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THURSDAY, NOV. 18, 1913
Activities of USD and SSSS
Centers
SSSS CENTER
What goes on among women
v:Y.:n they are alone is no
^performance longer a secret, not after that
of the 'AVomen”
which was presented before a
full house Sunday evening. A1
most anyone would have
thought that the actresses
- **»*
any one would have though*
that they were just It..
themselves instead of acting
in a play. To say that every-
urte enjoyed ------- J **•“ the performance
is putting it mildly, Good
news: more plays are on the
calendar.
At 4:30 p. m. on Sunday af
ternoon an appreciative audi-
nece gathered to hear a pro¬
gram of Sunday music present
ed by the choir of the Eeth
Eden Baptist church. Mrs. C.
M. Wells was the accompanist
for the program which also,
m addition to the musical num
be is, included the reading of
an original poem by Mrs. Es-
hei Warrick and a solo by Sgt.
R. Wallace of Camp Stewart.
On next Sunday afternoon,
November 21, the SSSS will
present the Reverend Mr. A.
E. Peacock, a native of Sierra
Leon, We$t Africa, who will dis
cusis the New Significance of
the Dark Continent in the
World of Tomorrow. At
samd program the Monroe
ers will present a program of
Negro spirituals.
The South Atlantic
Auxiliary will sponsor the
urday night dance on Novem¬
ber 20.
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MONDA Y NIGHT
One of the most interesting
and unique entertainments of
the season will be presented on
Monday night, Nov. 22, at eight
o’clock at the West Broad St
USO when the Zetas’ Fashion
Revue Scemen will be offered plbhc to all 5 o r
and the
This l ms beautiful oeaumui array an ay or of local local
talent will appear in the main
ballroom
The he revu-' “ will will include i elude tots .ts to to
teens as well as the glamorous
debutante and attraetivMv * at-
tired matron
Zetas arc Indebted to
M. Bailey for her timely sug-
gestions and untiring efforts
in helping to perfect plans.
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36TH ST, VSO
Sunday, November 21, at 6
p. m. the West 36th Street LSO
is holding itsgradue tion for th
hostesses who have completed
ad vancsd hesesses training
courses, The institute was |
held in well equipped class
room .t the west 36th
center. Beach high -------
^norus, under the direction of
Pro{ peter gmaUs ’ will
th ., VQCal numbe and camp
Gtewarrs 35 . piece orchestra
will handle the inu.rumental
numbers Miss Mollie N. Curt
will deliver the
address . She is instructor in
home economics oonnr.mi-'c at at the
gia State college, president of
Nu Chapter o{ Iota Ph i
Lambda gorority and the wife
of Rev A c curtright, pastor
of First Congregational
church and also a „ instructor
at the Georgia state college,
Miss W j ba ^ ae Ayers, presi-
dent of the hostess executive
com mittee, has already nomi-
nated the cand i da t es for grad-
ua tj on . Certificates will be
awarded by Robert J. Farley.
club direc tor. The ceremony
will be similar to that of a uni
vers ity commencement. The
The public is invited.
The final session of the in-
was held Sunday. Miss
Motta L. Sims, director of the
Enlisted Men’s Service Club
No. 2 at Camp Stewart, deliv-
a far-reaching lecture on
‘The Conduct of a Hostess,
Mrs. Mamie George Williams
the Chatham County Protec
tive Home spoke on "The Role
Play in War and Post
War Times.”
T he committee is composed
°f Miss Willa Mae Ayers, presi
de "t; Mesdames Edna^ Washing
ton Carrie Tolbert. Ruby Pat-
ton. Aneita Johnson, J. W.
Jr., Mercedes Martin
Misses Cecile Walker, Rea
Gibbs and Gertrude Larke.
Mrs. Patton was m cnaig.. oi
the institute's publications.
i The West 36th Street USO
i clut) nas successiunj successfully sponsor- spousoi
ed 6° od musicales. The Beth
'Eden choir, under the director
C M Wells '
j dered a fine program to the
s °Miers and public last Sunday
* n club annex.
Club activities—With Mrs.
| Della Brooks* as director, the
j dramatic circle is preparing a
(comedy, "The Curing of
The characters are Misses
men ti ne Brown, Johnnie
(Lasseter, Margi e Hamilton
en Lanier and Elizabeth
ter.
The Mothers’ club is
j ing to sponsor the
j morning coffee hour.
j coffee and buttered flakes
i are most appetizing, and
1 diers are crowding the
| ment area for a second
! third helping. Mesdames
rah Glover and Leila Best
(sisted by Miss Margie
jton. served as hostesses
i Sunday.
j The St. Mary’s
1 sponsored big bingo
a
Wednesday night which
ted over one hundred and
I participants. The
j Bank night is constantly
tracting a large group of
diers and hostesses'.
