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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 0 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 j f' * r ”’**vI'":’:"' '’"j J , ’ | lip 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 ( < 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 ! 1 | . - 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 _ HOLD CELEBRATION * I j 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 ** ™ «««<*»» 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 i Continued on page 4) 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^, _ NUMBER 1