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TEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
To Olelirate Week Feb. 28-Mar. 7
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WASHin«TO«I . .
tttmay 4, 194»
a»«r Hr. Simlf:
A. I Inn of tbs okforTKoe. of Uegro
S»v«p»j>«r V«ok, I an glad Indeed to Mod good vleu..
to Um negro Snooper PubU.h.r. i.toelotion. i.
The protection of eiTil lltertlee has long A
keen of primary Interest to the liegro press. All of i
j ns look forward to 1047 end with sustained the recognition effort will that insure only j
continuous wlgllonce fought '
. the maintenance of the lndirlduel liberties we
' OO hard to protect.
It wee with that thought In alod that I
1 created the President’ e Committed on Civil Sights. I
\ know that tha Kegro newspapers of America will support
\ this Committee to the fall In lte Important teak, and i
. I know that the Civil Sights Committee will he on i
Important lastrument In the common effort by which l
I done tha goal a t freedom win ho won. I
Hr. frank Stanley.
President.
■egro Sewepaper Publishers
Assoolatloa,
410 South Tifth Street,
toolsvilie, Kentucky.
lu celebration of the 120th
anniversary of the Negro Press,
the Negro Newspaper Publish¬
ers Association is again spon¬
soring National Negro Newspa¬
per week from February 28
through March 7. Two net¬
work broadcasts have been
planned. One will originate in
Washington, D. C-, over the
Columbia Broadcasting System
cn Friday. February 28, 6:15-
6’30 p. m., Eastern Standard
Tune The other will origi¬
nate in New York over the
American Broadcasting Com¬
pany network on Thursday,
March 6. 10:30-10:45 p- m., E-
S. T. As usual, these programs
will, or«4^ .feature the highest type
n .artists. >TPA is also sponsoring
itffP'iird annual National H gh
School Essay Contest with the
theme, “The Significance of
the Negro Press In the 1948
onthhM «. vET
URGES ACTION AGAINST
JIM CROW RAILROAD
NEW YORK. Feb.
the second time this
NAACP counsel fd£d a
plaint with the Interstate Com-
merce Commission against the
Seaboard Airline radroad,
February 19, charging that
had dsc.(.t | aafed unlawfully
agamst Dr- Luther P.
of Virginia State College,
Petersburg, Va., in denyn.g Dr.
jackson, a Negro, service in the
dining car of the railroad go-
ing and coming from
Ga., on December 6 and 7,
1944. *
On both occasions whenTDr,
Jackson , was dnM
tZ basis for tne denial was
statioh in the dining car
ordinarily reserved for Negroes
was at that t.me being occu-
pied by whites. Although there
were empty seats available in
other sections o« fc
car, both stewards refused
seat or serve Dr- Jackson.
Spottswocd W- Robinson,
Continued on page Seven
MRS. WALLACE THRILLS HEARERS
AT AKA OBSERVANCE
Last Sunday at First
' church, Gamma
(Jtpega ,iiptist
chapter of Alpha
Alpha sorority held its
observance of Founder's
the speaker for the evening
Soror Arnetta G- Wallace,
in .d • *! to being director
the ( V jeastern Region of
pha Kappa Alpha sorority,
also director of music in
Knoxville, Tenn., public
and is very active in the
Scout program of that city.
In th? course of her
Mrs. Wallace pointed out
necessity of planning tor
future and spoke of the
butions the civic
could make to th ! s future-
After iht talk. Miss.Ella
Continued on Page Two
Final Winners in Liberty
County Speaking Contest J
The eighth annual speaking
contest of Liberty
.chools was held at the Liber¬
ty county high school Febru¬
ary 19, with a packed house in
attendance.
r SHSS Barbfra
one exception. Little
lm %f ^r r firThono G m°
G B m
ail other groups in the elemen-
tary school groups-
j In Group D. Robert Brown of
Retreat school won first place,
Julia Belle Hendry of Hneshaw
vnn second place and EortM
thy Stafford of Moose Hill won
■ on wn
PRES. HUBERT
Itll'iJiUl prinipVQ \0
According to a news release
j as t Friday, Benjamin F. Hu-
be rt, president of Georgia State
college, has resigned his post,
effective at the end of the cur-
tenm
it jg said that ne w:il en-
ter ‘ a larger f.eld—Chat of im-
proving 'the Negro ciuntry 1
life,” and that he will cont nue
^ development 6f
the Log Cabin Center with the
what the
, v he .arm- c „
«n -=o cn
Mr. Hu cert has been
dent of Georgia State College
smee 1927
m L , Douglas
Qf 11C2 E:gt B rua( f street, an-
nounce tne birth of their son,
Crir.o Lorenzo, whi arrived on
February 22, at Geor-
g a Infirmary.
1 AGAINST JIM f t
CROW GUARD
, NEW YORK. Feb. 20—The
position of open and forthright
,cpposit.on to segregated units
in state National Guards tak¬
en by Governor James McCon-
aughy of Connecticut was hail¬
ed by Walter White, executive
j secretary, NAACP, as “one of
1 the most magnificent and
heartening steps which has
been taken during recent
years.”
