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THEY’VE MADE
One little paragraph in an
Press news dispatch this week irom
Italian war front must have been
encouraging to every -Negro wnu >
Sa,i “ American Negro pilots for the
second successive day distinguished
liJSmselves, shooting «own four more
- planes. Capt. ( harles E. Hall, Brazil,
ind„ scored the day s only double,
; bringing down a FW-190 » « d a.u
> ME-109, to make his total three victo
; Prior to this significant statement
90th air squadron, which is an
ctniP operating from the Allied headquai tei
iii Algeria, in several recent news items
been spoken of as being part of the air
bort being given the ground described. troops
otherwise was well
dry Negro has had his eye focused on,
tie might say, has been praying for,
group of Negro fighters who are the
nears of their race in air warfare.
we felt that, given the proper training
equipment, they would bring glory to
selves and to their race, yet there
those who looked askance at the idea
placing Negro boys in the fighting air
cts of the country and some even
ed their doubts as to the Negro’s ability
jnaster air fighting. May we not,
fore, read with an unusual amount of
fication the above paragraph which
]y says that our boys are able to
the intricacies of air fighting and are
ing good in this the highest branch of
fighting forces? A few weeks ago,
this same combat area, came comment
a commanding general, that an
craft outfit of Negro troops had given
good account of themselves in a savage
counter. This, too, dispelled a
view which seemed to pervade the
of many that Negro soldiers were
of manning anti-aircraft guns. On
the Negro man in arms has certainly
oot only in this war but in every
©id,country has been engaged in. He
come through with flying colors from
Iteyolutionary War to the present
All the Negro fighting man needs
the chance to show his mettle and that
Jjaration which all men must have to
proficient.
A UNIQUE BOND OFFER
w The Star Theatre is one of the
pf ’ amusement houses throughout
country that is vitally interested in
iu;ties.s ol the Lourth War Loan
Which began this week and will come to
fiose tro on February 18. This popular
in. order to stimulate the sale of
ttniong its many patrons is making a
©fier to them. It is having a gala
bond premiere midnight show on
night, February 13th, to which
will be given only to those who buy
Uonds from the Star Theatre between
day feature and February 13th. The special
for this midnight show will
“Random Harvest.” starring Greer
and Ronald Coleman. To be eligible to
thii show one must purchase from
theatre a war bond in any
Edwin R. Emb: resident
oi the Julius I c
a$d chairman C
or's Committee c
Lens which bega ?s
conference.-, February 1 that
are expected to set a new high
water„mark in community ap-
from $25.00 to $1,000.00. Those who
advantage of this offer will not only
ceive publicity by having their
printed on a scroll to be placed in the
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a tre lobby, but they will be also given
(paper publicity. A special inducement is al
so offered to the first twenty-five
purchasers. Hundreds of those v\ ho
larly attend this popular playhouse, mighty no
doubt, have planned to help the
effort of the government to raise fourteen
billion dollars in order that our fight for
victory may go on unhampered and a speedy
ending be made to this worldwide conflict,
so here's a chance to buy those bonds and
■also get a side offer.
USING DEMOCRACY
By Ruth Taylor must
“We must use our democracy or that we line
los° our democracy.” 1 copied
from a speech by Dr. James E. Sheppard,
President of the North Carolina College
for Negroes. it written
I copied it not because was
in a speech on or for Negroes—but because
to my way of thinking it expressed the ba-
sic principle back of all talk on the demo-
cratic way of life. 1 he class, creed, or
color of aii American is unimportant. It is
how he or she expresses in work and action
the principles of equality that is America.
..^Ve must use our derma-racy or we must
j ose our democracy.” it is for that way
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jjf c we Jt re fighting today—not for a party
, >or f or persons—but for the one way
a ff or ds a chance for the improvement of
everyone’s chances and for everyone s right
l0 ]j ve Democracy is not a way of priv-
jj ege for any one group, be it majority or
m i nor jty. Democracy is a way of
tiinity for all people.
Democracy is a way, however, and not the
destination. One cannot overturn ancient
prejudices in a day nor confer great
U p 0n individuals* or groups of individuals
. U ntil they demonstrate their ability and
willingness to exercise it for the
'good. Great social wrongs exist; they
must be righted but vyithout any tinge of
'cot vengeance. In .short, the pendulum must
swing too rapidly le. t it swing too far.
j critic The and easiest it is thing to in criiicize the world the is to be a
( easy progress
already made, and the rate at which it has
gone. We are all impatient. Time does
not move fast enough. Our minds
strip events. But w<* cannot overlook the
one basic fundamental that the
' of democracy, slow ly but surely, has
way dealings
brought fairer and a better oppor-
1 tunity than any other way of life.
