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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE LX VII sents INSTALLATION SCENE—Rev. L. M. Terrill, pastor of Zion Baptist Church of Atlanta, pre¬ Bible and Standard Baptist Hymnal to the Rev. Richard Williams, newly elected pas- of First Bryan Baptist Church of this city. CAPACITY AUDIENCE ATTENDS INSTALlLAT’N Sneakin^ ° before a caoacitv audience last Sunday after- noon, the Rev. L. M. Terrill, VETERANS CHECKS NOT TO BE READY BEFORE JANUARY 1 William G Cann, Acting Of- ficer of the Savannah Office of t’he Vet ranj Administration located in the Blunn Building, stated today that he had been informed there is no possibil- New Effort to Be Made to Get Sweat! in University of Texas Mottier’s Suit for Sou’s Lynching (iocs to State Court I j AGAIN HEAD UNCF—Dr. F. D. Patterson, President of Tus- kegee Institute, who wan re^ elected President of the Unit¬ ed Negro College Fund by a ■ / iiimous vote at the sixth 1 meeting of its Board of University, Mttetoil- held at Atlanta October 4th. Dr. Patterson, who originated the plan of cooperative fund-rais¬ ing for private colleges and universities which resulted in Continued on Page Six Police Probe Mysterious Deaths of 2 Taxi Drivers 93 P.C. BRYAN COUNTY ADULTS TESTED FOR TB-VD “A recent drive in Bryan Coun¬ ty to uncover hidden cases of tu¬ berculosis and syphillis brought out 93% of the testable adult pop¬ ulation of the county for blood tests and chest x-rays,” stated Dr. C. D. Bovvdoin, Director of the # Division of Venera] Disease Con- trol of the State Department of Public Health. “Bryan County is the thirty-second county which has had a mass survey,” added Doctor Bowdoin, “and as our teams spread over the state, sy¬ philis recedes, and we hope some day to be able to consider it a very rare disease. To accomplish this end all adults should he blood test¬ ed for syphilis.” he concluded. Out of a total of 3,666 persons W-fc » i pastor of Zion Baptist Church of Atlanta, thrilled his listen- erS in delivering the main ad- dre ^ s at the installation ^ eT " j vices of the Rev. Richard Wil- Hants, newly elected pastor of j the historic First Bryan Bap- pity ihat any checks : pay ■ment of thi special National Service Life Insurance dividend will be mailed before January 1950. Mr. Harold W. Breining, As- COLUMBIA, S. C.—(ANP)—The $5,000 claim against Greenvillle pounty for the alleged lynching of her son made by Mrs. Tessie Earle will reach the Stat.: Supreme Court Oct. 14. The case arose out of the slaying of Willie Earl, 22, Feb. 17, 194 7 Eari'e was arrested in Pickens County in connection with a stabbing; A mob broke into the jail, carried him out, and killed him. His body was found in Greenville County, Mrs. Earle filed suit against Pickens and G re e,nv ille counties, but (he complaint against Pickens County was dis¬ miss d in April by Judge Joseph J- Moss. Two NAACP lawyers, Thur- good Marshall and Franklin H. Williams, will represent the mother along with Harold Beulware, a Columbia attorney. A DaugMer A nine pound, six ounce daughter' was born this (Thurs¬ day) morning to Mr. and W. Earl Fonvielle of 917 West 36th street. The first zoological garden in the United States was estab¬ lished in Philadelphia in 1874 BIRMINGHAM (ANP) V li mysterious deaths involving Negro taxi cabs here last week are being closely scrutinized by police. Cineof the deaths is looked upon as a terrific fatal¬ ity and the other, as a possible murder, but in both cases rob¬ bery was ( nvolved. In one case,police are holding Miss Lucille Coleman, 21, in the ) a ‘' 0X1 charges of man- slaughter and auto theft. She is accused of being the driver of a stolen cab which crashed and killed a woman passanger, known only as “Lucille.” According to Miss Coleman, the deceased womon was driv¬ ing the cab- Charles Martin, 31, driver of the vehicle, gave po¬ lice a d.fferent version, however He said he picked up the woman at a night club m Mason ___ City. , ContLauid - SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, OCT 13, 1949 tist Church of this city. He was introduced by W. W. Law, a mem fc er 0 f, the host church. \ Rev. Terrill’s subject was I_ “Responsibility of Pastor and j ('Continued on Page Three) sistant Administrator for In¬ surance, of thi Central Office of the VA, Washington, D. C. said reports that checks might (Continued on Page Three) Omegas To Hold Observ¬ ance Atlanta, Oct. 12—The 29th Annual Observance of National Achievement Week will be held by the Omega Psi Phi Fraterni¬ ty, November 6-13, 1949. with the theme: “Fair and Effective Employment: the Economic