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ton.
Without a lot of fanfare
publicity, the WaC has
fully integrated into the
It happened officially Qn Mar.
1. Col. Oveta Culp Hobby,
WAC director, has been pro¬
moted to the general
She will now set the broad, gen
eral personnel policies, for
WAC here and abroad.
Cf the approximately
WAC officers who were on
Hobby's headquarters staff,
ly four have come along
her to the personnel
of the general staff. No
of these four is a Negro.
But that isn’t our point.
We’d like to see a Negro offi-
cer on the general staff, yes.
We aren’t even
about the assignment that
in prospect for Major
West, one of the two
ranking Negroes in the
Army Corps. We think a
gro should be in such a spot
too. rsut since tne W4f wal , is . .
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Qourt To Consider ^Refusal
To Voters
BIRMINGHAM REGIS¬
TRARS TURNED
DOWN
Negroes Who Tried
To Register
SUIT IS BROUGHT 1
MISS McADORY
Biringham, Ala., March 14—
(ANPi Hearing on the appeal
of the case instituted against
members of the Jefferson
ty board of registrars,
arbitrarily refusing to register
Negro voters, has been set in the
state circuit court here for Mar.
28.
The suit brought by Miss Mil¬
dred McAdory, seeks to restrain
Rufus Bethea, Sterling H.
ter an! Herman A.
from denying her the right to
register.
A similar suit was carried to
the Alabama Supreme court two
years ago, where it met an an-
verse split decision. C ounsel in
the new case expressed their be-
lief that the defect of the init-
ial case has been plugged. A
premise for carrying the litiga-
tion to the U. S. Supreme court
has been carefully laid by the
plaintiff’s lawyers.
A companion suit which also
asks damages is pending in the
federal court here where it has
been without a hearing t«>. for
about two years. The federal
suit would ask the registrars oe
permanently enjoined from prac
ticing racial discrimination in
registering applicants.
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£ Essential Jobs
Available
It is the mission of the ASF
depot to purchase, store^and
tribute tirf^fcen essential war items - ‘" to
Vtw^^rs in the armed forces.
at the depot are as im-
rvj fare of m the to the safety and wel¬
country as the mao
on the Rattle fields.
Patriot' and loyal citizens
are requested to take advantage
of the available jobs at the ASF
depot on highway 17. Many la
j borers are needed to keep the
wheels of our country’s gigantic
war machin e rol ling. Clergy-
iCoutinuedon page eight)
Srihur
He writes that he is in fine
health and that he like his sur
roundings very much.
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SERGEANT JOE NEWTON,
wh0 j s w ith the 305 Aviation
Squad, O. C. D. S. C., at Tinker
Field, Oklahoma City, Oklaho-
nr a ,where he is a favorite
his outfit. He has written his
mother that he likes th e army
life and that he is getting
along" fine.
HEADS TB ASS'N
BOARD
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William A G ibson is the new
, ^ elected . . , president . , , ol .. the Ad¬ . .
speiate Board of the Chatham-
Savannah Tuberculosis Associa-;
tion.
1 Mr. Gibson has proved an en
thusiastic id support worker chairman by his splend-j of tne
as
Life Insurance Underwriters As,
! sociation. Last year, when the
campaign to secure funds forj
maintenance of a health educa-
tion worker was at its peak, Mr.
Gihsrm Gibson and and his his onmmittpe committee pn-
tered wholeheartedly into the
project, and established the
outstanding fund,
Mr. Gibson is connected with
j the Atlanta Life Insurance com
Continued on page Five*
\ Mrs. Bertha Singleton an¬
nounces the marriage of her
daughter. Alethea Singleton
formerly of this city, now resid¬
ing in Washington, D. C., to Pvt.
Paul E. Leake, also of this city.
n oW stationed at Fort Benning,
Ga. Pvt. Leake is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Leake of this
city.
The wedding took place at
the home of the bride, Saturday
evening March 4. 1944. relatives
of the bride and groom were
present.
