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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LX.VI
State College Press Pho to by C- J. Smith
TWO NEW ADDITIONS AT
GEORGIA STATE COLLEGE—
Hilliary Hatchett, new acting
chairman of the Georgia State
college mualc department, is
Hospital Auxiliary to
Stage Membership Drive
Denied Entrance Nursing
School Because of Race
FIVE FACULTY
MEMBERS GRANTED
LEAVE
Five members of the Georgia
State College faculty have been
granted leaves of absence for
the academic year, 1948-49, to
do further study, President
James A. Colston recently an¬
nounced.
They are:
C. V- Clay, associate profes¬
sor of chemistry and chairman
of the department, University
of M'chigan; Mrs. Alice Haynes,
instructor in English, New York
university; Miss Louise Lautier,
instructor in English, New York
university; Rutherford Lock-
ette, assistant professor of in¬
dustrial indication in electri¬
cal engineering, New York uni¬
versity; Miss Alma L. Stegall,
associate professor of educa¬
tion and chairman of the ele¬
mentary education department,
Ii|diana university.
Miss Lautier was granted a
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T B Conference Being Held
Here This Week
DR. HOWARD M. PAIYNE
Dr. Howard M. Payne, pro
fessor in medicine, college ot
medicine, Howard university,
Washington, D. C., will be one
of the principal speakers Sat¬
urday morning, October 2, at
the general session of the
Southern Tuberculosis Confer¬
ence, which will be held at the
Hotel DeSoto, September 30-
tober 2.
Dr. Payne’s subject will be
“The Problem of Tuberculosis
Control Among Minorities ir.
the United States.”
Since 1932, Dr. Payne has
been closely associated with
tubeiTular work. He did his
interneship at Freedman’s hos¬
pital. Washington, D. C„ from
1931-11)32. He was a part-time
clinical assistant in medicine.
Howard university, and part-
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mmmh 8M tamt
shown at the console of
new Hammond organ
purchased for Meldrim
auditorium.
PHILADELPHIA—(ANP)
18-year old girl who wants to
nurse at a time when
the Red Cross and the
services and other agencies
begging for nurses this week
herself unable to get into a
ing school in this city because
is a Negro.
Miss Pauline Jackson, 18,
Germantown, a graduate of
ington Industrial school, is
girl who cannot go to school.
Her first rejection came
the Women’s Homeopathic
pital, a state institution with
95 per cent Negro patients
Although Miss Jackson passed
entrance exams to the
hospital school she received
following letter from Lelah
Sitterly, director of the school.
“We regret to inform you
we do not receive Negro students
but we may take this
to inform you that the
which are listing below accept
gro student nurses.
“We recommend you
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Stern Gang Threatens
1 Dr. Ralph Bunche
HAIFA, Israel. (ANP) —
life of Dr. Ralph J. Bunche,
ly appointed United Nations
ator in the Palestine
has been threatened by the
gang here, it was reported
reliable sources last week-
The Stern gang recently
sinated Count Folk
whose place was taken by
Bunche, in Jerusalem. To
a second assassination, the
government has placed a
Jewish guard around Dr.
Previously, Bernadotte had been
offered a like guard, but he re¬
fused it. Bunche did not request
such a guard, but it was supplied
anyway.
These guards are under direct
orders from David Ben-Gurion,
premier and defense minister of
Israel. He said the guard was
provided whether Bunche wanted
it or not because his country
would be made responsible for any
future terrorist action- Therefore,
lie said, it intended to provide
;very necessary precaution.
MONTFORD POINT DET.
TO ELECT OFFICERS
Montforcl Point Detachment,
Marine Corps League, will hold
a meeting Sunday at its head¬
quarters, 417 West Gaston; St.,
at which time officers will be
elected. All Marines are urg¬
ed by Commandant B- J. Mc-
Iver to attend.
