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VOLUME LXII
DEWEY’S SOLDIER
HiS LINE UP WITH
STATES' RIGHTS
A 5 Lock To Negro
Supporters
New York, N. Y. Negro citi¬
zens were “keenly disappoint¬
ed” in his statement endorsing
a states’ rights soldier vote
bill. Governor Thomas E. Dew¬
ey was told this week by the
NAACP, because it “gave enor¬
mous aid, comfort and prestige
to the persons who had una¬
shamedly exploited violent an¬
ti-Negro sentiment in support¬
ing their side of the argument.
After recalling the race-hat¬
ing speeches of Rep, John E.
Rankin and Senator James O.
Eastland, both of Mississippi,
declaring the states’ rights
vote bill w'as necessary to main
tain white supremacy, the NA-
ACR letter, declared.
“Many opponents of a
al servicemen’s ballot took no
pains to conceal, the low and
bigoted plane upon which they
were basing their opposition.
It is greatly regretted that your
statement on this legislation
should have placed you in such
company.”
The text of the letter, signed
by Roy Wilkins, assistant secre
tary, was as follows:
..The proposal that a method
be devised to enable the mil¬
lions of men and women in uni
form to cast a ballot in the
1944 elections was, in the very
nature' of things, bound to pre¬
cipitate debate. It was to be
expected that there would be
understandable differences of
opinion on method, but we are
pertain the country was not
'^prepared ^bigotry for the tone of racial
which finally came to
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TO ENTER FIELD
T. H. Hamilton who recently
resigned his official position
with a life insurance company
to enter another field of en
deavor.
Mr. Hamilton was presented
many useful gifts and a sub¬
stantial purse .by by the the local
agency force of the Pilgrim
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Washington, D. C. —Arrange
ments have been completed
with War Department officials
here for overseas radio pickups
featuring soldiers and war cor¬
respondents in several major
theaters of operations during
National Negro Newspaper
Week. Feb. 27 to March 4.
Half hour radio programs
given by two of the nation’s
major radio networks will
feature, in addition to the ser¬
vice men and war correspond-
Klits. some of the country's out
unding artists and entertain
fi-s<
Negotiations were in progress
at week's end for a third na¬
tion-wide network program,
but no definite commitment
had been made by the broad¬
casters. The publishers’ com¬
mittee planned to stage this
program at the Great Lakes
Naval Training station, where
lETAS TC OBSERVE
FINER WOMANHOOD
WEEK
Beginning Sunday, February
20, all chapters of the Zeta Phi
Beta Sorority will observe fin¬
er Womanhood Week. The lo¬
cal chapter. Alpha Theta Zeta,
will begin the celebration here
by worshipping in a body at
the Second Baptist church,
Houston street, Sunday morn¬
ing. Rev. Scott, the newly ap¬
pointed pastor, will deliver the
message.
Other activities of the
include the re-pledge services
at the home of the
Mrs. Ola B. Byrd, Saturday
i evening, February 26. The
i
committee responsible for the
I week’s program includes Miss
i F ran kie N. Golden, chairman,
j Migs Metel]a Maree> Mrs . Nan .
cy H. Walker, Miss Ruby King,
and Miss Kathleen Williams.
Zetas made many service
men happy Saturday evening
when they sponsored “Dan Cu¬
pid's Hospital Party” at the
West Broad Street USO. Mrs.
Esther Warrick and her com¬
mittee are to be commended
for the many interesting feat¬
ures which contributed to a
unique program.
