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ETTA MOTEN. glorious-voic-
ecl singing star of "Porgy and
Bess,” began a series of thirty
concerts last week, her lovely-
voice matured and more beau¬
tiful than ever after her year’s
rest from Broadway and na-
Henry Wallace To Be Taskegee
Founder's Day Speaker
Tuskngee Institute, Ala.
Tusi^ee Institute will
annual Founder’s Day exercises
here Sunday, April 7. with Hon
Hen^y A. Wallace, Secretary of
Commerce, delivering the rnajf
address in the institute clthpgl
at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon.
Members of the student body,
faculty and alumni will par¬
ticipate m the program which
begins at 2 o'clock Friday af¬
ternoon when the Food Show
and Nutrition Institute opens
with Miss Gertrude Bla : r, home
economist, National Association
of Margine Manufacturers, of
Washington, D. C.. speaking
and giving a demonstration in
the home economics building.
Miss Alberta M MacFarlane,
education director of the Nat¬
ional Restaurant Association,
New York city, and John Zin-
r.er, representing the during
car department of the Penn¬
sylvania Railroad, will be heard
at the USO assembly room,
Tompkins hall, Friday evening.
“Better Nutrition for Nation¬
al Welfare” is the theme of
the all-day Saturday program
which will open at 9 o'clock
n the the morons morning in the assem-
bly room of the home pconom econorn .
ics building. President Patter-
son will preside and present
the following speakers in the
forenoon session: Miss Ruth
Hueman, nutritionist, Universi-
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CHURCHES
CONVENTION HERE NEXT WEEK
The Georgia - Carolina Con¬
vention of the Congregational-
Christian Churches, Reverent
John C. Wright, moderator,
w'll .meet here with the First
Congregational church April
[ 10 - 12 . opening meeting will be
A'he
vAinesday night at. 8 o’clock
The welcome address will be
nu de by Miss Frankie Golden,
representing education. Dr
I Rain. 1 ’ -Mark Gilbert, pastor of
' F i s? Af rican Baptist church,
w’ll > resent the Baptist Min-
’ Rev. W. C.
i isteria- Alliance;
r Davis, pastor of St. Philip
| Monumental church, the ljvan-
| gekcai Cleverdon. Ministers pastor. Union; First Dr. Bap- L
b I. G. Protes-
fist church iwhite), the
| | tant Biackshear Ministers Union, will represent and E
1 c Savannah.
the citizens of Rev.
Curtright will speak for the
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®hf fauaonalt Grttm*.
tlon-w de touring. She is sup-
xirted In her concert by the
well-known radio quartet,
Four Knights,” and George
Pierson, accomplished young
concert pianist.
Schools To
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Exhibit
The teachers- and pupils of
the colored schools of Chatham
county are making plans for
their annual art exhibit to be
displayed before the public
during the week of Aprii 15-
2c at the SSSS center on' the
Cgcechee road and 37th street.
The committee in charge of
publicity is requesting al'
schools planning to
to have their entries in the
fice of Supervisor F. M. Golden
at the Carnegie Library by
April 10.
The following teachers are
cha'rmen of their schools: Mrs.
Rosemary Jackson, West Broad;
Mrs. Pauline Hagin. East
Broad; Mrs. E. Brown, Harris:
Mrs. M. Rhaney, Florence; Mrs.
Anita Stripling, Maple: Mrs. A.
Pettie, Paulsen; Mrs. W. Calfe,
Haven Home; Mrs. Kathleen
Thomas, Woodville; Mrs. Elsie
Lr «°oxs, Powell ruwc * Laboratory; J
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, Mrs. Madeline Harrison. Spring-
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The publicity committee is
composed of Robert A. Young,
chairman; Mrs. Eunice Brown,
and Miss F. M. Golden. Jeanes
supervisor of colored schools
for Chatham county.
C. R. ALEXANDER
Mu Phi Chapter of Omega
Psi Phi fraternity entertained
n honor of the basiieus, C. R
Alexander, March 26. at the
vome of Dr and Mrs. H. M.
Collier on East 37th street.
The occasion was a testimoni-
il to the basiieus, who is also
.he grand keeper of records
■nd seals. Mr. Alexander is
scheduled to leave Savannah
:or Philadelphia, where he will
take up his new dutites as sup¬
ervisor of agents for the N. C
Mutual Insurance company.
