The Savannah tribune. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, April 27, 1950, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextYEARS OF COSTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE LXVIII ttiriningliam Has Second Home Bombing in Ten Days « ACCEPTS EDITORSHIP— YON S ”RS, N. Y.— Christian E. Bur ket and Associates, book pub Ushers, annuonced this week that Dr. G. Jamer Fleming, Phil¬ adelphia, Pa., has accepted thr editorship of “Who’s Who in Colored America”, the biograph¬ ical directory established 25 years ago and which was re¬ cently taken over by the CEBU organization. Fleming will assemble a staf which will issue the first editio, of “Who’s Who in Colered Amer¬ ica” since World War 2. It will i n c lude approximately 8,000 names of living men and wom¬ en who are serving thei com¬ munities significantly. A former New Yorker, Fleming has just completed over four years as seedetary for race re¬ lations of the Aemerican Friends Service Committee, Philadel¬ phia. From 1941-45 he was re¬ gional director of the Presi¬ dent’s Committee on Fair Em¬ ployment Practice, and earlier served in several capacities on newspapers in Norfolk, Va., New York City, and Philadelphia. He was a'so editor of the Kappa Alpha Psi Journal from 1'938 to 1950. Fleming is a graduate of the school of journalism of the Uni¬ versity of Wisconsin and holds Continued on Page Six Carnegie Library Can’t Operate Effici¬ ently on Its Ridicu¬ lously Small Budget Things don’t look good for Carnegie Library these days; its road is dark. After having suffered drastic cuts in the appropriations it has received from the budget com- ,mission of city council for the ■past three years, the library i> finding it extremely difficult to operate, especially after the heavy budget cut last January. In fact, the library curators are wondering how they can run the institution this year cn the measly amount which is left them each month for current ex- perr es after the library person¬ nel salaries are paid. It will be almost a miracle if those in charge of the insti¬ tution are able to solve this per¬ plexing problem which seems tc be unsurmountable under the present financial conditions, for after the salaries of the libran personnel are paid each montr there are only forty (40» dollars left with which to purchase new books, periodicals, newspapers, ether reading material, make re¬ pairs and to meet incidental ex¬ penses. Relief from this unhappy state of affairs has been sought by the curators but all they have gotten so far from the city bud¬ geting commission is said to have been a promise. That the commission has not seen fit to come to the library’s assistance is rather startling in view of the fact that it soon found a way to scare tp funds when the Savannah Public Li¬ brary (white) sought relief aft¬ er its budget had also been dras¬ tically cut, last January. ana much M1AMI&GETS FIRST ALL-NEGRO COURT MIAMI, Fla., April 19— The Miami city commission today unanimously selected Lawson L Thomas to the post of Judge of Miami’s all-Negro Municipal court. This is the first purely racial court ever set up in the South, it is believed. Tae Miami city commission unanimously selected Law on E. Thomas fer the post. "I am deeply appreciative of the honor,” the 52-year-old law¬ yer said. “It’s the culmination of a life-long ambition.” Selection of a Negro judge has long been urged by Negro eaders as a step toward curbing ■he high rate of crime in the crowded central district. Thomas said he would do the Continued on Page Six Everything Ready for Alpha Regional Meeting i | BELFORD V. LAWSON Principal Speaker ORANGEBURG, S. C.