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TEARS OP
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXII
* SAVANNAH AREA MEN SERVING IN V. S. ARMED FORCES
PFC. WILLIE WILLIAMS. JR
who i.j serving with the Ma-
rines and is stationed at San
Francisco, California. He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
Williams, Sr., of 541 Juries S-
lane.
JAMES J. HAZEL, S2c, son of
Mis. Lucue T Ha^el , of , icnc 1306 Thud .
street, West Savannah, who is
serving in the navy, and is sta-
tioned at San Deigo, California
He attended St. Mary’s aid!
Cuyler schools.
Jim Crow School Bus Sets Off
A New Hillburn Race Issue
J * ____ NEGRO
PARENTS
DREN PROTEST DIS¬
CRIMINATION
Ask Board of Education
To Discontinue Seg¬
regation
Hillburn, N. Y.—The latest
flare up in the Hillburn school
situation is a formal protest
lodged with the school rnoard
over jim crow buses provided
for white and colored Hillburn
choldren.
The protest, submitted by Ne
gro parents in Hillburn with
the assistance of Thurgood
Marshall, NAACP special coun
cil, recites that recently a
service was inaugurated' for
the pupils of the new central¬
ized high school.
_ buses , being . operat
Two are
ed, one for the white pupils
and one for the Negro pupils.
Both buses follow the same
route. The bus fpr the Negro
children stops at certain
ers, while the bus for the
children stops at other corn-
ers, and the bus for the white
pupils does not take Negro pu¬
pils, and the bus for Negro pu
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Jax. Policemen Brutally
Business Man and Teacher !
Jacksonville, Fla,., March 27 ,
— (ANP) The officers buutal beating by j
two police last week of;
two of Jacksonville’s leading
citizens, John A. Broadnax,!
well known businessman, and;
George Mazyck, his brother in
law, who teaches at Florida
Normal college, has stirred,
Heated resentment among Ne-'
gro Mazyck^ residents.
« 1 who teaches welding
ft a Florida federal sponsored project
Normal, had re-
turned to town after holding
his evening classes there early'
Tuesday morning, stopping by
the garage operated by Broad¬
nax, en route home,
Two policemen, whose names
y?ere not secured, drove up and
auatm att <trib
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BROTHERS IN THE SERVICE
TOWER anti Raymond C.
Edna Hightower of Thunderbolt.
tioned at Fort Devens, Mass.,
i months while Seaman
months and is stationed at
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CPL. ---- CLEVELAND STEPH-
bjjs, brother of Everette Stepn
ens of 537 E. Park avenue, who
is serving with the 379th Eng.
Bn. in the Hawaiian islands,
where he reports he is getting
along fine.
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Greene, Walter Strick-
land, William Jackson, Albert
Capers, Robert Kirkland and
Thomas Smalls.
The USO Clubs continue to
make use of its many volun¬
teers serving in varied capaci¬
ties. Among the groups serv¬
ing over the week end were
Jaunita Myers, Lonnie Bache¬
lor. Leo Williams. Bradley Sea-
brook, Edward Ellis and Robert
Kirkland. *
Acid Indigestion
What many Dc-ctors do for it
WhcB excess stomach a»la m^&ESJXSg
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ordered Mazyck to get out oi l
his car, demanding to know
what he was out on the streets,
* or so ^ a f e - After Mayzick
bac ^ explained, and had shown |
b!s card and identifica-,
f’ on papers, one of the police-j
men SQ arled, Whats that fanj
11 ^ doms on your face?
,
Mazyck replied, “If there is|
a funny look on my face it’s
because L ’ m tired and over ’!
worked oUt furthcr ' Whereupon, ^i the ***«-, W.th-J
w0
man swung afTtldzyck, ( who,
ducked his head but caught]
the blow on the shoulder and!
was knocked to the ground.|
Upon rising he was hit again j
and knocked to the ground. I
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AnO.wSA mu -
Sic, sons cf Mrs,
Private Hightower is ft a -
has been in the service
has been in the navy 19
California.
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PFC. RUSSELL BLACK-
- WELL, son of Rev. and Mrs. Al
len Blackwell and nephew of
Miss Emma Jackson of 0214
Harden street, this city, who is
at army was" air base, Pueblo, Cal,
and home on furlough.
