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77 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS YEARS SERVICE OF
VOLUME LXXVII
MISS JACKSON, “GOSPEL SINGER OF THE YEAR”—‘Miss Ma-
halia Jackson, international gospel singer, has been named “Gos¬
pel Singer of the Year” by the National Gospel Symposium Asso¬
ciation. Above in foreground, Miss Jackson receives The Mary
Hamilton Kendrix Memorial Trophy from Moss H. Kendrix, Jr.,
Washington, D. C., at the close of concert given by the famous
singer for NAAC'P in New York. Background photo shows Alan
Kendrix making trophy presentation to Walter Kennedy, III,
Knoxville, Tenn., who is NGSA founder-director. The trophy to
be given annually memorializes the paternal grandmother of the
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“CLANDESTINE” LODGE
Iiy O. C. W. Taylor
Louisville, (ANPi—Prince Hall
Masons of Kentucky this week
announced a legal victory over
an organization known as the
Kentucky Grand Lodge of In¬
ternational Free and Accepted
Masons. Tiie Internationals
were ordered not to use the
name Masonic lodge, Masons or
any imitation of these Head¬
quarters for this group is De¬
troit and the titular head is a
William Banks who styles him¬
self “The Supreme Grand Mas¬
ter.”
This group was originally out¬
lawed by the Prince Hall Ma¬
APPEAR IN RECITAL HERE
Marvin Thornton,
of Mrs. Marie Thornton
the late Prof. William G.
will be presented in
piano recital at the First
Baptist church educa¬
center Monday, Sept. 21,
8 p.m.
Mr. Thornton is a graduate
Alfred E. Beach High School.
is now a sophomore at the
College of Music in
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sons in a suit on June 27, 1957.
In an appeal in October 1958
Judge Stuart E. Lampe, Ken-
tuey Court of Appeals, upheld
the decision against the inter¬
national group.
The internationals, however,
inc.orproated in February of
this year and the suit follow¬
ed. This suit was won because
the internationals did not ap¬
pear to defend themselves.
Amos T Hall of Tulsa, Okla.,
said the suit was just another
in a scries against clandestine
Masons planned over the na¬
tion.
New York City, where he is
studying toward an A. B. de¬
gree with a major in piano
His fundamental training in
piano was received from Mrs.
C. M. Weils.
The program will include
compositions from Chopin,
Schubert, Bach, and Beethoven.
A special feature will be two
compositions composed and
played by Mr. Thornton.
SR Council Report Shows Failure of
Private Schools in Halting integration
MR. ROBERTSON
LOSES RIGHT ARM
IN TRAIN ACCIDENT
Robert H. Robertson,
East Broad Street, fell under
a moving train at the Union
Station Saturday, Sept. 12.
around 10:30 p. m., causing his
right arm to be out off at the
shoulder.
Mr. Robertson, a retired Pull¬
man porter had never been
seriously injured during his
forty-rbwto years of railroad em¬
ployment. He has toeen a
patient at Memorial Hospital
since the accident. His condi¬
tion is “fair.”
It was reported by a city po¬
liceman soon after the accident
that Mr. Robertson fell as he
stepped from an Atlantic Coast
Line train after visiting a
friend in one of the oars. He
rolled partially under the train,
which was pulling out of the
station, and a wheel severed
has arm at the shoulder.
Mr. Robertson and his wife,
Mrs. Anna B. Robertson, are
native Savannahians. They
moved to Washington, D. C.,
several years ago when Mr.
Robertson’s train run was sche¬
duled on a parlor car between
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CR Commission
NCNW LAUNCHES
MEMBERSHIP
CAMPAIGN
The National Council of Ne¬
gro Women will iauncn its
“Fifty Days of Membership
Mobilization” Sc.plemoer 12 to
October 31, Miss Dorothy I.
Height, National President, an¬
nounced today. Mrs. Robert L.
Vann and Mrs. Nettie Carter
Jackson are the co-chairmen
for this campaign through
which the Council wiil reor.uit
25,000 new members from all
walks of life into local com¬
munity activity.
