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52 A/I i B PUBLIC CONTINUOUS TEARS SERVICE Off
VOLUME LXII
UN-COVERING
WASHINGTON
White House Correspondent
Released through the
Atlanta Oaiiv World
by the NNPA
By Harry S. McAlpin
When a nanny officer with
several years’ ratings of “ex¬
cellent” finds his morale so
low as a result of service in the
South where 406 has been sub¬
jected to discriminations, in¬
sults, segregation and lack of
opportunity to use his skills to
the fullest,, says he would feel
better if his fellow Americans
would just treat him like they
do the Nazi prisoners— it’s
time for the War Department
to sit up and take notice.
This officer is a Negro. He
is educated. He is not a
“squawker.” He has been a
good sodier. He admits a lot
of pi ogress has been made
over a hard, bumpy
waid improvement of tne Ne-
SK iifUa„S%ra y
brought about through the ef-
forts of Judge Hastie, of the
present civilian aide,
K. Gibson, Jr., and public pres-
sure narticularlv not^nminM^oi th=> Nearo
press. He is
offle’erf £ ^oSp?pred°to Ne
fa\Tl "if/ r L^o « TfX ea bro\Vi.
base training ° ° °
enlisted men 'bitter
But he is about the
lack of respect the uniform of
his country gets when it i s
draped upon the body of a
gro—officers and enlisted men
aijkg
And significantly, he says,
the problem is not among the
rank and file, in the army, nor
among the lower rank of of
tficers. Whites and Negroes
can and do work together, piay
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Mass Meeting
Asks Bilbo
Be Dusted
Washington, D. iNNPA)
Demanding the ouster of Sen¬
ator Theodore G. Bilbo ID. of
Miss.) from his position” of
“mayor” of Washington by
reason of his chairmanship ot
the Senate District -Commit
tee more than 3000 Negro and
white citizens of the District
met in a mass meeting here
last week. ’
The meeting was held under
the auspices of the Sponsoring
Committee to Oust Senator
Bi bo, and unanimously adopt¬
ed a resolution asking the Sen¬
ate to remove the Senator "be¬
cause of his undemocratic op¬
position to those ideals for
which we are fighting and be¬
cause of his demonstrated in¬
ability to act for or on behalf
of the voteless citizens of the
suggesting that he resign from
nation’s capital.”
A telegram was sent Bilbo
the committee chairmanship.
Te suggestion that the te e-
gram be sent as a night letter
lor 50 cents “because that’s all
Bilbo is worth,” was rounlly
Continued on Page Eight
. m
Wm
,
Rat y
Private Johnnie Bowers,
erly of Savannah, who was
cently honorably discharged
from the U. S. Armed
at Camp Anza, Calif. He now
resides in Los Angeles, Calif.
auatirali irittunr
Youth Mass
Meeting
GRANDMASTER
SPEAKER
Tuesday Night At West
Broad St. USO
J. Wesley Dobbs
The observance of National
Negro Youth week this year
peihaps, the most significant
hi our history.
Young Americans are fight-
j the e » world JfW an d -•> other young
* Americans are carrying on at
home - Th 0 ?® at h ome ar ^
concerned with the question of
what kind of America their
«*<*«« “»■* «»* » ««■>-
NeEr0 are particularly
l c °n c erned with problems as
they affect them. They are
I sharing the responsibilities of
! American aj ^ denied citizens full although citizen-
smp rights.
L ’ a ^: n 8 w f ek of April 23-
29- NAA P Youth Councils and
, college chapters will focus at-
’ le ntion on the aims achieve-
ments, needs and potentialities
of y ° ath throughout the Umt-
.d . states.
Highlighting the movement
of'the local youth ^council wi 1
oe a mass meeting on April 25
th
sirf„ tS «f.i Sr
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Republicans
Are Put On
The Spot
Two men on whom the Re-
to swing the Negro M a 0 n ^i n lnt vote beaV f^ for
ihern this fall, slipped
n^R 0 f^e1r h na^rtv 11 Y
put their party on rvn the
issues issues no°w now Tending pending in m^ong^ cong..ss.
