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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXIX
To Hold Emancipation
Celebration Monday
Opposes
v£ Caldwell
vSRINGTON, Dec. 21 -
Describing former Governor
Millard F. Caldwell as
i "chief architect of a
of segregation in higher educa¬
tion which was designed to cir
cumvent court decisions why
[ ; gave to obtain to colored people the
higher education
r within the borders of
[home states,” the National
sociation for the
! of Colored People this
: asked for an opportunity
j oppose his confirmation
head of the Civilian Defense
| program.
Clarence Mitchell, Director of
the NAACP Washington Bu¬
reau, advised Senator Este;
j subcommittee Krfauver, chairman which considered of the
the Federal Defense Act, that
the Association presumed that
Governor Caldwell would be
considered for the post which
[the [the proposed proposed law law establishes establishes at
land which he now holds under
'executive order.
| In tpaking his request, Mr.
Mitchell said, “We feel that in
a time of crisis, Governor Cald-
| well, if he follows his past
record, would put his belief in
1 white supremacy and racial
segregation above the safety
land welfare of the citizens that
the Defense Office is estab¬
lished I drops, to protect do not ... want If a regula¬ bomb
we
tions that require colored citi-
I zens to run ten blocks to a
[separate j designated racial for shelter ‘white when only’ one L
| just A similar around the corner.”
communication was
[sent to Senator Millard Tydings
Continued on Page 7
Make Their Annual
Contribution to NAACP
ELKS DISTRIBUTE
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
By E. E. Greene i
The Elks of i
Weldon Lodge,
[under l Ruler the J. B. leadership Hard'rlck, of Exalted distrih-
[ uteri baskets of groceries and
cash tunute donations to the unt'or- \
j and poor on Xmas day. -
. Frt'in rein the Elks it v/as an ex- '
Iprkftsipn town'll their of love feUowmen. and generosity I
[giving SSStJJffS
[the as those who received
[the gilts. He wishes to thank
li(ne Bills pf Weldon for the very
(him Christmas gift pesented
by the Bills. j
[is ,The Past Exalted Rulers’ Ball
the next on the slated
j Igjram and the 1951. first J. R. event Brown of the is
new year
■the chief antler: Exalted Ruler
pHarriwick; Dt. Ruler L. P.
J Floyd: Mitral staff and the ,
EBills ^Daughters of Weldon Lodge and the
of Elite Temple wish !
Four [ many friends a Happy and ■
Prosperous New Year.
About 82 million board feet
[of (making timber is used each year in
matches.
Required In Democracy-Better School Facilities, Right
to Vote for Negroes
JACKSON, Miss.—(ANP) —, A
‘dozen delegates to a city-wide
high school student council
mgf ting the Robert E. Lee high
school here last week came up
with some good suggestions on,
the responsibilities of a student
in a democracy.
What they concluded arid
thpir reasons for doing so were
definitely aimed at improving
the lot of the Negro people.
’“First they concluded that
“Negroes should be given more
and better educational facil¬
ities.” delegate, Gwendolyn
pne
Rev. W. W. Stevens
Speaker
The Emancipation celebration
will be held at St. Philip AME
Church, Charles and West
Broad Streets, Monday, Janu-
iry 1, at 11:30 a. m., Rev. J. S.
Bryan, D. D., pastor.
The celebration this year is
xpectcd lo be one of the larg¬
est in many years as the
S m a n cipation Association,
leaded by Rev. C. P. Hobbs, D.
president, and the Social
Clubs Union, headed by Dea.
taleigh A. wholeheartedly Bryant, have been
vorking togeth-
■r Ihe past year for a spectac-
dar celebration.
The welcome address will be
riven by Donald Thomas on
behalf of the church, and the
eature address will be delivered
ry Rev. 'W. W. Stevens, D. D,
>astor of St. Philip Monumen-
al AME Church. Deacon Rel¬
ish A. Bryant, president of the
>ocial Clubs Union, will act as
naster of ceremonies.
Several of the churches of
he city and civic organizations
vill be heard on the program
long with speakers represent-
ng the colleges and schools.
The program will start at
11:30 sharp and the general
public is invited.
