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First members of their race to man a submarine chaser, the crew of the
U. S. S. PC—1264 is shown receiving instruction in gunnery, depth-charge
attacks, and deck and engineering duties on the shakedown cruise of the
new 173-foot escort vessel which was commissioned April 25, 1944. At
top left, several crew members hold rifle practice on deck. In the top
center, two lookouts, Seaman 1st Class J. Boggs (far left) and Seaman 2d
Class A. Richards, scan the horizon with officers on the flying bridge.
■9b at top rigid, Yc-tman 2d Class P. J. Davis takes the wheel in the pilot- 1
•. <■ r.3 Quartr’ "d class A. ft. Cork makes an entry i the rang !
02 To Graduate From Goorgin
Slate College Sunday, June 4
BISHOP W. A. FOUNTAIN TO DELIVER
THE MAIN ADDRESS
Alumni Association To Meet Saturday
Night At Community House
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Bishop W. A. Fountain
The Rt. Rev. W. A. Fountain,
D. D.. of Atlanta, will deliver
the commencement address 3
p. m., Sunday, June 4, in Mel-
drim auditorium at the Geor¬
gia State college, when sixty-
twe diplomas will be awarded
embers of the graduating
'Bishop Fountain is begin |
/mg his fifth term as the
district prelate! the sixth episcopal
of the AME achievements! church, j
Because of his !
he has gained nation wide ac¬
claim and recognition, especial
ly for the constructive work he
and his minister' and laymen
leave done in Georgia.
The commencement
Sunday will bring to a close
the 1943-44 schedule of the col
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T ivDw nf U1 1 FiVP
Soldiers Saved
by M c Arthur
New York The sentences of
death imposed on four Ameri¬
can Negro soldiers and one
American Negro merchant sea
man, after conviction on a
rape charge in Australia, have
been commuted to life impris-
ment by General Douglas Mac-
Arthur, the NAACP learned
last week.
Following the receipt of a
letter from the law firm of O’¬
Sullivan and Ruddy in Towns¬
ville, Australia, the NAACP
sent a cablegram to General
MacArthur asking permission
to file a brief appealing from
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S00 Negro
Steel Workers
Dischargtd
IN SECOND MASS
LAY OFF
m0 New Oat of Worh
Chicago, June 29 (ANPl
The southside was given a P IC "
ture of postwar unemployment
chaos this week when 800 Ne-
gro war workers employed at
the East Chicago Cast
plant of the American ste2i
Foundnes company were
charged. With 9i)0 already
miss-ed from the plant in 4l the ”'
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lege. The program for Sun-;
day includes inspirational fea- j
fares. Rev. H. W. Murph, D.
D., pastor of St. Philip AME
church, will deliver the invoca
tion.
Saturday, June 3, at 8 p. m.,
in the community house of the
college, the alumni association
of the college will hold its an¬
nual meeting. Following this
•event, the junior class will en- j
tertain the seniors in Wilcox
gymnasium. Friday evening at
i. o’clock in Meldrim auditori¬
um, Powell Laboratory school
of the college will present an
operetta entitled “Over the
Garden Wall.” At the conclu
eior. of this affair students at
the college, who have success¬
fully competed in varied con¬
tests during the year, will be
awarded prizes.
The candidates for degrees
are as follows:
Agriculture—John W. Elliott,
Fitzgerald: Wm. J. Griffin. Co¬
lumbus; Roscoe Jones, Bain-
bridge; Abe Moore, Donaldson-
\ille: Herbert Stone, Industrial
College.
Home Economics — Cieta D.
Alien, Hawkinsville; Virginia
Valdosta; Aqullla B.
Cummings, Montrose; Esther
E ' Edwards Sparta; Shirley
Mae Hood, Devereaux; Nina R.
Hubert, Culverton; Dorothy
Delois Lampkin, Dublin; Ber¬
nice G. Luten, Savannah; An¬
nie B. Minas, Savannah; Elea¬
nor R. McArthur, River Rouge,
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1944
log. At bottom left, a few crew memliers relax from their heavy duties
at chow time in a corner of the general mess. In bottom center, Quarter¬
master 3d Class A. R. Cork (rear) exchanges blinker messages with
another ship, while Seaman 2d Class M. Coleman reports to the bridge by
battle telephone.' At lower right, a depth charge which has been rolled
off the fantail explodes astern during a practice submarine attack. The
U. S. S. PC—1264 includes 53 Negro seamen and 8 white petty officers in
its crew. It will be eventually manned by an all-Negro crew. vj
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SIGMAS TO ENTERTAIN SOUTHEAST-
ERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE
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Alpha Iota Sigma chapter
of Sigma qamma Rho sorority
y/iii to host to the Southeast-
ern Regional commence Jure
11-13.
The sessions will be held at
j Georgia State college Commu
j nity house, the theme of the
j conference being “W’hy Juve-
n ,j e Delinquency?” Several
n , em b^ rs 0 f the Youth Coun-
^ 1 gavannah have been la¬
ci ,
v , ted t0 participate in a round
|f H ble discussion of the prob-
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J 1 VJj/t*****© opell j n g ...vv. meeting — o will ..... be a
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public one to
1 Congregational church Sun-
!>() Odd to Finish June
From Beach! Ili-Sritool
„EXERCISES AT F. 4.
