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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28

LEvITTOWN, N. J.-(ANP)--
William Levitt, president of Levitt
& Sons, Inc, openly declared last
week that Negroes would be spe-
officially barred from purchasing
homes in the model home commun-
ity under construction. Although
Negroes would be allowed to file
applications, none would be APP
proved, he noted.
The Levittown in New Jersey Is
to be known as Levittown No. 3
and 1t was disclosed to bankers
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
Marian And erson
Film Listed In
European Festival

NEW YORK. - CHS Television
coverage of singer Marian Ander-
sons goodwill tour through Asia
and two other American films,
"Ghandi," and "FDR; Third Term
to Pearl Harbor," have been Sc
leeted as U. 8. entries in two Of
the top film festival competitions
scheduled to be held this summer
in Europe, the network announced.
Called 1.-THE Lady From Phila-
delphia," the flick spotlights Miss
Anderson's triumphant 1857 tour
Of Asia under the auspices Of the
U. s. State Department and the
American National Theatre and
Academy. 1t will be entered in
the annual Venice Film festival,
July 1927.
Also slated for the Venice fes-
tival is "Ghandi," moving tribute
to the frail man who became a
symbol of nationalism.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28

Torrance as Lieutenant Sam Log
gins in United Artists "Kings
Go Forth" wartime story woven
around the conflicts and problems
resulting from interracial romance.
Winning an Oscar for the role
Of Maggie in From Here To Eter-
nifty" has always been a source Of
tremendous satisfaction to me-"
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
First Negro
Graduates With
Honors From n. E.
High School

GREENSBORO, N. C.-With an
overall scholastic average ct 92.4,
Josephine Boyd last week became
the first Negro to be graduated
from an integrated public school
in North Carolina. Transferred
from Dudley High School last Sep
TENDER, Miss Boyd completed her
secondary education at Greensboro
Senior High School where she made
the honor roll five times.
Active in youth movements,
Miss Boyd is vice president Of the
Greensboro NAACP youth council
and secretary Of the associations
southeastern regional youth con-
ference.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
Eisenhower Maintains Silence On Plea OF Negro Leaders
u. S. Justice Dept,
Probes Deaths
Of Negroes
In Georgia
Sift Charges
Of Brutality By
Dawson Police

WASHINGTON, June 24.-The
Justice Department is making an
intensive investigation of charges
that the police in a rural Georgia
town, Dawson, have brutally mis-
treated Negroes.
The allegations include the kill
ing of two Negro men, one by
beating and one by shooting, and
the failing of a Negro woman
who protested her sons imprison-
ment.
Officials in Dawson have denied
all the charges. But the Federal
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
High Court
Praised Over
Civil Rights

New York, June 18.-Civil rights
decisions of the United State SUI
preme Court were praised last
night by Judge Irwin D. Davidson
of the Court of General Sessions.
At the commencement exercises
of the Brooklyn Law School at the
Brooklyn Academy of Music, he
told the graduates that they twill
labor with the greatest Supreme
Court this country has ever known"
The court, he said, "has shed the
scales and broken the shackles of
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
African Nation
In Grip Of
Political Turmoil

Lagos, Nigeria, June 18-Niger-
ian politics were thrown into q tur-
MOL this week over a demand for
the immediate resignation Of DR..
Nnamds Azikiwe as Prime Min
lister of the eastern region and
president of the National Council
Of Nigeria and the Cameroons.
The demand was. made in q men,
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
Methodist Body
Accepts First
Negro Minister

Baltimore, Md, June %. - The
Baltimore Annual Conference of
The Methodist Church admitted
its first Negro to membership in
its 174th session held at Westmins-
ter College, Westminster, Md.
Bishop G. Bromley Oman pre-
sided.
Forrest Christopher Stith, 1858
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
Negro Appointed Public Relations
Man For Civil Rights Commission

Their appointments were an
nounced by Gordon M. Tiffany,
staff director, who said they are
expected to become full-time en-
ployes. He added their precise IT,
ties will be determined when the
organization of the commission is
completed in July. Salaries also
will be set at that time, with the
two temporarily being paid on a
per day basis.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
SAY N0RTH'S RACE BIAS WILL
BE HARDER TO eliminate

