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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 Continued on page 2 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- Continued on Pape Two 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 Continued on page 2 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 Continucd on page Seven —. 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,- 'Conrtnued on D&gw a* 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- Continued on page two* 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 - Continued on Page Seven 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 Continued on page 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 Continued on Page Two 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 | (Continued on Page 2) 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, (Continued on Page Twoi 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 Continued on page 2 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 Continued on Page Two 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' Continued on Page Two 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 ■ continued on page Twui 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 Continued oa Page Thre# I-0-W--- — ■ 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, *- Continued on « ...... .. ■ ■ ■ '