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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16

ers Bank of Buffalo, is chairman.
All the president of the 81 member
colleges of the United Negro Col
lege Fund will attend the convoca-
ton. 1t is the first visit of the en-
tire presidential group to the City
of Buffalo.
The public meeting will conclude
three-day convocation, during
which the college presidents will
occupy local church pulpits on SUM-
day morning. AS members of the
board of directors of the United
Negro College Fund, they will at
tend the Funds annual meeting to
be held for the first time in Buff
falo.
The Universities of Buffalo
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16

Captetown, South Africa, March
1.-Two South African church
leaders today condemned a gov
eminent plan to segregate church
congregations in European urban
areas.
Roman Catholic Archbishop o.
Mccain Of Capetown called the
proposal a "direct attack on the
freedom of religion and Of cons
cience.
"My flock, composed Of all Sec
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
UNCF ANNUAL CONVENTION
TO BE HELD IN BUFFALO

New York, Mar. S-United Ma
tons mediator, the Hon. Frank P.
Graham, and DR.. Genjamin E.
Mays, president, Morehouse Col
lege, will be guest speakers at the
public meeting Of the United Negro
College Funds annual convocation
in Buffalo, March II, $3.50 p. NJ,
in the KleinhAns Music Hall, it
was announced here today by DIR.
Frederick d. Patterson, Fund presi-
dent. Mr.. Graham will speak on
1.-THE United Nations and the
Atomic Age"
Heading the convocation commit
tee as honorary chairman is the
mayor of Buffalo, the Hon. Steven
Pankow. George A. Newbury,
president, Manufacturers and TRAD
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
Negro Ministers
Plan Fight On
New Arkansas
Segregation Laws
800 Attend Little
Rock Meeting

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Mar IL
(SpeciaD = Some three hundred
Arkansas Negro ministers have
mapped plans for legal action a.
gainst four recently enacted state
segregation laws.
The Rev. Roland Smith, pastor
of q Little Rock Baptist church
and chairman of the March 6 closed
meeting, said: ave will push our
fight against these measures to
the United States Supreme Court
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
Negro Ex-commie
Says NAACP Is
Only Party Vehicle
Says Rev. King Is
Leading Negroes To
Bloodshed, Violence

Baton Rouge, La, March IL
Especially - Manning Johnson an
ex-Communist testifying at a Lou
isiana legislative hearing into the
causes of racial unrest claimed
that the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie is nothing more than a We
hicle for the Communist Party"
Johnson, Negro who quit the
party in 1910 and now works for
the government in Washington,
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
Nkrumah Credits Lincoln Univ. With
Training And Discipline For Success

1889, with a Bachelor of Arts De-
gree, and earned a Bachelor Of
Sacred Theology from Lincoln in
1912.
In, 1851, DR.. Nkrumah returned
to Lincoln University to receive the
honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.
81 set foot on this (Lincoln
University campus for the first
time in 1885 as poor and humble
student from the Gold Coast" DR..
Nkrumah said in accepting the
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
African Cherries Denounce Move
To Segregate Church Worshipping

tons of the population, have an
obligation of worshipping God and
they have therefore the right TO
attend a Catholic church wherever
il may be.
"Under the new bill the govern
ment proposes to interfere with
that right of conscience and Of the
individual, and the consequences
will be the most serious" the Arch
bishop added:
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
New Jersey Group
Opposes U. S.
School Aid
Says Plan Would Be
Costly For State

Washington, March II - New
Jersey, which pays provides more
educational money per public school
pupil than any other state except
New York, does not need Federal
aid for education, the New Jersey
Taxpayers association said today.
In statement to House Edu-
cation and Labor Committee hear
ing the association declared that
New Jersey would have to pay
more than twice as much in taxes
Continued on Page FouN
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
kasper Cites Jews
In Florida Speech

CHIEFLAND, Fla, Mar. IL
John Kasper opened his Florida
speaking tour Saturday night with
a bitter attack on the radical Jew
ish element" He urged the Ku
Klux Khan to go about with him
in preaching his segregation gos-
pei"
Kasper devoted most Of his
speech to denouncing Jews rather
than Negroes, apparently surpris-
ing his audience of 200 in this
watermelon-growing community.
Kasper said 1.-The Negro can be
handled on a segregated basis
rather easily, but We are not so
sure how the Jew can be handled
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
STUDY SHOW MORE WHITES THAN
NEGROES LEAVING The STATE

