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YEARS OF,
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
School Strike in the Bud
GARY, Ind„ Sept. 3 (NNPA)
^—A pupil strike at the Emerson
school here, called as a protest
against the admission for the
first colored pup Is, was nipped
In the bud last week. Five oth¬
er Gary grade schools admit¬
ted colored pupils for the first
time without incident.
At the Emerson school, w:tn
31 colored entrants, aobut hall
of the 2,000 other pupils en¬
rolled failed to appear for t*he
morning session. Some 200 of
the absentees milled around the
building for a time and then
wandered over to nearby Buf¬
fington park.
There they were talked to by
Chief of Police Millard T. Mat-
ovina, who told them the In¬
diana state law regarding dem¬
onstrations based on race, col¬
or or creed, and also by Dr
Spencer Meyer, assistant super¬
intendent of schools, and by E.
A. Spaulding, Emerson schoo 1
principal.
Spauld ng explained to the
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To Attack Legality of
Boswell Voting Measure
MONTGOMERY, Ala., Sept
8 . NNPA)—The Alabama Con¬
ference, holding its fall meet¬
ing here Oct. 3-5, is expected
to launch "Operation Suii-
rage,” which will include a le¬
gal attack on the Boswell
amendment designed to dis¬
franchise colored voters thru a
literacy test
At Birmingham, Emory o.
^fre kson reining president oi
the conference, said that he
would outline a plan at the
Montgomery meeting to launch
an attack on legality of the
Boswell amendment. He indi¬
cated that* the plan would in¬
clude a statewide appeal for
funds to employ attorneys, and
organize a statewide interracial
committee to direct an all-out
fight on racial voting restric-
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Ham-Egg Shows Planned
For Several Counties
FORT VALLEY—As a result
of the Fort Valley Ham and Egg
Show, a series of ham and egg
shows^will atdfe, be held throughout
th<% p. -H. Stone, state
agent for Negro work, Georgia
Agricultural Extension Service,
stated recently.
The Fort Valley show has
been termed an efficient me¬
thod of teaching farmers the
latest methods of producing and
conserving meat, and the Ga.
Agricultural Extension service
wanted other farmers through¬
out the state to benefit from
such an event.
The Ham and Egg Shows
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Eight Convicts Drink
Wood Alcohol, Die
R. C. COLA
ASSISTS BAPTIST
CONVENTION
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The
67th annual session of the
tional Baptist Convention, USA
Inc., the largest Negro organi-
zation in the world, is conven-
ing here this week. This year’s
attendance, according to con-
vention authorities, is expected
to exceed the average annual
attendance of 20,000 delegates
By “ way av of helping nor to pnn con- -
tribute to the success of the
convention, Royal Crown Cola
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VOTE FOR SCHOOL BONDS WEDNESDA
Shr Savannah
Photo By Maddox
SCENES FROM POLICEMEN’S BANQUET—A menu of seafood, lettuce and tomatoes
dill pickles, com dodgers, potato chips, shrimp, rolls, lemonade, soft -drinks and cigars
graced the table spread outdoors last Wedneiday afternoon on the sidewalk in front of the
ponce precinct at Waidburg and Burroughs streets.
Twice Postponed Beauty
Contest Friday Night
Presbyterian Minister’s
Funeral Yesterday
The Rev. H. M. Scott was
buried yesterday afternoon from
the Butler Presbyterian church
where he had served as minis- j
ter the past year. Rev. A. S
Clark of Cordele delivered the
eulogy, and the funeral was in
charge of the Sidney A. Jones
Funeral Home.
Rev. Scott died early this
week at Milledgeville after an
illness of several months. He
is survived by his widow Mrs
H M Scott, and a daughter ;
Miss Etta Scott. The body was lhej
sent to Ocala, Fla., where j
interment will take place.
Mr, Lytjen To Address
Democratic Club *
BISHOP ROBINSON
ESTATE VALUED
at $40,on
■ *-
PHILADELPHIA (ANPj The
estate of the late Bishop Ida
Robinson of Mt* Olive Temple
and her husband, Oliver, whe
died August 1 at Bridgeton, N.