objective of a Restless Minor¬ ity.” 200 chapters will partici¬ pate, with a National High School Essay Contest, approv¬ ed by the National Education Association. The subject for senior high school students only, is: “A,n Experience in Job-Making,” setting forth unique situations wherein individuals inspired or developed employment oppor¬ tunities or jobs. Students of soma 2,000 Negro and white high schools have been invited to compete for prizes: 1st $125.00, 2nd, $75.00 and 3rd $50.00. Features of the annual Achievement Project include national awards to the out¬ standing citizen, the outstanding Omega man and the leading Omega District Representative. Last year, the first award to bd presented this month in New York City, went to Dr. Ralph Continued on Page Six Registration Boosted By 72 New Voters The number of Negro register¬ ed voters in Chatham Coun’y were increased last week by 72. thus bringing the total strength of Negro votes in the county up to 5,376 as of Monday. This information was given the Tribune today by *W. D. Donnelly, chairman of the Vo¬ ters Committee of the Hub, lo¬ cal civic organization. Registration is being conducted at the special registration of-, fice at the northwest corner of j Oglethorpe and Barnard streets , where every ' assistance is be- , mg given . tnose who , desire , . to t bteome qualified voters. TO REJECT ARMY’S NEW RACIAL POLICY NEW YORK — President Tru¬ man has been urged by the Nation¬ al Association for the Advance¬ ment of Colored People to reject the Army’s new racial policy be¬ cause it “does not abolish segre¬ gation.’’ In a telegram to the President on October 3, Roy Wilkins, acting NAACP secretary, said: “It is now obvious that if this portion of your civil rights program is to be carried out. you will have to take decisive action well within your powers as commander-in-chief.” The text of the wire follows: “The so-called new racial policy of the department of the army an- nounced September 30 does carry out your Executive Order 9981. Secretary Gray admits that this policy does not abolish seg¬ regation. Numerous hearings and conferences, as well as the over¬ whelming experience of the last war have established the fact that discrimination cannot be wiped out as long as segregation remains as the policy. Secretary Gray’s ac¬ tion amounts to a refusal to car¬ ry out your overall policy and the intent of your executive order. We therefore call upon you to reject Continued on Page Six Hempstead Resorts to Gerrymander¬ to Insure Jim Crow School Zones WASHINGTON—Heman Mar¬ ion Sweatt’s fight for admission to the law school of the Univer¬ sity of Texas was advanced a step this week as attorneys for the National Assocation for the Ad¬ vancement of Colored People filed a reply brief in the United States Supreme Court in answer to a brief filed by the University ask¬ ing the Court to reject the NAACP petition to review the case. The NAACP brief, filed on Oc- tolx'r 4, renews the request for a review of this case which origina¬ ted more than two years ago when Mr. Sweatt first sought admission to the Texas school. In the mean¬ time, the case has been tried in state courts and is now facing its first federal test. For the first time, the United States Supreme Court, is asked to rule on segregation per se in higher education. The NAACP appeal is supported by briefs am ; - cus curiae filed by The American Jewish .Congress, American Vet- rans Committee, Congress of In¬ dustrial Organizations, Federal Council of Churches of Christ in (Continued on Page Three) Ban on Mixed Parades Results Catholic Off Demonstration NEW ORLEANS (ANP) Ci¬ ty officials refused last week to permit the Euchahstic procession which is a featur¬ 'd the annual observance of the Holy hour celebration, unless officials of the Catholic Church imposed segegration on those participatng. Archbishop Rummel refused and promptly called the parade off The Archbishop, who has been outstanding in his work for the uplifting of Negro members “of NAPE Stages Celebration Philadel phia—The National Alliance of Postal Employees, founded on October 6, 1913, by { Negro railway mail clerks in¬ tent on eliminating racial dis¬ crimination and prescription from government service, cel¬ ebrates its, thirty-sixth anni¬ versary secure in the knowledge that the fight “to make de¬ mocracy live” has borne fruit. Tdday the Alliance owns its own office building in Washing- (Continued on Page Three). Retires After 45Yrs Service Samuel J. Brown, postman for many years in the Savan- nah post office, has retired from the postal service, his re¬ tirement having b comp ef¬ fective