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GETS COMBAT MEDAL —
b .obert J. Simms who was
V 'cently awarded the
Medal tor his courageous
ership of his platoon in
in Korea. He is the son of
and Mrs. Wendell P. Simms
1005 West Broad street, and
graduate of Tuskegee
and Beach high school.
SGT. MILLER FINISHES
LEADERS COURSE
Sgt. Jacob Miller, son of
and Mrs. Major Jordon, 309
Benicn street, has
from a Leaders Course at
Medical Replacement
Center at Comp Pcket, Va.
Orders N. 0. Post Office to
acial Oiscrimination
Honor Students At Savannah State College
Dr. Ciarence T. Mason reports on
the remarkable activities of mem¬
bers of the race in the world's re¬
search laboratories in the documen¬
tary film, “The Negro in Science."
FILM ON “THE NEGRO
IN SCIENCE” TO BE
HERE
“The Negro in Science,”
fascinating behind-thc-
film on the remarkable
ities of members of the race
the research laboratories
Continued on Page Eight
1449 Enrolled At South
Carolina State
L. G. College
Heads to Meet
October 21
WASHINGTON— (ANP)—
Conference of Presidents
Negro Land Grant Colleges
hold its 30tli annual
here October 21-23,
to an annuoncement
public here this week.
A highlight of the
will be an address by
of Agriculture Charles F.
non. wiiti will give attention
an ‘ examination of the
Grant College program in
of present day needs
of the conference.
The business sessions will
hold at the Federal
administration with a
visit planned to the U. S.
parent « flSr ic„.,ure
mental Station at
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HOSPITAL TO HAVE
NEGRO NURSES
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. —
1 ANP 1 —Knoxville General
hospital, which is munici¬
pally owned, is to have
five additional Negro
nurses, bringing the total
number to nine.
Three years ago, by
agreement reached be-
fhen the hospital officials,
cty government on the one
hand and Negro physi-
ians on the other, quali¬
fied Negro girls were to be
sent to Meharry Medical
college, all expenses paid,
for training.
Ths was done as a com¬
promise to drop proceed¬
ings of a plan urging then-
training at the local hos¬
pital. All nurses thus far
•rained afe under obligat¬
ions to serve in the local
hospitals for not less than
nine months.
The first of this group
to graduate at Meharry
are to report for service
here, not later than Oct¬
ober. The opportunity to
become a graduate nurse
is still open to any quali¬
fied Knoxville Negro girls.
Help our youth by
the West Broad Street
I of the YMCA.
COURSES OFFERED IN
SALESMANSHIP
A 20 hour course in principles
of salesmanship for employees of
local businesses, insurance compar¬
es, and various other business con¬
cerns, will be conducted at the
or Street Evening School, begin-
ling Monday, October 6, at
P- m., according to an announce-
uent by the Distributive Educa-
.ion Department of the Savannah
vocational School.
The course will include such
opic-s as: Understanding Today’s
Customer, Handling Different
Types of Customers, Psychological
Buying Appeals, Keeping Up-To-
Date on the Job, Actual Sales
Demonstrations, Adapting Oneself
‘o the Job, Acting as Sales Ad-
isor, Meeting To-Day’s Sales
Problems, Making Selling A
Fascinating Profession.
Outstanding training movies
salesmanship will also be
throughout the course. The
sturctor for the course is
sor Robert C Long, Sr., of
vannah State College.
The classes will meet from
to 9:00 p. m., for ten
Mondays and certificates will
Continued on page 7
ORANGEBURG S C A
ord enrollment of eleven
red and twenty six
uates have registered at
A and M college, according
s rrsi’S c
week.
The total enrollment,
i ing the Graduate and
Scnools and the
practice school, was
Three hundred and thirty
freshmen of the
! school participated in
aUon Weok activil i es .
New' members added to
1952-53 administrative
and faculty were announced
follOW'S:
Arthur P. Chipley, A.M
nell university, associate
sor of biology; Mrs.
Crawford. M S., State A and
j college, principal, Felton
j ng school; Mrs. Edna
RN head nurse; Mrs.
