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CHILDREN AND TEACHER i VIEW ART EXHIBIT. —A group of students and then
teachers from the city and county pubic schools inspect part of the 300-piece art exhibit
at the S. S. S. S. Center on the Ogeechee road. The exhibit, which was open to all child¬
ren of the city and county elementary colored schools, was originally scheduled to be held
from April 15 to April 20, but at the request of S. S. S. S. Center officials, will be extended
through this week. Transportation was furnished by the Board of Education and approxi¬
mately 5,000 children and 1,000 adults have attended to date, Robert A. Young, chairman of
m^ mblicity committee, announced. Courtesy of the Morning News
State Elks To Meet
Here .VexC Ifc’eek
Weldon Lodge of Elks
Elite Temple wiill be hosts
the' Georgia State Elks con¬
vention Sunday and Monday
next week, April 28-29.
Delegates from the various
lodges and temples throughout
the state will attend the two-
day convention, and several of
the grand officers are expect¬
ed to be present.
Sunday at 3:30 p. m., a street
demonstration will be staged,
the parade starting at West
Broad and St. Julian streets
and moving south on West
.
Broad to Park avenue; east to
East Broad, north to Ogle¬
thorpe, west to Houston, and
then to the Second Baptist
church, where the literary pro¬
gram will be held, (featuring
an address by R. F. Downing,
marshal of the city of Savan¬
nah.
A highlight of the convention
Continued on. page 2
Si, STATE COLLEGE WINS TRI¬
STATE DEBATING TROPHY
Orangeburg, S. C. — South
Carolina State College won the
Tri-State Debate Trophy when
both teams won decisions from
jbte A, & T College and Virginia
College, April 13.
9 At Orangeburg, the annual
debate was a scheduled event
(f golden anniversary of
SmOM Carolina State College.
At home on affirmative team
composed of Miss Margaret
Brown, Samuel Spann and
Robert Carolina, won the de¬
cision from a negative team of
A. & T. College, Greensboro, N.
C
The question for debate was
•■Resolved that a national pro¬
gram of socialized medicine is
needed to improve the health
Continued on Page Two
auanttah Irihnr.
THE HUB ADOPTSlW PLAN FOR
STEPPING UP REGISTRATION
LEADING
IN BEACH -
LER III.
According to a news release
this week, the lead ; ng pupils
at Beach-Cuyler high school
for the second six weeks are:
Senior high — Willie
12A2, 91 per cent;
Dorman, 12A2, 91; Marie
Young, 11A2, 90; Charles Moul-
Continued on page 2
VET CLASSES TO
BE RESUMED AT
COLLEGE
The executive committee of
the World War II Veterans’
Association received assurance
from a representative of the
Board of Regents of the Uni-
vers’ty of Georgia System that
instruction to veterans in vo¬
cational subjects would be re¬
sumed at the Georgia State
College in the very near fu-
ture. These assurances were
Continued on page 2
The first and probably the
most obv'ous means for en¬
couraging registration have
been employed by the political
actions committee of the Hub,
an organization of business
and professional men, and oth¬
ers who have been working.
Churches and organzarions
have been contacted by the
committee, and a fairly good
job has been done. However,
there still remains a large
number of people who have
not been reached.
In order to reach more of
our people, it is necessary now'
to enlist the efforts of many
other people whose active :n-
Continued on Page 2
NEW PRESIDENT
OF THE HUB
W
m
m
JOHN W. McGLGCKTON
A f the annual meeting last
j week ot the Hub, business well known and
j organization of
j professional men, which has
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1946
Nearly Two Score Sellers Plying Their
Wares Throughout The City
NEW METHOD OF SALES SEEMS TO HAVE
POUTICAL IMPLICATIONS
Conunercialized gambling on
a big scale broke loose again in
Savannah during the past few
days when the operators of the
insidious boleda game unleash¬
ed nearly two score sellers on
the public wlvch for the past
ten months has been practi¬
cally rid of these numbers
pests.
This rather unexpected surge
of numbers vendors on the
city’s streets early Saturday
morning occas’oned conslder-
able surprise, though the stage
for the re-birth of the game
had been set for several days
by a whispering campaign of
a number of the leading sellers
who had waxed fat off the ill-
gained profits of the game
during its interrupted run of
seventeen years up to last July.
