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AN UNDESIRABLE MOVE
It has been reported that the Board of
Education contemplates instituting double
sessions at Beach high school. If it is true
that the Board is looking forward to such a
move, it presages another backward step tor
Negro education in Savannah. The double-
session system is undesirable, works a
hardship on both pupils and teachers and
produces results which are anything but
beneficial. Even though conditions in the
high school are crowded and far from what
they should be, we do not believe that the
solution is double sessions. The right and
only fair solution would be a continuation
of present conditions and the immediate
beginning of construction on the new h’gVi
school building for which ground was pur¬
chased some time ago. In the light of the
failures of the double-session system here
and everywhere else it has been tried, we
cannot believe that the Board of Education
really feels that the institution of this sys¬
tem is the proper way to relieve the unde¬
sirable situation now obtaining at our high
school.
AMERICA VS. RUSSIA
It is hard to believe that Russia is
less i Ji cerned about arriving at world
peace,'that she is less sincere about bring¬
ing' order to Europe, than she is about ad¬
vancing the cause of communism and her
own designs upon the distress and suffer¬
ings of people of Europe. Events warrant
our believing that her tactics have been de¬
liberately planned to embarrass the Unitei
States, principally, and the states which
aide with her. From our point of view, of
Cou'me, the United States has no imperial¬
istic designs upon Europe. We believe our
statesmen, backed up by the consensus of
American opinion, are honestly trying to
save Europe from disaster. We admit thai
we expect the countries which receive our
aid to turn away from totalitarian to dem¬
ocratic thinking. We expect them to show
their gratitude for what they receive, but
also to become convinced that only a pow-
erful ami willing democracy could give such
aid’without expecting territorial possession
in return. To us, Americans, the good in-
tentions of the Marshall Plan are a genuine
effort ti> help European countries which are
willing to comply with the conditions of
Belf-help set up in the plan. Nothing could
be fairer and freer from imperialistic aims
than the Marshall Plan, as we understand
it. The Truman Plan for aid to Greece ami
Ti t key was far less tactfully worded. It
jilninly aid to them 'dated that the forestall purpose for giving
was to Russian influ-
ence— communism that is. We can
fdaml that the Russians would take excep-
tion to tins. However, the ultimate aim
of both plans is to bring about rehabilita-,
tion in the countries and
ground work for peace.
On the other hand, we Americans, are
biting our bps trying to keep our impatience
with Russia in bounds. We have seen her
making use ot the veto on at least 18
feloni occasions, on matters of mere orga-
nizational detail as well as on matters on
which the veto was instituted to be used.
It has been vexing to the Democracies that
Bussia has placed such ulterior construction
|pon Unselfish their and best impersonal intentions and their most
sin’s unwillingness proposals. Bus-
to agree is verv tantaliz¬
ing. The tolerance with which the rest of
the United Nations have regarded Russian
stubbornness, is a sign that they desire to
find the way to peace; that they see the
necessity el changing words and phrases
and views in an effort, dangerous though
it be, to appease the Union of Soviet States
of Russia. One great danger is that the
Russians may get the idea that their bluft
is working, and their feeling that it is suc¬
ceeding may lead to false confidence such
as Hitler and the Nazis felt when they be¬
gan to ride rough-shod over the smaller Eu¬
ropean states, and eventually into war.
Of course, our construction of what ap-
THE MASONIC
DEGREE TEAM
The Masonic Degree Team
held its regular meeting Tues¬
day night at the Temple. The
meeting was largely attended
Much work is being conducted
by the team which serves the
to us as intransigence on the part o
Ruysia nay be no more j us tified than u,
assigning of sinister designs to us, but
their abuse of the citizens of the United
States, both lay and official, their refusal
to permit official and semi-official Ameri¬
cans to enter Russia on equal terms with
the United States’ permission for Russians
to enter this country, justify our suspicion
of their aims and motives. Russian tactics
so far lend little encouragement to the hope
for early settlement of the problems the
United Nations’ was set up to solve. Indeed
the entire organization may be endangered
by their tactics.
