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LAST RITES HELD WEDNESDAY FOR
MRS. GEORGE S. WILLIAMS
Funeral services for Mrs.
George S. Williams, familiany
known to her intimate
as Mrs. Mamm George Williams,
were held Wednesday afternoon
at the First Congregational
church. They were largely at-
400 Negroes Enrolled In
White Oklahoma Schools
D. C. Soda Fount Refuse
To Serve Josephine Baker
GETS DEGREE—Mrs. Minnie G.
Noble, proprietor of Min’s
Beauty Nook, successfully com¬
pleted requirements for her
bachelor of arts degree in cos¬
metology. She received a certi¬
ficate of cosmetology in bleach¬
ing, tinting, and hair styling.
Mrs. Noble rcceved her train¬
ing from the nationally known
hear stylist, Madam Lillie B.
Rose Leach. located
Beauty Nook . ,
Min’s is
in the Guaranty Building at
458 L West Broad street, tele-
phone 9668.
Protest At¬
tack on Dr.
Julian’s Home
CHICAGO, July 5.—Prominent
citizens and property holders of
Oak Park, Illinois, Chicago su¬
burb and scene of the bombing of
the home ot Dr. Percy Julian
distinguished Negro scientist and
Spingarn award winner, have
formally protested the incident
and have asked the Chicago
branch of the National Associa¬
tion for the Advancement of Col¬
ored People to publicize their
protest. Expressing “dismay and indig¬
nation" at the “attack on the
sanctitv and security” of Dr. Juli¬
an’s home, a letter signed by
forty-five residents of the com¬
munity and sent to a local news¬
paper and four_ Chicago news¬
papers states: “We ask Dr. Juli¬
an and his family to accept our
sincere apology that such un-
American and bigoted action
should occur in our village. We
welcome them to Oak Park and
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THE 8AVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1951
j tended and were conducted by
the Rev. A. C. Curtright, pastor,
Inter ment was in Laurel
Gr0 v e cemetery. Funeral ar¬
rangements were in charge of
(Continued on Page 7)
OKLAHOMA CITY, (ANP) —
Less than three years after the
first Negro entered a white school
in Oklahoma, as a result of the
now famous Supreme Court de¬
cision, more than 400 colored per¬
sons are scattered throughout
three different state schools.
The rundown on students is as
follows; Oklahoma university,
150; Oklahoma A and M, about
200; and Northwestern State Col¬
lege, about 40.
Some of the students arc living
on the campus, while others com¬
mute from nearby towns.
FORMER SALVE, 107
DIES
LEBANON, Ky. — (ANP) —
John H. (Deacon) Hughes, 107
years old—died here last week.
Born a slave in Lebanon, he
was auctioned once m> m ii
Hughes had worked as a
brickmason and helped to con¬
struct many of the buildings
here.
By ALICE A. DUNNIGAN
WASHINGTON. (ANP)--Jose-
phine Baker, world famous sing¬
er and dancing star, was refused
service at the soda fountain in
the Ilect department store last
Monday during her one-day stay
in the nation's capital. She ap¬
peared at the National Guard
Armory, Monday night.
After being welcomed at the
National airport by a reception
committee of 200 prominent citi¬
zens, Miss Baker apparently
learned the hard way that a Ne¬
gro, no matter how prominent,
is not so welcome in ihe city oi
Washington when he wants to
buy a cold soda al a department
store.
At the airport, Miss Baker was
welcomed by Perry Howard who
spoke in behalf of the citizens of
Washington; Gabriel Van Laeth-
em, first secretary of the French
Embassy, welcomed her on be¬
half of the French Ambassador,
and Dorothy Ferebee, president
of the National Council of Negro
Women, on behalf of her organi¬
zation which sponsored the af¬
fair. A bouquet of red roses was
presented her by Mrs. Jean Clore,
chairman of the reception com¬
mittee.
A motorcade of 50 cars escort¬
ed the exotic toast of Paris 'to
the Council house where she met
the press and was. served refresh¬
ments by the Metropolitan Coun¬
cil of Negro Women.
Miss Baker expressed quite
frankly her disapproval of Ne¬
groes who come to Europe as
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ATLANTA, (ANP)—The em¬
ployment of Negroes in skilled
positions in the south has prog¬
ressed in a “very satifactory”
manor, according to Harold O.
DeWitt, industrial secretary of
the Richmond (Va.) Urban lea¬
gue, currently serving as acting
industrial relations director of
the league’s southern field divi¬
sion.