He said: "This discrimination is
not legal, but it can be practiced
in subtle and devious ways.
However, a very encouraging
sign is the enactment in the north
ern states of laws forbidding dis
elimination against Negroes in en-
ployment.
Inevitably" he added, "discrim-
ination and segregation must dis
appear, for they ARE alien to the
American spirit and there Is a pro-
gressive awakening of public opin-
ion against them"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
SUPREME COURT JUDGE DOUGLAS
URGES PRESS Lead CIVIL RIGHTS

New York, June 19-Supreme
Court Justice William o. Douglas
called on educators and the press
yesterday to provide leadership in
strengthening civil rights.
Justice Douglas said he was
shocked at the results of polls in
dicating that many Americans did
not accept all the provisions of the
Bill of Rights. He said that they
disclosed that less than 2 per cent
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28

FAS during ceremonies in the De-
partment's auditorium. Thirty-two
others received citations and cash
awards ranging from 800 to $500.
Mr.. Cornick's citation reads !:
For consistently maintaining a
high standard Of promptness and
pleasant relations in servicing re-
quests for publications and infor-
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
$500 Award For Outstanding Service
Presented u. S. D. A. CoIored EmpIove

Washington, D. c., June PA
5000 cash award went to Edward
Cornick recently for services over
and beyond the call of duty as a
clerk in the publications section Of
Foreign Agricultural Service of the
.. s. Department of Agriculture.
The cash award and a citation
were presented to Mr.. Cornick by
Administrator Gwynn Garnett of
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
.Atty's Daughter
Passes Georgia
Bar Examination

Atlanta, Ca, June 19-Mrs. Isa-
bel Webster was successful in pas
sing the Georgia Bar to practice
law. Mrs. Webster is a graduate
Of the Boston University, School
of Law, Boston, Massachusetts.
Sixty Nine applicants passed out
Of total Of Three Hundred and
Fifty who took the examination.
Mrs. Webster is the daughter Of
Attorney c. j. Gates, Durham,
North Carolina, and will practice
in Atlanta, Georgia.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
Film With Racial Theme Puts
Sinatra Back In oscar" Derby

An Oscar-winning actor, Frank
Sinatra for example, usually lives
in the shadow of his finest hour"
Only occasionally, an extraordinary
performer is able to rise to even
higher SUBMITS of success and
line the statuettes shoulder-to-
shoulder on his mantle. The word
has filtered out that Sinatra may
do just that-with his correct per-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28

Brussels, Belgium, June 49,
An American priest declared in
an address here recently that it
would be much more difficult to
eliminate racial discrimination in
northern states than in the south
ern areas.
Msgr. Vincent w. LETTERS, direc-
tor, New York archdiocesan Pom
tifical Society for the Propagation
of the Faith, made the statement
during an address at the Holy Sees
pavilion on the Brussels interna-
tional exposition.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
Judges
Rock Decision
Major Setback
To Indignation
In Deep South
Justice Department
Intervention Studied

WASHINGTON, June 81. - A
Federal judges decision to allow
Little Rock to suspend school in
tegration was seen by Justice De-
partment officials today as a ma
jor obstacle to indignation in the
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28

Washington - Two consultants,
one a Negro, were named today to
handle public information for the
Civil Rights Commission.
They are Thomas w. Young,
Negro president and general man
ager of the Guide Publishing Co.,
Norfolk, Va; and Malcolm E.
Oliver, formerly a news reporter
here for the international News
Service.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
Minnijean
BroWn'sFather
Faces Murder
Charge

Little Rock, Ark.-The father
of Minnijean Brown, Negro girl
expelled from integrated Central
High School last spring, today
faced murder charge in connec.
ton with the pistol Staying Of a
Gs-year-old Negro man.
Willie (Bob) Brown, 81, was re-
leased on $4,000 bond yesterday
after Chief Deputy Prosecutor
Continued on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28

of the persons interviewed agreed
with all the provisions of the Bill
of Rights.
"Once we give up piece by piece
a little of the First Amendment"
he said, "a bit of the Fourth, some
of the Fifth, and so on, we start
down the totalitarian path"
Justice Douglas spoke at the
Pierre Hotel at a luncheon spon-
Continued on Page Three)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
San FRANCISc0'S FIRST NEGRO
JUDGE takes OATH OF OFFICE