LAV, ENFORCEMENT IN SAVANNAH
The drive begun more than a year ago
to rid Savannah of vice and crime receiver,
added impetus when the new administration
came into power in January. Some persons
felt that ooledo had been given it death
bl ™' * hat slot machines were out for
good; that gambling and other vices wort
the run. The inauguration of Negro
policemen was accepted as a means of fur¬
ther cleaning up the city, particularly, in
sect ions of the city where Negroes were the
most likely offenders. Conditions have im¬
proved greatly, but not sufficiently anu
completely. There are evidences that bo-
ledo is not dead; that gambling is still go¬
ing on. that crime—cuttings and stabbings
among Negroes still keep the police anu
nospitals busy. Unless our police force is
brought up to requirements for cities of the
size of Savannah, we doubt that we are go¬
ing to have a city as free from vice as we
had hoped it would be.
A reasonable number of the heeded po¬
licemen, the Chief of P"'’ e says we should
have, should be ad.'utothe Negro division,
n-' ..her is inadequate to bring
the net-ossa”; results. With only a few
men assi* .aid to West Broad and East Broad
street leaves the regions west and east
of *’ic.se streets, respectively, unprotected
"ipatrolie 1. Judging from reports tha
leak out, if the raiding of a little confection¬
ery store is an indication, some of t he rest
>f them may harbor gamblers and boot¬
leggers. There are many such little stores
in the regions referred to above. Our feel¬
ing is that there should be enough othei
Negro polict men added to the force to giv<
more coverage to these sections. From little
signs picked up here and t here, we would
ml: be surprised if coveys of boledo couldn’t
h> flushed in them, also.
PALESTINE
Palestine has been a troubled spot,
more or Jess, since the time of Christ, whe
was himself a sort of cause of division
here. He was accepted by some as the
long expected Messiah. The concept of the
turning Messiah was fundamental to the
polico-ivligious life of the Jews of that
lay, and that concept or idea was involved
in the desire to reestablishment of the theo-
jratic state in Palestine. It probably still
oxists in the frantic struggle of the Jews
to remain in Palestine, and to keep it
-heir own. A long line of pseudo Messiahs
reaching down to the 18th century justifies
ibis conclusion. As the years went by, Hu-
t’opean states used the Palestine
o further their political schemes so far
it could be made to relate to their ambitions
in the Near East. From 1882 Jewish colo-
nization in Palestine was encouraged by first
one European country and then another.
Many prominent laymen in various countries
became interested in the movement to set-
tie Jews in Palestine According to a decla-
issued by Balfour, an English states-
man, in favor of the establishment in Pales-
tine of a national home for the Jewish peo-
pie, a civil government for them was set up
and they began to flock into Palestine, am.
built the city of Tel Aviv, constructed new
suburbs in Jerusalem and Haifa, established
about 3,500 small industrial plants, orga-
'dzed educational and health systems
the cities and villages construct-
,>d several outstanding industrial plants. It
s estimated that the Jews carried capita.
into Palestine amounting to $225,000,000.
of this has given the Jews a ar-
for their resistance to any effort
dislodge them, or partition Palestine.
^ boir resistance has been met by bitter pro-
test from the Arabs who are equally oppos-
to partition. Palestine has been a diffi-
eult problem to the Powers, especially so
for Great Britain, which has become 'tirea
of the responsibility of trying to compose
the Palestine question, and has given notice
her intention to get out, to give up hei
mandate over it. Only the future holds
lbe final fate of Palestine,
Negroes in Georgia, particularly those
Liberty County, are very grateful to Mr.
John P. Stevens for his grant of land with
water Irontage, where they can have the
of swimming and boating, etc.
Stevens sets aside this land, to be known
Martha Randolph Stevens Park, in mem-
ol his daughter. This is a fine gift
i com a gentleman who realizes what it
to those who are deprived of an op¬
to enjoy any portion of the great
which washes thousands of miles of
country’s coastline. We are very grate-
to Mr. Stevens for his great
five lodges of Savannah. in-
struction classes are also
ducted by the team on
day afternoon from 4 p m un-
J ti! 7 - Ail interested in mason
ry are urged to attend these
classes, especially newly made
Masons.