Leonard Law acted as toast-
naster. Sidney A. Jones ex¬
pressed appreciation on behalf
d the fraternity for Mr. Alex¬
ander’s contributions to
economic, civic and
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THE SAVANNAH TBIBCN« THURSDAY, APRIL 4. Ift46
Ask Thai Tax Collector Ke Forced To
Submit Voters Records
Negroes Registering In
Increasingly Large Numbers
Judge Frank M. Scarlett is¬
sued a directive yesterday to
Tax Collector John L. Cabell
for him to show cause in the
United States D strict Court on
the morning of April' 15 why
an order for the inspection of
the voters' registration records
by a group of Negro citizens
should not be granted.
The right for the privilege of
inspect ng the records was
asked in a peLLoti filed by Vi
J. W. Jamerson. Jr. and otheis
who claim that according to
the number of Negroes who
have registered to vote in
Chatham county, there should
be upwards of 8,000 Negroes'
names on the registration lists
whereas lax Collector Cabell
claims there are only about
>,0C0 on the 1 sts.
The petition also requests
fudge Scarlett to set a time ""
and place for inspection of the
registration lists, and it fur¬
ther states as no receipt is
CELEBRATES 102 HD
BIRTHDAY
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MRS. MARY ANN BRYAN,
who celebrated her 102nd
birthday Tuesday, March 31,
at the residence of her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs
Rufus Bryan of 814 Reppard
street.
Her birthday was the occas¬
ion for a number of her friends
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Alphas To
Meet At S. C.
State College
Orangeburg. S. C. The an¬
nual South Atlantic
oference of Alpha Kappa Al¬
pha sorority will for the
.me meet at State A. and
"’ollege here. April 12-13. with
Beta S’gma and Beta
Omega chapters as
About ICO scrors are
to assemble to participate in a
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given to a registrant, it is im¬
possible for him to be positive
of his voting status until the
day of the election when he
presents himself at the polls.
Others who signed the peti¬
tion, besides Dr. Jamerson, are
J. W. McGlockton. J. Q. Jef¬
ferson. Dr. H. M. Collier, Jr„
j Rev. A. C. Curtright, Mrs. Flo-
r ; ne Foreman John Roberts.
Willie Nichols, Lorenzo Elleby.
i Robert Mumford, Thomas Da-
v ^ s g E Furd F red Hill, Lou-
ise Qreen Crawford Smith,
j Mrs Nancy Elliott and Cy rus
Cohen.
A request to examine the
registration lists was made by
a committee of Negroes in a
i jJon j erence w j^ 1 Mr Cabell last
week, but the tax collector re-
] fused them this privilege
stating that it was
cable since the registration
j books were in daily and con-
stant use in his office.
The conference followed a
suit filed against the tax col¬
lector week before last in
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St. Louis (ANPi A federal
court Injunction will be sought i
Frisco by 128 railroad Negro employes of the j
to prevent be
ing replaced by white members
of the Brotherhood of Rail¬
road Trainmen, according to
an announcement made here
Wednesday by lawyers for the
group.
The Frisco railroad was co¬
erced into dismissing the • 128
men by the BRT, said Vernon
C. Coffey of Kansas City, at-
| torne y for the Brotherhood , . , ot ,
Trainmen. Brakemen, Porters.
Switchcen, Firemen and Rail¬
way employes. The men were
hired as porters but have been
doing the work of brakemen
along with porter duties, Cof¬
fey revealed.
Willie Powell Takes 1st
Place In Oratorical Contest
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The Elks local oratorical con¬
test was held Friday night of
last week, all speakers being
from the Beach high school.
The contest was held at As-
bury M. E. church.
Willie Mae Polite was the
winner. Moses Walker was the
runner-up, and Dorothy Bell
was third.
Each contestant was g ven a
cash prize, first place winner
getting s 10.00. donated by Dis-
tr et Deputy J S. Delawaie,
second place, *6.00, donated by
Exalted Ruler Burke, and
p ace. $5.00, donated by Elite
Temple.
The winner in the local con¬
test will compete in the **T dis-
tr’ct contest, and the dls nc
winner will compete in the
state contest, which will be
held in Savannah on April 29
at Tabernacle Baptist church
to decide the speaker of this
state to participate in the re¬
gional contest at which a *1,000
scholarship will be the major
prize.
Not With Kendrick Shoe
Factory
Wendell Kendrick, who has
been with the Kendrick Shoe
Factory, 721 West Broad St.,
for many years, is not connect-
ed with this firm any longer,
The establishment is under new
Shriners To Hold Farley In
Philadelphia In August
Buffalo lANP. The 45th an-
uual convention of the impe-
rial council of the Ancient
Egypt’an Order. Nobles of the
Myst c Shrine, will convene n
a five-day session in Ph lade!-
p"hia, August 18-23. to formu-
late a broad program for post-
war developments through
which they can meet the chal-
lenge of world conditions. Pv-
ramid Temple, No. 1, headed
bv wiliam E. Johnson, illus-
trious potentate, is the host.
