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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 >' >’ • . . 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 .yc *i;Tv corker. . - __________ ______ •*** J T dj „ 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 Continued on Page Six 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. V % 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 . 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- Continued on Page Six 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. — ...... 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.