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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXIV
GA. NAACP URGES FIGHT FOR BALLOT
1 ROOSEVELT MRS. GETS FIRST NEW CARVER XMAS STAMP
The first sheet of the new
George Washington Carver Christ¬
mas Seals for the benefit of the
Carver foundation at Tuskegee
Institute, Ala., is presented to
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, officially
Health Officials Praise
Work Of Committee
NAACP YOUTH
MEETING GOES TO
WILBERFORCE
New York — The 7th Annual
Youth Conference of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People will convene
at Wilberforee University, Wilber-
force, Ohio, December 27-30,
1945.
Gloster Current, NAACP dele¬
gate to the recent World Youth
Conference in London will give
ajrJt'port rli on that meeting as one
,?• T he principal features of the
program.
Representatives from many of
the Association’s 288 youth
groups are expected to partici¬
pate in the consideration of the
problems of “Youth and the
Atomic Age.”
Shriners’ Trip
To Atlanta
IT WAS A JOLLY SET IN
A SPECIAL COACH
Wednesday morning of last
week some of the nobles of
Omar Temple, No. 21, and
Mends carried a special coach
to Atlanta over the Central
railway.
The Shriners are always
jolly and they proved it on this
trip, going and coming. The
ladies who accompanied them
also joined in the festivities.
The party being assigned to
several stopping places, had
ample time to visit before
night.
Nabbor Temple had a caba¬
ret at night in the saphirt
room of the City Auditorium
J.t was full to more than ca¬
pacity, preventing a presenta¬
tion of numbers in a satisfac¬
tory manner. Despite this
on Pttc rp
BennettToGet
$ 225,000
Greensboro, N. C,, (ANP)—A
new student union to cost $225,OW
p g'• ,»e erected at Bennett colleg.
§ as soon as building condition,
permit, President David I). Jones
announced Sunday as the school
observed its 72d anniversary.
The union will contain the dining
^rjn, offices for student activities.
jf^Tiack bar, faculty room, well
equipped kitchen, refrigerator plant
and other facilities. Mrs. Henry
Pfeiffer, owner of Hudnuts cos¬
metic concern and other drug in¬
terests, and a long time friend
of Bennett and of Negro educa¬
tion. has given $112,500 toward
the student union project. An
other dormitory to cost $125,000 i
also to be built, President
said.
he iauamiiiii fritatne
opening the sales campaign for
1945.
Members of the committe, which
is composed of graduates and
former students of Tuskegee in-
Word has come from the of¬
fice of Dr. W. A, Mason. A. A.
Surgeon, U. S. Public Health
Service, who was assigned to
the Savannah-Chatham Health
Department for Community
Organization and Health Edu¬
cation incident to the syphilis-
tuberculosis survey, commend¬
ing Prof. Rebt. W. Gadsden’s
Social Hygiene committee for
the splendid job which they are
Members of the committee
are Dr. J. E. Fonvielle, 'Rev.
F. W. Bagby, Toland J. Ed¬
wards, R. W. Gadsden, Sidney
A. Jones, Dr W. A. Harris, Rev.
H. W. Murph, Wilson Hubert,
Bowles Ford, E. C. Blackshear.
Miss Dorothy Ury, 'Donald
Thomas, J Q. Jefferson, Mrs.
Josephine Hubert, Eugene Gads
den, Dr. F. S. Belcher, W. S.
Scott, Jr., Millard Wheeler,
Leonard D. Law, Dr. H. M. Col¬
lier, Jr., Mrs. Viola Holbrook,
Miss Frankie Golden, Simeon
Williams, Rev. R. M. Gilbert
Miss Margaret Gadsden.
“It is no matter of luck that
so many Negroes responded to
the opportunity for checking
on their health,” Dr. Mason
said. “The committee follow¬
ed a planned program for or¬
ganizing the community, pav¬
ing the way for the nurses,
Continued on page 2
RECITAL BRINGS CHILD PRODIGY SPONSORS
j
Chicago. (ANP) —
lean Kemp, 10-year-old
gained acclaim as well as thfe
suranec that her musical
will be financed by her
triumphant recital at the
ty Temple church here where
i movement is underway to build
youth center.
j stitute, are (left to right), Mrs.
L.' Bailey, Julian B. Thomas,
chairman; Mrs. Charles Ander-
son, Mrs. „„ Selma _ , Young and , Mr. ..
P. R. Ricketts. (ANP).
First Week TB Xmas
Sale Nets $694.55
The Negro Division of the
Chatham-Savannah Tubercu¬
losis association announces
that the total funds derived
mas sale of seals by the Negro
department for the first week
of the sale is #604.55.
Large contributions received
last week were as follows;
Eureka lodge, Masons.__$25.00
Kappa Alpha Psi ^. Frat._ 5.00
Ministers Wives Alliance. 5.00
Demoiselles Social club
of Beach Hi school..... 5.00
Eureka Branch -------- 5.03
If you have not already pur¬
chased your seals or a health
bond, do so at once. Remember,
wc are all needed in this great
fight against tuberculosis.
