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Smyrna times., 1954-09-30
ROAD SIGNS
SAVE LIVES
Signs of Life Can Reduce
Traffic Accidents and
Save Many Lives
SIGNS GUIDE-PROTECT

"Signs of life can reduce traffic
accidents and save many lives,
H. w. T. Purnell, Vice-President
for Sussex County of the Della
ware Safety Council said this
week. That is the reason, he said
his group is actively cooperating
with the Signs of Life" traffic
safety being sponsored by the
Delaware Safety Council and the
National Safety Council. "The
traffic signs, signals and pave
ment marking called signs of life
are designed to regulate, guide
and protect U.s." eff we follow
them with respect and courtesy,
very often they will save us from
serious accident" Mr.. Purnell
pointed out that annually fatal
accident reports show 70 or more
law violations per 100 drivers in
volved. "Most of the violations
listed are covered by visible re-
ninders of the law-the signs of
life being stressed in this months
safety program" he said. Just
how important signs of life are,
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30

he said, perhaps can be illustrat-
ed best by example. Have you
ever driven down a new highway
before the highway department
signs or lane markings and no.
passing lanes have been INSTALL
ed " he asked. "If so, Mr.. Pur-
nell said, "you probably were sur
prised to feel disquieting sense
of insecurity. Most drivers feel
this" he said, when signs of life
are missing they begin to realize,
to some degree, just how much
trust and dependence they place
on these signs" "On a hill or
curve, he explained, if there is no
yellow line on your side of the
center white line, your judgment
must serve you instead of the en-
gineer's careful measurement of
visibility for safety in passing.
'This is just one of many ways
in which signs of life provide
both a convenience and a safe
guard for motorists" he said.
Mr.. Purnell pointed out that the
August traffic safety program
sponsored by the Delaware Safety
Council and the National Safety
Council featured the slogan,
''Know Your Signs of Life" This
slogan is good advice for every
one, he said.
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30

and 1852 field trials that gamma
globulin can prevent paralytic
polio has recently been not only
reaffirmed but strengthened, so
that its usefulness seems even
greater than we formerly believ-
ed" states DR.. Landauer. Failure
to understand the limitations of
gamma globulin accounted for
public confusion during the sum-
mer of 1858, when it was made
available as public health meas
ure, says DR.. Landauer. "As a
result of the mode of distribution,
the 1858 use of gamma globulin
for mass or group prophylaxis
against poliomyelitis was only in
rare instances correctly timed for
maximum effectiveness" DR.. Lam
dauer writes. "In many commun-
tiles it was not given until after
the peak of a poliomyelitis epi-
demic had already passed. Ad-
verse reports on its use were
therefore scientifically meaning
less. Data collected in the 1851
1852 control studies still stand as
valid. reliable, and undisputed."
Useful Against Measles
While the use of gamma glob-
ulin in polio is comparatively new,
the agent has a long history of
usefulness against measles-in Of
fering temporary immunity and
in reducing the severity of an at
tack of the disease. The lifting
of restrictions on the sale of
gamma globulin this year will
make much more available for
measles. Since gamma globulin
is extracted from human blood,
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q-My National Service Life
Insurance has been lapsed fol-
more than three months and ]
understand must take a physi'
cal examination in order to rein
state it. Will VA give me the
examination?
Ayes. You may receive your
physical examination, at no cost
from a VA regional office or hos
pital clinic.
Q-I am enrolling in college
this fall under the Korean CT
Bill. When can expect my first
CT allowance check?
A-You will receive your first
check about two months after
you enroll. Under the law, pay
ments are made after the end of
each month of training so that
accounts for one month. Then
you and your school must sign q
certification that you've been in
training all month. VA pays its
allowance within 20 days after ii
receives this certification; SC
that accounts for almost another
month.
Q-I intend to go to school
under the Korean CT Bill. I would
like to get a part-time job to
supplement my CT allowance. Is
there any limit on how much
money I would be permitted tc
earn?
A-No. There is no limit on the
outside earnings of veterans in
school under the Korean CT Bill
No matter what you earn, your
GI monthly allowance will remain
the same.
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30

tions which face most Delawar-
cans as well as people in other
states. He defended the record
of the Democratic party for it's
Smyrna times., 1954-09-30

efforts in encouraging a continued
expansion of our domestic econ
omy, realistic tax proposals and
adequate housing.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Lee County Supt.
Of Education
Opposes Abolition
Of State Public
School System

