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YEARS OR
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXV
NEGRO y OTE PROyE^DECIDING FACTO
p c
John G. Kennedy
j Judge Emanuel Lewis
With the Negro voters sup-
porting the Citizens Progressive
League practically two to one,
the entire John G Kenppdy
facton scored a decisive V
i' support’ng 1 P Col Richard'H H
ek/tion jn ^ plimary
Tuesday
The final tabulation of the
entire number 0 f , D . ts ca
Continued on page two;
22 To Graduate Sunday
From Freeman’s Beauty Sch
S. E. Athletic
Conf. To Meet
Saturday
Nile member colleges of the
Southeastern Athletic Confer¬
ence will meet in annual ses¬
sion at Georgia State Industrial
College Saturday, December 14,
according to an announcement
released by Secretary W C. Er¬
win th : s week.
Making of 1947 football and
badkotball schedules, selection
of an all-conference eleven,
championship awards in foot¬
ball and basketball for 1946
will highlight the agenda of
the annual sessions- I
Allen University which has
been undefeated this season in
Continued on page two)
REVS. BRADY AND
TICKER ADDRESS
ST. MATTHEWS
Highlighting the program at
he annual parish dinner at
St Matthew’s Episcopal church
and rectory Friday evening of,
last week were addresses by
Dr Bland Tucker, rector of
Christ Episcopal church, and
the Rev. William H Brady, of
St Paul Episcopal church, both
of this city. I
Dr. Tucker, himself from a
family of missionaries, spoke
on the subject. The Church'
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Zkf fmimraalt Intent
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Cuter Elected Head
Of Knights of Pythias
The grand lodge of Knights
of Pythias of the jurisdiction of
Georgia met here in a one-day
session at the YMCA on West
Broad street.
Attorney A T. Walden, grand
chancellor, called the meeting
o order at 11 o’clock Monday
morning with 35 delegates in
attendance from many lodges
in the state. j
The highlights of the session
was the report of the grand
chancellor in which it was
stated that in re-financing the
Pyth an Temple at Chicago and
its conversion into 105 resi-
dence apartments, the grand
'odge of Georgia had received
$35 000 worth of stock in the
Lodge Supreme Building Cor-
poration. created under the di-
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Protest Dismissal Lynch
Charge Against Police Chief
NEW YORK. Dec- 5—Thur- j
good Marshall, NAACP chief
and the nation’s Num- j
ber Gne ‘Jim-Crow Buster, j
lodged a stiff protest with the j
United Stateg 2nffilS^action' Attorney-peneral
^
. a I
£tates Att5rney ” ^ Stopped :
charges against Benajmin
Gantt, the Minden, La-, police
indicted by a federal
grand jury October 18 for his
part in the torture-lynching of'
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MADAM BRIDIE FREEMAN
ROBINSON
Head of School
A class of twenty-two young
women will be awarded certi¬
ficates Sunday when the Free¬
man School of Beauty Culture
holds its commencement exer¬
cises at St. PhiLp AME church.
The personnel of the clas,
which is composed of eleven
young ladies from out-of-town
and a like number who reside
in Savannah, is as follows;
Sarah E- Rivers, Pineland.
S. C : Elkey L. Ferrell Tarboro.
S C.; Minnie Jernagin, West
Palm Beach, Fla.; Jewel Mingo
Gaines. Ocala, Fla ; Myna Lee
Herrington. Sardis; Helen Un-
der. Stilson; Lula Hughes. Dan-
ie ls: Pearl Davis, Fleming
Flease Frazier. Bluffton. S C.
