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HIGH RANKING ARMY OFFICERS EXCHANGE GREETINGS
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TWENTY-ONE HIGH RANKING NEGRO OFFICERS exchanged greetings at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, recently, when Colonel
Edwin N. Hardy, Post Commander, served as host at a reception held in the residence of Colonel Midian 0. Bousfield, commanding officer
of Station Hospital, No. 1. The event was in honor of Brigadier General Benjamin 0. Davis and Mr. Truman K. Gibson, Jr., Civilian
Aide to the Secretary of War, who were at Fort Huachuca on an inspection tour. It is to be noted that there are 16 more Negro officers
of field grade present here than participated in the 1918 World War, and that all field grade officers (rank of major and above) stationed
at this post were not present when this picture was taken. Left to right, seated on floor: Majors Orion N. Page, Phillip Johnson, Wilbur
Strickland, McKinley Thomas, Lieutenant Colonel Harold W. Thatcher, Major Percy L. Turnley. Center row: Leutenant Colonel Wendell
T. Derricks, Mr. Truman K. Gibson, Jr., Colonel Edwin N. Hardy, Brigadier General Benjamin 0. Davis, Colonel Midian O. Bousfield,
Lieutenant Colonel Dehaven Hinkson. Standing: Majors Kenneth E. Campbell, Edward D. Wimp, Raymond Watkins, Rafael Hernandez,
Benjamin Gray, Henry R. Butler, John T. Holland, William E. Allen, Lieutenant Colonel Roscoe C. Giles, Majors Ralph Teabeau, and
Earl Renfroe. (U. S. Army Signal Corps photo.) J *• ' 1=
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White Finds Much Racial
Friction Between Colored and
White American Soldiers Overseas
Says Shortage Will Force Hiring
of Negroes By Transit Companies
Haven Home
NFA Chapter
Wins Award
AT STATE MEETING
AT FT. VALLEY
Prizes in cash donated by
Scars Roebuck to the State
Vocational Agricultural Dept,
for New Farmers of America
chapters and individual boys
studying agriculture and car¬
rying out the Food for Vivtory
and Farm Repair” for 1942 and
1943 were awarded to ten NFA
chapters and individual boys
at a program held held at at camp Camp |
John tiOpe, rt. Vauey, on Saturi
day and Sunday. schools of. j
There were ninety
the state participating in the*,
contest. The following high
ranking chapters were awaru-j
ed pnzjs: Onftfn 'ocationai j
school, iirst prize, thirty
Jars; Greensboro, second, twen
ty Jive dollars; Haven Home, i
Savannah, third, twenty dol¬
lars. Seven other schools re-
oeived cash prizes.
Individual students Robert receiving Mas; j
cash awards were:
Ivetc, New Union school, Boston, Oil-[ 1
Irst prize, thirty dollars;
.ver D<0on, Todd-Grant school,i
Darien, second, fifteen dollars;]
Fletcher B. Foster, Griffin,!
third, ten dollars. Seven oth 1
er boys received cash prizes fori
outstanding Benjamin projects. Anderson, j
Prof. Pro-! su;
pervisor of Rural War
diction program and Alva Ta--
bor, itinerant teacher trainer
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eight)
WAS HOME ON
FURLOUGH
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Pfc. Ronnie M. Erwards of
Women’s Army Corps, who
was ^ome recently on furlough
visiting her husband, Clarence
ds, 12 Fellwood Homes,
nor mother, Mrs. Mattie
of 31 Park venue, Walm 1
a
Pfc. Edwards is no .y
ck fat her post of duty, r
Huachuca, , Arizona.
Boosting of
Registration
SEVERAL HUNDREDS
ADDED TO LIST
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During the past several
weeks Increased interest has
been shown in the registration
of voters, especially by the
young folks made qualified b y
age by the recent iegi&iatnc cn
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New York-. Increasing short
ages m manpower will lorce
American transit lines to em¬
ploy more Negroes and women
to avert service
it was declared here last week
by Edward A. Roberts, ODT
official, in a speech before the
American Transit Association
at the Hotel New Yorker.
Mr. Roberts, associate direc¬
tor of the Division of Local
Transport of the ODT, assert
ed that in order to meet the
problem posed in local trans
portation companies, “it has
been necessary to employ
classes of people who have
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COMING TO U. S.—Seven-year- :
old Brenda Drucilla Maxwell, Lib¬
erian orphan who was legally
adopted last November by Second
Lieutenant Crystaleo M. Maxwell
of the Army Nurse Corps, is ex¬
pected to arrive in the United
States soon from her native Mon-
Brenda will live and attend '
rovia.
school at Fort Huachuca, Arizona,
where Lieutenant Maxwell is sta-
(U. S, Army photo.),
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY. MAY 4, 1944
MANY WHITE TROOPS
TRY POISON MINDS
OF ALLIES
Some Have Even Re¬
sorted To Physical
Violence To
j PREVENT ASSOCIATION
OF N E G R 0 SOLDIERS
WITH ALLIED POPUL ACE
New York - Racial friction
between colored and white
American soldiers overseas, al¬
though corrected to a marked
degree by General Dwight Ei¬
senhower, is still hurting the
war effort and should be com¬
pletely eliminated, said Walter
White, NAACP secretary, in a
nationwide radio talk over the
Columbia Broadcasting System
Sunday.
