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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04

Evanston, H., Aug. 80. - The
Second General Assembly of the
World Council of Churches, near
ing the end of a momentous ses-
sion issued a ringing declaration
calling for the living together of
East and West and placing the
council firmly against the use of
nuclear weapons and racial segre-
CATION.
This assembly of church leaders
representing 1913 denominations
from 48 countries ends tomorrow
after almost continuous sessions
since Aug. 15. The principal ma
jor task remaining was that of
the oneness in Christ" or church
unity.
Over the week END, the assembly
accepted reports which:
Appealed to>Communist and non
Communist nations to recognize
they must Give together" in order
to head off their march toward
a cataclysmic war. However deep
the conflict may be-" the council
said, ait is not necessarily an in
superable bar to living together.
Mankind is sick of it, and wants
to be at peace"
Urged upon nations of the world
the abandonment of "force as an
instrument of policy beyond ex-
listing frontiers"
Termed communism a snare of
false promises" but warned the
West against "anti- Communist
Continued on Page Fivel
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
Blair St. Church
To Hear Guest
Speaker SUNDAY

The congregation of the Blair
Street A. M. E. Zion Church will
hear DR.. Daniel F. Martinez, A. NJ;
LTD. at the 400 o'clock and the
7:3O P. NJ. worship services Sun
day, September 9Th. DR.. Martinez
is currently the President of the
johnson Memorial Institute, Bates
Vile, Miss. and Presiding Elder Of
the Batesville district of the West
Tennessee e. Mississippi Confer
ence.
DR.. Martinez is a prominent lead
err in the field of education and is
frequently sought as a public
speaker. For several years he was
the Supervisor of Colored Schools
for the State of Missouri. He is a
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
BUCKINGHAM SUED FOR cHILD'S
CUSTODY AS HE ENTERS PRISON

DR.. Buckingham, who married
before going to prison, contended
in for second time two weeks be-
fore his answer that he has made
adequate provision in his absence
for the child and that his former
wife is an unfit mother.
When Mrs. Buckingham was
granted her interiocutory decree in
1853, the court awarded her custody
of the child.
A few months later, DR.. Buck
ingham obtained custody of the
child by court order, on grounds
that the mother was unfit.
AS the suit went to court, it was
reported in the doctors circles that
in spite of his pleas to the court
that he was impoverished and un-
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
Jackson College
Sets Opening Date

Jackson College will begin its
18th Session Wednesday, Septem-
Der 8, when Freshmen report for
Freshmen Orientation Period which
will last through Sunday, Septem-
Der IL. Indications are that this
Freshmen class will be the largest
in the history of the College. Ad-
vance registration place the Fresh
men enrolment above the 300
mark. Registration for upper
classmen will begin Monday, Sep
TENDER 10. Glasses are scheduled
to begin Tuesday, September IA.
Several new names appear on the
College Faculty Roster which will
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
No NAACP
School Petition
Circulated Here

A check of responsible sources by
the Jackson Advocate this week
revealed that no NAACP school
petitions have been circulated in
Jackson and Kinds County.
The national office of the
NAACP, according to reports, has
sent out form of a petition to
its branches to be circulated among
Negro parents requesting their sig
natures.
The petition calls upon school
officials for indignation of the pub
lie schools this year.
~ The jackson Public Schools, and
the Kinds County Public Schools
will open next week.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
Predict Record
Attendance AT
74th Annual
Session OF Natl.
Baptist Cow.
Mayor Greene Of
Mound Bayou Listed
AS A Guest Speaker

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-The 74th An
nual Session of the National Bap-
fist Convention, USA, Inc, opens
here in massive Kiel Auditorium
on Tuesday, Sept. 7, and officials
predict the greatest registration
of messenger" in the Conven-
TONS entire history. National
Cash Register (NCR) business ma
chimes have been installed, and will
be used for the first time to reg
lister the delegates.
The local host committee, head
ed by DR.. John E. Nance, pastor
of Washington Tabernacle Baptist
Church in st. Louis, and advance
men on the presidential staff have
completed plans for demonstra-
ton to honor DR.. Joseph H. Jack.
son, National Baptist Convention
Continued On Page Fivel
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
LIBERIAN PRESIDENT TO
BE White HOUSE GUEST

