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67 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE LXVII WHERE YOU VOTE TUESDAY Battle It Out President Harry S. Truman (left) and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, (right) who will battle out Tuesday in the General Election for the presidency of the United States. Most political forecasters give the New York governor the edge, but in the past few weeks the president been gaining strength. However, Tuesday’s scuffle will tell the tale. GOP Expects to Carry 30 P. C. of Geoogia Vote Attack Greyhound Bus Jim Crow Plan L. E. ALLS HEADS MARINE CLUB L. E. ALLS Commandant WILLIE WILLIAMS Adjutant Paymaster The Marines of the Montford Point Detachment (Marine Club) installed new officers for the 1948-id term of office last Sunday. The following Marines were elected and installed: L. E. Alls, commandant; William J. Dix¬ on, senior vice commandant: Fred D. Wright, junior vice commandant; Willie Williams, adjutant paymaster; Fred Ow¬ ens, judge advocate; William Cutler, chaplain; James D. Jackson, chief of staff; Eugene Morris, sergeant at arms. The installation ceremony was performed by Past Com¬ mandant B. J. Mclver, after which refreshments were serv¬ ed to the members anjl f their guests in the club lounge. The newly elected command- Continued on Page Six mmmh Srifewr, RICHMOND (ANP)—A regu¬ lation of the Atlantic Grey¬ hound corporation involving the segregation of passengers by order of its drivers, was at¬ tacked in the United states Fourth Circuit court of appeals here on Oct. 14 on the grounds that the corporation is not re¬ quired to separate interstate bus passengers by the Virginia segregation laws. The bus com¬ pany resorted to this new technique to get around the U. S. Supreme Court decision in the Irene Morgan case. The court was asked to de¬ cide whether this practice can continue when there is no legal basis for it. The issue was broached by attorneys for Mrs. Adeline Atwell Day on an ap¬ peal from the Richmond Dis¬ trict court. The U. S. Supreme (Continued on page Six) HOLSUM BAKERY FETES EMPLOYEES 1. Edward J. Derst, president or Holsum Baking Company, and son of the founder of the .business, addressing employees. Left to right, Rev. H. W. Wilburn, Mr. E. J. Derst, Rev. W- C. Davis and Mr. Robert Spencer holding trophy won by the company. 2- Kiddie Club preparing lo sip Coca Colas through baby nip¬ ples. 3. Employees listening to address by company official. Thirty per cent of the total number of votes cast in Geor¬ gia in next Tuesday’s general election will support the Re¬ publican ticket, said Robert R. Snodgrass, state manager, UIHINMMI, at at a a rally at the Chatham court „ouio house uvuoc last mot Friday rnuaj after- attci Continued on Page Six CROSS BURNS IN WOMAN DOCTOR’S YARD For Coastal Bov Scouts At a recent meeting of the Coastal Empire Council Execu¬ tive Board which is of leading citizens of fourteen and one half counties in (Continued on page 0) SAVANNAH GEORGIA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1948 According to an announce- lnMnt by thc « x~ Si ~ rs citizens may cast their votes in the general election Tuesday, November 2, has been made | known. There will be 125 poll- ! ing boxes. The polls will open at 7 a. m close at 7 p m. The list of box locations for tlvs election is as follows: First District First Precinct—White, A-K L-Z, No. 2 fire station, Indian and West Broad Colored. A-F, I G-K, 647 Indian street; L-R, £(-Z, 649 Indian street . Second Precinct--White, A- 907 Montgomery street (ga¬ rage t. Colored 517 West Gwin- nett street; Mc-Z, Masonic | Temple, 519 West Gwinnett St. Third precinct—White, A-Z, Local NAACP to Hold Mass Meeting Wed. The Savannah branch of the NAACP has called a mass meet- ing of the citizens of Savan- na'h and Chatham county, to meet in the lecture room of the First African Baptist church on Wednesday evening, November at 8 p. m. The meeting will be open to the entire public, since there will be matters taken up and freely discussed which will affect the destiny of the entire Negro population of the city and county. Dr- Ralph Mark Gilbert, pres ident of the local branch, as well "“l as ““ head of the state I NAACP conference, in speaking [ of the coming meeting, D J the following statement: ‘‘It _ appears to me imminently fit- LOS ANGELES iANPi—Stone Mountain, Ga„ again invaded California late Friday n,tght ir. the form of the Ku Klux Klan svmbol of intimidation - the fiery cross. Victim of the out- rage was Dr- Pauline O. Rob- | erts, outstanding Negro woman physician employed by the Los Angeles City Health Depart¬ ment, who had moved into a small, modest bungalow in a j white district here. The home had been purchas- __________ ________ 4. Ham that am, and would nt you be happy too, if you had just won 12 lbs of it (or being the fastest sipper in the kiddie contest; don’t blame Daniel Floyd, Jr„ for his laughter. 