YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
TROPHY AWARD FOR
ROBINSON
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Elmer L. Fowler, genera;
chairman of the Dorie Millet
Memorial association, stand,
beside the Dorie Miller Memori¬
al Trophy of 1947 which is to
be awarded to Jackie Rcbir.
son for his outstanding won
Appeal in Case vs.
Texas Law School
iberty Countians Prepare
Fur Harvest Festival
APPOINTED CASE
WORKER
MRS. GERTRUDE L GREENE
Frank P. Baker, executive
secretary, Family Service of Sa¬
vannah, Inc., announces the ap-
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Pepsi-Cola Co. Appoints
Boyd Asst. Sales Mgr.
MAKES HISTORY
AGAIN
G
,
Jackie - 1- T>„v,inmn Robinson, steimr ctoll-'r fir^t nrsi
baseman for the Brooklyn Dod-
gers. continued to make history
last week alien he iiecamc the
first Negro player to take part
in a World Series. He played
his position flawlessly through
it «asa ao pjnuHuoy;
®hr fatiawtab SWhwr.
n the field of sports. The
ward was made in conjunction
vith the association’s Dorie
Mi.ler memorial! services held
October 6 at Pilgrim B ‘"i rsapusi
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The Liberty County Home
Demonstration Council met at
the local club camp on Septem-
ber 29 for its fourth quarterly
meeting.
The council officers are Mrs.
L. R. Frazier, president; Mrs.
Maggie Williams, vice presi¬
dent; Mrs- Sylvania Smith, sec-
re :ary; Mrs. Ida C. Williams
treasurer; Mrs. Emma Holmes
reporter; Mrs. Alma Jackson
recreation chairman, and Mrs
L. Finnell, deputy,
i Plans were made for the an¬
nual Harvest Festival that will
!:e held at the Liberty Recre¬
ational Center on November 20-
; 21, whose theme for the’pro¬
gram is Reducing High Prices
rhrough Farm and Home
duction and Conservation.”
E B. Cooper, farm agent,
stressed the importance of the
/arious booths being classified
13 community booths intead of
lome demonstration club booths
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Continuing Pepsi-Cola’s e
tabiished policy of encouraging
opportunities for Negroes in all
of its business activities and re¬
lated endeavors, Walter S
Mack, Jc., prsident of Pepsi-
j.Cola company, . announces the
'appointment of Edward F. Boyd
as assistant sales manager,
Mr. Boyd will make his head¬
quarters in Long Island City. N
Y., the executive offices of the
Pepsi-Cola company. Under
his direction, a Negro field staff
will be integrated into the or¬
ganization.
Mr. Boyd joins the Pepsi¬
Cola company after an exten¬
sive career in the fields of pub-
lie housing, labor relations
social work. He has had wide
experience in racial relations
and in promoting the ---- welf are
I of i d people, and has
co ore
associated with such organiza-
lions as 1 the National Housing
Agency, the National Urban!
League, the fcivil Service Corn-
mission of San'- FraAeisco, tWa
National ‘-Voirth Arimihistftftioh
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on _
INSURANCE ASSN. TO LAUNCH
(I MILLION dollar drive
Minister Refuses tw Sit Behind
Dining Car Jim Crow Curtain
NEW YORK (ANP) The
Southern railroad was deprived
|of the use of one entire table;
' all diners were delayed for half
|an hour in the “white” section
of a dining car during two meals
on Sunday when Bayard Rustin,
race relations secretary of the
Fellowship of Reconcil ation, re¬
fused to move to a seat behind
the green jlm crow curtain.
Traveling from Washington
to Knoxville, Tenn., to speak at
the .Mt- Zion Baptist church
youth rally, Rustin entered the
diner for breakfast and sat at
a table midway the car.
When the train reached his
destination six hours later at
3 p. m., he was still occupying
the same seat in the face of re
peated requests by the steward
to move and despite threats oi
arrest at each stop.
‘ Th * ° Pen moral su PP° rt 1
| received from all the waiters
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NEW YORK — On October 1.
NAACP attorneys for Herman
Marion Sweatt filed their briet
an appeal in the case against
the University of Texas, in
which Sweatt is seeking en¬
trance to the law school.
The brief for Sweatt in the
Court oi Civil Appeals is based
jn three main points: U) tnerci
rational basis for racial 1
is no
e-assiiication for school pur¬
poses; Ui public choois, ‘ sep- j
arare but equal” in theory, arc
.n fact and 111 practical uumin-
.stration consistently unequal
mid discriminatory; (3> it 1 .
anpossible to have the equality
equired by the Fourteenth
Amendment in a public school
system which relegates citizens
oi a disadvantaged racial mi¬
nority group to separate schools.
The brie., contains not omy
regal authorities but a careful-
assembled-grbun of reeogniz-
ed authorities as recorded in
bc!en , ( . fic jourmUs> both lega i
sociological and economic.
