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HAYES "A rs RUTH E; A tribute, Of love
RUTH E. HAYES who passed away
nine years ago today. January 8. 1945.
GoRe; WS,,. bHt ". never forgotten
10 my tender loving mother
AND the happy days long past
HAYES. RUTH E. A tribute Of love
RUTH E. HAYES Who h Sfte DEPARTED THIS III:
;lfe nine \years ago today, January
loving memories never die
As years roll on and days pass by:
Of one I loved and can never forget. vy.
L0yiNG HUSBAND. JAMES w
IA MAY. FRANCIS e. In memory Of a
E. LA MAY, who passed | away o two
years ago today. January s. 1852.
We often sit and think of you.
TO think OF how you died.
10 pd2ao kno~ you could not say good-by
God gave us strength to bear It
:, And courage to meet the blow:
Wnat II meant to lose you,
Ihis world will never know.
Your memory is all We have now.
But memory mas safd Is '9n S, to o, yGg5 95a rest
voAAInad And God knows what is best.
YOUR LOVING WIFE. MOTHER AND
DAUGHTER. EVELYN.
McCREA, CHARLES c. In sacred mem
ory Of q wonderful father and father
:n-law. CHARLES G. McCREA. who
passed away eight years ago today.
January 8. 1916.
Pop. you lived = life that all misht
envy.
Loved and loving. gentle and kind;
And IN death, your blessed memory
Comforts those you left behind
JOHNNIE AND RUTH.
PALUMB0. MICHAEL. In memory Of
year ago today. January S. 1853.
God gave us a wonderful father.
He vas one who never grew old.
God made his smiles as the sunshine,
He made his heart of pure gold
son. FRANK J. PALUMBO
SNYDER. EDWARD e. In sad but Low.
ing memory Of my dear husband. ED
WARD E. SNYDER. who went away
thirty.tbree years ago today. January
=, 1921.
Sweet thoughts Of Yesterday never die.
Inough many years have passed by;
Il seems that nothing on earth can last,
except sweet memories Of the past
HIS LOVING WIFE.
WEBER, JOHN. In loving memory Of
my dear husband. JOHN WEBER, who
PASSED away one year ago. January 8.
Sadly missed by
HIS WIFE. DELLA.
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LOVING WIFE. ELLA.
my beloved wife. ELLA BRoApus. StjS' who Ho
departed this life eight years ago to-
day. January 8. l946.
Sometimes I cannot seem to see
The wisdom OF Gods way.
And yet ! trust His loving hand
To guide ME through each day.
feel His presence always near.
Together we shall stand
And faith shah be my strong support
B3SBS. IS! son tkaNptaIEpRES AN2 9EIEGtTR HSh5 HND
GRANDCHILDREN.
o our dear mother & sENH 9ns BRo%
who passed into the great beyond
fiiteen years aRo today. January 3.
1899.
Today brings fresh memories
OF loving mother gone to rest:
You will never be forgotten
BY the ones who loved you best
Beyond all pain. all care and sadness.
Beyond all trouble you are gone.
But knowing that some day well find
Gives US courage to go on.
HER LOVING AND DEVOTED cHn.
REb PEbN MRRiE S9SiEPHiNE. LILLIAN, AMOS
DEAN, WILLIAM Il. u. n. oficiaD.
son and brother. WILLIAM H DEAN
u: N. omcaaD, who departed this life
suddenly two years ago today. January
8. 1852: a iife devoted to the eleva-
tton OF suffering humanity.
Eternal rest. grant unto him. o Lord.
HIS DEVOTED MOTHER. ELLA C.
DEAN. AND SISTERS. ELAINE.
THELMA AND RUTH.
FLETCHER. ROBERT. In loving mem
Dry Of our dear husband and father.
ROBERT FLETCHER. who departed
this lie eieht years ago today. jan
uaIy s. l946.
Deep IN our hearts lies your picture,
Drawn BY memory'S mastery hand,
To keep all our lives then when death
Trade for you. in Gods happy land
DEVOTED WIFE AND CHILDREN.
GRAHAM. WILLIAM E. In memory OF
our dear husband and father. WILLIAM
E. GRAHAM who departed this life
fourteen years ago today. January 8.
1910.
You heard . voice couldn't hear.
Which said you cannot stay:
You saw hand couldn't see,
Which beckoned you away.
WIFE. MRS. ELLA GRAHAM: DAUGH-
TER. MRS. ELLA PEETE.
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LORIN A. A special COM
Parker Lodge: No. ~. F: A.
A. M. is called for Satur;.
day. January 8. 1854, at !
pm, for the purpose Of con-
ducting Masonic burial serv-
ices for our late brother.
BROWN.
Evening star., 1954-01-08

