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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
ISX
Chatham County Re¬
publican Convention
To Meet Saturday ^
CHAIRMAN— Dr. S. J. Howie,
Sr., presiding elder of the Wil-
ington District ' AME Zion
church, currently who is chair-
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Teacher's Right to Job
Presented for Court
Special R. C. Division
Raises $1841.25 in
Collections for the Negro
vision of the 1952 Red
Campaign have moved up
$1776.62 for the 1952
states Dr. N. H. Collier,
“MISS JABBERWOCK” CON-
TESTANTS —The above young
ladies are vieing for the envi¬
able title of “Miss Jabberwock”
for 1952. They are top row, left
to right Miss Blanche Flipper,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Festus
Rev. Cliffin Heads Canvass
For Registered Voters
Rev. R. J. Cliffin
The Rev. R. J. Cliffin,
of the First Mount Bethel
tist church, will head
Uut.Oii
With the customary quadren¬
nial fight for control, the
Chatham County Republican
politicians have plunged head¬
foremost into a hectic battle
for ascendency.
The Toorner, Summers, Tuck¬
er, Dobbs faction, known as
the Regular Republican Party
of Georgia, and which was
seated at the 1948 National
Republican Convention in Phil¬
adelphia, will hold its county
convention Saturday at the
Chatham County Court house,
the meeting being scheduled to
convene at 11:30 a. m. From all
indications, the meeting iwll be
very largely attended and will
be presided over by L. B. Toom-
er, chairman of Chatham
county.
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year’s contributions
over one thousand dollars
crease over last year’s
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Flipper, Bonaventure; Miss
Marie Manigault, daughter
Mr. and Mrs. James
130 Scarborough Street;
Carolyn Scott, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Scott, 615 W.
39 Street; bottom row left, Miss
vass being conducted by the
All-Citizens Registration Com-1
mittee. He has been selected as;
chairman of the Organization 1
j and Registration Committee on j
last Friday night at the West!
j Broad Street YMCA. The com-
| ! mittee night and meets the public every is invited Friday |
to attend and work with the)
group to increase the registra¬
tion.
C. O. Ryals, veterans leader,
will head the drive in the
j northwestern section of the
city and Mrs. Annie Tremble,
an active fraternal woman, is
the leader in the northeast.
Deacon John Mines will head
the registration canvass in the
southwest and S. L. White, Sr.,
well-known civic leader, the
southeast.
Leroy Wilson wall conduct j
the West Savannah-Woodville
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Seated at the,head of the table are shown: Auxiliary left to
Mrs. Mozella Davis, prosit ; of the local to
local
THEY HEAR MR. MR. RANDOL1
The Savannah Division of the
Sleeping Car Porters Provision¬
al Committee to organize Col¬
ored Locomotive Firemen met
March 13, 14, at the West Broad
Street YMG'A. B. F. McLaurin,
field organizer, presided and
NEW YORK, March 20—
right of a Negro to equality
employment opportunity will
tested in federal court in
cordance with a decision
ed down by Federal Judge
F. Rayfield, denying a
of the Elmont, L. I.,
board to dismiss a suit filed
behalf of Miss Dorothy
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1 —Photo by Sam Wiliams
Eugenia Slater, niece of Mrs.
Erma Williams, 505 East
Street; and Miss Hazel Watkins,
niece of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
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Thev $rnrpd A First In Savannah
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STANDING deft to right_Al Wilmore (P>, Les Bell (Mgr.), Allen Komterger (P), Steven ull* sooocar <Trainer> «««■/, »>** a™..
Shiffner (OF, Cam Van Branbant <P>, Will Shantz (C) Mike Sichko (OF), George * van ■
(P), Joe Mangini (IF), John Magliolo (OF), IJoyd Maranville <P),
Buster Goodyear (IF), Flem
The Lincoln, Nebraska, base¬
team, shown above, is the
organized baseball club
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1952
briefly of the
year-old victorious fight
the locomotive firemen
waged for proper
He admonished his
however, not to let up in
vigilance but to press on
their victory.
