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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Negro And White
Leaders Endorse
Cancer Crusade

NEW YORK, Apr. 19.-(Spe-
cial) = Enthusiastic endorsements
of the 1854 Cancer Crusade by
leaders of influential organizations
representing a broad cross section
of interracial, professional, fra
ternal, labor, civic and patriotic
interests have been received by
the American Cancer Society, it
was announced this week. 1t was
indicative of the spiraling country
wide concern with the cancer fight.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
A. Philip Randolph, president of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, A. F. of L.; DR.. Conrad
A. Edwards, president of the Vic
tory Mutual Life Insurance Com
pany, a leading Negro managed
insurance company; and others are
among the more than 100 of the
nations most influential leaders
and organizations, giving their
support to the April crusade. Also
included are such well-known and
diversified groups as the American
Legion, Congress of Industrial Or
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Another Forty
Alleged Mau Mau
Reported Killed

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 10, -
Especially Another 40 alleged
Mau Mau terrorist were reported
killed Wednesday in the preceding
4 hour period, bringing to at least
80 the total killed in a two day
period.
In the Mount Kenya Area, pa
trolls of the Kings African Rifles,
working with Kikuyu Gaurd re-
portedly killed "a alleged terror
lists and captured ten.
Clashes were reported again
Wednesday in the Fort Hall and
South Nyeri districts, where run
ming skirmishes had been going
on for a week.
In the North Mount Kenya area
alleged Mau Mau bands were re-
ported to have burned down a
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
OPENS DRIVE FOR 81, 100000
FOR UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND

NEW YORK, Apr. II. - (Spe-
ciaD-"In the realm of education
we are in a critical-and thrilling
of transition from an un-
democratim pattern of segregation
to the democratic pattern of full
integration," DR.. Ralph J. Bunche,
principal director, department of
trusteeship, United Nations, told
an overflow audience at the open
ing of the 1854 United Negro Col
lege Fund nationwide campaign
held here last week at the Hotel
Plaza.
This years goal is $1,750,000,
the largest quota yet sought by
the fund in support of its 81 men,
Der colleges.
with regard to higher educa-
tion," DIR. Bunche declared, "the
Negro college, with its interracial
faculties and its first step toward
an interracial study body, consti-
tutes a sure and sturdy bridge for
the advanced educational democ-
racv" ------..--..-
Speaking before a crowd of some
700 persons, DR.. Bunche shared the
platform with DR.. NJ. S. Davage,
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Negro Count Is
0ne-HaIf Of Those
Condemned To
Die In 1853
One White Man Dies
For Rape In Texas

WASHINGTON, Apr. 19.-(Spe-
ciaD-Although Negroes represent
only about 10 per cent of the total
population of the United States,
they constituted exactly half of
the number of persons executed
last year.
There were some 81 colored per-
sons executed by civil authorities
in 1858, the Department of Justice
announced last week. There also
were 80 white persons and one In
dian.
The overall figure of 81 execu
tions represents the lowest number
of persons paying the supreme
price since the Justice Department
began keeping recrds in 1880,
In 1862, there were 83 execu
tions. Of this number, some AZ
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
mau Mau Trouble
Persuades Britain
To Hear Natives

NAIROBI, Kenya, Apr. 19.-
(Special)-Despite its violence and
bloodshed, the Mau Mau war has
succeeded in bringing about long
desired change in colonial policy
here.
The British last week decided to
admit one African and two Asians
to a council of ministers which also
will include 13 white representa-
tives. The admittance of the COL
ored persons to the council was
seen as move to end the 16-
month-old guerrilla warfare. The
African will be minister for COM
munity development.
Whether or not the move will
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Secretary
To Honor Virgin
Islands Governor

CHICAGO, H., April 10, (Spec-
iaD = Secretary of Labor James
P. Mitchell will address a gather
ing of 1000 Chicagoans Thursday
night, April Is, at a dinner honor
ing Archie A. Alexander, new
governor of the Virgin Islands,
and J. Ernest Wilkins, newly
sworn in assistant secretary Of
labor.
Sharing the platform with Sec
rotary Mitchell will be Father Plus
Barth, o. F. M, Phi. D., head of the
Department of Education, DePaul
university.
Sponsored by Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity with the cooperation of
Citizens Committee, the dinner
will be held in the Grand Ballroom
of the Conrad Hilton Hotel.
Chicagoans, representing all
walks of life including labor,
church and community and civic
bodies, and Kappa brothers will
nay tribute to Wilkins, who lives
in the Windy City, and Alexander,
native of Iowa and one of the
Nations top contracting engineers,
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Grand asters
Win First Round In
Court Battle With
imperial Potentate
Judge Denies
Injunction Against
Masters Conference

