davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Montana farmer-stockman., 1956-10-15

CLOVER LAD 18th, 90394O6. of the $4,000 Clover
leaf Lad 2nd out of daughter OF Evan Mischief
Wonderful thickness, right conformation light coored
One of the many great half brothers selling November
End Truly offering with appeal for the needing
set of bulls of like quality and similarity of breeding
Whether you need carload, have them
and THEY ARE GOOD ONES!
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
President EISENH0WER'S
Commission ON VETERANS
BENEFITS RECOMMENDS VET.
PENSIONS BE MlNIMIzED AND
GRADUALLY ELIMINATED BY
TYING Them in soc. SECURITY
Report Made After One Year Study
See Proposals Stirring Controversy
See Proposals Stirring Controversy

Washington, D. c., Apr. o.
President Eisenhower's Commission
on Veterans Benefits last week
recommended that veterans pen
sions be "minimized and gradually
eliminated" by tying them in with
Social Security payments. 1t de-
scribed the idea of continuing the
pensions as weak" and backward
looking"
The pension recommendation
was one of 70 which, if adopted,
would fundamentally change many
of the benefits now being granted
by the government to the nations
% million veterans, including dis
ability compensation, widows pen
sions, CT insurance, survivors ben
efits, and REIMBURSEMENT payments.
The recommendations were made
to the President in a Ais page re-
port on which the commission,
headed by Gen. Omar N. Bradley,
spent more than a year.
The commission made little at
tempt to chart the actual impact
Of the many changes it proposed
for veterans, servicemen and sur
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Alabama Whites
Show Their
Overwhelming
Regret Over King
Cole Attack
Disbanding Of Only
Birmingham Inter-
Racial Group Seen
Discouraging

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Apr. 23.-
Several recent developments in
Alabama have sharpened the focus
on the racial situation. 1t is a
mixed situation, offering ground
for both hope and concern.
Perhaps of paramount import
ance has been the overwhelming
display of white regret over the
attack on Negro singer Nat King"
Cole as he performed April 10 on
the Municipal Auditorium stage in
Birmingham.
Testimony in the trial Of four
men arrested shows that in an
Admission, Ala, foundry for several
days there had been talk Of some
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

Jackson, Miss, April % (DSN)
The scheduled meeting of the
Regional Council of Negro Leader
ship here Friday, whose President
and Ponder is DR.. T. r. M. How
ard, of Mound Bayou, is seen as
having been considerably cooled
by a telegram Monday from Gov
ernor J. P. Coleman to Negro Con-
gresham Adam Clayton Powell,
Democrat of New York, who is
also pastor of famed Abbysinisn
Baptist Church of New York City,
asking that he indefinitely post
pone his visit to the State.
In his telegram to Congressman
Powell, the Governor said: mis-
sissippi has no intention now or
hereafter of interfering with the
constitutional rights of freedom of
assembly, and freedom of speech yet
l feel it is my duty as Governor
of Mississippi to inform you that
conditions in our state are now
more tranquil than at any time in
recent months and in view of your
record your appearance here will
be a great disservice to our Negro
people. / trust that you will re-
consider and indefinitely postpone
your visit"
The Governor sent the same wire
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
No Lag In Belgian Education
In The Congo Says Pinder

Congo a part of the Belgian COM
monwealth, when the African
claims more freedom. The Congo
did not cost Belgium has depended
almost wholly in recent years upon
the Congo.
Pinder says he saw 18-story
buildings being built in Leopard
vile, with natives doing every bit
Of the work. All of the supervision
and management in the erection of
these colossal structures, are in the
hands of skilled natives.
It does one good to ride on a
train where the conductors, en-
gineers and brakemen are all
black, and these trains are run
with all Of the efficiency and dis
patche of transportation facilities
Continued on Page Eour)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

