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LX IX
JUDGE COURT STUDYING SUIT
TO SCHOOL SEGREGATION
PRINCIPALS IN BIG MEMPHIS
MORTAGE BUYING — Two of
the nation’s outstanding life
insurance companies have
bought $550,000 in first mor'Bges
on Negro homes in New Ellis-
ton Heights subdivision m
Memphis. The Universal Life in¬
surance company has invested
$300,000 in mortages and the
Marshall Gives Amazing
ol Jim Crow in Korea
Record Crowd To Attend
Quartet Contest Sun. June
1 Dr. COMMENCEMENT Lee de Forest, the
of Radio,’ who began his
series of significant
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200 Left Homeless When
Firemen Refuse to Fight Fire
VALEDICTORIAN—Miss of
des A. Mitchell, daughter
L. Mitchell, who will
Sunday, June 3, from
Memorial Institute, Sedalia,
N. C., as valedictorian of
cl&ss
Mr. Mitchell and family
leave Friday night to
her graduation.
atianttali ttTrihiuu-
Life of Georgia, .t-250,-
The North Carolina Mutual
in Durham, also bought
supply of first mortages.
The above picture shows the
in the purchasing of
mortages. From left to
G. W. Lee, a director of
Atlanta company; F. A.
its auditor; E. M. Mar¬
Judge Emanuel Lewis,
Court recorder, and one
Savannahfs outstanding
ens, has agreed to be one of
three judges for the
Quartet Contest, Sunday
noon, 3 to 7 p. m. at
Stadium June 17.
to Abram Eisenman,
of the Great Quartet
Wudgp Lewis expressed
pleasure at being invited to
in and judge this great event
which twenty quartets
! WJIV will compete for
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ALUMNI DAY
AT STATE COLLEGE
Alumni Day at
State College wil !be
Tuesday, June 5. The
meeting will be held at
i p. m. in Mcldrim
! and the Annual Alumni
\ quet is scheduled at 8 p. m.
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17 YRS. S. S. SUPT.—Wm. H.
Hamilton, general
ent of St. John Baptist
school, Hartridge street,
seventeen consecutive
will be honored on Friday
June l, at a special
to take place at 8:30 p. m.
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1351
tin, a vice president and secre¬
tary ttary; W. H. Smith, a vice
president; A Maceo Walker,
secretary of the Universal Life;
A1 Thompson, regional director
of housing; A. J. Florida, the
promoter of the subject; ana
Dr. J. E. Walker, president of
Universal.—(ANP)
Citizens packed the St. Paul
CME church, Rev. T. E. Sibley,
pastor, and waited for over an
hour to hear Thurgood Marsh¬
all, NAACP special counsel, on
last Friday night. In a speech
that will be long remembered,
Mr. Marshall dramatically
lated the shameful story of the
courts martial of Negro GIs.
It was stated that Mr. Marsh¬
all has been delayed in Charles¬
ton where he was preparing for
the Clarendon County school
suit held this week.
The NAACP lawyer attacked
General MacArthur for the
flagrant racial discimination ir:
in the amy under his command
While the general had no direct
hand in the courts martial, h<
said MacArthur failed to im-
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NAPE MEETING THIS
WEEK IN MIAMI
The National Alliance of
WOstal Employees, ,-|n organi¬
zation composed of Railway
Mail Clerks, Letter Carrier?
and other postal employees, is
holding its biennial district,
convention this week in Miami
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala.— (ANP > —
The American Red Cross, loca!
veterans and civic groups, and
citizens of both races all joined
in trying to help 200 Negroes
left homeless last week bv a
fire that swept 20 Negro dpuley
homes in suburban Fairfield.
In thu meantime. Mayor J T
McLaughlin denounced the re¬
fusal of the Birmingham fire
department to take anv action
against the blaze until it was
nearly out.
Commissioner Eugene (Bull!
Connor of the fire department
declared that no “responsible
official of the fire department"
had bpen called by Fairfield
officials.
Technically, the Birmingham
fire department is not permit¬
ted to attack anv fire outside
the city limits. Only a street
separates Fairfield and Bir¬
mingham. City firemen looked
on for more than 30 minutes
before taking any action.
Origin of the fire has .not
been determined but the cause
of the inferno bps been attirb-
uted to faulty wiring.
Estimated damage was $100,-
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mm FLORIDA A. &
M. COLLEGE CADETS
GET AWARDS
Nurses
Wins Spin-
garn Award
NEW YORK, May 24-
thirty-sixth Spingarn
awarded annually to a
American for
achievement, will be
this year to Mrs. Mabel
Staupers for "spearheading
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Rev. P. A. Patterson, pastor of Butler Memorial Presbyterian
church, who wiU be the Seniors Vesper Speaker at Beach High
school Sunday evening.
Seniors Vesper Services
Sun. at Beach Hi School
212 seniors, bedecked in
laps and gowns and
to the tune of Elgar's
and Circumstance,”
with their parents and
will experience for the
time at Alfred E. Beach
school, “Senior Vespers,”
initial program for this
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ilEELECJED PRESIDENT OF
OF LIBERIA—President William
V. S. Tubman was reelected
unanimously early this month.
His administration has brought
about a number of forward and
progessive steps in government.
