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These two pictures show comedian Henry Morgan with his new in-
vention for night hitch-hikers. Henry’s planning on doing a lot of
motoring this summer and. with the aid of his specially constructed
thumb, made of Scotchlite, the glass-bead reflective material uied
on highway signs, he’s all set in case his car breaks down at night.
Morgsin s thumb can be seen by passing motorists for great distances.
Richmond Elects Negro
To City Council
continued From Page One
folk, Abbott and Griffin, who
were elcted, got 5,735 and 6,107
votes, respectively. Ashe polled
2.707 votes though he had to
resort to write-in and rubber
stamp because he failed to file
his candidacy udder regulations
of the War Voters act which set
a deadline earlier than the city
charter under which he filed.
•George B. Martin, Jr, white
attorney who ran under the
same handicap as Mr. Ashe,
polled only 2,755 votes by the
rubber stamp. Both Ashe and
Martin fought for recognition
under the city charter, but
State’s Attorney General J.
Lindsay Almond, Jr., ruled
against them.
. Theodore Nash, running on
the Republican ticket for the
city council :n Portsmouth, was
defeated by his white opponent,
Frank Nash Milisoly, who ran
or. the Democratic ticket. Bili-
soly drew 475 vetes in Jefferson
ward to 93 votes for Nash. L.
Young, a second Negro aspire
ant for the Portsmouth City
council, was defeated.
Charles K Coleman, who ran
some time ago for the city coun¬
cil in Danville, Va., was also be¬
lieved to be defeated in Tues¬
day’s election in that city.
Mr. Hill, who is widely known
for his association with out¬
standing lawyers handling
NAACP school inequality cases,
is married and highly respect¬
ful.'by Richmond citizens, white
pld colored. He is 41 seat years in old. the
In the race for a
Virginia House of Delegates in
last August’s primary, Mr. Hih
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2—BIG HITS—2
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“SHERIFF OF
REDWOOD VALLEY”
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RETURNS”
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June 20, 21, 22
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Bishop Tookes Dies
In New York
:v;f>«tinued I rum page l
4* He after short
Ne'i’ To heme a
illness. • lie became 111 while on
a preliminary inspection tour
I ! of tile Eexas episcopal district
to which he had just been as- j
j signed at the K48 Quadrennial j
A ME conference in Kansas j
City, Kans.
When he fell sick in Texas his I
daughter, Miss Garrett Tockes,
flew to Houston from Jackson- j
/.lie, Fla., and his wile came by 1
a-ain from Jacksonville to see |
him He refuiwl to stay in a
hc ipltal there, -So tuey took h m
to Fioritla. n-
S^h'uXc the ■temily' '4as ‘li'dr took 66'ftteat huh to j
there,
their New York home- In New l
York he went to the Sydenham
hospital- There he refused to
take medicine or eat and was
sent llbine Where lie died two
, d j ater
During the past year he had
k in m health and was as-
| , , , b % Rishop John Andrew
j ^Xerences three 19-18
in the 11th dts-
( tric , ✓
was in the Uth district,
where he served 12 cf h:s 16 j
years as bishop, that he made
most of his friends and gained
thousands hf supporters. This
dislr;cl was considered one oi
AhthAestin
i^le is .praised meetly lor bis
,
woik for the Edward waters
college. While there! : he batlgnt
riew lands and buildings for tlic
college, built a,-beautiful new
ilibrary at a cost : of $30,000,.apd
»iacj just, broken joins’ i( £rcjund dormitory. for a
new $150.00'J /
Ho cflso, operated' tire Lee
Tiieokgieial' ,
seminary .in conhec-
ttom with \hc: .ccllet^ ordained . . bish- ,
He was first a j
op in 1932 Only between 1936
and 1940 did he serve outside
Florida. Then he presided over
L he Oklahoma-Arkansas dis-
was defeated by the labor lead¬
er. w H. C. Murray, by 190
vetes. Murray, AFL leader, wbn
503 votes to Hill’s 310, but Hill
defeated duCuenois, CIO area
re P re s' ntative, by 263 votes.
