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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXXVII
Appointed Pest
Office Clerk
Mrs. Frances M. Ferguson, the
| I ‘wife the of Joseph Feirguison, and
daughter cf Mrs. Frances
h. Marshall Reddick of Cleveland
HJ^bhio, il (in to was the first Negro wo ra¬
receive a career appoint
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BAIL DENIED ARK.
RAPE DUO
wia.s 'denied to two white
charged with raping a
old Negri beauty last week
Benton, Ark. Prosecutor I
E. Glover said the igirtl did
consent io the men’s
and that force had been used.
Held after allegedly
they raped the girl are
old Ben Sanders and
Burnett, 21.
The rape victim who had all
of her front teeth knocked out,
said the attack occurred
the men lured her away from
her home cn the pretext
wanting a babysitter
their wives were having com¬
pany.
Left bruised and bleeding on
a strange highway, she was
picked up by a white woman
who rushed her to her house for
clean clothes. They were met by
a sheriff’s car who
the girl to his car.
m TOLEDOAN WINS
ROUND-THE-WORLD
TRIP
Harrison, 55-yci’r old y-ird'mer
was a grand prize winner in thi
$250,000 Sohio family jackpo'
and chose a round the world
trip for himself and his wife.
Harrison’s auto license plate
appeared at the top of the li
chosen two weeks ago ard he
had the choice of five prizes
a cabin cruiser, deluxe mobilr
trailer, a mink coat and out¬
(kip door swimming pool and the
around the world.
Armstrong taxes turn
FOR WORSE
Louis Armstrong who ha
been performing with his or¬
chestra in Italy, was stricken
this week with a case cf pneu¬
monia. It was announced t'-d.v
.that he took a turn for tin
worse when heart trouble beset
him.
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BEAUTY CULTURISTS CITED— Members of the New York State Beauty Culturists Association held
their annual convention recently at the Trade Show Building, New York Ciy, featuring a number
of events including a hair styling contest. Winners of the contest are shown here receiving
plaques from Walter Beamon. New York Coca-Cola Bottling Company. From left to right are I
Mr Beamon, Mrs. Marvin E. Calloway, Director cf Education for the Association, Buffalo, N.
Y Mrs. Lucile Roberta Schuler. Chairman, Scholarship Committee, Brooklyn. N. Y.; and Robert l
A. Miller, Convention, Manager, Bronx, N. Y.
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Appointed .Psychiatric
Social Worker
Mrs. Gertrude L. Greene
• After eighteen months of
clinical experience in the Men¬
tal Health Clinic of Chatham
Health Department, Mrs. Ger¬
trude Greene, social worker,
has been accepted as a psychi¬
atric social worker by the Na¬
(
tional Association of Social
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HONORED—IP. II. Stone (right) assistant to the Assistant Ad¬
ministrator of Federal Extension Services, is shown receiving the
40-year Length Superior Service Award from Secretary Ezra
Taft Benson on the Washington Monument Grounds, Washing¬
ton, D. C. The ceremonies were held before an audience of
4,000. Mr. Stone served 36 years with the Georgia Extension
Service before going to Washington four years ago. He plans to
retire on June 30. (See story inside i.
Powell Must
Face Tax
Charges
NEW YORK, N. Y.— (ANP) —
Rep. Adam C. Powell must face
ncome tax evasion charges
Let. 5. The definite date was
et after a plea from U. S. at¬
torneys Hazard Gillespie who
asked for a definite trial date
because he plans to call several
witnesses from foreign coun¬
tries.
Powell, pastor or the Abyssifl¬
an Baptist church, is reported- |
v charged with having prepar¬
ed a false -tax return for his
Re, jazz pianist Hazel Scott.
Mi :s Scott, now living in Paris,
was not named as defendant
in the suit.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1959
Arrest Four Whites Wh«
Killed Lad at Picnie
Sunday arrested four white boys
in connection with the slaying
of an 11-year old Negro boj I
June 13.
The victim, Tommy Dwight.
was shot to death at his uncle's
home during a picnic. Murder
warrants were issued against
Kermit Pritchett, 18, Hcrschel
Elkins, 18, Billy Joe Rolen, 17,
and Leroy Gentry, 23.
The sheriff, Donald McAr¬
thur, quoted the whites as ad¬
mitting firing at the group o
Negroes to “scare them.” They
didn’t know anyone had been
killed until the next day, the
sheriff reported.
did you KNOW?
James Weldon J nnson died
of auto injuries in Maine, June
30, 1938.
