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ATLANTA POLICE ARREST GUBERNATORIAL OPPONENT OF HERMAN
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TALMADGE
James L. Barfoot, People’s
Progressive party of Georgia
candidate for governor, who is
the only opponent of Herman
Talmadge in the November
elections, is shown before Judge
A. W- Calloway, of recorders
court, defending his constitu¬
tional right of free speech. He
was arrested two days after
the Georgia Democratic pri¬
maries, while making an out¬
26 New Staff Members
At Georgia State College
Hill Takes Office In
Richmond Council
Va. County
Grants ‘Equal’
Schools
DENDRON, Va. (ANP>— The
Gurry county school board re¬
ported last week that plans had
been made to equalize the edu¬
cational facilities in the county
for Negro and white school
children.
Supt. M. B. Joyner, of Dend-
ron, who was alarmed several
years ago by the developing
equalization movement in the
state, reported that the school
board had increased the sala¬
ries of Negro teachers high
enough for the 1948-49 school
term to reduce by half the dis¬
parity in pay between white
and Negro teachers.
The board is making an ef¬
fort also to equalize library and
laboratory facilities of the two
races in the county, the super¬
intendent said- “Several hun¬
dred dollars worth of books
have b°cn ordered for Negro
school libraries, he reported.
Tim school board is under
mandate to report that pro¬
gress toward equalization has
been made by Sept. 15 to Judge
Sterling Hutcheson of the Dis¬
trict court, who ordered that
discriminatory practices must
cease.
The Negro population in
ry county, which is one of tne
poor counties of the state, is
larger than the white popula¬
tion. In all Vifiginia counties
with a larger Negro population
than white population the task
of equalizing school facilities
between the two races is most
difficult.
INGRAM FUND
/ NOW $43,323.25
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NEW YORK ..... Sept 9_$221 17
was contributed to the Ingram
Defense fund this week, bring-
ing the total of monev
ed fox the Ingrams to $43,323.-
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door campaign speech. The ar¬
rest of Barfoot and Progressive
party canvassers who were
seeking signatures to place
Henry Wallace and its other
candidates on thx ballot by At¬
lanta police after the primari¬
es, has been termed “the first
fruits of the Talmadge victory”
in the September 8 primaries,
by Barfoot and his party.
Hcaring on the case has been
By Alvin E. White |
RICHMOND, Va. (ANP)—Oli¬
ver Hill, recently elected coun¬
cilman, look office with eight
associates also elected in the
last elections, here last week
Although the group was
elected in the spring, the
change from the old form of
government to the new city
manager-council form was not
dfected until this month.
Mr. Hill says the group has
met from time to time to
.ransact business necessary for
he conduct of the new form
of government, selecting a city
uanager from the mass of ap¬
plications received for the post
and aligning a new policy
making body.
Under present plans, there
vill be no committees, Mr. Hill
said, the entire group acting
,n 'issues arising, with all but
:xecutive sessions being open
.o the public.
Accepting Mr. Hill as an
elected official, other members
of the council have been coop¬
erative, he said, and helpuil.
He has no specific program
to present the council for Ne¬
groes, standing, he says, tor
progress of Richmond’s citi¬
zens Cognizant of the city
needs, however, he feels that
his very presence in the coun¬
cil will focus attention on the
things colored Richmond needs.
The city, divided into four
wards named after favored
sons of the south, Lee, Clay,
Jefferson and Madison, once
boasted of a colored ward, Jack¬
n f rom which Neegro offi-
c j a j s were formerly elected,
In making this change in the
form of government, Mr. Hill
remarked that this is the first
change since 1913, although
there have been seven or eight
changes in the type of govern-
ment since the city was found-
ed in 1789
As related , at ... the time of , his . ;
election, , .. Mr. „... Hill, a „ Howard ... law
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school . graduate , . and member „
of the firm of Hill, Martin and
[Robinson, is the first Negro
jetlectetl to office in Richmond
L.jtness 'in half a century. Present ......... to __
the inauguration of the
new government were his wile
and other friends and a host
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set for an early date, with the I
Progressive party prepared to
carry the case to the United
States Supreme Court, if neces¬
sary. Seen in additon to Ear- i
foot (above) with upraised
hand, are his wife, Doris, and
•hildren, James, 7; Jean, 5; and
David, 2- Standing next to
Barfoot, with back of head to
camera, is Edward S. L’Antig-
nac, Barfoot’s attorney.
Appointment of 26 new stafl
members to the faculty of the
Georgia State college was an-
nounced on Friday by Prei-i
ident James A. Colston.
