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Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

FOOQ MATT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Tucker and
two daughters of Ogden, Utah, ar
rived Saturday for few days visit
with Emily Birnel, Mr.. and Mrs.
Chuck Birnel and the Ed Harder
family. Mrs. Tucker is the former
Jean Birnel and attended high school
here several years ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Somerville ST.,
of Gardiner, Yto are visiting at the
home of thei1 ! in Kalispen enter
tanned at an anniversary dinner at
the Hacienda, Saturday evening,
honoring Mr.. and James Somerville.
Other guests were Roddie and Su-
san Somerville and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Jellison.
r. E. Ward returned from the
Deaconess hospital in Spokane, Fri
day morning and is convaleSing at
the z. E. Lebert home in Kalispell.
Mrs. William Jellison and her father,
H. A. Gayhart, are also guests at
the Lebert home while disposing of
household goods and completing bus
mess transactions before returning
to Hamilton.
Lloyd Graham, Jr., left Monday to
return to Fairbanks Air Force Base
after a 20-day leave spent with his
mother at Essex and with other re-
latives in the valley.
Francis Graham is due home from
Los Angeles, where he has been at
tending the national convention ol
the American Dairy association, re
!. presenting local dairymen and the
Equity Supply Co. While there hi
visited with Mr.. and Mrs. LaVernt
g Graham who left recently to spen(
r the winter in California.
The stormy weather. SO far hasn'
r affected LaSalle school, Mrs. Gar
q vim reports attendance good and tn
d roads open. For several days sh
has been staying in the teacherag
/ rather than drive to and from he
e, home in Kalispell while the ten
ID peratures are in the zero neighbol
q hood. The high school bus has mad
is run every day but had to bypas
some of the back roads because
as snow drifts. Halfmoon school W;
ed closed Friday and Monday becaus
t; of the cold
t; Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin Larson al
nd family recently returned from
trip to Sidney, where they visitt
H: Edna's folks and relatives. Edr
r. and children left the first of Il
ne week by train and Marvin left, Fl
ed day by car. They returned the fl
nd lowing Monday.
IS. Mrs. Nora Hanson, HendruY
b; Winn.. was an overnight guest Thur
re- day at the home Of Cora Larso
ak She was on her way to Seattle.
Mrs. Thea Bergen is spending
he few days in Kalispen with her So
Ted.
Vicky Lynn Bergen was a que
OF at a party honoring Renee Mellc
sv. Sunday, staying Sunday night as
oh guest. Due to the storm she W
rs rs! unable to go to; school or hor
in- Monday.
e'S Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Bergen a
re- fnmily and Mrs. Thea Bergen we
pie dinner guests Sunday of Cora L,
ell. son. Also present were Mr.. and M
he Marvin Larson and family. Occasi
B was Marine birthday -anniversal
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
Council Cunvusses
Nov. s Ballots

Columbia Falls city council can
vased votes from the Nov. 8 special
election Nov. 10 and found that the
Ward vote was So for to % against
compared to the unofficial tally So
to %.
Ward 2 vote remained at 50 to AZ
and Ward 8 with Is for and q
against.
The isue carried at the polls with
124 for the $12,500 engineering bono
issue and 90 against. There was {
So per cent registered taxpayinl
voter turnout with 40 per cent re
quired.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
WOnen's Club

Other Columbia Falls Women's
club news includes appointment of
Mrs. Lars Ryssdal to the social
committee. At their meeting, Tues
Day; club voted to accept constitut-
ion and bylaws. Mrs. John Kurta
was chairman of that committee.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
IA Wis HeIIond,
Jerry Moore Wed

