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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30

sent the tape recording as evil
dence at Parker's trial.
In New York, a radio sta
ton offered a $4,000 reward for
information leading to the ar
rest and conviction of the kid
napers. Nathan Straus, presi-
dent of wMCA. said the station
was seeking other contributions
to increase the size of the re-
ward.
More than 40 Federal Bureau
of Investigation agents are still
on the case.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30
n ape Record Offered
In Negroes Kidnapping

m POPLARvIILE. Miss. April 80 [AP) Ofcials offered
tape recording today proof that they didn't browbeat
witness into giving false statements in the dape against
Mack Charles Parker. 23yearold Negro dragged from his
jail cell by masked gang.
81. This was the latest deyelopment in the Neither
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30

She managed to swim ashore
for help as the wreckage with
her family inside went swirling
1000 feet downstream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-30

4rN his was IIlc ldbCoI OCf'
Federal nor State officers had
anything new to report on the
search for Parker. who is pre-
sumed dead, or the 8 or 10 men
who staged the kidnapping early
last Saturday.
In Chicago, Lee c. Under
wood, Parker's brother-in-law,
made a statement to a Negro
newspaper, the Defender, that
he was bullied.
Took Him Out
L. F. Parker and Howard
Pulley of the Defender staff
said they took Mr.. Underwood
out of Lumberton. Miss, near
Poplarville, Monday night.
The newspaper quoted MIR
Underwood as saying author
tiles forced him and him COM
panions to say that Parker told
them he was going to rape a
white woman.
Authorities here denied the
Underwood statement. They
Eaid he was lying.
And, at Lumberton. another
prosecution witnes, Tommy Lee
Grant, reiterated that the evil
dence he had given against
Parker, accused of raping
white pregnant mother, was
the truth. -
Grant, %. said officers did
not intimidate him or any OF
the other Negro witnesses in
the case.
Grants Story Backed
Another Negro witness, David
Afford, also Of Lumberton,
supported Grants story about
not being inundated by
officers.
Mr.. Underwood'S father
Earnest Underwood, also came
to the defense of officers and
said he didn't think his son
was beaten while he was being
questioned in the Parker case,
Officers played for reporters
a tape recording of statements
made by eLe Underwood, Grant
and two other Negroes who
were with Parker the night OF
the attack.
County Attorney William H
Stewart of Pearl River County
one of several officers who
questioned the witnesses in the
tape recording, said they were
not intimidated in any way.
%Officers had planned to pre-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
GHANA DELEGATES GET FRONT
SEATS AS UNITED NATIONS
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENSITS
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION
Young But Able Delegation includes
Lawyers, Politicians And Teachers
See Group Rejecting The Spirit
Of The Accra Conference

United Nations, N. Y, Sept. Is
The drawing of Ghana's name
first in the annual lotte. y for seats
gave the Ghanaian delegation front
row places today at the opening
Of the General Assembly's four
teenth session.
Ghana, through diligence - not
luck-has already won a 'front.'
row position among African states.
This is regarded as no small ac-
complishment for a state that ach-
ieved it's independence only two
and half years ago.
Ghana has sent strong" dele
cation to the Assembly. 1t is
headed by Foreign Minister Ako
Adjei and includes fourteen other
delegates and political advisers to-
gether with other aides.
1t is a youthful delegation -
with most members 80 to 40 years
old. 1t includes politicians, lawyers
and teachers. Like the Foreign
Minister, most of the delegates
were educated in the United States
or Britain.
Africans Act as Group
On issues of mutual interest,
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
NEW AFRICAN NATION IN u. N. SPOTLIGHT
Police, Three
Others Wounded
In Tuesday Mite
Shooting ARRAY
Incident Spanked BY
Ex-Insane Asylum
Inmate Now Released

A police officer, and three 9TH
ers, all Negroes, were wounded in
a shooting affray that caused a
furry of excitement in West Jack
son early Tuesday night.
The incident which got started
on Masters Street across the street
from the Masonic Temple on Lynch
Street was spanked by William
Thompson, who city authorities
identified as having been sentenced
to life in the state prison in 1881
for the murder CT another Negro,
and who according to reports was
released about six months ago
from the state mental hospital at
Whitfield.
Wounded during the affray were
Policeman H. L. Price, Tommie
Scott, 2-year-old baby, Patricia
Parker, and Thompson who suf-
fered several bullet wounds from
shots fired by the policemen.
According to reports the incl
dent got started when Thompson
went to the Parker home on Mas
tiers Street and started knocking
on the front door where he kicked
the door down and started shoot
ing when the Parkers refused to
let him in. The Parker baby was
wounded in it's fathers arms as
he fled through the back door
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
Guard Court
Room In Negro
Rape Trial

