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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 (Continued on Page Seven) 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. i | A m t . | ,j|P Jf I | | I '’-'"I j Wf?.?' Wf' ' ■■ '• | .. ^ : ..... 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. ADams 4-3432 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 'Continued on Page Eight,' - j | j j 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 (Continued on Page Bight.’ | 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- , *Continued on Page Four. 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, (Continued on Page Six) 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 (Continued on Page Six) 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 icontinued on Page Eight- 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- (Continued on Page Eight) 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” (Continued on page three 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 Continuer* on Seven 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. Price 10c j ADams 4-3433 “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 Continued on Page Seven 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 (Continued on Page Seven) 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 (Continued on Page Six* 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.