The oampargn nas the full
support of the heads of the
twenty-ttwo national affiliated
organzations who are capable
of reaching 850.000 women in
church, fraternal, business,
professional and civic groups
using the' slogan “Each one
Reach one Every Day for Fifty
Days.”
Memberships taken or renew¬
el during the campaign extend
through October, 1960. In addi¬
tion to enlisting women the
Council is inviting men who
subscribe to its purpose and
who want to support its ex¬
panding services to become As¬
sociate Members.
“The situation confronting
our youth today is such that
women cannot fail to close
and unite their efforts
help create conditions that
deal with problems of per¬
conduct as well as the.
deeper, underlying conditions
housing, education, citizen¬
and international rela¬
Miss Height said. Mary
Bethune, the Council
stressed the need for
unified purpose and action
the very beginning.
Mrs. Mable Keaton Staupers
coordinator for the mobili¬
with headquarters at
Council House, 1318 Ver¬
Avenue, N.W., Washing¬
5, D. C.
Kick-Off
The members of the Nation¬
Council of Negro Women on
of Western Europe made
an advance kick-off for the
1959 Membership Mobilization
they gathered in a hotel
dining room at Innsbruck, Aus¬
tria, a midpoint in the Council's
'“European Tour with a Pur¬
pose” of meeting their coun¬
terparts in some ten countries.
Mrs. Bessie Morris of New
York City was first to become
a life member. “The meetings
with women of the National
Councils of Belgium, Holland.
Germany and other countries
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Reports on Voting, Education and Housing
j White House and Congress re¬
ceived last week the long-talk¬
ed about report and recoin-
! mendiations from the Presi¬
dent's Commission on Civil
Rights.
The six-man commission,
created by an Act of Congress
in 1957, made a study of racial
discrimination in three areas—
voting, education and housing
—and suggested 14 steps which
might be taken to combat seg¬
regation.
After giving a detailed report
of their findings, the commis¬
sion made five recommenda¬
tions in the field of voting.
1. That the Census bureau
be authorized to make a territo¬
rial compilation of registration
and voting statistics, including
a count of individuals by race,
color and national origin who
are registered.
2. That Congress require all
state and territorial registra¬
tion and voting records shall be
public records and must be
preserved for a period of five
years.
3. That the Civil Rights Aot
of 1957 be amended so as to
prohibit boards or registrars
from depriving citizens of the
right to register and vote be¬
cause of their race.
4. That the commission be
empowered to apply directly to
the U. S. District court for en¬
forcement of subpoenas if wit¬
nesses refuse to obey subpoen-
Junior League Thrift Sale
Scheduled for Oct. 15,16,17
Sale will be held this year on
October 15, 16 and 17, Mrs. Don¬
ald K Jones, chairman, an¬
nounced today. Mrs. Jones said
the location of the sale will be
at East Broad and President
streets on the northeast cor¬
ner.
An additional feature of tills
year’s big three-day event will
be a Friday night sale on Oc¬
tober 16. Mrs. Jones emphasiz¬
ed that merchandise will be
held back and put out each day
as the sale progresses.
Included in the household
goods, toys, clothing and fur¬
The Citizens Democratic Club
will hold a county wide meet¬
ing Wednesday night, Sept. 23,
at 8 o'clock at the West Broad
Street Y1MCA. Every citizen is
urged to be present.
This meeting will bring to
your attention many interesting
SAVANNAH, GEOftGLA SATURDAY, SEPT. 19, 1959
ATLANTA—(ANP) — An in
'teresting report, released re¬
cently by the Southern Region¬
al Council, reveals the deter¬
mined effort being made by the
state of Virginia to circumvent
the Supreme Court ruling to
integrate the Nation’s public
schools.
The Council report centers
about “The Virginia Experi¬
ence -the Private School An¬
swer to the Desegregation Cris¬
is, and states: “In its issue of
April 6, 1959, the United States
News and World Report carried
in bold type the heading: A
New School System Is Springing
Up in the South—a System of
Private Schools.