Boy Scout
CampTo Be
Dedicated
SUNDAY BY BISHOP
GERALD P. O'HARA
On Sunday, April 2, at 4 p.
m„ Boy Scout. Camp O’Hara
will be dedicated by Most Rev.
Gerald P. O'Hara, bishop of
the Savannah-Atlanta dioces;.
The camp is located eleven
miles out on the Ogeechee
road. V r-»cwt It is a picturesque tract
of land, comprising thirty-five
acres, well wooded with moss
covered oaks and abundance of
pines trees. It is located on
the Little Ogeechee river, mak
ing it accessible for boating
and fishing.
Since acquiring this tract of
land in 1941, there has been
on it, with concrete
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Gov, Dewey
Made Wrong
riioiVp
for state fair em-
PLOYMENT ACT
New york ^Ty.-In by-pass-
ing lhe derna nd for
of a state Fair Employment;
^ c (. Governor Thomas E. Dew-
e y ma de the “wrong choice,” ■,
acc0 rding to the NAACP.
j n a to Paul Lockwood '
secretary to Gov. Dewey, the
NAACP said: “We are sure we;
do not need to tell you
this Association and colored
people generally are keenly
apPointed in the action taken
by Gov. Dewey.
„ We know that the Governor
was faced w i t h a choice,
we are s trongiy of the
that insnfar as Negro citizens
arc "rong concerned ctoio he made the
w ™ng cti oH and we thinn
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAV, MARCH SO, 1941
ST. PHILIP AMECH
RECORD SUM IN RA
Mrs. Frances Cross Mills' 1 Unit Raised
$1,425 , Leading The 25 Clubs
DRIVE GOES $5,975 OVER THE MORTGAGED
In a financial drive which
jaded Sunday night, the mem¬
bers of St. Philip AME
placed on the table at the eon-j
elusion of the services the un¬
precedented amount of *13,096,,
99.
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This campaign for funds to
liquidate the indebtedness on
the church was carried out by :
twenty-five clubs in to which
the membership was divided.!
each with a captain. A most
intensive drive was waged to
wiped cut the long standing
mortgage on the church, the
balance of which was f;3,021.44.
When the final returns of
the rally had been made Sun¬
day night, it was shown that
not only an amount had been
realized to liquidate this mort¬
gaged indebtedness, but a sur¬
plus of *5,021.41 would be avail
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HER CLUB LED
CHURCH DRIVE
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Mrs. FTances Cross Mil’s
whose club carried off premier j .
honors in the financial driv 3
of St. Philip AME church by!
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b^any of the twentj-fiveclubs',
participating. Mrs.Mills is the j
well known and popular secrc-
WOUNDED IN ACTION
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PFC. BENJ. LARK, who was
recently injured in action in
Sicily, according to news re¬
ceived from the War Depart¬
ment by his mother,, Mrs. Ma¬
ry Lark of 508 Ilartridge st. St.
Private Lark is the brothei of
Miss Gertrude Lark who is an
active civic and social wotkei
in the city. He was employed
at the John Wesley hotel
fore his induction into the ar¬
my.
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The seventh annual meeting
of the Seventh District of the
Omega Psi Phi fraternity will
be held at Savannah on
21-22, with Mu Phi chapter of
Savannah as the host. The
district representative, J.
Calhoun, Jr., of Atlanta, has
indicated that a large number
of Omega men will attend the
m ' 2eting which P™mises to
the best in the ilistor y of thc
organization. , •
The Savannah chapter offi
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CANDLE LIGHT CEREMONY MARKS PELOT-DOUGLAS NUPTIALS
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(Left right) Lt. Frederick Williams, and Mrs. Henry Clayton Douglas, j
to best mail; Lt.
Miss Catherine J. Pelot mail! of honor and sister of the bn ric;, arid Miss Dorothy Jackson,
Columbia, S. C.-An imgr§s-
sive double ring ceremony, per-,
formed by the Rev. Milton Cox,
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Elizabcth daushU:l 01
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2405 Haskke]1 avenue, to Lieut,
Henry Clayton Douglas, son of i
UN-COVERING
WASHINGTON
White House Correspondent
Released through the
Atlanta Daily World
by the NNPA
By Harry S. McAIpin
IS ABOLISH 1 NG THE PQLL
TAX WORTHWHILE?
