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The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-03-26
SUMNER HILL CHOIR
RECEIVES HONOR

The forty-five (45) voice
Concert Choir of Sumner Hill
High School, Clinton, Missis-
sippi received an honor when
it participated in the annual
State Song Fest sponsored by
Jackson State College on Fri
day, March II, 1860 at College
Park Auditorium. There we're
thirteen OBJ choirs in compe-
tition from all parts of the
state. Some of these were
Coleman High School, Green
vile, Mississippi; Lanier High
School, Jackson, Mississippi;
Jim Hill High School, Jackson,
Mississippi; Sumner Hill High
School, Clinton, Mississippi;
Yazoo City Training School,
Yazoo City, Mississippi; Sadie
v. Thompson High School,
Natchez, Mississippi; Thirty
third Avenue, Gulfport, Missis-
sippi; Rosa Temple High
School, Vicksburg, Mississippi;
Upton High School, Koscius-
ko, Mississippi.
Choirs receiving Superior
ratings were Sumner Hill
High School, Clinton, Missis-
sippi, Lanier High School,
Jackson, Mississippi and Cole
man High School, Greenville,.
Mississippi. The Sumner Hill
choir is under the direction
of Mrs. Celia William Carr.
Mr.. Leroy j. Johnson is the
principal.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-03-26

members were dinner guest in
the home of Mrs. Ida Holbert
where they enjoyed a tasty
Birthday Dinner with her. Mr..
and Mrs. Isah Young also Mrs.
w. B. Walker and mother were
dinner guests In the home of
Mrs. Larcena Greene. The
drive for the church will eli
max Sunday, March 81, also
the Spring Revival will begin
Monday night, March %. Mem
bers and friends are asked to
support both of these projects
S. Rev. w. T. Smith, Pastor,
Mrs. Ida Holbert, reporter.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-03-26
NEW JERUSALEM Nj. B.
CHURCH NEWS

On last Sunday, pastor
Smith delivered a soul-stirring
message at the morning wor-
ship service. At 3: P. M, Rev.
II. Y. Thomas along with his
Junior Chorus conducted the
service with Rev. Thomas
bringing a timely message.
This program was for the bene-
fit of the Young Mems Pro-
gressive Club VINO held their
Installation Service at this
time. Following the service
the pastor and some of the
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-03-26
CAVALIERS CLUB HOLDS
ANNUAL ELECTION

The popular all-male Cava-
leer's Club, meeting in their
swank club room on North
Parish Street, Sunday, March
10, elected the following of
ficers for the ensuing year:
Mr.. Louis Wade Wamsley
Pres; Mr.. Charlie Hughes,
Vice; Mr.. Joel Rundles, Sec
rotary; Mr.. j. G. Bingham,
Bus. Mgr; Mr.. James Willis,
Treasurer; Mr.. Curtis Cow
ards, Public Relations Direc-
tor; Mr.. Andrew Speech
Chaplain and Sgt.-at-arms. Fol-
lowing business session, the
members enjoyed special en-
tertainment, tasty foods and
an inspiring message by Mr..
Paul Rundles. During the past
year, in its effort to provide
wholesome entertainment for
boys of the city, especially the
underprivileged, the Cavalier
Club sponsored a Little Lea
que and thru Public Relations
Director towards, suits and
baseball equipment were fur
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-03-26
ALCORN COLLEGE
STUDENT WINS FIRST
PLACE IN QUE TALENT
HUNT
By William III. HamIin

BY William III. Hamlin
Miss Hattie Jackson, Nat
chez, Mississippi, won first
place in the Fifth Que Talent
Hunt sponsored by Beta AL
pha Chapter, Omega Psi Phi
Fraternity, Inc, at the district
meeting in Birmingham, Ala
bama, April Is, 1860. At AL
corn College, she is a men,
Der of the College Choir and
has sung several solos with
the group. Miss Jackson is a
voice student of Miss Ursula
Malveaux, vocal instructor
She plans to major in elem
mentary education and minor
in music.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-03-26
JACKSON SOCIAL
NEWS
BY SARAH McNEAMER HARVEY
By SARAH McNEAMER HARVEY

nished for several teams. ALI
ready, work has begun by tho
club to sponsor Little League
teams and provide other
wholesome activities for the
young of Jackson. The clu's
meets regularly in its SWANS
club room. Persons interest
ed in sponsoring a Little Lea.
que team are asked to contact
Mr.. Curtis towards at 540l2
n. Parish st.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-03-26
YOUNG PEOPLES
BOOK CLUB MEETS

