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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Congressman William l. Dawson
10 Become First Negro Democrat
Member Of Congress Of The
United States To Speak In jackson
Mayors. "A. Greene Of Mound Bayou, State,
Only Negro Mayor 10 Deliver Introduction
Patriotic Rally At College Park Auditorium
Monday Night To Have Statewide Attendance

r JACKSON, Miss, April "a
(DSN)-A record crowd is expect
ed to turn out here Monday night.
April 13, to both hear and see Con-
gresham William L. Dawson of
Illinois, who will address a giant
statewide Negro citizens patriotic
rally, starting at 8 o'clock at the
College Park Auditorium spon-
sored by the Mississippi State AS
ISOLATION of Negro Democratic
Clubs.
One of the nations most gifted
orators, Congressman Dawson is
native of Georgia and is every
where regarded as one of the most
able and outstanding civic political
leaders of the nation.
In the United States Congress
where he is serving his third term
as a member Of the House of Rep
resentatives he has won the high
est esteem Of members of both the
House and the Senate; and has re-
ceived the highest praise from
leaders of the Congress for his
ability to work with the Southern
members of Congress in spite of
difference of opinion on issues in
Continued on Page Two
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Churchill, Aide
Confer As maus
Continue Drive

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr. 7.-Mau
Mau terrorists struck again Sun
day, shooting to death three XII
kuyu native guards near Nairobi
and mutilating theirs bodies with
knives.
The newest killings brought to
more than 200 the number of loyal
natives slaughtered by the anti
white society and came as hundreds
Of police rounded up thousands of
African natives in an effort to halt
the killings.
While the three new victims
were being slain in the Kiambaa
section four miles from Nairobi,
police backed by armored cars,
swooped down on the Bahati area
Continued on Page Three
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Columbia University Study Finds
u. S. Still Has An Excessively
Large Population Of I||iterates
5outh's Unequal Educational System Name
As Responsible For National Weakness
Say Mississippi Educating Whites
Off The Backs OF Negroes

NEW YORK, N. Y, April T.
(DSN) - A Columbia University
study, the report of which was
published last week found the ma,
TONS military strength being hurt
by separate schools and said to
spur democratic growth, enhance
its economic well being and
strengthen its military arm, the
United States must eradicate it's
still excessively large population
of 100000 illiterates.
The study entitled "The Uned-
ucated" represents the work of
five years.
The report put a finger on the
unequal educational system-o the
South as being responsible for the
majority Of this vast army of H.
literates.
In South Carolina, it was report
ed, ITS out of every 1000 Negroes
were rejected for military service
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Third Annual District
Home Demonstration
Council Holds Meeting

Itta Bena, Miss. - Opening on
the theme Careful Management
leads to Better Living" eight hun
bred farm women and home dem
onstration agents of North Mis-
sissippi held their third council
meeting Friday, April 8, at .Missis-
sippi Vocational College. The meet
ing conferred around the detectives
of the Council - ito establish pro-
gressive communities; to make all
lives more livable; to make home
life the first and highest thought
Of every homemaker; to make
homely tasks more interesting by
increasing neighborly competition
in doing them =. :"
Under the leadership Of Mrs.
Halle L. Gray, Negro District
Continued on Page Three
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Say Negro Teachers
Being Forced To
Sign Away Their
Retirement Benefits

JACKSON, Miss, April 7
(DSN)-The Executive Board of
the Mississippi Teachers Associa-
ton, organization representing the
Negro teachers of the state held
what was afterwards said to be
one of the most significant meeting
recently held by that body.
While no statement was released
from the meeting we'll Informed
sources said the main discussion
was around the recent revelation
that Negro teachers are being
forced to sign away their retire
ment benefits by some County Sup
erintendents.
According to reports a lawyer
sat through the meeting in order to
map plans for possible legal action.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Jackson College
Dean Names
Honor Roll

