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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXX1II
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Mrs. VYilla Ayers Johnson, Editor and Publisher
Ezra Johnson, Assistant to Publisher and Adv. Manager
J. H. Butler, Associate Editor
It. W. Gadsden, Contributing Editor
Mrs. Albert M. Thweatt, Columnist
’George E. Jenkins, Advertising Marmjjer and Linotype Operator
Kev. A. J. Hargrett, Circulation Manager
Mrs. Mary E. lirockington, Office Clerk and Bookkeeper
Samuel J. Ayers,. Adv. Representative
Charles A. Simmons, Foreman of Composing Room
H. I). Bisard, Linotype Operator
Harold L. Brown, Pressman
Wesley Young, Pressman
Herman Mitchell, Apprentice
St. Louis Alderman Again I
Indicted By Grand Jury
A fourth
ainst Al-
xth Ward
by the
jury last
t charges
a $200
with a
Non-Segregation Urged at
Housing Conference
1IOAIE FROM NAVY —
Robinson, son of Mr. and
Edward J. Roibnson. East
tory Drive, has been
from the Navy. He was a
serving with Com Lan
Flot One, for a period of 2
in the Far East, and 22
with Com. Naval Beach
One.
A Beach High school
of Aug. 1950. he will attend
College, New York, this
year.
: Oliver’s trouble is his refusal to
| adhere to the outlned program
; of R aymo nd R. Tucker, mayor
I 0 f st Louis,
Mark Henneley, attorney for
Oliver, said the latest indict-
1 ment against Oliver is “very
unusual,” considering the fact
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 — “It
s evident that private industry
has no intention of providing
housing on a non-segregated
-,asis,” Clarence Mitchell, di¬
rector of the Washington Bu¬
reau of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, declared after partici¬
pating in the Conference on
Minority Housing which was
attended by representatives of
the building industry, govern-
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Dr. Jordan Becomes
A Member of N. T.
Academy of Science
Doctor Carl Rankin Jordan,
Drominertt > local physician, was
elected to active membership in
the New York Academy of Sci¬
ences on December 15. This so-
ciety is one of the oldest scien¬
tific organizations in this
country, hbving been founded
in 1817. It comprises numerous
divisions, to wit: geology, biol¬
ogy, physics, mycology, psychol¬
ogy. chemistry, medicine, etc.
The academy is primarily con-
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23,1954
LOUISVILLE, Ky.— (ANP>—A
white newspaper man who
purchased a home for a Negro
in an all-white section of this
city, was sentenced last week to
15 years in prison and fined
$5,000 after being convicted of
“advocating sedition."
Carl Braden, 4C, purchased
the home in his own name, for
Andrew Wade IV, a Negro con¬
tractor, early last Spring and
later transferred title to Wade.
In June, a mysterious explosion
occurred at the home.
Opinion in the community
was split as to the cause of the
blast. Some charged white hate
groups with dynamiting the
group. Later, Commonwealth’s
Atty. A Scott Hamilton, accused
Braden and others of setting
off the explosion to foment
trouble between whites and
Negroes.
Braden, who worked for the
Louisville-Courier-Journal as a
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“Peg Leg”
Rates Sues
Tavern Owner
CHICAGO—) ANPi, — Clayton
Peg Leg” Bates, one-legged
I tap dancer, has sued a Chicago
tavern that refused him ser¬
vice.
Bates, who has appeared on |
several television programs, is |
I one of four persons involved in
a $2,000 civil rights suit filed in
muneipal court aganst the own¬
er of a tavern in a white neigh-
bwhood
Included in the suit are Miss
Worthy L Ward, Evanston, 111.;
and Mr. and Mrs. Max Redmon,
Indianapolis.
According to the suit, Bates,
Miss Ward and the Redmon
couple, who are white, entered
the tavern and waited for ser-
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SCENES FROM HALF CENTURY CELEBRATION—Above are
scenes from the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Guaranty
Life Insurance Company held Sunday.
Picture No. 1—District managers and assistants attending the
celebration; Thos. McPherson, Augusta, retired employee; W. S.
Scott president of the company; Joseph Jackson, Valdosta; Mrs.
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Ur. Davis Heads New NAACP
Legal De fense Department
4
Dr. John 4V. Davis
NEW YORK. Dec. 17 — The
of a new department
NAACP Legal Defense and
Fund to protect
teachers, principals, and
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Ex-Pro Football Great Barely
■ Bullets
CLEVELAND, Ohio— lANPi —
Motley, retired fullback
the ’Cleveland Browns and
of the game’s all time
barely escaped being
by a crazed gunman last
who was later shot to
in a gun duel with two
The shooting occurred in
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C. Ford, secretary; W. D. Wood, Jr.; special man; Herman J.
Williams, A L. Davis, both of Savannah; Samuel Byrd, Columbus;
Wm. Habersham. Macon; V. C. Howard. Athens; E. Shuler, Savan
nah; S. E. Owens, Macon; Burrell Parker, Atlanta; J. L. Richards,
Atlanta; J. A. Singleton, agency t Albany; Cyrus W. Hickson, Aug-
officer; Talxnadge S. Glover,! usta; Raymond H. Bain, assist-
Victims
NEW NEW YORK. YORK, Dec. Dec. 16 10 —
leaders in Mississippi have
assured of the support of
National Association for
Advancement of Colored
in meeting the economic
sures being exerted
NAACP members and other
vocates of integration in
state.
The NAACP, Roy Wilkins,
ministrator, said in a letter
Dr. T. R. M. Howard of
Bayou, president of the
al Council of Negro
is exploring the possibility
joining with “other
and individuals in devising
fnancial formula through
ular banking channels
would provide relief for
small businessmen
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Many, Courses to be Offered at
Saturday, Dec. 18. marked
tnc end of the fall quarter for
Savannah State college and i
the beginning of the Christmas 5
vacation. The college will re-
Member Audit Bureau Circulation*
Price 7c
iPatterson _ Case , . Appealed , , V
To U.S. Supreme Court
New York, N. Y. Milton H.
Friedman, attorney for William
L. Patterson, today announced
that he is taking an appeal to
the United States Supreme
Court against his client's 90-
day sentence for contempt. Mr.
Patterson is now in the Federal
House of Detention, 427 West
street, New York City. This is
the second 90-day sentence Mr.
Patterson is serving within a
period of five months. The
charge of contempt is the same.
Mr. Friedman also stated
that he will ask the U. S. Su¬
preme Court to release Mr. Pat-
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open on January 3 at which
time students will register for
the winter.
According to an announce-
from the Registrar's Off-
ant agency officer.
No. 2—Mi's. Wilhelmina Fields ility years.
Williams being given a cash
No. 3—Mrs. J. T. Phillips of
award by President Scott for
having been a policy holder for (Continued on Pace Seven)
NUMBER 11
Allison Post Auxiliary
Plays Santa Claus To
Family of Nine
The Ladies Auxiliary to the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
No. 2933 played Santa Claus in
a very unique wa.v to a family
composed of a mother and
eight children on Saturday
evening, December 11. Con¬
tributions were given toward
this surprise by auxiliary mem¬
bers of Post No. 7587 of this
city Attending and presenting
clothing and groceries were
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ice, some of the courses which
will be ottered next quarter for
the end of the fall quarter for
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