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69 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
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BEAUMONT SCHOOL HOLDS COMMENCEMENT
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Top Picture— (Center) Mrs. Helen S. LasHo, director of the
Beaumont Schools, presenting a diploma to Miss Carrie L. Keitt
while Nurses Grether Scott and Martha Cole (left) instruc¬
tors) and Mrs. Bertha McCormick, registrar (right) look on.
Behind Mrs. McCormick are Nurse Gertrude Sanders, instruc¬
tor, and Rev. .1. L. Butler. Beiow arc Miss Mailie Pinkney and
Miss Sarah Tiggs, honor pupils.
BOTTOM—The graduates, Pearl Anderson, Essie Mae .Bow¬
REV. BRYAN TELLS
GRADS SERVICE IS
WHAT COUNTS
Admonishing the members of
the graduating class of the
Savannah Iranch of the Beau¬
mont Schools of Practical Nurs¬
ing not to rest supinely on the
strength of the diplomas they
were receiving but to go out
into the world and render a
real service to humanity, the
Rev. J. S. Bryan delivered a
most impressive address last
Friday night at St. Philip’s AME
Church.
The occasion was the first
commencement program of the
local unit of the chain of
schools operated by the Beau¬
mont School of Practical Nurs¬
ing whose headquarters atre at
Philadelphia.
The speaker told the grad
uafces that the world is then
horizon but the only wav that
they may get recognition is to
venture out and render that
kind of service which will win
Tor themselves the approbation
of the various communities in
which they will labor.
A fairly large crowd attended
the program which was inter¬
spersed with musical selections
by the Sidney A. Jones Funeral
Home Choir, the mixed choir
,of Savannah State College and
a solo by Edward B. Law.
Diplomas were presented to
Continued on Page Six
White Asks Jim Crow Be
Ended in Military Forces
Leaders Call For Meeting
With Truman
NEW YORK—A group of Ne¬
gro leaders, including Dr. Chan¬
ring H. Tobias, director of the
Phelp-Stokes Foundation; Wal¬
ter White, executive secretary,
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo¬
ple; Benjamin Mays, president,
Morehouse College, Atlanta, Oh.:
Lester Granger, executive sec¬
retary, National Urban League
and A- Philip Randolph, Inter¬
national president, Brotherhood
AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS
Left to right: Mrs, Dorothy Boggess, Washington, D C.; Mrs.
Cordia Ethridge, Mobile, Ala.; Mrs Gloria Carter, Washington,
D C.: and Miss Gloria Brown, New Orleans. La ; were awarded
Medical Social Work scholarships by the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis from funds raised in the March of Dimes.
£951 JLn tL <±I_Dimt z —January 15-3 1,, ,
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Reported Carnegie Library to Close
Colored citizens of Savannah
and vicinity, as well as else-
whdre, will be shocked to learn
of rumored reports reaching
this newspaper of the pending
or possible closing of Carnegie
Library, for lack of sufficient
operating funds. These reports
nave been persistent during the
last several weeks, and it was
only yesterday that a reporter
for this newspaper accidently
overheard a conversation be¬
tween several of lour prominent
uizens who appealed to have
sat in on a special meeting
called during the past few days,
possibly Monday cm- Tuesday, for
Jr. Heads U.
N.C.F. Council
NEW YORK—John D. Rocke¬
feller, Jr., will serve as chair¬
man of the National Council of
he United Negro College
for the 11951 campaign, it was
announced today at Fund head¬
quarters, 22 East 54 street.
Under Mr. Rockefeller’s
chairmanship, nationally prom¬
inent business executives and
(Continued on page 111
a meeting todav at the Hotel
Theresa, New York City, for the
purpose of planning a major
policy conference with Pres.
Truman at the White House
at an early date, and to draft
a statement for presentation
to him on the occasion of the
conference.
The issues to be considered
in this conference with the
president are as follows:
1. Action by the president to
man, Irene Byrd, Catherine Hill, Edith Johnson, Agnes Jones,
Carrie L. Keitt, Naomi Lovett, Jessie Michael, Rosemary Moore,
Madie Pinckney, Victoria Sanders, Eddie Mae Sheffield, Eugenia
Snell, Lucile Thomas, Sarah Tiggs, Carolyne Washington, Cath¬
erine Young, Lucile Young, Dorothy Mitchell, Dorothy Blake,
Dorothy Burney, Helen Kinlaw, and Virginia Luten.
Mrs. Laszlo is seen in the center of the bottom row.
—Photo By Freeman
the purpose of discussing the
critical state of affairs pres¬
ently confronting the library.
