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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXIV
15.000 TAKE TB-SYPHIUS TESTS
FIRST 10 DAYS OF HEALTH DRIVE
THEIR TURN HAS ALMOST COME—Some have waited for hours for blood tests and chest X-
rays, as double lines form at Yamacraw Village station. A new station for colored persona
opens today in Fellwood Homes, as the station in Yamacraw was closed.
CAMPAIGN TO LAST
UNTIL DECEMBER 1
More than fifteen thousand
persons have already taken ad¬
vantage of the free test find¬
ing program for tuberculosis
and syphilis which was inau-
unrated her., on October 15 by
the Chatham county-Savannah
health department in conjunc-
tion with the state and U. S.
health departments. This in-
tensive dr.'ve to eradicate these
two diseases which has sur-
passed the most sanguine ex-
TEACHERS WALK OUT WHEN
CO-WORKER IS FRAMED
Johnston. S. C. (ANP) — The
Id teachers in the Edgefield coun¬
ty training school walked out of
classrooms here Monday morning
in protest against the framing a
jailing of a co-worker, an affidavit
filed with the South Carolina con¬
ference of NAACP disclosed Tues¬
day.
However, quick action and dis¬
missal of a disorderly charges and
refunding of a $25 bond friends
posted for the young woman, ef¬
fected their return when the coun¬
ty supervisor and superintendent
interceded.
White Officer Propositioned
The affidavit, sworn to before
Roland W. Per, in, Columbia notary
public, declares that on the night
of Oct. 6, at about 11 o’clock,
two women teachers, Misses Fran¬
ces E. Jenkins and Annie Lee
Sin.vthe, left the home of principal
C. B. Toomer and his wife to re¬
turn to their own around the cor¬
ner.
As the women gained the street,
a man sprang from behind a tree
and grabbed them. Miss Jenkins
screamed and escaped to flee back
to the Toomer home but
Smythe was unable to escape and
found herself held by city officer
Dials who, fearful of a general
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Find Body of Lieutenant
Believed To Be Suicide
UQlimbia, S. C. (AXP) The
of Carlton Duckett, son of
Prof, and Mrs. T. L. Duckett of
Benedict College, was fished out
of the muddy Cengaree river Tues¬
day afternoon, ending a week’s
ra ' C 4*V -Jj’j - £ the 30 year old dis-
ch« r Rm 'iy lieutenant who was
seen ’nil throw himself into the
river’ last* Monday.
The young man returned homo
several months ago after being
discharged from an army hospital
where he had been confined a ft or
a nervous breakdown while serv-
ing in Franoe. Police had found
Fiui early Monday morning on tile
pectations of the promoters,
will end December l.
Any person who has been in
the neighbrhood of Yamacraw
Village community house or
the health department in
Charlton street this week does
1 not have to be told of the
j way
the Negroes of Savannah are
i taking advantage of the free
blood-test and X-ray pictures
jin the present survey,
That is what Dr. Clair A. Hen
derson, director of the Chath-
1 am county health department,
jsa’d in an interview this week,
‘He added:
Ask
For Soldier
New York.—The NAACP is fil¬
ing a petition for clemency in the
case of Pur die S. Jackson,
24790231, formerly of Company
“F” of the 1311st Engineers (US)
Regiment. Jackson was tried and
convicted by general court-marti¬
al in Nashville, Tennessee, on Feb¬
ruary 7, 1944, for assault with
intent to do bodily harm on three
white civilians . IIe was convicted
and sentenced to a dishonorable
discharge and twelve years at hard
labor.
The record discloses that the
altercation started when Jackson
sat at a table reserved for whites
in a drug store in Nashville, Tenn.,
and that his so-called white victims
were actually the aggressors. The
thiough its petition for
cdemenc y seeks to have the re-
mainder of Jackson’s sentence com-
muted a,ld have him restored to
duty with the opportunity to earn
an honorable discharge.
bridge at the river and suspecting
his intentions, had him returned
home where a few hours later he
escaped the attention of Mrs.
Duckett and fled the home. Mrs.
Duckett was unable to overtake
him and found, when she reached
the river, a large crowd which said
a man was seen to jump from the
bridge.
Young Duckett, considered a
brilliant product, was dean of men
at Friendship college. Rock Hill,
S. C., before induction into the
army. He was also an acc^mplit ii
i d musician and was well liked,
ilis death is recorded as “acci-
denuil.”
£hr f anamtali STritmnr
enough an couid reach far
enough to thank every one of
“I wish my voice was strong
them in person. I know that it
is just common sense that they
do come, but I want to say that
I appredate their, cooperation,
and the way they realize the
importance of this program.
"We have tried every way we
know to let every person know
about the free tests and what
they meon.”, Dr. Henderson
said- We have sent and sent
aga n, an automobile into va¬
rious neighborhoods, with loud
Continued on page Eight
Investigate Slaying Of
South Carolina Man
Soprano Wins
$1000 Prize
By Harold G. Miller
Philadelphia. (ANP) —• Miss
Mary Simmons, 26-year-old so-
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THE WEDDING OF THE YEAR
w fiihjm)
The bridal parly—left to right. Mrs. N E. flolsiy matron of honour; Miss Reatha M. Gibbs
maid of honor- the bride and and groom, Or. and Mrs Ralph Mark Gilbert; Deacon John S.