CHICAGO, April 10, (SpeciaD-
The grand masters of Prince Hall
Masons Monday, April 5, won the
first round in their legal tiff with
the Shriners and DR.. Raymond E.
Jackson, imperial potentate.
Judge Walter LaBuy of the
United States district court re-
fused to grant an injunction re-
straining the grand masters from
refusing to allow their masons to
send money to the national Shrine.
The court action saw attorney
Thurgood Marshall, famed NAACP
counsel, pitted against attorney
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
American Tobacco
Go. Names New
Negro Sales
Representatives

NEW YORK CITY, Apr. 49,
Especially = The appointment Of
Weaver Lee Hawkins II as a sales
representative by the American
Tobacco Co., makers of Lucky
Strike, Pail Mall and Herbert Tar
eyton cigarettes, has recently been
made in Birmingham, Ala. Mr..
Hawkins is a native of this city.
Other Negro sales representa-
tives are headquartered in Brook
lyn, Harlem, Philadelphia, Pitts
burgh, Cleveland, Baltimore, Wash
Continued on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Canada Lees Kin Gets Job Back

New York, April 10, Especially -
Mrs. Evadney P. Canogata, sister
in-law of the. late famed actor
Canada Lee, got her government
lob back Wednesday.
Mrs. Canogata had been dis
charged from her clerk-typist job
in the immigration and Naturali-
cation Service last December on the
grounds that she had continuing
association" with Lee who has been
dead nearly two years.
Lee, who had been known in the
theatre and out of it for his liberal
views and who appeared in several
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Negro 4-H Club Camp TO Be
Held At jackson College

camp which will be held on the
campus of Jackson College. The
states to be represented include
Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Lou
isiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Mis-
souri,, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas,
Virginia and West Virginia.
Officials said the Negro camp
was started seven years ago at
the request of Negro agricultural
leaders.
In the case of both camps, the
state extension services will make
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24

effective plays of protest" type,
had never been officially labeled
as a communist.
When Mrs. Canogata was fired
because it was charged that as his
relative she associated" with him,
protests arose from numerous or
CARNATIONS and individuals.
Mrs. Canogata who was sup
ported by the anti-Communist
Workers Defense League and the
NAACP, denied she had ever sign
ed even a Communist petition and
pointed out how Lee had fought
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
RACIAL INTOLERANCE REPORT
ON 1.-THE WORLD TODAY"

hurled through the window of an
other Negro family that had moved
in. A picketing schedule operates
outside these homes, necessitating
police cordons numbering from 100
to 1000
Reporter Blaine Littell and a
CHS Radio Special Events staff
are now recording interviews with
the several Negro families living
under threat in the project, inter
views with their neighbors, both
those in sympathy and those in
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24

WASHINGTON, D. c. April 10,
(Special) The U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture announced
Saturday that the annual All club
camp for Negro youth will be held
August GIG in Jackson, Missis-
sippi.
The All club is an organization
sponsored by the departments ex-
tension service for the purpose of
developing leaders among rural
boys and girls.
The department said a delega-
ton of 1876 members and "a adult
All club leaders from II states
are expected to attend the Negro
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24

An on-the-scene interview &C
count of the present Negro hous-
ing crisis in the Trumbull Park
housing project on Chicago's South
Side will be broadcast Sunday,
April rs, on "The World Today"
The Trumbull Park project has
been source of repeated conflict
since Negro family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Howard and their two small
children, took an apartment there
last summer. Since then outbreaks
of racial intolerance have flared.
Just recently lead pipe was
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24