TUPELO, Miss, Aug. 14-Wil-
liam A. Roper, Lee County super
intendent of education, said Satur-
day he would oppose any plan to
abolish the Mississippi public
school system.
Mr.. Roper declared he believed
that if the public school system
should be abolished it would send
education in Northeast Mississippi
back to the post Civil War era.
Must Await Action
eve cannot afford to act too has
tily on this segregation issue be-
cause we cannot predict what the
Supreme Court will say or what
the decision will be on segrega-
ton until they meet in October,
he said.
Mr.. Roper, who has been con-
nected with the Lee County system
for As years, urged chat legisla-
tors when they meet in Jackson
for the special session beginning
Sept. 7 to defeat any plan that
would be unconstitutional because
as | see it, we would have private
schools and the state would finance
them.
"In the position that the schools
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
South Africa Has
New Plan To Divide
And Rule Nine
Million Natives
New Cities And
Settlements To Be
Divided Among
Different Tribes

PRETORIA, South Africa, Aug.
17.-Dr. Hendrick Verwoerd, Min
lister of Native Affairs, has issued
orders that new residential cities
and settlements for Negroes are
to be subdivided according to
tribal allegiance.
The big meadowlands area on
WitwaterSand outside Johannes
burg slums are to start moving at
the end of this month, is being
subdivided in this fashion. The
new Negro town of Vlakfontein,
near Pretoria, is being subdivided
in the same fashion. Negro chill
dren are educated on the basis of
ten major tribal language groups
and the schools are to be situated
to fit the tribal subdivision pat
tern.
The measure is an extension of
the Ministry of Native Affairs
program for building up a system
of Negro society and elf-govern-
ment based under the new formula
on old tribal loyalties. In the part
of South Africa that is given over
to Negro reserves this pattern has
been to a considerable extent pre-
served and is being reintroduced
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Justice Douglass
Calls Morocco
Another Indochina

Sydney, Australia, Aug. IT,
William o. Douglas, United States
Supreme Court Justice, who is on
lecture tour of Australia, said
tonight Morocco and other French
colonies could be the "Indochina
of the future" On a radio pro-
gram, he declared:
Morocco presents colonialism
at its worst. / predict that soon
it will explode with a violence
which will make Indochina look
minor. France will call it a Com
munist-inspired uprising, but it
will actually be nationalist in char
acter."
According to Justice Douglas,
Britain gained prestige abroad by
withdrawing from India, while
France, by her policies, has become
hated.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Atlanta Negroes Seek 100000
Signatures Against Candidate
Attacking U. S. Supreme Court

ATLANTA, Ga, Aug. IL 49, A
committee of 100 Atlanta Negroes
have called on Georgians to repu-
date any candidate for office who
proposes to defy the Supreme
Court segregation ruling or who
uses appeal to racial prejudice.
The committee will try to get
the signatures of 100000 persons
in support of its campaign before
the Sept. 8 primary.
"Any candidate for public office
who pledges himself to defy or
evade the laws of the nation" the
committee said, ''is either dis
honest or otherwise unworthy of
the confidence of the people. For
he must know that, If and when
he is indicted into the office he
is now seeking, he must take an
oath to uphold the Constitution Of
the United States. And the Con-
stitution of the United States
means what the Supreme Court
of the United States says it
means"
The committee which drew up
the appeal is composed of Atlanta
educators, churchmen, labor lead
ers and business people. DR.. l..
D. Reddick, chief librarian at At
Ianta University, is serving as CO.
ordinator for the group.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Life OF African
Editor Spared

KHARTUM, The Sudan, Aug.
1.-THE death sentence imposed
on Awad Seleh, Sudanese news
paper editor in connection with
riots here March l was reduced
today by the Supreme Court of
Appeal to IA years imprisonment.
Mr.. Saleh was editor of the news
paper Umma.
The court also reduced life
sentence passed on Ally Farah, a
Sudanese newspaper man, to ten
years Imprisonment.
1t upheld the sentence of four
years passed on Abdullah Abdul
Rahman Nakdallah, secretary of
the Umma (pro-independence)
youth organization Al Ansar, and
the five-year sentence of Ali Mo-
manned Hebweih.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Southern Pres.
honored By Wet
Nam Educator