5. Sam- up! J. Jenkins, oldest baker at Holsum with 37 years service, 6. William Harvey just after he won the G. E. Radio for holding the lucky number- 7. Employees being served cafeteria style in G. S, C.’s dining hall. 1611 Montgomery (rear garage); colored, A-K, L-Z, 1006 West Broad. Fourth precinct—White, A-Z, 420 West 38th street (garage reor). Colored, A-K, 501 West 37th (garage rear); L-Z, 501 1-2 West 37th (garage rear). Fifth precinct—white, A-Z. 45th and West Broad (garage rear); colored, A-L, M-Z, 506 Amarath avenue (store). Second District First precinct—White, A-K. Auditorium; colored, L-Z, Audi toriurn. Second precinct White, A-K, 407 Barnard; L-Z, 418 Barnard. Colored, A-Z. 308 West Gaston. Third precinct -White and colored. A-K, L-Z, 301 West Park avenue (garage rear). Fourth precinct— White and colored, A-K, L-Z, 201 West 36th (Continued on page rnreet ting that the Negroes of this ' area shall decide whether or I i^ot they wish for a branch of \ the NAACP to continue to op- ! erate in this community, as a popular movement among our people, and that is one of the major things we shall discuss at the forthcoming meeting. As we examine into present con¬ ditions, I think it is quite easy to realize that our people in I this city, county and state, are I right now in the middle of a very lamentable mess; and as i I see it, our only way out is for l seme popularly-supported, non- I political £ organidatlon, e pledged £ 1 terests of our own people, to Continued on Page Six from Mr. and Mrs. Jack Er- mezail * white, who with a sis- ter had m ° ved to another neighborhood. The “cross burn- in S” cam <- without warning, as Dr Roberts said she had re- ceived no threats nor had she seen any evidence of unwel- come by her new neighbors. I learned of the incident thru an after-midnight police order sending certain cars investigate a bright fire blazing Continued on Page Six CONGL CHURCH TO DEDICATE ORGAN j | The public is invited to at- tend the First Congregational & I church this coming Sunday morning at 11:15 o'clock, at Sigma Gamma Rhos To Celebrate Founder s Day The Alpha Iota Sigma chap¬ ter of Sigma Gamma Rho so¬ rority will present Gladys Ham¬ mond, soprano, in a recital at the Georgia State college, Sun¬ day, November 7, at 6 o’clock. Soror Hammond is a student tlie! University of Kansas Progressive Party to Use Write-In Method Tuesday The Peoples’ Progressive par¬ ty will wind up its campaign Friday, October 29, in Savan¬ nah. The key speaker will be James L. Barfoot, candidate Continued on Page Six ' XIUIOCI lV||t*Op I Her Life In Saving Child BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. 25. -By being diligent, alert and courageous, a Negro nurse here two weeks ago saved the life ] of a little white child who was Continued on Page 4 Holsum Bakery company feted its Negro employes j urday afternoon when they and their families and friends were j transported to the campus of {three j the Georgia special State college in buses in a cele- Member Audit Bureau Circulations Price 7c which time me new Kilgen Pipe Organ will be dedicated. The special dedication service will follow the regular worship Graduate School of Music, _ , , bo- ror Hammond, in 1947, was the only Negro woman in the Kan- sas University’s Acapella choir She has toured the sta e oi Kansas, parts of Illinois, homa and Ohio in concert work. ~ Okla. Univ. Gets Its First Negro Student NORMAN, Okla. (ANP)—Prof. G W. McLaurin came to the University of Oklahoma here Wednesday to enroll, the first Negro student ever to be admit¬ ted to the university. He had decided to accept the invitation of the regents of the university to enroll on a segregated basis after the federal court had or¬ dered the university to accept his application Prof. McLaurin, who is 54 and interested in civic affairs, went to the campus accompanied by his wife, by Roscoe Dunjee, edi¬ tor of the Black Dispatch of i Oklahoma City, and Atty. Amos T. Hall, well known lawyer of Tulsa. Hall and Dunjee had Continued on by Tolbert—Tribune Staff Photoy. bration in connection with company’s eighty-first sary. a gala time was by the celebrants, who Continued on page three NUMBER 3 by Tolbert —Tribune Staff Photoy. service and will include the Participation of all member; and friends present. Rev. A. q Curtright is pastor and Miss Willa Mae Ayers, organist. THER0N STEVENS SINGS HERE MONDAY NIGHT __ The pirst African ^ church ls spo ^ oring a recllal lQ be given by Tharon Sleveas> talented young composer, pi- anlst and sll at the spon _ (Continued on page Six) Negroes Finding Better Jobs In furthering the National Urban League’s job develop¬ ment program, the Industrial Relations department, in coop¬ eration with local Urban Lea¬ gues, completed a survey in 25 cities on the employment of Negroes In white collar jobs in the spring of 1948, it was an¬ nounced by Leroy. W- Jeffries, assistant director of the depart¬ ment. The approximate total number of Negroes reported in largest number of Negro white- continued on Page 6t Now There Are 14 Negro Banks WASHINGTON (ANP) The (sixth annual report of banking institutions owned and operat¬ ed by Negroes released by tlu> department of commerce re- ! veals that a total of 14 banks are now domiciled in nine states and the District of Co¬ lumbia, 11 of which are mem¬ bers of the Federal Deposit In¬ surance corporation. An analysis of their 1947 statements of corJ’.it’ons, pre¬ pared by Emmer Martin Lan¬ caster adviser on Negro affairs ’to the secretary of commerce, indicates that peak records were attained in several of I the’r operations. Their total assets of $31,307,- 345 are the highest of record, I exceeding the preceding year's ; total by $2,150,658. Although | government obligations, direct and guaranteed of $14,531,557, i declined 9 91 per cent during j the year, other securities, in- | eluding obligations of states, •political subdivisions, corporate I stocks and bonds amounting to $2,238,876, surpassed the 1946 total by $1,168,221. All security holdings for the year, 1947, ag¬ gregated $166,915,433 and con¬ stituted 54.03 per cent oi com- Contlnued on Page Six