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Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
Negro Vote
Increases In
Ga. Counties

Atlanta, Ga, July 2 Some
81 counties in this state last week
witnessed a sharp increase in the
Negro vote registration, accord
ing to records in the secretary of
states office.
In one county, Liberty, Negro
voters outnumbered whites by
nearly 400, and in general the Ne
gro vote throughout the state was
on the upgrade.
The highest Negro vote regis
tration felt was in rural counties,
rather than the big cities. Figures
reveal that last year Negro regis
tration hit an all time high of 1885,
600, representing some 10000 over
the 1854 figure.
For the two-year period this
marked a 15-per cent increase
of the Negro vote registration as
against a 2 per cent hike in white
registration.
The potency Of the Negro vote
was made manifest here recently
when a Negro alderman candidate
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Coalition Kills
California FEPc

Sacramento, Calf, July / -
Democrats and Republicans Joined
hands in the closing hours Of a
state legislative session here last
week to kill measure provid-
ing civil redress in employment
discrimination cases.
A Senate coalition Of six DEM
ocrats and Is Republicans on June
13 backed up q motion to table
a bill amended in the Assembly to
include an FEPC provision.
NAACP officials were quick to
charge that liberal Democratic
forces in the Senate sat on their
hands and did much Of nothing
during the entire 1867 legislative
session battle for FEPC."
Lester Bailey, NAACP field Sec
retary, declared: 1--WE have had
to prod the so-called 'pro-FEPC
Democratic senator's as much as
we have had to pressure conserva-
tive Republicans. The only basic
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Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
NEGRO PUBLISHERS TOLD
AMERICAN BUSINESS PARTNER
I'm FOURTH estate AND VITAL
Member -WAY-OF-LIFE team
Moss Hendrix Dinner Host AT NnPA
Convention In Columbus, Ohio
Governor Of Ohio And Mayor Among
The Convention Speakers

Through the pages of our news
papers and magazines, business
opens windows which display to
all of the free world what Amer
leans eat, wear, ride and live in
and otherwise enjoy" stated Mr..
Hendrix, while in the United
States, this advertising activity
fosters keen competitive spirit
among the producers and distribu-
tors of goods and services"
This competitive spirit" was
defined by the speaker as being
Wholesome and, in essence, a pro-
tectCr of the American ideal of
free enterprise, the backbone of
our economy" Going further, Mr..
Hendrix credited advertising with
enabling publications to sell at
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Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06

Columbus, Ohio, July MEM
bers of the National Newspaper
Publishers Association, represent
ing the nations Negro newspapers.
meeting here last week, heard
American business termed part
ner in the Fourth Estate" and a
vital member of "our-way-of life
team"
Speaking before the opening din
ner session of the NNPA's annual
convention at the Seneca Hotel.
Moss H. Hendrix. Washington, D..
! c., public relations man, declared
that "due to the vast and dynamic
advertising programs engaged in
by American business, our-way-of-
life is better known, worldwide.
than any other system of civiliza-
ton"
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
FIRST NEGRO NAMED TO
STAFF OF BILLY GRAHAM

NEW YORK, N. Y, July l.
For the first time a Negro has
been named to serve on the Billy
Graham Crusade team.
He is the Rev. Howard Jones,
a 2s.year-old clergyman on leave
of absence from the Smoot Memoir
ial Christian and Missionary AL
lance Church in Cleveland.
Mr.. Jones will serve as an as
sociate evangelist on DR.. Graham's s
thirty-five member team.
DR.. Graham indicated that the
young minister might also serve in
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06

future crusades in the North as
we'll as in the South.
He said that Mr.. Jones had per-
formed magnificent job conduct
ing revivals in Nigeria, Liberia and
other African areas"
Recently, DR.. Graham announced
that he had not conducted seq
regated crusade in the South since
the Supreme Court banned discrim-
ination in the public schools in
1854. He added that he would de-
cline invitations to conduct segre-
gated revivals.
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
Presidents Com.
On Government
Contracts Is
HitBy NAACP
Charge Group
Fails To Enforce
Committee Edicts

DETROIT, Mich, July 1.-The
labor secretary of the National AS
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People criticized today
President Eisenhower Committee
on Government Contracts.
Herbert Hill, the NAACP of
ficial, asserted that there were bla-
tant and widespread violations of
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Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
BISHOP D. WARD NICHOLS is
SUSPENDED BY GENERAL BOARD
FOLLOWING CHARGES MADE BY
PRESIDING ELDER RETURNS
FLORIDA TO MAP DEFENSE PLANS
New Flock Of Charges Filed Against
Bishop By Ex-President OF College
Senior Bishop S. L. Green Sets
Date For Hearing On July 3Oth