Prentiss, Miss, April 10 =
Especially - For the first time in
the history of jefferson Davis
county a negro has announced his
candidacy for public office.
Isaac Hartzog, Negro farmer,
has qualified as a candidate for
membership on the county school
board of education from District
No. as provided in Senate Bill No.
1901, enacted at the special session
of the Legislature in 1858 and is
opposed by Lawrence Polk, pro-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
NEGRO Is Candidate For jefferson
County School Board

minent farmer and cattle buyer.
The election will be held May a.
Hartzog is 40 years of age.
Father of two teen age children and
his wife Essie Hartzog, is teacher
of the Oak Grove Negro School
in the district.
The district is composed of four
voting precincts with a total regis
ration of 553 electors, 224 of which
are Negroes. Mt. Carmel, one of
the precincts, is a neighborhood
with 1913 electors all Negro.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24

other colleges, billiard Tilloston,
Bethune Goodman, and is active
in the American Missionary Asso-
citation division of Congregational
Christian Churches of North Amer
lea.
Announcement of DR.. Lawless
selection as chairman was made by
president Gray at a Trustee-Fac-
ulty dinner March 81, given in
honor of retiring chairman DR.,
George w. Crawford.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Prince Hall
Masons Lay
Cornerstone For
Pratt Memorial
Methodist Church
q. M. Gillian Presides
Over Ceremony

The cornerstone for the recently
completed new Pratt Memorial
Methodist Church on West Pasca-
goula Street here was placed Sun
day Afternoon before one of the
largest crowds in the history of
the church which contributed some
$500 toward paying the remaining
indebtness on the new church.
The church with its seventy foot
spire, now regarded as among the
most beautiful and spectacular in
the city was torn down and COM
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
DR.. Tx. LaWIess New Chairman Of
The Board Of TaIIadega College

CHICAGO, III, April 10 (Spec-
ial y DR.. T. K. Lawless, noted
dermatologist of Chicago, has been
elected chairman of the Trustee
Board of Talladega College. He
replaces Attorney George w. Craw-
ford, Corporation Counsel of New
Haven, Connecticut.
An outstanding graduate of Tai
ladega College, DR.. Lawless was
elected to its Trustee Board in
1850 by vote of Alumni Associa-
ton. He serves as trustee of three
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Queens Visit
Cut For Fear
Of mau Mau

London, Apr. 10, Especial THE
visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the
British protectorate of Uganda in
East Africa is being shortened be-
cause of the danger of an assas-
sination attempts by Mau Mau ter
rorists from neighboring Kenya
colony.
An official announcement said
yesterday that the April $3.50 visit
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Suicide Charged
To Former Patient
OF Insance Asylum
After Firing Shots
And Tear Gas
Into Home
Had Killed Father
And Wounded A
Deputy Sheriff

CLARKSDALE, Miss, April 10,
(DSN) = The suicide list of Ne
groes in Mississippi with at least
five cases having been reported
from various sections of the state
since the turn of the year continues
to grow.
The latest addition to the list
being that of 32-year-old Coahoma
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Dewey Signs Bill
Banning Sale Of
SWitchbIades

NEW YORK, April 10 Especially
Governor Thomas E. Dewey last
week signed bill prohibiting the
sale of switchblade knives in the
state of New York.
In signing the bill, Governor
Dewey pointed out, in an attached
memorandum, that last year there
were 80 homicides reported in New
York city in which knives were
CONTINUED on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24
Segregation Has Nation I'm Critical Transition Era

SEE NATION I'm CRITICAL PERIOD
OF TRANSITION FROM UNDEMO.
PATTERN OF SEGREGATION TO
THE DEMOCRATIC PATTERN
OF FULL INTEGRATION
Bunehe Says Negro College
Constitutes Sure And Sturdy
Bridge For Advancement
Of Educational Democracy
OPENS DRIVE FOR S1,75O,OOO
FOR UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24

THEIR ELECTION ASSURED The above pictures of Joe
Crowley,
withdrawal the
White candidates. Meanwhile the the
America looking
historic with nonchaance pride which reflects
credit the thriving community.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-04-24

Patronize Our Advertise
ers -- Their Advertising
In this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
Evening star., 1954-08-04
Miss Wallace
Is Married !.