Announcement of the con-
vent ion states that the peace
anci the type o{ lrceciom as en '
couched in the Atlantic charter
are not won. and that Shriners
(must accept the challenge and
prevail upon government rep
STATE PTA CONVENES
NEXT WEEK IN MACON
Railroad Men Seek Writ To
Save Their Jobs From Whites
The Tiie discharges discharges were were ordered ordered
because the BRT Insisted the
Negroes cease doing
work, said Harry L. Worntan,
chief operating officer for the
Frisco railroad.
"We didn't want to discharge
the men,'* he added, "but un¬
less they can do the other
work we have no use for
them."
The Brotherhood of Train-
men, Brakemen. Porters,
men. Switchmen and Railway
employes union is Independent
of other railway brotherhoods,
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A DAUGHTER
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs Judson Wilson of
Price street, on March 25. Mo¬
sher and baby are doing fine.
N. F. A. Day
New Farmers of America
members studying vocational
agriculture in public schools
throughout America will cele¬
brate National New Farmers ol
j America Day on Friday, April
j. The _____ occasion _________ honors the
, ate Booker T Washington,
j oun( j er t ,i Tuskegee Institute,
j Mew Farmers of Ameri-
wus organ;zed in Virginia in
j May lg27 by the late Dr. H.
O. Sfergent, federal agent for
agricultural education for Ne-
| groes. United States Office of
Education. Washington, D. C.,
and Prof. G. W. Owens, teach¬
er-trainer of Virginia State
College. There are nine hun-
and mty chapters with a
national membership of twenty
four thousand.
The Haven Home chapter, a
local organization, observes^ its
sixth anniversary this year. It
has won state and national
recognition for its outstanding
achievements since its orig n.
This chapter in its observance
of National NFA day will pre-
sent its sixth annual radio
^oadmust on Friday o^r Sta-
t on WSAV at 12.30 p. m. noyai
stlmpson is president of the
organ.zation, Eugene Mack.
vice president; Daniel Daniel Wil- WH
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resentatives.to see that the wil
of the people is carried out. :!
we are to have success in
ch mnel ng economic and in-
dustrial rends along with the
commerce of the world in
peace-time order
Raymond E. Jackson impe-
rial potentate, will make the
opening address of the conven-
tion before a joint meet ng ol
the Shriners and the Daughters
of Isis on Monday morning,
climaxing the sessions of the
representatives of more than
sj.olKJ Shriners, the delegates
will witness the annual compe-
titivc and exhibits drills ot¬
patrols representing more than
30-odd temples in the imperial
domain.
esw contest
wimRS NAMED
The Georgia Congress ol
Colored Colored Parents Parents and and Teachers Teachers
will meet in their twenty-sixth
annual session at the Stewart
Chapel AME church, Macon.
April 8-10. The Bibb County
Parent - Teacher Association
will be host to this convention.
President Morgan is looking
forward to a large attendance
nud is expecting reprosenta-
lives from each county in the
state. The election of offi¬
cers will be held.
The Savannah District Par-
ent-Teacher Association report-
ed a paid up membership last
year of il,S})2, with only six oi
the eight counties reporting.
Mrs. J. A Brinson, district
president, is expecting all of
the districts to be represented
at the state meeting next
week.
Mrs. Bripson announces that
the essay contest for the high
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Main Prominent Persons Join In
‘Defense Of Kiot Victims
TO SPEAK AT ST.
MATTHEW’S SUNDAY
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; Barnwell, bishop of the
j cese of Georgia, Episcopal
church, who will deliver an ad-
dress at the 11:J5 a. m.
ice at St. Matthew's
and Harris strcetK
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Letters from all parts of
nat on have been received
here by the parole board
governor’s off/ees asking
ency for Tee Davis, who
convioted In 1943 on a
of assault with intent to kill.
A workers’ defense
ton Is interested in the
case and has been
clemency and sol'citing
to urge clemency. Parole
cer E. B. Baker said last week.