Mayor Race Kelly Bigotry Blasts
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RACE mATi0Ns
Denounced Southern Race
Traditions
By Luther A. Townsley
. I Feb. ANP May
Chicago, 14—
or Edward J. Kelly set the tern-
po for the second session of his
, conference on race relations
‘ this week when he sternly de-
| j nounced tions southern un-American, race tradi- then
as
heard discussions on housing,
restrictive covenants and
charges of school board dis-
crimination in colored areas,
After listening to Dr. Louis
j Wirth, at professor the University of social of Chi- sci-
ence
i cago, analyze the problem of
rac3 relations in general, and
Robert R. Taylor, Chicago Hous
ing authority commissioner
tell about public housing, May-
or Edward Kelly expressed re-
gret that race relations
mittees should be necessary in
Chicago, or any part of
| ica, because of the imaginary
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they have been invited for a
two day inspection tour on
March 3 and 4 .
The first broadcast is over
NBC on Saturday, February
26. from 3 to 3:30 p. m.. Hazel
Scott, famed boogie-woogie
anist, will be on this program
along with another of the coun
try’s outstanding artists for
I whose appearance final clear-
ance had not been obtained
when this announcement was
made.
Canada Lee. stage star of
"Native Son” and “Lifeboat”
fame, will narrate a stafement
on the purposes of Newspaper
week and a high government
official will speak briefly.
Reports on soldiers overseas
by three returned Negro war
correspondents will be heard
as well. They will interview
colored heroes who have come
back from the war fronts, too.
Review of St. Emma Cadets at Bond Award
ROCK CASTLE, VIRGINIA. The Cadet Corps of the St. Emma Military Academy prepare to
pass in review before Lt. Co!. White, of Camp Pickett, Va. They have just presented the Gov¬
ernment with H jeep i i.i the Schools-at-War Program. The students at this hoarding high
school, representing 28 Stales of the Union, purchased bonds and war savings stamps regularly
from September to December to win the award of the “Minute-Man” Flag.
Sf. Emma Military Cadets Buy 11 Jeeps j
ROCK CASTLE, VIRGINIA. The students ami faculty of Hie j
St. Emma Military Academy have been awarded the “Minute-
Man” Flag by the Treasury Department for their purchase of
11 jeeps for the U. S. Army. Cadet Captain Leroy Campbell has
just presented Lt. Col. White with a check for $13,401.35. In
the background stand the soldiers of the 514th Quartermaster
Truck Regiment, who brought the jeeps from Camp Pickett,
Va., and participated in the brilliant ceremony and drill.
l& C. State College Credit Un.
HftS JVIRCIC $44,655 In LOcHlS
BEEN OPERATING
! FIVE YEARS
;
Orangeburg, S. C., Feb. 10—
gj nce Apr u 1936 at South Car-
olitia state college there has
been successfully operated one
of tbe nation’s outstanding
credit Unions and its organi-
g a ti®n and operation has been
made a criterion for other sim
ii ar un i on s among Negroes,
j The services of The Edisto
R edora i credit Union has been
manifold. It has consistently
made progress each year and
all annU al reports have shown
increases in revenue and in-
come . it started in 1936.
Since the beginning of the
sa le of war bonds in 1942
1 through December 31, 1943, to-
ta i cas h pa j d f or the purchase
0 f war bonds through The
Edisto Federal Credit Union
j was $ 21 , 768.75. This union
(Continned on naee 2 >
An overseas pick up will bring
in one of the war correspond¬
ents direct from a theatre of
operations.
Willie Bryant and members
of his USO overseas orchestra
unit which entertained troops
! recently will be heard also.
And there will be a statement
on “The Negro Press and the
War Effort’” by Dr. C. B. Pow¬
ell, editor ot the New York Am
sterdam News.
The Columbia program on
Monday. Feb. 28. from 11:3C a.
m. to 12 noon, will feature
Duke Ellington's orchestra,
Paul Robeson, the Wings Over
Jordan choir and four Negro
correspondents direct from
their overseas posts in the Eu
ropeon and Pacific theatres.
Other numbers, including J.
Hernandez in a narration on
the purpose of the observance,
a statement by President Roose
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, FEB. 17, 1944
TEACHERS TO SPONSOR
SPELLING CONTEST
Seventh grade pupils of Cuy
ler, Haven Home^pmd Jpnpete Wood-
ville schools will St. in a
spelling contest at Phiip A.
