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White House Correspondent
Released through the
Atlanta Daily World
by the NNPA
By Harry S. McAlpin
Negroes are not proud of the
source of the new help they
are receiving' in getting then -
message over to some of the
people who need it most, but
they are inclined to be toler¬
ant in accepting it.
A new paper the Alabama
Sun-dedicated to the mainte¬
nance of "white supremacy ’
has appeared in Birmingham,
Ala. volume 1, number 1, was
published on March 24. Eigh
ty per cent of the reading mat
ter was devoted to reprints 01
articles appearing previously
in Negro newspapers particu¬
larly the Birmingham World,
the Afno-American, the Chica¬
go Defender and the Pitts¬
burgh Courier with new head
lines, however, • to suit the Ala-
barr.a Sun.
In small print at the top
each such article, the editors
of the Sun wrote a caustic
comment purportedly to
point cut the impracticability,
the viciousness, the
and revelations made in
reproduced articles.
Here are a few samples:
Over an article headed
Unfrcck Clergymen
Segregation," the editor noted:
‘‘Here is an article from the
(Continued on page 81
White Officer Regrets
• I In Army Scottsboro Case
c 1 v!n L mD,m 7
TOO SEVERE
Officer Advised To Resign
Following The Furore
Caused by Incident
New York, April 1— <ANP)
In this city after his voluntary
resignation as an army first
lieutenant, Robert L. Engel:-,
white, has declared that he is
"sorry" for the trouble he caus
ed two Negro privates when he
reported them and caused
them to be sentenced to life im
prisonment for “assault” on a
white woman while the three
were stationed at New Caledo¬
nia, South Pacific.
The story is it appeared in
the press said that Lt. Engels
in company with Louise
Mouniens, also white, had
emerged from bushes one
at a trysting place called “Lov “Lov
ers Hill,” when they were
costed by the two Negro pn-
vates, Frank Fisher, jr., 21, and
Edard R. Loury, 22. The two
men a sked Engels if he minded
if they, too, had sexual reia
tions with the woman, evident
ly a^ prostitute. While accord
ing grudging assent, Engels
1 Continued on page 41
Champions To
Compete
Tourney At Ga. State
College
A basketball tournament in
tohich 4 Slat s’ championship
teams wifi participate wifi be
held Friday and Saturday i®*-
nights of this week at Geor
gia State college in Wilcox
gymnasium.
The struggle for supremacy
in the South Atlantic states
will be engaged in by the
ynpiconu' . .Championship South court Carolina,, outfits Flori ol
'P'da T an-*&Alabama.
The learns entered are as fol
lows: Booker T. Washington
high school. Atlanta; West
Palm Beach high school, Flori¬
da; Avery Institute. Charles¬
ton, S. C.; Booker T. Washing¬
ton high school, Montgomery,
Alabama. These are the charo
pionship teams of their rcspcc
tive states.
The games begin at 8 u. xn.
each night.
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VOTE IN TEXAS PRIMARIES
St. Emma Cadet Prepares ±
/f d* fl for Springtime Wm
1
I
i
j ROCK CASTLE, VIRGINIA. Cadet Charles Rhone, age 14, of
Washington, I). C-, is busy assembling a now two-row tractor
j cultivator at the St. Emma Military Academy, where he is
studying modern, scientific methods of agriculture. Cadet
1 Rhone is also following the standard academic studies at this
boarding high school. He is a member of the St. Emma Cftdet
Corps, which operates under the supervision of an officer ap¬
j pointed by the United States Army. Students from all parts
of the country attend the St. Emma Academy, which is located
35 miles west of Richmond, Virginia, on 2300 acres of rich
.lames River farm land of (lie Old Dominion.
First A. B. Church In
Unusual Revival
iSA X
REV. B. H. WHITING
On 3 would almost use the
word “sensational” to describe j
what will take place at the;
First African Baptist churcn j
during the next four weeks, 5
save for the fact that one does 1
not associate the term i
ticnal” with the staid old his- !
toric First Church. Certainly “un-l
we can can use the terms
usual” and ‘“spectacular,” even
though applied to a revival
vice, because this service gives ;
promise of being both unusual i
and spectacular.