II was recognized then, and wide
ly deplored, that migration Of
white people also was contributing
to the states steady population
loss. But il was assumed not 80
many white people were leaving.
This week, DR.. Harold A. Ped
ersen Of Mississippi State College
exploded that assumption.
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
United Nations

New York, March 6-The Hon.
Kwame Nkrumah, prime minister
of Ghana, which became the new
est independent member of the
British Commonwealth today, cred
it's the United Negro College
Funds Lincoln University with the
training that helped him achieve
success.
DR.. Nkrumah first came to the
United States and entered Lincoln
University, in Lincoln University,
Pa, in 1895. He was graduated in
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16

New York, March 8 = A choral
tribute to Kwame Nkrumah, prime
minister of Ghana, was presented
on the United Negro College Fund
ABC Radio Network choir series
by the Glee Club of Lincoln Uni
versity, Sunday, March 10. DR.. Nix
rumah is an alumnus of Lincoln
and credits the Pennsylvania uni
versity, one Of the UNCFs 81
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16

Memphis, Tennessee - Highly
successful as host chapters to the
s1947 Regional Conference during
which time nine national officers
of the organization were in attend
ance, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
men of Memphis, Tennessee will
observe that memorable occasion
by giving the Southern Jurisdic-
ton its greatest regional session
during Easter. weekend.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
Rites Held For Dr.. Harry F. Jones
Longtime Missionary In Africa

Funeral rites were held here
Monday in the auditorium of
Dansby Hall at Jackson College
for DR.. Harry H. Jones, widely
known and distinguished mission
airy.
President ]. L. Reddix headed a
group of members of the college
faculty, students and former stu
dents in paying tribute to DR..
Jones and his long and disting-
uished service as a missionary.
The eulogy was delivered by Rev.
A. L. Rice, the college chaplain.
The active pallbearers were
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
School Integration
AssaiIed In Deems

NEW YORK, N. Y, Mar. IL
(Special)-The. Queens Chamber of
Commerce Thursday attacked the
Board of Education's Indignation
program. Matthew ]. Shevlin,
chairman of the chambers educa-
tional committee, asked Charles H.
Silver, president Of the board, to
specify what city funds would be
required.
"The program is ill-advised,
wholly unnecessary and will defeat
it's own purpose" Mr.. Shevlin
wrote. segregation has never
been problem in cur public school
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
Woman Sues Vote
REGISTRAR In n. G.

Raleigh, N. c., Mar. ia suit,
seeking a permanent injunction
restraining election officials here
from using a so-called literacy
test in determining voting qualifi-
cations, was filed here last week
in Eastern District Court by q
Negro woman who charged her
voting rights were violated.
Mrs. Louise Lassiter brought the
complaint against Helen H. Taylor,
a Northampton county registrar,
in reference to an alleged incident
that occurred last May 5.
Mrs. Lassiter's petition declared
that she and 25 or more other
qualified voters were denied regis
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
Choral Tribute To Lincoln Alumnus
kwame Nkrumah OF Ghana

members, with the training that
helped him achieve success.
DR.. Nkrumah first came to the
United States and entered Lincoln
in 1885. He was graduated with
a Bachelor of Arts Degree and
earned Bachelor of Sacred Theol-
ogy from Lincoln in 1912.
Like rs per cent of the students
Continued on Page SKI
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
Life Magazine Cites Practices In
Negro Exclusion In The North

NEW YORK, March Elm a
roundup of the current discrimi-
nation practices against Negroes,
outside the South, Life Magazine
in its issue of March 18th, out to-
day, says that "while Negroes have
advanced faster in the North in
the past Is years than in any pre-
vious time" and their political
equality is now assured, they still
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16

were members of the student body.
With long list of widely known
local citizens serving as honorary
pallbearers.
Death came to DR.. Jones, 1893
graduate of Jackson College, at
6:35 am, Wednesday, March 6.
DR.. Jones, who had served contin-
uously as missionary to Africa
for more than so years, had been
in failing health since his return
to the States in 1863 and had been
convalescing at the Jackson State
College Health Center. One of his
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
AIphas To Hold Southern Regional
Conference In Memphis April 1921

