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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXVI
doctors Med Here Next Week
PUBLIC MEETING
WED. NIGHT
At First African
Baptist Church
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DR. M. D. BRYANT,
Pi esident
The Georgia State Medical i
Association of Physicians and
Pharmacists will meet here j
next, nual week session, in its the fifty-fifth convention an¬ |
dates being May 4, 5 and 6.
Dr. M. D. Bryant of Savan-
MAYOR JOHN G. KENNEDY
Who Will Deliver the
Welcome Address
nah is president of the asso¬
ciation.
It is anticipated that this
wiil be one of the largest meet¬
ings in the history of the orga¬
nization wiiose membership
touches practically every city
Continued on page 2
Zetas Stage Annual Blue
Revue at YMCA
DR. MIDDLETON IN
THE CITY
Dr. C- C. Middleton of New
York city is in the citiy this
week, the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Callen of Wheaton St-
This is Dr. Middleton’s first
visit to Savannah since he left
here twenty-three years ago
to practice in New York city.
Prior to leaving Savannah he
was city physician for the east-
side He is a native of this
city.
OR. H. S. JOHNSON
Dublin j
F* President-Elect
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Appeal Life Sentences of
Mas. Ingram and Sons
Music Festival
7th
The following nineteen sec-
ondary schools have sent the
following numbers v.iiicn will
be presented at the Allstate
Music Festival on Friday, May
7, sponsored at Georgia State
College, R. Hayes Strider, di¬
rector :
Afternoon Program, 2 O’clock
(Sola and Small Groups—Vocal
and Instrumental)
Nocturne (E-Flat Majin'Cho-
pin lydia Richardson, Doug¬ j
las- I
Mountains, Rasbach, Female [
Group , Boggs Academy. I
iteming, Dri Ricgo, Female
Sextette, Hudson High, Macon.
Rose in the Bud Forster
Miles, Carswell, Macon; Lillian |
Accpt; M. L. Morgan, di¬ I
rector. 1
Liebestraum, L\st: ; LaGelon- !
drina, serradell, Maria McMil¬ !
lan, saxophone; Liilian Miles,
saxophone; Hudson High School,
Macon.
O’ Sole Mio, DiCapua; Two
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1 to Continue Fight
For Slight of Franchise
NEW YORK—Having engin¬
eered the wrecking of the South
Carolina scheme to perpetuate
th white primary, attorneys for
Ihf National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
this week prepared a similar
fate for the Alabama and Mis¬
sissippi plans which seek to con¬
tinue the disfranchisement oi
Negro citizens through discrim¬
inatory registration practices.
The Alabama plan, embodied
in the Boswell Amendment,
faces an early test in the U.
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The annual Blue I.evuc of
Beta Phi Beta Sorority was held
Saturday night at the yMCA.
Baby Wilmotine Biake, spon¬
sored by Soror F. J. Holiday,
was the first prize winner. She
reported $66.96 Alethia Gads¬
den was second, sponsored by
Soror Jessie M- Gibbs, and re¬
ported $23.
A very rich and full demon¬
stration was given by Mrs.
Boyd, instructor at Georgia
CcnTnued Page 2
THEY WILL PLAY PROMINENT PARTS IN NEXT WEEK’S DOCTORS’ CONVENTION
DR. R. W. MOORE
Savannah
Secretary
MANY LOCAL DELEGATES LEAVE
SUNDAY FOR GENERAL CONFERENCE
College Year
Book Ready
May 15
The Georgia State College
whicli will come from
press around May 15, seeks
to give a picture of the activi-
ties of the college during the
year of the administration
President James A. Colston.
book, divided into six sec-
shows the college, cam-
classes, organizations and
athletics, informal
scenes and senior activ-
The 100-page book lias 70
of pictures; lor example,
section on the college con¬
pictures of Dr. Raymond
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Folemaii First Negro to Reroute
Law Clerk to a Justice
CHIEF ROGERS
BURIED SUNDAY
Funeral rites for Jambs W.
