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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXXI
Jersey High Court Hears
Appeal In Trenton Case
Dr. R. Grann Lloyd
heads national review—
The Negro Educational Review,
quarterly journal of the Nat¬
ional Teachers’ Research Asso¬
ciation. will begin its fourth
year of existence when the
January 1953 issue appears.
Consequently, the Board of Di¬
rectors of the National Teach¬
ers' Research Association has
directed'R. Grann Lloyd, man^
aging editor of the Negro Edu¬
cational Review, and now on
the faculty of Savannah State
college, to:
1. Seek President W. K.
Payne’s approval to establish
the Editorial Office of The Re¬
view at Savannah State college.
2. Reorganize and revitalize
the Editorial Board.
( 3. Convene a two-day confer¬
ence of the editors for the pur¬
pose of re-studying and exam¬
ining thoroughly the aims and
objectives of the Negro Educat¬
ional Review and means of
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Walter White to Broadcast Nov
Hew the NegroWill Vote
~'T P
FRANK CHARLES
who will portray the title
in the Ralph Mark Gilbert Pi'o
duction. ‘‘Judas Iscariot,”
the stage of Municipal
ium Monday and Tuesday
ings, November 10th and 11th.
MISS DOBBS HONORED
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 20—Spc- ;
cial- A gala homecoming for j
soprano Mattiwilda Dobbs at
her premiere American recita 1
at Spelman College on Satur-i
TRENTON, Oct. 23—Ques¬
tioned by the justices of tha
New Jersey Supreme Court
hearing the appeal of the
Trenton Two from the convic¬
tion of murder, Prosecutor
Mario H. Volpe admitted: "I
dont knew wiio killed Horn¬
er.”
The Trenton Two, Ralph
Cooper and Collis English, were
convicted in June of 1951 for
a second time for the 1943
murder of William Hcrner, an
aged second-hand dealer. Four
others, convicted with Cooper
annd English in the first trial
in 1948, were acquitted ip
the second trial.
Argument on the appeal
heard by the court on Oc
tober 20 with Arthur Garfield
George Fellettieri and J.
Burrell, attorneys re¬
by the Joint Commit¬
to Defend the Trenton
Cooper and English. The
conviction, coordinate .1
efforts of the NAACP Legal
and Educational Fund,
the American Civil Lib¬
Union and the Prince¬
Committee, in the appeal
this case.
In the second trrial NAACP
attorneys Raymond Pace Alex¬
ander, Clifford Moore and Mr.
represented two of tht
both of whom
acquitted along with 3
of the original six. The
did not partici¬
in the first trial. How¬
NAACP lawyers filed a
as friend of the court in
first appeal. The convic¬
were reversed by thd
Jersey Supreme Court and
new trial ordered.
SSC LOCAL ALUMNI
ELECT OFFICERS !
The local alumni of Savannah
State college are getting ready,
lor Home-coming in a big way.
They plan to participate in a
float in the Home-coming pa- ;
rade and Alumni Headquarters'
in the College Inn. The officers t
of the local chapter elected,
recently installed by Wilton C. ]
Scott, are Pres.. Leonard Law; 1
Vice-Pres., Nelson Freeman; |
Rec. Sect., Ruby King; Corr.
Sect., Elsie Brewton; Treasurer,,
Lula Smith; Chaplain, Edward
Greene; Parliamentarian, Nor-
man Elmore; Reporter, Eunice
| Wright, John McGlockton. pres¬
ident of General Alumni, pre-
j sided over local elections.
Miss Eunice Wright, a gradu-
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was shared bv a large au-
which thrilled to the
voice of Atlanta’s
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THEY'LL BATTLE IT OUT TUESDAY FOR THE PRESIDENCY
ws^m . \
till Sfetl
»lg
Gov. Adlai S. Stevenson Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Democratic Standard Bearer Republican Standard Bearer
Record Vote Expected to be t ust
In General Election
Following vitriolic ~
the most | choose either Gov. Adlai S.
campaign in the history of; Stevenson or Gen. Dwight
American politics the largest, Eisenhower as president
number of voters in the history the next four years.
of the country is expected to; Political prognosticators place
go to the polls Tuesday to; the number of voters to trek to
retary of the NAACP, will
Negro political leaders in
critical states to inquire
opinions on which
W ju carr y their states on
4 th, on his weekly
over WLIB on Saturday, Nov.