Miss Leitha Frances Wallace,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Howard Wallace of Gaffney,
S. c., was married July Is to Mr..
Ray M. Hare. jr., son of Gen.
Hare, U. S. A. (retired) and Mrs.
Hare.
The ceremony took place in
the Old Presbyterian Meeting
House in Alexandria and was
performed by the Rev. Everett
r. Brown.
Mrs. Hare is a graduate of
Limestone College in Gaffney.
Mr.. Hare is a graduate of the
University of Maryland.
After a wedding trip the
couple will make their home
here.
Evening star., 1954-08-04


many souvenirs to the house."
said Mr.. Sterling.
This explains why the house is
filled with such things as Chinese
rugs and hangings, hunters
trophies. antique weapons, valu-
able prints and pictures from
England and France.
Over one of the mantelpieces
are rows of pictures, the identi1
cal size. of all the members of
The Family, hung in the order
OF their joining the group.
Although many of the group
have passed away, there are still
(See DACOR HOUSE, Pg. B-3)
Evening star., 1954-08-04
Miss Smith
lsEngoged

Mrs. Dorothy Smith an
nounces the engagement of her
daughter Patricia Ann to Mr..
Howard A. Underwood, son of
Mrs. james ". Bentivegna and
Mr.. Harold Underwood of st.
Evening star., 1954-08-04
Historic Londmok Street Changes Hands, Club House for Dmos
Docor House
Plans to Keep
Old Traditions
By SeIwo Roosevelt

"1718 H Street." the club
which since the turn of the CEN
tury has been owned by a dis
tinguished group of men known
in Washington as 'The Family"
has just been sold.
The new owners are Dacor
diplomatic and Consular Of
ficers RETIRED, who will con-
tinue it as a clubhouse for their
group.
Although the famous address
has now changed hands, the new
owners plan to maintain the
traditions and history which
made the house a Washington
landmark. And, in fact, most
members Of The Family were
already members of Dacor.
Located in the heart of down.
town Washington, this club has
been an exclusive but cozy home
away from home for many noted
diplomats and other interna-
tional figures such as former
Ambassadors Joseph Grew and
Norman Armour and Ambas-
Sadors James Dunn and Win
throp Aldrich.
It's furnishings and decor are
reminiscent of an old Victorian
mems club in England. And it's
members, who generally num-
bered about 40. would never per-
NIT any publicity about the
house.
It was founded about 1907 by
the late Col. James Addison
Logan. Gen. Frank B. Mccoy
and Col. Sherwood A. Cheney.
CThey were all captains them
At the same time, the three
hired Negro couple, James and
Julie Hicks, who took care of
the place from then on. MIR.
Hicks died nearly a year ago,
but his widow, who is almost 80,
is still with the house.
Julie soon will be retired by
The Family, but she looks back
on her years at 1718 H Street
with fond memories for "her
gentlemen"
"Of course, my husband James,
he knew everything about the
house. He made all the reserva-
tions for The Family when one
OF them came to town. And from
the beginning to this day the
phone was always listed in
James name." said Julie.
Annual Dinner Held
According to Julie the high
light of every year was the an
nual dinner, which every member
made a great effort to attend.
"I'l never forget the 1922 din
ner," Julie said. "It took place
on January % and afterward
the house caught on fire. 1t was
the same night the roof of the
Knickerbocker Theater fell in.
And remember there was
terrible blizzard
The back part of the house
was severely damaged by the file.
But it was subsequently rebuilt
and new room added which is
now the large library. It was
built as a memorial to Mr.. Will
lard Straight, a member of The
Family who died in Paris dur
ing the World War I Peace Con-
ference.
According to Former Minister
Frederick A. Sterling, member
of The Family, each person taken
into the group was unanimously
elected and they all were close
personal friends. When a per-
son became member, The Fam
lily presented him with silver
cup. inscribed with the date.
When they married, a large rep
lica Of the cup was given as
wedding present.
Most members were diplomats
and some were with the Army
and Navy. but almost all travelled
extensively and brought back
Evening star., 1954-08-04

at Garfield Memorial Hospital.
Mr.. Underwood attended Bel
lows Free Academy in ST. AL
bans, VT. He is currently serv-
ing with the United States Navy
at Camp Lejeune, N. C.
Evening star., 1954-08-04

