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64 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
HIT
—Farm management, research,
poultry diseases and parasite
and agricultural research were
featured in he annual short
course of Alabama teachers of
vocat : onal agriculture which
met at Tuskegee institute this
month.
In the photo, left to right,
back row: A. Shaw, C. T. Pat¬
terson, J. T. Banks, D. E. Scott.
RAPE CHARGE DROPPED;
3 WHITE YOUTHS FINED
COLLINS, Miss.. Aug. 22.—
Two white youths charged
with attempting to rape two
Negro girls, and a third charg¬
ed with pointing a weapon,
have pleaded guilty to lesser
charges and have been fined
$1*0 and coss, court records
here showed today.
The case was heard late yes¬
terday by Just’ce of the Peace
T. C. Campbell. Originally a
hearing was set for today,
but District Attorney O. O
Weathersby said the girls had
asked that the original charg¬
es be withdrawn so that charg¬
es of “creating a fanv'ly dis¬
turbance” could be substituted.
This was done and the hear¬
ing expedited, he said.
The justice’s record;; listed
the men as Ernest Earl Mc¬
Donald and Jadell Moore, foi|-
inally charged with t attempted,
rape, and Clyde Sellers,
nally charged with pointing a
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Withdrawal of. the charges
by the girls, daugh.ers of
Baptist minister, “does not
mean this is the end of
case,” Mr. Weathersby said. “I
am going to investigate it, and
if I find the original charges
were well founded I will call
the matter to the attention of
the grand jury.”
YACB Sets Up First
Youth Canteen Here
The members of the YACB
have been busy the last
in interviewing, painting,
cleaning and making all ne¬
cessary arrangements for its
opening of the youth canteen
(YACB playhouse* which is to
be held Friday evening, Aug¬
ust 30, at 8 p m. a; the West
Broad Street YMCA where two
spacious rooms have been giv¬
en for use of a canteen by
J. T. Ellerbe, director of the
Y.
The program for the grand
opening will be as follows: Op¬
ening, Grand march of pledg¬
ees with burning candles;
hymn, “Follow the Gleam,”
first verse; prayer, solo, pledg¬
ees; address, O. W. Beecher of
Arms.rong Junior College;
“Foilow the Gieam, second
verse; benediction, refresh-
men t s -
The program as
for the following week is
as follows:
1 Saturday night, August
31. 8:30 0 clock, until 10,
Old Barn Dance.
2. Sunday afternoon, 5 un 1
. ?, busmess meeting.
3. Monday night, “Go Sou h
^America.”
4. Tuesday night, “Let’s _ Play _____
for Prizes.”
5 Wednesday night, “Let’s
Cook a Baiiq- it
6. 'ihuxsda 3**1. Una p
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Ibf iavannaJi Srihinf.
Second row: W. J. Cade, B.
T. Whittington, P. A. Gray. C.
D. Scott, II. W. W. McCurdy.
S. J. Vincent. J. G. Pendarvis.
Third row: J. M. Hill. L. E.
Scot . J. F. Thomas, D. B. Arm¬
strong, A. Copeland, A. T.
Haynes. C. H. Thurston, J. W,
Tucker.
Fourth row: A. S. Maxwell,
L. W. Bonner, A. Lucas, W. O,
\ SON
Mr and Mrs James c Ros _
ser announce the birth of a
son July 12. He has been nam¬
ed James Bernard. Mrs. Rosser
was formerly Miss Mildred
Brews ;er.