A liberal and interested in
liberals among labor leaders,
Mr. Hill said in interviews
several newspaper reporters
that he was sorry that he had
to run against duCuenois.
Mr. Hill will be the first
member of his race to hold a
seat in the city council in over
a half century. The only sur-
viving member of those who w
served as members of the Com¬ ^
mon Council’from old Jackson
ward is 99-year-61d Edward’ R.
Carter.
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More than a score of Nf-gro >
served in the Common- Comic'1
in Richmond between 185p,,and
1895, One of the mcs.t,wifely,
known of ihe§ 3 »was John
chell, Sr., who died ip 1923 af¬
ter becoming noted, as cilitor of
the Richmond planet; grand
chancellor of the Virginia grand
ledge, Knights of Pythias, and
only Negro member of the
American Barbers Association.
K. C. Ready For NAACP
Continued from page
NAACP board of directors, will
report.on the •n<N'-‘dR}uak$Ml'nave ysaf’s work,.
Conference
been established ( at St Steph¬
ens Baptist except, church,^wi^eve, tU'e |dcsing,. SlAi- all
sessions meeting vrilkbe
day afternoon ’Sunday’s,-meeting;#'lt
ie.ld be
v
held at the Municipal Auditori¬
um, and Edwin R. Embrek 'for¬
mer president Rosenwald qf thg.. fuhq, recently will {
liquidated Awdrd r
present the Spingarn
• ledal to- Chemung H. Tdbia.s,
director of t'he Phelps^Stofees
Fund. Walter White, -i NAACP
etreiary, will also spealk at that
ession.
Other conference speakers
include Oscar Ewing, Federal
iecurity Administrator, and
Roy Wilkins, NAACP assistant
secretary, Wednesday night,
rune 23; Willard S- Townsend,
JIO lerder, and Will W- Alex¬
ander, southern liberal, Thurs-
lay night, and Charles H.
Houston, Washington attorney,
and James Herndon, youth
leader, Friday night. Saturday
ohere will be a business’ sefc’ipn
Medic Indicted On
$15,Q0t\ Evasion
Continued from Page 1
follows: v .
On a ,1943 taxable income of
$11,363 he paid nothing when
he should have paid $2,749; in
1945 on an income of $15,281,
he paid $159 instead of •■<4,394
which was due, and in .046, out
of $24,224, he paid only $227 out
of $8,092 owed.
j fine He and faces five-year a possible prison $10,009 term
a
ion each of three counts. The
ndiciment was originally re-
urr.ed May 13 in Baltimore.
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“INTRIGUE”
ton-stress Nan Wynn sings
the lilting new song. “Intrigue”
in the United Artists film of
the same name starring Geo
Raft , June Havoc and Helena
Carter - —” Dunbar ' Theatre, I “” D
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, June
20, 21 22
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[ngram Fund Now
Continued from Page 1
come from many diflercni
sources- NAACP branches have
donated $23,2i7.C6. individuals
have made contributions total-
i r ,. ; $1,479.53 and $1 214 43 has
conac from churches. Organl-
za thus have sent in $6,036 73.
A-mc ig the organizations con-
trlbutmg during the last week
ari the United Steelworkers of
(Gary, Indiana), the
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community Service Club No. 3,
( N a hville, Tenn.l, and the In-
dims trial Union Council (South
Bend, Indiana).
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fanning Plants To
Reopen
Continued from page )
charge at the Haven Home
plant, and James Luten, agri-
cultural teacher, and Mrs W.
p^opkins will be in charge of
the vVoodville cannery.
tl: Bryant,' despite. the
^ ,
op’s defense, lost his oltice
14 A. Bel by, Who is still'hi ,tn-
feqe, that year.
■^jtlfough he continued tc,
figli'l- agivinbt the bishops, Brv
ant never, succeeded. In M'4l,
vhi it ’a federal court turned the
; Sunday School union over to
receivers, his friend, Bish' y
Tookes, was named as one of
the three.