Minnie Richardson, Ludowici
Quennie M Turner. Bluffton,
s c
Lois O Carter. Margaret
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Report A “Political Smear”
On Negro Soldiers
NEW YORK—Branding ‘a po-
lit'cal smear of Negro troops
in Germany.” the report of
George M- Meader, general
counsel for the Senate War In¬
vestigating Committee, Walter
White, NAACP executive secre i
tary, on December 3. sent an
urgent telegram to President
Truman, requesting him. as
commander- n-chief of the ar-
to (
my, send an impartial, ,.bi- \
racial com miss on to Germany
at once to investigate the
ditions descr bed in
report. “Certa'n Sa’rt Mr. White: j
members of the
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S. C. Policeman Badly
Beats College Student
COLUMBIA. S- C-
Charges that city officer Poole
beat W.lliam Hunter
more at Benedict College here,
early Thursday morning wer3
being studied by Mayo, Frank
C. Owens-
The officer is reported to
!iave halted the youi ■ student
as the latter left the Wade
Hampton Drug store, where he
at night and to have as¬
him when Hunter
“yes” and ‘‘no”
>f adding “s.r "
Hunter sustained several necessi-i fa-i
al lacerations which
treatment at the city hos-j
He was also struck',
being escorted to jail by (
second officer. !
Booked on an 'investigation” ;
Hunter was baked out 1
h's father, Nathan Hunter 1
, |
Florence, S- C . and the Rev.
E Riley, dean of men ai
)
Mayor Owens prom sed a
•omplete investigation, but
aid Poole nad claimed he
.truck Pooie after the latter
lit him in the face. |
Killed, Two Injured in
Brawl at Football Game 1
Claflin Gets
Two Surplus
Army Bldgs.
ORANGEBURG, S C— Presi-
dent J. J. Seabrook of Claflin
College received word Thursday
from Senatoors Maybank and
Johnston and Congressman
Riley informing him that
Federal Works Agency has
proved a project granting two
surplus army buildings, which
w'll provide for phys’cal
health educational facilities
for Claflin University-
In addition the college has
been allocated a
quantity of office equipment,
such as chairs, desks, typewrit
ers and tables at a cost 0
about 5 per cent of real value.
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SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, DEC 12. 1,940
Phutes by MADDOX
SCENES AT SEVERAL POLLING PLACES TUESDAY
—When the tilv primary election was held. These
scenes are qu te in contrast to ithe Jong lines of voters
who appeared at ni«>sl of the polling places in July, scv
oral thousand of whom were left islanding in line when
(he polls closed. The voting was light Tuesday ami
everyone who appeared al Ihe polls had ample
opportunity to vote-
Picture Number 1—crowd at Masonic Temple; No.
S—Crowd at polling place on Indian street; No. 3—Mon¬
roe Funeral Home garage; No. 4—Price, near Hunting¬
don; No. 5— Paulsen, near 34th; No. «; West Broad, near
37th street-
12 SC Boards
Pay Equal
Salaries
COLUMBIA, S C <ANP> At
12 school boards in South
are pay ng equal sal-
Alfred T. Butler, execu-
ve secretary of the Palmetto
Teachers Association,
til's week
Aside from boards at Charles-
and Columbia, which are
~
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A SON
A son was born December 2
Mr. and Mrs Alex Jones of
The ch'ld will be nam¬
Harry. Mrs Jones will be
as Miss Helen
of Savannah
*>0)^ S lipJllltV Sfhofll dLHOOl TYl 10
Send Out Thirty-One
Bennett Gets
^ _ 4 __ l*OITl
Oo JC
Ministers
j
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G pEENSBORO, N- C -Com-
tbe 1 annual loocl an
cash rally for Bennett College,
ministers of the North Caro-
Una Conference of the Metho-
dist church reported a sum of
* 3,354 during a meeting of the
group here last week,
'
The Greensboro , district, , . . of
which Rev. J. E- Brower is dis-
trict superintendent, outstr p-
ped the three other districts
with a total of $1,121. Reports |
from other d stricts were as
follows: Winston, $9z8; Wester,
$800; and Laurinburg, $525.
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MADAM J M. WALKER
Head o. School
Boyce’s School of Beauty
will hold its graduat¬
exercises Sunday at St-
AME church, Perry lane
Arnold strfeet, at which
the commencement ad-
will be del vered by the
C K Knight, pastor.
The program in its entirety
be as follows, Mrs A L
mistress of ceremonies:
Processional
Nat onal Negro Anthem, eon-
Invocation.