The bride will leave Savannan
on the 12th to resume her du¬
ties in Washington with the Wa f
Department. Pvt. Leake will
leave on the same day for Fort
Benning, Ga.
ONSO ORR, JR., the
of Mr. and Mrs- Alfonso Orr, 8r.,
of 724 West Victory Drive, who
recently was graduated from
recruit training as honor man
at the U. S. Naval Training Sta¬
tion, Great Lakes, 111. He was
selected as honor man by his
company commander.
Franklyn t\. Amerson. sm-2-c
U. S. N. R-. who is stationed at
the naval air base, Jacksonville,
Fla He is the son of Mrs. Ro-
salee V. Amerson of 524 ^Aont-
gomery street and the late Rev.
James E. Amerson. He is also
the brother of Cpl- James E. m
erson who Is serving overseas.
ORDERS PROBE
IN KILLING !
OF BOY
BY ARMY SERGEANT
AT HAMLET
Washington, D. C. - The
War Department has ordered
an investigation of the killing
of Eugene Bridges, 10, by Ser-
geant Jack Cooke of the 515
Paratroop Infantry, accord-
ing to a letter from Secretary
of War Stimson to the Wash¬
ington Bureau of the NAACP.
The colored lad was killed in
Hamlet, N. C„ on or about Feb¬
ruary ____^ 3, by Cooke who is re¬
p 0r ^. ed as having asked the
boy, "Do you believe I will
shoot you? The boy replied
the negative and Cooke is re
porte d to have shot him, kill-
ing him instantly.
“Th=> “ commanding general l j
tne Fourth Service Com-
mand has been directed to in-1
vestigate this incident and sub;
mit a report thereon at the)
earliest practicable date,’’ said)
the Slimson letter to the NAA-;
CP.
NOT MISSING
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Washing-
ton received word from Mrs. Lil
Iran W. Smith of New York City
that Pvt. Gerard 'Geeche)
Smith wa s reported by the Red
Cross of New York to be well a nu
safe somewhere in England
is not missing.
SALUTE TO FREEDOM BROADCAST SATURDAY
New- York. Mar. 13—The Vo-
cational Opportunity Cam-
pai«n of the National
League, seeking equal opportu-
nity for the Negro in the war
effort, is observed in a special
THIS SAVANNAH TRIBUN* THURSDAY. MARCH 16. 1»«
SERGEANT SAMUEL R. SLA¬
TER, the son of Mr. and
Joseph F. Slater of Allenhurst,
who is serving somewhere in In-
di a with the u. S. army.
been in the army since
1942, and is supply sergeant
his detachment,, a medical
unit.
PFC. JOS A. WILLIAMS, the
husband of Mrs. Catherine Jef¬
ferson Williams of 537 Yama-
craw Village, who is stationed
at Fort Jackson, S. c. He says; |
that so far he finds army life
to be much to his liking and
that he hopes soon to go
er peg higher in rank.
Negro IVomen oj Florida Sell $J<Sg OOO in IFar Bonds V a
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The Florida State Federation of Negro Women took an active part In the Fourth War Bond drive, act¬
ing as the Negro committee in communities where no Negro organization had been set up, and in the larger
cities coordinating their efforts with existing War Bond committees. Mrs. Nell Hunter, of the Interracial
Section l • . • .. of c the a l- National x i • i a Office, \ ajl . . spent a. 2 n weeks 1 . „ making 1-!— — a _ tour of „ f tL. the State^with n itk Mra. M mm FannieJH. U annin 11 Ponder, P/iH /Trie nroci presi _
dent of the Federation, which itself made an investment of $1,000 in the Fourth War Loan drive. _'iotal sales
traceable to the activities of these women amounted to $385,000. Photo shows G. D. Rogers, president of the
Central Life Insurance Comnaov of Tampa, presenting check for $50,000 to Mrs. Ponder, as hi* company’s
investment in the Fourth War Loan drive. His daughter, WAC Sgt. Johnnye Marie Rogers, notvstationed at
Wendover, L tah, and Mrs, Nell Hunter, of the Washington office, proudly look on.
