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PAGE EIGHT
MIDWAY
by B J Geiger
Mrs. Grace Mae Nesbitt is ill.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Geiger
Yisiied Mrs Frank Geiger tan
day
Mrs Laurie Washington was
the Sunday guest of Mrs Naomi
G.fger Flori-
Tom Murvin of Miami,
da. visited his brotner in law
Christmas, CharLe Geiger
Lii.le Martha Jane Dav.s oi
Conntc'icut veiled her father
Christmas and spent some
time with her aunts, Mrs Frank
Umger and Mrs Charlie Ge-ger
There will be a parly at
Cross Hoads chapel on Jan
sponsored by the Cross
choir
MclNTOSH
__by Eugene Johnson
Hutcninson Station
church, K -v M L Lester, pas-
tor, observed its first pastoral
day cf th year Sunday at
winch tune one new number
joined the church-
TaDernacle AME church
asked that all its members
come out to an iportaut busi¬
ness meeting
Your newaooy takes this me
Iliad of wishing you a happy
and prosperous N w Year
CONN. GOV. NAM! '
EX-BOMBER PILOT
HARTFORD, Conn. <ANP) -
-Edward Thornton Dixon, 26
year-old former bomber pilot,
who was one of the first Negro
air cadets accepted by the war
department, became the first
Negro to be named by a Con-
nectlout governjr-eieci, to his
military stuff here Saturday.
Dixon was appointed by
Chester Bowies, who defeatea
Gov. James C. Channon Sn the
lectnt elections, is the young-
insist
on the
enuine
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holds the rank of major.
OBJECTS TO RACE
OF SON-IN-LAW
.•>nu/ .-ao tium page one
'Thursday, on a charge cl vio-
la'ing ' ......... the states misetgenat on
uw inarr >'*P|- iler daugh
■ 1 n< Math.-Ion Hammond
IiLanibun was arrested on a
i ,, No v. 0 wh‘ch
Ch f ! ’ d he , * „ N .„ ro
TlK The ‘, compia.nt c‘' n d»la.nt , ^says^ , that .
,1am , lion “cud on L
nious mous intermarry intermarry with cne
Florence Hadelon Harnmcn, a
v. hue female, he, the said
Clark C Hamilton, being a Ne¬
gro male,”
Arrested in Balt. more, Ham-
IRon was brought to the Roa-
ioke county ja I at Salem,
,vh< re, when dockete d, he lden-
lf ed himself as white and
vas placed in the white sec-
c.on of the jail.
Deputies do cr bed the man
boil» “not too dark—per-
■lap;; a little yellov/ with brown
hair, a little bit curly.” He was
aid Ic be able to “pass” as an
iverage white man. Hamilton
■net Ills wife in Roanoke while
crying in the navy, where he
dso was listed as a white man.
The two ob'ained marriage
license to wed from the Roa-
ykc county clerk cn May 22
rgain w.th their raciai classi-
fication being while- 'Ihe Rev.
K A. Painter, who performed
the ceremony at Riverdalc
Baptist church, reveal d that
thc groom appeared to have
an Hawaiian accent, al hough
h-' seemed a white man.”
Hamilton gave his birthplace
as E'scrcda, Calif., and said
had worked in Hawaii for some
His parents were report-
od living in, Russellville, Ala.
The bride’s parents were the
i nly other persons present at
the ceremony
If convicted, the man faces
a one to five vear prison term
under the state statute which
mak s miscegenation a felony.
FEAU JACK CLAIMS
HE WAS CHEATED OF
HALF MILLION
Cliff AGO - f < - li ihUveigh
champion of the world Beau
Jack claims in February Ebon,!
-hat as much as half his share
of $i .100,000 in Madlscji Square
Garden gate recepts “nevci
reached my hands ”
in. an article written for E'b-
entill; d “How I Was Cheat ¬
ed Out of $5C0.CU0,” the one-
time Augusta, Ga-, shine boy
and caddy warns youngsters
interested in ring careers t.j
beware of the wolves who in¬
test the professional fight
game.
to be
Colored Policemen To
Sponsor Stellar Boxing Card
AT City Auditorium
A boxing card of unusual in-
terest will be presented Friday
night, January 14, at the Mu-
n i c ipal Auditorium in which
the top-notch fighters of the
local area will meet outstand-
n * punchers from out-of-town,
affair is being promoted by
thc local colored P°»«men for
he _beiVflt of the Savannah
ge ther in the main bout the
sensational local fighter, Egray
Johnson and Wild Willie Wil¬
kins of Los Angeles. In tne
semi-final bout Lee Dats of
Cavamah will face Willie
Smith of Charleston.
