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67 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE LXVII Home Parade A Gala Affair The home-coming tion, staged Saturday noon the Georgia State college to its football tilt with Normal college at Grayson dium, thrilled hundreds of vannahians as it wended way t'nrough the city, would have been adjudged most commendable and spectacular affair of the ever staged here but for unfortunate feature—some its commercialized units. Several of these unts, it presumed, surreptitiously , : ^cred the parade and “rally 'marred the of the demonstration. of them were entirely priate and should have barred lrom the parade. The college departments, various branches of the alumni and several cf the mi soror'ties presented which were both gorgeous strikingly beautiful. They ited great applause the entire line of march. The march'ng units a detachment from the can Legion, a Girl Scout feur school bands, one Ballard high school of one from Center high of Waycross, one from high school and the marching band, and the mons Drum and Bugle Corps- The parade was led by a tachment of motorcycle pol : followed by three astride fiery steeds. At Grayson Stadium, in tween the halves, the Continued on Page oix Youth Leaders Assail Segregation Postal Worker Accused of Disloyalty 20 Placed on College Honor Roll LF.STER B. JOHNSON BURIED TUESDAY Lester B Johnson, who died Saturday morning at his resi- dence, 214 East Park avenue, aiter about a week’s illness, was buried Tuesday afternoon from the First Congregational chu/rch. The services, which were largely attended, were as follows: Processional — “Nearer My God To Thee.” (Organ). Hymn—"Lead Kindly Light” choir. Scripture lesson, 23rd Psalm, Rev. H. W. Murph. Anthem—‘‘God So Loved The World”—Choir. Prayer—Rev. Gustave H. Cau¬ tion- Hymn—“Jesus Is All the World To Me”—Men’s Choriu of Congregational church. Eulogy—Rev. A. C. Curtright Solo—“Vale” (Farewell)—A C- Council. Recessional—“Largo,” Goin' Home—(from New World Sym¬ phony)—Dvorak (Organ). Interment was in Laur= Continued on Page Six ibr' Photo by Tolbert—Tribune Sian PORTION OF COLLEGE HOME-COMING PARADE—Above are two scenes from the home- coming parade of the Georgia State college just prior to the State College-Florida Normal football game Saturday at Grayson stadium. Top picture dhows the Georgia State College band, led y its dynamic drum majorettes, as it made its w’ay down Oglithorpe avenue- Bottom picture—The “Miss Savannah Alumni” float wi ich was awarded first pi.z“ among the numerous floats- Twenty Georgia State college | students successively made the honor roii during the fall, win- ter and spring quarters of the 1947-48 school year, T. E- ers, registrar, announced No- vember 12- Nineteen are Geor- gi ans Although male veterans con- stitute only 29.1 per cent of the present full time college enroll- ment, they comprise 75 cent of the honor roll. While 2.2 per cent of all full time college students now enrolled maintained honors status thru out the three regular session quarters last year, 5.8 per cent of present full-time college veterans held places on tne honor roll, Mr. Meyers Honcr students by majors are: Agriculture, 35 per cent; social science, 20 per cent; business administration, 20 per cent; mathematics, 10 per cent; home economics, 5 per cent; English, 5 per cent, and biology, 5 per j cent. Students who maintained !honor status are: Douglas derson, junior, Hawkinsville; Waldo Anderson, senior, social science, Fiizger- aid; Robert Baker, senior, so¬ cial science, Ludowici; Barbara Burke, sophomore, social sci¬ ence, SavaiVn&i; John H. Day, senior, business Savannah; senior, agriculture John A- ^Demons, Thomson; , William H. Grier, senior, agri¬ culture. Stovall; Samuel Ham¬ let, senior, agriculture, Savan¬ nah; Johnnie Harris, senior, agriculture, Thomson; Jackson, junior, Savannah; William Jackson, junior, mathematics, nah; Henry Lockhart, business, nah; Henry Lockhart, sopho¬ more, business Savannah; Hewitt Lundy, nior, business. Sparta; lius Mclver, senior, i Continued on Page 11 SAVANNAH GEORGIA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1948 BROOKLYN (ANP)-—The Ten tacles of the U. S. loyalty pro- i gram bep struck at another mem- j of the National Alliance of | Postal Employes last week when] postal authorities demanded that Fred II. M. Turner, former (President of the Brooklyn I NAPE, prove why he should not be separated from government j serv i ce - 1 Authorities claim that Tur- ! ner, who has worked for 25 years as a ma'l carrier in Brooklyn, has '‘communistic I leanings-” According to alleged FBI re¬ 'ports, Turner, who is also pres- jident cf the Brooklyn NAACP. had advocated the release of ! Earl Browder; he jo'ned the j“Win the Peace” member of movement; |Was once a the Na- jtional 'subscribed Negro to the Congress, Daily Worker ! Iber Turner is only one of a num- | of members of the NAPE ; |accused of alleged un-Airpri- can activities under the loyalty j program. In Cleveland some 25 persons face suspension. The NAPE has come out with a j statement to requesting rescind his President | Truman execu- (live order ,9835, the authority Continued