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WOMAN iNN-KBEPEft, SHOT
BY BOOT DOCTOH
s
Mrs. Anna Bell Scott
A root doctor is supposed to
have a balm to cure all ills,
but Willie Davis who has prac-
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Appeal Decision
Black and Tans
COME HOME TO FIGHT JIM CROW'
WALTER WHITE URGES 3 PWOs
Tate Named
Principal of
The Year
An outstanding feature pf
the Annual Principals’ Meet¬
ing of the State of Georgia,
held recently in Atlanta was
the naming of H. E. Tate,
Principal of the Fairman High
school, Griffin, 'as “Principal
of the Year.”
President R. J. Martin reveal¬
ed that he had watched with
great interest the work of Mr.
Tate, who was cited for his in¬
terest in the program of the
teachers and students in his
state. During the eleven years
Mr. Tate has been associated
with educational work, he has
been absent from neither a
local or state meeting. He
has also attended the Nation¬
al Education Association and
the American Teachers’ Asso¬
ciation meetings.
A native of Elbcrton, Mr.
Tate, after four years of col¬
/ lege work received the B. S.
degree from Fort Valley State
college, the masters degree
from Atlanta Unversity.
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WILLING WORKERS
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Hosimki spent three months in an ir .°? 'n elp
„ a)n
workers, Jan. 2-31.
TWO SMALL CHILDREN
PERISH WHEN HOME BURNS
TWO FIRST OF JANUARY PROGRAMS
ONE AT ST. JAMES CHURCH, THE OTHER AT TREMONT
TEMPLE BAPTIST CHURCH
On January first, Friday of
next week, there will be two
Emancipation Proclamation cel¬
ebrations in Savannah instead
of the usual one joint obser¬
vance as in the past few years.
This dual celebration is the
result of a misunderstanding
between the Emancipation As¬
sociation and the Baptist
Ministers Alliance, each of
SIDNEY A. JONES FU.
NERAL HOME ADDS
NEW AMBULANCE
The Sidney A. Jones Funeral
Home, one of the most progres¬
sive morturary establishments
in the south, recently added a
new Miller-Cadillac ambulance
to its already modern fleet of
motor equipment. The new unit
is a beautiful chartreuse color
and fully equipped with every
modern convenience for the
safety and comfort of the
patients.
Facts About Ambulance Service
There are few people who
realize the cost and responsi¬
bility of maintaining high class
ambulance service, which some¬
times saves the lives of sick
and injured by only a few
minutes. These are facts to re¬
member:
1. The purchase price of a
new Cadillac ambulance is
enormous.
2. It requires two trained and
careful attendants to serve each
call.
3. A set of fresh linen is re¬
quired on each engagement.
4. High Insurance protection
is necessary on each motor unit.
5. We operate three modern
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these organizations holding its
own celebration.
The Emancipation Association
together with the Evangelical
Ministers Union will hold its
program at St. James AME
church, East Broad street.
The principal address will be
made by the Rev. John Sterling
Bryan, pastor of St. Philip's
AME church. The program will
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 — The
three Negro servicemen who
are among the 22 unrepatriated
American POW's were urged
today to “reconsider” their
decision to remain with the
Communists and 'to come home
and join in the fight” to elim¬
inate racial discrimination and
segregation.
The appeal was expressed in
cablegrams which Walter White,
executive secretary of the Nat¬
ional Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
sent to Corporals Clarence C.
Adams of Memphis and William
C. White of Plumerville, Ark.,
and Private Larance Sullivan of
Omaha, Neb. In his message,
the NAACP leader cited the
steadily improving status of
the Negro in America and
pledged continuance of the
AST ARMY ROTC UNIT GETS
INFORMAL INSPECTION— Col
Jesse E. Graham, Raleigh, chief,
N. C. Military District, headed
an inspection group which in¬
spected the entire facilities and
personnel of the A.vT College
Army ROTC unit last week,
Principals at the inspection
deft photo i included from left
to right: Col. Graham, Senator
Joseph T. Carruthers, holding a
Mine Owner Betters
Living Conditions Of
African Natives
TANGANYIKA, Africa—(ANP)
—A diamond mine owner in
Tanganykia, south of Kenya in
East Africa, employs a system
which is proving benefical to
himself and to his native em¬
ployes.
