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LXIV
Key Figures In Fight Against White
Primary To Speak Here Sunday
KEV. PRIMUS E. KING OK T. H. BREWER
Ballot Champion of Georgia Who Spearheaded the Case
Perhaps the most interesting
of the series of meetings on
vote registration which the
Hub has been sponsoring will
be held Sir day after’ oon at
4 o'clock at St. Philip A. M. E.
church, at which time the prin¬
cipal addresses will be deliver¬
and Dr. Thomas H. Brewer,
both of Columbus.
The unusual interest mani¬
fested in the appearance of
these two gentlemen here is
due to the fact that both have
received national prominence
\yithin the past twelve months
They were the instigators of
the law suits against the Geor¬
gia White Primary in which
tb /- Negro sought the right to
£?=• dcipate.
The fight was started in the
United States District Court
at Columbus after Rev. King
was refused the right to par-
t’cipate in the white primary
election. The court ruled that
the Negro could not be barred
from the Georgia White Pri¬
mary elections and Rev. King
was awarded $100 damages.
The court’s decision was ap¬
pealed by the State Democratic
Executive Committee and in
the hearing before the U. 'S.
Court of Appeals, meeting in
Mew Orleans, the ruling of the
lower court was sustained
Dr Brewer was the key fig-
PROTEST JIM CROW Of
DELEGATES AT MUSI
ClANS CONVENTION
St. Petersburg, Fla. (ANPl —
Jim crow against Negro dele¬
gates was protested here Iasi
week during the American
Federation of Musicians i AFL)
convention by white delegates
who voted to cancel a sight¬
seeing tour after a bus corn-
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DELEGATES TO V. F. W. CONVENTION
T. J. HOPKINS
At the last regular
meeting of Vance Allison Post,
No. 2933. Veterans of Foreign
Wars. delegates were elected to
represent the post at the an-
nual encampment of the De-
partment of Georgia. Veterans
of Foreign Wars, which will be
held in Augusta June 16-19,
New East Siile Theatre
Tomorrow, Friday
Fight To Save Negro
Train Porters’ Jobs
behind Dr. King in tins
which has attracted na¬
attention and result¬
in Negroes being allowed to
in many of the Southern
where they have not
in elections for
1
Masonic Communication
Is Largely Attended
The Past Diamond
nication of the Most Worship¬
ful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of
Georgia, Free and
Masons, met here this week
a three-day session,
Master John Wesley Dobbs
Atlanta, presiding.
Monday’s meeting was taken
up by reports from the Mason¬
ic Relief Association, the Grand
Lodge audltors - trustees^
Prince Hall Orphan Home, the
Grand Chapter, Royal Arch,
and the Knight
while on Tuesday morning the
business session was held
the Masonic Temple.
On Tuesday night the public
welcome program was held
St. Philip Monumental A. M. E.
church. It was largely attend¬
ed and much interest was man¬
ifested in the various addresses.
Wednesday morning at 9
o’clock Laurel Grove cemetery
was visited and wreaths
placed on the graves of
Grand Masters James M.
John H. Deveaux,
Harris, Anthony K.
and Grand Matron of the
tern Star Mrs. Dorothy
wards. This was followed
the second day’s business
sion of the Grand Lodge.
closed that afternoon. At
p. m. a motorcade to
Continued on page 2
ROBERT B. HOWARD
as follows: Robert B Howard,
John McIntosh Paul J. Steele,
T. J. Hopkins and Harvey Un-
d.’rwood
Robert B. Howard and Eulie
j W. Bellinger were elected dele-
gates to the national encamp¬
ment, Veterans of Foreign
Wars, to be held in Boston,
New York, N. Y., June 5.—
Perhaps one of the most seri¬
ous tragedies which is being
enacted in our economic and
speial life of minorities Is the
ruthless, arbitrary and undem¬
ocratic attempt on the part of
the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, headed by A, F.
Whitney, which together with
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Enginemen staged the railroad
strike, to drive Negro train por¬
ters off the head end of the
trains. These porters, accord¬
Illinois Students Picket
Campus Jimcrow Cafes
Champaign, 111 <ANP»—Uni¬
versity of ImTOis students
Tuesday picketed six campus-
area restaurants which refused
equal service for Negro stu¬
dents at the university,
(Picketing during lunch and
dinner hours, a total of more
than |90 students participated
at different times, under the
sponsorship of the Student-
Community Interracial com¬
mittee, a recently-formed or¬
ganization of students ana
community leaders which has
been carrying out active work
during the past semester.
A meeting addressed by Eari
B. Dickerson, Chicago attorney,
followed the picketing. Mr.