Wood pulp is the basis of 95
lercent of all paper. I
DR. THOMPSON ENTERS
AIR FORCE NEXT WEEK
D". L. W. Thompson, Jr., will
leave next week for Scott’s
Field in Illinois to join the U.
S. Air Farce. His mother, Mrs.
L. burgh W. Thompson, Sr., of Pitts¬
and* spent the holidays with
him his family at 925 West
Victory Drive.
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Bench » rlA nTA , lo r
10
The regular monthly meeting
of the Alfred E. Beach PTA
will be held Wednesday, Jan¬
uary 10, in the auditorium. J’he
time will lx- 5:00 p. m. This date
to be for the January meet-
ing only due to the holiday
ieason which will be coming to
m end just prior to the first
Wednesday.
The program committee, Nor
’nan Elmore chairman, states
'hat a jspeaker will discuss the
topic, “Thrift Week.” Mrs. Sarah
Brannen, PTA president, is
mxious for all parents to be
present at this meeting as a
considerable amount of un¬
finished business is to be acted
upon.
•oscy of Tupelo, said:
“Ncgroas don’t want to go
vith us any more than we want
0 go to their schools, but if we
lon’t give them better schools,
hey’ll have to.”
She cited an instance where
Jegro students attended a one-
oom shack with a tin roof for
1 schoolhouse.”
“The tin rusted and the rain,
■ ame in,” she said. “The school
board wouldn’t fix it. They I
made each Negro child bring a j
lime to fix the roof. Those
who couldn't afford the dime
had to sit in the leaky places.”
"A « *
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Rewards Fail to Bring to Light
Borne Bombers
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.: Although
rewards amounting to more
than $1,000 have Deen posted to
apprehend the person or per¬
sons who threw a bomb into
the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Monroe Monk last week, no
definite clue of the perpetra¬
tors ras as yet been brought to
light.
The dynamiting of the $18,000
Monk residence which stands in
the disputed restricted area,
occurred Friday night of last
week and did damage to the
residence of about $8,000.
Although six persons were in
he house at the time the dev-
a.sting missle was thrown
through a screen to the front
porch, none of the inmates was
seriously injured. The porch
........ which 'outeideof the ......... Mrs!'Vorik’s'bed bomb ....... landed __ is
just
room from which she had
emerged only a few minutes
before the explosion.
This was the seventh bomb-
ing of N eg ro homes within the
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NEW YORK, Dec. 21—Walter
White, executive secretary of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo¬
ple, this week accepted with
“warm thanks” a contribution
of $1,352.90 to the NAACP Local
Defense and Educational Fund,
Inc., from the American Teach¬
ers Association.
This contribution, which rep¬
resents a 10 cent per member
donation from the 13.539-mem-
ber organization, is the organ¬
ization's twelfth annual
contribution to the legal de¬
fense arm of the NAACP. Over
a period of twelve years, the
ATA has contributed $8,691 50.
In presenting the gift to the
NAACP, H. Council! Trenholm,
executive secretary of the ATA
wrote Mr. White: “We have
been pleased to make these
annual contributions as the
financial participation of our
organization in the very signif¬
icant job being for done the improve- through
the NAACP
i ment of educational conditions.
We shall hope that our mem¬
bership response will be such
during this coming year that
we can bring, at the close of our
association year, our total con¬
tribution up past the $10,000
figure.”
Mediator R. L. Saunders,
of Crystal Springs
High, pointed out that “only
one-third of state school funds
is given to Negro schools, with
the Negroes in many cities
paying more t a x es than,
whites.”
Haskell Sumeral of Laurel,
said: “Equal educational oppor¬
tunities would help solve
friction, too.” Tommy Jones of
Richton added. “People don't
go by what their grandma told
them in slavery' days a hund¬
red years ago. We aren’t fight-
the Civil war any more.”
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, DEC. 28, 1950
Urges MacArthur to Rescind
Sgt. Baxter Sends
Greetings from Korea
Word was received this week
from Sgt. Leroy Baxter stating
that he was safe in Korea and
wishing his many friends a
happy New Year.
