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J&pjayi ^,TO PRESENT MEDAL—Mme
Lakshmi Pandit, Indian
ambassador to trie United
States, who will present the
Spingarn medal to Dr. Ralph J.
Bunche at the closing session
of the 40th annual conference
of the National Assoc ation for
the Advancement of Colored
No. Carolina Mutual World’s
Largest Negro Business
N. J. Supreme Ct. Reverses
Death Sentence of
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HEADS DENTISTRY AT ME-| j
HARRY—Dr. William M. Alien;
will duties the new 1
assume as
dean of M iharry’s School of j
Dentistry on August 1. He sue-!
ceeds Dr. Clifton O. Dummett, I
who has been granted an in- |
definite leave of absence from
trie college to accept a position
with the Veterans Administra-
tion set«Tusk:gee institute. Dr.
Allen, a graduate of Meharry,
is a specialist in prothetics.
Prior to h : s recent appqmt-
rrient, -lie nerved as assistant
dean of the medical school.—
(ANP).
Junior Deputies Return
With Sheriff Harris
From Tour North
After a week’s tour with
Sheriff William C. (Bill) Har¬
ris m his car to Washington
and New York, the four out¬
standing Negro Junior Deputy
Sheriffs of Chatham county
returned 'home Sunday, jubi¬
lant ov-.r the wonderful time
they had.
An oiig the highl ghts of the
trip were a picture taken in
Washington witri J. Edgar Hoo¬
ver. chief of the FBI, and a
visit w.th Mayor William
O’Dwyer in New York city.
The boys who went on the
trip were Abraham Stroman.
Joseph Baker, Eddie Johnson
and Amos Johnson.
Special Officer Fay (Jazzbo)
Patterson, one of the twelve
Negro members of the Savan¬
nah Police force, accompanied
the group.
A similar trip was given the
outstanding white junior depu¬
tes week before last by Sheriff
Parris. , . , ■...____
NAACI 1 Gives Summary
01 Year's Work
People at the Hollywood Bowl,
July 17. The award, made an¬
nually to a Negro American for
outstanding achievement wiH
be presented to Dr. Bunche in
recognition of h ; s contribution
to peace in the Middle East in
his capacity as acting UN M
diator in Palestine.
TRENTON (ANP)—The State
supreme court unanimously re¬
versed last week the death sen-
tence conviction handed down
by the Mercer county court
the six Negroes convicted
for slaying
73 year old white Tren-
ton second-hand merchant, in
his store January 27, 1948. The
opinion, "" "inn onivnuffh although unanimous,
had one disagreement.
The decision was voted out
almost an hour after the usual
time for the court to convene.
The opinion was written by
Justice Heher and was based
on four major points. Heher
said that the trial judge did not
have the jurisdiction to impose
trie death sentence after the
had returned a verdict of
guilty without stating it had
found the men guilty of mur-
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MISS G. N. A.—The Graduate
Nurses Association recently
closed its annual popularity
contest, crownirig Mrs. Rose
Gardner Pinkney, R. N., as win¬
ner.
Miss Amve V. King, R. N„ was
the other contestant. Both
young ladies are popular health
nurses of this city.
Total amount raised, $120.41.
JESSE OWENS NAMED
GREATEST ATHLETE
CHICAGO-A jury of 38 of
the nation’s sport editors, col¬
umnists and radio sports cas¬
ters, voting in the August issue
of Negro picture monthly
Ebony, has selected Jeess Owens
as the greatest Negro athlete of
a'l times.
Joe Louis missed a tie
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NEW YORK, July 1. — The
long legal battle to re-establ.sh
the right of Negroes in the
South to vote proved increas¬
ingly fruitful last year, accord¬
ing to the 1948 annual report
of the National Association for
the* Advancement of Colored
People, publ shed today. T.ie
report points out that approx¬
imately 700,000 of an estimated
one million qualified Negroes
in the southern states voted in
the November presidential elec¬
tion.
! i‘ne NAACP report, entitled,
“The Fortieth Year in the Cru¬
sade for Civil Rights,” sum¬
marizes act.vity of the associa¬
tion during 1948 on all branch fronts,
with sections devoted to
Sactivity, !the legislative legal accomplishments, work of the
Washington . bureau, labor, vet-
| eians ’ affairs, church, public
t elaUons - a nd the annual con-
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ATLANTA (ANP)— 1 The North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance
company is the largest com¬
mercial enterprise in scope and
size of business and net worth,
which exists in the world. In¬
surance business among Ne¬
groes in the United States
stands far to the forefront oi
Negro enterprises.
' Until recently the Atlanta
waf . the bigg3st of lhc in _
surance firmSj but last year
North Carolina Mutual passed
Life and now stands
in front with more
than seV en million dollars in
business b-yond that of her At-
j an ^ a rival.