“The division in our ranks
and the fomenting of racial
and ether antagonisms are
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LEADING STUDENTS
HIGH SCHOOL
The following are the lead¬
ing students in Beach Senior
high and Cuyler Junior high
schools for the second six
weeks: !
Beach Senior High
Alice Freeman, 11A1 class,
95 per cent; Mary Arnold, i
12A1, 94; Luetta coivin, 12A1 i
94; Hester Jackson, 11A1, 94;
Helen Scott, 11A1, 94; Ida
Smalls, llAl, 94; Mattie Grant,
10B1, 94; Elsie Dallas, 12A1 !
Elsie Morris, 1PB, 93;
ge Jenkins 12A1, 7oai"~ai. 91;
des . Hardwick, u , j i, 12A1, , m. 91, t..-,-
vius Geiger, 12A1, 91;
gia Haven, 12A2, 91; Iona
11A1. 91; Kathryn Jones,
91; Anita Brown, 10B1, 91; Les
ter er Johnson, Johnson 12A1; 90; Louise
Blunt, 12A1; 90; Marie
wick. 12A1, 90; Chas. Collier,
12A1, 90; Isaac Hargroves,
.on is University To
Admit Negro Students
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FIVE Will BE ACCEP¬
TED BEGINNING WITH
SUMMER SESSION
Announced Rev. Patrick
J. Holloran, President
SAYS IT’S DUTY OF ALL
CATHOLICS TO RECEIVE
CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
St. Louis, May I.iANPi Ne¬
gro students will be admitted
to St. Louis university beginn¬
ing with the summer school ses
sions of the college of arts and
sciences and the graduate
school in May and June, res-
pectlvcly, it was announced
Tuesday by the Rev. Patrick J.
Holloran, S. J., president. Al¬
ready two men students have
been accepted for the college
classes and two men and a wo¬
man, public school teachers,
for the graduate school.
With the acceptance of Negro
at St. St. Louis Louis
ty oldest Missouri
institution, it is expected that
the tight for, admission of N e
gro students into Missouri
versity ., will take on _ a „„ new lit.
Religious grounds were th<
oran announced the decision
basis upon which Father Holl-
of the university authorities,
He se.id:
“It is the evident duty of all
Catholics to receive
(This duty is not restricted
grade school or even
school, but when possible ex-
tends to all branches of
university training. In the
Louis area, though there are
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Looking For
These Men
Local Selective Service Sys¬
tem Board is very anxious to
get in touch with these regis¬
trants who are delinquent.
Joseph Wright, cr, U. S. Ma¬
rine Hospital; Adam Gordon,
Jr., 409 West Henry lane; Em¬
ory Anglin Morrell, 945 Marcy
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.; Richard
Colclough, 250 Green Ave.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.; Hubert Bow¬
ens, Box 21, R. F. D., 3, White
Bluff; David Monteifh; Brantley, James Rt. 1,j
Box 509.
Grem, 530 Stewart St.'; Toby
Haneswort, 1215 Main St., Jack
sonville, Fla.; William Boyd,
Box 102, Sardis, Ga.; Joseph
Lewis Perry, R.t., 1, Box 750
Louisville Rd.; John YoumansJ
1333 Skidaway Augusta Ave; Island; John Earnest T, Burj
er, 1
Felton, RFD 3; Thompson
Brown, 537 East Gwinnett lane-
John Mitchell, 521 E. Hall lane; j
Linnie Boly Lord, R. F. D 3,
Ferguson Ave; Albert Wood¬ i
bury, Rt. 3, P. O. Box 60; Hen¬
ry Vincent Turner, 230 Savan-
nar Sugar Refinery; Robert
Green, RFD, Box 213, Bur¬
roughs; J. C. Jones,-414 E. Gas
ton lane; Willie Rufus Wil¬
liams, 1029 Cope street.
BEACH-CUYLER
FOR SECOND SIX WEENS
DC; Josephine Freeman 12A1,
91; Gladys Day, 12A2, 90; Ma¬
mie Scott, 12A2, 90; Gloria
D.lworth 10B1, 90,; Blanche
Mornson, 10B1, 90; Ellen Wel-
ccm ~> iOBl, 90; Mable Williams
12A2, 90; Helen Walker, 12A1,
93; Janet Wilson, 10A1 99.
Junior High
Margaret Bynes, 9A2, 92;
Earnestine Maynor, 7B1, 93;
Bettye Kilroy, 9A, 90; Dorothy!
McGreer, 8A, 90; Frank Staley,'
Q .„ 92; Lindsay Thomas 9A3,i
DO; John joriu Calvin C/tuvin Williams, wuiiams, 9B3,I a
Q0 90; . Lillian r.unan Bodison, <m? 9B2, 9a 93
Christine Williams OB2, 93;!
