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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-12-25
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The Gift OF The Magi And
Christmas 1854

On Saturday,, December 25 throughout the World
of Chrisendom, all mankind will pause again reflect
upon the mystery and marvel of the birth of Jesus in
remembrance of whose birth the christian world has,
more than 1000 years observed Christmas.
Remembering that event recorded in Holy Writ
we the Mag the three wise of Egypt guided by
star in the Heavens arriving at the lowy birthplace
begin the unending proclaimng of the birth of the
Holy Infant and bestowing upon it's frankincese and
myrrh and gifts of great value and heraldng the
world the birth of the Soviour, the King of Kings
Lord of Lords, and the Prince of Peace.
Observing the three wise men, procaiming the holy
Infant bestowng upon its frankincense and myrrh
gifts of great value there stands out in holder sgnf
canoe, the Mags greatest gift the gift of saviour
Prince of Peace the gift of Jesus and the Philosophy he
fashioned and propounded to mankind and all the world
In the world upon which the Mag bestowed it's
greatest gift there existed all of the suffering born of
power and greed intolerance and bgoty hypocrisy and
illwi, and of upon war; and everywhere mankind
had been driven to doubt, despair and hoplessness.
1t was in such world that Jesus set out upon his
mission to dspel despair and bring peace and hope and
conquer doubt. PrOpoundng his formula by precept
hear him in the Sermon the Mount erecting the in
destucble ethical concepts of individual conduct and
human relations We see him by example laborng among
and loving alike Jew, Gentle Greek Samaritan and all
the races of mankind.
At no time since the birth of Jesus and of his abors
earth has mankind been faced with the despair,
doubt and uncertainty with which mankind is faced to-
day. Everywhere there is observable in the present
world conditions the results of the efforts those who
have attempted by preceps and examples erect ethical
concepts, and examples of individual conduct and hui
relations contrary to the teachings and examples
of Jesus.
AS come to the observance of Christmas 1854 in
world still smouderng with hate and not yet emerged
from the destruction of but dreadng the coming of
another and far destructive war, listen again
to the that has down to through the
Holy Child of Bethlehem
Descend to US, We pray;
Cast out sins, and enter in
Be born in us today.
In observing this Christmas while singing the
songs of the that gory the Holy Infant let pray
that of all races and nations will rise to the ap-
probation and understanding of the greatest gift the
Mag gave. The gift of Jesus in whose precepts and
examples to be found the only hope and peace of
the world
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-12-25
TheatrieaIIv
Yours

