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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
Sf-HP ■■■ - E. Cannady mii=y (right)
Newest and one of the few Negro Federal Deputy Assistant Attorneys is George
whose appointment in l.os Angcics nas just Broadway oeen announeeu. Federal Savings nouns and eamuuj Loan » Association of Lo<
i lations from If. A. Howard, president of
Angeles who worked aggressively in behalt of the appointment. Inset photos are of Helen Gagha
> an Douglas, California Congresswoman, vvjio recommended the appointment to the Attorney Gen¬
eral; and James Carter, Cannady’s chief.
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La. Teachers I© (iet Equal Pay
To Match Funds Raised
For House
COUNCIL WOMAN -Mrs. K.
A. Obayomi of Lagos. Nigeria,
West Africa, member of the
Lagos Municipal courjul, the
only woman holding an elective
oflice in Nigeria, a British col¬
ony with 22,030.000 inhabitants.
Mrs. Obayomi heads “The Wo¬
man's party,” a political organ¬
isation which she initiated.
Educated in England she is the
wife of a prominent physician.
— (ANP)
Donations For Ingrams Total 29,854
May Day Celebration Mon.
At Sportsman’s Park
The first annual May Day
celebration will be held Monday,
May 31, at Sportsman’s Park,
Telfair road.
Governor M. E. Thompson
will*be officially represented,
since he will not be able to ap¬
pear. Other state, county, city
W. Savannah To Hold
Memorial Day Celebration
The citizens of West Savan-
naTi, as has- been their custom
for a number of years, will ob¬
serve National Memorial day
with a parade preceding exer¬
cises at Woodville cemetery,
-The ceremony will be held
Monday. & May 31, and the prin¬
cipal -ess will be delivered
by the dev. L. W.
The demonstration will be
jjarticipated in by the Veterans
ot All Wars, Boy Scouts, St.
Philip Benevolent Association,
Golden Link Society, Panzy
Blossom Social Club,
Sisters Social club and the Sil¬
ver Link Social club.
The parade will start at 3 p
m. at St. Philip Hall on Fair
streetj and end at the cemetery,
why re the following exercises
will be held:
auatuiali SHbitnr.
Dr. L. N. Turner, one of the
I sponsors cf the Montgomery
Community House project, has
announced that he will match
every dollar raised by colored
people in this last campaign to
complete funds for the building.
Dr. Turner has already given
$500 towards this movement,
along with his hard efforts-
There is a need for $2,500 ia
addition to the $6,000 that has
been raised. The 'building is
to-cost $7,500 and the remain¬
der for equipment-
I colored people ‘have .contrib¬
uted up to date the sum of $600
on the project. Robert A.
Young, chairman of the project,
urges every orgajii&a\bion that
win be benefited through the
j program to make a contribution.
He a i s0 as k s persons that see
nee( j 0 j such for the im-
provement of Negroes in Chat¬
ham county to make their dona¬
tions whatever they can afford.
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DIED TODAY
J f zeaiev died early this
(Thursday) morning in a lo-
cal hospital following an oper-
ation about three weeks ago.
His funeral will probably be
held Saturday.
Mr. Zealey was well known
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and local fede.*-*.* officials will
be present at this first annua!
get-acquainted meeting of citi¬
zens in Chatham, Effingham,
Bryan, Liberty and McIntosh
counties, which will begin at 7
p. m. Various choirs will ap-
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Devotions, conducted by Rev.
R. Richards.
Song, “God Bless America ”
Introduction of Master of
Ceremonies, Peter Jackson, by
Henry Kin£.
“JLv.iH.lnis G- ‘t»y. burg Ad¬
dress,” Mrs. Katie M. Sancer.
Remarks, Mrs. S. M. Tomp¬
kins.
Selection. Simmons Drum and
Bugle Corps.
Remarks, J. E. Luten.
Song, America.
Selection, Silver Link Quartet
Introduction of speaker cf
the day, A. B. Simmons.
Address, Rev. L W. Strick¬
land.
Song, audience.
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Salute and lowering of .flag,,
by Boy Scouts.
Prayer, benediction.
Taps. "
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Memphis Accused of to Prosecute Beating and Cops
Memphis (ANP)—Two police -1
men .accused of beating and
blinding a Negro, will be have prosccutedi beenj
jailed and to'
on charges with assault
murder. Atty. Gen. Gerber an¬
nounced here this week.