J„ where he managed a sum¬
mer camp, was valued at $40,-
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BELLE GLADE, Fla. (ANP)—
Eight Negro"'convicts are dead,
another is near death, at Flor¬
ida Prison Camp No. 2, where
last Wednesday 16 Negroes
gulped a coffeepccckyail spik-
ed with stolen wood alcohol,
According to the warden, W.
B. Granger the alcohol wai
taken from the prison workshop
last Monday and hidden in the
barracks. Then on Tuesdav
night, the alcohol was brought
from its hiding place, poured
into a glass jar of coffee and
served, sp,vpri
That night six men died. By
morning two more had suc-
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The bathing beauty contest
which is being sponsored by
Sportsman’s Park and which
has been postponed twice on
account of rain, will be held
tomorrow (Friday) night,
Interest in the event has by
no means tbecn dampened by
the postponemnts and a large
crowd is expected at Sports¬
man’s park to witness this
affair in which four of the
shapeliest young women from
Safannah and one from out oi
town will vie with one another
for the premiere honor of
ln ° r crowned " M iss Sportsma n’s
-
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John n bfttducaiiu Lytgen, Lytgen,,member feducatteiu. .pern of the
Board g^qfeer of €he will be the
guest #e§ker M M fh regular
meeting of the Citizens Demo¬
cratic club Wednesday night at
8 o’clock. The meeting will be
held at the First Metropolitan
Baptist church, Walker street
in "Frogtown.”
The Citizens Democratic club
has launched an intensive drive
for new voters. In conjunction
with that, an educational fea¬
ture has recently been added to
its regular program. The ob¬
ject of this is to acquaint our
people with the principles and
benefits of their franchise. The
guest speakers are asked to
bring to the organization infor¬
mation which will illuminate
the technical issues involved, so
♦ that ho* they /iv.o (the wniorc( voters) mou may up be
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SURVEY SHOWS SEVERAL CITIES PREPARING TO ELIMINATE RACIAL
COMMUNITY INEQUALITIES
EAST ' ff SS '
® Q ept - 8 <NNPA) The thr ^
aniaual conference of t
v Atwater” told last
American^ISeT ,
acting on re-
commendation from a team ot
colored consultants, had taken
steps to eliminate racial
lilies in community facilities
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, SEPT. 11. 1947
The occasion was a banquet
given for the nine Negro police
off.cers on the Savannah police
force through the generosity of
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Graceites To Hold Annual
Convocation Sept 21-28
BISHOP C. M. GRACE
The twenty-first annual con¬
vocation of the United House of
Prayer for Ail People will con¬
vene here Sunday, Septem-
ber 21. and will
t hrough Sunlay, September 28 |
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NEW ORLEANS HAS OUTSTANDING
LONGSHOREMEN’S LOCAL
NEW ORLEANS—Unusual for.
a woman is the responsible p >st
Miss Mamie Cincore occupic
as secretary-manager of the ■-
month-old Longstoremen’s Pi-
nance Company, Inc., with
capital stock of $200,000.
A graduate ot the YMCA
School of Business, sne inter¬ . „
views all applicants lor loans
checks on their credit ratings,
issues the loan if approved an 1
is chief collector. Not only
longshoremen, but ony person
with a good credit rating may
apply L, for this loan service,
The Longshoremen’s . . , Finance t— ■ nil
™£ __ _ „ ,
t ’ was orga'-
nized to meet the growing d<
mand for small loans, from *15
10 lGSSCn raCial tGnS10nS ’
The report covered a three
conducted bv the
league on a grant of $110,000 ’
, ..
Board of New York "for the pur-
pose of showing that most
communities would willingly do
for their Negro consti
tuents if they had a blueprin*
Crack Color
Line at
Colleges
CHICAGO Negro women are
currently teaching at 12 white
co.leges in the U. S„ according
io u phoio-lealutie in October
Ebuny, which shows them rep¬
resented as instructors in fine
arts and exact sciences as well
us the social sciences in some
oi the nation’s largest white
universities.
