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HIGH COURT RECEIVES
GROVELAND PETITION
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—The
stage was set, this week for a
re-focusing of national atten¬
tion on one of the most dram
a'i" ]pj r a! cases ever handled
1”' th° National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
P“p*ole, as N A A CP attorneys
filed a petition asking the
United States Supreme Court
to reverse the lower court
convic'ion of two Groveland,
.^Florida, 'IvV^amuel youth Shepherd on a rape and charge. Walter
/Ivin were sentenced to death
land Charles Greenlee to ]jf,,
imprisonment) for the alleged after
crime in September, 1949,
a three-day trial in a county
which for days had been the
scene of widespread mob terror,
night -rifling and home burn¬
ing. Before the trial opened,
the leading daily newspaper ot
the City of Orlando screamed
College Laundry Burned
destroyed Fire of the undetermined laundry building origin
of the Savannah State College
earlv Monday morning.
The entire interior of the
structure was gutled by the
flames and the laundry ma¬
chinery is thought to have been
damaged beyond repair.
Both fire-fighting annara'us
from Savannah and Thunder¬
Reports Jim Crow at
Fort Dix Banned
RECREATIONINST.
TO MEET MARCH 7 -9
WORKSHOP DIRECTOR—Chas.
J. Smith, III, journalism in-
.struetor, will serve as director
of the First Annual Florida A
M College Inter-Scholastic
Workshop, Tallahassee,
March 1-2. He holds the master
ol arts degree in journalism
from the State University of
Iowa, and is a member of
Sigma Delta Chi, National Pro¬
fessional Journalism Fratern¬
ity and Delta Phi Delta,
na ionai Negro honorary jour¬
nalism society.
■A. «S. /U iMi
Miss Metella W Maree
TO SPEAK AT CLAFLIN—
Mu Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta
...... their annual
Sorority, Inc., in
obervance of Finer Woman¬
hood Week presents Metella W.
Maree, dynamic principal of
Paulsen School, Savannah, as
guest speaker Sunday, February
25, at Clafiin College, Orange¬
burg, S. C. participating in
Chapters
the celebraton are Beta Pi Zeta.
(Continued on Page Seven;
for vengeance in a front-page
editorial cartoon. NAACP at¬
torneys who argued the case
and who later carried it to tly
Supreme Court of Florida
vhich affirmed the convictions
harped from the boginninr
hat the defendants had no
-pen given a fair trial.
“When defendants are tried '
he NAACP petition concludes,
‘before an unconstitutionalit
constituted jury at a time whei
■ounsel has not adequatel;.
prepared their defense, in e
•ommunitv inflamed by pass-
'on, then the trial s, in the
words of Mr. Justice Holmes
a mask.’ The outcome, undet
. uch circumstances, is inevit¬
able-” 'he
At tone'';; handling ease
for the NAACP are Alex Akcr-
Continued on Page 7
bolt answered the call of the
rive but when they arrived on
the scene the building was too
far destroyed by the flamrf ifo‘‘
them to do anything but to
prevent the fire from spreading
to nearby buildings and to a
6,500 fuel tank in an annex to
the laundry in which there
were approximately 1,000 gal¬
lons of fuel oil.
The Atlanta University School
of Social Work will be host to
the Fifth Annual State-Wide
Recreation Institute, soonsored
by the Georgia State Recrea¬
tion Association, which con¬
venes March 7 through March
9. in Atlanta, Georgia.
This will mark the first time
that the institute has been co¬
sponsored by the Atlanta Uni¬
versity School of Social Work,
with the National Recreation
Association lending its full re¬
sources and professional guid¬
ance.
All facilities of Atlanta
University have been made
available to recreational lead¬
ers attending the institute by
President Rufus E. Clement.
The Georgia State Recrea¬
tion Association, organized
under the leadership of the
Citizens’ Council, con¬
of professional and lead.ers volun-
e e r recreational
the state.
The present national emer¬
makes it particularly
that recreation lead-
12 TO GET BEAUTY
Cl TLTURE CERTIFICATES
Mr, Andrews Gets
Master’s Degree
James II. Andrews received
the master of science degree in
mathematics from DcPaul Uni¬
versity, Chicago, 111., at the
mid-term graduation.
