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72 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF ULXII Supreme Court Acts to End Jim Crow In Public Recreation and j 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. * 1 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. 1 Itr faiiauiiali frifottr 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 (Continued on Page Eight) 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 111 . ba "vannari, Lra 11 ecl suu , 111 " I U- S. District court | ; | j i i : E. B. Law, Speaker National Memorial Day will be celebrated Saturday by the citizens of the Woodville sect- (Continued on Pagf Six) ber 0 f the National ------—---- —----- - (Continued on Page Seven) ■ v.y 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 ___ Continued on Page Eight ; 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, (Continued on Page Seven) 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, (Continued from Page Three) 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 " _____ (Continued on Page Seven) 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 (Continued on Page Seven) - 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 (Continued on Page Seven. 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 J ^0 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 (Continued on Page Eight) 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 (Continued on Page Seven) NUMBER 38 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. -*r- 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. i 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, (Continued on Page Six)