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62 TEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXII Capacity Crowd W. Broad St. W. S. SCOTT HEADS WE* .# * CRO BRANCH OP A W. S. Scott, president of the Guaranty Life Insurance com¬ pany, heads a committee of Ne¬ gro citizens which has been ap¬ pointed as a branch of the Chat ham County War Price and Rationing board. The committee will, no doubt, open office on West Broad street where it will handle the rationing of kerosene and gas- oline- Other members of the branch are: Kerosene panel, Martin Haynes, chairman; Arthur Giv¬ ens and Louis B. Toomer; gas¬ oline panel, Dr. J. E. Fonville, chairman; Simeon L. Williams, Jesse B. Sherman, Peter Jack- son and Thomas Heyward. DEATH CLAIMS MRS. M. E. HAiNES Was a Leader in Womens Affairs and a Former School Teacher After an illness of about a month, Mrs. Mary Harper Haynes died Saturday at her residence, 1624 Ogeechee ave¬ nue. Her funeral was held Mon day afternoon from St. Philip A. M. E. church and was largely attended. The eulogy was de¬ livered by Rev. H. W. Murph, pSstor, and the Rev. A. C. Curt- right, pastor of the First Con¬ gregational church, spoke on her work with the American Missionary Association. Re¬ marks on her church work were made by Class Leader T. Sampson. Selections were ren dered by the Jones Funeral Di- rectors’ choir and a solo was sung by Mrs. Janice Shepherd. The program was concluded by ceremonies by Solomon Temple. Order of Eastern Star. Mrs. Haynes, for many was one of Savannah’s’s most prominent arid workers in "circles”' civic, ernal church and Contini^ on page Five) LT.DHieHTIN CITY Lt. Arthur Dwight will leave tomorrow (Friday) for Camp Van Dorn, Miss., to rejoin his outfit. He has been home for the past ten days visiting his mother. ilir f&Mwwfi ®rttawr. Above —Casablanca —American soldiers are the guests of French girls at the American Red cross Service Club i,i Casa¬ blanca, historic meeting place of President Roosevelt and Wins ton Churchill.. Casabl: i ica is a seaport on the Atlantic coast . of Morocco. The Red Cross club there has set up a committee to insure that -/tldicrs on pass and furlough are received and entertained. Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps) LEFT—Combat Unit in North Africa—Negro crew of a 40- •nm Bofors antiaircraft gun man their posts at Oujda, North Africa. Temporarily stationed near Fifth Army Headquarters, these members of a Coast Artillery regiment are on duty there at the request of the Sultan of Morocco. (U. S. Army photo) Ra^ch-Cuvlcr P-TA Names Committees Class Mothers Are Also Appointed The Beach-Cuyler Parent- Teacher Association held its flrst me eting of this school term Wednesday October 6, at the school. Principal Haynes the new parents to the meet mg and Mrs. L. B. president of the P- T. A., duced the faculty of the two schools to the parents. A V cal solo was rendered by David Brown a member of the Beach High Chorus. The parents and .teachers heard the following re- port coming from the under the management of Mrs. Harriett Brown Brown as follows: From September 13 through September 30 the financial re¬ ceipts were: 1st week ¥393.37; 2nd week $503.76; 3rd week $312.71, total $1209.84. Total expenditures $1046.50. Mrs. Johnson named the following committees and appointed a treasurer to serve during the school term. Those appointed are as follows: Program committee: H. Sim¬ mons, chairman, Miss Jane Par ker. Mrs. Ella Law, p. Smalls, Miss M. Shivery, Miss L. HencT- (Continued from Page 7) Pres, of Haiti - j To Be While | House Guest | j Washington, Oct. 10 (ANP) The state department forrn- a ^y announced last Thursday that President Elie Lescot of the j Republic of Haiti will be here as the official guest of the United j States government upon the i completion of a similar visit to ' the Dominion \. of Canada. He will arrive in the capital on .Thursday, Oct. 14, being | ceived at the White House. The announcement followed (Continued on page 2) '• THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, OCT 14 1913 HARRY McNICHOLS NAMED MANAGER Of Monroe Funeral \ Directors Harry McNichols has been ap- ^ pointed manager of Monroe Funeral Directors. This infor¬ mation was made public yester¬ day by Toland J. Edwards, who with his wife, Mrs. Essie Mon¬ roe Edwards, is owner of this very widely known and most successful business Mr. McNichols is well known in local business circles. For many years he has been con- nected with various mortuary l businesses in Savannah and ^ the past year has been serv- jmg in a key position with the firm which has lust elevated to manager. His wide ex- perience and general knowledge of the business will, no I stand responsible him in good position stead in that f vei Y he has heen called to fill, suc¬ ceeding the late Robert Burke. Many Stu¬ dents Attend V^UIllCl - To Be Held October 29-31 At Lincoln University Chester County Pa.