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69 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
LXIX
Omegas Meet
Next Week
In Mobile
MTNUILF, Ala.—A galaxy of
outst.pndlng Omega men is
exppcted to attend the I4t,h an¬
nual mooting of the Seventh
Dktri~t, of Ome^a Psi Phi Fra¬
ternity convening here April 10-
21 .
District Representative J. T.
Brr'ok'’ of Monteomery said that
pdvTtiee reports indicated that
among visitors will be Grant
Rev tolds of New York, first
vice-grand basileus; Dr. Harry
T. Penn, of Roanoke, Va., past
grind basileus: Walter C.
Pinkston, of Boston, grand
marshall; Dr. W. K. Payne of
Savannah, nah preside it of Savan¬
StDt.e College; P" j. p
Glrnrge tW of Augusta, Ga.; Dr.
Facility. Branch?. U. R. Veterans
Tuskegee; Dr. S'. Mil-
loh Nabrit, dean of Atlanta
University; President J. H.
Whit". Mississippi State Vo¬
cational College; Emory O.
Jackson, editor Birmingham
World; R. J. Martin, prinrinal.
Bar arc!-Hudson high school,
Macon, Ga.; Father J. H.
Brown, Fort Valley State Col¬
lege; R. C. Johnson, principal,
Parker high school, Birming¬
ham.
One of highlight reports of
r » ,> ntiw
Elks Leave
Saturday For
State Meet
By E. E. Greene
n'h" Elks of Weldon Lodge,
led by Exalted Ruler J. B. Hard-
rick. will leave Saturday for
Atlanta to attend the Elks Stub
rneetin" which delegation convenes make April
22-24 The will
the trip by ’Which train in a special
cr>(-h on refreshments
will be served.
The coming state meeting
promises to be one of the most
largely teresting attended and most in¬
in recent years.
Among the dignitaries expected
will be Judge Hueston, grand
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Dawson’s Speech Kills
Jim Crow Draft Bill
Palmetto Med. Association
To Meet Next Week
| TOBIN LAUDS
5UNCHE — Dr.
| Ra|ph Bunche, the
director of
-rusteeship di¬
vision of the
| •eceived Jnited Nations,
the
Four Freedoms
Award for 1951
at the annual
dinner of the
j award the commit¬ Wal¬
tee at
dorf - Astoria
Hotel here Apr.
1. The dinner, attended by
sven hundred guests, was held
n the sixth anniversary of the
eath of Franklin D. Roosevelt,
-ho enunciated the doctrine of
’our Freedoms.
Secretary of Labor Maurice J.
'obin, who spoke at the dinner,
raised Dr. Bunche as a “great
imerican and a great citizen of
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tRIED 45 YEARS—Mr. and
Harry G. Leake of 1316
; street who celebrated
45th wedding annnersarj
;?v ^
are the proud parents
wen children. Leontes H. j I
: e of New York, Hercules W.
-p ^ of savannah, Wilbur E. I |
of Newark, N. J.. Mrs.
hr iatonnah IHhtnf
PRIZES AWARDED AT SHRINERS’ CHARITY BALL—The above
picture shows the awarding of the Grand Prize, a table model
radio, to Miss Virginia Alexander of 1417 Randolph street, by
Illustrious Potentate Geo. L. Smith.
The bottom picture shows the winner of the Cash Prize,
presented by Chairman Caleb Bias. This affair was the first
COLUMBIA, S. C.—The Palm¬
etto Medical, Dental and Phar¬
maceutical Association will hold
its 51st Annual Meeting and
15th Clinic kore Anril 24th
through the 27th.
Plans have been completed
for what promises to be .the the
best clinic in the history of
Association. Outstanding clinic¬
ians from many of the best
centers in the country will
appear on the program to im¬
part their skill and knowledge
to those eager to keep abreast
with the advances being made
In medicine, surgery, dentistry
and pharmacy.
Among the clinicians to be
present are; Drs. Caroll M.
Leevy, Jersey City Medical
Center. Jersey City, N. J.; Geo.
W. Hilliard, M. C., Meharry
Medical College, Nashville,
Tenn.; Leroy Swift, Durham,
N. C.; James L. Martin, Mercy
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Lilly L. Smith of McDonough,
Ga., Mrs. Cortez L. Cowart of
gt a t e sboro, Mrs. Eunice L.
\y as lurigton, Savannah, and
Paul E Leake of Washington,
D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Leake have
seven grandchildren.
Congratulations are truly
order to this fine couple.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1951
WASHINGTON—(ANP) —Rep.
William L. Dawson of Illinois
giving his most dramatic address
during this session of congress,
last week inspired fellow cong¬
ressmen to vote down a jimerow
provision in a proposed univer¬
sal military training bill.
Rep. Dawson, one of only two
Negroes in congress, posed these
questions before his colleagues:
“How long, how long, my con¬
ferees and gentlemen from the
South, will you divide us
Americans on account of color?
Why will this body go on record
to brand this section of citizens
second class.?”