Mr. Andrews is the son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. James H. An¬
drews, Sr., nephew of Mrs.
Sarah Adams Monroe, and cous¬
in of Miss Lucille and Arthur
Andrews and Mrs. Elsie Adams
Brewton of Savannah.
Mr. Andrews served in the
armed forces in World War II
and at present Catholic is organist Church, of |
Holy Angles
Chicago, 111.
FEBRUARY 25 IS
NAACPSUNDAY
for NEW observance YORK, of Feb. NAACP 15—Plans Sun- J !
Viy on February 25 are being |
made by congregations in all
;arts of the country, it was j
mnounced this week by Rev |
Walter P. Offutt, Jr., church
secretary of the National Asso-
.nation ftor the Advancement
of Coloed People.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, FEB. 22, 1951
A request has been sent „o
the Board of Education by the
Hub, leading civic organizaHon.
isking for 90 more class rooms
for Negro children.
The letter states that two of
'he school buildings now used
bv Negro children, iho West
Broad Street school and the
Maple Street school, should be
replaced as they are unfit for
school purposes.
The letter from Dr. 11. M.
Collier. Jr., who is chairman of
the education committer of the
Hub, in. its salient parts, reads
as follows:
"Despite reeorrtmenda'ions by
the survev staff of Potiho^'v
College and our common knowl¬
edge of conditions in Ne.ro
schools, our children are still
housed in buildings unfit 'or
;chool use, notablv Maple and
West Broad Street schools.
There are still 39 double sessions
in our schools, subjecting our
children to incalcuable harm.
“Upon the basis of a .recent
release from the Slate Depart¬
ment of Education, we need
now 90 classroom units. This
means that Negro children need
at least four new school build¬
ings in addition to what they
now have. If Maple and West
Broad buildings are replaced.
(Continued on Page Six)
Call Talmadge Hand
WASHINGTON —, Fpb. 15 —
Segregation at the reception
center at Fort Dix, N. J., has
been abolished, James C. Evans,
civilian assistant to the Secre¬
tary of Defense, has informed
Clarence Mitchell, director of
Ihe Washington Bureau of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo¬
ple. the NAACP
In a letter to
official under date of February
13, Mr. Evans said that he had
been informed that the New
Jersey army post “is now op-
Continued on Page 7
Lady’s Island Killings Seemingly
Pose Undercover Cause
BEAUFORT, S. C. — “My son
wouldn’t be in the fix he is in
now if it wasn’t for ‘ Pet,” said
Mrs. Rebecca Harvey, mother
of Smith Harvey, Negro ex-Gi,
accused of the early Saturday
slaying of three of the four
white men on Lady’s Island,
near here.
|W. G. Swain, the only sur¬
viving member of the group,
who is 37 and a garageman,
.time. Bridie Freeman Robinson
Head of School
A class ot twelve young
women will receive certificates
in beauty culture Monday
night, February 26, when the
Freeman School of Beauty Cul-
ture holds its graduating ex-
greises. j
The exercises will be held in i
the beautiful ballroom of Coc- j
onut Grove at which time the
certificates will be awarded to
the graduates by Madam Bridie
■
Continued on page Seven
FINE GIFTS FOR CHARITY
HOSPITAL—The Women s Aux¬
iliary to the South Atlantic
Medical Society and the Chari¬
ty Hospital Auxiliary presented
modern refrigeration equipment
to Charity Hospital. The Wom¬
en’s Auxiliary to the Medical
donated two hamlsotn:
CHATTANOOGA, Tcnn., Feb
National Association
the Advancement of Col¬
ored People plans to call
Governor Talmadges hand by
court action if the new Georgia
■segregation law is signed by
him.
This was made very clear last
night by A. T. Walden of At¬
lanta. attorney for the NAACP
legal department at a rousing-
meeting which the Chatta¬
nooga branch of the Associa¬
tion held at which Walden was
the principal speaker.
The law, enacted by the 1951
Georgia General Assembly, re¬
quires halting of
io a school for white students
if a Negro is admitted, even if
by court order.
