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CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXVIII
Record Crowd to See Jackie llolrinson’s
All-Star Here Sunday
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ADVENTIST DELEGATES HOMELESS
St. Louis, (ANP I—Failure of
Seventh Day Adventist offici¬
als to reserve hotel space for
Negro delegates to the World
Autumn Council left local
churchmen and ‘civic leader?
red-faced this week. As a re¬
sult of the oversight, colored
Adventists arriving in the city
on November 7 for the 10-day
meeting must be housed with
local church members and
friends.
(With a “charity begins at
Davis Supporters Hopeful
For His Reelection
Atlantic Synod j j
Largely Attended
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The Atlantic 80th Synodical
meeting was held at Butler
Presbyterian church, Octoberj
26-27. Delegates irom three
states attended the sessions; i
Georgia. Florida and South
Carolina, with South Carolinai
having the largest attendance.
Wednesday night was the Synod !
Holy communion service, the
addYess being delivered by
retiring moderator, Elder T.
Jones. !
Thursday night was Wo-
man’s night. The guest speak-!
er was Mrs. Helen Brodie Rob-
inson from the board of Foreign
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s nail Irikfir
Top) Jackie Robinson, Brook¬
Dodgers; (center, left) Roy
Brooklyn Dodgers;
right) Larry Doby,
Indians, and (bottom)
)on Newcombc, Brooklyn Dod¬
who will appear in persjn
in the line-up of Jack-
Robinson’s All-Star team at
Stadium.
When Jackie Robinson, 1949
jatting champion of the Na-
ional Baseball League and
;tellar second baseman of the
Dodgers, brings his
Ul-Star team here, selected
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home” attitude, some persons'
pointed out that while the re¬
ligious denomination main¬
tains schools and mission?,
abroad, it failed to make provi¬
sions for its “darker brethren”
here at home. Other leading
’pterracial organizations, they
said, make arrangements
to accommodate all their mem¬
bers at the same hotels.
Some 25 Negro delegates are
expected at the Autumn Coun¬
cil which will vote a budget for
New York (ANP>—Supporters
of Councilman Benjamin J..
Davis were hopeful last week
that their political idol would
b e released in time to make
several street corner appear-1
ances before the voters go to
the polls to decide whether ]
Davis or columnist .Earl Brown
will represent Negroes in the]
city Council. ]
Davis, held in the Federal
House of Detention without i
bail since his conviction as ad-' a ]
consypirator to teach and
vocate the overthrow of the j
government, wrote from his'
cell last week:
<‘i can represent the people
0 f Harlem better in jail than
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CHEST DRIVE OFF TO ROOD START
__________________________________________________, Conference
Where the AmerScus AME
Pastors Have Been Assigned
AMERICUS, GA., Oct. 27—The
the Americas A. M. Leorgia E. church Conference to of j
came a I
close here today with the assign-:
ment of pastors by the Ut. Rev. j
R. R. Wright, D. L>„ Ph. D. The i
next session of the conference will
be held in 1950 at the church in,
Dawson, Ga.
The bishop in closing his mes¬
sage asked presiding elders to
lend assistance to all pastors and
aid them in making 100 per cent
reports. He also stated that the j
presiding elder should act as a
goodwill ambassador in the com-
inunities.
AMERICUS DISTRICT
Rev. ,J. H. Hall, piesiding elder,,
Rev. J. Roy Moore of Campbell!
Chapel Station; Rev. J. S. McKee-
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CRITICIZES AMA—Dr. C. Her¬
bert Marshall of- Washington.
D. C., who took office last
month as head of the Nation¬
al Medical Association, termed
the American Medical Associa¬
tion last week “a status quo”
organization “which has a
‘Of Ku Klux
the world mission projects in¬
cluding subsidies for the racial¬ i
ly operated Oakwood College
amd Riverside Sanitarium. j
In addition to the Rev. E. L.