Dates for the 1857 Southern Re-
gional Conference have been Of
ficially set for Thursday. Friday,
Saturday, and Easter Sunday, April
10 through 21st, according to an
nouncement this week by Lewis o.
Swingler, vice-president.
AS the regional conferences OF
Kappa Alpha Psi and Phi Beta
Sigma Fraternities will also be
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
3ovd Takes Over As President Of Alcorn COLLEGE,
U. n. Group Urges
School Bias Bans
Report On 82-NatiOn
Survey Suggests
Government Aid In
A World Campaign

United Nations, N. Y, Mar. -
Justice Philiap Halpern outlined
here today United Nations plans
to combat discrimination in educa-
ton.
Justice Halpern, an associate JUS
tice of the Appellate Division of
the New York State Supreme
Court, is the United States expert
on the United Nations Subcommis-
sion on Prevention of Discrimina-
ton and Protection of Minorities.
The subcommission has been
meeting here for three weeks, and
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
Ghana Head
Asks u. S.
Cooperation
New Nations Premier
Tells Of Bond To
America AS Nixon
Presents Gift

Accra, Ghana, Mar. 12-Kwame
Nkrumah, Prime Minister of this
nation, told Vice President Richard
NJ. Nixon today that he would need
the cooperation" of the United
States to make Ghana successful.
Mr.. Nixon called on Mr.. Nix
rumah at the State House at noon
to present a 2,000-volume techni-
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
chana Is The 9th
Nation In The
Commonwealth

The independence of Ghana, the
former Gold Coast, and its entry
into the British Commonwealth of
wholly sovereign nations brings
the membership of the unique in
ternational combine to nine states.
Four of these joined the Common
wealth in the period since the end
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16

Mississippi's belief that she Is
evolving into predominantly
white state was shaken severely
during the past week, according
to a recent article by Tim Parker
of the Associated Press.
Only last August, an expert said
so many Negroes were leaving the
state that whites might out-num-
Der Negroes by two to one in 1866.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-03-16
vice-Presiident
Nixon In Top Hat
Reached Liberia
Protocol Demands
Formally Despite
Sweltering Heat; Car
Cooler Breaks Down

MONROVIA, Liberia, Mar. 12.-
Vice President Richard M. Nixon
arrived in steaming Liberia today
in top hat, cutaway and striped
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Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-11-26
Area Schools Are
Repres sen+ed At
OEA Convention

Area schools were among those
from all over the state who attend
ed the Ohio Education Association
last week in Columbus. Several
schools were represented at the diff
ferent groups within the associa-
ton.
Miss Miriam LeBeau was the
representative from the London
City Schools as the official dele
gate to the convention. Delegates
from Madison County Schools were
Miss Anne Dickerson, elementary
supervisor and John Hines, Mid
way principal.
Among the others attending from
here were ]. j. Hartley, London
City School Superintendent, Rolla
d. Webster, Madison County Sup
erintendent and Miss Mildre d
Howsmon, principal of the London
Elementary School. The Alternate
Delegates from Madison County
were Kenneth Coe and John Pear
son.
During the weekend Jacob Kanel
attended a meeting of Ohio Ath-
! letic Directors at Ohio State Uni
versity.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-11-26
New Office Created, Two
Others Merged In Council
Session Thursday Night
Burglars Entered
School; Escaped
With About $500

