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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
Tuck er-Hobhs Faction
Seated at Republican
National Convention
To Discuss
Human Rights
NASHVILLE, Tenn—Members
of the President’s Committee
on Civil Rights will join with
a distinguished list of lecturers
and consultants in presenting
the many phases of the central
theme, “Human Relations and
Human Rights,” to the forth¬
coming Fifth Annual Institute
of Race Relations of the Amer¬
ican Missionary Association at
Fisk university, June 28 to July
16. Dr. Robert K. Carr and
Mrs. M. E. Tilley served as
members of this important com¬
mittee. Dr. Carr is chairman
of the department of political
science at Dartmouth college,
Hanover, N. H Mrs. Tilley is
well known as a southern lead¬
er. She has served for many
years as secretary of the South¬
Jurisdiction of the Me¬
thodist church.
Among the other specialists
in various fields of human re-
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OES to Hold Glamorous
Meeting Next Week
Two Sue Virginia Bus Co.
For Jimcrowing Them
Urged To
Investigate
Pa. Schools
HARRISBURG, June 10—
Proposals for an investigation
of widespread practices of seg¬
regation and discrimination
against colored pupils and tea-
chefs throughout Pennsylvania
and suggestions for adoption of
suitable amendments to the
State School CJode, were pre¬
by a state-wide commit¬
tee of organizations which met
with the Joint State Govern¬
ment Commission in the capi-
tel.
Participating in the confer¬
ence held here June 4 were:
Floyd L. Logan, president of the
Educational Equality League,
Philadelphia Nathan Agran, di¬
rector of community services,
Jewish Community Relations
Council, Philadelphia; Miss
Fern M. Colborn of the Divis¬
ion of social education and ac¬
tion, Presbyterian church; Wil¬
liam P Webb, director, Elks
Civil Liberties League.
Representing the National As¬
sociation for the Advancement
Colored People were Frank¬
lin H. Williams, assistant spe¬
cial counsel, New York; Joshua
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GETS HIGH
LIBRARY POST
DL". Virginia
Lacy Jones, di-
rector of the |
Atlanta Univer-,
sity School of
Library has been Service elect j
ed to the office I
Treasurer of Seer etary- of the j
American Asso- j
ciation of Li- j
brary Schools.
This associa¬ up!
tion, made
gwo* MmSH of the faculties
of 34 accredited
library schools in the United
Slates, is organized for the pur¬
pose of promoting the study of
library education and at the
same time planning the eauca -1
tion of librarians so that library j
service can make an ever-in-1
creasing contribution to Ameri¬
can life.
Dr. Jones was elected for a
term of three years. She also: j
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Word coming from Philadel¬
phia where the Republican
National convention is meeting
states that the Georgia contest
carried before the convention
by the Tucker-Dobbs and the
Foster factions has been de¬
cided in favor of the Tucker-
Dobbs group which has been
seated in the convention.
This means that the Toomer-
Brinson delegates from Chat¬
ham county have been seated
in preference to the Gilbert
Johnson delegates who are
allghed with the Foster fac¬
tion. The Toomer-Brinson
faction supports the Tucker
state group.
The decision of the conven¬
tion to seat the Tucker faction
is a repetition of the conven¬
tion’s findings four years ago
when these two factions car¬
ried their fight to phicago.
The Tucker faction, favoring
New York’s nomination," Governor Dewey
for the was first
challenged by the Foster tac¬
tion, who were solidly for Sen¬
ator Taft for the nomination,
in the meeting of the Republi¬
can National committee and
again in the meeting of the Cre¬
dentials committee. In both in¬
stances the Tucker forces won
out. in the first case, 48 to 46,
and before the Credentials
body, 28 to 26.
RICHMOND (ANP) —Segrega¬
tion on buses was brought to
the courts again last week
when two Philadelphia Negroes
sued the Virginia Stage Lines
for $10,000 in separate suits
filed in the law and equity
court.
The complainants, William
H. Young and Thomas F
Young, claim that they bought
tickets from Charlottesville to
Philadelphia, then occupied
seats about fourth from the
rear. When they arrived at
Manassas, the driver ordered
them to move to the rear. When
they refused he had them ar-
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Girl Scouts
Increased
NEW YORK—The unprece¬
dented birth rate increases of
the war years are making the
job of Girl Scouts, colored and
white, of the USA the biggest
in its 36-year history, accord-
ng to a statement by Mrs. C.
Vaughn Ferguson, Girl * Scout
national president, in the orga¬
nization’s annual report issued
this week.
Millions of girls, colored and
white, born during the war are
now reaching Brownie Scout age
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SAMARITANS HOLD
GRAND LODGE
J. T. GREEN
G‘and Chief
The Independent Order
&ood Samaritans and Daughters
01 Samaria closed one of the
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NNPA IN ANNUAL MEETING—Seated, left to right. John H. Standing in same order: j. e. Mitchell, St. Louis Argus; Car-
Sengstacke, Chicago Defender; William O. Walker, Cleveland Call ter Wesley. Houston Informer; Louis Martin, Michigan Chron-
and Post; Thomas W. Young. Norfolk Journal & Guide; Dowdal
H. Davis, Karisas City Call. Frank L. Stanley. Louisville Defen¬ icle; Arnett Murphy, Afro-American; Failed to get name; and
^ C. A. Scott. Atlanta Daily World.
