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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXVII
OL1N F. FULMER, standard bearer of the C. C. D. C., who will
Ibe Savannah’s next Mayor.
Running up an overwhelm¬
ing majority over the Inde¬
pendent DemcCratic Club’s
ticket in Tuesday’s municipal
primary election, the Chatham
County Democratic Club’ can¬
didates all went to victory
along with their mayoralty
candidate, Olin F. Fulmer.
The vote was, CCDC, 14,096;
IDC, 9,631.
The total number of persons
qualified to vote in the election
was 48,577, but only 22,727 took
advantage of the opportunity
to go to the polls and cast a
vote although the weather
man presented a perfect elec¬
tion day
There were 15,658 Negroes
whose names appeared on the
voting lists, but only a little
Fraud Charged to Several
Church of God Leaders
Firemen Take Case To
U. S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, (A*NPi—Nee
ero firemen of three southern
janlrd'ads, fighting what they
claim to be discrimination
against Negroes by the Broth¬
erhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, took their case
to the U. S. Supreme court last
week.
The firemen asked the high
court to review their action to
get a permanent court injunc¬
tion issued against the white
brotherhood. This case will
also involve the jurisdiction of
the District court here.
Originally, about a year ago,
Judge Alexander Holtzoff of
Ga. State College To Have
Greek Letter Frats
The Georgia State college
faculty in a recent meeting
voted the approval of the es¬
tablishment of Greek-letter or¬
ganizations on the campus.
This was announced by Presi¬
dent: James A. Colston at a
special assembly, Monday, De¬
cember 5.
He also disclosed that the
Council of Administrators had
appointed a Board of Governors
to interpret to the proposed
organizations the policies of
the administration in regards
to student organizations.
Only those Greek-letter or¬
more than one third of them,
5,716, voted. Of this number
13,645 voted the IDC ticket and
1 2,031 the CCDC ticket.
The reason for the larger
Negro vote for the IDC was
probably due to the fact that,
the IDC mayoralty candidate,
Wilkes S. MacFeeley was bet¬
ter known to the vast majority
ot -them than 'the CCDC stand¬
ard bearer, Olin F. Fulmer.
The aldermanic ticket which j
von out along with the CCDC
mayoralty candidate was as
follows; James W. Fitzgerald.
Leo F. Griffin, Harry B. Grim-
shaw, A. Larry Karp, David F.
Knight, Peter Roe Nugent, An¬
gus N- Purvis, William S. Ray,
Melvin T. Roberson, Dan J.
Sheehan, Alvie Steele, Jr., and
A. A. Tomas.
District court issued a prelim¬
inary injunction against the
union in favor of the firemen.
But on Oct, 27, the U- S. Court
of Appeals ruled that the Dis¬
trict court had no jurisdiction
over the case, and voided the
court’s ruling. It said the case
should have been taken to the
Northern District Court of
Ohio.
Joseph L. Rauh, attorney for
the firemen, contends that the
local court did have jurisdic¬
tion over the case.
Inj general the firemen op-
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ganizations recognized by the
Pan-Hellenic council may be
established on the campus.
These include Sigma Gamma
Rho, Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta
Phi Beta, Alpha Kappa Alpha,
Kappa Alpha Psi, Omega Psi
Phi, Phi Beta Sigma and Al¬
pha Phi Alpha,
Dates for pledging charter
members have been set for the
last two weeks in February.
Freshmen may be pledged dur¬
the last week in April. Also
the period of initiation of
charter members will be the
last week in April.
SAVANNAH GEORGIA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1948
Court Holds Man Has Right To
Protect His Home From Invasion
Governors
Discuss
Schools
15 NEGROES ATTEND
REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR
EDUCATION
By M. Edward Tolbert
After talking to some of the
colored educators who attend¬
ed the Comerence of Southern
Governors held here this week
at the General Oglethorpe ho¬
tel, the opinion is that the
majority of those present is not
in sympathy with the regional
plan of professional schools
proposed by the governors, and
that they were there mostly to
see what was going on and to
keep abreast of the times.