Lafayette, Ala.-City and coun-
ty authorities called for state high
way patrol help today to guard
the courtroom for the trial Of a
Negro accused of breaking into a
white woman's house at night.
Lafayette police chief Tom Potts
said a Negro identified as James
Charles Barket of Lafayette was
scheduled to go on trial this after
noon on a charge of nighttime
burglary which carries a possible
death penalty. The chief said feel
ing was running high" in the
community.
Potts said the Negro broke into
the woman's house last July while
she was alone, and was charged
with burglary with intent to COM
NIT a felony.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
Arkansas High
Court Kills Anti
NAACP Law

Little Rock, Ark, Sept. IA
The Arkansas Supreme Court Mon
day Cancelled a state law designed
to hamper the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Col
ored People.
The 1857 act would have re-
quired certain organizations to
report on finances, membership
and other matters to the State
Sovereignty Commission.
The law was written in general
terms, but sponsors conceded that
the NAACF was it's prime target.
The Supreme Court also struck
out parts of a companion act set
ting up the Sovereignty Commits
sion, which hackers said would aid
the state in preventing or post
poning Indignation.
The court said one nullified Sec
ton would have permitted exami-
nation of records and other docu-
ments without search warrant OF
legal process Of any kind.
The twin rulings were unanl
nous.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. = Three
Negroes were tainted Friday at
Central High School where inte-
grafton was widened.
No violence occurred. The two
girls and q boy joined two other
Negroes at the 1,500-pupil school.
No incidents were reported as
the days classes ended.
About 100 white students we're
all-black clothing in protest of the
expanded desegregation. The three
newcomers were transferred to
Central after appealing their as
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
JSC SETS REGISTRATION FOR
SATURDAY & EVENING CLASSES

suit their Need Sheets" and pre-
pare to work off courses they have
not had on the freshman, sophie
more, and junior levels first.
The College is broadening its Of
ferings for this school years to in
clude several courses in the scien-
psychological and physical. Ad-
ditional social science and language
arts offerings will be made avail
able to all registrants.
Courses being offered are: 1O2
Human Grown and Development,
BOB Foundations of Education, 524
Individual Analysis, 513 Advance
Educational Psychology, 1O2 Arts
and Crafts, 312 Art Ceramics, 2O3
Music for Children, 301-A Speech
Arts, 302 Children's Literature, 32l
American Literature, 333 Oral and
Written Expression, 210 Grooming,
Hospitality, and Etiquette, All
Family Life Education, 3O2 Field
Work in Cooperatives, TV Chem
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
Negro Unionist
Charged With
Shooting Into
Home OF Non
Union Workers
Violence Erupts In
Swift Plant Strike

Negro labor unionists were ar
rested here Tuesday for shooting
into the homes of non-union work
ers as violence flared in the two
weeks old strike of Swift Poultry
plant here.
Arrested in connection with the
incident were C. w. Willis, sc Nc
David Lane, and Samuel Shearry,
145 Roosevelt Street. Willis was
released shortly after his arrest
upon posting 500 cash bond but
Shearry was held for lack Of bond.
Charles P. Thompson owner of the
car used in the shooting was re-
leased on $50 bond.
According to reports the shoot
ing took place about II o'clock
Monday night when shots were
fired into the home of Leroy and
Lillian Jamison, 2166 Powers Ave,
both non-union workers at the
Swift Plant. Willis and Shearry,
charged with the shooting are
members of the Amalgamated
Meat Cutters Butcher Workman
Local sgt AFL-CIO, which has
been on strike at the plant for the
past two weeks.
The Jamison's told officers two
bullets were fired into their home
from a speeding automobile. The
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
TUSKEGEE inst. PRESIDENT SEE;
NON-RACIAL PROBLEMS OF
EDUCATION threat TO
DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY
Hit Use Of Statistics As An Excuse
For CURLING Negro Opportunity
Say Doors Of Opportunity Must Be
Opened Wider For Negro Youth In
Order To Advance Total Society