When Cong. Dawson finished
his speech, even members from
the south applauded. Later, the
house voted 178 to 126 to throw
out the segregation section of
the proposal. >
Introduced by Rep. Barden of
North Carolina, this provision
would have given white induct-
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Negroes F’orm
4th of Ike’s
Ev, Gr. Forces
STUTTGART, Germany— < A-
NP) — Concensus of opinion
among U S. officers of the U.
S. Seventh army in Europe is
that, one-fourth to one-third
of all American ground forces
to be stationed on the contin¬
ent under the command of five-
starred Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
will be Negroes.
This would be a big jumo from
the army’s old-line policy of
one-tenth and would virtually
put Negroes in control of the
ground force units.
Seventh army officers feel,
however, that the army should
r !nnhni' 1 H in Poem tsmror
BISHOP C. H. PHILLIPS
DIES
Bishop C. H. Phillips, senior
bishop of the CME church, was
buried in Nashville, Tenn.. Apr.
14.
The bishop was a Georgian
and a graduate of Atlanta
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Photo by Cecil’s Studio
of a number of attractions planned for the season, by Omar
Temple No. 21, A. E. A. O. N. M. S., and was largely attended.
Nobles Witnessing the presentation of the prizes, reading
from left to right are: Walter Bogan, Herbert Quinn,
Simmons, C. (X Kyals, Robert Deloach, Paul Vincent,
Potentate Geo. L. Smith, Clarence Peterson and Caleb Bias.
Former Georgian
For N. J. City Council
CAMDEN. N. J.—<ANP) — A
Negro candidate has been nom-
inated for the first time this
week in a Camden election. The
candidate is Dr. Ulysses S. Wig¬
gins, president of the New Jer¬
sey State NAACP.
Running on a coalition ticket
inspired by the local Republic¬
an party, Dr. Wiggins is seeking
election to the city council on
a five-man slate. Other candi¬
dates on the slate are:
Stanley Ciechanowski, An¬
thony F. Marino, Alvah S.
Ward, and Christian Miller.
Running with the aim of
bringing an end to “Brunner
BossisnV’ this siate will seek
votes in the May 8 election.
A native of Amoricaus, Ga.,
Dr. Williams was the youngest
of 10 children. He is a graduate
of Lincoln <Pa.» university and
of the University of Michigan
Medical school. He is a World
War I veteran.
Currently he is highway med¬
ical examiner and a medical
examiner for the
county athletic
Recently he was appointed a
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Legless Band
Leader Tries
Bribe Judge
TEXARKANA. Ark.— (ANP)—
T oe Sigler. 50 -vear-old criopled
bandleader under indictment for
pos.« o, 5s!u rr marijuana, had
another charge slaopcd
him here Fridav for the at-
tempted bribery of a district
pudge.
Sigler, who has no legs, was
until Thursday nieht free
$5,000 bond. Friday morning, he
approached Judge E. Harold
Be^k of the fifth district court
with a bribe offer in exchange
for leniency when the jurist
heard his case. That’s when he
found himself in the middle
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ANOTHER AME BISHOP
PASSED AWAY
Bishop B. G. STiaw died Sat-
urday night. April 14, in
bury, N. C., where he
He was a native of
where he was beloved.
The bishop was the second
one of the CME church who
died during the present
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uate Sunday
FROM BEAUMONT
SCHOOL OF PRACTI.
CAL NURSING
|
Dr. E. O. S. Clev=!=nd
The commencement
of the Beaumont School
Practical Nursing will be
Sunday afternoon at st. Philio
diplomas will be a war-3' ^ a
class of fifty-six young women.
The program will begin at 3
| p. will m. be and delivered the p r incipal by Rev. address E. O
| j S. Cleveland, D. D, pastor
j St. John's Baptist church. The
certificates will be presented
by Mrs. Helen S. Laszlo of Phil¬
1 adelphia, dean of the Beaumont
j svstprn of schools of practical
| nursing.
The program will be as fol¬
lows: processional, Mr
Smalls; “All Hail the Pow»'-
Jesus’ Name,” audience; invo¬
j [ cation, Rev. Fr. G. II. Caution,
rector of St. Matthew’s Episco¬
pal church; salutatory, Mrs.
Daisy O. Tvson, instrumental
solo, Miss Edith Davis: valedic¬
tory, Mrs. Mildred Thompson;
“Tire Lord’s Prayer Malotte.
Alfred E. Beach high school
chorus; introduction of
er. Miss Mildred Wright;
ress, Dr. E. O. S.
pastor, St. John Baptist church;
j “Inflamatus” E. Beach high — school Rossini,
conferring of diplomas,
Laszio, dean of nurses:
song. Beaumont school chorus;
presentation of awards, Mrs.
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Supreme Court Saves
The Groveland Pair
WASHINGTON—(ANP i — In
what may become a far-reach¬
ing opinion Justice Robert H.
Jackson issued a blistering de¬
nunciation of a biased press, as
the U. S. Supreme court last
week reversed the decisions
convicting two Florida Negroes
of allegedly raping a 17-year
old white girl July 16. 1949.
