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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-07
Rabbit Foot
Show Coming

F. S. Walcott's Original Rabbit
Foot Minstrels, a name as we'll
known as Santa Claus is coming to
jackson for an engagement of one
night only Monday, August 9. The
mammoth waterproof circus tent
will be located at Mills St. Lot.
This 1854 season for the Rabbit
Foot Co., marks the 42nd consecu-
tive year that this the worlds
largest and best colored show has
made an annual tour throughout
the Southland and numerous other
states in the nation where it has al
ways been received with a warm
welcome, high praise and great ac-
claim by vast audiences of all
races.
Everything is new but the name
this season., states the new man
agement of the Rabbit Foot Co..
New Costumes New Scenery
New Equipment and new
mammoth circus tent in which is
presented new novelty acts, i.
Sensational specialties and clever
innovations.
Special emphasis has been given
to the comedy productions this year
presented by merry group of the
funniest colored comedians in the
show world from New York, New
Orleans, Memphis and Miami. They
provide hilarious fun, rib-trickling
mirth and side splitting laughter
at their every appearance.
Feminine Pulchritude is present
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-07

ed in abundance in this Sepia Mu-
steal Comedy by the High Brown
Follies, fast stepping, flashy cos
TUNED and youthful chorus recruit
ed from the finest shows and
night clubs in America.
Minstrel music fills the air under
the big top of the famous Rabbit
Foot Co. tent theatre, rendered by
a large Dixieland Band and Rhythm
Orchestra playing the latest and
most popular in everything from
swing to sweet in delightful and
pleasing style.
The large array of vocal talent
on the Rabbit Foot Show this year
is the finest ever presented and
has been described by Music Critics
thusly; Golden Voices from Silver
Throated Song Birds of the South"
Dansipation is of the highlights
OF the show this year featuring
dancers in Adagio, Acrobatic, Ec-
centric, Contortion, Ballroom, and
Old Time Favorite Routines includ-
ing Shuttle, Buck and Wing,
etc.
This Musical Comedy Show
known as the greatest and best
colored show in the world can also
be referred to as the cleanest and
most wholesome amusement and
entertaining enterprise on tour,
that's why ladies, gentlemen and
children of all races look forward
and welcome the Rabbit Foot Co.
each season as they have for the
past az years.
Doors open at popular prices 7
p. m. followed by one hour con-
cert by the Rabbit Foot Co. Dixie
land Band Stage performance
starts promptly at 8 D. m.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-07
Saints Industrial
School Now Saints
Junior College

The we'll known Institution
known as Saints Industrial School
that has done such tremendous
job of providing education for
thousands of Mississippi children
in the farming area of that great
state, land hundreds Of the ma
tons children from various parts
of the U. 81, has become Saints
Junior College under the admins
tration of DR.. ARENA c. Mallory,
I'M. AL. L. d. internationally
known President and Co-Founder
of the Institution.
The Junior College is accredited
by the State Department and its
credits accepted toward certifica-
ton of teachers: The state support
ed Senior Colleges have accepted
the credits of the Junior College
toward graduation.
The Department of Public In
struction will issue statement of
recognition by September goth
when the school will formally open.
The Dean of College instruction
is Mr.. William A. Johnson, Jr.
(M. A. from Tuskegee Institute,
"a we'll known and experienced
educator.
| All members of the Junior Col
lege Faculty, High School and
Elementary School meet the re
ouirements of standard institutions
CT learning and are graduates from
accredited schools of America.
Every Instructor in the College
is working on the graduate leve
in his or her field.
Courses will be offered to fresh
men in Liberal Arts; General Edu
cation; Pre-Nursing; Home Eco
Monies and Agriculture: Termina
Courses will include Pre-Medica
Secretarial Curriculum and Bust
ness Secretarial Curriculum.
Adults in the teaching field in thu
Community or nearby counties cal
arrange with the Dean for sub
jects leading to a B.A. or BIS
degree.
A bulletin of information will
application blank will be sent upol
request.
Saints Junior College is small
but modern in every detail, and the
wholesome environment is protec
tive while it develops our citizens O.
tomorrow. An institution where i'm
morality is almost unheard of ant
where religion is not only taught
but adhered to from the Primary
Department through Junior Col
lege.
The Church of God in Christ
Incorporated, under the Leadership
of Bishop Charles H. Mason o
Memphis, Tennessee with its excel
lent Board of Education and Boarc
of Control, has been responsible
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the ruling. He said Negroes could
attend Zion.
DR.. Robertson has been president
of the Negro institution since 1948.
The board Of trustees, composed
Of members of both races, has
chosen the Rev. Robert Brunette, a
white minister, to succeed Rober-
son at Zion.
Highland Park Church has a
membership "in excess of 10000"
DR.. Robertson said. The church
guides Tennessee Temple, but he
said Zion is entirely Independent
of the church.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-07
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Continued from Page One)
ing upon which has authority.
(5) The law could provide appeal
from the decision of such boards
to the circuit court where the mat
ter could be brought before a jury.
CO. Jury verdicts in such cases,
under the provision of this sug-
gested law, could be appealed to
the state supreme court. But the
state could pass on the law-not
the facts passed upon by the jury.
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the Gold Coast toward political
and economic independence, quite
foreseeable within the next few
years. The trend of events in the
Gold Coast under the able leader
ship of Prime Minister Nkrumah
has force dthe British government
to take the position that the all
Africa government of the Gold
Coast is capable of handling the
administration of the Togoland.
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time with the college to continue
as president"
His remarks were made during
a special service on the topic of
segregation.
In emphasizing that Negroes
would not be admitted to Tonnes
see Temple, DR.. Robertson said that
there was mo animosity" behind
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-07