Johnson, a rugged, hard-
punching light heavyweight,
has b een g° in 8 *° r the past
year and although he has
been forced to fight in heavy-
weight circles he has scored
in his last five fights,
stopping such well known hea-
vies as Kid Blackout and Fast
Beau says in the article, “or
else they’ll chew you to pieces,
cruelly and viciously—-by di¬
verting huge chunks of your
purses as happened to me) or
by giving you a false account¬
ing of funds.”
The article also states:
“I fought 23 main bouts at
Madison Square Garden, draw¬
ing more capacity houses than
any other fighter ir ( boxing
history. Combined gate re¬
ceipts, I am told, came to over
$1,500,000. Since I never cashed
ed the checks for my purses,
deposited any money or kept
records, I’ll never know
how much of that money went
to my manager and how much
A g 0 t.
“I severed my relations with
my manager early in 1.947,”
B^au Jack continues in the
Ebony story- And says:
... . , ,
0 /'°my^^share ‘ ' oTYhe
vanous . purses. „
Declining to make specific
charges, Beau adds:
“Now I am not making any
specific charges against any¬
one in particular. But based
n what I know I spent, I only
say that money should have
come to me and didn’t.”
Millers Barber Shop
Your choice of style in
Hair Cuts
Only 50c for Men
40c for Hoys
Open 9 A,. M. Monday
through Friday; Open 8
a. m. Saturday; close 10
p. m. Phone 4-9255
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STEK LE COUPLES HAVE
FiNE CHANCE FOR
OFFSPRINGS
NEW YORK Cne out of ev¬
ery five involuntarily childleas
couples, regardless of race or
color, who come to American
fertility services achieve preg¬
nancy, according to a survey
made by the medical depart-
Iment Oi the Planned Parent¬
hood Federation. Dr William
T. Kennedy, chairman of the
medical executive committee,
made public the results of the
survey at a press conference
this week in the offices of the
federation, 501 Madison avenue.
The federation’s medical de¬
partment has canvassed all of
the 58 fertility services listed
with it. Reports were received
on 8,483 couples. Of these,
1,478 were slill undergoing
treatment, but 1,614 of the re¬
maining 7,005 had successfully
achieved a pregnancy- This is
at the rate of 23 per cent for
those ccuples and 3,9 per cent
of the whole.
Dr. Kennedy pointed out that
of ail the couples applying to
the infertility services, if war
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Black of Jacksonville, Fla-
However in the January 14
bout he will be put to his
greatest test when he enYir-
the ring against Wilkins, who
has equally as fine a record as
ne local lad. This should be
one of those knock-down-drag-
rmt. affairs which makes your
hair stand on edge.
There will be three other
bouts on the evening’s card,
each one of which will bring
together Savannah’s best wel¬
terweights and lightweights.
All of the boys are working
out nightly at the Elks Club on
M,nis street and are approach
ing tip top shape. The public
j s invited to witness these
workouts.
Tickets for this stellar affair
went ory sale Wednesday and
may be secured at the Elks’
Tom’s Grill and Bo Peep's
poolroom or from any of the
colored policemen-
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STORY |
OF HIS LIFE- The
book, “Booker T Washing- ;
by the well known au-
’^ or ’ Ba by ' sil critics Mat( hews, to be is the ac¬
eomoi-te biogranhy and
tory of the life of the great
Me-’ro leader and American
- 11 relates tire sym-
manner of Wash n,-
struggles as an educator
s vve ]j j-is role as the lead-
of his people.— (ANPj-
found after diagnosis that 1,190
could not be beneflued &r»d so
no treatment was attempted.
I Many of the others failed to
complete treatment for various
reasons-
“On the basis of these fig¬
ures it is probable that there
are 6C9,CM ccuples in the Unit¬
ed States whose infertility
could be corrected. It is be¬
lieved that there are 3,000,000
involuntarily childless couple
in the cour«f ry based on the
centrally accepted medical es¬
timate that one out of ten
couples are unable to conceive
“Cf course this dees not
mean that we can correct this
condition tomorrow. It will be
a long time before we Will have
enough doctors trained in. the
field.
