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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
HOME DEMONSTRATION
ACTS TOLD PROMOTING FULL
RECOGNITION OF THE father
AS HEAD OF HOME URGENTLY
NEEDED TO STRENGTHEN
FAMILY LIVING in THE SOUTH
Fourth Annual Convention Of
Natl Negro Home Demonstration
Agents Association Is Held
AtSouthern University
DR.. o. B. Moore Dean Of Women
Is Annual Banquet Speaker

Baton Rouge, La, Oct. 12-
Promoting full recognition of
the father as head of the home
is urgently needed to strengthen
family living in the rural
South" said Mrs. o. B. Moore,
dean of women at Southern Uni
versity, in an address last week
before the fourth Annual Con-
vention of the National Negro
Home Demonstration Agents
Association.
AS the organizations banquet
speaker here at Southern, Mrs.
Moore urged the IA home dem
onstration agents in attendance
from nine states to develop edu-
cational programs to help the
father regain his rightful place
in the family.
She pitied Negro boys, who
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR
new NEGRO SCHOOL HERE

ture with a two-story and a
one-story wing, including 80
classrooms, an auditorium, and
lunchroom tot aling $4,000
square feet.
Bids on another elementary
school for Negroes on Lynch
street and Highway 80 will be
opened at the Oct. 26 board
meeting.
Other action taken by the
board included:
Enlargement of auditorium
and lunchroom facilities for
Jones Elementary School was
Continued on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
SAY BAPTIST TO ORGANIZE
new GROUP IN CINCINNATI

Cincinnati. Ohio, Oct. 10
The Call Meeting Of Baptist
Leaders across the nation, Nc
vember IA, Is, at Zion Baptist
Church, $50 Glenwood Ave-, Gin
cinnati, Ohio, is definitely a
meeting to organize a new Con-
vention. Leaders from many
states have responded in the
affirmative and the way is being
cleared for complete organiza-
ton Of a new National Baptist
convention.
The Chairman, Rev. L. v.
Booth announces that every
Baptist who is DESTROYS Of join
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
New Military
BuiId-Up In
katanga Seen

Ndola, Northern Rhodesia A.
Pumors of a new military build
up in neighboring Katanga are
sweeping this Northern Rho
desia border AREA.
According to unconfirmed but
persistent reports, new groups
of white instructors are being
struggled from Rhodesia into
Katanga.
Officially, the authorities deny
any knowledge Of an organized
traffic Of white mercenaries in
to Katanga. They point out
that such traffic would be diff
ficult to control, in a country
which has no particular restric-
tions on travel.
In recent weeks this Northern
Rhodesia outpost has been full
of men travelling back and forth
CONTINUED on Page Two) :
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21

L. A. Harvey Construction
Company was awarded the con-
tract yesterday for construction
Of a new elementary school for
Negroes on Ash and Whitfield
streets, next to the present Row.
an school site at the regular
meeting Of the Jackson city
school board yesterday.
Harvey was low bidder on the
job at $313,343. Other contracts
awarded were D. w. Younge
Plumbing Company, $59, 200,
and Haywood Brothers, electric,
$33,098.
Plans call for a brick struc-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Negro Named
j. S. Attorney
I exas District

Carl Walker Jr., a Houston
Negro, is a new Assistant
United States Attorney in the
Texas southern district.
Mr.. Walker, appointed by
United States District Attor-
ney Woodrow Seals Monday, is
the first Negro to hold a prose-
cutor's office in the district.
A native Of Marlin, Texas,
he got his law degree from
Texas Southern University
here. He has been in private
practice.
81 think it's a fine thing that
we can hire this man," Mr..
Seals said. 81 remember when
l was growing up in Mississippi
you could not hire a negro for
a job like this"
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21

ference in London, was one of
the last acts of lain Macleod
as Colonial Secretary.
In Prime Minister Harold
Macmillan's Cabinet shake-up,
Mr.. Macleod was moved from
the Colonial Office to become
Leader of the House of Com
mons, Chairman of the Conser-
vative Party, and Chancellor Of
the Duchy of Lancaster, the lat
ter a Cabinet post.
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Black MusIims
Want Negroes
Paid For 800
Years0f Slavery
Plan To Present
Claim For Payment
To United Nations

