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YEARS Of CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE isiviilm * r.r.rj banqueted —Scenes frofn banquet of the Savan¬ nah Gas Company which was held Thursday night, December j 20, at Cafe Lincoln Inn. The affair was given by the com¬ ' pany for tile Negro employees and was the 103'rd Anniversary of the company. The top picture shows the employees seated at the banquet table with the officers of the company shown standing in the rear. They are Howard E. Ferrie, vice president;; W. Benfield, To be Held January Day Program 1st NAACP ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR 1951 SPINGARN MEDAL DR. BRYANT WINS KAPPA HONORS ! Dr. Melton D. Bryant, local physician ana a member of the Savannah Alumni chapter, Kap¬ pa Alpha Psi fraternity, was voted the ' Achievement Award” of the year 1951 at the recent Provincial meeting in Jackson¬ ville, Florida. Melton D. Bryant was born in Savannah, Georgia, and attend- fhe original Haven Home school. He attended Georgia < PnnH» mipH nrt Pnno Cfnvon * Move To Sue Louisiana SHREVEPORT, La.—(ANP) — An injunction has been request¬ ed by 12 Negroes of East Carrol parish against tl\e registrar of voters, Mrs. C. E. Beard, for¬ bidding her from discriminating against them in registering to ! vote. j The suit, filed in federal dis¬ I trict court, alleges that Mrs. Beard has not allowed them to register as required by law be- (Continued on Page 7) INDIAN SUES CEMETERY FOR DENYING BURIAL TO HUSBAND SIOUX CITY, la,— (ANP) — An $180,000 damage suit was filed in district court last week against Memorial Park ceme¬ tery here for its refusal to bury Sgt. John R. Rice; veteran of the Korean war. Filed by the widow, Mrs, Eve¬ lyn Rice of Winnebago, Neb., the suit asks compensation for NEW YORK—(ANP)— nominations now are accepted for candidates for 1951 Spingarn Medal, White, executive secretary the NAACP, announced week. A statement of the cations and achievements the nominied must be ted along with their which should be mailed to Spingarn Medal Award mittee at 20 W. 40th St., New York 18. The medal is awarded annu- ally to a Negro American for distinguished achievement. Mrs. i Continued on cage 7i HUMANITY — One of most ardent religious is Mrs. Pinkie Beatrice wife of Bishop S. L. of the Georgia district the African Methodist Epis- church. At a recent meeting the Atlanta conference of AME church, she declared: am here to serve humanity just race or group or any portion of mankind, all people who will accept services . . . ”— (ANP) njuries and humiliation she said she suffered when the cemetery refused to bury the Indian last August because he was “not a member of the Cau¬ casian race.” The news of the cemetery’s refusal to bury the dead hero made headlines through¬ out the country. Many persons president; C. B Reinschmidt, vice president; W. R. Peter- vice president; W. K. Nussbaum, vice president; Henry P. assistant treasurer; J. F. Lee, sales manager, Marvin advertising manager. Bottom, 1. to r.—Fred Simmons, Isaiah Jones, (chairman); Robinson, ReV. E. Boyd, master bf ceremony; Joe Not shown is Grantham Smith. Raleigh Bryant Speaker The Annual Emancipation celebration program, sponsored by the Emancipation Associa¬ tion of Savannah and the So¬ cial Clubs Union will be held Tuesday, January I, at 10:30 a. m., at Tabernacle Baptist church, Alice and Jefferson streets, Rev. H. W. Wilburn, D. D., pastor. Deacon Raleigh H. Bryant, A. B., Sr., will be the principal speaker, and Dr. C. P. Hobbs, president of the Emancipation Association, will preside. Several choirs of the city will render selections, also the Gos¬ pel Bells, Jones Funeral Home choir, the Mayflowers and the Stone choir. ' Rev. C. P. Hobbs, D. D., and Deacon Raleigh A. Bryant, A B. Sr., are presidents of the sponsoring organizations. Rev. J. S. Bryan, D. D., will be mas¬ ter of ceremonies. Lt. Harvey To J Visit Her Mother 1st Lt. Marion V. Harvey, ANC, of United States Army Hosp., Ft. Riley, Kans., will be in the city for a few days vis¬ iting her mother, Mrs. Daisy B. Harvey, 216 Fahm St., and relatives. were outraged and expressed sympathy for the widow. In response to a general feel¬ ing that something should be done about such an extreme expression of racialism, Presi¬ dent Truman interceded and had Sgt. Rice buried in Arling¬ ton cemetery. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURS., DECEMBER 27, 1051 S. AGRICULTURAL EXHIB¬ DISPLAYED AT ETHIOPIAN An agricultural exhibit pre¬ by the U. S. Department Agriculture was on display the recent Ethiopian Trade time that a USDA exhibit been shipped so far. It is to hold the long distance for the Department. The Cooperation Admin¬ of the Department of sponsored the display. standing on stage with Mrs. Moze)le Clemmons in school’s verse chorus giving an interpretation of the nativity. 