PUBLISHERS TO SUPPORT TRUMAN
WASHINGTON
tors and publishers of 20
gro newspapers have
ed their support to the
paign of President Truman,
was announced here last
by the National Citizens
mittee for the Reelection
President Truman at its
quarters in the Biltmore
The following newsmen
said to have joined the
mitted: John H.
Chicago Defender; Louis
I tin, Michigan Chronicle; C.
' Scott, Atlanta Daily
: Frank Stanley, Louisville
fender; J. E. Mitchell, St-
is Argus; C. C. Dejoie,
Louisiana Weekly; George
rence, Ohio State News;
McCray, Lighthouse and
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The Charity Hospital
ary held its opening
for 1948-49 at the hospital
Sept. 16, at which time the an¬
nual membership drive was
thorized.
The auxiliary supplies
hospital with towels and
cloths the year round and
other necessary help. It
recently ordered a much
ed Heibrink Anesthetic
chine costing ,$550, which, it
hoped, will be completely
lor through this drive.
Last year the workers
ed as follows: Miss S- C.
toun, $12.00; Miss H. C.
toun, $22 00; Mrs. R. A.
$H.00; Mrs. Laura Scott, $71.00;
Miss C- E. Lewis, $42.00;
M. Haynes, $10.00; Mrs. V-
Arnold, $30.00; Mrs. J.
$6.00; Mrs. G- A. King, $2.00;
Mrs. Janie Hearns, $2.00.
Memberships are $1.00
year and up, according to
ability and will of those whr
respond. In view of
heavy obligation we are
questing as many $1.00
bers as possible to
their contribution.
We thank you for past
alties aifd ask your
support for this worthy
tution.
Mrs- J. A. Bryant is
of the auxiliary and Miss C. E
Lewis, secretary.
Four Win in Detroit Primaries
DETROIT (ANP)—Some pe¬
culiar twists attended the recent
primary election here which
brought victory to four Negroes,
but defeat to many others.
Wayne county again went Dem¬
ocratic by more than two to
on)e, upsetting the belief held
by many candidates that this
is a Republican year.
The first and strangest
pening was the change-over
former State Sen. Charles
j Diggs from the
ticket to the Republican slate,
Diggs, who lost out under the
Democrats two years ago after
having been elected to office
three terms, came through
with a nomination for U. S-
confressman from the first
congressional district on the
GOP ticket.
Diggs had been rejected two
years ago on a charge of ac-
NAACP MEMBERSHIP
FEE NOW $2
NEW YORK, Sept. 16—Con¬
firming the action taken by the
annual conference, the board
of directors of the National As¬
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People voted to raise
the minimum membership dues
to $2.00 annually. The vote,
taken at the regular board
meeting September 13, marked
the first increase in the basic
membership fee of $1.00 since
the founding of the organiza-
tion in 1909.
Asserting that rising prices
had forced the change, Gloster
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SAVANNAH GEORGIA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1948
Wallace Workers Driven
Out o? Augusta and Columbus
Judge Rules Atlanta School 1
Board Discriminated
In Teachers 1
ATLANTA, Sept. 30.—In
five year old suit, a federal
court judge ruled today
Negro school teachers
been discriminated against
the Atlanta school board
account of their race and said
that Negro school teachers
were entitled to the relief
were seeking.
The decision was rendered
by Judge Marvin E. Under¬
wood.
“The court disclaims any
power to fix salaries of the
teachers,” the judge’s
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j \A Leader In Legion
Memebrship Drive
JOHN 1 H. “SOX” JENKINS
John H, Jenkins, charter
member of George S. Patton
Post, No. 513, American
is among the many leaders
the Legion post who are tak-
ing ah active part in the
membership drive of the
igion and is among the
jLegionaires heading who have
in the drive.
cepting bribes while a state of¬
ficial. He won out over Dr.
Rudolph Tenerowicz, white for¬
mer mayor of Hamtramck and
one-time congressman from
same district as a Democrat.
Negro opponents in the race
were the Rev. C. M. Metcalf,
defeated for congress on the
Democratic ballot two years
Dr. Aaron Toodle and At-
j torney Robert L- Law.