HURLEY, SARAH z. On Wednesday.
January g.. 1854, SARAH E. HURLEY.
beloved wife Of the late William Hur-
A. Hurley and Mrs Catherine Bolton
of New York Funeral from the James
T. Ryan Funeral Home, BIT Pa. ave-
Sc. on Saturday. January 8. at 9:30
am. Requiem mass at st. Peters
Church at 10 am. Relatives and
friends invited. Interment Mount
Olivet Cemetery. 8
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Anurilitt1

BIRNMAN. BELLA. There will be an
unveiling to the memory OF the late
BELLA BIRNMAN on Sunday. January
10, 1854, at IL o'clock noon, at the
George Washington Memorial Ceme-
terry. 10
wEANsTEIN. SAMUEL B. A monument
inmemory OF the late. SAMUEL B.
MEINSTEIN, beloved husband of Mary
stein, will be unveiled on Sunday. jan
u9ry 10. 1854. ct ] p.m:, at the B'nat
Israel Cemetery, Oxon Hill, Md. Rela-
tiyes and friends are invited to attend.
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UarA nf Thanka

CURRY, LUCY. Tle family of the late
Mrs. LUCY CURRY wishes to thank
its relatives and friends for their kind
expressions of sympathy during their
recent bereavement.
Evening star., 1954-01-08

;, SAMUEL NJ. A Special COM
munication of Acacia Lodge.
No. is. F. A. A. M. is called
\ for Monday. January IL,
NA 1854, at 1890 pm, for the
~ purpose of conductin. Ma
O sonic burial services for our
= late brother, SAMUEL NJ.
IG Of Herring Lodge. No. 1924,
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1n Mrit1urial1t

BEASLEY. BERLIN S. In loving mem-
ory Of my dear husband, BERLIN s.
BEASLEY. who died six years ago
today. January s. 194S.
When days are dark and friends are
few,
Dear Berlin, how I miss you
There may be friends who may be true.
But ] lost all when ! lost you.
LOVING WIFE ELLA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-15
Eosy-to-SewIdeos
BY EIeni

Sew-it-yoursef fashions are
% popular that each season
women look forward TO seeing
what's new IN the way Of &C.
cessories that they themselves
can create.
For this fall three make-it-
yourself ideas that all go their
separate ways in your fashion
life are suggested.
The snug little evening hood
will protect your hairdo, keep
you coy and warm when the
weather gets cold. If you like
to drive with the top down in
the car even when It's nippy
outside. this little hood will also
help you keep your locks tanned
and your ears warm.
For at-hogne loNnging while
watching the football games on
televiSion, you might enjoy
wearing o pair Of boots whose
original Inspiration came from
0 medieval pages footgeax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-15