San Francisco, Calf, June "a
A large crowd turned out here
last Tuesday to witness the history
making event at San Francisco's
City Hall. The occasion was the
swearing in Of the city's first Ne
gro Judge, John Wesley Bussey.
So large was the overflow crowd
in city halls largest courtroom
that several judges, public officials,
ministers, civic and social leaders
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
Georgia NAAcP
Denied Appeal
In Contempt Suit

ATLANTA.-The appeal of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People from
a contempt Of court citation was
thrown out for the second time
Monday by the Georgia Court of
Appeals.
In an opinion by Chief Judge julie
FELTON,, the court said the writ of
error was dismissed because the
CONTINUED on Page Severn
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
First Negro Named Grand Knight
OF Columbia knights Of Columbus

New York-A Negro Catholic
convert of Brooklyn has been
named Grand knight of st. Column
bia council Knights of Columbus,
1t was announced Thursday.
He Is James L. Pierce who, when
he assumes office on July for
the 195S-59 year, will be the first
Negro to head the council or hold
such an office throughout the
Catholic fraternal order.
Pierce won the distinction after
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
University Of
Florida Is Told
To Admit
Negro Students
Federal Courts
Order Ends Nine
Year Old Case

Tallahassee, Fla, June 1S-Uni-
versity of Florida graduate schools
were opened to qualified Negroes
today by a Federal District Court
order.
Judge Dozier Devane enjoined
the board of control from enforc-
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
Judge Lifts
Injunction Against
Tuskegee Civic
Association

Tuskegee, Ala, June 25.-Two
thousand Negroes are expected at
a mass meeting here tonight cele-
brating the lifting of an injunction
against the Tuskegee Civic Asso-
citation.
The Negroes Of this Macon Coun-
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28

were left waiting in the corridors.
In the audience that witnessed
the event were lawyers, former stu
dents Of the judge, and many Of
the outstanding leaders Of the city.
The new municipal Judge was
sworn into office by presiding mu-
nicipal Judge, Byron Arnold. Thos.
M. Jenkins, president of the San
Francisco Lawyers Club, was mas
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28

several years Of outstanding serv-
ice in the various ranks of the
council. He served for three years
as deputy grand knight, and is a
lieutenant in the honor guard. He
has long been active in parish and
diocesan activities, being vice-pre-
sident and diocesan union delegate
of his parish's Holy Name society.
He ID also vice-president of the
local Catholic Interracial council.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-06-28
CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION OFF TO SLOW START

SEE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION
members AND STAFF LACKING IN
CLEAR idea OF WHAT IT WILL DO
BEFORE ITS LIFE ENDS SEPT. 9, SO
Fear Of Filing Complaints By Average
Negro In South Seen Putting Burden
Of Complaints On Ministers
And Other Negro Leaders
Role Of State Advisory Committees
Also Seen Not Precisely Defined
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-08-07

The post office ran out of stamps
but the rush still went on late last
week as Bluffton residents hurried to
beat the change in postage rates. The
supply of one-cent stamps was COM
pletely exhausted for a short time as
many people bought these stamps to
meet the one-cent postage boost which
outdated the supply of stamps which
they had on hand.
Late mailings on Wednesday and
Thursday of last week literally
swamped the local post office, post
master Ralph Stearns reported.
On July 30, 1000 pieces of mail
were cancelled in the Bluffton office
and the following day - the last un-
der the OLD rates - 3,014 pieces were
cancelled. On August /, the first day
under the new rates, only lilo pieces
went through the cancelling machines.
Metered mail from several Bluftton
industries and business places operat-
ing postage meter came swarming
into the office, giving dispatchers ev-
en- more work to handle.
Mr.. Stearns estimated the local Oh
flee handled over 10000 pieces OF
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-08-07
RemodeIing
CONTINUED from p. y

beng remodeled and great deal of
plasterng and painting is being done
throughout the building. A number
of doors are being replaced.
The basement of Ropp hall will be
completely refinished to provide rec
reation and activity rooms both for
residents and non-residents.
The old Ropp hall kitchen will be-
come a laundry and a kitchenette
for the incoming residents. A rec
reation area is also being added
here.
Offices and activity rooms for the
Witmarsum, and the 1sta and the
Student Christian association rooms
are being created in the old dining
room near the High street entrance
to the Ropp hall basement.
Besides the renovation of the build
ings a general cleanup program is
also being conducted throughout the
campus. Some sidewalks on College
avenue will be replaced and a mum.
ber of diseased elm trees near Little
Riley creek have been taken out.
The old parking lot behind Ropr
hall will be Handicapped and only a
delivery alley will remain here for
cars and trucks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-08-07
Former Pandora
Airport Operator
Takes BIG Post

