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67 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXVII
Atlantan to Open First Negro
Owned Station
Dr. Jemison Again Heads Baptists
Waiter White Says Orient Is
Intensely Interested in Treatment
Negroes Accorded in America
Cross Burned Near Carver
School in Maryland
* f,/ '(WON, Met ! ANP i — A 12-
font ( vofis. made of gasoline-
soaked fibre rugs and burlap
tied with baling wire, was dis¬
covered burning in a Negro
community h:re early Friday
morrrng by a resident of the
Sandy Bottom community. The
eros', extinguished by police,
was v sible for m les while
burning.
Baltimore county school offi¬
cials immediately joined with
NACP Regional Youth
Confab To Meet Next Weeek
Youth r 'presentatives from
NAACiV youth councils and
college chapters will gather in
Durham, N. C., on Saturday,
October 1, to attend an all-day
sesilon of the th rd annua!
NAACP Youth Reg on I Work¬
shop, according to W. W. Law.
youth regional leader, who will
direct the workshop.
These young people, along
with their advisers, will come
from the states of Maryland,
Delaware, V rgin a, West Vir¬
ginia, Tennessee, Kentucky
North and South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida and Alabama
and th District of Columbia-
Eugene A. R. Montgomery,
execut.ve secretary, S. C. State
Conference of Branches, and
Kelly M. Alexander, .president
N. C. State Conference of
Branches, w 11 join several
youth leaders as speakers on
the program. p >' >’ •
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SEGREGATION TO RULE
IN MISSISSIPPI
BRANCH AAUW
JACKSON, Miss (ANP)—The
Missis ippi chapter of the
American Assoc.ation of Uni¬
versity Women in Jackson will
probably make no changes de¬
spite the new AAUW constitu¬
tion which calls for the admis-
sioxr of a candidate by educa¬
tional qualif.cations only.
Reporting her chapter’s at-
Continued on Page Six
Chairmen of TB Xmas Seal Sales
v, *4
Miss Olise Campbell, R. N„
(above) has been named chair¬
man of the 1949 Christmas Seal
tale Committee, and Mrs Bcs-
sic Adams (right) as co-chair-
man. The purpose of the
Christmas Seal Sale is to raise
funds for the 1950 program of
thx Chatham-Savannah Tuber¬
culosis and Health Assocaiion.
Miss Campbell is director of
nurses of the Charity hospital
and president of the Associate
Board of the Chatham-Savan¬ «... P.ulip
nah Tuberculosis and Health an active ><inb< i of st.
Association. Mrs. Adams is AME church and tu -^urer of
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police to !nv stigatc the inci¬
dent because the cross was
found burning near the new
$2,000,000 Carver high school
for Negroes. Their entrance
into the investigation stemmed
from the belief the incident
was a follow-up of protests by
white residents over the loca¬
tion of the school. Police said
a number of footprints and tire
tracks were found around the
cross.
ACTING DEAN
Eugene Stanley, a native of
Roms" Ga., has been appointed
acting dean of faculty at the
Georgia State collegfe. This,
j announced by Acting Pres.dent
W. K. Payne.
Stanley is a graduate of the
Troy, Ohio, ; .i gh school, where
he spent the greater part of
his life. He holds the B. S.
degree from Wilberforce
versity, graduating in
and received the M. A.
from Ohio State un.versity
1946.
Stanley has spent the
demic year of 19 | 16-47 and
summer of 1949 doing
continued on Pag* Thx**
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1949
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Wal¬
ter White, NAACP secretary on
leave, return 'd th s week to
New York after a globe-circl¬
ing tour as a participant in the
’Round-the-World Town Meet-
ing sponsored by America’s
Town Meeting of the Air.
