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PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF Sbf fritaiir Member Audit Price Bureau 7c Circidatiom LX IX LAST RITES HELD WEDNESDAY FOR MRS. GEORGE S. WILLIAMS Funeral services for Mrs. George S. Williams, familiany known to her intimate as Mrs. Mamm George Williams, were held Wednesday afternoon at the First Congregational church. They were largely at- 400 Negroes Enrolled In White Oklahoma Schools D. C. Soda Fount Refuse To Serve Josephine Baker GETS DEGREE—Mrs. Minnie G. Noble, proprietor of Min’s Beauty Nook, successfully com¬ pleted requirements for her bachelor of arts degree in cos¬ metology. She received a certi¬ ficate of cosmetology in bleach¬ ing, tinting, and hair styling. Mrs. Noble rcceved her train¬ ing from the nationally known hear stylist, Madam Lillie B. Rose Leach. located Beauty Nook . , Min’s is in the Guaranty Building at 458 L West Broad street, tele- phone 9668. Protest At¬ tack on Dr. Julian’s Home CHICAGO, July 5.—Prominent citizens and property holders of Oak Park, Illinois, Chicago su¬ burb and scene of the bombing of the home ot Dr. Percy Julian distinguished Negro scientist and Spingarn award winner, have formally protested the incident and have asked the Chicago branch of the National Associa¬ tion for the Advancement of Col¬ ored People to publicize their protest. Expressing “dismay and indig¬ nation" at the “attack on the sanctitv and security” of Dr. Juli¬ an’s home, a letter signed by forty-five residents of the com¬ munity and sent to a local news¬ paper and four_ Chicago news¬ papers states: “We ask Dr. Juli¬ an and his family to accept our sincere apology that such un- American and bigoted action should occur in our village. We welcome them to Oak Park and (Continued on Page Severn THE 8AVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1951 j tended and were conducted by the Rev. A. C. Curtright, pastor, Inter ment was in Laurel Gr0 v e cemetery. Funeral ar¬ rangements were in charge of (Continued on Page 7) OKLAHOMA CITY, (ANP) — Less than three years after the first Negro entered a white school in Oklahoma, as a result of the now famous Supreme Court de¬ cision, more than 400 colored per¬ sons are scattered throughout three different state schools. The rundown on students is as follows; Oklahoma university, 150; Oklahoma A and M, about 200; and Northwestern State Col¬ lege, about 40. Some of the students arc living on the campus, while others com¬ mute from nearby towns. FORMER SALVE, 107 DIES LEBANON, Ky. — (ANP) — John H. (Deacon) Hughes, 107 years old—died here last week. Born a slave in Lebanon, he was auctioned once m> m ii Hughes had worked as a brickmason and helped to con¬ struct many of the buildings here. By ALICE A. DUNNIGAN WASHINGTON. (ANP)--Jose- phine Baker, world famous sing¬ er and dancing star, was refused service at the soda fountain in the Ilect department store last Monday during her one-day stay in the nation's capital. She ap¬ peared at the National Guard Armory, Monday night. After being welcomed at the National airport by a reception committee of 200 prominent citi¬ zens, Miss Baker apparently learned the hard way that a Ne¬ gro, no matter how prominent, is not so welcome in ihe city oi Washington when he wants to buy a cold soda al a department store. At the airport, Miss Baker was welcomed by Perry Howard who spoke in behalf of the citizens of Washington; Gabriel Van Laeth- em, first secretary of the French Embassy, welcomed her on be¬ half of the French Ambassador, and Dorothy Ferebee, president of the National Council of Negro Women, on behalf of her organi¬ zation which sponsored the af¬ fair. A bouquet of red roses was presented her by Mrs. Jean Clore, chairman of the reception com¬ mittee. A motorcade of 50 cars escort¬ ed the exotic toast of Paris 'to the Council house where she met the press and was. served refresh¬ ments by the Metropolitan Coun¬ cil of Negro Women. Miss Baker expressed quite frankly her disapproval of Ne¬ groes who come to Europe as Continued on page Seven ATLANTA, (ANP)—The em¬ ployment of Negroes in skilled positions in the south has prog¬ ressed in a “very satifactory” manor, according to Harold O. DeWitt, industrial secretary of the Richmond (Va.) Urban lea¬ gue, currently serving as acting industrial relations director of the league’s southern field divi¬ sion. His report on a survey conduct¬ ed by the Richmond branch and published in the May-June issue of “New South” monthly bulletin of the Southern Regional council, gives some rather illuminating facts about the upswing unskilled of Negro employment above the level. USHOP WILKES AT ST. PHILIP MONUMEN¬ TAL CHURCH SUNDAY Bishop W. R. Wilkes will be the principal speaker Sunday at St. Philip Monumental A. M. E. Church, speaking at the 11:30 A.M. and the 7:00 P.M. Service. Bishop ( 'Wilkes is the presiding Bishop of the Kith EGniseopa! District, including the Republic of Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican area, British and Dutch Guiana, South America, the Bahamas, Trinidad, Virgin Islands and the Jamaica Conference. Covering such a Wide area, thickly popu¬ lated with Negroes, gives the Bishop an insight into the spirit¬ ual, social, political and educa¬ tional problems of Negroes, both at heme and in the above sec¬ tions. The Federated Organizations and 'the Youth Forum of the church observe Educational Em¬ phasis Sunday honoring this sea¬ son’s graduates and high school and college students attending school throughout the country that are residents of Savannah. The morning worship will of¬ fer a challenge toward “Greater Continued on P&tfe Seven i Protest GIs Restriction NAACP CONDEMNS ORDER KEEPING WHITE SOLDIERS OUT OF COLORED DISTRICT AFTER DARK In a strongly worded letter lo Brig. Gen. Clare H. Arm¬ strong, commanding general of Camp Stewart, the Savannah Branch, NAACP, denounced the recent Third Army restriction of white military personnel from the densely Negro ponu- lated Savannah west side “after In the letter, voicing the sentiment of many Negro citi¬ zens, W. W. Law. president of the lo^al NAACP branch, urged that the proposed area not be restricted for four clear, sound reasons. The complete letter follow's: ’ 2009 Florence Street Savannah, Georgia July 6, 1951 “Brigade General Clare H. Arm¬ strong Commanding General e-imo , rf pwart, Georgia “Dear Sir: in the July 6, 1951, edition of the Savannah Evening Press there appears a news story on Page 18, column 2, to the ef¬ fect, that vou have been author¬ ized by the Third Armv head¬ quarters to restrict white mili¬ tary personnel from the west side of Savannah “after dark.” “This comes as a shock to the Savannah <Ga.) Branch of the National Association for the Advancement People for four reasons: “First, because the national policy of the armed forces is one designed to integrate the men of our country regardless of race or color, and mould them into a stong, united, ef¬ fective democratic team. If white and Negro military per- (Continued on Page Severn TO SING SUNDAY MORNING AT ST. JOHN’S The Eighty Voice Chorus of the St. John Baptist Church, Hart- ridge St., will sing it’s sixtieth concert Sunday morning, begin¬ ning strictly at 11:30 o’clock, hon¬ oring the sixtieth anniversary of tho church,; with Mrs. Rubye I. Seafarers Union Ends •!.('. After NAACP Protests NEW YORK, July 5.—The tional Association for the vancement qf Colored People wan a victory against the crimination this week when Seafarers International Union, AFL, ■d to end discrimina- tion Negroes in the mart- time Four years ago a number of complaints of against discrimination aiiu segregation Negro mem¬ bers of the union were filed with the New York State Commission Against Discrimination, hut the Seafarers Union made no move to end the Jim Crow until NAACP stepped in shortly over a month ago. The Association in¬ formed the union and the SCAD that it intended to file suit on behalf of Grover Barnes ,a sea¬ man who had complained to the NAACP that he was assigned to a segregated unit by the union and denied free employment op¬ portunity. NAACP into the As the moved picture, the union quickly made an agreement with the SCAD, with the understanding that ap¬ plication for membership, work permits, job referrals and trans¬ fers, should be acted upon with¬ out regard to the race, creed, col¬ or or national origin of the ap¬ plicant. OMISSION It was inadvertently ommit- teu from tne O, E. d. article in last week’s issue that Mrs. Matilda Washington served as chaplain in the playlet entit¬ led, “The Mystic Tie’’ at the recent Grand Capter session at Bainbridge. Negro Employment in Skills Rises IN THE SOUTH The report shows that 6,000 Negroes are employed as muni¬ cipal workers