Baton Rouge, La, Aug. 11-Dr.
F. G.. Clark, President of Sou
thern University was honored
Thursday morning when Nguyen
Xica Hong, Chief, Cabinet of the
Minister of Education, Wet Nam,
presented him a piece of creamics
as a token Of appreciation for his
hospitality during a recent visit
of Vietnamese educators to the
Southern University Campus.
Mr.. Hong, who presented the
vase, made of native clay by art
students in a ceramics class at the
University of Saigone, said, "Your
warmhearted hospitality to those
of US studying in your country and
the many kind courtesies shown
while on your campus shall always
be among our golden treasurers. /
deem this an honored privilege to
present you this small token as a
symbol of our deep appreciation"
The Vietnamese Educator is one
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Plea Of Self Defense
Made By Woman

Tallahassee, Fla, Aug. 16.-
Mrs. Ruby Northumberland
70 death after fatally shooting a
prominent white physician-has
been granted a new trial by the
State Supreme Court.
A middle-aged mother of three
children, Mrs. McCollum has been
held in prison since August 8, 1858,
when she was arrested shortly at
Fer the killing of DR.. Leroy Adams
who she claimed she shot in
aself-defense when he attacked her
in his office. The Supreme Court
ruled Tuesday that Circuit Court
Judge Hal w. Adams mot related
20 victim )-erred in the conduct of
5he murder trial by allowing the
fury to view the scene of the muir
der in the absence of the defend
ant, her attorney and himself.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
TYLERT0WN NEGROES SAY THEY
DID NOT UNDERSTAND WORDING
OF SCHOOL PETITION AS PRES.
OF NAACP BRANCH RESIGNS

TYLERTOWN, Miss. Aug. IL
The president of the Walthall
County chapter Of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People said he had re-
signed after presenting a petition
to the county school board because
he had not known the petitions
"far-reaching effects"
Education Supt. Edd Duncan said
the petition was a "form furnish
ed the local NAACP chapter by
the national headquarters" which
asked reorganization of the coun-
ty schools in accordance with the
May II Supreme Court ruling BAN
ming school segregation.
Duncan said the petition was
signed by 80 names, with chapter
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Negro Soldier
Sentenced To
Die For Staying
Korean Gets StaV
OF Execution
Had Been Denied
Clemency By Pres.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 16.
"A Washington Negro soldier,
scheduled to die this month in
Japan for the murder of a Korean
in 1850, was granted stay of
execution by Federal Judge Wal
ter NJ. Bastian last week.
Army Pvt. John E. Day, Jr. a
Negro, %, now in a military stock
ade in Tokyo, won the reprieve on
a motion for a writ of habeas
corpus filed by his Washington at
torney.
Judge Bastian set hearing for
September 1, to give the Army an
opportunity to show cause why
the soldier should not be returned
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
SAY PUBLIC EDUCATION MORE IMPORTANT THAN
EVER BEFORE IN THE SOUTH BECAUSE OF ITS
CONTRIBUTION TO SOUTHERN PROGRESS
ICTTE IMMIGRATION IN SOUTHERN STATES
in GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
Say Aboshing Public Schools Will Hamper
Indusrazaton In The Southern States

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Aug.
16. - Especially - Adjustment of
the public school system would re-
suit in economic chaos from which
it would take many years for the
South to recover, Vivian T. Thay-
err, visiting professor of education
at the University of Virginia, told
some 500 Virginia educators here
last Wednesday morning.
Thayer, who resides at Airing
ton, declared that public education
is more important than ever be-
fore in the South because of it's
contributions to South's economic
progress.
Abolishing public schools, as
suggested by some opponents of
racial Indignation, would greatly
hamper industrialization in South
ern states, Thayer said, and would
be a disastrous experiment. He
said it would take decades for the
South to recover from such blow
to its economic life and then South
ern people would find themselves
right where they are now with re-
spect to employment, income and
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21

