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TEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE i -- 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 • nonfirmed on Page S' 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 • Continued on oatre 2> 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 l e 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 Continued 0,1 page 2 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 Continued on page eigm 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- (Continued on Page 5) 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, Continued on Page 2 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- (Continued on page 8) teachers here Wednesday by W A. Bchiffley, assistant state agent for Negro teachers, As outlined by Mr. Schiffley, those colored teachers wishing (Continued on page two 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 (Continued on page ill 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 .