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PORTERS SET OVER SIX MILLION
Navy Alters Policy; Negroes
To Get Commissions
WINS SCHOOL POPU¬
LARITY CONTEST
Miss Leila Mae nargrove is the
successful queen of the Liberty
County Training School in the
most successful drive in the
history of the school. Miss
Hargrove hails from the fresh¬
man class and is very popular
with the student body. The
classes were represented as fol¬
lows, Miss Leila Mae Hargrove
of the freshman class, spon¬
sored by Mrs. Josie B. Scott and
Mrs. L. K. Rawls $219.25. Miss
Lena Mae Gordon of the seventh
grade sponsored by Mrs. A. L.
Phillips and Mrs. M. L. Baggs
|169.36. iJiss Florine James
File senior class sponsored
Mrs. N. W. Cooper and Mrs A.
B. Turner $161.52. Miss Dor-
othy Pray of the junior
sponsored by Miss Miriam
Grant and Mrs. M. Densler
ers $127.61. Miss Ruth Williams
of the Sophomore class spon-
sored by Miss Victoria Mullino
and Mrs. R. Curry Hill $111.00.
Miscellaneous $70 56 The
tal amount collected was $858.30.
Mr. C. L. Rawls who has been
principal of the school for
past three years reports that
the increasing cooperation be¬
tween the community and the
school accounts for the' success
of the drive.
H pijm I^ 1 W1 JTNTrnrrl by U. S. War Department, Bureau of Public Relations
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READY FOR ACTION"_Negro -navigation cadets stand at attention before the huge of a twin-
engined Lockheed Lodestar on the ■windswept ramp of .Hondo Amy Air Field, Hondo, Texas, proving ground for the finest navigators
in 'the world. These cadets are skilled es -navigators and stand ready and eager to join the will ranks their of other silver alert navigator’s young men wings who are
guiding huge bombers to the vital strongholds of the .enemy. j Theca.pip neer^Neg ro fliers win on
Lfeteiwy 26 , ISM. gag, II lIlBMWflTlH III*" ——- ‘
MESS ATTENDANT GIVES LIFE TO SAVE
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS
U. S. Coast Guard Headquar-
ters in Washington, D. C.,
week related in detail how a
Negro mess attendant aboard a
Coast Guard combat cutter
gave his life to save his execu¬
tive officer and others during
dramatic .rescue operations in
the North Atlantic.
The central figure in the
story, one of many heroic in-
icidents that followed torpedoing
or a transport last year, was
Charles W. David, Jr., 26 of 1324
Prospect Avenue, New York city.
A giant with tremendous
Goal strength, he was a
attendant, first class, aboard a
Coast Guard cutter. j
David dived repeatedly into
icy seas, in total darkness, to!
haul survivors to safety and fi-
nally rescued Lieut. Langford
Anderson, the executive officer,
who had gone overside to set
a n example for his rescue
crews. The air temperature
was below freezing at the time,
Morehouse Raises $83,300
For Endowment
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 19—Sinse
July l, V 44 - Morehouse Col-
lege has rallied to the cause
and wddl endowment money
ma bv the General Edu _
catl0n Board - the colle e e bas
j .
raised $83,300 toward endow-
ment and current expenses,
announcement was made
by President Benjamin E. Mays
last night at the 77th anniver-
* sal T banquet held in the
j ert Pf^nce Hal1 Dining of several Room hundred in the
alumm ’ students, distinguished
guests and friends of the
lege. Of this amount *22,000
was toward the goal of
necessitated by a drop in en-
and the water temperature c-'iy
t-lishtly above. The sea was
building up before a r sing
wind.
four or five submarines
weie known to have been shad
owing the convoy at the time
the transport was hit and
and the rescue operations were
conducted under the ever-pres-
ent hazard of a new attack.
Luring her own rescue work,
the cutter acted as a screen .for
anctlier cutter similarly engag-
ed '
Many of the survivors, on life
raft s in life boats that were
awash, or buffeted in life semi- jack- j
weie unconscious or
conscious and unable to aid
themselves. The rescue, crews
went overside on cargo nets,
working in tne pounding seas
to snatch men from boats and
rafts, and to rig bowlines with
which they could be lifted to
the deck. The nets from
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rollment of nearly fifty P er_
cent. President Mays stated
that *4,000 more will stabilize ]
the current budget for the!
present academic year, The J
names of four graduates of
Morehouse who have come to
the aid of their alma mater in
the present financial crisis
with .individual contributions
of *1,000 to the endowment
were disclosed on this occasion,
j j They are Dr. Clyde Lawlah, ’2g,
Pine Bluff, Ark; Dr. A. W.
i Plump, '24, Birmingham. Ala:
Dr. A. L. Mitchell, ’22, Birming-
j ham, Ala; and Charles L. Max-
'Contlnuedon page eight!