Tuskegee, Inst, Ala. - The
Black Muslims in America are
expected to present a payment
claim to the United Nations to
force the United States to pay
Negroes for 1900 years of slav-
cry according to DR.. c. Eric
Lincoln, foremost authority on
this black supremacy sect.
DR.. Lincoln, author of The
Black Muslims in America, says
this pro-segregation group be-
lieves Negroes are due payment
Continued on Page Eight
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21

ing a new Convention is well
come. This includes Baptists
from all presently organized
Conventions and the many thou
sands Of Baptists who do not
belong to any existing Conven-
ton. No one will be excluded
who represents q Regular Mis-
sionary Baptist Church and will
commit himself to the building
Of a new Baptist Convention.
The gross misunderstanding
which needs to be cleared up
says the Chairman, is that the
keynote Speaker, DR.. William
CONTINUED on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Why Do The Secret Societies
Thrive In Our High Schools

with Coronet's indictment, teen
age fraternities and sororities
continue to flourish, operating
in most places either without
official approval or illegally.
Why then, in the face of so
much opposition, do they con-
tinue to thrive? The strongest
reason is probably the tremend-
Gus emotional appeal these So
cieties have for the youngsters.
But many authorities maintain
that the schools themselves are
CONTINUED on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Rep. Dawson
Spikes Party
Switch Reports

Rep. William L. Dawson, vice
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee and car of
Chicago's southside wards, last
week denied published reports
that he threatened to switch
from Democratic to the Republi-
can party if the Illinois Gen.
eral Assembly refused to ap-
prove the congressional reappor-
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21

ty of Wisconsin; DR.. Lawrence
A. Davis, president of Arkan-
sas A. M. & N. College, Pine
Bluff; Rev. Benjamin H. Hill,
pastor of Tulsa, Okla, A.M.E.
Church; DIR. Solomon Hill, pres
ident of Shorter College, North
Little Rock; and DR.. Walter
Miller, pastor of Jubilee c. M. E..
Church, Chicago.
Bishop 0. L. Sherman of the
A.M.E. Church also will serve
Continued on Page Seven)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Parents Losing
|JobsAfter
Student Boycott
mccomb School
Students Expelled
After Refusing To
Sign Applications
For ReadmissiOn

McComb, Miss. Oct. 16 - An
increasing number of parents
of Negro students who boycott
ted local high school after
two students had been expelled
for the school after being ar
rested for taking part in a sit
in demonstration last summer
are reported to be losing their
jobs. Many of those reported
to have lost their jobs are i'll
the skilled labor class and have
been on the jobs from which
they were dismissed for num-
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
independence Day Set For
Another British African COLONY

London - An independence
date - just one year hence -
has been set for yet another
British colonial possession in
Africa.
Uganda in East Africa is
scheduled to achieve internal
self government next March l
and full independence next Oct.
8.
This agreement, which was
reached at the close of the g.
week Uganda constitutional con-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Negro Named To
City CouneiIIn
North Carolina

Lumberton, N. c., Oct. 10
Mayor, r. A. Hedgepeth an
nounced this week the appoint
ment of the Rev. E. B. Turner
to the Lumberton City Council.
Turner will fill the unexpired
term of Councilman Wade H.
Spearman, who as the first Ne
gro elected last spring to serve
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Walker Widow
Tocet More
Than 100000

Memphis - The widow Of DR..
]. E. Walker, prominent Men,
phis businessman and political
leader, will receive more than
$4,000 from his estate in an
agreement reached in the con-
troversial will case in Chancery
Court here last week.
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Boston, Mass,
Scene OF Vicious
Race Riot

BOSTON, Mass, Oct. IL
Two separate riots, one a vicious
racial brawl in which more than
20 persons were stabbed or
beaten, brought . police crack
down today on roaming mobs Of
teen-agers.
The race riot at q schoolboy
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Secretary Freeman Welcomes Five
Negro Consu|tants To USDA Staff