The Degree Team received an
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
invitation to attend the ser-
vlces ^ at aL Mt> 1TOUlim Hermon Banrist lS
Church ' Sunday ’ morning ° ct
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19th. west York street and will
attend in a body. No doubt a
large group of interested follow¬
ers will be present at this ser¬
vice. « «ItilVi [
Cast of 2.10 To
Participate Play In
Passion
A rare and beautiful spec-j
tacle, done on a large scale, is i
promised to the public of Sa-
vannah when the Negroic Pas-
sion Play concept, written and
directed by Dr. Ralph Mark
Gilbert, 1 oval mirfstqr of the
First African Baptist church
will be staged in the Municipal
CITIZENS URGED TO SUPPORT SEAL SALE
R. W. GADSDEN
Through the various lodges,
social clubs, sororities, churches
and individuals, Christmas
Seals will reach our people
during the last week of Novem¬
ber, and the ctjuvd citizens
have been given a goal of $7;50J
to raise through this medium.
The purpose of the sale of
Christmas Seals is to raise the
annual bu dget of the Chatham-
Savannah Tuberculosis and
Health Ass0 eiation so that
thcir fight agaiust this p i ag ue
• ht continue-
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MISS STEGALL, - TFr .,, Mlb. cordon
WOMEN’S DAY SPEAKERS
st - phii!p AME church, west
Broad and Charles streets, win
bold sixt - h womans Day
P r °sram. These programs aie
a11 annual feature given to pio-
mote the spirit 01 good fellow "
sdp and good wdl among lhe
women °f tlie church and the
commun ity. as wed as to assi.si
Bie cl ™rch in its financial en-
deavors and pi'ogiam. st. Phil-
ip has i iati bnlliant and out ‘
standin I 'women' speakers and
programs ’ bm the program 011
Sunday ’ October 26. will raise
the slandards > 01 eVen former
years -
Miss Alm a Stegall, morning
s P ea * cer - * s bead of the depart-
ment of education at Georgia
College. She has an A. B
degree from Mississippi College
Holly Springs, Miss., a mater’s
degiee hi education ltom At-
Data univeisity, and has corn-
pletod residence requirements
*° l the Ph- D. degree in edu-
cation from Indlana university
She is a member of the Alpha
K a P pa Delta, national sociologi-
cal fraternity.
The evening speaker, Mrs
Joan Gordon, is also one of the
instructors at Georgia
College. She received her A
B. degree from Jackson College
Miss.; her master of arts degree
from Columbia university in
sociology, and has completed
residence requirements for
Ph. D. in sociology from the
University of Pennsylvania.
ably assisted by the women ol
ihe church, special musilp for
.. the wnl
occasion be furnished
by a 100-voice woman's chorus;
selections flora the Sidney A
*^ 013es Choral Group and
fincnpi °° bPCl chnriK Ch ° rUS «t ° J St PhUip AMt
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VjrCh '
The pastor and women of St.
Philip invite the public to at-
4 tend „ these , Women's Day _ pro-
:
grams.
Auditorium with a complete
showing each night for three
evenings, Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, October 27, 28 ana
29 .
Using a cast of some 250
players, which will be support¬
ed by a chorus of 250 voices
lh i s production will tell, in
drama and in music, the story
of the last days of Christ on
earth, culminating in His res-
urrection, and with an ascen-
sion theme woven in at the
close. The chorus will be con-
ducted by Prof. Peter Smalls
with Prof. Elmer Rajiah
IVIES. ALTOMESE DOWSE
Fraternal and Greek letter by R. W- Gadsden and Mrs.
organizations will be handled | tomese Dowse.
Two llelroilites
To Try For
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DETROIT (ANP) Voters in j
this city again find themselves
faced with the problem of elect¬
ing a Negro to Detroit’s Com¬
mon council, and it appears it
will be doubly difficult in the
coming election because two Ne¬
groes are contesting for the
seat.
The two men nominated last
week are the Rev. Charles A
Hill, pastor of Hartford Avenue
Baptist church, and L. O
Blount, general manager of the
Great Lakes Mutual Insurance
company.
Celebrate Booker T,
ton Memorial Week.