No Public Schools In
Prince Edward County
A principal exhibit in the
private school story Ls Virginia,
where some public schools were
closed for five months last Fall
and Winter by state order in
three, cities, and where one
county, Princ Edmark Un-dtiS
out off local funds for public
schools.
Virginia has approximately
800,000 children enrolled in
2,500 public schools. It Ls inter¬
esting to note that the total
enrollment in all the non-
seatarlan private schools in the
United States is also estimate?'
as issued by it.
5. That if nine or more in-
dividuals from any district,
county or parish present swam
affidavits to the President
alleging unsuccessful attempts
to register, that they be refer¬
red to the commission which
will investigate the validity of
the allegations, dismissing the
unfounded and certifying the
well-founded ones. The Presi¬
dent should then designate a
Federal officer or employee in
the area to act as temporary
registrar.
Commissioner John Battle,
former Governor of Virginia,
dissented to the fifth recom¬
mendation. He agreed that all
qualified citizens should have
the right to vote, but contend¬
ed that present laws are suffi¬
cient to protect that right.
Vice-chairman Robert G.
Story, former dean, Southern
Methodist University Law
school, Dallas, Tex., and Com¬
missioner Doyie E. Carlton,
former Governor of Florida,
joined in a statement opposing
a proprosal to amend Article
XXIII to the Constitution to
establish universal suffrage.
Battle concurred with the
statement drawn up by his sou¬
thern colleagues.
Recommendations dealing
with education were:
1. That the Pres, propose and
Congress enact legislation au¬
thorizing the commission to
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summer by League members
will be many new items donat¬
ed by local merchants and off¬
ered at far less than retail
prices. Proceeds from the sale
will be used to support the
Junior League’s widespread
charities.
Among the prices listed for
this year’s sale are:
Evening dresses—43. and up;
tux and tails—$8; ladies dresses,
$.25 to $3; children’s dresses—
$.25 to $2; hats—$.35 to $.50;
shoes—$.25 to 92; and pocket-
books—$.10 to $35.
things that you should know
and how you can help to cor¬
rect them at a low cost and
with little of your time.
All civic minded, taxpaying
citizens should attend this
meeting and get the facts.
Please be present.
at 800,000,
James Baker and George Gill,
reporters for the Richmond
News-Leader, toured the state
last Mlarch to see what was
being done in each of the 10
Congressional districts in pre¬
paration for a possible shift
from public schools to segrega¬
ted private schools.
“Nothing Being Done’’
In the 12 counties and four
cities of the First District their
survey indicated that some
people were talking about es¬
tablishing private schools but
that practically nothing was
being done.
In the Fourth District, where
Negro pupils outnumber white
by 45,300 to 37,600, the report¬
ers found citizens in 16 of the
21 localities discussing plans
for setting up private schools.
Some projects were only in the
preliminary planning stage, but
Prince Edward County, which
was one of the first in the
South to be Involved in school
desegregation litigation, has had
its private school organization
in a constant state of readiness
1955.
The reporters heard there of
a carefully worked out plan,
whereby, when the need should
arise, each white public school
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FIVE CHARGED !.N
i LITTLE ROCK
BOMBING
LITTLE ROCK (ANP)- Five
men who reportedly took part
In the Labor Day bombings have
been arrested and charged with
destroying proyerty with explo¬
sives. One has been released
on bail, the others are being
held in lieu of $50,000 bond
each.
The men arc John Taylor
Coggins, 38, carpenter; Samuel
Graydcn Beaver, 40, car sales¬
man; Jessie Raymond Perry, 24
truck driver; E. A. Lauderdale
48, lumber dealer and director,
segregationist Capital Citizens
council; and J. I>. Sims, 35,
truck driver.
Sims, a Ku Klux Klanist, ad¬
mitted taking part in the three
bombings which damaged a
school board office, the mayor’s
office and a city-owned station
wagon assigned to the fire
chief. He reportedly remark¬
ed that he used throe sticks of
dynamite on the station wagon
and 10 on the school. Why?