MONROVIA, Aug. 80 - Presi-
dent William V. S. Tubman of Lii
IBERIA who is scheduled to visit the
United States as the guest of Pres
ident Eisenhower, has had the date
Of his visit advanced by one week.
Political inducements affecting
President Eisenhower's schedule
are said to have caused the change.
3 Originally the head of the At
rican Republic was to have reach
ed America October 20. Now the
date Of arrival has been set for
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
Police Called To Restore Order
When White Students And Teacher
Is Assigned To AII-Negro School

PH1LIPPI, w. Va. Aug. 80 -
Some 20 angry white parents pull
ed off the first mass protest here
last week since West Virginia
school boards set out to eliminate
segregation in compliance with the
May II ruling of the Supreme
Court.
In fact, police were necessary to
restore order among the crowd
which gathered to protest the Bar
bour county school boards decision
to assign a white teacher and II
white students to what has been
an all-Negro school.
No violence was reported, only
shouted protests and threatening
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
BROKER Washington's Birthday
Nav Become National Memorial

House Bill 9416 has been intro
duced by Congressman A. L. Mil
Ter, chairman of the Committee on
Interior and Insular Affairs plus
a large number of letters of en-
dorsements from Governors, con-
gressmen, senator's, and outstand-
ing individuals throughout the
country.
He said that the secretary of the
United States Department of In
terror, Douglas Mckay, had sent
very encouraging letter to Mrs.
Portia Washington Pittman, saying
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
Nigerian Judge
Orders 3 More
Whites FIogged

LAGOS, Nigeria, Aug. 80 -
The Nigerian judge who last month
created a mild disturbance in the
British press because he had an
English official flogged for setting
a dog upon native, last week sent
enced three white men to six
months Imprisonment and one
stroke of the cane each for steal
ing.
The men repeatedly stole three
bales of undershirts worth 1850.
The magistrate, M. A. Gegho, al
so sentenced two Nigerians charged
with receiving stolen goods from
the white seamen to six months
Imprisonment and Gaming.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04

Booker Washington Birthplace,
Va. Sidney j. Phillips, collaboration
of the Department of Interior who
was appointed in 1852 to advise
the National Park Service on mat
ters pertaining to the development
of the George Washington Carver
National Monument at Diamond
Missouri, stated this week that
there is a good chance that the
Department of the Interior will in
clude the birthplace of Booker T.
Washington in the National Park
Service System.
Phillips publicized the fact that
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
Ruby MccoIIum
Get ! est By
Psychiiatrists

Live Oak, Fla, Sept. (DSN)-
Ruby McCollum, wealthy Negro
woman. sentenced to death for the
murder of a white physician with
whom she had a secret love affair
md the mother of his child, will be
given psychiatrists test last this
month to see if she is capable of
standing new trial in connection
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04

talk. However, Chief Of Police
James Paugh said someone hurled
several pop bottles onto the walk
and lawn at the home Of Burton
Levicki, school board president,
while he was presiding at a meet
ing.
The meeting began with the
board behind closed doors. Groups
of two to three parents were called
in at a time to air their griev-
ances. A crowd which had gathered
in the hallway started shouting for
the door to be left open.
Chief Paugh and Patrolman j. o.
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
Powell Tells
Of Aiding Negro
Airmen In France

NEW YORK, Aug. % - Repre-
sentative Adam Clayton Powell
Jr., who returned yesterday from
a tour Of Army bases in France,
Germany and Austria, reported
that "great discrimination" against
Negroes had been corrected in the
village of Chateau Roux, France.
Mr.. Powell said the taverns,
night clubs and cabarets in the
village, b ut ITS miles from
Paris, had been refusing to serve
American Negro soldiers and had
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
Getting Ready For School In jackson
Municipal Separate School District

tin, 2-2714; Reynolds, 2-6850: Rob-
eftson. 3-2961. For information
concerning Smith and Young
Schools contact the office of Di-
rector of Colored Schools, 3-3095.
Teachers will report for duty on
Tuesday September Z. A general
faculty meeting will be held at
Lanier High School Auditorium at
$3.50 am.
Registration schedule for Jack
sons school children announced by
the Central office of the board of
education is as follows:
WEDNESDAY, September 8,
from $50 am. through noon, reg
istration will be held for pupils
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04

Oct. IS.
President Tubman will be the
guest of President Eisenhower for
three days the first day being
spent at the White House. The
next two days he will be domiciled
in Blair House, the official govern
mental foreign visitor residence
across the street from the White
House.
The complete itinerary and dates
of the presidents visit in Ameri-
Continued On Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
Education Post
Hinted For
0hioan At White
House Talk