NEW YORK.-(Global)-Al
Freed, powerful disk jockey, is
doing fine race relations job via
his WINS Radio Rock and Roll
programs. Allan, former Cleveland
disk jockey, known as "Moondog,"
has set New York and the entire
Eastern Seaboard on fire by con-
stantly airing rhythm and blues
records of WINS powerful $4,000
watt station on his early evening
show and his late night show,
known respectively as Rock and
Roll No. 1 and Rock and Roll No.
2. His fame has spread, as we'll,
to foreign shores, and he has many
fans in Bermuda.
Now, this is important, because
Freed, through his programs, is
forcing white disk jockeys who
have never aired these rhythm and
blues records, to put them on their
programs. Incidentally the term
rhythm and blues" is sort of
understood" in the record trade
to mean race" records. But Freed
has had more mail in the less than
four months he has been here than
any other disk jockey. He gets be-
tween 1900 and 1000 pieces of
fan mail daily, and he is quickly
taking away many of the other
disk jockeys fans. These new
Freed fans have never heard this
music before and they are wild
about it. And white record shops
who never before stocked these
RIB records, are now forced to
stock them. Allan doesn't call
them RIB records. He calls them
Rock and Roll" records. This
will eventually force the trade
to release all records in the pop
ular field under one hearing
Pop"
Yale, Columbia, Princeton, NYU
and other colleges have all formed
Rock and Roll Far Clubs, and a
recent survey of both white and
Negro audiences showed that be-
tween the hours of pm. to 9 pm.
and IL pm. to l am. Allan Freed's
is the most listened-to disk jockey
in America. Why weren't whites
exposed to these records before?
Well, it has been the fault of rec
ord companies and distributors
who have held these records back
and the "pop" disk jockeys had
no requests to air them.
But, Allan Freed is changing all
this, and there's nothing they can
do about it. So, this writer takes
his hat off to Station WINS for
helping to bring this music before
the general American listening
audience.
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CONGRATULATIONS FELL
LOW: Out at the Baptist hospital
the other night the Colered en-
ployee's got deserved recognition
for their service, among 'em was
Bill Hunt, we'll known in town and
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man, on the night of September
"a, 1864 faced the bar of justice
in the Warren County County
Court House Tuesday morning at
$3.50. At the opening of the De-
cember term of the circuit court in
Vicksburg, the defendant was in
dicted by the Grand Jury for the
crime of murder, imposing upon
her the possibility of life in the
penitentiary or death in the States
lethal gas chamber. Her trial was
scheduled to convene on Decem-
Der 14th, 1854. The deceased hav-
ing been we'll known by both races
in the city, attracted the attention
of a record crowd of white and
colored citizens. Because of the
extreme degree of popularity at
tanned by Attorney Brown along
Washington Street and through
out the entire city, as a result of
his fiery speeches and his record in
previous civil and criminal mat
tiers since setting up practice here,
Negroes packed the court house
where they took advantage of the
opportunity to see Negro prac-
toner represent a defendant in
Vicksburg, a historic Civil War
land mark.
Attorney Brown and Attorney
John Gee, a local white practitioner
were associated in the case. After
magnificent performance by
both attorneys in face of over
whelming evidence in the support
of the state, the defense edged out
with a verdict of manslaughter.
The December ID issue of the
Vicksburg Evening Post stated ain
the case of Beatrice Diggs, charged
with murder, there was jury and
verdict, finding the defendant
guilty of manslaughter, John Gee
and r. Jess Brown were her at
torneys."
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on how the confession was exacted.
Reeves, who attempted to tell
his side of the story, was shut up
by the Judge. The boy was in
the process of telling the jury
about third-degree methods he says
he was subjected to in prison from
the day of his arrest, November
10, 1852, until he finally confessed
two days later, just before ne was
identified" by the prosecuting
witness, Mrs. Mabel Ann Crowder.
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tons great educators, but also great Educational
Statesman.
During the program Ralph Edwards the director
of Ths Is Your Life called upon the teevson viewers
Of the nation to send dollar each to create million
dollar endowment for the perpetuaton of Piney Woods
School.
In spite of the tenor of the times looking back of
the service of Prof Laurence c. Jones and Pney Woods
School, and looking forward to the future which will
not be without need for it's service Pney Woods School
well deserves permanent place among the educational
institutions of the state and the nation.
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For Christ to dwell therein
Then God can get glory
Out of both women and men.
The Lord is warning the World
Through the columns of the press
With man who has a talent
And gift to write the rest.
If you want to keep all of Gods
commands
Stop teaching you are right
Because if death happens to come
1t is He'll day or night.
By Rev. John r. Perkins
2611 Lilly Street
Jackson, Mississippi.
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A n D
D 0 " n
F A R ISL
S 7 R EET
BY PERCY GREENE