,5 t 0 5^5 p m )
Mr white wlll put in
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NACW LEADER
PLAN TO HALA
Mrs. Mary C. Gregory of
ington, D. C., representing
National Association of
Women recently conferred
E. Woods, director
price stablization in
to discuss plans for
429 ENROLLED AT
STATE
Albany, Ga.,— A recent
port received from the
of the Registrar revealed
419 students have enrolled
State College for the
term. A breakdown re¬
that there are 84 men, 7
whom are veterans and 395
1 of whom is a veter-
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SAVANNAH. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1952
App^i Agams ' Made Un,t
At the last in a series of pub¬
lic meetings held on Monday
night j n the lecture room of the
First African Baptist church.
the local branch of the National
Association for the Advance¬
ment ol Colored People made
its final appeal to Negro voters
to “turn-out-and-vote” against
Amendment Number 1 (the
, county unit amendment) on
next Tuesday. W. W. Law.
branch president, explained
pledged itself to a program
during the month of November
j to inform the nation’s house¬
j wives on what they can do to
j halt rising P‘ ices.
| Shown in the above picture,
| taken in Woods’ office, are
(left to right 1 : Jesse O. Thom¬
as, information specialist of
OPS; Mrs. Alice A Dunnigan,
Armstice Day Be Observed I i
At .Stewart ;
j
CAMP STEWART, Ga„ Oct.
25—Synchronizing the firing
of eight anticraft guns within
an eight-second period, gun
crews of the 38th AAA Gun
Battalion wil form a cross in
the sky with shell bursts as a
feature of Camp Stewart's
Armistice Day Open House.
the polls will be in excess of |
50 millions, seven million more
than, voted in the '48 election,
Most forecasters of election
results predict a close race with
the Democratics, as
For 1% Vote
Amendn,ent
several of the amendents to be
voted Upon in the coming elect¬
ion, using a large sample bal¬
lot for demonstrr tional purpos¬
es.
Following the meeting on last
Monday night it was announced
that several smaller meetings
will be held in various neigh-)
horhoods. President Law saidj
that efforts are being made to j
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ANP Washington correspond-i
ent; Woods, Mrs. Gregory 1 who;
is president of the Washington rep-! j
chapter of the NACW and
resented Mrs. Irence McCoy j
Gaines, Chicago, national pres-i
ident of the NACW; and Mrs.
Kathryn H. Mason, information j
,
'ANP •
OPS,- 1
Capt. James H. Tyree, co-or- |
dinator of the project, said
that it will take an hour for
soldiers of the 38th Battalion
complete the intricate job 1
to
of setting up the eighth 301
milhneter guns—six in a line;
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Miss Gartrell To Reign As
“Miss Savannah State”
Miss Rose Emma Gartrell
has been chosen "Miss Savan¬
nah State" for the year 1952-:
53. 'She is a senior at State and
'Iv 1 daughter of Bessie and Bar-[
nett Gartrell. She is also a
j native of Savannah and a grad-j
j uate of Alfred E. Beach high Sa-1 >
j school. Her major here at
vannah State is English. Miss
Gartrell was "Ccroller Sw<;et - 1
heart" for ’50-51. "Kappa Sweet¬
heart" for ’51-52 and was also
an attendant to "Miss Sweet¬
heart." for '51-52.
Miss Gartrell will reign over]
Savannah State's Home-coming
Festivities on November 8 th,
with a parade leaving the cam-
mis at, 10:00 a. m. and a game
vith Morehouse college at 2:30
o. m.. on Savannah State col¬
lege athletic field. She'll be
crowned by Dr. William K.
Pavne, president of the college.
Miss Gartrell's attendants
are Miss Gloria Grimes and
Miss Phoebe Robinson. Miss
] Grimes is a native of Athens,
] Oa., and is a graduate of Athens
j high school. She is the daugh-
| ter of Charlotte and Tommy
I Grimes. While at Savannah
State college Miss Grimes is
I majoring in elementary educat-
i ion. Miss Grimes was "Miss
j Sophomore” “Miss for '50-51 and
: Sweetheart” '51-52. Miss
j Grimes is a member of the Sig-
; ma Gamma Rho sorority.