CINCINNATI, Aug. 26-Nell H.
McElroy, president of the Proctor
and Gamble Company, will be ap-
pointed soon by President Eisen-
hover to head a White House con-
ference on education, it was re-
ported here today.
The conference will follow a
state-by- state study of United
Continued on Page Four
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04

All pupils who are six years oil,
g. who will become six on or ben
fore January l may be enrolled at
the beginning of this school SEES
sion. All first grade children must
present birth certificate in order
to be registered. Children who en-
tered the Jackson Public Schools
in the first grades from 1941-42
to 1953-54 do not need to get an
other birth certificate.
Principals will be in their Of
fices on Wednesday, September 1st.
Parents who have questions to ask
can contact the principals at the
following places: Jim Hill, 5-8416;
Lanier, 2-3219; Brinkley, 5-2955;
Isable, 3-0472; Jones, 2-8410; Mar
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
Shriners Again
Reflect Jackson

Atlantic City N. j., Aug. 30
DR.. Raymond E. Jackson, Buffalo,
N. Y, was unanimously reelected
Imperial Potentate of the Ancient
Egyptian Arabic Order Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine during the 53rd
annual convention in Atlantic City
high school. The election was held
during the second days sessions
of the national convention. DIR.
Jackson had headed the Imperial
Council since 1889.
The reelection of DR.. Jackson
was termed a victory for the pro-
gram of health, education and char
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
NEGRO cHURcHMEN ELECTED
TO CENTRAL COMMITTEE ( OF
WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES

fist Convention, USA, Inc, and
Bishop Decatur Ward Nichols of
the African Methodist Episcopal
(AME) Church.
DR.. Jackson and Bishop Nichols
were among % Americans named
to the powerful body by a unani-
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
British Labor
PartyPress For
Self Rule For
All Colonies
Call For Check Of
Racialism In Africa
Where Whites Seek to
Keep Minority Rule

London, Sept. l. - The Labor
party called today for a fixed
date to be set for home rule in
each of the territories Britain gov
ems. The date would be based
on an estimate of how soon a DEM
ocratic government would be prac-
ticable.
The statement, published by the
party executive, said almost moth
ing that the Conservative Govern
ment could not agree with. 1t
avoided criticizing the Govern
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04

EVANSTON, III. - Two out
standing American Negro religious
leaders have been elected to the
90-member Central Committee,
top policy-making body of the
World Council of Churches. They
are: the Rev. DR.. Joseph H. Jack
son, president of the National Bap-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
New international
Race Relations
udyGroupTo
Have H'dquarters
At Howard Univ.
Howard Professor
Heads Organization
With Members In
IA Countries

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Howard
University has been selected as
temporary headquarters for the
International Society for the Sci
entific Study of Race Relations, a
newly-formed organization de-
signed to stimulate research in
race relations throughout the
world.
The announcement was made
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04

Beginning as file clerk With The
Security Life Insurance Company
of Jackson, Mississippi or Feb
ruary 10, 1947, Mrs. Thelma NJ.
Mccullough has consistently work
ed her way up through the various
ranks of Home Office Clerical po-
sitions. Her faithful and efficient
service has been rewarded by the
company's president, Mr.. w. H.
Williams, who has promoted her
to the position of Home Office
Manager effective September 1,
1854.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1954-09-04
Nation Ewes Opening Of South's Public Schools
FACIAL SEGREGAT HIT BY WORLD CHURCH GROUP

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES
term RACIAL SEGREGATION IAN
UNUTTERABLE 0FFEnSE AGAINST
GOD TO BE ENDURED NO LONGER"
Churches Told Duty To Protest
Anything Making Christian
Fellowship Impossible
SAYS MANKIND SICK OF WAR
AND WANTS TO BE AT PEACE
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Mrs. LiIIiun Hedrick,
Mother Of Actress
By the Asseeiated Pres.

