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72 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
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Supreme Court Acts to End Jim Crow In
Public Recreation and
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DISCUSSES PLANS—Democratic Congressman William L. Dawson of Illinois, who is also vice
Chairman ef the Democratic National Committee, discusses national campaign issues and
reminiscences with former President Harry S. Truman in the Mayflower Hotel, Washington. !
D. C. Mr. Dawson called on Mr. Truman to renew a long-standing friendship during the
latter’s visit to Washington to attend the National Jefferson-Jackson Dinner and Conference
May 5-6, and fulfill speaking engagements in the East.
QUICK ACTION QUELLS 4
IN PROVIDENT HOSPITAL
Woodville Citizens to
Celebrate Memorial
Nashville Bans 'Jim Crow
In Airport Restaurant
Membership
Committee
To Meet For
2nd Report
The second report meeting oi
Hie current 1954 NAACP Mem¬
bership Campaign will be held
on Thursday evening, May
ft o’clock at the Mount Zion
Baptist church, West Broad
street and Waldburg lane,
Rev. J. Q. Adams, pastor.
J. S. Delaware and C. Wim-
Iw rly, local NAACP branch offi¬
cials. will give reports on the
recent special emergency
ference held in Atlanta
weekend. Rev- P. A.
the campaign chairman
in charge of the meeting.
A DAUGHTER
Susan Ann is the name
the daughter born May 2 to
and Mrs. James Davis of
troit. Mich., former residents
Savannah.
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MISS TERRELL CROWNED "MISS OMEGA”—Miss Ethel R. Terrell (left) winner in the Miss
Omega Scholarship Contest who was crowned "MISS OMEGA” during the scholarship dance
on Thursday night, May 13. at Tremont Inn. Bro J. Q. Jefferson crowned the queen.
Miss Marie Barnwell icenteri was socond place winner and Miss Delores V. Grant, right,
third. Miss Jean Miller and Miss Albertha James were runners up.
A scholarship *vill be given to the most outstanding senior high school graduate during
commencement.
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NASHVILLE, Torn.— (ANP)—
The Nashville city council last
veck voted unanimously to ban
aeial segregation in the rest¬
aurant of the Municipal Air¬
port restaurant.
Councilman Z.
Looby introduced the resolution
which has been supported by
the local NAACP, the Interde¬
nominational Ministerial Alli¬
ance and other organizations.
This action climaxed a tight
by Negro citizens to halt the
jimerow practices of the dining
concession, operated by Sky
Chefs, Inc. The old policy in
general jimerowed Negroes for
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DIXIE NAACP LEADERS
TO IMPLEMENT COURT
MRS. ROOSEVELT BECOMES A LIFE MEMBER
NEW YORK. Ma v 20 — Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt last week
became a paid-in-luii life mem-
Thurgood Marshall, chief
legal counsel for the NAACI’,
who led the fight against
segregation.
WASHINGTON—! ANPi — The
U. S. Supreme Court on
May 24, took action in six
virtually banning segregation in
public housing projects, public
places of recreation and state-
supported colleges,
ohm-tiv y after <jnme re
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E. B. Law, Speaker
National Memorial Day will
be celebrated Saturday by the
citizens of the Woodville sect-
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ber 0 f the National
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1054
CHICAGO—
South sldcrs were upset
Sunday night as four fires
incendiary origin were
iii whfat city firemen
looked like attempted arson
Provident hospital, one of
largest Negro volunteer
in the world.
No clues as yet have been de-
veloped as to who may have
the blazes. A special fire
department is studying the
sources of the blazes.
The police department is co¬
operating with the fire depart-
ment in trying to solve the
mystery of the flames. A con-
stant guard of policemen and
a fireman on each floor has
been set up at the hospital.
According to Clyde Reynolds,
executive director of Provident,
the first three blazes were
covered around 10 p.m.
Smoke seeping up through
basement disturbed hospital
patients.
Wn*vaitai orminper Albert
‘
Jackson discovered the
As firemen tried i put
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; ATLANTA. May 23 A program
J supreme it action Court to implement decision ban- the
j n * n 8 segregation in public
! schools was mapped by southern
j ind border state leaders of the
I National Association for the
| Advancement of Colored People
I in a two-day conference with
I national office leaders which
i closed here today. Attending
the conference were state pres-
i idents. lawyers and other NAA-
! CP representatives from 17
states and the District of Col-
. umbia.
