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Library of Congress1946

Image 2 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), March 9, 1946

Gillem Plan For Integration Of Negro In Postwar Army In Motion PARTICIPANTS ON CBS PRO R M IN OBSERVANCE Oh I i RO newspaper WEEK 1eft to right Bill Slocum CBS Director Carol Brice contralto I who sang with her brother Jon athan Brice at the piano Dowdal n Davis advertising manager ol j THE CALL and chairman of Nh GRO NEWSPAPER WEEK who spoke on behalf of the Negro Newspaper Publishers Associa tion Don Maker announcer and Neal Scott manager and husband of Miss Brice__ California Editor Wins 500 Willkie Award For J ournalism MRS VIVIAN C MASON WINS 17000 DAMAGES PHILADELPHIA ANP rhe I nited States District court for Philadelphia last week award ed Mrs Vivian Carter Mason 17 00 in settlement for claims against the Pennsylvania railroad in a case pending since 1943 when rtio sutiered severe injuries in the Labor day wreck of the roads crack Congressional Limited in which 70 were killed and scores injured She was represented by Raymond Pace Alexander Airs Mason vice president of the National Council of Negro Women was traveling alone on the 75mileperhour express be ween Washington and New York when the wreck occurred Accord ing to evidence presented

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Library of Congress1946

Image 2 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), February 23, 1946

Party Leaders Urged To Act Against FEPC Killers C NEW YORKAction against iii Republican and Democratic euators who voted against cloture d killed FEPC was urged by t Workers Defense League in omprehenshre U S Housing Plans Made Wilson Wyatt Sees Adequate Race Provision H J VMES L HICKS NNPA Staff Writer w SHINGTON D C The x nd moderate cost homes by the of next year will include houses colored occupancy as well as i whites Wilson W7yatt nation hot sing expediter indicated at conference last Monday While Mr Wyatt believes local ohw must be met by local w hip he said he was aware he oblem of finding suitable for the construction of homes or coloied people We are aware of the problem i Mr Wyatt and certainly do expect to produce housing for ust white people J Federal Assistance In s program of emergency suros to get started this year lcO00 homes he recommended 10 the President that Federal co operation and assistance where ary be given in the develop ment of home sites People familiar with housing i obi ms of colored people recog c that one of their greatest dif taulties is the finding of

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Library of Congress1945

Image 4 of The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser (Pascagoula, Miss.), October 12, 1945, (SECTION ONE)

1 To Keep A Free Press Free Recently the newspapers of tins country made annual observance of Newspaper Week and once again we looked on with interest and mixed feelings as one great journal after another and many a small one treated its readership to an editorial diet of sanctity and selfpraise We are proud of the free American press and would rather be a part of this business than any other But we cannot help regretting a maudling element in our business which seeps into the editorial pages oi ine nation on such occasions as News paper Week To get down to details one theme we do not like to see spread across these pages is the theme of selfcongratulation because wethe newspaper industry honestly report the news It is a newspapers implicit duty honestly to report the news No newspaper in America ex ists without its own slants and opinions and spe cial axes to grind whether these be on behalf of some ideal or on behalf of some very special and selfish interest But the tradition of a free press demands that the newspaper leave these slants and opinions to the editorial pages and that its newscolumns

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Library of Congress1945

Image 8 of Jackson advocate (Jackson, Miss.), March 10, 1945

THE JACKSON ADVOCATE 125H N Farih StreetPhone 33181 Published Weekly at Jackson Mississippi iERCY GREENE Editor and General Manage SUBSCRIPTION RATES AH Subscriptions Due and Payable in Advance Single Copy 6c One Yean 350 6 Months 200 3 Months 125 Make all checks payable to The Jackson Advocate In all things that are purely social we can be as separate as the fingers but in all things that affect our mutual progress and development we can be together as the handBooker T Washing ton The 118th Anniversary Of The Negro Newspaper Last Sunday brought to a close the annual observance of Na tional Negro Newspaper Week which included the issuance and publication of a letter of commendation from the President of the United States a radio program broadcast over a nationwide hook up and programs of observance in schools colleges churches bv civic and fraternal groups in village town and city in every sec tion of the nation which was probably the most widespread and general observance since its institution of few years ago No person who s in possession of even the slightest knowledge of the history of the United States and of the evolution of th great cohesive