SANTA MONICA, Calf, Dec.
25.-Mrs. Lillian Florence He'd
rick, 56, mother OF Film Star
Kathryn Grayson. died Thurs
day in a Santa Monica santa
rum after a long illness.
Mrs. Hedrick was a native Of
Virginia and former resident
of Winston Salem, N. C. She had
been in California for II years.
In addition to Miss Grayson,
she is survived by another
daughter. Mrs. Mildred Frances
Kurstin, Pacific Palisades, Calf;
two sons. Clarence, jr., Los AN
geles, and Michael Grayson He'd
rick, Encino, Calf; and two
sisters in Winston Salem.
Evening star., 1954-12-26

ganization for the Development
of the Artibonite Valley by the
Haitian government. He was ac-
lively directing the project when
he was stricken.
He was a member Of the Amer
ican Society of Agricultural En-
gineers. F1ihatStsf
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Helen Woodbridge Williams: q
son, M. Woodbridge Williams, Of
San Mateo. Calf; q daughter,
Mrs. Donald r. Walton, of Old
Greenwich. Conn.,, and five
grandchildren. t
Funeral services will be held
at l pm. tomorrow at the Rob-
ert A. Humphrey funeral home,
7757 Wisconsin avenue, Bethesda,
Md. Burial will be in the Park
lawn Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
John CasweII Rites
SET for tuesday

Funeral services for John
Caswell. ! Government rubber
program official who died Thurs
day, will be held at 1:15 pm.
Tuesday at st. Johns Episcopal
Church. Georgetown. Burial will
be at Arlington Cemetery.
Mr.. Caswell, Sc, lived at 1850
Tunlaw road NV. His death
followed q long illness.
Mr.. Caswell served briefly in
World War II as a Coast Guard
lieutenant.
He also served in World War I,
and maintained his interest in
the military between wars, first
with the National Guard and Re-
serve Officers' Corps in Massa-
chusetts and later as a major
in the Coast Artillery Reserve.
Evening star., 1954-12-26

q boy by attending one of the
first vocational classes In the
country. Most Of his work was
on furniture with some models
included. He also made carved
inlay pieces and had exhibited
his handicraft at hobby shows.
He had been an avid stamp
collector for so years.
Mr.. Stodder also was a fisher
man and was q member Of the
Sycamore Island Club on the
Potomac River and the Masons.
Survivors are his widow, the
former Mary Edmonds of WASH
ingtcn. whom he married in
1900; a son, Jack Edmonds Stod-
der, Chicago. and two grand
children.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Mrs. Ross |. Totem,
Wife Of Banker

y Mrs. Ross L. Totten, 81. native
Eofs the District and wife Of q
Riggs National Bank officer, died
Wednesday at Garfield Hospital
after an illness Of two months.
Mrs. Totten, who lived at 6906
New Hampshire avenue. Takoma
Park. Md. was employed In the
medical statistics department Of
the Army Surgeon Generals Of
flee.
She attended local grammar
schools and after graduating
from Eastern High School went
into the Government service. She
worked for several Government
agencies including the General
Accounting Office.
The former Marian Leapley,
she was married in 1897. Mr..
Totten is assistant cashier Of the
Washington Loan and Trust
branch Of the Riggs National
Bank.
She was employed for q short
time by the Woodward and
Lothrop department store be-
fore entering the Surgeon Gen.
erals Office In 1942. During
World War II. she served with
that department in the medical
supply section. Most recently
she was attached to the medical
statistics section.
Mrs. Totten is survived by her
husband; one daughter, Miss M.
Carole Totten, and her parents.
MIR. and Mrs. Lawrence r. Leap
ley, all Of the home address.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. Monday at the Lee
funeral home, Fourth street and
Massachusetts avenue NE. Bur-
ial will be in the Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Carl Stodd der Retired Cashier
For Stor, Dies At lis Home 81.
Career With Paper
Lasted 50 Years
Honored BY Board

Carl Stodder. cashier Of The
Star when he retired about
three years ago after 50 years
with this newspaper. died yester-
day at his home. ala Legation
street NV.
He had suffered two strokes
and had been In III health for
the last year and q half. Mr..
Stodder would have been "a
years old tomorrow.
Born In Portsmouth. N. H.. he
came to Washington when he
was about 10. His father, John
s. Stodder was d Navy Depart
ment employee. His mother was
Mrs. Elizabeth Philbrick Stod-
der.
Mr.. Stodder was educated Ia
Washington public schools he
began his career ct The Star In
June. 1892 In the accounting de-
partsnent and ct one time
worked at the business counter.
He advanced rapidly and for
many years was cashier.
In 1912 he was honored for his
so years service to The Star by
the board OF directors Of the
company.
Mr. Stodder was a personal
friend Of many high executives
in financial and commercial In
stitutions in the city.
A woodcarver and cabinet
maker by hobby, Mr.. Stodder
had a complete power machine
shop for woodworking in the
basement of his home. He learned
to use woodworking tools while
Evening star., 1954-12-26
leweIIyn J. Hupp, 50,
Former VA Official

