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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
Delegates To Regional 4-H Camp
Have Fine Record OF Achievements

The 1913 delegates to the eighth
annual Regional All Club Encamp-
ment, August 1922, here at How
ard University, have made out
standing achievements in farm and
home improvements, says P. H.
Stone, Federal Extension staff as
sistant who is directing the camp.
Selected on the basis of their ac-
complishments to represent $780,
900 of the nations clubbers, the
delegates have records of project
competitions which indicate that
they have contributed to themselves
and their families more than $780,
600 in savings and cash earnings,
Mr.. Stone points out.
Joseph Bouie of Quincy, Fla, for
example, has crossed 1851 from
corn, hogs, and calves.
Algernon Smith, a 16-year-old
All Club girl of Clinton, KY, has
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
State Negro
Political Interest
Seen Lowest In
Recent Years
See No Large Turnout
OF Negro Voters In
Tuesdays Election

Jackson, Miss. July rs (DSN)-
A statewide survey concluded on
the eve Of the Democrat Primary
election next Tuesday when the'
voters go to the polls to elect a
Governor and many other state and
local, candidates revealed that the
interest in politics and voting
among Negroes of the state is ut
the lowest ebb since the historic
decision in 1916 giving the Negro
the right to vote in the South's
democratic primary elections.
In the opinion of many seasoned
observers, among them many who
have been active in the efforts to
receive the political activity and
participation of Negroes in the
state for many years, although
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
Marian Anderson
To Receive EIks
.Loveio Award

WASHINGTON. - Marian An
derson, wcrld-renowned contralto,
has been named recipient Of the
Elks' 1866 Lovejoy award. The
award will be presented August
% as the highlight Of the seth an
nual convention Of the order in
Atlantic City, N. J.
The presentation will be made
during a luncheon at the Atlantic
City High School, Elks Grand Elk
allied Ruler Robert II. Johnson and
New Jerseys Gov. Robert B. Mey-
ner will be principal speaker at
the affairs.
Established in 1949 at the San
Francisco convention, the Lovejoy
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES REFUSE
TO testify ON CIVIL RIGHTS

ney General for the Justice De-
partment, the Interstate Commerce
Committee, the Department of De-
Tense and the Civil Service Com
mission. The Department of Labor
and the General Services Admins
tration failed to respond to the in
vitation.
This action on the part of gov
eminent agencies was characterized
by Congressman Adam Clayton
Powell as a "jim crow curtain
which has apparently been dropped
between the executive and legisla-
tive branches of the government.
Praising President Eisenhower
as man of good moral instinct,
Powell said he felt that someone,
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30

Detroit, Mich, July % - Four
year tax liens totalling $4,000
were levied against former State
Senator Charles C. Diggs, Sr. and
his wife this week by the Interna-
tional Revenue Department.
Liens against five other Detroit
ers brought the aggregate in deficit
income taxes to $4,000.
Sen. Diggs, father of Cong.
Charles C. Jr., recently elected
to Congress from Michigan's 18th
District, is currently resting in
University Hospital, Ann Arbor,
Mich.
The senior Diggs has been pa
tient there since suffering stroke
several weeks ago.
Author of the Diggs Civil Rights
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
REP WELL-bAILEY STAGE FIST
FIGHT OVER ANTI-SEcREGATl0n
AMENDMENT TO BILL FOR
FEDERAL AID TO SCHOOLS

Washington, d. c., July q -
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, Me-
gro Democrat of New York and
Rep. Cleveland Baily, Democrat,
West Virginia engaged in a fist
fight Wednesday during closed
door session of the House commit
tee on Education and Labor.
Committee sources stated that
the fisticuffs began when Rep.
Powell repeatedly shouted at
Bailey: You're Liar"
Rep. Bailey, who was sitting be-
side Rep. Powell, allegedly swung
a blow at the New York Congress
man. One member stated that
eight to ten blows were struck
by each before the two were pulled
apart"
When the contestants had been
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30

Tougaloo he was granted $4,000 TO
further his medical education under
Mississippi's Student loan program
for out-of-state study. Using the
grant he attended Howard Uni
versity, Washington, D. C. where
he received his Medical degree,
completing his Internship at Fres-
no General Hospital, Fresno, Calf.
Students who receive the state
loan must agree to work five years
in the state after completing their
education.
DR.. Washington, who is just Is
wears old, is married and the faith
er of two small children, his wife,
the former Miss Ella Pearl Davis,
is also a member of a well known
Jackson family.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
.lntegration Petitions Filed In
Natchez And Jackson This Week