Burglars entered the Superinten-
dents office at London High
School sometime after closing
Monday afternoon and opening
time Tuesday and made their exit
with approximately $500 in cash
from the school safe, according to
Superintendent Joseph ]. Hartley
and London Police Chief German
Clark.
Chief Clark said the work show
ed evidence of being done by pro-
fessional burglars. The combina-
ton was punched from the closet
type safe and the doors pried off
to gain access. Records which had
been stored in the safe were scat
tered all over the office, but few, if
any, were destroyed.
Supt. Hartley said the cash talk
en- from the safe represented petty
cash, cafeteria funds and cash be-
longing to several school organiZa-
tions. None of the cash was cover.
ed by insurance but the damage tc
the school property was covered
Supt. Hartley pointed out that
the amount taken was more thar
is normally kept in the safe, anc
that part Of the funds were already
prepared to be taken to the banl
early Tuesday
No information was available al
TO the method used in gaining en-
trance TO the main building. The
burglary was reported to Londor
Police early Tuesday morning by
the janitor, who was making hi
normal rounds.
Chief Clark called the Bureau o
Criminal Investigation and Identi
fication in to aid in the inspection
for clues.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-11-26

Automobile accidents kept law
enforcement officers busy over the
weekend as the Highway Patrol,
Madison County Sheriff's Deputies
and the West jefferson Police De-
partment reported accidents. No
fatal wrecks were reported, but in
juries were reported in those by
the Sheriff's Department and the
Highway Patrol.
According to Deputy Robert
Henry a car driven by Lawrence
Conley, Mechanicsburg, left the
road on a curve late Saturday in
Turing the driver seriously but
leaving a passenger uninJured.
Henry said the car was apparently
travelling at high rate of speed
on curve when a tire blew, caus-
ing the wreck. Conley was hospital
lied. Henry said the accident is
still under investigation for infor-
nation on drivers license and the
possibility of driving while under
the influence of alcohol.
West jefferson Police Chief John
z. Sharp said car driven by Jesse
]. Kelly, West jefferson, went out
of control late Friday and struck
utility pole, breaking the pole and
causing considerable damage to the
car. Kelly was not injured. Sharp
said break line apparently broke
while the car was in the process
of negotiating a curve. Sharp also
listed two arrests for driving with
improper license plates and one ar
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-11-26
Funds Received
Here For School
Settlement Cash

Checks for the fourth quarterly
settlement to schools were received
here last week for both the London
Schools and the Madison County
School System. The funds came
from the State Board of Education
to the local school districts.
London City Schools received q
check for $35, 1852 while Madison
County Schools received a total of
S101, ,58S.84 to be divided among the
schools. The division was: Somer-
ford, S3,067. So; Madison South Dis
trict, S18,01411; Jonathan Alder,
S28, ,902.05; Jefferson, S3O,437. 20;
Fairfield-Mt. Sterling, $50, 0,730.25
and Deercreek, S43765.
Checks are being mailed from
the Madison County Superintend-
ent's office, to the local schools,
for the amounts apportioned to the
particular schools.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-11-26
Red Raiders Honored Here
With Thursday Mite Dinner

Thursday night was awards night
for London High Schools Red
Raider football team, and fans fill
ed the High School Cafeteria to
capacity for the annual banquet,
which is given as an honor to the
boys who made the season of pleas
ure which it was for the boys.
After the normal round of intro
ductions by emcee Richard Tracy,
Coach Jim Bowlus presented the
letters and other honors. The
speaker for the evening was Head
Football Coach Paul Hoerneman,
Heidelberg University. He empha-
sized the Importance of the athletic
programs to schools and communi-
ties, telling the major differences
between athletes and non-athletes
when the going is rough. Coach
Hoerneman called upon his own ex-
periences to tell the group of Incl
dents in which training through
sports has made definite changes
in people and personalities, and the
lives of all connected with specific
people.
During the presentation program
Coach Bowlus made awards as fol-
lows:
Three year scroll to Gary Miller;
two year buckle to Richard Abner,
William Duffy, Don Fugett, Bud
Tingley and Steve Wicker. Man
ayers buckle went to Alvin Holton
and the managers letter went to
Russell Vander1nark
One year-Letter went to Gerald
Arrick, David Bell, Larry Cheese
man, Nick Creath, Dean Crego,
David Fades, Fred Fellure, Richard
Garrison, Andy Hart, James Hen
nigan, Phil Henry. Richard Hunter,
Max Mouser, Danny Policy, Jerry
Roberts. Harold Scurry and Roger
Reynolds.
Service Letters were awarded tc
Bailey Baynes, Tom Cummins, Lar
ry Lott, Gary Reynolds, Larry Rob-
erts and Don Wilson.
Continued on Page Two)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-11-26