Washington, D. G. Oct. II -
Five outstanding Negro lead
ers were welcomed to the staff
of the u. S. Department of Ag-
riculture AS consultants by Sec
rotary of Agriculture Orville L.
Freeman last week.
The five are: Joseph Brad
ford, assistant editor of the Ala
bama Agricultural Extension
Service, who is a candidate for
the Phi. D. degree in agricultural
communications at the UNIVERSE
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Number Of Negro Farmers In South
Down Nearly 100000 Since 1854

Oklahoma. BY 1859, the number
had dropped to 273,137.
Sharpest drops took place in
Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina,
South Carolina, and Texas. In
most of these states the decline
was close to so percent or more.
In Arkansas, for example, the
decline was from 31,173 to H.,
672; Georgia, from 1882 to
2c,172; Mississippi, 101,O41 to
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21

COO Negroes. It opened last
April II under a cooperative ar
rangement with Tuskegee In
stitute, the Republic of Liberia,
and the u. S. international Co.
operation Administration.
Tuskegee president DR.. L. H.
Foster visited the project last
month. Before the visit, he said:
Zone of Liberals greatest needs
is a more widely educated citi-
zenry. 1t is hoped that educa-
Continued on Page Six
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
In Conference
On Civil Rights
With Kennedy's
In Washington
Pamphlet For
Negro Candidate
Stirs Controversy
In Detroit

Detroit, Mich. Oct. II Rev.
Martin Luther King Jr., who
friends and foe alike sees in
frantic effort to regain some
of the lost prestige resulting
from his custer as First Vice
President of the Baptist Train
ing Union, potent arm of the
National Baptist Convention be-
came the center of a raging
controversy here Tuesday just
one d Y after the announcement
of a conference in Washington
with both the Attorney General
and President Kennedy on Ne
Continued on Page Five)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21

New York, N. Y. - What's
wrong with the high school Sec
ret societies? Just about every
thing, says Coronet Magazine
in it's final, October issue.
"They are undemocratic, they
foster snobbishness, undermine
school spirit and have bad eff
feet on scholarship and discip-
line. They encourage drinking
and immortality. Their initia-
tiens are vicious and senseless."
But even though most high
school principals would agree
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21

Nashville, Tennessee = The
College of Bishop Of the Metho-
dist Church's Central Juris-
diction has announced postpone
ment Of the Jurisdictional Con-
vocation previously scheduled
for November 20-22 in Gin
cinnati, Ohio.
A new date for the Convoca-
ton will be set by the bishop
when they meet in November.
Bishop Charles F. Golden,
Nashville, general chairman ct
the Convocation, stated that a
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21

Washington, D. C. Oct. II -
Agricultural census data indi-
sate that the number of colored
farmers in the South declined
by nearly 100000 between 1854
and 1859. The principal drop is
thought to have been in the
number of tenants and share
troopers.
In 1854, there were 465,385
colored farmers in the II States
CT the Southern region - from
Delaware around to Texas and
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Three Negroes
Get cityJobs

Oklahoma City Oct. 16 - City
hall got two Negro employees
this week, according to Cal
Hodges, public infirmation
director. Starting work this
week were Mrs. Opal Hornbeck,
clerical worker in the water de-
Continued on Page Eighty
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
No Change In
Segregation At
Local r. R. Depot

No change in railroad station
practices is seen Immediately in
Jackson as a result of the dis
patch below.
H. Thurman Lewis, district
agent for the Illinois Central,
said Monday night the railroad
has always complied with court
and Interstate Commerce Com
mission regulations, but segre-
cation signs at the Jackson sta
ton are there because the Jack
son Police Department put them
there, and enforces them.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
kenyatta
HeckIed As
Police OF kenva
Intervene