Dr. Emmett J. Scott, now
personnel officer of Republi¬
can Joseph Pew’s Sun Ship¬
yards in Chester, pa., a former
secretary treasurer of How¬
ard university and assistant to
the Secretary of War during
World Warl, and Judge Fran¬
cis E. Rivers, Dewey-appointee
to a *17,000 a year judgeship
in New York, to which he was
later elected, have toldd
the Republican National com¬
mittee and the Republican
l eadership in Congress that
Continued on page eight
Some Savannah Area Men Serving In U. S. Armed Forces
Cpl. John F. Green of Fort
Hauchuca, Ariz.. who with h!3
wife, Mrs. Daisy Green, is vis¬
iting his parents, Mr. ana
Mrs. John -F. Green who re
side at Number 2115 Harden
street.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944
50 Per Cent Negro Troops
Already Overseas
S.4fS SECRETARY OF
WAR ST IM SON
Many Serving In Combat
Units
Washington, D. C., April IS)—
According to Secretary of War
Ltimson, approximately 50 tier
cent of the Negro troops in
the U. S army are already
overseas or en route there.
The statement was made by
Stimson m a letter which Rep¬
resentative Ludlow ID. Inc!.),
said today he inserted in the
Congressional Record as "an!
answer to complaints of army Ne-j )
discrimination against
Negroes. |
The Secretary of War re-, 1
i ported that of the Negro sol-
overseas 32 per cent, are
combat and combat support 1
troops, and added “they 'are
to being win given battle every honors opportunity and dem-1 j
onstrate their worth in actual
combat.” I
He further said: “The army!
J jg accepting and absorbing
Negro personnel at a rate eor-
responding to the registration 1
J.j* white and Ne e ,o
'
| At present t annroximntplv' approximately
^ £ lstr stm£m ^ nt is of of Negro M PBTn Person Person-,
nel, but it is planned to in- j
aj*ljKL«"}LJ white!
sonnel, 6.2M.120 will be
1 709,280 Negro, and of the Negro
personnel approximately 14
per cent are scheduled for as-
agnment to combat organiza-
tions.
|
Red Cross Los¬
es Gallons
of Blood i
i
; Washington, D. C. —While
at
-svai .ass
bugs” n S. in the .if*™?? war, a as Red " lltter <ross
worker in Washington was nuj
lifying the effort by ordering
convalescent Negro soldiers
out of a dance. This latter
action led directly to the loss
of five gallons or more of
blood for the Red 'Toss blood
bank.
The dance was given last
week as part of the recreation
program of the Red Cross at
the Forest Glenn annex oi
Walter Reed hospital. The
majority of the soldiers there
a "? convalescing from wounds
reeeived in comba t a reas over-
epaq White and Nesrro so 1 -
i 1 diers , are t indiscriminately Forest Glenn quar
1 Segregation there by the Red
Cr0Sf . cannot be , aid t0 th0
army as in the labeling of the
blood of Negroes in the blood
banks.
Some of the Negro patients
who were being visited by their
wives, and sweethearts, went
to the dance given for “wound¬
ed servicemen” and their
guests. A Red Cross worker
approached the dancing Negro *
couples and asked -them to
leave the hall.
Several of the white soldiers
—particularly those who have
been overseas—objected to
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Omega’s 2 Day Conclave
Here Tomorrow
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WILL BE FEATURED AT MAMMOTH __ ___
REVIVAL MEETING NEXT WEEK
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GOOD WILL SI NGERS OF AMERICA
f
la
BHV. RALPH NARK
Pastor
m I n TT1 P el i. 11 r —
r I
Goodwill Sing¬
ers at
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AT FAB CHURCH
GINNING NEXT WEEK
The third week cf the
sive revival campaign at
African Baptist church
about to start, on this
Monday evening, April
when Dr. B. H. Whiting,
tor of the Friendship
church of Washington, D.
will preach each night.
ing this same time, the
ous Goodwill Singers of
ca, led by Port. James
will fender, special 'supported music,
they will be by
massed chorus of 75 voices,
(Continued from Page 7)
its ml
Pfc. George Ryan who is vis-
isting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Ryan of luog E.
Bolton street. Pfc. Ryan is
stationed at r amp Sutton, N‘.
C„ and is connected with the
Medical Detachment.
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W ” ’ '
h *. * *
Ernest A. Hugee, sm2c, so 11
of Mrs. Mabc! Hugee of 763 E.