By Russell A. Jackson
Meeting in a three-day ses¬
sion in Cleveland last Thursday,
MACON, Gar., June 22.—Ar¬
rangements have been perfect¬
ed for a large attendance of
the Prince Hall Grand Chapter,
Order of the Eastern star, in
this city next week. The host
will begin gathering Monday
morning. The largest delega-
MRS. M. L AYERS
Grand Matron
tion from any one place will
arrive on the Nancy Hanks
Monday before noon from Sa¬
vannah. Later on the Atlanta
representatives will make an
appearance.
Public reception will be held
Monday night at 8 o’clock at
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J. W. DOBBS
Grand Master, Masons
Mt. Moriah Baptist church,
Powell street.
Central City Chapter No 46
will entertain the host. Past
Matron Amy Dunn, chairman
of the Foreign Correspondence
Committee of the Grand Chap¬
ter, is also chairman of the lo¬
cal entertainment committee.
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One year ago, July 1, 1947,
James A. Colston took over the
position as president of Georgia
State college. Attar studying
the situation at this institution,
he found that many changes
should be made if students
graduating from the college
were to rank with the gradu¬
ates of other first class insti¬
tutions- He began work imme¬
diately toward his objectives.
His first step was to secure
an adequate faculty of a high
calibre. On the faculty for the
past year were two persons
with Ph- D. degrees, four with
all resident requirements com¬
pleted for the Ph. D. degree,
several with work done above
the M. A. degree and thirty-six
persons with M. A. degrees.
In the fall there were 96 fac¬
ulty and staff members and
1,063 students regularly enroll¬
ed. To date, there are 1,177
students enrolled in summer
school, of which 649 are women
and 528 are men. There are 48
men who are non-veterans, 484
veterans, of which 4 are wom¬
en. Of the number of veterans,
223 are enrolled in academic
courses and 257 in the trade
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1948
the Negro Newspaper Publishers
Association unanimously re¬
elected officers of the organi-
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Photo by MADDOX
MISS GLADYS SCOTT, of
Lyons, Ga., who became “Miss
Sportsman’s Park” when she
won the bathing beauty con¬
test Tuesday night of last week
at the annual Sportsman’s Park
gala summer pageant. Miss
Colston’s First Year At
Georgia State College
zation, voted to transfer
three annual $250 Wendell will-
kie foundation awards to the
Scott was sponsored by Babe’s
Casino of Lyons, Ga. For win¬
ning premier honors she was
presented a check covering a
round trip railroad fare to New
York and a ticket to the Louis-
Walcott fight.
school.
Other improvements during
! the one-year period are the
building and equipping of three
entirely new buildings. There
is an 18-bed infirmary with an
examination room, offices for
the doctor and nurse, and liv-
ing quarters for the nurse; a
fine arts building with choir,
band, radio broadcasting and
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foundation at Harvard
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White Aldermen Welcome
Negro Winner
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RICHMOND, Va, (AP)—Oli¬
ver W Hill, who was elected
to the new City Council here
June 8, was warmly welcomed
by his eight white colleagues
when the body held its first
brief session in the city hall on
Monday, June 14.
Councilman W. Stirling Kln’g,
who was chosen temporary
chairman, told his colleagues:
“This is indeed an historical
session of the Council . . . This
is the first time in some GO
years that a member of the
Negro race has been a member
of our City Council. Today we
welcome Mr. Hill as one of our
colleagues. We are fully aware
that Mr. Hill worked vigorous¬
ly for the adoption of the char¬
ter under which we will operate
and that he is a sincere friend
of our new charter. . . .”
The council will meet the sec¬
ond and fourth Mondays at
2 30 p. m„ Mr. Hill having sug¬
gested the hour for meetings,
until sept. 7, when the group
officially takes over the admin¬
istrative duties of the city gov¬
ernment. Mr. King was elect-
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Formal Opening Carver
Village Afternoon
The formal opening and
dedicatory program of Carver
Village, Savannah’s newest pri¬
vately owned housing project,
will take place Sunday after¬
noon at 4:30 o'clock.
The program will be featur¬
ed by an address by Dr. Frank
S Horne, assistant to the ad¬
ministrator cf the Housing and
Home Finance Agency, Wash¬
ington, D. C- He will be intro¬
duced by A. L. Thompson, FHA
Racial Relations, Zone 11,
lanta. Dr. Horne will speak on
“Good Housing.”
The program In its entirety
will be as follows:
Master ot ceremonies, Prof
R. W Gadsden, president of
Hub Club.
Song, Mrs. Lula Lockett.