Atlanta, Ca, Apr. 23.-Earlier
this week attorneys were author
lied to file an answer to a suit
claiming libel against C. A. Scott
as editor and general manager of
the Atlanta Daily World.
The suit filed several days ago
in Fulton County is being brought
in the name of white woman who
lives in the northwest section of
the city - the Hightower-Baker
Road area-where have occurred
several demonstrations and bomb
ings Of homes bought by Negroes.
1t claims she was damaged and
asks 100000 because of an art
icle carried in the World on the
bombings last February.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
State Judge
Grants Permanent
Injunction
Barring NAAcP
In Louisiana
Action FOrbids
NAACP Doing
Further Business
In The State

Baton Rouge, La, Apr. 25.-A
state judge, in surprise hearing
Tuesday permanently banned the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People in
Louisiana under 1924 law aimed
at the Klu Klux Khan.
State attorneys asked the per-
manent injunction since the MA
ACP had not taken any action fol-
lowing issuance Of the temporary
restraining order March 20. They
filed a default April 10, immedi-
ately after the Today deadline for
reply ended.
No advance notice was given of
the hearing and no NAACP attor-
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

Washington, D. c., Apr. 23.-
The American Society Of News
paper Editors heard appeals for
moderation, patience, and OBJECTIVE
ity in covering the problems Of
school Indignation in the South.
Lively and occasionally tense
clashes between northern and
southern editors marked the panel
discussion and floor debate on what
one speaker called "the biggest
story Of our time"
Herbert Brucker Of the Hart
ford Conn Courant declared the
first obligation Of the press, both
North and South, is to recognize
that this thing has happened and
integration is coming"
"Our job Is to help 1t happen
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
SEGREGATION Issue Raised In Suit
Against Atlanta, Ga. Editor

The suit also claims that the
article was carried because Of the
plaintiff "being white and out
spoken for States Rights since the
Supreme Court decisions as to pub
lie school Indignation" and it "avers
that she has done naught to harm
or injure the Negro race"
Atty. Ray Gary Of Atlanta and
Atty. Herbert Morgan Of Decatur
are listed as attorneys in the case
against the World editor.
Editor Scott said in commenting
on the action that he had talked
with all concerned in the cast and
stated the article referred to had
been written by a reporter and
Continued on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Nations Editors Discuss migration

and make the adjustment Is easy
as possible" Mr.. Brucker saiG.
Describing measures taken in his
own city against various types Of
racial discrimination, he told the
400 delegates;
''The surprising thing Is that
when you make the adjustment the
heavens don't fall. It isn't really
as hard as 1t seems"
Texas Explains
But John @. Mahaffey, editor OF
the Texarkana (Texas) Gazette
and Daily News, told the session
what it IL that frightens people
down in the South" He declared.
I'm my little town Of $1,000 the
Negroes already hold the balance
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
By ROSCOE DUNJEE

MONROVIA, West Africa, Apr.
23.-Perhaps one of the most in
teresting and Illuminating CONVEX
sations have had since arriving
in Liberia, was held Sunday after
noon, in the home of Frank E,
Pinder, chief agriculturist of the
ICA. Pinder has just returned
from a visit to Siam and India.
On his return he came through the
Congo.
Finder says he was completely
astpnished 1T what the Belgian
government is doing today in the
field of technical education for the
Congolese. Upon inquiry Of Bel
giaH official, he was told 1--WE had
to DO this. We know what is
ahead, and we plan to have the
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
co|ored Home Agent Sets
Achievement Example For National
Home Demonstration Week Observance

ty, Ca, helping rural families to
grow and conserve more food for
better year-round diets, to shift
from one-crop farming to diver
sified agriculture, and to climb up
from tenancy to ownership Of their
own farms. Within the past IL
years Negro farm ownership has
doubled in the county.
Mrs. Lyles achievements serve
as examples Of the kinds Of things
the Nations home demonstration
agents are doing to help rural and
CONTINUED on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

Among the 1900 white and col
ored home agents who will join
with nearly six million homemak-
ers in observing the 18th annual
National Home Demonstration
Week, April 29-May 5, few will
have finer record of achievement
to celebrate than Mrs. LOWE M.
Lyles for whom the new $16O,OOO
Cedartown, Ca, elementary school
has been named.
Through SO years, Mrs. Lyles
has served as the colored home
demonstration agent Of Polk Coun-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
PATRONS REQUEST BOARD
TO keep NEGRO SCHOOL