— Thisj college community is ready toj --1 Continued on Page 7 Savannah Dist. Masons Meet Sunday Final arrangements have been for the Savannah Dis¬ trict Masons meeting which will be held at Masonic Temple, Sunday, April 30th, 1 p. m. District Deputy Duncan Prin¬ gle has invited brethren from all the lodges in the district, which include, Effingham, Lib¬ erty, Bryan and Chatham counties. This affair promises to be well worth attending. A spicy program will follow Continued on Page Six Beach High Sdi. Leaders Honor pupils at Alfred E. Beach high school for the sec¬ ond six weeks are as follows: Laura B. Stimson, 10A-6 class —90. Claude Jenkins—90 and Do¬ rothy Reynolds—90, both of 11- B-3. Edward Verncr—95; Thomas Evans—94; Annie White—94 and Julia Hendrix—93, allof 11B-2. Rosemary Johnson—97; Geo. M. Johnson—92; Carolyn Scott 94; Ernestine Moon—31; and Evelyn White—90, all of 10A-1. Leona Bolden—SI; Mildred Bowers—90; Betty Childs—90;j Monakay Cooper—90, and Sarah Johnson—91, all f 10A-3. Thomas Holland—92; and Continued on Page Six The budget allowed Carnegie Library for 1950 is $7,065.09 while that given to the Sa¬ vannah Public Library is nine times as large, or $63,588.75. The salaries paid the person- PART1CI PANTS IN TEACHERS’ CONCERT FRIDAY NIGHT Mrs. Jane Parker Starr The teachers of Savannah and Chatham County will pre¬ sent their second annual musi¬ cal at St. Phillip's AME church, West Broad and Charles streets, Friday night, April 28, at 8:00 p. m., according to Mrs. Ayler Mae Lovett, president of the Association. Some of the partiepants on ths progarm are Messrs, p. J Small, Hilliary Hatchett Edwarc! B. Law, Sollie Harden, Jame- F. Cole, Mesdames Mary Cope- 3 Citizenship TrainingSchs. Close Citizens attending the NNACP Citizenship Training schools three locations completed course of study last week, it was announced by Mi s Metella W. Maree, general chairman. One other school is being closed this week, she said. Certificates will be presented to all persons com¬ pleting the training at a later date. The schools completing their work were: Second Baptist, Rev. Continued on Page Seven Edward B. Law land, Jane Parker Starr, Olivia Alexander, Addie B. Hamlet, Es¬ ther Harden, and Miss Bernita Darby. The Women's Glee Club at Cuyler Junior high school will render a selection. This is the initial appearasce of this well-trained group comp ed ol Mesdames Countess Cox, Kath¬ ryn Manxo, Catherine Mathis. Evelyn May, Margaret O'Brien Ruth Scott, Nellie Coppage Georgia Gordon, Edna Luten Nellie Mae McKinney, Dorothy Hilliary Hatchett Fuller, Amelia Howard and Vio¬ let Singleton, Misses viola DeVil- lars, Kathleen Williams, and Kathryn Bogan. This program has been devel¬ oped by the Ways and Means Committee of the Teachers of which Mrs. Eula T. Graham is the general chairman. The Com¬ mittee on Contacts and Ar¬ rangements is headed by Mrs. Fannie Pray Preston, with Miss Bernita Darby, Mesdames Nona SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1950 “.HISS JABBERWOCK OF 1950”—Miss Constance Moseley, the charming daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Moseley, Sr. ol' East Waldburg street who won the coveted title of “Miss Jabi berwock” last Friday night. Miss Moseley was presented a cash award ol $50.00 from Beta Delta S%?ma chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority for having sold the largest amount of tickets fot* the sixth an¬ nual local Delta Jabberwock held at the Municipal Auditorium April 21st. CAPACITY AUDIENCE SEES SPARKLING JABBERWOCK PERFORMANCE One of the fined entertain- ment£ seen in Savanah recently was the annual Jabberwock last Friday night at the Municipal Auditorium. This excellent pro¬ gram was sponsored by Beta Delta Sigma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Parading under theme, A Mid Century Revue, eleven differ¬ ent groups representing schools, and fraternal and recreational organizations presented some of the fine local talent, singing, dancing, and speaking of events during the past fifty years. Local UNCF Campaign Gets Off to Good Start The seventh annual United Negro College Fund Campaign is currently underway in Savan¬ nah with Miss Madeline Shive¬ ry, and Savannah State college President William Ken neth Payne serving as co-chairmen. Local organization includes teams to contact the various alumni of the member institu¬ tions, and interested friends. The Fund is a cooperative en¬ terprise, patterned in the typi¬ cal American tradition of pro¬ viding widespread benefits for the many members. UNCF keeps 32 private colleges and univer¬ sities in operation by aiding them in meeting current expen¬ ses. Six years ago, a group of these colleges came together, to meet Mi:s Constance Mose'y, a sen¬ ior at Alfred E. Beach high school, who won the coveted Miss Jabberwock title was pre¬ sented with her court of charm- ing young ladies by Mrs. B. Givens, president of the chap¬ ter. For celling over $200.00 viorth of tickets Miss Mosely was awarded a cash prize oi $50.00 The other contestants and their prizes were Mi.es Bet¬ ty Stokes, second prize *15.00, Annagei Jaudon, third prize $10.00, and Toletha Barwick Continued on Page Six with united strength, the fi¬ nancial crisis that threatened them all. And the American imagination, warmed by the spunk and enterprise of their cooperative action, responded generously to the appeal of the nation’s first education chest. Individuals, business corpor¬ ations, philanthropic founda- ons—saw in the United Negro colleges and universities, now progress. Through their support 32 of this country’s accredited colleges an duniversities, now training nearly 26,000 students, were enabled to stay in opera¬ tion and improve their services. The Fund became the means of providing more schlarship Continued on page Seven Peter J. Smalls Mae Hopkins, Olivia Alexander, and Nancy Houston Walker. Miss Ruby King, Chairman, and 'Miss Metella Maree were di¬ rectly responsible for general tickts, while Mrs. Mary Council. Chairman of the Patrons’ Com¬ mittee, Is loud in her praise of the following persons who worked with her on this com¬ mittee; Misses Kathryn Bogan, Magdalene Harrison, Agatha Curley, Bernita Darby, and Mes¬ dames Sarah Dixon, M, V. Han- Insurance Men Drive Hard For Million LOUISVILLE, Kentu cky.— Each year in the ninth of May member companies of the Nat¬ ional Negro Insurance Associat¬ ion participate in what is known as National Negro Insurance Week. Next week, May 8-13 in¬ clusive is the National Obser¬ vance. B. G. Olive, Jr., Memphis, pres¬ ident of NNIA brought out in his proclamation issued several weeks ago what the combined efforts of the 62 member com¬ panies has meant to help - sta¬ bilize America’s economy. Some of the things the insur¬ ance companies are doing for the public at large as pointed Continued on Page S:x Payne Praises College Leadership Conference Four addresses marked the opening of the First Annual Regional Leadership conference held at Savannah State college April 23-24. E. A. Lowe, director of Gen¬ eral Extenslon , university Sys- tem of Georgia; Eugene Stan¬ ley, acting dean of faculty, and William K. Payne, president, Savannah State college, spoke during the nintial session which began at 1 p. m. and continued through 2; 30. During the even- Miss Emily Woodward, director of forums, Univedsity System of Georgia, concluded with the fin¬ al sppech of the day. Mr. Lowe, delivering the key¬ note address, spoke on “The Col- (Continued on Page Three) Ciiyler Jr. Hi Sch. Leaders The following pupils have made averages of 90 and above for the second 6 weeks of the second semester at Cuyler Jun¬ ior high school: 9B-2 class! Amos Johnson—93, Charles Slater—91. 9B-3, Josephine Drayton 92: James Sheppard 91; Miriam Hobinson—91; Barbara Wash¬ ington—-91; Yvonne Walker—90, Herbert Denmark—90. 9B-1, Sarah Davis—92, Flor- ance Bodisan—92, Bernice Jones —>90. 9B-4, Natalie Washington—94. Continued on Page Seven Tr. Course For Scout Jr. Leaders The Coastal' Empire council, Boy Scouts of America in rend¬ ering service to the institutions that are sponsoring Boy Scout Troops in the city of Savannah will institute a Junior Leaders Training Course. Camp O'Hara, Boy Scout Camp, will be the scene of these activities which commence Sat. April 29, as announced by T. J. Flanagan, Jr., Field Scout Ex- Continued on Page Six MLss Bernita Darby nar, Mazie Lavender, Freddie McLean, Frances Sharp, and Al¬ ma Wade. Mrs. Catherine Ma¬ this is chairman of the Ushers’ Committee, with Mesdames Vio¬ let Singleton, Gwendolyn Hall¬ man, and Miss Viola DeViliars serving on the committee. Miss Miriam F. Grant is in charge of the decorations for this occas¬ ion. A music extravaganza is an- ticipated. Member Audit Bureau Circulations Price 7c BIRMINGHAM, Apr. 23—(AN P)— For the second time within the past year, the home of B. W. Henderson, a contractor, across from a white neighborhood, was blasted by dynamite. This