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Library of Congress1944

Image 1 of The Echo (Meridian, Miss.), February 25, 1944

LA Pome Paper With A Horn Mississippi Standard Negri WLi mu x m n x newspaper of character circa rEditor That Tells State A l lafon and opinion with mar x News Weekly than 10000 readers j __ J iiinrTffmsssmJSSLMMMri fr6 nri hiii BiwiiMi ii Published Weekly At 250S5th Street aim mi VOLUM X X THE WEEKLY ECHO FEBRUARY 25 1914 NUMBER 22 PIN III I1 SOLDIER _ i r _ iii Ixclujiv JPS photvpnmt Vivacious Dolores Brown wants every soldier sailor and marine to know that she is their Valentine Come one come all And boys Dolores will gladly forward an autographed picture of herself if you write in and make the request All letters are to be written direct to the singing star with Don Red mans Orchestra in care of this newspaper The editors as a contribution to the morale of our fightin i n vll nblige by forwarding the requests to Miss Brown __ __ I Christianity As A Challenge To The I Races Of The World I The above Sermon was delivered at the First Presbyterian Church White of this City in an Interracial Service February 13th by Rev B Washington Coates Pastor of Union

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Library of Congress1938

Image 2 of The Durant news (Durant, Miss.), June 9, 1938

f THE DURANT NEWS R PUBUSHED EVERY THURSDAY _ Hazel Brannon Editor and Publisher Subscription in Advance200 Per Year MEMBER MISSISSIPPI PRESS ASSOCIATION Entered as Second Class mail matter in the Postoffice at Durant Mississippi Liquor Dealers Again Three weeks ago we wrote an editorial about the liquor dealers in Holmes county In it we said tha there were 42 places in Holmes county with Federal licenses to distribute liquor and wines According to our record we listed seven places in the city limits of Tchula on the western section side of our county among the 42 Mayor W C Perry of Tchula checked upon the places listed and found that only two of these places were inside the city limits the others being on the out skirts Mayor Perry said that he made an effort to keep up with what was going on in the city and that he didn t believe these two places sold liquor Thus Tchula is cleared up hub actually sell whiskey to the best of our and official knowledge We are glad to make this statement We can only say that we wish we could say the same of the other communities in Holmes

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Library of Congress1938

Image 12 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), January 20, 1938

r TCHULA 5 4 4 Continued from page 8 Mrs R G Williams and son Bobby of Jackson and Miss Elmarie Lacy of Goodman spent the week end with Tchula relatives Rev and Mrs A R Beasley visited home folks in Hickory Flat and Blue Mountain last week Mrs Boyd Sheppard and Mrs Byrd Jones spent Friday in Greenwood Ann and Carl Fincher came home with them for a few days visit Mr and Mrs J C McNeit of Jack son spent Friday and Friday night with Mr and Mrs Roy Walt and family Mr and Mrs J N Bedwell have re cently had several most interesting let ters and pictures from their son James D Bedwell who is stationed in China with the U S Marines He stated that he would be moved to Peking China at an early date to be one of the guards at tho American Embassy The ninth grade of the T H S had a picture show party in Belzoni Thurs day night Mr Dave Longinotti Mr John Camp bell and Mr Wm Beachman retired rail road men of Durant accompanied Louis Longinotti to Tchula Monday to visit friends Mrs Evelyn Sweet was accompanied

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Library of Congress1934

Image 4 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), May 10, 1934

Lexington Advertiser The Advertiser Pub Co Publishers Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Hiss as Mail Matter of the Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year200 Six Months Three Months jr Single Copies each B A POVALL___Managing Editor TOM SHEPHERD _Editori MRS R M OWIN Society Editor t Announcements For CongressThird District JOE P McCAIN of Cleveland A COUNTRY CODIFIED By Clayton Rand Codes increase to cover the country bold experiments in the program of National Recovery Among all complicated codes of busindsa conduct none is as im portant as those that govern the press Should publishers and printers codes fail of their purpose editorial columns that have such a penterat ing effect on public opinion would reflect this failure and undermine the recovery program It is for that reason that the whole structure of the New Deal depends so much upon the cooperation of the printers and publishers Their patriotic response to the Presidents program is essential to National Recovery REGULATION NOT PROHIBITION As the date for Mississippians to ex press themselves on prohibition nears many newspapers politicians dry lead ers and others are trying to befuddle the peoples minds Instead of recogniz ing a fact that we have never

