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Prof. William McKinley King >
an instructor at the Georgia |
State College, was fatally in-j
jured about 4 o’clock last Sat- j
urday morn ng when the car
wlrch he driving 1
was was
struck by that of two city po-
licemen who, it is said, were
off duty. Mr. King was on his
way to the college after at-
Veterans Stage
Memorial Day Parade
One of the most colorful pa¬
rades in Savannah in recent
years was staged last Thursday
in memory of departed soldiers.
It was the feature event of
Memorial Day.
The demonstration was par¬
ticipated in by about 1,500 vet¬
erans of World Wars I and II,
the Spanish-American War,
Boy Scouts, the various veter-
ans' organiations, the Vance
Allisoii Drum and Bugle Corps
and 'ijjL’ness and political
representatives. Maj. T. J. Hop-
kins, veteran of World War II,
was marshal of the day.,
Many of the marchers carried
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SCENES FROM THE MEMORIAL DAY DEMONSTRATION
1 Major T. J. Hopkins, ranking W. YV. 11 Negro officer from Savannah, and Mayor Peter Roe Nugent. 2. John W. McGlockton, president, ( itizens
Democratic < luh. addicvng audience at Caou Park, uhllc May or Nnr.ent and representatives of the Vineritan Legion and l rkuih of Foreign YYar* look
3 Co j or gliar( i in tire parade. 1. Mounted escort. 5. Portion of Seoul participants, b. Scene at barbecue at Claim Park. 7. Mayor Nugent and YV.
Y\ i Veteran Paul J. Steele. 8. YV. L. Kilrov of Gannem Post, American Legion, addressing assemblage at Gann Park. 9 Retired Regular Army Ser¬
geant Robert B. Howard. Retired Coast Guard Captain John Starr and Joseph Rivers, Spanish-American YVar veteran, shown in one of the leading ears
of the parade. 10. Portion of Navy veterans in the parade. 11. .Major Hopkins and Chief Warrant Officer Eulie W. Bellinger, leading the parade.
12. Vance Allison Drum and Bugle Corps. 13. Portion of soldiers in parade.
Wat iauawtali SrihiiK
tending a dance at
Grove.
The policemen's car was go¬
ing south on the
road and was occupied by Cpl.
Garnell Warren and Officer J.
T. Price, the former being own¬
er of the car and its driver.
The accident occurred at the
intersection of Victory Drive
and the Skidaway road and
was, accord’ng to the police re¬
port, the fault of Prof. King
since the claim was made that
h s car was traveling without
headlights.
However, according to a ver¬
sion of the accident made to
a Tribune representative by
Emory Rogers, whose tax cab
was mmediately behind that
, f the policemen , both head _
Mghts on the King car were
burning brightly at the
of the crash. Rogers was the
first person to reach the King
car after the accident. At the
Ogeechee wrecking yard, where
the car was carried, one of its
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Dr Bell To Be Speaker
At YMCA Opening
At the city-wide meeting
which will mark the opening
and ded ; cation of the West
j Broad Street YMCA, Miles Dr. Memo- W. A.
Bell, president of
rial College, Birmingham, Ala.,
j will The be hour the of principal the meeting speaker, is 4
j p. m.. Sunday, June 9, and in
j the YMCA auditorium,
i An interesting program has
j, been arranged with Pof. M
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R,lles That Bus “•**•**
Passengers Cannot Be Segregated
MatonieGrand Lodge
Meets Here
j
The Most Worshipful Prince
Hall Grand Lodge of P. and A
j Masons will hold its seventy-
sixth annual communication
, m nms m lu morning,
June ^ c ~ 11, at , 10 ; s ay o’clock. The
Grand Lodge will convene at
Masonic Temple, West Gwin¬
nett street. Grand Master
J T , hn Tir v,esley . _ Dobbs .. n
j 1Cl< ° w - P re '
Monday “ ornin * the several
1 boards will meet to prepare
,
their reports. Tuesday night
at 8 o’clock the public meeting
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Vets Forum
To Be Sundaj
Afternoon
The executive committee
the World War II Veterans’ As-
sociation and the Usher Board
i of Central Baptist church
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY. JUNE 6, 1946
I^CIHOCrcltlC C l 111) IN RHIGS
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BEACH HIGH
COMMENCEMENT
TOMORROW NIGHT
124 students will be awarded
diplomas tomorrow (Friday)
night when Beach high school
will hold its commencement ex¬
ercises at the First African
Baptist church.
The Rev. Charles H. Brown
of Columbia, S. C„ dean of the
school of religion, Benedict
College, will deliver the com¬
mencement address.
The exercises will begin at
7:45 p. m.
The Citizens
Club held an
meeting at Tabernacle
church last Friday evenihg.
large number of
presented representatives
be placed on the
committee, and several
addresses were made
on the program of the club.