Then for those quick changes
you'll want to make on your
basic fashions. or to tie in those
separates, you might enjoy MAX
ing and having in your ward
robe o waist-nipping velvet cor
set.
So-eheck Off your favorite
shade of velvet be 1t rayon Lyons
type. silk, or cotton velvet. Arm
yourself with needle, thread, scis-
sors, pattern paper. and start
on your fashion project.
Here are some easy instruc-
tons to help you.
MEDIEVAL PAGES BOOTS
l. Fashion pattern by shaping
muslin over foot. Fabric should
DO bias ut arch and over instep
10 insure At.
:. Use foam insole for sole, al
lowing for seam.
3. Refine shape Of pattern and
cut one In velvet. one in pellon.
and one in facing fabric. II fac
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ing fabric is heavy enough lining
may be eliminated.
4. Place welting between fab!
RIGS and stitch.
5. Turn. steam and add de-
corative guimpe or braid.
6. Stitch to sole.
q. Add tassle and snaps.
X X n X
EVENING HOOD.
/. Shape hood to head.
2. Split pattern at neck to
make vent allowing collar to fall
properly on shoulders.
8. Cut two of each half.
4. Sew welting into seams,
turn inside out and steam.
5. Add gilt tie to center back
above vent.
6. Add hook and eye to closure
at chin and tie.
II IL 4 Il
WAIST-NIPPER.
/. Generous shirring Of enough
velvet fabric to circle your waist
and underlined with feather
boning will start you of on this
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Fall Activities To BeginFndUy

membership, viii be presented to
Mrs. KING.
The committee Of arrange
ments includes Mrs. Elmer S.
Frazier. president Of Chapter q.
Mrs. r. Browning Rench. Mrs.
Allen II. Gardner, Mrs. william
B. Barton and Mrs. Emmanuel
b. Perry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-15

Members OF Chapter G, Dis
trict OF Columbia PEG. will
open their fan activities with q
dinner party on Friday ut $3.50
o'clock ut Tilden Gardens, in
honor Of MIR. and Mrs. r. Bruce
King, former Washington resid-
ents. now living In Apache JUNG
ton, Ariz.
Mrs. King is a past president
Of Chapter G and has the honor
of being a 50-year member of
the PEG. Sisterhood. A gold
recognition pin, designed for
| those who have attained SO years
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-15

waistline indenter. Satin line the
corselet in another color for
greater luxury and softness. For
firm fastening, use hooks and
eyes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-15
Guild OBJECT

The opening meeting ct the
Woman's Guild of Sibley Me-
mortal Hospital will he held at
IL am. tomorrow in Rust Hall,
1850 North Capitol street.
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Itsu Date

Thursday, September Is:
JELL.EFFS downtown store
features Korell's "plus-size''
dresses In showings ct 8 and z
pm. On Friday the showing
will be repeated In their Silver
Spring store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-15
Friday, September IL:

JELL4EFFS luncheon-fash-
ion shows at the Maynower
Hotel resume today at the
Shoreham Hotel. / pm. From
here on in, it'll be fashions
each Friday at luncheon-time,
in the Palladian Room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-25
YEAR ROUND SUITING!
The only aOonen's suits
made of the pUOrId's most
famous year-'rou1,d suiting!

It's the name you see emblazoned in Life and
other big magazines! See the famous label in
every suit! Marvellous blend Of acetate-rayon-
and-wool- shuns wrinkles, packs without
creasing can be washed as well as dry-cleaned.
So classically styled you can wear them with
sports accessories or dressed up with diamonds.
Save now!i Black, navy, brown, peacock red,
beige, light blue, pink, luggage or white.
Misses and petites, 10 to 20; women's half sizes,
IAN to PAN; junior misses, Z to IS.
Better Suits and Young WGshingtoiGn Shop 3rd Floor
Washington; End Floor, SEver Spring and PARKtngtoH
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A. costdNsss IN pueksred nyIon with rhine
stone buttons. Navy, black or oquo,
II 10 20 and l4h to 22h.
B. Bic white eoIIer on flock dot nylon.
Navy, brown or black, IL to 20 and
l4h to 22h.
c. Scoop neck puckered nyIon with rhine
stone pin. IL to 20 and l41z to 22h,
novy, block or oquo.
D. ShepheFdess neekIine flock dot nylon.
Navy, black, pink or blue with white dots.
II to 20 and l4h to 22Iz.
Budget Dresses, Third Floor MeszGniHIe.
Washington: Second Floor. SilVer Spring
and PARKington
Jackson advocate., 1954-01-09
Alcorn Club To-
Meet Sunday