Jackson, Miss, July 26 (DSN)-
Mississippi which got its first call
for immediate Indignation of its
public school system when a Pc
tition was filed in Vicksburg last
week lad two more cities added to
the list with petitions filed in Nat
chez and Jackson this week.
In Natchez, R. Brent Forman,
Chairman of the hatcher School
Board announced that a petition
from the Natchez Branch of the
NAACP with about 100 names had
been received by registered mail
Tuesday but did not make any
further comment.
In Jackson, a petition circulated
by the Jackson Branch of the
NAACP intended for presentation
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
$50. 10000 TAX LIEN Levied
REP. DIGGS father

law, bearing his name, Senior Dlggs
founded the House of Diggs and
the Metropolital Assurance Co.
A stormy politician, who when
refused seat in the Michigan
State Legislature after being elect
ed backed his son four years ago
for the post. Young Diggs won
the seat refused his father.
Young Diggs was elected, and
served two terms before unsuccess-
fully seeking a seat on Detroit's
Common Council.
The following year, however, he
was nominated for Congress in the
18th District defeating incumbent
George O'Brien in the primary and
Landon Knight, Republican. in the
general election.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30

WASHINGTON. - Especially -
Four departments of the federal
government declined last week an
invitation by Rep. Emanuel Celler
to testify before the House Judic-
larry Committee on major civil
rights bills now pending.
Prior to opening hearings, Rep.
Celler, chairman of the committee,
invited departments affected by the
civil rights legislation to send rep
resentatives to express their views
on those bills.
Of the seven agencies invited,
four declined, two failed to respond
and only one-the Housing and
Home Finance Agency-agreed to
appear.
Those declining were the Attor-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
81 Patrons Ask
Desegregation Of
Alabama School

TUSKEGEE, Ala. July 25.-A
desegregation petition listing the
names of 80 Negro patrons of pub
lie schools here has been presented
to the Macon County Board of Ed
ucation.
This is the first non-discrimina-
ton school admission request which
has been made in Alabama by Ne
gro parents since the Supreme
Court handed down its implementa-
CONTINUED on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
Reds Denounce
Carmen Jones

MOSCOW.-The Reds have de-
nounced the American film Gar
men Jones'"
Pravda, the Russian Communist
Party's official newspaper, led the
attack upon the American movie.
What seemed to- worry the commies
more than anything else is the
fact that this version of the Blot
opera is played by an all-Negro
cast.
Asserting that the movie por-
trayed crime and American comics
in music the paper added: "How
can such cheap trash be combined
with the deep artistic and realistic
music of Biset?
"Why was it necessary to turn
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30

Monday but delayed while officials
of the Branch checked the list to
see if any of the signatures had
been forged, was also mailed Tues
day according to Medgar Evers
State Secretary for the NAACP
with offices in Jackson. The jack
son petition carried az signatures.
Petitions were mailed both to the
Jackson School Board and the Kinds
County School Board.
No immediate action is expected
by the Jackson School Board which.
held it's regular Monthly meeting
on July 10th and will not hold an
other meeting until the same date
in August. Superintendent Kirby
Walker of the Jackson School
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
Dr.. ]. A. Boyer
Named Pres. OF St.
Augustine College

Raleigh, N. C. July Is Especially
DIR. James A. Boyer, who was
born on the campus of Saint Au-
gustine's College, and whose fam
lily has been connected with the
institution for many years, was
elected president of the school on
July Is by the college board cf
trustees.
He succeeds DR.. Harold L. Tripg
who resigned last Jan. Since DR..
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
Pearl Buck Fears
Indignation Might
Destroy Race
Leadership

Newark, N. j. - July Is, Pulit-
ger and Nobel prize winner Pearl
S. Buck last week opposed the plan
advocated by Governor Robert N.
Meyner and the New Jersey Board
of Education, to close the Negro
administered state manual train
ing school at Borden town for Ne
gro boys and girls, on the grounds
that 1--WE must be careful when
carrying out the admirable prin-
ciple of non-segregation and that
we do not destroy Negro leader
CONTINUED on Page FourJ
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
5000 Shriners
Expected At
Convention

Buffalo, N. Y Some 5000 dele
gates from d states are expect
ed at the 54th annual convention
of the Ancient Egyptian Arabic
Order Movies of the Mystic Shrine
in Detroit, according to informa-
ton released here.
DR.. Raymond H. Jackson, Buffa-
10, Imperial Potentate, stated that
more than 145 Temples will be rep
resented at the five-day meet, which
will be held August 14-August 10.
Continued on Page Eight)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
To Appeal Bus
Seating Case