TO MANN ESCORT
VESSELS
By Hairy McAlpin
Washington, £i. C.—Confir¬
mation of the intent of the
Navy to commission Negro of-
ficers and announC ement that
(, WQ wars j 1 jp S w m b e named by
Negro crews as made by the
Nayy Department this wee k,
marking a distinct departure
from the existing policy of the
Nayy in ^is war _
twelve Negroes will be select¬
ed from q Ua iifi e d. enlisted men
as line 0 ffi cers> w ith the rank
of Ensign. Ten additional men
professionally qualified, will be
commissioned as staff officers
witil tbe rank G f Ensign or
LieijteiiEtnt (junior grades ac-
cording to the Navy announce-
'
m en t. The staff officers, to
comprise two each for the chap-
j a j n corps, dental corps, medi-
g a j corps, civil engineering corps
and supp i y corps, will be ap-
pointed from C i v iii ail jjf e
The two warships to be maim¬
ed by predominantly Negro
crews are U. S. Naval antisub¬
marine vessels. One is to be
a destroyer escort of about 13,-
000 tons, capable of performing
service. The other will be a
patrol chaser (PC) which is an
ocean going vessel to the extent
it stays in the convoy lanes
within a range of 300 to 500
miles off shore,
Th e patrol chasers vary In
size> ranging from 150 to 175
feet in length, and displace ap¬
proximately 335 tons. The
ship to be manned by a Negro
crew is now being built at the
consolidated' Shipbuilding Cor-
poration, Morris Height. N. Y.
It will have an initial crew of
52 Negroes and 9 whites. It is
scheduled for commissioning
arch
The destroyer escort is one of
the newest type ships in the U.
S. Navy, designed for convoy
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1 New York—A third national
! radio network has been se-
| cured to carry the story of the
N:;gro Press during National
l.Tgro Newspaper Week, Febru-
a:y 27 to March 4, it was an¬
nounced here this week by
| Frank L. Stanley, chairman of
I the publishers’ committee mak-
) iug arangements.
j The Blue Network and aff 11-
I liated stations will beam a
I program originating at Great
■ Lakes Naval Training station
'on Thursday, March 2, from 4
to 4.30 p. m. (Eastern War
Time,
117th Anniversary I
! Previously announced broad-
casts in connection with
cbscrvance of the 117th
versary of the Negro Press will
Saturday, February 26, 3 I
3:8t p. m. iEWTi over NBC and
Lffidated stations.
Monday. February 28, 11:30 p.
m. to 12 midnight. «kwt, over l
Columbia cuumoia B-cadcastino B.cadcasting System bystem. I
Tr.e Blue network broadcast
,pou.gnts ■ ortl’vhts ‘he ,ne vi«t visit tn to r<re Gieat| n
Lakes of the Negro Newspaper J
Publishers Association on the
invitation of Lt. Commander,
i Daniel Armstrong, on March 2
j ; Great Lakes . . Ork. _ . and . glee . duo , u
Lakes orchestra and glee
|will provide music for the
noui wroadcasi. A statement by
Secretary of the Navy Knoz on
"The Negro in the Navy.’’ will
be heard as well as a brief mes¬
sage from Commander Arm-
New York City, Feb. 21—It
was announced at the Interna¬
tional Headquarters of the
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters by A. Philip Randolph,
International President, that as
the result of negotiations with
the Pullman Company and oth¬
er railroads under contract, that
the Pullman Company and oth¬
er the railroads porters under will receive contract, in that j
wage
increase and back pay over six
million dollars.
The porters, will also receive
one week’s vacation with pay.
Looking Far
These Men
The following draftees are)
wanted by Local Board No. 1,'
as of February 21. Anyone
knowing of their whereabouts
kirtdly get in touch with the
board at once: i
Doyle Lee, 408 Pendergast
street; Marion Rice, 659 W. Co¬
hen St.; Roosevelt Thompson,
38 W. 138th St., Apt. 1, New
York; Joe Polite. 647 Berrien;
Willie Singleton, 509 West Bol¬
ton; Willie Gordon, 664 West
Bay; Mose Shavers, Jr., 214
Fellwood Homes; James Grim¬
es, 523 Roberts; Samuel Adu-
furs Stuckey, 447 Wilson; Cleve
Sharpe, 613 Walker; John
nis Zeigler, 817 West 42nd;
White Mungin, 519 West
Copgress.__
Charleston
To Salaries
Charleston. S. C.—Judge
Waties Waring signed a consent
decree in the Federal Court here
February 14 enjoining the
Charleston school authorities
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SAVANNAH AREA MEN SERVING IN U. S. ARMED FORCES
husband of Mrs. ' avrie Davis
Leake and the oldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. H G. Leake of 1316
Price street wl}o has made it
safely overseas. He has been in
the service over two years.
PFC. ALONZO ROBINSON, —
of Mrs. Catherine Robinson
now stationed at Fort Fran-
E. Warren, Wyoming.
USO Honors
R. J. Farley
Has been'transfer¬
red TO NEW YORK
On Sunday February 27 the
West 36th street USO club is
presenting a gigantic program
in honor of Robert J. Farley.
Mr. Farley has served the
very efficiently during the
two years. His work will speak
for itself. Today he is being
transferred to serve his coun-
try in a higher capacity else-
where.
