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and Fund for Negro students, I'M
der a $4,000 grant from the
Fund for the advancement of Edu-
cation. The fund was set up by the
Ford Foundation.
More than 5000 high school
seniors in IS Negro high schools
in the 45 cities were given the
scholastic aptitude tests, the re-
port said. They were chosen by
their school officials from the top
10 per cent of high school grades.
"In almost all of the schools this
was the first time that students
Continued on Page Four)
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has appointed two Negro bishops
both Africans, to administer do
ceses in the Dark Continent.
The latest additions to the Ro.
man Catholic episcopacy are The
Most Revs. Dieudonne Yongbare
bishop of Koupela, French West
Africa, and Pierre Kimbondo, aux
iliary bishop of Kisantu, Belgian
Congo.
Bishop Youngbare, a priest for
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
Students Accuse
Barber OF Bias

Maplewood, N. j., Feb. 18-Fif-
teen students from Columbia High
School staged a silent demonstra-
ton in barber shop here this
afternoon, protesting what they be-
lieved to be discrimination against
an exchange student from Sudan.
The group filed into the Maple
Barber Shop at 81 Baker Street.
No one answered when the barber,
Daniel Vitello, asked whether they
wanted haircuts. Sensing their pur-
Continued on Page Seven)
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Adds ABABA, Ethiopia, Feb
Is. - Emperor Halle Selassie ac-
cused Egypt of fomenting subver-
sion in Ethiopia. The Emperor
said President Camel Abdel Mas
ner's Government was trying to
stir up the large Moslem minority
in Ethiopia with a view to dismem-
bering this Christian kingdom on
the lofty strategic roof of East
Africa.
There has been considerable
slackening of Egyptian propaganda
since the Suez crisis, "but it still
continues" the Emperor said.
Last November, Ethiopia de-
manded the recall of the Egyptian
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
Louis Armstrong Keeps On Playing
As Dynamite Blast Hits Concert

Knoxville, Tenn. Feb. 20 (Spec-
iaD - A bomb versus a horn in
Tennessee and the horn won.
1t was Louis Armstrong on the
platform and he made the blast
part of the beat.
The Negro trumpet player was
performing before a segregated au-
dience in the auditorium in Knox
Vile, Tennessee, when a bomb went
off within 100 yards of the hall
Tuesday night.
A wave of shock ran through the
audience, but Armstrong and his
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
SELASSIE ACCUSES NASSER
OF SUBvERSI0N IN ETHIOPIA

Military Attache Lieut.. Col. All
med Add ell Aziz Hilmi. The col
onel was alleged to have sought
recruits for the Egyptian Army
from among Ethiopian Mcslems
He has not been replaced.
Alleged Mismanagement Cited
Ethiopian officials say Cairo
propaganda stresses the alleged
mistreatment of Moslems. The
long-range aim of the subversive
program, the Philippians charge, is
detachment of heavily Moslem
areas in southeast Ethiopia and
incorporation of these areas with
a Greater Somalia" subservient
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23

New York-A report of a schol-
arship project says southern Ne
groes from segregated high schools
show up poorly on college aptitude
tests but catch up quickly once they
get into college.
The report was based on a two
year project in 45 southern cities.
1t also included follow-up study
of 167 out of 523 Negro students
who were helped by the project
to go to colleges outside the
South.
The project was carried out by
the National Scholarship Service
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23

ensemble never missed beat n
their rendition of Back O. Towr
Blues"
The trumpeter = often called
"Satchmo' = paused few sec.
onds after the blast just long
enough for a word to his audience
He said, "It's okay folks. 1t was
just my telephone ringing"
The blast tore five-foot hole
in the ground outside the auditor
ium but no one was hurt. A
park patrolman indicated he
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
1000 Negroes
Are Arrested
In johannesburg
Group Charged With
Illegally Sleeping
Inside Town

johannesburg, South Africa, FEB.
Is - About 1000 Negroes were
arrested early today when police
men raided a city-owned hotel in
search of persons illegally sleep
ing in town.
Officials sail a number involved
in the six-week old Negro bus
boycott were avoiding the eight
to ten-mile walk to their segregated
outlying townships. A police of
fetal said petty crime had in
creased in the city and other raids
would be carried out.
The Negroes were charged with
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23