The Rev. Horace A. White
j lost for the Gecrge third time Sadowiski to en-
(cumbent
j jsional white Democrat, for the in first the congres- district,
race
J In the house of representa-
j tives, where three Negroes were
defeated, State Sen. Joseph A.
j Brown lost out in the race for
: the second senatorial district.
j Brown, the senate, who and served made one term splen- in
a
!did record for himself, was
SAYS ETHIOPIAN
INCIDENT CAUSED BY
MISUNDERSTANDING
WASHINGTON. (ANP) — De¬
spite the demand of the Ethio¬
pian legation that the person re¬
sponsible for the recent insult at
a science meeting be punished, the
U. S. State department said last
week that the incident was “sole-
! ly the result of a series of mis-
understandings.”
i According to the state depart-
, ment, the Ethiopian minister's
tickets to the American Associa-
tion for the Advancement of sci-
ence meeting were for orchestra
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j Tom Bomar
| Heads NAPE
|
The director’s board of the
Beneficial ssociation of the
National Alliance of Postal Em¬
ployees (NAPE) recently held
its annual meeting in Wash¬
ington, D. C., and elected as
president, Thomas P. Bomar,
assistant superintendent - at
large, RMS. Other officers
were all reelected as follows;
T. B. Allen of Houston, Texas,
vice president; H. L. Pilgrim of
Philadelphia, secretary-treasur-
cago, director of insurance,
er, and Henry W. McGee, Chi-
Ashby B. Carter, NAPE nation¬
al president; Snow F. Grigsby
of Detroit, editor of the “Pos¬
tal Alliance;” Philip W. Hol¬
land,' NAPE national treasurer,
Continued on Page 8
afKwjDEHEALTH
CONFERENCE
A city-wide conference on
health programs in colleges,
elementary and high schools
will be held in Savannah on
Monday, October 4, at 9:30 a.
m., at Georgia State college.
The conference, which is the
first to be held, is sponsored
by the Chatham-Savannah Tu¬
berculosis and Health Associa¬
tion with the cooperation of
Georgia State college.
Many prominent leaders in
the field of education will par¬
ticipate on the program.
The theme of the conference
is “Health for All Through
Cooperation.” Among the top¬
ics included in the schedule
are Nutrition, Mental Hygiene
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cused by old line politicians
being too sure of himself
not campaigning enough.
old opponent, Anthony
kowski, white, received
vote- Wilkowski is the man
was once convicted of
in a vote recount and
a term in prison.
Nominated for the stat^
ate in the second district,
the GOP’s Leroy G.
newspaper publisher. Atty.
car E. Liggest was his
ent.
A name candidate in
third district failed to ride
gravy train. He was
M. Diggs (no relation to
Sen. Diggs). He and
Simmons and Corrine White,
Democrats, were
Robert L. Ward was the
nominee over the Rev.
Boone.
Truman Names Granger,
Sengstacke To Commission
WASHINGTON (ANP) — Two
Negroes were appointed by
President Truman Saturday
night to serve on the seven-
member committee to examine
methods and procedures of
eliminating racial d’serimina-
tior* in the armed forces
They are Lester Granger of
New York and John H. Seng-
stacke of Chicago, publisher of
the Chicago Defender
_ committee is call-
nevr
ed “the Committee on Equality
and Treatment and Opportu-
ATLANTA, Sept. 28. — Wal¬
Progressive party workers
felt the heavy hand of
hoodlums within the
few days in their quest
60,000 signatures in order
insure the names of the
party candidates on
Georgia ballot in the No¬
general election.
In Augusta five campaign
workers were kidnapped Sun¬
day night aild driven out of
town by a gang of 200 men who
warned them to “stay out of
\ugusta.”
The alleged kidnap victims,
a man and four women, said
the mob stormed their party
headquarters at the fashion¬
able home of Joshia W. Gitt,
publisher of the York, Pa., Ga-
5ette, Sunday afternoon.
