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1% gs mm tears OF. CONTINUOUS W W PUBLIC SERVICE MEHARRY ALUMNI COMPLETE $200,000 BUILDING FUND ' WM i mm. • . : ; *0¥& ^uauiaMutu ..V .. a . .a& ........ , ___ . . ■ ■■■ ■ ■ UuuuAmx •> a . .. ...... f When the 0 -«vi,.«oos of Ale- harry Medical college, Nash¬ ville, were donning caps and towns ment for the 73rd commence¬ of this historic institu¬ tion, members of the alumni Association were checking their figures to cumplete the $20U,- 000 drive for the new Aiumni hall to be erected on the west grounds of the college campus. Eminent Doctors Direct Re 1 fresher Course for Dentists Carnegie Library Listed For Survey Race ~ Relations Books OPENS FLORAL SHOP Madam Bridie Freeman Rob¬ inson, widely known jrulturist, added a new line business to her beauty lishment at Montgomery Alice streets this week she opened the Freeman Flower Shop. The flower shop occupies an attractive store on the gomery street side of the Free¬ man Beauty School, next to the office It is most attractively furnished and the large supply # of fresh and tif cial flowers is displayed in glass showcases- The shop will make a spec¬ ialty of funeral designs, cof- sages and bouquets ior occasions. ffll /flfd -1 campaign ever to be completed by a group of Negro alumni. Shown above are various ac¬ tivities of the graduation exer¬ cises. Upper left: The medical class of 1927 which contribut¬ ed $6,000 to the building fund— the largest sum raised by any single medical class- Seated, left to rght, are: Dr. W. E. Pan¬ ned, Clarksville, Tenn., chair¬ entertainment committee; Carnegie Library was chos¬ en from the large number of libraries all over the country for inclusion in a study of types of persons who read books on race relations during 1946 and the first five months ol 1947- The study was made at Carnegie Library by Robert Burgess in preparation of a thesis at the graduate library school of the University of Chi¬ cago. Carnegie Library was includ¬ ed because it ranked second on the list of libraries in its group in the South, serving Negroes and whites, having the largest Continued on page 3 Continued on Page 2 Says Conviction of Service¬ men Was A Gross Injustice NEW YORK. July 3—The NAACP legal department sub¬ mitted to the Secretary of War a petition for clemency in be¬ half of Calvin J. Baker, former Negro serviceman. Pvt. Baker, formerly of the 3122nd Quar¬ termaster Service Company, was tried by general court martial at Augsberg, Germany, on June 9, 1945, for an alleged violation of the 92nd Article of War. Baker was charged with hav¬ ing ratped a Germhn woman, Frau Anna Egner. The petition pointed out that Baker had not been identified by any of the witnesses as having been pres¬ ent at the time or place of the alleged crime- It was further 1 shown that the crime had not been established as a matter of Dr. D. N. Duckett, Rock Hill, S- C., treasurer; Dr. N. A. Thomas, Atlanta, vice presi¬ dent; Dr- H. H. Weathers, East St. Louis, 111., president; Dr. A. S- Mitchell, Birmingham, class speaker; Dr. L. L. Hall, Win¬ ston-Salem, N. C., secretary. First row standing are: Dr. G- H. Starke, Sanford, Fla.; Dr. S. A. Gadsley, New York; Dr. E j. Sunday, Pensacola, Fla.; AUGUSTA, July 3.—The 9th annual session and refresher course of the Georgia Dental was held in August June 29 through July 2, under the auspices of the University of Georgia Medical School. The officers elected for the ensu¬ ing year are: Dr. S- A- Reddick, Columbus, president; Dr. M. B. Hutto, Bainbridge, vice presi¬ dent; Dr. G. B- Warren, Atlan¬ ta, secretary; Dr. J. P. Cheev- ers, Albany, assistant secre¬ tary; Dr. Wm. Burney, treas¬ Atlanta; Dr. R. J. John¬ son, Rome, chaplain; Dr. J. E- Carter, Jr., Augusta, state vice president and chairman of the executive board.