Without, giving a formal opin¬
ion, the high court reversed
the convictions of Walter L.
Irvin and Samuel Shepherd of
Groveland, Fla., in which they
were sentended to death for
the rape of the white girl,
ft ruled that racial bias played a
part in the selection of the Jury
which tried the two men and
reversed the convictions on that
ground. The Florida Supreme
court had upheld them.
Florida selects jurors pro¬
portionately from Negroes and
whites registered but no Negro
sat on the jury.
Two other Negroes also were
originally involved in the ac¬
cusations. They were Charles
Greenlee and Ernest Thomas.
Greenlee, 16, a minor at the
time of the trial, was allowed a
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MRS. KENDRICK SUC¬
CEEDS MRS. CURLEY
As Matron of Mills
Memorial Home
Mrs. Pauline Kendrick, R. N.’,
succeeds Mrs. Charlotte Curley,
retired, as matron of Mills
Memorial Home. Mrs. Kendrick
took charge of the home on
April 1.
The new' matron received her
training at the Georgia Infirm¬
ary. She did general duty nurs¬
ing at the City Hospital in
Thomasville and later became
supervisor at Archbold Memor-
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Local NAACP Drive for 1000
Members off to a Good Start
The kick-off meeting for the
membership campaign of the
Savannah Branch, NAACP, will
be held on tomorrow, Friday,
night, 8 o ciock at the West
Broad Street YMCA. The drive
for 1,000 members will be
ducted from April 21 to May 5.
J. S. Delaware, membership
chairman, has called for
help of all groups and individ¬
uals interested in the work of
the NAACP, to help with the
solicitation of memberships. He
especially urged that the public
attend the kick-off meeting on
tomorrow night.
The branch president, W. W.
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Local INCF
Drive Starts
Tuesday
The Savannah unit of the
United Negro College Fund
drive opens Its 1951 campaign
April 24 and closes May 8. The
purpose of the UNCF is to ra.ise
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$62,000 Reported at Morris
Brown Flounders’ Day
AILANTA—April 16—The 66th |
| Annual Founders Day program
i of Morris Brown College was
held Wednesdayi Apr . n at the
college chapel with Bishop S'. L.
Green, D. D., presiding; Dr. E.
C. Mitchell, acting president.
Bishop Green had as his as¬
sociates Bishops W. A Fountain,
Sr., D. D., of Alabama and
Bishop John A. Gregg, D. D. of
Florida who extended greetings
from their districts. Bishop
Frank Madison Reid of South
Carolina was represented by Dr. I
R. W. Manse of Columbia, S. C„ j
being secretary of the last Episcopal General
committee of the
Conference held at Kansas
City, Kansas. speaker the
The guest was pastor
Rev. Dr. Fred D. Jordan,
of Ward Chapel AME church,
Los Angeles, who preached vis¬ an
excellent sermon. Many
itors were present from Ala¬
bama, South Carolina, Louisi-
anna, Mississippi and Tennes¬
see, including ministers and
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! HONORED BY ZETA SORORI¬
I TY Versatile Duke Ellington
—
j seems far from out of place
j with these 12 lovely sorors of
Zeta Phi Beta sorority of Om¬
j aha, Nebr., who named
guest of honor at their recent
annual dance held at the Bal¬
Member Audit Bureau Circulatiom
Price 7c
ON THREE HOSPITAL STAFFS
—Dr. Watson B. Walker of
Columbus, Ohio, the son of Mrs.
J. M. Walker of Savannah, who
has the distinction of having
been appointed to the surgical
staffs of three hospitals, Child¬
ren’s Hospital, St. Francis
Hospital and Mercy Hospital.
In addition to his private
practice, Dr. Watson is chief
surgeon of the Ohio Peniten¬
tiary, Civilian Surgical Consult¬
ant of Lockbourne Air Base
Station Hospital and Instructor
1 1 research surgery at Ohio
State University.
He is the first Negro surgeon
to be admitted to a hospital
staff in the city of Columbus,
Ohio.
Dr. Watson is a graduate of
Fisk University and Meharry
Medical College and did his in¬
ternship at Homer Phillips Hos¬
pital in St. Louis. He is a ma¬
triculate of the International
College of Surgeons, and a
memoer of the Columbus Sur¬
lerina Ball room. The affair,
which was presented by both
the Beta Psi Zeta and Tau
Alpha chapters, ranked as one
of the most outstanding in the
city.
From left to right, first row;
Cnwnvo Ulal 1 Toccio Poiri
NUMBER 2T
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NOW A SERGEANT—Cpl. Henry
Champion of White Bluff, Sa¬
vannah, is now a sergeant with
the U. S. Second Infantry Di-
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and Eloise Taylor; second row:
Mary Jane Duncan, Delores
Allison, Willa Mae McCreary,
Ruby F Herjton, Gertrude
Craig, Duke Ellington, Williams, Edna
Mae Swain, Jackie
Claudia Lee, and Beatrice Jack-
son.— (ANPj