RICHMOND, Vain what was
called a test case involving Rich
mond's city ordinance requiring
segregation on buses, a 25-year-old
Negro youth was fined $1,000 in
police court today.
James M. Ritter freely admitted
in testimony that he had refused
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
State Baptist Rally Anew Around Rev. H. H. Hume
Stringer Masons
Dedicate Temple
Here Sunday
Gov. White To Head
Group In Official
Welcome

The M. w. Stringer Grand Lodge,
Free and Accepted Masons Of Mis-
sissippi will dedicate its newly
constructed temple, built at cost
of more than 100000, here Sum-
day with a crowd Of more than
10000 expected to attend the cere-
mony.
Governor Hugh White will lead
the delegation of high city and
states officials in welcoming the
huge crowd expected to attend the
ceremony with a program begin
ming at 10 o'clock Sunday morn
ing.
The M. w. Stringer Grand Lodge
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30

DR.. J. R. Otis, President of AL
corn A. & M. College left the
campus officially on Monday, July
25, 1866. Stopping off briefly in
Washington, D. C. he will then
continue to New York. From New
York, he will fly to London where
he will journey by boat and rail
through the following places: An
twerp IN. Belgium, Gronegen
(Netherlands), Kiel Germany,
Holding and Aarhus (Denmark),
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
President Otis Departs For Europe To
Attend Ninth international Conference
OF Agricultural Economists

Gothenburg, CARLSBAD, Orebro, Up
sala, and Stockholm (Sweden), fl
nally arriving at Helsinki, Fin
land on Friday, August 10.
The president will be abroad APP
proximately five weeks, returning
to the campus sometimes between
September l and 5.
DR.. Otis received one of the $500
grants that were given to select
group invited to attend this con-
ference.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
Natl Insurance
Association Set
35th Annual
Convention
Charles H. MahOney
Principal Speaker

RICHMOND, Vac. L. TONNES,
ST., president of the National In
surance Association, announced
here today that Charles H. Ma
honey, the first American Negro
to be appointed full delegate to
the United Nations General AS
sembly, will be the guest speaker
for the 35th Anniversary Banquet
in honor of the 20 past presidents
of the Association to be held on
the evening of Thursday, August
A, 1865, at the Hossenden Hotel,
Cleveland.
CONTINUED on Page Eight =.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
mau Mau
Prisoners Die
lin Boat mishap

Nairobi, Kenya - Twenty-Five
persons died in Lake Victoria when
a boat carrying Mau Mau prisoners
and their guards to an escape proof
Jail capsized and sank.
Only % of the $50 persons aboard
the craft survived although the
boat went down in shallow water
only so feet offshore. Among the
dead was Steven c. Martin, prison
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
Ground breaking
Ceremony For New
Library Reset
For Friday

Groundbreaking ceremonies for
the new George Washington Carver
Municipal Library, postponed last
week due to heavy rain, will be
held Friday, July 20, at 1920 a. M,
announced City Librarian Miss
Pearl Sneed today.
The ceremonies will be conducted
at the new site on the southeast
corner of North Mill and Church
streets.
Judge Leon F. Hendrick, library
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
Dr.. S. M. Lewis
Prominent Atlanta
Physician Dies
Very Suddenly

DR.. S. M. Lewis, prominent At
lanta physician, died suddenly Fri
day night in his office while treat
ing a acknowledgement. He
shared suite of offices in At
lanta's Herndon Building with DR..
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1955-07-30
Negro Named 10
Unexpiired erm Of
Colo. LEGISLATURE

DENVER, Colo, July 25.-Den-
yer George Brown, Jr., 20 year old
staff writer on the Denver Post,
and one of the few Negroes in the
Continued on Page Two)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-15

Dean Joseph We'll, of the Col
lege of Engineering, has said it is
possible that this study could re-
suit in the eventual elimination
OF coaXial cables in communica-
lions and transmissions. If this
were made possible, the cost of
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-15
U. Of FLORIDA AWARDED
LARGE RESEARCH CONTRACT

GAINESVILLE FLOR1DA-A contract in the amount
$225O00 has been awarded the University of Floda oeoa
Engineering for the of studying HIGH
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1955-07-15

radio, television, and other types
of electronic communication
would be greatly reduced, Dean
We'll explained.
Evening star., 1955-11-05
Fugitive Captured
After TumbIing Into
Abandoned Shaft

