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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS i PUBLIC SERVICE LX.IV Lionel Hampton, King of the j Vibraharp, winner oi the Capi- tal Press Club award for dis¬ tinguished service in music ana race relations during 1945, and Alice C. Browning, editor oi Negro Story and Child Play magazine, announce the re¬ lease of “Lionel Hamptons ►Swing Book," Monday, March 25. This 160-page “Swing Book,’ unique in its field, published by Lionel Hampton and the Ne¬ gro Story Press and edited try Two Non-Coms Who Refused To Be Jim Crowed Ordered Off Bus Washington, D. C. Two non-commissioned in the United States Army ordered off a Greyhound in the heart of the nation's capital by a white military po¬ liceman last Monday when they refused to take seats in the rear of the bus at the re¬ quest of the driver. The two soldiers, Corporal VI\T/ uel Foshee and Corporal 1 j>i$iard White, both of the 9th Ordnance Training Battalion at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., were returning to their station after spending a week end with their families In Washington. Both men have announced their intentions of suing the Greyhound Bus Lines and the NAACP legal stall' has already accepted the case. Boarding the bus at the Grey¬ hound Bus Terminal in down¬ town Washington early Mon¬ day morning, Corporal Foshee took the third seat from the front of the bus on the right and Corporal White the fourth seat from the front of the bus MISS, SOLDIER 0 EATEN, FINED JACKSON filiS Jackson, Miss iANP> Maxie Evans, an honorably discharged soldier still in uniform, stopped here to see his father, -sistei and other relatives while t. route to his home from camp, was badly beaten, arrested and fined *25 last week for criti¬ cizing a local jim crow bus. According to reports, Evans was seated in the jim crow section of the bus when sever¬ al other colored passenger., were ordered to get up and geo- back further, although already occupying seats in the jim crow section. Evans was over¬ heard comparing local bus ser¬ vice with bus service in Chica- Continued on Page Two Mrs. LaMoneda Buys Hill Residence 9 Mrs. Orich Q. LaMoneda, well *J ,wn proprietor of the Nep- X t cafes, recently purchased the residence of D. J. Hill, late real estate dealer, at 704 West 36th street. The price paid is said to have been $5,000 The house is of excellent has , construction and ten rooms j and a sun parlor H lias garage apartments in the lane. The house is being painted j and redecorated. Mrs. LaMo-j neda will occupy it in about three weeks as her residence. - nrawr Alice C. Browning, will fea- ture all current swing person- aiities as well as give the read¬ er a background in the Story- ville days of jazz. Basically it gives full credit to the Negro for his contribution. Among those discussed or shown m: Calloway, will be Buddy Duke Ellington, Johnson, | | Bradshaw, Louis Arm¬ Charlie Barnett, Benny Louis Jordan, Walter Dyett, Woody Herman, Hazel Lena Horne and scores others. COLLEGE FOUNDERS DAE Atlanta, March 11. The six¬ ty-first founders day celebra¬ tion of Morris Brown College was held here Sunday, Dr. W. A. Fountain, Jr, president; Bishop W. A. Fountain, Sr., chancellor. Representatives from the dif¬ ferent conferences in the state were present, ministers and laymen in large numbers. Prof. Daniel T. Grant, principal ol the high school at Thomaston, was the alumni speaker, and President J. H. Lewis of Wil- berforce University, the Payne Seminary department, gave a strong messaage on founder’s day at 10 a. m. The missionary department was represented by Mrs. J. A. Fountain, state missionary sup- ■ oonr.uiued on one e 7> TO PRESENT “THE PEASANT OF GALILEE’ Monday and Tuesday Ai City Auditorium m '</ 1 «* REV. RALPH MARK GILBERT The stage is all set, and curtain will rise on the pro - duction of the latest play to come from the pen of Savan- nah’s religious which ' wil] bp presented from tlu . stage ol U)e Municipal Am- ditorium when Ra i ph Mark Gilbert - S « The p easa nt of Gall- -———-1-r;--I- Continued on Pag© t Defense For Tennessee Rioters New York Upon his return here March 6 from Tennessee, where he had conducted a first hand investigation of the Co¬ lumbia, Tennessee, riot Febru¬ ary 26-28, Walter White, the NAACP secretary, announced that plans for a defense of all Negroes arrested and charged with an offense would be speedily arranged by NAACP attorneys. Mr. White also stated that every pressure would be brought to bear to secure the arrest and conviction of the real culprits, the mob members who stoned the jail February 26. and the state highway patrolmen and militiamen who violated the rights of citl _ He said that there was that patrolmen and members had stolen property, because while all cit¬ were barred from the Ne- Continued on page 2 HOME AFTER 45 MONTHS SERVICE i. fm# MM / Captain Arthur Dwight re¬ turned home last week on ter¬ minal leave after having served three years and nine