B. CHURCH
Dr. Horace Mann Bond
THE SPEAKER
Baccalaureate Sunday
At Asbury Church
A c.ass of ninety oJu stu-
dents is scheduled to gradu-
ate June 9th from Beach
school.
The class is led by three stu-'
dents who will finish with'
hghest honors, ranking as fol-;
lows: Josephine Freeman, Mary
Arnold and Luella Colvin, with
the fcllowng students, in the
order named, coming out with 1
high honors:Helen Walker, El- I
ie Dallas, Mamie Scott,
George Jenkins, Mercedes Hard
•.vi::lr„ Marie Hirdrick, foster
Johnson, Dorothy Bright, Dor-j
s McFall, Dorothy Bogan,
Madeline Jones, Pinkie Ware, j
The commencement activities
will begin Sunday. June 4,.
when the baccaluarcate ser- 1
non will be delivered at Arbury
hurch by the pastor, Rev.
L, S. Allen, to a class of ninety
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3 Soldiers 37 To Finish
Sentences
Commuted
Washington, D. C.— Death
sentences of Richard P. Ad¬
ams, John W. Bordenave and
Lawrence Mitchell, three pri¬
vates in United State army,
who were sentenced to death
on a charge of rape, were com
muted to life imprisonment on
April 3) by President Roose¬
velt, it was learned here last
week.
The three soldiers while on
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SAVANNAH AREA MEN SERVING IN U. S. ARMED FORCES
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Pfc. Nathaniel Howard who
has been in the army two
years and is now serving in the
Southwest Pacific. He is the
son of Mrs. Rose Howard of
510 IE. Congress St,., and neph-
oi Mr. and Mrs. J. Washington
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Cpl. Archibald Lovett, son of
Rogers Lovett of 1C19 West
37th street, who is serving in
the Aleutian islands in the pa¬
cific ocean. He enlisted in
the army in September, 1942,
and says he’s fine.
da; . June 11 Mrs.
Rhcda will be the main
er, her subject centering
round the above mentioned
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Mis. Khoda is a graduate
Indiana State college and
done graduate work at the
versity of Michigan.
teught creative art and
for ten years but is now
ing music in St. Louis. She
regional director of St.
and St. Charles Assn, for
Teachers and is president
the National Pan
Council of Greek Letter
ties and Fraternities
Fail To Indict
Whites For
Killing Boy
New York Governor S. L.
Holland of Florida has nform-
cd the NAACP that the grand
jury of Suwannee county has
failed to return an indictment
in the case involving the death
of Willie James Howard, on
January 2, 1944, at Live Oak,
Florida. ,
The father of the boy was
the only eye witness to the
crime, other than the persons
who were accused, who testifi¬
ed before the grand jury. The
Acting State Attorney. David
Lanier, told the grand j
that the parties were g
they were guilty of anything.,
murder in the first degree it
years old at the time of his
Willie James Howard was 15'
death. According to his fath¬
er, three men kidnapped the
boy and took him and his fath
er in an automobile to the Su¬
wannee river where they park¬
ed the car, tied the boy’s hands
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Beauty Cul¬
ture
AT CARGO SCHOOL
Exercises Sunday at St.
John Baptist Church
A class of thirty-seven will
be presented diplomas Sunday
morning by Mrs. Carrie Cargo
McGlockton at the St. John
Baptist church when the grad
eating exercises of the Cargo
Electrician Mate 3-C Paul B,
Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Na¬
thaniel A. Jones of 18 E. Third
street, who is stationed at U. S.
Repair Base, San Diego, Calif.,
where he writes that he is get¬
ting filong nicely.
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Pvt. Robert Washington, the
son of Mrs. Mane Washing¬
ton of 506 1-2 East Hunting¬
don street, and brother of Mrs.
Rosella Howell and Miss Re¬
becca Washington, who is sta¬
tioned somewhere in England.
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Cpl. Alton C. Mack, the hus-
band of Mrs. Lessie B. Mack of
1206 Burroughs street, who has
been overseas for a year and
is now stationed in Italy with
the U. S. fighting forces where
he writes everything is olsey.
NUMBER 33
FORMER SAVANNAH
BOY HONORED
Lawyer Perkins Appoint¬
ed Attorney Genl
Lniaar Perkins
Albany, N. Y.— Gov. Dewey’s
office this week announced
the appointment of Attorney
Lamar Ferkins of New York
city, former state assembly-
L. Epstein, attorney general oi
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Will Close
June 16
Tbs Savannah branch of the
NAACP which is cooperating
with the national membership
campaign of that organization,
will bring the present drive for
new members to a close on the
night of Friday, June 16th,
when Dr. Charlotte Hawkins
Brown, president of Palmer
Memorial Institute of Sedalia,
N. C., will be the speaker of the
■evening. This meeting wi(l be