However, there is very little
that they can do about it.
Gne educator stated; “The re¬
gional plan is just a nice way
of continuing discrimination
and that he is of the opinion
that unless the South has in¬
tegrated education, it will find
itself sinking back further as
time goes on, because by try¬
ing to support special schools
for both Neg-oes and whites,
they are defeating themselves
financially.”
In addressing the assembly
Sunday afternoon, Dr. John E.
Ivey,;- Jr., director of > tftfc Vs-’
gional council, stated: “The
State of North Carolina is run¬
ning an ignorance bill each
year of about 12 billion dollar*
and the rest of the southern
states are doing likewise,
though theirs may vary slightly
one way or the other.” This
means, as he puts it, the south¬
ern states are losing that much
money because they have ,the
resources but lack the know-
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MEMPHIS (ANP)—Seven top
officers of the Church of God
in Christ, currently holding its
general convention at Holiness
Temple here, face a suit)
brought by six ministers and
two laymen last week charg¬
ing them with conspiring to
defraud the church of money
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Seated above are five former
medical school teacher, who
recently joined the fulAtime j
medical staff at the VA hos- J
Photo By Tolbert— Tribunt Staff Pliotoa.
Upper left: President Janies A. Colston of Ga. State College, strolls to the meeting held in
the Tower room of the General Oglethorpe Hotel with Mrs. M- E. L. Carnegie, Dean of Nursing
Education, Florida A. and M. College.
Upper right President William II. Gray, Jr-, as he leaves main hotel building to attend
one of the group meetings.
Bottom: Informal picture of the Graduate Studies committee meeting in the Tower room
of the General Oglethorpe.
Runs For Office In
Eaytona Beach
EAYTONA BEACH, (ANPi
—For the first time in the his¬
tory of this city a Negro has
offered himself for a high city
elective office and he is re¬
ceiving the full support of Ne¬
gro and white voters in Day¬
tona, the city in which Negroes
were voting long before they
were in any other Florida city.
He is George W. Engram, I
owner and operator of an elec¬
pital, Tuskegee, Ala. Lett to
nght ' ^ H °* ard Kenrtf: '’
former resident, Freedman's
hospital, Washington, and E. T
Odom, former professor
trical contracting and appli¬
ance store here, who has of¬
fered himself for the post of
city commissioner from Zone 3,
in the city government.
His running second at pres-
in a field of five indicat-
a large support from white
in the runoff which al-
most assures him of defeating
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> medicine; W. S QuirJand, for
*5 '' 6ara Pressor of patwol-
I ogy; J. A. Bone, for 25 years
professor of pharmacology, and
A- G. Yancey, former teacher j
Policeman Resigns After
Brutal Beating of Prisoner
MIAMI, Fla. (ANP:—A Ne-
‘gro poioeman, Marion Finch,
under investigation for alleg¬
ed brutality in handling a
Negro prisoner, resigned this
week. The prsoner, 21-year-old
Charles Hunter, appeared in
court with both arms in a cast
after his trial had been twice
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of surgery, all at Mehirry.
Standing are Drs. T. T. Tilden,
hospital chief, and G. C
Branche. head of ail
sional services.—(ANP,
Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
ATLANTA, Dec. 10 It has
long been said that a man’s
home is his castle and mo one
has a right to invade it with¬
out legal permission. This at¬
titude was borne out here to¬
day when the Georgia Court of
Appeals ruled that a Negro has
a legal right to shoot in de¬
fense of Ills home against an
invader, be he white or black.
i
The decision reversed the
sentence of Joe Pinkston, Glas¬
cock county Negro, who was
sentenced to six to ten years
for the shooting of Ray Reese,
a Warren county white farm¬
er.
Reese was shot when he
crossed the county line and
approached Pinkston’s home.