An abandoned 3o-foot coal
shaft and Pennsylvania State Po-
lice are credited with aiding
Montgomery County Police in
the, capture Of a fugitive now
charged with embezzlement and
larceny.
Russell n. Hoover, rs. Of 1914
Newton street NV. was leading
State police on q foot chase
through woods near Grampian
Pa, when he tumbled into the
shaft and suffered cuts and
according to Montgomery
County Detective Cpl. Ronald J.
Loomis. Pennsylvania officers
were put on Hoover's trail by
Corpl. Loomis after the fugitive,
q mechanic, was reported missing
October ~ by the Suburban
Transit Co. with some $3.50 cash
Evening star., 1955-11-05

has made possible advances In
aircraft and engine design.
Mr.. Sullivan is now associated
with Lear. Inc, as manager OF
Its activities in this area. The
company manufacturers elec-
|tronics and other equipment for
aircraft,
The Sullivan home Is at 40
Great Oak road, Manor Country
Club, Md. The Sulliyans have q
son. James Richard Sullivan. 9
third-year student at the Uni-
versity Of Maryland Dental
School, and daughter, Miss
Susan Sullivan.
Evening star., 1955-11-05
Promoter of Titunium's Use
In PIunes Is Honored by Navy

A pioneer developer Of the use
Of titanium in aircraft has been
awarded the Nayy's highest
civilian honor.
James z. Sullivan, who retired
on September ] after serving
the Navy IS years. both as q
commissioned officer and a
civilian, received the Distin-
guished Civilian Service Award
from James H. Smith. jr.. AS
sistant Secretary Of the Navy.
yesterday.
Mr.. Sullivan was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1924.
He served until the following
year. when he became a naval
architect In the Bureau OF Con-
struction and Repair. From 1928
to 1910. he was engineer in
charge Of the development Of
aeronautical materials and
equipment for the Bureau OF
Aeronautics.
Although he resigned from the
Regular Navy In 1925. he was
active ip the Reserve apd COM
lmanded the Districts Naval Re-
serve Battalion. In World War
III, he returned to active service
with the rank Of captain and
headed the Bureau of Aeronau-
tics, materials and equipment
bran III. After the war he re-
turned to the bureau as a
civilian.
He was among the first to
recognize the potential Of titan
Iium and to promote a program
to q point where titanium use
Evening star., 1955-11-05
Retreat at Fort Myer
To Honor Red Cross

The American Red Gross vii
be honored with q citation from
the Military District OF Washing
ton during y regimental retrea
review by the Sd eOld Guard
Infantry Regiment at the For
Myer parade grounds at 4 pm
tomorrow.
Red Cross President Ellsworth
Bunker win represent his organi,
zation at the ceremony. Mai
Gen. John II. Stokes. IT., com,
mander OF the Military Distric
fof Washington, will be host.
Evening star., 1955-11-05
Peron Hints
Caracas Stoy

CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 5
R1 Juan D. Peron. who spent
last night here on his meander-
ing plane fight from Paraguay
TO Nicaragua, hinted he might
spend some time in Caracas. But
the pilot Of his Paraguayan Air
Force plane said they would fiy
to Managua, Nicaraguan capital.
today.
Conflicting reports and rumors
have attended the Argentine ex-
dictator's flight since he took of
Wednesday from Paraguay, his
place of exile after the revolt
which ended his 10-year regime
One report said Gen. Peron
was expected to 60 to Europe. He
denied that on his arrival here.
commenting: TOO far"
Asked about his plans at q
news conference last night, Gen
Peron said:
II have no plans now. / would
like to rest here"
Gen. Peron told newsmen hi
had tried to make Argentina inte
a modern industrial society in.
stead of a country Of farmers
and small businessmen. Asked Il
he had been a dictator. he saic
yes, but declared he was made
dictator by decree Of the people
Evening star., 1955-11-05
.Rito Hoyworth Acts
TO Divorce Haynes