L av ng New York on July 9,
Mr. White jo ned the party in
Rome and continued with the
group through the Near East,
India, the Philippines, Japan
and Hawaii. Mr. White par¬
ticipated in international
broadcasts from Karachi and
Rome. In addition to these,
there were a number of local
broadcasts in each of the cities
visited and almost daily semi¬
nars with government of fie als,
labor leaders, representatives
of the press, religious groups,
women’s and professional or¬
ganizations. In New Delhi he
was the dinner guest of Pandit
Nehru, Prime Minister of In¬
dia.
Everywhere he went, Mr.
white reported, he found in¬
tense interest in race relations
Continued on Page Six
All Negro Jury Convicts Negro
Of Killing If* II • - White 11TI • i IV Man
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ANP) —
An all-Negro jury, first to sit
here to try a Negro, found
George Adams, 50, gu lty of
the charge of voluntary man¬
slaughter in the slaying of a
white man last April 4. The
jury deliberated four hours be-
C0L0RED WORKERS
FEEL DEFENSE CUT
NORFOLK, Va.
area is 'hard hit by Defense
Secretary Johnson’s pruning
knife to save government
spending on military jobs held
by civilians. Of the 1,700
thrown out of jobs in this area
a large proportion of thsift is
colored.
Hundreds had already
laid off in the Norfolk
Yard. These layoffs had
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LCS ANGELES (ANP>— More
luan 12,000 visitors converged
on Los Angeles last week
the biggest annual mect.ng of
the National Baptist Conven-
t.on, USA, Inc., in the church’s
history.
Delegates to the main con¬
vention met at the Shrine au¬
ditorium, the women’s aux.li-
ary at the Second Baptist
church, and the laymen at
Pilgrim Bapt st church.
N.xt year’s meeting will be
held in Philadelphia.
Dr. D. V. Jem.son was re¬
elected president of the orga¬
nization. Other officers are:
Vice presidents, Drs. E. W.
Perry and T. S, Hartep. Brook¬
lyn; the Rev. W- P. Carter,
Pasadena, Calif , and Dr. J. H
Jackson, Chicago; chief secre¬
tary, the Rev. U. J. Robinson,
Mobile, Ala.; treasurer, the
Rev. B J. Perkms.
Assistant secretaries, the Rev.
T. Moore King, Joliet, 111.; the
Rev. G. W. Lucas, Dayton, O.;
the Rev. M. K Kerry, anfi the
Rev. W. P. Whitfield, secretary
of publicity, the Rev. W. P. Of-
futt.
Among the highlights of the
convention were the da ly sun¬
rise services, reports from va¬
rious committees and depart¬
ments, and the numerous in¬
spirational sermons by minis-
Contlnued on Page Six
fore it rendered a verd.ct and
a three-year prison jentence.
Adams claimed self-defense
,n the fatal shooting of Ran¬
som Maddox and the wounding
of his brother, Mitchell. The
two men had gone to a barn on
the farm wh.re Adams worked
New Appointments At
Ga. State College
GRACEITES STAGE
SPECTACULAR PARADE
The usual glamor featured
the annual street parade stag¬
ed Sunday by the House of
Prayer for All People, although
this year’s demonstration lack¬
ed some of the spectacular
show of former parades.*
Headed by Bishop C. M
Grace, the parade traversed the
usual route and was witnessed
by large crowds throughout the
line of march.
The glamorous B shop Grace
rode Sunday in a limousine in¬
stead of thx open Jeep which
he has used in leading these
parades, this probably being
due to a si ght illness which
the bi‘ hop is said to have
suffered in Augusta thc prx-
vious week.
By far the greater number of
marchers in t/hc f vc-block
long parade were childr n and
young people. Two bands and
a drum corps provided the mu¬
sic, and the usual beaut ful
dresses and natty unilorm:
were worn by the outstanding
women's units.
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Prior te th- parade spectac-
ular baptismal services were
held in the pool at Graceland
on Victory Drive which were
witnessed by a largo crowd
The parade concluded the
program of the week's convo¬
cation in which many out-of-
town communicants of the
church participated.