-A ord attendance is anticipated when Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt dresses delegates to the fifth annual Student ence here at Lincoln on October 29-31 Recently returned from a tour which she visited Hawaii, tralia, New Zealand and acanal, Mrs. Roosevelt will liver the keynote address on j tober 29. For its theme j conference will have "A Blue- | pnnt for Action. I representing a total of than 4.000 students, Negro white, have already Mrs. Ruby H. Hurley, director of youth work, this week that the will be an instructional ing to post students on Continued on page Seven CONVICT 3 POLICEMEN 0 BEATING MAN TO DEAT Decision Expected in Jim Crow School Fight New York, N. Y. Oct. 8— With a decision promised for early in the week by State Com¬ missioner of Education Stod¬ dard, the Hillburn Jim Crow school case that has attracted national attention is apparent¬ ly moving to swift climax For the past week Stoddard has had two investigators, Jos¬ eph Lipsky, director of the Di¬ vision of Law, and Don L. Es¬ sex, director of the Division of Building and Grounds for the | New York State Education De¬ partment, actively probing into conditions at Hillburn. They have completed their investiga¬ tion and have reported to Mr. Stoddard. Meantime Thurgood Marshall NAACP legal staff head and Dofiald Crichton who have per¬ sonally represented the Hillburn Baltimore Wants 1000 Voters Month Baltimore, Md. Under the slogan, a “Voteless People is a Hopeless People,” the Balti- more ___w NAACP A . branch its- drive to register 1.00') per sons each month on the books of the Court House. Every * misdaj between l and 2 p. representatives of the BalU- >NAAf P *-ccri to | Court House all persons who de ** *» ■«“»• and citizens oi Maryland. The executive board of the Baltimore branch met in a call Continued on page Seven DR. nD UlLSbni BCDT MAlUiZ ft/I A MUC STIRRING ADDRESS _ Many USO High Present BUILDING NOW IN OPERATION A capacity crowd was present Sunday afternoon at the dedi¬ catory exercises of the West Broad street USO building. The principal, address of the program was made by the Rev. Ralph Mark Gilbert, pastor of the First African Baptist church, who in a most v impres¬ sive discourse told of the work of the USO and the interracial committee which made the new center possible. His address wa,s highly appreciated and i loudly applauded, j The program was outstanding j in its entirety and in addition to the principal address it pre- I sen ted a number of distinguish ■ ed (j i j j cal officers na ona anc 0 | ( of the USO and other organiza tions which are doing such a r splendid work for the U. S. ser¬ vicemen. Among the musical numbers | were several solos rendered by I Martin Graham and Mrs. Nancy j Walker, mie Haynes, and a Miss trio Augusta by Mrs. Pet- Ma¬ I tie and Mrs. Willa Mae Ayers. The Camp Stewart Band, No 3. played several numbers and i two selections were sung by a .glf-c club from the Savannah j wilkes s MacFeeiey, si--riff f Chatham county and presi- 1 dent of the Savannah USD j Council, was master of ceremo- • bi¬ The oppnin- of the W«*s‘ | Broad street VPO building vivo* i the co’orcd soldiers ir the Sav- j j /Pnntlniipi on r>nr!P 'A Notice To Soldiers Relatives t If you wish the picture of ; brother or other rel¬ your son, ative in the U. S. Armed for¬ j ces published in The Tribune, ; send in his picture, plus One ($1.00) Dollar to cover cost of cut. Photographs larger than JUixOli inches not accepted. Savannah Tribune Some Savannah Men In The U. S. Armed Service I Sgt. Sanford T. Mical. son of Mrs. Daisy Alexander of 545 East Park Avenue, and a grad¬ uate of Georgia State College, who is stationed at Fort Sheri¬ dan, Illinois. Sgt King Dumas who has been stationed somewhere India for the past fifteen months. He is the of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dumas and husband of Mrs. Sadie Dumas of 22 Charles lane, parents who held their