At the same time, President
Colston annottneett- threr inno¬
vations in the college program
for next year. They are;
1- An expanded program ol
student personnel services co¬
ordinated by Miss Charity Ad¬
ams, assistant professor of ed¬
ucation. Miss Adams holds a
bachelor of arts degree from
Wilberforce university and at
master of arts degree from
Ohio State university. She did
her graduate work in vocation¬
al guidance and personnel ad¬
ministration. Miss Adams serv¬
ed in the Women’s Army Corps
for nearly four years, and was
discharged with the rank ot
lieutenant colonel, the only
Negro woman to hold such a
rank in the U. S. Army, She
is a former member of the
Tennessee State College fac-
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Catholic School Jim Crow Protested
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—The
refusal of the Salcsian School,
a Catholic school for boys in
Goshen, New York, to admit
colored youths was acknow¬
ledged last week by the school’s
director, Father Peter M. Rinal¬
di- In a letter to Joseph
Thompson, whose son was re¬
fused admittance to the school,
i Father Rinaldi stated, “Colored
boys are not admitted to this
j boarding school.”
in July, Father Rinaldi, not
knowing that nine-year-old
{Oliver Thompson was colored,
j enro ^ ec * ^he y° u ^ in the Sa-
j lesian. school, accepting both
hi * registration card and fee.
A rnon lh later, after learning
M-bat the boy was a Negro, Fa-
jther Rinaldi returned the fee
land re P° rt to Mr. Thompson,
• | declaring that it would be im-
possible ... for „ ,, the Saiesian _ , school . .
to r accept , colored , . student. , . .
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j i n a letter to Father Rinaldi, I
iFranklin H. Williams, assistant
special counsel of the National 1
[Association . for j the t ^ Advance- I i
ment of Colored People, declar-
ed: “It was both shocking and
(surprising to this organization
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SAVANNAH GEORGIA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1648
Shot to Dea^li Because
He Insisted on Voting
MT. VERNON, Ga., Sept. 13.
The killing of a 26-year-old
Negro man, father of six child¬
ren, at Alston, Ga , because he
insisted on casting his vote in
Wednesday’s primary election,
has resulted ini some startling
developments and the arrest of
a 34-year-old white man, ac-
cused of the fatal shooting.
The man shot to death was
Isaiah Nixon and his alleged
slayer, who was arrested today
by Sheriff R. M. McCrimmon,
is M- A Johnson. John, 22,
Johnson’s brother, has been
named an accessory and releas-
ed under a $500 bonjrt.
Nixon died in a hospital at
Dublin from three gunshot
wounds received the night of
the election.
The sheriff said he was told
Nixon went to a polling place
in Alston Wednesday and ask-
if he could vote-
Nixon was told, McCrimmon
that he had the right to
but was advised not to do
so. He said Nixorj insisted,
and was allowed to
his ballot.
McCrimmon said the two
brothers went to Nix¬
home that night and that
A- Johnson fired the fatal
in front of Nixon's wife
children.
According to the sheriff,
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FIRST CLASS IN HOME MAKING SERVICE
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With the cooperation of the
American Red Cross, the Geor-
gia State Employment Service
ind the Health Department,
,he Family Service of Savan-
lah sponsored its first class in
Be Staged Sunday
The annual convocation
* v 'e United Hour- of Prayer For
people which has been in ses-
sion at the House of Prayer on
Bismark street for the past
two weeks will come to a close
Sunday afternoon, at which
time a street demonstration
will be held
The parade will traverse its
usual route: east from th”
church on Bismark street to
Montgomery street, north to
Liberty, west to West Broad,
south to Henry, west to Ogec-
chre avenue, and then south to
the House of Prayer.
Bishop C. M. Grace, head ol
the church, who arrived in the
city this week for the closing
sessions of the meting, will, of
course, be the central figure ol
demonstration which is
promised to be one of the most
spectacular parades in the his-
tor >' ot annual event,
A number of bands and oth-
musical aggregations of
church will be in line, most of
ATLANTA TO HAVE
ALICE COACHMAN DAY
Rail Lines Feature Special
College Rates
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Special
rates for returning students
and faculty members of the
colleges in the country will be
available for the fall openings,
according to an announcement
by A. B Chown, chairman of
the Trunk-Line Central Pas¬
senger Association which han¬
dles the program.
Mr. Chown stated that these
special round trip tickets have
been devised td meet the tra¬
vel needs of both students and
faculty by liberalizing the re¬
turn time limits on round-trip
tickets, thus providing an op¬
portunity to take advantage of
the lower round trip fare.