To be sure, there are some people who
cherish intolerance above the needs of their
Country. Fortunately, however, despite
the fact that they are very vocal, they are
a relatively small minority. Probably they
Cannot be won over, but the great majority
of our people honestly believe in the prin-
eiples of democracy and can lie won by edu-
cation to put that democracy into action,
1 hey can be shown that it is only groups
who are “majority” or “minority.—and
that individuals must be judged upon
their ., . actions ,. regardless ol .. the ..
own group
Horn which they Mem. therefore, as
i arn to respect individuals, so will they learn
not to nusjudge the groups from which
those respected individuals come.
We must, us.' our democracy or we must
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lose it.’ The democratic way is the best
of personal responsibility as well as
of personal rights. Each and every mem-
her of a democratic country is charged with
1 he duty of living up to its ideals and prac-
i lices of thinking and working for the best
, interests of all at all times. Each
( every one of us has a share and an
! j tunity in this great task. No one of
is too humble, no one of us is
lowly to c o n t r i b u t e to the common
good. There is no one of us who
follow the democratic way. If we
do our part, we can use our democracy and
"’e will not lose it.
proach to racial situations.!
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lal work, police and vu-,
person iliti?.. in Clnra-
go have a:'ey ted ??a rr Ed-
w?rd Ke! - invitation to be
come part of this conference
which will inaugurate a
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i CHAIRMAN FIELDS
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THANKS WORKERS
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; Savannah, Ga.,
j January 18, 1944.
To A11 Members of 1943
j gale Committee and the
General Public:
Friends,
When l was first approached
in regard to my serving as
chairman of the 1143 Xmas
Seal Sale committee, I was
somewhat reluctant to ajeep'
! this momentous assignment,
being cogniant of the tremen-
j dous amount of work attached
] that the would limited probably conflict of
' with amount
! time I had to devote to such
a movement, but, however, af¬
ter diligent thought and the as
j durance full cooperation that I would from be given
every a-
vailable source, I finally agreed
to serve.
The next problem to face me
was the selection of chairmen
to head the various ’ divi-
- up • *
slons into which the campaign
was divid’d, but with the aole
and intelligent assistance of
our educational worker. Miss
Jeanette W. Harvey, who has
| been with us only a few
' months, but during
j short splendid period of piece time of has work, done
a
! I was able to procure an able
and cooperative group of work
] ers who helped splendidly in
j the raising of more than our
j Boat of $2,000, and to you and
the other members this
croup I wish to extend my sin
cere thanks.
j Without the ardent support
i of the aforementioned group
: and that of Miss Harvey, and
] the splendid response of the
! public as a whole, I personally
| feel that the 37th Annual Sale
; campaign would not have been
! the gratifying success that it
I fas turned out to be. to the
umavemenfr of all concerned,
ji '#111 ’ always, even though I
j am severing my connection
j v d', this oi '.animation, cherish
the memory of the grand way
i which each committee under-
j took its task to raise its quota,
land the establishing of a new
j record for Christmas Seal
j Sales in Chatham county
; among Negroes.
Again I wish to thank you
| j ed for cooperation, your splendid and and hope unstint-
that
j health and happiness will he
I yours in abundance through-
out the New Year.
Very truly yours,
A. E. Fields,
Chairman
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TO HF.AR THE CASE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA
TEACHERS FEB. IQ
Charleston, S. C.-The case
of Viola Louise Duvall on be-
j half of the Negro teachers and
principals of Charleston, s. C..
is set for trial on its merits on
February 10. The school
board through its attorneys
filed an airwer pointing out
that there is no
in the payment of salaries ol
Negro and white teachers.
month study of
develo for the solv-
ing of racial prob-
isms
the Emir
nifT" 1 *'"
ment boi lies have formed
lar race relations bodies.
TED BAVANWAJR TKlBtJEk
ARMY VETERAN TOO
OLD FOR ACTIVE
ARMY SERVICE .
But Doing His Bit
As a Messenger
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Hunter Field, Ga.
Howard, 61-year-old
messenger at the
ter headquarters at
Field, can’t keep out of the
my. Even though he was
veteran of three
and the first world war,
1 after 30 years of service,
1 tried to enlist for this war
’ W hen the army would not
c8pt him because of his age,
came to work at the air
three years ag0 as a
employee.
