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69 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBUC SERVICE
LXIX
FOUR HONORARY DEGREES
AWARDED—Highly picturesque
was the recent commencement
exercises at the Arkansas Bap-
tist college in Little Rock when
three ministers and a membei
JO BAKER CANCELS
BENEFIT AT ATLANTA
SIX NEW SUMMER SCH. TEACHERS
TO STATE COLLEGE STAFF
Vast Crowd Attended
Quartet Contest Sunday
MASONS TO OBSERVE
ST. JOHN’S DAY
SUNDAY
Rev. J. S. Bryan
Speaker
St. John's Day will be ob-
served by Masons of the
Hall affiliation throughout
Jurisdistion of Georgia,
June 24.
The five local lodges will
their celebration Sunday at
Philip AME church at 4 p.
with Rev. J. S'. Bryan
the sermon. The order of
ern Star will attend in a
A spicy program ior the
has been arranged by the
gram committee.
Brother Masons are
to meet at Masonic Temple
dal at 3:15 and march
there to the church. Ladies
the Eastern Star will
at the church. P. M. George
Hayes is general chairman.
When you want to know
worthwhile accomplishments
the race, read a Negro
paper.
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KivnrRC \RTEN CLOSING- The above pto shows the closing exercises of the Hill Kin-
centered around the last nays oi School, with Mrs. Juanita Williams, mistress of
rt Df entertainng hers was presented by the tots along witih the
A variety of nun Sampson and Mrs. Mabel Black, teach¬
Rainoow Wedding under the supervision of Mrs. L. H
• certificates.
ers. A number of tots received
board received honorary
Those receiving bachelor
divinity degrees were Revs.
A. Banks ol Detroit, Clyde
white, of Hot Springs, Ark.,
Charles Anderson Russell
1 Miss
A great an enthusiastic
that name as early as
o’clock and sar. tnrougn
ening clouds and actual
saw the Georgia Biscuits
first prize in the second
Quartet Contest sponsored
Friedman’s Jewelers at
son Stadium, Sunday.
Taking ther cue from
MC and producer. Abram
man of WJIV, who said
just going to get a little
enly baptism,” the crowd,
tered for the most part hy
grandstand of the
heard 20 ouartets from
and four church choirs. In
dition several hundred
worth of prizes from
Jewelers were given away.
The judges, Judge
Lewis and Professor Allen
were unanimous in
the Georgia Biscuits first,
(Continued on Page Severn
SEVEN MIDWIVES
GET CERTIFICATES
Wodncsday morning Dr. C.
Henderson, health officer,
sented renewal certificates of
eligibility to practice
in Georgia Georgia to „ ---- seven Chatham
County midwives. The
icates were awarded to
local midwives by the
Department of Health upon
Henderson’s recommendation.
law passed in 1923 makes
compulsory for all midwives
be licensed. the’ The midwives
| under Department supervision where of
I Health
attend monthly classes
(Continued on Page Three)
Funches of Chicago, the
ciate promotional director
the Sunday School
board, is shown receiving
doctor of humanities
(ANP)
Savannah State College Pres¬
ident W. K. Payne has an¬
nounced that the following new the
persons have been added to
staff for the summer:
O. L. Douglas, A. B., M. Ed.,
principal, Alfred E. Beach high
school, Savannah, viaiting pro¬
fessor in education; C. W. Du-
Vaul, B. S., M. S., principal,
Spencer high school, Columuus,
visiting professor in education;
Rosemary c. Jackson, A. B., M.
Ed-., Jeans Supervisor, Chatham
(Continued on page Seven)
Numbers Racket Folds lip
Suddenly, But for Slow
Long is the Question
When Monday morning of
this week arrived it found Sav¬
annah’s gambling racket num-
q ers sellers looking at one
j anot f er in hewilderment bewilderment and ana
| wondering what nad taken
. ■ place , all of a sudden. They
j were out of a job, at least
temporarily— all save a few
sellers of tickets for mdepend-
ent houses.
The more than a hundred
peddlers of gambling tickets
who are usually up and out on
Hieir routes early °very mnrn- their
ing brazenly offering
wares for sale in every section
of the city were clustered about
in little groups on West Broad
Woman vateSec’y ft To
Mass. Gov.