Names of students making the
Deans honor roll for the winter
quarter was recently released bv
Dean L. B. Fraser, jackson Col
lege.
They are: Mary John Beaudoin,
2.20; Bell, Bettve Maxine Bell,
PIT: Kathryn D. Black. 200; Doro-
thy Mae Blair, 200; Elizabeth Ann
Bowie. 2.14; Elizabeth Broome,
2.28; Roosevelt D. Calbert, 2.12;
Ophelia Campbell, 200; Mary Ell
len Corbett, Eat; Mary Fielder,
2.40; Rosemary Grantham. 2.31:
Oliver Charles Griffin, 2.42; Syl-
vester Griffin, 2.O8; Helen B. Crit
fifth. ZIG; Sam A. Hannibal, 200;
Artie Lee Harris. 2.20; Queen Esth-
er Harrison, 2.22; Bessie Mae
High. 200; Kermit Wells Holly.
2.85; Emma Louise Hodges, 200;
Jevonne Keller, 2.48; Martha KY
les. 2.20; Martha M. Lockett, 2.71;
Magnolia Meekins. 2.13; .Juanita
| G. Martin, 2.25; Lucias Mitchell,
2.18; Ruby Lee Morgan. 2.11;
Henry Moore. $50; Virgie M. Nor
ris, 2.54; Elaine PAIGE, 200; Steve
Purvis. 2.46; John Benjamin Raw
ford, 2.02; Eva Mae Rice, 2.34;
Marv Eta Richardson. 2.82; Vina
Louise Showers. 2.14; Naomi Ruth
Spears. 2.32: Jessie Steeall, 200
Ruby Jean Thames. 2.11; Frma i
Thigpen 200; Dorothy Triplett
FOG; Alice Marie Walker, 200
Farnestine Watt, FIT: Anna w
Wilson, 2.40; Jacks P. Witty, PIT
J Laverne Young 1853.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Negroes Sue
For Homes In
Toledo Project

TOLEDO, Ohio, Apr. 7.-Charg-
ing that they have been illegally
disseminated against, four persons
filed suit last week in U. S. Dis
trict Court here seeking admission
into three local public housing
projects.
The action asking a mandatory
injunction against the Toledo Met
ropolitan Housing Authority was
was brought by Otis Vann, Her
schell Davis, Mrs. Rossie Cooper
and Leo Hamilton.
Their petition filed by J. Slater
Gibson, attorney, contended that
they are qualified to be housed in
three East Toledo projects, but
have been excluded because of their
race.
Early this year, TMHA board Of
directors announced a policy abol-
ishing segregation in their seven
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
National Negro Labor
Council Hits Jim Crow
Hiring Policy

DETROIT, Mich, April. 2 -
Maurice Travis, President of
the National Negro Labor Council,
in letter released today from the
Detroit Headquarters of the
NNLC, issued an urgent plea for
fight against Jim Crow hiring
policies to all interested parties"
among the fhany labor unions at
tempting to organize the "huge
General Electric Appliance Plant
going up in Louisville, Kentucky
The Travis letter was addressed to
James Carey, President of IUE-
CIO; Walter p. Reuther, President
! Continued on Page Fiye)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Scores OF Negroes Lose Top-Ranking
Jobs As Office Of Price Support Ends

WASHINGTON, April 7 = The
lifting of price controls from all
commodities means an immediate
termination of the Office of Price
Sterilization.
All employees of OPS, includ-
ing a number of Negroes, have
either received, or expect to re-
ceiveswithin two weeks, their no.
tees Of dismissal.
Among Negroes in top ranking
positions affected by the liquida-
ton of the agency are Russell De-
Bow, assistant to the administra-
tor, and Jesse 0. Thomas, infor-
nation specialist. DeBow says he
has no plans for the future, but
Thomas says he will visit South
| Africa to gather material for a
! book.
Atty. George Windsor, who serv-
ed as a special agent for OPS, will
resume his law practice with thu
/! Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Jackson College
Male clee Club
At Auditorium
Monday Night

One Of the most outstanding
musical groups to be developed at
Jackson College in recent years is
the Male Glee Club, ten-voiced
group under the direction of Mrs.
Turner of the Jackson College de-
partment of music.
The citizens of the city will have
the opportunity to hear the group
at the College Park Auditorium
Monday night on the program
where CONGRESSMAN William l..
Dawson of Illinois will address a
statewide Patriotic Negro Citizen
ship rally.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
uN Chief Defends
bunche's Refusal
ToJoin Probers

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Apr.
7.-Trygve Lie, Secretary General
of the U. NJ, explained through a
spokesman yesterday that other
pressing work being done by Ralph
j. Bunche and the fact that the
body which is to probe South At
RIGA racial violence is to meet in
Geneva have made it advisable for
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
EIks To Hold
Jubilee In
Greenville
Sunday

