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62 TEARS OP
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
A VOLi ftME LXII
■BIG ' DEMON ATION
JANU IRST
Will SPEAK AT ST.
AUGUSTINE'S
Rev. J. Henry Brown, direc¬
tor of the Church’s College
Center at Fort Valley, will be
the guest speaker and cele¬
brate the holy communion at
St. Augustine Episcopal churcn
tomorrow (Friday i night.
The service, which will usher
in the new year, begins at
11:15 o’clock.
Father Brown has a large
circle of friends in this city in
which he was prominently
identified wdth civic, fraternal
and charitable organizations
for over twenty years. He is
also a former rector of St. Au¬
gustine’s church.
Father Browm v/ill also
the celebrant at the morning
services Sunday at 9:n
at St. Augustine’s. He will be
assisted at this service by Rev.
Elliott I. Guv. rector of St.
Stephen’s Episcopal church.
Many of the former
and parishioners of Father
Brown will be present at both
services to greet him.
Father Brown will be accom
janied by his wife, Mrs. Ade-
lide L. Brown.
CONGRESSMEN GIVE
VIEWS ON SOLDIER
VOTE BILL
New York, N. Y. Forty-nine
Congressmen have replied
thm one week, giving iheir
views on the Soldier Vote bill,
in answer to an NAACP letter
of inquiry. urged de¬
The NAACP the
feat oi the RanKin bill, sug¬
gested by Rep. John E. Ran¬
kin of Mississippi, which will
in efiect deny servicemen the
rght to vote, by turning the
whole matter over to the
states
A total of 21 Congress men
support of the Worley bill; 9
pledged the NAACP definite
representatives were opposed
to the Rankin bill but did not
commit themselves on any
other measure except to say
they were in favor of “a fall
bill to give the soldiers a
chance to vote.’ Fifteen Con
gressmen said they would give
“careful consideration” to the
matter. Some of these were
on the fence, but most said
they wanted the soldiers to
vote if a way could be worked
out. Some were convinced
that the plan should include
an opportunity to vote for
state officers. Four replies
were acknwledgements of sec¬
retaries in the absence of Con
gressmen from Washington.
The Soldier Vote bill is sched
uled to be among the first to be
considerel when Congress
re-convencs January 10 and it
is well known that southern
senators from poll tax states
are fighting to keep the sol¬
dier vote in the hands of the
states so hat white and Negro
men in uniform can be disiran
chised.
ROOSEVELT COMMEND¬
ED FOR TAKING OVER
BALT. PLANT
New Ycrk. N. Y.—President
Roosevelt was congratulated
this in week by the National
*t i cia iauon for the Advancement oi
(lored People for his order cu
cting the arpiy to take over
fitimore, Western Electric plant
Md., after an inde-
y< jndent 1 union had called a
strik: to enforce its demand
for separate toilet facilities for
Negro .workers. too Vital,'’ said
TVictry is
the NAACP wire, “to be jeop¬
ardized even on a small sector
of the home front by groups in
tolerant of their fellow Ameri¬
cans simply because of color.”
hf $anawiaii iritaur
i Utliceis race Vara SPONSORED BY EMAN-
rOUF OF ATION ASSOCIATION
Trial For Seating £Jf * 0CIAL CWBS
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Man and W'OHlR^^reef Parade Starts 10
DAY SPEAKER
The Rev N. M. Clarke, pastor
nf of Roth Beth Fden Eden Bantist Baptist church churcn,
who will deliver the principal
address January first at the
j Emancipation Proclamation ex
excises at St, Philip A. M. E.
church. v
. TO BE AT CAMP STEWART JANUARY 12th
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Camp Stewart, Ga.,—Dec. 24
—Sgt. Joe Louis, neavyweight
champion of the world, will ar¬
rive at Stewart Wednesday,
12, for a one day boxing exhibi
from Headquarters Army Ser¬
vice Forces in Washington. D.
C., was received here today.
An earlier announcement had
set Jan. 7 as a tentative date
for the champion’s appearance training
at the anti aircraft
center.
