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YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE LX1X fl'vfSi '4f$ * ut < w P a, *5? Photo by Cecil’s SHRINERS ENTERTAIN DREN—The above picture taken at the Masonic m Christinas Day when Nhriners and- Daughters of Isis entertained a large of underpriviledged children. Top picture,- Nobles are left to right. III. Potentate L. Smith;. Freddie in background; P. III. tate Wm. McNeil; Asst. NAACP Cites Major Gains In Civil 1950 Masons Hold Impressive St John’s Day Observance ' ‘ .Jk\ , Eft is jSXLo.- A - TBBbI Ilardrick e-elected „ , ted ruler 3 Six Tenant Farmer Given Lift by FHA Now Owns Three Farms Integrated 2nd Div. Units Fight Gallantly In Korea SEOUL, Korea— < ANPi— Col. S. L. A. Marshall, the army’s roving “efficiency expert, in Infantry operations, had hich praise here last week lor the action* m.du lire of mixed han, J. S. Delaware; Paul Vin¬ son, Chief Rabhan, E. C. Black- shear, W'illie Thomas, Ulysses Stewart, S. I). Bisard, C. Green, E. E. Doyle, W. J. Fleming, Ulysses EUeri.y, Caleb Bias, P. III. Potentate J. J. Edwards, < lifford Ryals, George White, T. C. Hunter, Marcus Bailey. Not shown in picture is P. 111. Potentate Robert Smith. Bottom picture—Daughters of Isis who helped in the enter- T Last , , Wednesday Tr . , night , . , _ Prince, - I all Masons and Eastern Star i ad joint, installation of offi- >rs at Masonic Temple. Dis- , ict Deputy Grand Master D. ! ringle had charge of the cer- , nonies. He selected Past atron W. J. Ayers and Pasti Latron Willie Williams to bo, i charge of the installation, j the five Eastern Star chapters installing officers. At the termination of which presen- tations were made to Worthy Patron Willie Coieman and Worthy Matron Gertrude Lu- ten. Electa Chapter No. 1—Wor- ! thy Matron, Mrs. Gertrude C..I----— Lu- ten; As,so. Matron, Mrs. Annie Tremble; Treasurer, Mrs McCoy; Secretary, Mrs. Eugen- i? Gaynor; Conductress, Mrs. Moliie Hewitt; Asso. Conduc- tregs , Mrs. Helen Davis; War- Mrs. Lillian Green; Wor- (Continued on page Six} > Negro and white units of the j u. S. Second Division, f orTr , Pr army historian of world war I, and chief editori- I -—--—---- Continued on Page Six tainment, striding. Dl. Emma Jackson, Dt. Sarah Smith, Dt. Louise Bias, Dt. L. M. McGlock- ton, Dt. Christine .Simmons, Dt. Dora McNiel, Dt. 111. Com- mandress, Henrietta Washing¬ ton; Dt. Lucile Thomas, Dt. Annie Bordus. Sitting, Dt Margaret Black- shear, Dt. Jenjnie Wright, (Imp. Commandress Ercell Harmon (Continued on page Sixi NEW YORK, Jan. 2—Some of the mist far-reaching gains ever made in the field of race relations were attained during 1950, Walter White, executive secretary of the National Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Colored People, said in a re¬ port submitted today at the Association s annual meeting in ( he Wilkie Memorial Building, 20 West 40th Street, However, he warned, we face one of the most difficult legis- lat *ve struggles in American history in the 82nd Congress, islation. If those forces of darkness succeed, then the col¬ ored people of the world may have their last hope of democ- |>acy I^a’J’oyedi. because they will not believe that the United States can place democracy above color prejudice.” Te gains made last year, Mr White said, had been won a 1 greatly increased costs, and had also stimulated “ a new respect of the bigots for the Negro’s struggle like for Dixiecrats, freedom.” Groups the which Continued on Page 7 Once Emmett Hall of Dublin, Ga., got a start toward a farm of his own through the Farm¬ ers Home Administration, after 26 years of tenant farming, he not only paid out in five years, but went on to buy two addi¬ tional farms- A report of Mr. Hall’s out¬ standing achievement was re¬ ceived last week by (he U. S. Department of Agriculture Continued on Page S*j SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JAN. 4, 1951 March of Dimes Scholarship Winners I BEL-AIR tfCWONEMAC V/VB liwai (HI PfURE « m t V i ||W. 9m Ag is /MIV MOM #, «r *.