M. E. church, Fiidatf night,
March ICth. Reaizing the
need for better .spelling in our
schools, the teachers of the
above named schools along
with the supervisor Miss Frank
ie Golden, are sponsoring a
spelling contest which will
terminate in county-wide com¬
petition, March 10.
Music will be furnished by
each of the three schools men¬
tioned above. The following
teachers and their principals
are working very hard to make
the contest within the schools
quite enthusiastic: Mrs. Lydia
Williams, Cuyler; Mrs. Dorothy
Lampkin.^I Haven Home and
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velt. and the interview
Merchant Marine Liberty sh-p
captain. 'The Negro Bomiei
from Bunker Hill to Guadal¬
canal’ will be dramatized by
Carlton Moss and John Ii.
Scngstacke, president 01 the
Chicago Defender and ol tne
Negro Newspaper Publishers
Association, will make a state¬
ment on the Negro p,.ss.
Tentatively, there is also a
dramatization of the construc¬
tion of the Alcan highway, tea
1 turing a Negro member of the
engineering unit which did
the job direct from Alaska,
Lc^st year the Newspaper
Week broadcast came over two
of the national hook-ups and
favorable comment poured in
from all over the nation to the
member papers. On „hosc
programs three of the over-
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Looking For
These Men
Selective Service System Lo¬
cal Board No. 4 is anxious to
get in touch with the following
delinquent registrants. Any
one knowing their whereabouts
will kindly communicate with
the board which is located in
rooms 561-2, American Bank
building.
Eddie Prince Robinson, 707
Styles avenue; James Wright
Williams, Bloomingdale; Hamp
ton Jaudon, Rt. 3, Montgomery,
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May Force Teachers To
Take Examination
IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR PAY PARITY
Edgefield, s. C. Feb 10 (ANP i
— Hints that Negro school
teachers wishing increased sal->
aries and parity with white
teacheis may have to pass a
special examination, were
made before a meeting of
Some Savnnah Area Men In U S Armed Forces
AVI ATION CADET DELANEY
OlKVER who has completed
his primary flying training at
66th AAF Frying Tr. Detach-
ment, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.,
and is now training at the Ba-
* Sch0 ° 1 '
army air field. He is the son of
Mrs. Viola Oliver, 2310 Florence
street.
T. SGT. ANTHONY WALK¬
ER, jr./with his wife and daugh
ter, Betty Jane, recently spent
a hort furlough with their rel
ativcs. He is the son of the late
Anthony Frank Walker of Guy
ton and cousin of Mrs. Olin
Kirkland, He is now overseas.
Confusion Hamper
Republican Confab
Much Bitterness In
2-Day Session
ISSUES 12-POINT
DECLARATION
Chicago, Feb. 14 (ANP—Sec
tional clashes, politics within
politics, resulted in the confu¬
sion that greeted Republican
leaders from various parts ol
the nation who assembled here
Friday for the opening sessiou
of a scheduled two day confer
ence at the Pershing hotel.
Although the objective of
the conference was to outline
a constructive progranA to be
presented in behalf of the Ne¬
gro at the Republican National
convention here in June, the
formation of such an organiza
tion for that, purpose resulted
in chaos, confusion and. clash¬
es from the floor, to the
apparent embarrassment of
Judge Edward W. Henry of Phil
adelphia, who was chosen to
serve as temporary chairman.
Even an effort to form the
body into a permanent organ!
zation by the selection of tern
porary officers met with oppo-
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teachers here Wednesday by W
A. Bchiffley, assistant state
agent for Negro teachers,
As outlined by Mr. Schiffley,
those colored teachers wishing
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CPL. EMMETT PAULIN, s ta-
Honed at McDill Field, Tampa,
Fla., who was recently home on
furlough enroute on a visit to
^ ew y or j{. He j s the yon of
Mrs. mum Paulin or 61# West
Broa d street and the godson of
W. B. Braswell.
RALPH V. MACON, sic who is
stationed at Portsmouth, Va..
was recently here on lea’e vis¬
iting hi;> parents. Mr. and- Mrs.