Dickerson is vice president of
the Chicago Council Against
RacIal and Religious Discnmi-
nation, president of the Nat
ional Bar Association, former
member of the Chicago City
Counc’l and member of the
FEPC. He also heads the Chi¬
cago Urban League.
Pickets in front of the res¬
taurants carried placards read-
,ng: "Illinois Law Says Don’t
Continued at* page 2
PAUL J. STEELE
M ss., September 1-6
Delegates to the state
campment will leave
June 15, for Augusta,
June 20. Headquarters for
encampment will be in
Richmona Hotel, and the
ness sessions will be held in
City Auditorium.
ing to Mr. Randolph, are as
old as the railroads themselves
in the Southwest and South¬
east. Most of them have been
eliminated in the Southeastern
area and now efforts are being
made to do away with Negro
train porters in the Southwest
for the benefit of white brake-
men by the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, which de¬
nies membership to Negroes
by virtue of their color clause
in their constitution and ritu-
Continued on Page 2
2nd ASST. MANAGER
A. L. Sampson, newly ap¬
pointed second assistant man¬
ager, Savannah district of
Continued on Page Two
Ambulance Driver Refuses
To Haul Negro Injured
Manning, S. C. <ANPj —
zens of this section of
Carolina were protesting to
Burgess funeral home
in Kingstree for tolerating
employee who drove to
scene of an auto accident
day night and after noting
injured were Negroes,
away without them.
The injured were Mrs.
’Montgomery and Arthur
gomery. Mr. and Mrs.
Montgomery, other
of the car, were not
Injured and had been taken
the Kelly Memoral hospital
Kingstree by a physician
nurse who happened to
passing the scene and who
rendered first aid
En route to the
with the less seriously
the nurse telephoned
for an ambulance to
j the two considered to 0
•hurt to be removed
When the white driver
and left, a second
from the Dimery luneral
at Kingstree arrived nearly
hours later and
the injured to Kingstree.
However, their troubles
Continued on page 2
One of the most
events of the week will be
opening tomorrow, Friday,
p. m„ of the Eastside
one of Savannah’s most
tiful and best appointed
borhood theatres.
Sensing the need for a
conveniently located
theatre the Bijou
Company has constructed
the corner of Gwinnett
East Broad streets at the
mated cost of $150,000, a
tre unsurpassed in the
east.
Edgar O. Prince, better known
to the theatre goers of
nah as "Major Printz,”
for many years has been con-
nected with the
world in many ways, has been
chosen as manager. Mr. Prince
has had wide experience in this
field here and in New York
city. He is also financial sec¬
retary of the World War II
Veterans Association.
Thr Eastside Theatre boasts
of many new features and ul¬
tra-modern equipment, among
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New Home
Workers Hold
Convention
Fort Valley, Ga.—The Geor¬
gia Association of the New
Homemakers held its first an¬
nual meeting at the Fort Val¬
ley State College, June 4 and
5, under the supervision of
Miss Daisy L. Lewis and Mrs.
Alma B. Bryant, counseling
teachers of homemaking edu-
cation in the state.
At the first day’s morning
session, Prof. H. E. Bryant,
1 of the Henry A. Hunt
high school and member of the
advisory board of the New
Homemakers, led the group in
a discussion of “Understanding
Parliamentary Procedure,” with
emphasis on its importance in
leadership training. At the af-
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LEGLESS MAN AND
ONE LEGGED WIFE
DOING FINE
Houston (ANP) —- That
Winston Cockrells make
family may be seen in
use of the one good leg jn
well-kept half-acre homesite
Acres homes Imre, in their
fortable home, and in the
activities they both engage
Cockrell, 44, lost both
above the knees in a train ac¬
cident nine years ago; his wife
lost, her left leg in an automo¬
bile accident in 1930.
the seeming handicap, Cock¬
rell built his home, ipid with
t.wo assistants operates success¬
fully a garbage disposal
Mrs. Cockrell cares for
home, the chickens and
hogs which they raise.
The legless man, an
mechanic, owns and drives two
trucks which have
enabling him to operate
gas feed, brakes and clutch
hand He repairs his own
and often repairs cars for
neighbirs. He is using
spare time now building a third
Continued on page 2
Jack Johnson
Killed In Auto
Accident
Raleigh, N. C.. June 11. The
body of .Tack Johnson,
world heavyweight boxing
champion from 1908 to 1915,
lay here In state today as hun¬
dreds filed past his bier in a
local undertaking establish¬
ment.. Johnson died In St . Ag¬
nes hospital following Injuries
he received day before yester¬
day when his speeding auto¬
mobile overturned and crashed
into a light pole on a highway
near Franklinton, N. C.