Sgt. Baxter has been with the
fighting forces in Korea since
November 21 and states that he
has seen plenty of action but
has fared well up to now. About
a month ago he said he ran
l p ™ ss a copy of the Savannah
Tribune which one of his
buddies had in the front bpe
trenches and says “my eyes
never saw such welcomed
reading.” of Rev
Sgt. Baxter is the son
and Mrs. Baxter and former
husband of Mrs. Sarah Baxter.
NAACP
Moves Into
Defense
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 The
defense of two of the accused
in the famous "Trenton Six"
case has been taken over by
attorneys for the National As¬
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People, it was
announced today bv Thurgood
Marshall, the Association’s
special counsel.
Horace Wilson and John Mc¬
Kenzie, the two defendants,
have signed retainers asking
the NAACP to handle the re¬
trial of thpir case, scheduled
to begin in Trenton on Febru¬
ary 5 before Judge Ralph J
Smalley of Superior Court of
New Jersey. Mr. Marshall said
that other eminent counsel will
be secured to work on the NA¬
ACP defense of the two young
men.
The Trenton Six are accused
of the murder of Wiliam Horn¬
er, a second hand store owner.
Their conviction was reversed
by the Supreme Court of Nr w
Jersey in June, 1949, and a new
trial ordered.
A “Gut-Hammer is the gong
used to call logers to meals.
Another conclusion was “Ne-
goes in a democracy should be
allowed to vote if they are
qualified. On this Jones said:
“My cook at home doesn’t
feel she Is a part of democracy
because she can’t vote.”
Saunders observed that “too
many unqualified whites are
voting now, but where can you
draw the line on qualifications?
You don’t have to pass a test
to pay taxes.”
Tire students could not reach
a solution on voting standards,
but did say they believed “edu¬
cation would help the entire
situation.
Sawmill Boss Held
In Uealli of Worker
KINSTON, S. C. (ANPi
Woodrow P. Cato, a white
mill bass from Trenton,
ordered held under $2,00;)
here last week for the
slaying of a Negro
worker, Robert Swearinger,
of Trenton, during an
ment between the two men
Dec. 16. The order, holding
for a grand jury hearing
Jan. was issued
SET NAACP ANNUAL
MEETING FOR JAN. 2
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 The an
nual meeting of the National
Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People will be
held on Tuesday, January 2,
1951, at 20 West 4Cth street,
New York 18, New York Walter
White, NAACP executive sec¬
retary, has announced that all
NAACP members are welcome
to attend the meeting, which
begins at 11 a. m.
Miss Boyd To Attend
National Assembly
The YWCA and YMCA of
Savannah State College elected
Miss Mildred V. Bovd to attend
National Assembly, Dec. 27-
Jan. 2. The meeting is to be hold
at Miami University, Oxford,
Ohio. This assembly of foreign¬
ers and Americans meets once
every four years, so it Is indeed
a unique privilege lor one to be
allowed to attend it.
CONTRIBUTING SUM) TO JR. DEPUTIES PARTY—A delega¬
tion of Negro citizens made a surprise donation of SUM) Sat¬
urday for Sheriff Bill Harris’ Christmas party for Negro Junior
Deputies. '
The party was Saturday morning 10 o'clock al the Dunbar
Theatre.
Headed hy the Rev. P. A. Patterson, the delegation con¬
sisted of B. J. Mclver, Baiiff Robert Spencer, John Q. Jefferson, 1
president of The Hub, and Frank Freeman.
Raymond T. Jarman.
The shooting occurred near
where the men were working
some 10 miles from here off the
Greenville highway. According
to Cato’s story, the victim
came to his house and asked
for money.
Cato refused to give Swearin¬
ger the money, whereupon the
latter is said to have chased
Continued on Page Six
NEW YORK, Dec. 21 Plans
to send Thurgood Marshall,
special “counsel of the National
Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colired People, to Tokyo
for an Investigation of the cir¬
cumstances surrounding courts-
martial of 24th Infantrymen,
were at a temporary standstill
today as Walter White, NAACP
executive secretary, cabled Gen¬
eral of the Army Douglas Mac-
Arthgr, urging reconsideration
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Ohio Judge Refuses Return
Prisoner to Mississippi
TOLEDO, O. (ANP)—U. S,
District court Judge Frank L,
Kloeb refused to sign removal
papers for the return of Curtis
W. Hopkins, Jr., 32 to Missis-,
.sippi on a federal fugitive war-4
rant here recently. Hopkins
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Youth Leaders in
Emergency Confab
By II ii me Smith
Washington, D.
youth leaders in the National
Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People from
eleven states and the Dis¬
trict of Columbia met in an
Emergency Conference at How-
I urri University for three days
following the White House
Conference. The conference
was composed of young people
representing a group of youth
councils and college chapter^
and some adult advisers.