GREENVILLE, Miss. = Negro
Elks from the entire state of Mis-
sissippi and the tri-state area will
gather in Greenville on Sunday,
April IL, to hold their first Spring
Jubilee. 49,
The festivities of the day will
get underway at IL o'clock with a
Big Street Parade; following this
the group will dedicate flag, pole
and plaque which is being donated
to the new Lizzie Coleman High
School by the local lodge of Elks.
+. The Past Exalted Rulers Coun-
Gil, headed by Henry Beck of BIZ
loxi; the Progress Club, headed by
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
RUBY Mec0LLUM IS MADE
PENnILESS BY FLA: COURT

day morning, August 8, 1852, sat
in her cell in the Suzanne County
Jail here last Wednesday. Circuit
Judge R. H. Rowe of Madison,
near here, was in the nearby court
house signing papers which made
her pauper.
Tried during last January for
the shooting to death Of the man
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
British Colonial.
Secretary Tells Of
Mau mau Terror

LONDON, April Great Brit
ain startled by Mau Mau terrorism
spreading through the Kenya Colo
ny in South Africa, revealed this
week that the group is apparently
well-organized and is plunging the
colony into a civil war.
Oliver Lyttelton, colonial secre-
tary, told the British Commons
that the terrorism has spread from
sporadic murder into well organ
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
AIcorn Alumni Club
Meets Sunday

The Jackson Alcorn Alumni Club
will meet at the College Park Club
house Sunday afternoon. Accord
ing to Mrs. NJ. L. McLaurin, 1885
West Pearl Street, the major item
Of business will be the uniform
purchased for the Alcorn College
band by the general Alumni Assoc
citation. The Jackson club has com.
mittee itself to help liquidate this
expense.
Members who responded to the
urgent request to make a contri-
button by April 1st included Mr.
S. w. Miller, Mr.. A. j. Noel, Mr.
and Mrs. M. j. Lyells, Mr.. and Mrs
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Commons Votes Federation Of
Three African Territories

ern and Southern RhOdesia and
Nyasaland: The house defeated
the amendment and accepted the
white paper without a further vote.
The Tory plan would create a
new self-governing member of the
British Commonwealth, with the
federal capital at Salisbury, South
ern Rhodesia. State governments
to handle finances and other in
ternal affairs would be set up in
the three territories.
Educated Africans oppose the
planned federation and have sent
tribal chieftains to Britain to stir
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Madison County
Negro Democrats
Issued Charter

CAMDEN, Miss, March 29-The
Mississippi Association OF Demo-
cratic Clubs Issued a Charter to
the Cedar Hill Negro Democratic
Club. Mr.. James Proctor Presi-
dent of the Cedar Hill Club called
this Special meeting for the pur-
pose Of Encouraging the Negroes to
continue to support the Mississippi
Negro Democratic Association and
the Democratic Party.
Mr.. Johnnie Green first Vice
President of the Mississippi Negro
Democratic Association and Presi-
CONTINUED on Page Twol
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Josephine Baker To Adopt
Children From Five Nations To
Protest Racial Discrimination

COPENHAGEN, April Jose
phine Baker, Negro entertainer
now on tour in Copenhagen, said
she will adopt five children from
five countries in a public denun-
citation of racial discrimination.
Agence France Presse, tn e
French news agency, quoted the
singer as saying her charges will
come from Peru, South Africa,
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
National Conference
Of Delta Sigma Theta
A Great Success

The Biennial Conference for the
Southern Region Of Delta Sigma
Theta Sorority met in jackson.
MfsS1ssfppi, April Sd, 1853. Alpha
Chi Sigma Chapter was the hos
tess chapter.
On the opening day the under
graduates from 80 chapters in the
Region assembled for a Round
up. Mrs. Jennie Bolton, president
Of Alpha XII Chapter, South Caro-
lima State College, Oraneeburg
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Jackson College
Teacher Gets
Fellowship For
Study At Yale

The Fund for the Advancement
of Education of the Ford Founda-
ton recently announced that Mar
garet Walker Alexander, teacher
Of Language Arts of Jackson Col
lege has been granted a Fellow
ship Award for the academic year
of 1953-54 to complete a civil war
novel and do additional study at
Yale University.
A prominent poet, lecturer, and
teacher, Mrs. Alexander is better
Continued On Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
MILLER SAYS
REGULAR COP
ORcANIz
STILL BEING
RECOGNIZED BY
NATIONAL
Committee
No Decision On
Patronage AS State
Republican Regulars
Meet Here Tuesday

JACKSON, Miss, Apr. IDS
MS. w. Miller of Jackson,
chairman of the regular Republi-
can organization Of the state.
whose national committeeman.
Perry w. Howard. said here Tues
day that the regular organiza ton
is still receiving the official recog-
milton of the national body and
carrying on the business of the
Republican party in the state. To
emphasize this point he said that
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11