Rogers, chief of the Savannah
Police Department, were heid
Sunday at Grace Methodist
church. He diea Thursday
night in an Augusta hospital,
Continued on Page Four
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DR. N. H. DeVAUGHN
University of Georgia School
of Medicine, Guest Speaker
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1948
Ministerial and lay delegates
to the AME General Conference
that meets in Kansas City,
Kansas, May 5-16, will leave at,
10:30 p. m. Sunday night via
the Central of Georgia railway.
The delegation will travel by
a special car.
This, the 33rd quadrennial
session' will meet at Soldiers
and Sailors Memorial hall. Rev.
3. H Lewis is the host pastor.
Several thousand persons, in¬
cluding all bishops, general of¬
ficers, delegates and many vis¬
itors from the United States,
Canada, the West Indies, South
America, South and West Afri¬
ca are booked to attend.
The opening service will be
field at the First AME church.
Bishop w A. Fountain of Geor¬
gia is the senior bishop of the
denomination. Bishop Noah H
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WASHINGTON, D C., Apr;’
28.— William T. Coleman, Jr., is
the lirst Negro to be appointed
a law clerk to a justice of the
Supreme Court. Justice Felix
Frankfurter named him today
as one of his law clerks for the
1948-49 court term at a salary of
$5,000 for the year. He will be¬
gin work on the first of Sep¬
tember.
Coleman is a graduate of the
Harvard Law School where lie
finished at the top of his class
in October, 1946, also doing
post-graduate work there until
last June. In 1941 he gradu¬
ated from the University of
Pennsylvania.
Coleman is married and has
°ne child. He was a first lieu¬
tenant in the air corps during
^orld War. II. For the last
year he has served as law clerk
to Justice Herbert F. Goodrich
of the U- S. Court of Appeals
in Pmladelphia. * «$'
DR J. W. JAMERSON, JR.
Savannah
Pres., So. Atlantic Med. Society
Rivers Again Named Commander
Of Patton Post, American Legion
Atlanta, Ga.—In an effort to
gain the freedom of Mrs. Rosa
Lee Ingram and her* two teen¬
age sons, Austin T. Walden of
this city and Edward R. Dud¬
ley of New York, NAACP attor¬
neys, this week filed an appeal
before the Supreme Court of
Gorgia seeking a reversal of the
lower court decision denying a
new trial
The death sentences whichs
had been previously imposed on
Mrs. Ingram and her sons for
the self-defense slaying of a
neighboring white farmer were
vacated by Judge William M.
Harper of Americus on April 6.
At the same time Judge Harper
denied the motion of the NAACP
lawyers for a new trial for the
Ingrams.
In their appeal to the state
supreme court, the lawyers con¬
tended that the lower court was
in error inasmuch as the evi¬
dence did not support the ver¬
dict of guilty. They maintain¬
ed that a new trial should have
been granted or that the Ing¬
rams should have been set free.
The NAACP is prepared to
carry the case to the U. S. Su¬
preme Court if necessary.
$19,349 Raised for Defense
Receipt of $3,496.01 during
the past week raised the
NAACP Ingram defense fund
to a total of $19,349.51. Of this
sum, $15,859.58 came from 295
NAACP branches, $1,051.58 fre n
churches, $1,500.56 from other
organizations, »and '$937 79 from
Baby Donald Young Wins
Junior League Contest
Mrs. Susan Pollard Waters,
president of the Colored Junior
League, announces that the re¬
port of Mrs. Frances Habersham,
chairman of the recent' baby
contest sponsored by the orga-
nizat on for the benefit of the
Child Placement Services, shows
receipts of $1,139.37.
In commenting on the grati¬
fying success of the project,
Mrs. Waters said, “Never have
I se'en parents respond so wil¬
lingly to a project or enthu-
.iastieally participate in a drive
that meant so much to the
children of other parents who
are less fortunate than theirs.’’
The Child Placement Service
appreciates the spirit of the
entire venture which was most
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TAX INFORMATION
FOLDERS AVAILABLE
The 25th annual edition of a
tax information folder is now
ready for distribution. Con¬
taining eight pages of detailed
requirements of the several tax
offices, it is designed to assist
taxpayers in both their duties
and also their’ right in seeking
relief from levies that are con¬
sidered excessive.