Richmond, Va, Feb. Is (SpeciaD
No city, north or south, has eli
minated racial segregation as COM
pletely as the District of Columbia,
Val ]. Washington, director of mi
norities for the National Republi-
can Committee, declared Thursday,
Speaking to some 900 Virginia
Union University students at q
Negro History Week program in
Coburn Hall, Mr.. Washington said
the return of the Republican party
to the policies of Abe Lincoln is
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23

Governor Raymond Gary, We'd
nesday, appointed Editor Roscoe
Dunjee, of the Black Dispatch, a
member of the Oklahoma Semi
Centennial Commission.
In a letter received Thursday
morning, including Dunjee's COM
mission, signed by the Governor
and Andy Anderson, secretary of
state, Governor Gary said:
1T is with pleasure and satisfac-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
See Bus Boycott
Gain In South
Africa Despite
Govt Opposition
Protest Movement
Becoming More
National In Scope

johannesburg, South Africa, Feb.
ia significant step was taken
last week toward turning the Ne
gro Bus Boycott here into Ma
tional Protest movement.
Several thousand Negroes at
Port Elizabeth, an Indian Ocean
Port, and manufacturing center 700
miles away began walking to work
in sympathy with the boycott here
which started on January 7th, rails
Continued on Page Five)
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Governor Names Dunjee Member Of
Okla. Semi CentenniaI Commission

ton that l hereby appoint you a
member of the Oklahoma Semi
Centennial Commission. You will
find attached your commission.
When able, conscientious citi-
zens are willing to accept the re-
sponsibilities of public duties it can
only result in the betterment of the
services of government"
The Black Dispatch editor imme-
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
Rocky Gives
$4,000 To
Louis Fund

Kenosha, Wis. Former heavy,
weight champion Rocky Marcianc
said here last week that he will
donate $4,000 in television fees tc
the newly organized Joe Louis
Fund.
Rocky made the announcement
as he attended the fourth annual
Holy Name sports night in Holy
Rosary school. Marciano was feted
at the dinner and received a plaque
citing him for his contribution to
CONTINUED on Page Two)
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Val Washington Sees End OF
Segregation In Washington Complete

responsible for the new interest
of Negroes in the party today"
He listed gains made by the Re-
publican party in eliminating seq
regation in hotels, schools and the
fire department in Washington and
praised President Eisenhower's
civil rights program.
Eisenhower believes the time
has arrived for civil rights to be
taken off the stump and put on
the statute books. He plans to do
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23

WASHINGTON. - The National
Education Association has suggest
ed to Congress a compromise of
conflicting formulas for distribut-
ing proposed federal school con-
struction aid to the states.
Earl ]. McGrath, former United
States Commissioner of Education,
urged the lawmakers to take the
middle ground" between propos-
ais for flat grants based solely
on Sabotage population and vari-
able grants on state needs.
Speaking for the NEA before q
House education subcommittee, Mr..
McGrath proposed a combination
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
hCCJ AssaiIs
Hate Literature
Sweeping u. 5.

Chicago = The National Con-
ference of Christians and Jews
unleashed a blast of racial bi,
gotry last week and cited the
dangerous" and uncontrolled
streams Of hate literature that il
flooding all sections Of the coun,
try.
In their publication, the News
letter." the NCCJ termed the new
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
Negro Leaders
Threaten March
On Washington
Unless President
Speaks To South
On Race Violence
Request Renewed Al
New Orleans Meetin,

New Orleans, La. Feb. IS = Ne
gro leaders say they envision thou
sands of praying people marching
to Washington unless President
Eisenhower speaks out to the
South on segregation violence.
The warning came to the Presi-
dent in kilograms sent by the
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
Attack Negro
Home In Detroit

