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TEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXII
YOUTH NAACP PARLEY 1 CALLS FOR
OPPORTUNITY AND JOBS
METHODISTS TO
HERE NEXT WEEK
FAIT*, CHURCH TO
TERTAIN CONFERENCE
Bishop King To
Over The Sessions
Welcome Program
day Night
Dr. Lorenzo II. King
\ bishop
The firtlv annual session of
the Savannah conference of the
Methodist church will be held
in Savannah next week. The
meetinjs begin Thursday, No¬
vember 18, and will end end
* unday, November 21. The
'sessions will bo held at Paler.
Rev. Jerome T. Dei Pino
pastor
‘Memorial Methodist church,
35th and Burroughs streets.
Jn attendance at the confer-
enc? will be many visitors
they will be welcomed to the
city in ait address by the Hon..
Thomas Gamble, mayor of
annah. Several hundred dele-
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Rf-v. A. L. Haywood !
district superintendent 1
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Wktes are expected from out of
-town. i
Dr. Lorenzo H. King, presid-
ing resident bishop of the At-
lanO oveT,the Coast area, will - preside
conference. He is one
of tl zmost convincing speakers
in the connection and a man of
unusual ability. Prior to
ing elevated to the
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BONU BtALLY NETS $15,000 AT MASONIC CONVENTION !
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A War Bond rally wliii Ii netted
$ I .>.000 highlighted the 19th Tri¬
ennial Session of the United Su¬
preme Uounril of Ancient and Ac¬
cepted Scottish Rite of f reemasonry
of the Southern jurisdiction lield in
Washington, 1>. C., Ortoher 17-19.
James L. Hoiigliteling, National Or¬
ganizations Division of the Treasury
Department, was t lie principal
speaker. Mr. Iloughteling is shown
standing between \\ illard W. Allen.
Sovereign Grand Commander, and
Dr. William J. Tompkins, Recorder
of Deeds (in center of photo).
Charge Ira asportation Co.
Paid To Keep Jobs White
Rivers
Judgeship
New York—Nov. 3,—Francis
E. Rivers, Negro graduate of Yale
and the Columbia Law School
elected yesterday city Court
Justice, defeating his Democrat-
ic opponent, Joseph 1. Higgins,
166,631 to 143,858 votes,
A former assemblyman au
assistant district attorney of
New York county, Rivers was
and American La-
bor party candidate for the post
to which he was appointed by
Governor Thomas E. Dewey to
fill a vacancy caused by
By his election to the sl7,500
year post, Rivers occupies the
highest judicial post in the state
by a member of his race
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possibly the highest in the
nation aa 0
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nn leiife II ult ^4- iuOUlb T A |i| -i
Laietei la •„ rmas i,x,L
Segregation
St. Louis, Mo., —„ ANPi The
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main postoffice cafeteria here
must either serve Negro and
white employes alike or close
Sown, as the result of an order
issued last week by the postof-
fice department that govern-
ment owned guildings nation-
wide must eliminate segrega-
tion.
The order was the result
action taken last August by the
National Alliance of Postal
ployes. a Negro organization.
condemning racial
government-owned
The ruling has been
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Among others in the photo are
J. E. Walker, National Negro Busi-
ness League; J. Finley Wilson.
Grand Exalted Ruler of die Inde
pendent Benevolent Protective
der of Elks of the World;
bumner A. r uraiss, sovereign brand
Commander, Northern Jurisdiction;
Dr. Con well Banton, Secrelary-Cen-
oral, Northern Jurisdiction; Dr.
Charles Wesley, President of W
berforce University; Bishop M. 11.
Davis, of the A. M. E. Church;
pressman William L. Dawson, of
lllinois; James T. Beosou, Secretary-
W r i f
Inkster Splits
Detroit, Mich.—Plans to de-
tach 80 per cent, of the terri-
lory of Inkster, including all of
the white residents, the public
buildings and improvements
a , ld the large/: sin :le taxpayer
from tire village, and leave the
remaining portion, occupied by
Negroes W ith the legal obliga-
tion cf the village debt of more
than *750.000 were blocked tem
p0 rarily today by the injunc
tion proceedings in Circuit
court.
Judge Rooe.t M. Toms B _ rant ia
ed a temporary injunction re
straining the Wayne Count-,
Board otJu^rs Kom cer
posed detachment, and n ° fr from ^ ^.„ set t
ting the date for an election on
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IS YZ OLD STEWART
S0L!;;ER GETS honor-
ABLS discharge
Camp Stewart, Ga. Stew-
art - s youngest non-com, Cpl.