The victim. Eli Blaine, 30. is
now resting in “fair condition”
at John Gaston hospital. As
a result of his beating by
police he has suffered lacera¬
tions of the left eye and eye¬
brow causing a hemmorhage,
lacerations of the scalp and
multiple lacerations- His right
eye had to be removed six
hours after arrival in the hos-
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GRETNA, La. (ANP)—Equali¬
zation of pay for Negro teach¬
ers and whites with the same
qualifications was virtually as¬
sured here in Jefferson parish
last week with a reported agree¬
ment between Miss Eula Mae
Lee and the Jefferson Parish
school board.
This settlement will end the
case el Miss Lee against the
schooi board, now in its £ifth
year, in which she sued for
equal pay for Negro and white
educators.
She filed suit Dec. 9, 1943, af¬
ter being fired by the school
board for being tardy and wil¬
ful neglect of duty. The 24th
judicial court with Judge Rob¬
ert L. Rivarde, ruled in her fa¬
vor June 23, 1944, but the de¬
fendants appealed the case
eventually to the state supreme
court.
Both sides are believed to
have reached an agreement oil*
of court now. Miss Lee will get
her job back with salary based
on the present level. Details
are now being worked out op
how Negro teachers’ salaries
will be ranged.
NEW YORK — This week’s
contributions to the Ingram
Defense fund total $1,342.41
raising the amount of money
collected through the NAACP
for the defense of Mrs. Rosa
Lee Ingram and her two sons
to $29,894.67.
The largest amount of mon¬
ey, $21,483.30, has come from
NAACP branches. Individuals
have donated $1,416.28, while
Protest Barring Officers
From Army Club
GA. STATE FRESHIE
GETS AQUATIC
SCHOLARSHIP
Alex Ellis, a member of the
freshman class at Georgia
State college, was the recipient
of a scholarship to attend the
Aoqim!ic Ll'hrDl at Temv/see
A. and I. college from June 24
to July 1. The scholarship was
donated by the Savannah
Branch of the American Red
Cross-
The presentation was made
during the “Beach-Cuyler Day”
assembly program held at the
college May 18, by Eugene D.
Glaze" Jr., director of safety
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savannah tribune THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1018
Beach High School
To Graduate 150
A capacity crowd attended
the funeral or Mrs- Evelyn
Stripling Leake whicn was held
Tuesday from St. Philip AME
churches have sent in $1,136 46.
Among the organizations, which
have contributed $5,858.63 to
the fund, are the Dane county
(Wisconsin) Citizens for Wal¬
lace, Hawaii Civil Liberties
Commission, New York City
College’s inttyrafciflj Society
Pittsburgh Civil Rights Con¬
gress, Jefferson (Pa.) Good
Samaritan club, and the Negro
Women’s Federated club, Mus¬
cogee, Okla.
NEW YORK.—Following pro¬
test by the NAACP, to Defense
Secretary James Forrestal, the
Department of the Army as¬
signed a colonel from the in¬
spector-general’s office to make
an investigation of the charges
that Negro oi5)cers were ex¬
cluded from the Officers’ Club
at Camp Campbell, near Nash¬
ville, Tenn.
Walter WWhite, NAACP sec¬
retary, last week asked for an
investigation of these chag^es
following reports that Major
General S. Leroy Irvin, com¬
mander of the Task Force
Lucky; Major Gen (Dal Clark¬
son, post commander, and Brig¬
adier General Keifer had for¬
bidden use of the club to Negro
officers participating in the
military maneuvers at Camp
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MRS. EVELYN STRIPLING LEAKE DIES
Tobias 33rd Medalist
NEW YORK—Selection oi Dr.
Channing H. Tobias, director of
the Phelps-Stokes fund, as the
33rd Spingarn Medalist was an¬
nounced here today by Walter
White, NAACP secretary. Tin
medal, established in 1915 by the
late president of the NAACP,
Joel E. Spingarn, is awarded
annually to a Negro American
for distinguished achievement.
Presentation will be made at
the June 27 session of the As¬
sociation’s 39th annual confer¬
ence in Kansas City, Mo. Dr.
Tobias was named by the nine-
member Spingarn Medal Award
Committee.
“In recognition of his consist¬
ent role as a defender of fun¬
damental American liberties
this medal is being awarded to
Channing H. Tobias,” the cita¬
tion reads. “He brought to the
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The local drive for funds of
1 the United Negro College Fund
i will terminate Monday. The
Savannah drive is being waged
by a committee headed by
James A Colston, president of
Georgia State college; James T.
Ellerbe, executive secretary of
the West Broad Street YMCA,
and treasurer of the committee,
and Dr. J. W. Wilson.
The first private Negro col¬
lege opened in 1854. Men and
women of high courage and vis¬
ion built these schools. They
began teaching under any roof
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MAY QUEEN OF 1948
TO BE SELECTED
Friday night, May 28, at the
YMCA, West Broad street, will
mark the closing of the contest
for May Queen of Savanm h for
1948. A fine program has been
arranged including some of the
best talent in the city.
