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75 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME I.XXV 1st. LT. ALBERT J. ton of Mr. and Mrs. Cutter of 2302 Stevens Street wus released recently from ac¬ tive duty with the States Air Force and tiansferred to the Air R .serve after three years of active Lieutenant Cutter served and one-half years as fighter pilot in the Far He has been awarded the Na¬ tional Defense Service Medal. He received his basic pilot training at Larado Aii F.rce Base, Texas, and hi. 1 interceptor controller training at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla Lieutenant Cutter is a gradual cf Beach High School, anc holds the bachelor of science d •" ee from the A.&T. College of Greensboro, N. C. Charges Dismissed Against Couple Who Dreached Park Bias Laws Calumet Pk. Violence Suspension of Two ATTENDING CONVENTION J. R. Jenkins, well known cer of the local Kappa ai d executive secretary cf West Broad Street B ranch, who is in Los Calif., attending the convention of the Kappa Psi fraternity. riTO NEGRO NEW ORLEANS FOLICEMEN •ROMOTED NEW ORLEANS (ANP). Nvo Negro members of the Irb-ans Police Department lomotcd to the positions of ergeunt last week after irst and second in a civil xamination for the post. n by Superintendent Provosty )ayries were Sidney Cates, nd Warren Aubry, 36. Their promotions marked irst time in the history of Jrleans that Negroes have d the rank of police luring modern times, (Continued on Page Four) S. C. Bus Lines Alter Routes as Boycott Tightens ROCK — Ao a boycott by Negroes here against the Star Bus Lines swung int hoigh gear last week, the company was reported to have altered its schedules and routes in some Negro areas of the town. The Rock Hill Evening Herald newspapers reported the chang¬ es, although Paul Knight, owner cf the lines, refused to comment on the matter. The boycott went into force ©hr frilmtr ADams 4-3432 Woman Enroute to Choir Rehearsal Is Struck Down a Fatal Heart Attack (JiipiwedciiJed Kappa Hordes to ion Meet in Los Angeles in Biggest Convent — ,000 Kappas and friends will par- eipate in “Operation Los Angc- es” beginning Sunday, Aug. IS, nd ending Wednesday, Aug. 32 uring the 47th Grand Chapter iceting of Kappa Alpha Psi Fra- ■rnity. “We are planning to have the reatest convention in Kappa his- >ry,” C. Rodger Wilson of Uhi- igo, grand polemarch, declared. The theme will be “Training for •eadership.” On this point, the: tanding jnclave . will speakers feature and three three- out- J j a ranged business agenda designed -o make the fraternity more i .reamlined in its operation. For relaxation, the Kappas ha. , ianned a variety of social events t leading entertainment centers >f the host city. Hotel Alexandria i down town Los Angeles wiil be 1 Continued on Page Four) CHICAGO (ANP).-—One of first notable aftermaths of racial disturbances on succi Sundays (July 21 and 28) in met Park was the suspension week of two Park District men directly involved. Capt. Kenneth Fossier. mander of the South Park was suspended for 30 days failure to have enough in the park in July 28, on orders of Police Chief George Otlewis, after the July 21 of Negroes. Fossier gave no crease police personnel at the park. Chief Otlewis said, “1 had or¬ dered him to do so and jt was up i ,o him. The July 21 incident | which was minor, was a tipoff of j possible more trouble the follow- | ng Sunday.” Fossier loses a month’s pay of I .{620. Other suspendee was Sgt. Eu¬ gene Shimeall. lie was set down for five days for failure to record a complaint of the stoning inci¬ dent, made by a Negro woman. The woman was injured in the niginal fracas, and tried to file a •omplaint in the district tafion with Shimeall, but the officer fail¬ ed to enter it in the record. The woman then reported to Chief Ot- ewis. WATER SHOW A BIG SUCCFSS The water show, sponsored by I the City Recreation Department | at the Sophronia Tompkins ; Swimming Pool on last j Thursday night, was approximate¬ a tremen¬ dous success with ly two thousand attending. Everyone was amazed to see the performance of the nine and ten year old children as (Continued on Page 2) got off a bus after being or¬ dered to leave her seat beside a white woman. Since then Negroes have organised a car pool along the lines of