A Thanksgiving forma^
is being given at the club
urday night. November
Camp Stewart’s orchestra
sisted by Jimmie
swingsters, is furnishing
music.
Case of Merchant Seamen
Refused Dining Car Ser¬
Washington, Nov. i ANP* With
nromlses to take „ v the case to tv,, the
p
the „ land, , . ...
• highest court in i
reed be." NMU Atty William
Standard continued his fight on
behalf of 18 Negro members of
the NMU who were jimerowedj
on board a train last year after
signing off the SS Seminole. !
Standard will soon go before a I
hearing of the Interstate Com-
= cOmmisslon .he reU, j
Atlantic Coast Line , railroa o :
discontinue its practice ol seg-
legation and discrimination., the
The NMU lawyer is asking ,
cooperation of all organized la-
bor. AFL and CIO.
This month, also, the Iihci-
state Commerce commission
acting on a complaint present .
^ ^ nMU thr(nJgh Atty
Standard condemning the At- !
lantic Coast Line railroad for
having unlawfully refused to
provide the Negro NMU mem 1
10
bers with accommodations
equal to those of white passen-
gers.
Still a third complaint, filed
by Atty. Standard, dgainst the
railroad. demands cash dam-
ages for the 18 whose civil
rights were evaded by the rail-
road, whose right to do business
the seamen defend by keeping
’em sailing.
In June, 1942, 20 members of
the crew of the SS Seminole
were paid off in Tampa and giv;
en first class transportation ^
and meals for a trip to their |
original shipping port. Eigli-
teen 0 f tbe 2 g members were
Negroes. All had planned to i
make the trip together, but
railroad officials saw fit to spir -1
it the two whites away from i
the 18 Negroes segregation. and thus present j
a case of
On the following morning, i
the 18 seamen were refused din I
« i
ing car services as the diner was
1 ‘‘for whites only," and were
i told that they could either be
serVed P«vately or go without
I food. All agreed to go without
breakfast Startled by the
I unitcd refusal, the steward wn-
his boss for the next
| the boss, m turn, told the
ard to advise the 18 men that
-
the y would be served ir the din
i aff after completion of the
mg car. ,. _
( re S ular meals. At three oclock
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! fast in the diner. They were
1 to be told concerning the nex*
(meal but that information war
(never received.
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Atty. Standard filed two sepa-
rate complaints __" demanding
that . the ICC Issue . an order „ "en . j
j 0in j n g an d prohibiting this.
ra ji r oad from engaging in such:
future pratices." The other |
complaint was filed in the led-!
efal court asking lor cash dam-
ages foi the 18.
The ICC examiners ruled that |
the railroad violated the law by
refusing to provide the Negro
“tST!!
white passengers. According
to Standard, although the ICC
blasted the railroad for refusing
to provide equal service for
equal pay, it nevertheless up¬
held the principle of segrega¬
tion as being lawful.
Atty. Standard intends to call
attention to the President’s ex-
ecutive order 8802 which forbids
discrimination against any citi
zen on grounds of race, religion
or color.
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LOCAL NAACP DRIVE gets
OFF' TO FINE START
(Continued from Page 1
ry, here to assist in the
paign. Master of ceremon-
ies was Dr. Ralph Mark
bert, president of the
branch, and appearing on the
program also were Miss Alice
Freeman of the Savannah
Youth Council, Miss Realha
Mae Gibbs, Joseph Green and
C. R. Alexander.
In calling upon Savannah to
bfing to a successful eonclu-
sion the 10,000 goal member¬
ship campaign for 1943, Dr.
Nicholson pointed out that the
NAACP had a three pronged
objective “that should induce
every Negro and every square¬
thinking white man to join
its ranks."
The NAACP,’’ said Dr. Nieh
olson. "Ls firstly a bi-racial 0
ganization, numbering many
white persons over the entire
country among its member¬
ship. Secondly, it is a
medial organization, fighting 1
every hour of the day to free
Negroes from discrimination,
and persecution, to gain for
Negroes equal rights under the
laws of the United States, and
thirdly, the NAACP has a cul-
turai program!!, seeking ai-
ways to raise the level of
Negro’s self-respect and
right to be respected.’’
Mr. Jones, in his address, em
phasizes that the Negro’s
it cannot be crushed. Every-
where I have traveled, he
said, I have s eei1 evidence that
the Negro’s courage and his
Spirit flame high and strong
Such have I foud here in Sa-
vannah also, and it gives
evidence that the
he further declared, for 10,-
003 members which the
uah branch has undertaker!
will be carried through to
triumphant conclusion.
Barman of Pub!f« TT. 8. Wtr E/#p«rfcmtnt
r * "LET'S SIT THIS ONE OUT. RAY That i« Sergeant Joa
uouis Barrow’a well-earned advice to Corporal Walker (Sugar Ray
foblnson) Smith, as the Louis troupe prepare* for a rest In California.