Nairobi, Kenya.-Police in
tervened at a meething Sunday
after Jomo Kenyatta had been
fiercely heckled by supporters
of the Kenya African Demo-
cratic Union (KADU).
The incident took place at
CONTINUED on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Methodist To Set New Date For
Central Jurisdiction Convocation

postponement was necessary to
give Several study and data
gathering committees more time
to make adequate preparation
for the Convocation."
The Convocation was called
to address itself to the matter
Of racial inclusiveness" within
The Methodist Church.
The Convocation is expected
to concern itself with invita-
tions which have been extended
to Centeral Jurisdiction Con-
CONTINUED on Page Six)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Ghana Paper
Explain
49 Arrests

Accra, Ghana - The Ghana
Government has announced it
shortly will publish a white pa
per giving full reasons for the
arrest last week of 40 persons,
including some leaders of the
opposition United Party.
Meanwhile an official state
ment accused the detainees of
activities "endangering the Sc
curity of the state"
One of those arrested was Joe
Continued on Page Two)
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Tuskegee-Liberia Project Marks
End OF Its First Semester

Monrovia, Liberia-The Tus-
kegee-Liberia project marked
the end of it's first semester
with honors night program re-
Gently, paying tribute to the top
student and three other high
ranking students at the Rural
Training Institute at Zorzor.
The project, located 200 miles
in the Liberian hinterlands,
trains badly-needed teachers for
rural elementary schools in this
West African republic of 3,000,-
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1961-10-21
Campbell
College Dean
Wants Test Of
ice Order

Charles A. Jones, dean of
Campbell Negro College, called
on Jackson Negroes Tuesday
night to take advantage of the
Interstate Commerce Commits
son ruling against segregated
travelling facilities scheduled to
Continued on Page Five)
Evening star., 1961-05-07

included canned sweet pota-
toes and pineapple chunks.
I have been unable to recall
the exact topping but I re-
member it called for a mix
ture of butter and flour.
therefore making a less
watery topping than those
in many recipes.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

lem is coats and other
clothing items.
1 don't want to take q
trunk-load, as my trip will
entail a lot of travelng. I
will need no evening or
cocktail dresses but I must
look nice and be prepared.
IAy trip will take me to
Frankfurt, several other
cities, a trip up the Rhine
river to Nuremburg and
hence to the Bavarian Alps.
Please help me!
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Planning q Trip

Mrs. E. NJ. S., Washington
Will some kind reader
come to my rescue at once?
I suddenly find myself
planning a trip to Germany
by plane. I will be gone
from early June to August.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
READERS
CLEARING HOUSE

to locate a copy Of a poem
which I believe has two
stanzas, one ending with
"And what's my own will
know my face" and the
Evening star., 1961-05-07
WEE WOMEN
"NotV will you believe I'm
hungry 2"

featured dish in The Star a
while ago. The recipe served
six people. The ingredients
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Nah Jonqq

Mrs. C. /. M, SilUer Spring
I would very much like to
obtain a set of the game,
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Here's How

Readers Clearing House is
conducted ENTIRELY THROUGH
THE MAIL as public service
exchange of ideas between oFeo
readers. The Stor connot accept
phone coils pertaining to this
column. All letters must bear the
writer's full name and address.
No advertising is printed.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Nah Jongg, that has ivory
tiles. If any of you has a set
you would be willing to dis
pose of, I can be reached
in writing through RICH.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

This is a completely new ex-
perience to me, and al
Evening star., 1961-05-07

other ending with "What's
my own will come to me" "
It contains a wonderful
philosophy of life-that we
need not fret or strain un-
duly, for what is rightfully
ours will surely come to us.
If one of you kind readers
could supply me with a copy
of this, I would be most
grateful.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Missing Recipe

Mrs. J. E. H.. TGkon1G Park
I would appreciate help
in replacing my missing
recipe for sweet potatoes
with pineapples. It was a
Evening star., 1961-05-07

PhiIosophic Poem
Mrs. G. L. j., E. Riverdale, Md.
After diligent search and
inquiry, I have been unable
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Map Search