Delores Jefferson, 9B2, 90; Al-j
™ an Walker, „ W r * lker ’ 7A2 ' S1; Barbara j
backer ^A^ 0 92* 1 ' Marguerite
ryori 7A3, 90: Charles Tucker,
92; Delores Hardwick, 7A3
White Pressure, Forces Bon
on Lillian Smith Appearing
Before" White Club
Columbia, S. C. May 1 (ANP)
Cancellation of the scheduled
appearance here
day, May 4, of Miss Lillian
Smith, Georgia author of the
novel, “Strange Fruit” and edi¬
tor of the quarterly magazine,
“South Today” was verified
Wednesday by Mrs. M. H. Hick¬
man. white, chairman of the
Book forum, which had ar¬
ranged the lecture as its final
program of the season.
While Mrs. Hickman would
not discuss circumstances lead
ing to the cancellation, saying,
..j have been - through so much
humi!iatlon feimilio(l „„ and
because of it I wish ,y
t0 for S et , it,” ., „ she did , admit .
that “severe pressure” had
brought by white
c j ubs and 0 {,her white
to cancel the program. She
was bombarded with letters,
phone calls, threats, a nd all
other sorts of communications
some of them almost violent.
Among letters received by
Mrs. Hickman was one from
the New Century Book Club
here signed by Mrs. Ethlyn D.
Pope, secretary. It. said in
part: “It seefns a pity to spoil
the fine effect of your efforts
(with the Book forum) now by
having as guest speaker . .
Lillian Smith, author of ‘Stran¬
ge Fruit’, the subject matter of
which would be an affront to
any thinking people, but par¬
ticularly so to the people of
this state and the south- It is
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SAVANNAH AREA MEN SERVING IN U. S. ARMED FORCES
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Staff Sergt. John D. Hill is
a former Savannahian, induct-
ed in the service at Camp Up¬
ton, N. Y., who is now station¬
ed at Payote, Texas. He is the
brother of Mrs. Clifford Perry
and nephew of Mrs. Margaret
E. Hill, both of this city.
me
Pfc. John (Johnson) C. Wil-
liams who has been overseas
16 months is now stationed at
Italy, is the son of Mrs. Susie
Griggs of New York and John
Williams ol 5J3 Jefferson St,
who died April 18. pfc. John¬
son recently appeared on a pro
gram for the soldiers with the
celebrated Josephine Baker.
Simmons Again Heads
missionary Department
The Ga.-South Carolina Con-
ven ti on of Congregational
churches met at First Church,
Atlanta Ga., April 21st with
Moderator J. C. Wright con¬
ducting. The several churches
of the convention were well rep¬
resented. Much praise is giv¬
en the ladies who served the
delegates with a sumptuous
dinner. Friday in th business
meeting the Missionary depart¬
ment scored in a very large way
by making a 200 percent in¬
crease over the last year's re¬
port. Other, auxiliary reports
were good and received a big
hand. Moderator Wright spoke
mmrn M
Spt. Lee Butler, the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Henrietta But¬
ler of 17 Walnut street, New¬
town, who has been serving
overseas in the Middle East
for seventeen months.. Ha
writes that things are all right
and he’s doing fine.
Corporal Cicero Hayward of
East Victory Drive and Moore
street who is stationed in the
array at Staten Island, New
York. His many friends het9
are delighted to know that he
is getting along fine and likes
life as lived by the boys in the
army.
NUMBER 29
f' eCOr{ l CrOWd
Will Hear
Judge Hastie
WHEN HE ADDRESSES
NAACP MASS MEETING
At First African Baptist
Church
The coming of Judge Wil¬
liam K. Hastie, renowned Ne¬
gro jurist, is but one week oil'.
The Savannah branch of the
NAACP is bringing this out¬
standing man to the city, who
won the the Spingarn medal
award for 1943, for the most
outstanding service rendered
race.
The only Negro to hold a U.
S. federal judgeship, later as
civilian aide to the U. S. Secre¬
tary of War, and now serving
as dean of the school of law of
Howard university, and le-
gal counsellor for the NAA
CP, judge Hastie will bring to
his Savannah hearers a mes¬
sage rich in experience, and
information that can comb
from only such a colorful chat
acter as he.
Judge Hastie will deliver hia
address at the first African
Baptist church, corner of
Montgomery and St. Julian
streets, in the main auditori¬
um, on Friday night of next
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Pvt. Ondra Stevens, 640
of Mrs. Sadye Stevens of.
Yamacraw Village and brother
of Mrs. Merle Edmondson, was
recently home on furlough.
He is stationed at Camp Ellis,
Illinois, where he is getting
along nicely.
I P-
Pvt. Jimmie Rivers, Rj r "•> a| oii
Mr. and Mrs. James vers
513 E. Hall street, ■' wnpletd
on Saturday a / - ; -oi vica
in Uncle Sam’s army, He ia
now stationed at ' An: Si ton,
North Carolina wire:, naa
been for some timo, ^ J
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