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64 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXIV
(grandmaster Dobbs To Be
Speaker at Mass Meeting
SECOND $ IN A SERIES
MEETINGS
To Boost Vote
Registration
GRAND MASTER J. WESLEY
DOBBS
The second in a series of
mass meetings to boost the
number of Negroes on the vot-
ing lists of Chatham county
w.H be held tomorrow i Friday i
bight at Si, Philip Monumental
AME church, Hull sheet.
The principal speaker of the
evening will be J. Wesley Dobbs [ |
of Atlanta, grand master of
the Masons of Georgia, and an I
fraternal affairs of the
Mr. Dobbs is a fluent
and is very conversant with
matters pertaining to the
being of the Negro in
southland-
As was the case at the
registration mass meeting
eral Sundays ago when the
pr ncipal addresses were deliv-
ercd by Dr. Witherspoon
Atlanta, organizer for the
Southern Conference for
man Welfare, and Commander
i-iank W. Spencer, also a lead-
ing member of this organiza-
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NAACP Mobilizes Defense Of
31 In Tennessee Riot Case
Nashville, Term —
Marshall. NAACP special
sel. conferred with
Weaver and Alexander
at;fofneys for the 31 Negroes
indicted in the Columbia,
Term., riot case, as plans were
being rushed for Federal Grand
Jury investigation. Prepara¬
tions for trials of the 31 de¬
fendants were a’so dismissed,
and the attorneys expect the
case to be tried in the latter
part of April.
The NAACP is prepared to
defend the 31 victims of Ten¬
nessee vandalism who are
charged with attempted mur¬
der, and has urgently begun
a campaign to raise necessary
funds for the legal expense of
the case. Plans have also been
made for a publicity campaign,
the purpose of which will be
to rally public opinion behind
the association in its plan to
win justice for the 31 defend¬
ants. Officials of the associa¬
tion have stated that while
contribut ons have been grati¬
fying. more money is desper¬
ately needed, * w
Henry Luce, publisher of
T me, L fe and Fortune, has
recently joined the NAACF
committee on Columbia. Tenn.
C’ark Foreman, head of the
Southern Conference for Hu¬
man Welfare: Judge Hubert
JJelanev of New York city, Ar-
* Shaw, famous orchestra
leader; Jane White, actress re¬
cently starred in Strange Fruit;
Roger Baldwin, head of the
C vil Liberties Union, and Con¬
gressman Andrew Biemiller
have also been added to the
new committee. *' * m'p |
Attorneys Looby and Weaver
filed pleas in abatement last
night in Columbia (April 3) in
behalf of 28 defendants, rais-
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titamt
Odd Fellows
Open Meeting
The Grand United Order of
Odd Fellows and House-Holds
of Ruth held an open door
meeting Wednesday n ght.
April 3, at the Masonic Temple.
A number of friends and vis-
tors was present and enjoyed
a program well fitted for the
occasion. There were a num
ber of expressions from mem¬
bers and tr ends, among them
the Rev, D. D. Dixon, who in
past years gave much of his
service to the cause of society,
more especially the Odd Fel¬
lows. He wishes to help bring
Georgia on a par with other
states. Mrs. Lillie G. Mason
was loud in praise of the H. H.
of R, in spite of the disaster
that comes to a’l societ es.
Mrs. Willie Russell gave a
beautiful reading and her ap-
plication for membership, after
which everybody was served
cake and cream. On Wednes-
bay n ght, April 17, Hiawatha
Lodge No. 3788 will have regu-
lar meeting and initiation. The
Continued on Page Two
Won’t Allow Mixed Team To Way Here
Woodmen To
j Celebrate
j The 45th anniversary of the
' Supreme Camp of the Ameri-
can Woodmen and annual
thanksgiving tea of Savannah,
No. 45 will be held Thurs- .
day evening, April 18, at
o’clock at the YMCA. The pub-
] ic i s invited to attend this af- !
fair.
The Supreme Camp of the
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South African Jim Crow
Worst In The World
Chicago Racial discrimina-
fon in South Africa is more
absolute and all-powerful than
any laws invoked by “divine
right” monarchs or totalitarian
dictators.