CANYON VIEW-Mavis Holland
and Jerry Moore of Seattle were
married at a double ring candle
light ceremony, Saturday evening
1t 8 o'clock at the American Luther
an church in Whitefish by the Rev.
ROAD Kindem. The bride was CIV
en- in marriage by her father, Henry
Holland.
The bride is a daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. H. o. Holland and the
groom a son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Moore Of Seattle.
The brides gown was Of nylon
tulle with fitted lace bodice small
stand-up collar and long sleeves and
full skirt with lace inserts, the veil
was finger-tip length fastened to a
half hat Of lace and nylon tulle with
seed pearls. She carried bouquet
q white roses.
THREE ATTENDANTS
Dixie Wolf was her maid of honor,
Ruth Holland, sister of the bride, and
Barbara Bergeson Of Seattle were
bridesmaids. They wore identical
dresses of ruby crystellet ballerins
length. They all carried nosegay
bouquets of bronze and yellow pom
pons. Flower girl was Twinkle AL
len, who wore q green floor length
gown Of organdy.
Mother Of the bride wore a era.
street dress with red accessorie
and corsage of red carnations
The groom's mother selected q beig
dress and accessories with corsag
q yellow carnations.
The groom's best man was Robel
Ellington Of Seattle and ushers wer
Bud Woodward of Seattle and o.
dean Holland, brother Of the bride
AL Olson sang. with this Ring
Thee We'd and Prayer Perfect.
Mrs. william Phipps played the O
gan.
RECEPTION HELD
The reception was held in tt
church parlors, Mrs. Anna Ringdal
and May Nash, aunts of the Bird
poured. Mrs. Vance Allen serve
the cake.
Miss Nancy Vaughn and Miss p
La Plant opened the gifts. Car
Holland took care of the guest boo
Sue and Ann Smith sang "Mockil
Bird Hill" at the reception.
For her going-away ensemble MI
Moore wore light brown suit wi
hyacinth accessories and pink 70
bud corsage. 8,
Other out of-town guests were N
md Mrs. T. j. Moore and two daue
ters, Karen Moore and Mrs. 3
Nathers;, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee RUM
Mrs. Robert Ellington, all Of Seattl
Mr.. and Mrs. Spencer Smith,
Deer Lodge and two daughters, S
and Ann; Ray Browder, Seattle, q
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Ness Of W.
Glacier.
The groom is a graduate Of We
ern Washington College, Bellingha
WASH, and is now an instructor
Boeing.
The bride Is a graduate Of VIII
fish high school class of 1851. For
past three and half years she
been employed at Seattle and
present is with Allied Tractor &C
pany.
They will make their home
Seattle.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

Library hours for next week have
been announced by Mrs. c. M. Ras-
mussen, Columbia Falls librarian.
It's to be open Tuesday and Wednes-
day, IL until 4:30 p. m. Thanksgiving
and school holiday is reason for
change.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

Recently dismissed from White
fish Memorial hospital were Fred
Cooper, West Glacier; Mrs. Anton
Kowcum, Kirk Christman, H. G.. Sat
terthwaite, Arnold Hammer and
Adolph Biller, all Of Columbia Falls.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
KNAPToN RESIGNS

Other city business is resignation
of William Knapton as member of
the coming adjustment board. A sue
cessor will be named at a later
council meeting.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

Mrs. Pat Kelly is a surgical pat
lent at Kalispen General hospital.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

FOR SALE: GERMAN SHEPHERD
dogs, male, nine months old. Ed
die Anderson Phone Columbia Falls
6A-YA ~
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

YORKSHIRE BOAR FOR SALE.
Also young geese Inquire H. H.
Mahon, Col Falls Phi. 103-X. IT
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

WANT TO BUY: OLD COINS, OLD
guns and old ammunition. Chris
S. Sorensen, 178 Sixth Ave. w. NJ,
Kalispell. Phi. 4678. IT
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

GOOD FOOD, FANCYWORK, FOR
sale next Tuesday, starting 10
a. m. at Col. Falls Hardware. Spon-
sored by Dorcas Society. II
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

FOR RENT: WARM THREE ROOM
apartment and one room cabin
with bath. Close to plant. River
View Trailer court, Columbia Falls.
Phone 1857. IT.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

FOR SALE: 1854 Y TON STUDE-
baker pickup. 5000 miles. Large
motor. Potter, Phone 133K2, Column
bia Falls. IT
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

FOR RENT: FURNISHED MOD
ern 2 bedroom house. Also bed
room modern furnished house. Shady
Nook Cabins, H. H. Phi. 7-4O95. ~
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

FOR SALE: DRESSED PORK OR
beef, by half or whole. Also baled
hay. Phone M. r. Law, 255-x cl-17
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18

Dixie Abel and Bob Burns OF
KalispeIl were married by the Rev.
Robert Foster Of the Christian church
at Poison, Oct. Is. Mr.. and Mrs.
Gene Burns, brother and sister-in-
law Of the groom, were the couples
attendants. Several friends and re-
latives we're present. The couple
will make their home in Kalispell.
where the groom is employed in the
meat department at the b and B
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-11-18
Too lute to Classify

IA FOOT TRUCK BED AND BOX
for sale. Call Allen Zimmerman,
Kalispell 9454. II
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08

Mississippi Negro State Fair Here
October II Through 19 Hailed As
Banner Event Of The Year
Thousands OF Dollars In Cash
Prizes Lure For Exhibitors