ALTUS, Okla, Apr. 23.-The
Altus board of education recently
approved plans to continue the op-
GRAFTON of the Negro Lincoln high
school here for 1867.
The action was taken following
a survey among patrons Of high
school age students of the Lincoln
school. The majority favored re-
tention of the high school, if fl
nancially possible.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

Chicago, April 10 - Final re-
turns from the Illinois Primary last
Tuesday reveal that Negroes in
Chicago gave Adlai Stevenson an
overwhelming vote of confidence
for the Democratic nomination for
President. In the 6 predominently
Negro wards in Cook County Stew
enson received a total vote of 51,-
1888 compared to 149 write-ins for
Senator Kefauver. And Steven
sons total vote exceeded President
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
4 Natives Killed
In African Riots

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
Abr. 23.-Four Africans were
killed and eight injured last Mon
day as police machine gun fire
uuelled a riot which broke out in
Germiston, 10 miles frome here.
Rioters repeatedly set fire to
the building in which they were
living after complaining about the
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
0FFICIALSWANT JUDGES TOSH0W
REASON FOR SCHOOL INJUNCTION

WASHINGTON, D. c., Apr. %.
I'm an unusual proceeding, the
Orleans Parish County School
Board and James F. Redmond, New
Orleans superintendent Of schools,
Thursday asked the Supreme Court
for leave to file petition for w1its
of mandamus and prohibition to
compile a three-judge Federal court
to pass on the constitutionality of
Louisiana laws requiring racial seq
regation in the public schools.
The petition asks the court to
direct Judge Wayne C. Borah of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Rockefeller Says
South's Industry
Hurt BY PREF udiict

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Apr. %.
Winthrop Rockefeller, speaking
at a meeting CT the greater Little
Rock Women's Republican Club,
said racial prejudice is one of the
roadblocks hindering movement Of
Industry to the South.
He said industry would avoid
states which have taken volatile
view of the indignation question
until the problems of law and
order" there are settled.
Rockefeller, who is chairman of
the Arkansas Industrial Develop
ment Commission, said it was any
ones right to disagree with the
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
RECOMMEND REDUCTION IN VETERANS PAYMENTS
Mayor Praises
Negro Citizens In
Commenting On
Bus Ruling
Joins Governor In
Opinion Of Regional
Council Meeting

Local Negro citizens came in for
some high praise from Mayor AL
len c. Thompson Tuesday in his
comment regarding the U. S. Su-
preme Courts Bus decision and the
announcement from National City
Lines of Chicago, which operates
the Jackson bus line, calling for
the end of segregation on all its
buses operated in Jackson, Mont
gomery, Ala, and other Southern
cities.
The Mayor also expressed the
same opinion as that of Governor
Coleman regarding the meeting Of
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Dr.. ". H. Jernagiin
To Be Honored for
SIS Yrs. As Pastor

Washington, d. C. = Sixty-five
years experience as pastor does
not close the book of life for DR..
w. H. Jernagin, SO years young
pastor of Mt. Carmel Baptist
Church of the Nations Capital.
On April %, the Washington
Pilgrimage, a National religious
and cultural group of distinguished
Ministers, Journalists, Profession
al and Civic leaders, will honor DR..
JernaEin with a life membership.
Continued on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Chicago Negroes Endorse Stevenson

Eisenhower's by approximately Al,
Eisenhower total vote being 49,
500.
Three solid South side wards
(the End, 3rd and 20th) gave Adlai
Stevenson a total vote of 20,402
votes to a total written vote Of II
for Senator Kefauver. Stevenson's
vote in these three wards exceed
ed the total vote in these wards for
the contested Democratic Guberna-
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

the Fifth United States Circuit
Court of Appeals and Federal Dis
trict Judges Herbert w. Christien-
berry and J. Sicily Wright to show
cause why such writs should not
be issued against them.
Chief Judge Joseph c. Hutche-
son, Jr., Of the Circuit Court, des-
ignated Judges Borah and Chris
tenberry to sit with Judge Wright
as a special three-judgt court to
hear the suit brought by the MA
ACP challenging the constitution
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Sen. Says South May Force U. S.
Police Like Canadian mounties

said such force may prove to be
one way of safeguarding the rights
of Negroes of the Southern states"
Canadian Mounties enforce all fed l..
eral statutes and regulations. A
provincial parliament also can con-
tract with the national government
for mounties to enforce the pro-
vincial criminal code.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Swamp Victim
Liked Marines