or> Page 11 j Action, ^lUHUlU Not Words, TT HiS* Will TT lit End Prof. j LOUISVILLE [christiarts ; 0 f the National Conference an d Jews were , here Wednesday , , that against minorities can be mated, “but not by about them.” This opinion given by Prof. Martin P. rowsky, Columbia professor, who arrived to fer . with ... the conference cial on an institute to be sored here Nov. 12-13. Dr- Chworosky, w*ho said was working to break barriers between declared. “You have ^ to that old saw—actions i louder than words—to The • tenth annual youth con¬ ference of the National Asso¬ ciation for the Advancement cf Colored People was held at the Central Baptist church and the 1 Union Memorial church, in St. An interracial delegation of two hundred youths from 23 ; tates participated in the lour- R..y conference- W. W. Law, national youth conference ehairman and former presi¬ dent of the Savannah (Ga) Youth Council, was the presid- irf? officer at all sessions. Lawrence C. Howard of Dcs Moines, Iowa, in a keynote ad¬ dress at'the first public session called on the delegates repre¬ senting youth councils and col¬ lege chapters in the NAACP to band together m the fight to eliminate segregation and dis¬ crimination in America. How¬ ard, a student of Drake univer¬ sity and former vice president of the Dos Moines Youth Coun¬ cil, speaking at the evening mass meeting, sa ! d that youth must make frorilal at- tacks on jim crow, Addressing the Friday even- ing public meeting, Walter executive secretary of the NAACP and principal told the youth that the Negro vote in the pivotal states of Illinois, Ohio and CaLifor- n: a with 83 electoral votes swung the balance to Presi- dent Truman in, the election, Continued on Page 11 (possible better human rela- j |P tions i ud ” Cit have ng instances been broken where re j ce s idown in communities, he said | Qne Qf the fl „ t rules in any Q{ action lg; „ Don . t talk j j h t - f „ Tp als0 d QUt 1 He also said that if a job is to be opened to a member of a .minority group for the first the best-qualified person should bp rfl0Ben> j He noted that another plan tn nim-i. ./ i mpinhpr n( j of* ri- : nor;t .. rcU p j n an office a high executiVe of a firm After a while, other members of the I j (Continued on page Six) Local Teachers As In For in In a letter this week to the Board of Education, the Chat¬ ham County Negro Teachers’ Association requested equaliza¬ tion of salaries of white and colored teachers. The group also asked that the 10 per cent increase granted by the state be provided for all teachers in Chatham county. The letter from the teachers was as follows: November 11, 1948 •‘Chatham County Board of Education Savannah, Georgia ' ‘Gentlemen, “We, the Chatham County Colored Teachers Association, are writing in reference to is¬ sues of vital importance to us. ‘ First, we wish to refer to i the statement that appeared j | in News, the October Savannah Morning on 30, i948, that -Gov Thompson h,ad granted vie teachers of Georgia a sal¬ ary increase of ten GO) per cent for the months of No¬ vember and December. In lieu of a statement made several Jays ago by Mr. Strong, there appeared to be a doubt as to I whether or not we will receive the full ten, (10i per cent in¬ crease. “We know that the board is aware of the increased cost of living, the expenses entailed in continuous professional growth, and the expenditure ol person¬ al finance used in carrying out -our progressive program*. With the knowledge and satisfaction that the Board has always been n sympathy with our needs and requests, we therefore make an earnest plea for the beard's kind consideration by alloting the full ten (10). per cer.t in¬ crease as appropriated by Gov- Civil Suit May Follow Slaying of Voter NEW YORK, Nov- 11. — Al¬ though acquitted of the slaying of Isaac Nixon, 28-year-old Negro veteran who ins‘sted on voting in the Georgia Demo¬ cratic primary, the two white brothel's who killed him may yet face a civil suit, Thurgood Marshall, NAACP special coun¬ sel, announced here today. Mr- Marshall and A. T. Walde,n of Atlanta, NAACP lawyers, are exploring the possibility ol bringing such a suit in behalf of N xon’s widow. Indicted by the grand jury of Montgomery county, Ga., M. A Johnfson was freed after a Su¬ perior Court jury in Mt. Ver¬ non returned a verdict of not guilty. John Johnson, indicted as an accessory to the murder, was released without trial fol¬ lowing acquittal of his broth¬ er. Nixon was killed a lew days after the state Democratic primary of September 8, in which he voted despite warn¬ ings from whites rjit to do so. Continued on Page 11 Four Missourians Elected State ST LOUIS, (ANP»—In the recent general election the Ne- gro vote here went heavily to President Truman, who has j battled vigorously sweeping for his civil al- i rights program, most the entire local Demo- jcratic ticket into office. Four Negroes will go to the , j flrv the most at one « time in the j 01 Missouri, as a result j of the Democratic landslide- All of the elected legislators are Democrats; three from St. Louis and one from iCity. "Riey are: St. Louis; Y m ‘ am A Cole, lawyer; John A. Green, war veteran and (erstwhile athlete of St. Louis: i Walter Lay, Stowe college Parents-Teachers to Outfit Beach-Cuyler Band Before one of the largest crowds to attend a regular P.