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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXXIII
No Discrimination
At Schofield
TO ATTEND N. Y. MEETING
W. W. Law, a member of the
national board of directors,
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
will attend the Annual Meeting
of the Association and a meet¬
ing of the board on Monday, i
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BIG EMANCIPATION CELEBRATION SATOIIAY
TV Viewers Give $400,000
To School
Local Masonic Lodges
: Install New Officers
ATTENDING AKA BOULE — |
Mrs. Countess Y. Cox, member j
of Gamma Sigma Omega chap- ^
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DR WRIGHT TO RE¬
LINQUISH DIRECTOR¬ I
SHIP, ALPHAS \
SCHOLARSHIPS |
Dr. Milton S. J. Wright of
Wiibcrforce university spent |
Christmas Day here visiting his |
mother, enroute to Miami, Fla.,
to attend the Alpha’s conven¬ I |
tion.
V .
VANCE ALLISON POST
HAS XMAS PARTY
The All Girls Unit and Boys
Drum Corps of Vance Allison
Post and Auxiliary held their
Christmas party at the Post
Home, 511 West Park Ave.. Dec.
24, at 10 p.m. The children from
the Greenbrier Home were the
By Hubert H. White for ANP
Honolulu, capital of Hawaiian
Islands, which is the queen of
racial equality in the Pacific,
has just completed welcoming
the 25th Infantry division from
Korea and Japan.
About 15 per cent of the
troops in the 25th are Negroes
and they appear to be fully in-
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SAVANNAH STATE
GIV F S $100 TO
SEAL SALE
Leonard D. Law. seal sale
chairman of the Associate
Board of the Chatham-Savan-
nah Tuberculosis and Health
Association, announced a check
of one hundred dollars was
received from Pres. W. K. Payne
as a contribution from the
faculty and students of Sav-
annah State college. Law is
also asking persons who have
not mailed their checks for
seals, to do so as soon as pos¬
On Tuesday night, December
21, at 8 o’clock the officers of
five local Masonic lodges were
installed in an impressive cere¬
mony by District Deputy Don¬
ald Thomas.
The ceremony was held at the
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Ask President To Halt
Terrorism I
NEW YORK, Dec. 22—Presi-
dent Eisenhower has been
asked to intervene to counter-
act the “undisguised economic
intimidation” of Negro business-
men farmers and homeowners
in Mississippi by certain white
Dr. Wright has been National
Director of Educational Activi-
ties of Alpha Phi Alpha frater-
nity for the past three years,
during which time he has di¬
rected awarding approximately
$10,000 in scholarships and fel-
lowships. He plans to retire as
director after giving his Miami
report.
Cn January 1, Dr. Wright is
honored guests at the party.
The Christmas tree was decor¬
ated beautifully by Mr$. Omega
Ryals and Mrs. Annie L. Schmidt
who is youth chairman of Vance
Allison Auxiliary.
A program was rendered by
Mrs. Schmidt. Mrs. McNichols,
matron at Greenbrier Home,
igave an impressive talk. The
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PHOTO BY CECIL
TRIBUNE CARRIERS’ CHRISTMAS PARTY The above picture shows the group of local newspaper carriers that attended the
Christmas party given by the publisher of The Savannah Tribun e on Tuesday afternoon at the West Broad Y. M .C. A.
In the background,
right to left, are Rev. A. J.
Hargrett, circulation manager;
Mrs. Celeste Ward, carrier; Ezra
LOS ANGELES — (ANP)
Reports here say some $400,000
has been counted already from
a deluge of contributions sent
to a small Mississippi school
whose president was honored on
Ralph Edward’s “This is Your
Life.”
At least GO bags of mail re¬
mained to be opened at the
Piney Woods post office and it
was believed that many contri-
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The usual Emancipation Proc-
iamation celebration will be
held here this coming Saturday.
J | It will include a street parade j
followed by a literary program.
The observance, known as
Freedom Day Celebration, is
! being sponsored by a commit¬
tee composed of the Emancipa¬
tion Proclamation Association
ber of the Grand Jury of the
(Common Pleas Court in Green
County, Ohio, which begins
(January 10.
A SDN
John Henry, Jr., is the name
given to the son born December
14, to Mr. and Mrs. John Henry
Myers of Carver Village.
i bankers, merchants
j agents.
; The request for Whi^e House
intervention was emboided in a
telegram to the President from
Dr. Channing H. Tobias, chair-
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scheduled to make the annual
banquet address for the Detroit
local union of the United Mine
Workers. This interracial group
selects each year as their speak¬
er some one nationally out¬
standing in the field of eco¬
nomics, business or education.
Returning to Wilberforce, Dr.
Wright will have the honor and
distinction of serving as a mem-
were served ice cream and
cake. Gifts were presented to
Commander Ryals, Mrs. Ryals
and the president, Mrs. Robin¬
son. Mrs. Gussie Wright, Com¬
rade Robert Johnson and other
members of the Post and Auxil¬
iary were present to help make
party a joyous event, ,
president, Mrs. Olivia Robinson,
extended Christmas greetings.
C. O. Ryals extended words of
welcome to all. Christmas carols
were sung, poems recited and
dances which were enjoyed by
the children.
The children were given stock¬ I
ings filled with Christmas can¬
dies and fruit, after which they
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. THl'RSDAY, DEC. .10. 1954
Johnson, Asst, to Publisher;
j ."River Swab.v, student at SSC
(who directed the games; Mrs. A.