for the rapid development of the
Institution through the influence
of its President for the past
several years.
All creeds live as one family at
Saints Junior College.
Evening star., 1954-11-28

Trade Board at 65 Seeks New Fields to Conquer;
Spurs 3-Yeor Drive to Bring Varied Business Here

cles, creation Of q District Motor
Vehicle Parking Agency and
construction of many bridges.
One of the Trade Boards
committees, the Greater Nation
al Capital Committee, expends
thousands of dollars yearly to
keep one Of this city's big busi-
nesses booming-the tourist and
convention business. The mas
sive American Legion convention
held here this year is a sample
Of the committees effectiveness.
One Of Toughest Jobs.
One Of the toughest jobs the
Trade Board has taken on it's
shoulders is the fiscal affairs of
the District. Over the years
1t has assembled and made avail
able to Congress more informa-
ton on tax matters than any
other organization in Wash
ington.
Another chore is the contin-
uing fight for national repre-
sentation for the District.
Earlier this year the organ
ization moved into it's own build
ing at 1916 K street NV, after
having it's offices in The Star
Building for SO years.
But there is no change in
tempo as the organization
presses for civic betterment. It
is dealing with much the same
problems it dealt with in the
past and Is devising just as bold
and vigorous plans for overcom-
ing the problems.
Goals for Coming Years.
Among the goals that have
been set for the coming years
are:
Achievement of an alternate
airport for Washington National
Airport; thorough study of
the transportation problems of
the region; improvement of re-
lations between the city and
Congress; and building Of a
municipal auditorium where
operas, concerts and conven-
tions can be held.
And they are always looking
for new horizons to conquer.
Evening star., 1954-11-28

later chosen first president.
Within year the new organiza-
ton had 230 members.
In the more than six decades
that followed the Trade Board
played a leading role in such
activities as planning the Cap
ital's imposing and orderly array
of Government buildings. its
broad avenues, expansive parks,
it's public library system and
other attainments, both cultural
and physical.
Plays No Favorites.
In transportation, the Trade
Board played no favorites. 1t
delved into all phases of trans
portation, highway, rail, air and
water. The Union Station was
built largely as a result of
the persistent efforts of the
organization, eliminating tracks
crossing the Mall and many
dangerous grade crossings in the
city.
The Trade Board spanked the
drive for Washington National
Airport and now is engaged with
Evening star., 1954-11-28

the problem of alleviating con-
gestion at that field. The organ
ization also led the fight for
construction Of underpasses at
Thomas, Scott and Dupont Cir
Evening star., 1954-11-28
All Grist for the Mill.