His report on a survey conduct¬
ed by the Richmond branch and
published in the May-June issue
of “New South” monthly bulletin
of the Southern Regional council,
gives some rather illuminating
facts about the upswing unskilled of Negro
employment above the
level.
USHOP WILKES AT
ST. PHILIP MONUMEN¬
TAL CHURCH SUNDAY
Bishop W. R. Wilkes will be
the principal speaker Sunday at
St. Philip Monumental A. M. E.
Church, speaking at the 11:30
A.M. and the 7:00 P.M. Service.
Bishop ( 'Wilkes is the presiding
Bishop of the Kith EGniseopa!
District, including the Republic
of Cuba, Haiti, the Dominican
area, British and Dutch Guiana,
South America, the Bahamas,
Trinidad, Virgin Islands and the
Jamaica Conference. Covering
such a Wide area, thickly popu¬
lated with Negroes, gives the
Bishop an insight into the spirit¬
ual, social, political and educa¬
tional problems of Negroes, both
at heme and in the above sec¬
tions.
The Federated Organizations
and 'the Youth Forum of the
church observe Educational Em¬
phasis Sunday honoring this sea¬
son’s graduates and high school
and college students attending
school throughout the country
that are residents of Savannah.
The morning worship will of¬
fer a challenge toward “Greater
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Protest GIs Restriction
NAACP CONDEMNS ORDER KEEPING WHITE SOLDIERS OUT OF COLORED DISTRICT AFTER DARK
In a strongly worded letter
lo Brig. Gen. Clare H. Arm¬
strong, commanding general of
Camp Stewart, the Savannah
Branch, NAACP, denounced the
recent Third Army restriction
of white military personnel
from the densely Negro ponu-
lated Savannah west side “after
In the letter, voicing the
sentiment of many Negro citi¬
zens, W. W. Law. president of
the lo^al NAACP branch, urged
that the proposed area not be
restricted for four clear, sound
reasons.
The complete letter follow's:
’ 2009 Florence Street
Savannah, Georgia
July 6, 1951
“Brigade General Clare H. Arm¬
strong
Commanding General
e-imo , rf pwart, Georgia
“Dear Sir:
in the July 6, 1951, edition of
the Savannah Evening Press
there appears a news story on
Page 18, column 2, to the ef¬
fect, that vou have been author¬
ized by the Third Armv head¬
quarters to restrict white mili¬
tary personnel from the west
side of Savannah “after dark.”
“This comes as a shock to the
Savannah <Ga.) Branch of the
National Association for the
Advancement People for four
reasons:
“First, because the national
policy of the armed forces is
one designed to integrate the
men of our country regardless
of race or color, and mould
them into a stong, united, ef¬
fective democratic team. If
white and Negro military per-
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TO SING SUNDAY MORNING AT ST. JOHN’S
The Eighty Voice Chorus of the
St. John Baptist Church, Hart-
ridge St., will sing it’s sixtieth
concert Sunday morning, begin¬
ning strictly at 11:30 o’clock, hon¬
oring the sixtieth anniversary of
tho church,; with Mrs. Rubye I.
Seafarers Union Ends •!.('.
After NAACP Protests
NEW YORK, July 5.—The
tional Association for the
vancement qf Colored People wan
a victory against the
crimination this week when
Seafarers International Union,
AFL, ■d to end discrimina-
tion Negroes in the mart-
time
Four years ago a number of
complaints of against discrimination aiiu
segregation Negro mem¬
bers of the union were filed with
the New York State Commission
Against Discrimination, hut the
Seafarers Union made no move
to end the Jim Crow until
NAACP stepped in shortly over
a month ago. The Association in¬
formed the union and the SCAD
that it intended to file suit on
behalf of Grover Barnes ,a sea¬
man who had complained to the
NAACP that he was assigned to
a segregated unit by the union
and denied free employment op¬
portunity. NAACP into the
As the moved
picture, the union quickly made
an agreement with the SCAD,
with the understanding that ap¬
plication for membership, work
permits, job referrals and trans¬
fers, should be acted upon with¬
out regard to the race, creed, col¬
or or national origin of the ap¬
plicant.
OMISSION
It was inadvertently ommit-
teu from tne O, E. d. article
in last week’s issue that Mrs.
Matilda Washington served as
chaplain in the playlet entit¬
led, “The Mystic Tie’’ at the
recent Grand Capter session
at Bainbridge.