The Mississippi Negro State
Fair, here Oct. 1919 will be the
banner event of the year and will
bring to the city thousands of vis-
itors from every section of the
state according to advanced pre-
dictions made by fair officials this
week.
With exhibitors being lured by
more than $5,00C.00 in cash prizes,
visitors to the fair will be able to
see the best production by Negroes
of the state in livestock, agricul-
ture, poultry, and a wide variety
of other fields.
The fun on the midway will be
supplied by the Royal American
Shows with the worlds largest
midway with such outstanding fea-
lures as Harlem in Havana" a
review with a cast of many stars
of stage, screen and radio; along
with &c other meritorious shows
and % riding devices for fun for
the entire family.
In a statement in regard to the
fair this year, President j. R. Otis
of Alcorn College its chairman
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
Miss. Baptist
Seminary Sets
Fall Opening

The Mississippi Baptist Semi
nary, Central Center, Jackson,
Miss, will begin its 1856 ses-
sion on Monday, October 10. Daily
schedule will be from to 10 pm,
Monday through Friday. Regis
tration will be on Monday, October
10, from 8 to 7:30 pm. No stu
dent will be able to obtain credit
for the first terms work who reg
listers later than Friday, October
14th.
The opening program will be in
the Seminary chapel, $40 North
Parish Street, on Monday, October
10, at 7:30 pm. The Reverend
Samuel L. Whitney, newly elected
dean, will be the speaker.
The Reverend Mr.. Whitney is a
native of Louisiana, a graduate of
Leland College, Baker, La, and
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
Second Negro
Youth Hired By
Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, D. CA sec
ond colored youth, Frederick Je-
rome Saunders has been appointed
to the United States Supreme
Court staff. The first was Charles
Vernon Bush, who was appointed a
page in 1854.
Saunders, who is 16, was ap-
pointed to serve as under library
assistant in the Supreme Court
library. He was named to the
position by Miss Helen Newman,
librarian, with the approval of
Chief Justice Earl Warren.
Saunders has been attending the
Capitol Page School since Sept.
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
Town Marshall
Accused OF
Shooting Negro

RAYMOND, Miss, Oct. 3.-Town
Marshal w. X. Robinette was ac-
cused of shooting a Negro farm
hand on a country road six miles
from the town of Utica Sunday
night.
The marshal was also accused of
pointing his gun at a white man
attracted to the scene of the shoot
ing.
According to reports of Robin
ette to Kinds County authorities
investigating the shooting, II don't
know nothing about it."
The farm hand, ]. w. Holden,
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
DeItas Meet On
TougaIoo Campus

Members of Alpha Chi Sigma
Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta So
rority held their September meet
ing recently in Jamerson Hall on
Tougaloo Southern Christian Col
lege campus. Co-hostesses were
Mesdames Alberta Coleman Of Me-
ridian, Bobbye Mangram of Tou-
galoo, Cleopatra Thompson of
Jackson, and Miss Alice Ellis of
Laurel.
After sharing the varied and ex-
tensive vacation experiences, the
sorors mapped plans for the an
nual Delta Tea" honoring under
graduate members of the state.
This Tea, to be held in October,
will also provide an opportunity for
all members of the Sisterhood, ac-
tive or inactive, to unite in period
of fellowship and devotion.
The other major item claiming
the interest Of the sorors at this
meeting was the sorority's pro-
ject, THE JABBERWOCK, which
will be listed on the Greek Calen-
dar of Events this year. The date
will be announced later. Mrs.
Gladys Noel Bates, president, and
members Of Alpha Chi Sigma
Chapter are looking forward to the
usual cooperation of fellow Greeks
and friends in helping to make this
years JABBERWOCK the best
one in the history of the chapter.
Sixteen sorors enjoyed the gra-
cious hospitality Of the co-hostesses
at this meeting.
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
Val Washington
Out To Get Neqro
Democrats

Washington, D. c. Oct. 8 -
(DSN)- Val Washington, Negro
Republican leader, in charge of
Race Relations as assistant to the
Republican National Committee
Chairman believes in the old ad-
age" to the victor's belong the
spoils."
Val is trying to find ten Negro
hold overs from the Democrat
Administration all working as con-
sultants to the Federal Housing
authority on racial problems.
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
New York Police Refuse To Arrest
Defender OF Mrs. MccoIlum

NEW YORK.-New York police
have refused flatly to arrest Will
liam B. Huie, 43, for Florida au-
thorities who want him to serve a
six-month Jail sentence.
1t was HUE who, at the time of
gathering material for book,
stated that at no time was he per-
mitted to speak with Ruby McCol-
lum of the 1852 murder case in
Live Oak, Fla. Later HUE, white
man, was accused of defaming the
court when he told a court-ap-
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
Say Republican
Party Trying To
ScuttIe FhA Race
Relations Service
Cite Dismissal Of
DR.. FRANKIE Horne