J.‘ Hargrett who assisted with
Dr. Mordeeai Johnson Rev. Janies C. McMillan
President, Howard Univ., General Chairman of
Speaker Celebration
and the Social Clubs Union, with
James C. McMillan, chair¬
Raleigh Bryant, Sr., co-
chairman; Rev. F. D. Jaudon,
vice chairman; Dr. C. P. Hobbs,
president, emeritus, and Rev. J.
T. McMillen, general executive
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invitations and decorations,
and Samuel J. Ayers, advertLs-
ing representative.
The carriers shown are Mari-
$1-4 MILLION AWARDED
VICTIM OF TRANSIT
ACCIDENT
CHICAGO, 111. — A firm of
istute Chicago attorneys made
legal history here last week
when their efforts won for e
six-year-ol dgirl Negro girl al¬
most a quarter of a million
dollar jury verdict against the
giant Chicago Transit Authori-
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MARINE SGT. LAWRENCE
HAMILTON, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Johnnie Ward of 2163
Broadway St., Macon, Ga., and
husband of the former Miss
Alberta Byers of 29 Borden
Ave., Asbury Park. N. J has I
been advanced to his present !
rank while serving with Head¬
quarters Battalion, 3rd Marine j
Divsion at Camp Gifu, Japan. - j
(FHTNG)
Hamilton enlisted in Febru¬
ary, 1948.
on Williams, John Barton, Wil-
j j ames Salmon. Henry Single-
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Sentence 2 Wealthy Brothers
For Two in Slavery
BIRMINGHAM — (ANP)
Two prosperous white brothers
who held two men as slaves
were sentenced to 1 ’•» years on
federal peonage charges.
The brothers, farmers in west
central Alabama, were sen¬
tenced by U. S. District court
Judge Lynn. They were con¬
victed in May.
Judge Lynn ordered Oscar
Edwin Dial, 34, to begin serving
his prison term Christmas eve,
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Appeal Two Maryland
Cases
RICHMOND, Va.—Two cases
questioning the validity of
Maryland’s segregation policy
were filed here last week with
the U. S. Court of Appeals by
NAACP Legal Defense and Ed¬
ucational Fund lawyers on be-
Brownell
11rged Halt
Housing Bias
NEW YORK, Dec. 22 Warn¬
ing that a proposal of the
National Association of Homr
Builders to erect houses fr>‘
Negro occupancy only “T
u It able sites" can be four)'
means the development of mo 1
ghettos, Walter White, NAAC'
executive secretary, has urge
US. Attorney General Herbert
R Brownell to take steps “t/
halt government participatin’
in the practice of extending
racial segregation in housing.’
The Home Builders advancer'
this program at a Washington
conference on minority group
housing problems called by the
government’s Housing ant
Home Finance Agency, Decern
ber 9-10. Members of the
Builders Association agreed U
aim for a goal of 10 per cent of
all housing they developed fn-
minority occupancy, provider!
“suitable sites” could be found
The NAACP was represented' at
the conference by Clarence
Mitchell, director of the Asso¬
ciation's Washington Bureau
and Madison S. Jones, field
secretary.
The NAACP representatives
submitted proposals restricting
government aid to housing,
slum clearance and redevelop¬
ment only on the basis of oc¬
cupancy and use without racial
cpnsiderations of any kind.
While these proposals were
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COMMITTEE IN CHARGE EMANCIPATION
DAY CELEBRATION SATURDAY
Rev. J. T. MdYlillan Raleigh Bryant, Sr.
Gen. Ex. Secretary Co-Chairman
Rev. F. D. Jaudon Rev. C. P. Hobbs
Vice-Chairman President Emeritus
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
Powell’s Secretary
ior Tax Invasion
NEW Y*)RK (ANPi -
cuts charging evasion of pay-
ent of federal income taxe L
ere returned here list week
;ainst Mrs. Hattie Free mar,
obson, a congressional secre
ry to Rep. Adam Claytoi
well and her husband, How-
d T. Dodson.
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ARIE1Y GARDEN CLUB
AMFS DECOR
DINNERS
The annual Christmas Door
coration contest sponsored by
e Variety Garden Club war
Id Monday night.
Winners were Mrs. Irma S
Fields 801 W 39th St., first;
rs. Everett I). Stephens, 537
Park Ave., second; and Mrs.
„. W. Gadsden, 008 W. 30th St.,
third.
Mrs. Will Artley, Jr., and Mrs
I |and J. L. Mayers were the judges
Mrs. Editta Gill was chair-
; man of the committee in charge
'of the contest.
Local Eastern Star Chapters
Install 1955 Officers
On Thursday night, Dec. 23,
the five local chapters of the
Order of Eastern Star held
vices their at annual the Masonic installation Temple, ser- j
Rev. A E. Peacock, installing
officer, was assisted by Worthy
Patron Robert Smith, P. M.
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half of Negroes who had been
denied tiic use of recreational
facilities in Baltimore.
The cases are the results of
lower courts’ decisions which
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NUMBER 12
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WORKSHOP DIRCTOR - Chiu
J. Smith, III, assistant professor
of jourinalism and director of
public relations at Florida A-
ind M. University, will serve as
director of the fifth annual
Florida A- and M University in¬
ter-scholastic press workshop
scheduled for January 28-29,
1955.
REGIONAL :* • EACHERS —.
T
JQ MEET
The o.T.E.A , Region 8, will
rqri amju^l meeting on
Friday 1 , January 7, in Dublin.
The. program is scheduled to
begin at 9 30 a m. at the Ocon¬
ee High school. Lucius Baeote,
president of the Georgia Teach¬
ers and Education Association,
is principal of the school and
T, R Maxwell of Vidalia, direct¬
or of Region 8. The special
feature of the meeting will be
a panel discussion on the topic,
"Curriculum Framework for
Georgia Schools.”
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