Prayer, Rev. F. W. Bagby.
Selection, Simmons Singers-
Greetings and dedicatory re¬
marks, W. A Winburn, acting
Mayor of Savannah.
Acknowledgement of plat-
guests.
The relationship of the fed¬
eral Housing Administration to
the development of Carver Vil¬
lage, R. E Henderson, F A
State director.
• Speaker introduced by Dr
Clair Henderson, health officer
of Savannah and Chatham
countv.
Music, Georgia State college.
Principal address,
Housing,” Dr. Frank S. Horne
assistant to the administrator
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CIRCULATIONS
VFW Auxiliary Walks
Out When Hotel
Draws Color Line
MACON, G»., 'une 2l.—Ra¬
cial discrimination, long the
rule rather than the exception
in this part of the country,
received a telling blow today
during the opening session of
the meeting of the auxiliary to
the Georgia Department of Vet¬
erans of Foreign Wars of the
United states.
The Auxiliary, meeting in
the main dining room of the
Dempsey Hotel, this city’s lead¬
ing hostelry, was all set to be¬
gin its deliberations in earnest
when it was noted by the man¬
agement of the hotel that a
Negro woman, Mrs. Jimmie
Davenport, of Post 3910, Ath¬
ens was among those present
at the meeting as a delegate.
Without further ado, the dele¬
gates were informed that the
meeting could not continue with
the Negro delegates present
Just as promptly, the presiding
officer of the auxiliary ap-
pointed Mrs. Eugenia Moore of
Savannah, Mrs. Julian D. Lively -
, , a^ommittel^find
a meeting place where all
the delegates could assemble,
and the meeting withdrew from
the protesting hotel.
An acceptable location was
easily located and the meetinf
continued without the elimina-
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18000 Shriners To Meet
In Saint Louis
BUFFALO, N. Y.—An estimat¬
ed 18,000 Shriners, Daughters of
Isis and representatives of
Prince Hall Masonic bodies are
expected to attend the 47th Im¬
perial Council sessions slated
for St Louis, August 15-20, ac¬
cording to reports released here
this week by Raymond E Jack-
son, imperial potentate. He had
just returned from a cross
country tour that had carried
him into the South, Middle
West and Far West, where dls-
cussional programs were held
with members of the National
Charity organization.
Mr. Jackson said that plans
were near completion for the
entertainment of the largest
convention in the host city,
and that ample arrangements
had been made for housing all
delegates expected from the
more than 130 temples and
courts in as many cities across
the nation- The outstanding
program feature, he indicated,
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A. L. THOMPSON
of the Housing and Home Fi¬
nance Agency, Washington, D.
C • Speaker introduced by A.
L. Thompson, FHA Racial Re¬
lations, Zone 11, Atlanta, Ga-
Response, Sidney A Jones.
Benediction, Rev. Gustave H.
Caution.
| Inspection of project.
Radio Station WDAR will
make a recording of the ser¬
vices, which will be broadcast
from 9:30 to 10:30 Sunday night.
I Carver Village is located in
NUMBER 36
Ingram Fund
Now $32,920
NEW YORK, June 17.—Con¬
tributions totaling $1)02.61 were
given to the Ingram Defense
fund this week, bringing the
grand total of money donated
for the NAACP’s defense of
Mrs. Rosa Lee Ingram and her
sons to $32,920.41. Of this mon¬
ey, $23,817.62 has come from
NAACP branches; $1,504.98 has
been donated by individuals;
churches have given *1,225 43:
and 6,036.78 has been contrib¬
uted by organizations.
Those organizations which
made contributions llastl week
were the North Little Rock
(Ark.) Club of the Communist
Party, Lake County <Ind.) In-
dustrial Union Council, Buck-
ye cha P ter Na 46 'Lorain, OJ
East Eide Ingram Club <De-
trolt, Mich.), Queen Esther Cir-
cle No. 1 of the Missionary So-
city (San Antonio, Tex ), Bos¬
ton (Mass.) NAACP Youth
Council, Women's Auiliary to
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Ready foT
Give School
Back
WILBERFORCE, OHIO— Gov.
‘Thomas J. Herbert said Thurs¬
day in Columbus that he would
recommend turnnig the State
College property at WUberforce
over to the African Methodist
Episcopal chtfrch at such time
as it indicated it can support
the Institution.
Herbert pointed out he had
taken this position over a year
ago, and said that he would
require proof that the church
had a long range financial plan
for Wilberforce.
The governor said if such a
plan were submitted to him, he
would recommend to the state
legislature next year that state
property at Wilberforce univer¬
sity be turned over to the
church.
DR. FRANK S. HORNE
the western part of the city ati
Gwinnett street and Allen ave¬
nue. The project is said to be
the largest privately sponsored
plan in the state for Negroes.
It consists of 600 units. Each
house has four rooms, including
a bath, and is equipped wuth \
hot water heater.
The houses are built oi con¬
crete block and are all one-
story. ■ d