Reese testified at the earlier
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Joint Appeal Made For
Xmas Release of Mrs. Ingram
NEW YORK (ANP) A joint
Christmas appeal was issued
here last week by Stale Sen.
Kenjiieth Slierbeli anc Mrs. Ada
B. Jackson for the freedom of
jMrs. Christmas Rosa Lee Ingram, and for
presents of toys,
food and clothing for her chil¬
dren. The appeal, made un¬
der the auspices of the Negro
Youth Builders Institute, Inc.,
declared:
“We want Christmas bells to
ring for Mrs. Rosa Lee Ingram
and her unhappy littie brood
Let her feel our sympathy, our
warmth and support from the
very depths of the hearts of
America.
“We call upon President
Truman and Gov. Talmadge of
Georgia to pardon this brave
Negro mother and her two
teen-age sons. Let the doors
of the Georgia prison be op¬
ened and Mrs. Ingram sent to
Wins Reinstatement For
Loyalty Purge Victim
OAKLAND, Calif., Dec. 9.
A veteran of World War II
who had been suspended from
his job at the Oakland Naval
Supply Center on charges of
alleged disloyalty, was rein¬
stated this week after an ap¬
peal made on his behalf by the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo¬
ple.
Robert Lee Jackson, a labor¬
er at the Naval Supply Center,
had been discharged by a local
loyalty board which charged
Oklahoma Case To Go
To Supreme Court
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okia.
(ANP)—Immediate action to
take the case of G. W
Laurin, charging discrimina-
tioi* because of segregation
the University of Oklahoma
against the school, to the U. S.
Supreme court will be taken,
Thurgood Marshall, NAACP at¬
torney, announced here last
week.
McLaurin, the only Negro
student attending the universi¬
ty, is complaiiuhg that his be-
segregates ih the claso-
rooms, library and cafeteria by
the school is a denial of his ;
rights.
NUMBER 9
GETS LOCAL
MANAGERSHIP
EDWARD B. LAW
Savannahians are always
particularly pleased when one
their own is elevated to a
position of trust, therefore,
they are much gratified to
learn of the promotion which
come to Edward B. Law. Mr.
was appointed last week
the managership of the lo¬
office of the Atlanta Life
company.
He succeeds H. C. Thomas,
died here several weeks
Having been with the c:,m-
for the past five years,
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her babies where she right¬
fully belongs.”
In addition, the appal ask¬
ed that donations be given lor
toys and food and clothing
for the Ingram family.
“In the name of justice and
freedom, we must give every
ounce of devotion to the elimi¬
nation of such haired and big¬
otry, which can permit such a
horrible Injustice where a de¬
fenseless, hard-working, share¬
cropper Negro mother of four¬
teen children can be sentenced
to life imprisonment along
with her two sons for an act
of self-defense against a white
farmer who came to kill her
with a gun because her mule
stfayed on to his farm."
All gifts and checks arc to
be sent to the Negro Youth
Builders Institute, Inc., 2207
7th avenue, New York, N. Y.
him with attending two meet¬
ings sponsored by members of
the Communist party.
The decision of the local
Board was reversed in an ap¬
peal before the Navy Depart¬
ment Loyalty Appeal Board, at
which Mr. Jackson was repre¬
sented by Jesse O. Dedmond,
Jr., NAACP secretary of veter¬
ans’ affairs. Mr. Jackson has
restored to duty on or¬
ders from the Secretary of the
Navy.
( Recently a throe-judge court
headed by Federal Judge A. P.
ruled against McLau-
rin’s charges of discrimination,
same court, however, made
the ruling that forced the
school to admit him to the
graduate school, but refused
admission to Mrs. Mauderl
Hancock Wilson.
Marshall called Judge Mur-
rah to ask him to amend the
court’s first ruling to the ef-
feet that McLaurm, and Mrs.
Wilsons suits were dismissed,
Then he plans to petition the
Supreme court for action Pas¬
on the second case.