School
he can 60 to College.