b Jfo
ORGANIZE INTERRACI-
AL COMMITTEE T Ministers
(meet in New York to "organize
| an interracial committee of
Southern Conference for
Human Welfare in an effort
o help raise $100,000. High-
light of the New York cam-
paign will be a three-day col
lection on September 19, 20
and 21, headed by Joe Louis
and Orson Wells. The South¬
ern Conference for Human
OPENS NEW BUSINESS
j «j> ues( jay 0 f next week
(un f 0 id another addition to the
! ever-grow ng number of veter-
Qf World War „ who have
entered the Savannah business
field. On that da e
givens will formally open the
Stevens’ Wood, Coal,
. and Eimi Oil Co., its location
being in he S. & A yards, near
, j^t^rope avenue and the Lou-
road
Mr. Stevens states that di
rect connect ons have
made with the
reg on.s which will enable
to offer exceptional values
the users of these commodi¬
ties. Rapid delivery
Jones, president:
Ilouze, W. R Lawson, E.
more, A. J. Brown, I. C.
field.
Fifth row: R. L.
W. A. Whetstone. Roy Johnson
S. H. May, J. M. Thomas,
D. Brown, D. Banks, W.
Cooper, J. A. Williams.
Sixth row: A Floyd and
T. McQueen, stae
tra'ners.
A DAUGHTER
A daughter was born to Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Miller of West
Duffy street. She will be nam¬
ed Vivian Nearie.
Welfare carries a broad educa-
t onal, political and legislative
program in the South, theme
of which is “Every Southerner
a Voter.”
Among those present at the
meeting were: (left to right)
the Rev. Frank Glen Wr.ght,
New York director of the Peo¬
ple’s Insti ute of Applied Re-
Tgion; the late Rev. Henry G.
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may be had by dialing 3-9174.
Mr. Stevens, son of Mrs.
Mary S evens Mifflin, of this
city, is a veteran of four years’
service in the Coast Guard.
TO ASSIST VETS IN
FILLING OUT TERMINAL
LEAVE FORMS
Announcement is made by
the World War II Veterans As-
sociat on that i; stands ready
1 to assist veterans in correctly
1 executing appl cations for
j minal leave pay.
I J plications An ample is supply hand of the at ap- the
on
West Broad street headquar¬
ters of the assoc'ation. on the
second floor of the YMCA
j .Continued on Page Two)
I
ROCK CASTLE, VIRGINIA. Within a few weeks, the Parade Ground of the St. Emma Military
j Academy Fall wdl this become boarding- the center high of school Cadet activities,, the James as River both old and Richmond new students The U. assemble S. Army for will tiie
term a* or near
continue the Junior R.O.T.C., ar.d ail Cadets will follow a course in the Agricultural School or a
tradp in t^e Vocational School m addition to their high school academic studies. Many activities
and course- curtailed during the war are being resumed A Cadet Band Will be organized, and
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, AUGUST 29. 1946
New Pay Schedule May
Ease Teacher Shortage
C. L. Harper, executive sec¬
retary, Georgia Teachers and
Education Association, 250 Au¬
burn avenue, Atlanta, has re¬
vealed that the salaries of Ne¬
gro public school teachers in
the state of Georgia for the
1946-47 school term will be the
equal or will surpass the sal¬
aries of teachers in other
southeastern states. He ex¬
pressed the belief that this
new salary schedule would at¬
tract to the Georgia public
schools many recent gradua.es
of the Negro colleges in the
south. Public school officials
in Georgia are anxious to up¬
grade the Negro teaching per¬
sonnel by replacing non-state
certified teachers with those
who hold state certificates
based upon two or more years
of college, work. Teachers who
teach in the public schools of
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DR. LATTIMER IS
NEW PRESIDENT
OF DOCTORTOWN
LOUISVILLE), Ky. (NNPA)—
In a close race, the House of
Delegates last Friday chose Dr.
J. A C. Lattimore, Louisville
physician, to be 1947-48 presi¬
dent of the National Medical
Association. He defeated Dr.
C. Herbert Marshall, of Wash¬
ington, D. C.
Dr. Lattimore will succeed
Dr. Waller A. Younge, of St.