:
To start with, this meeting!
has been so timed as to come
j i directly directly after after the the Easter Easter
vices of Snday, which will op-
en with the sunrise
vice at which time one of the
famous Gilbert plays will be
enacted. At the eleven
hour the pastor will bring the
Easter message, and at 6 (
o'clock that evening the Sun-
l day ercises school^ with wHl the have children -i-j.j their per- ex-
(Contlnuedon page eight)
Judge
To Speak
Here
The Savannah Branch of
NAACP is bringing Judge *
' am 11 „ „ hastie, .. winner of ,
1 ? 43 Spingarn medal, to
as guest speaker at
rneeting , on Friday
12 . which will be the
regular meeting of the
meeting will take place
llle m ain auditorium of
First, African Baptist church.
Judge Hastie is the first Nc-
to be appointed judge
Federal Court of the "Vir-
gin islands, or for that
first to sit in any United
States Federal Court
Later he became civilian aide
the u. S. Secretary of War,
resigning that position in
test against discrimination
Negroes in the armed
of the country. He is now
tionai legal consultant for
(Continuedon page eight 1
Some Savnnah Area Men In U S Armed Forces
BROTHERS IS Ti.E SERVICE
in the U. 8. Merchant
serving with the U. S. forces
the sons ol Mrs. Marie B.
George Butler, who is serving
and cgt. ect- avilHim W-illam H T-J n„tler But,
overseas, They are brothers,
of 535 Robert street.
260,000 RAISED FOR
MORRIS BROWN COLLEGE
tmULSimTRjflmi
SHMMStif!
NAACP To Launch
Nationwide Campaign
FIVE HUNDRED THOUS¬
AND NEW MEMBERS
SOUGHT
New York A nation wide
campaign for new members for j
the NAACP will be launched i
May 1 and extend through
June 30, it was announced here
this week.
More than 25,000 workers, or 1
ganized into teams, will
members in an effort to reach i
an all-time high for the NAA- i
CP. The drive will celebrate
the 35th year of activity of the
Association.
Mrs. Daisy E. Lampkin, na-:
tional field secretary, will di-•
rect two campaigns during i
May and June in Philadelphia, :
Pa.. a rid Detroit. Mich., with a
combined, bers. goal of 40,0t'9 mem.-
Other staff members from
Con tinned on page eight
lldll
. REV. RALPH MARK GILBERT;
Without a doubt, for me past'
three years, the event which
has drawn the largest crowds
on Easter Sunday has been the
Sunrise "Services at the First
African Baptist church,
There is a mason for this,
namely, that at this service
is always a presentation
of a Gilbert drama which is ■
Continued on Page Eight
Sgt. Walter C. McCoy, the
b0 n of Mr. and Mrs. A. e. How-
ard of 10f?fi A l! “ n av *hU» ’ J 'hn
-
K e , vir - Jn with tfia u.
S. forces. He writes that life
is both interesting and excit¬
ing where he is stationed.
MADE MASTER SCT.
in BURMA
Henry L. Smith who has
serve din the China-Burma-
India Theatre of war for the
past twelve months has re¬
cently been promoted to the
rank of Master Sergeant.
M-Sgt. Smith who attended
Georgia State College and
am University, Washington,
D. C. is the brother of
Margret Smith of 725 W. 39th
street, Savannah, Ga- Prior
to induction into the Army
was teaching at
High school. Attached to
quartermaster unit, located in
■ he Indo-China Jungles, Sgt.
"inith is authorized to
he Asiatic Southwest-Pacific
ribbon.
BASEBALL SUNDAY
and MONDAY
In a three-game series the
ls - formerly will! the ^
u " 1 Atlanta
meet the Jacksonville Redi
Caps th the Municipal stadium
Sunday and Monday. I
'
A double header will be
ed Sunday afternoon and the!
last game Monday night. !