Supreme Liberty Life of Chi¬
cago is third, but far behind
the two leaders. North Caro¬
lina Mutual bids fair to increase
its leadership for during trie
past several years it has been
writing more business increase
than any of its competitor
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White Man Charged With Murdering
10-Year-Old Boy Who Cursed Him
SPARTANBURG, S. C. (ANP)
A 29-year-old wftiite man,
David Lee Crane, was ordered
held Friday on a charge ol
murder in the shotgun slaying
EDITOR SUES MAYOR
FOR $10,000
CLEVELAND (ANP;—A suit
or $10,000 against Mayor Thos.
Burke, Safety Director William
Smith and Chief of Police
George Matowitz, was filed last
week by Eugene F. Cheeks, ed¬
itor of the Cleveland Guide.
The editor charges that he
was refused permission to in-
pect criminal records at a po-
ice station. His suit claims
that he was denied this privi-
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DELEGATES AT 44th ANNUAL S. S. - B. T. U. CONGRESS
Part of the 10,000 delegate*
who attended the 44th annual
Sunday school and BTU Con¬
Locomotive Firemen Win
Round in Case
Birmingham Youth Saves
White ChikYThen Vanishes
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (ANP)—
An unknown Negro boy saved
life of a nine-year old white
child here last week and van¬
ished before anyone could
thank him or learn his name.
The Negro boy was passing
the home of Mr. and Mrs
Charles Pilate and heard a
calling for . ii2 found
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se couple's son, Jimmie,
cl nging to the top of a sewer
The Negro lad grabbed Jimmie |
by the wrist and held on, add-
jag his call to those of Jimmie,
The boy's father soon arrived
and rescued Jimmy, but when
they looked around for trie
tri rescurer, he had disappear -1
ed.
Sentence Against Convicted
Soldier Is Set Aside
NEW YORK, June 30- Less
than one month after irit Na¬
tional Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Colored Pcopl
protested the conviction and
death sentence of former Pri¬
vate Dotr.a C. Abston for the
alleged murder of a German
civilian woman, the Depart¬
ment of tri? Army notified the
that the sentence levied
against Abston has been set
aside and the conviction re¬
versed.
In a letter written to the
Secretary of the Army on May
24, NAACP Assistant Specia
Counsel Franklin II. W lliam:
asserted that “even a cursory
examination of the court-mar¬
tial record indicates to an ob¬
jective observer t'.iat Abslon'f
conviction was without justif -
While Sox Official Arrested For Alleged
Attack on 15-Year Old Boy
CHICAGO (ANP) — Frank
Lane, general manager of the
Ch cago White Sox baseball
club, has been accused of
striking a Negro youth whom
he caught sneaking into trie
ball park with five white boy-
of Sarling Turner in the Crane
hone near here recently. War
rant for Crane’s arrest was is-
sued by Coroner George Adams,
a jury recommended he
10,000 Baptists Attend
S. S. - B. T. U. Congress
.MEMPHIS,__Tenn (ANP)-
By Lewis O. Swinglcr
Over 10,000 Baptists from the
length and breadth of the na¬
tion converged on Memphis
last week to carry out one of
he greatest sessions in trie long,
colorful history of the National
Sunday School-BTU congress.
W. H. Jernagin, Wash¬
ington, D. C, following his elec¬
trifying annual address Thurs-
gress in Mephis, Tenn,, last
week. The group assembled in
front of Eliis Auditorium fol¬
NEW YORK It was announc¬
ed at the international head¬
quarters of the Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car Porters Provis.on-
a l committee for the Organi¬
za y on of Colored Locomotive
In New York city by
a. Philip Randolph, chairman,
on June 27, the U. S. Su-
preme Court granted petition
f or a W rit 0 f certiori or trie
right to review a decision Of
Court of Appeals of the
District of Columbia which
handed down a decision to stay
the preliminary injunction of
Judge Holtzoff, which was de¬
signed to abolish discrimina¬
tion against colored locomotive
firemen on the railroads. This
preliminary injunction was
granted trie colored locomotive
firemen of the Provisional com
m jt,tec in 1948, but has run this
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in law or in fact.’ |
Pointing out that no bit ol
evidence adduc¬
by the prosecution remained
torneyuna-t.tmtktcjeeectve
unexplained,” the NAACP at¬
torney declared that “it is
and disgraceful that
m American soldier should be
n severely sentenced without
been proved guilty of
crime beyond the reasona¬
ble doubt required by law.”
Charging that the difference
in race of the part es involved
‘prejudiced or affected in a
Treat degree the members of
the court-martial board” who
Abston, Mr. Williams
pqnested the intervent/on of
Department of the Army to
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Lane was arrested June 14 on
the complaint of Edward Wal¬
lace, 14, who charged him
with assault and battery. Lane
has denied striking the youth.
Lane’s lawyer asked in muni¬
cipal court Tuesday for more
time to prepare his case.
be held,
According to the testimony
of Andy Crane, 74-year-old
(her of the slayer, Turner
j^hot when he cursed the young-
day morning at Ellis (city) au-
sessions, ditorium, was scene reelected of the without general j
opposition. All other officers I
of the congress were also re-;
turned to triair posts. They
are:
Dr. O. C. Maxwell of New
York city, vice president; Rev.
