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NFfiRO LEADERS HAIL TRUMAN STAND We Stand With The I g /\ dvocate No One Is Safe Until # % %Ji ▼ VW % V We All Are Saved. _. _ VOLUME IX, NUMBER 39__ --- JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, July 24, 1948 _PRiCE TEN tN KENTUCKY laovEs^ro" equalize education POLICE STOP MIXED ATLANTA DANCE State Educators Take Steps To Comply With Decisions Of U. S. Supreme Court University Heads Says System No Subter Fuge . ' ■ . * * * Action Spurred By Recently Filed Suit Frankfort, Ky. July 19 Ken tucky Educators took steps last week to comply with recent U, S. Supreme Court decisions that states which maintain separate school systems must provide equal educational opportunities and faculities for all their citi- ; zens. Under the Kentucky plan se gregation will be maintained, and professors at the L niversity of Kentucky will act as “tutors’ to Negro students who desire grad uate courses or subjects not taught at the jimcrow Kentucky , I State College. ! Colored students will use Uni versity of Kentucky laboratories if at special times of the day so [ they will not come in contact \ -vcith the white students. Students graduating under this system will receive a joint U-K-K.S.C. degree signed by both college presidents. Negro students will remain at Kentucky State while university , instructors will travel to the col- . ored campus to teach them. The action is believed to have I been spurred by the recently fil , ed suit of a Louisville teacher Lyman T. Johnson, for admit- . [ tance to the University of Ken I tucky. ! The plan was announced by the , state bord of education and the 'University of Kentucky State. Atty. Gen. A. E. Funk made the announcement after a con ference with Dr. H. L. Donavan, ’ president of the university; Gon die Young, assistant state super intendent of public instruction, ^ and M. B. Holifield, assistant at- j torney general. Discussing the plan, Funk said: ‘■‘We’re trying to keep our day j law and still offer equal educa- j tional opportunities and facilities. ' > We want to get this set up be ! fore we have to answer that j suit,” he said in reference to a Kentucky teacher’s suit against the state for intrance into the i university. The suit was filed by Lyman T. Johnson of Louis iVille. \ “What we’ve done”, he con tinued, "is to work out a plan whereby we can give all the courses of higher learning at Kentucky State which are offered at U. K. If the faculty at Ken Ijtucky State is not sufficient U. K. will provide the instruction”. In Lexington, Dr# Donovan of Kentucky U. said, ‘‘This is not a subterfuge. It is designed to provide equal educational op4 portunities. Shores Made Dem ! Convention Sgt.-flt-flrms ' Philadelphia, Pa-, July 17 — (Illinois Congressman Dawson (Tuesday appointed Attorney •Arthur D. Shores of Birmingham, ;Ala., honoring sergeant-at-arms rof the National Democratic Con vention. W. H. Hollins of Bir )> -ingham, and E. D. Dixon, of Montgomery, Ala-, were appoint ed special officers of the con vention TvUBng Utnem B must be folded, viiy the with each ironing, since eon fold tgg breaks linen threads Alcorn Prexy Studies College Administration Dr. W. H. Pipes, President of Alcorn College, is spending the summer studying College Admin istration at the University of Southern California Mrs. Pipes and their daughter, Harriet are with Dr. Pipes in California. Dr. Pipes, who became the President of a major college at the age of thirty-one and who holds a Ph. 1). degree from the University of Michigan, will re turn to Alcorn College in August. Democracy Called Only Real Defense Yellow Springs, Ohio, July 17 — The practice of democracy is the only real defense against the spread of Communism in the United States, 'Professor Norman J Whitney of Syracuse Univer sity said today. “The real threat of the Com munist doctrine in this country is our fear of it,” he said in a speech before the fifth annual institute of international affairs. “Our best and only real defense is to make sure we have a dyna mice democracy and to practice it. Whitney is dean of the institute, which closed today at Antioch College. He spoke at the final summary session of the 10 day conference which was devoted to the question of where individual responsibility lies for world peace. Billie Holliday To Sivoree New York, July 19 — Billie Holliday, the grocery Blues sing er, who went to a Federal Wo man’s Institution for one year and came out cured of a dope habit, and wrho suprised the thea ‘ trical world by regaining ter popularity will seek a divorse I from her husband James Monroe. According to reports here Miss Holliday will file her divorce next month. 