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REPUBLICAN STANDARD REARERS—Gov.V'ntimas E. Dewey of New Yoric (right) and Gov.
Ear] Warren of California.
Gov. Thomas E Dewey was
nominated for President, and
Gov. Earl Warren of California
for vice president at the Na-
tional Republican Party con-
venticn hall in Philadelphia
last week.
The party also worked out a
civil rights plank without the
aid of a single Negro on
platform committee. In the
nomination of President, one
Negro spoke for Dewey, and
none for Warren.
Bishop A. Preston Shaw of
the Methodist Episcopal church
led the convention in prayer
Cop Blackjacks Woman
Teacher Sues Univ. Kentucky
f;j>r Color Policy
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KANSAS CITY, Mo- (ANP)
The Republicans will have tr
do much about civil rights
than they did ■ during the past
four years, Walter White, exe¬
cutive secretary of the NAACP
said here last week.
. He warned Republican lead¬
ers that Negroes would view
“with skepticism” the civi 1
rights planks of the party plat¬
form. He noted that the 1944
party platform contained
of the same provisions that are
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RETAINS TITLE AND RETIRES
World’s Heavyweight Champ
oe Louis, who
efended his title Friday night
t the Yankee Stadium in New
ork by knocking out Jersey Joe
falcott in the eleventh round
his was his twenty fifth sue
a ssful defense of the champ -
mship which he has held
June 24th- Frcm among 29
Negro delegates- and 35 alter-
nates onlyy two participated ir
the nomination- of the candi
dates.
Speaking for Dewwey was
j the Rev. Arthur J. Payne of
1 Baltimore. As the fourth
j man
to second his nomination, he
that Dewey was a liberal
who sought equality for all pco-
pie in his state. He compared
Dewey’s actions against the
promises of other leaders.
j Roy Gordon and Jose Schau-
j islands, bah, representing carried the Virgin
banners in the
LEXINGTON, Ky. (ANP) —• A
SU it was filed in iederal dis-
trict court here earl y last weck
by Lyman T. Johnson, teacher
in Louisville’s Central High
school, asking that the race-
segregation policy of the Uni¬
versity of Kentucky be declar¬
ed “unconstitutional,” that £
permanent injunction be giver;
co stop the school from refus¬
ing him the right to enrol
“solely because of color,” and
i> 15,006 damages for “illegal and
wrongful acts’ by university of¬
ficials.
Johnson was twice refused
admission to the school, thi
first tiue being last March It
and the second time, June 19
His refusal, according to Dear
Maurice F. Seay, university reg¬
istrar, was made under thf
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eleven years, the longest re
ign of any world’s heavywei
ght title holder. With this fight
now in the bag he has retir
ed from the ring, after a glor
ioug and spectacular reign. - -
He is the second heavyweight
to retire undefeated, the other
having been Gene Tuney. . -
wild Dewey demonstration. Al-
though admitted to the con¬
vention, the islanders had
vote.
Roscoe Conklin Simmons
silver tongued orator from
midwest, seconded the nomina¬
tion of Sen. Robert A. Talt
Telling the American story
freedom from 1776 through the
Civil war, Simmons was
ed with mixed cheers and jeers.
A big howl went up when he
said in regard to the Civil war
“Your Father’s blood wrote
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MEMPHIS (AN Pi—The sec¬
ond case of police brutality to¬
ward prisoners within the last
30 days came to light here last
week when Mrs- Viola Moore, 34-
year-old house maid, disclosec
that she had been struck with
a blackjack and a revolver by
two policemen as they took her
to police headquarters late ir
the afternoon of June 19. The
victim told her story from ?
bed in the John Gaston hos¬
pital, where she is
treatment for cuts and bruises
The beating followed a
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Roy Wilkins Outlines MAO 1 Program
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 27.
—The record of the National
Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People whose
39th annual conference closed
here Sunday was reviewed by
Roy Wilkins, assistant secre-
in the keynote address
delivered at the opening session
on Tuesday, June 22.
In the course of the associa¬
tion’s development, Mr. Wilkins
said, “We have won new friends
DR. MARY WIL¬
LIAMS PRAISED
It might be interesting tor
the people of Savannah tc
know that we have in our city
the only colored physio thera¬
pist in this city, in the person
of Dr. Mary E. Williams.
Trained in New York city
where she also practiced, Dr
Williams is highly recommend¬
ed and respected by some
the leading doctors Doth
races in our city.