,
Canty.
college, serre ar ,
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Continued on
Jim Crow School Issue
Before (’ourt
ROTC Ok’ed
For Sav’h
State College
In addressing the faculty
staff at the initial general
ing President W. K. Payne
out that several new
have been made to Savannah State
College.
A new refrigeration system has
been installed in the college dining
hall, the College Inn is being
rapidly converted into a student
union building in which there will
be ample room for various types
of student activities and the farm
house has been renovated.
The Board of Regents has ap-
proved the formation of an ROTC
| Unit at Savannah State College.
Ren Ingersoll, registrar reports
that an estimate of 950 students
have registered at the school for
the fall quarter. Of these repre¬
sented, 240 are freshmen.
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie. Do it now.
Dr. E. K. Williams acting dean
of faculty and director of Sum-
met- School, announces that fifty-
seven students made the honor
roll this summer. They maintain- j
ed a two point average or bet-
They were . j uan jta W. Allen,
j Roy j Allen, Frank I). Bacon,
jj elen y y a ttiste, Rudy C. Bolden,
Horace Bower, Earl Felton Brown,
j j 0 hn Byrd, James E. Campbell,
Willie Campbell, Gloria Chisholm,
Edward R. Davis, Cassie Densler,
James F. Densler, EcVeraux IF
Dixon, Martha Edwards, Mary
Bogan Ellis, Edward V. Fletcher,
Daisy Grant Fraser, Dorothy
Freeman.
Harry German, Roberta Glov¬
er, Catherine A. Gordon, Gloria
Hamilton, Mamie Hart, David
Hooks, Catherine Hunt Myrtice
A. James, Clarence Johnson,
rie C. Johnson, Johnny P. Jones,
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NAACP in Ala. University Case
Two Graduate Students Barred
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., — Attor¬
neys for the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People this week entered the case
of two young women who were
denied admission to the graduate
school of the University of Ala¬
bama solely because of their race.
Miss Polly A, Myers of
mingham, seeking admission to the
LINDSAY- MORGAN TO
GIVE PRIZE FOR
oldest linoleum
The Lindsay and Morgan
Furniture company has in
offing an unusually
j prize for the home which re¬
ports tile oldest linoleum
covering.
As a prize for possessing
oldest linolpum floor
and Morgan will furnish
install absolutely free in
home of the lucky owner
new Armstrong linoleum
in one room.
There is absolutely
buy jn order t 0 W j n j n
uniJ5Ua ii y attractive
Q 0nsu j t ne xt week’s Tribune
completc information,
The con t es t closes at
n jgkR December 1.
S^TymCAI
not join today an d make
_
of the Y facilities.
WASHINGTON—In a
attack on the segregated
school system, attorneys
the National Association
the Advancement of
People have filed briefs
tre United States
Court asking for a reversal
lower court decisions
have upheld Jim Crow
In South Carolina and
Two cases are scheduled
the October 14th
originating in
County, S. C., in 1950, and
other in Topeka, Kans., in
in trials before special
judge federal courts, the
0 f the states to .require
j on 0 f t he races in public
j education was upheld
j udge j Waties Waring dissent-
ing in tre South Carolina case.
In the Topeka case, the court
found that “segregation with
the sanction of the law has a
tendency to retard the educat
ional and mental development
of Negro children and to de
prive them of some of the bene
fits they would receive in a
(Continued on Page Seven)
WASHINGTON — Heartened
anew by the decision alst
thot racial discrimination had
been practiced against
postmen in the New Ot
La., post office and orders that
the practice be ended,
of the National Allianceof Post¬
al Employees went into
gear this week.
They amplified their
of taking the racial
ation issue directly to all cong¬
ressmen, senators and
congressmen and senators
every state in the Union.
