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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LX VI
RICHMOND ELECTS NEGRO
TO CITY COUNCIL
CARVER STUDENTS GUESTS AT CITY HALL—Carver High
School of Columbia, S. C., was the guest of Georgia State College
for the 57th annual commencement exercises last week, 'they
received a cordial welcome from President James A. Colston of
the college. of
A feature of their stay here was when they were gaests
Attacks Louisiana School Bias
Fund Now $32,117
Medic Indicted op, $15,000
Tax Evasion Charge
Talent Show
Fri. Night
On the calendar for this week
at the Recreation Center is a
gigantic talent show under the
direction of James Wiley, also
a house party, both Friday,
Jpne 18, at 8 p. m. After the
house party dancing will be in-
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Police Shoo Bathers Off
Fort Screven Beach
ATTENDING TRANSPORT WORKERS' MEET
Henry E. Bullard, (left) president of Local No. 220 United
Transport Service Employees, CIO, and James E. Kiekenbaker.
local chairman of the same, who were elected as delegates to
the 6th Biennial Convention and are now in Chicago, repre
senting the employees of the Savannah Union Station. For
five years these men have manifested great interest in organ¬
ised labor. Their work has proved most satisfactory.
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the City of Savannah, and were received at the City Hall where
words of greetings were given them by the Honorable Thomas
Jones, mayor’s secretary, and the Honorable Arthur Greenfield,
clerk of the city council.
Lendberg Jeffcourt, star student of Carver and major of
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WASHINGTON (ANP)* In- i
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dieted on charges oi evasion cf
nearly $15,000 in income tax,
Dr John O. Harris of this city
was ordered to be held on $500
bond for appearance in court
in Baltimore, September 7, the
lustice department revealed this |
week.
He is accused of missing pay-
ments in 1944, 1945 ana 1946 as j
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Hooded Raiders Warn White Hirl Scout
Leaders to Leave Colored (iirls Camp
Sunday afternoon a group of
Savannahians sought to escape
the excessive heat by going to
Fort Screven for a dip in the
ccean. There were about sev¬
enty-five of them in bathing
^rd havine a jolly time
all of a sudden two police
ficers appeared on ne scene
and ordered them out of the
water and away from the
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Masons Hold Meeting
1000 At Col¬
lege Summer
School
^ a( . Geor _
gia gtate college began this
week with an enrollment of
1,000 students.
The session provides ofl|tr-
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NEW YORK, June 15—Stead¬
rising each week, the
of money in the Ing¬
Defense fund now totals
This money, con-
to the National Asso-
ciation for the Advancement
of Colored people for the de¬
of Mrs. Rosa Lee Ingram
and her two young sons,, ha ;
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 14.
—Mystery still surrounds) the
identity of the white-robed
hooded men who last week
suddenly swooped down on a
Negro Girl Scout leadership
camp and warned the two
white women who were in
charge of the unit to leave the
camp. The camp was located
near Bessimer, Ala.
About 100 men were in the
mob which warned the young
women, Miss KatheMne Niche!
of Memphis, and Miss Eliza-
^ethljams of Knoxville, Tenn.
^ j uave the camp within 24
hfjurs About 2 o Negro Girl
Scout leaders were ,at the camp
taking training from the two
The 79th annual communi-
I
cation of the Most Worshipful j
Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Ju-
* risdiction of Georgia, held in !
,, Columbus, . , June T 8-10 „ , n will ... go !
idown , in history as one of the j f
best communications held in
recent years. The attendance |
was large, the reports of the
several departments showed a
healthy gain and peace and I
prevailed throughout the grand
communication. The hospitality I
of the Masons and citizens of 1
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1948
Mixed Help In
Dining Cars
NEW YORK (ANP) — Both
Negro and white help will be
employed in the dining and grill
cars of the New York, New Ha¬
ven and Hartford railroad un¬
der an agreement worked out
by the line, the New York State
Commission Against Discrimi¬
nation and the Massachusetts
Fair Employment Practices
commission, it was announced
here Monday.
In a jornt statement, the two
commissions declared that
“crew personnel in the dining
services will be selected and
allowed to exercise their senior-
1, ity rights in accordance under with the
their qualifications
‘terms of the agreements by
which they are covered, unin¬
fluenced by race, creed, color
or national origin.”
The commissions further
stated that there will be im¬
mediate, tangible results, be¬
cause the line is placing addi¬
tional lonai grm grill cars cars in in use use.
Tookes Dies in New York
New Orleans, June 10—Two
Louisiana parish school boards
been charged with dis¬
against Negro stu¬
in suits filed by the Na¬
Association for the Ad¬
of Colored People in
United States District court.
suits against the Orleans
Iberville parish school
boards were filed by A. P- Tu-
reau, NAACP attorney of New
Orleans.
The Orleans parish board was
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K. C. For NAACP
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NEW YORK (ANP I Bishop
Henry Young Tookes of the
AME church, wno died here
June 9, was buried in Jackson¬
ville, Fla., Tuesday, June 15.
Bishop Tookes died in his
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 10.
—.pompletion of arrangements
for’-Che reception and enter¬
tainment of approximately 1,000
delegates expected to attend
the 39th annual conference of
the NAACP here next week was
announced today b£ Carl John¬
son, president of the Kansas
City branch, host to the con¬
ference.