“Two million whites^ in.*the
Union of South Africa do not
permit the country’s 8,000,000
native Negroes to vote, take
obs of their own choice, bear
arms, or enter public places.”
Thus the position of Africans
in their own native land is
summed up in the pictorial
survey, “His Majesty Jim
Crow,” in the April issue of
Ebony, unique new Negro pic¬
ture magazine.
Pure natives are segregated
from i ght-skinned Negroes |
(officially called “colored"! and
segregated from whites (all
classed as “Europeans”.) To
live in a city in their native
Africa. Negroes must carry! j
with them at all times a pass
to look for work or a pass to j
work, or another pass not to r
tnd even a separate pass to •
live wiih a wife.
The article states that “The
constitution of the province shall of
Transvaal reads: 'There
be no equality between black
and white, neither in the state
nor in the church.’”
BRADLEY—BENT ON
Mr. and Mrs Herbert Thorpe
announce the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Essie E.
Bradley, to Marion Benton.
-
To keep out of the infernal
collector’s hands, one cannot,
with too many loose ends !
FORT VALLEY PEACH BLOSSOMS
The above co-eds of the
Valley State College, Georgia, vie
with nature’s peach blossoms
for loveliness. From left to
right, standing, they are: Ef-
To Honor
Late
Dr. Brvan
Fitzgerald Bryan
located here,
the memory of the
Peter James Bryan
the institution was
by asking each friend of
to give one penny
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tn mo fits fight cancer fund DRIVE TO BENEFIT EVERYBODY
New York, N. Y. — National-
ly known Negro medical au-
thorit es and lay Negro
and woikebiin all walks of life
have endorsed and will parti-
e pate, together with other
Americans, in the nation-wide
all-out *12 000,090 fight cancer
fund drive, it was announced
this week by the American
Cancer Society. The $12,000,-
0C0 goal was listed as the mini-
mum amount required for 1
launching an all-out attack on j
cancer. The fund campaign
MCINTOSH RE¬
ELECTED HEAD
LOCAL V.. f. W.
John McIntosh, a veteran
World War I, was
commander of Vance
° st ' Veterans of Foreign
at its annual election of offi¬
cers held at its regular
ng Wednesday night of
week at its headquarters,
sonic Temple, West
street.
Eulie W Bellinger, veteran of
World War JI. was named sen¬
ior vice commander; and Clif¬
Ryals, World War H, was
chosen junior vice commander.
officers elected were:
Johnson, quartermaster;
J. Hopkins, advocate;
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TUB SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, APRIL II, 1946
tie Monroe. Quitman;
Maart n, Griffin;
Jackson, Chicago; Cornelia
Robinson, Macon; Ruth Shipp,
Buena Vista.
CAME WITH MONTREAL CANCELED
Negro Fans Are Resentful of This Un'American
Attitude And Slap In The Face
The Savannah Indians
not play the Montreal
national League i team
scheduled exhibiiUon
next week. The games
canceled, because the
club insisted on using two
gro players in its line-up,
fielder Jackie Robinson
Pitcher John Wright, the
Negro players accepted in
ganized, baaseball.
The matter of mixed
appearing on the local
f eld arose immediately
the games were arranged
the Montreal club. The
tion was brought before
Council who, it : s said,
the position that, since the
cal ball paik -is under lease
the Savannah baseball
lit is up to the club to say
whether or not Montreal, with
launched tli ; week, will be
carried on throughout tht
month of April in every state
of the nation, with all race-’
part'eipat ng.
Termlng CAnCQr « our numbcr
one enemy and the inspector
0 f no race or cc'or,” a spokes-
man for the American Cancer
Society stated that. “Cancer
wjll kill 17.090,000 Americans
colored and white, now living
unless we do something about
it. It s absolutely vital that
we avert this massive trage¬
POPULARITY CONTEST WINNERS
mm
BARRY W. BELLINGER
The baby contest of Stew¬
ardess Board No. l of St. Phil¬
ip Monumental AME church
catm to a close Sunday, March
24, with a, total report of
Kneeling. left to right:
Mae Hill, Savannah;
Smith, Newnan, and
O'Neal, Columbus. —(ANP
to. >
its two Negro players, should
be allowed to use them here.