Negro Employment in Skills Rises
IN THE SOUTH
The report shows that 6,000
Negroes are employed as muni¬
cipal workers in 16 southern
cities, that Negroes in general
hold over 110 different job classi¬
fications above the unskilled
level.
However, he says the survey
shows that no one city has open¬
ed up as many as one-third of
these classifications to qualified
Negroes.
“Negroes are employed by
municipalities in such clerical
capacities as mimeograph opera¬
tor, clerk-stenographer, and cash¬
ier; in such service occupations as
firemen, policeman bailiff, and
dog-catcher; in semi-skilled occu¬
pations as paver and equipment
NAACP
Fights JC On
I. C. Railroad
CHICAGO, July 5. — Another
legal was scored by the
Chicago branch of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People when the As¬
sociation appeared as a party in
the proceeding before the Illi¬
nois Commerce Commission this
week, seeking an end to Jim
Crow practices on the Illinois
Central Railroad.
The State’s Attorney’s office
set a precedent by filing a peti¬
tion against the railroad com-
pany when Miss Vera Johnson of j
Chicago complained that she was j
—it—5--| segregated on the Illinois Cen- ;
(Continued on page Seven)
THE TWO STEERS shown at
left above shared two acres of;
if-ntnei™ J n 1 escue grass las
Wlnte . . j’ w ith jth no otherfeed. -rviov They
' 15. ver ® Although ,Pl acec l. the grazing ° n study P^' i
made at the Black Belt
Lewis, mistress of ceremonies;
Dea. Edward J. Simmons, direct¬
ing; Mrs. Marguerite Thomas at
the console; and Dr. E. O. S.
Vlevcland, at the piano.
This concert will be filled with
thrilling numbers that will fill
NEW COUNTY AGENT — E. H
Harmond, who has served as
head of the Agricultural De¬
partment at Savp""’"h State
College for the past four years,
recently accepted the position
of County Agricultural Agent
for Chatham county.
A native of Darien, Mr. Har¬
mond received his early train¬
ing in the Savannah school
system. His agricultural and
protesslonal training was re¬
ceived at Hampton institute,
and at Michigan State college,
where he recevied his M. S.
degree, majoring in horticul¬
ture. In addition to his experi¬
ence at the college here, Mr.
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operators', in skilled positions a>
foreman, painter and briklayer
and in professional fields as social
worker, physician, nurse and
municipal judge.
In a breakdown by degree of
skills, the following totals were
amassed from the 16 cities sur¬
veyed; managerial - professions,
468; clerical, 46; semi-profession
al, 71; skilled, 43; semi-skilled,
269; service and unskilled, 5,590.
Cities concerned in the survey
were Atlanta, Birmingham, Dal¬
las, Fort Worth, Houston, Jack¬
sonville, Fla., Knoxville, Tenn., j
Little Rock, • Louisville, Miami,
Nashville, New Orleans, Norfolk,
Oklahoma City, Richmond, Va.,
and San Antonio, Tex.
Experiment Station has not
i jeen completed, the teers seem
^ g jj OW favorable results. The;
late K. G. Baker, superintend-j
ent of the Black Belt Station, . .
is ;
shown at right above with a
you with ecstacy. There will be
no admission fee, but a consecrat¬
ed offering will be taken, giving
everyone a chance to contribute
from the heart. The. public is
cordially invited.
Named To
Sch
Board
ANNAPOLIS, Md., (ANP) —
Theodore McKelin last week
two Negroes to serve
county boards of education.
Howard E. Thomas of Huntington
named to the Calvert County
and William B. Wade, Sr.,
tiie Charles County board.
Those will perhaps be the first
ever to serve in their ca¬
pacity in southern Maryland.
(Continued on Page Seven)
Attack Virginia Jim Crow in
Public Accommodations
RICHMOND, Va., July 5.—The
first legal case making a direct
attack on tne constitutionality ol
the Virginia statute requiring
racial segregation in public as
semblies was filed in fedora)
court here this week by the Vir¬
ginia State Conference of
branches of the National Associa¬
tion for the Advancement ot Col¬
ored People.
The case arose when the
NAACP group engaged the city-
owned Mosque Auditorium foi
(Continued on page Seven)
Houston was the top-ranking
city with a total of 1,007 Negro
employees. Second was Atlanta
with 768 and third, Birmingham,
with 675. Little Rock had the
lowest number of municipal
workers, 41.
The city departments employ¬
ing the largest numbers of Ne-1
groes were, utilities, public works, 2,628;
public 1,143; and health.