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 18.-A police
guard was placed at the home of
a Negro woman here last week
who moved into a previously all
white neighborhood Feb. 1st, after
dispensing a protesting crowd as
sembled before the house.
The woman, Mrs. Ethel Watkins,
a widow, was undisturbed for the
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
Mrs. Martin Luther King Special Guest
At NCNW Brotherhood Luncheon

ceived a scholarship to the New
England Conservatory of Music in
Boston, graduating in June, 1854.
with a major in voice and music
education.
In June, 1863, she married DR..
Martin Luther King, Jr. of Atlanta
who is now minister of Dexter Ave-
nue. Baptist Church in Montgomery.
Alabama, and President of the
Montgomery Improvement Asso-
citation. The union has been blessed
with year old daughter, Yolanda
Denise.
While in Antioch College, Mrs.
King made her debut in the musical
field at Second Baptist Church in
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23

Washington, DC. Feb. Is 49,
Congress was urged last week to
grant more federal aid to schools
than proposed either by President
Eisenhower or the Democrats.
The proposal was made by the
American Federation of Labor, the
CLIO, and American for Democratic
Action.
Andrew J. Biemiller, speaking
for the labor group, denounced
President Eisenhower's S1,300,0O0,-
900 school construction program as
entirely inadequate. He said even
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23

Washington, D. C.-Mrs. Martin
Luther King, Jr. (Coretta Scott
King) will be one of the special
guests at the Annual Brotherhood
Luncheon of the National Council
of Negro Women, Saturday, Feb
ruary %, 1857 at 1890 P. M,
which will be held in the Capitol
Plaza Room of the Continental
Hotel in Washington, D. c.
Born in Marion, Alabama, Mrs.
King was graduated from Lincoln
High School as valedictorian;
awarded scholarship to Antioch
College in Yellow Springs, Ohio
where she received her Liberal
Arts training with major in ele-
mentary education. Later she re-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
NEA OFFERS COMPROMISE on
FEDERAL SCHOOL AID Bill

of the two formulas.
The NEA compromise would dis
tribute fixed grants to all states
according to the <umber Of chill
dren, with additional "equalizing"
grants going to states according
to their relative financial ability
to pay for needed classrooms.
Under such a formula, Mr.. Nc
Grath said wealthy" states like
New York and California would re-
ceive 1914 per child while poorer"
states like Mississippi and Ark
ansas would receive up to $22.07
per child.
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
Negro Professor
SaysPressure
In North Worse
Than South

DIES MONIES, Iowa.-A Negro
educator predicted Negroes will be
happier anywhere in the South
than in cities of the North within
Is years.
DR.. Alvin D. Loving, 40, Flint
Mich, said "the southern white
Continued on Page Four
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
Congress Urged TO Greater School, Aid

the S3,600,000,000 democratic SUBJ
stitute would build only $4,000 new
class rooms.
The National Director Of the
ADA, Edward D. Hollander, called
the administration proposal penn
pinching, a half-starved bill with
the marks of the budget wringer
still fresh upon it. He called for
s1-billion a year school con-
struction bill, at least for the next
four years.
In testimony before a House
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
Negro Newsman
Who Went ToRed
China Despite
State Department
Objection Is
Back Home
Say Next Move On
Passport Up To
Department

New York, Feb. IS. - William
Worthy, Jr., Negro reporter who
went to Communist China in the
face of State Department disap-
prevail, arrived in New York last
week shortly after his return to
the United States.
At Logan international Airport
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-02-23
North Carolina
Physician Draws
Five Years On
Abortion Rap
Testimony Given By
Young School Teacher

Winston Salem, \. c., Feb. IS
DR.. James P. Hightower, the 40
year old naturopathic physician of
1928 Manchester St., who had been
accused of using drugs and instru-
Continued on Page Two)
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-11
Fishing
With Bows
and Arrows
By JAMES BTRCHFIELD

C A I'M Low. Remember water reflections tricky
"A and you'll miss him II you don't aim low"
Leon Cool was talking he poed his A-foot boat
along the Potomac River marshes. Charlie Noxon was
poised forward ready, watching
for a carp to come waowing into the shadows.
There a "thu-n-n-g" the arrow left Charles
bow and threshng in the shallow water 10-pOund
carp found himself to Charles bow
by 80 feet Of heavy nylon line.
Leon and Charlie old hands at shooting carp with
the primitive weapons of the American Indians We were
being initiated into the sport following in another boat
and Leon was talking to US, rather than to Charlie
you've got to keep sharp lookout" Leon said 1.-The
carp high tide and they like to gulp about in
the marsh weeds You won't get second chance at one
You'll hear him threshing about and maybe you
will I'm sticking out Of the water You've got to
shoot fast" CONTINUED
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
Woman, Real Busy
At Tokyo Settlement

