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TEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXII Coot, in lied on Page 7 Omegas Here Next Week Omega 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! (Continued un page two 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 | REV. YV. L. CASH THE PASTOR REV. A. C. CURTRIGHT ENLARGED AAA STAFF TO PUSH FOOD PRODUCTION j 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 iContinued on I'rtce 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- B MMIMftWWi I { | 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. i;;, V 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 Oontlftuert on pagp eight SERVING IN ENGLAND W xi 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 j I | j j I j j : (Continued on page 8) 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 iContinuedon page eight 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- Continued on Page Eight