The conference will open on
Tuesday night, June 22, with
addresses of welcome by Mayor
William E. Kemp, Mrs. Esther
Washington for the local
branch,, and Milton H. Bledsoe
for the Kansas City, Kansas,
branch. Dr. Louis T- Wright,
of New York, chairman of the
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ycung white instructors.
The camp is closed, mean¬
while, to avoid further dis¬
turbance.
Miss Nickels, one of the in¬
structors, told how the masked
raiders fumbled through Im¬
personal effects and those of
her roommate, Elizabeth Ijams,
of Knoxville, Tenn., when the
raid occurred last Thursday
night.
She said that she waited un¬
til the next day (Friday) to
inform Bessemer, Ala., author¬
ities because there was no tele¬
phone at the camp, near the
town. She quoted the hooded
men, whom she said appeared
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Columbus was evident from the
arrival of the first to the de-
of the last representa-
tlves '
Monday morning the ,, Grand
ch of Royal Arch held lUs
convocation . The attendance
was larger than ever. The
membership is increasing, as
well as the number of chap¬
ters. ^At^nta Grand “presided High Priest Geter
The Grand Commandery
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RICHMOND, tANP)—It was the
new awakening of Virginia Ne¬
groes which gave Oliver W- Hill,
ycung attorney, victory in the
councilmanic elections here on
June 8. Hill won 9,097 votes
to finish 9th in a field of 29
candidates for the new nine-
man council.
Mr. Hill’s victory was all the
more significant since he edged
out T. D. duCuenois, CIO mem ¬
ber of the slate of nine candi¬
dates selected and supported
by the Richmond Citizens as¬
sociation which refused to
name a Negro candidate on its
ticket.
The result of Negro campaign
in other parts of the state was
disappointing. In Norfolk, Vic¬
tor J. Ashe, popular attorney,
was defeated by the favored
white ticket composed of Coun¬
cilman George B. Abbott and C.
V- Griffin. It was Ashe’s sec¬
ond defeat for the city council
and he also lost in last Aug¬
ust’s primary when he ran for
nomination for a seat in the
Virginia House of Delegates.
With 10,447 votes cast in the
councilmanic election in Nor-
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PLEADS FOR NEW TRIAL
FOR THE INGRAMS
ATLANTA, June 14. — The
State Supreme Court today was
asked to grant Mrs. Rosa Lee
Ingram and her two ’teen-age
sons, sentenced to life impris¬
onment for murder, a new
trial.
Mn». irtguam and her boys
were convicted of killing a ten-
ant farmer, John E Stratford
66, last November 4, in an ar-
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Miss Scott
Wins Beauty
Contest
Miss Gladys Scott of Lyons
took first honors in the bathing
beauty contest Tuesday night
at Sportsman’s Park and as a
result won a free round trip
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MEMBER
AUDIT ^ \
BUREAU
GRADUATES IN DENTISTRY
Samuel J. Brown, Jr , has
completed the course in the
school of dentistry at Howard
university and received the de¬
gree of DDS at its 80th annual
comhencement June 4. i
on
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Dr. Brown is x a product of
Beach-Cuyler high school where
he finished as valedictorian of
his class. He first entered up¬ i
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Canning Plants To Reopen
Next Week
The two canning plants op¬
erated by Haven Home school
and the Woodville school will
be opened to colored patrons
Tuesday, June 22. The hours
are from 9 to 2 for patrons to
bring their products into the
canneries. The plants will op¬
erate on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday of 'each week.
Due to the rise in prices of
l|>od all thri'Aty housewives
should begin with the opening
of the season to take advantage
of this opportunity of canning
the kind and amount of vege¬
tables, fruits and meats need¬
ed for the family budget this
year.
Robert A. Young, teacher of
vocational ....... agriculture, “‘O'** ----------» and
Mils- M/.UlrVd Mill Uge, home
economics teacher, will be in
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by F.ansome.l^
WILLIAM HARMON BROWNAexperieue*# at»4|£«r bousing manage¬ famed
ment consultant whose appointment as el the
Theresa Hotel in New York Citv was amounted last week. Mr.)
Brown succeeds Walter,W. Scott.'and will Lftume full respon¬
sibility on July I. - Boro taJBarrisburg r%, fie 4s a graduate of :
Howard University.^ Before' itLmliig to New York he lived mi
BocUwi for seme years. u^e r^A? ,c l --f rkedLp. , lMl.tfe«LFgderal Publicj
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on his higher studies at Tus-
kegee institute, where he was
awarded a certificate in build¬
ing construction. His principal
college work, however, was done
at Morehouse college, where ife
matriculated just prior to en¬
tering professional school.
Dr. Brown is the son oi Mr.
Mrs. Samuel J Brown of
East Anderson street.
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N. Y.
Covenants
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NEt^ YORKl, Sune 8 —The va¬
lidity bf restrictive real estate
covenants was tested today In
the Court of Appeals, when
Samuel Richardson, Negro home
purchaser, .asked the court to
declare void as against the
state’s public policy these co¬
venants. already ruled unen¬
forceable by the United States
Supreme court. This was. the
first test of these covenants in
New York since the supreme
Court decision of May 3
In 1946, Mr. Richardson con¬
tracted to buy a home in St.
Albans, New York, from Mrs.
i Sophie Rubin. Several proper-
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