Julius C. Phillips, represent¬
ing labor organizations,
an interesting talk on
our forces together for
best interest of the
group. Commander Frank W
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Samaritan Grand Lodge To
Meet At Sandfly
Several hundred delegates
and members from the scores
of local lodges of the Independ-
Order of Good Samaritans
I and Daughters of Samaria, will
I converge upon Savannah next
J j Monday of the Georgia for the opening Grand session Lodge,
| Mo. 29. J. T.. Green, local bus-
inessmam is grand chief of the
i state body, and other
many
prominent Georgians are in-
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T T IT
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Vote Fight
Speak Here
The Rev. Primus E. King and
Dr. Thomas H. Brewer, both of
Columbus, will be the speakers
at a mass meeting Sunday af-
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By Louis Lautier for NNVA
Washington, D. C., June 3.—
In a 6-to-l decision the United
States Supreme Court today
declared unconstitutional the
Virginia statute which requires
segregation in motor buses of
white and colored passengers,
both interstate and intrastate.
The validity of the statute
was challenged by Mrs. Irene
Morgan of Baltimore, who ap¬
pealed from a decision of the
Supreme Court of Virginia af¬
firming the imposition of a $10
fine on her by a judge of the
circuit court of Middlesex Coun¬
ty, Virginia, for refusing to
move to the rear of a bus when
ordered by the driver to do so.
In reversing the decision of
the Virginia court, the Supreme
court ruled that the Virginia
segregation law imposed an
undue burden on interstate
commerce.
Six judges agreed in princi¬
ple that the statute was invalid.
Justice Rutledge concurred in
the result. Separate concurring
opinions were written by Jus-
tee Hugo L. Black and Justice
Felix Frankfurter. Tire lone dis¬
senter was Justice Harold H.
Burton. Justice Robert H.
Jackson, who is the chief
American prosecutor at the
Nuremberg trials of war crim¬
inals, took no pai'tT in the con-
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GETS CITATION FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE The above shows Staff Sergeant Joseph
L. Butler immediately after he had received the Bronze Star for exceptional meritorious con¬
duct in the performance of outstanding services in the Hawaiian Islands.
The award was presented to Staff Sergeant Butler in a special ceremony at Camp Gor¬
don in Augusta by the commanding officer for the Secretary of War.
Seen in the picture with Sgt. Butler, are the special party which went to Augusta from
Savannah for the ceremony, Miss Bobbie Pequese, Mrs. Queenie Butler, Sgt. Butler. William
•Billy i Butler, Mrs. Dora Bryant, and on the extreme right, the commanding officer of
The citation reads:
“For meritorious service in
connection with military activ¬
ities against the enemy from
3 October, 1942, to 3 April 1945.
K* C. High School Girl Wins
Newspaper Essay Contest
: Four judges in widely separ-
j ated cities selected the essay
written by Mss Gwendolyn
I Hill, Kansas City, Mo., high
I school junior, as the best sub-
i blitted in the national contest
I I sponsored by the Negr () News-
paper Publishers Association.
The contest was sponsored
1 as one of the features of Na¬
tional Negro Newspaper Week
| which th's year commemorated
| the 1,19th anniversary of the
! Negro press. The decision
the judges was made
this week.
Miss Hill's essay was chosen
I were entered In the national
I as the best of the 36 which
■ contet by sponsoring newspa-
j pers in 14 cities. All of the
essays were written on the
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Tire Blow Out Results
In Two Heaths
RUFUS MACK
When a rear tire blew out on
a car which was carrying a
party of local men to a ball
game in Beaufort, S. C., last
Thursday afternoon, two of its
occupants were fatally injured
and the other two sent to a
hospital for treatment.
The dead men were Rufus
Mack, 33, well known proprie¬
tor of the Orange Blossom
confectionery, 522 West Broad
As Chief Rail Dispatcher for
the Port of Honolulu he ably
discharged exceptional respon¬
sibilities in connection with the
operation and coordination of
35 To Get Certificates
In Deauty Culture
At tin' commencement exer¬
cises Monday evening of the
Cargo School of Beauty Culture
a class of thirty-five will be
awarded diplomas. The exer¬
cises will be held at Coconut
Grove and will begin at 9:45
o'clock.
Immediately following the
program a prom will be given
in honor of the graduating
class.
Those who wall be presented
certificates are:
Lillie Bell Allen, Cieo Brooks,
Stella M. Brightwell, Mary Etta
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NUMBER 3|
HARRY CARREULUS
street, and Harry Carrillus,
clerk in the same establish¬
ment.
The two injured men were
Johnny Pew 'Foley and John
'Grapyt Wiley, known as the
Mayor of West Broad street.
Both wert sent to the hospital,
but the latter was released
Tuesday, while the former re-
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all Army rail movements in
that large and important port.
He assured adequate trampor-
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Attending Daughter's
Graduation
Dr. and Mrs. J E Fonv ella
left last night for Washington,
D. C., where they w il attend
the graduation exercises Fri-
day of Howard Un r.Jtjy.
Their daughter. M'ss Fr. \?es
Fonvielle. Is a member tha
class graduating :n pharmacy.
Wolves in sheeps c- using
are mighty treacherous e x.un-
pies for the 'youth Of t - iay,
and ail too vicious for h "nest
grown-ups to be expose i to,
who are look ng for fair play.