TOKYO -NC - One of the busiest Americans In
this teeming crossroads of the Far East is a Rockville, Md,
woman who has a schedule that occupies all her waking
hours.
Weekdays, from eight to five, Isabel McGolrick has
charge of the locator service at the Far East Area head
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
TwO Nuns Mark
SiLuer JubiIees

Two Franciscan nuns, formerly
of Portsmouth, are noting their
silver jubilees in the religious
order.
The two are Sister M. Agnesine,
the former Miss Catherine Dup
lain and Sister M. Cecilia, the for
mer Miss Catherine Switalski.
Both are former members of st.
Mary parish, Portsmouth.
Sister Cecilia has been assign
ed to st. Joseph convent, Ironton,
o., and Sister Agnesine to the
Queen of Angels convent, Austin,
MINI.
The two celebrated their ami,
versaries at ceremonies held last
Sunday in the Chapel of Our Lady
Of Lourdes, Rochester, MINI.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
Missionary Cites Great Need
For Strong Lay Apostolate

LOVELAND, Ohio - NC)
Catholics cannot afford to
be isolationist in their think
ing if they wish to build a
strong lay apostolate, a for
mer missionary in Asia said
here.
Father Nicholas Maestrini
regional superior of the Mis-
sionaries of SIS. Peter and
Paul P.LM.E.),a addressed students
at the Grailville summer session
here. Granville prepared young
women to become lay apostles.
More than 225 young women
from the United States and for
eign countries heard Father Macs
TRIM: They then discussed the
possibilities of an interchange of
young women in the lay apostle
late.
Father Maesfrini, who was q
missionary editor and publisher
in Hong Kong. said: at is inn
psrative today that Catholic lay
people think in terms Of fhe
whole world and that they take
a very direct interest in fhe
extension Of The Church."
One form of direct interest, he
stated, is for young persons to
Ego to those countries where the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
Cardinals Plan For United
Ireland Submitted To British

A group known as the Anti
Partition of ireland League set
up among the irish commune
ties throughout Britain is sup
porting the Cardinals plan and
intends to print 10000 copies
for circulation in trade union
and political circles.
Some Members of Parliament
are also interested in the plan
and have no doubt raised it with
the various visiting Common
wealth delegations. Indian Prime
Minister JaWaharlal Nehru is re-
ported to be interested in the
idea.
The 10 Commonwealth leaders
meeting in London represented
Britain, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, India,
Pakistan, Ceylon, the Federation
of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in At
RIGA, and the worlds newest ma
ton, Ghana, on the African west
coast. They were the spokesman
of some 700,000,0 900 people of al
most every race and creed under
the sun, including around 30,000,-
600 Catholics.
Three other new independent
nations are to join them shortly:
Malaga which has only about 10O,-
600 Catholics in August this year,
and Nigeria, which has about
1000, 900 Catholics, and the Carib-
bean Federation of the old Brit
ish colonies in the West Indies,
later. The West Indies include
about 600, 900 Catholics.
Tanganyika, which has over
600, 900 Catholics, and Uganda,
with some 1900, 900 among them
await their turn to become indie
pendent members Of the Common
wealth.
According to the late Father
Bede Jarrett, O.P., the formula
for the British Commonwealth de-
cided on at an imperial confer
ence in London in 1926 was based
on the Benedictine Constitutions
Of 1907. These gave each abbey
autonomy and at the same time
unity with the other abbeys under
one rule in loyalty to a single
person. Certainly the Common
wealth has a single head, the
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19

ham University's Graduate School
Of Social Service. She plans to
make a comparison between JAP
anese and American settlement
houses for her masters thesis.
Japanese social service"
she observes, us now having
growing pains. The thinking of
! its leaders is far ahead of the
funds"
Miss McGilrock, the daughter
Of Mrs. Helen McGolrick of Rock
vile, was graduated from George
Washington University, Washing
ton, DC. in 1855, with a B.A. in
Sociology. She has been working
for the Red Cross since 1941 and
this is her third tour of the Far
East.
Until she leaves for New York's
International House, where she
will reside during her year at
Fordham, Miss McGolrick will
continue making visits to the So.
phia University Settlement House.
Every Wednesday night she
travels to the Tokyo suburb OF
Machiya and walks through the
maze of lantern lit streets to
reach the Sophia settlement and
the 900 Japanese children who
call her "O-ni-chan" dig Sister,
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
Seventh Vocation