The former operator of the Pandora
Airport and the Ohio Dusting Co.,
Vernon A. Wick, has been hired by
Bowling Green State university as
university designated flight operator.
In this capacity Mr.. Wick will as
sumo responsibility for the operation
of the University Airport.
A native of Columbus, Mr.. Wick
served as a BIZ pilot in the Sth Air
Force in England during World War
II. After the war he was flight in
structor for rVo years at Ono State
university.
At the University airport Mr.. Wick
will be in charge of flight instruction
for the Air Force Reserve Officers
Training Corps cadets, and will at
tempt to increase the interest il
flight training for other students anC
university staff members.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-08-07
Dan Badertscher,
st. Marys, Dies

Final rites were conducted in ST.
Marys Tuesday afternoon for Daniel
Badertscher, 81, who died Saturday
morning at the home of his niece,
Miss Clara Finke in ST. Marys.
Born May 9, 1876, in Iowa, he was
the son of the late Rev. Christian
and Marian Gratz Badertscher. He
had lived in st. Marys since his
school days.
MIR. Badertscher is a brother of
Samuel Badertscher, Bluffton and
leaves another brother, SilaS Of St,
Marys.
Attending the funeral services from
here were Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Badert'
scher, MIR. and Mrs. Walter Badert'
scher, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Badert'
scher, Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Zimmer
man, Dwight Frantz, and Wilmer
Badertscher.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-08-07
United Fund
Continued from p. u

The surplus from last years drive
has been held in escrow, ready for
use in an emergency. 1t can also be
used to make up any deficits in
future drives.
The largest increase was granted
to the Girl Scouts, whose $1,48S.03
compares with $710 budget last
year. The Girl Scouts also received
a $500 emergency grant from United
Fund this spring. Representative of
the group said they are being asked
to make larger contributions towards
the purchase of campsite to serve
Girl Scout troops in the entire area.
FOUR NEW TRUSTEES
Four new trustees were also added
to the United Fund executive board.
Mrs. Nelson Diller will fill the posi-
ton left vacant by the impending res
ignation of Sidney Stettler. Other new
trustees are Mrs. Evan Basinger,
Don Kagy and Richard Cookson.
Mr.. Balmer said the expansion of
United Fund TO include new groups
made it possible for the board of
trustees to be increased. He said
several other trustees may be added
to the board before the fall campaign
begins.
One of the major goals of UF
officials before the start of the fall
campaign is to improve their So
licitation teams in Richland township.
Collections in the rural areas in the
first drive fell far behind the pace
set in Bluffton.
The trustees feel that a wider or
ganization, which serves more of the
groups familiar to rural residents, will
enable United Fund to make a
stronger appeal in the country. More
solicitors will probably be used,
making it possible for fund solicita-
| ton to move more smoothly.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-08-07
Mennonite Wraps Up
Slow Pitch HOnOrs
By Dumping Err

First Mennonite almost completely
iced the championship of the slow
pitch church league Tuesday evening
as they strangled defending champion
st. Johns E. and R. 1915 in an un-
believable II inning game.
The Mennonites earned their cham
pionship, coming from behind no few
er than four times when failure would
have meant the ball game.
Trailing 8-4 going into the last
half of the seventh inning they some
how found way to get the necessary
four runs, sending the game into the
extra innings.
st. Johns Immediately grabbed two
runs into the top of the eighth but
the Mennonites scored the necessary
two to tie the game at 1910 and send
it deeper into extra innings.
The ninth inning was the same
two for Reformed, two for Mennonite
the score 1912.
The only variation to be found in
the tenth inning was the number of
runs-three for each side. The old
champs seemed to have delivered a
final knockout punch by opening the
inning with their three runs but the
incredible Mennonites, for the fourth
consecutive time, got just enough
runs to tie, but not quite that extra
run to win.
With the score knotted at 1915 the
teams battled through the eleventh
and into the twelfth before the Men
nonites squeezed the rag once more,
found one run, one ball game and one
championship.
The two teams had hooked up in a
thriller in their previous meeting,
with st. John winning 1919 when a
last-inning Mennonite rally was cut
short by line drive converted into a
double play.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-08-07
Beaverdam Soldier
Training in Germany