Noble pointed out that previous
studies indicate definite need for
the West Freeway in view of Co
lumbus' growth and the tremend-
Gus increase in traffic volumes.
This report represents, there
FORE" he stated, "only next rou-
tine step in determining the most
feasible general location of the pro
posed traffic artery"
The Freeway, the report stated
technically comprises" one of
the radial connecting roadways be-
tween the two belt expressways
(innerbelt and outerbelD and
the relocation of US 40 from State
Route % in Madison County to the
Outerbelt in Franklin County"
The report, compiled by Praeger-
Kavanagh of New York, outlines
two possible routes-each with a
variation at the eastern end. Most
strongly recommended is the 1917
mile line which starts at the
Spring-Sandusky Interchange and
heads west, north of present US
40, to a point just west of State
Route %.
The second route outlined begins
at the Mound-Sandusky Inter-
change, which will be under con-
struction within a matter of weeks.
and heads west, south of present
40, to just beyond State Route %
The western terminus of both
the south and north" routes is
at the same point, while the eastern
terminal is not.
A variation of the north" route
would carry the West Freeway into
the Innerbelt at the Mound-San-
dusky Interchange instead of the
Spring-Sandusky Interchange. And
variation of the south" route
would carry the new highway into
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-11-26
Accidents Keep Weekend Active
Patrol And Police Investigated
Several Wrecks In Heavy Traffic

rest for having no drivers license,
State Highway Patrolmen said
Doris June Matheson, %, Canton,
was charged with driving left of
center as result of an accident
at loo a. m. Saturday. She was
driving south on Route AZ when
she struck a car, northbound, driv-
en- by Julia Moon, %, Cleveland.
The driver and two passengers in
the Moon car were injured. The
accident occurred about seven
miles south of Plain City, accord
ing to the reports.
Later Saturday morning a car
driven by Paul v. Baker, 81, Co
lumbus, struck fence on Route
665 and caused considerable dam
age to both the car and the fence
A passenger in the car, John Stone,
also Columbus, was slightly injur-
ed. No charges were filed in the
incident.
vi oulIudy Col nlNSH Dy Lu-
gene w. Green, 81, Mt Sterling
sideswiped a car driven by Free
man w. Justice, Route 2, Mt. Sterl.
ing causing minor damage but nc
injuries. No arrest was made in the
accident, according to the reports
from the State Highway Patrol.
State Patrol also reported the ar
rest of Clarence H. Mathena, Dub
lin, on charge of driving Will,
intoxicated. He was fined $100 ant
costs plus three days in Jail il
London Mayors Court.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1957-11-26
Farmers Tour Beef Operations During
Visits To Area Producers FRIDAY

Twenty-Five farmers attended the
fall beef cattle tour, according to
John Moore, Agricultural EXten-
sion Agent.
The first stop was made at the
Charles Cecil farm where he show
ed the group his temporary silo
filled with corn silage and group
of long yearling steers being fed
corn silage, corn and cob meal and
supplement.
The second stop was made at the
Prison Farm where r. B. Eckle
superintendent, and Carl ]. Bailey,
farm foreman, showed the group
two groups of cattle, told about
their feeding and slaughtering pro-
gram. We also visited their swine
feeding setup and the slaughtering
plant.
The third stop was made on the
Marie Byers farm, owner, and
Howard Beathard and Waite r
Bethel, tenants, where they observ-
ed group of forty-five beef calves
self feeding from a new bunker
silo, plus light feed of grain.
Fourth stop was made at the
Forrest and Clemens setup where
the group saw feed bunk with an
automatic conveyor in the bottom
and a group of fifty beef calves on
feed.
The fifth stop was made at the
Dave Wing farm where they saw
group of calves shipped in from
West Virginia, plus native purchas-
ed calves, beef brood herd with
native calves and their automatic
feeding setup, feeding from two
different silos.
The last stop was made at Paul
Overturf's. Paul showed his system
of feeding from a silage cart built
on a track above his feed bunk, his
new pole barn, and native and
purchased cattle on feed
The beef tour committee includ-
ed Joe Hook, Fl. w. Rogers and
Bud Putnam.