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Library of Congress1932

Image 4 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), November 3, 1932

TREE I S 3HI BY THE LEX1 ADVERTISER XI 1 i1TV RULES AND REGULATIONS 1 Any reputable man woman or child residing in this vicinity or sur rounding territory is eligible to enter this election and compete for a prize i Nominations may be made at any time during the election 2 No employee in this NEWSPAPER office is eligible to enter this distribution This newspaper reserves the right to reject any nomination 3 The winners of the prizes will be decided by their accredited votes aid votes being represented by ballots on subscriptions 4 Candidates are not confined to their particular section or commun ity in which to secure votes and subscriptions but may take orders anj where in this section or for that matter anywhere in the State or United States 5 Cash must accompany all orders where votes are desired There will be no exceptions to this rule Candidates will be allowed to collect subscriptions and renewals as well as entirely new subscriptions and a otes will be issued on both alike 6 Votes are free It costs the subscribers nothing extra to vote for their favorite Subscribers should ask for votes when paying their sub scriptions

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Library of Congress1930

Image 4 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), May 1, 1930

PAGE FOUR Lexington Advertiser The Advertiser Pub Co Publishers Entered at the Postoffice at Lexington Miss as Mail Matter of the Second Class SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year___200 Six Months___ Three Months_ 6 Single Copies each 0 B A POVALLManaging Editor TOM SHEPHERD Editor MRS MINNIE LEE REED Local Editor Circulotion Manager M ANNOUNCEMENTS k For Congress Third District WILL M WHITTINGTON of Greenwood For Highway Commissioner First District JOE E FRAZER of Madison County For Marshal W ALLAN RAMSEY WALTER H MOORE OUR GREATEST DUTY Most people speak almost reverently of Our Country We all swig My Country Tis of Thee with great en thousiams What do we mean by such expressions of our supposed patriot ism Are we thinking of the service which we owe our country of the love we have for it r are we thinking only of the protection which our country can afford us only of the personal benefits we may derive from it Are we think ing of what we may do for our country or for what our contry may do for us Our duty to ourselves as well as our country demands positive as well as negative action We must be construct

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Library of Congress1928

Image 2 of The Lexington advertiser (Lexington, Miss.), May 10, 1928

PAGE TWO COMING Optometrist Lexington City Drag Store Monday Tuesday Wednesday May 7th 8th 9th Hare Your Eyes Examined lilawn Fitted Lenee Chang CONSULTATION FREE Aom Office Greenwood Miaaleaipi Three Days Only JTreeLgisg TWO MONTHS NONSKID AG E PAYMENT PLAN Use the easy par eh a ae plan to boy General while prices are lowest and yea get the benefit of DualGrip Nonskid when you need it most friii on the General tet now means two months perfect nonskid mileage practically frtel At this season good rob ber shows nest to no wear When summer comes your tires will still be almost new all paid for and ready to roll for a year or two Under the fanaons GTAC payment plan Generals top qaality tire is as easy to buy as ordigargmimp No More Dowd Less In The End Igenehai j TtE I goes atom way to mabtfriundt SUPERIOR SERVICE STATION Lexington Mississippi The only store in Lexington with this famous payment plan Odorless Dry Cleaners clean clothes with no odor Phone 125 HOME BREVITIES t 4 Mr and Mrs Jessie Stigler and li I tie daughter Elisabeth made the mot trip from Greenwood Sunday with M and Mrs R

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Library of Congress1923

Image 2 of The North Mississippi herald (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.), October 5, 1923

