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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVI
STUDENTS CONVICTED
BUS VIOLATION SEEK
SUPREME COUNT
WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 13
—The U. S. Supreme Court was
asked today to review the con¬
viction of three college youths
for violating a Tallahassee,
Fla., bus seating ordinance.
The ordinanre was enacted by
the City Commission in Janu¬
ary 1957 following a boycott of
the local transportation sys¬
tem by Negroes protesting
against segregated seating.
The Taiiahassee ordinance,
in effect, empowers the bus
company to enforce segregated
seating under the guise of in¬
suring “an equal distribution
throughout its buses of tne
weight of the passengers being
transported” and “ihe maxi¬
mum health and safety of the
passengers being transported by
it to the end that . . . peate,
tranquility and good order
among said passengers being so
transported, and of society
generally, is preserved.”
The petition for certiorari
filed today with the Supreme
Court is in behalf of one white
and 2 Negro youths who were
arrested and convicted for vio¬
lating this ordinance. They
were convicted despite the fact
that the prosecution’s witnesses
clearly established the fact
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Penn. Negro Lawyer
Run lor Seat in
Mrs. Lathan
Gets Stenog.
Position
DETROIT— (ANP) —Mrs. Mar¬
tha Estwick Lathan, daughter
of Arnold and Eloise Estwick of
this city, nas Deen appointed a
stenographer in the House of
Representatives, reportedly the
first Negro to hold this partic¬
ular position.
The wife of A 1-c Raymond
La’than who is now stationed
in Korea, she graduated from
Northeastern high school; at¬
tended Northwestern university
for two years, where she was
trained for a legal secretarial
career.
Representative James Bradley
of the Fifth Representative
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KEY PERSONS IN D. A. V. CARAVAN—The above photo shows some of the many talented
cians that wiri be presented to the public by the Disabled American Veterans Sunday, February
at 4 p m.. at Butler Presyterian church, in a musical Caravan.Top row (1 to re Dr. A.
Mrs M B. Payne, Miss C. Vinson and David Jones.
The Disabled American
erans. a small group, but
very honored group takes
pride in having the
to present to the people o
a
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Segregat’n
Outlawed In
Liberia
MONROVIA, Liberia— 1 ANP
—The Republic of Liberia
week passed a law
racial segregation. The
fixed punishment by fines
to $30,000 and jail terms.
Passage of the law by
legislature followed
of American firms,
ihe huge Firestone
Co., the largest buyer
Liberianjproduced rubber,
Liberian newspapers.
Noting this, the
declared in the preamble of
law that certain foreign
cessions are practicing
gation and discrimination.
Wemen At Bottom of It
The preamble also noted
the discrimination took
form of dismissing or
to renew contracts of
who marry Liberian
and fostering racial
tion in schools, churches,
pital and business enterprises.
Under the law, convicted
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PHILADELPHIA — (ANP) —
Atty. Robert N. C. Nix, Sr., 57,
may be Pennsylvania’s first
Negro congressman after May
20, Primary Day, has come and
gone.
In a surprise move recently,
Democratic leaders of the
fourth congressional district
selected Nix as their candidate
to succeed former Rep. Earl
Chudoff, who is now a com¬
mon pleas court jurist.
Because the fourth district
had, as of last Nov. 5, 81,688
Democrats out of 133,352 regis¬
tered voters, while the Repub¬
licans boasted 50,745, victory
for Nix, as the Democratic
candidate, is assured.
The veteran attorney, who is
associated in the law business
with his son, Robert Jr., has
been active in politics for many
years. He served as chairman
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caravan which .includes only I competing in a single
the very finest musical talents] T hi s select musical
of our area. This will be the | consists of thirty-five top
first and only chance Savan- sicians, representing 9
nahians will have to observe]
their total musical possessions rContinued on Page Four)
1
MISS JABBERWOCK
ter, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, is sponsoring the above five
lovely contestants who are vying for the title of “Miss
Reading from the extreme lelt photo and following the arrow
Miss Jenkins, the daughter of Alfred E. Beach High school,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jenkins, She Is a member of the Cap-
is an eleventh grade student at ziero Social club at Beach High
ELKS BEAUTY
Gloria Mosley won
Annual Beauty and
sponsored by the
City Lodge 1171 and
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SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1958
“Daddy” Grace Makes
Triumphant Entry in Norfolk
NORFOLK, Va. — (ANP) —
Bishop C. M. (Daddy) Grace
made a triumphant entry into
Norfolk last week in celebra¬
tion of his victory in the ali¬
mony case against him filed by
ATLANTA, Feb. 18 — Eleven
children ana one adult were
burned to death here last night
in a fire which destroyed a
two-story duplex building.
In order to escape the flames
ten of the children huddled
together in an upstairs bed¬
room where the firemen found
their charred bodies.
In other bedrooms were the
charred remains of an infant
boy in an incubator and a
woman, mother of four of the
dead youngsters. Police said all
12 victims were Negroes.
Mr. and Mrs. Jewell Jones
risked their lives in unsuccess,
ful attempts to reach their
seven children.