The Toilette Award book,
South Town, by Lorenz Gra-
ham was reviewed by William
Bailey, former staff member of
the State Times Newspaper,
at the March meeting of The
Young Peoples Book Club,
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-03-26
CARD OF THANKS

Mrs. Rosie L. Land and fam
lily, 1897 Enoch Street, wish
to thank the many friends for
kilograms, cards of sympathy
and other expressions of
thoughtfulness at the loss of
her mother, Mrs. Florence Ben
nett, 802 n. Bellevue Blvd,
Memphis, Tenn. Mrs. Land
pray Gods blessing on each
of her friends.
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-03-26
LANIER CHORUS WINS
SUPERIOR AWARD
D.. AH.Ix-s- ~

Lanier High School chorus
won one of the three Super
ior" ratings awarded at the
State Songfest held at the Col
lege Park Auditorium Friday,
March IL.
Winning the first plaque a.
warded in the district contest
The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-03-26


ever Be a Hopeless People.
AS WE WORK ON THIS
SPECIAL TEACHERS EDl-
TION - Is pages-drawing up
the advertisement copy, COM
piling and tipping the news.
doing the many tasks that is
our job of getting OUT the
Mississippi Enterprise, The
Vicksburg Enterprise and the
Greenwood Enterprise
we know that thousands of
school "marms" and "profes-
Sors" have already invaded our
city to attend the saith Annual
Mississippi Teachers Associa-
ton and we are happy
to extend to these good peO-
pie a SINCERE WELCOME
We assure them that it is
the desire of everyone con-
nected with this paper that
their stay here will be EN-
JOYABLE AND PROFITABLE
We urge our readers to
see that these representatives
of educational institutions
throughout the state be COR
DAILY AND COURTEOUS
LY RECEIVED wherever they
go -. we urge you to re-
member that these teachers
have WORKED HARD, will
return to their homes to work
even harder-and they are
very much DESERVANT of
these few days of relaxation,
recreation and every courtesy
that can be extended to them.
AGAIN OUR NEWS is
CROWDED OUT by Advertise
ment We beg our regular
readers to consider this and
be assured that next week
we'll get ALL NEWS IN :.
w. MILAN DAVIS DIES
Like many people turnout the
world, our hearts are saddened
over the news of the death of
the beloved president of Ok
olona Junior College the
late w. Milan Davis, for whom
funeral services we're held
Wednesday of this week
It was not our good fortune
to know this great educator
personally, but for years he
had showed his friendliness to
the paper; for years we had
admired him for his splendid
contributions to the educa-
tional, religious, and civic well.
being of all people and we
know that his death is a great
loss to the entire state and
nation.
WONDER IF ALL TEACH
Frs attending the MIA are
qualified, registered voters !.
Their votes would do
much to solve many of the
problems of the Mississippi
Negro Z.
COULD GO ON AND ON
BUT GOTTA STOP Be
seeing you with a Newsy Pa
per next week
Evening star., 1960-02-28

stations to broadcast from her
territory during World War II.
The situation Worsened when
Ahmed, the present Imam, came
to power in l949, after a coup
d'etat involving the murder of his
father by a rebel group which was
quickly recognized by Britain.
Ahmed ousted the rebels and be-
headed their leaders. In 1855, ne
was depoSed by his brother, Alb
dullah, but staged a second come
back, beheading both Abdullah
and another brother, Abbas.
Rightly or wrongly, Ahmed,
tough character who likes to su-
pervise the amputation of the
hands of wrongdoers, reckoned
that Engla was scheming
against him. He quickly dispatched
his son, Crown Prince Mohammed
al-Badr, who is both deputy prime
minister and foreign minister of
Yemen, on a mission to Moscow,
A treaty of friendship was signed
with the Sovlety Union and. in
1856. Yemen received S8.5 million
worth of Czech arms, including
piston-driven fighter aircraft.
In 1858. the Crown Prince again
went to Moscow, toured Red China
and visited other Communist
states. At least six additional arms
shipments have been received
since then and there are said to
be Russian and Egyptian instruc-
tors stationed at Yemen. Radio
Evening star., 1960-02-28