the sys¬ tem used in the successful Montgomery (Ala.i bus boycott. The newspaper also stated (hat the bus line is operating without a city franchise and apparently under a 2 1 - year old • temporary agreement, author lzed by the City Council, Dec. 3, 1954. Savannah Pilot Crash-lands Plane In Four Crew Members The following account in an Greece, newspaper tells the crash-landing of a C-119 there, piloted by a Sa- First Lieutenant Harmon, nephew of Mrs. Singleton of 9 Edin- treet. The plane but the crew of four uninjured. | | The account of the accident, reported in the Greek ' is news- was as fallows: J ■ The first major aircraft ac- i dent in one cf the Wing’s' squadrons since : 1955, occurred recently, a C-119 of the 11th T. C. was forced to crash- MONTGOMERY, Ala., (ANP). —Charges against Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Colvin, of nearby Lete- hatchee, accused of violating a two-month-old park segregation irdinanee, were dropped in Judge J. Eugcnt Lee’s court here last oek when the jurist announced it the opening of court that “it was merely an error, so I dis¬ missed the case.” The couple, along with Colvin’.- 2-year-old sister, Maggie Lee. were arrested on the zoo area of )uk Pars. on charges of violating be city’s segregation law. How ver, Judge Lee said the couple ind their attorney, Fred Gray, visited him in his chambers before (Continued on Page 2) Elks to Launch $1 Million Convention PHILADELPHIA (ANP) — Lt. George W. Lee, of Memphis, will be here to help open the 58th National Grand Lodge Conventioi of IBI’OE of W. Lieutenant Lee, who is gram ! ommi.ssioner of education for thi I Elk ;, will be in charge of the tw< I opening programs—the baecalau- i rate services on Sunday night | August 25, and the oratorical con¬ test on Monday night, Aug. 26. The Education Department i one of the strongest sections ol the Elks Grand Lodge and to daU has awarded more than 50 schol¬ arships to deserving high school | seniors. j Many recipients of the these baccalau¬ awards will lie present for reate service which will be ad¬ dle sed by the Rev. \\. II. I Brewster, Jr. of this city. Plaques will be awarded by Guy L. Smith. ■ditor of the Knoxviille, Tennessee I Journal and to Dr. Omah Carmi- chad, superintendent of schools in Louisville, Kentucky. Mor-! An address by Frederic low. White House aide, will WELDON LODGE Or | U? . LfVo KQ Tfl IU n uni n u ! ANNIVERSARY The Elks of Weldon Lodge will observe their 54th anni- 1 versary on Sunday at 4 p. m. at the Elks home on Minis street. . JZf nroo-ram befitting the occas- ion has been arranged - all fu El vs are asked to be present. Pnday night will mark the bcgir.nmg of this celebration with an open house by the brothers and Saturday night a -upper will be given at the rest for all the bills and daughters. At Sunday's special program ............... .... (Continued on Page Five, i SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1957 land at the Athenai Airport, Athens, Greece, while on an ATS run for ‘Project Athenia.’ “Officials at the scene of the accident report that the air¬ craft was damaged beyond eco¬ nomical repair, but that no one in the four-man crew was in- “The C-119, AF 53-3221. pilot- ed by 1st bt. James Harmon, crashed at 0634Z hours on the morning of July l: two rnin- utes after taking off on a flight from Athens. Greece, to Izmir, Turkey. Other members of the crew included 1st Lt. Kendall copilot: S-Sgt Leroy engineer; and A-3C Dayton Pep-pie, radio operator, AT DOCTORS MEET IN CIF.VPIANn Dr. S. M. MeDew (left i and Dr. Carl R. Jordan, 'ocal physicians, who are attending the 62nd annual convention jf the National Medical Association which is meeting in land, Ohio, this week. ture the oratorical contest. Seven high school graduates, winners of the seven regional oratorical con- ,ests conducted by Lieutenant Lee, will vie for top national honors, Another highlight of the orator- ical contest will he the appearance )f Bobby Cain, first > egro aate of the desegregated high school in Clinton, Tenn., and Er nest McEwen who spearheaded a student protest strike at Alcorn College in Mississippi against an Flans Released for Opening Savannah State At his weekly press conference, President W. K. Payne released dans for the opening of Savannah j •Rate College