There are 25 young ladies vic¬
ing for this great honor, name¬
ly, Margaet Powell, Johnnie L.
Williams, Fannie Gordon, Nellie
Mae Miller, Doris Thorpe, Sarah
Pearl Baker, Gloria Watson, Al-
bertha Taylor, Rosa Mae Wil¬
liams, Hortense Thornton, Jua¬
nita Gilbert, Betty Mihler, Ethel
Brinson, Janice Martin, Rober¬
ta Brown, Ruth Gilbert, Ethel
Mae Bryant, Albertha Williams.
Dorothy Davis, Betty Jean Ly¬
ons, Nancy Thompson, Eliza¬
beth Williams, Dolores Rey¬
nolds, Mildred Truell and Lil¬
lian Scott.
Special guests to take part
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church.
Her death which occurred
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Local UNC Fund Drive
Will End Monday
CELEBRANTS AT A. RL & N.
DIAMOND JUBILEE—The 75th
anniversary celebration of the
founding of A. M. and N. Col-
lege, Pine Bluff, Ark., recently
HeM'ber
^IJDIT
BUREAU
CIRCULATIONS
O. L. Douglas, acting prin¬
cipal of Beach-Cuyler High
School, has an/nounced that ap¬
proximately 150 graduates will
receive diplomas on Friday
night, June 4. The commence,
ment exercises will be held at
the First A. B. Church at 8 p.
m. Dr. James P. Brawley
president of Clark College, At¬
lanta, will deliver the Com¬
mencement address.
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POPPY SALE
SATURDAY
The main purpose of the an¬
nual sale of Buddy Poppies
is to honor the dead by helping
the living. Your purchase ot
a Buddy Poppy will help pro¬
vide much needed aid and re¬
lief for America’s disabled vet¬
erans and their dependents. So
please purchase a Buddy Poppy
Saturday, May 29,
The following directors ana
their girls will be on the streets
to assist In the sale as conduct-*
ed by Vance Allison Post, No.
2933, from 9 a. m. until 0 p. m :
Director Gladys Buzemore and
her girls, Director Retha Mae
Gibbs and her girls, Director
Virginia Smith and her girls,
and Director Countess Y. Cox
and her girls.
The Commencement calen¬
dar for the week May 30—June
4 Includes: Sunday, May 30—
Baccalaureate Exercise'S, Tre-
mont Temple Baptist Church;
1L0O a. m. Monday, May 31-
Class Play, “A Husband for
Sale,” Recreation Center (SSSSi
8 p. m. Tuesday, June 1—Class
Day Exercses, Recreation Cen¬
ter, 1,1 a. m- Friday. June 4
Commencement Exercises, First
African Baptist Church. 8 p. m.
The Commencement program
is as follows: Prelude—Organ
and Piano, Mrs. Jane Parker-
Starr and Mr. Peter Smalls;
Processional—“War March of
the Priests” (Mendelssohn) —
Beach-Cuyler Band; Hymn—
“Holy, Holy, Holy"—Audience;
Invocation, Rev. R. M. Gilbert;
Response—“The Lord Is My
Sheppard”; Selection—Beach-
Cuyler Chorus—“O Lord Most
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Georgia State College
Commencement Program
The annual commencement
exercises of Georgia State col¬
lege .will begin Monday, May 31,
according to an announcement
made by President James A.
Colston.
A physical education demon¬
stration n Willcox gymnasium
will open the program Monday
morning at 8 o’clock, followed
by services in the senior chapel
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a host of outstanding fig-
ures In educational circles
both from within and without
the state. Pictured above are
a few of those participatirig in
NUMBER U
WINS ALL EXPENSE SCHOL¬
ARSHIP—Theodore S. Morris,
Parker High School senior of
Birmingham, Alabama, and top
ranking student in the Compe¬
titive Scholarship Examination
offered by Talladega College,
is the winner of the All-Expense
Scholarship of $2,000 00 this
year. For eleven consecutive
years Talladega College has
granted an all-expense schol¬
arship through competitive ex¬
aminations. More than. 800
selected high school seniors in
fifteen states competed for
the scholarship this year.
SOROR GRANT
HEADS IOTAS
Tile regular meeting of the
Nu chapter, Iota Phi Lambda
sorority, was held last Thurs¬
day at the home of Soror Mar¬
garet Rhodes, East Waldbufg
street
Plans were completed for the
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Top, (left to right front)
president of the college: Dr.
Bertram w . Doyle, dean, Louis-
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