Tuskegee Institute, Ala.-Dr. L.
H. Foster, president Of Tuskegee
Institute, called upon members of
his faculty to combat an essen
TALLY non-racial" problem in edu-
cation which threatens the Gin
tegrity of the democratic society"
In a faculty-staff dinner ad-
dress September Is, DR.. Foster,
beginning his seventh year as Tus-
kegee president, put the problem
to an audience that included "a
new persons and 20 persons re-
turning from advanced study:
TOO few young people are grow
ing up with the range of interest,
the precision and refinement of
completeness, and the value con-
victions which are essential to the
integrity of the democratic So
ciety."
He cautioned that he was not
suggesting that we are experience
ing IAN accelerating disintegra-
ton of such constructive forces as
values, foresight, and daily &C
complishment." But the discour-
agements, he said, are that %
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26

Registration for classes IN the
1959-60 Saturday and Evening Pro-
gram at Jackson State College will
be held Saturday, September 26, be-
ginning at $3.50 d. m. in the Dansby
Hall Lecture Room for Saturday
classes, and Thursday, October l.,
beginning at 600 p. m. in Johnson
Hall, Room l for evening classes.
1t is urged that all interested per-
sons be present and on time so that
his registration will be completed
during the designated time.
A maximum of six (6) quarter
hours for any one quarter is allow
ed. A maximum of nine (9) quar-
ter hours for any school year is
allowed all persons who are teach
ing. Those persons who are nom
teachers must furnish evidence that
he is not teaching in order to carry
omre tina nine hours. Registrars
who have been enrolled at the Col
lege previously, and who expect to
earn a degree are advised to con-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
JSc Alumni Representatives
Attend Annual Alumni Council

More than a dozen Jackson State
College Alumni Chapter represen-
tatives attended the Annual Alum
nj Council Meeting recently. The
meeting was called by Lee E. Will
liams, National President of the
Association.
Included on the program were
President Jacob L. Reddix who
brought greetings to the enthus-
iastic gathering; T. B. Ellis, Di-
rector of Athletics; w. o. Robin
son, Director of Public Relations;
and William M. Bailey, Assistant
Director of Public Relations. Mrs.
Frances D. Robertson, Vice-Presi-
dent of the Association, presided.
Mr.. Ellis discussed 1.-THE Outlook
on Sports for the Coming Year"
and called upon the Alumni to sup
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
NAACP Counsel
Voice State
Suit Threat.

AKRON, Ohio.-The State OF
Mississippi was on notice Monday
that it would be the target of a
lawsuit by the NAACP to end
segregation in it's schools.
"The NAACP has at least one
lawsuit against segregation going
in every state in the South except
Mississippi" said Thurgood Mar
shell, chief legal counsel Of the
Negro group. "And / promise you
it won't be long before Mississippi
rejoins the Union, and we're going
to help it happen"
Marshall, speaking at the, con-
clusion of a three-day convention
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26

port the program in every way.
One of these ways, "The Sale of
Season Tickets" was discussed by
Mr.. Bailey.
In the business session which
followed, the Treasurer's and FL
nancial Secretary's reports were
heard and a membership drive was
discussed. Also up for considera-
ton was the matter of Chapter
Scholarships. Twelve chapters gave
scholarships to as many students
for the 1959-60 school year. Fol-
lowing a discussion of "The Pro-
gram of Activities for the Year"
and the reading of the Report of
the ALUMNI NEWSLETTER"
the group had lunch in the B. F.
Roberts Dining Hall.
Continued on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
NAME ten new JACKSON STATE
COLLEGE FACULTY MEMBERS

Ten new members have joined
the Jackson State College Faculty
and Staff for the 1890 session.
They are as follows: Mrs. Gloria
B Evans, Manasha, Wis, Associ-
ate Professor of Language Arts,
BIS, University of Wisconsin, M.
A., Northwestern University, Can
didate for Ph.D.; Mr.. Jesse C.
Lewis, Tougaloo, Miss, Assistant
Professor, M t h e mates, ABB,
Tougaloo College, MS. and MA,
University of Illinois; Mr.. George
Patton, Jr., Jackson, Miss, In
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
Jamaicans baIk
AtFederation

Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 1.-THE
delegation to the conference to re-
wise the Constitution Of the West
Indies Federation will be backed
by both Jamaican political parties.
The Government and the opposi-
ton endorsed Premier Norman
Manley's request today for a solid
front against the demands of
smaller islands for a strong, GEN.
tralized federation at the Sept. %
parley.
Wills Isaacs, Minister of Trade,
said Jamaica must safeguard her
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
Haitian Quits
High Court

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, Sept.
15.-Jules Blanchet's resignation
as president of the High Court of
Accounts was confirmed today.
The court controls Government
spending. No reason was given
for the resignation. However,
the newspaper lie Matin noted that
several Congressman had called for
a recognizing of the court.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
U. S. Appeals
Court Decision
Seen Slowing
School Indignation
In Arkansas
Three Judge Court
ReverseS Decision
Of Lower Court

st. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 22.-The
decision of the 9Th U. S. Circuit
Court of Appeals rendered here
Monday upholding the legality of
the Arkansas Pupil Placement
Laws, which reversed lower
court order that three Negro chill
dren be admitted to an all-white
school near Pine Bluff is seen as
slowing down public school inte-
grafton in Arkansas.
The three-judge court said the
three Negroes could apply for ad-
mission to the Dollarway District
under Arkansas law, along with
any other children in the district
who desire to change schools.
Attorney Gen. Bruce Bennett of
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
WHlTELlTTLE ROCK STUDENTS
IN MOURNING OVER INTEGRATI0N

signments to all-Negro Horace
Mann High School.
Some white boys yelled "nigger"
at the Negroes as school opened.
Half a dozen black-garbed girls
stayed out of classes and shouted
for other white students to leave
the building. Only three left.
Eight white students involved in
the ruffle of protest were sus-
pended. AS usual police were on
guard at Central where mob vio-
lence famed over Indignation two
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
BISHOP WILLIS j. KING IS
H0N0RED UPON Retirement

Gulfport, Miss, Sept. 19-Before
all assembled delegates and guests,
and just before the curtain was
rung down on the New Orleans
Area Council session for nineteen
hundred and fifty-nine, the District
Superintendent of the five Confer
ences led in extended ovation to
Bishop and Mrs. Willis J. King.
Taking place in the beautiful
Brooks Chapel at Outside Assem-
bly,, Bishop King, Mrs. Emma
Arnold King, and their daughter,
Mrs. Louis A. Timmons, wife of
the District Superintendent of the
Outside District, occupied the front
pew before the pulpit. The Rever-
end DR.. Cosum M. Luster, Super
intendent of the Huston District,
served as master of ceremonies and
gave statement setting forth the
occasion.
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
Ethiopia Accuses
Italy In Dispute
Over Border

Adds Ababa, Ethiopia, Sept. 15
The Ethiopian Government &C
cused Italy today of encouraging
Somalia's quest for Ethiopian ter
ritory.
Somalia, former Italian colony,
is under a United Nations trus-
teeship administered by Italy. 1t
lies between Ethiopia and the In
dian Ocean, and will become indie
pendent the end of next year.
The Ethiopian note charged that
Italy did not want to settle the
border dispute.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26

New Orleans, La. Sept. 10 -
U. S. Fifth Circuit, Court of APP
peals has upheld a decision refus-
ing to invalidate legislation which
altered the city limits of Tuskegee,
Ala, and excluded hundreds of
Negroes from city elections.
The appellate court yesterday
supported the ruling by U. S. Dist.
Judge Frank Johnson Jr., that the
court had no authority to hold the
legislation unconstitutional.
Boundaries of Tuskegee were
changed by the Alabama Legisla-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
National Dental Association
Holds 46th Annual Convention

dent Elect assuming office on the
last day of the convention in st.
Louis, 1860 and DR.. ]. B. Singleton
of Nashville, Tennessee was elected
Vice President.
Executive Board members elected
to three year terms were DR.. Mat
thew Mitchell, Washington, D. c.;
Or. Charles E. Williams, Chicago
and DR.. w. F. Clarke of Cincin-
natl; DIR. R. @. Venson, Memphis,
Tennessee is Chairman of the
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
Negro Students Enter Memphis
State University Without Incident