for the fall quarter, The College Entrance — >an* ex- •imination will he held on Wed- nesday, September 4, 8:30 A.M. it the college. All high school graduates who have not taken this ' xamination are required to do so ! if they plan to enter any college the University System of Geor- j gia. Applications may he obtained \ from Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, and must lie returned r.o later than August 14, or by August 28 with pay- men t of an additional lat“ filing fee. j r !! f™ . . n,st< . , , . “ > w ’ ,c a ‘ ' ‘ Sa ! h ,‘ tate an< U ty ‘ tW0 0thpr teKtin * 0¥er thc state. These tests, required by an act of the Board of Regents. University System of Georgia. measure academic aptitude, or ab.l- ity to learn in verbal or language and mathematical areas. The tests are measures of native ability to !< >arn and not of past training and is anticipated that the test scores will be used for purposes this fall. If they prove ‘ Initial reports received fated that the aircraft ered a runaway propellor the left engine after the fully loaded C-119 the runway prior to afe altitude and single airspeed. “Unable to maintain his titude and airspeed, Lt. bellied the aircraft in to the runway. Lt. Harmon 1,750 flying hours in tional aircraft, and has 150 hours as first pilot in C-119’s. “Immediately after the dent, a board of ofifeers appointed to investigate i crash.” I instructor who disagreed with the NAACP’s drive to end segregation j | in schools. Both Cain citations and Mc- Evven will receive and j $1,000 scholarships. believed that least I It is at one j of the young oratorical dontest- ants is white. Mr. Morrow, who is to speak at the oratorical eon- test, was unofficial ambassador for the Elks Department.of Education \ to the recent Ghana celebration. Lieutenant Lee pointed out that to he valid predicators of college grads, they may he used in latei years with indications to insur< fair selection in those units of th< University System with more ap- plicants than can be aecommo- dated. Freshmen Orientation Week he gins September 23, with rrgi.-tra tion for beginning students, Sep- tember 27, registration for eon- tinuing day and evening students September 26. Classes will begi) on September 30. Students coming from non-accredited high chool may take the hign school valida tion examination on September 24. Dr. Payne further stated that Savannah State College confers the Degree of Bachelor of Science with a major in one of the fol- lowing areas of concentration: biology building construction , )Ugjness admin j gtl . at jon, business edut . atiol)f { . he mistrv, child devel- opnu>nt> clothing and text i le s, eco- nomics> elementary education Er , K , ish> foodS| nutrition and insti- tlltion management, arts’ general sci- ent . e> i ndu ^ t rial industrial ed- U( . atioll mathematics, music, secre- tarial science, social science, trades (Continued on Page Four) HERE ARE THE MAJOR ITEMS OF CR BILL WASHINGTON (ANT) The Administration’s Civil Rights Bill designed to protect the voting and other civil Constitutional guaran¬ tees of Negro Americans, contain¬ ed the following provisions: Part 1. Creation of a Federal Civil Rights Commission, with power to subpoena records, wit¬ nesses, to investigate instances ol violations or civil rights and to propose remedies. Part II. Establishment within the Department of Justice a spe¬ cial Civil Rights Division. Part 111. Making clear beyond dispute the right of an indivulua’ to go on his own into Federal court for injunctions to protect his voting right, and Part IV. Giving the Justice Do -A, — -.....- ' T; (Continued on Page Two) Nat’! Beauticians End Best Convention in their NEW ORLEANS (ANP) — more than 750 beauticians, of whom were in the City for twelve (lays and others for seven or five, attending eithei the Institute of Cosmetology ■luy 20 to August 4, and the Con¬ vention from August 5 to 8, o’ both, sponsored by the Beauty Culturists League, Ine. have left for home, declaring th< Convention and the Institute ti have been the best in the historj of the organization. This, they say, is based upoi the attendance, the work accoin plished, the new angles openei and the g e n e r a 1 Conventioi (Continued on Page Foun he is making an effort to the inter-racial choir that ed