children out of school on strike this term in protest against local school board policy which man tained an all-white and an all- Negro segregated grades school system, is finishing a brief pre¬ paratory to bringing the case to court. In support of the NAACP position on behalf of the Hillburn parents the Amer¬ ican Civil Liberties Union and the National Lawyers Guild art preparing to submit briefs ami¬ cus curiae. In New York on Sunday Oc¬ tober 8, a mass meeting, attend¬ ed by 2500 persons, heard Al¬ bert Deutch, P. M. columlst: A Clayton Powell, pastor of Abys¬ sinian Baptist church, Raymond Pace Alexander, Philadelphia i Continued on Page 3i Students Are Given Tuber¬ culin Test Annual tuberculin testing among school students in Sa¬ vannah began October 5, 126 students at Georgia State Col- _ _____ were tested. And on Wed- nesday, October 6, mass tuber- students at Beacli-Cuyler. On Monc j a y October 11, the tuber- culhl tegt was Riveu to th _ ilfj -of"the Haveii Home and woodville School Thf tests „„ w „ e ec j Dr. Emerson Ham, Nurse* Margert Counihan, tuberculosis clinic supervisor, Nurse Dorothy (Continued on page 2> Seaman First Class William Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Elliott of Isle of Hope, who was recently home on fur¬ lough. He is stationed in San Francisco, Calif. Hi m 4 f Seaman first Class Henry T. Steadman who has finished his basic training at Great Lakes, Illinois and was recently home on furlough. He is the husband of Mrs. Liler Steadman and son of Mrs. Pearl Steadman AWARDED ORDER OF PURPLE HEART ‘ j i "Pvt. Lester L. Butler award- j ed tlie Order of Purple Heart in! general orders for wounds re-1 j ceived in action at New Guinea, 15 August 1943, at Advance Base D. Signed, Surles The above quoted telegram was received in Savannah from General Surles, WBPR, confirm- mg the newspaper storie s of the Continued tax Page J Writer Lauds Blast At Air Corps Rowayton, Conn. -"I’ve just read Judge Hastie’s booklet "On Clipped Wings,” writes J. R. Tu¬ nis, author of popular sports no vels for youth. . "It makes me feel like resigning from the human race.” pinortoulars.popssaut horof dn Tunis, whose book titles in¬ clude ‘‘Champion’s Choice”, ‘‘Choosing a College,” "Democ- Contlnued o n page 2 m 7. Sgt. D . n- Richard t, j ..m. Miller who . , serving somewhere in Africa with the U S. forces. is the husband of Mrs. Miller of 57 Fifth street, east. • - 1 1 I y - ; 0/ y ■ % **» y t£ J Private George Jones, who is now serving in Hawaii. He is the husband of Mrs. Mary h. Jones of 518 West Duffy street and brother of Mrs. Alma Jones and Mrs Maggie Mae Lardnum. GRUESOME ACCOi TOLD BY WITNESS Of How Robert Hall IVas Framed, Arrested. and Brutally Beaten AT NEWTON , GA., LAST JANUARY . Albany, Ua., Oct. 10. tANPi—v An ll-man all, white jury late Thursday returned verdicts q£ guilty against Sheriff Claude M. Screws of Baker county, Frank Edward Jones, former member of the Newton, Ga., po- lice force and Jim Bob Kelloy, deputy, in 'the January abduction and lynching of 20 year old Robert Hall. The verdict, whirl held the three white defendants guilty' in two separate counts, was reached after a deliberation of five hours and 50, minutes. The first count charged them with acting to deprive Hall of his life without due process of% law and carries a sentence of one year and a $1,000 fine. The second of conspiracy carries a sentence of two years and no fine. Both counts are violation of federal civil liberties laws. A dramatic highlight in the four-day trial held before U. 8. District Judge Bascom Weaver came Thursday when James P. Willingham, white a former res¬ ident of Newton where-the slay*-, ing occurred, was brought, into the court room on a stretcher*. Willingham disclosed that he had but recently been released from the hospital and was ap¬ pearing against bi« doctor's or- dors. Lying flat on his back, the witness described In detail a conversation he had with the defendant, Frank Jones, the morning following the fatal continued on Page 7 V LI m t Lucius Bryant, Jr., who is. Jp h()me on furlough visitin g h is;;/, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luci lKelly) Bryant. Sr., of 317 Lore® street. He is stationed at the Great Lakes Tra i n i ng station, Illinois. Wf Seaman First Class Curtis Chisholm, .son of Mrs, Qm - .i Chisholm of 794 fast Waldh*** lane, who is ii^ticned where in the Pacific area, says he’s fine and dandy*