Jones was cut off by flames
while trying to get to them and
finally leaped to safety from a
second-story window. Later he
ran up a ladder erected by fire¬
men and plunged into the
smouldering structure. Firemen
pulled him back.
Police listed the seven dead
Jones children as Sandra Louise,
8; Frederick, 6; Larry, 5;
Charles, 4; Christine, 2; Bar-
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are
Miss Judy Wortham and Miss
be crowned at the annual Delta
Auditorium on March 14. The
and the Young People’s Garden-
ing club of Second Bethlehem
Baptist church of which she is
for
TAMPA, Fla.—The NAACP
voter registration
in Florida will be launch¬
with a two-day institute on
action here, Feb. 21-22,
A. Leon Lowry, president
the Florida State NAACP
announced today.
(Leaders of the Association’s
branches in the state will
here for instructions
how to conduct registration
and get out the vote at
local level. In 1956 there
150,000 registered Negro
in the state. The pres¬
campaign seeks to^nore
double that numlber 'by
The campaign in Florida is
of the Association's south¬
drive to increase the num-
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SOME OF SAVANNAH’S SNOW SCENES—Frank Freeman, pho¬
tographer, drove his wife to work as usual, Thursday morning,
February 13, but became excited about the overnight change of
scenery. The above snow-capped houses were so thrillingly beau¬
tiful that Mr. Freeman could not resist taking a few shots with
his camera.
Top left picture shows the home and lawn of Bishop C. M
Grace on West Drive. Top right picture Is the
Ann Jenkins, Miss Mary
Holmes. The winner
Jabberwock program at the
Is "A Peep Into Space."
a member.—Photos by
Miss Bing, tne daughter
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Police Foil AUempt to
Bomb Jewish
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR — The
appointment of Percy H. Wil¬
liams of Chicago as assistant
director of the Midwest Region¬
al Office of the President’s
Committee on Government
Contracts has been announced
in Chicago by Margaret Garri-
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Member Audit Bureau Circulatin'"
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SUSPENDED LITTLE ROCK'S
MINNIE BROWN EXPELLED
Dr.
Be Feted
Birthday
NEW YORK—The OOth
day of Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois
be celebrated at a reception
New York's Roosevelt Hotel
Sunday afternoon, March 2.
DuBois was born Feb. 23,
in Great Barrington, Mass.
the past several days
greetings have been arriving
the DuBois home in
Heights and at the offices
the sponsoring committee
the reception. Leading
tuals, government officials,
dependence leaders and
unionists in Africa, Asia,
rope and Latin America
all used the occasion of
Bois’ birthday to express
sympathy for the Negro’s
for full citizenship rights.
The sponsoring committee
also gathering a fund
will be presented to Dr.
at the reception "so that
may be able to continue
work.” Treasurers of the
mittee are the writer and
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GASTONIA, N. C.—(ANP)
A plot to bomb a Jewish
gogue here was foiled
police on routine patrol
covered a bomb of 30 sticks
dynamite and a
burned fuse near an
at the temple.
Assistant Police Chief E.
Rankin reported that the
namite was placed In a
overnite bag at the side
of Temple Emanuel In
town Gastonia. He said one
two fuses that led to the bag
burned within an inch and
half of the dynamite.
No motive was given for
attempted bombing, but a
wide investigation was
with the probability of the
being asked to enter the case.
A similar bombing was
ted at another synagogue
.fall.
Photo By FreemaA
home of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilson on West 45th street. Bottom
left photo shows several houses on West Victory Drive with
emphasis on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. John Lyons. Bottom right
picture shows the snow-covered roof of Butler Presbyterian
Church.
Savannahians, one-inch especially the youngsters, are still talking
about last week's snow fall which is said to be the first
In the city since 1?99.
NUMBER 20
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—(ANP)
— Mucn-troubied Minnie Jean
Brown, target of racial barbs
since she entered formerly all.
wnite Central High school along
with eight other Negro students
last fail, was suspended from
tne school for the second time
last week.
She was suspended for two
weeks following an alleged
name-calling - Incident wnn a
wniie girl who has since with-
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb.
17—Minnie Jean Brown, one
of nine Negro students at¬
tending Central High school,
was expelled today by the
school board following sev¬
eral difficulties she had
with white girl students.
drawn from the school. How¬
ever, Supt. Virgil Blossom said
he recommended that Miss
Brown be expelled for the re¬
mainder of the year. Meanwhile,
it was pointed out if Blossom’s
recommendation is accepted,
the girl might enter the all-
Negro Horace Mann high
school.
But Mrs. W. B. Brown, Minnie
Jean’s mother, said she would
resist any order to expell her
daughter.
Albany Dean
Awarded A
Fellowship
Syracuse University of Syra¬
cuse, N. Y., released the Infor¬
mation that R. H. Simmons,
Doan on Leave of Albany State
College has been awarded the
American Cynamlde Fellowship.
Concurrently, he has been nam¬
ed a teaching fellow In zoology
in the Syracuse Graduate
School of Science.
Mr. Simmons is recipient of
this double honor because of
his outstanding record In the
biological field as represented
toy the high calibre of work
which he has done at both Har¬
vard University and Syracuse
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