Jacksonville, Fla, July l. In
spite of the fact that he was sus-
pended by the General Board of the
A. NJ. E. Church at its meeting in
New York June 1919, Bishop D.
Ward Nichols, presiding prelate of
the Eleventh Episcopal District of
the A. NJ. E. Church, was back in
Florida this week. Upon arriving
in the state the suspended bishop
hurriedly called meeting at the
office of his lawyer at Edward
Waters College, both located in
Jacksonville. The meeting with
his lawyer was attended by several
presiding elders and pastor, sup
posedly those whom the bishop
considers friendly to him while
that called at the college was one
to which all ministers of the con-
ferences in his district were or
dered to attend.
w. B. Stewart, former president
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tertaining, he took to photography
with his usual verve and is now a
member of the American Society
of Magazine Photographers, open
only to professionals, evidence of
his great skill with a camera.
pop ULAR PHOTOGRAPHY
notes that Mr.. Davis has never
used his own name when submit
ting his pictures-to they've won
their accolades on their own merits,
not on those of his show business
reputation.
POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY de-
votes five pages to Davis best color
and black-and-white photographs,
offering an excellent insight into
the highly successful hobby of one
of our most popular stars.
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
KANSAS CITY NEWSPAPER Man
Is VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK

Columbus, Ohio, July 1-Dowdal
H. Davis, Jr., general manager of
the Kansas City Call died of a
heart attack here early Friday
morning, June 21. He had arrived
1ere Thursday morning to attend
the session of the National News
paper Publishers Association. He
was 43 years old.
Following the official functions
pf the opening day of the con-
yention, Mr.. Davis had gone to
she home of DR.. H. E. Wedding
Jon with few friends for a visit.
He was stricken about 8 am. First
lid was administered by DR.. We'd
#iington, but Mr.. Davis passed
rithin i2 minutes.
Officials and delegates of the
association were stunned. None
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Y Building
Plans COMPLETED

Plans were completed last Fri
day for the construction of a new
Negro YMCA building here when
the contract for the building was
signed with members of the Gen.
eral Board, and of the Parish
Street Branch taking part in the
ceremony.
The new building, which will co. 5
around $4,000 will be built at the
corner of Parish and Monument
streets on the property adjoining
the Paris Cleaners. The building
is designed so that additions may
be added to meet future needs.
Work on the building is ex-
pected to begin at an early date.
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
bovcott To Protest
Purge Of uskegee
Negro Voters

Tuskegee, Ala, July / - White
merchants in the Tuskegee area
faced q large-scale economic boy
colt after Negroes, who make up
the bulk Of the population, agreed
to retaliate to an effort to elimi-
nate them from the voters lists.
More than 1000 Negroes attend
ed q mass meeting at q rural
church Tuesday night and pledged
to support the prior to the meet
ing, but the agreement appeared
likely to organize and expand it.
This city, the site Of famed Tus-
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Paris, July l Unmistakable
signs are appearing that Frances
grip on it's vast African territories
south of the Sahara Desert is weak
ening.
One indication relates to the fam
Gus "Loi Cadre," the new Consti-
tuition for French Africa which the
French Parliament voted in Febru-
airy, 1927. 1t granted considerable
authority for local self-government
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06

the nation in educational and Re-
ligious circles, and have long beesl
active in the civic and political af-
fairs in the state. He was at one
time president of the state confer
enee of NAACP branches.
The survivors included his wife,
Mrs. Julia Bender, also a member
of the Tougaloo College staff, a
son and daughter, several grand
children, and other relatives.
The funeral service will be held
at 10 o'clock Friday morning in
the Chapel of Tougaloo College.
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06

was in effect racial discrimination
by the state and a violation of the
14th Amendment. The case was
sent back to the Pennsylvania Su-
preme Court for further proceed
ings not inconsistent with this
opinion"
The will of Stephen Girard
states that only male, white or
phans" are to be admitted to the
school, which he founded.
Mr.. Dilworth wrote the board
which administers the Girard es-
tate, urging it to stop fighting
the high court decision.
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
nkruma Cancels
Visit ToLiberia