In response to a request from
i the Bridgeport-Stratford branch
of -the association that Gover-
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3-vr.oli) Kff t'Hsi.D
Little Gloria B. Bailey, whot
was born Just five years ago,'
the daughter of Mr. and ^Mrs. |
George S- Bailey of 718 \»est
51st street, was struck by a
nrtorist Saturday mornng
about 10 o’clock on Mills B
Lane avenue.
The little girl’s mother had
given her a penny to buy some
candy. She was attempting to
cross the highway to get to the
store when she was kdled in-
stantly.
Gloria's funeral was held
Wednesday from Friendship
Baptist church, Stllson, Ga„
interment in the church ceme- !
i<t
| Gesides her parents, she is
Continued on page Seven
CASSINO POST, VFW, HOLDS
IMPRESSIVE FORMAL OPENING
Cassino Post, No. 8153, Vet-
SS’SSS
ond floor. Tu.ktay h 8 h« of he.
wm p^ted™ “oisSit
Commander John N- Crotiy, as-j
sisted by Commander —--- ------ Alex Vai- - -
aas of °f Charles paries G, G. ^ dward ' S
Pos ^ VFW, _ and Deputy ^ i Cnie,
of Staff Robert B. Howard. t
j. u Lemon was the speaker
0 ; vhe evening and exp.ained
»* m, ? s a “-. ,et :
erans should organize. Short
, talks were made by Past Com-
mander Paul J. Steele, Comrade
Grotty, Comrade Vainas, com-
mander Pitts and Comrade Jo-
seph R. Pugh, chairman of the
house committee Of the post.
PRESENTATION OF CHARTER TO CASSINO POST, VFW
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o'
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1
SCENES FROM UNVEILING OF CHARTER OF CASSINO
POST, NO. 8133, VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS—Top pic
tuve, presentation ox charter T> left, standing, Sgt- Ruo-
cri B. Howard, depots c,. ef of staff, Deft, ox Georgia; D s-
irict Commandei John N. Grvi y; Aiex Vanias,
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSD/.iF, FEB. 27, 1947
LOUISIANA 2 HillVI I V f Til TEACHERS G ill,'IK ASK ASK FOR Ellll
EQUAL PAY
G. J. RECOMM EN DS NEW
HIGH SCHOOL
Among .he recommendations
Judge David s . Atkin
son ^nis week by the Ghatnam
County grand jury was one
wf.il.ch urged tljj erect on of
eight new schools, one of which,
the pre'imitation said, should
te a new Negro high school,
and another a new 8-room
Continued on page 4 1
An eitimat&d number of 200
rSSwiS
.nonieo. h_ dercioux jeprt w»s
members of the post.
casdno p os t was named af-
r.pr ^ er a n rnwn j- owu | in n Italy illliv wnere where a a
large number of members of
92nd Division made the
sacrifice In World War
II. It was organ zed January
6, 1947, by Sergeant Robert B.
Department of Georgia, Veter
ans of Foreign Wars,
The officeis of the post are:
M . Pitts, commander; Isa-
j a ^ j one - j senior vice com-
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Continued on page 2
Charles G- Edwards Post; John M Pitts, commander, Cass.no
Post! J. G. Leman, princ pal speaker of the evening. Seated
s Paul J Steele, past commander, Vance Uw’post’"member, A1 soil Post, i
Fictute at bottom stiow-s a
snii, wuicu att*u«ua unveiilut eetein»n.e».
RAISING FUNDS TO FIGHT
WHITE PRIMARY LAW
In the in tial ef.ort here to
funds to combat the
Primary law which which
passed by the state legls-
last week, a sizeable rum
raised Friday nght at a
meeting at the First Af-,
Baptist church. (
The meeting was sponsored^ Adi
1
of Colored people
is but one of such efforts.
Racism Blamed For
Homicide Rate
thirty s. c lynchers are held
UNDER BOND
GREENVILLE. S C—Bond
°f 0 each was icquired to-
day for thirty white men
chfj'ged v.'ith lynching a 25-
ycar . old negro man here early
Monday morning of last week-
°Uw w« *»»«• » bc
raen.her of the me*
yet been placed under bond by
Judge George B. Green, who
heard the case.
The victim cf the mob, Willie
Earle, was arras ted two
being fostered in all parts of ;
the state to fight this leg.sla- the'
tive tive measure measure whch whch takes takes the
Georgia primaries out of the
hands of the state and puts
them In possession of Pf.vate
Individuals or clubs and which
exclude patlOh- Negroes from particUj |
« At the «“ meeting -»•« Friday nhth‘1
the keynote address was dellv-
Continued on Page 4
before the lynching, having
been suspected of robbing and
fatally stabbing & white taxi-
:ssk ^ * *sho'wed
mob up at day-
brea k Monday, to-k him away
him a to car death * n J at a ncarh, £* road
spot.
It is said that most of the
members of the mob are taxl-
cab drivers from Greenville
and nearby towns.
NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—Argu¬
ing that the payment to Negro
teachers of a lower salary ihan
that paid to white teachers
with the same experience and
ability was a violation of r ghts
guaranteed under the federal
constitution, NAACP counsel
on February 14, in Baton Rouge,
La., opposed a motion to dls-
mlss the case of La Gard v
East Baton Rouge School
®°* rd - p“ d f e ® ri f^
r 1 Sia “°* oour “
i°‘ or ,, the V** *"*“;“* tern District , ,, of ”1
,
01 i. ^ d * J * M,U ‘ s
™ 1
*7 y p *
1
“‘thl™ e to'^ualw the ,
of of Negro »«« teachers teachers In ln !
this school district with that
. j
CHICAGO t ANP) —A Negro
may expect leniency when he
kills another Negro, but he is
almost certain to get the full*
extent of the law when he k.Us
tt white man.
That Tiiat , fact, fa . t . well .. knowh^to . nnwtt *_!
’
SSKrS .
ln tarse mt ‘ £Sure f °r lhe h - gh
Son'’' CL“ortT‘vh“lt
the theory whll e
i Continued on Page Twoi <
PATTON POST MAKING FULL USE U
ITS COMMODIOUS QUARTERS
y n iroSENi) 1
IiKI 1/LLDuii FiiATFS 1 lAJ !
--*
The Savannah youth council
of the NAAC*P selected Moses
Blount, Henry B- Ward and fta
adviser, Mrs- Stella J. Reeves,
as delegates to the week end
“worksh p” to be held at More-
house College. Atlanta, Satur-
day and Sunday, March 1 and
2 All the youth councils and
college chapters of the state
are meeting to determine me-
thods for meeting the pr-bienis |
common to all of us.
(Mrs- Reeves, who is also state
youth conference advisor, is
serving as one of the workshop
leaders. Mrs. Ruby H. Hurley,
nat'.onal youth secretary of the
NAACP, will direct the confer-
ence. W- W. Law, president of
PORTERS WIN ANOTHER ROUND Li
JOB PROTECTION
iflii MAY I HINT UUkll TWO 1 ff 1/
IfAIir Ml hi KlSHUlxV
v 111
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CCLUM3IA, S- C. < ANP)- A
renewed drive to clean-up the
AME church may result in the
ouster of two more bishops.
Series charges against
ops M. H. Davis and J. H- Clay-
born were placed before the
bishops’ council here last week
which may cause both to be
removed from the bishopric
Action on charges against
0'shop Davis is pending while
the charges against Bishop
Clayborn must be refiled at the
■>“’ atthopk ccuncil
Dontmuea on Page 4
XUMBER 30
.GIVES $2ft00 TO
■LINCOLN VNIV.
j n ^5 when Ur. Edward R.
ArcAer graduated from L.nco.a
Uuiver8 . t y, he owed the Peun-
syivonia institution $200.
tlie present me me it, Dr,
cher’a gifts to l:i a.ma mater
exceed $2,000- cue of the most
P lomlhent cit s»iu> of Norfolk,
Va., X#. Archer f Dished medi-
cine at Howard University af-
ter teaching for to years. He
is at present visiting surgeon
And director of clinics at tha
Norfolk Community hospital.
Now an alumni trustee of
Lincoln, Dr. Archer is definite-
ly provld: ng an answer to tha
question, -'Can Negroes support
their own schools? 1 ’ -1ANP).
DETROIT SEES
CHANCE FOR
FIRST JUDGE
___
DETROIT (ANP)—("A* Negro
judge” has for a long time
a sort of meaningless slo-
here. It found its way in-
a 1 ne of bold-faced type n
of the newspapcr .; f ;r
"
finnMniied on tiaee three
A G IRL
Srth of their Mill .
Dale, Saturday, February
2a, at. Charity hospital.
The oe ° rge s - patton ’ jr -’
Pl5st ’ No - 513 ’ American L ; ■ i
was chartered sevtial
ago, is progressing rap-
idly and Ls making full use of
}t s commod'ous quarters at
45^ West Broad street, up-
P 03ti which is hea'-.d
by Joseph S. Rivers as corn-
mander, Ls elegantly equip, J
and its facll it es are bo.h s, a-
and adequatc.y appu ■■-
ed to assure the organ.:, a 1 1
ample room for future dcvul-
cpmenL
Located in the very heart of
the Negro business d.o.rct and
affording every means lot
properly taking care of its laiso
membership, this newly orga-
nized unit of the American
Legion bids fair to becoming
one °f tbe most popul ar po^.j
Continued \ page *
kbw york * Feb - 2l - Judzz
Alberl L Reeves of the Fed , al
District Court of the Un: I
States for the Western D. vision
of the western District o: U s-
souri, has signed an injuncu n
restra'ning the Missoun-K. n-
1 _Texas railroad from foic:.:^
sas
Negro tfain ^^5. off tha
head _ end of th e train and sub¬
stituting w hite brakemen, s
was announced by A . Ph - ;»
Pand(: i p h, international prt - -
dent of the Brot berhood of
gi eep j n g oar Porters,
The court action grew out of
a claim by the Brotherhood ,1
Railway Trainmen of jurisdi -
tion over the work done t y
these porters and demand d
fee ctncdUtlm ol th e tw-
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