PARIS ISLAND, S c., Apr. %
"A young Negro Marine was one
of the six recruits who drowned in
treacherous waters when a SER
geant took them on a forced night
march in a swamp to "teach them
discipline"
Norman A. Wood, Of Bay Shore
N. Y, II, was the son of Mrs
Aaron D Wood. Other victims
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

Superintendent Clifford Peterson
said patrons of the school pointed
out, as they did year ago, that
Indignation of the Lincoln high
school with the Altus high school
would work financial hardship
on many of their families because
it would prevent the Negro stu
dents from having a cotton harvest
recess.
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
SAY SCHOOL SUIT TO BE FILED
IN State TWO Weeks

While Mr.. Marshall did not give
the location for the filing of the
suit from Mississippi come reports
that preparation have been made
for filing suits in Clarksdale, va
zoo City, vicksburg and Jackson.
The NAACP according to reports
have already made available $780,
900 for the care of plaintiffs in the
suits who may be subjected to eco
nomic sanctions.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

Washington, D. c. April % -
Thurgood Marshall, Chief Counsel
for the NAACP said in a speech
here Sunday that a suit for inte-
grafton of the public schools in
Mississippi will be filed within
two weeks.
Mr.. Marshall made the speech in
accepting a Freedom award from
the AFL-CIO United Auto Workers
Union.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Ask Names
Removed From
Voters List

Bristol, Fla. April % - Because
of the violence in Liberty County
eleven Negroes walked into the
office of the registration supervi-
sor and asked to have their names
removed from the voters list.
This means only one Negroes
name is still registered and she is
a woman who is at present in
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

Washington, D. c. April % -
The Supreme Court Monday ban
ned racial segregation on buses
operating within states.
The court did SO by refusing to
review a decision by the U. s. Cir
cult Court in Richmond that segre-
cation on intrastate buses violates
the federal constitution.
The high tribunals action -
which thus left the Circuit Court
ruling stand - was announced IN
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Seminary Head
Clarifies Stand
On Negro Students

Washington, D. c. - April %
Seven declarations Of intentions
with reference to the future of
Westminster Theological Seminary,
were made here last week by the
institutions new president, DR..
Norman Lehman Trott.
One of the statements concerned
"the Negro and his religious Life"
On this subject, DR.. Trott spoke
as follows:
ave intend to express concern
Continued on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Segregation On State Buses
Banned By j. S. Supreme Court

a brief order. It said an appeal
by South Carolina Electric & Gas
Co. from the circuit decision was
dismissed.
The Supreme Courts action was
unanimous.
The ban on intrastate bus seq
regation came ten years after the
Supreme Court struck down COM
pulsory separation Of the races by
state law in buses crossing state
CONTINUED on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
AmE Zion
Church to Hold
35th General
Conference In
Pittsburgh
Governor Of Penn.
Tops Speakers List

New York, April % Especially
Some 1000 delegates and visit
ors plan to attend the 33rd quad
rennial general conference of the
AME Zion Church May 2-16, at
the Wesley center AME Zion
Church, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Major features Of the general
conference will be the study and
introduction of a UNCONVENTIONAL
budget for both home and foreign
missions expansion and the election
Continued on Page Eight)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

Chicago, April ga federal po-
lice force like the Royal Canadian
Mounties was envisioned for the
u. S. unless the South respects the
voting rights of Negroes, by Sen.
Richard L. Neuberger, Democrat of
Oregon, in a speech here last week.
Neuberger said he had been
studying Canadian statutes which
created the famed Mounties, and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