months in the armed forces, 22 months of which were spent in the Aleutian Islands as a member of the 364th Infantry. While in the states he served as athletic officer of his out¬ fit and in the Aleutians zone he was personnel officer. Prior to entering the armed forces Capt. Dwight was a teacher at Haven Home school. He is the son of Mrs. Mattie } Franklin of 508 East Anderson street. VFI MEMBER SHIP SHOWS Another large group of World War 11 foreign service veteran,. was obligated into membership by Vance Allison Post, No. 1 2933. the local affiliate of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, at its P&gu- monthly meeting held on Wednesday night of last week its c * ul) rooms Masonic Tern- P* e West, Gwinnett street. The * adure of Negro veter- ans to a PP>y for benefits en- *-**icd them because of service in armed forces was criticis ed a means of acquainting Continued on page 2 SUMTER WMM CLUB CUDNOL HOLDS BIG SPRING MEE TING __ TO HEAR AEA. VOTE CASE Birmingham (ANPi — “William P. Mitchell Vote De¬ nial case,’’ brought against Macou County Board of Regis¬ trars, Tuskegee, is scheduled for hearing April 8 before tne United States Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, ln a 53-page brief, filed by Arthur D. Shore, Birmingham lawyer; William H. Hastie, Washington, D. C., dean of the Howard University law school, and Thurgood Marshall, York, special counsel for the NAACP, the attorneys for appellant set forth the upon which they seek a sal of the unfavorable of Judge Kennamer of the S. Middle District court In Oc tober, 1945. Mitchell alleges that members of the Macon of Registrars on July 5, wrongfully refused to him solely because of h»s Continued on page 2 SMS JIM CROW NUT KILLED IN NEW ARMY POLICY New York The new army p 0 n C y 0 n the use of Negro troops is a step forward, but ‘“does not abolish segregation in the army” said the NAACP in an official statement Marcn 7 j “The new policy provides for j jim crow platoons instead oi! jim crow divisions,’ the state-! ment eventually said. Negro “It also officers states that arej j expected to command thp N*. ! gro units. There is some ref- erence to spacialists and tech-, nicians being used according to; their ability, but the body of the recommendation.. THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY. MARCH 14, IMG Name Leading Students In Beach-Cuyler Hi. School According to a report releas-1 ed this week the fading stu¬ dents in Beach-Cuyler high school for the first six weeks of the second semester are as follows: Senior high—Minnie Patrick, 10B. 92; John Blackshear, 11B, 91; Dorothy Mae Hill, 10A3, 90; Dorothy Mclver, 10A1. 91; Vi¬ enna Thorn, 10A, 90; Dorothy Collins, 12A, 91; Jessie Collier. 12A, 91; Veronica Cook, 12A, 9U; Janette Wilson, 12A, j;0. Junior high Arthur Craw¬ ford, 9A4. 93; Raymond Knight, 9A4, 93; Frances Wright, 9A1. 91; Ella Mane- Law, 9B2, 92; Undine Harris, 9A1, 90; Ernestine Maynor, 9A1, 9*3; Evelyn Grant, 9A1, 90; Re- thel Gould, ?9B2, 90; Lillie My¬ ers, 9B2, 90; James Densler, 8A3, 92; Johnnie Campbell, 8A3. 90; Bettye J. Snype, 7B1, 91; Miller, 8A1. 90; Lillian 7A3, 91; Dorothy Rob¬ 7A3, 90; Alan Walker, 91; Ruth Johnson, 8A. Frances Wright, 9A, 92. i MURDER OF EX-SAILOR TIPS S. C. LYNCH REPORT Elko, S. C. iANPI—T he slay¬ ing of Navy Veteran Raymond Reed. allegedly by in-laws, held In custody by the Barn¬ well county sheriff, tipped oil the widespread report of a lynching here. Sheriff Jell Black said Monday. Sheriff Black’s explanation of circumstances surrounding the death of the 30-year- old vet¬ eran whose lifeless body was found at dawn Thursday morning dangling from a rope strung to a crudely construct¬ ed cross a few feet from the town's principal highway, was with his an¬ of the arrest of persons, held on suspicion murder. Doris Reed, estranged wile the dead man; her 63-year- mother, Eliza Roland, and brothers, Jack Roland. 32, Continued on page 2 Americus, Mar. 4 The Sumter County 4-IJ Council held its spring quarterly meet- .,ng Saturday morning ip the auditorium of Staley . high school with Bobbie Snead,jpryl- ident of the State 4-H council, presiding. This was the initial program ushering in tin: activities of 4-H Clubbers in the observance of National 4-II Club Week. March 2-10. In attendance were many oi the rural teache/rs, 4-H advisers, community leaders, rural preachfers and 4-H club¬ bers from practically all of the 4-H Clubs of Planter county. An interesting program was rendered. including music, games and addresses. Plans Continued on page 2 RABBI vAmirrDMlK Y UU NlttnlVIAn JQ SPEAK APR. 7 __ At . First r . Congregational - . . Church __ Rabbi Louis Youngerman, wd o was scheduled to be speaker at the First Congrega- tionai church Sunday, March 11 ■ has been forced t( > P° st ‘ P° ne hls comin . e until A P nl7 , ' at 6 - 00 P-“j_ Tb fJ >ub ' lie is i invited _ ii j i to hear him that time, for he has a sage which Is greatly has to do with the of s id separate Negro under