TWINS
Joseph and Hezekiah are the
names given to the sons born |
November 11th to Mr. and Mrs.
Moses Williams of Hudson Hill,
The young artist, who has writ-
ten more than 200 compositions
and is a 5A pupil at Throop public
; school here, was assured last week
by Miss Ida Jackson, a Los An-
gelo- -IcH : a Hint (he t om
| munity church, through Bishop M.
W. Hall pastor, v. bl sponsor her
1 musical career. Emmcriiae is cur¬
THE SAVANNAH TRIBITNE THURSDAY, NOV. 20, 1945
, m Minister » • • Jailetl ■ • g §3 in
Jim Crow Coach
Memphis, (ANP)—Rev. A. L.
Turner, prominent minister and
business man of Memphis, after
! being fpreed off his train at
] Shreveport, La., while enroute to
| Dallas to attend a CM E confer-
I ence, finally reached his destina¬
tion short of both money and
! valuable time as the result of a
j pernicious jim crow practice, it was
learned this week.
I C011(,u(;i01 on a l exas and
I Pacific passenger tram had Rev.
j Turner arrested when the min-
ister. observing that there was
only standing room in the “colored
coach,” asked him to move to a
rear coach assigned to white pas¬
sengers. Apparently resenting
this request, the conductor called
a police officer and had the min¬
ister taken from the train.
Rev. Turner remained in jail at
Continued on page 2
Three Ministers And A
Woman Burn To Death
BESSEMER, Ala., Nop.. 24..... Jenkihis of Birmingham,
a crash tonight between a
and a gasoline truck near
three Negro ministers and
woman were burned to death
the resulting fire that
both vehicles and se¬
burned the truck driv¬
The dead wer§ listed as Rev.
A. Pettus and his wife, both
Birmingham; the Rev. E- M.
ATTEND
MEETING
Mrs. Ruby Gadson, Mrs. Rose¬
C. Jackson and Miss Ca¬
milla Weems represented Beta
Sigma chapter at the
southern regional meeting cif
the Delta Sigma Theta sorority
which was held on Novem-
her 23-24 at Knoxville, Tenn.
Mrs. Addie Dandridge Jones
of Memphis, Tenn., is the re-
gional director.
an advanced musical stu¬
at the Chicago Conservatory
Music.
At her recent racial, she con¬
vinced more than 500 music lovers
previous laudatory statements.
outstanding local music cri
Continue a on page seven
Va. State College To Get
St. Vincent
Norfolk, Va. (ANP) —The entire
property of old St. Vincent Hos¬
pital here has been transferred
to Virginia State College for
Negroes located at Petersburg,
Va., for the expansion program of
the Norfolk division of the college,
it was disclosed last week. Final
acquisition of the remainder of the
property was assured after the
city council here made such a
at its regular
The nurses’ home had already
transferred to the cqjlege and
and renovation of
property to the amount of
Continued page 2 “For example,” Thomas
on ued, “today is being celebrated
day. All of the
nesses were closed. A great pa¬
rade was held in which the Ameri¬
can soldiers participated. At
very end of the parade there was
i contingent of Negro soldiers led
by a white officer. It was espec¬
ially noticeable because the
French black soldiers were a
if the French contingent instead
af being a part from the regular
"orce. How often have l
i parade in the south at home with
whatever Negro participants
illowed, at the end
the Rev, s. of Besse¬
mer. The quartet was coming
from a, religious meeting when
the fatal crash occurred.
The truck driver, W. P. Good¬
win, was rescued from burning
to death by Fred Shaw, who
was riding with Goodwin and
dragged him out of the flaming
truck. Shaw was burned, but
not very seriously.
FELLWOOD
CONTRIBUTORS
The Associate Committee for
Negro Nurseries of which B. C.
Ford is chairman announces that
jt s treasury will he almost empty
when the November deficit for op-
, erating the Fellwood Nursery is
j j paid. Only a few citizens have
contributed toward this worth¬
while undertaking. However, it is
interesting to note that the present
enrollment is thirty with an av-
erage atendance of twenty-five
j children. There is a waiting list
of fifteen children. With the ex¬
ception of a few children, the
weekly fee of $2.50 has been paid
J for each child by his parents. In
! this way, the monthly deficits of
operation have not been as much
1 as anticipated by the committee
1 in the beginning.
In order to complete the project
it will be necessary to operate
| the Fellwood Nursery through
March 1946 which will require
at least $400. Every citizen is
urged to back this community
project which includes every or¬
ganization and church of the city.
Every dollar given means happi-
ness and proper care of a child.
Official receipts given for each
donation will help in making out
income tax deductions.