Bishop Tookes is believed to
have left very valuable estates
n New York, where through
the advice and help of his
friend, the former Gov- Martin
of Florida, he realized $165,00
from a series of investments
and business transactions.
In his Florida district he left
every minister and his wife
insured for $500 each with the
Afro-American Insurance Co.
trict. He was
as this year when the confer-
ence veted to move all bishops.
Bishop Tookes is remembered
,n Cuba as one of the five b.sti-
ops and two lay officers who
t'c-ured the nation in 19-19- Tlle
was
co thd thnilh in that.
nation. 1,8 n £kt2i>jf''sfi This* was 'tbaV the dFhbtnina- first_ of-
fort 1
lion in a - *’ “^iriish-speaking
country. *-------'
As a^bMicUheAvUs often in-
volved in ehureh feuds.
(hst January he -suffered-a-law-
; suit ffoni feyntfenUtt tino Bdutli
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Fjdridd'oonKrencb. In. 1989 .Ok-
ahofna' : went ott' a- “sitdewri
strike against- him for what
Wak claimed to be-.‘>‘hsghhand-
d” methods in collating
fiinds. 1
Probably the strife he is most
remembered for is the cne whicn
first brought him to prominence
—the Ira T. Bryant affair- Ira
T. Bryant, who served 28 years,
.'908-1936, as secretary-treasurer
of the Sunday School Union,
was for years the foe of bish
ops and what he called malad¬
ministration of funds.
• In 1936 at the qquadrennlal
conference when everybody was
against Bryant. Bishop Tookes
lor -hi»v an<j , defended |
;
OSCAR MICHEAUX, author
author and publisher of
sensational lyivel, “The Wind
From Nowhere, ’ which he had
adopted into a movie of epic
proportiens under the, title
“The Betrayal.” Mr. Micheaux
announces that the movie wiil
open at the Mansfield
TO TEST N. Y.
Continued from Page )
tv owners who had signed an
agreement to keep Negroes out
of the area obtained a perma¬
nent injunction prohibiting the
transfer. The National A c soct-
ation for the Advancement of
Colored People, through its at¬
torney, Andrew D. Weinberger,
undertook the defense of Mr.
Richai dson.
Th injunction, issued at a
special term ci the Supreme
Court in Queens county, was
ui .eld unanimously by the Ap¬
pellate division last December
The present appeal is based on
the United States Sufieme
Joint's decision as well as upon
a demr id for invalidation of
such eovenarfts. The Supreme
Court held restrictive covenants
legal, but unenforceable by
stale or federal courts
Hooded Robed Raiders
Wcm White Girl Scouts
Continued from Page: 1
to be members of the Ku Kluf
Klan, as being “rough, but not
brutal.”
She declared: “It’s a shame
Those twenty-six Negro coun¬
sellors and directors were
training so that they could set
up Negro Girl Scout organiza¬
tions in live southern states.
“We wore told no harm would
befall us if we broke up camp
within the next twenty-four
heurs”
Solicitor H. A. Sullinger of
Bes i mer, sa'-d he is “startled
and shocked” by the incident.
He Said, it is being investigat¬
ed.
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| Head For New I rial
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Continrod from page one
! giimcnt over the pasturing of
j I tner’s he Ingram’s icld. cow in the far-
i Originally the three were
cntenccd to death, but South¬
western Superior Court Judge
W. M Helper commuted the
penalty to life imprisonment-
The request for a new trial
j'vas made by A. T- Walden, At¬
lanta attorney, who argued that
the verdict was contrary to the
I evidence. -
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GOODWILL SOfclCTi:
The Charity Goodwill Soci¬
ety will observe Its anniversary
Sunday at Connor’s Temple at
1 p. m„ when a program be¬
fitting the occasion will be ren¬
dered. Rev. F- W. Bagby will
deliver the annuual sermon
There will be representatives
from every ledge in Chatham
county on the program. The
welcome address will be deliv¬
ered by Bro. Butler. A large
I crowd is anticipated. Special
music will be rendered by the
ladies division of the lodges.