This all-star baseball attrac j j
tion is being presented by Os- !
sie Jetferson, well known local
sports promoter.
Cpl. Fleming N. Cody, who
has been in the army two years
and is *y, r Rationed -•.
whore jn (toi; Hr i<t ijy
brother of Mrs. Eanzie Holsev,
2414 Burroughs St., and Mrs.
Mertha Bmith of New York,
Washington, D. C......The pos
sibillty that Secretary of Wal
Stirnson, following the
of bigoted brass hats who
determined to keep the
in a minor role in the war,
gaily may have overstepped
bounds in breaking up the
mous 9th and ’0th cavalry reg-
iments, was revealed last
in another letter from
Hamilton Fish (R. of N. Y.)
dressed to Stirnson, Rep.
wrote the letter which led
the now infamous answer
the Secretary of War in
he said that Negroes are
dumb to fight.
According to Mr. Fish, the
9th and 10th cavalries,
ho says he understood have
been broken up and turned
to service troops, were created
ActS Congiess in 18691
1870. iP' 7 n They -rs have served in
wars with distinction
that time, he declared.
He asks the Secretary by
wnat authority the War Dc-
pgr t men t disbanded
units which were created
acts of Congress, without
direct consent of Congress.
Stirnson may be called upon to
answer to Congress for this ex¬
cess of authority.
In commenting upon the regi
meats, Fish declared, "I can re
member as a child the gallant
record of the 9th and 10th reg-
iments serving along side the
Continued on Page Eight
N. J. Town
Ends Exclu-
sion
Livingston, N. J— For
this township, through
township committee and
nine*' ning hnflrH board, required k.iil/ln.r
to sign an agreement to ex-
elude Negroes from new
ments. Recently this matter
came to the attention of
NAACP and the
legal department directed a
ter of protest to the Livingston
authorities, pointing out that
since 1 the decision of the U.’
su preme court in Buchanan
Warley in 1926 ’ such action by
an olfi cial body is unconstitu
The Planning 01 , Board „ of Liv-
n 8ston has written to the As-
sociation admitting its
tions of the law in the past but
stating that in the future,
agreements between the au-
thorities and a builder “wifi
not contain the clause objected
to by your organization.”
Continued oh Page Eight
To Celebrate Seventy-
Fifth Anniversary
1ST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH TO BEGIN
OBSERVANCE WEDNESDAY
April, 1D44 marks the
anniversary of file First
gregational church which
be observed with
grams by the members,
I ing April 12 The edifice
? een in reno readiness , vated for aud this ,? verythin occas
ion- Several prominent
ministers including form-
er pr pastors pf of thp the church
j be vited present. to join The this public celebration is in-
I On On Wednesday Wednesday evening, evening,
12 a joint m-m, program will
presented by the various
ganizations of the church.
Friday evening, April 14
j choir will render the
Easter cantata, “Easter
Song” by Louise
j College Miss A. wifi Bailey be of the Georgia guest State
1 ist -
Sunday , morning, . April . IS
regular services will be held
one of the former pastors -
I of the church delivering the
I message.
An unusual feature wili „.J
the showing of the naw
“Freedom’s Child” on Sund w
evening, April 16th at 8
Lawrence White, seaman
first class, son of Mr and Mrs
Qua White- of 61 L*d Bound* 1 ,.
street, who is serving some¬
where in the Pacific battle
area with the U. S. navy. He
reports everything okay.
v r-
SCHOOL NOW CLEAR
OF INDEBTEDNESS
Fifty Thousand Dollars For
Conditioning Buildings
Atlanta, April 3 Tire
ninth annual observance
, Founder's day at Morris
j jaers coliege Council and the of Presiding the Li¬
church in Georgia were held
March 2a and 30 at the college,
1'he celebration was the
most brilliant in the history of
the institution and resuited
ia total amount of more
t'26O,u..‘J.0o being raised tor the
m the urive which
ed on December to, last.