Flaunting the Law
In view* of the recent appre¬
hension by the police authori¬
ties of an elderly woman for
peddling .the numbers and a
fine of $1,000 or 12 months in
jail imposed on her in City
Court, and a *5,000 bond plac¬
ed on a man last week for a
similar offense, much
7,1® MTEII INDIANS OPENING
BASEBALL CAME - '
LESS THAN 300 NEGROES PRESENT
A crowd of 7,142 fans at¬
tended the opening game of
the Savannah Indians against
Ihe Jacksonville Tars Thursday
night of last week at Grayson’s
stadium.
01 the large number witness¬
ing the game, less than 300 of
.hem were Negroes. This is the
smallest number of Negro fans
ever to attend an opening game
here of the Sally League. In
previous years the colored fans
numbered between 2,000 and
2,500.
The small crowd of Negro
fans present at this opening
game is attributed to the re¬
sentment which most Negro
HELD HERETHURSDAY,MAYIG
According to the
from Judge Frank M.
of the Federal Court, the
petitions of Dr. J. W.
son, Jr., and other Negro
zens against Tax Collector
L. Cabell have been postponed
until Thursday, May 16. They
will be heard in Savannah.
The cases were or ginaliy set
for hearing here on April
and 18, and then postponed
unt'l May 2 at the
sitting of ihe court, but
Local
To Observe
Youth Week
The Savannah NAACP
Council, affiliated with the
NAACP. will participate in
5th annual observance
Continued on Page Two
tion has arisen as to why the
iperators of the “regular" bo-
eda houses would allow their
sellers to sally forth in such
m apparently dangerous at-
nosphere.
Of course, the man and
voman who were arrested were
10 th “independents," that is,
hey were not connected with
my organized or "regular" bo-
eda house. They were selling
ive-cent numbers and were
ooked upon with disdain by
he "regulars,” who said they
vere muscling in. The “regu¬
ars” sell ten cents numbers.
New Rules For Sellers
Several new features have
been Incorporated Into the
working set-up by the "regu-
’ars" since they started selling
this time.
First, the sellers are not al¬
lowed to use their cars in their
daily rounds of the city In,
by-gone days practically every-
seller possessed a
automobile which he utilized in
disposing of his wares. This
the operators claim served as
a tell-tale and made them¬
selves
fans feel because Savannah
cancelled two scheduled exhi¬
bition games with the Montreal
Royals of the International
League who insisted on using
two Negro players in their
lineup here. Incidentally, ,one
ol them, Jackie Robinson, the
first Negro to enter organized
baseball, stole the show last
Friday in Jersey City when
Montreal started the regular
season against Jersey city. An
account of Robinson’s exploits
s given in an art’cle on page
four of this issue of the Trib¬
une. ;
Savannah lost its opening
game with Jacksonville, 5 to 2.
to a crowded schedule of the
Augusta court the cases have
been transferred to Savannah
for hean.ng on May 16.
The original petition filed by
Dr. Jamerson and others ac¬
cused the tax collector of using
repressive and unfair meas¬
ures aga'nst Negroes attempt¬
ing to register as voters in
Chatham county. The second
pet tion asks that the tax col-
Continued on page 2
Dramatic Assn
To Meet
Greensboro. N. C. — Three
plays by Winston-Salean Teach¬
ers College, Hampton Institute
and A L T College will high¬
light sessions of the Negro in¬
tercollegiate Dramatic Associa¬
tion which meets at Bennett
Continued on page 2
Second, they must not con¬
gregate on the streets in large
numbers prior to report time.
Third, they must not discuss
the size of their debits or any
other inside business with out¬
siders.
