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TEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXXVII Passes Georgia Medical Board I)r. Garland A. White Dr. Garland A. White, a June 1959 graduate from Meharry Medical College, has success¬ fully passed the Georgia State Medical Examination Board Georgia has reciprocity in 4G states. Dr. White is now an interne at Hubbard Hospital of Me¬ harry Medical College. During the summer of 1958 he w r as c junior psychiatric interne at Manhattan State Hospital ir New York City. He completed his college work at Fisk Uni¬ versity in 1954. He is planning to enter the Armed Services ir. August 1960. Dr. White is married to the former Miss Rose M. Johnson. (Continued on Page Five' LETS HIE GIRLS IN NEGRO POOL; ATLANT A— iAN Pi — James R. Grayson, superintendent o parks and recreation in nearby East Point, was suspended las week by Mayor J. Stith site he allowed a group of whiti youths to participate in a safe¬ ty demonstration at a swim¬ ming pool used by Negroes The youths, whose ages ranged from 12-20, were never in the pool at the same time Negro swimmers were. All were par¬ ticipating in a Red Cross de¬ monstration. According to the mayor, the suspension will last for 11 days, because Grayson had “not ex¬ ercised the proper judgment in allowing white females to par¬ ticipate in a water safety de- Joke Killer Given Suspended 3 to 5 Years RALEIGH, N. C.— (ANP)— A white farmer who shot and kiiled a young Negro as a joke received a suspended sentence of three to five years last week. Victim of the “joke’’ was William Person, 28 year old fa¬ ther of four children. The farmer, Roger Earl Wil¬ liams, 38, told a magistrate he was a friend of the dead man and that he “fired at him in Students leaving the $390,000 new library at Savannah State College She Bammak’Wihm AO a mg 4-3432 Guest At Ocean View Home Miss Colctta Warren Miss Coletta Warren of Wil¬ kinson, W. Va., and New York City, internationally famous coloratura soprano, was a recent guest at the B. J. James' Ocean View Home, Hilton Head, S. C. Miss Warren recently return¬ ed from a singing engagement in Puerto Rico, in honor oi Pablo Casals. In 2953-54 she was the winner of the Marion Vnderson awa-d and the same year she p’aycd the role of Sindy Lou with the Carmen Jones Jones Touring Co. She is a graduate of Howard University and Julliard School of Music, She was four times (Continued on Page Four< monstration at the Negro The demonstration in rescue md artificial respiration tech¬ niques took place before a crowd of Negroes, with Gray- on master of ceremonies at the pool. When the father of one of he girls arrived and ordered her to leave, the demonstration abrubtly ended. Originally, a paid Red Cross .vorker was scheduled to give i safety lesson before the croup, but w' • n he had to cancel out at the last minute occause of illness, a volunteer worker stopped by the white pool and asked the swimmers to fill in. fun to make him run faster as he darted across a field.” The bullet struck Person in the back. I Although the magistrate ab¬ solved Williams of any blame, the Wake county grand jury indicted him for manslaughter, 1 Ke was ordered to pay $2,750 to the victims widow and chil¬ dren. AVC Charges I Legion With Discrimination Family Life Anew Like the long - Joseph of Bible times, from prison begins a new for a Georgia mother and of her sons. The hard-fought case of Rosa Lee Ingram, 51, 27, and Samrnie Lee Ingram reached a climax on last nesday when the Georgia pardon and parole board nounced the trio would be leased. They had served 12 years in prison of a sentence meted out to after they had been tried charges of murder in the death of a Georgia farmer in Octo¬ ber 1947. Originally they had been sen¬ tenced to the electric chair by an all-white jury which charg¬ ed that the death of the farmer, John Earl Stratford, was mur¬ der. The Ingrams pleaded self- defense in the slaying which grew out of an argument over wandering livestock. The boys claimed that Stratford came upon their mother armed with a gun and they snatched up (Continued on Page Two; Miss LaRoncc Tolberttc Lacy TO ENTER COLLEGE — Miss LaRonce Toibertte Lacy of Syl- vania, Georgia, wall enter Paine College at Augusta during Sep¬ tember. She was salutatorian of the June graduating class of Central High School at Syl- vania, and was awarded a $300 tuition scholarship by Paine College. LaRonce is 14 years old, the youngest pupil ever to be grad¬ uated from the Central High School. She is a member of the National Fraternity of Student Musicians, an international or¬ ganization of student pianists. During graduation exercises last June LaRonce received the high school diploma in Social Music for outstanding achieve¬ ment in piano, the Dilworth Award for excellent work in band, where she played the clarinet, and the Good Citizen¬ ship Medal Award presented by the local chapter of the D.A.R. LaRonce is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Toibertte Lacy of Sylvania. She is a Gill Scout and is active in community, school and church activities. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA SATURDAY, SEPT. 5, 1359 N. C. MUTUAL INS. GO. At the 60th Annual Policy¬ holders Meeting, held in the auditorium of the Home Office, W. J. Kennedy, Jr., chairman of the Board of Directors, pre¬ sented the presiding officer, A T. Spaulding, president. Mr Spaulding opened his remarks by saying, "I accept your man¬ tle in a spirit of humility and dedication and a prayer for understanding, wisdom and Di¬ vine Guidance as I face the challenging opportunities and weighty responsibilities of the future . . A minute of silent prayer Sgt. Arnold Receives Award The Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant was pre¬ sented to Master Sergeant iM-Sgt.) Raphral Arnold, Jr., of Louisiana, by Brig. Gen. Morton E. Townes, Command¬ ing General of the U. S. Army Transportation Terminal Com- . mand, Gulf, during a Battalion i Review held at Camp Leroy Johnson, (New Orleansi, on Aug. 5th. I M-Sgit. Arnold, a recent arriv- al to the Gulf Command, is assigned us a Preventive Med- ■ Continued on Page Lour LADY ADEMOLA HONORED Lady A. A. Adcmola, (lefti, wife of the Chief Justice of the Federation of Nigeria, was recently awarded the M. B. E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) by Queen Elizabeth, in recognition of her outstanding contribu¬ tion to voluntary social services in Western Nigeria. She is pictured outside Buckingham palace, after attending an inves- titute service, displaying her insignia to fellow compatriot. Lady K. A. Abayomi, wife of Sir Abayomi, prominent Nigerian physi- Ician—(ANP Photoi Labor Day can be variously | defined as-' the end of summer; S the beginning of the school ' year; a national traffic jam; or simply an excuse for a long weekend away from the office. But the founder of the holi¬ day, Peter J McGuire, con- | ceived it as a tribute to “the industrial spirit, the great vital , force of every nation.” In 1882, McGuire,—a i in the Knights of Labor—pro- posed that a day be set aside \ to honor the working man. He suggested the first Monday in j I September, since it came almost midway between Independence | Day and Thanksgiving Day. j The Central Labor Union of i New York adopted his 1 and held the first Labor Day I celebration on September 5th. As McGuire had suggested, the union paraded through the j streets of Manhattan, to was observed after which Mr. Spaulding prayed openly. President Spaulding then pre¬ sented Chairman of the Board W. J. Kennedy, Jr., who gave the Annual Report to Policy¬ holders. W. J. Kennedy, Jr„ and E. R. Merrick were re-elected mem¬ bers of the Board of Directors for a period of four years. Be¬ cause of the voluntary retire¬ ment of W. H, Harvey, age 80, it becomes necessary to elect a new member to the Board of Continued on nave Severn A-3c Lawton At Tyndal A. F. Base A-3c Lucius L. Lawton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Maxle Lawton of 1013 West 50th street, is now j stationed at Tyndal A. F. B. in Panama City, Florida after be¬ ing home on leave from August 1st to August 19. Airman Lawton was stationed at Ama¬ rillo A, F. B., Texas before his leave. He had two weeks of basic training at Lackland A. F. B , in San Antonio, Texas, where he was chosen from fif¬ teen .other airmen to attend (Continued on Page Three the strength and spirit of trade and labor organizations. Shortly after, the Knights of Labor voted for an annual cele- bration. In 1884, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions of the United States and Canada—-predecessor of the American Federation of Labor —voted to make the celebration national. i The first state to make Labor Day a legal holiday was Oregon, in 1887, according to The Worid j Book Encyclopedia. The legisla¬ tures of Colorado, etts, New Jersey and New York j quickly followed suit and, in i 1894. Congress made Labor Day a national holiday. I Labor Day now ranks with Independence Day. Washing¬ ton’s Birthday and Thanksgiv¬ ing Day as the most generally celebrated holidays in the U. S. WASHINGTON, D. C.—(ANP) —The American Veterans Com¬ mittee here last week said that the American Legion has for¬ feited all right to governmental privileges because it continues to favor racial discrimination in its ranks. Calling for a congressional investigation of the Legion, the AVC asks, "Why should the American Legion be granted tax e x e m p Lion, a congressional charter, Veterans Admlnistra- tion recognition and other fed- eral benefits when its actions are clearly unconstitutional?'’ The AVC was represented by its national chairman, Mickey Levine. Iu Minneapolis, the Legion’s newly elected national com¬ mander, Martin B. McKneally of Newburgh, N.Y., a Rcpub- lican, and appointee of New Yorks’ Governor Rockefeller, termed the AVC's action, "per¬ fectly absurd.” "No one who takes civil rights seriously would even give seri¬ ous consideration to this re¬ quest,” McKneally added. Asks Legion Charter Be Revoked Last Friday the AVC made public a telegram bo Chairman Olin Teague (D-Tex) of the Continued on Page Severn Dr. Williams Returns From Vacation I)r. I. I). Williams Dr. I. D. Williams, local phy¬ sician, has returned to the city after an extensive vacation. Up attended the annual con¬ vention of the National Med¬ ical Association which met in Detroit at the Sheraton- Cadillac Hotel. He observed in¬ teresting operations at t h c Cryle's Ciinle In Cleveland. Ohio, including an aorta femo¬ ral graft. In Philadelphia he visited Dr Purvis Henderson and Dr. Helen Dickens Henderson who are neuro-surgeon and pediatrician, respectively, at the Philadel¬ phia Children's Hospital. Among his relatives visited were his son-in-law and daugh¬ ter, Dr. and Mrs. (Dr. Margaret) Lonnie T. Reid in Suffolk, Va.; nephew and niece, Mr. and Mrs Clay Claiborne in Atlantic City; sister-in-law, Mrs. Mabel Clarke, and her children in Philadelphia; and his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. 1. D. Wiiiiams, Jr. and grand¬ children in Boston, Mass. j I I j i j JUNIOR LEAGUE OFFICIALS I Discussing future plans, follow- ing installation services at 20th annual National Junior League, Inc., conference in New- Price 10c ADams 4-3433 VICE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY, JOSEPH W. of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Co., visits the District as speaker at an Agency Luncheon highlighting a cial Sales Program. Shown from left: Sidney B. Williams, manager; William A Clement, CLU, Associate Agency Director; ivery c. Brandon, staff manager; Mr. Goodioe, and Arthur Clement, Jr., District Manager. i Margaret Tynes, Conrad Buckner On j Ed Sullivan’s Show Sunday Night Sept. 27 NEW YORK I ANP I Sopra¬ no Margaret Tynes and Up dancer Conrad Buckner will appear on the Ed Sullivan special, "Sullivans Travels: In¬ vitation to Moscow," to be pre¬ miered on the CBS TV network Sunday, Sept. 27 (7:30 to 9:00 p.m. EDTi. NATIONAL URBAN LEACH MEETS SEPTEMBER 51 WASHINGTON, D. C. Dr. It. Frank Jones, president of the Washington Urban League, this week announced names of com¬ mittee chairmen tor the Na¬ tional Urban League Confer¬ ence which will be held in Washington, September 5-10. Conference headquarters will be the Sheraton-Paik Hotel. Two highlights of the con¬ ference will be addresses by Arthur S. Fleming, secretary ol Health, Education and Welfare; and Archibald Carey, membei of the President's Committee on Government Policy. Mr Fleming will speak at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, and Mr. Carey will be banquet spcakei at 8 00 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 10 The banquet is open to tin public. A three-day institute foi professional staff, board anci committee members will pre¬ cede the conference. Lester B. Judge Slater, Atty. Barnes CHICAGO (ANP) - Both Republican and parties last week nominated Negro to run for a $25,000 year Superior court in the Nov. 3 elections. There are six judegships be filled and to date, the Negro on the Circuit Dispute Over Watermelon Leads To Killing CHICAGO (ANP) — Leroy Mosley, 30, was stubbed to death last Wednesday in a quarrel over the division of a water¬ melon. Paul Ivy, 21, accused of kill¬ ing Mosley in Mosley's home, told police the fight started when Mosley refused to divide a melon given them when they aided a driver of a stalled truck ark N J.. recently are (l-r> lames Erline Holmes, East Or- N. J„ national organizer; edythe Sydner, Montclair, N. J.. first vice president; Willye Lee NUMBER 48 They were among a group American entertainers who re¬ cently completed a three-week engagement In Russia, led by Sullivan, Tire acts of the two Negro performers, it is reported, were among the most popular with Russian audiences. Granger, national executive di¬ rector, will keynote the insti¬ tute with an. address entitled, ‘On the Threshold of tire Ur¬ ban League's Golden Anniver¬ sary, 1910-1960.” Co-chairmen of the confer¬ ence are Mr. Fleming; Leon Chatekiln, chairman, D, C. Commissioners’ Council on Hu¬ man Relations; Dorothy Height, president, National Council of Negro Women; Mordeeui W. Johnson, president, Howard University; Milton S. Kronheim, Sr., president, Milton S. Kron¬ heim Co.; Robert E. McLaugh¬ lin, president, D. C. Board of Commissioners; Guillermo Se- villa-Sacaso, Ambassador of Nicaragua; and Harold H. iehroeder, assistant vice pres¬ ident, American Telephone and Telegraph Co. Oher committee chairmen are (Continued on Page Six) bench was Judge Wendell E. Green, who died Aug. 23. Singled out by the Democrats is Judge Fred W "Duke” Sk¬ ier of Municipal court, former football great of Iowa State university. The Republicans nominated Atty. George S. Barnes. carrying watermelons. Ivy said Moslpy sat ‘down to eat and remarked: “You didn’t push: you don't get any.” In tlie ensuing fight, he took the knife Mosley was using to slice the melon and adminis¬ tered the fatal blow. Then V y put the body in the back yard and began eating the water¬ melon. Whitney, Denver, president; i Blanche E. King, Chicago, found¬ j er-exeeutive secretary; and At- torney Martha Belle, Montclair, —'ANP Photon