ing silence, thirst and grilling
heat. Violence is everyday and
death commonplace. In the few
towns of the interior, however,
settled nomads have given vent
to the Arab bent for architecture
by constructing amazing mud
brick buildings seven stories high.
Iemeni Claim
The bitterness between Yemen,
which is a little larger and more
populouS than Missouri, and the
25 states which make up the Alden
protectorate. was old when Britons
were painting themselves blue.
Its roots are both political and
religious: The Imams of Yemen,
who claim descent from Ali, the
brother-in-l law of Mohammed.
and are both the secular and the
theocratic rulers of the state
(there are no representative in
stitutions), belong to the Zeidi
sect of the Shah division of Islam.
Large portions of the Alden pro-
tectorate were tributary to them
during the 18th century.
The people and native rulers Of
the protectorate belong to the
more orthodox Shafai sect of the
Sunni division of Islam. as do the
bulk of the Imam's subjects. For
more than 1000 years, the hardy
hill tribesmen of the Imam have
raided into Alden bent on extract
Evening star., 1960-02-28
German Bases:
UnweIcome

A West German program to
establish supply bases, training
facilities for air force and mis-
sile units, and other military
installations in Franco SDain
sparked furOr in Western
Europe and among other NATO
members.
Although it has been IS years
since the "thousand-year" Third
Reich of Adolf Hitler collapsed in
ruin and rubble, Europe has not
yet forgotten the terror of the
Nazi Wehrmacht, the Gestapo,
and the bombs and bullets of the
LuftWaffe. In Bonn last week,
officials of the Federal Republic
of Germany, diSmayed and jolted
by the discovery. found that the
deeds of the Nazis cast long
shadows over the good intentions
OF the present regime.
The occasion for Bonn's chagrin
was the disclosure that the West
Germany Defense Ministry had
been negotiating with Spain's
Generalissimo Francisco Franco
for the establishment of a string
of German military bases IN the
Spanish Peninsula. The recon-
stttuted German Army, Bonn said.
needed room to maneuver. to
train special troops and airmen,
and for logistic depots. Negotia-
Evening star., 1960-02-28
MOSCOW AND CAIRO BLAMED
By SMITH HEMPSTONE
contributins Writer

ADEN-This Italy-sized tangle
of mountain peaks and waterless
deserts inhabited by 10000 Arabs
finds its peace threatened by an
ancient quarrel which could make
Alden a second Cyprus.
For Alden handles some 27.6 mil
lion tons of shipping annually,
total exceeded in the British Com
monwealth only by London and
Liverpool. The feudal Arabian
state of Yemen, encouraged by
both Moscow and Cairo. would
dearly love to add it to its terri
tories.
Alden is also the site Of $l26
million oil refinery which proc
esses 5 million tons of Persian
Gulf crude per year. Each of the
ships which enters or leaves this
busy harbor zone every 33 min
utes Of every day. takes on
enough fuel to make Alden the
worlds largest bunkering port,
well ahead Of second-place New
York. And Alden, which was an
important Sabean mart six CEN
turies before Christ, is the only
safe anchorage on the age-old
trade route from Egypt to India.
Its position astride the straits of
Bah al Manbed at the southern
bottleneck of the Red Sea makes
it both the door to the Mediter-
ranean and the gateway to restive
Africa.
A quarter of a million visitors
annually pour ashore in Alden,
fight their way past boys selling
glutinous sweet meats to buy duty
free German cameras, Japanese
field glasses. festoons of Chinese
silk, mechanical toys from Hong
Kong. Indian brassware, inlaid
wood boxes from Burma. Persian
carpets and Siamese silver.
Alden must be one of the few
cities in the world built at the
bottom of volcanic crater AL
though there are only So miles Of
paved road in the colony none
in the protectorate), there are rs
vehicles per mile of road. one of
the highest traffic densities in the
world. Alden boasts an Olympic
sized public swimming pool but
only three high schools.
Adenis spend SGT million a year
on qat, narcotic which produces
loquaciousnesS and a sense of
mental alertness in Moslems de-
MED the use of alcohol. Qat was
banned in 1857. with the net re-
suit that most of the population
spent its free time trekking into
the interior, where it was still
legal. The ban has since peen
lifted.
In the interior, where in some
years there is no rain at all,
nomads live in goat-hair tents
and drive their scraWny flocks
through the immense stony emp
tiness Of the country, full of echo
Evening star., 1960-02-28
THE FOREIGN SCENE