According 1 the message
from ASF headquarters, the
boxing troupe, composed of the
Brown Bomber, Sgt George
Nicholson, Cpl. Sugar Ray Rob
inson, contender for the welter
weight crown, and Pvt. Jackie
W’ilson. ex-welterweight cha.a
pion of the world, will be un¬
der th? direction of Lt. Lind-
sav J. Crawford.
Lt. Crawford replaces Capt.
Fred V. Maly as group director.
The Louis visit calls for a t,o>u-
of sical the fitness Station talk hospital,, and demon¬ a phy¬
stration and a boxing exhity-
tien that will pit Louis against
Nicholson, will be the 13th of
Nicholson, his former' sparring
Pfc. Calloway Is Okay
Private Genard Callow’ay
who has been stationed some¬
where in the Pacific area,
writes that he is safe and do¬
ing fine. Young Calloway, a
former Beach high school stu¬
dent and very popular
the younger .set. extends tL' -
season’s greetings to his
friends in the city, 'and
on the home front
where in the armed service.
n
in* Itidlnfi Police C!r v f
T. Dailey, must face trial
rlarges that they violated
c' :i rights of two
'cue a woman, while they
under arrest last October
| burglary.
The charges contained in
two “informations" filed
Wednesday by u. b. Attorney ^
!Rwmond
andNaomi Reid. In an effort
make them confess breaking
to a roadhouse on October 23.
The “information" which is
used in federal court in place
i of ua indictment in misdemea
I | nor cases, resulted for an ex-
! tensive investigation of the
case bv the civil liberties divi-
* sion of the Federal Bureau of
j Investigation. records show, The two pris- later
: oners, were
i absolved < ■ the burglary
’ rhar S e «- bvr fh r F BI agents
b . 3gan inv: ; ;at ion of the
treatme t th; had received
while in j dl. the nair was re-
arrested and hastily indicted
-
partner, and Ray against Wil¬
son. This attractive exhi¬
bition will be the 13th of
19 scheduled for army camps
in the Fourth Service Com¬
mand.
Nations Largest Negro Business College
(
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New Orleans. La. iANP*
The YMCA school of com-
mcrce, co-cducational institu-
tion sponsored by the
r.nett vMCA. n* ■* Orleans n
rolled a total of five hundred
j six students from ten states
the 1943-44 session, making it
i by far the largest Negro
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, DEC. 30. 1943
Philip's Church
.—~ .
REV. N. M. LLAKKL l U
pr rur I nC rniiltii PPIMflPAI nli
SPEAKER
Under Co-operation of
the Emancipation Asso-
ciation, the Rev. N. C. Conner,
president, and the Social Clubs
szbssa rr S££&
Januai y wlU De 0Dserveci -
The observance bids fare to
) be a noteworthy occasion and
will be participated in by the
various civic, religious, fratern
al, social, and labor organiza¬
tions of the city.
A street parade and program
will be the features of the
day. The parade, which will
form at Gwinnett and Cuyler
streets, will move off at 10:30
a. m. The procession will go
on Gwinnett to West
street, then south to
east to Montgomery, north to
Gaston, west to West Broad,
and then south to be Philip
,
( AME church, where the pro-
i gram wil1 be rendered '
The principal address
be delivered by the Rev. N.
Clarke, pastor of Beth Eden
| Baptist church, who will speak
on the subject, ‘ Weighing
Man by His Ideal.”
The complete, program
will be rendered will be found
on another page.
A SON
Dr M. P. Sessoms announces
among his patients the
of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney
Griffin of 519 West 43th street,
on December 25th.
WEST SA
Featured by a street parade
and program the citizens of
the' West Savannah communi
ty will celebrate Emancipation
Day Saturday, January first,
The observance will start
with a street parade at
a. m., which will trayerse the
principal thoroughfares of the
'community and end at Towns-
ley Chapel AME church,
the program will be rendered.
The main address will be de¬
livered by Rev. L. C. Jones,
pastor of the church and a
leader in the activities of the
community.