On May 16, 1946,
for Sweatt filed application lor
writ of mandamus in the dis¬
trict court of Travis county
Texas, for admission to the
school of law of the University
of Texas, alleging that he had
oeen refused admission solely
Decause of race or color. On
June 26, 1946, the district court-
entered an order that the Uni-
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ASKED TO REVIEW OKLAHOMA
UNIVERSITY EASE
WASHINGTON D- C. The
United States Supreme Court
oil larft week was requested to
review the decision of the Su-
preme Court of Oklahoma ai-
firming the decision of the low-
er court in refusing to issue a
writ of mandamus compelling
the admission of a qualified
Ne g ro ^ law SC hooi of the
university of Oklahoma.
Q n January 19. 1946, Ada
Lois Sipuel, oipuei, a a giauuauc graduate of ui
requiring segregated schools
homa a p plied {or admission to
the j aw sc hool of the Umrer-
sity of Oklahoma. Her appli-
ca tj on was refused solely be-
f. air?e 0 f her rare and color
to the trial of the case,
on > an agreed
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY. OCTOBER 9. 1947
| Two Fatally Burned When
Kerosene Stove Explodes
Ga. State College Has
All-Time High Enrollment
Enrollment at Georgia State
reached an all-time
hi & h this week with registra-
tion figures mounting to 1277
students distributed as follows:
1 C63 regular college and
tt,onal ........... students ’ of whlch “P*
P roxlmately 50 P er cent are vet
eraus ’ including 680 men ancl
383 women; 60 in-service teach¬
ers taking Saturday classes, and
Student Mistakenly
Shot By Policeman
TOLEDO, O (ANP 1 A 14-
/ear-old eighth grade pupil wat
and wounded seriously on
Wednesday night across from
his home by a policeman who
he mistook him for a purse
snatching suspect.
Victim of the shooting was
James Wakefield, who is en¬
rolled in Robinson junior high
school. He was taken to Mer¬
cy hospital, where he was plac¬
ed in an oxygen tent and given
two blood plasma transfusions
A bullet from the gun of Pa¬
T.-B. SEAL SALE SCHOOL CHAIRMEN
MRS. ROSEMARY JACKSON
Mrs. Rosemary Curley Jack-
son will serve as chairman of
c ty schools and Miss Frankie
Golden. county schools, for the
1947 TB Seal Sale drive.
At a recent meeting held at
statement of facts was filed
whereby the state of Oklaho-
ma admitted that Miss Sipuel
possessed all of the
and moral qualifications for ad-
mission, but was refused be¬
cause of the laws of Oklahoma
requiring segregate d schools
The agreed statement also
milted that unless Miss Sipuel
received her law training with-
in the state of Oklahoma she
would be -------- seriously J ---**" handicapped
in the practice of law. The
state of Oklahoma had no*
niade any provision for leg*
i training tor Negroes within the
stare, but relied on alleged out-
qVstate ^cholarshipe and the
fact that Miss Sipuel had not
, requested them to establish a
154 in the laboratory school
announced T. C. Meyers, regis-
trar. This figure,” said Mr
Meyers, ’ is 20 per cent
than enrollment last vear
s expected to increase by the
close of registration.” Final ,
registration for Saturday class-
es w.U be held Saturday, Octo-
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trolman Albert Fudell entered
his chest, penetrated a lung
■emerged from the right side
and ^passed through the muscle
of ras right arm-
Fadeli and his partner, Pa¬
trolman Kenneth Lemke, were
eruisir»g in the vicinity of the
boy’s home after two purse
thefts had been reported. They
were chasing a man when
young Wakefield appeared on
the scene, and, apparently
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MISS FRANKIE GOLDEN
the west Broad Street ’ Y” Fa-
them Caution announced t»ic
following chairmen and co-
chairmen lor the
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l.jim crow law school.
The writ of mandamus was
refused by the judge of the
district court of Cleveland coun- j
ty, Okla., on July 9, 1946; mo-
t on for a new trial was de- }
nied on July 24. 1946, and the
case was appealed to the Su- j
preme Court of Oklahoma,
That court on April 29, 1947.
affirmed the judgment of the
lower court. The petition tr |
the United States Supreme! j
Court requests a writ of cer-
tiorari to review the decision
of the Supreme Court of Ok-
Uhoma contends that there is
no material difference whatso- ;
ever in either the law or the
facts between this case and the
University of Missouri case.
A woman was burned
death and a man died
burns next day when a
sene stove over-heated at 661
West Gwinnett lane
alter midnight Saturday
The victims, Mrs. Sarah Jones,
H, and Frank Denham, 44, had
not yet retired when they dis-
covered iSinoke pouring Into the
upper floor’ room where they
.vere talking. They rushed oul
of the room and the man
•aught the woman by the hand
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Acquitted on Rape Charge
After Convicted by Lower Ct.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. —
brilliant victory mr the NAACP
was chalked up by Attorney
Maurice M. Weaver when
secured the acquittal of Theo¬
dore Butts on charges of at¬
tempted rape September 26.