Planning, zoning, fiscal, cul-
tural and legislative matters all
have been grist for the mill of
the Trade Boards more than 80
committees and technical staffs
to be nodded and shaped into
tools for building a better city.
An observer might have
thought, as the organization en-
tered it's 65th year, that all
avenues of development had
been exhausted; might have seen
no new horizons to cross and
might have relegated the role of
the Trade Board to one of seek
ing to improve on what had been
already accomplished.
But the Trade Board found a
new field and has launched an
all out effort to conquer the new
horizon-the problem Of lack of
diversification in the Washing
ton Metropolitan Areas basic
economy.
Aware of Serious Flaw.
Out of the decline that began
IN 1853 and carried into the early
months of 1854 came an aware
ness of a serious flaw in the
makeup of the Capital city and
It's environs. Government pay
rolls, it was realized, was the eco
f1omic life-blood of sprawling
region containing nearly one
and three-quarter million people.
Many attributed the decline here
to pairing of Government payrolls
and consequent reduction in the
numbers employed in service
fields.
Now the Board of Trade is in
the midst of a 3-year plan in
which 1t expects to expend $780,
900 and countless man hours in
a drive to bring new business
activity, not dependent upon
Government employment, to the
region. Some success has al
ready been achieved but the
Trade Board officials say they
have only scratched the surface.
4 In spite of it's virility, the
Trade Board. like most old-tim-
ers, can be expected to look back
pf1 its accomplishments with
pride.
u First Meeting in 1889.
\ Starting at the furthest point
In its history, the night of No
yember q, 1889, the Trade
Boards 5000 members will find
q page noting that a small group
Of business and professional
men met in the red parlor of the
old Ebbitt House at Fourteenth
and F streets NV.
Beriah Wilkins, then co-pub-
Usher of the Washington Post,
had sent out the meeting call
urging the men to "join in what
promises to be a very important
and influential organization"
A larger turnout than was an
ticipated gave impetus to the
move, and Crosby S. Noyes, then
editor of The Evening Star, was
named temporary chairman. Col.
Myron NJ. Parker, an insurance
man and Civil War veteran. was
Evening star., 1954-11-28
Anniversary Of q Builder
By Tom Burke

III Washington's biggest booster
has reached retirement age but
instead of applying for social Sc
curity and placidly looking back
on past achievements this 65-
year-older is busily planning a
long and active future.
The booster is the Washington
Board of Trade and the birthday
was yesterday.
Throughout it's three score and
five years there have been few
stones left unturned by the zeal
Evening star., 1954-11-28

Gus members of an organization
that has played major role in
the development Of the city from
the gas lights and swamp era
to its present position of world
Y1re .eynirerra
Evening star., 1954-11-28

Trade Boord Pushes Drive to Bring
New Business Here. poge AT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Mrs. Milton BairstoW,
60-Year Resident

Mrs. Milton Bairstow, a Wash
ington resident more than so
years. died Saturday at her
home. 1917 Decatur street NV.
The former Margaret Huyett.
Mrs. BairstoW was born in Fred
erick County, Va. the daughter
Of the late Eugene Temple and
Maggie Huyett. She was de-
scended from the Undertake
family of Virginia on her moth
er's side.
She came to Washington as a
young girl and was married
September %, 1908. to Mr.. Barr
stow. a retired plumbing and
heating contractor here.
Survivors are her husband: a
sister, Mrs. Ollie Gooding,
Arlington. Va. and a brother.
Eugene T. Huyett, Richmond,
Va.
Funeral services will be held
at 100 pm. tomorrow at the
Deal Funeral Home. 4812
Georgia avenue NV. Burial will
be in Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Robert F. Eberhart, 81,
Former Agriculture Aide

Robert Friend Eberhart. 81.
an agriculture credit specialist
here with the Farmers Home
Administration of the Agricul-
ture Department from 1916 I'M
til he retired last July. died yes
terday of leukemia at Emergency
Hospital. He lived at 1884
Colston drive. Chevy Chase. Md.
Mr. Eberhart was born in
Memphis. Tenn, and was raised
on the Louise plantation near
West Memphis, Ark. He was
graduated from Princeton in
1928 and was member of the
Arkansas State Legislature in
the late 20s. In 1882 he began
his Government career in Mem
phis. Tenn. in the Emergency
Crop and Feed Loan division of
the Farm Credit Administration
and later was in Kansas City.
Mo. He came to Washington
eight years ago.
He was a member of the Ken
wood Country Club and All
Saints Episcopal Church, Chevy
Chase.
Survivors are his widow, Mary:
two daughters. Amelia. q. and
Norma IA, both of the home
address; his mother. Mrs. Ro-
berta Biggs. Memphis. and two
half-brothers, Earl and Davis
BiggS. both of West Memphis.
Funeral services and burial
will be held in West Memphis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08