COMPLETES BASIC TRAINING
—Delores Gloria Stokes, daugh¬
ter of Mrs. Gertrude Giiiiard
of 812 West 38th Street, com¬
pleted nine weeks of basic
training at Recruit Training-
Women, United States Naval |
Training Center, Bainbridge.
Maryland, and was graduated
during a military review held j
on June 13. The local WAVE a 1
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Death Claims
Dr. Bryant
Dr. M. D. Bryant
Dr. Meiton D. Bryant died
June 22, at his resi¬
913 West 39 Street.
He suffered a sudden heart
as tie was preparing to
home for his office. His
Mrs. J. L. Bryant, and his
Mrs. Edna B.
of Miami, Fla., were
him when the end came.
Funeral services will be held
June 26, at 3 p. m. at
Asbury Methodist church
the pastor, Rev. George D.
officiating.
Interment will be In Lauirel
cemetery with the Bynes-
Funeral Home in charge
arrangements.
Active pallbearers will be
E. Williams, Dr. Richard
Moore, Boles C. Ford, Cliff¬
Ryais, Joseph R. Jenkins
Oscar Greene.
Honorary pallbearers will be
cf the South Atlantic
Society, Charity Hospi¬
Board of Directors, mem- ,
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Florists To Meet
At Hampton
W. O. PERRY, President
The International Florists’
inc., of which W. I
Perry of Miami is president, I
meet July 12-15 at Hamp-I
on Institute. This seventh;
convention will attract j
from 20 or more states.
I
John Cloud and Mrs. Edna
Cleveland florists; Mrs.
Y. M. Washington, Birmingham,
J. Wesley Lee of Pittsburgh,
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School Children
Win “Interfaith 1 ’ Awards
WASHINGTON — (ANP) —
senooi cnnaren, three Ne-
and two white, were honor
guests at the recent annuo!
luncheon given by the
Interfaith commit-
at the Mayflower hotel.
They were Sedonia James, 15,
at Eastern High
William Anderson, 14,
junior high; Albertis
13, Barnard; Michael
14, Hebrew Academy,
Patricia Campbell, 10, Sum-
elementary. •
Tire youngsters were chosen
some outstanding deed they
“Duke” Ellington
Named Forty-fourth
Spingarn Medalist
NEW YORK, N. Y. — Edward
Kennedy (Duke) Ellington,
noted composer and orchestra
leader, has been chosen as the
44th Spingarn Medalist, Roy
Wilkins, executive secretary of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
announced here today.
Presentation of the medal,
awarded annually to a Negro
American for distinguished
achievement, Is usually made
.the Association's annual
national convention which, this
will be held in New York
City, July 13-19. Because of Mr.
Ellington’s out-of-ciity schedule,
however, the presentation may
have to be ipostopned.
The musician was selected
because of his outstanding con¬
tributions to American music
over a long period of years.
Among his better-known com¬
positions are “Mood Indigo,’
'‘Solitude,’’ “Harmony in Har-
lem,” and "A Portrait of Bert
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JUNE GRADUATE—Miss Lillian
Bradshaw, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Bradshaw, Sr., is a
June graduate of the Grady
Memorial Hospital School of
Nursing in Atlanta. She comple¬
ted the course requirements
and met the qualifications to
secure a position -as a Register¬
ed Nurse after passing state
board examinations.
Mias Bradshaw has accepted
a position in a psychiatric di¬
vision at University Hospitals,
Cleveland, Ohio. There she
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had performed to further race
relations. Miss James, who
>peaks four languages—German,
French, Spanish and Russian—
-aid she learned Spanish speci¬
fically to communicate with a
little Spanish girl in the hos¬
pital in Germany when she
lived there with her parents.
"The little sick giri's parents
were dn France,” said Sedonia,
“and the people around her
could not speak Spanish. She
was lonesome because shp had
no one to talk with. So I learn-
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Negro Schools
In Vir<>iniaTo
Stress Culture
RICHMOND (ANP)- During
the 1959-60 school session, the
Negro public schools through¬
out the state of Virginia will
place emphasis on a study of
African culture and the pro¬
motion of juvenile decency.
Agreement of the new pro¬
gram was decided during a
recent meeting of the executive
committee of the Virginia Tea¬
chers Association. Donald Wy¬
att. associate director of the
African - American Institute in
New York, told the meeting
■that schools should enlarge the
geographical concepts of pupils
so they can better appreciate
their heritage.
Texas College Choirs
On UNCF Programs
NEW YORK, N. Y. — The
choirs of three Texas members
of the United Nc;;:o Coiey.c
Fund will be featured on the
American Broadcasting Com¬
pany's weekly radio serif!, dur¬
ing the month of July.