THE NORTH MISS HERALD OFFICIAL PAPER City of Water Valley Issued Every Friday LOUIS C BARBEREd aad Pb SUBSCRIPTION150 PER YEAR Strictly ia Adveace Entered at the Poet Office st Water Valley aa secondclass mail matter Ftneim Advrtiin Rcpccntmive THE AMERICAN PRIuSs THIN OKLAHOMAS LITTLE KAISER The action of Governor Walton of Oklamoma in putting a military cen sor into the editorial rooms of the Tulsa Tribune is a final brazen as sault os liberty of the press that should arouse every newspaper pub lisher from coast to coast action to the end that we may bring quickly to close the growing grip of officials over public expression The in sidious inroads made in different states all with the same end in view getting a grip on the throat of the publisher have grown so bold that the newspaper profession must sit up and take notice if it is to preserve itself In some quarters the assault is care fully camouflaged under the cloak of reform but it is none the less danger ous Th Tulsa Tribune leading news paper of the state saw fit to criticize the conduct of the Oklahoma Gover nor The recital of the Governors activities

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Library of Congress1922

Image 2 of Stone County enterprise (Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi), November 30, 1922

Stone County Enterprise PUBLISHED EVERY THl RSDAY MORNING T P BOND Editor cm Publisher Entered as secondclass matter July 3 1906 at the postoffice at Wiggins M ss under the Act ot Congress of March 3 1879 One Year 150In AdvanceSix Months 75c_ Wiggins Miss Nov 0 1922 v c stcf hhmkbmmi The Proper Course The editorpublisher is au thority for the statement that Frederick I Thompson paid a million dollars for the Birming ham AgeHerald This is proba bly the record price for a south ern newspaper The AgeHerald was founded twenty years ago by the late E W Barrett who made it one of the leading news papers of the countryLaurel Leader Maybe it is worth it but we cant see what any man with a million dollars wants with a newspaperClarionLedger Of course the ClarionLedger was jesting but the average per ron including some newspaper men whose sole ambition is merely to make money feels Ln 4 Ttii i 14 EH AAii vrt a i T o man runs a newspaper with no other idea than to make money there would be no use in spend ing a million dollars to buy a paper It is seldom

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Library of Congress1922

Image 1 of The Aberdeen weekly (Aberdeen, Miss.), March 31, 1922

THE ABERDLEIi VEEKLY av OUR JOB DEPARTLiEilT 75 COMPLE1E rv i in IS IS8UED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING 4 f II V X L A L I I 1 1 i is X M r 1 v Service the Best Price Ritht iii 1 1 1 1 1 ii Delivery Prompt Subscription 100 a Year Commercial Wetldinpr uix Society Printing Kxeeutr MAIL ORDERS SOIICITKI Try Cs for Oood Work ami Low PtiiM Advertising rates on application VOL 46 ABERDEEN MISS MARCH 31 1922 NO 40 3 i V Y 0 timv iluliil TV to buy Simmons Beds Mattresses and Springs Chairs and Porch Furniture at greatly Reduced Prices These prices will be in effect during the week beginning APRIL 3rd ONLY Tlie Simmons Label appears on each piece A genuine Simmons Bed Spring and Mattress at prices all can afford Simmons Outfits cost no more than you are prepared to pay or honest comfort and service To demonstrate the notgenerallyknown fact that genuine Simmons Beds can be purchased at popular prices we are featuring the bed and bedding outfit illustrated at the price below including a Simmons Bedstead continuous poits of steel tubing in any standard width strongly constructed light in

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Library of Congress1922

Image 2 of The North Mississippi herald (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.), March 24, 1922

JOHN HORAN Lawyer CRIMINAL AND GENERAL PRACTICE Office Oppicite Pot Office WATER VALLEY MISS C W JOHNSON Civil Engineer Land Survey Farm Drainage WATER VALLEY MISS iMiiiiiiimiitiiiiiiiniiiiitiiitiiiiiiiiiiiii W A SPEARMAN Dentist Office hour 8g m to S p m Over Harkins Store MAIN ST WATER VALLEY Llilillitlllllllllllltlllllllililliiiiiiiiiiiit J L HARRIS AttornevatLaw Will practice in all the Court Office on Wood Street WATER VALLEY MISS Dr P L BERRY Dental Surgeon Phone 199 Over Poctoffice WATER VALLEY MISS lllimillllllllllllllHIIUHHIlIinilllHHI W I STONE J P STONE STONE STONE Lawyers Will Practice in all Court Water Valley and Coffeeville imiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiiiiiijiiiiiHi DR J B LONG Dentist OAKLAND MISS IIMlIIIMItliltllllliUmilllllllllfllllillll 6R6 cures Chills and Fever To Stop h Cough Quick take HAYES HEALING HONEY a cough medicine which stops the cough b healing the inflamed and irritated tissues A box of GROVES OPENTRATE SALVE for Chest Colds Head Colds and Croup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES HEALING HONEY The salve should be rubbed on the chest and throat of children suffering from a Cold or Croup The healing effect of Hayes Healing Honey in side the throat combined with the healing effect of Groves OPenTrate Salve through the pores of the skin soon