Monrovia.-It has been learned
that Prime Minister Nkrumah who
is enroute by steamer from Ghana
to London for the Conference of
Commonwealth Ministers, will not
stop for visit in Liberia as it
had been rumored he would.
No word as to the reason for
the change of plans, which per-
haps had not been solidified, has
been available.
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
REV. WA. BENDER DIESSUDDENL, !,

Rev. w. A. Bender died suddenly
at his home on the Tougaloo Col
lege early Monday morning.
Returning to the house from a
small field where he had been
blowing in preparation for making
vegetable garden, to get a drink
of water, he died while seated in
Ia chair.
For many years Rev. Bender has
served on the staff of Tougaloo
college, both as an assistant to
the President. an student recruit
Ter for the Institution. He is widely
known throughout the state, and
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
House Bias
Hearing Ends

New York, N. Y, July l - The
State Commission Against Dis
elimination Friday ended its first
hearing on a complaint of dis
elimination in housing. A decision
is expected early next week.
A three man panel heard COM
plant by Norris Shervington, a
Negro, that a S158-a-month apart
ment had been denied him by IA
New Rochelle landlord, Pelham
Hall Apartments, Inc, because Of
his race. The apartment house
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Philadelphia Board BaIks Negro Issue

Philadelphia, Pa, July l The
board of city trusts in Philadelphia
has deferred action on admitting
Negro students to Girard College
iespite letter from Mayor Rich
ardson Dilworth urging the board
to comply with the United States
Supreme Court decision ordering
admission of Negroes.
8 The board said it will take no
action in the matter until it hears
from the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court. The United States high
court ruled on April 90 that the
Boards refusal to admit Negroes
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
Negro Pastor
Appointed 10 All
White Methodist
Church In Calf.
Church Congregation
Threatens To Quit
In A Body

Los Angeles, Calf, July 1-Ap-
pointment of a Negro minister to
an all-white congregation of 43-
who threaten to quit the church in
a body-has failed to alter the de-
cision of the Methodist jurisdiction
and left the minister unshaken.
The storm center is youthful
Rev. Nelson B. Higgins, Jr., ap-
pointed by the Southern California
Arizona Methodist Conference to
take over the ministry of Norman
die Avenue Methodist church.
What the fuss is all about is
confusing to the community in that
the church is located in an area at
least 40 per cent populated by
Negroes although it never has had
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Says Boycott
Is FIounderine

TUSKEGEE, Ala.-A planned
Negro boycott of white merchants
here last Thursday showed signs
of floundering before it got
started.
More than 1000 Negroes met
here Tuesday night and voted to
stage the boycott in retaliation for
legislative move to eliminate
most Negroes from the city's vot-
ing list.
at will take at least a week tc
see whether this boycott will be
successful" Sheriff A. P. Hornsby
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Y"$25-er's
Club Organized

H. P. Wilburn, chairman of the
YMCA Membership Committee
presided over the organizations
meeting of the Parish Street YIN.
CA $25-er's Club on Tuesday night
of this week in the Association
building at 919 N. Parish Street.
Others of the $25-er's Club pres.
ent were Messrs. Mamie Lewis
Sr., Ben Farrier, M. j. Lyels, H
E. Briggs, B. T. Beauchamp, H. T
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Girl Admits Rape
Story Was Hoax

Tampa, Fla. ALI was forgiven
in the case Of 16-year-old girl,
angry with her parents, who strip
ped nude and claimed she had
been attacked by a man police
first thought was a sex maniac. It
turned out to be a hoax.
The girl was found by her faith
er Wednesday, nude bound, and
gagged and supposedly beaten
when he returned home to lunch.
Police Immediately mustered forces
to scour the neighborhood for a
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Freedom For
Nigeria Advanced
In British Talks
Agree To More Self
Government But
Extends Date For
independence

London, Eng, July 1 - Britain
agreed today to broaden self-gov-
ernment in Nigeria. The step would
be taken in preparation for the pos
sible independence of the West
African dependency in 1860.
The British agreement was the
result of a conference on consti-
tutional improvements for Nigeria
that began May %. 1t was a dis
appointment to the Nigerian repre-
sentatives who had come here with
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methodiists Act
On Integration

Owensboro, KY, July l - The
Louisville Methodist annual con-
ference instructed trustees of two
colleges to open their doors to
colored.
No date was set for integration
at Kentucky Wesleyan, Owens
boro, and Lindsey Wilson at Co.
lumbia. Union, the mother Meth
odist College, in the conference
is already integrated.
Jackson advocate., 1957-07-06
Woman Held In
Knife Staying