Louis, who was installed as
president at the closing session
of the NMA last Friday. A
practicing physician in Louis¬
ville for forty-one years, Dr.
lattimore has been president
Continued on page 2
NAACP Asks
Anti- Lynch
Legislation
MEW YORK, Aug. 22,—Waiter
White, NAACP executive secre¬
tary, in an emergency appeal
to more than 1000 NAACP
brandies and more than 60
national organizations cooper¬
ating with the NAACP in the
present lynch crisis now facing
the nation, emphasized the
imperative need lor immedi¬
ate federal anti-lynch legisla¬
tion. In the appeal it was
pointed out that local units of
national organizations and
branches should call upon sen¬
ators and congressmen to dis¬
cuss issues.
Mr. Wh.te’s action is consid¬
ered of major political impor¬
tance involving millions of
vo ers among whom are more
than 600 000 NAACP branch
members This potential bloc
will watch congressional rep¬
resentatives, taking careful
note of their actions or failure
to act on this critcal crisis.
Sena ors are urged to pledge 1
to vote for cloture, while mem-
] bers of the lower house are j
expected to s ! gn the discharge j
j petition if they have not al- !
ready done so. They are also j
petitioned to change rules ol j
House and Sena e on the first j
day of the session to prevent j
fil bustering in Senate and!
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Batesburg Police Chief
Admits Woodard Blinding
trooper” cruelty to Isaac Wood- I
ard enraged the country has
been found out. L. L. Shaw,
police chief of Batesbourg, S.
C., has now admitted it was
he who beat out the eyes of
the young Negro soldier just
a few hours after his army
discharge, and while he was
still wearing his uniform.
The New York Post, in an
editorial August 21, expressed
its indignation at Shaw’s bare¬
faced arrogance. Said the Post:
"Th's is more than the cause
of Negro citizens. If it is once
established that terrorism in a
police uniform is outside the
law, the rights and liberties
of every citizen are threatened.
"If Police Chief Shaw’s an¬
nouncement were allowed to
go unchallenged, it would be
the greatest victory possible
for the Ku Klux Klan and ev¬
ery anti-democratic group
whicli gambles on violence. It
would open the way for the
squads of any Huey
Long which might arise toi
Continued on Page Two
THE WOMEN’S CHAMPIONS
Dr. F. D. Patterson, president
of Tuskegee institute, admir¬
the championship trophy
ol' victory in the wo¬
men’s AAU track and field
Lautier Sues
Manuscript
For $10,000
WASHINGTON .ANP)—Louis
Laut’er, Negro White House
correspondent, filed a $10,000
damage suit against Harry
McAlpin and Alfred Smith,
alias “Charley Cherokee,” co¬
authors of “Manuscript,” in the
districi court here, August 21.
The suit states that Manu-
scr pt, in its issue of July 9
said “an attache of the White
House called Negro papers and
correspondents last week >0
tell them that he had intrusted
the White House release on the
final FEPC report to Louis
Lautier.
“He ( he attache) asked
Lautier, who promised to deliv-
or, but, instead, Laut er wrote
Continued on page 2
Supreme-Liberty Life
Observes 25th Anniversary
HEADS BALL PARK
LOUIS GIBBONS, who is
president of the new Sports¬
Park Company, lias clone
to further the interest
>t sports in Savannah. Mr.
Continued on page t,woj
CHICAGO ANP i
what speakers declared to
the swiftest growth in the an¬
nals of Negro business,
preme Liberty Life
company staged a two-day
celebration at its home
last week. Reports were made
showing that the vigorous
young organization had at¬
tained its Immediate goal with
$102,000,000 of insurance in
force. So substantial have been
tile gains that the board of
directors voted to increase the
capital of the company
*400,000, restoring it to its orig¬
inal value. In five years, Pres¬
ident T. K. Gibson pointed out,
assets have more than doubled,
standing now ut $5,600,000.
More than 200 agents, from
the 10 states und the District
of Columbia in which the
company operates, were on
hand for the occasion. Most
<C!oiiMruiP(l on nag* 2)
championships which were
held in Buffalo, N. Y., August
4.