Carey Macon and his sister,
Mrs. Olin Kirkland of 710 West
44th street.
Students of Georgia
State College
Industrial College. Ga. The
honor students for the fall
quarter for 1943-’44 at Georgia
State College are as follows:
Freshman class Ola Mae
Byrd (advanced Fresh) Hog-
ansville; Norman L. Gadseu,
(advanced Fresh>, Savannah;
Annie Hackney, Union Point;
Mary L. McIntosh (advanced
Fresh) Savannah; Frances
Marshall, Savannah; Ada Men
tion, Savannah; Joe Anna Mos
ley, Baxley; Beatrice Crsot, In
dustrial College; Mildred C.
Perry, Savannah; Alma Pierce,
Halcyondale; Mary L. Renfree,
(advanved Fresh) Miiledge-
ville; Lewis Rivers (advanced
Fresh) Savannah; Catharine
Scott, Pelham; Dorothy L. Wat
kins, Pelham.
Sophomore class — Ijlllie M.
Anderson, Savannah; Leona
Bacon, Riceboro; Alexine Byrd.
McIntosh; Hattie E. Carter,
Savannah; Katheryn L. Carter,
Newton; Relina Copeland, A-
dell; Jessie M. Dixon, Savan¬
nah; Vernelle Drone, Way-
cross; Mamie Houstoun, Savan
nah; Myrfces Hughes Dewey-
rose; Eloise M. Jackson, Cuth-
bert; Samuel L. Lester, Indus¬
trial College; John M. Moody,
Valdosta; Ermagene Mott, Tit-
ton; Hilda E. Phillips, Valdos¬
ta; Anna R. Smith, Rockmart;
Pauline Williams, Savannah;
Dorothy Gadson, Savannah.
Junior class Macy C. Aid-
rich, Savannah; Gertrude Den
sler. Savannah Rosa L. Flow¬
ers, Savannah; Benjamin Gor¬
don, Sandersvllle; Katie E.
Moore, Quitman; Zera E. Heard
Elberton; Emmie E. Marshall,
Savannah; Edna C. Turner, At
/Contlnuedon paF* iiiht)
JOHN C. HOLMES, s2c, who
was recen tly home visiting his
other relatives at 1207 Carr
avenue, water worlcs He is
stationed at Camp leary, WU-
liamsburg, Virginia.
GPL. JAMES FABER, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. John Dowse of
911 West Victory Drive, who is
now serving overseas, where he
has been for the past two
years. He writes that he is
BPlt.incr on fine.
m upu&Hi him.wm aqno!
NUMBER 18
WAR DEPT. GETS
HIS FINDINGS
REV. J. L. HORACE, noted
Chicago Baptist pastor, who
made a personal investigation
of the treatment of Negro sol¬
diers in various camps and
whose sensational findings
have been turned over to high
war department officials.
Rabbis Attack
Segregation
St. Louis, Mo. The adminis¬
trative committee of the Jus¬
tice and Peace Commission of
the Central Conference of A-
merlcan Rabbis has issued a
message on race relatiqnsj on
the eve of Abraham Liu.eoin’n
birthday
The message attacks segrega
tion in schools and publiq,con¬
veyances, and theatres atid mo
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PFC. THEODORE R. DIXON,
who *s serving with the U. S.
forces overseas. He is the
husband of Mrs. Inez Dixon
who resides at 529 Charles
street. Private Dixon say;
be j getting along , all , right , ,
S
and doing fine.
CPL. JESSE ADAMSON who
is stationed at Fort Dc ens,
Mass, wa3 recently in V. city
visiting his sister, Mi's, ucy
Wilcox, 619 W. Duffy , his
neice, Mrs. Annie Whitt # 307
W Henrv street. , .’ir. 1 .