Upon hearing of the plight
facing the library at this time,
which lends credence to reports
previously heard, this reporter fall¬
immediately attempted and/fcon- (to
ow the rumor down
tacted the library to learn if
the report wete true. Officials
it the library stated that they
were not in position to comment
on the report and that any In¬
formation would have to come
from the board of trustees, or
the chairman, Dr. F. S. Belcher.
However, the doctor could not
Thresh Out
Race Problems
COLUMBIA, S. C.—Thrashing
out of the definite steps to be
taken by Southern Catholics
towards Christian racial atti¬
tudes and establishment of in¬
terracial justice will be an
important element of the mid-
century convention of the
Catholic Committee of the
(Continued on page Six)
NEW YORK, Jan. 11—Heads
of the nation’s defense services
have been urged by Walter
White, NAACP executive secre¬
tary, to “take immediate steps
to eliminate segregation and
disdrimination from ail phases
qS military lifle and thereby
make certain that all person-
nel under your con ro wii ©
accorded the same (treatment
without Iregard to race, color, or
creed.”
Citing complaints of discrim-
ination received from service-
men, Mr. White, in identical
telegrams to Secretary of De—
fense Gerfge Marshall, Secre-
tary of the Army Frank Pace,
Secetary of the Air Force Thos.
Navy Francis P. Matthews,
warned that “such treatment
by military personnel can only
succeed in adversely affecting
the morale of Negro troops . . ■
and hamper effotrts to secure
full-hearted support of tho
American Negro for the Gov¬
ernment's military and foreign
policy program.” dated
In his telegrams, Jan.
9, Mr. White mentioned par¬
ticularly conditions at Camp
Rucker, Alabama, where it is
charged, Negro inductees are
segregated in inferior and
poorlv equipped areas and
humiliated by milttsl-y police
whenever they venture into the
surrounding community.
SAVANNAH. GEORGIA THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1951
be reached for comment before
time to go to press. Efforts were
also made to contact other
members of the board for a
statement, all of which nfet
with failure, the reply being
that the report or reports
“could not be confirmed or de¬
nied.” One member who wished
Jto remain ivncjcntified, upon
being contacted over the phone,
stated that while “a meeting
was held in which several lead¬
ing citizens not members of the
board of trustees were invited
to attend, I (he), or any other
member, was not authorized to
reveal what was discussed at
Jim Crow Is
Threat To American Victory
DENVER, Jan. 14—“America
cannot win a world struggle—
military or ideological with a
Jim Crow democracy or Jim
Crow armed foircri,” Roy Wilk¬
ins, administrator of the
National Association for the
Advancement audience of Colored People, fast
told a huge here
\W>ck, at the necond of five
major speaking engagements oi
his current tour through the
West and Midwest.
Speaking at an Emancipation
Day celebration at the New
Hope Baptist Church, Mr. Wilk¬
ins recounted the great strides
the NAACP has made in its
forty-two years of fighting for
first class citizenship for Ameri¬
cans of every race. “The idea of
increased opportunity for Ne¬
groes is spreading,” he declared,
Alexander To
Defend 2 of
‘Trenton Six’
NEW YORK, Jan. 11—Ray-
m ond Pace Alexander of Phil-
ac | e ip(-[j a w j[[ head the defense
{ Horace Wilson and John Me-
Kcnzie. . two of the ‘Iren.on
Six” who have asked the assist
ancf , of the National Association
f or the Advancement of Colored
peonle, Thurgood Marshall, announced NA-
I aCP special counsel,
today. Associated with Mr.
Alexander will be Mercer Bur-
: re u D f Newark and Clifford
The ease, which is scheduled
for re-trial in Trenton on Feb.
5 before Superior Court Judge
Ralph J. Smalley, involves the
murder of an aged white man,
William Horner, proprietor of
a second-hand store in Trent¬
on. Six young Negro men were
arrested and convicted of the
crime. Their convictions were
reversed in June, 1949, by the
Supreme Court of New Jersey,
which ordered a new trial.
j Although not participating
in the original trial, the NAACP
: filed a brief as “friend of the
court” in the appeal to the
State Supreme Court. Follow-
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Harper Discusses Fight
On Segregated Schools
A largo crowd was thrilled
the address of Prof. C. L.
er, president of the
Branch, NAACP, on last
night at a meeting of the
NAACP branch. In discussing
the suit being carried out
the t.VlP loaHarcVim leadership of rtf TYr Dr. Doninmin
E. Mays and himself against
segregated public schools, Mi-
Harper said, “The question is
’■>ot what Is Atlanta going
do. but wharf are the folk here
going to do.” There is not any
s o nse in being afraid, he
charged.