«»/■■ at, . Bg 1 f i *. H J 'fa Vi HAITI INAUGURATES NEW PRESIDENT — Port-au-Prince, Haiti—(ANP}—In a three day celebration which surpassed any similar event held here before, the Republic of Haiti inaugu¬ rated Paul Magloiri as presi- TUSKEGEE. Ala., Dec. 31- According to records compiled in the Department of Records and Research, Tuskegee Insti¬ tute, there were 2 persons lynched during 1950. Recorded ’Jynchings fjir the past 5 years were: 1950, 2: 1949, 3; 1948, 2; 1947, 1; 1946, 6, tot- One of the victims was Char¬ lie Hurst, white, 39-year-old rolling store operator of Pell City, St. Clair County, Alabama. He was mortally wounded on February 22 in his front yard by a group of unmasked men. They had come to his home at bedtime and tried to force him into their car. His 19-year-old son, who came to his father’s assistance, was also wounded. Hurst had previously told lvs son that “it looks like the Kluxers are after me.” There were no charges against the victim. It seems that the mot got the “wrong man.” The other victim was Jack Walker, alias Jack Kendall, also known as Cint.on Walker, a 40- vear-old Negro laborer of near Gay, Meriwether County, Ga. His body was found on August 18 in a creek near the Flint Continued on Harper to Discuss School Fight Prof. C. L. Harper, president of the Atlanta Branch, NAACP, will discuss the “Atlanta Equal School Suit,” which has at¬ tracted nation-wide interest at the Monthly meeting of the Savannah Branch, NAACP The meeting will be held at 8 o’clock Friday night, Jan. 12, at the West Broad Street Y. M - C. A. It. will be open to the pub¬ lic. without charge. As well as being one of the leading NAACP officials in the slate. Mr. Harper is a retired principal of the Booker T. Washington high school and executive secretary of the Georgia Teachers and Educa¬ tion Association. The branch officers for 1951, elected at the December meet- Continued on La. State LI. Law School To Discard Its Racial Ran was ordered today by the Sup- j rcme Court to discard its 90 year old racial ban and begin accepting the registration of qualified Negroes In its law school. On October 30 the institution j was told by the special three Continued on Page Six Marshall Given McArthur to Visit Korea Cablegrams between General of the Army Douglas Mac Arthur and Walter White, secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Re admitting Tlmrgood Marshall, Special Counsel NA¬ ACP, to Far East Command for defense of court-martialed Ne¬ gro officers and enlisted men (Continued on Page 7) .Haitians who gathered around the capitol. At upper left are some of the banners and slogans which Member Audit Bureau Circulations Court voids i lx |^n III lYlrWlf* II PIC I --- WASHINGTON, D. C„ Jan. 3 An opininn of the U. S. Fourth Court of Appeals today, p vered by senior Judge John Parker, made void an agree- which Wendell Green Installed As Circuit Judge In Chicago GHSECBVGO—■ ( ANP) — Judge Wendell E. Green this week was officially installed as a member of the Circuit court of Cook County. As a circuit judge, he holds the highest judicial office ever held by a egro in Chicago. Leading attorneys, judges and officials in this area jammed room 729 in the County building to honor Judge Green at the official ceremonies. Serving as a justice in the Chicago Municipal court. Judge Green was promoted to the higher chair to fill a vacancy caused by a death. Gov. Adlai Stevenson appointed him to this post. Mayor Martin H. Kennelly, Rep. William L. Dawson, Chief Justice Daniel A. Roberts and numerous others headed the cpwtinueb on Page S.x president. A candid shot in center inset caught the presi¬ dent at attention as throngs of Haitians paid homage. Seen, also, in center is the Cathedral of Notre Dame where the Arch¬ bishop of Haiti presided over a te Deum service during which NUMBER 12 Willie J. Relax and others against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and various railroad brotherhoods, asked the court to void the agreement. The dis¬ trict .judge dismissed the case, and Relax appealed. Judge Parker's decision noted that the Brotherhood of Loco¬ motive Firemen had urged that Negroes be excluded from employment as firemen because | they were non -promo tba l >• to engineers. The opinion noted that "no railroad in the United states has ever employed a Ne- iContinued on page •> TO OPEN OFFICE HERE—Atty. Frank A. Dilworth, HI, who will open his law office.:: Mon¬ day on the third floor of the Guaranty Building, West Broad and Alice streets. Attorney Dilworth, a native Continued on Page Seven the president kissed the feet Of Christ on the cross (inset at center, lower left). The other two members of the junta which, had been .ruling the country until the election on Oct. 3 Continued on Page Seven