7 Over 7,000^00 The population of California <■ January 1, 1940. was estimated by be S'.at* Ta> pavers’ association *; _ -*r ~ J* Ancient Egyptian Arabie Order Nobles Of Shrine Issue Call For Natl. Convention Buffalo, N. Y. — The Call to the annual convention of the An cient Egyptian Arabic Order No bles of the Mystic Shrine, the text of which was released here recently by Raymond E. Jackson, Imperial Potentate, declared that “Shriners* today as never before, are called upon to render greater service to the peoples of the earth due to the chaotic conditions ex tant all over the world,” Mr. Jackson in making the Call public said, "no institution can claim for itself greatness that fails to understand the needs of the common people ” He pointed out that members of his organ ization are bringing into proper focus an understanding of the needs in the fields of education, health, civil rights and economic security. Pointing out that the members ' of the Shrine Order espouse jus-. | tice, truth and the cause of com- I ! mon humanity Mr> Jackson stated . tha, “one’s applicaion of Shrine dom’s brand of undersanding would avoid most of the trouble which has raised confusion in many communities across the na tion. Calling on the members of the Order to seek opportunities to harmonize nationalities on a na tional basis the Call read: ‘‘We i are but 20,000 men in some 143 , , (Continued on Page 5) Beauticians Hold Most Successful Meeting In History i _ I Greenville, Miss., July 15 — After listening to many lectures, addresses and discussions; after seeing the demonstrations in the most modern hairstyles; after getting first hand information on the new state laws from mem bers of the State Board of Cosme tology, hundreds of beauticians began to trek badk home after j attending the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Inde pendent Beauticians Association in the city, July 11, 12, 13. I It was definitely the largest gathering in the history of the . organization and the 45 students attending the preconvention Sum mer School, represented the larg ' est number in attendance at that division. The crammed program was highlighted with presence and ser •vices of such national figures as Mrs. Marjorie Stewart. Joyner, Chicago; Mrs. Allura Stams and Mrs. G S. M. Young, Memphis; Mrs. Barbara Durr, Birmingham, Ala.; Mrs- Lillian Robinson, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mr. Edwin Watkins, Knoxville, Tenn; Mrs. Emily Brazier, Donaldsonville, La., and many others. Top features included the Dawn Breakfast by the members of Alpha Phi Omega Sorority and Fraternity; the International Hairstyle Revue and the School Students exercises. The next annual session of the organization will be held in Meridian, Miss. All of the state officers were re-elected with the exception of the following positions which were filled by Mrs. A. L. Richl ardson, Columbus, Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. Bertha Butler, Gulfport, Chaplain and Mrs. W. L. Lancaster, Moss Point, Parlia mentarian. Angry Crowd Gathers As Police Arrest White Negro Dancers GROUP CHARGED WITH DISORDERLY CONDUTS Atlanta, Ga., July 19 — (DSN) — A crowd of angry White men began to gather as a squad of police raided a mixed dance of Whites and Negroes here last Friday Night. Quick and orderly action by the police, following their timely ar rival on the scene prevented what looked for a while as though it might be turned into a serious ; disturbance as threats of violence against the dancers began to be hearrd from the rapidly growing crowd. Police raided the dance, which was being sponsored by the Georgia Workers Educational Service, after some persons in the neighborhood of the Hall call ed police headquaters and com plained against the poise and ar rested fifteen white persons and three Negroes who were bookeu on charges of disorderly conduct. Among those arrested was Mrs. Ruth Warren, White, Secretary of the Georgia Workers Educa tion Service, who in addition to being booked on the Disorderly Conduct Charges, was charged with giving a public Dance with out a permit. According to reports all of those arrested were furnished bond and premilinary hearings are expected to be held early this , wreek. i Leake County Negroes Uncon cerned Over Recent Incident Carthage, Miss — July 19 (DSN — Little concerned was felt a mong Leake County Negroes over | the incident here last week during which a White man was wounded ! in a shooting when a group of; armed White men called at the home of a near white Negro and ordered him to leave the coun try charging him with running around with a White woman. Most Negroes here said that the persons involved in the in cident were so near White un til their action were not. always identified with the Negro com munity and Negroes were there fore not unduly aroused by the incident. Meanwhile, Martin Flowers. 40 ' year old tenant farmer, and fa ther of nine, was released after being arrested following the shooting and taken to the Hinds County Jail for safe keeping. He , denied the charges made against him, but is reported to have left here immediately following his release leaving his wife and nine children on a rented siv acre farm. He is believed to have le^t | for Chicago. ! | Hartness Flowers, and James Flowers, who fled following the shooting, and one of whom is charged with firing the shoots “had given up” according to re ports at the Sheriff’s Office here Saturday. No charges were made against the two men awaiting develop ments in the condition of William Dickens, the wounded man, who continue to show improvement at the Baptist Hospital in Jackson. General Education Board Makes Grant To Alcorn And Mississippi State . Colleges $25,000 Fund To Be