H. T. Sims, Wichita, Kansas,
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lowing an address by the Con¬
gress President, Dr. W. H. Jer¬
nagin, of Washington, D. C.,
PRESENTING CHECK TO U. N. C. F
W. C Buford of the Mammotn
Life and Accident Insurance
company of Louisville, “in¬
sures” the success of the first
United Negro College Fund ap¬
peal to be held in the Kentucky
city by presenting a check for
*500, representing his company’s
contribution, to Frank L. Stan
ley, the fund's Louisvlle co-
chairman. This is the sixth an¬
nual appeal of the fund to aid
31 private colleges and univer¬
sities throughout the country
in meeting current operating
expenses.
Classes Now
Offered Veterans
In order to meet the academic
needs of veterans living in this
area, the Savannah Vocational
school is now offering an aca¬
demic program which now in¬
cludes higri school education
for all veterans not now en¬
gaged in another veterans pro¬
gram. Secondary training in¬
cludes courses in English, ma¬
thematics, social science and
business education. All books
will be furnished by the Veter¬
ans Administration and subsis¬
tence is allowed. The course of
study comprises adult in school
education, beginning wil'd th
first grade. High school diplo¬
mas will be available for all
those who complete their sec¬
ondary education. This oppor¬
tunity is offered to both whit 1
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Crane. The boy had com
to the Crane bouse to deliver
eggs. Police said lie had been
shot in the head two or three
with a single barrel shot
gun.
MIGRANT WORKERS
WARNED BE CAUTIOUS
NEW YORK—Southern mi¬
grant workers planning to go
north t(J work in the Conn ectl-
cut tobacco fields are being
urg , d t0 take precautions by
Travc]ers Aid _ it wa5 disclosed
this week.
Unless agricultural workers
have received actual confirma¬
tion of a tobacco job waiting
for them, they may be in for
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wrio can oe seen in cenwr ui
first, row with hand on sign.—
(ANP).
Merrill H. Utley, Standard
Oil of Kentucky, is serving as
Louisville’s chairman for 194®
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is
chairman of the Fund’s Na¬
tional Council, while Dr. F. D
Paterson, president of Tuskegee
institute of Alabama, is presi¬
dent of the fund. $1,400,000 is
the goal for this year; the
money will be used for schol-
irship and to deserving students
or library and classroom equip¬
ment, for teaching salaries
health programs and building
repair and maintenance.
TO CELEBRATE REV. GILBERT’S NINTH
YEAR AS PASTOR OF FAB CHURCH
DR. It. M. GILBERT
Commencing wrin the morn¬
ing services at 11:30 o'clock
Sunday, July 10, the First Afri¬
can Baptist church, Montgom¬
ery and St. Julian streets, will
a little over a week in
celebrating trie ninth anniver¬
sary of Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert
as its pastor.
These nine years have seen Dr.
Gilbert engaged in many activi¬
ties for his criurch and the en¬
tire city. He paid the church
completely out of debt, and
during his administration the
art glass windows were re-set,
modern rest rooms built and
installed, a new parsonage pur-
criased, a new piano (said to be
the best one in the state) was
secured and many hundreds of
new members added to the
church.
As a rel gious dramatist, Dr.
G.lbert, through his varleus
dramatic presentations, has
broken all existing attendance
records at the Municipal Audi¬
torium, and trien proceeded to
break his own record for repeat
performances. His several pro¬
ductions have given hiih an ag¬
gravate audience of something
l.ke 150,000 persons locally.
These presentations, more¬
over. have netted tidy financial
profits to the various organi¬
zations which became spon¬
sors of them. He has trie un¬
usual distinction of being Sa¬
vannah’s only trained drama¬
tist and one of the nation’s
leading Negroes in the field of
religious drama.
As a civic worker Dr. Gil¬
bert has headed the Red Croc
arive for the Negro division; 1
has done trie same thing for
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MADE ASST. MANAGER — R
M. Denny, agent with the
North Carolina Mutual Life In¬
surance company, has been
promoted to assistant manager
ot the local district.
Mr. Denny’s appointment
was announced Friday by Wil-
j BlliSh who installed him
j n new position. The pro¬
motion of Mr. Denny to this po¬
sition will be received with
cordial interest in his home
city.
Mr. Denny started as an
agent with the company in
July, 1938, under the manage¬
ment of A. J. Clement, Jr. He
received his early training un¬
der M. H- Nichols and was as¬
signed a $90 debit which as of
June 27, this year, had grown
to $320.42
He is well known in fraternal
organizations, • being a Mason
and a Shriner. He is a mem¬
ber of Mt, Z on Baptist church
where he serves as clerk, Be¬
fore his promotion he served
for 9 years as agency president,
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