president Sidney Allen signing
first.
But Allen told the school board,
II talked to a majority of the 80
Negroes signing the petition and
have found that they, like myself,
did not thoroughly understand the
wording of the petition. The petit
ton was read before our meeting
one time. It's contents were then
represented to US as an appeal for
better schools, better transporta-
ton and an opportunity to be
heard by the county board of trus-
tees.
"On this basis we signed the Pc
tition. Had we known its far
reaching effects, we would not
have signed it."
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21

gold and other precious metals of
Africa had been "stored away in
the valuts of other countries"
However, Mr.. Brink observed, it
would be wrong to assume there
is less hope in Africa than in the
rest of the world.
ain that sunny land it takes lot
to make the music die and to ex-
tinguish the flame of hope" he
asserted.
He expressed the conviction that
eff the racial problem of the world
will ever be solved, it must be
solved in Africa"
A solution of Africa's many
problems will not be found with
money, propaganda or mere educa-
ton, he declared.
what Africa wants." he said,
what her children need more than
anything else is the message ut
tered by Paul: Do myself no harm.
Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Sees Words OF Christianity
Overcoming Superstition In Africa

q NEW YORK-A picture of At
lea as still a dark continent reli-
Eiously but not without hope was
Rainted here yesterday by the Rev.
u. B. Brink of the Dutch Reform
Church of johannesburg, Union of
South Africa.
Mr.. Brink preached at Brink
Presbyterian Church, Park Avenue
IT Ninety-first Street.
Describing Africa as rife with
superstition, he asserted that in
South Africa dozens of ritual MUIR
lers were committed every year.
! millions of people in Africa"
e said, firmly believe that you
an conquer your enemy by eating
lis entrails or drinking a potion
nade from his liver heart or kid
8eys.
"The medicine-man, the witch
octor, is highly respected person
3ge in the Africa tribe. Even
mong educated Africans there is
very now and then a resurgence,
4 resusccitation of this spirit of
3ivination. When in the eastern
Aarts of the Cape Province there
Pas a riot some time ago in one
af the model native townships, a
European lady doctor was beaten
70 death in her car, which was
Jet alight and pieces of flesh were
orn from her dying body and swal-
owed by the crowd"
Christian Blamed Partly
I Mr.. Brink charged the Christian
cations" of the world with being
a part responsible for exploiting
ne peoples of Africa. He noted
hat not only had the people been
obbed, but men had been forced
q labor to the limit of their en-
urance, people had been carried
way in captivity, and diamonds
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
ABOLITION OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL CAUSE
ECONOMIC CHAOS IN SOUTHERN STATES
New Plan Mapped
To GET Teachers
Training Of College,
Educated Housewives
Is Suggested BY
Federal Officials

Washington, Aug. ia new
plan to recruit teachers by setting
up accelerated training courses for
married women with college de-
grees was announcde here today.
The details were given at joint
press conference of Mrs. Alice X.
Leopold, director of the Women's
Bureau in the Labor Department.,
and DR.. Samuel M. Brownell, Com
missioner Of Education in the De-
partment of Health, Education and
Welfare. They reported the rec
concentrations of committee of
educational and civic leaders which
they had called in for practical
suggestions on solving the teach
crs shortage.
This committee, they reported,
voted itself into a permanent or
ganization this week." and will
give leadership to a long-range
program the members hope will
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Elephants
Invade kenya

NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. Ia (UM)
Vast herds of elephants marching
into Kenya from the wild and al
most uninhabitated desert country
of Comalia were causing severe
damage and some casualties Satur-
day. The elephants, moving in huge
grey columns, are far more trucu-
lent than those that have lived
all their lives in Kenya, and in ad-
dition to raiding corn, sugar cane
and banana plantations, are at
lacking natives who try to drive
them away.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
NEGRO Mother OF White
DOCTORS CHILD CONVICTED FOR
HIS MURDER TO GET new TRIAL
Ruby McCoIIum Gets New Chance To
Justify Staying Of Prominent Doctor