Army PFC Larry L. Michael son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald w. Michael,
Route 2, Columbus Grove, recently
participated in a field training ex-
ercise with the 9Th Division Artillery,
Baumholder, Germany.
Michael, a radio operator in the
artillery's Headquarters Battery,
entered the Army in May 1857, COM
pleted basic training at Fort Riley,
Kan, and arrived in Europe in De-
cember 1857.
The 23-year-old soldier was grad
uated from Beaverdam high school in
1852, from Ohio Northern university,
Ada, in 1857 and is a member of
Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-08-07
Contractor Begins
Jefferson st. Work

Preliminary work was begun this
week for the resurfacing of Jeffer-
son street. -
The project is TO be done by Carl
Gerkin and Sons of Napoleon, who
were awarded the $23,SS4.s5 contract
by the state highway department.
jefferson street is to be widened and
resurfaced from Main street to Thur
man street and from the Nickel
Plate railroad to the County Line.
Drainage tile have been stocked
here for the job and surveyors were
setting poles Wednesday morning on
the eastern end of the project.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-08-07
28 Hand-O Operated
Photographs Bought
From VBS Offering

The community Vacation Bible
School held the last two weeks IN
conjunction with the college religious
education class taught by Mrs. Harry
Yoder proved successful again this
wear. There was an enrolment of 200
young people representing fifteen diff
ferent churches. The average attend
ance of the young people was 1SO per
session, despite the fact that at least
fifteen of the young people had
to miss one week of the school by
being at church camp or Boy Scout
camp. The average offering per day
came to $500. The total offering of
1888 was enough to buy % hand
operated monographs for the Ameri-
can Bible Society for the missionary
project.
The concluding program for the
event was held last Friday night at
the First Mennonite church with at
least $50 present to observe the re-
suits of the ten days of school. One
of the out-of-town teachers summed
up the mood of the entire school and
the program by saying that she
thought that lit was very worth
while" She felt that she had been
helped immensely as well as knew
that the Bluffton young people showed
evidence of good Bible training and
took a lively interest in the material
available for their use this summer.
Each class presented through song,
speech, drama, scripture memory, or
pictures the results of their study,
Miss Ruth Frankhauser and Miss
Mary Steiner accompanied the groups
in their singing, which was directed
by Miss Mary Jerome and Mrs. Har-
vey Bauman. Certificates were dis
tributed to the young people who par
ticipated in the school. Rev. James
Heininger, co-director of the school
thanked the parents, the volunteer
teachers and helpers, Mrs. Yoder ano
her college class, as well as the chill.
dren. An offering of $62 was taker
to help defray the expenses involved
in operating the school and purchaS'
ing materials. 1t was added to the
S105 received from the children anc
teachers for their workbooks.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-08-07
Services Friday
For Mrs. Anna Fett

Funeral services will be held Fri
day at 2:3O p. m. from the Paul
Diller funeral home for Mrs. Anna
Fett, 80, who died at 1920 a. m.
Wednesday morning in Bluffton Com
munity hospital after being seriously
i'll for the past six weeks.
Born in Switzerland January IL,
1878, she was the daughter of Joseph
and Marie Kohler. She married John
Fett, who died August Is, 1888. They
were members of Emmanuel Evan
gelical and Reformed church.
She is survived by daughters, Mrs.
Grace Weaver, Beaverdam; Mrs.
Esther Kirkland, Bluffton; Mrs,
Gladys Flower, N. Canton; and sons,
Elmer of Bluffton; Pleyel W., Lima,
and Denver of Fort Recovery. There
are also three sisters, Mrs. Emma
Roof of Bluffton; Mrs. Olga Burk.
holder, Ft. Wayne, and Mrs. Marie
Johnson, Ada.
There are 10 grandchildren and 2;
great-grandchildren.