Dr. Williams gives scientific
massages and electrical treat¬
ments- for such cases as rheu¬
matism, arthritis, stroke of pa¬
ralysis, nervousness and frac¬
tures- She also gives treat¬
ments to the underweight and
overweight, and to children whe
have had infantile paralysis
Adults who suffer feet trouble
are given special physio thera-
py treatments. Patients whom
she has served speak
; of her ability.
Dr. Williams lives at 2006 Har¬
den street. Her telephone num-
ber is 3-4824. L __
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SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1918
CARVER VILLAGE DEDICATED
IN A BLAZE OF GLORY
! In a blaze of glory Carver
J | Village, the 600-unit privately; which!
financed housing project
j is located at the western ex-;
tremity of Gwinnett street, at 1
Allen avenue, was formally j
; dedicated Sunday afternon in aj
| program which presented Dr.
: Frank Horne, assistant to the
| administrator of the Housing
and Home Finance, Washington
i D- C.. as the principal speak¬
er.
Dr. Horne said that the devel¬
opment of this project has bro-j
ought Savannah nation-wide
fame and that his office has re¬
ceived numerous inquires from
many parts of the country as to
how this unusually splendid
housin S improvement has been
developed.
The address of the chief of
the racial relations service of
of his agency was most inform¬
ative and was listened to by the
large crowd with rapt attention
He gave unstinted praise to the
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J. LERS TO ASSIST
T. B. XMAS SEAL
SALF
The Junior League held its
regular monthly meeting June
21 at the home of Mrs. Pauline
Hagins. After the formal op¬
ening of the meeting, the pres¬
ident, Mrs. Susan P. Waters
presented for consideration the
program of activities. Signifi¬
cant among these was a pro¬
posal to assist and cooperate
with the Tuberculosis Christ¬
mas Seal Sale drive and
the X-ray examinations. The
members of the League have
volunteered their services tc
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and enlisted new allies. Impor¬
tant among these have been
young white people of the
south- They are not in the ma¬
jority, of course, and they do
not have the sounding board
available to the Rankins, Rus¬
sels, Eastlands and Clare Hoff¬
mans and others among our
valuable enemies, but they art
there and their number is
growing. They have spoken out
against discrimination and
segregation in education and
employment. They • have de¬
Miami Cops Stage Big
Raids
ALEX CUMMINGS
BURIED SUNDAY
j j
Funeral services for Alexan¬
der W. Cummings were held
Sunday afternoon from Beth-
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ARCHITECT'S DRAWING FOR NEW EPISCOPAL CHURCH
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GROUND BREAKING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock
ground - breaking ceremonies
will take place for the new St
Matthews’ Episcopal church
and parish house which will be
erected at the southwest cor¬
ner of West Broad and Ander¬
son streets.
The Rev. Father Gustave H
Caution will be master of ce¬
remonies and the Rev. Dr
Henry W- Murph, pastor of St
Philip AME church, will be the
preacher. Other local pastors
will assist.
Mrs. Eliza P. Deveaux .oldest
member of the church, wil>
break the ground, followed by
one of the youngest members
and others representing the
many phases of church life and
activities.
Both the senior and junior
choirs will participate, as well
as the Georgia State college
band. John H. Law, Jr., is
chairman of arrangements and
Marion O. Johnston is senior
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Slain
gary, ind (anp)- what is
believed to be the beginning of
a bloody gang war ovtr control
of the million dollar Gary pol¬
icy racket cropped up here on
Friday when Louis (Buddy)
Hutchens, 45-year-old policy
king, was shot down by two
white men as he entered his
new Cadillac at 14th and Wash¬
ington streets. The killing is
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clared for free exercise of the i
ballot. They have dared to op-
pose segregation in the armed
forces, and there are indica¬
tions, here and there, that the
greatest bugaboo of them all
‘social equality,’ does not stam- |
pede them. In consequence ol!
this growing opinion, the pro- J
fessional southerners, whatever f
they may Teel it necessary to!
say in public, concede private-
ly that the old order is in for
a change.
The report of the President’s
MIAMI (ANP)—Two Ncgrc
policemen, garbed in civiliar
attire, have climaxed 12 days ol
raiding of gambling joints here
by bagging, in one day, 20 sus¬
pects in the Negro ' section
More than 33 persons were
booked by the flying duo for
operating handbooks, disorder¬
ly cnduct and loitering in
gambling places.
Welcoming the occasion were
the white bondsmen, always on
hand to post the required sum
for the freeing of suspects
charged with violations of any
kind. The fee exacted by them
is 10 per cent. A land office
business was realized by thi;
“generous group” when they
posted $29,675 in the interest
of liberating the Negroes char-
■ ged. Their take down for the
day amounted to $2,967.50.
