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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 I 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.