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YEARS Of
CONTINUOUS
PUBUC SERVICE
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UNUlMEfT
Lrunswlck, Ga. — The thir¬
teenth annual session of the
Sav.^uiah chef Association District Parent-Tea- held at
was
the Risley High School, Prof. J-
S. Wilkerson, principal, and
Mrs. A. W. Holmes, president
of the local PTA.
The meeting was well at¬
tended and much interest was
mar/fested. Reports from the
various organizations showed
numerical progress. There were
two ministers present through¬
out the meeting , and pledged
their support to this very wor¬
thy cause.
Mrs. S ,G. Norton of Bruns¬
wick white i spent the morn¬
ing to listen to the reports be¬
fore making her scheduled ad¬
dress. In part she said she was
“not speaking as a white wom¬
an, but as an American citi¬
zen and parent,” closing with
a prayer that lifted the soulf
of those present to higher
heights and a greater zeal for
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Defense Plan Made For
Tennessee Riot Victims
Nashville, Tenn — Plans
legal defense of the 100 Ne¬
arrested and charged
offenses in
the Columbia,
of February 26-28 were be¬
perfected last week by at¬
for the NAACP head¬
by Z. Alexander Looby ol
city and Maurice Weaver
Chattanooga.
Meanwhile the NAACP
ew York moved to mobilize
support of the
through the formation
a national committee of col¬
and white citizens
will publicize the case, raise
for the expensive
and press for the pun¬
of officials
lor the shooting and
violation of civil rights in
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
Charming H. Tobias
as co-chairmen of a
ional* committee, it was
nounced by Walter White,
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SEATS TAKEN FROM VETERANS ON
OUT BOUND ATLANTA BIS
Atlanta (ANP)— Two veter¬ QUEENS’ CONTEST
of World War II were or¬
dered from! their seats by a bus
driver near Palmetto, Ga., in
order that two white passeng¬
ers would not have to stand
last week.
According to a minister who
happened to be on the bus at
the time, “The driver was very
rude in demanding that the
veterans get up.” He added
later that the driver said Ne¬
groes should consider them¬
selves fortunate in being per¬
mitted to ride on the bus.
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ASK HIGHER PAY FOR CITY FIREMEN AND
POLICEMEN AND THAT NEGROES BE
EMPLOYED AS POLICEMEN
The follow/ng is a copy of a
letter by Dr. M. L. Arnau of the
Uaton Drug Company, which
v£s sent requesting to Mayor that Peter the R
Nugent,
umbers of the city fire and
^liice departments be get employed a raise
that Negroes
In the police department.
The letter was as follows:
March 22, 1946
Hon. Peter R. Nugent,
Mayor.
Savannah. Ga.
Dear Mr Mayor:
I want to take the priv¬
ilege to congratulate you
on the way you have taken
on the duties as Mayor of
he fangjutalt Sritamh
OMEGAS HOLD SEVENTH DISTRICT MEETING
First row (left to right—Carl Powell, vice basileus; John Spurlirtg; Wiliam Edwards,
editor; James T. Cater, Jr., Orzell Billingsley, Jr., basileus; ; second rowi Dalton Williams,
Fred Richardson, Jr., keeper of records and seal; William Ball, Benjamin Alexander, keeper
of peace; Theodore Canzater, keeper of finance; Idus Daniel; Hill Myles, Shepherd Napier,
assistant keeper of records and seal; James Hall and Kenneth Kennedy.
The ninth annual seventh district Omega Psi Phi frater-nity meeting will be held in
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Cargo School To Sponsor
Anuual Essay Contest
HI CLEMENCY
FOR SOLDIER
Washington, D. C. — The
NAACP, through its legal de¬
partment, submitted a petition
for clemency in behalf of Er¬
nest Stewart now confined in
a federal penitentiary under
sentence of a general court-
martial,* to Secretary of War
Robert Patterson. Stewart was
charged and convicted of as¬
sault with intent to kill upon
a white superior officer and
was sentenced to 16 years at
hard labor.
The petition pointed out
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The reception of the return¬
ed veterans and king and
queen contest held at Masonic
Temple Wednesday night,
March 20, was a grand[ affair.
The occasion was highlighted
by the following features: Spe¬
cial music by the FAB chorus,
directed by Prof. Peter Smalls;
march by the veterans and
the/r lady guests in evening
attire; welcome address and
Thomas
our beautiful city; all 1
can say is well done.