9~5. Buy Booker T.
ton Memorial half dollars now
Help to make Booker T
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Tim Moore, well known stage and screen
comedian, who plays the title role in
W ^ A T A G ! RL " ou ' 5,and ' n 9 a, j*
nowbeing'^cTeased , r , Colly
no by Sc™en
Guild Productions. Moore i» supported by
on oll-stor cost of 75 from stage, night
dub - °"d —
Help to honor a great Amer-
ican. Buv Booker T Washing-
ton Memorial ' half dollars dollars du- d
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ing Booker T. 'Washington
Week—November 9-15.
iner at the piano,
For the eight years prior to
coining to Savannah to pastor
First African Baptist church
Dr. Gilbert was engaged by the
ministeriums of several large
metropolitan communities, tc
train and present their local
casts and chorus in some of the
religious plays he had written
His most unusual vehicle was
his Passion Play concept, ’Pas¬
sion and Triumph, ’ which
opens here on Monday evening
October 27, for a three-nigM
run. This production, playing
it did in some of the leading
Lodges And Chapters Notes
VETERANS MAY GET
ADVICE ON
Veterans who have re-em¬
ployment rights problems may
call at the local office of the
Georgia Slate Employment
Service for advice and referral
to a Veterans Re-employment
R ghts Committee member, ac-
cording to a joint statement by
Ben r l» Huiet, Georgia commis¬
sioner of labor, and Harvey D.
Driscoll, field representative of
the Veterans Re-employrnent
Rights Division of the U. S. De¬
partment of Labor.
Under the Selective Service
Act, veterans are entitled to re¬
employment' rights, including
and other benefits
which would have accrued tc
them if they had remained on
their jobs. When the Selec-
tive Service Act expired March
31, 1947, responsibility for as-
sistance to veterans in connec-
tion with these rights was
transferred to the U. S. Depart -1
ment , of , Labor. T .
The local offices of the State
Employment Service are coop¬
erating in advising ex-service¬
men as another of their special
services to veterans, Mr. Huiet
stated. If necessary, the men
will be referred to a veterans
re-employment rights commit¬
teeman who will advise and as¬
sist them in an amicable ad-
justment of the difficulties
whenever possible. '
STUDENTS FROM 29 STATES
ATTENDING A. U.
Atlanta, Oct. 11—Students en¬
rolled in the graduate and pro¬
fessional schools of Atlanta uni¬
versity are from 29 states, the
'District of Columbia Haiti and
[Nigeria, statistics reveal. In ad¬
dition those enrolled have been
graduated from 77 different
colleges.
The largest group of students
Georgia from any which one state is is from from j
’ has 166 repre-
sentatives. North Carolina has
sent 42. Alabama, 24. and
Carolina. 22. New Yorf; claims
16 ’ Florida 15, and Texas Ten-
nesssee and Louisiana, 14, re-^
spectlvely ’ ™rteen are enroll-
ed from Virginia, 9 are from
8 from Kentucky
j and 7 from New Jersey.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, I94T
and larfestt public auditorium.'
and largest public auditorium,
in the country, had an estimat¬
ed aggregate audience of near!
a million people. This wil
make the fourth time the dram:
will have been given here, bu
it has not been produced in Sa
vannah for something over si:
years. The promoter promises
however, that several new fea
'tyres will make this pi'oduc
tion seem novel even to thnst
who saw it six years ago.
From present indications, a
capacity house each night is in¬
A special meeting of Omar
Temple No. 21, Mystic Shrine
was held on the 12th. Plans
were made for the fall ceremo¬
nial which will be held in No¬
vember. From the outlook a
large class will be the result
Many novices from the nearby
lodges will be among the num¬
bers. Deiinitc pans were made
to contribute to charitable
causes.
Grand Matron Ayers planned
a visit to Covington, Ga-, Wed¬
nesday. This was prevented by
a severe cold and the very
stormy weather. She will be at
Tate in the mountains, where
she will reinstate the chapter
and receive a number of new
members.
Statement of the Ownership
Management, Circulation, etc
"Required by the Act of Con¬
gress of August 24, 1912, as
Amended by the Acts ot
March 3, 1933, and July 2. 1946
Cf The Savannah Tribune,
published weekly at Savannah
Georgia, for October 1, 1947-
State of Georgia
County of Chatham.-
Before me, a notary public
in and for the State and coun¬
ty aforesaid, personally appear-
ed Sol C. Johnson, who, having
been duly sworn according tc
law. deposes and says that hf
is the owner of The Savannah
Tribune and that the following
is, to the best of his knowledge
and belief, a true statement o‘
the ownership, management
(and if a daily, weekly, semi¬
weekly or tri-weekly newspaper
the circulation) etc., of the
iforesaid publication for the
date shown in the above cap¬
tion, required by the act of Au¬
gust 24, 1912, as amended by
the acts of March 3, 1933, and
Tuly 2, 1946, (section 537, Pos-
tal Laws and Regulations)
printed on the reverse side ol
this form, to wit:
1. That the names of the
publisher, editor, managing
editor and business managers
are:
Publisher, Sol. C. _ Johnson, T .