1907. In 1909 he got a Doctor of
Philosophy degree from the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania and was
awarded an honorary degree of
doctor of science by Knox College
in 1912.
Delegate to Assemblies.
He was a delegate to the
fourth and seventh general as
semblies of the International
Geodetic and Geophysical Union
and to the second Pan-American
Science Congress.
He was a fellow of the Amer
lean Institute of Electrical Engi-
neers. the American Physical
Society, American Association
for the Advancement of Science
and a member of the Washing
ton Academy of Sciences, the
Philosophical Society of Wash
ington. Geological Society of
Washington, American Geophy-
steal Union. Sigma Psi. Cosmos
Club, Masons and the Shriners.
Survivors are his widow, Lottie
Louisa Ward Wenner, whom he
married in 1908. and two BROTH
ers.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Wednesday at Robert
Humphreys funeral home, Be-
thesda. Burial will be private.
Tokens of sympathy may be sent
to the Heart Association of
Washington, 1854 Nineteenth
street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Mrs. Walter A. Wells,
Physician S Wife

Mrs. Walter A. Wells. wife of
DR.. Wells, ear. nose and throat
specialist of Washington and
Narragansett. R. l.. died Satur-
day at her home. 1853 Q street
NV, after a long illness.
The former Frances Gibson.
Mrs. Wells was the daughter of
the late Judge Henry r. Gibson.
Republican Representative from
Tennessee for 10 years. He was
formerly editor of the Knoxville
Chronicle and author of Glib
sons Suits in Chancery" and
Law Bible of Tennessee.
Mrs. Wells mother. Frances
Reed Gibson. was one of the
founders of the Pen Women's
League.
DR.. and Mrs. Wells had been
active IN Washington social life.
Mrs. Wells was a member OF the
Colonial Danes from Connect
cut.
Besides her husband, who is
retired. she is survived by two
daughters, Miss Eleanor Wells
and Mrs. John Roberts, of the
Q street address. owners of the
Little Caledonia Shop in George
town.
Services were held this morn
ing at Christ Church in George
town. with burial in Fort Lin
coin Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Paul A|thouse, "a,
Noted Opera Tenor

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Paul
Althouse, "a, American tenor
who once co-starred with Enrico
Caruso in a 30-year career at
the Metropolitan Opera, died
Saturday.
Mr.. AlthouSe, was a native of
Reading, Pa. He was one of the
first American singers to star at
the Metropolitan. He made his
debut there in 1913 at the age of
%. His first role was Dmitri in
Boris Godounov. He later APP
peared in many lyric and heroic
tenor roles, including Canio in
l Pagliacci. He remained for 1G
years at the Metropolitan, leav-
ing in the '20's to devote his time
to concerts. He was especially
popular in oratario work.
In 1884 Mr.. Althouse returned
to the Metropolitan for a second
period, this time specializing in
German opera. He was heard as
the leading tenor in many Wag-
ner performances, including
many with the famous soprano,
Kristen FlagStad.
After his retirement in 1913.
Mr.. AlthouSe became a voice
teacher, Among his pupils were
Richard Tucker. tenor, and Flea
nor Steber, soprano, both Met
ropolltan stars now.
Mr.. Althouse was an early
phonograph recording artist and
his Notwithstanding many bal
lads, as we'll as opera ariaS-
spread his fame.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Mrs. Luxford, GA,
Ex-Conqress Aide