The celebration this year,
as usual, is being sponsored by
the West Savannah Emanci¬
pation Association of which
M. J. Jackson is president.
These celebrations always
tract large crowds not only oi
persons living in this progres
sive, area but of many persons
from Savannah.
mess school in the nation. Its
i complete business machines
i equipment cost thousands oi
dollars. The faculty of eight
j full-time peraous U> hUhl
trained. Some two hundred
;raduates of the school arc
] ployed by the government in
Washington, and
Some Savannah Men In The U S. Armed Service
!
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. - CPL. JOSEPH (Little) SMITH
SGT. JAMES MAXWELL, son PVT. MARION A. WILSON i nd I-EROY D. WILSON, 3rd Savannah’s well known drum-
nc Mr ' Mrs F Maxwell ol class nicss attendant, brothers , in the armed service. Pvt. mer, who is doing his bit at
* ‘ ' vate Wison home fur lough few weeks agoprior toCamp Atterbury, Indiana, Ha
. w»as on a
51J East Gwinnett street and going overseas. Messmdn Wii- son was also home after hav-is a member of the band, of-
husband of Mrs. Lealine H. mg seen action aboard his shm in the Atlantic. He received course, the drummer. Cpl.
Maxwell of 514 E. Gaston St.. a purple heart for meritorious service. Smith is the husband of Mrs.
who is station‘d at Fort Riley, They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Shad Wilson of Rossignol Viola Smith of 512 E Ogle-
Kansas, He was recently ,it Hill. glethorpe lane.
Boilermakers Fighting
Union Discrimination
AGAINST “ AUXILIARY"
SET-UP
Which Denies Them
Certain Rights
New York, Dec.24 Under the
leadership of James N. Wil-
to , ,i„m .secretary of
Providence Urban League,
] Negro shipyard workers in the
Providence area filed a com-
* plaint with the regional office
of the President’s
jticeS. charging Boilermakers’ discrimination Union,
■ | in the v
Edward Lawson, firector of the
regional office, which is locat¬
ed in New York city, his been
asked to arrange for immedi-
a t e ac tion.
The Negro boilermakers of
i Providence are denied full
j membership in Local 308,
idontlnupd on pagi- 2i
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HOLD
CELEBRATION
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Rev. L. C. Jones
j more in civilian jobs
During the past week more;
:than one hundred
! 0 f t.his school who arc employ-
ed h Ur .govermnsat
r.d a dinner meeting sponsored
the school at the
Wheatley YWCA, Washington
L. Ernmer M. Lancaster oi
Knox Okeys Naval
Station Jim Crow
Navy Frank Knox in effect
proved of jim crow within
limits of naval stations.
On November 19 the NAACP
wrote Knox reporting com-
1 naV£d air station puses
j runnmg within the station for
the convenience of naval p i
rr gnsrj-sss. _
sj ssu t December
pljed uncier date of
! ‘With regard to the matter
! of alleged segregation on buses
at the naval station, Norfolk,
' the navy department is mak-
! {£ that g SSSi
sonnei «, u.c« »ra to .
minimum <of embarrassment to
both, white and Negro. In all
cases, however, the procedure
which will best further the in¬
terest of the navy is of prima¬
ry importance,, and the admin
istration of personnel will al¬
ways be handled with this pri¬
mary objective in mind.”
Secretary Knoij also admit¬
ted that he had received sever
al complaints on the insignia
for chief cooks and stewards,
who are either Negro ur Fili¬
pino. This Insignia, which
heretofore has been the same
as other chief petty officers in
the navy, has been changed so
that men in these ratings are
wearing a small “e” on their
sleeves with three \ short
straight bars underneath.
The regular chief petty offi¬
cers of the navy have three
chevrons and an eagle, Secre¬
tary Knox declares: “Obvious-
ly the purpose has not been to
Continued on Page 3
WED
IN LULUIrltSLIJ
IFfl* Pioneer Dentist and
t r ratermty a •, Leader I j
Dr. R. H. Cobb died
Thursday at his home in
( bus , Ga., His illness was of a
short duration. He was one of
r t ,
forty
Dr.' Cobb was a prominent
Mason of the state. At one
. . SUE «
Home and active in the Grand
Lodge. He was the chief execu-^
tive of an interstate organiza¬
tion with a large membership. Tues-'
The funeral took place
day and the highest honors
were paid his remains,
About .. . four , months ago ho „
was preceded in death by Mrs.