Mrs. w. NJ, Rockville, Md.
Would anyone have the
United Nations map for the
metal flags that were a pre-
MUM from a cereal box last
year? We unthinkingly re-
turned the damaged map
and they had no more. We
have all the flags, and my
son would like the map for
his room. Thank you in ad-
vance.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

though I know about wash
and wear things, my prob
Evening star., 1961-05-07

hoppy 4t with will
horol for afternoon and of
BY Bo hondNobe
ojunb 4l
4o%
with white 2h I'm 29So Pot print by po"
no prousion petyeo l2h 22h 1895
n.eras.a asa Aea4s
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-10-20
Senator Mccarthy
Host To Delegation
From Sierre Leone

Washington, D. c. - Senator
Eugene ]. Mccarthy (DFL) o.
Minnesota was host last week al
Senate luncheon honoring dele.
cation from Sierre Leone, West
Africa.
The group representing the new
African nation, headed by Sierre
Leone's Mipister of External At
fairs, DR.. John Karefa-Smart,
came to this country for ceremon-
les last month at United Nations,
New York, when Sierre Leone be-
came the UN's Tooth member.
While in Washington, the Sierre
Leone delegation was also received
by Secretary of State Dean Rusk
After a visit in New York the
group returned to Sierre Leone.
Other guests at the Senate lun.
cheon included DR.. D. s. Sumner
and Mr.. John Nelson-William
Sierre Leone's Ministers of Health
and Information; DIR. r. E. Kelfa.
Caulker, the West African coun.
try's Ambassador to the United
States, and the us. Ambassador
to Sierre Leone, the Hon. A. s. j
Carnahan, former Congressman
from Missouri.
Sierre Leone gained its indie.
pendence last April.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-10-20
First ChriSfmdS
Melting DeadIine
Is Now Here

Christmas gift parcels being
sent by surface mail to the Far
East should be in transit this
weekend.
Twin City postmasters said this
week all mailers should be aware
of this and other overseas Christ
mas mailing headlines.
Surface mail, both first-class
and parcels, for Africa and the
Near East should be mailed by
November 1. for Europe and South
and Central America, by Novem-
Der 10; and for Hawaii and Alaska,
by November 80.
Surface mail for members Of the
United States Armed Forces should
be mailed by November 80.
Parcels being sent via air mail
to distant countries should be
mailed early in December to be
assured of pref Christmas delivery
Austin concluded by advising
patrons it is permissible to label
parcels do Not Open Until
Christmas"
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-10-20


the Canton Urban League.
Mr.. Walton's major responsible
tiles will be the broadening of job
opportunities for the non-white
segment Of the population and
carrying out the agency's youth
motivation and vocational counsel
ing program.
Annual Meeting November 8
Rev. Denzil A. Carly, President
of the st. Paul Urban League, an
nounced that the League will OBJ
serve its 38th anniversary with a
dinner meeting, which will be held
at $50 pm, Thursday, November
8, 1861, in the auditorium of the
New Y.WC.A. Building, IS East
Kellogg Blvd.
Stephen Maxwell, Dinner Chair
man, stated that the theme will
be "Reshaping Community Rela-
tions-Our Job in the Sixties. In
addition to the election Of new
Board Members and other agency
business, this meeting will high
light the fifth annual observance
of Equal Opportunity Day, spon-
sored by the League on November
10Th.
Guest speaker on this occasion
will be Whitney M. Young, Jr.,
newly elected Executive Director,
National Urban League.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1961-10-20
Sfar & Tribune
Win Ton AMdrd

Chicago The Minneapolis
daily newspapers, the Star anc
Tribune Tuesday, Oct. IT received
the coveted annual award of the
University of Missouri School Of
Journalism for Outstanding com.
munity service"
Joyce Swan, publisher of the
Star and Tribune, an alumnus Of
the University of Missouri, accept.
ed the award in behalf Of the
papers.
The Minneapolis papers were
cited for four public service pro,
jects, sponsored in the community
interest.
They were:
A 15-year educational program
now used by more than 1000 mid.
western schools to link current
events to traditional studies.
An annual pheasant dinner fol
hospitalized war veterans.
Regular campaigning for civic
planning and needed Improvements
A series of articles aimed al
highway safety.