BOSTON.— (ANP)— This week
Mrs. Ruth Williams, a resident
of nearby Cambridge, became
the private secretary of Gov.
Paul A. Dover. As secretary to
the Governor, Mrs. Williams
will take care of his private
correspondence as well as that
of his sister, Miss Marie Dever.
She will also screen visitors,
and assume responsibility for
the work of the state executive’s
staff stenographers. attend¬
The efficient, secretary
ed school in Boston, the seede-
tarial school of the YWCA In
Chicago, and took special cour¬
ses in professional fund-raising
at the Russell Sage Foundation
in New York City.
She served as secretary to
Rev. George Murphy of the
Jesuit Missions before accept¬
ing a position in the State
House here.
Another Negro, Ralph E.
Johnston of Boston, serves as
executive secretary to the gov¬
ernor’s council, which approves
allappointments of the state’s
chief executive.
Be a Good Citizen—Join the
YMCA and help our young boys.
NEW YORK, June
first-class hotel
tions In Atlanta,
Baker, world famous
er, has cancelled her
appearance in that city at
42nd annual convention of
National Association for
Advancement of Colored
Walter White, NAACP
secretary, announced today.
Miss Baker last month
corded the invitaion of
Atlanta barnch to give a
fit performance in that
on June 30, on condition
shec and her party hotel, be
in a first-class
there be no segregation in
audience, and that mixed
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until late afternoon Mon-
day looking sheepishly and
bemoaning the cruel fate that
had all of a sudden befallen
them,
Saturday afternoon when the
forty or more sellers for the
Rodeo House made their re¬
ports thev were told that some¬
thing had gone amiss with the
big down town bosses who op¬
erate t.he games and that there¬
fore they (the runners) would
have to lav low for>a while.
The other organized houses
j selling numbers, such as the
Fair Deal, the Greasy Pig,
Black Diamond, Lucky Star,
and the Wheel, followed suit
and closed shop, thus leaving
the field open to only a few
‘ndenpendent ticket sellers who
for the past three days decided
to “take the bull bv the horns”
and do business as usual, re¬
gardless of results.
The reason for this sudden;
closedown of the numbers rack-
et which daily for the past six ;
months has been sending more
than a hundred sellers into
section of the with-;
Awarded $35,000 For The
Loss of A Leg
WTNS $35,00.0 FOR LOSS OF
LEG -- .. ....................
WAYCROHS, Ga., June 14-
The Atlantic Coast Line Rail¬
way Comanv was ordered today
by a Federal Court jury here to
pay a 35-year-old Negro $35,-
; j 000 for the loss of leg in an
a
accident which occurred while
he was engaged In uncoupling
freight cars in the Waycross
yards on April of last rendered year.
The judgment rof was
in favo John T. Johnson
Shocking Conditions Revealed at
City Jail When Officers Make Im¬
A shocking state of affairs at
the city jail was revealed last
week when three Negro wom¬
en prisoners charged that
proper proposals were made to
them by two air force policemen
from Hunter field, who were on
duty at the jail.
The airmen got the key to
the women’s dormitory from a
city policeman who was in
charge of the women's ward.
Subsequent investigations of
the charges have force resulted in
the two air policemen
being suspended from duty.
They are awaiting punishment
hy militarv authorities. It has
been said that the accused men
have admitted their guilt.
The city police officer, when
charged with negligence in
connection with the manner in
which the air policemen ob¬
tained the keys to the Negro
women’s dormitory, tendered
his resignation.
The incident occurred about
I o’clock last Tuesday morning.
The women were asleep in
their dormitory when the two
airmen entered and made the
improper proposals to them,
threatening them unless they
submitted to their proposals.
The women refused and the
next day they reported the in¬
cident to the police authorities.
One of the women made a
sworn statement in which she
said a white military police¬
man declared he would have
her whipped by the policeman
(Continued on Page Three!
Georgia Masons Hold Annual Meet;
Assets of $29U9&.58
The Most Worshipful Prince
H»U Grand Lodge F. * A. M.,
Jurisdiction of Georgia, held
its Annual Communication In
Macon June 12-14. Most Wor¬
shipful Grand Master John
Wesley Dobbs presided over the at
sessions, which were held
the Georgia Baptist college. this
Grand Master Dobbs said
any apparent danger of
is not clear.