According to an announce¬
ment appearing in the daily
papers ol April 6. a spokesman
for the club stated:
‘Due to circumstances be¬
yond our control and by mu¬
tual consent of the clubs, the
exhibition games with Mon¬
treal have been canceled."
However, Mel Jones, general
manager of the Montreal teajn,
in a straight-forward, clear
Statement of fact in an Asso¬
ciated Press dispatch, said that
“the sole reason for calling off
the games in Jacksonville, Sa¬
vannah and Richmond was be¬
cause, he had been informed,
that second baseman Jackie
Robinson and pitcher John
Wright would be prohibited
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dy,” he said. Figures releas-
ed by the American Cancer
Society show that cancer kill¬
ed 67,000 Americans between
Pearl Harbor and V-J Days.
More than twice as many
Americans as were killed or
listed missing in action in
World War II. Cancer is kill¬
ing Americans at the rate of
175,000 every year, 417 every
day, 20 every hour or one every,
three minutes. Contrary to gen¬
eral belief cancer is no respec¬
ter of race, color, or ages. It
m'
iiSt
RUBY PEARL MARSH
$500.20. Of this amount, lit¬
tle Barry w. Bellinger, a 8T 2 j
son of Mr. and Mrs. Eu-
W. Bellinger, reported
fte mt sponsored by
Hearings Againsi Tax (ollednr d
iS
Are Post|HHieil Until Mav 2
BILHMOM) SUL SOON HAVE
SEVERAL NEGRO POLICEMEN
AsksClemency
For Courts-
Mart’I Victim
• New York — The NAACP,
through the assistant special
counsc’. submitted on April 3
to tVie Secretary of War a pe¬
tition of clemency in behalf of
General Prisoner Willie W l-
son. Private Wilson had bepn
tr ed by general court martial
In the South Pacific in July
(1945. for an alleged violation
involving first degree murder.
The GI was found guilty ns
charged and sentenced to be
confined at hard labor the rest
of his natural life.
The petition pointed out that
from a reading of the record it
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Victory To
Have Strong
Ball Team
George M. Victory, the well-
known baseball manager, has
secured Dunn field, the Inter¬
state League Park at Trenton,
N. J., where his team, the
Trenton Stars, wall play all
their home games, meeting the
leading white semi-pro and the
Continued on page 2
South Carolina Teachers Will Sue
For Equal Rus Transportation .
Boy Scouts Summer Camp (The SimpsonviUe, Palmetto State S. C. Teachers’ iANPi —
To Be Held June 16 — 30 ! ! S. association, C. Conference working of the with N.AACP, the
strikes colored and white,
young and old alike.
Sixty per cent of the money
collected in each state will
retained in that state for pre¬
ventative education and to as¬
sist in providing more and
better hospital facilities, re¬
gardless of race or color, in
order to save thousands from
death by cancer, such as ex¬
amination centers where one
may go to make sure he or she
is free of cancer; modern X-
Continued on page 2
CA jiiERii-JE ROBINSON
Miss Georgetta Bellinger. He
received the first prize of I/O-
Little Ruby Pearl Marsh, age
Continued on page 3
Richmond, Va. (ANP)- Two
probationary Negro officers
wilt be appointed to the police
force here some time next
month or on May 1, it was an¬
nounced last week by Maj. J.
C. Anthony, director of public
safety.
These appointments w 11 be
the first of eight to be made
according to the safety direc¬
tor, and the recruits will work
under district captans in the
area known as Jackson ward.
Decision to employ Negro po¬
licemen here was readied af-
.er a survey of safety develop¬
ments in other southern cities
by Richmond’s police chief,
Maj. Anthony, said.
The survey, made by the
chief personally, revealed that
many southern cities have had
Negro officers for several years
and that in all cases they were
doing a good job. Norfolk, most
recent city to add Negro po-,
Continued on Page Two
All Voted
Ft. Valley
Fort Valley, Ga.—On Friday,
March 29, Negro citizens of
Fort Valley participated for
the first t me in the Democrat¬
ic primary. Approximately 200
Negroes were registered 1 and a
large percentage took advan¬
tage of the voting privilege. A
mayor, three aldermen and
other city officials were elect¬
ed.
