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73 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
LXXIII
2 MORE $111,000 DEPOSITS MADE TO
AID MISSISSIPPI PI!ROE
SCHOOL MAH* tlUU.IX Jl POLICY
POLIO DRIVE NETS OVER
CROWNED KING * tJUEEN —
The top pictuie shows Gwen-
dolyn Daniels, left, and John
Henry Powell, right, who were
crowned Polio Queen and King,
Fine $7,500
For Tax Evasion
HAMPTON. Va. — (ANPi —
Uncle Sam’s G-men are closing
in on income tax evaders in this
section, and their vigilant work
is bearing fruit. The latest
crackdown was on a prominent
physician, Dr. Anderson T.
Scott, 58, who was given a three-
year suspended prison sentence
in U. S'. District court in Norfolk
last week and fined $7,500. He
was given 90 days to pay the
fine.
RECEIVES AWARD—The Coast¬
al Empire Council. Boy Scouts
of America, recently awarded a
Boy Scout .statuette to Clarenep
Wright for his work in the plan¬
ning and promotion of the an¬
nual divisional banquet meeting.
aucimutli ©llmnc
respectively, in tne contest
staged to raise funds for the
1955 March of Dimes Campaign.
Gwendolyn, tlie daughter of
Mrs. Hilda Daniels who was
Dr. Scott, who has an arrested
lease of tuberculosis ,was hailed
to court for income tax evasion
Judge Walter El. Hoffman, new¬
ly appointed republican judge
said he didn't want to do any¬
thing to cause the tuberculosis
to become active again. He said
fee fjne Q fo be enough t0
j make the P u ™hment , hurt, ,
* The P^^an was cherged
Shown presenting the award is
James Holland, Council inter¬
racial chairman.
Mr. Wright holds the position
of Divsional Commissioner in
the local Scout organization.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1955
Exams For
High School
Students
NASHVILLE. Tenn„ Feb. 1 —
The Cooperative Intercollegiate
Examination Program, in its
third year of operation, will give
examinations in more than 150
high schools between March
1-15, 1955. This program offers
an unusual opoortunity to high
school students who desire to
secure scholarship assistance in
getting a college education, or
who desire to enter one of the
participating colleges. More
than $100,000 in scholarship
awards will be made on the
basis of these tests. The exam¬
inations will be given in strateg¬
ic centers thrughout the coun¬
try. A fee of $2.00 is to be paid
by each student to take the
test. Registration and payment
of this fee is 'xmuired by Feb¬
ruary 15. The following colleges
are cooperating in this exam-
nation program' BENNETT,
Greensboro, N. C.; BETHUNE-
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GETS 25 YU. PIN—Arnold Rob¬
erts of 1010 Love St., who was
recently award'd a 25 year pin
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—Phott by Cecil
sponsored by Mrs. Pauline
Wright Maner. raised $228.00,
and John Hemy Poweil, son of
Mrs. Louise Powell who was
sponsored by Mrs. Marian L.
Spaulding, raised $158. Jack
Stiles crowned the king and
queen.
An overflow ciowd (bottom
picture i witnessed the closing
program of the Ting and Queen
Polio contest which was held at
the city auditorium. Monday
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TE ACHERS OF REGION ELEVEN HOLD INTEREST¬
MEETING AT BEACH HIGH
The annual meeting of Region !
Eleven of the Oerogia Teachers
and Education Association was
opened Tuesday morning of last
week in the auditorium of the
Alfred E. Beach high school,
Many teachers from surround-
Boy Scouts Hold
Anniversary Next Week
Through many varied activi¬
ties the nation's 3,66,000 Cub
Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorer;
and adult leaders will observe
the 45th anniversary of the
Boy Scouts of America during
Boy Scout Week. February 6
to 12, with its theme, “Building
for (i Better Tomorrow."
Boy Scout Week is thp ’arg-
est annual single observance by
young citizens. Since Scout-
ing’s incorporation in Washing¬
ton, D. C. on February 8. 1910 j
more than 22,750,000 boys and j
leaders have been enrolled.
The 95,000 Units in all parts oi
the nation, its territories and
overseas base, will dramatize,
through demonstrations, exhio-
its .window displays, and “pot
luck” dinners with parents par¬
ticipation the purposes of Scout¬
ing and the rich heritage it has
in this country.
Boy Scout Week completes the
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ing counties in the Region 11
were present. Alfred F. Beach
school’s band under the
rection of Carl P. Wright fur-
nished the musical prelude
the morning and the
high school enemble, under
3. C, Parents
Want Bi-Ra-
”ial Teachers
COLUMBIA, S. C„ Jan. 20 —
Flatly contradicting a recent
statement by Gov. James F.
Byrnes, the Rev. James M Hin-
f on, state president of the NA-
4CP. asserted here this week
that Negro parents in South
Carolina desire their children
to be taught in school by com-
oetent teachers of both races.
In his farewell address to the
state legislature' Gov. Byrnes
had declared on Jan. 12 that
“the great majority of Negro
parents prefer that their child¬
ren should attend our modern
schools for Negroes and be
taught by Neg c teachers.’
Refuting this statement, Mr
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BENTON HARBOR, Mich.,
Jan. 27—Following a change of
policy by the local school board
to correct a segregated elemen¬
tary school situation here, 12
Negro children of elementary
school age are attending an
integrated school this week
while another 84 Negro child¬
ren are in an all-Negro ele¬
mentary school. The change fol¬
lowed protests by the local NA-
ACP branch.