When Gen. John J.
was a captain on Mindanao
| the Philippines, Howard,
a technical sergeant, was
h-8 Moro headhunters on
mar and a t Leyte. And it
Howard’s regiment that
tured the guerilla leader,
uinaldo, to bring the
P ine insurrection to a close.
A bern story teller and
ic. he was with a
minstrel show that toured
country at the close of the
century before' he enlisted
the army He served for
tour of duty in the
pines, his first being from
to 1902, when he was
in line of duty.
Standing guard on -3
ing about one o’clock,
heard a stealthy noise
,
him and turned around to
a bolo coming at his
Throwing up his and to
tect himself, the knife
looped off the top joint of
j index finger on his left
: but left him otherwise
: red. ^ Robort stepped J .
and bayoneted the enemy
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On another occasion his
fit went to relieve another
pany of the infantry at
j §iga on Samar, one of
; southern Philippine islands.
Arriving at their
the relief found that 160 of
i company had been
i b - v headhunters, led bv
bandit Faustino. They
i bodies of the dead
floating in the water
racks and parcels of mail
investigation disclosed that
the evening before wh'le
i men were at mess, several
dred yards from the barracks
where their guns ware, an ene¬
my soldier had tolled the bell
of the Spanish chapel and, at
the signal, hundreds of natives
l rushed the messhall armed
i with bolos. Defending them-
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! selves with what utensils they
could grab from the kitchen,
! the soldiers ware outnumbered
and slaughtered on the spot.
The headhunters then pro-
I ceeded to the water where they
took over the mailboat and
burned and scattered the mail.
Howard’s company cleared out
j what natives they could find
and restored order.
Less bloody, but equally ex-
] citing, were Howard’s experi-
i ences in old Mexico when he
crossed the border in the Mfexi-
j can campaign of 19.16, under
j the command of General Per-
! shing for the second time
, They chased the bandit Villa
‘ through the mountains of Mex
ico until the declaration of
i war came in 1917, then the out
j fit went right overseas.
Stationed at Tours, Prance
this time with a quartermaster
outfit which had built one of
1 the biggest warehouses to
sup-
p i y the A. E. F. overseas, How-
ard stayed with the quarter-
master corps throughout world
war one and afterwards rising
eventually through competi-
tive examinations to the in'" grade
of technical sergeant * the
regular army.
The agile Howard who still
tells a funny story or an anec-
dote with the skill that must
• have characterized his min-
strel performances of forty
years ago. is still serving his
country at threescores. Top-
ping a colorful life with ser¬
vice in his fourth war, his mem
ories of the army back in the
days when beans were the
mainstay of the menu even in
the quartermaster corps, and
knowledge of quartermaster ac
tivities make him an invalua-
ble and unique personality
eround CMC headquarters at
Hunter Field.
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CAROLINIANS GIVE $390 TO
WHITE PRIMARY CASE
Columbia, S. C., Negro cit
izens of South Carolina, in
special call meeting,
20, made a contribution of
s500 to the expenses of the Tex
a$ White Primary case.
check -was presented by
E. A. Adams of Columbia,
is president of the Negro Citi-
zens' Committee of South Car¬
olina, along with J. M. Hinton,
secretary. The funds raisde
by this committee are for the
\ express purpose of securing
for for Negroes NeKroes in in South Carolina
the right to vote in all elec _
| tions and the contribution was
made to the NAACP because ox
] d;s fight against the white pri
mar Y in Texas and other south
ern states.
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announcement
Mrs. Edna Beatty wishes to
announce the opening of her
(Beauty 14 194 4, Shoppe the on February
- on corner of Price
ancl Hall streets. Shoppe will
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be open for business 9 o’clock,
1 She wishes the cooperation ol
tb e public. Her motto is: She
Strives to Better the Best.
PETITION FOR INCOR
PORATION
State of Georgia,
Chatham County.
In Chatham Superior Court.
The pet, .... .or. of rww-
306 A West Henry . reel Pe
Anderson, 608 West Bolton
lane; Benjamin J. Notice,
Oak street; Connie
602 West 41st street;
Dean, 6C.5 West Broad street;
THE NEW ADELPHIA CLUB.
Henry street; Joe Ogletree.
West Park avenue. Henry Me-
Lecd, rfr/^cpSr 506 West 40th street;
street; and J. A. McPherson,
509 1-2 West Waldburg street,
respectfully shows:
1. Petitioners desire for
themselves and associates to
be incorporated under the laws
of Georgia as a body corporate
fer a period of Thirty-five (35 1
years, under the name of
dances, (.octal functions, etc.,
2. The object of said corpo¬
ration shall be social only with
no capital stock.