NIGHT: What makes Parish Street
on Saturday night what it is, and
what makes Parish Street on
Christmas Night what it is is be-
cause Parish Street on Saturday
night and Parish Street on Christ
mas night is where you can always
see something and hear something
and if your eyes and ears are keyed
to the right pitch you can hear
something and see something that
bears the stamp of what my grand
ma meant when she was talking
about "horse sense" and/or the
lack of it. For instance, Christmas
is here, and before say my MERRY
Christmas Everybody" / 60 to say
something about the Christmas
talk overheard from Parish Street
ers as they gathered, like it was,
around their fish and beer. One
fellow starts out by saying, Well,
Christmas is here now and every
body will be giving something but
most Of the giving will be folks
giving somebody something who
don't need what they give them
and the other folks giving them
back something that they don't
need, and all the folks what do
that kind of giving they think that
they are having a grand and glor-
ious Christmas and all day Christ
mas and a long time afterwards
they'll be calling up Sal and Sue,
and Tom, Dick and Harry talking
about what a great Christmas they
had and calling off the list of
who they got gifts from and who
they sent gifts to. Well, to me,
this fellow that I'm listening to
that amt no Christmas, at least
he say that amt the way it would
work out if the Man that Christ
mas was invented for had any
thing to do with the giving. Still
talking, he says, all that kinda
giving don't count for nothing
cause it's mostly swapping
you give me something good and
l give you something good :.
and on the other hand folks don't
get no credit for giving to them
that's got. l been thinking ever
since l heard that conversation
about how much more merry"
Christmas could be to lot of folks
if they had better understanding
of Christmas giving and if their
gifts were directed more in ac-
cordance with the idea Of the man
who said, at is more blessed to
give than to receive" got
a good idea for folks who want
to do some real christmas Civ
ing" :. where you can give folks
what they need and don't have to
be worrying about giving them
what they might like, seeing that
they already have everything
The kind of giving to any one in
a crowd of kids what shows the
kinda Christmas they're gonna
have when you see them running
up and down the street of any |
neighborhood Merry Christmas
EVERYBODY.
SOMETHING THAT MADE ME-
LAFF: That story that a fellow
was telling me Tuesday night
about a certain friend of mine
down around the corner of Parish
and Hamilton who has only "two"
periods of happiness ;. One when
his wife leaves him, and the other
when she comes back again after
she's been gone good while.
CONGRATULATIONS FELL
LOW: Out at the Baptist hospital
the other night the Colered en-
ployee's got deserved recognition
for their service, among 'em was
Bill Hunt, we'll known in town and
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among Parish Streeters, who's
been out there for % years, and
now can show the pin awarded for
his service which is bound to be
good when a fellow stays at one
place for 25 years.
ALONG GOSSIP ROW What
they are saying along gossip row
up and down the ole Avenue is
that it want be long before that
fellow that runs the ice cream
parlor in the Alamo building will
have to report when he goes in at
night. They mean he's fixing to
get married if he amt al
ready.
WEEKLY QUOTATION: Call a
truce then to our labors-let US
feast with friends and neighbors,
and be merry as the custom Of our
caste. For if faint and forced
our laughter" and if sadness fol-
low after, we are richer by one
hooking Christmas past. "-Rud-
yard Kipling.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-12-25

get a round meal for wedding the
rose BEDS" Il
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Painter Just Hired Is Killed
In 4-Story Fall at Westchester

A 40-year-old painter died in
four-f1oor fall at the West
chester apartments today. less
than 20 minutes after he had
been hired.
The victim. pronounced dead
at Emergency Hospital at $40
am. was John Boyer. Of Dan
vile. Va.
His death was the third in less
than a month on the painting
project at the fashionable apart
ment house at 1000 Cathedral
avenue NV.
On December 7. high winds
slammed a scaffolding against
the building. forcing two paint
ers through the back rail. One
was killed instantly: the other
died later.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Planners Reject
Span, Back
Reaches Run
New Congress Feud
Seen in Dispute
With D. c. Heads
By George Beveridqe

The National Capital Planning
Commission. by a six-to-four
vote. today refused to support
the District Commissioners fight
for a new Potomac River bridge
at E street NV.
AS an alternative. the planners
Endorsed a new crossing from
Reaches Run. in Virginia. to the
proposed Southwest freeway-
just down river from the existing
Highway Bridge. The planners
also reiterated support for a sec
ond span in the vicinity of
Arizona avenue, above Key
Bridge.
Thus. the stage was set for
another Capitol Hill feud. with
the city'S roadbuilders and PLAN
ners attempting to sell Congress
on conflicting bridge schemes.
In similar battles in the past
Congress has given the nod most
often to District officials.
Climax of Long Dispute.
Today'S vote climaxed nearly
two years of bitter argument
over the bridge issue.
1t came after Representative
Broyhill, Republican Of Virginia,
a commission member. intro
duced a bill for the E street span
this afternoon. regardless Of the
vote.
He warned the commission.
however. that opposition to the
E street span would endanger
chances for getting any new
bridge and would threaten the
commissions prestige before
Congress.
Governing bodies in Virginia
all favor E street." he declared.
The planning com m / S S o n
stands alone in my opinion.
Doubts Reaches Run Approval.
If the planning commission
opposes E street, I don't think
Congress ever will approve the
Reaches Run bridge, because
there is not enough support for
it. The only thing the planning
commission can do it to kill the
chances for E street"
The four members voting in
favor of the E street project were
District Engineer Commissioner
Louis w. PrentiSs. John A. Re
mon. Public Buildings Admins
traitor w. E. Reynolds and Mr..
Broyhill. Voting against it were
Chairman Harland Bartholo-
NEW: Hilyard Robinson, WASH
ington architect: Frederick Big
ger Of Pittsburgh: Leon Zach.
representing the United States
Engineer for the District; DR..
Joseph Lohman. Chicago. and
tSee BRIDGES, Page A-8J
Evening star., 1954-01-06
ey the Assoe,ated Pre.s