Reading from left to right:
Dr. Patterson, Alice Coachman,
Theresa Manuel, Nell Jackson
Two More Veterans
Texas Mob
S. Carolina
Frees White
Lyncher
ELKO, S. C. (ANP >—A “justifiable! coro- J
ner’s jury found
homicide” for William (Bill)
Craig, white member of a mob,
charged with the lynching of a
former sharecropper, at an in¬
quest here Monday af ernoon. S
Craig had been arrested by
Barnwell County Sheriff Jeff
Black and charged with shoot¬
ing James Walker, Jr., 35,
through the back August 12 at
his father’s home, one mite
southeast of Elko. Black
nounced after the tuques.,]
however, that Craig would al-
so come before the Barnwell
county grand jury in Septem- ’
ber, but leaders sa d this was
oniy a routine procedure and
that Craig would be entirely
absolved.
Walker, jus up from
Charleston to visit his father,
James Walker, Sr., 60 year old
sharecropper, and his wife,
Mrs. Inez Walker, whom he had
not seen for some time, was
shot dead through the back
as he reclined against the
bannister of his father’s home
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VINDICATED Dr. E. I. Rob¬
inson, rearing president of the
National Medical associa&ion.
During the annual session of
that organization, Robinson
was attacked in a resolution
Continued on page 2
Shriners Open
Conclave In
j Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (ANP)
devotional service Monday
morning opened the 45th
nual conclave of the Ancient
Egyptian Arabic 6rder of the
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
About 4,000 American and
Canadian delegates of the im-
ternal order were in
ance for the session in
Chris J. Perry Elks home,
where the main business
sions, running through Friday,
also will be held.
The conclave heard the
penal potentate, Raymond
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Wallace Hits
Segregation
WASHINGTON 1 ANIL
cial segregation in the U.
Employment service for
nation’s capital was hit
week by Secretary of Com¬
merce Henry A. Wallace in
letter to Secretary of
Schwellenbach.
Wallace cited specifically I
separate lines for
purposes and separate
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Fannie Johnson.
Miss Coachman again won
high jump, the 50 meter
run and defeated Miss
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GETS SCHOLARSHIP
j- dm m
I
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GETS SCHOLARSHIP—The
General Education Board has
awarded Miss Sarah M. Har-
per, who received her bachelor
0 f science degree from Tuske-
gee institute at the spring
graduation exercises in May, a
full twelve-month scholarship
for study in the field of foods
Columbia University, New York
euy, and will enroll there in
and nutrition. She will enter
September. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harper
When a young man goes to
the penitentiary because of
careless living, "good-times”
and wasted hours, he leaves
behind for his parents every
thing but flowers.
NUMBER 4S
VINDICATED
MEW YORK, Aug. 22-Lynd
terror continued unabated it
several Southern s.ates today,
flaring up in Marshall, Texas,
where two Negro veterans me
death at the hands of ’ un¬
known persons.” Althougl
Texas pol.ee attempted t
charac.erize the lynching* a u|
isolated murders, Negroes
Marshall live under the pall 0 ,
lynch law.
NAACP investigators havi
reported what they believe ti
be two new lynchings to thi
national office in New Yori
and are continuing their in
vesiigation in spite of an omi¬
nous lack of cooperation by th
town’s police. The two new vie
tims of the terror, both iorm
er GI’s, are Richard F. Gor
don, 31„ and Alom)a Brooi
25.
Gordon’s death, according
police, was at the hands of
hit-and-run driver. But one ol
the people who- saw ins oodf
lying on the road before it state! waj
taken to the morgue,
that his throat had bCeJ
slashed from ear to ear, uni
doubtedly by a knife that horribi; h:|
head and body were thsji
cut and bruised, and
prints on the road lead. I
where the vet lay, sho ved evil
dence that he had be {
ged through tne streets t e
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