Negro officers, for ice in the army. Although is stated that Negro will be accepted and the same as white officers, it apparent that they will be pendent for promotion the openings .available in called Negro units, “As the report states, and Secretary Patterson has Hus is merely a step integration. It is by no integration and will not Continued on Page Two HERE TO STIMULATE REGISTRATION O. E. McKaiue, field repre¬ of the Southern Con¬ for Human Welfare, is Continued on page 2 Tells Audience The Birth Of A Mew South Is Beginning NEW YORK ITS NEGRO < I ¥ The recent appointment oi Vernon Riddick as a justice by Mayor William O’Dwyer, brought New York city's Negro judges to 7 and their salaries to Over $85,000 annually. Justice Francis E Rivers oi the City Court is the highest paid oi the seven, receiving *J7,500 in his yearly pay check. The only woman among the seven is Justice Jane Bolin ol the Court ol Domestic Rela¬ tions, whose salary is *12,000. Justices Myles Paige of the Special Sessions Court and Hu¬ bert Delaney of the Court oi Domes tic Relations also receive $12 ,ooo per annum The two New York judges who were first to serve on the bench, Justices S. Watson and Charles L, ey, each receives *10,840 VETS ELECT FEME OFFICERS At the meeting of the World War II Veterans Association held at Beach high school, the following permanent officers were elected. Maj I J. l- kins, president; Groover Eu¬ banks, vice president; Isaac E Eaten. Jr., recording secretary; Bull* Bellinger, treasurer; E s- gar O. Prince, financial secre¬ tary; Clifford O Ryals, clerk of order; James Pinkney, Continued on page 2 A SON Jeremiah, II, Is the name given to the son born March 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Mid¬ dleton of Southover Junction. Mrs. Middleton, before her marriage, was resident oi Milieu. COUNTY TEACHERS ASSOCIATION TO BET CHARTER MARCH 22. CHAPLAIN BLAKE RETURNS HOME J0 w lli i su The above is Chaplain C. C Blake, a former resident of vannah and a staunch of St. Philip AME cured, (Charles and West streets,) who returned home from overseas. He attended Georgia State College and is a graduate Morris Brown College and Tur-; ner Theological Seminary, 1941 1,(1 4 respectively ’I he chaplain entered the service October 29, 1943. He '• served at Camp Campbell, Ky.. and Ft iiauchuea. Arm., us • ~i r Sir of operations, where he was wounded. While overseas he was in two buttles. ! On his return to the United ! States he was stationed at Camp Edwards and Ft. Devens, Mass. He is the husband oi the for¬ mer Miss Lottie L. Morgan, the daughter of Mrs. Hattie Mor- Continued on page 2 ■ GRAHAM JACKSON, noted i musician, entertained the In¬ i ternational Monetary Confer¬ j ence ilr :s and guests at a dinner gr > n bj the Savannah ! Chamber oi Commerce Mr Jackson flew here from Atlan¬ ta to play for the guests who were assembled in the Hag- NUMBER :'.Z The Chatham County Negro Teachers Association will have a full agenda for the monthly I meeting on March 22 at, 7 j o’clock at the West Broad streets | U30. | Miss Dorothy I. Ury will givo I a short talk on the subjc j .v, “Health Education.” The com-, j J mittee distribute on the tickets spring soiree will to be .sold by ] the members. The election of delegates to the annual Georgia Education¬ al ana Teachers’ Association convention to be held April 12 and 13 in Albany, will be nam¬ ed. > j nating The appointment committee of a nonri- will be made. I This committee will report on a | slate of officers who will serve j during the 1940-1947 school j term at the April meeting, A report will be made show- in 8 the progress In having tho issue of the bulletin (Reflec- tori ready by May 1. The president plans to pro- sent at the meeting a charter Association showing that the local organization is now our of the seven such organizations hi the state having an affiliat- °cl membership in the NEA. ------------- DK. ALICE W. McKANE tflLj rvirc In ihl DUjI R/TCT/lJU UN " — She Was Savannah's Dr ’ Ahce Woodby McKan ° dled , Tuesday of last week at her ho,T,p ln B,,ston - Mass - she had been ailing for the past two years, but with that de¬ termined spirit she generally displayed, persevered to the end. Through the influence of Miss Lucy C. Laney, she was Continued on t * b #« 7 — Orangeburg, S. C. The 50th anniversary celebration of South Carolina State College got off to an auspicious start here founder’s day, March 3, when Dr. D. L. Witherspoon, founder’s day speaker, address¬ ing a capacity audience, de¬ clared that “the birth of a new South is beginning.” Dr. Witherspoon, a promi¬ nent alumnus of South Caro¬ lina State College and secre¬ tary-treasurer of the Pension Board of the African Metho- Continued on page 2 bedecked di»ing room of tlsei DeSoto hotel. His program ; on- sisted of the Rational anthem* of ail 1 nations re oft sen led at* the conference. Secretary of! the Treasury Fred M. Vinson and Governor Ellis Am a: of! Georgia were the main speak* ers for the evening.