Rev. J. M. Hinton, president
■ of the South Carolina State
| Conference of NAACP Branches,
was chosen chairman of the
conference Representing the
national office were Walter
White, executive secretary: Roy
Wilkins, administrator: Thur-
good Marshall* special counsel;
Gloster B Current, director
branches; Clarence Mitchell, ________
, (director. Washington Bureau;
and other staff members.
segregation in housing, the
S. Supreme court rejected an
appeal by a West Coast housing
authority seeking approval of a
segregation policy in public
low-rent projects.
The high court decision Mon¬
day had the effect of outlaw¬
ing segregation in public housing
projects. It applied specifically j <
to the housing authority of the
city and county of San Fran-1
cisco. It was the second Supreme! decision
rendered by the U S
Court , on segregation as it .. af-,
1(0 s
Plaintiffs in the Savannah a . '
suit seek preliminary „ , and , pel-, „
manent Injunction. against,
ents tor turning down
ed applications for
i in the Fred Wessels homes here,
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j | 65 TO RECEIVE DECREES
, | j STATE
The seventy-first graduating
class of Savannah State college,
composed of 65 students, will
hear the, Rev. J. Pius Barbour,
A.B.. B.D., Th. M„ editor of the
j National Baptist Voice and
| pastor of the Calvary Baptist
church, Chester Pennsylyania,
at (he baccalaureate services
in Meldrim Auditorium on Sun-
day at 4 p. m.
Six activity-packed days mark
the closing of the historic
college's seventy-first gradu¬
ating ceremonies on Wednesday,
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Segregation
Ends in Two
Plates
WASHINGTON—(ANP I Seg¬
regation came to an end in two
school set-ups last week.
Army operated schools in the
Panama Canal Zone will be
integrated by September. The
system includes 17 elementary,
junior high and two high
schools.
For the first time a Negro
admitted to Odessa Junior
college, Odessa, Tex. The board
of regents voted unanimously
to admit James R. Robbins, 26,
a veteran of the Korean War.
Robbins will enroll in the
I ’ summer session soon to start.
A public college, Odessa in
the past has refused to admit
Negroes, although have applied.
| The conference, called ii
j accordance with a resolutioi
0 f the National Board of Direct
ors instructed ‘ all our branch
es in ev ery af f {ec ted area tc
! petition their local school
j boards to abolish segregation
without delay and to assist
these agencies in working out
ways and means of implement¬
ing the Court’s ruling.”
The Atlanta Declaration
adopted by the conference, gave
assurance that the NAACP
stands “ready to work with
law abiding citizens who are
anxious to translate this deci’s-
ion into a program of action
eradicate racial segregation in
public education as speedily as
j possible the NAACP . ..The will total be resources mad(
available to facilitate this groat
project of ending the artificial
separation of Americas child-
ren on the irrevelant basis
or color ’
recognized . .
“ The conference "
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Shreveport
ItICIII ]%/f lOv*V CrwxLro IyS
School Post
SHREVEPORT, La. i ANP i
The first Negro to seek public
office in Shreveport since re-
construction days.qualifted last
week as a candidate for
bership on the Caddo Parrish
school „„ hnnI board
i ant u ,i <, i. t . . imp
kins, , who has been a resident
of the city since 1942. made , no
mention ot th, supreme
ruling ,1-
his announcement came
the day after the decision was
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Vets Council Holds Memorial
Celebration Sunday
The local Memorial Day cele-
j bratlon will be held Sunday
and, as in the past few years,
it will be under the auspices of
the Forest City Veterans Coun¬
cil.
The observance will consist of
a street parade followed by a
program at Cann park.
The parade, which will start
at West Broad and Hall streets,
will go south on West Broad to
45th street and then west to
Cann park.
In the procession will be the
following units: Police escort,
cars with chairman of the
parade, W. A. Odom, chairman
of Forest City Veterans Coun¬
cil and the speaker of the day,
Prof. Robt. P. Jordan, principal
of Statesboro high school;
Parade Marshal Comdr. C. O.