A cavalcade of about 10 cars
of segregationists formed off the
campus. Four of the cars, each
carrying Confederate flags, sud
denly turned onto the campus.
They were followed by a police
squad car as they circled the cam
pus twice.
There was no stir among white
students. They gave the motorcade
glances, or ignored the cars COM
pletely.
White-haired Henry Hand, one
of those in the motorcade, said it
was formed ain protest against
colored students entering white
schools.
"They have schools of their own
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26

structor, Physics, B.A., Talladega
College, B.A., Jackson State Col
lege, M. of Ed. in Physics, Penn
sylvania State University; Mr.. H.
Worthington Smith, Institute, w.
Va, Associate Professor of Lam
gauge Arts, ABB, Storer College,
AM, Western Reserve University;
Mr.. Zennis Smith, Tallahassee,
Fla, Assistant Professor of Eco
Monies, B.A., University of Gin
cinnati, MA, Ohio State Univers-
ity; Mrs. Alfredo Walker, Orlan-
Continued on Page Eight)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
US. APPEALS COURT UPH0LDS
ALTERED TUSKEGEE CITY LIMITS

ture. A group of Negroes sought
70 invalidate the act on grounds
that the move excluded all but a
handful of some 42o Negro voters
from the city and deprived them
of the right to vote in local cleo
tions.
Judge John Minor Wisdom wrote
that the plaintiffs proposed "a
cure worse than the disease" and
therefore the court SHOULD with
hold the exercise of its equity pow
ers."
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
Jury Hung In
Rape Trial Of
White Man

BENTON, Ark.-A trial of a
white man charged with raping a
Negro woman ended in a hung
jury Friday night.
Judge Henry Means dismissed
the jurors, who had considered
the case of 21-year-old Bobby
Burnett Of Little Rock for more
than seven and a half hours. A
juror said the jury was divided,
&c.
Conviction of rape can carry
death penalty, but no white man
Continued on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26

Memphis, Tenn. Sept. 21-Eight
Negroes quietly integrated Mem
phis State University Friday, even
cavalcade of adult segregation
lists waving Rebel flags failed to
raise a ripple of excitement.
The estimated $500 white stu
dents from Tennessee, Arkansas
and Mississippi glanced at the Ne
groes but kept going to their class
es when they passed them in the
corridors and on the campus. Typi-
cal reaction was "They don't both
er me" or "I'm not going to let
it bother me-"
Negro students, asked after their
first class how their white class
mates reacted, agreed they
(whites) were indifferent"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
New Demonstration In New York
Against Transfer OF Negro Pupils

day. About 40 per cent of those
attending the five schools were
kept at home that day. Attendance
since then has been normal.
Yesterdays picekting was the
first at the two schools since the
opening day. At Public School 81,
ten pickets showed up, and at Pub
lie School II, there were six. The
pickets, who were orderly, carried
placards demanding that the con-
cept Of the neighborhood school be
preserved.
Some residents of the Queens
area, which is predominantly
white, have charged that the school
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
Kaiser Crop Aides
Study $5,60o,ooo
Ghana Project

ACCRA, Ghana, Sept. I'D. A.
Rhoades, president of Kaiser
Aluminium and Chemical Corpora
ton, arrived in Ghana last night
with Edgar Kaiser, president of
Kaiser Industries Corporation, and
Chad Calhoun, executive vice pres
ident.
Kaiser Engineering Corporation,
subsidiary of Kaiser Industries,
along with Kaiser Aluminium, is
contractor for S5,600,0O0 of pre-
liminary works for the proposed
Volta River Dam.
1t is believed here that the ar
Continued on Page Four)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26

New York, Sept. 19.-Pickets
marched again yesterday at two
public schools in the Ridgewood-
Glendale section Of Queens that
have admitted Negro pupils from
Brooklyn.
The two schools, along with
three others in the same area,
were the scenes of demonstrations
last Monday, when the new term
began. About $50 Negro pupils
were transferred to the Queens
schools to relieve overcrowded
school conditions in the Bedford
Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn.
There was also a widespread
boycott by white pupils on Mon
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-26
Funeral Service Held For Mrs. Miller

Funeral service was held at Pratt
Memorial Methodist Church here at
two-oclock Wednesday afternoon
for Mrs. S. w. Miller, the wife of
S. w. Miller, widely known Re-
publican Party leader of the state
and longtime local painting and in
terror decorating contractor.
Rev. G. w. Williams, the pastor
Of Pratt Memorial Methodist Chur-
ch was the officiating minister.
Mrs. Miller died at a local hos
pital Sunday morning as the result