Bland of Kansas City, those at¬ j
tending the convocation will j j
include the Revs. G. E. Peters, j
Washington; J. ;H. Wagner, |
Pottstown, Pa.; L. H. Bland, :
New Atlanta’; York City; H. D. Single- I
ton, O. A. Troy, Los
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W00DVILLE QUARTET
TAKES SECOND PRIZE
T’ne N. F. A. Quartet of Wood-
ville High School was awarded
second place in singing at the Fif¬
teenth National Convention of the
New Farmers of America, which
was held in Atlanta, October 23-
28, at Butler Street Y. M. C. A.
and First Congregational Church.
Dr. W. T. Spanton, Chief Agri¬
cultural Education Service Office
of Education, Washington, D. C.
said that this was one of the best
national conventions he has ever
attended.
High lights of the program were
as follows: Quartet singing, X. F.
A. Quiz, public speaking, and tal¬
ent contest. Outstanding speak¬
ers were: Honorable William
Hartsficld, Mayor of Atlanta:
Dr. H. B. Richardson, Gammon
Theological Seminary; Dr. M. B.
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1949
Rep. Powell to Call lip IP PC
Rill at First Opportunity
Philly Erases Race Query
From Job Applications
PHILADELPHIA, (ANP) —
The “City of Brotherly Love” has
streamlined its jot application
forms by eliminating ifll ques-
tions referring to race, religion or
nsd ; ona ; ancestry. Most employ-
^ have ah . eady simplified these
q Ues tj on aires according to an an-
nouncement by the Philadelphia
racialism by.leaving' racial pol¬
icies in the hands of local me¬
dical societies.” Dr. Mar-
shall, who has practiced in
Nation’s capital for 24 years.
also criticized policies which
do not allow Negro doctors to
care for their patients in
Washington hospitals. (ANP)
GEORGIA STATE STAGES CLAMOROUS HOME-COMING CELEBRATION BEFORE BIG CROWD
Several thousand Savannahians j
lined along East Broad, Ogle- j
thorpe, and West Broad, thrilled j
to the beautiful and spectacular 1
homecoming parade staged by ]
Georgia State College Saturday. |
Heading the procession was a I
motorcycle police escort, and a
group of the Negro officers in drill I
foimation. A military air was al-|
so “up front”, brought there by j
the American Legion (Post No.
513.)
Long before some of the spec- j
tutors saw the parade they could
hear stirring stil l ing martial mus¬
ic being played by the famed
Georgia State College marching
band. Behind the band, in a sport I
mode! car, was the College Mar¬
shal, and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. j
Antonio Orsot. Mr. Orsot was !
chairman of the homecoming com- !
mi t tee.
Acting President and Mrs. W.j
K. Payne were enthusiastically re- ]
ceived by the fans as they “cruis-!
ed” along the parade route, wav-j
ing and smiling to the cheering
throngs. Attractive Miss Alberta:
Campbell, “Miss Georgia State. ;
and her attendants, Miss Ethel j
Terrell, ayl Ida dxrvin, along with
“little” Miss Patricia .Wright and!
Miss Judy Wortham followed in a'
very beautiful float which attrac- ]
ted considerable attention.
There were queens, co-eds, mus- ( ]
ic, soldiers, and beautiful floats.
everything that goes to comprise
a successful parade. Mr. Orsot
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Fair Emphwmunt Practices com-
mission last week.
An ordinance passed by the City
'
Council prohibits employers from
requiring job applicants to disclose
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Virginia Equal Schools Vases
Taken to Court ok
Farmer
es $20,000
A Year
“i aip a farmer, because I
it’s a good business,” says
R. _ Glover, who , grosses close , ,
$20,000 a year on his
farm near Smithfield, Va.
Mr. Glover was reared on
i'ai m, but found the long hours
low pay on his father’s
farm very distasteful. So,
struck out for the city where
worked at odd jobs, cooked in
restaurant, and fired boilers at
cement factory. “But 1 wasn’t
ting anywhere,” says Mr.
who is now 52.