3. The general nature of
business to be transacted shall
be:
(ai „ To purchase, , own, out- .
fit a hall, reading room, ath
letic -quarters, give entertain¬
ments, lectures, musicals,
dances social funstions, etc.,
for the accommodation and
promote the best interest of
the members for the social
benefit.
(b» Petitioners desire to
purchase and own such real
estate as may be necessary for
the conduct of its business, or
to sell or incumber, by mort¬
gage, lien, security, deed or
otherwise, the same for the
purposes of the corporation.
(c) To make rules and reg¬
ulations for its management.
4. The principal office of
said corporation shall be Sav-
annah, Chatham County, Geor
gi a
Wherefore Petitioners .Pray:
< a v That they and their as-
sociates be incorporated with
the name, for the purposes,
term, rights, powers and priv-
lieges hereinbefore set forth,
William S. Jackson.
Attorneys for Petitioners
State of Georgia,
Chatham County.
In Chatham Superior Court,
March Term, 1944.
In Matter of:
Petition for Incorporation c -
the New Adelphia Club.
The petition in th e
stated matter having been pre
sented to the court this day,
and it appearing to the court
that said application is legiti-
mately within the purview and
intention of the law s of this
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i « . >« U » * AMUSEMENT
COLUMN
This apace is leserved ear Id
* ive!y for the patrons of Tb»
Trlbane Job Printing ftepart-
ment.
Jan. 31—Oyster Roast at Ace High Club.
Admission 35 Cents.
Feb. 2—Chicken Supper at Robert Austin's
. .<. Residence, 1314 Augusta Road. Admission 35c.
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. •<. Feb. 14—Leap Year Dance at Masonic Tem¬
I ple by tiie Happy Twenty Boys. Advance 45
Cents; at Door 50 Cents.
Feb. 14—Valentine Party at Catholic Hall by
i ++ St. 20 Cents Benedict’s Junior High School. Admission
Feb. 16—Concert at Treniont Temple by the
Female Gospel Singers. Admission 25 cents.
Ieb. 18—First Spotlight Dance at Masonic
temple by Tropical Spotlight Club. Fee 4Uc.
Feb. 20—The Dixie Quartet al Mt. Bethlehem
Baptist Church. Admission 25 and 35 cents.
Feb. 27—The Dixie Quartet at First Beulah
Baptist Church, Montgomery. Admission 35c.
< M > March 1—Great 4 Female Gospel Singers at
« M > First Ebenezer Baptist
Church. Admission 25r.
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State, and all requirements of
the law have been fully com¬
plied with; and it further ap¬
pearing in the court that the
name of the proposed corpora¬
tion is not the name of any
other existing corporation reg-
ln the records of the
0(
It is, . therefore .. _____ considered,
ordered and adjudged that
said application be and the
same is hereby granted, Wook, and
that petitioners, Ward
Pete Anderson, Benjamin J.
Dean, >f' ^*J^.*»* William Smith, Joe O-
sr rr m
„ their . associates, successors and
assigns be, and they are hereby
incorporated as a body politic
under the laws of the state of
Georgia, with the same, for the
purpose, terms, rights, powers
“““J"”’ and privileges set forth or re¬
in said application,
for a period of Thirty-five (35 >
years, with the privilege to re¬
newal at the expiration of said
charter.
In open court this 28th day
of January, 1944. i
John Rourke, Jr.
Judge, Chatham Superior
Court
Original petition and order
of the court thereon, filed in
office Jan. 28th. 1944.
J. Edward Way,
i Dep. Clerk, s. C., C. C. Ga.
SUPREMACY THEORY
A MYTH
Chicago, 111. Exploding the
racial supremacy myth is an
article on “Race Science” ap¬
pearing in the February issue
of Negro Digest, which reveals
that leading anthropologists
are in agreement on the fact
that tough races exhibit obvi¬
ous and measurable < phvsical
differences, there are no in¬
herited intellectual or moral
superiorities.
’Climate, geographical back
ground, diet and breeding in
isolation are most frequently
advanced in theories concern-
’ n § explanation of physical
racia l differences. The folk
belief of man Y whites that the
Ne S ro stands at a lower stage
of development away from
apes has long a^o been brush-
ed aside,” the article points
out.
“Negroes who have had the ad
vantage of higher oduoatw’al
standards in th^ North prove
that environment plays a dom
inanfc role sha P in S intelligence,
Figures based on army intelli-
® ence testing records in thd
white recruits from a number
last war demonstrated the fact
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