Davis was sentenced to ten
years imprisonment for shoot-
■ ng through the door of ins
home at a police officer
was searching for another
The officer did not
himself, Davis said His
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Washington, Apr. 1—The U«
S. Supreme Court today refus«
ed to review the rulings of a
lower Federal Court which say a
that Negroes are entitled to
vote in Democratic primary
elections in Georgia. The court
gave no reason for ito refusal
to review. . «•»
The case arose ouD OT Utiga-
t on brought by the Rev. Pri¬
mus E. King, a prominent min¬
ister of Muscogee county, Geor¬
gia, who was denied the right
to vote in a recent primary. A
U. S. District Court in Geor-
g a said the denial violated
King’s rights uhder the feder¬
al constitution. The Federal
Court of Appeals In New Or¬
leans upheld the district court.
In petitioning for a review
of the case, the members of
the Muscogee County Executive
Committee, which was In charge
of tlle primary, said King was
denied a vote baeause of a par-
ty rule restricting the election
to whl,e electors. The request
ifor review said:
"The petitioners are honestly
an d sincerely of the opinion
that under the Georgia system
wherein a party voluntarily
comes into being and is not
created by law, they have a
right to confine the right of
suffrage In primaries to white
citizens,”
A SON
Dr. J. Kverard Carey of New
York city announces the birth
of an 8 pound boy, born on
March 17, to Mr. and Mrs. Jo¬
seph Herman Golden at their
apartment In New York city.
Mr at*! Mrs. Golden are form¬
er Savannahlans. Mrs. Golden
will be remembered as Hya¬
cinth Angielette. Mother and
I baby art doing fine.
4 Local Men
On Morehouse
Honor Roll
Atlanta, March 28. Among
the thirty-nine students at
Morehouse College who were
cited this week by tin* dean’s
office for high scholastic
achievement were four Savan-
nahians. Nineteen on the honor
roll are freshmen, eight are
sophomores. :«x are juniors
and live are sen’ors One of the
students is unclassified.
To be elig.ble for honors, a
student has to make an aver¬
age of B" with no grade be¬
low "C.” The huhest average
possible went to Noah Willis,
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CARVER FOUNDATION REPRESENTATIVE
VISITS SAVANNAH
MRS. RASMUS GETS
APPOINTMENT
Miss Dorothy M. Thompson,
executive secretary of the
Family Service of Savannah,
Inc., announces the appoint¬
ment of Mrs. Verdell Stevens
Rasmus as case worker to fill
the vacancy made by the restg-
nat on of Mrs. Annie Stiles Fal¬
coner
Mrs. Rasmus began her du-
t es on ApriJ 1, and has a full
background of training and
experience She is a giaduate
^ Georg a State College and
the Atlanta University School
,f Ror al Work; fipld work be *
* n S pursued a>, the Atlanta
family Welfare Soe ety. She
was employed lor five years
as I’hdd welfare worker by the
‘ Sumter County Department of
Public Welfare in Livingstone,
j Alabama, and for two and one
ball years she was director of
;-pccial -ervices at Camp Gar-
j don The and general fort Benning. purpose of the
| help Family families Service and Agency individuals is to
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New York. N. Y.~ Responding
to an appeal by the NAACP to
lend their names and influence
to a tremendously growing
movement to free Negro vic¬
tims of the recent Columbia
‘riots’ a host of prominent cit¬
izens, many of , them interna-*
tionally famous, have stated
their willingness to serve on a
committee. Represented in the
group are outstanding states¬
men. churchmen. Journalists,
and welfare leaders.
Heading the list on the new¬
ly formed committee is Albert
Einstein, world famous scien¬
tist and pioneer In the devel¬
opment of atomic energy The
list also includes Harold Ickes,
ex-Secretary of the Interior;
Sidney Hillman, labor leader;
Col. Roy Evans Carlson, hero
of Carlson’s' Marine raiders;
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Julian B. Thomas of New
York city, chairman of the
Carver Foundation Seals Com¬
mittee. Inc., was in -the city
Tuesday en route to Tuskegee
Inst tute. where he will attend
the Founder s day exercises.
Mr. Thomas is very much
pleased with the Interest the
public is manifesting in the
George Washington Carver
Seals project which was incor¬
porated recently under the
laws of New York state, The
object of the seals sate, which
will begin in November, is to
raise funds to perpetuate the
work of the late Dr. George
Washington Carver, celebrated
scientist, so brill'antly carried
on at Tuskegee and which has
meant so much to the eco¬
nomic development of the
southland. •
While on h‘s vacation trip
south. Mr. Thomas is making
key contacts for the Carver
Seals drive. In Savannah, the
project is being headed by
Martin G, Haynes, principal
of Beach-Cuyler high schools,
Mr Thomas motored to the
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