In 1940, he returned to
field to try his hand at
on his own. He and Mrs.
and their four sons started out
tenants on 50 acres. Today,
own 224 acres which cost
$ 12 , 000 , and they rent an
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Washington, D. C., Oct. Rep¬
resentative J. Clayton Powell
of New York, one of the two
Negro members of Congress,
made it known today that he
intends t0 press f0r actlon on
i the Fair Employment Practices
Commission bill at an early
i elate When CoUgPBSs WctiriVSfies
111 January.
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complaint of Negroes in Pulaski |
county that coioied students do i
not have equal educational faoili-1
ties with whites last week was
taken to the Federal Circuit Court
of Appeals, 1
They are appealing a recent de -1
c * s ' on 1'edeinl Judge A. D.
Barksdale of the Western District
I ,,f llfr, . "! . a ; He ruled that a set- j
up , by which two counties counties (Pulask
and Montgomery) pooled their rc-j ,
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MANY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENTER OMEGA ESSAY CONTEST
ATLANTA, GA., Nov. 2,—Be-
ginning Nov. 6 th, and
through Nov. 13th, members and
chapters of the Omega Psi
Fraternity will observe National
Achievement Week. Public
grams,, radio broadcasts and other
presentations will focus attention
upon the theme: “fair and Ef-
feetive Employment: the Eoo-
nomic Objective of a Restless Min-
ority.”
Another feature of the annual
observance is the National
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
Registration
Figure Now
5575
The registration figure for
Negroes qualified to vote tn
Chatham County stood at 557b
at the close of the business Sat¬
urday at the registration head¬
quarters, Oglethorpe Avenue
and Bar,nard street.
This means that there were
15 persons to add their names
to the voting list laht week,
according to W. Dickerson Don¬
nelly, chairman of the commit¬
tee on voting of the Hub, lo-
al civic organization.
The total number of quali¬
fied voters in the county is
iDproximalely 25,000.
ASK FOR WOMAN ON
JUDICIAL SLATE
Chicago — (NP>—When the
slate of candidates for elee.t.irfn
to the Chicago Municipal court
| is selected this year political
| observers expect the name of
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Georgia Jones Ellis to be put
I forward.
Mrs. Jones, the first colored
woman to hold such a post,
has the active backing of St.
! Sep. Christopher C. Wlmbish
' Den ' J Sbc ‘ s * idely know »
her activity In civic and
political affairs.
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EEMAN
Chairman of Public ty
John Q. Jefierson. chairman
olored division of the Com-
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Deputy Sheriffs To
Resume Broadcasts Friday
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Junior Deputy Sheriffs
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resume their weekly broad-
tomorrow (Friday L >
These weekly get-togethers of I
^ between H^ris the o^Chat- as*? oj
Sheriff Bill Harris of Ghat-
rioonlw Counly nhmit about civ six months mnnlVao
to assist in law enforce- .
School Essay Contest, subject of
which is: “An Experience in Job-
Making.” Senior students of near¬
ly 2,000 schools in 35 states have
been invited to submit essays on,
unique or singular achievementsj
of individuals in making employ-
ment opportunities. i 1 izes of
$125.00, $75.00 and $50.00, icspec-
tively, are offered in the contest,]
which Contestants closes and November subject materials 10, 1949.|
are not limited as time,
nor race. j
Photo by Frank
SCENES FROM COLLEGE HOMECOMING—(top, left)
Company from Chatham Air Field, a big attraction in pa-
radc; <tup, right) Miss Alberta Campbell of Townsend,
Ga., who was crowned “Miss Georgia State” by President
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were discontinued during
summer months.
^ broadcasts wcrp held at
Masonic Temple up until
br( , ak for lhe summer blW ,
° m MOW °“ they wlU bc held
the star ^< 5 ^ c Fri .
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This annual observance was orig¬
inated by the Fraternity if, -;j)20
Negro History and Literature
Week, with Carter G. Woodson as
Di rec t 0 i . The name was changed
to National Negro Achievement
Week p,)25. and for a number of
ygars concerned itself mainly
with citing achievements of Ne-
j n various professions, busi-
jj ess and occupations. In more re-
cerd years, the scope of emphasis
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