CIO at Sav’h
Sugar Refin-
ery Co.
Plans have just been com¬
pleted for an organizing drive
at Savannah Sugar Refining
Co., according to the CIO di¬
rector here in Savannah. The
move to organize the employ¬
ees at Savannah Sugar Refin¬
ing Co. is the result of repeated
requests for a union on the
part of many of th eemployees
of the plant who find them¬
selves underpaid by as much
as forty cents an hour as com-
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COL YOUNG POST
SUPPORTS MILK FUND
The officers and members of
Col. Chas. Young Post, Veter¬
ans of America, 416 West Hall
St., James O. Meyer, command¬
er, at their last meeting were
happy to add another contri¬
bution to its many for the
j community’s needy.
Being informed of that phase
of the Chatham-Savannah
Health Council Nursing Com¬
mittee’s program of furnishing
families in dire need of milk
witli same, unanimously voted
to support a family.
As always the program of the I
po t continues threefold, aid]
its members, their families, and ]
all worthy projects.
.1AYCEE KIDDF.E FAIR
BEGINS 4-DAY RUN
TODAY
After a big weekend at Daf-
fin Park last week, the Jaycec
Kiddee Fair moves to the lot af
the corner of Jones and Purse
streets today (Thursay* to begin
a four-day fun festival foi
Negro children.
Scooter-bumpers, merry-go-
round, and a half-dozen other
popular rides will be offered at
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(IF)
with white and Negro
ever to train here at
Stadium.
i —Photo by Cecil
! ing Car Porters Association, and Mr. MeCartry, chariman of the
1 Sleeping Car Porters of Charleston, S. C.
A Philip Randolph, national
president of the Sleeping Car
Porters, was the feature speak¬
er at the two day meeting/ Mr.
Randolph said that D. B. Rob¬
inson, grand chief of the white
railroad firemen, had reached
an agreement whereby he (Mr.
Hearings
Promised On
JC Travel Bill
WASHINGTON, March 20—A
promise that hearings will be
held on anti-Jim Crow travel
bills in the House was made
this week by Congressman Robt.
Grosser of Ohio in response to
a request by the Washington
Bureau of the National Associa¬
tion for the Advancement of
Colored People.
Mr. Crosier, who is chairman
of the Inter-State and Foreign
Commerce Committee in the
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JORAN POST MAKES
PLANS FOR HOME
The regular monthly meeting
of the William P. Jordan Post
No. 509, American Legion, was
held on Wednesday night, Mar.
19, at the Recreation Center.
At the three and one-half hour
long meeting a special eight
man committee was appointed
by Commander W. W. Law to
make plans for the creation of
a post home. Harmon V. La-
ender, young busine s
was named to head a commit¬
tee to develop plans for a post
home.
Others appointed to the
committee were Clifford O.
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Next Diabetic Class
To Be Held April 2
The next class in the series
of Diabetic classes now being
held at the Health Department
will be the fourth lesson
“Planning Good Meals”.
Miss Charlotte Inglesby,
dinic supervisor, is conducting
the classes. Miss Inglesby
nounced that the filmstrip to
be shown will explain the
function of certain foods in
maintaining the health of in-
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The Lincolnites began train-
ing last week and will remain
here for a period of about
Robinson) would represent all
men in the craft, but Mr. Ran¬
dolph stated that the provis¬
ional committee would be held
in tact to insure proper treat¬
ment of the Negro firemen.
A further meeting of the body
will be held in May.
NAACP to Appeal School
Cases to Court
NEW YORK, March
decisions handed down by
cial three-judge federal
J affirming the validity of
regation in public
and secondary schools in
ginia and South Carolina
be appealed to the
States Supreme Court
thirty days, Thurgood
special ocunsel of the
Association for the
ment of Colored People,
nounced today.