at the Prayer Pilgrimage in Washington, D. G. If he is cessful in obtaining the choral group, the singers will appear both affairs on Aug. 25-26. The Elks scholarship program j ,vas organized over 27 years ago and since that time the G ran d Lodge has invested over $1,000,- 000 in both Negro and youngsters who found it almost impossible to attend college. if the scholar hips are obtained from dues paid by the membership. A new phase of the program has been introduced by mt Lee. He has launched n lion-wide campaign to raise an idditional $1,000,000 to aid iters who are willing to jim-crow barriers now existing iiany southern colleges and versities. TO TAKE PROMINENT ROLE IN KAPPAS C0NV. —* |ps|j| "'/ *" | | / - •Mm. J it '' I i| M B§|l| Attorney Loren Miller (left >. Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy, Montgomery. Ala . bus boycott leader (center ( and Rev. Hyman B- Mills of Chicago who will tak epromitjent roles in the 47th Grand Convention of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity which will meet in Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 18-22. Member Audit Bureau Circulations Price 10c APams 4-3433 Mrs. Hattie Burton Mrs. Hattie Mce Burton, 613 .Vest 40 Street, was fatally trie ken Tuesday evening, Aug. i, while walking to choir re- tcarsal. She had reached the orner of Wc\st Broad and ienry Streets, just two block, rom her church, the Tremont Temple Baptist church, when he fell unconscious. Mrs. Burton v/as rushed to a .capital but was pronounced (Continued on Rape Twoi School Board Boluses To Transfer BRYSON CITY, N. C. (ANP) Stating that it was acting for the protection of the applicants, the Swain County School Board last week turned down the applications of six Negro students to attend i white high school in their own county, instead of traveling 40 miles a day to attend a Negro school in another county. The hoard voted unanimously t< reject the reassignment applica¬ tions. Speaking for the board, County School Supt. T. L. Wood¬ ward said ha fpayed admitting Ne- {roes to the white school would cause "a real rough time . . • something like Clinton, Tenn." Meanwhile the Negro pupils art faced with the inconvenience of (Continued on Page Four' CDC HOLDS FLECTION OF OFFICERS The Citizens Democratic Club idd its regular meeting August : at thc Recreation Center, tfter a few preliminary re- narks relative to the necessity )f every Negro becoming a reg- stered voter, thc election ol ifficers was held, conducted by Mr. Mclvcr. The following were elected: Wilson, president; O. l Dcmcre, 1st vies president; Holmes, 2nd vice president; Mrs. : A. Joyce, Rec. Sect.; E. Shuler, j Fin. Sect.; A. L. Davis, Treas,; i Mrs. L. Shuler, public relations; Mrs. M. V. Davis, reporter; H. Holmes, Sgt.-at-Arms.; Rev. H Oliver, chaplain. Refreshments were served at the conclusion of the meeting NUMBER 15 L.own above is Dr. Richard /. M are, president, Bethune- Jookman College, who will be cmmencement speaker at Sa- mr.ah State College, August 21, 11 00 a. nn, iu Meldrlm Audi¬ torium. _____ .* ___ INTERRACIAL WORSHIP ■'UFoLAK AT 1WO WAUKEGAN CHURCHES WAUKEGAN, 111, (ANP)—One of the most popular church serv¬ ices of the Midwest is being held here each Sunday, at Waukegan Outdoor Theatre, where the com¬ bined congregations of Faith Methodist Church (white) and Trinity AME Church (Negro) worship together in real harmony and Christian fellowship. Pastor of Faith Church is the Rev. Ralph Smith, graduate of iContinued on Page Four) I «*c; (jfcMfe 5 RETIRES — The retirement from the Postal Service of Revercnc Joseph P. Lampkin, a parcel post man with more than 37 years of service, was rioted with brief cere¬ monies in the Civil Service room of the Post Office on Thursday Afternoon, August 8. Reverend Lampkin was present¬ ed a valuable Longine watch as i retirement gift from fellow Post- .,j employees, in addition to re- -riving from Postmaster J. M. stuhbs a Certificate of Honorary Recognition awarded by the Post Office Department. A World War 1 veteran, and i minister for 23 years, Reverend Lampkin is now the Presiding Kl- der of the Savannah District of the A.M.E. Church. He has been a member of Forest ( ity Branch 578, of the National Ai ociatiOn of Letter Carriers for more than (Continued on Page Two)