The owner, Dr. James Thor-
burn Williamson, has raised the
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SGT. S MRS BA I LEV HERE
FOR XMAS
Sgt. and Mrs. Algene Bailey
of Keesler AFB. Biloxi, Miss..
j [ j are are in in the me city city for ior the uie holidays. iiuuuays,
visiting relatives Mrs. BaUey U
•a member »t fche WAC,
begin at noon.
The celebration of the Baptist
Ministers Alliance will include
both a street parade and a
program.
The parade which will pre¬
cede the program will start at
11 a. m. at East Broad and
Huntingdon streets, going
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JACKSON, Miss tANPi— Per¬
ry Howard faces another bat¬
tle for complete recognition of
his Black and Tan group as
the official QOP party of
Mississippi
The Howard group recently
won a decision from a three-
judge special court adjudging
it the state’s Republican par¬
ty. Last week however, the.
challenging faction, the Lilly
Whites, filed an appeal from
the ruling.
Atty. Lester Wilis of Meridi¬
an, counsel for the all-whito
group, filed an appeal to the
U. S. Supreme court. The ap¬
peal also asks the high tribu¬
nal to take jurisdiction and
argued that laws providing
“exclusive names, emblems or
devices” for political parties
exist not only in Mississippi,
but many other states as well.
The Black and Tan faction
has been /recognized !as the'
GOP party of Mississippi for
years. Howard, its leader, is
scroll which lie received on
behalf of the Greensboro Army
Advisory Committee, presented
by the ROTC staff and Dr. F.
D. Biuford, president of the
college.
Cadet Boykin E. Rivers, Phil-
j adelphia, Pa. (center photo),
of AvT, is decorated with the
medal for outstanding scholar¬
ship. Col. Jesse E. Graham pins
on the medal as Major
SLATE NOMINATED FOR
BOARD MEMBERS
The nominating committee of
the West Broad Street Branch
YMCA presented the following
names for nomination before
the board for consideration, to
be voted on by the entire
membership January 8; Tellis
L. Ramsey, president Men’s
club, St. Matthew’s Episcopal
church; William Bellinger, busi¬
nessman; Starling Hunter,
president Century club; Walker
Stringer, president Union Stat¬
ion Employees, Local CIO;
Samuel Gill, instructor. Wood-
ville high school; Arthur
Grant. businessman; Henry
Singleton, deputy sheriff. The
board also authorized the se¬
lection of a representative from
Fire which gutted the com¬
bination residence and confect¬
ionery at the southwest corner
jf Hopkins street and Victory
Drive Saturday morning took
the lives of two small children.
One infant child was rescued.
The fire occurred about 10:30
o'clock and the two children
who perished in the tlames were
Isaac 4, and Ronald. 3, sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Guest wno
were away from home at the
time of the fire.
The other child in the house,
a baby, was carried to safety
by an 83-year-old woman, who,
it is said, was taking care of
the children.
The fire department reported
ihere was an oil stove among
the debris of the gutted rooms
and the fire was attributed to
an explosion or a flare up of
the stove, according to a report
to Robert L. Fruitticher, com¬
munications officer of the fire
department.
The firemen prevented spread
of the flames to a confection¬
ery in the front part of the long
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WHITES WARNED AGAINST
VIOLENCE TO NEGRO PROJECT
SHREVEPORT, LA., (ANP) —
fighting sheriff of Cadde par-
ish, J. HoWell Flournoy, warn¬
ed the white populace •! Flo¬
ral Heights community
dents last week against taking
the law into their own hands
in connection with the present
development of Clark Terrace,
for Negroes.