Thirty- nine presiding elders
reported for their districts, the
churches contributing more
than $bo,00o to which was add
ed a cash grant of .675,000
{from the John Bulow Camp-
bell Foundation and ¥25.000
from the General Education
Board, both fo rthe endowment
fund The General educa-
tion Board also gave $50,000
recondition the school prop
rty
I frnm llom j individuals V , ri i V i f ,, ia i s and
A^ , ch , es wer e includ3d Ul the
■ tolal amount , * ’ s260,456.44,
was iaisecl
The meetln 8 was
This pageant was written by
Rev. Ralph Mark Gilbert based
? n llle history of the church.
1 It is in . 3 sequences showing
the founding of the church as
| d ,. ^nslltute*^ . . , ... 5y _
® ^Americim MlsLo supported P P Isw-
n ary
ciation and brings the story up
to the present pastorate of
Rev. A C. Curlright. The
choir and cast will render
special music including Han-
d<d s llad elal ? d chorus from
hte "Messiah.” , .
The celebration will close
... . in the annex
a ? anq ei
'
.
Wilberforce
Accredited
'
! Wilberforce, Ohio— Presi-
dent Charles H. Wesley an-
n °unced this week that the Ac
(crediting Committee of the
Am eric.an Association of Teach
ers Colleges had recommended
the placing of the College of
Education of Wilberforce uni¬
versity on the accredited list of
the association at its recent
annual meeting.
This action gives increased
| status and national approval
to teacher-training facilities
and certification which have
already been receiving approv
al from the Department of Ed
ucation of the State of Ohio.
This certification is the second
one attained by Wilberforce
; within a period of two years.
! The first was the removal in
1943 of the probationary ac-
j 1 North creditation Central granted Association by the of
| Colleges in 1®39. The Association appro ;
al of the American
of Teachers Colleges is desenb
i ed by the recommendation as
a “full accreditment.”
S. C. TEACHERS GIVE
$1,000 TO NAACP, 4
New York- The Palmettd
State Teachers Association*
with headquarters at Colum¬
bia. S. C., has contributed
$1,000 to t>if NAACP. it. was an.
nouneH here this week The
check was contained a let-
ter from J, T. W. Mims, state
president of the teachers’
group.
Cpl. Clifford C. Clayton Maxwell, son
of Mr and Mrs Max-
" *U. .'-r . and hutband of Mrs.
Mu ry L. Maxweji of Sandfly,
who is stationed at Tuscon.
zona, where he writes that he
is doing well.
* TO 1 DECISION HAND-
ED DOWN BY U. S. SU¬
PREME COURT
Justice Roberts The Only
Dissenter
Washington, D. C„ Apr. 3—
The supreme court today ruled
the exclusion of Negroes from
the Texas primaries illegal.
The decision was 8 to 1, jusiire
1 Roberts being the only dissent-
f r He wrote a minority °R^
u n
I Directly overruling Grovey v.
j Townsend, primaries the court held that
are part of the mu¬
ch'. nery of choosing offici
c : a s al } d are subject to the
same . tests to determine the
character of discrimination in
or abridgement of the right to
vote.
The United States is a con¬
stitutional democracy,” declar¬
ed the majority opinion. “Its
or 8amc law grants to all ciu-
?? ns * }° participate m
,f, c n°ice o* elected officials
1 wrth<out restriction by any
state because of race. This
8 r ant to the people of the op-
IP be 01 lunll nullified y. lor by choice state is not thru to
a
casting its electoral process hr
a form which permits a private
organization to pi’atice racial
discrimination in the election.
Constitution! rights would be
of little value if they could be
thus indirectly denied.
The privilege of membership
in a party, the court stated,
may be no concern of a state
as was said in Grovey v. Town¬
send, but when as here that pri
t is also the essential qua!-
ification for voting in a prima
ry to select nominees for gen-
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