was the second bombing of a Negro home here within ten days. According to police, no one was seriously injured, but the blast caved in the entire front of the house. This latest blast occurred only live blocks from the residence offic eof Dr. J. A. Alfred Boykin which was bombed April 13. These residence are in a “fringe” community recently rezoned for Negro occupancy in aiin/A pn t>i,rrp <51v Wilson P. Hubert TO SPEAK AT SEMINAR— Special Invitation has been is¬ sued Wilson P. Hubert, Social Worker and Senior Investigat¬ or for the Chatham-Savannah Health Department, to partic¬ ipate as consultant in the Con¬ ference on Conservataion and Marriage to be held this week in Durham, North Carolina at The North Carolina College. Mr. Hubert will disucss the effects of lack of personal hy¬ giene consciousness oh the part of youth and adults as contrib¬ uting to instability and disinte¬ gration in marriage. S.C. Law Sch. Building Dedicated ORANGEBURG. S. C.— South Carolina State A. & M. College's new law school building was ded¬ icated Wednesday with exercises held in the college chapel and at the law school building. The honorable E. L. Fishburne, Associate Justice Supreme Court of South Carolina, delivered the address. The presentation of the building was made by W. C. Be- (Continued on page Six) Berea College Abandons Racial Bias-Admits Negroes BEREA, Ky.—(ANP>— Berea college of Kentucky this week opened its doors to Negro stu¬ dents to all courses in the school, both garduate and undergrad¬ uate. Thus Berea college became the first college in the South since the turn of the century to open to Negro students on. the same basis as whites. By taking this action Berea re¬ turned to the policy it main¬ tained so well from the end of the Civil war until 1904 when the Kentucky day law banned mixed schools in the state. The Berea Board of Trustees voted last Friday, April 14, to ac¬ cept "qualified Negro” students from the Applachian Mountain region. Their action was made possible because of the recen; amendment of the day law ear¬ lier thus year. This amendment allows Negroes and whites to at¬ tend classes together on a col¬ lege level both i:i graduate and undergraduate courses. Under the new law boards of trustees of various colleges in Kentucky would have to approvp the admission of Negroes first. The University of Louisville is thinking of discussing the ad- Board of Governors’ Resolutions RESOLUTIONS Berea’s board of governors in announcing its new policy passed the following resolution: “Taking more of the recent action of the Kentucky legisla¬ ture with reference to the edu¬ cation of Negro youth, the board of trustees of Berea col¬ lege takes the two following ac¬ tions ; “1. We reaffirm our dedication NUMBER 28 to the youth of the Appalachian Mountain region to which we have tried faithfully to minister for nearly a century and we con¬ tinue to see in these young peo¬ ple a challenge greater than we can hope to discharge in any forseeable length of time. "2. We also express our inter¬ est in the efforts of Ngro youths of this rgion to get an education and we hereby empower our ad¬ ministration to admit such Ne¬ gro students from within this mountain region whom we find thoroughly qualified coming completely within the provisions of the Kentucky law and whom in their judgement it appears we should serve.” From 1866 to 1904 Berea ac¬ cepted Negro students without any discrimination but was forced to abandon this policy became of the Kentucky day law. This law was upheld by the U. S. Supreme court. It preven¬ ted Negro and white studnts from attnding the same schools. The grandfather of the late Edwin R. Embree, one of the great spokesmen for interracial h ormony, was a president of Berea when it had an interracial student body. Embree grew up on the campus, associating with both Negroes and whites. Then Federal District Judge H. Church Ford ruled that the University of Kentucky must ad¬ mit Negro students to profess¬ ional courses not offered at Kentucky State college. Under this ruling 12 Negro students are studying at the university in¬ cluding one in the College of Engineering, an undergraduate course not available at Ken- Continued on Page 7