Hall street and brother of Mis-
sse Elnora and Hattie Hu7
gee, who is stationed at Pana¬
ma Canal, where he is doing
nicely. _ _________ _
Large Crowd
Will
Judge Hastie
AT COMING NAACP
MASS MEETING
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, A . l ecord , attendance which
will rival that which was ac-
corded Walter White when he
visited Savannah, is even
indicated for the Judge
liam H. Hastie lecture, which
will be delivered at the First
African Baptist church on Fr
day night, May 12, at 8'30 0 -
clock.
first Negro to sit as a U.
federai court judge, serving
tbus in tlle Virgin islands, and
later became civilian aide to
(- be y s Secretary of War,
signing that position in pro-
test against lacial discrimina-
tion in the armed force of the
when country during nation thl,^ period
; our is committed
against undemocratic practio-
i-es. He is now legal consult-
-jy-n-
versity.
This promises to be one ot
& f the most interesting meet
cal branch of the NAACP.
Prior to the meeting, the exec-
Utive board of the branch and
members of their families,
the dinner guest of Dr. Ra
Mark Gilbert, president, at
which time they will
acquainted with the judge.
Special numbers will be
the program to add spice
entertainment features. The
j entire public is invited to at-
this meeting on
evening, May 12.
Pfc. cleo Weaver, the son oi
Mrs. Rosa Weaver of 424
Cheery street, Douglas, Ga.,
who is stationed somewhere iri
the South Pacific, where he
say s he’s doing all right ana
hkes it.
SEVERAL GJMND OF¬
FICERS TO BE PRESENT
Local Chapter Will
Be Host
Representatives of the chap¬
ters of the Seventh District of
the Omega Psi Phi fraternity
will be guests of Savannah this
week, the conclave starting to¬
morrow and ending Sunday
morning when the organiza¬
tion whi attend services at the
First Congregational church.
The West Broad Street USO
will serve as headquarters for
the conclave where, also, the
business sessions will be held.
This district which includes
the states of Georgia, Florida,
Alabama and Mississippi, will
be represented at the meeting
by a large number oi members
from ihe twenty chapters
which are located in the prin¬
cipal cities of these states.
Marshal J. Q. Jefferson and
co-Marslial J. H. Gadson of Mu
Phi chapter, the local unit of
the organization, have com¬
pleted general arrangements
ior the meeting which prom¬
ises to be one of the best in
the history of the district.
Among the prominent na-
tionai officers expected at the
meeting are T. Alexander Loo-
by of Nashville, Tenn., grand
basileus; J, B. Blayton of At-
lanta lanta, grand Brand v-p keeper P nf>r rtf ot record,
and seal, and Frederick S.
Weaver of Washington, D. C.,
(editor of the Oracle.
j Friday a feature will of the formal gathering dance
be a
tilat ni Bht at Coconut Grove
te ? de ; ed the visitors by the lo '
1 ca j_, The cha P^ fflcer * r - s of , ihe .. Savannah 0
«
ehapter are; C. R. Alexander,
hasUeus; W. G. Tyson, vice-ba-
slleus '> E - L • Maxwel', keeper
I of records; J. H. Gadson, keep-
; er of finance; Martin Gra-
The sessions will be presided
over by J. H. Calhoun, Jr., of
Atlanta, district representa-
tive.
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751H ft *#■ ANNIVERSARY a uiud me a nv Ur /~i e
F[R$T C ONG'L CHURCH
A BRILLIANT AFFAIR
Marked with dignity and rev
erence of all the high ideals
of bration Congregationalism, of' seventy-fifth the cele¬
the
anniversary of the First Con-
cliurch «*•«•
Monday night with a colorful
banquet at which two hundred
h u ,,\, . nresant ‘ Rev uf -,r C
ch^rle^ton Ltd T J? e ^® r ^ ’ ?SSj°L C^wL^h^^uest , 0 *J f t t !l e D
j t'i/fv t0 °'’ m lss xrtl Virginia i„i Boxx
L j d ^ ' V? S t Florence
c rt g h Mrs
Nichols and Mrs. Nancy Sim-
mon s were co-chairmen of ar-
| rangements. Capacity audiences wit
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(Continuedon page eight)
Pfc. Lee A. Kearse, nephew
of Mrs. Louke Seabrook of
Yamacraw Village and
of Mrs. Carrie B White of
Montgomery street, who is
tioned at the Marine
McAlister, Oklahoma.
THEY WILL REPRESENT GEORGIA AT
ELKS REGIONAL ORATORICAL CONTESTS
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euris smith ALICE FREEMAN
Speaker Alternate
Tries Kill Self
Over Army
Jim Crow
FORMER HOWARD STU¬
DENT ENTERS INTO
SUICIDE PACT
-_by Ernest E. Johnson
Washington, D. C.~ A suicide
pact was entered into two
years ago by three students at
Howard university as a protest
to what they considered the
unfair treatment of Negroes in
the armed forces, and the
treatment generally accorded
Negroes in the United States.
