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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE LXVII NCNVV NAMES 15 OlITSTANIIIMi WOMEN FOB YEAR 1948 First District AMEs in Big Rumpus Over Removal Rev. Malilon Lewis PHILADELPHIA i ANP i—With all the involved issues still settled in the Bishop D. Ward Nichols-Rev. Mahlon M. Lewis conflict, the First district of the African cMst, Episcopal church once ?Vhco has become a storm cen- • ter in the AME church. When Bishop D. Ward Nich¬ ols three weeks ago announced that the Rev. Lewis’, for ten years pastor of St. Matthews AME church, would be replaced by the Rev. Edward B. Williams he incited a controversy that threatens to split St. Matthews, to encourage Rev. Lewis tel found a new church, and toj bring the AME church into! court. Such a controversy in the effecr*on*°the° AME & church"^H ! over the country. Philaadelphia is the home of the first AME Continued on nage Ten Birmingham Minister Defies New City Segregation Zoning Ruling Again Heads Weldon Lodge of Elks On Tuesday night, June 7 Weldon Lodge of Elks held its semi-annual election of offi¬ cers. Edwin W. Burke, exalted ruler, and 'the entire staff of officers were re-elected for another term of six months. The election resulted as fol¬ lows: Edwin W. Burke, exalted ruler; Brawley Brooker, esteem¬ ed leading knight; Willie Jen¬ kins, esteemed loyal knight; John Habersham, esteemed lec¬ turing knight; Joseph Glover, junior guard; Thomas Jeffer¬ son, outer guard. After the business session a delicious repast was enjoyed by the members. The lodge had as its honored guest for the evening Miss Eu- ris Maria Smith, the 1945 win¬ ner of the Elks’ $1,000 scholar¬ ship contest,who has just grad¬ uated with honors from Bennet college at Greensboro, N. C. GRADUATES IN LIBRARY SCIENCE — Miss Angeline D Brown has completed her course at the Atlanta Universi¬ ty School of Library Service and has received her BS in LS degree. On leaving the local Beach Slip iatiawtali Sriluuu' DENTISTS Dire ctof of Programs > WesMieW > N. J. _ WASHINGTON, D. C. — Final plans for the 36th annual con¬ vention of the National Edward YV. Burke Exalted Ruler Miss Smith made a brier in which she expressed appreciation to the lodge having given her the Continued on Page 11 high school where she gradu- | ated as salutatorian of class she entered Talladega col- lege, at which time she became a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority. She later re Continued on, Page U SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1949 PLANS FOR 36th DR. MARTIN L. WALTON, Ga! vice president, Thomasville, Association were completed here recently in an executive called by NDA President BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ANP) — A city commission ruling last week to set up segregated zones in B rmingham was opposed immediately after its passage when the Rev. Milton Curry, Jr., said he would not move from h s newly rented home in a “white” zone. Rev. Curry is one of two Ne¬ gro m nisters living in a zone declared for whites only by the commission action. The other minister, the Rev. E. B. Deyam- pert, has lived at his home for I several years. They live next continued on Pag* Thro* Teacher Cheating in South Carolina Caused Leaks From Whites By Albert Anderson COLUMBIA, S. C. (ANP) — Although ten South Carolina teachers have been discharged, and Benedict college, its presi¬ dent, and some of its students are now in trouble because of widespread cheating on teach- ers’ examinations, the head of the cheating ring is believed to be white. Despite the fact that w de¬ spread cheating had been. re¬ ported for several years in the South Carolina state teachers’ tests, only after the February, 1949, exams did any real evi- Color Hate Flares In Bolivia ORURO, Bolivia (ANP)—The growing distrust and dislike of American whites in this South American country and many of her neighboring nations was an undertone beneath the tin strike violence which flared here last week. When tne miners deserted the mines attacked and maltreated the white American engineers employed there. Two of the Americans were killed. Bolivia the largest tin producer in jthe world. The strikers invaded the mine I offices according to reports, rounded up the Americans and , orced them into the headquar- Continued on Page 3 CONVENTION eral Chairman, Convention Committee, Kansas City, Mo. Dr. Russell A. D xon, dean oi thc College of Den tistry, How¬ ard university. The 1949 convention of the NDA is scheduled for Kansas