“It is a shock to some men,”
Dr. Kennedy pointed out, “to
discover that failure to have
children is not always caused
by a defect in thc wife, that in
diagnosing infertility both the
husband and the wife are usu¬
ally tested, and that in nearly
half the cases the husband
nust be treated.
NURSES HOME TO
BE OPEN TO ALL
DETROIT (ANP)—The Park-
side hospital will open, its new
nurses home doors to all re¬
gardless to race, color or creed.
At' open house in the home »i
Jan. '9, in accordance w:„h the
wishes of the late Fred M. But-
zel, philanthropist.
The home located at 299
Mack avenue, within two blocks
of the Parkside hospital, is
to the hospital, but will
be open to nurses and techni-
ians of Harper, Grace and the
women’s hospitals. It will house
13 nurses-
Mchi-gan Supreme Court
Justice Henry M. ButZel and
Lawrence MiByteel, brbthe&s
oi Fitd tjrartsier Butzel, arranged ,lor
the of the home after
his Fluids djeath.'
jisecl to purchase the
hornet from the estate were
made:; with .money raised.:by
riends of the. late plul’anthfo-
oist wj&s ‘pftjHiclefit of the
Parkside hospital board of trus¬
tees Fils Brothers
gave equipment. ‘ several thousand dollars
for #
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AFRICANS SEEK
EDUCATION HERE
WASHINGTON iANP)— ‘The
interest of African students in
coining to the united States to
study has increased consider¬
ably during the last three
vears,” stated Dr- Ruth C.
°loan, who is an official in the
Near East and African branch
of the state department’s over¬
seas staff, last week.
“In 1946 there were 91 stu¬
dents.” Mrs. Sloan related, “but
bv 1947, there were 136. and in
lp48 there are 322 vcun<r men
bvifi women from 12 countries
"f Africa, recdst"red in 111 dif¬
ferent institutions in this
country, f'-iosp schools are lo¬
cated in 34 states about equally
divided between the north and
south All but 20 of the insti-
f utio>v are accredited and 46
of th r m are Negro schools.
“Africans are also enrolled at
institutions such as Harvard,
Columbia, Northwestern, Brown,
Cornell and RadcliUe. State
universities in California, Ken¬
tucky. Michigan, New York
and Montana also have Negro
students.”
Liberia ranks high in the
number »f students. There are
79 students from the African
Republic, 35 of them women,
majoring principally in educa¬
tion and home economics. Ni¬
geria comes next to Liberia
with 40 women students. African
tudents generalyy are going in
dents generally are going in
for liberal arts, medicine, edu¬
cation* agriculture and engin¬
eering.
No Negro of modern times
has ever held the international
authority vested in Dr. Ralob
Bunche by the UN Security
Council, and no Negro has ever
carried off tremendous respon¬
sibility with more dignity and
courage, God bless him!
typing and Shorthand
Work Done
Also private lessons
given in Shorthand
and tyiii-wfiting. Kates
reasonable. Consult Miss
R ML Gilbert, 611 West
36th street. I’hohe 3-6049
TO TOUR NATION — Mabel
Scott, dynamic, dazzling re¬
cording star of Exclusive Rec¬
ord Company, has recently
sky-rocketed to a still greater
position in the glowing heights
f stardom-
Mabel zoomed high on the
of public acclaim follow-
ng the release of her Exclu¬
sive Records Co. recording, of
‘Elevator Boogie” and is mors
han holding this enviable spot
with her latest disc “Boogie
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6^1949
Woogie Santa Claus.”
“Boogie Woogie Santa Claus ,’!
: written especially for Mabel W
! Leon Rene’, chief executive of
Exclusive Records Co., is proof
I enough that Mabel Ecott is the
[National Sweetheart of Boogie
: Woogie.
i I Mabel is planning a nation^-
wide tour starting February,
1949, so watch your local the¬
atres and clubs and when Ma-
[bcl Scott appears, treat your¬
self to an evening of wonderful,
entertainment. (ANP)
Abie Futch’s Food Store
1201 WEST BROAD STREET
TALL SALMON , can
STARCH, box
LARD, lb.
ALL BRAND CIGARETTES. Cartoon $1.77
WHOLE RICE, 5 Ibc
FLAT SARDINES, can
NO. 2 EARLY JUNE PEAS