Seventh Vocation
When Father Joseph S.
Sfenger, C.SS.R., was or
dained a r e d 9 mpforisf
priest in O c onomowoc,
Wise, he became the sew
enth member Of his family
to embrace religious life.
Six of his sisters are Sis
ters Of St. Mary, STATIONED
at hospitals in Missouri.
They are among Is chill
dren Of Mr.. and Mrs. JOS
eph c. Stenger of Glen
nonviIIe, in Southeastern
Missouri, the Catholic "col-
ony" founded by fhe late
Cardinal John J. Glen
non. Southeastern Mis-
souri, now has less than
one per cent Catholics in
the population.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
I'D of l To Honor
~
SOrrOWfuI Mother

The Ohio State Circle of the
Daughters of Isabella, is sponsor
Ing a pilgrimage to the Basilica
of Our Sorrowful Mother, in Chi
cago, on Aug. 16-17-18. Our Holy
Father, Pope Plus XII has grant
ed a Plenary Indulgence to any
one making a pilgrimage to the
Shrine in the Coronation year of
1857.
Arrangements are being made
for special trains from Column
bus, Toledo and Cincinnati. Train
will leave Columbus Friday, Aug.
l6 at 7:30 am. and arrive in
Chicago at 2:3O pm. Candlelight
Novena will be Friday, at 8 pm.
y Round trip fare from Column
bus to Chicago is approximately
$40. Room reservations may be
had for SIS per person. If any
one is interested, please contact
Miss Catherine M. Liston, Ohio
State Secretary of 3 of /, 1915
Wheeling-av, GAINESVILLE, o.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
800 Altar Society
Members attend
InUeStiture Rite

NEW PHILADELPHIA - Some
300 women of Sacred Heart
Church Altar Society participant
ed in a recent investiture service
held in the church.
In a talk during the ceremony
the Very Rev. Father Ambrose
Freund praised the members for
past work and encouraged contin.
ued activity by the Society. After
the talk, members received mem
bership pins.
Members then were served re
freshments in the parish hall.
Here 40 members, recently en-
rolled in the group, were vel
coined.
Introduced were new officers,
who begin their terms in Septem.
Der. They are: Mrs. John Ickes,
president. Mrs. AMIGO Fishio.
vice : president; Mrs. Richard
Basso, secretary: and Mrs. Carl
Baxter, treasurer.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
Xavier Affiliates
To Picnic Here

The All-Xavier University an
nual picnic in the Columbus and
Central Ohio area will be held at
Holiday Hill, on Route 81, just
northwest of Delaware, Sunday
July 81, from / to z pm.
The Xavier Dads Club has join
ed with the Xavier Alumni AS
ISOLATION and student group in
planning and preparation.
Clarence Young of the Dads
Club is general chairman.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19
Family Gives Seminary
Books On u. S. Missions

NEW ORLEANS, NC) - The
Caillouet family, which includes
the Auxiliary Bishop and the
Vicar General of the New Orleans
archdiocese, has given Notre
Dame Seminary here a 75-volume
set Of books on early Jesuit mis-
sions in America.
Entitled 'The Jesuit Relations
and Allied Documents" the
books were acquired by the late
Judge Louis Philip Caillouet,
father of the family, between
1896 and 1901. The volumes dea.
with documents from 1910 to
1891.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-07-19

influence and leadership Of Cath
clio lay people is seriously
needed"
Il have seen foreign lay apos-
ties at work in the missions" he
continued land / have seen the
extensive results of their work.
And for this reason / am con-
WINGED that the movement is not
only important but a real neces-
sity."
He said that by taking Jobs
in mission countries, lay spost-
les a influence the people by