NEW YORK, N. Y, Oct. B.
New York State Housing Commits
sioner Charles Abrams charged
today that the Republican Party is
trying to scuttle the Racial Rela-
tions Service Of the Federal Hous-
ing Administration.
In a copyrighted story in the
current issue of The Reporter
magazine, Abrams said that the
Racial Relations Service "has de-
generated into that of official apol-
ogist for official acceptance Of seq
regation."
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 8
(DSN) - The segregation issue
arose and threw a big dash of cold
water on the Jefferson-JacSson
Dav Dinner of Alabama Democrats
set to be held here Wednesday
night.
The segregation issue arose when
E. D. Nixon of Montgomery, a
prominent Negro Democrat COM
planned that he had been refused
a ticket to the dinner, because of
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
EPISCOPAL CHURCH URGED
TO FACE RACE PROBLEM

the church should veer away from
"problems which are not Immediate
ly ecclesiastical"
"Are we to leave MORAL issues of
nuclear warfare to groups of scien-
lists, or the spiritual implications
of the race problems to the
courts? ?" the prelate asked.
"No, the church, with humble
realization of the complexity of
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
White Educator
Comments On
Admission Of
Negroes To Sou.
Graduate Schools
And Colleges
Five Points Noted In
Orderly Transition

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. g.
A Southern educator said recently
the United States Supreme Court
has brought about "a quiet revolu-
ton in the traditional patterns Of
race relations in the South" by a
seven-year series of decisions ad-
mitting Negroes to graduate
schools and colleges.
Guy B. Johnson of the Univers-
ity of North Carolina said that if
the high court had not acted "it
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08

pointed psychiatrist that the judge
in the case, Judge Hal w. Adams,
was involved in a numbers racket
with other officials.
The writer was subsequently
fined $3.50 or sentenced to six
months in Jail. He appealed the de-
cision to the Supreme Court of
Florida which upheld his convic-
tion. Although he subsequently Of
fered to pay his fine, Judge Adams
directed that he serve the Jail SEN
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
SENATOR EASTLAND DECLINES
TO COMMENT ON TILL Staying

JACKSON, Miss, Oct. 3-(DSN)
Senator James 0. Eastland,
chairman of the Senate Internal
Subcommittee back in his home
state after an investigation of COM
mun.st propaganda in New Or
leans, declined to comment here
Monday on the Till Staying and
other issues confronting the state.
Informed sources took the "other
issues" to mean the new drive to
prevent Negro registration and Ne
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08

Sumter, S. c - Members of a
white ministers association declined
an invitation from Mayor Priscilla
Shaw to discuss racial relations.
The ministers said they felt a
meeting of this particular type
would not be wise"
The full text of the ministers as
sociation letter to Miss Shaw, de-
clining the invitations, follows in
the forms of resolution:
Whereas, the Sumter County
Ministers Association was notified
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
White Ministers Decline Invitation
To Attend Inter- Racial Meeting

priests, rabbis and ministers Of
the white and colored races, which
meeting was to be held for the pur-
pose of easing the racial tension
in Sumter.
"Whereas, we of the Sumter Min
isters' Association feel that May
or Shaw should have first counsell-
ed with the association as to the
wisdom of such a meeting and
should have presented direct in
vitation to the association to at
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
Dlggs May Ask
Special Session
Of Congress On
Civil Rights
Southern Negroes
Warned Against
Migration To North

Washington, D. c. Oct. 8 (Spec-
iaD - The Department of Justice
and the leaders Of both major po-
litical parties are mentioned as
targets in Congressman Charles
c. Diggs, Jr.'s five point program
to press for strong national civil
rights legislation. Michigan's first
Negro representative outlined his
plans after returning from the EN-
NETT Till trial in Mississippi and
stated that he was thinking Sc
riously of appealing to the Presi-
dent to call a special session of
CONTINUED on Page Eight
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08

gro voting in the Democratic pri-
mary in the state.
Here to address a meeting Of the
North Jackson Kiwanis Club, the
Senator said 125 packages of COM
munist propaganda, illegally ship
ped, have arrived in Mississippi
during the past six months.
At the New Orleans investiga-
ton, the Senator said one man
testified that Jackson was the ex-
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
Desegregation
Suit Filed
Against Negro