tions had advanced to the point
where only the formal approval
of the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization was needed. 1t was
not forthcoming.
Defense Minister Franz Josef
Strauss and other Bonn officials
expressed panied bewilderment at
the storm the disclosure produced.
Britain almost exploded" at
the news. with the newspapers
headlining the Bonn move and
the editorials calling it "incendi-
ary." "a German-Spanish alliance
will do immeasurable harm in the
struggle for democracy" declared
a motion offered in Parliament by
the Labor opposition, which had
the vocal support of many Con-
servative MPs.
In Bonn there were dark hints
that Britain had leaked" the
story of the proposed deal in order
to weaken the influence of Chan
cellor Konrad Adenauer on Pres
ident Eisenhower when the Chan
cellor visits Washington next
month. Mr.. Adenauer is known to
oppose the British policy of at
tempting to thaw the cold war
at the forthcoming summit meet
ings: according to the suspicious
and shaken Germans, the whole
uproar was contrived.
"Adenauer has been caught
red handed, said Radio Moscow.
On Thursday Mr. Strauss. bow
ing to the winds. declared that
the Federal Republic would not
conclude any military arrange
ments without the explicit agree
ment of its allies. And the inf1E-
entlal Bonn newspaper Anzeiger
dismissed the Spanish bases deal
as "a stgantic piece of stupidity"
Evening star., 1960-02-28
Communist Criticisms

Various Communist criticisms
are cited on the current film
product: 1T is difficult to find a
bureaucrat who is not fat with a
prominent paunch." On love
scenes: The girl SHES away, the
lad follows, and then there is
always a garden where they come
to terms, and always under a
tree" Villains are said to be 80
obviously bad" that you can spot
them Immediately.
How to avoid this stereotyped
"conceptualiSm" is quite a head
ache when the production goal OF
film units is as tough as that of
farm communes and factories.
How to win an International
audience under these conditions
is even more of a headache.
But Western observers are not
inclined to minimize the potential
Importance of Communist China's
motion pictures among the litter
ate hundreds of millions of people
in Asia and Africa. even among
the more fortunate masses of
Latin America. Hollywood's own
success with the utterly simple,
blunt approach is a warning that
the bread might well be eaten
when buttered on the other side.
Given somewhat more technique
and expertise. Peking's movies
can we'll become a serious propa-
ganda weapon among the suscep-
tible of the earth.
Evening star., 1960-02-28

ing loot and enforcing their brand
of piety.
The advent of the British intro
duced new dimension into an
already troubled situation. The
British seized Alden in 1889, max
ing it the first acquisition Of
Queen Vicroria's reign, the classic
age of colonialism. Ostensibly they
did so in reprisal for Adeni plum
dering of ships bound for India.
In fact, the switch from sail TO
steam demanded bunkering ports
on the route to the lucrative mar
kets of Asia. Thirty years later the
Suez Canal was opened and Aden's
Importance to the imperial scheme
multiplied.
King Murdered
Gradually the British famed
out into the interior by inducing
tribal leaders to sign treaties of
protection. The tribes, who ac-
cepted British protection only be-
cause it gave them an ally against
Yemen, handed over control Of
their foreign affairs to Britain and
agreed not to ALLEVIATE any of their
territory to a foreign power. On
her part, Britain guaranteed to
defend the 25 states against for
eign aggression. This brought her
into immediate conflict with Ye-
men. which refused to recognize
the boundaries of the protectorate,
and allowed two pro-AXis radio
Evening star., 1960-02-28
Answer to Critics

Last week, for the first time,
there was a concerted Republican
effort to answer defense critics in
the United States Senate. This was
an appropriate place because the
sharpest criticism of Eisenhower
defense policies has come from
Democratic Senators, several OF
whom are vying for their party'S
presidential nomination.
Minority Leader Everett DirkSen,
dulcet-toned, took the floor on
Tuesday and, surrounded by
score of COP. colleagues, fired
away. His chief target was Senator
Stuart Symington of Missouri, the
most bitter critic and the one who
most likely will make points if the
defense issue catches on with the
public. He is a presidential
aspirant.
One of the most-often heard
Evening star., 1960-02-28