Johnson, 08 years old and the
first, and only Negro to hold
the world's heavyweight boxing
title until Joe Louis captured
the honor ten years ago, was
en route to New York to see
the Joe Louls-Bllly Conn title
match next week, lie had been
touring the stale of Texas,
where lie was making personal
appearances In theatres and
other places of amusement,
telling of his ring career, which
covered a period from 1899 to
1924.
He was a native of Galves¬
ton, Texas, and won the world
heavyweight title in 1908 from
(Tommy Burns in Australia. He
successfully defended It for
seven years until his defeat by
Jess Willard in Cuba in 1915,
which fight, he was accused of
“throwing.”
The stigma of this fight, to¬
gether with otlier hectic events
in his life during his heyday*,
brought him into much disfa¬
vor.
"throwing” In order that he.
might more easily re-enter the
United States from which he
had fled following a series of
clashes with the government,
lateri that the former heavy¬
weight champion’s body was In
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Freeman School To Award
Diplomas To Twenty-six
Wife Loses Fight To Share
White Husband’s Estate
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| DEMOCRATIC CLUB
APPOINTS EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE
The Citizens Democratic
Club made its first appearance
on the east side Friday niyht of
last week when it held its
meeting at Bethel AME church,
ERst Broad and Gwinnett
streets, the meeting being call¬
ed to order shortly after 8
Continued on page 2
MISS JESSIE RUBY
Valedictorian
The above are Hie three ranking students of the fteaeh high school June graduafing
class whose commencement exercises were held last Friday night at the First African Bap¬
tist church. Miss ( oilier and Miss Graham rvpre joint valedictorians of the class and Miss
the salutatorian.
Mis Jessie Ruby Collier, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
E. Collier, Sr., is the recent
editor-i-ehief of the Heacli-
Cuyier Gazette, a former mem¬
ber of the Beach Senior Tri-
Hi-Y and of the Beach High
Advanced Dramatic class. She
was the former vice president
of the 12A1 division of the se¬
—Photo by Freeman.
SCENES FROM “V” OPENING CAMPAIGN — The above
are some, of the principal personages who participated In the
opening campaign of the new West Broad Street branch of
the YMCA.
Top picture, left to rigid, seated — Prof. K. W. Gadsden,
Kev. It. M. Gilbert, l>r. W. A. Bell, president of Miles College,
Birmingham, Ala.; Rev. II. W. Murph, Rev. Scott, Prof.
Haynes. Standing, left, J. T. Ellerbe executive secretary; Or
W. C. Oavis.
Middle—H. W. Rohrer, state executive secretary; Or. Gil¬
bert, W. S. Scott, and others greeting Commander Frank W.
Spencer, who contributed $100 to the drive.
Bottom picture — Wilson P. Hubert and Leon Grant, di¬
vision leaders, first to announce contributions of one hundred
dollars in the drive. Executive Secretary Ellerbe is between
them. To the right. State Executive Secretary Rohrer giving
a pep talk to the group.
St. Louis iANP)—The vain
struggle of a Negro widow to
share her white husband’s es¬
tate Is told in the June issue
of the National Bar Journal by
Atty. Sidney A. Jones, Jr.
Atty. Jones cites the case of
one Mrs. Antionette
wlio married Allen Monks
Arizona on December 19,
in stressing the difficulties
Negro women to enforce
marital rights through
Continued on Page Two
MISS VELMA D GRAHAM
Valedictorian
nior class and general chair¬
man of the combined classes.
She once gained honorable
mention in the Elks’ oratorical
contest. She Is a winner of a
State College, a member of
scholarship to Fort Valley
Senior Service Scout Troop 61,
a member of the Junior Asso¬
ciate Board of the Chatham-
NUMBER 35
Twenty-six young women,
will graduate Sunday after¬
noon from the Freeman School
of Beauty Culture. The exer¬
cises which will begin at 4
o’clock will be held at St. Phil¬
ip AME church.
The principal address will be
delivered by Rev. H. W. Murph,
pastor, and the program will
be as follows:
Mistress of ceremonies, Mrs.
Lora Lee McNeil
Processional
Negro National Anthem, con¬
gregation
Invocation, Bro. J. F. Butler
Welcome address. Miss Thel-
Continued on page 2
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MISS JANNETTE WILSON
Salutatorian
Savannah Tuberculosis Associ¬
ation, a member of the V VCB
and an active member of the,
NAACP. She is now a
paigner for the YMt'A ' 3
a member at the Bmlc
morial Presbyterian chui :.
Miss Velma Delores G r thl