The sheriff attended a meet¬
ing of the Floral Heights Civic
club, one of the groups of white
residents opposing the deveiop-
Roy W. Sorrell, professor of
military science and tactics I
at the college, stands in rear
A second cadet, Fred Brown,j
Roanoke Rapids, N. C., center, 1
was awarded the medal for 1
outstanding marksmanship at
summer camp on the M-l rifle.
Miss Martha Hairston, Pine j
Hall, N. C. (right photo), senior ,
at A.vT college, gets a bouquet
of flowers from the Susie B.
YMCA
the Southern States Iron and
Roofing Company. The name of
this person will be published
later.
The board also voted to have
the following members of the
board remain as advisory mem¬
bers: Sidney A. Jones, R. W.
Gadsden, M. W. Washington,
Dr. J. W. Wilson, Comdr Frank
Spencer, S. L. White and the
Rev. R. M. Gilbert.
John H. Law, Jr., Wilton C.
Scott and John H Camper will
continue as advisory members
doing specialized jobs for the
board.
The board voted to have
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**- May the Holiday Season
bring to you all the pleasant
moments so necessary for 0
m jj* Joyful Christmas
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THE
SAVANNAH
TRIBUNE
| PRESIDENT REFUSES TO HALT
EXECUTION OF GUAM VICTIMS
NEW YORK, Dec. 17 — Their
last hope of reprieve gone, two
Negro air servicemen, convict¬
ed of a crime they protest they
did not commit, now await
execution in a milftaPy com¬
pound.
The National Assocation for
the Advancement of Colored
Dudley Branch of the Greens¬
boro YWCA Making the presen¬
tation is Mrs. F. D. Biuford,
wife of the president of the
college and a member of the
local branch. Miss Hairston, re¬
cently elected "Miss Army
ROTC," was commissioned
“honorary colonel” immediately
before the presentation.
The cadet in the center
Curtis Coates, Douglas, Ga.
NEW NAPE CHIEF
OPENS PROGRESSIVE
CAMPAIGN
NEW YORK CITY—lames B.
Cobb, the new president of the
National Alliance of Postal
Employees, struck his first
major blow for “internal im¬
provement” of the nation's
biggest Negro Federal trade
union in the New York city
area last weekend.
A series of high level confer¬
ences with ranking NAPE and
Postal Officials—including Post¬
master Quiglev of Brooklyn. N.
y. highlighted President Cobb’s
visit to the Manhattan area,
But it -was his accidental visit
the New York City branch
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Branches Give
$1240 To
Fighting Fnd.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17— Eight
local branches of the National
Association for the Advance¬
ment of Colored People this
week sent in a total of $1,241.61
for the NAACP Fighting Fund
for Freedom.
A check for $150 was also re¬
ceived from the mother AME
Zion Church, New York city, of
which the Rev. B. C. Robeson
is pastor.
An additional $35 was re¬
ceived from two trade union
locals—$25 from Local 465,
Dining Car Waiters, Portland,
Oregon; and $10, Local 519,
UAW-CIO, ButUr, Pa.
Branches contributed to the
fund as follows: Nashville,
Term., $529.50; Hartford, Conn.,
$225; Battle Creek, Mich., $106 -
36; Waukegan, 111., New Canaan,
Conn., and Port Chester, N. Y.,
$100 each; Alton, III..$55.65, and
Odessa, Texas, $25.
| REV. W. D. KENT IS
j BULLOCH COUNTY’S
MAN OF THE YEAR
At Its first annual banquet
on Wednesday nght, Dec. 16,
held In the William James
high school at Statesboro, the
Bulloch County Negro Chamber
of Commerce named Rev. W. D.
Kent ‘ Man of the Year."
The Bulloch County Negro
Chamber of Commerce which
was organized Sept. 24, 1952, is
headed by the following offi¬
cers: Willie Wilson, president;
H. K. Gross, vice president;
R. W Campbell, secretary, and
Garfield Hall, treasurer.
Atty. Thomas To Seek
Seat In Ohio
Assembly
TOLEDO Ohio— (ANPi Wil¬
liam N. Thomas, Toledo lawyer
disclosed this week that hr
would seek the office of state
representative to the Ohio
General Assembly in the Re-
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