LIVE OAKS, Fla, April =
(SpeciaD - For the confessed
killing of the white man whom she
claims fathered child for her, a
once wealthy Negro woman is now
penniless and faces death in Flori-
de's electric chair.
While Mrs. Ruby McCollum,
slayer of DR.. C. Leroy Adams, doc
tor-politican of this city, on Sun
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11

LONDON, April 1.-THE house
of commons last week voted 3O4
to 260 to accept government
white paper to federate three Brit
ish territories in Central Africa
with a population of nearly 7,OOO,-
COO persons, of whom only three
per cent are white.
In this government the Africans
do not have the right to vote.
The Socialists, charging that a
majority of Africans oppose the
self government scheme because it
does not protect their interest, Of
fered an amendment rejecting fed
Grafton of the territories-North-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
Henry c. Reed
Widely Known
Musician Is
Death Victim

Henry C. Reed, pioneer Jackson
citizen and widely known bass VIC
linist who started his musical ca
reer with such famed old time
bands as Bud Scott of Natchez
died at his home at 821 Rose ST.,
shortly after noon Tuesday.
His death was due to an illness
that had kept him bed-ridden for
the past few months.
Funeral arrangements have been
Continued on Page Five)
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Israel, Scandinavia and France.
According to AFP, the contro-
versial showgirl will bring up the
children in her chateau de Mirande
near the Pyrenees in Southern
France, permitting them to keep
their first names but giving them
her last.
The New Yorker created storm
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-04-11
GREEK letter
GROUPS HEAR
WALTER White
TELL OF WORLD
CHALLENGE TO
AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY
Say Teachers Not Able
To Teach Any Child
Shouldn't BE Allowed
To Teach Negro Child

JACKSON, Miss, April =
(DSN)-The four Greek letter or
carnations, Alphi Phi Alpha,
Omega Psi Phi, Beta Sigma Fra
ternities, and Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority. who chose the city of
Jackson for their annual Regional
Conference. last week came to-
Continued on Page Eight
Evening star., 1953-01-24

Senator Tobey amicably nodded
that he didn't want to pursue
the matter further. He said he
didn't want any special con-
sideration-he just wanted q
place to park.
The traffic board also received
petition signed by 113 King
street merchants, protesting the
rush-hour parking bans in front
Of their stores. A new traffic sys-
tenn, which took effect on jan
uary II, prohibits parking on one
side of King street between Z and
9 am, and on the other side, be-
tween 4 and 6 pm.
Clinton Knight and Paul HUI
fish. who presented the petition,
said the parking ban is hurting
business on King street, because
customers may not stop in front
of the stores and run in for small
purchases.
Waller Budley, chairman Of
the traffic board. said he thinks
the plan should be given a longer
trial. The traffic board decided
to ask the city council for per-
mission to conduct motorist
and pedestrian survey from Feb
ruary 8 through % to see how
the public feels about the King
street parking limitations.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
THIS SUNDA US BEST READING.
@e Sunday $faf

NEW PREDENTNEW
the United Soes Tuesday, and ueody beginning
the weight Of the problems Of his office Biggest Of oil right
be the question Of the the Penogon The
period the big and It's aftermath discussed ia the
Editorial Sections Review Of The Week.
INTERNATIONAL NcDENT-The press profes-
viewing dm oil things Western hos vuolb deeaed
the PincpoN Of Outer Bodono The Washington founder Of the
little feom ruling dynusiy denies eosoeoy that he
peahst The Of Russia eoldonio told the Editorial Sec
tion BY Star Staff Writer WIiom Hines
MAN or lDEAS-Peden Eisenhower esendor Of
But says the noted reporter. Marguerite Higgins he
eo he hos proved time and osoin Miss Higgins evouo-
Of the President entitled "Esenhowers Other s ieaturs
Of This Week Magazine.
KINDNESS BECOMES SECOND NATuREAbout dozen Audubon
Clubs the Metropolitan Aeo teaching children yoluobs
about general and mon poeua Stnr
Su Writer Meredith Bue and Star Photographer Ewod Boker
tell the story how audubon Clubs Cut Down vondom The
Stnr Pictorial Magazine
ESI READING EVERY DAY or THE WEEK ORDER
MING AND SUNDAY STAR HOME DELIVERY, $i.7S "a MONTH
might FINAL EDITION. 10 CENTS ADDITIONALLY PHONE STIR
LING $4,000
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Angry Delegate Pumphrey
Squelches Free Whisky Porty