Solo (The Lord's Prayer),
Lee Prince
Reading, Juanita S- P’razier-
Selection, Quartet (Ruth Bos¬
Velma Russell. Mollie Ri¬
and E L Prince.)
Address, John McGlockton !
Solo, Mrs Susie R. Durliam- (
Address, Dr. Ruth Summer,
directress of health educa¬
Savannah-Chatham Coun¬
health educat on secretary.
Reading, Glennie Mae Bur-
Selection, Boyce’s Tr o.
Introduction of speaker, Mrs
Scott
Commencement speaker ’
Rev
K Knight ' pastor of st
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MUSKOGEE Okla- ANP. *
—
Two persons were injured and
one killed during a brawl
j wh'ch cropped up at a Negro' foot-j
J ball game between two
' ! high schools here last Nov. 28-
| E. According Davis, the to Chief slain of Police Oliver K j
man,
Davis, was shot through trie
heart, w th Jack Cato reported
in a critical condition from a
bullet wound and Eugene
Gaines suffering knife wounds
and bruises-
During the melee, two wh-te
poMcemen were slightly hurt
while attempt.ng to quell dis-
tuebances. Two Negro officers
came to their assistance, and
according to the poi ce chief, >
each fired one shot, one o;
th ern firing his pistol into tne
air
As a preventative measure
against furtner outbreaks, po-
| lice ordered all taverns in the C
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j Republican
Program Is
Not Liked
WASHINGTON. D. C. The
NAACP Washington Bureau ex-
pressed great
over the leg slative program of!
the Republ can party as
tatively outlined in the Decern-
ber issue 0{ The Republican
News, the official organ of the
Republican party. In a letter
to Carroll Reece, Republican
National Committee Chairman,
Lesl e Perry wrote; j
“The December issue of The
h ghest priority by Republi-
' an leaders (a. economy in
government and reduction In
income taxes; • b> elimination
of unessent'al war powers; (ci
1
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THEY DID A FINE JOB
JOHN W. McGLOCKTON REV RALPH M. GILBERT REV. S A. BAKER
Pres- Citizens Democratic Club Pastor, 1st A B Church Pastor. Bethiehem Bapt- ChcrJ
The above trio who led the eampa gn of the Citizens Progressive League for the supi
port of the Negro voters in Tuesday's city primary election, has been widely commended fol
the excellent job they accomplished by practically securing a two-to-one Negro vote for t.h|
CPL over the Gl-Peoples party
Espec ally pleasing to,the thinking citizenry was the clean, forceful appeal wh ch thel
made to the voters, its pay-off being shown in the overwhelming victory scored by the CPij
in which the Negro vote proved to be the decisive factor.
All National Service Life In-
P 3licie » for Alabama..
Georgia, South Caro-
and Tennessee have been
in the Veterans Admin-
branch office in At-1
Sunday’s Commencement
Day at Cargo’s Beauty Sch,
Charity Staff
Increased
—_—
Dr w A Harris, superinten-
dent, and Miss Olise I, cump-
bell superintendent of nurses,
at Charity hospital, have an-
nounced the recent appoint-
meat of Miss Tiuev Pearl Hoi-
mes. R. N-, and Mrs. Leahha
Pugh to the ..oi-pltal staff
Miss Holmes is a graduate
of the Good Samaritan hos-
p tal as surgical nurse. She
has recently eon.Dieted a course
p.tul, ., surgery Chicago, at Coo.; County hos-j
Mrs. McLeatha Pugh will
continued on Page 2
Our nation has plenty of
smart men and women, lead-!
in all walks of life, but to j
bring God wants the standard It, demands up where j
more
love for Him, for humanity, i
less strife-
NUMBE1
MADAM CARRIE CARGO
McGLOCKTON
Head of School
Twenty-three young
the graduating exercisl
be held at Bethel AVL
at which time the p nniJ ™
pal address will be delivers
the Rev. F- W- Bagby, pasj
Continued on Page Two
When you try to evade yol
when :here is saup
.with him you shoi
a day will come to vj
like manner when you
you have been treat*u