At the same time they agaii
reiterated their
per cent opposition to
inatory practices in the
Office Department, the
of Postmaster General
son to appoint Negroes to
level policymaking posts in
Department, and the cbnsist
ent runaround given the
in taking definite action
(Continued on Page Seven)
school of journalism, and
Autherine J. Lucy of Wylam,
wishes to attend the school
library science, were Doth
ed by the university through
mail and then denied
when they appeared at the
loosa campus in person to
Both are 1952 graduates of
I College, Birmingham, with
m
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Exclutive Staff Photo
BEAUTIES ON PARADE, PLUS STAR STUDDED TALENT: Singer Dinah Washington and (reading left
to right); Lena Torrence, “the Queen of the Juice Boxes” Miss DW—in person; Linda Ashton, with film
star Wanda Hendricks, to the latter’s left; gather to pay homage to the singing star who recently renewed
her contract with Mercury Records. Dinah last week established a new all-time record breaking attendance >
at the Royale Theatre is Baltimore, Maryland, _____ ___________ ________
Another 111.
Town Stops
School Bias
TAMMS, 111. — This
Illinois town this week
the latest to join a parade ol
communities opening their
merly all-white public
to Negro students for the
time, after efforts by the
ional Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Colored People.
Negro high schools
attended classes withut inci¬
dent at Tamms high school
after NAACP attorneys held
conferences with school boord
officials and began planning
action in the event that the
students were- refused admiss¬
ion. State aid funds to the
Tamms School District were
held up last spring by the
county superintendent of
schools, in accordance with
Illinois law, when the Cairo
NAACP branch filed suit to end
segregated schools in that city.
DEATH IN FAMILY CALLS MR.
WIMBERLY TO MISSISSIPPI
Because of the death of his
brother-in-law, Connie Wimber-
ley was called to Meredian,
Mississippi last week. He will
return to the city this week.
New Irvin Appeal Filed
With Florida ourt
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Sept.
An appeal from the second eon
! vietion and death sentence of
ter Lee Irvin, surviving
ant in the tragic
Groveland case, was filed hero
day in the Supreme Court «
Florida by attorneys for the
tional Association for the
vancement of Colored People.
Citing numerous errors
ted , , by the lower court m
second trial, which was
when the first conviction was
set by the United States
Court in April, 1951, the
brief says: “From start to
trial below denied . . . (Irvin)
fairness and justice which
Constitutions and thbi court
all litigants, especially
(Continued on Page 7i
I degrees.
| Arthur D. Shores, Birmingham
J NAACP attorney, of said that
refusal of Dean
Adams to enroll the young
ladies would be appealed immedi¬
ately to Dr. John M. Gallalee, uni¬
versity president. NAACP pro-
| eedure in similar cases administrative has been
1 first to exhaust
FIVE KILLED IN
CAR CRASH
VIDAI.IA. Ga. Here in
this small southeastern
Georgia town there is
much gloom of sadness
felt by both colored and
white citizens because ol
! one of the worst car
wrecks that has ever oc¬
curred in this vicinity.
Last Thursday afternoon
rbout 5 o’clock five per-
i 10 ns were killed when
their car crashed into
another on Highway 289
1 four miles east of Lyons.
The victims were Mrs
C. Thomas, Miss Iola Wil¬
liams and Mrs. Katie Pat¬
j terson of this town, and
Mis. Tessie Hayes and 3-
year-old Samuel Hayes of
Detroit, Michigan,
j The dead were all oeeu-
pants of the same ear
which was returning to
Vidolia from Collins where
the party had been on a
visit to Charle Collins,
their father.
Miss Dorothy Byrd, also
an occupant in the car,
received only minor injur¬
ies.
The car in which the
women and young boy
were riding went out of
control and crashed into
the machine driven by
Thomas F. Anglin of Sa¬
vannah who was seriously
injured. He was alone in
his car.
One of the women was
decapitated.
Whites Can’t Teach in D.C. Race Schools
WASHINGTON
\y n j(. e teachers are prohibited
by Jaw fr£)m teaching in the
c0 j 0red SC hools of Washington
accordmg to Corporal jon Coun-
sel Vernon E. West.
This decision, made last week,
was based upon a review of the!
s I1( _ Columbia school
system aw dating , from 862
stated West. He claimed that
the organic act of 1906, under
which the present school sys-
tom was organized, clearly in-
( dicated that intended
congress
a separation of teachers of the
Negro and white races.