It was revealed by the asso¬
ciation chairman that “the
college special round-trip tic¬
kets will be on sale at home¬
town stations of students and
Teachers until October 15. They
homemaking service, and thi
service represents the agency’s
effort in adapting its program
to changing community needs
and resources. This service
consists of providing a family,
these coming here with units
which are here from neighbor-
ing cities.
On Sunday morning at 11
o’clock baptismal services will
be held at the Victory Drive
y rao -,i anc j tract. This will be a
spectacular affair and, np
doubt, will be witnessed by the
usual throngs who have review¬
ed this affair for the past sev-
eral years-
Saturday the attendants at j
the convocation will attend a
picnic at the House of Prayer
tract on Victory Drive-
REPUBLICANS WILL
NOT NOMINATE
GOVERNOR
ATLANTA. Sept. 13—The Re¬
publican Central Committee
met Saturday It was decided
not to nominate a candidate
for governor, but center on a
full ticket in 1950 The com¬
mittee was largely attended
much enthusiasm prevaij-
ed.
may be used for return pas¬
sage at the Christmas and
spring vacations, or at the end
of the school term. The plan
also provides for the repeated
sale of additional college spe-
cial round trip tickets for re-
turn to school following one
or more of the vacation peri-
ods mentioned.”
The opportunity offered by
the program is expected to find |
considerable favor among the
hundreds of Negro students and
educators who travel during j
this period of the year from|
their homes to the major col-
leges and universities by rail,
have the been extend aware to of which the j
to date, is not known, it
believed of that the many facilities will take that j
extended.
By Tolbert- Tribune stall ' Pho/og
where there are no relatives
w ho can do the job and when
the family is in need, with a
a temporary mother substitute.
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OF CHURCH TABLET
Reading from left to right:
Bishop R R- Wright, Jr., and
In an impressive service last
Sunday night, a tablet bearing
the names of ten pastors who
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ATLANTA < ANPi—September
24 will be Alice Coachman day
in Atlanta. A parade and a
football game between Morris
Brown college and Alabama
State will be highlights of the
celebration-
Miss Coachman, thn ol11 '
American woman to win
Olympics championship in
track and field events hi the
H948 games in London, will up¬
pear in person along with the
members of the women’s U S.
Olympics squad and members
0 f the Tuskegee track team,
Miss Coachman will demon¬
strate the form that made her
a champion and create a new
Olympic record. /Othdr track
Ktars w jn g i ve an exhibition,
too, at the festivities at Hern-
don stadium.
A special section in the sta-
will be reserved for in¬
temsted white spectators,
co-chairmen of the steering
of the program are
T. Harvey, commissioner of
the SIAC (Southern Intercol¬
legiate Athletic Council), and
William P- Robinson, director
public relations at Morris
Brown college.
Other officers of the commit-
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Republican Record to
liePresented Voters in
Strenuous Campaign
The Republican presidential
campaign will be conducted
among Negro voters on the
record of the two major par-,
ties and their candidates, Val I
J. Washington, assistant Re-1
publican campaign manager.
declared today.
As the campaign moves
he said, President Tru-
professions will be
P~ red with his practices, and
ovt ' r and against Democratic
sham and double-dealing will
be set the record of Governor
Thomas E. Dewey of New York,
and Earl Warren, of California
The Republican party has
the best platform, the best
cr.ndidates, and the best rec-
avd,” Mr. Washington declar-
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Rev. IV O. P- Sherman, Rev J.
Rev. J. L. Butler.
have served the historie St
Philip Monumental A. M. E j
church since 1913 was dedicat-
NUMBER 48
OPPOSES DiXIECRATS IN
INDIANA—Dr. Ralph E. Hanley,
noted dentist. of Indianapolis,
is leading the fight to remove
the Dixiecrats from the ballot
in, Indiana- He has filed suit
,
in circuit court charging the
States Rights party with vio-
the state’s “Anti-hate”
law of 1947 This law assures
civil rights to all minority's,
something the Dixiecrats op¬
pose.—(ANP)
Man’s Life
Saved By
Watchman
Albany, Ga., Se(pt. 11—Be¬
cause he saved a white man
who was said to have been
drunk, from being killed by a
railroad train, a 65-year-old
Negro was looked upon as a
hero here today.
The railroad watchman who
is credited with dragging the
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NAACP
Youth Meet
At St. Louif
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 9—During:
'* ie secon d week in November,
city will be the scene of
the tenth annual youth confer-
ence of the National Associa-
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People. More than two
hundred and fifty delegates,
representing the 25,000 mem¬
bers of the NAACP’s youth
councils and college chapters,
are expected to attend the
conference sessions, November
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Maxwell, Rev. W. C. Davis,
ed Bishop R. R- Wright, Jr,
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