took the floor to declare an
grily:
II am unalterably opposed to
soliciting from corporations or
persons who might have legisla-
ton pending before the House" /"
He said there had been enough
talk lately about mink coats
and deepfreezeS" In Washington.
Referring to Mr.. Dahrowski's
initial plea to members that they
chip In SO apiece for the par
ties. Mr.. Pumphrey said, II would
rather pay SIS and finance the
entertainment ourselves" "
AS soon as the House adj
journed. Mr.. DabroWshi. 42-year-
old Baltimore restaurant man
ager, serving his first term, went
to House Speaker John C. Luber
to turn IN his resignation. Dele
gate August y. Meyers, Demo-
crat, Of Baltimore was named to
draw up . new enter ainment
agenda
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Tobey Hos Auto roubles, Too:
Can't Park Before Own Home

Senator Tobey, Republican. Of
New Hampshire, is just another
citizen without a parking place
in Alexandria.
With the same flourish and
vigor he exhibited during tele-
vised hearings of the Kefauver
Crime Committee, of which he
was a member, the Senator barred
his parking problem yesterday
to the Alexandria Traffic Board.
It seems the Senator lives at
$50 South Lee street-right at a
corner. The curb in front of his
house is painted yellow.
The Senator told the traffic
board every man should be en-
titled to park in front of his own
home. Night after night, he said
he returns home from the Capt.
tol to find every available park
ing space in the block gone-and
the one vacant space in front of
his house barred by the yellow
line.
Members of the traffic board
advised their distinguished visi-
tor that State and city law re-
quires parking bans within a
certain distance of intersections.
They suggested the Senator take
his problem to city council if he
thought the law should be
changed.
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Catholic School Site
Bought in Alexandra

Purchase Of an 11-acre estate
In Alexandria to accommodate q
new Catholic high school has
been announced by the Rt. Rev.
Edward L. Stephens, pastor Of
st. Mary's Church in Alexandria
and dean Of Northern Virginia.
MSgr. Stephens said the Wood
leigh estate in the $500 block Of
Duke street had been acquired
from Mrs. George Willis for ap-
proximately $50, 900.
IT is proposed to erect 9 CEN
tral high school to serve the
parishes Of st. Mary's. st. Rita's,
Blessed Sacrament. Our Lady Of
Lourdes and ST. Louis.
Msgr. Stephens said present
plans are to make the structure
q boys high school. taught by
brothers, He said construction
probably would not begin for ct
least three years,
The Alexandria property IS the
second site acquired recently Ia
nearby Virginia for Catholic
high schools. The Diocese o1
Virginia also owns 16 acres On
Underwood road in Arlington
which Is destined Tor similar uss
Evening star., 1953-01-24
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ANNAPOLIS. Md, Jan. "a
An outraged Prince Georges
County delegate yesterday suc-
ceeded in sQuelching plans for
8 round Of parties with free
whisky for the Maryland House
Of Delegates.
It wasn't the parties he OBJ
jected to 50 much as the free
whisky.
Delegate Leroy Pumphrey.
Democrat, listened stoically while
the new House Entertainment
Committee chairman unfolded
his plans for q full program Of
boat rides, dances and stag par
ties. financed mostly by dOna-
tions from Mayor Thomas Al.
D'Alesandro Of Baltimore and
"some Of the corporations"
When the eager entertainment
chairman. Delegate Edward w.
DabroWski, Democrat, Of Baltic
more sat down. AEr. PsmphEey
Evening star., 1953-01-24
Bowie Woman S Sentence
Suspended in Auto Deaths

Mrs. Evelyn Beck, Of Bowie,
Md, was sentenced to six months
in prison and fined $3.50 yester-
day after she was convicted Of
manslaughter in Upper Marl-
boro Police Court.
Both sentences were suspended
by Judge Nita s. Hinman Crane,
who ordered Mrs. Beck to pay a
$25 fine for reckless driving.
She was acquitted Of a charge
Of leaving the scene Of an acci-
dent.
The case stemmed from a mis-
hap December 81 In which Ben
jamin Hutton. 3, was killed. and
his brother, Lawrence. l6, seri-
ously injured. The accident oc-
CURED near. Vista Bridge on De-
tense Highway. Police said the
colored boys were run down by q
car driven by Mrs. Beck.
She told the court that near
the accident scene the wind
shield Of her car was shattered
by q sudden impact. Mrs.
Beck said she stopped and looked
back. but saw nothing. and then
went to her home and called
police.