-T. A. meeting Mrs- white,j president of Beach-Cuyler PTA spoke briefly on the fine show¬ ing that the band made dur¬ ing the jvome-coming game and parade. She said that it was the PTA who initiated a drive last term for additional instruments for the band -and now the P. T. A. should be willing to aid in raising money for the band uniforms- Prof. O. L. Douglas read an itemized report of all w money collected and all expenditures made in reference to the band. To date $831.91 has been spent for Instruments and this amount was raised through the aid of the P T. A. and friends. Prof. W. D. Donnelly stated that he has already spoken to the management of the East Side Theatre in reference to a movie by which the P. T. A. could have 50 percent of the net proceeds. The exact date will be announced soon. The admission will be 30 cents for adults. Tickets will be on sale an an early date. The following committee was named to put over this pro¬ gram: Mrs. Sarah Brannen, chairman; Mrs. Bessie Craw¬ ford, Mrs- E. Jackson. Mrs. G. Orr, Mrs. Margarete O'Brien, Mrs. Lucile Graham, Mrs. Mar¬ : ion Lewis. A very fine program of songs- readings and plays in keeping with American Education week was rendered. State School Principals To Meet in Macon The president of the Georgia State Teachers’ Association, R J. Martini, announces ihat the annual conference of principals of Georgia Negro schools will j be held in Macon November 19 and 20 at L. H. Williams ele¬ mentary school, Pursley street, beginning at 9 a. m. This will be the second time the confer¬ ence has been held in Macon All principals throughout Geor¬ gia are urged to attend this meeting- The purpose of these con¬ ferences is to acquaint princi¬ pals with the major phases of public school education in Georgia as administered on the ■state level. R. L. Cousins, director of ed¬ ucation for Negroes in Georgia, Continued on Page 8 and James M McNeal of Kansas City, \ A Real Surprise In local voting, most conclu- sive evidence of the landslide was shown, in the Sixth ward, Republican stronghold of Com- jmitteeman “Billy” Morant a nd (Alderman J. C. Caston. The S'xth ward is where the bulk i of St. Louis Negroes live. It j was the only ward in the city to remain in the Republican icolumn in the Roosevelt vic¬ tory In 1936 arjl. which had been steadfast Republican lor ; militant more than and 24 shrewd vears, under leadership the j ,of the “Big Four,” Crittenden I (Continued on page Six) Member Audit Bureau Circulations Price 7c TO SING HERE TUESDAY NIGHT Music lovers can not afford miss the recital by M.ss Dobbs, soprano, is being sponsored by the Congregational chilrch on evening, November *23, beginning promptly at 8:30 in the main auditorium the First African Baptist Southern Baptists Say Race Relations Improved LOUISVILLE (ANP) — Be¬ of activities of various Baptists, relations be¬ colored and white in the have Improved, Dr Hugh Brimm, executive secretary of the Social Service commission >f the Southern Baptist Con¬ vention, said last week. Noting that Maryland’s Bap¬ tist convention recently desig¬ a special committee to study the problem of race re¬ Dr. Brimm said that Southern Baptist groups are expected to take similar action in the future. According to him the Mary¬ land action is based upon res¬ Southern Baptist conven¬ This moral code in¬ such statements as: Children will be taught that prejudice is evil and un- A NEW ELK LODGE FORMED A new lodge of Elks was or¬ ganized .Sunday, November 7 the sport-loving people of The lodge was for one of Savannah’s outstanding civic leaders. A W. Cummings. The lodge will have its first at the Masonic Tem- p le _ west Gwinnett street Sunday. November 21 at 3 p i m„ where they will have their pictures made in a group.; Charles Brown is exalted ruler.' NUMBER 5 church (corner of Montgomery and St. Julian streets). The soloist will be accompa¬ nied at the piano by her Mi¬ ter, Mrs. Irene Dobbs Jackson, and Charles Pender of Atlanta will play the violin obligato for Ingrams Being WellCaredFor AMERICUS, Ga., Nov. 11. —J. B. Dorsey, president of the 4mer:cus, Ga., branch ol th" NatioiUl Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo¬ ple, gave assurance this week that the family of Mrs. Hus i Lee Ingram is being adequate! cared for by the NAACP. Mr;. Ingram and her two teen-ug sons are now under sentence of life imprisonment following heir conviction by an all- of John E. Stratford, a neighbor. In a letter to Roy Wilkins, assistant secretary, Mr. stated that Mrs. Gene¬ Rush.n, oldest Ingram is bei,ng supplied with funds for the family’s needs and that the branch of the NAACP been paying family medi¬ cal expenses and an average weekly grocery bill of $20. In addition, he said, three or four hundred parcels of clothing' for the Ingrams had been receiv¬ Also, a welfare committee, assigned to look after the Ing¬ ram children, reports that they are all in good health The National NAACP office announced this week that con- tributions to the Ingram De- fengg fund now tQtal Continued on Page 8