The act was to be perpetrated
on the steps of the capitol.
Three weeks ago, one of
them, Pvt. Norman W. Spaul¬
ding- of Chicago, slashed his
/ our with a razor
j blad f n an attempt to live up
^ the agreement he and his
classmates had solemnly en-
lered UiLo ' “TO
fined t ( to a ‘restraint ward at
WaJter Reed hospital
That is the dramatic sequel
to the story which was told ex¬
_ j clusively ________ p'ress __ to the Associated Ne-
g ro on Tuesday by the
Rev. Dr. Robert Moton Wil-
liams, chairman of the ' om-
mitt-se of One Hundred of the
Fraternal Council of
churches, and pastor of As-
bury ME church here.
The latter mttention had been brought council
to the of the
continued on page Seven
Form Council
of Service
Centers
Staff members of the Sav¬
annah Soldiers’ Social Service,
West Thirty-sixth street USO,
West Broad Street USO, Hines-
ville USO and Service Club No.
2 of Camp Stewart have been
holding a series of meetings,
the outcome of which was tha
formation of the Southeastern
Council of Service Centers
with the following member¬
ship; Seibert Dove, Mrs. E. W.
Gordon, Mrs. Wm. H. Harris,
Mrs. M. G. Hill, Wilson Hu¬
bert, Mrs. Ruth Jones, J. Q.
Jefferson, Mrs. E. L. Maxwell,
Wm. Hicks, Miss Motta L.
Sims, Miss Elizabeth Spencer,
and Wm. H. White.
. The Southeastern Council of
Service Centers will sponsor a
Continued on page Seven
pannr r.J , Spot
Hi
Pfc, Joseph Hull, Jr., who is
doing fine in the Marine Force
and writes that everything is
okay with him and he likes the
life of the Marines, He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Hull, Sr., of 632 W. 41st street.
NUMSEE S7
Oratorical In the Contest State Elks’ which Annual] |
was
held Monday at Dublin, first
honor was awarded Euns I
Smith, who represented Beach
senior high school of this city. I
By vlrture of her victory at
this contest which was tha
outstanding event of the Elks’
Stale convention, Miss Smith I
will represent the state or
Georgia in the Elks Regional
Essay Contest, the date and
place to be announced later.
In tha regional contest,
the several winners from Geor
gia, Florida, Alabama, South
Carolina and North Carolina
will compete for a thousand
dollar scholarship. The wm
tiers of the four regional con¬
tests will compete for a cash
prize at the Elks’ national es¬
say contest to be held at tha
time of the Elks national con¬
vention in Cnlcago in August.
The second place in the
state contest was won by Alice
freeman, also of Savannah
and a student of Beach Jjigh
school. She will be the alter¬
nate speaker for Georgia in
the regional contest.
In the contest Monday - there
were speakers from six citids,
Atlanta, Duulin, Griffin, Au¬
gusta, Columbus and Sav4»“
nah.
Misses Smith and Freeman
are being sponsored by the
cal Elks' unit, Weldon lodge* oi’
which Edwin W. Burke is ex-
alted chairman ruler and Edw r . Greeii,
of the educational
committee.
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*•'»/ **
ty Schools
Field Day
Annual field day exercises
of the Liberty county schools
were held at the 4-H club
camp at McIntosh on Friday,
April 7. The entire day was
given over to a varied program
of events which included com¬
munity singing, academic con¬
tests, school exhibits, various
types of athletic events and
other fun making activities.
The program was largely at¬
tended. Fourteen schools ia
tire county were represented. points
In summing up the follows;
the winners were as
Liberty County Training
Schooi (Sr. high), 830 points;
Hinesville Jr. high school, 790;
Baconton Jr. high schools, 670;
McIntosh elementary schools,
650; Free Branch elementary
schools, 530; New Free elemen¬
tary school, 4 80; Seabrook ele¬
mentary school, 470; Moose
Hill elementary school, 385;
Retreat elementary school,
380; Hoimeston elementary
Continued on page Five)
T. Sgt. James W, Murray
eently returned she V- S.
ter serving 31 mon' ij ov • ■%
With his wife, i r s
Murray of Jaekscm'.'Lk.,
he was the house gue*, oi u.
sister Miss Ed