Llewellyn J. Hupp, SO, former
member of the Veterans Admin
stration Board of Appeal, died
Friday Of coronary thrombosis
at his home. 1929 Connecticut
avenue NV.
Mr.. Hupp, who was born in the
District, was educated in India
napolis and Cincinnati. He re-
turned to the District before
World War I and served during
the war in the Army Medical
Corps.
Mr.. Hupp served with the
Veterans administration for
more than 20 years.
Surviving Is his widow, Mrs.
Muriel Green Hupp.
Funeral services viii be held
at 1890 pm. Monday at the
Warner z. Pumphrey funeral
home, 8434 Georgia avenue,
Silver Spring, Md. Burial will
be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Gus Blast ii Denver
.Rozes Store, Injuries 3.
By shs A oeiussd prsss

DENVER, Dec. Is. "A dawn
explosion broke the Christmas
calm in Denver today. demolish-
ing q feed store. damaging three
other buildings. breaking win
'dows over q wide area and in
juring three persons.
The noise awakened residents
miles away. The blast occurred
In the southwest part Of the city
ut 7::28 am.
The injured. Mrs. Christine
Coupland. S3. and Donna Fa-
brizio. 10. her sister Barbara. 10.
were cut by flying glass. Fire.
men said escaping natural gas
apparently Allied the feed store
and caused the blast.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
william R Dooley. s.,
Official ii Motre Dame

SOUTH BEND. md. Dec. 25.
William r. Dooley. 50. placement
director at the University Of
Notre Dame. died last night In
South Bend Memorial Hospital
after an illness Of two months.
He had been ON the university
star since 1892 and since 1850
had been co-ordinating the
placement Of seniors and alumni.
He was formerly assistant alumni
secretary.
He was . native Of In Sale,
ILL.,. and Q 1926 graduate Of
Notre Dame. He was formerly
on the stan of the Peoria tIll.)
Journal.
His widow. two sons and three
daughters survive.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Oklahoma Oil Heiress
Dies in Apartment Fire

TULSA. Okla, Dec. 25.--Mrs.
Marie Foster Kane Smith, a,
Bartlesville and Tulsa oil heiress,
died early today in a fire which
swept through her apartment.
She was the daughter of the
late H. v. Foster, multi-mil-
lionaire oil man who once was
rated ION paper" as one Of the
richest men In the Nation.
The fire spread to adjoining
apartments and caused damage
estimated at $4,000. Sheriff
George Fryhover ordered an
autopsy after conducting an In
vestigation. He said, "It didn't
look right to me-"
Mrs. Smiths husband, an
operator of q night club. was
away at the time Of the fire.
Assistant Fire Chief Ralph
Mccall Of Tulsa said the fire
apparently started from d ciga-
rette which fell on q rug or q
chair. Mrs. Smith was found
slumped in the dining room and
a doctor said she died of burns
and asphyxiation.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
lndion Formers Top
Food-Gruins Goal

NEW DELHI. - India pro-
duced Sc million tons Of food
grains in the farm year that
ended last June.
This exceeded by "A million
tons the goal set up for 1866
in the country's f1ve-year pro-
duction plan. During the crop
year 261 million acres were
titled, a new record.
Evening star., 1954-12-26
Milo B. Williams, II,
Civil Engineer and
Expert on irrigation

Milo b. williams. 70. civil en-
gineer and international author
ity on irrigation. died yesterday
1t his home. 1919 Tennysoi1 street
NV.
Mr.. williams returned to this
country from Haiti last Novem-
Der when he became III while
directing an irrigation project
there.
Born in Mason City. Iowa.
Mr.. williams graduated from the
Iowa State College in Ames, and
did post graduate work in irri-
cation at the University Of Cali
fornia.
Directed Irrigation Census.
AS q civil engineer. Mr.. Will
liams was active for many years
in irrigation projects through
out the United States. In 1910
he came to washington to direct
the census Of irrigation for the
Census Bureau. During World
War II, he served with the War
Foods Administration.
He later joined the Interna-
tional Agricultural Organization
and was sent to Colombia, South
America.
In 1947, Mr.. Williams retired
from Government service and
joined the staff of the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations. In that capacity
he directed irrigation projects in
Peru and Pakistan. King Iben
Saud cited him for discovering
new water source es In Saudi
Arabia.
Retired from U. N.
Retiring from the United Ma
tions in 1862. Mr.. Williams was
appointed director Of the Or