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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 Continued on Page 11 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- ' Continued on Page Six 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 Continued on-' Page 11 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 Continued on Page 8 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 Continued on Page 11 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 Continued on Page 6 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 Continued on Page 11 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 Continued or* 11 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 Continued on Page 8 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- Continued or* Page 11 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 Continued or. Page Six 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 Continued on Page 11 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 _ continued on Page Six