in 16 southern cities, that Negroes in general hold over 110 different job classi¬ fications above the unskilled level. However, he says the survey shows that no one city has open¬ ed up as many as one-third of these classifications to qualified Negroes. “Negroes are employed by municipalities in such clerical capacities as mimeograph opera¬ tor, clerk-stenographer, and cash¬ ier; in such service occupations as firemen, policeman bailiff, and dog-catcher; in semi-skilled occu¬ pations as paver and equipment NAACP Fights JC On I. C. Railroad CHICAGO, July 5. — Another legal was scored by the Chicago branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People when the As¬ sociation appeared as a party in the proceeding before the Illi¬ nois Commerce Commission this week, seeking an end to Jim Crow practices on the Illinois Central Railroad. The State’s Attorney’s office set a precedent by filing a peti¬ tion against the railroad com- pany when Miss Vera Johnson of j Chicago complained that she was j —it—5--| segregated on the Illinois Cen- ; (Continued on page Seven) THE TWO STEERS shown at left above shared two acres of; if-ntnei™ J n 1 escue grass las Wlnte . . j’ w ith jth no otherfeed. -rviov They ' 15. ver ® Although ,Pl acec l. the grazing ° n study P^' i made at the Black Belt Lewis, mistress of ceremonies; Dea. Edward J. Simmons, direct¬ ing; Mrs. Marguerite Thomas at the console; and Dr. E. O. S. Vlevcland, at the piano. This concert will be filled with thrilling numbers that will fill NEW COUNTY AGENT — E. H Harmond, who has served as head of the Agricultural De¬ partment at Savp""’"h State College for the past four years, recently accepted the position of County Agricultural Agent for Chatham county. A native of Darien, Mr. Har¬ mond received his early train¬ ing in the Savannah school system. His agricultural and protesslonal training was re¬ ceived at Hampton institute, and at Michigan State college, where he recevied his M. S. degree, majoring in horticul¬ ture. In addition to his experi¬ ence at the college here, Mr. (Continued on operators', in skilled positions a> foreman, painter and briklayer and in professional fields as social worker, physician, nurse and municipal judge. In a breakdown by degree of skills, the following totals were amassed from the 16 cities sur¬ veyed; managerial - professions, 468; clerical, 46; semi-profession al, 71; skilled, 43; semi-skilled, 269; service and unskilled, 5,590. Cities concerned in the survey were Atlanta, Birmingham, Dal¬ las, Fort Worth, Houston, Jack¬ sonville, Fla., Knoxville, Tenn., j Little Rock, • Louisville, Miami, Nashville, New Orleans, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, Richmond, Va., and San Antonio, Tex. Experiment Station has not i jeen completed, the teers seem ^ g jj OW favorable results. The; late K. G. Baker, superintend-j ent of the Black Belt Station, . . is ; shown at right above with a you with ecstacy. There will be no admission fee, but a consecrat¬ ed offering will be taken, giving everyone a chance to contribute from the heart. The. public is cordially invited. Named To Sch Board ANNAPOLIS, Md., (ANP) — Theodore McKelin last week two Negroes to serve county boards of education. Howard E. Thomas of Huntington named to the Calvert County and William B. Wade, Sr., tiie Charles County board. Those will perhaps be the first ever to serve in their ca¬ pacity in southern Maryland. (Continued on Page Seven) Attack Virginia Jim Crow in Public Accommodations RICHMOND, Va., July 5.—The first legal case making a direct attack on tne constitutionality ol the Virginia statute requiring racial segregation in public as semblies was filed in fedora) court here this week by the Vir¬ ginia State Conference of branches of the National Associa¬ tion for the Advancement ot Col¬ ored People. The case arose when the NAACP group engaged the city- owned Mosque Auditorium foi (Continued on page Seven) Houston was the top-ranking city with a total of 1,007 Negro employees. Second was Atlanta with 768 and third, Birmingham, with 675. Little Rock had the lowest number of municipal workers, 41. The city departments employ¬ ing the largest numbers of Ne-1 groes were, utilities, public works, 2,628; public 1,143; and health. 