The offics covered are those
of the City of Savannah, Coun¬
ty of Chatham, Savannah Beacn
and the state of Georgia, the
latter including tangible taxes,
—a recent new tax field that
; s constantly being enlarged.
Water taxes, licenses, voting
Continued on Page Two
TO ATTEND BOYS’
CLUB CONVENTION
FRANK CALLEN, who will
leave Saturday for New York
city, where he will attend the
forty-second annual convention
of the Boys Club of America.
The Savannah Boys Club
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DR. It. S. SMITH
Chairman of the Executive
Committee
The George S. Patton Post
No. 513 was honored with the
presence of W- L. Kilroy, vice
commander of the Department
of Georgia, at its election of
officers for 1948 and 1949,
which was held at the newly
acquired home of the post lo¬
cated at 530 West Broad St.
Before the election of offi¬
cers, Mr. Kilroy gave an inter¬
esting talk to the Legionnaires
on Americanism and also dis¬
cussed many interesting ad¬
vantages and opportunities that
are advantageous to veterans,
and advised all to take advan¬
tage of these opportunities.
The newly elected officers for
June, 1948, to June, 1949, are:
Joseph S. Rivers, commandei;
Theodore Mackey, Jr., Jr. vice
commander; Robert Deloach,
senior vice commander; Duncan
J. Scott, finance officer; Her¬
bert Kilroy, adjutant; Rev. J
Q. Adams, chaplain; Dr. P. S.
Henderson, judge; Bennie
Brown, historian; Owen H.
Brown, service officer; Harold
L. Brown, publicity officer; John
H. Jenkins, sergeant at arms; J.
Ward, Americanism; H. Arnold,
child welfare; William Ander¬
son, defense officer.
Mrs. Edith Wright and her
three children left Monday to
join Mr. Wright in Newark, N.
CLASS OFFICERS — Shown
above are the senior class of¬
ficers of Clark college in Atlan¬
ta. Reading from left to right:
Thomas Grissom, class presi¬
dent; Thelma Jones, secretary;
Julius Daughtery, vice presi¬
dent. Grissom is basileus of
REPUBLICAN STATE GENERAL COMMITTEE
The Republican State Central
Committee met in Fulton Coun¬
ty court house, Atlanta, Ga,
last Saturday at 2 o’clock p. m.
The meeting was largely attend¬
ed by the members and others
who were interested.
Prior to this, a meeting self-
appointed individuals, gotten
together and issued a bogus
call, that was not worth the
paper that it was written on,
for the reason they were with¬
out legitimate authority to make
a call. No well informed citi¬
zen will heed that fake call.
The committee which was
elected in 1944 read the call of
life Republican national com¬
mittee and proceeded according
to the provisions laid down in
the call.
This Foster group as they are
called, have no legs to stand on.
They may go in a hole before
the convention meets June 21,
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I. H. S, Band Rated Best
In State of Florida
W. PALM'BEACH, Fla.—In¬
dustrial High School’s 64-piece
band was jivdged the finest
Negro musical aggregation in
the State at the Negro high
school band festival Saturday at
Jacksonville, it was disclosed
here Monday.
Seven first /division ratings
Continued on Page 2
DR. J. H. GRIFFIN
Bain bridge
2nd Vice President
JM EMBER
AUDIT
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CIRCULATIONS
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Beta Psi chapter of the Omega
Psi Phi fraternity. Mrs. Jones
s a member of the Alpha Kap¬
pa Alpha sorority and the Phil¬
harmonic Society. Daughtery is
president of Alpha Phi chapter
of the Alpha Phi Alpha fra¬
ternity.
LEGIONNAIRE — Alma L.
Joshua is one of the first two
women to Join the Col. Charles
Young Post 398 of the American
Legion.
Continued on Page Two
A SON
Hiram is the name given to
the son born April 4 to Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Johnson of Thun¬
derbolt. Before her marriage
Mrs. Johnson was Miss Ethel
Carter of Riceboro.
DR. C. A. HENDERSON
Health Commissioner
Sav’h.-Chatham County