To date, total contributions to
the Fellwood project have been
$495.93. Disbursements have been
as follows; Deficit for June 15
Continued on page 2
I
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I
BUY (suxitt SEALS j ;
I
Atlanta. (ANP) — Negroes in
Georgia will not be free until all
have the power of the ballot was
the theme of the State NAACP
conference held here two days at
the Butler Street YMCA.
The organization voted to au¬
thorize the president, the Rev.
Ralph Mark Gilbert, of Savannah,
to name a committee to take over
direction of the Primus King case
against the Georgia white pri¬
mary, now pending in federal ap¬
pelate court. This action means
that funds for financing the case
will be raised by the state organi¬
zation. I)r. William Madison Boyd
is chairman of the funds commit¬
tee.
Resolutions adopted called for
assistance to churches in the fur¬
therance of religious education
and provisions of leisure time ac¬
tivities for youth.
The body was welcomed to At¬
lanta by the Rev. B. J. Johnson,
pastor of Mt. Calvary Baptist
church, who expressed hope that
the group would dedicate itself
Continued on page 2
Jim Crow
Rampant At
Ft. Benning
Washington —• In violation of
War Department order No. 97
the commanding officer at • Fort
Benning, Georgia, has allowed
rigid jim crow practices against
Negro soldiers, it was charged
here last week by the NAACP in
a letter to Secretary of War
Robert P. Patterson.
The NAACP letter charged
j that Negro soldiers “have been
thrown out of the
“At The
of Parade’
Marseilles, France, (ANP)
“Many things happen at
which we don’t like and protest
quietly about,” said Jesse
Thomas, Red Cross official when
seen hero Armistice day which was
observed in France on Nov.
“but when those same things
pen abroad, the inconsistency,
unfairness, the brutality of certain
American customs, strike home.
Continued on page 2
Distribute $500,000 of
United Negro College Fund
TO GIVE ART EXHIBIT
On Sunday aftert. »c.i, Deceii.ner 2, it 5 o'clock Miss
Marjorie Sim/mons will have an exhibit of some of her
paintings and other works of art at the I irst
al church, Taylor anil Habersham streets. She is a
ate of West Virginia State Col lege and a member of the
Kappa Alpha sorority. The public is invited to see
exhibit.
Ask Owners To To Vote
The Negro Voters League, in
its intensive campaign to
a large number of Negro voters
in Chatham county, notes that
many Negro property
have neglected to register.
[Death Claims]
Dr. Verner 3
DIED SATURDAY IN |
NASHVILLE HOSPITAL
Funeral Held Here
Yesterday jjf,?
Dr. Edward W. Verner, one of
Savannah's most prominent
and best known physicians and
surgeons, died Saturday in
Hubbard hospital, Nashville,
Tenn. He was taken ill several
months ago and carried to Nash
ville for treatment. At his bed
side at the time of his death,
was his son, Dr. E. W. Verner,
Jr., who is serving an Intern¬
ship at a Nashville hospital.
Mrs. Verner, widow of Dr. Ver¬
ner, Sr., had just returned to Sa
vannah from Nashville when no
tice of his death was received
here.
The body was brought to Sa¬
vannah Tuesday and his fu¬
neral was held yesterday, Wed¬
nesday from Saint Phillip
AME church, where the Rev.
Henry W. Murph, pastor, deiiv-
Continued on page 2
New York—The second distribu¬
tion of the United Negro College
Fund 1945 campaign, amounting
to $500,000, was made this week
in letters to the 32 participating
colleges, William J. Trent, execu¬
tive director, announced today.
This distribution is being made
out of the $1,030,000 raised last
spring. The first allocation
amounted to $350,000| The ex¬
pectation is that the final allot¬
ment will be made in March 1946.
Money raised through this con¬
certed effort on thC part of Negro
and white supporters of Negro
education is used by the institu¬
tions for scholarship grants to
worthy students, the repair and
maintenance of buildings, and for
improving salary scales for facul¬
ty members.
“Urgently needed repairs to
buildings occasioned by war-time
depreciation and involuntary neg-
Continued on page 2
FORT VALLEY
HOME COMING
Fort Valley—As a part of the
fiftieth anniversary celebration of
the founding of the institution, the
Fort Valley State College will ob¬
serve Home-Coming Day Saturday,
December first.
Plans are now underway to wel¬
come hundreds of alumni who have
been invited for this occasion. The
main feature of the day will be a
football game between the Fort
Valley State College Eleven and
the highly rated team of the Al-
College. In a game
played November 17. the Fort
Valley team emerged victors over
Albany by a score of 27-21. and
the return engagement promises
be a real thriller,
j The day’s celebration will be
climaxed with a dance honoring
'the alumni.
The league, through its cam-
p-ii zyi dirc*cL r . > r J. w McOlocfc
ton, urges all Negro property
owners to be sure to register
at the same time they pay their
property and personal taxes.
number x
Continued on page 2
Scores of additional names!
may be added to the vmers*
lists, if all property owners
discharge this necessary r.ncl
all important duty when they
pay their taxes.