Mrs. Pauline Glib Luxford.
Ga. former Congressional secre-
tary and Agriculture Depart
ment employe. died Saturday in
Chicago where she lived.
Born in Copemish, Mich, she
grew up in Manistee, Mich. and
was married there in 1914 10
Donald L. LuXford. She and her
husband came to Washington
in 1914 and both were secretaries
to Representative Mclaughlin.
Republican. of Michigan. Her
husband died in 1915 and in 194A
she married her husbands
brother, Earle M. LuXford, re-
tired head accountant for the
Pacific Fruit and Express Co. in
Chicago. She was a statistical
clerk for the Agriculture Depart
ment until 1949.
Mrs. Luxford formerly lived at
1926 Nevada avenue NV. She
was a member Of First Congre-
gational Church for 40 years
and had served on the board of
deaconesSes. She was also
member of Columbia Chapter
No. Is of the Eastern Star.
Survivors are her husband.
and two sisters. Mrs. Eugene
Sharkotf. Lansing, Mich, and
Mrs. Frank Nichter, Alp Twelfth
street Sc.
Services will be held at 8 pm.
Wednesday at First Congrega-
tional Church. Tenth and G
streets NV. Burial Will be pri-
vate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Richard V. Ross, 80,
Was Widely Known
In Music Circles
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 8.-Rich-
ard v. Ross, head of the organ
and sacred music department at
the Peabody Conservatory of
Music here, was fatally stricken
yesterday while dressing for
church services.
The So year old musician,
who had studied under some Of
the most celebrated names in
the profession and was widely
known in American music
circles, was found on the floor
of his home by his sister, Mrs.
Lewis w. O'Connor.
He was organist and choir di-
rector at Brown Memorial Pres
byterian Church.
Regarded as Child Prodigy.
Mr.. Ross, native of Xenia,
Ohio, took his first piano les
sons at 6 and was regarded as
a child prodigy at 10. When he
was IL, he began a study of the
organ.
While still in high school he
became organist of the First
Presbyterian Church in Xenia
and held that position until
coming here at 10 on a scholar
ship to the conservatory.
He was graduated from the
conservatory in 1887 with an
artists diploma in organ, the
highest honor awarded a gradu-
ate.
When World War II broke out,
he was organist at st. Thomas
Church, New York.
In 1941, he gave a recital at
the National Cathedral in WASH
ington.
Served in Army.
In l94Z, ne enllSCeQ IN the
Army and was a chaplains as
siStant.
After the war he returned to
Baltimore as a member of the
Peabody faculty.
In addition to Mrs. O'Connor,
he is survived by his mother,
Mrs. Marion Ross. and a brother,
Robert Ross. both of 1850 Fox
hall road. Washington, and an
other sister, Mrs. Hugh j. Lee
of RidgeWood, N. j.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at Brown Me-
mortal Church, with burial in
Druid Ridge Cemetery here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
Harry Leonhardt, 81,
theatrical Figure
By the Associoted Pres.

LOS ANGELES. Feb. B.
Harry Leonhardt. 80. theatrical
figure and Elks Club greeter,
died here Saturday.
Born in New York, he once
managed the Metropolitan Opera
House, where in 1906 he directed
a huge benefit for victims of
the San Francisco earthquake
and fire.
Mr.. Leonhardt had lived in
Southern California for "a years.
He built the Carthay Circle and
California theaters here and
directed others throughout the
country.
A member of New York Elks
Lodge No. l for so years, he was
official greeter of Los Angeles
Elks Lodge No. SO for 80 years.
He had lived at the Elks Club
since his wife died -four
years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-08
DR.. Frank Wenner,
Noted Physicist and
Seismo|ogist, Dies

DR.. Frank Wenner, 81. con-
sulting physicist who had an in
ternational reputation in elec-
trical measurements and geo.
physics. died yesterday at SUBJ
urban Hospital, Bethesda. He
lived at 5614 Thirty second street
NV.
DR.. Wenner developed a method
for measuring the salinity of sea
water for the Coast Guard. which
is used by the ice patrol and by
oceanographers. He developed a
fundamental method for measur-
ing the unit of resistance. The
values assigned by international
agreement to the electric units
derive in part from his work.
He received the John Price
Wetherill Medal of the Franklin
Institute for his work on seis-
mology and for the development
OF a precise electrical Seismom-
eter which bears his name.
Joined Bureau of Standards.
DR.. Wenner joined the staff
OF the Bureau of Standards in
1907. He was chief of the re-
sistance measurement section in
the bureaus electric division for
80 years until he retired in l943.
Since his retirement he has
been a consulting physicist with
the Carnegie Institution of
Washington, the Applied Physics
Laboratory of Johns Hopkins
University, the Research and
Development Board of the Ma
tional Military Establishment
and the Rubicon Co. of Phila-
delphia.
He was recalled as a consult
ant to the Bureau of Standards
in 1851 and worked on classified
military projects there and in
the Diamond Ordnance Fuse
Laboratory until his death.
He had written more than so
scientific papers. Included in his
research was the detection and
use of land and sea mines and
control for guns on airplanes.
Born on farm in Garrison,
Iowa. DR.. Wenner got his bache-
lor of science degree in 1899
from Knox College, Galesburg.
Ill. He taught at the college.
the University of Wisconsin.
Iowa State College and the Uni
verslty of Pennsylvania until