Hattiesburg, Miss. Especially =
Catherine Basker, 26 and Martha
McCarty, so, both Negroes are be-
ing held in Forest County Jail
charged with the butcher-knife
Staying of Jessie Lee Brown, Is
Negro, Wednesday.
The Nome nugget., 1957-07-29
Bendix Race Winner Beats Speed Record

WASHINGTON, RIet ace Kenneth D. Chandler won the Bendix Air Race yesterday with a record speed performance-but he almost ran out of fuel at the end.
 Piloting a Convair FLOP inter ceptor, Air Force Capt. Chandler averaged 679 miles an hour in flying the 620 miles from Chica- go's O'Hare Field to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Elapsed time of the flight was 54 minutes, 4512 seconds.
 Chandler bested five other Air Force Pilots, all of whom flew delta-wing F-102s.
 The new Bendix record set by Chandler was 13 mph. faster than the former mark set last year by an F-1O0 from Victorville, Calf, to Oklahoma City.
 The Bendix race was one of the first events of a celebration mark ing the 50th anniversary of the US. Air Force. The celebration is sponsored by the Air Force Assn. and is scheduled to run for sever al days. The actual anniversary date is Aug. ].
The Nome nugget., 1957-07-29
Letter-Size File Folders For Sale At The Nome Nugget Office
INVITATION FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, in duplicate copy, will be received by the Director of Aeronautics. Department of Aviation. Territory of Alaska, Room POP, Glover Building, An chorage, Alaska, until 200 PM. on Aug ust 16, 1857, and then publicly opened and read for furnishing all labor and materials and performing all work for the oF an Bs1 Plans, Specifications and Project doc uments may be obtained from the above address upon deposit of ten (10) dollars. Bids must be accompanied by a certi- fled check or bid bond in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the total bid.
 The item of work required in the grading is approximately 2,0OO c.y.
 The right is reserved, as the interest of the Territory may require, to reject any and all bids and to waive any in- formality in bids received unless such bid is qualified by a specific limitation.
 TERRITORY OF, ALASKA
 DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION
 By: E. c. RogusZka,
 Acting Director of Aeronautics Publ. July 2s, Aug. 2. 5, g, 12. 1857.
The Nome nugget., 1957-07-29
Blasting Cap
 Found in Airliner Damaged in Flight

VICTORVILLE, Calif., R-The .FBI said Saturday an unexploded blasting cap was found in the airliner damaged early Thursday on flight to Los Angeles.
 Evidence found indicates "a small explosion may have oc- cured" said the FBI statement.
 An unexploded blasting cap was found in the toilet of the plane, an FBI agent said.
 The badly mangled body of passenger, hurled thru the side of the plane at the time of the ex- plosion, was found Friday on jagged, lava-strewn hill in the Mojave Desert.
 Ground searchers came upon the body of Saul F. Binstock, 62, retired jeweler from North Hol- lywood as they followed trail of airplane fragments.
 "There was nothing on the body or in his clothes to indicate what caused the explosion" one off cial said. An autopsy was ordered. The blast ripped open the side of Western Airlines wtin-engine Ccnvair early Thursday as it flew between Las Vegas and Los An geles at 10000 feet.
The Nome nugget., 1957-07-29
Alaska Delegation in Washington Sees
 Hope in Statehood Bill Postponement

welcome boost.
 Both houses of Congress have at separate times, approved state hood for Alaska and Hawaii What would now help notably would be to have expressions similar to MT. Rayburn's from other congressional authorities.
 House Minority Leader Mar tin has been personally opposed in the past to statehood for Alas ka, but the recent unequivocal stand of the Administration may have induced him to moderate his views.
 Minority Leader Knowland has supported the bill in the Sen- ate, and Majority Leader Johnson has indicated that he would bring it to vote.
 Specific promises from these leaders would help to remove the statehood question from consider ations of partisan advantage as well as to advance a cause to which both political parties are pledged in their platforms"
The Nome nugget., 1957-07-29
PRESSURE OF MODERN LIFE IS TOO MUCH

INDIANAPOLIS R|Police ar rested 46-year-old Oscar D. Fore man of Fountaintown when they found him stomping on the hood of his parked car and hammering the lenders and body with rock.
 The reason? He said he worked himself to a frazzle on his farm which was damaged badly by re- cent heavy rains, and then when he tried driving in Indianapolis traffic his nerves just wouldn't take any more.
The Nome nugget., 1957-07-29
Queen Serves Hot Dogs To Visiting Americans
 At Buckingham Palace