PUBLIC COURT OF
HONOR SUNDAY
The public is invited to attend
a court of honor ceremony ol
the Boy Scouts of America at
the West Broad Street USO Sun
day. March 19, at 5 p. m.
Prof. R. W. Gadsden, chair-
man of advancement of the
council, is very anxious to have
all troops and scouters represent
ed in full strength.
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broadcast "Salute to
dom,’’ over the NBC
Saturday. March 18 <3 p. m.)
Dedicated to the Negro
and women in the armed
vices, the "Salute to Freedom’
Roosevelt Asked To End
Army, Discrimination
NEGROES ARE
AND BITTER OVER
Insults Heaped on
Colored Troops
BASIC POLICY OF
AND NAVY
Is The Foundation
for Difficulty
New York, N. Y. President
KOOSeveit osevelt - as a! > commander -m-
chief of the army and navy,
was called upon this week to
der , .. , ^ olltion .... segrega-
01 a
-
tion by lace and color in Amer
ica’s fighting forces to the end
that victory may be
more speedily by our unified
army, and the peace made
more secure by the oneness of
our civilian population.
The letter to the President,
signed by Roy Wilkins, acting
secretary of the NAACP, re¬
newed the protest against the
slurs on Negro combat troops
by Secretary of War Henry L.
Stimson In his letter to Con¬
gressman Hamilton Fish and
reviewed the discouraging ex¬
periences of Negro combat
troops in the first World War
and in the present conflict.
‘The concensus of opinion.’
said .the letter, "is that Mr
Stimson has reflected upon Ne
gro civilians and those in the
armed forces, has offered grat
ultlous ... lnsult . t0 the Ne 8>'° men
of the famous Chicago regi-
ment. and has reflected upon
the ability and patriotism oi
Continued on page eight
Red Cross
Campaign
Progressing
- '
A friend asked; “Why should
t contribute to the Red Cross? ;
My answer was, “I am not giv- the' j
ing to the Red Cross, but to
boys through the Red Cross’
broadcast is designed as part
0 f f,h P National Urban
jgue’s ; 12-18, week for long inter-racial campaign, unity
I Fredric March, star actor
stage, screen and radio, is nar-
, Hi™ bitterly raps
OPPONENTS OF
This statement was issued
last week by Sidney
chaiuman of the National Poli¬
tical Action Committee of
CIO at the committee's head¬
quarters in Washington:
The present attack on the
Fair Employment Practice com
mittee in the Congress by Sen¬
ator Russell of Georgia and
Congressman Smith of Virgin¬
ia should have the wholeheart
)e( j auc j ac tive opposition of all
American citizens who support
war effort,
"We are fighting to retain
democracy and extend it. We
are fighting against racial in¬
tolerance. This drive of poll
tax Congressmen and senators
supported by reactionary
them Republicans, wrapped in
the mantle of Lincoln, can be
of aid only to Hitler.
"As of today there are 1,500,-
000 American Negroes directly
engaged in war production.
For any one to spread the rims
of racial discrimination is tan¬
tamount to making a direct ef¬
fort to drive a million and a
half workers out of our war
plants.
‘These men and women in
office and out, who seek to de¬
stroy oi circumvent the Fair
Employment Practice Commit-
tee, give direct aid and comfort
to
(Continued Page Si
CHATHAM COUNTY
TEACHERS MEET
Saturday. March ll the Chatj
ham County Teachers h c i cl j
their regular monthly meeting
at Florance school. The maim
topic for discussion was "Uti-
lizing and Controlling the Nat-:
tural Environment.’ inter-;
esting reports and discussions i
were carried out in the prim-,
ary. intermediate and junior
rator on the program, and H.
V. Kaltenborn, NBC commen-
tator. reports on the Negro’s
part in the total war picture.
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(Continue don page eight)
M HOSPITAL
BARS NURSE
STUDENTS VOTE TO RE¬
FUSE HER ENTRANCE
Keokuk, Iowa Saint Jos¬
eph’s hospital, a private insti¬
tution in this city, has turned
down the application of Mrs.