In capital offenses, such action
is contrary to the laws of Florida.
Frank T. Cannon, Jacksonville
attorney defending Mrs. McCollum
aid the jury which heard the trial
included a number of former pa
tients of DR.. Adams, even though
those who claimed him as their
full-time physician had been elm
mated.
Atty. Cannon also said Mrs. Nc
Collum was handicapped because
her attorney, P. Guy Crows of
Jacksonville, was suspended from
the practice for 60 days while her
case was being tried and she was
directed to get another attorney in
stead of being allowed to wait un-
til he could resume litigation.
During her trial, Mrs. McCollum
testified that she had for a long
time been a girl friend of DR.. Ad-
ans, and that he was the father
of one of her children.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Basic Jazz Band
Voted The Best

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE Count
Basic organization has been named
the top jazz band in the second
annual poll of jazz critics spon-
sored by Downbeat Magazine. The
Basic band polled 1913 points to
Is for its nearest rival, Duke Ell
lington's band, last years winner.
Twenty-three critics voted in the
poll.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
SeIassiie Back
In Ethiopia

Adds ABABA, Ethiopia-Em-
peror Halle Selassie arrived back in
his capital city by special plane
last week from his visit to the
United States and Europe.
The Empress, member of the
Imperial family, and the archbishop
of the Ethiopian Orthodox church
met the Emperor.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
New Fear OF Mau
mau Seen Among
African Whites
Kenya Householder
Must Be Alert In
Hiring Servants

NEW YORK, Aug. 16 - Knowl-
edge of anthropology has become
condition of survival in Kenya
as white colonists seek to dis
tinguish the Kikuyus - among
whom the terrorist Mau Mau sect
is recruited from the loyal" East
Africa tribes.
A recent dispatch from Nairobi
to II Corriere Della Sera of Milan,
reports that many Kenya whites
have developed a knack for recog-
nizing the "backwoods" traits of
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21

of Education spoke to the group
concerning the future plan of rural
schools in the County, he assured
them that everything possible is
being done in Kinds County to give
them adequate schools and good
teachers. He also stated that Gin
ton would be one of the sites for
a high school and Utica Institute
is in the process of being develop
ed into Jr. College as soon as a
few legal technicalities are ironed
out. Utica Institute will serve
both as high school and Jr. col
lege.
The afternoon session was de-
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Kinds COUNTY NEGRO FARMERS
Celebrate annual farm Day
County Supt. Tells Group Utica Institute
To Be High School And Junior College

Some 600 Kinds County Ne
gro farmers last week celebrated
their 9th annual farm day at the
Burley Hamilton School. Chester
W. Owens, Negro county agent,
reported on past progress but en-
phasized "a still greater job ahead
in making rural life better"
A. G. Forbes, assistant agent
in charge of livestock work in
Kinds County, told the group that
the Farm Bureau is an organiza-
ton "run by farmers to look after
the farmers welfare" He stressed
the Importance of every family
becoming members.
Robert M. Mayo, County Supt.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
Charge NAACP
Official With
Communist Sympathy

NEW YORK, Aug. 16-The Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People will defend
Theodore Griffin, president Of the
associations branch in Asbury
Park, N. j., Mr.. Griffin, a civilian
United States Air Force employe,
was suspended June % on charges
that he maintained sympathetic
association with Communists"
Roy wilkins, administrator of
the association, said yesterday its
legal department would review the
transcript of Mr.. Griffin's hearing
before the Air Force Security
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
LOCAL WOMAN GETS $500
FOR HUSBANDS Death

Mrs. Beatrice Rollins, of this
Pity, and her grandson, James Ed
ward Pleasant, were awarded COM
sensation benefits totaling approx
snately $8,600.00 for the death of
George H. Rollins, husband of Mrs.
Rollins. Mr.. Rollins, an employee
# a local plumbing company, was
suddeny taken i'll while on the job
md died in a hospital on July 2,
|953. The Plumbing company's in
lurance carrier denied liability and
sfrs. Rollins filed a claim, through
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-08-21
North Carolina Governor Appoints
3 Negroes On Advisory Committee

RALEIGH, N. c. Aug. Is -
North Carolina Governor William
Umstead has appointed three Ne
groes to a 19-member advisory
group chosen to help map North
Cardinals plan of action under the
Supreme Courts ruling against
segregation in public schools.
Negro members are DR.. F. y.
Bluford, Greensboro, president, A
and T. college; DR.. J. w. Seabrook,
Fayetteville, president, Fayette-