He “didn’t want my 11 year old
daughter to go to school with
nigegrs.”
Arrested as he left church servi¬
ces Sims turned down services
of Atty Amis Guthrldge, who is
representing Lauderdale.
Friends To Rescue
(Lauderdale, freed the day af¬
ter arrest was released frlends! on
$50,000 bail after three
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ANNIVERSARY SALUTES—Two Los Angeles business institutions— Carnation Company and The
Los Angeles Sentinel, were recipients of anniversary salutes recently when representatives of the
Negro press visited in the West Coast city. Seen above at Carnation World Headquarters are S.
A. Halgreen, Carnation Company’s vice president, left and Leon H. Washington, Jr„ Sentinel
publisher, second from left, with Cleveland’s William O. Walker, president, National Newspaper
Publishers Association, Mrs. Ernest K. Tave, Los Angeles consumer consultant for Carnation, and
Howard Murphy, Baltimore, who is president of Associated Publishers, Inc. Carnation Compa¬
ny, producers of the world’s finest milk products, was organized in September, 1899, while the
Sentinel first appeared in 1934.
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TWO NOMINEES
ACCEPTED AT A. F.
ACADEMY and W. POINT
WASHINGTON (ANP I Cong.
Charles C. Diggs, Jr., has ex¬
pressed congratulations to Wil¬
liam Claude Ayers for entrance
approval to the Air Force Acad¬
emy this year and to David
Samuel Jackson for acceptance
into the U. S. Military Acad¬
emy.
Ayers who was nominalerl by
Diggs graduated last Juno from
Cass Technical High school
with an enviable scholastic rec¬
ord. He Is the on of Dr. and
Mrs. Archie Raymon Ayers of
Detroit.
Jackson, who was also recom¬
mended by Diggs met all en¬
trance requirement; to Weal
Point. He is a graduate of
Cass Technical High school and
has been enrolled at Wayne
State University as a chemistry
mator He resides with his
aunt and guardian, Mrs. Millie
A. Hynson of Detroit.
Thomas Jozwtak, whom Diggs
nominated to the Air Force
Academy in 1955, graduated last
month. He will be assigned to
Spence Air Base in Moultrie,, Ga
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs
John F. Jozwiak also of Detroit.
By Robert E. Shelton
SAN FRANCISCO, California
A dynamic call for Negroes
to unite in political action and
in spiritual rebuilding was
by the vigorous leader
5 million Negro Baptists, Dr.
11. Jackson, of Chicago, 111.,
the 79th annual meeting of
the National Baptist Conven¬
tion, UKA, Inc. The convention
its six-day oa^ Conclave
San Francisco Septem¬
13.
In his lengthy and eloquent
Price 10c
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CHICAGO — (ANP) —
shortage of
and surgeons wa:
in numbers
the Allied P. Sloan
in addition to past aid
$60,000 for 10
scholarships to
Negro college students.
Announcements of the
the lf GO-61 academic
made by Dr. Arnold
executive director
foundation, and Dr.
C. McLean,
'' : or of physiology ’
Chicago, and
National Medical
NUMBER 50
25,000 delegates
and their guests, Dr. Jackson
admonished Negroes for "too
great a waste because of divis¬
ions, petty jealousies and strife
among us.” He called the Negro
a great race and declared that
we are not taking advantage
of the opportunities to prove
it. “Unity 1s one of the great
needs among Negro Baptists and
Negro people," he declared.
The distinguished president
iContinued on page three'
iowships, Inc., Chicago.
This grant raises to more
than $1 million the funds rais¬
ed for Negro medical education
since 1946, when National M< -
ical Fellowships was founded
by Dr. McLean and a number
of philanthropic citizens con¬
cerned with the lack of oppor¬
tunity for Negro students due
to especially high cost of med¬
ical education.
In accepting the contribu¬
tion, Dr. McLean observed that
of the 200,331 physicians tl.ru-
out lhc c<>un t,ry, only about
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