Few of the sellers will discuss
matter. However, one of the
intelligent of the runners
said “he’s sick and disgust¬
with the whole set up.” made
comment after saying he
going back to his old job:
“Thev tell me that a bunch
of federal investigators is in
town checking up on the in¬
the bosses are
from the games and therefore
the shutdown.”
Another runner, however, gave
a far different reason. He said
that in general they (the run-
ners) were told not to
tickets to white persons
that one of the racket
refused to obey this order
was selling a great many
to white Deonle in the
town district, through
who are employed in the
ings where these people
He said that when it
learned that this was
done a clamp was placed
the game.
Still a third seller said
claimed that the
“snatched on, suddenly
hi mdown. He lost one.
above the ankle and
were cut off
Johnson’s suit charged
company with
in faling to furnish
place to work” and
provide “rules for his
and protection.” asked
The Negro man
damages against the
company.
I North Carolina State College
j j Refuses Negro Applicant
j ; Editor
j Dies Sud¬
| denly
MACON, Ga.—Editor H.
Bynes of Macon died of
bral hemorrhage on
(Continued on page Seven)
was one of the best annual com¬
munications of Grand lodge
since he took offiee in 1932, at
which time the Grand Lodge
had an indebtedness of $140,-
000.00. Reports of the Grand
Treasurer, R. W. Duncan Prin¬
gle, and Secretary-Treasurer of
(Continued on Page Three)
the shut-down was
about by a new group of down
(Continued on Page Three)
j
I
RE-KLECTEb—Exalted Ruler J.
B. Hardrick wno was unani-
I mously chosen to agair lead the
j Elks of Weldon Lodge, No. Tuesday 26.
: The election, held
I night, was presided over by
| Deputy R. G. Hollomond. re-elected The for
j I entire staff was
the next term because of the
very fine work done by the
board of Governors.
The meeting was very inter¬
esting and Impressive. The
House report by Chairman
Emory Brown shows far
ing gains. at
July 4 is Bar-be-cuc will day bP
Weldon Lodge which
participated in by many excur-
slonists from Charleston, S.
The Regional oratorical contest
will be held at, Charleston or
July 12.
Member Audit Bureau Circalatiom
Price 7c
WEST RALEIGH. N. C.—(AN-
P)—The an wmte North Caro¬
lina State college last week re¬
fused to register a Negro for its
summer session. The rejected
student was Albert T. Whitaker,
a Raleigh school teacher at
Washington high.
According to school officials
he was not rejected because of
his race, but because he was
deficient in one course required
for his chosen course of study,
nuclear engineering.
Reported to be a graduate of
Hampton institute, Whitaker
was told that he lacked a
soohomore calculus course. JHc
school said if he had had t.iis
subject, he would have been
admitted without any trouble.
Whitaker, the first Negro to
apply to this school, said he will
make up this course this sum¬
mer at North Carolina college In
Durham. Then he plans to re¬
apply at the white school soqie
time during the next school
year. Anderson, associate
Dr. D. B
dean pf the State college grad¬
uate school, said the depart¬
ment was ready to admit him
when a closer check of his rec¬
ord revealed that he lacked one
prerequisite course.
WOUNDED — Cpl. John A
Jones, son of Mrs. I. V. Jones ol
633 Kline, street, who was re¬
cently wounded on the battle
field in Korea and Is now being
hospitalized in Japan from
where he stated in two recent
letters to his mother that he is
Continued on page 7
Many Savannahians Will
Attend NAACP Meeting
The time for the NAACP 42nd
Annual Conference which meets
in Atlanta, June 26 -July 1, Is
fast approaching. W. W. Law,
local branch president, is urging
all members and friends of the
NAACP to attend this great
I'Htjc PRESENT MERIT
AWARDS—Mrs Sadie T. M
Alexander, prominent Philadel-
p ind. attorney and honorary
president of Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, presents the organiza¬
tion’s Certificate of Merit to
William F. Brooks, vice
NUMBER 36
convention. After the Thurgood
Marshall meeting last month,
several have indicated that
they intend to go to Atlanta
for at least a part of the meet-
Oontinued on Page Seven
dent in charge of public rela¬
tions for the N a t i o n a l
Broadcasting Company. NBC
was cited by the sorority at New
York Citv last week for its
contribution toward improved
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