The conference was presided
over by W. W Law, Savannah,
Ua.. a NAACP Board member.
He was assisted by Mrs. Ruby
Hurley, NAAOP Youth secre¬
tary, All Henderson, president
of the Ohio NAACP Youth Con¬
ference, and Aurelio Sterling.
New York city, in calling the
conference.
The meeting was called for
the purpose of creating great¬
er opportunities for youth to
contribute to the work of
the NAACP. The youth lead¬
ers reviewed the Association's
complete youth program and
made a number of recommen¬
dations. Immediate plans were
made to revive the NAACP
Continued on Page Six
Republic of Liberia Will
Get Military Mission
WASHINGTON (ANP) —The
United States will send a mil¬
itary mission to Liberia to
help in the development of
the Liberian National Guard
into a cohesive military unit
capable of defending the Afri¬
can Republic against intru¬
ders.
An announcement of the for¬
mation of the mission is expect¬
ed momentarily from the sec¬
retary of defense, Gen. George
C. Marshall.
When the Liberian mission
now in the United States,
consisting of Secretary fo State
Gabriel L. Dennis, Atty. Gen.
C. Abyoml Cassell and govern¬
ment economist Charles D„
KHennan, accompanied by
Ambassador C- D. B. King,
called on President Truman a
told
is wanted
a charge of rape.
In, refusing to sign
papers, the jurist noted
the issuance of the
warrant might be of
after extradition
Rev. Patterson presented Sheriff an
$100 in /cash, to help defray party expenses... He
the sheriff for his work in behalf'of Negro youth, and
a prayer.
The sheriff had earlier received a check for $50 for the
cause, from the Chatham County Democratic Club.
The party was attended by both boy and girl deputy sheriffs
one present received a gift.
NUMBER 11
CHOIR CONTEST NEXT
THURSDAY NIGHT
The choir contest being spon¬
sored by Radio Station WJIV
and tile Family Shoe Store, has
invited Arthur Dwight, princ¬
ipal of Cuyler Jr. high school.
Miss Wllla Mae Ayers, assistant
publisher and business man¬
ager of the Savannah Tribune,
and Miss Estella Simmons, sec¬
retary for the Herald, as judges
for the counting of the ballots.
Each person attending the
contest will be eligible for door
prizes which will consist of
ladies handbags, ladies hose
and shoes.
Churches taking part in the
finals of the first of the series
of broadcasts are First African
Baptist, Second Baptist, Tab¬
ernacle Baptist, St. Phillip Mon¬
umental AME, Connors Temple
Baptist, St. James AME. Mount
Zion Baptist, St. Paul Baptist,
As bury Methodist Episcopal,
Townsley Chapel AME, and
BetheJ AME. Every one is urged
to be on time that you can get
a good seat; the admission is
Continued on Page 7
the group he had just signed
an order authorizing the mis¬
sion. Three officers to be
selected will leave shortly for
Liberia.
At one time the late Col.
Charles Young, the first Ne- 1
gro graduate of West Point,
was detailed to Liberia to help
in the training of the troops
of that country.
The mission enlarged by the
secretary of public works,
Henry B. Duncan, is negoti¬
ating with the Expert-Import
Bank of Washington for a loan,
of $12,000,000 to Liberia which
will be used for the building
of roads, the development of a
water system and sewers for
Monrovia. Also a dam and
hydro-electric plant which will
be used for Irrigation purpos¬
es and supplying electric light.
state of Ohio.
Hopkins Md been held in.
Lucas county jail under $2 ,a
500 bond. Judge Glocb rcducJ
ed the ball to $500 and release
Contlnueu on Page Six