2.—John W. Law, chairman of the Christmas party. 3—Frank Underwood, assistant superintendent of education, addressing the audience after receiving the $20« in checks fo| the davelopment of Cuyler Library and science laboratory. Stu¬ NIGHT CLASSES $200 GIFT NEW LABORATORY Two checks of $100 each were NAACP OFFICIAL KILLED IN FLORIDA BOMBING MIMS, Fla., Dec. 26 In the a Lest of a scries of bombings igainst Negroes, Jews and Cath- »lics which have occurred in his section of the state, a well mown Negro official of the Torida National Association or the Advancement of Colored ’tople was killed last night in i blast which destroyed his lome here. His wife was criti •ally injured and is given only a fair chance for recovery at ‘he hospital at Sanford, where she was rushed. The bomb last night which rilled Harry T. Moore, 46, prom- nent school principal up to 1945 and since then co¬ ordinator for the NAACP in Florida, expioded abopt 10 o’colck and completely demol¬ ished the front bedroom of the t room house in which Moore and his wife, Harriett, were sleeping. His mother and daugh¬ ter who were asleep in a bark room were not seriously in¬ jured. Master Sergeant George Simms, brother of Mrs. Moore, who had just returned from 14 months of fighting in Korea was the first to reach the scene of the bombing. He rushed Moore and his family to the hospital. Moore died enroute there, but his mother and daughter were found to be only slightly injured and were re¬ leased. Moore and his family had gathered at the little frame home here just a few days ago for the Christmas holidays. All (Continued on Page 7) WHITE YOUTH FREED IN RAPE OF NEGRO GIRL RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 20 double standard of justice Southern rape cases again this week as a 17-year-old white youth was not guilty of the presented to Frank c. Under¬ wood, assistant superintendent of schools, by students of the Cuyler Adult Academic Evening high school at a Christmas party Thursday night of last Gen. Marshall Reports On Integration in Armed Forces ' WASHINGTON (ANPi— The attendance of Negro enlisted per¬ sonnel doubled in schools of the irmrd forces during the past year since the racial quotas have been removed, according to the former secretary of De¬ fense Gen. George C. Marshall. In his semi annual report released by the Department of Defense, the former Secretary said that “considerable progress was made in carrying out the President’s 1948 Directive on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Ser¬ vices.” During tile past year, the policies developed by the Army, (Continued on Page 7) Policemen Indicted fortAttenipl- ing to Shakedown {Memphis Pair MEMPHIS, Tenn.— (ANPi — white policemen were indicted last week on a of extortion involving Memphis Negro men. The indicted officers are Wm. Currotto and George G. Hud¬ both accused of taking payments totaling $20 from (Continued on Page Three) of a 13-year-old Negro girl, despite evidence as to his guilt, The case, tried in the Circuit Court of Goochland County, in- volved a young girl who was taken from her home last July 4. —Wilton C. Scott, school supervisor, greeting- the 1,300 stut dents, relatives and friends. * 5. Children from Greenbriar Center receiving gifts. 6. Ernest Tilson .narrator for the festivities. 7. —Men and women in the schooi’s Christinas chorus. week in the Reereational Center on Ogeot.hee road. The gifts are intended for development of a science labora¬ tory at Cuyler high school for the day school and evening Member Audit Bureau Circulation. Price 7c APPEAL FOR MARCH Of DLV.K C jjjL ggj to ri « ht: nr - Willard Allen, Baltimore, Maryland I na sawaasafAST' «“£*s5.&£sks Negroes Leave South For Better Future in North, West RICHMOND, Va— (ANPi — There Is a story between the lines of columns of news in the last decade telling about the migration of Negroes from the south to the north 30 by the youth, who told her his mother wanted her to do some work. He drove her to a wooded area off the highway, where he attacked her. withstanding the fact that law classes, and for the Cuyler ‘•ary. A group of more than ■students of the evening school, their wives and children was present for a program In which NUMBER 11 and west. The college-bred Ne¬ gro* trained in unsegregated colleges in the north have been coming south for jobs in the (Continued on page Seven) enforcement officers had enough facts in their possession , hours arrest iffe (he i ' K *' r* . an i( i * wv n ° “ _ (Continued on Page 7) students participated in singing a m i dancing. Ernest m master of cere - mon4gs> > sang « B in the Be _ ____ (Continued on T '3e. 7 )