Used To Study Social-Economic Condition Of Mississippi Negroe_ Alcorn, Miss. July 19 — Alcorn A. & M. College and Mississippi . State College have announced a ! grant of $25,000-00 to the two Col leges jointly for the employment of a Negro trrained in Agricul tural Economics or Rural Soci logy to carry on socio-economic studies pertaining to Negroes in Mississippi. Dr Emile Hooker has been employed as the research specia list. He holds a Ph. D. degree in Agricultural Economics from Cor nell University and has worked at Tuskeegee and at Hampton. For years he was an Assistant to Professor George W. Carver. Aside from the general objec tive of gathering specific as well as general information on the economic, educational, and health status of Negroes in Mississippi and of analyzing and interpreting such information so that neces sary steps for improving the gen eral status of the Negro and of the State may he taken, the College lists the following as the objective of the project: 1. To collect specific as well asr general or over-all information on the economic, educational and health status of Negroes in Miss issippi from original and secon dary sources by types of farming areas and for tl.e state as a whole and translate this information in to published materials to be used institutional agencies on the County, State, and Federal levels and by the Mississippi chapter of the Southern Regional Council on Racial Relations. 2. To analyze and process da ta and generarl information as in dicates in “1” above so that ob jective and concrete information may be available on the gen eral status of Negroes by areas and by economic groups to the end that (a) Negroes may be en couraged and assisted in helping themselves to improve their stat us, (b) institutional service in health; and education including general, vocational and adult, may be improved; (c) the economic status of rural Negroes may be (Continued on Page 5) 5400 Negroes Pay Poll Tax h Arkansas County Pine Bluff, Ark. July 19 The Jefferson County Tax Col lectors’ office here today report ed that 5400 Negroes had been issued deceipts for their pawment of Poll Tax. The recent number of Poll Tax paid by Negroes was believed due to the work of Negro Organiza tions, which has grown in streng th, and which are working throughout the city and county for memberships and advocating payment of the poll tax. Slightly more than one-third of the en tire number of poll tax receipts were issued to Negroes. However, it is believed that poll tax payments in Jefferson County may not reach the all time high of more than 15,000 last year. This was indicated by the figures issued here Saturday. Only 9,085 had been issued at | the tax collectors office accord | ing to the report which ended at i noon Saturday. I Joe Catching Well Known Night Club Opeerator Skips Town I Joe Catching, widely known I East Jackson Nighr Club opera j ter, and play boy, *\i > is report* j e:l to have made a fortune during , the war year? and who built th $ fabulous P'rybouso on* East J. ckson’s Fanutn Road, where V figured in several sensational episodes, wa * rerorted here last week as ha/a5' left suddenly w.tbvrat wo?1, and for parts un Icu.wn. Friends of the swashbuckling <nd notmiefv lovifig Catching who only a fewr months ago came out with a spank brand new Ca’dillac car, and who wore a brace of diamonds valued at more than $10,000 said that he was broke and for months had been attempt ing to stage a comeback underr an overwhelming load of debts resulting from loans extended by friends and which it became in creasingly evident that he would not be able to repay under the greatly reduced post-war night club business. Building the fabulouse play house in East Jackson which hears his name at a reputed cost of more than $50,000.00 complet ed during the closing months of the war, it wras later sold to avoid foreclosure. After a few montbs in North Jackson wThere he operated an other spot known as the Pelican he again took charge of the Play j house for a reputed $350.00 per | month rental, but the lush days of | the war were over and the cash | register could not record the j volume needed to meet the heavy expense and finance the life of ; a Playboy. The last sensational episode in which he figured was the shot gun shooting of a young veteran in a disturbance a few days ago. Following the shooting he was arrested in Jackson and later j transferred to the Rankin County ! Jail. He was later released on bond and was facing trial in , connection with the case. ! Several well known business j men here last week reported that ! they had been called upon to pay large sums on endorsements which they had made for loan j from banks and other loaning ! agencies w'hen it became known j that the well known night club j operator rhad left town. _ —_— i | Four Persons Attacked By | Rabies Victim Hollysprings, Miss. July 19 — (Special) — Four person were at tacked here last Friday by a Negro man later found to be suffering from an attack of Rab ies. Russell Ingram, came to town frcni nearby Waterford Communi ty end while walking along the streets suddently attacked a young Negro bov, bit a night watchman on the - finger, and was later carried