Delaware, best man, an Dr. N. E. Holsey, groomsman.
DU. RALPH MARK GILBERT
WEDS MISS ELORIA
SHERMAN
Largely because of the etc-
ment of surprise which sur-
rounded the event and aluo
because ol the simplicity with
which the whole event was
marked, the wedding ceremony
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, OCT. 25, 1945
Assembly To Slow Told Registration Of lliises
Savannah organized labor
braced itself last week for a
fight through the courts if
such tacticp srove necessary,
ot clear the way for all quali¬
fied citizens to register at
Chatham county courthouse
for voting in the next elections.
Members of the Savannah
Trades and Labor Assembly tes
tified at Monday night's meet¬
ing of the Central Body that
apparently polit’cal interest-
now in power in the city and
county government were using
every known ruse to slow down
registration.
“Scare tactics are being used
to keep citizens away from reg¬
istering now that they do not
have to pay a poll tax.” it was
charged.
Most effective ruse used is
that of demanding a personal
property tax receipt before a
citizen will be allowed to regis¬
ter, delegates to the assembly
were told.
“What labor wants to know
is what are the legal
qualifications for registering to
vot» in Chatham t 'vnty ” Rob¬
ert C. Skinner Central Body
ores’den- said.
The Trades and Labor Assem
bly will ask State Attorney
General Eugene Cook this
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A memorable musical expe¬
rience awaits those who will
hear the Hallelujah Quartet
Monday night, Oct. 29, at 8
o’clock at the First African
Baptist church.
This blue ribbon foursome
Columbia, S. C. (ANP)—Gov.
Ransome J. Williams was asked to
conduct an immediate investiga¬
tion into the slaying of a man
identified only as the “father of
Beatrice Singletin” in Barnwell
county this week.
James M. Hinton, state NAACP
president, said the incident had
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(iovcnior Promises To Frolic
Lynching Of Jesse Payne
which joined Miss Eioria
man, of New York city, to Dr.
Ralph Mark GJbert, of this
city, on the past Sunday after-
noon, will long be remembered
by those who wilut->ucd the oc-
casion,
Although many Uavaimuhi-
nus were expecting that Iht
Robeson Given The
30th Spingarn Medal
New York. Characterizing Paul
Robeson as a "man who exempli¬
fies the finest in American and
American Negro traditions of ac¬
complishment, sportsmanship, and
contribution to public welfare,”
Marshall Field, Chicago publisher,
formally presented the great ac¬
tor-singer with the 30th Spingarn
Medal at a dinner here October 18
at the Hotel Biltmove.
Before a distinguished gathering
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SING HERE MONDAY NIGHT
;
f
pastor of the historic Fi l' Afri
can Baptist church would soon
take unto h'mseif a wile, very
f (;w were in the secret its
when it would take place
V> I leg j 11 ak . how-
ever -o that b Lit 6rape-
Continued on page iTvej
Deacons’
Home Begins
New Bldg.
MACON, Oit. 22 The first
newbuildlng for the
home near this city will
be erected soon, the contract
Continued on page Eight
whch is composed of Alma Park
er, soprano; Mayme Robinson-,
contralto; Lawson Bates, tenor,
and James Buster, basso, has
as its accompan’st Louise Rob-
i Continued on page 2)
Knights of Pythians Hold
Biennial Session
Columbus, O. (ANP)—The su¬
preme lodge of the Knights of
Pythias held its 33d biennial ses¬
sion here last week. The supreme
court, Order of Calanthe, the wom¬
an’s auxiliary, met simultaneously
in the local Masonic temple.
Reports made by Supreme Chan¬
cellor Oscar W. Adams showed
great gains numerically and finan¬
cially over previous years. A de¬
termined effort to come hack from
the depression-created difficulties
was evident in the vigor and en
ergy displayed by the officers and
delegates present.
Adams pointed to the restoration
of the Pythian temple on State
street in Chicago. Erected at a
cost of a million dollars by the
Pythians a score of years ago, it
has lain idle except for temp¬
orary use as a flop house. The
Pythians have arranged a finan¬
cial deal with the contractors to
whom the property hail reverted
and expect to pull it out of its fi¬
nancial difficulties.
The Pythian Bath house at Hot
I Springs, Ark., continues to he the
j principal financial asset of the
ortk V. it lias poured a golden
j stream of money into tlie organi-
zation’- coffers these pa. t few
i ve-jr- and financed e.iui h of the
[ lolucbaek effort. °f tlie order. D.
receipt, for the two years were re-
ported more than $200,090.
A suit seeking tu attack some
NUMBER 3
Mrs. Bethune
Speaks At
Ft. Valiev
On tlic occasion of the annual
Founder’s Day exercises at the
Fort Valley State College, Mrs.
