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,«w 82 PUBLIC CONTINUOUS TEARS SERVICE OP _ VOLUME LXII REFUSAL INVOKE CLOTURE DEFEATS ANTI-POLL TAX SENATE KILLS BILL VOTE OF 44—35 In A Setting of Farcical Sincerity By Harry McAlpin Washington, May 15 —Ir a setting of farcical sincerity—with but few tions—the Senate again the anti-poll tax bill by an verse colture vote of Only 18 Republicans, l give, and 17 Democrats for cloture. Against it 12 Republicans, and 32 crats. Immediately after the feat of the cloture without a real filibuster having developed, Sen. <D. of Mo. i read the and last rites of the poll bill by offering a motion for consideration of a bill for furn ishiny artificial limbs to re¬ turning veterans. It was ly a motion to shut off further debate on the poll tax bill- hut shrewdly couched in the challenging dress of a veter¬ an’s measure. Sen. Pepper D. of Flan made a brave effort to get a airect vote on tabling or further con sidering the poll tax bill, but the opponents of the measure won the parliamentary skir- Continued on Page Eight Jones-Toomer Faction Bolts Repub. Caucus CLAIM MEETING WAS BEING LILY-WHITED Will Protest Action Of Johnson Faction A solid phalanx of Negro Re¬ publicans bolted the Chatham County caucus held at the count, court house Tuesday When they were denied permis¬ sion to take part in the meet¬ ing. The split came when their leaders. Sidney A. Jones L B. Toomer, asked Gilbert E. Johnson, acting chairman of meeting to read the call au-' thonzing the meeting, before a permanent chairman be elect «d . When Johnson refused to do this, statin g that the call (Continued on Page 3) Some Savannah Area Men Serving In U. S. Armed Forces !pl. Albert Small, son of 5 Florence Small of 505 E. . mghton lane, who is sta¬ ged overseas with the 96tli gineer regiment. He writes at everything is akey. Slir fritamt Class of DR. HORACE M. TO BE SPEAKER Exercise Will Be Held At F. A. B. Church if.v'-ni fey I ih ' Sp. . m '. t ■ Dr. Horace Mann Bond, pres¬ ident of Fort Valley State leg- 2 ,’ Fort Valley, Ga., will make the principal address on June 9th at the First African (Continued on page 8) Afro-American Starts Retirement Plan Baltimore, May 15—The Afro American Newspapers last week put into effect a retire¬ ment annuity plan covering 67 of their 188 employees with policies varying from $1750 to $6000. The plan, priced with the Continental Assurance Com¬ pany of Chicago, makes the Afro the first colored business concern in the nation to insti¬ tute a personnel program de¬ signed to supplement Social Se curity. Under the terms of the plan, no contributions are made by the employee. The company Pfc. William odom, the son of Mrs. Viola Murray and step son of Calvin Murray of 642 W. 42nd street, who has been oversea^, for two years and is now stationed somewhere in Burma. ASST. DIRECTOR, WEST BROAD ST. USO Mrs. Bessie McIntyre Hen¬ derson who is the assistant director at the West Broad St. USO A native of Indiana, Mrs. McIntyre holds B. S. and M. A. degiecs in education from iContinuedon page etgntl bears the entire cost. Employ ees become eligible for partici¬ pation at the completion of five years of continuous serv¬ ice. PERSONAL Miss Ada McKinney of Plains, Ga., is in the city visit¬ ing tier sister, Mrs. Sarah Brown of route West to 39th Camp street. Bldnd She is en ing, Florida, where she will visit her brothers, Cpl. Charles McKinney and Cpl. Harry Mc¬ Kinney. Pvt. Rimes Johnson who lecentiy home on visiting his mother, Mrs. Fan¬ nie Johnson of Rossignol He has been in the service for seventeen months and is tioned at Fort Knox, Ky. THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944 NEW YORK CERTAIN TO ELECT A NEGRO TO CONGRESS ii 1,1 1 ■... - New Citizens Now Say "I Am an American” U. S. AN MY SIGNAL CORPS PHOTO Preceding “I Am an American Day” celebrations which will be held throughout the Nation on May 21, these seven soldiers recently became naturalized at ceremonies at Service Club No. 2, at Camp Barkeley, Tex. Part of 146 soldiers of 28 nationalities, they included (left to right) : Pvt. Dong Y. Tso, China; Pvt. Joe Jesus Garza, Mexico; Pvt. Nels T. Johnson, Sweden; Pvt. Charles