In the Virginia case,
attorneys sought to gain
mission of Negro children
the "white" schools of
Edward County. In this case,
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Memorial Services For T M,
PARTICIPANTS IN HARRY T. MOORE MEMORIAL— Front row, Joe Orr, Pres., Ridgeland Branch
N A A <j. P.; third row, left to right, W. W. Liw\ Miss Anna Riley, soloist, accompanist Mrs.
Frances Storne Coe; Mrs. Lucille Cooper, Mrs. Celia Scott, Mrs. I. M. Robinson, "" l '' soloist. W. M.
^ vice Branch, N A. A. C. P„ Mrs. Lillian Orr, active member, NAACP.
The Harry T. Moore memor-sored by the Ridgeland
ial service held on Sunday at Branch at the school’s
the Jasper County Trainingtorium which was packed to
School, Ridgeland, S. C., spon-capacity.
Failures
Blamed For Mob Violence
DENVER. March 21 — The
failure of law enforcement of¬
ficers to apprehend and prose
cute those who : eek to preven*
Negro Americans from enjoy¬
ing their basic rights and priv¬
ileges, resulting ,in unpunished
acts of violence, has enouraged
mob rule, Gloster B. Current
director of branches of the
' National As Delation for the
Advancement of Colored People
told a Mountain State area
meeting of the NAACP, held
here today.
Assailing the thesis of news¬
paper columnist David Law¬
rence that the recent instances
of violence are the result of
Communist conspiracy, Mr
Current said that “we will not
achieve a true democracy
wherein the four freedoms and
other rights are recognized un¬
til people like David Lawrence pub-j
and others in positions of
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.
j weeks during which time they
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Member Audit Bureau Circulation
Price 7c
Mildred Williams
Wins Local Llks
Contest
By ETTHTeene I
Mildred Williams, Beach high j
i school student, won the local
Elks oratorical contest which
was held Friday night at the
auditorium of Weldon Lodge
She spoke on the subject, ‘ The
Negro and Citizenship.” She
will represent Savannah in the
State oratorical contest which
will be held at Augusta during
the Elks State Convention.
Other speakers in Friday
night’s contest were Barbara
Flipper, Beach high, who spoke
on “The Negro and the Consti¬
tution,” and Jesse Kearse, Hav¬
en Home school, whose subject
was "The Constitution of the
U. S.”
A large number of local Elks
and Daughters of Elks will at-
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College To Hold Men’s
Festival Fri., Sat.
The 5th Annual Men’s Festi¬
val at Savannah State college
will be held on March 29-31. An
enlarged progam of activities
promises to make this the most
successful in the history of
these events.
Dr. Woodrow L. Derricote,
outstanding lecturer, scholar
and teacher, will be the ban¬
quet speaker Saturday, March
29, at 6:30 p. m. in Adams Hall
and also will address the stud¬
ent body and public at the ves-
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, — Photo by CecU
] Tlie service was presided over
by Willia m M. Storne, v ce pre s-
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NUMBER 24
DETROIT DOCTOR SUED
_jy PATIENT
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DETROIT— (ANP i— A $25,000
suit was filed last week in
Circuit Court against Dr. James
A. Brewer, of West Chicago
Blvd. Filing suit was Joseph
Peel, a former patient of the
physician.
The bill of complaints charged
Peel "must now undergo anoth¬
er operation in order that his
life may be saved” because of a
tonsillectomy performed on him
by Dr. Brewer in 1945.
The complaint asserts that
“Dr. Brewer so unskillfully and
negligently conducted him.elf
the operation on (Peel's)
throat that a part of (Peel’s)
tongue palate was removed
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Guard Placed
At Home Navy
Veteran
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20-
Franklin H. Williams, West
Coast regional director of the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
today employed a special guard
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HOME ON VACATION _ Miss
Marguerite Reddick, the charm¬
ing daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Reddick, is home vaca-
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