MUSKOGEE, Okla, Oct. 3-The
superintendent of schools at Red
Bird, an all-Negro community in
neighboring Wagner County, is
accused Of violating the United
States Supreme Court ruling on
desegregation.
A complaint was filed against
Elmer Jenkins by u. Simpson
Tate of Dallas, regional attorney
for the National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored Peo-
CONTINUED on Page Seven(
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
GOVERNOR JAMES (. FOLSOM
SEEN AS MAN APART FROM
OTHER SOUTHERN GOVERNORS

MONTGOMERY, Ala. "When
the Supreme Court speaks, Bud,
that's the law"
That is the attitude Of Alabama
Gov. James E. Folsom toward the
desegregation issue, an attitude
which has set him apart from other
southern governors and aroused
the wrath Of every newspaper in
Alabama.
"Big Jim" Folsom has single
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08

handedly tried to keep Alabama
from taking extreme measures in
the integration dispute. In doing
so he has vetoed q number of bills
aimed at preserving white suprem-
acy.
A school placement" bill was
passed over his veto and he vetoed
another bill designed to hamper
Embarrassing by the NAACP. Both
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08

WASHINGTON, D. c. The
United States Supreme Court was
asked Friday to review decision
holding unconstitutional an Okla
aoma law which requires the word
Negro to be written in parenthesis
after the name of colored candi-
dates for public office in that state.
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
Dr.. Norman Vincent Peale Urges
Churches To Become ''color- Blind

the same in our church, whether
Negro or write, rich or poor, Jew
or Christian" same in answer to
a question from a worshipper in
DR.. Pearle's church.
The question was, "Do you invite
Negroes to attend your services :"
DR.. Peale's entire axswer as pub
lished in Look, follows:
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08

staff, DR.. Charles H. Washington
of Jackson.
DR.. Topp, age 27, will be assist
ant in general treatment of Negro
patients at the hospital. He is a
graduate of Harvard University
Medical School, Washington, D. c.,
and served his internship at Prov
ident Hospital and Training School
in Chicago, I'll.
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08

Washington, D. c., Oct. 3.-A
former sharecropper, George Banks
of Greenville, Miss, is crossing
5000 a day with his mechanical
cotton picker, says Mississippi Ex-
tension Leader w. E. Ammons in a
report to the U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
He is one of an estimated $50
colored farmers in the South who
now own mechanical cotton har-
vesters and are picking for them
selves and their neighbors.
Last year, 22 per cent Of the
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
Former cropper Gross $500 A Day
With His Mechanical Cotton Picker

nations 1886, ,O00-bale crop was
machine harvested by some $4,000
mechanical pickers and nearly
10000 strippers. AS in the past,
California and Arizona, which
gather more than half Of their cot
ton with machines, continued to
lead the nation in machine har-
vesting.
But the South is catching up
with the West. Nearly a third
of Louisiana's cotton was machine
harvested in 1854, as was fifth
CONTINUED on Page Sky
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
Second Negro Doctor Added To
State Insane Hospital Staff

WHITFIELD, Miss, Oct. g.
The second Negro doctor has been
added to the staff of the Missis-
sippi State Hospital for the insane
here at Whitfield it was announced
last week.
He is DR.. Avery C. Topp, of
Greenwood, Miss.
Only a few weeks ago the hos
pital announced the appointment
of the first Negro doctor to its
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
$4,000 Bond
Set On Till
kidnap Charge

GREENWOOD, Miss, Oct. s.
(DSN)-Roy Bryant and his half
brother, j. w. Milan, freed of the
charge of murder in the Emmett
Louis Till "wolf whistle" trial was
released on $4,000 bond each after
a preliminary hearing here Fridov.
November 7th was set as the
trial date on the kidnap charge.
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08

SEBRING, .Fla.-Circuit Judge
William P. Allen handed down a
sentence of life Imprisonment Mon
day to Andrew Jackson Pendarvis
who was convicted of raping
Negro woman.
Pendarvis was convicted on July
21 by an all-white male jury. The
jury's recommendation of mercy
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08

Honolulu, H. T. Oct. 8 - The
presiding bishop of the Protestant
Episcopal Church urged the de-
nominations So general convention
here recently to face up to implica-
tions of the race problems.
Addressing the opening session
of the convention, Bishop Henry
Knox Sheriff., departed from the
custom of delivering a sermon, to
take issue with those who feel that
Jackson advocate., 1955-10-08
state Department CONSIDERS
MAHALIA JACKSON PEACE TOUR

Washington - The U. S. De-
partment of State has taken under
advisement the proposal to send
Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson be-
hind the "Iron Curtain" on sing
ing peace mission.
The Reverend James L. Lotion,
youthful pastor of Detroit's 5000