Under direction of the Special Service Division, Army Service Forces,
he group has appeared in 58 camps before 300,000 enthusiastic sol-
Her*. The tour started August 30. First Sergeant George Nicholson,
Jorpora! Robert J, Payne and Private George Wilson make up tha
ggjajndgf of Louis group. (Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps).,
The campaign which opened
Monday night, will extend the
three and a half week perior
through Friday, December 10,.
Joseph Green, chairman ol;
the branch membership eom-
mittee and therefore local
of the campaign, states
that the drive organization is
rapidly Founding ilnto form
and “we can guarantee Savan-
annah one of the outstanding
organizations of the country
when Christmas rolls around
Campaign headquarters are
located in the Atlanta Life In-
suraned company office, ”03
West Broad street. Mr. Mr. Jones
can bo reached there at any
time during the next rew
weeks by persons desiring
memberships or wishing to
work in the camp.V",-,'. The
telephone is 3-2754.
Next meeting for all mem-
bers and workers is Friday
night, November 19, at the
First African Baptist churchG
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NOT BAR NEGRO
j NEWSPAPERS
j j (Continued from Page 1
of an order issued by a field of
1 fleer in the Camp Forrest case,
| According to Truman K. Gib-
son, Jr., civilian aide to the sec
retary of war, in the future the
■ admission , oi ,. publi ...
of
cations to military posts
j Only be decided in Washing-
' ton. This order is expected
the practice of some mili-
j f ar y commanders acting
' their own feeling about
j | publications, 1
"
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II S. SUPREME COURT
™X. PRIMARY ARGUMENT
I Continued from page 1
tion of candidates elected.
; The concluding
to the high court was made
Judge William H. Hasti”.
'man of the NAACP national
gal committee.
The occasion was a m.arson-
tous one, Involving us it does
the right of 600,000 Negroes to
vote in Texas and th* right of
Millions of Negroes to vote thru
out the South. Observers
pointed out that even if tin.- an-
ti-poll tax bill were passed
effect on the exercise of fran¬
chise by Negroes would hot be
i great the winning of the
as as
Texas case.
Mr. Marshall argued in be¬
half of his client, Lonnie Smith,
who, in August, 1941 attempted
to vote in the primary election
in Houston, Texas. I)r. Smith
a dentist, was refudUd the op¬
portunity to vote in the Demo¬
cratic primary, and the sole
reason was that he Is a Negro
In his argument before the
U. S. supreme court Mr. Mar¬
shall maintained thai lb 1 Dun
ocratlc party in Texas is the
only one required by law to hold
a primary election. He cited
to the court that the "emocmt
ic party was. to ill intent and
purposes, identical with the
4tat,e machinery of Texas. He
also asserted that any white
elector, .epardless of p»rty af¬
filiations, is permitted tc vote.
1 The primary basis for the
: AACP case Was the fj. S. su .
preme court dec ion in Classic
(v. U. S. arising Louisiana.In
i c^ that case the court held that
imar was t o{
j faJ elscMoil . The NAACP
is , relying heavily on the Classic
case to win. Mr. Marshall in
his argument before the court,
held that there was no essen¬
tial difference between primary
elections in Louisiana and In
Texas.
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The NAACP lawyers, in their
brief submitted to the court,
are calling upon the high tabu
nal to reverse its decision In
,
Grovey v. Townsend and to al
firm Its decision la Classic v.
S. which will permit mil-
tons of Negroes throughout
South to vote.
Marshal began his argument
of the case Wednesday after¬
noon, November 10, and was fol
lowed by Judge Hastie whose ar
gument to the court was cut
short by the tim e for adjourn¬
ment. Judge Hastie completed
his argument beginning at
noon Nov. 12. The length
of time to secure an opinion va
ries so that the NAACP officers
are not expecting an opinion in
less than three weeks. The
time may run to six weeks.
Attesting to the importance
of the argument, and evidenc¬
ing the interest of colored peo-
' throughout the South in tni
outcome, was the attendance
at the argument of Carter W.
Wesley of Houston, Texas; A. P.
Turenud of New Orleans, W. J.
Durham of Sherman, Texas; H.
R. Boulware of Columbia. S. C.i
Arthur D. Shores of Binning-
Ala b arna i Louis Mehlinger of
\ Washington. D C„ and Marjor-
I awson, M. Mazlow and Jnd
j W. Davis of the FEPC.
j In addition, other spectators
included Mrs. Marv McLeod Be-
1 thune of the National Council
of Negro Women, Major Harriet
West of the WACs, Mrs. Rober¬
ta Hastie, Mrs. Gertrude B.
Stone, Miss Thomasina John¬
son of Alpha Kappa Alpha sor¬
ority and Miss Dorothy Putin o(f
New York city.