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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXX1V
THE GRADUATING CLASS
s
69 SSC Candidates For
Hear
Plans Being Made For Nat’l
Business Convention
MERRICK (OIL ER
COMF1, 1 > F.S COURSE
Merrick William Collier, re¬
cently completed a six-week
course in clinical pastoral train-
at , ,, the New . Eng.anc, , , ... Medi- ..
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cal Center, Boston, Mass., ae-
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Alpha Establish $25,000
Sdi o’ iikt.1. ift £ 3 rd at Cornell
ITHACA, N. Y - A check for
$12,500 as an initial payment
towards the c >t i-blishment of a
$25,000 Memorial
Fund at Cornell University was
presentee’, to the university by
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Armory in the nation’s capital. All of the trophies were donated for the second year by The Co
ra-Cola Company, Atlanta, Ga. Girls from over the nation will vie for the cups and $4000 in sch
olarships. ghown above: Kendrix. Leon Calhoun,past Potentate, Mecca Temple; Ford, and Oti
s N. Thompson Kendrix associate.
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REV. CELVELAND 29
YRS AT ST. JOHN
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Due recognition of Dr. E. O. S.
Cleveland’s twenty-nine years
pastor of St. John Baptist ,. ,
as ‘
church will be made next week
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Frank L. Stanley, Sr„ president
of Alpha Phi Alpha, Saturday,
to highlight the fraternity’s
50th anniversary pilgrimage to
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WASHINGTON, D. C. (ANT)
Horace Sudduth, president oi the
National Negro Business League,
was in the city last week making
plans for the League’s convention
which will be held here Oct. 24-
26.
This convention promises to lie
one of the most interesting- and
best attended during reran! years.
Dr. Frederick Patterson of the
j Phelps-Stokes Fund, and former
president of Tuskegee, will deliver
the principal address on opening
night.
Much interest will be directed
to the election of a new presi¬
dent.
Sudduth, a prominent business¬
man of Cincinnati, Ohio, will re¬
tire this year because of his health.
During his eight years as head
of the League, Sudduth has spent
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Prepares Integration of 76
Counties-WilS Teachers
FRANKFORT, Ky. (ANT) -
School districts in all but 20 coun¬
ties are expected to have begun
some steps toward school integra¬
tion by this fall, according to the
Kentucky Council on Human Re¬
lations last week.
The council reported that one
or more school districts in 76
counties will have at least started
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1956
The Reverend Rooerfc M
I’lig-h of the 12th Street YMCA,
in Washington, D.C., and 1942
Savannah State College gradu¬
ate, delivered the baccalaureate
adc’.re s to the 69 candidates
for degrees at, Savannah State
College Sunday. Immediately
following tiie services. President,
and Mrs. W. K. Payne- were at
home to the graduates, their
parents and friends and the
alumni and friends of the col¬
lege.
Rev. Pugh centered his dis-
mission around 'Out of the
Darkne s into the Light.” In
his inspiring address, he said,
“ . . . we have embarked upon
a new age in which every¬
thing is possible . . . Che must
accept the knowledge of truth,
follow it wherever it leads . . .
one must have courage to face
difficult situations in the
of today . . . Intellectual men
and women must have courage
to press forward for freedom
for all, and the willingness to
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desegregation when school opens
in the fall, and that only 33 coun¬
ts do not include a district that
has indicated plans to commence
integration.
However, many districts have
decided to start desegregation
CRI1IC1ZES SEGREGATION, FINDS CROSS
BURNING IN FRONT YARD
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—<ANP>
After writing a letter to the
Montgomery Advertiser criti-
•izing segregation here, a white
nan returned home one night
last, week. to find a flaming
cross on the lawn of his home.
Chief G. J. Ruppenthal said
Donald Cox reported he left
(home about 11 p. m. on an
I (errand and returned 50 minutes
later to find the blazing cross.
Cox said he thought the in¬
Democrats Okey
Weak Civil
CHICAGO, 111., Aug. 16—’This
morning early the Democratic
national convention adopted a
moderate civil rights plank in,
their platform after turning
down an amendment, presented
by 14 liberals of the 103 mem¬
ber platform committee, which
would have put teeth in the
measure.
to whether the ayes or the nays
j p.cvane
j The explosive civil rights 1
New Swimming Pool to be
Dedicated Sun. Afternoon
Tentative plans for the dedi¬
cation of the new swimming
pool and recreation area on the
Ogeechee Road were made
Monday by the steering com¬
mittee of the Savannah Rec¬
reation Commission.
The dedication program will
'be held Sunday, August 19, at
3 p. m. Tlie recreation area will
be named In honor of Mrs.
Sophronia G. Tompkins, re¬
tired principal of the Wood-
ville High School.
The program with Joe
Greene, football coach at Beach
Mrs. Sophron.a Gaston
Tompkins, retired principal
of Woodville high school,
after whom the new swim¬
I ming pool with its recre¬
ational facilities is named.
High school, serving as master
of ceremonies, will be as fol¬
lows:
Invocation, Rev. W. C. Cun¬
ningham, pastor, St. Luke Bap¬
tist church; introduction of
Charles Wood, chairman, Sa¬
vannah Recreation Commiss¬
ion; presentation of Honorable
Mayor W. Lee Mingledorff, Jr.;
presentation of Mrs. Sophronia
G. Tompkins; presentation of
flowers to Mrs. Tompkins in
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when school opens, but have not.
publicly reported this, the coun¬
cil said. Other districts now un¬
decided are likely to begin, ac¬
cording to the council.