* There were 38 members present, fourteen clinicians and four visitors from the National Dental As¬ sociation, including Dr. Robert H. Thompson of Westfield, N- J., president of the NDA; Dr. law and that accordingly his conviction was unjust and un¬ lawful. It was stated in con¬ clusion; “To say that this is one of the most grossly unjust cases that has ever been brought to the attention of the American public . . . would be an understatement of fact. Mo¬ rally and ethically, petitioner was innocent of any wrongdo¬ ing.” It stated further: “Re¬ cently much criticism has been leveled at our system of mili¬ tary justice especially as it is dispensed to Negro soldiers. Such criticism in this case, we feel would be justified . . It was urged that the Secre¬ tary of War grant Baker an op¬ portunity to reenlist into the service and to earn an honor¬ able discharge. SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1947 E. P. Jimson, New Orleans, and Dr. D. T. Roife, Nashville. Last row standing are: Dr. J. Phillips, Minden, La.; Dr. W. A. Cocrel, Lockland, O-; Dr. M. H. Lovell, Gary, Ind.; Dr. W. A- Walker, Lewisburg, Tenn.; L. C. Starke, Deland, Fla. Upper center: The com- mencement speaker, Dr. C. Fleming, dean of the of dentistry of the Petition To Save Youth From Electric Chair WASHINGTON, D. C-, July S. On June 23, 1947, the Churt of' the United States granted a petition for a writ of certiorari In the case of Ed¬ die (Buster) Patton v. State of Mississippi- The petition had been requested by attorneys for the NAACP, who pointed out in their brief that in the low¬ er court Patton, a Negro, had been indicted and tried by ju¬ ries from which members of his race had been systematically excluded because of their race or color. The brief also point¬ ed out that Patton’s convic¬ tion had been obtained on the basis of an omlawflul coitfes- sion. The case arose out of the al¬ leged murder by Eddie (Buster) Patton of Jim Meadows, a a white tavern owner, on Feb. 11, 1946. Patton was tried in the courts of Lauderdale county, Miss., and sentenced to electro¬ cution. Cm appeal, his convic- MIDWAY TELEVISION GRADUATES Pictured above are 264 ex- GI students who received di- ' plomas for successfully com- ! pleting courses in radio and en- i gineering at Midway Television institute, Cbcago, last June 30. lOf the 2o4, 211 completed the of California. In the picture to his right is Dr. W. S. Davis, president of Tennessee A. and I. State College. Upper right: Officers of the auxiliary to the Meharry Alum¬ ni Association and the adviser. Seated, left to right, are: Mes- dames L. C. Starke, Deland, Fla.; B. H. Atkinson, Griffin, Continued on page two) tion and sent-.ice to death was affirmed, and had the NAACP not intervened and appealed the: case to the Supreme Court, Pat¬ ton would have been electro¬ cuted on the night of July 27, 1947. NAACP Special Counsel Thurgood Marshall and Assist¬ ant Special Counsel Franklin H- Williams, who submitted the petition and brief to the Su¬ preme Court, stated that in all probability the case will be heard in the fall and that they were in hopes that a reversal would be obtained. TRIPLETS Mrs. Elise Grant Beasley of New York city gave birth to triplets. She is the sister of Mrs. Harriet Cox, Mrs. Ilamel Gib¬ bons, Miss Margaret Grant and Mrs. Amy Scott. radio servicing course; 48, the refrigeration course; and radio communication. Midway's student body ls composed mainly of from 30 states, all of wnom taking training under tut AtlantaBd.EducationTold to Book for Examination ATLANTA (ANP) — Judge E. Marvin underwood of federal district court, last week direct¬ ed the Atlanta board of educa¬ tion to open their records for inspection and make available to the plaintiff’s attorneys cop¬ ies of the master payroll used for the past three years and also such other information pertaining to teacher ratings. The board had refused to give Attorneys for Samuel L- Davis the information necessary to complete the case involving equal pay in the Atlanta school system- The hearing will be continued July 14, at which time Judge Underwood will pass on the motion to substitute the name of Supt. Ira Jarrell for that of retired Dr. William A. Sutton, who was named in the original brief. Judge Underwood comment¬ ed: “There could only be two questions involved in the case the questions of discrimina¬ tion in pay or rating. This can only be determined in checking the records. Therefore, the board is directed to give the plaintiffs what is needed by