NEW YORK, Apr. 23.-Mr. All
med Osman, of the Egyptian del
egation to the UN, outlined the
position of Egypt in her relation
to the rest of Africa in the spirit
of Bandung," before representa-
tives of African Nationalist Or
CARNATIONS Of New York at Hotel
Theresa, last Friday. The Egypt
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Scion Seeking
Fair Tax Deal
ForJoe Louis

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Rep. Al
fred d. Sieminski 3D., N. j. said
Thursday he is trying to find a
way to make sure Joe Louis gets a
fair count with the governments
tax collectors.
The Congressman issued state
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Says Egypt's Destiny Tied With Africa

ian spokesman began by saying
"that it was fitting that the peo-
pie of African descent in America
be the first to celebrate the An
niversary of the African-Asian
Conference.
The diplomat stated that the
policy of Egypt as an African
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Hearing Waived
For Two In
Cole Case

Birmingham, Ala. April 23-Two
men accused of assault with intent
to murder singer Nat King Cole
Friday waived preliminary hearing
at Birmingham.
The two-Kenneth Adams, 35,
and Willis R. Vinson, 23-were the
CONTINUED on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
-Four Sentenced
In Cole Attack

Birmingham, Ala.-April % -
Four white men who participated
in an attack on Negro singer Nat
(King) Cole during a concert in
Birmingham, were each sentenced
Wednesday to 100 days in Jail and
fined 500.
E. L. Vinson, %; Orliss w. Clea-
venger, IS, and Nike Fox, Sc, all
of Admission and Jesse w. 'Marby,
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Burrough President hulan Jack
Is Cited For Achievement

NEW YORK, Apr. 23.-Hulan
E. Jack, Burrough President Of
Manhattan, New York, last week
was cited for his democratic
achievements and presented with
the first edition of a Catholic bible
dedicated to Blessed Martin de Por-
res, revered Roman Catholic pa
tron.
Blessed Martin, a Sixteenth Gen.
fury Brother of the Dominican Or
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

der who lived and worked among
the poor and afflicted of his
time, was noted for his kindness
and chastity. Since his death, he
has been enshrined by the church
as one of its model leaders. Beat
flied for his work and deeds, he is
now considered one step below
sainthood. His Communication might
not be far off.
Continued on Page FOUR
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28
Resistance To
School Indignation
10
Border State

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Apr. 23.-
Resistance to public school deseg-
regation is spreading from the
Deep South to some formerly
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

IRKED AT ROY WILKINS:
Congressman William L. Dawson,
of Illinois, Vice-Chairman of the
Democratic National Committee
who has let it be known that he
didn't like NAACP's Roy wilkins
telling all Negroes to vote COP
this year.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

GOV. COLEMAN ASKS NEGRO
CONGRESSMAN ADAM CLAYTON
POWELL TO Indefinitely
POSTPONE HIS COMING TO MISS.
Says PoweII's Scheduled Speech To
Regional Council Of Negro Leadership
Here Friday Would Be Great
Disserviee To Negro People
Governors Action Called Unfortunate
BY Organizations Directors
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1956-04-28

PatrOnize Our Advertise
ers - Their Advertising
In this paper shows that
they appreciate your
trade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-26
Dare Out to Get
Hitting Lead in
Terps Game Today

Outfielder HOWE Dare of
Maryland'S baseball team hopes
for good day at bat against
the University of Virginia this
afternoon at Charlottesville as a
means of regaining first place
among Atlantic Coast Confer
ence hitters.
Dare, a halfback on the Terps'
football team. dropped to second
place in this weeks standings
with a .425 average from his
high OF the previous week of 500.
The leader is Catcher Eddie
West of North Carolina State,
who has .429. West. from Alex
andria, also was a football
player and was the Wolfpack' S
starting quarterback last fall.
Today's game against Virginia
is Maryland's only ACC outing
this week and Dare's only chance
to get back on top.
Other games today for Wash
ington area collegians had Ford
ham at Georgetown and Ameri-
can U. at ToWson.