About the Negro teacher, the
council quoted a principal as suy-
cident resulted from a letter to
the editor of the Advertiser
published August 1.
The letter criticized segrega¬
tion traditions of the South,
and Cox said his conscience
■forced me” to leave a recent
religious revival meeting be¬
cause the minister sanctioned
racial segregation.
Cox said he has also received
many threatening phone calls.
measure was the last of the
eleven planks of the platform
to be brought before the con¬
vention.
When Rayburn ruled the
amendment lost a cry of pro¬
test arose from the supporters
of the substitute. Rayburn re¬
mained adamant in his ruling
that the amendment was lost,
stating, "Fve taken the ayes
and noes many a time and I
think I know which is louder.”
The plank okeyed by the
convention recognizes the Su¬
preme Court desegregation but
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Illinois Refuses to Extradite
JACKSON, Miss. (AM') In
dieted in Chicago for the fatal
stabbing- of Edward Kelly la ;t
September, a Negro woman \va .
freed on $500 bond after ilic
of Illinois failed to follow up then
earlier request for her extradi¬
tion.
Mrs. Annie Laurie O’Neill,
was arrested in Columbia May
on federal cburges of fleeing
justice, was originally |d,ued
Hinds County jail without bond.
Federal authoriiiiv. in .laid,
released custody ol Mi.;.
earlier this week so Gov. J.
Coleman could extradite her
lie wished.
She will still be held in lllimd
on charges that die fatally slab
bed Edward Kelly in Chicago la. I
September.
Jesse Stennis, executive conn -el
for Gov. Coleman, reported • ai -a
this week that a requeai I'm- < \
tradition by tile Illinois governor
had not been followed up in a
hearing on the matter in mid-
July.
No further action ha ; been tak¬
en by Illinois state authentic oil
the extradition reqin t, . a-nni ,
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Rochester’s Son Given
Five-Year Sentence
LOS ANGELES (AND) Ad¬
mitting in court that he had In o
convicted in Kentucky on a pre¬
vious narcotics charge, Billy An¬
derson, 28, son of TV comedian
Eddie (Rochester) A ruler on, w,a-
sentenced last week to five years
in federal prison.
Because of the plevtou convie
tion, the five year sentence was
mandatory.
Young Anderson was convicted
of sale and possession <■(' mari
juana. His attorney aid be would
appeal.
ing, “Kentucky will use a far high
er percentage of Negro teacliei
in integrated schools tb;,: the
Northern state:;.’
About a dozen Negro teacher
will lie employed this fall in pre
viously all-white school:-.. l|i<- coun¬
cil said. However, it also cited
instances in which qualified Negro
teachers had been dismissed be
cause of pupil integration.
HELPING GOP—Senator William t
F. Knowland, California, Senate
Republican Minority Leader, and en-| I
Virgil Heathcock, Field Repr.
tativc for the Republican National j
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 10c
LEAVE TODAY FOR SAN FRANCISCO CONVENTION
L. 1$. Tootner
L. 15. Toomcr and Benj. S.
A<I ins. delegates from Chat- i
ham County, will leave today
for the Republican national
■'invention which will meet |
Bus Boycott Attorney rn
To President
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (ANT) —
Ally. Fred I). Gray, 26, who has
been active in the Negro boycotts
of city buses, gave notice last
week that he may ask President
Eisenhower to review a ruling by
the National Selective Service Ap¬
peal.; Hoard upholding his 1-A
classification.
Gray was ordered to report for
induction into the armed forces
August 16.
The young lawyer, who is also
an ordained minister, hud been
classified 4-1) until he began han¬
dling the case of five Negro wo¬
men who filed suit to outlaw
Molgomery and Alabama segrega¬
tion laws.
Shortly after the suit was filed,
the local draft board reclassified
him I A. He appealed the case to
the national board, which Tilled on
it last week.
While the review was pending
in Washington, Gray was given a
pre-induction physical examination
and found acceptable.
“I f.-el that the only reason my
draft status was changed was be-
chii c of my activities in the bus
boycott,” Gray said.
“Since 1048, 1 have been classi¬
fied as 4-1) by the local draft
hoard. There never was any ob¬
jection by the board to that classi¬
fication, given to me as assistant
Committee, welcoming Mai Whit- (
field as a member of the Eisen-
hower team. Whitfield, the famous I
track star, is a holder of 18 first,
prizes and a two-time Olympic |
NUMBER 45
llenj. S. Adams
next week in San Francisco,
Calif. They will go by way of
where they will join the
Republican train for
the convention city.
pastor of the Holt Street Chuich
of Christ.
“Then only a few days after I
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Wilkins Scores Big
On ‘Meet the Press’
New York, Aug. — Roy Wil¬
kins' appearance on the popular
TV and radio network program,
“Meet the Press,” brought, a flood
of congratulatory telegrams, let¬
ters and telephone calls from all
parts of the country to NAAOP
headquarters here.
The first Negro to appear a=i a
guest on this program, the
NAACP executive secretary was
grilled, on August fi, by a panel of
veteran newspapermen including
the originator of the pregram,
Lawrence Spiv-ik; Mrs. May Craig
of the Portland (Me.) Press-Her¬
ald; Frank van der Linden of the
Nashville (Term.) Banner; and
Thoms • Waring, editor of the
Charleston (S. C.) News and Cou¬
rier.
The me; ages received in the na¬
tional office, commended Mr. Wil¬
kins upon the calm and reasonable
manner with which he met the
barbed questions and upon his pre¬
cise and forthright answers. The
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champion. He comes from Lot
A ngeles, California, and is work-
Nt for Republican victory
in November.