These “Negro College Choir”
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RE-ENLISTS WITH MARINES Marine Acting Sgt. Harry Rob¬
erts, Jr., .son oi Mr. arid Mrs. Harry Roberts, Sr., of 1182 Wash¬
ington circles, East Point, Ga., takes the oath of allegiance upon
reenlisting for six years.
His Battalion Adjutant, Capt., lion at the Marine Corps Sup-
A. J. Robinson, Jr., administered piy Center, Albany, Ga. Be-
the oath, June 4. Roberts t. Jue enlisting to June 1953,,
serving as a supply clerk with in- graduated from East Point
Battal- High school.
Oak Ridge
Elects Negro
Councilman
OAK RIDGE, Tenn—(ANP)—
This city, Tennessee's newest
and sixth largest, has elected
its first governing council, a
justice of the peace and a five-
man board of education
The election brings to a con¬
clusion a move begun in Con¬
gress four years ago toward
self-government for the atomic !
city, created in 1942 by the j
army engineers for the develop- j
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BUSINESS LEAGUE’S BOARD MEETS—The members of the National Business League’s board
of directors, met last week in Washington. D. C., to plan 195S confab. Financial aid to busi¬
nessmen throughout the country will dominate the convention program with Dr. F. D. Patter¬
son, NBL president, outlining the proposed project. Seen in photo, front row left to right: J.
E. Robinson, Houston, Tex: C. W Maxwell, Philadelphia; Dr. Patterson, New York; Mrs. L. Tol¬
bert, Chicago; Edward Davis, Detroit; William R. Hudgins, New York Second row, left to
right: John II. Wickliffe, New York: J. R. E. Lee, Tallahassee; Belmont Haydel, New Orleans.
Third row, left to right: J. J. Henderson, Durham: Rufus Byars, Washington. Fourth row, left
to right, are Dr. B. T. McGraw, E. Lancaster, J. A. Beavers, and Moss H. Kendrix, all of Wash-
i jngton.
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“DISTINGUISHED EDITORS" CITED
RALPH McGILL P. B. YOUNG SR.
Editor or the Publisher
Atlanta Constitution Journal and Guide
The National Newspaper Publishers Association will cite
Ralph McGill of the Atlanta Constitution and P. B. Young. Sr.,
of the Norfolk Journal and Guide for Its Annual ‘ Distinguished
Editor's” Award at Los Angeles, June 26.
M Gill was named for his editorial attacks against racial
violence and politicians who are misleading the south. cit¬
Young, long recognized as the dean of Negro editors was
ed for 50 years of crusading for civil rights.
—
ber NNPA newspapers, two
Distinguished Editors, and fif¬
teen working newspaper men
will receive forty-three plaques
and trophies at the Associa¬
tion's Annual Merit Awards
Banquet here Friday night.
NNPA’s Annual Distinguished
FLA. RAPISTS GET
LIFE SENTENCES
GETS LIFE FOR PIGGY-
Journalist
Retires At 37
NEW YORK—(ANPi —
Hanley, who retired June 3
a journalist chief in the U.
Coast Guard, chalked up
amazing record — he completed
20 years of service although
is only 37 years old.
However, the fates were
altogether kind, for five
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NUMBER 38
nation’s two outstanding editors
were bestowed on Ralph McGill
of the Atlanta Constitution
and P. B. Young, Sr., of the
Norfolk Journal and Guide.
Both editors played effective
roles in the current Integration
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — (Spe¬
cial i—The sentencing of the
four white youths convicted of
raping a 19-year-old Negro
coed to life Imprisonment whale
four Negro youths languished
in jail awaiting execution for
the same crime, tore the wraps
completely off Florida’s “un¬
equal” system of Justice and
placed Gov. LcRoy Collins on a
hot seat.
The youths were sentenced
early Monday morning by Judge
W. May Walker, who had pre¬
sided over their trial in Leon
County Circuit court. A week
ago, he had allowed 30 days for
sentencing after an all-white
jury found the youths guilty,
but recommended mercy thus
saving them from the electric
chair.
Evidently pressure brought
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CHICAGO—(ANP) — John D.
Harris, 29-years old will spend
the rest of his life behind pris¬
on bars because he stole a piggy
bank last July 3.
Harris, identified by 9 sev¬
en year old owner of th; bank,
James Eberhardy, was sentenc¬
ed by Judge Joseph A Pope as
a “habitual criminal.”
According to police, Harris
broke into the'Eberhardy home
and stole the bank after locking
James and his grandmother in
a closet.