City, Mo., and will be held Aug¬ ust 8-12, at the Lincoln high school. Kansas City’s NDA af¬ filiate, the Heart of America Dental Society, will serve as host to the more than seven hundred dentists who will in¬ vade the Missouri city Horn all sections of the nation. Local convention arrange¬ ments at Kansas City are being coordinated by Dr. B. J. Moore, general /Chairman of the con¬ vent on committee of the Heart of America Dental Society. Dr. Robert H. Thompson, Westfield. N. J., former president of the NDA, heads a committee which s planning the scientific pro¬ gram for the convention. The association’s travel bureau is operated under thc direction o! Continued on Page 11 derce of cheating corns forth. As a result of the February exams, the cert ficates ol ten No ;Ko achers, including two principals, have been revoked; the alumni of Benedict college has severely crlt’c zsd President J. A. Bacoats, and some 800 Ne gro teachers who may be af¬ fected are confused. The idea thejt wiiites arc probably involved has come up I because in the north where the tests are made up and the University of South 1 na where the tests are only white persons have access Va. Officials Pay Fines For Failure To Equalize Schools RICHMOND, Va. < ANP i —. Four Gloucester county , off cials paid fines on June 3. totaling $1,C00 for contempt of court in connection with t leir failure to obey an anti-discrim- j ination injunction issued by ' the Federal District Court. Judge Sterling Hutcheson on May 4 ttv ed fines of $256 eacn on J. Walter Kenney, division i 'superintendent, Stanley T. | Wallace Fletcher and Gray, school board chairman: | Hogge, board members. June 3 was the deadline for , paying the fines. The money, for the fines was turned to the clerk’s office here in the form of a school board check for si,000 signed by P. w. smith, Jr., county treasurer. Federal Judge Hutcheson found the school officials gu 1- of contempt on January 13 for the r failure to equalize the schools for Gloucester county Negro children with those pro¬ vided for wh le children. The jurist delayed imposition ol sentence until May 4, and show pehmitted the school board me to show what had been done to equalize the schools that period. Never before in the history of public school system of Virginia have school officials been fined for failure to eqi^al- educational facilities be- tween the races. The federal court’s action set a precedent which may have far reaching Continued on Page H WASHINGTON (ANP) — The Nat onal Council of Negro Wo¬ men has selected the names of 15 women who have made out¬ standing achievements during the year, 1948, to be honored at it sannual honor day, June 19 at the Council house, 1318 Ver¬ mont avenue, N. W. In announc. ng the selection of women to be honored, Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, founder president of the council, said: “These women are but a symbol of the mind, the heart and soul of the womanhood of the world who unitedly work for a world of peace, freedom and justce for all.’’ Mrs. Bethune Will present each honoree with a scroll of honor citing her par¬ ticular contribution to the American culture. The selections for this out¬ standing national award are as follows. Ethel J. Alpenfels, noted an¬ thropologist, for her outstand¬ ing professional contribution? Continued on Page 3 Bunches Beal Reason For Refusing Job NEW YORK (ANP)—Thurs¬ day’s Herald-Tribune front¬ paged a story that Dr. Ralph Bunche rejected Truman’s offer of a state department post be¬ cause of the capital’s jim crow practices. Further, the paper editorial¬ ized on the affair, which had been generally believed by per¬ sons close to Dr. Bunche as the real reason that he refused the highest' honor yet accorded a colored citizen. It would be pretty difficult for him to bow to jim crowism after having enjoyed the free¬ dom accorded him elsewhere and having accepted honors an international figure. The | ignominy of Washington’s sep-| aratism they say, was too much to impose on his family and he Continued on Page 3 to the exams. Ltis belli;:ved that a mass black market in giving out test answers is being operated w,th a Negro go-between con¬ necting thc two races. At the same time it Is believed that teachers have also cheat¬ ed on past examinations. Mak ng the biggest howl over the situation is Gov. J. Strom Thurmond, director ot the state Board of Education. it that he is trying the Negroes, let thc whites go. At this point, President Ba- —Above are five leaders of the (telega ton of Georgia Negro