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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. a* a r"? 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 (Continued on Page Seven) 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 (Continued on page Seven). ;