the social classes" according to a
Chicom film magazine. AS else
where in Chicom communications,
politics must assume command"
This has been especially true of
films produced in 1858 and 1859,
as distinguished from those made
in 1857, which even the high
ranking Communist leaders re-
SponSible admitted to have had the
following faults:
l. Misusing satire, and attack
ing the party and the new society
under the pretext of rejecting
reality"
2. Minimizing party leadership,
disobeying party policy, and mis-
representing the character Of party
members as we'll as Communist
ethics.
3. Parading bourgeois and petty
bourgeois viewpoints, thoughts,
sentiments and ways Of life.
Because a monthly average of
300 million people are said to see
these films, the 1,400 cinemas IN
Communist China do not begin to
suffice. Thousands of rowing pro-
jectionists who travel from COM
mune to commune and from viii
lage to village are said to account
for such an enormous audience.
So intent is Communist China
on expanding film production that
some of her leading film experts
fear an inchoate proliferation of
studios, technicians, actors, and
distribution facilities. An exam
pie Of this in action is Wang Lam
hsi. head of the motion picture
department of the ministry of cul-
ture. who said at a recent film
conference that people must
"liberate their minds of the in
correct idea that only expert and
talented men can make pictures"
Evening star., 1960-02-28

that one must abandon the back
ward notion of catering for the
taste and pleasure of the audi
ence." Wang sees the role OF films
as advancing the cause of COM
muniSm in China.
Toke Part in Festivals
During 1858, Communist China
participated in l6 film festivals
and conferences. Some 400 of her
films we're shown in areas outside
the Communist bloc. BY the end
Of the year, II South American
countries entered into film pur-
chase and exchange agreements
with the Peking regime.
Specific film themes of Commu-
mist China's movie industry give
more than an inkling into the
party's prime interests. One film,
New Life for the Veteran"
showed how an old Communist
soldier managed to cultivate more
Wheatland through the force of
his political feelings than a farm
specialist could with his "book"
knowledge.
THE Storm" tells the Commu-
mist side of the Hankow railway
workers strike in 1928 Ten
Thousand Rivers-One Thousand
Mountains" idealizes the famous
Long March" of the Communists
to escape the Nationalists during
the 1930s. The aims, Illustrations,
and nobility of young Communists
during the 1930s is the theme of
Mich Erh," a young musician.
Youth of Our Village" IS a "tri-
angle love affair. but with no un-
healthy influence, for it blends
harmoniously our socialist youths
attitude toward work and love"
Documentary films deal with the
acceptance of COMMUNISM by
Evening star., 1960-02-28
THE NATIONAL SCENE

criticisms of the administration is
that it puts a balanced budget
ahead of an adequate defense.
Mr.. Symington has often voiced
such a charge.
But Mr.. Dirksen had done some
homework. He reminded Mr..
Symington that when the Missouri
ian was Air Force Secretary in the
Truman administration in l949 he
told the House Armed Services
Committee that the United States
could be defeated in one of two
ways-in battle or by going into
deficit spending for ornaments.
What the military and the Air
Force consider is essential to Sc
curity, sir, is not paramount, as
I see it," he had testified.
In 1852, according to the COP
leader, Mr., Symington urged that
defense budget requests be given
close scrutiny lest they lead to
national bankruptcy" Mr.. Dirk
sen then indicated that, after all,
that's all Mr.. Eisenhower is doing
following the Symington fiscal
advice.
The Illinoisan was not through.
He lashed out at what he called
Democratic alf-truths and the
critics willingness to make ma
tional security a political cam
paign issue.
But as every action has a re-
action, the Democrats jumped
back into the fray and before the
week was out the debate was going
full blast again.
Evening star., 1960-02-28
Red China Movies Find Easy Audience

China's minority peoples. One
educational film scientifically re-
constructed life in China a million
and half years ago.
Short subjects take the form of
regular newSreels and sportscasts,
plus a special monthly short sub
ject on youth. In addition. China
Today" comes out every month as
an export to show foreign masses
the achievements of socialist con-
struction and also Chlna's peace
full international policy Another
monthly series. International
News" reports on the advances of
socialism at home and the decline
of capitalism abroad.
Now that Peiplng wants to make
her weight felt elsewhere III Asia,
in Africa, Latin America, and even
in the Soviet Union. the challenge
arises to make films suitable for
an international audience. This is
is tall order, requiring the kind
OF creative talent that no party
decree can cause to blossom forth.
The comparative freedom of films
in 1857 was downright embarrasS-
ing, and the 1958-59 product does
not promise to be fascinating. The
simplicity of approach that would
be permissible IN propaganda
vehicles strictly for consumption
within China is not generally &C
ceptable for the world market.
That Peiping knows this is
shown by criticisms of film tech
nique, wherein love, family, lei
sure, and indeed life itself are
shown sacrificed for the good of
the party; the moral is stated. but
the audience is left sad and dis
satisfied. This has a backfiring
effect on the original intent, which
was to inspire the masses to self
sacrifice, not to somber resent
ment.