RENO, New, Nov. 5 iR Rita
lE1ayworth moved yesterday ID
divorce her fourth husband,
singer Dick Haynes, In q COM
plant filed from Paris. where
she has been visiting her third
husband. Moslem Prince Ally
Khan.
The complaint was airmailed
Ito the actress attorney, William
Tx. Woodburn. and fled here
yesterday. II said Mr.. Haynes
Ihad caused her great unhappi-
mess and injured her mental
health
Mr.. Woodburn said Miss Hay.
worth win not have to come back
Ito Nevada to obtain her divorce
lif Mr.. Haynes does not "creats
legal problems n
Evening star., 1955-11-05
Democratic Chiefs Differ
On Eisenhower Attacks

publican leaders agree that tieil
nominee viii have to run on ths
Eisenhower record.
Lists Four as Examples
Senator Kefauver listed these
four as examples Of ofiiceholders
whose ethical standards. he said
simply do not at the published
specifications of the crusade:
T. Coleman Andrews, whit
recently resigned as Interna
Revenue commissioner: Harold
e. Talbot. former Secretary ol
the Air Force: Peter "A. Strobel
Federal Commissioner Of Build
|ings. and Adolphe Wensell. {
New York banker and former
Budget Bureau consultant.
Mr.. Talbot and Mr.. Strobe
told congressional committees oi
retaining interests in private
engineering consultant firms
while in Government.
MIR. Wenzell. In Senator
Kefauver's words. worked as a
consultant for the Budget
Bureau on the Dixon-Yates deal,
while also handling financial ar
rangements for Dixon-Yates. "
Mr.. Andrews is becoming an
oficial Of an insurance firm
which Is involved In q Federal
income tax battle.
An four have denied any
Evening star., 1955-11-05
Republicans Hear Pyle
Predict Battle for 9. Q. P.

conference. read a telegram con-
Iveying Mr.. Eisenhower's greet
Iings to the delegates from II
Western States, Alaska and
Hawaii.
The wire, dated october 28,
read in part:
Hope you viii have q most
successful meeting-one which
viii inspire all Of you to work
with concerted effort to support
1.-THE Republican program fol
peace. prosperity and human
welfare"
Representative Russell Mack
Republican Of Washington, tol6
the banquet:
IF President Eisenhower
chooses to run. he will be NOM
mated by acclamation and elect
led by the greatest majority III
the history Of the country"
Conference leaders ruled out
any discussion OF western pref
lerence for the presidential nom,
lination in the event Mr.. Eisen-
hover steps aside next year
Business sessions end late today
with the adoption of proposed
Western plans for the nationa.
10. o. p. platform.
Evening star., 1955-11-05

Judge Bailey Aldrich on two
counts charging contempt for
refusing to answer two of Sena-
tor McCarthy's questions.
The questions inquired whether
Mr.. Kamin knew Of any Com
munists In defense plants and
whether he knew that i Com
munist Party organizer named
Emmanuel Blum had contact
with persons having access "a
classified tsecretl materials.
Four Counts Dimissed
Mr.. Kamin, now doing re.
search at Queens University
Kingston, Ontario, originally
went on trial on six counts
Judge Aldrich acquitted him
Wednesday on two counts deal.
ing with Communists at Harvard
He ruled that Senator McCar-
|thy's questions on which the
counts were based were so broad
Jas to be beyond the scope Of the
inquiry.
At the same time Judge AID
rich also dismissed two other
counts as Implications.
Mr.. Kamin was asked under
|cross-examination by Assistant
United States Attorney John M
Harrington. jr.. whether his
counsel. Calvin p. Bartlett and
John Siatonstall. had told him
the subject matter Of Senator
McCarthy's investigation.
Judge Aldrich. in requiring the
defendant to answer, ruled that
the defense had waived its priv
Iilege to keep communications be-
tween counsel and client con-
Ifidential.
Mr.. Kamin's answer to the
question was no"
Evening star., 1955-11-05

and tools valued at more than
$500.
Hoover denied taking the
money after being hauled out Of
the shaft near the home Of
friends where he was staying
corpl. Loomis said. The me-
Ichanic. who told officers he took
the tools because he was just
tired of working. is in the county
Jail in Rockville. Bond was set
lat $4,000 and q hearing sched-
luled for November 81 In Silver
Spring Peoples Court.
Evening star., 1955-11-05
BARKLEY STUMpS FOR HAPPY
Steyenson's S Plans
Expected Shortly

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. S R),
Wilson Wyatt. campaign chair
man for Adlai Stevenson. for 1861
presidential candidate, says Mr.,
Stevenson win announce his
plans for the 1856 campaign
within two weeks.
Mr.. Wyatt said in an interview
last night that he was confident
Mr.. Stevenson viii make a state
|ment before his nationally-tele-
Ivised speech scheduled at Chi
|cago November 10.
Mr.. Wyatt said his informa-
ton was based on conversations
with sources close to Mr.. Steven
son. one as recently as yesterday
He did not elaborate on the
predicted statement but said, u
think he mfr. Stevenson) viii be
nominated by the Democratic
Party at its convention in
August