Political Implications
A new wrinkle, and one
which to every intent and pur¬
pose apparently has far-reach¬
ing political Implications, is
being put Into effect with iron
clad rigidity. Each seller is
said to be pledged to get each
week at least Hive applicants
for registration who will be
taken to the county court
house and placed on the coun¬
ty's voting lists In addition to
this, all sellers must stress the
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Half
DISMISSAL OF
ARSON AROUSES
Los Angeles <ANPi The
possibility of organized vigi¬
lante activity in the Fontana
arson case was dismissed here
last week by Atty. Gen. Robert
W. Kenney. O'Day Short, his
wife and two children died ir
i mysterious blaze in their
part) ally-built home on Dec 16
Local Negro citizens have ex¬
pressed Indignation over Ken¬
ney’s decision on the grounds
that KKK activity and anti-
Negro vigilante movement;
here and in surrounding vicin¬
ities are public knowledge
Popular sentiment among Ne¬
gro citizens of Landon, a thriv¬
ing all-Negro farm village one
mile from Fontana, is that the
fire deaths were not accidents
“There is no evidence that
the fire was of incendiary ori¬
gin or indicating the identity
Continued on page 2
Dr. Wm. Gray
To Address
Mass Meeting
The Beta Phi Lambda chap¬
ter’s observance of "Education,
for Citienship” will be observ¬
ed at S. Philip AME church.
Charles and West Broad streets,
at 4 p. m., May 5, when Dr. j
Wm. A Gray, president of
Florida A. & M. College, will be
the main speaker.
Dr Gray is a graduate of,
Bluefield State College, M. S.;
from the University of Penn- j
sylvania, and a Ph. D. from
the Unversity of Pennsylvania.
Prior to going to Tallahassee
he served as president of Flor¬
ida Normal and Collegate In¬
stitute, St. Augustine, Fla
It is hoped that an appreci¬
ative audience wall be on hand
to enjoy this worthwhile pro¬
gram which is planned annu-
Continued on page Seven
»»««»-• • * NUMBER 28
Death Claims Reverend
R. .J. Dinkins
While en route to Johns
Hopk ns hospital in Baltimore,
Md„ the Rev. Rufus J. Din¬
kins, widely known pastor of
the Tremont Temple Baptist
church, d ed on the train Mon¬
day morning at 6:45 o'clock at
Washington, D. C. With him
at the time of h's death were
his wife, Mrs. Janie Dinkins,
and the r daughter, M ss
Gladys Dinkins. The body
was brought back to Savan¬
nah Tuesday.
The passing of Rev. Dinkins
was quite a shock to his fam¬
ily and to the large number of
members of Tremont Temple
Baptist church, whom he had
served so faithfully for the
past nineteen years, for al¬
though seriously ill for nine
months, it was thought that
his condition was somewhat
improved during the past ten
Prayer Buys
On W. Broad St.
OF
RESIDENTS
ATTY. WILE I
WINS DANVILLE
II
Dauvilie iANPi Atty. Nel¬
son M. Willis, who ma ntains
offices in Danville and Chica¬
go, in last Tuesday’s
won the Democratic nomina¬
tion for probate judge of Ver¬
million county In a close con¬
test against Atty. O. D. Mann,
white, former state's attorney.
Mr. Willis Is grand director
>f civil liberties of the Elks In
Illinois, and chairman of the
xiard of directors of the Dan¬
ville NAACP and has fought
many civil rights cases in Chi¬
cago and downstate Illinois.
LAUNCH UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND DRIVE
New York — Frank M. Tot-
ton, chairman of tire campaign
and vice president of the Chase
Nat:onal Bank, ehowe first
check, in the United Negro Col¬
lege Fund 1C4 i 6 to Brigadier
General George A. Horkan,
i m
•jLv-' K»: :
Continued on page 2
The House of Prayer for All
People, whose local church is
located on Bismark street and
whose titular head is Bishop
Charles M. Grace, has purchas¬
ed the half block on the west
side of West Broad street, ex¬
tending from Park avenue to
Park lane, according to an
announcement made today by
M. P. Spencer, ministerial and
general secretary of the church
which maintains headquari t ri
at 601 M. St., N.W., Washing¬
ton, D. C.
The property purchased this
week includes the store on the
corner of Park avenue, five
one-story houses on West Broad
street and five houses in the
rear. It was not stated whether
the property was bought as an
investment or to be converted
into church use.
The purchase of the proper¬
ty here is in line with recent
deals made in the southeast by
the House t>f Prayer. Several
weeks ago they bought 4.2
acres of farm land at Greer,
N. C„ and 10 lots on Ca-ull
street in the heart of Wilming¬
ton, N. C. Last fall the Darby
Continued on 2
commanding officer of tump
Lee. Va.. main speaker at the
meeting held reeenly at the
.
Rainbow Room. Radio City. ;o
launch the third annual drive,
which this year Is amed'at a
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