New roads bulit, a $20,000,000
harbor completed, and increase
in governmental reveune from
$1,500,000 his fist year to an
expected $9,000,000 this year
with a considerable advance in
school and health facilities
have marked his eight years
in office.— (ANP)
For More Teachers and Better
Schools Vote — Yes — June 7.
Help Your Children by 1. Elim¬
ination of double sessions; 2.
Improvement of Sanitary Con¬
ditions; 3. The reduction of the
number of children per class.
TALLAHASSEE—The Florida
A and M College Anti-aircraft
Artillery Unit held its final
ceremonial review for the
school year in Bragg Stadum
May 17. At this review which
honored Dr. George W. Gore,
Jr., the administrative coun¬
cil and the senior class, nine
cadets received awards.
Afer a reviewing party which
consisted of Dr. Gore, Col. J. K.
Lewton, Infantry Reserve, Maj.
B. M. Fessenden, Signal Corp,
Cadet Lieut. Melvin O. Eu¬
banks, and honorary Lieut. Col.
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AMBASSADORS OF
—Representatives of the
than 200 graduates of
Booker T. Washington
ial Trade School, which
made possible by the sale
“Booker T. Washington
morial Half Dollars.”
i graduates have been
CHARLESTON, S. C., May 29
—A suit seeking an cud to racial
segregation in the Clarendon,
S'. C„ public schools which was
tried here today and yesterday
in the U. S. Circuit court was
taken under advisement by the
special three-judge panel court.
The suit was brought bv the
parents of thirty clarendon
county Negro pupils who claim
thru under segregation in
schools equal educational oppor¬
tunities will never be afforded
the Negro.
The three-judge court which
heard the case and now has it
under advisement, is composed
of Chief Judge John J. Parker
of the Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals, who resides in Char¬
lotte, N. C., U. S, Judge J. Walies
l,e>.tinner, on mtip St
WILL HOLD CLINIC
FOR MASTER BEAU¬
TICIANS
Mrs. Lillie Belle Leach, na¬
tionally famous hair stylist
will hold a clinic for master
beauticians at thte Cargo
School of Beauty Culture June
11-16. The course will embody
creative hair styling, machine-
bss permanent waving, pin cur¬
ling, hair cutting and scientific
scalp treatment. Being lmited
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Commencement Activities
at S. S. C.
Commencement week activ¬
ities at Savannah State College
will begin Sundav with the
baccalaureate exercises that
afternoon 4:30 o’clock and will
end Weanesday afternoon 6
o’clock with the graduation
program, both of which will be
held on the lawn in front of
Moldrlm auditorium.
The baccalaureate
will be delivered bv Dr. Samuel
R. Higgins, A. B., B. D„ D. D.,
president of Allen
Columbia, S. C., and the com¬
mencement speaker will be Dr.
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For More Teachers and Bstter
Schools, Vote — Yes — June 7.
Help Your Children by 1. Elim¬
ination of double sessions;
Improvement of Sanitary Con¬
ditions; 3. The reduction of the
number of children per
| with the ideals of Booker
Washington and are a
• Breathing Memorial” to
\ memory. Each graduate is
! “Ambassador of Goodwill'’
he goes out to make hl$
I wibution to community wel¬
fare. The Booker T.
ton Memorial Half Dollar
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
HEADS PHI DELTAS’ MAY
CELEBRATIONS — Attractive
Mrs. Marion II. Bluitt as the
supreme basileus of the Na¬
tional Sorority of Phi Delta
Kappa, a teachers’ professional
group, is directing the sorority
through a -month of social and
civic activities. The organization
dedicated the whole month of
Camp Stewart Outfit High¬
light of Sunday’s Parade
Several detachments of the
714 AAA outfit from Camp
Stewart received the lion’s
share of cheers from the thous¬
ands who witnessea the Mem¬
orial Day parade Sunday as It
passed through West Broad S't.
enroute to Laurel Grove cem¬
etery where exercises were held
in honor of the country’s sol¬
dier dead.
The Anti-Air Artillery,smen
were lusUlly applauded all along
the line of march as they
marched in front of their heavy
equipment. The detachments
were in charge of Lt. Anthony
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truly “A Half Dollar with a
Mission.” There is more tangible
evidence to show from the sale
of Booker T. Washington Me¬
morial Half Dollars than from
the sale of all other 44 non¬
statehood coins Issued com¬
bined. Congressman O, K.
Armstrong, a member of the
NUMBER 33
May as “Founders Month”
because it was organized 28
years ago May 23. The final
event of the celebration was a
one-day annual session of the
sorority’s Northeastern region
Saturday, May 26, in Baltimore,
Md. The popular supreme bas¬
speakers.—(ANP> ileus was one of the principal
NEW YORKERS ENJOY-
INC STAY IN CITY
More than seventy New York¬
ers arrived last Saturday on
a special express bus char¬
tered by the Emma V. Kelly
Helping Hand Department of
the I. B. P. O. E. of W. Daughter
Elizabeth Dixon Ayers was
chairman of reservations.
During the week the New
Yorkers have been elaboartely
entertained by Weldon Lodge
of Elks No. 26 and Elite
Temple No. 71. the American
Legion (all Posts), Merchant
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i 82nd Congress, is shown in. the
: picture. He delivered the eom-
! mencement address to the 115
graduates of the class of 1951.
• The 1951 mooto for the memor¬
ial is shown in the background:
: “Nothing Great in Life is ever
Achb ved without Enthusiasm,’*