In all cases the popularity of
the Negro teaching p. oncers
with the white student body if
indicated by the number sign¬
ing up for their classes as well
as their election to Important
posts by the student councils.
Those teachers featured in
Ebony are:
Marion Cuthbert, sociology,
Brooklyn college.
Mabel M. Smythe, economics,
Brooklyn college.
Marion Starling, English
Brooklyn college.
Grace E. Marr, microbiology
Columbia university.
Gertrude E. Rivers, music,
Cornell university.
Sarah M. Pereira, Spanish,
Fenn college.
Mary Huff Diggs, sociology,
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HEADS COLLEGE
HEALTH SERVICE
DR. S. M. Me DEW, JR.
Included in the student per¬
sonnel services which are head¬
ed this year by a dean of men
dean of women and assisted
a head resident and chief
counsellor for men and head
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to $2C0 at fair interest rates
and with ease and courtesy
jj ere t 0 fore, longsnorcmm were
f 0rce( j j, 0 pav j^g r interest rates
and were oIten tu . ne d down in
many places.
The services of the office at
5j8 S. Rampart have grown
rapidi y- Alread V more than a
hundred loans have been made,
amounting to n?ai!y $35,00C. In
addition to modern ftandard of-
lice equipment, it has a burg’ur
proof, tear-gas safe
The Longshoremen s t?n*on
has grown from , 1900 memb-rs
to 3450 today. The wage
scale has been hiked more than
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j with which to work.”
j The citiessurveyed were St
I Ppt prhi.ro- p-m- Charleston
8. C„ Winston-Salem, N. C.;
ohin s „ UD „r, spm
Chattanooga, Tenn.; Littl.
Rock, Ark.; Oklahoma City am
Tulsa, Okla;. Houston, Tex.;
Gray, Ind.; Dayton, Ohio; New
London. Conn., Kansai City.
Contractor McKelvey Dies After
Only Few Minutes Illness
Church Fun
Impounded
XENIA, Ohio. Court records
in the Greene county common
pleas court today revealed that
a levy against the bank funds
deposited in the name of Wil-
berforce university, by the A.
M. E. church in the Xenia Na¬
tional Bank and the Citizens
National Bank have been im¬
pounded, as result of a suit fil¬
ed by a Pennsylvania trust
company. The action was tak¬
en by the Harrisburg Trust Co
as executor of the will of Hen¬
ry Howard Summers, deceased
Wilberforde university profes¬
sor, to satisfy a claim of *8,469,-
75 against the AME church
board of trustees. It Is un¬
derstood that there Is a $19 op¬
erating account and $40,000 in
the building fund account, for
Payne Theological seminary.
NAACP Fights For Three f
Accused Mississippi Bo
WAC Legion Rejectee May
Join Another Post
LOCAL COLLEGE
ALUMNI MEETS
MONDAY
The Chatham County chap¬
ter of the Georgia State Col¬
lege Alumni Association wil 1
meet Monday, September 15, at
the West Broad street YMCA,
at 8 o’clock. The meeting is of
great importance because top¬
ics of interest to every alumnus
will be discussed. L. D. Lkw,
president of the local chapter
w.ll preside, and Miss Frankie
Golden national president, wll 1
be present to lead a discussion.
A special invitation is extended
to the alumnus of the R. K
Wright administration and the
graduates of the recent June
and August classes.
Little Rock Host fo Hordes
of Religious Workers
resentatives among the relig¬
ious forces that make up the
National Baptist Convention ol
America, are In session here a!
Robinson's Memorial Auditori
nm. The meeting was officially
called to order on Wednesday
morning with a religious aw
devotional period. Rev. G. I
Prince of Galveston, Texas, is
presiding over the parent body.