; With the biggest fight on
! ord shaping up in me United
f States Ontiii finnof Senate n nifor over the f Hn nucQUffP passage
[of 1 with HR Senator 7, the anti-poll Bilbo of tax Mississ-
i ippi and his poll tax collegues
j threatening to filibuster
bill to death, some Ngroes have
raised this question.
They are in a minority, to be
sure, but their public stature
anc j positions of influence
j make ^ their statements diffi-
cu to jg nore
j j g (rue, Negro ministers
j dee p j n Alabama and Texas
anc j Georgia have joined five
hundred strong in a statement
to the United States Senate in
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C. Passes New, La|
Teachers’ Equa
| Red Cross
Fund SI,717
j REPORTS TO
MADE THIS WEEK
j -
( The colored population
Chatham county has
j j *1,717.20 cording to for the the Red reports Cross,
were received from
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Douglas of
Orlando, Fla.. a nd Greenwich.
Connecticut, the evening of
March l0 ’
The bride, who was given In
the improvised altar of palms,
ivy, bridal wreath, white glatdio
Watson Herchael Walker,! M.[
the son of Mr. a nd Mrs. J.
Walker, w'no was awarded the!
degree of doctor of medicinei
at the graduation exercises ofl
Meharry Medical College, NakhJ 19th.||
villa, -Tenn., on March
\\ hat’s Become
9th and 10th
Cavalry?
REPORTS SAY THETVE
BEEN BROKEN UP
New York, N. V.—What has
become of the famous Negro
ca valry regiments, the 9 th and
li and white candles in eandei-
labia arranged before the liv¬
ing room mantle, was resplen¬
dent m a gown of dutches*
satin with a sweetheart neck¬
line and pointed leg-o-mutton
continued on Page 7
10 th?
This is the question upper¬
most in the minds of those
who have watched recent move
ments in the War Department.
The report persists that the ia
mous Regular Army regiments
with many years of distinguish
ed service, have been broken
up into service units.
It is known that the 9th and
10 th were part of the Second
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Atlanta High
School Wins
State Title
DEFEATS HAINES IN THE
FINAL TOURNEY GAME
In the state-wide high
school basketball tourna¬
ment, held at Georgia State
college, March 24-25, Booker T.
Washington high school of At¬
lanta defeated Haines H. and
I.. Augusta, for the state chain
pionship in a lopsided game
Saturday night before about
five hundred fans, by a score
of 41 to 12. In the girls’ sec
tion, Moultrie high school took
the title by defeating the
Athens high schoo team by the
narrow margin of four points,
the score being, Moultrie, 28,
Athens, 24.
Officials for the two day
tournament games in which a
total of twenty-six teams com •
pcicd, were L. E. Carter, C.
Bruce, Wilson Hubert, Herbert
Stone, Alfred Boyd and R. L.
Stewart. .
and if not satisfied there, may
file an appeal next with the
state board of education and
on up through the courts of
the state.
It has been maintained that
by establishing the sys¬
tem of appeal processes suits
in behalf of Negro teachers for
pay equalling that of white
teachers would be deferred,
since it is a custom of federal
courts not to entertain suits
on intrastate matters until ah
possible processes of redress m
the state are exhausted.
Sponsors said this would
“meet the legal aspects” of a
situation in which they warned
Negro teachers would file suits
in the federal courts.
Will Not Stop Suits
New York, N. Y.~The new
bill passed by the South Caro¬
lina legislature will not pre¬
vent suits being filed by color¬
ed teachers in the federal
courts to equalize salaries, says
Thurgood Marshall, NAACP
special counsel, in commenting
upon the legislation.
“We have gone over the itmS
plete text of the bill and J
see wherein the bill in a 4
manner prevents the coi uj *-*
ation of our cases in the r J.J
eral courts. The statement rfl
the bill that ‘the fan. i&3 of
fact by the state botrd em ca
cation shall be nna a? *■ con¬
clusive as to all p:V ■' Si
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