Mary McLeod Bethune paid a
glowing tribute to the life an 1
work of the late Henry A.
who served as principal of the
school from 1904 until his passing
in 19:18. She reminded the *tu-
dents that they are now enjoying
the fruits of the arduous labors of
Mr. Hunt am! his faithful wife
who made untold sacrifices in
veloping this institution. Mrs.
Bethune also praised Dr. Horace
Mann Bond for his excellent lead-
ership in the further development
of the work at Fort Valley and
pointed to his election to the presi-
deucy of his alma Mater as a li-
net result of a job well-done here,
Others who appeared on the pro-
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Beach - Cuyler
Hi Leaders
The following are the leading
pupils in Beach-Cuyier high
school l’or the past six weeks:
Beach high school Lillian
Bodison, 10A class, 91 per cent;
John Blackshear, 10A, 90; Wil¬
liam Perry, 10A. 90; Willie Mae
Polite. 10B2, 92.
Cuyler Jr. high school Wil-
helmina Frazier, 8B3. 91: Eve¬
lyn Grant, 8B3, 91; Carolyn Lew
is, 8B3, 91; Alan Walker, 9B3.
91; Lillian Jackson, 7B1, 90;
Dorothy Robinson, 7B1. 90. Lil¬
lie Mae Myers, 8B1, 90; Ella Ma
e Law RBI, 90; Rethel Gould,
3B1, 91.
A SON
A Son was born October 15th
to Mr. and Mr>. Hiram Harri¬
son of iSouthover Junchitno.
He will be named Hiram Je¬
rome.
of its earnings is in court at Hot
Springs, brought by S. W. Green
of New Orleans, the former su¬
preme chancellor of the order, who
alleges that the current officials
have forgotten his labors in build¬
ing it up and have refused to
make an accounting for large sums
of monies he alleges the order owes
him. This item did not reach the
floor of the convention, however
Supreme Chancellor Adams and
Conttnued on page 3
New GOP Organization
Formed To Win Negro Votes
New York. (ANP)—Plans to
control the Negro vote for the
Republican party is reported to
be the aim of the National Council
of Negro Republicans, a new or¬
ganisation formed at the Hotel
Roosevelt here about a month ago.
Tlie new group, whose chairman
is Joseph V. Baker, a Philadelphia
publicist, has already received the
blessings of Herbert Brownell, Jr.,
chairman of the Republican Na¬
tional committee. Among indus¬
try’s big-wigs who were present
during the formation of the c.oun-
j oil " a Ernest T. Weir, rhaimian
Of the board of National Steel
I corporation. A. W. Robertson,
i chairman of the hoard of West
Yoimi
BUY BONDS
GETS M. S. f. H DEGREE
r~
A
V
It has recently been an¬
nounced that the Horace Rack-
ham School of Graduate Stud-
ies of the University of Mich-
Tail lias confetred upon Miss
Dorothy Inez Uty of this city
the degree of master of science
1 ^ public health <M, S. P. H,i.
Miss Ury has had a very sue-
cessful career in public health
education. Her first courses
the University of Michigan
were taken in 1940, when she
was the winner of a $300 fel-
lowship offered by the National
Tuberculosis Association. In
same year, under the spoil
of the local association,
attended a public health
institute at North, Carolina
(Continued on page Eight)
Negro - White
Workers
Demonstrate
Los Angeles (ANP)—Thousands
of workers, colored and white,
men and women, turned out for
the CIO sponsored jobs-for-all
demonstration held last Wednes¬
day in front of City Hall.
Speakers were virtually unani¬
mous in emphasizing that the coun¬
try faces two alternatives: either
full employment—or apple selling
and a depression far more catas¬
trophic than the one experienced
during the worst days of the early
’30’s.
Notable aspect of the demonstra¬
tion, estimated at its peak to num¬
ber approximately 10,000 people,
was the large percentage of Ne¬
groes who participated. Nearly a
fourth were colored.
I Madison, Fla. (ANP)—An in¬
vestigation into the lynching of
Jesse .James Payne, 20, Wednes¬
day night will he launched, accord¬
ing to an announcement made by
Governor Caldwell Thursday.
Payne, who was locked in an
unguarded jail here on charges
of assault with intent to rape a
five-year-old white girl in Monti-
eello, was removed from the jail
sometime between Wednesday
night and early Thursday morn¬
ing. His body, riddled with shot¬
gun slugs was found Thursday
morijing on a roadside seven miles
from here.
He had been wounded when cap-
Continued on Page 8
inghouse Electric company and
Donaldson Brown, vice-chairman
of the board of General Motors
corporation.
No members from Illinois,
Michigan and the Pacific coast
have been chosen, the executive
council reported, hut Oscar De-
Priest, veteran Chicago Uepubli an
leader and thiid ward alderman,
said:
“The only thing that can win
Negro votes for the Republican
party is the willingness of the
party to do Antethnig for Ne¬
groes. The Deinocr* I re paidf U
| j trying to do something. They;
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