King Maddex, 5r., 15, of
ta q U it the army today, an hon-
crable‘discharge clutched firm-
| y j n his left hand.
y.t took a mother’s threat,
howeyer, to make the good look
ing co iored boy give up the GI
jn e young Maddex. who falsi
,
lied his age. was drafted at
lanta, in January. 1943. and was
on i y 14 years of age when
came to this huge
training center.
Worrying about* her son be-
cause of his extreme youth. Mrs.
Maddex threatened to inform
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, NOV. 11. 1943
Southern Jurisdiction; and i
William Pickens, of the Treasury’s
War Rond sales staff; Dr. George ,
,Singleton, of Philadelphia; Mr,
Wi „ lain , a of New y ork . Mr .
DSck * of South Carolina;
,1 A . ’I , ot - w ^! ,h lon V' ..
£, V L W ebb, ™’ of e Mtss.ss.pp.; ‘. ni ? .' John 5
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I ' \ Dobbs, of Atlanta, Ga.; 1. L.
, » , 9 -ter, of Tennessee; Allen C.
Gil,.in, of District of Columbia; L.
Jlelsaw, of Mobile, Ala.; and
Charles D, Lrccjuau, of W Hailing-
D. (,
PAID EMPLOYEES TO
GET MORE WHITE
FRIENDS
To Accept Work With
The Company
Philadelphia, Pa. The Philad
, elphia NAACP held on Novem-
bcr g a mass protest march
against the discriminatory hir-
j K g policy of the Philadelphia
Transportation company.
In a final Operate attempt
t(J exclude N ,. roe , from employ
ment by t he PTC here, the com
, p all y was found this week to
present white employees who
refer to the company job appli
, Sen J h tnined rlatWes .mniw their own
and
^ / Philadelphia “s branch ot
tl N A been conduct-
ing J a fight to break dpwn the
anti-Negro policy of this com
pony which has been designated
as an essential war industry.
Ixe c m any iu- ds cinp:,,-
ees s car operators, meehan-
ins’ helpers and bu cleaners but
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LINCOLN INN F TO OR
Dni/rr tufiu/ ni AT W r, i»%\unu
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STREET USO
*- )ne of tllc oustandill 8 even' .
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Sunday at the \Ve£t Broad St.
Port, netted $1,014.66 from the
the excel!.-nt How show which
Js now appearing at Cafe Lin-
Inn. The performance is
scheduled to begin at 7:110 p. m. j
and will last one hour.
11 win be featured by such
nationally famous artists as
Vabuda Snow, premier trumpe*:
I player and entertainer; Bobbe
i Castu!1 - th o ‘-bri wit) the gcuden
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MRS. ROOSEVELT AD¬
DRESSES GATHERING
Held Last Week At
Lincoln University
GLORIA MORGAN IS
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Chester, Pa. The 173 dele¬
gates to the NAACP Filth An¬
nual Student conference at Lin
coin University. October 29-31.
heard Mrs. Roosevelt warn that
the period after peace "will be
a difficult-one for many people
all over the world."
Mrs. Roosevelt told the stu¬
dents who came from thirty-
five colleges from as far south
Florida and as far west as
Michigan, that the democracy
for which America is fighting
can never become a reality
til ail citizens,- regardless of col
or or fare, a. ‘ assured cciual op
’ and
pertunity for job training
employment. -
")f Urn loundation for a real
lasting is to be laid, 1
and peace
said the First lady, addre an ;
the opening meeting of the 3-
day parley. cn October .29, “this
mu-t consider now how
can cocp: rate with other
tiorft in Ine trauxllton period
after the war.”
Wajt::r White voiced cicnunci
ation of Comptroller General
Warren Lundsay’s ruling that
it was not compulsory
Southwestern Bell Telephone
company obey the executive
der banning job discrimination.
White labeled Warren’s action
-‘sabotage against the
dent.”
. ethers who spoke at the o: m
irg meeting were Walter L.
Wright, president of Lincoln
University; Mrs. Ruby Hurley,
NAACP Youth secretary; Corn’
bus Jenkins, president ol uw 'he
Lincoln chapt r ot the NAACP,
and Frank Wilson, dean of men.
.CVitiMniirrt un tvitre x
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;vi. bgi. uawai-a Ahen, Jr.
who was recently home on fur-
aftt r serving overseas
He was accompanied by his
wife, Mrs. Juanita Allen of Jack
sonville, Fla. He is the brother
°f Mrs. Choldonia Allen and con
In of Mrs ,er Polite.
Sgt. Willie Scott)', the son of
Rubin Scott of 105 East 41st St.,
who is serving with the U. S-
forces somewhere in the Pacif-
ic battle area. He has been in
the service since May, 1942.