Miss Phoebe Robinson, daugh-
1 ter of Mrs. Ella Robinson, is
a
native of Savannah and a
graduate of Alfred E. Beach
high school. Her major is Eng¬
lish. Miss Robinson is a member
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carrying the solid south. How-
ever, it is conceded that in this
section the Republican vote
-
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Registrar Removed from Office
Because of Her Racial Hale
CURRITUCK, N. C. Oct. 23
An election registrar was re¬
moved and replaced by thq
board of elections of this eas¬
tern shore No'rtlr Carolina j
county because she refused to
agistor Negro citizens for
the 1950 elections and for (he
1952 primary elections,
The Greensboro Daily News
of October 19, 1N52, reported
that Mrs. S. C. Doxey was re¬
moved as registrar of the court
house precinct after she re-j
fused to register several Ne¬
gro teachers. Smith Harrell,
chairman of the county board 1
of elections, said Mrs. Nell
Ballance has been appointed ;
to the mas!ration pout.
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JP THIS WEEK
THIS WEEK
Division 4, United
ty Appeal, hopes to
■solicitations the cm
week. Dr. N. H. Col
hat additional time
aken until all per
'uve last year are co)
oorted that the T. ,
Electrical Company
100 per cent payroll
for its employees, $1
n Residents ,, . of . Sava , , innah 1
are
being urged by th( local USO
committee to take serviceman
to church and din er Sunday, I
November 9. On 1 hi day thti
community is expo ssing itself
to tin* "Men away om home” j
in a very tangible w y. Families j
interested in doini something
on November 9 an •asked to;
contact lire West Broad Street
1 rontinnoo
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PCI. ENDORSES
DEMOCRATIC TICKET
At a recent meeting of the
Piog.es.sive League . ,. -he
1 izr-ns . 1
ticket wqs
endorsed, says President Jerry
'_ Brvant J :
Tlie organization ... also , went! .
record as condemning the
now being made to pass
, s t a te unit amendment vot¬
plan which will be a major
in Tuesday’s election.
Mr. Bryant urges all freedom i
citizens of Georgia to
it tlmr special business
go to the polls on Tuesday I
vote against the amend-!
measure.
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
DOCTORS MAKE
FOR CONVENTION
The South Atlantic
Society was host to the
ive committee of the
State Medical Association
Physicians and
Sunday, October 2(5, at
Paradise Inn. The
committee assembled for
purpose of formulating
for the 1953 state
of the association which will
here in Savannah.
Some of the visiting
'’ians Pi'Ment were Dr. H.
Nash. Atlanta, Clir. of
ive Comm.; Dr. R. S. Smith, Chr
of Program Comm, and Dr.
N. Hazier, chairman of
Its. both of Macon; Dr. R, M
Hu kins, Columbus,
of the State Medical
Ion/and Dr. W. A.
Brunswick, treasurer.
The local doctors
were Dr. H. M Collier, Jr.,
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'
■
GET HIGH
of the Improved
^Iks of the World, issued
in Elkdom for
E. Greene. The
tlie lattcr as
Mr. Smith will have cnarge
the fifth district which in-
Savannah, Brunswick,
aycross, Jesup, Statesboro,
Valdosta and
territories, and as
of education, Mr
assignment includes
entire state of Georgia.
Mr. Greene has been
with the FI Its ■rdo'— 1 ’—
NUMBER 3
HL/......:u
TO U. OF ILLINOIS
SCHOOI__Dr. James
Richardson, young Chicago
in diseases of the eye,
been appointed t othe Ear,
and Throat department of
University of Illinois Med¬
school. He also was notified
week that he had passed
to become a diplo-
of the American Board of
Dr. Richardson
a graduate of the Howard
School of Medicine
1934.—(ANP i
6-ft Rattler In Yard
Richard Fields of 712 Jack-
street made an unusual kill
his yard yesterday when he
a rattle snake crawl¬
around near his back porch.
The snake was six feet long
put up .a fierce fight before
killed It with a gun.
Yesterday morning he came
the Tribune office, sport¬
the dead snake around his
,
APPOINTED SPECIAL ASSIST-
i ANT—Professor F. R. Lampkin,
1 prominent business man of Co-
lumbus, who lias been appoint-
> ed Special Assistant to the
Supreme Grand Master of the
1 Modern Free and Accepted Coi-
ored Masons of the World,
He is a graduate of Savannah
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Exalted Ruler Robert H.
and Protective Order.
to two Savannah men
honors, George L. Smith and
was named as district deputy
of education for the state of
j department for many years,
first as local department head
j of Weldon Lodge and later as
j state director of education. He
was reelected as state direc tor
I of „ ^ucation J ,, at ^ the ,, , last session
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Take time out, Tuesday to go
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