A DAUGHTER
Azalea is the name given to
i the daughter born September
1 8 to Mr. and Mrs. John Henry
I Mulligan of Thunderbolt.
ATLANTA, Sept. 17.—J. B.
Blayton, prominent Atlanta
Nfcgro, *nas purchased control
of Radio Station WERD. in At¬
lanta. He said he wll operate
it for the benefit of the Negro .
community of this area. * i
•Blayton announced that b' |
had purchased all Atlanta, the common lnc.,| j
stock of-Radio
owner had obtained of Station option WERD, on and the j I
an
purchase of all the preferred
stock He made the announce¬
ment following receipt of news
from Wash ngton that the
Federal Communications Com¬
mission had approved the j
change in ownership for the
station. be-1
Blayton said that he will
t'Ulll'UiUCU Continued on uu a. Page ----- Six
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Meliarry, Granted 1200,00*1
Federal Funds For Heart Research
111 Became Registered Voters Last Week
WASHINGTON (ANP) — A
large-scale, nationwide attack
on heart disease was launched
last week when a total of near
n ne million dollars in federal
funds was awarded to 85 medi¬
cal schools and research insti¬
tutions in 34 states and the
District of Columbia, according
to an announcement by Fed¬
eral Security Admin, strator
Oscar R. Ewing.
The two Negro med cal col-
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to ask him to train a horse. A
quarrel followed while they
were drinking. Trial of Adams
for the wounding of the other
man is be ng held over to the
January term of court.
Ben Spencer, a cobbler, was
foreman of the jury.
The following information
relative to new appointments
at Georgia State college was
released by Acting President W.
K Payne:
Instruction:
Mrs. Earline Marjorie Sim¬
mons Smith is a new addition
to the art department. Mrs
Smith is a graduate of Beach
high school. She received e “ the
bachelor of science degree:
from West Virginia State col¬
lege in 1945, and the M. A. in
fine arts from Columbia uni¬
versity in 1948. M ss S.mmons
is a naLve of Savannah.
William Charles Roberson,
has been appointed to serve as
assistant professor of chemis¬
try. He is a nat.ve of Savan¬
nah. He graduated from Chos-
ter high school. Chester, Pa¬
in 1930 and continued his ad¬
vance studies at Lincoln uni¬
versity, where he received the
A. B. degree in 1936. Dur.ng
the summers of 1916 to 1949
tie studied at Temple universi¬
ty, where he received the Ed
M. in 1949.
In addition to the studying
Mr. Roberson has done at two
of the country’s best institu¬
.
| tons, he has made h mself
| known by the high scholastic
record he made at Lincoln uni¬
versity. He graduated cum
laude of his class. Mr. Rober¬
son taught vocal music in Ph 1-
adelphia from March, 1938, to
May, 1941; he tutored mathe¬
matics and science in Chester,
| Pa., during the summers of
; 1939-40-41.
Allen Pyke is to serve as as¬
sistant professor of music.
Pyke is a native of Oil
4 Itinorl
REWARDED FOR HIS 1-fINE WORK—Robert Young presents watch to Leonard Law, left,
while looking on are Mrs, L. Law, F. W. Kennedy, representative of Union Bag Company;
John Law, Sr., (hidden behind L. Law); W- K. Payne, acting president of G. S. C„ and Sid¬
ney A. Jones, local undertaker. Associa¬
The watch was presented to Mr. Law, pre sident of the Chatham County Alumni
tion of Georgia State College by members of the association in appreciation of the work done
by him as leader of ihe alumni group. A musi cal program was held and flowers were present¬
ed to the president’s wife. The gathering was held at the West Broad Street Y. M. C. A.
Photo by Freeman.
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According to a report made
the Tribune by Chairman W.
D. Donnelly of the Hub com¬
mittee on re-registration, there
were 111 Negroes to qualify as
voters last week. This is
slightly less than the number
registered the week before.