Last week all Negro children
of elementary school age were
at home because the integrated
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Lettuce, the “Champion of the
Salad Bowl,” is low in calories,
rich in vitamin® and minerals.
Claim St. Louis Doctor, Wife
Owe in Back Taxes
ST. LOUIS— (ANPi—-Feder¬
al District Judge George Moore
ruled last week that Dr. and
Mrs. Vaughn C. Payne owe $19,-
779 in back taxes for the years
1941 through 1947.
The government used a system
described as the net worth
method of computing the pair’s
income. By this system, the gov¬
ernment offered evidence that
the net worth nad increased by
about $40,000 in the period but
that income tax returns filed
had failed to reflect sufficient
income to have accounted for
such a rise.
Dr. Payne, a staff radiologist
at Homer G. Phillips hospital,
contended the government failed
to take into account two gifts
received by the couple. Payne
said one gift of $20,000 given to
him in 1926 and another of $18,-
000 given to his wife in 1944.
An assessment of $31,081
against the Paynes had been re¬
duced to the *19,799 figure by
collections before the civil suit
was filed against them.
direction of Mrs. J. O. Alexan¬
der, and the Beach high school
chorus, under the direction of
Peter J. Smalls, furnished mus¬
ical selections during the pro¬
gram.
James E. Luten. oresident,
! POLIO FIGHTER— Mrs. George
W. Gore, Jr., (seated fifth from
/left), is “Captain” of the polio
drive for the Tallahassee Inter¬
denominational Ministerial Alli¬
ance. Alliance members were
recent luncheon guests of Pres¬
ident and Mrs. Gore during
NEW YORK The Brother¬
hood of Sleeping Car Porters
and the African Methodist Epis¬
copal church last week came to
the aid of Negroes in Mississip¬
pi who are feeling the pressure
of economic sanctions applied
by white financial institution
because the Mlsslssippians
are fighting desperately to sup¬
port integration of public
schools.
The Sleeping Car Porters nad
the AME Church have deposit¬
ed $10,000 each to aid the Ne¬
gro citizens in Mississippi in
their effort to hold their homes,
farms and businesses.
In this proferred aid the
, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
j Porters, through their presi-
A Philip Randolph, said,
.
a letl ‘ 1 ' " '
.. npai . nr walker
with great . deal . . of , pleas- .
“It is a
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' Donations to Pineywood
NowTotal $623,000
PTNEYWOODS MISS 'XnJ^
—Dr. Lawrence C. Jones,
of k Negro college in Piney
Woods Miss., is still hearing
from the many viewers of
Ralph Edwards”s NBC-TV show
“This Is Your Life” which
tured the educator’s life last
December 15
On that show Edwards asked
that dollar donations be mail'
ed to the college in order to set
up a trust fund to help main-
tain the school.
To date a total of $623,507.30
have been contributed by TV
fans who caught Dr. Jones
j life on TV.
1 ~
Its not too lute! You can get
your March of D.„nes comribu-
tion in yet because the deadline
!llas been extended to Feb. 6.
Chatham County Teachers As¬
sociation, presided over the
opening session.
Frank A Jaco^ks, City Mana¬
ger of Savannah, substituted
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which time they completed
plans for going over the top for
the division’s goal.
Left to right, first row, the
Rev. otis Riackshea.r. student.
Fam-N; the Rev. G. W. Coving-
ton, instructor of philosophy,
Fam-U; the Rev. G. W. Coving-
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 10c
FUNERAL SERVICES TO BE HELD
TONIGHT FOR REV. D. D. DICKSON
Funeral services for Rev. David
Daniel Dickson will be held to-
'Thursdayi at the First
Brownsville Baptist churcn.
^ eulogy wll , be slivered
White House Asks Probe
\ccused Miss. Agents
NEW YORK, Jan. The
whUe House has asked Secre¬
tary of Agriculture Ezra Taft
Benson to investigate the char-
Res of racial discrimination
imade against two of its Missis-
sippi agents in affidavits trans-
mttted to Washington by
Wilkins, administrator of
j National Association for
Advancement of Colored People.
i A letter to Mr Wilkins from
' Maxwell M. Rabb, presidential
aide, said that Secretary Benson
I had been asked to look into the
cbar g es Affidavits from Missis-
(sippi submitted to the White
House accused Walter E Strider
an(1 s O’Neal of the Lexington,
Miss., office of the Farmers
Home Administration of deny¬
ing government loans to quali¬
fied Negro applicants.
A SON
Abraham, II, is the name giv¬
en to the son born Jan. 10 to
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Fuller
of Jersey City, N. J. Mrs. Fuller
was formely Miss Hazel Hicks
of Savannah.
ford, chaplain of the Alliance,
pastor of St. Mary’s Primitive
Baptist church; the Rev. W. M.
Burns, pastor, First Baptist In-
I sotutional church Mr® r w
,Gore, captain of Polio March
of Dimes" movement; the Rev.
|M. G. Miies, president of the
NUMBER 17
by Rev. W. G« r>, pastor of th*
;church. Other ministers taking
par t j n the servees will ae -;ev.
—
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CLINICIAN — Dr. R. A. Deno,
professor of pharmacology.
University of Michigan, will be
the speaker for the annual pub¬
lic health program of the 29th
Annual Clinic and 26th Annual
Meeting of the Florida A and M
University Clinical Association,
Wednesday, February 9. at 12 05
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Alliance, pastor
Primitive Bat
Rev. E. W. St
of the Allianc
Hobbs,
Chapel Primitive
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