1,096. The smallest number were in the finance department — two only. A special survey of Negro fire¬ men disclosed that six southern cities have a combined total of 69—a number which includes six 'Continued on page Seven) group of Negro farmers and farm leaders. He gave the group Information on the re¬ suits of Caley pea and Johnson grass grazing . work at the sta- I i tion.—(ANP) NUMBER 39 y: WT GETS PH. D— Mrs. Thelma T. Murray, associate professor of English at Fort Valley State college, Fort Valley, Ua., was awarded a Ph. D. degree In ed¬ ucation recently. A member of the Fort Valley faculty since Asks US Steel To Help Halt Birmingham Terror ATLANTA, July 5.—Delegates to the 42nd annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People last week called upor Benjamin Fairless, president of the United States S’teel Corporation, to use his influence to stop the reign of terror against Negro citizens of Birmingham, is Alabama. U. S. Steel the parent company of the Ten¬ nessee Coal and Iron Corporation, which has a dominant economic position in Jefferson County, where Birmingham is situated. “The police department of the Qity of Birmingham, Alabama, Both Groups Happy Over California’s 17170 n” LOS ANGELES, (ANP)—Gen¬ ual rejoicing last week greeted the news that Gov. Earl Warren had at last signed the “Little FEPC bill” making it a law in California. the Negro citizens were elated over fact that while it is more limited than the former national Fair Employment Practices law, there will be many more doors >f employment open than before. Many white heads of firms were pleased also because while t does not affect them directly at present, they see ahead a larger market from which they can draw. eley, Byron Rumford, from Berk¬ the only other Negro Assem¬ blyman, besides Los Angelle' Au¬ gustus Hawkins and Ed. Gaff- white, from San Francisco, were co-authors of the measure, that had a hard fight ever since it was first launched. It strictly forbids racial discrimination on any Pub¬ lic Works projects. Join the N. A. C. P. and be a part of the progressive courage¬ ous movement for Negro civil rights. NEW YORK, July 5.—The ap¬ pointment of Herbert L. Wright as national youth secretary of the National Association for the Ad¬ vancement of Colored People was announced today by Walter White, NAACP secretary. Mr. Wright was graduated this year Mexico from the University of New with a B.S. degree in biology and political science and has studied public administration at the University of Chicago. He has been active for some time in the NAACP youth circle as for¬ mer president of the Houston, youth council and presi¬ of the University of New Mexico NAACP chapter. The new youth secretary re¬ Mrs. Ruby Hurley, who been promoted to the field and is presently serving as coordinator of NAACP in the Southeast. Mrs. served as youth secretary 1943 to the present time. 1941, she is a graGuate of Wil- berforee and Atlanta univer¬ sities. She is the fourth faculty member of the college to win the doctorate degree since 1945. —(ANP) under the ruthless direction of Commisisoner Eugene (Bull) Connor, has established a shame¬ less record for daily disregard of the elementary civil rights and the personal safety of Negroes in that city,” a resolution adopted by the delegates and the NAACP board of directors states. “Because of the dominant eco¬ nomic position of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Corporation in re¬ gard to the maintenance of de¬ cent standards of law enforce¬ ment iri that community. Ac¬ cordingly, this Board calls upon Continued on Page Seven CROWNED MRS. R. N. — Mrsj Elizabeth Horne Tyson, R. N., who was crowned Miss R. N. for 1951, June 22 at the close of a popularity contest conducted by the Savannah Registered Nurses’ Association. Doctors Meet In PhilyNext Month I 'ILADELPHIA, Pa„ (ANP) —1 iladelphia—the city of con¬ ventions—win ne tne scene of the convention of the National Med¬ ical Association from Aug. 20 to 24. The association will meet in Convention Hall. There will he sections on pedi¬ atrics. medicine, surgery, cancer and thyroid diseases. Ail activities will meet under one roof. Television and moving pictures will aid in the discus¬ sions. Pediatrics and Medicine will bd merged into one section. Doctors who will lead discussions of these phases of medicine are: Dr. J. B. Johnson, professor of medicine. Howard university; Dr. Armen G. Evans, Cleveland. Ohio, instructor in Pediatrics, School Continued on page Covet. ^