President T Sampson will di¬
rect the program.
AIR CONDITIONED
HAM SIDE
Fill— SAT. JUN 18—1
2—BIG HITS—-2
Johnny Mack Brown.
“FLAME OF WEST”
Hit No. 2
Buster Crabhe in
“JUNGLE MAN”
Added Serial, Comedy
$ $ PLAY WIN-0 S $
FRIDAY NIGHT
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
June 20. 21, 22
2—DIG HITS—2
Tough — Terrific
EDWARD SMAU
preterits
i fMEM storring
LI DENNIS O’KEtFl
Hit No. 2
East S'iyiu Kids in
“FAST COMPANY”
Added Serial, Comedy. New*
WED—THURS. June 23-21
BARGAIN DAYS
Kids 10c - AdulLs 20c
Hit No. 1
“AFFAIRS OF
BELAMI”
Hit No. 2
•GUNSMOKE
KILLERS”
Added Serial, Comedy
256 W. ^.cii street, i\ew York
city, on Thursday, June 24. It
be the first tin ^ tha t an
all-Negro written, financed, pro-
an q directed motion pic-
ture will be shown on Broad-
Mr Micheaux expects a
long Broadway run and expects
to exhibit the picture in every
major city in the nation. .
"BRUTE FORCE '
Top character actor Sam Le-
vene is In the long featured
cast of Mark Hellinger’s “Brute
Force.” a Universal-lnterna-
tonal release, at the Star The¬
atre, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
June 20, 21, 22.
Masons Hold
Impressive Meeting
Continued from page 1
Knights Templars convened in
the ajlemoon, Ute G< nVralLs-
simo presiding. Much improve¬
ment was evident.
it is the purpose to increase
the membership in both cl
these branches.
Tuesday night a public re¬
ception was held at Holsey CME
church. The attendance was
large. The representatives were
otn in large numbers, as weii
as the members of the Eastern
Star Grand Matron Mary i,
was present and inspired
hearers- Grand Master J. W.
Dobbs as usual did '.iis part in
stirring the hearers.
The Lodge of Sorrow at SL.
James AME church was very
mpressive and well conducted.
Wednesday afternoon the Co¬
lumbus brothers teiuterijl a
motorcade to Fort
Before doing so the last resting
places of Grand Master W. E.
ferry, Grand Sacretary-Treas-
llir p r w w <4neneer and Jis that
E o R H Cobb were ted
>f the sons of Grand Master
Terry was present and was pre¬
sented to the brothers.
The Grand Lodge a year
agb created a scholarship fund
aid set aside ihi sum oi $5,000
as a nucleus to be handled by
a .committee composed of C. v.
’.ten, Tfoup, chairman; R. W. Gads
A C. Curtright, Aaron
Brown and J. S Wllkerson
’ The Gr^nd Lodge veted life
membership to all Master Ma-
sons now 65 years old, and
those reaching the age- of 65 in
the future, who have held con-
Jnucus membership in a subor-
dinate lodge, without
sion and with all dues paid to
July 1, 1948.
Reports of the officers show-
ed thc total Grand Lodge as
sets as follows:
Real Estate Owned .$112,090.99
Grand Lodge Treasury
£ asb jg cjjjQ
Grand Lodge Treasury
(Bonds ) ...... 2,000.00
Masonic Relief Ass’n
Total' Assets &6,165.D8
$189 752,46
Auguusta was selected cn in
vitation of Bannaker Lodge No
3, as the place of meeting of
the 1949 Grand Annual Com-
munlcation.
Grand Lodge clfieers elect¬
ed and appointed to serve for
the ensuing year:
John Wesley Dobbs, grand
master; X. L Neal, deputy
grand master; L. P. Bohler,
grand senior warden; D. P.