Mr. Walden said:
“Governor (Herman) Tal¬
madge has gone to great lengths
to achieve this foolish act.
“He vows he will carry
through with it and we are
to him Hie
told his story to
jury in Beaufort.
The jury found that the
men came to their death
gun shot wounds from a
calibre automatic pistol in
hands of Smith Harvey
recommended that he be
for jury action.
The dead are Wilson Lee
Ailianey, 21, telephone
er; Jadie Aubrey, 29,
A DONATES TO HOS-
-Delores Lewis, daughter
of Dr. A. L. Lewis of Tampa,
Florida, is shown here
ing S. T. Stafford,
chests and the
gave two
Dr. M. I). Bryant,
of the hospital,
receiving a check
gifts from Mrs. ■ W.
Sr., chairman of
and Means Commit lee
ity.” “the NAACP
He asserted that
works for a realization of a
true democracy through the
courts.”
More Funds
For Carnegie
Library
In a meeting of the finance
committee of the City Council
yesterday, it was voted to give
Carnegie Library an additional
It was also decided to ap
propriate $8,000 for the coin-
appropriation of £3,000.
pletion of Hie bleacher seats at
Grayson Stadium.
A. L. Karp is chairman of the
committee.
Speaking about paper work,
have you ever draws up a bud-
1
lineman, and Lonnie Godley, j
26, a carpenter and Aubrey’s
brother.
j Harvey is in the state poni-
tenliary at Columbia, charged
with murder.’ Sherilt J. E. Mc-
Teer, of Beaufort County hust¬
led Harvey off for safe keeping
after the shooting.
Mrs. Harvey, mother of the
accused man, told a Tribune
representative her son was in
tor or the Fiorina A and
| with College Hospital, for $300, Tallahas
a check Homemakers'of a
from the New
America to the Florida A
Elks Oratorical
Con lost March.'10
By E. E.
The local Elks oratorical
contest will be staged March 30
at the Elks auditorium, 510
Minis St. The speakers will be
students from all the high
schools of the city.
This will be the 26lh ai.^ial
| Elks oratorical contest and
promises to be the best in the
long history of this event.
Expected to enter the contest
will be students from Woodville
high, Cuyler Jr. high, Haven
Horne high, Beach high and
Cuyler Adult high school, each
having two speakers.
The bands and glee clubs of
these high schools will furnish
the music for the occasion.
The State oratorical contest
MARSHALL FINISHES
KOREAN MISSION
NEW YORK, Feb. 15—Special
Counsel Thurgood Marshall of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People was scheduled to return
to Tokyo this week after spend¬
ing eight days In Korea, con-
fering with servicemen and
officials of the Far East Com¬
mand in Taegu, Suwan, Kum-
hae, and the rear and forward
headquarters of the 24th In¬
fantry Regiment.
In a communication received
today at the NAACP national
that he had left Haneerta Air
Base in Tokyo for Korea on
morning, February 4,
the hospital auxiliary.
Others in the picture are
Miss Oli.sc Campbell, head
nurse; Mrs. M. D. Bryant, pres¬
ident of the hospital auxiliary,
and Mrs. H. M. Collier, Jr.,
president of the auxiliary to the
I South Atlantic Medical Society.
Sentences in
Korea are Reduced
NEW YORK, Feb. 15—Drastic
in the sentences
upon 21 Negro service¬
court martialed in Korea
been reported to the
Association for the
of colored People
the U. S. Army’s Judge Ad-
e General's convicted office, before
the men were
by NAACP attorn¬
The 21 were among 39 GIs
had appealed to the NAA¬
for assistance.
Four men who had each re ¬
a 10-year sentence were
PLAYER WHO EXPOSED
FIX TO GET AWARD
CHICAGO — Bishop Bernard
Bernard J. Shpil, senior auxil¬
iary bishop of Chicago and
director-general of the* Cath¬
olic Youth Organization, today
announced the awarding of
Hie CYO Club of Champions
medal to Junius Kellogg, Man¬
hattan College basketball star
who exposed the recent “fix”
attempts of games played in
New York's Madison Square
Gordon.