strugling to jail. Nomination Of Truman-Barkley Ticket Seen As Returning Negro Vote To Democrat Party Wallace Movement Seen Weakened By Party Civil Rights Platform Miss. Negroes Increasing Restless Over Action Of Dixiecrats Alabama News papers Blast Rebellous Democrats GROUP CALLED OBSOLETE BROKEN DOWN POLITICALS Florence, Ala., July 19 — (D SN) — The meeting of Rebellious Southern Democrats held at Bir mingham last Saturday was as sailed in editorials in two widely read and inflential Alabama dai ly newspapers. The Alabama de legation at the meeting was de scribed as a group of "obsolete broken down politicians.” The editorial, printed in the I Florence Times and the Sheffield Tuscumbia Tri-Cities Daily, said also that the state’s bolters at j the recent Democratic national convention in Philadelphia “be- i trayed the best interests of Al-! abama”. “The surprising thing is that the delegation was not thrown out”, the editorial said, and add- i ed: "Never have the Democrats of Alabama been burdened \rtth such an overstuffed bunch of' obsolete and repuriated leader ship.” j The two papers lauded Presi- , dent Truman, whose stand of' civil rights precipatated the re- ; volt of Southern Democrats which led to the walkout at Philadelphia and the states rights meeting at Birmingham. Isaac ‘Slim’ Jones Visits City Isaac “Slim” Jone$, former Jacksonian for many years now a resident of Chicago spent a few days in the City last week visit ing relatives and friends. It was his first visit to the City in six teen years. During the heydays of the Tent ed Theatres, Mr. Jones, became nationally known as a comedian starring with such widely known shows as the Florida Blossoms, Silas Greene and Rabbit Foot. Mr. Jones asserted that he en joyed his visit in the City and stated that he was gratified to know that Negro Citizens are be ginning to vote in Jackson and the state and stated the hope that all Negr Citizens would continue their effort to vote. eHreturned to his home early last week where he has been Captain of the 58th Precincts, 4th Ward Regular Republican Or ganization ^for the past sixteen years. Strawberry ttutcto Remove mulch from old straw berry plantings before growth starts, leaving enough to protect th* berries from the ground. According to reports, Sheriff L. B. Slaynian sad that Ingram was moved from the jail to the Sanitarium at Whitefield from where he was notified Ingram had died of Rabies. I Chicago, ill., July 19 (DSN) The reiteration of his stand on the Civil Rights issue in his accept ance speech at Philadelphia and a subsequent whitehouse follow ing the meeting of Southern De mocrats in Birmingham Saturday, in rebellion against the civil rights program; and the nomina tion of the Truman-Barkley tick et by the Democratic Convention, for President and Vice-president of the United States has won the highest praise from Negro lead ers in all sections of the Coun try. Negro leaders in all sections of I the county are unified in the opinion, because of the violent opposition of Southern Democrats, that the nomination of president Truman was, in itself, a victory for the highest principals and ideals of the Nation. The enthusiasm with which na tionally known Negro leaders in all sections of the country has hailed the stand of President Tru man on the Civil Rights Issue, and the nomination of the Tru man-Barkley Ticket by the Demo cratic Convention is being seen here as putting the vast major ity of the Negro Vote, won during the "long Roosevelt Reigme, back in the Democrat Party Column is November. Although the Negro Vote re turn to the Republican Party in large numbers in the 1946 Con gressional Election. Among the nationally known "Negro leaders in the Democrat Party and who exercise a power ful influence on Negro thought and action is Governor Wm. H. Hastie, of the Virgin Island, U. S. Judges Herman Moore and Irving A. Mollison, Congressr man William Dawson of Illinois: Congressman Adam Clayton Po well of New York; Dr. Channing Tobias of New York, Rev. W. H. Jernigan. Washington, D. C., Mrs. Mary MeLeod Bethune; Carter Wesley, Houston, Texas Publish er, Maceo Smith, Dallas, Texas, Atty. A. T. Walden, Atlanta, Ga., C. A. Scott, Editor, Atlan ta Daily World. John McCray, Editor & Publisher, Light house Informer. Columbia, S. C., Atty. Arthur D. Shores, Birmingham. : Alanta; Emory O. Jackson, Edid | tor, Birmingham World; These ; and many ethers, not nationally known but who exert a wide in fluence in their communities j throughout the nation lined them 1 selves up with the Democrat j Party. WALLACE MOVEMENT WEAKENED The most signficTent prediction as a result of the Democratic National Sonvention is that many of the Nationally known Negro leaders active in the Wallace Third Party movement will rre turn to the Democrat Party. Most of these leaders joined the Wal lace movement because they at first believed that President Tru man was insincere in his Civil Rights declaration. The action at Philadelphia, and the violence of the Southern Rebellion has caus ed them to change their minds. What is true of the Leaders will be true of the masses. In other words, President Truman's stand, and the action of the Democrat (Continued on Page 5)