Bettye Ann Kimmel, 22 one
of the Progressives, said the
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Pupils Strike
In Indiana
By Orlando G, Rodman
INDIANAPOLIS, Xnd. (ANP)
—White parents kept 150 ele¬
mentary school children home
from public school 32 last week
in protest against the enroll¬
ment of 90 Negro pupils from
overcrowded segregated schools
About 260 white children at-
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AME OFFICIAL SERVED
WITH COURT SUMMONS
‘Imaginary’ Church Build¬
ers Held in $300000 Swindle
WASHINGTON (ANP) — Dr.
Arthur S. Jackson, financial
secretary of tire AME church,
was served with a federal
court subponea at his office
here Monday. The court ac¬
tion, brought by forces within
the church,: Seeks to restrain
Secretary Jackson from pay¬
ing the salaries of bishops as¬
signed to foreign fields until
they have proceeded to their
posts- This is one of the new
laws passed at the last general
conference! in May, according
to the plaintiffs.
Secretary Jackson said Sun¬
day, that long established cus¬
tom in the,AME church made
the starting date of a bishop’s
salary, the day after he was !
elected. The following 15th of
the month is when the first
check is drawn, he said.
“I am the paymaster of the
church,” said Dr, Jackson. “In¬
terpreting laws is not my busi-
Continued on Page 8
PHILADELPHIA. (ANP) —
Two white men were held by Fed¬
eral District Judge James P Mc-
Granery when pastors and church
officers from all over the country
appeared and identified them as
the “contractors” who allegedly
churches and individ¬
ual home buyers out of $300,000
over a period of three years.
The defendants, Howard L.
Formal Opening of Kindergarten
KINDERGARTEN ORGANI ZERS—Top picture, children on
playground;' bottom, Mrs. Jess e K-own, Mrs. Josephine A.
Brinson, Miss Lillian A. MiRe n; Willie Brown, above.
In •. the 4th, Col. Smith was
an “also ran” On the Demo¬
cratic ticket. The Rev. Charles
A. Hill lost out for the third
time for the common council
post on a non-partisan ballot.
Brightest spot in the whole
political area wa the nomina¬
tion of Dr. Samuel B. Milton
for county coroner along with
a white running mate on the
Democratic ticket- Milton, low
man on the slate, polled 8,000
more votes than did the high¬
est GOP candidate.
The general summary of the
voting is that if
ihold their own in the Novem-
ber election, there will be a Ne¬
gro coroner in Wayne county.
On the other hand, if the GOP
wins, there will be a Negro U.
S. congressman and two state
senators.
nity in (the Armed Services.”
*t wa ® authorized by a recent
executive order to determine in
w hat respect the rules, proce-
d ’ ires and practices of the
arme< t services may be altered
to eliminate racial discrimina-
tion.
The executive order issued in
had declared it to be the
rsoh-cy erf the President that
there should be equality of
treatment and opportunity for
all persons in the armed ser-
I
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About five months ago a pre- j
school parent-teacher organi- !
zation was formed at the Su-
gar Refinery by Mrs. Jose-
phine A. Brinson, president of j
the Savannah District P-T. A-
Member Audit Bureau Circulation
Price 7c
NUMBER 50
TO TEACH
HEALTH ED.
Mrs. Ida B. Gadsden, Geor¬
gia State conege graduate, was
recently appointed to the po¬
sition of health educator in the
Savannah-Ghatham (counHy)
health department and in¬
structor in health education at
Georgia State college.
Her services to Georgia State
State are being made available-
by the, health department. She
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Clements and Charles T. Rich¬
mond, were arrested last Septem¬
ber by U. S. postal authorities af¬
ter a complaint from the Rev. D.
L. Langford of Mt. Olivet in St.
Louis. Rev. -Langford made a
long distance call to the office of
the man at the General Construc¬
tion Co. in Philadelphia and
Continued on Page 8
The formation followed im-
mediately Alter }A rs. Brinson,
made an UMXrtng address to
parent that commum-
, , a ifer/W
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