The Atlanta NAACP learir'-.
who is also the executive sec¬
retary, devoted the major por¬
tion of his stimulating talk to
fhe work being done by the
naacp in education. The NAA¬
CP is slugging at the very foun¬
dation of segregation and the
walls are crumbling, he report¬
ed. White youne people are no*
kicking about Negro vnuth en¬
tering theitr class rooms, the
trouble is being caused by
olman OolPlciams.
,Herbie Coop/, possessor of
a rii~h, beautiful baritone voice
of 'nnerb nualitv, sang for ihe
meeting. Accompanied at the
niano bv Mrs. Lucile Cooper,
his mo'her, young Cooper "end-
ered the following beloved
favorites to his audience’s de¬
light: “The Lord’s Prayer,”
The Hills of Home,” and “In-
jMerriak Collier, a youth
Continued on Page Six
the meeting or to make a
statement for the public at
this time.” He refused further
comment.
It is common knowledge that
for the past four or five years,
the board of trustees has ex¬
perienced gtreat difficulty in
operating the library and Yain-
acraw branch, upon the funds
appropriated by the City of
Savannah. Numerous, repeated,
and successive requests have
gone unheeded, and in several
instances according to infor¬
mation already in possession of
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“but the foes of civil rights in
this couintry are doing grave
damage to the cause of democ¬
racy in the present emergency.”
Mr. Wilkins assailed the Dix-
iocrats and other opponents of
civil rights as the greatest
threat to America in the world¬
wide conflict against Commun¬
ism. He warned that the
Southern bloc in Congress, by
blocking such legislation as
statehood for Hawaii and Alas¬
ka “on grounds of racial prej¬
udice,” is turning away poten¬
tial allies in Asia.
Mr. Wilkins spoke at the Uni¬
versity of Wisconsin, in Mad¬
ison, on January 5. Other stops
on his intineiary include Cas¬
per, Wyoming; Burlington,
Iowa; and Oberlin, Ohio.
Shares Profits
With His
Employees
SARANAC LAKE, N. Y—Prof¬
it-sharing bonuses totaling
$56,777 have been distributed to
employees of a motor firm
headed by a Catholic layman.
Highest single bonus check
was $4,612; the lowest,, $1,286.
Bonus checks averaged between
$2,000 and $3,000 for emplovees
in the firm, which has branches
here, at Lake Placid and Tap¬
per Lake. Besides bonuses, the
employees received average
wages Mr their types of work.
Julian J. Reiss is the owner
of the company, Northland Mo¬
tors. His firm belongs to the
Council of Profit-Sharing In¬
dustries of America.
Mr. Reiss was one of the
original five members of Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey’s New York
State Commission Against Dis¬
crimination and served firom
1945-1947.
Over a seven-year period
profit-sharing bonuses of
Ndlrthland Motors total $227,-
536. Employees divide 60 per
cent of the total earnings after
all expenses but before taxes.
Basis of the division Is left to
Continued on page 7
Four Seek Entrance to
ol Tennessee
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 14
Through a federal court suit
yesterday four Negroes sought
entrance to the University of
Tennessee.
The four plaintiffs and two
other Negroes had been turned
down last December 4 by uni¬
versity trustees who said s'ate
laws “expressly provide that
there shall be segregation in 'he
education of the races.”
In the suit filed yesterday,
he Nog1oes asked injunctions
against this policy for them¬
selves and others “similarly
situated” in Tennessee. They
said their applications were
rejected solely because of race
and color and that litigation
was thet- only recourse.
Gov. Gordon Browning, one
of the defendants named, with¬
held comment on the suit but
pointed out that, a “full univer-
siy is in. the making” for Ne¬
groes at the State Agricultural
and Industrial College in Nash-
vile.
The Negrofes had said they
wanted to take graduate and
law courses at the state uni¬
versity becuse such facilities
were not separately provided.
State Attorney General Rov
H. Beeler, who had handed
down an opinion that Negroes
could gain admission through
the courts, said his office prob¬
ably would have no part in
defending the university.
The avidity with which most
of the backward areas make
plans to spend U. S. dollars
ought to warn u.s-
2 Killed In Early Morning
Car Crash
A woman and soldier killed
and two men and another
woman critically injured is the
score of an automobile head-on
collision Wednesday morning
on the Old Augusta Road.
The dead are Mrs. Lizzie Mae
Bryant, 28 years old, of 512 W.
York street, and Staff Sergeant
Arthur S. Hernandez, white, of
Hunter Air Force Base.
The injured are Samuel s.