Darling, Bahamas; Pvt. Felix Keimer, German; T/5th Grade Edward F. Bernaeki, Poland; and Pvt. Erwin II. Faller, Switzerland. Other new citizens naturalized in the ceremonies came from England, Canada, Italy, Austria, Norway, Irish Free Stale, Greece, Russia, Rumania, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Portugal, Finland, Spain, Nicaragua, Switzerland, Latvia, France, Philippines, Lithuania, Honduras, and Den¬ mark. Before induction Private Darling lived at 266 .West 123d Street, New York City. Where AME Bishops BISHOP FOUNTAIN RETURNS TO GEORGIA Philadelphia, Pa., May 14— The closing scenes of the thir¬ ty-second session of the AME general conference were enact ed here today when, before 20,000 persons Rev. G. W. Ba- (Contlnued on page 3‘> “1 ii§! 4 28! aar ■ W Pfc. Francis D. Hicks is now serving overseas and reports that he is okey and doing nicely. He is the son of Mrs. Hattie Hicks of 408 West 48th street. He sends his best re¬ gards to his many friends. Rosenwald Fellowship Winners For 1944 Chicago, May 15—(ANPi Ap¬ pointment of 37 Julius Rosen- wald fellows for 1944 was an¬ nounced this week by Edwin K Embree, president of the fund The fellows Include 22 Negroes Pvt. John Houston, who en¬ tered the- service five months ago and now stationed at Claiborne, La. He is the hus¬ band of Mrs. Grace Houston, St. Augustine, Fla., and son of Mrs. J. Houston of Thunderbolt 15 t^hite southerners, se¬ for their creative talenc distinguished scholarship. fellowships this year avei (Continued on page 2) ■■ f, Seaman Second Class Curtis P. Coleman, son of Mrs. uiura Coleman of 920 Wolfe street, who is stationed at the Naval Training School at San California, where he that he is getting along line. DR. POWELL, DEMO¬ CRAT , AND MRS. SPEAK , REPUB¬ LICAN Opposing Each Other In 22 Congressional Districts New York, May 14— (ANPij It is definite that Harlem will send a Negro to Congress, for the first time in the histo¬ ry of this crewded sector. Because that fact is definite, hats are being tossed into the ning with reckless abandon. Many would-be candidates will die a-borning; some will Unger on. Close oil the heels of the naming of the newest contend¬ er, Sat ah P. Speaks, put ,up by the Republicans Wednes¬ day, both Mrs. Speaks (wife of the former big shot musician Douglas Speaks of Springfield Ohio) and Adam Clayton Pow- (Continued on page Eight) Local H ; g h School Seniors Win Major Share Scholar¬ Offered Ft. Negro News¬ paper Men To Meet New York, May 13 —Intensive plans are under way for the fifth annual convention of the Negro Newspaper Publishers Association which will be held in New York city on June 15, 16 and 17. Today John H. Sengstacke, NNPA president, and Howard H. Murphy, NNPA secretary-treasurer, met with Dr. C. B. Powell, chairman, NN PA committee on arrange¬ ments for the convention, and worked out final physical de- (Continued on page Eight) Pvt. Charles Edward Lewis who was secently home on fur¬ lough before going overseas, visiting his mother, Mrs. Pearl Jenkins of Ogeecheeton, and is stationed with his outfit in Oklahoma and sends regards to his many friends. NU 'UMflj^ | WL TO PRESIDE AT COM¬ MUNIST MEETING New York Benjamin J, Da¬ vis, Jr., Communist member ot the New York City Council, will act as co-chairman of til* public session of the 1944 Na¬ tional convention of the Com¬ munist party of the United (Continued on page Eight) Cnducted by the Fort Vall*y State College Fort Valley, Ga.-^The names of nineteen Georgia high school seniors who stood high¬ est in the recent state wide scholarship tests, conducted by the Fort Valley State college, were announced by Registrar C. V. Troup here today. The winners, high scorers from 175 students taking the test, were distributed over ten Georgia high schools, with Beach-Cuy- ler high school of Savannah taking the major share of th» honors. The top student in the state, thereby qualifying for an all- expense scholarship at Fort Valley, was Luetta Colvin, Beach-Cuyler high school Sa¬ < ConUn uedon page eight) Pfc. William Golden, Mrs Peariie M. Gomeu i A brother of Mrs. Germ. v X- -ii-* man of 411 W. E-u’fy m recently home on furlough, is stationed at the Marine ] racks in Maine.