VIENNA. Jan. 6.-Poland's S
movie fans are fed up with
tedious Communist propaganda
productions. A Polish press
comment reaching here says they
want to see Charlie Chaplin
and some Of those bosomy French
and Italian beauties.
The Warsaw newspaper. Zycie
Warszawy. wrote:
I'm Poland we lately have read
lot about Charlie Chaplin,
Why is it impossible to procure
masterpiece by this famous
artist. like The Gold Rush. for
our movie fans?
And why can't we get any
good Italian or French movies
like Bitter Rice Beauty and
the Beast or Forbidden
Games'?"
Reviewing a number Of East
German, Hungarian, and Ro-
manian Aims now on view, the
Evening star., 1954-01-06
Poles, Fed Up on Red Movies,
Ask for Chaplin and Beauties

newspaper said: "These tire
some, feeble efforts raise the de-
sire for better artistic quality and
skill"
Zycie Warswawy even labeled
as weak" a Russian film wait
For Me-. shown in Warsaw dur
ing a recent Soviet film festival
week.
The paper went on:
"Of 1856 foreign films shown in
our country during the last three
years. 131 were produced in the
Soviet Union or in the other
peoples democracies. If that is
all they can offer, why don't we
extend our purchases to other
countries?"
The Poles Just might get to see
Italy's pinup Aim queens. The
Russians have invited the presi-
dent of the Italian Film Assoeia-
ton to fly to Moscow to discuss
an Italo-Russian movie agree
ment.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
General Excise Tax
Proposed in Bill

A S per cent uniform excise
tax" to replace all existing ex-
cises except those on alcoholic
beverages and tobacco was pro-
posed by Representative Mason
Republican, of Illinois, today In
one of the first bills introduced
in the House at its opening ses-
sion.
Mr.. Mason, a high-ranking
member of the House Ways and
Means Committee, indicated the
proposed levy would be practi-
cally the same as a sales tax at
the manufacturers level. 1t
would raise about $5.5 billion a
year, the same amount collected
now from the existing exciSes. he
estimated. But it would apply to
many products not taxed at
present.
Mr.. Mason several months ago
announced that he favored some
sort of Federal sales tax. Presi-
dent Eisenhower later said the
administration would not re-
quest a general retail sales tax.
But there has been some specu-
lation that administration fiscal
officials have considered the ad-
visibility of asking Congress to
provide some sort of sales tax
at the manufacturers level.
Ways and Means Committee
Chairman Reed. Republican, of
New York said recently he would
oppose any sort of Federal sales
tax. The Mason bill will face its
first hurdle in that committee.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
194S Attempt 10 Kill
Reuther Solved With
Arrests, Police Say
Two Held, One Sought,
Fourth Is in Prison
Serving Sentence
BY the AsSoeioted Press