Lets start 1854 in high" is the
slogan for the first meeting of the
Jackson AlcOrn Club to be held
Sunday, January 10, at the College
Park Club house at 800 P. NJ. Mr..
NJ. J. Lyells, Lanier High School
teacher and prominent in business
and local civic affairs is president
of the club.
Because of his many years as
student at AlcOrn - from grade
school through college-and about
fifteen years on the faculty, Mr..
Lyells knows and is perhaps known
by more AlcOrnites than other
members of the club. In beginning
his second year as president, he
says, while the club will continue
to participate in projects of the
General Alumni Association and
sponsor projects locally, the ma jor
emphasis in 1854 will be on Eel
lowship".
The program committee headed
by the energetic Thomas Moman
of the Agricultural Extension Ser
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Alabama Changes
Poll Tax Law

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. = The poll
tax law, used by many states to
deny Negroes the ballot, last week
was modified in Alabama as voters
approved a constitutional amend
ment calling for changes in the
law.
Heavily populated urban areas
turned out in large numbers to give
the amendment a majority.
The amendment placed limits on
the cumulative features of the law.
In the past, the law eXacted back
poll tax payments up to $50. The
changes limit back payments to So.
However, the $3.50 years tax re-
mains the same.
Poll tax laws throughout the
country have been the object of
attacks from Negro organizations
for years. These groups have tried
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Dr.. W. B. SeIah
Jackson
College Sunday

DR.. w. Il. Selah, pastor Of the
Galloway Memorial NJ e h dist
Church, will be the guest speaker
Sunday, January 10, at 4 pm,
when DR.. Harry H. Jones, dis
tinguished alumnus of Jackson Col
'ege, who has served as a mission
ary in Africa more than half a
century, is honored by the local
college. DR.. Jones, a native of
the FOndren community, was grad
uated from Jackson College in
1898. Later, he studied for the
ministry in Chicago, Ill.,, after
which he sailed for Monrovia, Lii
IBERIA, West Africa as a missionary.
His desire to administer to the
physical needs Of the African ma
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STATE TAX COMMISSION ENVOKES
1910 Law TO START paddock
SUIT AGAINST NEGRO Mite CLUBS
Stevens Rose Room, Percy Simpsons
Place, Joel Lundy, First On List
SAY SAME ACTION TO BE TAKEN
AGAINST OTHER OPERATORS

Jackson, Miss. Jan. 6.-(DSN)
The State Tax Collector, Mrs.
Thos. l.. Bailey, widow of a former
Governor OF the state, BROUGHT into
play 1910 state law here [onday.
md filed suits in the Kinds Coanty
Chancery Court designed to pad
'ock several Negro night spots, in
Guiding the swank md ever pop
nlar Stevens Rose Room, owned
md operated by Willie and Hen
retta Stevens; the s & S Grocery,
owned and operated by Percy Simp-
son and Richard James. both To-
cated just outside the city limits
north of Jackson on Sunset Drive.
and the Hill Top Club and Uncle
Joe's Inn, on Mclean Street, in
West Jackson, owned and operated
by Joel Lundy.
In addition to the padlocking and
closing of the places that viii re-
suit from successful conclusion
of the suits, the State Tax Collect
or is also seeking to collect "Nuis-
ance Damage" of $500 for the
state, and $500 for the county
from each of the places, and
BLACK Market" liquor tax in the
of $4,000 from the own
ers and operators of the places.
Mrs. Bailey charges that Rich
ard James, who operates the S L
5. Grocery, holds Government
liquor permit, and is using as evil
dence the purchase of liquor at the
S & S Grocery on October IL last
by agents of her office.
In the case of Willie and Henry
eta Stevens it is charged that
liquor was sold to agents of the
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approximately
1000 Missing In
Korea To Be
Declared Dead