N>t;bit, grand jutjor w, rd'en;
Duncan Pringle, grand trea
urer; Sol. C. Johnson, grand
secretary; E C. Blackshear, as-
ustant grand secretary ;
Orawford, »32ietary-tr \ purer, |
M. R. A.; R. W. Gadsden, chair¬
man, Committee on Foreign
Corre pondence; Samuel Ful-
ler, grand lectuurcr; R. C
Crouch, grand chaplain; S. J.
Simpson, grand senior deacon;
E. D. McTier, grand junior dea-
con; William west, grand sen-
ior steward; C. J. Reynold,;,
grand junior steward; Donald
Thomas, grand mt rshal; C. L
Stanford, grand pursuviaunt,
A A. Heard, grand sword bear¬
er; L B. Hill, grand tyler; w.
S Holloman and A. McLendon,
grand auditors.
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RHONE 3*3583
Miss Scott Wins
Beauty Contest
Continued From Page 1
ticket to New York to witness
I he Louis-Walcott « 4 it next. next.
week. Miss Scott was sponsored
oy Babe’s Casino of Lyons, Ga.
As second place winner, Mis-s
Reba Shanks, spans >red by
Brown's Cafe, was given an
Admiral combination radio
while Mis$ Elizabeth McCJen-
don, sponsored by Sportsman.
Park, was given a gold wn J
watch as third place winner.
Miss Darling Brown, represent-
ing the Harlem studio, was
awarded the congelation prize.
The contest, which was pro-
moted by Sportsman’s Pane
was fairly well attended. Mu
for the occasion was fur
nished by Langston’s orchestra
A blunder made by the mas-
^ thc of winners ceremonies different in announcing from that
Mailed him by the juc ••
-sed a mild uproar Finally
he was straightened cut by the
judges.
YOUTH TALENT SHOW
FRIDAY MGHT
Contlnut-a Hum Page 1
in to music by Wiley's
Sextette
The show is competitive with
first, second and third prizes
in cash being offered. So if
in need cf a little dough,
you can croon or blow, act
,, ,nie. im-k up on the talent
and take a chance. There
will also be a door prize,
An advance cover charge of
15c on the purchase of a tick-
and a cover charge of 25c oi,
the aoor will be asked- Tick¬
ets in advance are on sale at
the Recreation Center.
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2 - BIG FEATURES - 2 I
Sunset ( arson in
‘ALIAS BILLY KID” 1
Hit No. 2
“CHEYNNK RIDES
ALAIN” I
Added Comedy Serial
Monday, Tuesday 1
Sunday, 1
June 20. 21, 22 !
9. —fill; HITS _ 2 ’
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| Hit No. 2 1 .
j “THE TRESPASSER" !-
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I WED. ONLY JUNE 23 •
2—BIG HITS—2 1
“GAS HOUSE KIDS
GO WEST”
Hit No. 2
“STARLIGHT OVER 1
I TEXAS” i
Added Comedy
THURS. JUNE 24 I
On Our Stage I
Irvin C. Miller’s I
BROWN SKIN I
MODELS” *
Added Comedy - SeriaU 1
.
Attacks La. School Bias
rentinued from Page i
I ! charged with denying Negro
children instruction in certain
courses of study afforded, white
students. The NAACP’s -suit
a j s0 charged that modern, and
san jtary schools, such as those
j pr0 vidcd for white students,
wcl - e not provided -for Negroes,
| U)[) (jiat adult .Negroes are, bar-
: red from th« pyblic education
program. In qddiMom-iBVJ suit
( -i a i m ed (hat there would be no
j adequate secondary school-;
available 1(n - lhc u0 3 Negro
(- yicin n who will be graduated
1 f elementary schools this
rC)m
|y ' Car ’______
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inor Enrolled r ii J /It At r Ufl.
State Sw.nni.C7 Schoo'
j
Ccntinucd, From Page 1
agriculture, :• aits . and ,
-ngs ,n .
lienees, hpnte economics an!
tfrides and industries,
W. K. t’ayne is director of
the school, which opened Mon¬
day.
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