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Library of Congress1921

Image 2 of The Brandon news (Brandon, Miss.), November 24, 1921

FOR the nexc 24 week days before Christmas beginning SATURDAY NOV 26 we are going to offer to our old and new customers Bar gains m Hardware that you cannot find elsewhere A fUN NIL UNOH JUlCt CftTRACTO rocfttf HCASUOIOO CU ooocmho com jj SfHAINiH SAL AND PtPPtK SHAftfftS ft 7 4niMMno lAPlf VGAR SHAftCR I HCASUliMO Cu STHAtMf 1 P0QOH0 HOUiO CUOT5 Your Choice of any piece in this lot for lc Each REGULAR lOc to 25c VALUES_ rV HAVE JUST re ceived 1107 pieces of QUALITY BRAND THE WORLD S BEST Alum inum Ware which we are going to sell at prices that every one who needs cooking utensils cannot afford to miss this opportunity V LOT ONEQUALITY BRAND Consists of articles that sell as high as 25c each regular these go for QUALITY BRAND _ LOT TWOQUALITY BRAND In this lot we have put in articles that have sold as high as 125 QUALITY BRAND AQC These go for FtwW QUALITY BRAND LOT THREEQUALITY BRAND We have the best selection you ever saw in this lot just look these over and see QG Avhat you can get for QUALITY BRAND Your Choice of any piece in this

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Library of Congress1921

Image 6 of The Aberdeen weekly (Aberdeen, Miss.), November 18, 1921

THE ABERDEEN WEEKLY ABERDEEN MISSISSIPPI A WOMAN TESTIFIES Here is the Help Most Women Need at Some Time in Life Covington Ky Some years ap I Was awfully ruiwlown and nprvmis from feminine trouble and my physician reo omrnended Ur fierce s iavonte Pre scription told me that it was the beet medicine on the market for women W hether it is the best or not it is the best I have found for a few bottles helped me wonderfully and by continu ing its use 1 was cured entirely Mrs Edith Ford 1320 Banklick St The use of Dr Pierces Favorite Pre scription makes women happy by mak ing them healthy A great many women in the South owe their good health of to day to this famous Prescription Get it at your drue store or send 10 cents to Dr Pierce Invalids Hotel in Buffalo K Yf for a trial pkg Dr Pierce will give you confidential medical advice free Comfortable Healttfal Nights for Baby follow the use of the saf eT5leaa ant purely vegetable guaran teed nonalcoholic nonnarcotic preparation RSWIMSLOWS SYRUP Tit laftnt acd Ouldrent Relator fi Medical skill haa never deviard a safer or more satisfactory

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Library of Congress1921

Image 4 of The Southern herald (Liberty, Miss.), October 21, 1921

THE 80UTHBBN HERALD LIBERTY MISSISSIPPI Copyright THE ORGANEST Synopsis Proud posseHHor of a pnnlmK press and equipment the gift of Uncle Joseph to his nepnew Herbert Illinsrsworth Atwater Jr aged thirteen tlie fortunate youth with his chum Henry Hooter about the same aire begins the publication of a fullfledged news paper the North End Jalty Ori ole Herberts small cousin Flor ence Atwater being barred from any kind of participation In the enterprise on account o her In tense and natural feminine desire to boss Is frankly annoyed and not at all backward in saylntc so PART I Continued It was In a wiue an original poem though like the greater number of all literary offerings It was so Itrongljr I inspirational that the source of Its Inspiration might easily become mani fest to a coldblooded reader Never theless to the poetess herself as she explained later In good faith the words Just seemed to come to her doubtless with either genius or some form of miracle Involved for sources of In spiration are seldom recognized by in spired writers themselves She had not long ago been party to a musical Sunday afternoon at her greatuncle Joseph Atwaters house where

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