LONDON, RHQueen Elizabeth IT. entertained 5000 Americans today at Buckingham Palace lawn party-with hot dogs and hamburgers.
 The young Queen was clearly enjoying the surprised look on the faces of members of the American Bar Assn. and their families.
 The traditional American fare had most of the trimmings with plenty of mustard. The only thing missing was onions
 After all, my dear fellow :" explained one of the court funk eys.
The Nome nugget., 1957-07-29
Continued Hot Weather Sears Crops in Northeast
CBy The ASs00dted Press)

CBy The ASs0Hdted Pressl
 Hot humid weather, with show CTS and thunderstorms, was the outlook for broad sections of the country today.
 No general rain was in sight for the drought-stricken sections in the northeast, where damage to crops was estimated as running into the millions of dollars.
 Hot and humid weather pre- vailed in the southern plains and in most areas east of the Missis- sippi River. The seasons hottest weather was reported in sections of the plains yesterday. The mer- cury scared to 104 at Salina, Kan, and lO3 at Kansas City, Mo.
The Nome nugget., 1957-07-29
Alaska Airlines

. From Anchorage: Geo. McCaf-
 ferty, J. Dawson, Phil Holds worth, Pearl Taggart, Mrs. Alex Hartson. J. Webb, Mr. and Mrs. c. J. Morken, Fred Hensley, Ada Mae Link, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
 Brady and five children, Herbert Tresidder, Chas. Mclean, Leon Hartman, Jack Wise, Harry Bal lot, Morgan Aukongak, A. Smith.
The Nome nugget., 1957-07-29
WANTED: ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN TOP

BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE, NY, H-HaS anyone mountain top to spare?
 The director of the new Adir- ondack museum here wants to slice off the top of an Adirondack peak for exhibit.
 ''Think of all the frustrated mountain climbers who would get a kick out of looking at the gen. uine article," says the direcor, Dr. R. Bruce Inverarity.
The Nome nugget., 1957-07-29
SOCIAL SECURITY
 REPRESENTATIVE DUE

Tom Burtscher, field represen- tative of the Social Security Ad- ministration, will be in Nome on July 30. He will be available for interviews at the Wallace Hotel from pm. to g p.m on that date. Burtscher reminds women that they may now receive Social Se- curity benefits at age 62 if they desire.
The Nome nugget., 1957-07-29
Special to tie Nome Nugget

The three members of the Alaska delegation, Sens" Ernest Gruen- ing and William A. Egan, and Rep" Ralph J. Rivers, Friday provided some further informa- tion on the proposed postpone ment of the statehood bills. They wired the Nugget Gin part from Washington, D.C., as follows:
 At a meeting held Friday at tended by the Alaska Tennessee Plan senators and representatives and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, Rayburn pointed out that tempers in the House were badly frayed over highly contro- versial legislation which had greatly irritated many members in recent weeks
 Based on his long experience in the House, Raybun) insisted that the (Alaska statehood bill be deferred until the second session of this Congress. He said that whereas he had previously been opposed to statehood for Alaska he now favored it, and would give his full support when Congress reconvened and would make ev- cry effort to get the bill acted upon in January 1858.
 ''In view of these circumstances we had no alternative but to fol- low the speakers judgment. The view that this is a wise decision is reflected in a current editorial in the Washington Post, which says:
 "'Alaska Postponed headline).
 "'The decision to postpone House action on the Alaska state hood bill, far from being damag- ing, may actually prove a gain. With the civil rights debate still stalling other important legisla- tion, there is virtually no chance that the Senate will have time for fair consideration of Alaskan and Hawaiian statehood during this session.
 Speaker Rayburn may have read the temper of the House well in thinking that the prospect in that body will be more favorable next January. The important thing is that MT. Rayburn, who long has been frank opponent of Alaskan statehood, has now de- i clared that he is for it and will support it in January This is
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Monday. July 2s. 1857
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Smyrna times., 1957-08-08

part in church activities, the
Llysfasi College Students Soci-
ETY. and Young Farmers Club
public speaking contests. His in
terests and hobbies include stock
judging, rural craft work, car
pentry, engineering, photography,
football, dancing and riding.
The youth exchange is sponsor
ed jointly in the U. S. by the Ma
tional All Club Foundation, the
Cooperative Extension Service of
the U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture and land grant colleges anG
universities. The overall program
is financed by contributions of
All Clubs, civic and rural groups,
business concerns, foundations
and others interested in world
understanding.