Now, our Firemen and
Police Depts. are under¬
paid for the service they
render to the people of our
city and I want to express
my wish and desire as a
taxpayer that you do all in
your power to get them a
ra’se. They need it and
deserve it under the pres¬
ent cost of living.
Thanking you for your
kind consideration. I am,
Very respectfully yours,
M. L. ARNAU.
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To promote a keener con¬
sciousness of human beauty
and a deeper appreciation for
it among Negro girls and boys
in Georgia, Madam Cargo and
the National School of Beauty
Culture have just announced
that they will sponsor annually
the Madam Cargo Essay Con-
vest on “How I, Can Improve
My Personality and Beauty
Through the Study of Beauty
Culture.”
Awards offered are as fol¬
lows; First prize, a free schol¬
arship of *50.00 and $30.00 in
cash upon entrance; second
pr-'ze, a free scholarship and
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LARGE CROWDS
ATTEND OPENING
MELODY THEATRE
The Melody Theatre, East
Broad street, Savannah’s latest
ir*ov:e house, had its initial op¬
ening Saturday evening.
The two shows on opening
day attracted vast crowds who
were thrilled with the excel¬
lent facilities and beauty of
this ultra-modernistic theatre
this luxurious amusement
house which has a capacity of
925 seats, a large beautiful
by and a soda fountain,
erected at a cost of
by Mose Portman. ‘ T It is
L Shepard.
The house is
has a most pleasing light
fect and is most
situated.
TO APPEAL
THE FLORIDA
RAIL CASE
New York Stating
Mrs. Bertha Mae Watkins
New York city was a
er in interstate commerce
therefore not subject to
regulations concerning
reparation of the races in
crow' states, the
through its legal
announced it would appeal
conviction and fine of
Watkins In a Jacksonville. Fla
court last week.
Mrs. Watkins was en
from New York city to
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 194G
IIKIilSTIIATIOX SUIT NOT
TO BE WITHDRAWN
' aiigunite New Pres¬
ident otTaliiidegaCnllege
Kappas And Other Groups
Donate To Fellwood Nursery
DEATH CLAIMS
THE REVEREND
BRAITHWAITE
Word was received In the
city Monday of the death of
the Rev. J. Stewart Braith-
w.yte of Fayetteville, N. C. He
died Sunday at the Episcopal
hospital at Newburn, N C. His
funeral will be held today
(Thursday) from St. Joseph’s
Episcopal church. Fayetteville,
Many men and women now,
in other days, seem to think
is a bandwagon, dollar
and show-line to Christ¬
and fail to see the go
and their own line of
Conttniipri oti
Three leaders in attendance
upon the special meeting in
Columbus, Ohio, of the Federal
Council of Churches in Ameri-
ca last week are, from left to
Dr ' Will W.
Seventh-Day Adventists To
Hold Annual Meeting In
St. Louis In May
Nashville (ANP) — Seventh-
day Adventists will meet for
their general conference ses¬
sion at St. Louis this year to
report the greatest advance in
work among Negroes since its
organization. The council will
convene May 22-28 in the citj
auditorium.
The new gains are largely yP
result of the aggressive leader¬
ship given to the work by th<-
Rev. G. E. Peters of Washing¬
ton, D. C. Rev. Peters is the
highest ranking secretary in
charge of work among Negroes
in North America.
Since his elevation to the
present post in 1941, four com¬
plete Negro conferences have
been organized and office
quarters for each have been
purchased. A substantial gain
in membership and in general
funds wiill also be reported.
Improvemlents at the Oak-
wood college, denominational
.
school al Huntsville, Ala., in¬
clude a mechanical building, a
home for the college president,
a new mechanical building,
and a pipe organ for the col-I
where he has been rector
eleven years.
News of the passing of Rev
Braithwaite caused a
feei ng ol sorrow in
Rosenwald Fund; Mrs. Henry
Sloane Coif n, New York,
chairman of woman’s cooperat¬
ing comiri'ttee of the council;
I and Dr. Ben jam n E. Mays,
president of Morehouse College
lege chapel. At the recent fall
council session at Grand Rap¬
ids, $150,000 was allotted to
the erect’on of a new women’s
dormitory. With enrollment
this year at an all time high,
the college’was forced to re¬
fuse around 200 applicants.
Another college is being plan¬
ned for the north. Property
has been purchased near Phil¬
adelphia for a co-educationol
institution which w 11 be known
as Pine college. -Classes for
the new school, which will be
open to studen’s of all races,
will begin some time in Sep¬
tember.
