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TEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXII
Coot, in lied on Page 7
Omegas Here
Next Week
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Some Savannah Area IV? en Serving In U. S. Armed Forces
George Hurr, Husband of
jrjrs. Mary L. Huff and son of
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Huff of
245 Scarborough street, was re
cently home on furlough. He
is stationed at Camp Lee, Pe-
teraburg, Virginia.
New York Reports from
many centers throughout the J
fcoutn indicate that the next!
step, following the sweeping)
3 to l decision of tne supreme 1
cl art. April. 3 outlawing white, thej
pnmar.es in Texas, will be
registiation of qualified Negro:
voters. I
In some states of the deep
South it will be difficult fori
many Negroes to vote in the!
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j. h. Manzo, chief specialist
of Acorn Training Detachment
Naval Band, Port Hucneme,
Calif., who was recently home
on leave visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Manzo of
22 East Fourth street.
KILLED IN ACTION
Pvt. John W. Ben:
band of Mrs. Johnn
nett of 826 W. 35th
is stationed in the
islands whith the U
He was inducted intc
ten months ago.
THURSDAY. APRIL 13, 1941
THE SPEAKER
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REV. YV. L. CASH
THE PASTOR
REV. A. C. CURTRIGHT
ENLARGED AAA STAFF TO PUSH FOOD PRODUCTION
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Four new Agricultural Ad- so.l conservation practices, O. Williams, newly appoint-
justment Agency contact rep- ; They are pictured above with contact representative for
resentatives have, been ap- regional AAA field officers and
pointed in four states to en-; other contact men who were
courage increased wartime appointed last year,
farm production thru sound In the front row, 1. to r., are lOonMnut'don page eighty
DAILY PRESS PRAISES SUPREME COURT STAND ON TEXAS PRIMARY
New York A survey of
| torial opinion the of some
papers on supreme
I opinion in the Texas
lease shows that editors
! ally hailed the decision, with
the Richmond, Va., Times Dis-
MAKE A DONATION OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE N. A. A . C. P.
A. B Church Revival
Attracting Crowds
REV. MORRIS'CONDUCT
INC, SERVICES FOR
TWO WEEKS
To Be Follnupd by
Rev. Whiting
REVIVAL TO LAST
FOUR WEEKS
The revival campaign that
threatens to make history, is
going on at the First African
Baptist church, Dr. Ralph
Mark Gilbert, pastor.
This city has seen some
great revivals, and the present
effort which is being conduct¬
ed at historic oid First Church
is calling some of those great
revivals of former years to
mind, with some of the old-
timers among the churches of
the city saying one to another,
“Do you remember, back in Dr.
-----’s time, when — -—?
And this brings back the chain
of memory to those old days
of long ago, when sinners were
led, 1 trembling to the anxious
seat, and , when , conversions
and accessions were numbered
by the scores, dozens and even
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patch being the most out-
spoken of the southern papers
yet examined.
Hitt.ng straight from the
shoulder, and declaring square
ly for the participation of Ne-
grees in primaries, Editor Vir-
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REV. LANDON MORRIS
A DAUGHTER
Dr. M. P. Sessoms announces
among his patients the birth
of . a daughter , . , to . Mr. and „ Mrs. „
Thomas Chisholm of 1215 East
Gwinnett street, April 9th
She will be named Katherine.
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B. IV. PENDLETON IS
ELECTED PRESIDENT
Over 3,GO9 Teachers
At Convention
Columbia, S. April 7—The
Palmetto Teachers’ association
ended its convention at Allen
university and Benedict col¬
lege last night with an atten¬
dance at the final session of
more than 3.000 teachers from
all parts of the state. The as¬
sociation has a membership of
5,000. .
more than
B. W. Gallman of Pendleton
was elected president; H. B.
Butler, Jr., Allen university, *
vice-president; Ida E. Greene, ;
Florence, treasurer; C. V. Bing i
re-elected executive secretary
by the executive committee.
Three new members were
•elected to the executive com¬
mittee to fill vacancies caused
by the expiration of terms
with the convention
were Gerard A. Anderson of
Florence, representing the
state at large, to succeed
M. F. Whittaker; Eli James |
Davis. Jr., Barnwell, represent
ing the second district, to suc¬
ceed J. E. Blanton j. W, Ezell,j
Spartanburg, fourth district, j
to succeed C. C. Woodson
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SERVING IN
ENGLAND
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Chaplain William L. Cash,
Jr., first lieutenant, son of Rev.
and Mr.-. William I.. Cash. Sr.,
ot Birmingham. Alabama, for-
merly of Savannah. Chaplain
Casli is stationed somewhere
in England and has been over¬
seas nearly two years. Before
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UN-COVERING
WASHINGTON
White House Correspondent
Released through the
Atlanta Daily World
by the NNPA
By Harry S. McAlpin
Names of famous law cases
carve their nich in history and
in memory. Less frequently,
bi^ often, ihe names of judges
make a permanent impression
on the pages of time and recol¬
lect!
infamous D;-;d Scott
rendered in 1857 and
delivered by Chief Justice Rog-
er R. Taney of the Un > d
States Supreme Court, is illus-
trative of the point. Grovey
Justice Owen J. Roberts, a
member of the present Su¬
preme Court is another ease in
point.
But the lawyers who prepared
cases poured and sweated
over books and documents
while “digging out” the law,
their brains fot rhe
right words and phrases, pass¬
ed through the ordeal of argu-
ment and matching of legal
wits, then waited patiently
and prayerfully for the court's
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BOY SCOUT NATIONAL
LEADERS TO BE
HERE
A. J. Taylor, Greensboro, N.
C., assistant to the National
director of Inter-racial Activi¬
ties of the Boy Scouts of Amer
iea, will be in Savannah April
20-21. He will meet with
of the divisional com
on April 20 at 8 o’clock
the West Broad Street USO
with Scoutmasters on
21 at the same place.
is scheduled to go to States
on April 22 to visit divi-
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