1,096. The smallest number were
in the finance department — two
only.
A special survey of Negro fire¬
men disclosed that six southern
cities have a combined total of
69—a number which includes six
'Continued on page Seven)
group of Negro farmers and
farm leaders. He gave the
group Information on the re¬
suits of Caley pea and Johnson
grass grazing . work at the sta- I i
tion.—(ANP)
NUMBER 39
y: WT
GETS PH. D— Mrs. Thelma T.
Murray, associate professor of
English at Fort Valley State
college, Fort Valley, Ua., was
awarded a Ph. D. degree In ed¬
ucation recently. A member of
the Fort Valley faculty since
Asks US Steel To Help Halt
Birmingham Terror
ATLANTA, July 5.—Delegates
to the 42nd annual convention of
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
last week called upor Benjamin
Fairless, president of the United
States S’teel Corporation, to use
his influence to stop the reign of
terror against Negro citizens of
Birmingham, is Alabama. U. S. Steel
the parent company of the Ten¬
nessee Coal and Iron Corporation,
which has a dominant economic
position in Jefferson County,
where Birmingham is situated.
“The police department of the
Qity of Birmingham, Alabama,
Both Groups Happy Over
California’s 17170 n”
LOS ANGELES, (ANP)—Gen¬
ual rejoicing last week greeted
the news that Gov. Earl Warren
had at last signed the “Little
FEPC bill” making it a law in
California.
the Negro citizens were elated over
fact that while it is more
limited than the former national
Fair Employment Practices law,
there will be many more doors
>f employment open than before.
Many white heads of firms
were pleased also because while
t does not affect them directly
at present, they see ahead a
larger market from which they
can draw.
eley, Byron Rumford, from Berk¬
the only other Negro Assem¬
blyman, besides Los Angelle' Au¬
gustus Hawkins and Ed. Gaff-
white, from San Francisco, were
co-authors of the measure, that
had a hard fight ever since it was
first launched. It strictly forbids
racial discrimination on any Pub¬
lic Works projects.
Join the N. A. C. P. and be a
part of the progressive courage¬
ous movement for Negro civil
rights.
NEW YORK, July 5.—The ap¬
pointment of Herbert L. Wright
as national youth secretary of the
National Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Colored People was
announced today by Walter
White, NAACP secretary.
Mr. Wright was graduated this
year Mexico from the University of New
with a B.S. degree in
biology and political science and
has studied public administration
at the University of Chicago. He
has been active for some time in
the NAACP youth circle as for¬
mer president of the Houston,
youth council and presi¬
of the University of New
Mexico NAACP chapter.
The new youth secretary re¬
Mrs. Ruby Hurley, who
been promoted to the field
and is presently serving as
coordinator of NAACP
in the Southeast. Mrs.
served as youth secretary
1943 to the present time.
1941, she is a graGuate of Wil-
berforee and Atlanta univer¬
sities. She is the fourth faculty
member of the college to win
the doctorate degree since 1945.
—(ANP)
under the ruthless direction of
Commisisoner Eugene (Bull)
Connor, has established a shame¬
less record for daily disregard of
the elementary civil rights and
the personal safety of Negroes in
that city,” a resolution adopted
by the delegates and the NAACP
board of directors states.
“Because of the dominant eco¬
nomic position of the Tennessee
Coal and Iron Corporation in re¬
gard to the maintenance of de¬
cent standards of law enforce¬
ment iri that community. Ac¬
cordingly, this Board calls upon
Continued on Page Seven
CROWNED MRS. R. N. — Mrsj
Elizabeth Horne Tyson, R. N.,
who was crowned Miss R. N. for
1951, June 22 at the close of a
popularity contest conducted by
the Savannah Registered Nurses’
Association.
Doctors Meet
In PhilyNext
Month
I 'ILADELPHIA, Pa„ (ANP)
—1 iladelphia—the city of con¬
ventions—win ne tne scene of the
convention of the National Med¬
ical Association from Aug. 20 to
24. The association will meet in
Convention Hall.
There will he sections on pedi¬
atrics. medicine, surgery, cancer
and thyroid diseases.
Ail activities will meet under
one roof. Television and moving
pictures will aid in the discus¬
sions.
Pediatrics and Medicine will bd
merged into one section. Doctors
who will lead discussions of these
phases of medicine are:
Dr. J. B. Johnson, professor of
medicine. Howard university; Dr.
Armen G. Evans, Cleveland. Ohio,
instructor in Pediatrics, School
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