Voting took place without in¬
cident of any sort.
It ha.4 been announced that
the local Negro Boy Scouts will
hold a two-wepk camping sea¬
son at Scout Camp O’Hara from
June 16 to 30. This site, locat- j
ed 11 miles on the Ogeechee j
road, is owned and operated by
the local Scout Council.
It is expected that the new
sw'mming pool will be ready
for the 1946 camp. A swim¬
ming Instructor will be on hand
to teach swimming to members
and non-members. Boating and
various handicraft instruc¬
tions are among the many im¬
this year.
“The camp is used all year,"
J. L. Trottie, chairman of
camping said. “But all troop*
come to the summer camps In
order that they might put in-
| i to action have all been the things practicing that
! they
since last summer.”
Martin E. Graham, field exe-
cutive, called on scouts and
scouters to start registerinf
right now, so they can b(
ready when the day arrives
Further information can be ob-
ta ned from scout headquar¬
ters or any scoutmaster.
COLLEGE BEANS PLAN
NEW ORLEANS MEET
Ne,w Orleans (ANP) — The
first annual joint meerting of
the Association of Deans of
Women and Deans of Men in
N«|gro schools will be held a’
Dillard University April 18 and
19, it was announced last week
NUMBER 2Gn<
The hearings in the law suits,,,
of a group of Negroes againste!
Tax Collector John L Cabell
whom they accuse of using ro-h 1
press ve and unfair methods init;
the reg st,ration of Negroes, H
were postponed until May 2 im* 1
Augusta. h'
Tiro two cases against, thr'oi
lax collector, one accusing himit
of unfair practices and theM
other a petition to force him tork
make h s book forU
Inspection, were originally set is
for hearing Apr 1 18 and 15, re-in
speettvely, in the United States’''
District Court in Savannah.'!
Judge Frank M. Scarlett ofu
Brunswick will hear both cases
at the Alien t > ■ '1
court.
In the accusation alleging
that the tax collector was us-,
ing unfair methods against
Negroes who attempted to reg¬
ister as voters, the petiUonenj|eJ n|
claim, among other numbernj thing.,
•hat, judging from the
of Negroes who presented
themselves at the courthouse-
to register, tinu <■ ■ii'-'iil ip*:oJ
proximntely 7.000 Neeme onjJ
the voters’ list. The tax col-,
lector claims only 3,000 Negroes,
are
To the meantime, nee the |
institution of the lawsuit, Ne¬
gro registration has been go¬
ing forward at a surprisingly
rapid rate. Every day from the
time the registration window
in the collector’s office opens
long line of Negroes is pres¬
awaiting an opportunity to
It is stated that they
registering at the rate of
100 or more a day.
The mass effort at registra-t
tton has been given a great
boast by church leaders, minis¬
ters and business firms. Onei
the greatest aids to regis¬
is the undertaking firms,
who have made available their
free of charge, to trans¬
prospective registrants to,
“adequate and equal" bus
transportation of colored 1
school children, Roy Cunning¬
ham, treasurer of a transpor-
tation committee working on,
action, said this week,
A three-week-old campaign
for court action funds, Cun-
ningham said, had netted a-
large amount, it would be“
used, with additional amounts,
to do something about the ri¬
diculous differential in this
phase of state life. The trans¬
portation committee found that
less than one per cent of trans¬
portation funds was spent by
the state on Negroes, who are
44 per cent of the population.
C. C. TEACHERS ASSN.
TO MEET WEDNESDAY
The Chatham County Negro
Teachers Association will meet
Wednesday, Apr ,4 47, at the
Weat Broad Street YMCA at 7
p. id. R. W. Gadsden will
speak on the subject, "Teach-*
ers Are Citizens, Too.''
The nominating committee
will present a slate of officers
for I94C-1047. The health
committee will name the win¬
ners in the elementary and
high schools during Negro
Health week The committee
on the spring soiree will rg-
receive reports on tickets sold
aid the entertainment commit¬
tee will report on the social
to be held in May.
The delegate to the State
Association conven-*
held in Albany, April 11-
will report. ^