Mrs. M. A. B. Fuller of Austin,
Texas, heads the Woman’s
Auxiliary, Mrs. H. L. E. Wil¬
liams of Alexandria, La., is in
charge of the junior women
while Ira Clark of Houston,
Texas, is guiding the destiny o'
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Mo., and Chester, Pa,
11 was re P° rted that Chatt-
ano °8 a Kansas City and St
Petersburg are either reorganiz-
ino old hospitals or launching
new ones as a direct resuit of
the committee’s findings Gary
increased its health budget
continued 6a nag* two*
MEMBER
AUDIT
gUKEAU
CIRCULATIONS
William McKelvey, widely-
known building contractor and
realtor, died Tuesday morning
about eleven o’clock after a
sudden illness of only a feu
minutes, death being due prob¬
ably to a heart attack.
Mr. McKelvey hud gone to
work the usual time that morn¬
ing, supervising renovations on
the building lie owns at the
northeast corner of West Broad
NEW YORK (ANP, Vemea
M. Austin, the former WA(
major who was rejected by om
post of the" American Legion on
the eve of that organization’s
annual convention here recent¬
ly, said this week that she was
considering the idea of joining
the New York Service Women's
Post 1547.
Acting Commander Hannah
Fish, Miss Austin revealed, in¬
vited her to Join after reading
newspaper stories that the Har
lem woman had been deniei
membership in the Legion.
"I invited Miss Austin to join
our post,” Mrs. Fish told news¬
men, “and deem it a privilege
to do so to one who has served
her country so well. In the
preamble to the constitution ol
the American Legion, one of
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Courses The Ga. State
College Offers
HEADS COLLEGE
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
R. HAYES STRIDER, associ¬
ate professor and head of the
music department of Georgia
State College. Holder of the
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and Huntingdon streets. Notic¬
ing that one of the brick col¬
umns was out of line, he de¬
cided to straighten it himself,
telling one of his workmen to
stnng a plumb line and hand
him a trovel.
Two business men of the
block, Connie Wimberly and
Joseph Butler, who were stand¬
ing by talking with him, jok¬
ingly told him, "Old man, you
can’t tk> that anymore,’ to
which he replied, "That's what
you think.’' Then he began
laying tlie bricks, and after he
had placed about twelve of
them in line, he suddenly
slumped over backward and fell
to the ground.
Messrs. Butler and Wimberly
Allti the assistance of two oth-
t men picked him up and
tied him into Wimberly’s
reatlon parlor two doors away,
They tried to revive him, but
seeing that he gave no signs of
responding to their ministra¬
tions, they called a Monroe
Funeral Directors ambulance
across the street and rushed
him to the hospital. He died.
Continued on Page Three
NEW YORK, Sept. 4. 4n a
desperate effort to secure the
freedom oi three Negro youths
if Decatur, Miss., the National
Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People has
employed counsel to appeal
from the convictions of Thomas
Tingle, James Monroe Tingle
and Henry C. Smith. The youths
vere accused of attempted,
ape of three white girls in
Little Rock, Miss., on the nigttf
if July 28, and the Tingle bro-
hers were arrested and taken
to jail in Decatur where the
oolice claim they confessed to
the alleged crime. Smith wi is
taken to jail in Newton, Mils.
The first trial, at which the
youths Were represented by At-
orney J. Marshall Carr of New¬
ton, Miss.,> resulted in a hung
)ury with several white wit¬
ness testifying that the at¬
tempted rape did not take place.
The jury voted eight for ac¬
quittal and four for conviction
Continued on page 2
The Georgia State Collegi
opens its 57th term with fresh'
man week beginning Septembe
23, and registration for upper
classmen oil September
Classes begin Monday,
ber 29.
The offerings of Georgi
State College include
tuire, arts, and sciences
majors in business
tion, elementary English, ‘and second
education, mafhe'mg
tics, natural srience, biolog|
chemistry, and social scier
and minors in music, physic
education and physlss; hos
economics and trades and
ddstries, with offerings in thrj dH
types of courses: (1* a f
year course for teachers of
dustriai arts, (2* a four-ye
degree course for teachers
trade and industrial
(3) diploma and
courses in the following
Aoto mechanics, body and
er, brick laying, carpentry,
*-
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