The community has definite-
ly supported the West 36th'
Street USO club under the
rectorship of Mr. Farley. Ex-
cellent community groups were
organized. The club has serv-
ed several hundred thousand' work-j
so idiers. war production
ers and assoC j ated workers. It
one of the few nli i ltary clubs j
the country that has a very
extensive and intensive pro-
„ ram for th „ i„ V eniie j
is to the pa
interest existing at the
C lub. Mr. Farley was one ol
first USO directors to man-!
so much interest in the!
young and old . The club stands!
him as a monument
his great efforts !
Thc . .....- *u_________:
Sunday will be the principal 1
address bv Rt Rev i Mser T T '
James McNamara, « « NCCS Mod-
erator of the State of Georgia.'
Msgr. McNamara in behalf of
Negroes has been very
inter-racial He is identified with |
varl0US groups and
has made noted contributions
the cau.se of the Negro thru-
the south Other epeake’-s
include prominent business men,
army officials and outstanding
social workers. The Rev. Fr,
J. Gall will serve as master
ceremonies. The USO cho-
S-SGT. EllRTHA A. BLACK.
son of Mrs. Gladys Smith, 1115
West Broad street i s now sta-
tioned at Camp 1 '’an Dorn, ’ Miss.
He is training boys for over
seas duty and likes his assign-
ment very much.
SEAMAN 1-e BEN FLOYD—Who
is stationed at ' amp Peary, Wil-
Love street, Williams, and mother, Mrs.
Hanson 15 Exley St.
$1500 Judgment For
School Teacher
Scouts Hold
2nd Annual
Banquet
' 1 ^ le secand annual banquet
the Boy Scouts of
was held on February 14th at
8 p. m. at the West Broad USO.
This was a most successful
meeting despite the very in-
clement weather. The audi-
torium was beautifully deeor-
ated, carrying out the rustic
scheme Boy Scout life.
Small pine trees and moss
covered saplings held firmly by
rope Ded with knots used on
Scout ' ing mad e the occasion
m ° re real - Centering the
speaker's’ table was a carved
insignia of tne First 'lass
bad § e sUS P ended lrom sma11
ine saplings.
The tables were very color-
Ulliy arra f eed ‘" horseshoe
ta hlon ’ '' vUh Ec0UtlnK - llera '
tur e at the plare , " f aach gUCSt
t Latei t 1 , ‘“ 5 f nie , b came
”
Uie scene " 1 a very a ' j pelizing
U)) ^ t, ' . SU P* J( 1 " as
eri by Loy r , Scouts wh f aU 111
th ’ program rendered a very
inspiring play entitled "What
I , A . B Wrirth b - der w ihe lhe
j )y ' or ‘ ■ a , mr
supervision of Eagle Scout Les-
. , ,
!p hc mastcr of ceremonies for
the , )C( . asi: , n wa th>
John Delaware
aftcr introducing Chairman
w Gadsden of Advancement;
w s s ,. ott o-zanization O.ganization and and
Extension; John McIntosh. Fi-
r.uiict, lyi. G. naynes, Leader¬
ship Training; J. L. Trottie.
Camping and Activities; Dr.
M. P. Sessoms, Health and
Safety; S. L. White and John
Ebbs, ''ommissioners, made an
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J WRBmi
PFC. DAVID ANDERSON WHO
has been in the armed service
fw 18 months is stationed in the
*? the 2 ' ld of f N ® Tommie W 7° rk c * ty He is
son Anderson, ,
Sr.. 620 E. Gwinnett street and
brother of Robt. Anderson Si7
E. Henry street.
PVT. BENJAWn 6LIVEP ,i'n
° :
,ne woo dvl "'
ast week ‘ He is now ^ FlWi-
da -
IN JIM CROW BUS
LINE CASE
Springfifleld, Mo., Feb. 19
i ANPi A jury last week
awarded Miss Maggie Mack,
former school teaiher here,
S1 SCO damages in a suti against
the Dixie Gtvyhound Lines,
Inc. She charged that her
civii rights' had been violated.
Miss Mack testified that on
April 4, 1942, she was slapped
in the face by a policeman,
summoned by a bus driver,
when she failed to move to a
rear seat when the bus in
which she rode stopped at
Steele, Mo., just before cross¬
ing the state line into Arkan¬
sas.
The jury was instructed to
return a verdict in Miss Mack’s
favor. The amount of damage
was left to the jurors’ discre¬
tion. The school teacher had
sued for *5000 actual and *20,-
CCO punitive damages.
TWO HUNTER FIELD
, | SOLDIERS BECOME
CITIZENS
Two Hunter Field soldiers be
came citizens of the country in
whose armies they are enroll¬
ed recently at a ceremony held
in the federal building in Sa¬
vannah. Lpl. Titus Rolle, <r.,
and Pvt. Thos. Fa’mtt were
included in the group of nine
air base soldiers sworn m as
citizens.
A native of the Babu>‘ s Is¬
lands, British West L Pvt,
Palmer is the son of and
Mrs. Ebenezer Palmer u L 1858
N. West 69th strees, mi,
Fla. He graduated i> the
Booker T. Washing'. !igl\
school in Miami in IP
Cpl. Rolle was born m wop-