Savannah, _ . Ga. _
I
Editor, Sol C. Johnson, Sa¬
vannah, Ga.
Associate Editor, J. H. Butler,
Savannah, Ga.
Assistant to Publisher and
Manager, Willa Mae Ayers, Sa¬
vannah, Ga.
2. That the owner is: (If
owned by a corporation, its
namc and address must be stat ‘
and also immediately there-
under the names and addresses
of the stockholders owning or
holding one percent or more of
total amount of stock. If not
owned by a corporation,
names and addresses of the in-
dividual owners must be given
owned by a firm, company or
other unincorporated concern
its name and address, as well as
those of each individual mem¬
ber, must be given.) Sol C
Savannah, Ga.
3- That the known bond-
holders, mortgagees, mortgagees, and and other other
holders holders owning owning or or hold- hold¬
l l per per cent cent or or more more of of total total
of bonds, mortgages or
other securities are: (If there
are none, so state,: None. I
4. That the two paragraphs'
above, giving the names or
owners, Stockholders, and
holders.'if any,
only the list of ?tockhold-
dicated- Over
;hurches and organizations are
ponsoring the affair, and have
.icket sellers out disposing of
ckets. Tickets may also bt’
ecured from the box office of
he Municipal Auditorium, from
Vlnutt’s Music Store, or from
he Savannah Pharmacy on
Vest Broad street,. Many are
rlso sending in their orders
hrough the mail. Others are
(honing 3-6337, the church of-
ice of the First African Bap-
ist church. The entire public
is invited to attend.
Last Friday the Worshipful
Masters and several officers
and brothers responded to a
call to decide upon a plan to be
of great benefit to each local
lodge. All of the brothers were
elated over the result.
Grand Master Dobbs deliver¬
ed a timely address at Pitts¬
burgh, Pa., last Sunday. It is
felt that he did his part and
added new admirers.
Grand Master Dobbs ,wil!
leave Friday morning tor New
Orleans and Dallas and attend
the Consistory session. He will
be accompan ed by Mrs. Dobbs,
They will also take a trip to
'California before returning.
ers and security holdersas
they appear on the books*oi
the company, but also, in (kH,'
whore the stockholders or Sej
curity holder appear upon the
books of the company as trus¬
tees or in any other fiduciary
relation, the name of the pen
son or corporation for whom
such trustee is acting, is given;
also that the said two para¬
graphs contain statements em¬
bracing affiant’s full knowledge
and belief as to the cireum-
stances and conditions under
whih stockholders and security
j holders the books who of do the not appear upon
company as
trustees, hold stock and securi¬
ties in a capacity other than
that of a bona fide owner: and
that this affiant has no reason
to believe that any other per¬
son, association, or corporat ort
has any interest direct or indi¬
rect in the said stock, bonds, or
tther securities than as so stat¬
ed by him.
5. That the average number
3 f copies of each issue of this
publication sold or distributed
through the mails or otherwise
to paid subscribers during the
twelve months preceding the
late shown above is 4255.
SOL C. JOHNSON,
Editor and Publisher.
Sworn lo and subscribed to
before me this 30th day of Sep¬
tember, 1947.
Seal)
(My commission expires Jan-
26, 1951.)
WILLA MAE AYERS,
Notary Public-
FIFTY YEARS AGO
File* of The Sinnnati
Tribune
OCTOBER 16, 1897
Emancipation Association met
Wednesday to plan for Emanci-
Day.
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Forest City Investment Com¬
pany organized, chas. L. Sieg;
ing. manager. * IG*
Attempt being made tc
change the name of West Broad
street to Tomichichee avenue.
Cit y Council to purchase
right of way to open Henry,
Waldburg, New, Houston, Duffy
and West Broad streets West
Broad will open to Estill Ave
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Mrs- Alice Woodby McKane
has made application to prac-
tice medicine firsTirUJie^'state* in Georeia < 5 he
be the
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