Cobb who was also very prom-
1 (
inent. He is survived by sev¬
eral relatives, being related hfcrc
by marriage to Rev. and Mrs.
I’. R. Lampkin.
HARLEM HOSPITAL
PLAN BRANDED
AS JIM CROW
New York, N. Y. An elabo¬
rate plan, financed from mys¬
terious sources, to establish ah
“interracial voluntary hospi¬
tal” in the Harlem area has
tary hospital” in Harlem has
been branded as the first step
toward a complete jim crow
set-up by a number of leading
Harlem citizens.
On December 14 a telegram
of more than 309 words was
sent to several hundred New
Yorkers asking their opinion
on the establishment of such a
i hospital. The huge .telegram
bill was said to have been paid
I by the New York Urban lea¬
gue out of a fund of several
thousand dollars made ava’la
ble to it by white people.
A citizens’ committee oppos¬
I ed to the hospital is being or-
! ganized under the chairman-
ship of Mrs. Ruth Logan Roo-
j erts. Among those who ob-
| j ject ar e Mrs. Roberts, Walter
White and Roy Wilkins of the
I NAACP, Frank Crosswaith of
the Negro Labor Committee,
Dr. Louis T. Wright, noted sur
i 'non; A. Philip Randolph, pres
ident cf the Brotherhood of
j Sleeping Car Porters; Dr. Rich
j ! ard Carey and Mrs. Ernest Al-
exander.
j ! In his letter to the sponsors
of th? project. Roy Wilkins,
j NAACP assistant secretary, de-
j j dared that he could not en-
dorse the interracial project
j because i is my firm behet
j | H? t ^ ,n at 1 ® 1 interracial
' , * 1 tl!P i rltv '..... ! ‘.‘.iL.A project, 10 will be
'
I the opening wedge in complete
(Continued on Page i)
of the U S. department of com
merce. Mrs. Irene C. Hypps,
pervisor of business education
in the Washington Schools, and
Jesse O. Thomas of the Amei.’
can Fed -Cros. v ere neaker
Presiding was W II Mitclirl 1
Jr., executive secretary ol the
New New Orleans Orleans YMCA, YJ and direc
or oi the school,
Masons Ob¬
serve Saint
John’s Dav
Joined Eastern Star In Install*
in s 0fficcrs
Johns i ,, Day. ,
Monday was St.
Masons observed at by jn-
stalling its . oiticers publiuy
Pa ^ the Master Eaatern^^e^ ^ WW
cpnirhittel^rd. ,
and ’ ’ hi ’\ jn
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™ «««<*»»
Star were installed b* Acting
DeVaughn, under direction ol
the Grand Patron, Sho wes
p “ “ lr0 “ *”»•
Co ins ’.
_. The Grand Secretary install¬
ed the officers of thd lodges
with Grand Treasurer Duncan
Prtngle as De P uty and Gr ' 4nd
Marshal. The opening prayer
by W. J. Ayers and . the ,, short
talks by Acting __“_____, Grand Matron
DeVaughn and Past Grand Ma-
tron M. H. Jones were expres¬
sive of the occasion. The true
masonic spirit of charity was
exhibited in a liberal collection
for the members who were in
distress.
The lodge room was over¬
crowded. The committee serv¬
ed light refreshments in a beau¬
tiful manner.
Following are the officers ol
the lodges and chapters;
Eureka Lodge No. I
M. G. Haynes, W. M.; Robert
Smith, S. W.; U. Stewart, J. W.J
W. J. Ayers, Treasurer; w. S.
Roundfield, Secretary; Simon
Williams, J. D.; R. E. Lockette,
S. D.; A. E. Peacock, Chap.; R.
C. Bracey, S. S.; R. H. Hanshaw,
, ■ „ .. ...... . ..... —f
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STATIONED IN ENGLAND.
cpu william: f. smith
who reports that he b-s ar¬
rived safely overseas .«nd is
new stationed somewhere m
England. He is the son
Mr and. Mrs. John C*
who reside at 2X17
stree^, _
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