Jenkins, manager of Monroe
Funeral Home; Miss Princetta
Taylor, 28, and Sumter Bryant,
42, who operates a small groc¬
ery store in the Monteith
section.
Of the injured, Mr. Jenkins
is the most seriously hurt. He
suffered injuries in the chest
and head. This morning he was
reported in critical condition.
Mr. Bryant had both legs
broken while Miss Taylor sus¬
tained a fracture of the left
leg.
According to the best avail¬
able information, the accident
occurred about 2:30 in the
morning at the intersection of
(Continued on Page Three)
DIVAN AND OFFICERS—The above is a group of members of the Divan and Officers of Omar
Temple No. 21, A. E. A. O. N. M. S., which met last week for the purpose of perfecting a program
for the year. 111. Potentate Geo. L. Smith was host, the dinner was held at the Veterans Club,
Nobles present are, reading from left to right : Walter Bogan, E. C. Blackshear, Chief Rabhan;
Willie Thomas, Robert Smith, P. III. Potentate; Donald Thomas, P. 111. Potentate; 111. Potentate
George I,. Smith, R. W. Gadsden, P. 111. Potentate; Wm. McNeil, P. 111. Potentate; Caleb Bias,
J. S. Delaware, Asst. Rabhan; W. S. Scott, treasurer. Not in picture but also present, L. R,
Bolden, recorder Other members of the Divan are, A. L. Sampson, P. 111. Potentate Jas. J.
Edwards, P. 111. Potentate Sol. C. Johnson, P. 111. Potentate Duncan Pringle. —Photo by Cecil 1
Member Audit Bureau Circulationt
Price 7c
Marshall In Tokyo To
Defend Accused GIs
NEW YORK, Jan. 14 Thur-
good Marshall, special counsel
of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People, arrived this week in
Tokyo, where he will under¬
take the defense of accused GIs
of the 24th Inantry.
Mr. Marshall will begin an
on-tho-scene investigation of
the circumstances surrounding
the coiv;b-martial convictions
of 36 Negro enlisted men and
officers who have appealed to
the NAACP for assistance. He
will also confer with General of
the Army Douglas MacArthur.
the Inspector General and other
top officials of the Far East
Command.
In a press conference here
before leaving, Mr. Marshall told
newsmen that “lnfcrmarfion
from courts-martial defendants
. . . and other sources indicate
that the trials were an at¬
tempt at mass disciplinary
action during the dally retreats
which marked the early days
of the Korean conflict and that
such discipline was not inflict¬
ed upon white troops.”
Following receipt of such in¬
formation and appeals from
the convicted men, the NAACP
decided to send Mjr- Marshall
to Tokyo to make a firsthand
investigation. At first his re¬
quest for an entry permit was
Continued on Page Six
Negro Girl Accepted In
Va. Medical College
RICHMOND, Va.— (ANPi A
Negro girl has been accepted
for admission to the white med¬
ical college of the University
of Virginia, school authorities
announced here last week.
The new student will be Miss
Jean Harris, an honor student
now attending Virginia Union
University. She will be gradu¬
ated from the university in
June and is scheduled to enter
the University of Virginia Med¬
ical School in the fall.
Miss Hairrls, who is 10 is the
daughter of Dr. Vernon Harris,
prominent physician here. She
graduated from Armstrong high
school in 1948. To date, she has
maintained an “A” average in
college and has been pledged
to two honor societies.
During the regular meeting
of the Board of Visitors at the
medical college on Jan. 12, tho
NUMBER 14
POLEMARCH — John W.
who was elected the new
of the Savannah
Chapter of the Kajjpa
Psi fraternity.
With a brief but colorful
W. Dickerson Donnel¬
Southeastern Provincial
installed the offic¬
of the Savannah Alumni
and Gamma Chi Chap¬
of Kappa Alpha Psi Fra-
Contlnueti on Page Six
membqrs were informed by
Associate Dean George, W.
Bakeman, chairman of the ad¬
missions committee of the
school of medicine, that 75 Vir¬
ginians and II non-Virginians
had been accepted for the fall
term. Miss Harris was among
the 73 Virginians.
Miss Harris will be the first
Negro medical student when she
enters in the fall, but the coll¬
ege has trained Negro nurses
since 1920. Negro nurses have
been trained at St. Philip
School of Nursing, which, ac¬
cording to Dr. Sanger, ranks in
the top 25 percent in the coun¬
try.
Dr. Sanger also noted that for
many years there has been a
two-week clinic in the summer
for Negro physicians, called the
St. Philip clinic.
Virginia has no tax-supported
medical college for Negroes.