Continued on Page Eight
| remedies and then to carry the |
| I cases to federal court, where an !
injunction directing admission of
,j Ua ]jfj e ,i Negro students is re-
| quested
Other students who have applied
to the University of Alabama in
the past have been offered
j of state scholarships
LARGE CROWD EXPECTED AT GRAHAM
RECITAL MONDAY NIGHT '
JACKSON
A large crowd is expected to
attend the Graham
concert next Monday
October (j, at the
auditorium.
, Mrs. E. Rent roe Terrell, chair-
man of this activity which
being sponsored by the First
Congregational church,
that the program will begin
promptly at 8:15 o’clock.
uel A. Parker, trustee of
| church, is in charge of the
*-"** r M p, IiUTMlWI HVMFNT lnldl. IWCT
AT YMCA
Thr 1952 Employee Institute
qmusored by the Employee Ad-
Committee of the United
Community Services will meet at
^ ie West Broad Street Branch
YMCA Monday, October 0, at 9:00
n f(>) . w( , tsi , m
^ (( , K fav j r>
<>f ( ,, mmllnity Services; S.
( Nelson, Executive Director
|j njtt .,| Community Services; Mis,
( . (l|a ,. ll( | t . \ <;re<>n, Family Serv-
ice; Mrs. Irene Shupaker, Chil¬
dren Service; J. R. Jenkins, Af¬
filiated Agencies; Miss Patricia
Brittingham, Employee Advisory
Council [Arthur H. Jette, Execu¬
tive Assistant, United Community
Services.
A luncheon sponsored by the
Carver Saving Bank will he served
for the members of the Institute.
^ ^ g p ea ker to he announced
s()( , a | < () p t j lfl t fnit<‘<i Appeal
for 42 agencies. Visits will be
made to the various agencies by
groups from the Employee Insti-
11 l ’'
j jvil Negro Ministerial meet Alliances the
} )ave been invited to at
! .... m
I with Monsignor McNamara and
hi- committee. A general discus-
.Sion Will be held on ways and
i means of getting over the impor-
lance of the annual appeal of
' funds for the various agencies
in the city and county.
The order of Eastern Star
hold their annual district
at the "V” Sunday Evening
Ros * Voss ’ chairman
I will preside.
Dinners will he served
Continued on Page Eight
MRS. ERLINE SIMMONS
SMITH JOINS WILEY
Mrs. Erline Simmons
who resigned last
her position as teacher at
vannah State college is
employed at Wiley college
Texas where she is head
the Fine Arts Department
Smith, the daughter of A.
Simmons of this city,
the M.A. degree in fine
from Columbia university.
ing arrangements,
I Those who have heard Mr.
| Jaclcsotl say that a treat is in
>s tore for the Savannah audi-
i ence. The artist will play se-
j lections on the piano, organ
and accordion,
j Tile program will include
both popular and classical
niim bers.
This chUd pl . odigyi as he was
........__ . _______ _____
(Continued on Page Seven)
BLATZ SALESMAN RETURNS
TO SAVANNAH — Reuben N.
Vaughn, sales representative of
the Blatz Brewing Company of
Milwaukee, has returned to
Savannah for a stay of several
weeks during which he will pro-
mote the famous beer
brewed by his company
.
! and continue the campaign of
goodwill between his company
and the citizens of Savannah.
Mr. Vaughn has several
, speaking engagements which
f,1! a " d W
P^scd to speak before any or-
ganizations Uiat wishes to hear
him.
i For the past two months Mr.
j Vaughn has been touring Geor¬
gia in the interest of "Mil¬
waukee’s Finest Beer.”
J), C- MED. SOCIF.'Y
ADMITS 5 NEGROES
WASHINGTON f\N T> ) — The
District Medical Society lu A week
voted to accept D’o
‘ of five Negro physicians into
organization.
executi 'e board agreed
Negro members for
first time in its 60- year
jv, e new members are Dr.
j , va „ d G M a - !que , Dr. John
Perrv Dr c . Herbert
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hall Dt Ar , ' hur , „ , „.
* > '
j mens and Dr. Reginald
.James.