Virginia Parsons for nurses’
training, apparently solely on
i the basis of color,
j After she had met all re¬
quirements and the hospital
found she was colored, it sub¬
mitted the question of her ad¬
mission to the student body
which voted not to accept her.
The training of nurses for
the armed forces, govern¬
ment health agencies and war
Industries is given pursuant to
Law No. 74 (78th Con¬
gress i appropriating federal
grants to institutions provid¬
ing such training. students
are paid a small mnothly sti¬
pend in addition to receiving
f ree training, board and lodg-
ing. Public Law No. 74 is ad¬
ministered by the United
States Public Health Service
and contains the following pro
vision:
“That there shall be no dis¬
crimination in the administra-
Continued on page Five)
NAVY ASKS FOR
DENTISTS
Dr. Joseph C. Brazier, Wash¬
ington, D. C., chairman, Military
Affairs committee, National
Dental association, says the Na¬
vy Depart, announced that- it
is interested in receiving
cations from Negro dentists for
limited number of
sions within the Navy depart-
ment.
Applications are to be sub
mitted to the Office of Naval
officer of Procurement in the
principal cities or addressed to
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Navv Department,
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Ohio’s Gov. Bricker and Judge Rivers
Make Bitter Attack on New Deal
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Gov. John W. thicker of Ohio and Justice Francis E. Rivers oi New
York city court free! each other during Lincoln Day banquet which
attended hy ’.ftOO rt"puhl r n leaders at Washington, i .. *•
«a-> Republican noniina for
Governor Bricker, a candidate for the .
Fresident, was the principal speaker. He has won widespr .. com¬
mendation for his fighting attack on the New Deal 55_~* ve,i
condemned the present Washington adiainis^
ttvmbkr as
TO GIVE RECITAL
AT COLLEGE
Georgia State College is pre¬
senting on March 31, 8 p. m.,
an outstanding rising young Ne¬
gro tenor, FredericK Johnson,
who is rapidly becoming the
cynosure of music lovers in all
sections of the country. He was
born in Columbus, Ohio, is. a
skilled composer and began his
voice study when he was four-
(Continued on page 8 1
LEADING III
SCB.STUDENTS
FOR FIRST SIX WEEKS
SECOND SEMESTER
The following are the leaders
in Beach-Cuyler high schools
lor the first .six weeks of the
second semester:
Beach High School
Alice Freeman, llA class, 95:
Luetta Colvin, 12A. 94; Mary Ar
nold. 12A, 93; Elsie Dallas, 12A,
92: Mercedes Hardwick. I2A, 91:
Helen Walker, 12A. 91; Hester
Jackson, llA, 91; Marie.Hard-
rick, 12A, 90; .Qustavius.<$eA§er,
12A, 90; Lester Junson, 12,A, 90;
Dorothy Bright, 12A, 90; Louise
Blount, 12A, 90; Josephine Free¬
man, 12A, 90; Georgg Jenkins,
12A, 90; Carzadeen > William >,
llA, 90: Lillie Bowen. 10A, 90.
Margaret Cu.vler Bynes, Junior 9A, High T)2; Elea¬
nor Coade, 7A3, 90; Doris Rick-
enbaeker, 7A3. 90: Ernestine
Maynor, 7B. S6; Olivia Shank,
90.
Brantley- -Mitchell
An interesting event of Feb¬
ruary 20, was the marriage of
Miss Lucile Brantley to Benja¬
min Mitchell. The marriage
was solemnized at the home of
bride.
The bride was charming in a
light blue suit with navy acces¬
sories and a corsage of white
gardenias. She had as her ma
tron of honor and .... only ..... attend- ......
i ent. Miss Virginia Pinckney who
was lovely in a light blue suit
with navy accessories and a
corsage of sweetheart roses.
J i The groom had as his best man
Solomon Davis. Following the
j at ceremony the home a reception of the bride. was held The
bride and groom are at home
to their many friends at 709 1-2
1 East Gwinnett street.