Here at Nashville construc¬
tion is already under way tor a
new *250,000 hospital building
at the Riverside Sanitarium.
City water has been piped to
the institution and to the Bap¬
tist seminary at a cost of near¬
ly $40,000. For the past ten
vggrv thp Rivers!dp Sanitarium
has operated in several units.
The new building will he fire¬
proof and of stone construc-
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The Associate Committee
Negro Nurseries announce.,
through its chairman, Bowles
C. Ford, the receipt of $60 from
the Savannah Alumni Chapter
of the tCappa Alpha Ps: fra¬
ternity wh ch will be used in
operating the Fellwood Nurs¬
ery. Dr, N. H. Collier is the
polemarch of this local chap¬
ter, whose members enthusi¬
astically received the recent
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Movement To Raise Standard
Of Negro High Schools
To Formulate Plans For Girl
Scouts Summer Camn
The Negro board of directors
and the Log Cabin camp com¬
mittee for Girl Scouts held a
joint meeting last Tuesday
evening to formulate plans for
summer camping. Through
the generosity of President B.
F. Hubert and other friends
forty acres of land at May-
field are now owned by the Sa¬
vannah Girl Scouts.
The first camp was conduct-
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and council vice president.
The council adopted a reso¬
lution urging action in areas
causing racial tension, con-
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CHICAGO MEHARRYITES GREET PRESIDENT
Dr. m. Don Clawson, presi-
dent of Meharry Medical Col-
lege, wa; a guest at the ar.nu-
a! banquet held recently in
Chicago at the YWCA Chica-
go alumni of the school have
contributed over $18,000
I Talladega. Ala.—A colorful
| ceremony marking the formal
| inauguration of Dr. A. D. Beit-
I tel as seventh president of Tal-
j ladega College will take place
I next Friday morning at 10:30
o’clock in DeForest Chapel on
j the campus of Talladega Col-
j lege.
Participating in the inaug¬
ural program will be Reverend
Fred L. Brownlee of New' York,
general secretary of the Amer ¬
ican M ssionary Association
Division, Board of Home Mis¬
sions of the Congregational and
Christian churches; Dr. Oscar
K Maurer of New Haven.
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Concord, N. C. iiANP) A
movement to raise the stand¬
ard of southern Negro high
schools through regional ac-
report of the commission on
secondary schools of the Asso¬
ciation of Colleges and Secon¬
dary Schools for Negroes, of
which L, S. Cozart, a faculty
member of Barber Scotia Cali
lege here, 'is secretary.
Negro high schools studied
included the states of Aiaba-
mu, Florida, Georgia, Ken¬
tucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
North Carolina, South Caroli¬
na, Texas and Virginia. Basis
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IN COLOMBIA IN APRIL
YACB TO HOLD
SEVERAL MEETINGS
The Youth Assoc!at.'on for j
Community Betterment will i
its regular meeting at, the i
West Broad Street YMC’A
5 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
March 31. All members and
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j wards the *200,000 student-
j j alumni dormitory. President
Clawson revealed that over
j 5125.000 is already collected.
Photo shows, top: Dr. S. W
j .Smith, $1,000; Dr. Joshua H. H. Miller, H. Brown, ar-
M dill I .1
“You may quote me as say¬
ing that there is absolutely no
foundation to the suggestion
that the suit tiled last week;
in the TJ. s. District Court
against Tax Collector John L,
Cabell will be withdrawn by
the Hub club.”
This ts the statement made
yesterday morning to a Trib¬
une reporter by John Q Jef¬
ferson, president of the Huo,
a leading c,vic organization,
which charged in its court ac¬
tion that Tax Collector Cabell
was using “discriminatory and
repressive measures” against
Negroes seeking to register as
voters.
The newspaper suggestion of
a probable early settlement of
the suit followed an amicable
conference Tuesday evening
between Tax Collector Cabell
and Perry Brannen, chairman
of the Chatham board of reg¬
istrars, and a committee front
the Hub, composed of Mr. Jef-
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Atlanta (ANP)—The eyes of
around 700 southern Negro
youths are turning toward Co-
lumbla, S. C., for the annual
meeting of the Southern Negro
Youth congress in April.
The congress, founded i ijl
Richmond, Va., in 1937, has
been hailed by Negro lenders
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$1,000; Dr. and Mrs. Cm
and Dr. T. M Smith
The wives of Drv Biowr
6 W Smith have contri
$100 each. Others who
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