Butts had been charged by
a white woman of
her on a dark night on a de¬
serted street. Weaver had se¬
cured a new trial after a first
trial resulted in a conviction of
Butts, and on the new trial
Weaver’s brilliant
ol the prosecution's
broke down their ideneification
of the defendant.
Weaver will be remembered
lor his participation in the
Tenn,, case, Where he
together with other NAACP
lawyers, secured ehe aequitta’
of defendants charged with at¬
tempted murder.
Grand Master and Pres.
Shepherd Passed
---
Monday, last Grand Master
J. E Shepherd oi North Carolina
away. He was the
or and president of the North
Carolina State college.
institutions were directed by
him aside from other state or¬
ganizations.
UNVEIL BUST OF CHARLES P. ADAMS
f
Before a lar*« audience at
Gramblihg colieie, ^rambling
La., last Sunday a large bust
of. Charles f. Adahis, fOuilOer
president-emeritus, was un-
with Dr. Frederick D
MEMBER
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gVUEAV
CIRCULATIONS
j B.KMlNUliAM t ANP» - the
five member companies of
ielation Nat.onai Negro insurance asso-
will launch their annu-
| at collection effort collect drive October $6,000,OOu 6 in
an to by
November 1. The campaign
sponsored by the National Cot-
J lection Month committee of the
i organization headed by 8. L
j Belle, v.ce president and direr-
tor of agencies of the Protective
I Industrial Insurance company
of this city.
Belle said that “tlicse annual
collection campaigns have en¬
couraged thousands of families
]to keep their Insurance paid up,
many who otherwise would lose
these benefits.” Negro Insur-
aue e companies, he pointed out
collect altruist $4,000,600 month-
ly in industrial and ordinary
premiums in 3u states and the
District .of Columbia.
These companies, continued
Belle, provide employment foi
more than 14,000 salesmen and
if Gee workers and serve 4,140,
'’04 policyholders. During th f
past year, the policyholders
were paid *8,796,422.93, an in-
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Bryan County Fair Prize
Winners Announced
The Bryan County Fair which
closed last week was one of the
best held in recent years and
was largely attended. The
hibits were excellent, with the
colored”exhibitors' using a
arate building from the White
The prize winners among the
colored exhibitors were:
Tobacco, first prize, Willis
peaa> flrst _ j a BaC0I1; .second,
B jj Garrison; peanuts, first
MiU Celestlne Bacon; second
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! Nearly 400 Disabled Vets
Placed In Jobs
Atlanta, Oct. 8. Approxi-
mately 3 1-2 per cent of
placements made in
since the United Stays
ployment Service was
‘to the stale on Nov, 16, 1946,
j have been placements of psy-
sieallv handicapped veterans, J
Kelly, veterans employment
representative for Georgia, said
in discussing the
the-Handicapped Week,” the
current job campaign of
Georgia Stale Employment
PattereoA, JbrefciAeht 6f 4*u*ke-
g*e institute, aft £uc«$ speaker
Mr. Adami Wa4 a gfaduatft Oft
Tuskegee uMe# BhOker
Washington, add. like many
graduates, went out to-
NUMBER £$
GETS HIGH POST
Truman K, Gibson, Jr., youth-
fill Chicago attorney, who ha-
been named a member of Chi¬
cago’s Land Clearance commis¬
sion by Mayor Kennedy. The
group will have charge of the
$30,000,000 to be raised by bond
issues to be used in buying up
land and eliminating slums so
that redevelopment can take
place.—(ANP*.
DEMOCRATS TO MEET
The Citizens Democratic club,
precinct No 1, will hold its
regular monthly meeting at the
York street hall 011 Friday, Oct.
10 at 8 p, m. All registered
citizens arc urged to attend. M,
■J. Jackson is chairman and
Mrs. Lillian Hill, reporter.
0* OL'kfcf* U*
$80,000 ( For
IV'| 4]|1| . #
vM J All 11 1111*1 |lll
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CHICAGO (ANP* Eight
persons who were injured for
mob violenc»• near the F rn-
wood Housing project on Aug
15, filed suit Tuesday for $10,-
■itnumlen no **asre Two
Service ancl the Veterans Em-
ploy men t Service,
Nearly 4,000 disabled voter-
U n. s have been placed on suit -
jobs by the 37 Ion of-
Rees of the State Employment.
service in the last twelve
j months; this is an increae over
the previous year,
I As far as cun be ascertained,
he added, the employers who
j hired these enabled veterans
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fOuftd Other institution.-. Pic4| i
:ut?es show, let? to right ;
^ they stood to ring B
National Anthem, -'#
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