DR. NICHOLSON AND
MR. JONES
To Address Local NAACP
Monday Night
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DR. NICHOLSON
On Monday ©evening, Novem-
ber is, there will be a citizens
foilfiriiwM nil rujfr** 7i
Georgia Baptists Conv.
1 To Meet In Altanta
State NAACP Meets This
Week At Albany
Charge c*s w. ^ ja
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I Uts lUiniSiei
Politics #
Louisville. (AMP. v
opinion was voiced here
week by A. E. May.ook.
campaigiv manager for the
W. Augustus Jones,
ic candidate for the state leg-
i S i a turc in the 42nd house
triv . t> that the Republicans
attempting attempting to to force force .Tones Jones
1bc rat:? by having him
as church pastor. .
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AREA MEN IN U. S. ARMY
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L( , loV WJJaaBis , >s0n 0 , K ev.
Mrf . M willianis ot
thunderbolt, who is stationed ,
at tiie U. S. M. Air Base, Pat-
U xent River, Maryland, where
h ., sayg he - s doing jjne.
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Petty Officer 2C CK James
Scott, the sun of Mr. and Mrs.
Launey Scott of 953 Yamacraw
Village,, who was recently home
on furlough. He is serving
somewhere in the Atlantic
area.
TO GIVE FAREWELL
RECITAL
Prof. Henry Payne
minister of music at the
African Baptist church, will y’"
give a farewell recital in
mair auditorium of this church
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which he has been serving for
the past three years, on Wedne.s j
day evening, November 17. at
1 •/»»!» mur'd
The Stale NAACP conference
of Georgia will be held
, land Saturday in Albany,
j KUP ' s *' ol lllt ‘ branch there. Dr.
Ralph Mark Gilbert, president
01 lllt ® avanna h branch
' founder of the state conference,
} will preside over the sessions,
gome fourteen branches
j the state, including one college
chapter, Paine College, Angus-
and two youth councils
■ expected to be* represented at
j this session.
John Q. Jefferson, director of
the West Broad Street USO, is
to lead a discussion from the'
subject, "The USO and Its
Work Among the Negro Armed
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Sgt. Harry Daniels, son of
Mrs. Sarah Daniels, who Is sta-
tioned somewhere in Britain.
WQrd was receivecl by his wife,
Mrs olt ] ee Daniels of 512 East
Charlton street, that he is get-
ting along okey.
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<jpl. Walter Pump Harris who
visiting was receatly his motner, hame Mrs. fur i°„ ugh
^ Harri8 of EUabell; and sis .
ters Mrs> Jessie Coleman. Mrs.
Luciie Wright, Mrs. Joe Hen-
chicks and Mrs. Alberta Mor-
gan of Savannah. He is sta-
tioned at Ft. Huachuca, Ariz.
NUMBER *
GETS PATENT FOR
INSTRUMENT
D&. U. S. V/ALTON'
Prominent dentist of Mein-*
phis, who has just betm grant,-
a P alenl 011 an instrument
iW rnr ‘ iuiproving l m nminnir rim dentures. H
workecl 011 the idea for 20 y par
until was vecen hy complete!
and approved by the patent of¬
fice. (ANPi
DR. JEMISON TO BE
SPECIAL GUEST
Plan To Raise $50,000
During The Year
Augusta, November 8 The
General Missionary Baptist Con-
yen lion of Georgia will meet
j n Atlanta November the 16th
and 18 th, according to word
released today by Dr. L. A. Pink
.ston, president. The special
guest of the two day session will
be Dr. D. V. Jgmlson of Selma,
Alabama, president of the Na-
Baptist Convention. USA
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The -sessions will be held at
Mount Zion Baptist church ol
which the Rev. T. 4 . Dorsey is
pastor.
The convention p’ ns raising
$50,0(.>0 this year foj- all purpos¬
es, and the- theme of the Atlan
ta meeting will be "A Change¬
less Christ in a Changing
World." It is stated that the
convention has paid for ‘the
Bryant Theological Seminary
which is located in Fitzgerald.
Other special speakers for ser
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MEN'S DAY SERVICES
1ST CONGREGATIONAL
CHURCH
J. Q. JEF’ERSON
Sunday will be Men’s Day at
t h e First Congregational
church. Following the usual
custom at this annual obser¬
vance, both services will be in
charge of the brotherhood of
the church.
At the 1115 a. m. service, the
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Notice To
Soldiers Relatives /.
It you wish the picture of
your son, brother or other rel¬
ative in the U. S. Armed for¬
! ces published in The Tribune,
j send in his picture, plus One
! ($1.00) Dollar to cover cost of
tut. Photographs larger than
tlzxtila inches not accepted.
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