According to our information.
the Department Of Defense will
within the next few days rule
that approximately 1000 Ameri-
can soldiers who have been car
ricd on the rolls as "missing in
action" are nov dead. This action
will be taken under the authority
of the Missing Persons Act. This
act provides that when such o
finding of death is made it shall
include the date upon which death
shall be presumed to have occurred
for the purpose of termination Of
crediting pay and allowances; set
tlement of accounts and payments
of death gratuities.
The next of kin. as listed by the
man in service, will be notified by
the Department Of Defense of this
holding of death. The person or
persons SO listed as the next of
kin will be furnished forms to be
used IN making application for
death gratuity and the accrued
pay and allowances due to the
service man. All family allow
ances which have been paid to the
next of kin will be automatically
discontinued.
According to our further infor-
nation, the Veterans Administra-
ton will forward directly to the
person or persons designated By
the service man during his life
time, proper forms to be used in
making application for any insur-
ance which might have been in
force and effect at the time Of his
death.
Service officers and other per-
sons interested in giving service
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Top British Magazine Offers
Evidence To Show Prizes Were
Given In Africa For Killing Natives

EXETER, England, Jan. S =
Charges that white officers in
Kenya offered bounties to their
men for killing Africans received
support last week.
A British regimental magazine,
Semper Fidelis, said the officers
Offered a S14 prize for the first
kill" during expeditions against
the Kikuyu tribesmen.
The magazine article confirmed
earlier reports that officers were
offering cash as means Of en-
couraging their men to launch a
biggame hunt against supposed
members Of the Mau Mau.
The first intimation of the
awarding Of bounties came at the
trial of British officer accused
Of killing a native. Although ac-
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Set Date To
Occupy New
Lanier High
School Here
New Building On
Maple Street Will
Accommodate
l4OO Students

Jan. 4 = The Board of Trustees
for Jackson Schools announced
last week that the tentative date
of January 25 has been set for oc-
cupancy for the new Lanier High
School building on Maple Street.
DR.. Harry Kirshman. Assistant
superintendent for Jackson Public
schools, said Wednesday that con-
tractors are now engaged in in
stalling class room equipment and
in completing adjustments neces-
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Sigma Fraternity
Ends 39th Anniv.
Negro Leaders
Given Awards

DETROIT, Mich. Jan. 4 (Spec-
iaD-The 39th Anniversary Con-
clave of the Phi Beta Sigma Fra
ternity ended Wednesday, Decem-
her 301h, but not without havine
given a most memorable account
Of itself as leader in the battle
for Full Democracy - Nothing
Less the theme of the Con-
clave. Approximately six hundred
delegates, visiting brothers and
wives of delegates and visiting
brothers attended.
Joint MOtOrcade Escorts Jack
The Sigmas stole the show when
a motorcade of approximately so
limousines, led by city and county
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White Warns South Abolition OF
Public School Systems Would
Lead To Education Racketeers

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 - Walter
White, executive secretary of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, warn
ed the states of South Carolina,
Georgia and Mississippi today that
abolition Of their public school
systems would lead to classroom
"quackery" which they would be
poweIless to regulate.
In report at the NAACP's 45th
annual meeting, White noted that
the three states have threatened
to substitute personal subsidies to
Jackson advocate., 1954-01-09
10,625 NEGROES PLACED IN
JOBS, URBAN LEAGUE REPORTS

NEW YORK, Jan. = Negro
workers found 1O,625 jobs during
1858 through Urban League en-
ployment and welfare activities
in az cities, the national Urban
League reported this week. after
an inventory of the work of its so
locals. The report included 274
new jobs openings with employers
who had not previously hired Ne
grOes.
These new jobs, described by the
National Urban. League as "pilot
placements" included wide range
Jackson advocate., 1954-01-09
State Pre-SchooI
Meeting Here

Jackson Mississippi will be the
scene of a statewide meeting of
operators and teachers of day care
centers, kindergartens, and nurs-
cry schools on January Is. T h e
Parkway Baptist Church Of Jack
son has volunteered their facili-
ties for the all-day meeting. The
schedule begins at 9 a. m. with
registration, four workshops, and a
business meeting at p. m. All
persons interested in pre-school
children are cordially invited to at
tend the meeting on Jan. 16, in
Jackson, Mississippi.
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AFRICAN WHITE DOMINATION STRUCK HARD BLOW
MALAN AIDE DEN0UNCES RACE
SUPREMACY IN MAJOR SPEECH
South African Government Official
Ready For New Line Of Thinking
SAY NON-WHITE PEOPLE HAVE
AWAKENED AND WANT A VOTE
CAPETOWN. South Africa. Jan.