October 7th Mr. Brown entered ttao post office department as a clerk and served for nine years as a k in Vi division of a ver creditable re cord At the time he trans¬ ferred to the letter carriers department, in which division he has just completed tbrt-y six years’ service, he was the only Negro clerk in the Savannah post office. Since that time no Negroes have received appoinments to clerkships. He has not made definite plans for the future beyond taking a well earned rest for the present. About ten per cent of the Federal budget of Mexico in 191, was for irrigating pur¬ poses. Land Grant College Presidents To Hear Business Men NEW YORK—Admitting that it had devised new district lines for the purpose of removing chil¬ dren of wealthy white parents from a school largely attended by Negro children, the Hempstead, L. I., board of education has filed an answer to the appeal taken by NAACP lawyers to the New York State Commissioner of Education The NAACP, through Attorneys Constance Baker Motley, Robert L. Carter and Thurgood Marshall of its legal department, appealed on behalf of Negro parents in Hempstead to state officials fol¬ lowing refusal of the local board to abandon the new district lines and intregate Negro children throughout the system. Negro parents who had kept their children out of the Jim Crow school sent them hack last week, pending outcome of the ap¬ peal to the state officials. In its answer, filed on October 3, the Hempstead school hoard said that in response to demand (Continued on Page Three) G. S. Week Is Oct. 30- Nov. 5 The Girl Scouts of the United States of America will celebrate the Annual “Girl Scout Week” Sunday, October 30 through Nov¬ ember 5th, Each day of this en- (Continued on Six) the dioces: said the church de- sred to include its Negro members “as an expresssion of thecatholicty of our holy faith and the universality of the membership of our church.” Marcel Montreu.l , manager of the city park commission, said that after the parade last year when for the f.rst time members of the Negro Holy Name societies marched alonf with their white co-religionist* without segreat-on, there had been quite a reacton. Additions To Ft. V. Faculty FORT VALLEY, Ga. (ANP) Dr. C. V. Troup, president of Fort Valley State college has announced the following additions to the col lege faculty for the 1949-50 year: Viva Coleman, Home Econo¬ mics; Harold Copreau; Art; Janie Cox, nurse in charge of College infirmary; James Ford, Agricul¬ ture; Anne Gayles, Social Scien¬ ces; James Harris, biology; El- dora Haynes, critic teacher; K. M. Keyes, Agriculture; Gloria Max* Continued on Page Six TRIPLETS THREE YEARS OLD _The Griffin Triplets celebrat- ed their third birthday October 9...The happy event was also participated in by the_ oUier Washington—The Presidents of Negro Land Grant Colleges Annual Conference, October 18—20 here next week, will be bold by leading (business and industry representatives how their institutions may better equip their graduates for roles Continued on Page Six 400 ATTEND CATHOLIC LAY CONVENTION CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S OF¬ FICERS AND (HOST—Top, State officers (left to right)— Paul King, Atlanta, president; E Mathews, Augusta, president emeritus; Nelson J. King, Sa¬ vannah, secretary; W. J. Smith, Savannah, treasurer. Approximately 499 delegates coming from many sections of the state attended the tenth annual Catholic Laymen’s con- Member Audit Bureau Circulations Price 7c tw'o Griffin children, twins. All the five children reside at 417 Yamacraw Village with their mother, Mrs. Corine Grif- fin. The Womans Auxiliary to Bottom, picture—Bottom row, Joe Days, Dempsey Miller, Joseph Robinson, Wiliiam Jones T. C. Myers, Lucius “Kelly” Bryant; Second row—Isaac J. Blue, Alvin M. Jones; Johnnie Dais, David Sheppard, Boston vention here Sunday at the Church of St. Benedict the Moor. The principal addn-ss of NUMBER 5* the South Atlantic Medical Society is contributing largely to the support of the celebrat¬ ed riplets who were thje first triplets born at Charity Hos¬ pital. Photo by Freeman G. S. Leaders Hold First Fall Meeting . ..The Leaders Club of thu Girl Scout Division held its first meet¬ ing of the fall Monday evening in the YMCA building. The leaders were greeted by the Field Continued on Page Six Williams, Edward West, War¬ ren C. Loadholdt, James Lu¬ cas; top row, Sam Williams, John D Hill, Alvin Seabrooks, Dr. Clark Johnson, Robert Mungln, William Fields, Ed- ward Cogsdell and Eddie Gainn —Photo by Freeman. day was delivered by Andrew j. Ryan, solicitor general, who Continued on Page Six