The number of Negroes now
qualified to vote in Chatham
county is 5,131. as of Monday,
wh.ch is approximately one-
fourth of the total number of
voters lsted on the legislation
books.
An all out movement Is be¬
ing considered to step up N2-
gro registration. Through, this
special effort it is hoped that
the total number of Negroes
qualiLed to vote will double
in the next few months tH"
number now on record.
Registration headquarters are
maintained at the northwest
corner of Barnard street and
Oglethorpe avenue, where ev¬
ery assistance is given by the
registrars to those who des re
to become full fledged citizens
Registration requires only a
few minutes and it is hoped
that those persons not yet reg¬
istered w.ll make a special ef¬
fort at once to qualify as vot¬
ing citizens.
NAACP Board Asks
Ministers To Attend
All ministers who are pastur¬
ing churches in the county and
city are asked to meet With the
executive board - of the
Friday night from 7 until
o’clock at the West Broad Streat
YMCA, according to
Mines, chairman , the
tive board.
JORDAN POST 500 PRESENTS 1ST PRIZE TO WINNER—A group of Legionaires shown
(above) gathered at the home of Mrs. Hattie Moses (left), 515 East Anderson street, to present
her with a Magic Chef Gas Range which was the first prize in a benefit fund drive spon¬
sored by the Wiiliam P. Jordan Post No. 500, American Legion.
Left to right Mrs. Moses, Legionaires Isaac Dowse, W. W. Law, jpost commander; Cornelius
Robinson, Earl A. Ashton, Sr„ and Jonathan Alexander, co-chahmaai. Otis Lovett a oaflber
at 419 West St, Julian St., won a set of cooking'utensils as the second prize.
Phaln h„ Cecil studio
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
Plasterers, Cement Finishers
To Celebrate 50th Anniv.
Local No. 15, Operative Plas¬
terers and Cement Finishers,
International Association, will
celebrate its fifteth anniver¬
sary Sunday night at Ml. Ta¬
bor AME church, East Broad
and Henry streets.
The program w.ll start at 9
p. m. and the anniversary ser¬
mon will be deliver d by Rev
J. h. Martin, pastor of the
church. The local is headed by
Richard Mungin, as president.
Deacon S. Barnes will serve as
master of ceremonies.
The program to be rendered
w.ll be as follows:
Selection by choir, Mt. Tabor
Baptist church.
Welcome on behalf of the
church, Sister H den Latson,
Presentation of president of
organization, Rev. J H. Martin.
Remarks, president of orga-
n zation, Bro. Robert Mungin.
Remarks by past president
of organization, Bro. T. A. Sol¬
omon.
Remarks by past vice presi¬
dent, C B. Hardrlck.
Remarks by former treasurer,
Alex Howard.
Introduction of wives of sen¬
ior members, Deacon S. Barnes.
History of organization, J. B.
Hardrick.
Selection, Mt. Tabor Baptist
Anniversary sermon, Rev. J
H. Martin.
Remarks of appreciation by ( !
President Robert Mungin.
The annual banquet of the
organization w.ll be held Mon¬
day night.
“Y” Kick-off
Luncheon
Tie YMCA membership dr.ve
will get under way Thursday,
September 22, at 8 p. m. M. O.
Johnston, campaign chairman,
announced today that interest¬
ed clt zens are urged to attend
the kickpjf and make reser¬
vations in order that proper
and adequate accomodations
can be arranged.
Plans are under way to
spread the membership consti¬
tuency over the entire city in
order that thB neighborhood
program already in operation
can be extended and expanded.
To accomplish this 200 workers
are needed to recruit 1,006
members. Workers kits have
been prepared and will be is¬
sued Thursday, S ptember 22,
at the YMCA. The time, 8:00
p. in. The place, West Broad
Street YMCA. The purpose,
YMCA membership roundup.
A BOY
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Conley
arp the proud parents of a fine
son.