Lt- George Denny, command-
) er of the Negro precinct sta-
j tion, was loud in his praise had of
his tanned coppers who
themselves w'hich resulted perfected in the the strat¬ j j
egy rec-
I
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Man Tells Family ‘I’m Gone’
Jumps In River, Drowns
Apparently, circumstances
rounding the drowning of Wal¬
ter Simmons in the Savannah
river Monday afternoon point
to suicide.
Simmons, 39 years old, and
who resided at 516 West Bryan
street, went to the dock at
Whitaker and River streets
with his nine-year-old daugh-
Committee on Civil Rights, the
naacp official said, incompass-
es “the goals for which your
association has been striving all
these years- But it is new and
heartening to know that a com-
mittec of distinguished citizens
appointed by President Truman
has brought these things out
into the open, placed them in
an official government docu-
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NEW GSC ALUMNI CHAPTER
With the assistance of Alex- j
under Hurse, state 4-H club ag-;
ent and chairman of the board |
of directors for Georgia State
Oollege Alumnf Association | j
and Wilton C. Scott, director of
public relations, Georgia State
Alumni Chapters were estab-
lished in Statesboro anc
Swainsboro.
The following officers were
for the Statesboro chap -1
MEMBER ,
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BUREAU
CIRCULATIONS
shortly after reaching
therc he told the girl, “You
won’t see me any more, I’m
gone.” He turned away lrom
the child, walked hastily to the
river and plunged into the wa¬
ter.
The child screamed when her
father pulled away from her
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Tq 1 Rrpak WHY (iround VUUUilU J. For VJ1 New
$250,000 Hospital Wing
BIRMINGHAM (ANP) — The
ground-breaking exercises for a
new and one of the most mod¬
ern general hospitals in the
south for the exclusive use of
Negro patients and doctors will
be held in the Tuxedo Junction
section of Ensley, it was an¬
nounced here last week by Mo¬
ther Anne Sebastian, mother-
general of the Sisters of Chari¬
ty of Nazareth, Ky. The hos¬
pital, a 60-bed structure com¬
plete with operating and deliv¬
ery rooms, will be known ar
the Holy Family hospital and
will supplement present inade¬
quate facilities now operating
in Ensley.
At the same time the an¬
nouncement was made, it was
also learned that a fund-rais¬
ing campaigii# was launched tc
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ter: R. Wilbert
president; R. Chisholm,
president; Miss LaBlanche Wil-
hams secretary; Mrs. A. Hall
treasurer.
Members of the associate
for the Statesboro chapter in-
dude- John Lawton, Mrs. Se
rena Cail, Mrs. Eva White Rob-
erts Mrs Erma 3. Fields, Mrs
Odessa Hall and Wilbert Camp-
bell.
The following olZtcqrs were
NUMBER 37
VISITING PROF. AT
COLLEGE
Miss Ci>ai::y „-..ua...s > holder
of the highest rank among Ne¬
gro women in the United Slates
Army’s Women's Auxilia ^
Corps, is visiting professor ir
education at Georgia State col
lege during the summer ses¬
sion. The daughter of Rev. and
Mrs. E- A Adams, Columbia, S
C„ Miss Adams holds the A. B.
degree from Wllberforce uni¬
versity, and the M A. degree
from Ohio State university. Be¬
fore joining the Women’s Army
Corps in 1942, she taught ma¬
thematics in the Carver Junior
high school, Columbia, S. C.
Entering the service as an
oificer candidate, she was com¬
missioned a second lieutenant
in August, 1942. Skipping the
rank of first lieutenant, she
was promoted to captain, then
to major, and held the rank
of lieutenant-colonel at the
time of her release from active
duty in March, 1946
While In service, she held the
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COLLEGE T. B.
WORKSHOP
ENDS
At the invitation of the Ne¬
gro division of the State De¬
partment of Education, a unit
on tuberculosis was planned by
the Georgia TB Association
and five colleges in Georgia for
their summer school workshop
or health courses for teachers.
The second workshop was held
last week at Georgia State col¬
lage- The time allotted to the
unit was one hour per day for
one week.
Mrs. Mary Moten McKinney,
field representative, Georgia
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eiectea ior me owauuuuro
chapter: Will Vining, Pres.; W.
F. Cummings, vice Pres.; Mrs-
Lizzie Young, secretary; K. D
Oliphunt, treasurer; Mrs. D. S
Grant, news reporter; progratr
committee, Mrs- Samples
chairman; Mrs. Brown, Mrs
Dukes. Mrs. Vising, Mrs. Cum-
mrngs and Mrs- Wright.
Members of the association
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