DETROIT, Jan. 6..-Detroit
police. climaxine five years of
intensive investigation. today
cracked open the 1948 assas-
sination attempt on CIO Presi-
dent Walter Reuther and
charged four persons with as
sault with attempt to kill and
conspiracy.
One of the four, Carl Renda.
IS. was speedily arraigned be-
for Recorders Judge Paul
OHara and stood mute to the
charges. A plea of not guilty
was entered and he was freed
on SIS. 900 bail for hearing jan
uary IA.
One Of the other suspects was
under arrest, a third was in a
penitentiary serving a sentence
and the fourth was sought.
100000 Rewards Offered.
The long hunt for the Reu-
ther assailants had been spurred
by rewards totaling more than
100000 offered for information
leading to the arrest and convic-
ton of the persons who shot Mr..
Reuther and his brother, Victor.
The international Executive
Board of the CIO United Auto
mobile Workers Union, of which
Mr.. Reuther also is president,
had offered 100000 for infor-
nation on Walter Reuther's as
sailant. The board also posted
a similar reward for information
on the shooting of Mr.. Reuther's
brother. The remainder was
pledged by Wayne County De-
troit).
Wayne County Prosecutor
Gerald K. O'Brien and Detroit
Police Commissioner Donald
Leonard announced the. charges
and the arrests at $50 am.
(EST.
Convinced Case Is Solved.
II am convinced the shooting
OF Walter Reuther in 1948 has
been solved" Mr.. O'Brien said.
He said a similar attempt on
the life of Victor Reuther in
1949, is still mystery.
Clarence Jacobs, 48, of Tecum-
sch. Ontario, who once jumped
bond when accused of illegal
entry into the United States, was
the second man under arrest.
Also named in the warrant
was Peter Lombardo, so, already
serving sentence at the Terre
Haute Und) Federal Peniten-
tiary.
The fourth person named in
warrants issued yesterday by
Judge O'Hara was Santo (Sam
Perrone, father-in-law of Renda.
Key Kefauver Witness.
Renda was a key witness at
Kefauver Crime Committee hear
ings in Detroit in 1851, and
Perrone-also questioned-was
accused by the committee of
being "a gang-leading strike
breaker and enemy of organized
labor"
Perrone is being sought by
Continued on Page A-8, Col. ~
Evening star., 1954-01-06
1919 Mail Pay
Rise Accepted
By Railroads
BY the As:oeiossd Press

The railroad industry and the
Post Office Department today
agreed on 10 per cent increase
in charges by the, railroads for
carrying mail.
Postal officials estimated it
would increase the revenues of
the railroads by about $50 mil
lion a year.
A formal proposal for the 10
per cent increase was laid before
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for approval jointly by
representatives Of the Post
Office and the carriers.
It was offered as a substitute
for a railroad petition of last
June for a As per cent advance
In mail pay rates.
The Post Office Department
had been fighting the proposed
IS per cent increase.
1CC Commissioner Richard r
Mitchell. presiding at a hearing
advised both sides that the COM
mission could not approve any
change in the mail pay rates
unless evidence was presented to
justify it.
Paul Meininger, Post Office at
torney. said the department
would not contest a 10 per cent
increase since it recognized that
the railroads had been subject
to higher operating costs since
the mail pay rates were last re-
viSed in 1851.
However, he said it would be
up to the industry to put the
necessary supporting evidence
before the commission.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
July Adjournment
Earliest in Years,
Forecast by Martin
Believes House Will
Have One Fund Bill
Reody This Month
By Robert K. Welsh

House Speaker Martin pre-
dicted today Congress will ad-
journ by July i and that the
House will set something of a
speed record by acting late this
month on the first departmental
appropriation bill.
Before convening the House at
noon, MIR. Martin told reporters
that all Republican members VIII
meet in a closed conference to-
morrow afternoon. The prin-
cipal discussion will center on
proposals in the annual message
to be presented by President
Eisenhower at the joint session
tomorrow. he explained.
Policy Group Meets Friday.
B. The House Republican Policy
Committee, made up mainly of
majority leaders and committee
chairmen, will hold its first
meeting Friday morning to map
out plans for the new session,
Mr.. Martin said.
The Speaker said he saw a
good chance that Congress would
be able to adjourn by July /,
the earliest in many years. In
any event, that is the target
date for adjournment, he added.
Work on Budget Requests.
Although Congress has not
yet received the Presidents
budget message, the Appropria-
tionS subcommittees in the
House have been working on
various departmental budget
requests. Mr.. Martin said he
believed the Treasury and Post
Office appropriation bill would
be reported out before the end
Of this month.
In past years the House
seldom has received any appro-
priation bill before late February
or March.
Evening star., 1954-01-06
.OIdHQnds MISSING,
But Senate Opens
On Stroke of II

The main clock in the Senate
Chamber was without hands to-
day when the Senate convened
supposedly at noon.
The clock was found to be
working improperly this morn
ing Western Union technicians
worked frantically to have it re-
paired by the time the Senate
met.
They failed. however, and so
removed the hands in order, as
they put 1t, ito avoid confusing
the Senator's"
Vice President Nixon had the
guidance of his own watch, the
watch of his chief parliament
tartan and another electric wall
clock and so banged the session
to order promptly at noon, just
as the Constitution provides.