Kellogg will fly to Chicago on
May 22 to receive the award at
the 19 th An nival Spctrtsmep’s
Dinner given by the npw.spa.ner
men of Chicago to honor Bishop
Shcil.
The CYO’s Club of Champions
award is given annually by
Bishop Sheil who Is called “the
Apostle of Youth,” for cause" out¬
standing effort In the of
youth. The award has been
given in previous years to Jackie G«n
Dwight D. Elsenhower,
Robinson, the late Babe Ruth,
Ted Lyons, Arch Ward 'and
other notables.
In a telegram sent by Kellogg
to Bishop Shell accepting the
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quarrel with “Pet,” nick name
for Mildred Harvey, wife of
about three weeks ago
which time he accused hereof
too familiar will) white
She resented his accusa¬
and started a light with
r husband. Harvey then nut
out of the house and
her not to return. Mrs.
Continued on Page 8
FOR
HI SCHOOL STUDENTS
The Goshea Chiropractic
stitute will sponsor its
annual essay contest for
shool students. This contest
he open to the senior
of the Alfred E. Beach,
ville and Haven Home
school only.
'Hie Goshea Chiropractic
stitute is a non-profit
tion, chartered in the State
Georgia to conduct a School
Chiropractic. It has bech
existence since June, 1950.
clinical branch of the
tute conducts a snerjal
for children every Thursday
which day all children up
the age of 12 mav receive
examination and treatment.
This special clinic for kiddies
part of the institute’s
of trying to improve the
health- and is not only open
the children of Savannah
to the children of
communities as well.
The purpose of the
contest is to stimulate
in chiropractic and
those students that are
to the future to the
possibilities of chiropractic
a profession. As a matter
j : fact, the Goshea file
| institute has on a
of letters from many
| ( 'hiropractic_ doctors who
I Continued on Page 7
College , ,, Hospital. „ , The „ money
j will b e used to buy materials
for pay therapy for the cripple
children's ward—Jones Photo
HI ember Audit Bureau Circulation
Price 7c
NUMBER 19
Greene
meets in Atlanta. The winner
in this local contest will com¬
pete In the district contest, to
be held the 2nd Monday night
in April, and the winner in
this contest will represent this
district in Atlanta April 23
where all the high schools in
Georgia will compete.
In the regional contest a
11.000 scholarship will be the
prize.
Savannah has won two of
these scholarships and i; out
to win one this year.
All sponsors can contact the
chairman. Bill E. E. Greene by
phoning 5274 for further infor-
mation.
witJi a party composed of the
Deputy Inspector General of
the Far East Command. Colonel
D. D. Martin, another full
colonel and two lieutenant
colonels, the Deputy Judge
Advocate General, and two male
stenegraphers. On arriving in.
Taegu, tht party was met by
the inspector general of the
Eighth Army and taken to
headquarters for a special
briefing on tactical battle po¬ 'for
sitions as of that day, and
conferences with the staff of
the inspector general and the
Continued on Page 8
College Hon-
or Sudents
According to Prof. Ben Inger-
registrar, the following
have maintained aver¬
of 200 and above for tho
vear 1949-50: Donald
Mildred Boyd, Andrew
Bryant, Barbara Burke,
Carter. Margaret)
Jimmie B. ollev. Wil¬
lie James Conyers, Edward
Mable Fortson, Myrtle
Wilhelmina Frazier, Jewel
Elisha Hall, Joseph
Rethel Holmes, Leola
Darnell Jackson. Ray¬
Knight, Biddle L. Lindsey,
Rose Lotson, Georgo
Charles Moultri.
Maceo Pelot, Marvin V Pitt¬
Acquilla Quattlebaum,
Singleton, Joseph Solo¬
Ruby Mae Starks, Regin¬
Walker and Christine Will*
These students were honored
special chapel exercises on
February 12.
LAST RITES MONDAY
| FOR MRS. BRINSON '
Mrs. Josephine A. Brinson
Funeral services were held!
Monday for Mrs. Josephine
Alexander Brinson, who died
last Friday in a local hospital
after an illness of. several
weeks. The services, which were
largely attended, were held at)
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