them, if not, then, I will have towork it out myself.” The judge suggested that the counsels get together and make a spot check comparision of the records of both white and Ne¬ gro teachers. Supt. Jarrell testified that the school board employs a carding system of its own and said that sources for the information needed by the plaintiffs is dispersed in three or four places. She said “there hasn’t been enough time,” al- Continued on page 2 Hundreds Attend Last Rites For Major R. R. Wright PHILADELPHIA (ANP)- nal rites for Maj. Richard ert Wright, the slave boy rose to national fame, held here Monday at the er St. Matthews ME Death struck the ex-slave in the Jefferson pital here Wednesday where had gone for a physical up prior to making a ed flight to Liberia. His rise from the depth human slavery to the of educator and president the citizens and Southern and Trust company has hailed as the foremost Algers story in the history the Ameriican Negro- Born Dalton, Ga., on May 16, Maj. Wright was the son Robert Waddell and Lynch Wright, both slaves. After receiving his A. B. gree at Atlanta university 1876, Maj. Wright married Lydia Elizabeth Howard next year. Eight children born from the union. Continued on Page Two Bill of Rights. Present figures are around veteraiu.- ImkaTioftlou os ^ radio servicing, ra d io communication, ramo ana television ^ AUTO ACCESSORIES SALESMAN Announcement was made last week of the appointment of Julius B. Knight, popular young businessman, as sales¬ man for the new Patterson Car (Continued on page three) White Youths Arrested For Pranks on Negroes KINGSTON, N. C. (ANP) Police arrested three white youths here last week for com¬ mitting assault pranks oil Ne¬ groes, and announced other of the gang weie be¬ ing sought. all The arrested youths, members of prominent families, are charged with spraying a solution on pel sons (Continued on t>ar» ’<•* VFW Outstanding Citizen By Sergeant Robert" B. Howard Casslno Post No. 8153, Vet¬ erans of Foreign Wars of the United States, unanimously se¬ lected Sol. C. Johnson'as the outstanding citizen of Savan¬ nah and submitted his name to national headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Kansas City, Mo-, for the award of the Citizenship Med¬ al, the highest honor that can be bestowed on any person who is not eligible to become an ac¬ tive member of the organiza¬ tion. Mr, Johnson is the first Negro in Savannah to receive such award. The medal was presented tc Mr. Johnson by Major Ray B Ware, national aide-de-camp t< the commander-in-chief of the ' of Foreign Wars, at Veterans (Continued on Page Twoi Many of the graduates will continue at the school, taking advanced tour-e.- llio.e do not will be given the bene- fit of free placement services provided by the school. This service finds positions for graa 1 uaiy'C not Only m me Cniougo NUMBER if CITIZENS HONOR i ROBT. W. GADSDEN M 1 id* -g $?. % *''’Aifii ■ |P| if Robert W- Gadsden was ten¬ dered a testimonial banquet Friday night of last week at the Elk.'; auditorium. The im¬ pressive affair, sponsored by the Hub club and participated Continued on Page Two DEATH CLAIMS DR. CASSEL Word was received in the city yesterday that Dr. M. A. Cassell, well known dentist of Brunswick, died there Wednes¬ day. Ho had been in ill health for quite a while. Funeral ar¬ rangements were incomplete today. HAWAII FINDS RACIAL EQUALITY PROFITABLE Hawaii is finding racial equality both possible and prof¬ itable, writes Blake Clarke In an article titled “One World on an Island,,’’’ published, fn the current issue of ’47, the new contributor - owned magazine. Mr. Clarke has taught at the University of Hawaii and is author of a forthcoming book on the islands. “Hawaii has never known al Ku Klux Klan or a Christian Front,” writes Mr. Clark. “It has never had a race riot. Here men of all races address each other as ‘Mister.’ Chinese, who , would be barred from some | Continued on Page Two ! area, but thoughout the wil try, as well as in Brazil. tall , ......tg school of will the 19j n< coi duct ail of its courses in new i acquired proper ties at 4825 I 163i‘d . >ei ai d 6lS6-3b CctSaJ Grove -(ANTjU