Legionnaires as they attended thje thirty-first annual depart¬ ment convention in Augusta last week. MAJOR HOPKINS BLASTS AUGUSTA OFFICIALS FOR THEIR RACIAL SEGREGATION Augusta. Ga.. June 12—Be¬ cause city officials refused to allow Negro delegates to occupy seats on the ground floor of the City Auditorium where the Georgia department of the American Legion has been hold¬ ing its thirty-fiisl annual con¬ vention for several days, Major T. J. Hopkins of Savannah, an outstanding leader among Georgia's war veterans, scath¬ Large Attendance Expected at OES Half Celebration A large delegation is expect¬ ed to attend the Fiftieth An¬ niversary of the Prince Hall Grand Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star which will con¬ vene here June 28th through the 309h. Mrs. Willie Williams chairman of the housing com¬ mittee states that Savannahians are cooperating one hundred percent in making their homes for the comfort of the visitors, The public is invited to at¬ tend the reception Monday night, June 27, at the YMCA (Continued on page three) coats comes in Reported to be/ a good friend of the Dixiecrati governor, he has been accused by the alumni of Benedict of sending up 1,4 students to take thc rap with two reported “prepared to confess." He d dj this voluntarily, it. is said Thur-1 with-j out a request from Gov. mond. Next, come in the AME church, ministers, and another AME college, Allen. At Allen Dean I. M. A Myers has been because he admitted he was involved in thc rack- t. Continued on Page 11 Norfolk Man ( )ffersfor Seat In Va. House NORFOLK, Va. (ANP) — C Arnett Bibb ns, young Negro lawyer, launched his here last week in the race for a seat in the Virginia House of Delegates in the primary of August 2. He is running as in independent candidate. Bibbins was endorsed re c e n 11 y by the Citizens committee, the organization which supported Victor J Ashe, another Norfolk lawyer, who sought unsuccessfully win a seat in the City Council of Norfolk in 1946 arid a seat I in 1947 in the Virginia House of Delegates. | While friends of Mr. Bibbins Continued on Page 11 Member Audit Bureau Circulations Price 7c First row, left to right,.!. P. Atkinson, Brunswick, elected commander of District AHarrell Williams. Atlanta, re-elected commander of Dis- trlct C; Jerry B. Davis, Mac >n, ingly rebuked the city fathers today before the convention, for their undemocratic stand. Prior to this meeting Negro delegates have been allowed to mingle freely In any part of the building In which the conven¬ tion was meeting. At this ses¬ sion the Augusta city officials restricted Negro delegates to thc balcony. Many of the Negro delegates, Completes Elks Scholarship Miss Euris Maria Smith, the dau S hter of Mr - and Mrs Roosevelt smith of 610 West 39th street, recently completed the four year college scholar¬ ship awarded her in the Elk3* Oratorical contest after receiv¬ ing a bachelo# of arts degree from Bennett college this month. In 1945 she was first prize winner in the local, state, regional and national oratorical contests. Miss Smith attended both Bethune-Cookman college and Bennett college for two years, where she maintained in both colleges an honorable record She has participated in many extra-curricular activities, par¬ ticularly in thc Catholic youth movements. She is a selected member of the Alpha Kappa Mu honorary Society of Ben¬ nett college and has been awarded a scholarship by the Graduate Council of Howard university. Recently Miss Smith was se¬ lected as a qualified judge In the Elks State Oratorical con- (Continued on page r.hreej RECEIVES UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO SOHOLARSHIPP — Alice Freeman, daughter of Mr and Mrs John M. Free- 621 West 40th street graduated June 6, from Talla- college with a major in philosophy and reugion. Main¬ NUMBER 35 newly elected commander of District B: second row. T. J. Hopkins. Savannah, retiring commander of District A, and Henry A. Scott. Macon, retiring commander of District B. becoming disgusted with the show of discrimination perpe¬ trated against them, left the city for home shortly after the parade in which they partici¬ pated Major Hopkins made his criticism of the treatment ac¬ corded Negro delegates by the city fathers shortly before George Heard, of Monroe, was Continued on Page 3 taining a brilliant record at Talladega. Miss Freeman grad¬ uated with the highest cumu¬ lative average in her class. She served in the YWCA, NAACP Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Continued on Page 1\