Ryals; color bearers, Post 513,
American Legion; Beach high
school band, Marching unit of
Hunter Airforce base, cars with
Jans, Spanish American War veter-
C. Clark. Paul J.
and Disabled War veterans;
James high school
band, Statesboro; marching
units of the American Legion,
Posts 500 and 513; cars con-
j Gaining the auxiliaries of the
abHve Fasts: Co mmander O T
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PLANS
GRAND OPENING
</ETS POST HOME
TONIGHT
Major R i, Wright,
Disabled American Veterans,
now at their new Post
Fortieth and Floranee
the grand opening will
olace tonight, Thursday,
7:00 p. m.
The Post was named in
of , the .. late . . Major ... D R. R. D ... i . .
first president of the
• g(- ate college.
now
J' a f college. and its
(Commander was Paul J.
! followed by Commander
g Collier and the present
i mander, Heyward
t officers J. M.
Other are
adjutant: R
i treasurer and manager of
Post and Henry Young, Sr
vice commander.
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
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j NEW LOOK IN THE
AND THE NORTH is reflected
by the United Packinghouse
orK f rs America, CIO's
lecent election of George
as of Fort Worth, Texas, second
from left . the first Negro ever
to t win w j n tj,e the post post of of District
Director in a Southern area,
, , ... “"Vrty-oloucd , .
o‘th, ”, ht
Thomas’ victory marks the
first time in either AFL or
Mound Bayou To Welcome
White Citizens
MOUND BAYOU, Miss (AN¬
Pi Mayor E. A. Green said In
an interview last week that
Mound Bayou, an all Negro
town of 1,328, has "no school
segregation problem" and that
the citizens “would welcome
white students into the city
schools.
"No, segregation doesn’t give
us a bit of trouble," Green
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HUSBAND DIED IN JAIL
WIDOW AWARDED
$ 5,000
COLUMBUS, Miss—(ANP* _
A circuit court jury Wednesday
awarded $5,000 to the widow of
a prisoner who died in the
Lowndes county jail earlier
this year The decision was
against Sheriff C. E. Farmer
his bonding company and jail¬
er Russell Scofield.
Mrs. Velma Russell askeci
$60,000 damages for her hus¬
band's death, charging he died
as a result of neglect by the
sheriff.
MORE PLAYING AREAS
NEEDED BY LITTLE
LEAGUERS
j Over 300 boys have registered
for Little League Baseball
| sored by the West Broad Street
Branch YMCA. Playing of
games has been hampered by
J insufficient, play area for sched
u i ed games, but managers,
j coaches and “Y" officials are
seeking areas that can be con-
, verted into a playing area
where ail games can „ be . „ sched¬
uled.
Commissioner Joseph Greene
states that juvenile delinquency
will take a decided drop if
play areas are developed where¬
by these boys can play. Dr. J W.
Wilson chairman of the
mi, tee ol Management of the
West Broad Street Branch YM-
CA. is seckim- help
the city recreation
All members the Y whose
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CIO that a Negro union leader
1 has won such a position in the
. South. His area covers Arkansas
j Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas
, and , „ New Mexico , Congratulat- _ , „ ,
ing Thomas and Hayes are
Russell R. Lasley. left, UPWA
vice president, Ralph Helstcln,
president, center, and Edmund
Dumas, second from rlfjht.
newly-elected director of the
union’s Southeastern District.
I UPWA represents 150,000 mem-
bers in the meat packing and
related industries.
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Negro Doctor
Heads N. Y.
County Med.
Society
NEW YORK, N. Y — Dr. Pefw
Marshall Murray, a Negro WIkj
was born in Houma, Louisiana,
was installed as president of
the New York County MedReal
Society recently,
New Ylark county covers Man¬
borough of New York
clt *' Tbe membership
nc * uc * es some °f the country#
most famous physicians. It has
more than 7,000 members.
Dr. Murray is the first mem¬
ber of his race to become presi¬
dent of any of the county med¬
ical groups that make up the
American Medical Association.
MISS GRANT PRE¬
SENTED IN RECITAL
AT HOWARD UNIV.
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According to an announce¬
ment by the faculty of the
Music of Howard ..
of
university, Miss Evelyn Valancia
Grant was presented in a senior
piano recital. Wednesday, May
26, in Andrew Rankin Memorial
Chapel at Howard university,
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