CAPETOWN. South Africa, Jan.
5.-An aide to Prime Minister
Daniel Malan who was employed
to uphold the Nationalist theory
OF new line of thinking" just the
opposite of the one he was en-
PIoyed to champion.
Prof. Gerhardt Gerdener of Ste
lenboash University, chairman of
the South Africa Bureau of Racial
Affairs, declared last Friday that
the age of white domination in
South Africa is over, and that the
white person in the embattled ma
ton would do we'll to change his
way of life drastically."
He said the domination of the
white race in the world is def
nitely over. The non-white peo-
piles have awakened and want a
voice. We need only to look at
events in the Far East, India, In
donesia, Nigeria and the Gold
Coast to see what is going on"
Special Mission
Continuing Prof. Gerdener said:
I'm this changed world the Afri-
kner isolation must give an account
of his mission in the continent of
Africa where handful of whites
find themselves among many mill
lions Of whites.
"The Afrikaner must change his
way of life drastically. We stand
before a period of far reaching
adaptation of circumstances. The
Afrlkaner must look within him
self and ask himself what part of
what is said about Us abroad is
perhaps true.
The Afrikaner pioneers were
not refugees but a special group
with a special mission. Are Afri-
kaners today aware that they are
q special group with a special mis-
sion here on this continent with
its millions of black men? ?"
An About Face
The speech coming from Prof.
Gerdener is considered a complete
about face" for him. Prof. Ger
dener's job was actually one of ar
riVlng at ways and means by which
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100000 NEGRO FARMERS QUIT
FARMS FOR CITY IN ten YEARS

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 4 =
(SpeciaD-Ovef 12O, 900, or q fifth
Of the colored farmers of tho
South, moved Ito town betweAn
1910 and 1850, compared with
10 percent shift among Whit
farmers of that region, the II 9
Department of Agriculture. snr
veying the situation of the $50 O0o
Negro farmers Of the u. 8 -
1858, noted last week.
Primary purpose of the sh;f4
OF Negro farmers cityward has
been to raise their standard of livs
ing; however Dept. of Agricultnra
officials feel that those who havs
remained On the land have j.,
proved the quality of their farr
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pupils for the public school sys-
tenn in the Supreme Court decides
against them in the present school
segregation case.
"Unconscionable quack and
racketeers would move in, setting
up their own debased standards" :"
White said. ''The state would be
helpless to regulate these private
schools, or to establish any stand
ards to protect the states invest
ment and the school children, be-
cause to do so would be to exert
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Of skills, such as chemists, mach
inists, accountants, linotypist, tool
makers, electronic engineers. First
placement were also made of Ne
gro firemen in several cities, bus
and street car drivers in Others.
and office workers in a wide spread
of financial, commercial and retail
businesses.
This emphasis on the new Jobs
not previously held by Negroes
Lester B. Granger, the Leagues
National Executive Director ex-
Continued on Page SKI
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INTERRACIAL DELEGATION VISITS
GEORGIA GOVERNOR TO ASK FOR
RELEASE OF MRS. INGRAM
PRAYER Service Is Held On
Steps Of The State Capitol

ATLANTA, Ga, Jan. 2.-(Spe-
ciaD-Governor Herman Talmadge
on Friday, Dec. Is, received an
interracial delegation waiting upon
him in behalf of pardon for Mrs.
Rosa Ingram and her two sons,
and, as he indicated he would, the
governor referred the group to the
Pardons and Parole Board where
the petitioners were also received.
Headed by the valiant Mrs. Mary
Church Terrell, the group. num-
bering about 60 and including sew
eral white women, staged prayer
service on the steps of the Capitol