Adams, VT. A November we'd
ding is planned.
Miss Smith is a graduate Of
the National Cathedral School
for Girls and is completing her
senior year of nurses training
Evening star., 1954-08-04


ground of the purchasing
Lett Mr.
diplomatic Mr.
eenero Mr. John Campbell ambassador
Fuller
Robert Woods Bliss former ambassador Secretary
-So byA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Inquiry Follows Display of Guns
By McC orthy Petition Guards

The dramatically-staged ar
rival of a million pro- earthly
petition signatures backfired at
the Capitol yesterday when the
Senate ordered an investigation
of their delivery by pistol-pack-
ing guards in an armored vehicle.
The subsidiary dispute to the
censure debate began when a
steel-plated truck owned by the
United States Trucking Corp. of
New York drove up with a load
Of boxes containing 1,000,816
signatures obtained by the "Ten
Million Americans Mobilizing for
Justice"
Senate Sergeant at Arms
Forest A. Harness, straight
faced and solemn, filed an off,
cial report of the matter with
Vice President Nixon. He did
this on the orders of the Senate,
at the suggestion of Senator
Fulbright, Democrat, Of Arkan-
sas. Here is what the report
said, in part:
! "An arnored truck of the
United States Trucking Corp.
arrived at the CAPITOL sometime
between 1890 and pm. today
in charge of Mr.. James Walsh
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
AEC-TvA Talks Cancelled
On Dixon Yates Contract
By the Associated Press

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. g.
A scheduled meeting Of officials
of the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority and the Atomic Energy
Commission today to discuss
details of the Dixon-Yates
power contract has been post
poned indefinitely, iva an
nounced.
A IVA official said the meet
ing was called off at the request
of the Acc, some of whose Of
ficials repeatedly were unable to
attend.
Representatives Of the two
Government agencies have held
four conferences to consider
details of handling 100000 kilo-
watts of power which Acc
would purchase from Dixon
Yates, a private power combine,
and channel into the iva
system in West Tennessee.
The power would replace cur
rent IVA now supplies to atomic
installations at Paducah, KY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Office Moving Starts
In District ReshuffIe'

\
The first major move in the
Districts six-month program Of
reshuffling its Office space got
under way today.
The moving crews began shift
ing the Sales and Use Tax Diyi-
sion from the old District Build
ing to the Municipal Center
Building, Third street and In
diana avenue NV. The move
will be completed tomorrow.
Until noon tomorrow, accord
ing to Walter C. Thompson,
assistant administrator of the
division, persons who wish to pay
sales or use taxes may do so in
Room 210 at the old District
Building, as in the past.
After noon tomorrow, they
may be paid at Room 1883 of
the Municipal Center Building
The move was begun this
morning when 10 pieces of cal
culating equipment were moved.
Office furniture and the divi-
sion's AZ employees will make the
move tomorrow, starting at 7:3o
am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
COPPER Crashes in Gulf;
4 OIL Well Workers Die
BY the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. "A
large helicopter plunged into the
Gulf Of Mexico early today in a
fog bank, killing four oil we'll
workers and injuring three
others.
An official of Petroleum He'll
copters, Inc, owner of the plane,
identified the dead as Clyde A.
Murray, J. c. DuPre, Paul DuPre
and John Scurlock. All were
employed by the Humble Oil Co.,
for drilling work on offshore
wells.
The official said Richard Bick-
nell, pilot; Douglas Allen, CO.
pilot, and James Lecaze, a pas
senger, escaped with minor
injuries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-02
Woman Crossing Guard
Injured BY Auto Here

The Districts force Of women
school crossing guards today had
its first traffic casualty when
MRS. Lorraine q. Cooper was
knocked down BY an automobile
at North Capitol street and Flor
ida avenue shortly before 9 am.
Mrs. Cooper, %. colored. of 203
r street NV, was admitted to
Casualty Hospital with an in
jured right leg. The crossing
guard force, which numbers rs
women part-tirne employees, has
been operating for a year.
Police reported Mrs. Cooper
had just escorted a group OF
children across the street and
was returning to the other side
when a car driven by Truman
Markley. 43, of 1901 Portland
road, Silver Spring, moved past
two rows Of waiting vehicles and
struck her. Police said they be-
lieve the traffic signals at the
intersection were changing at the
time.
A corporation counsels hear
| ing will be held soon in Munici-
pal Court to determine blame,
if any, in the accident.