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A 1% YEARS OF j V CONTINUOUS \ V PUBLIC SERVICE J^WI ftEmtui \.\s mo os e dewey - waii iien 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 WHITF Tf till El nnilRlX i/UUDIO Cf jjlillpiillli XITTDITV AI7 \)f l ilEsi DI7IJITDT UDLltAlAlo TG A ATC’ 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 Continued on Page 5 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 Continued on Page Two 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 Continued on Page 5 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 Continued on Page 5 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 __ _ 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 Continued on Page Two 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 Continued on page a 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- Continued on page I ARCHITECT'S DRAWING FOR NEW EPISCOPAL CHURCH Site- 't'-' fc. . mSSm 3Sb*s^ 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 Continued on Page 2 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 Continued on Page Five 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 Continued on Page Five 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- ' ____ continued on Page Two -■-----— j 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 , yJUDiT 4 : 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 Continued Passe 2 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 Continued on Page 5 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 Continued on Page 5 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 Continued on Page 5 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 ___•__ — ■ —...... - Continued on page 2 j-