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TEARS OP
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
FOLUfl
Some Savannah Area Men In U. S. Armed Forces
Cpl. Stephen McCray, neph¬
ew of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Hall
of Statesboro who is serving
overseas somewhere in the Pa¬
cific. He has been in the ar¬
my one year and is doing
nicely.
Aaron Cornelius Ferguson,
seamon second class, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Fergu¬
son and grandson of Mrs. Se¬
lina Ferguson, who is stationed
somewhere in the Pacific bat¬
tle area, where he's doing well.
. C. Negroes State Objectives
At Their Annual Meeting
TO FURTHER CONTEND FOR EQUALZAT10N
OF TEACHERS SALARIES
And To Intensify Their Effort For More
Registered Voters
J. M. HINTON OF COLUMBIA IS RE¬
ELECTED AS PRESIDENT
Sumter. S. C. June
'io insutuu-j additional
suits secKnig equalization
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der are tne at/ecuiu
ui tire ujutii wioiina
oi uie iNauuuai Association
tne Advancement ul woior-d
i-eopie wnicn met ner-e
in a two uay annual
which io uemg atienued by
delegates from every section of
tne state.
xiic iL-election oi J. M. Hin-
ton oi woiumuia us state
dent was tne closing act ui
convention, ne navmg
the organization in tms
ty for the past year.
The prnmpai address of
convention was made Dy
Modjeska SunK.ms oi
bia, a member oi the
cnapter s Doard of
■who stated we who -agitate
fckytth Carolina are all
i it wp pprnps native born
i CaiTThmai > "
,!< has d* ftaration was
by”the n»thp spe ern .ker iepr in in refutation rpfutaUnn
[the charge, that Northern
tators had “incited and
ed Negroes of the state.”
Mrs. Simkins. who is one
lie leading civic, business
political leaders of the
further said jn her
(Continued on page 8)
auattitah fribunr
First Scrgt. Jerome V. Monro left, and Tech. Sergt William
Monroe, brothers, who are serving in the U. S. armed forces,
the latter being stationed in Virginia and having recently
been home on afurlough visiting his wife, Mrs. Laura B.
Monroe; and the former being stationed overseas with his
outfit, the 386th Eng. Bn. They are the nephews of Mrs.
Edna Monroe Lee of 506 East Henry street.
Cpl. Stephen Porter who is
stationed in the Hawaiian Is-
A
lands, where he says he is do¬
ing fine. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Porter and
husband of Mrs. Josephine
Porter of 801 W. 33th street.
Ask Review of Death
Sentence To Soldier
WANT SQUARE
DEAL GIVEN SOLDIER
CHARGED WITH RAPE
Stay ol Execution
is Asked
New rum —tin a cable tb
crtn i moennower on a mie o,
ua idutvi' icqucsteu a Seay oi
cskCikUkkisii anu uppoi vUillty to
lu review one coaru>-iiiat'liai
recoru in tne case oi an muer I
icau soiuier a-iitenceu vu ueatn 1
in hngianq on a cnaige oi
tape.
me ease has attracted unus¬
ual aoteuLou in England and
me London Daily Mirror on
June 2 carried an article stal¬
ing that it nad received a num
bei of letters on 'tnat case
wnicn “reveal a widespread
numg oi uneasiness at tms
man navmg to pay the ex¬
treme penalty. rupmar sen¬
timent could be muen appeas¬
ed it justice would, in sunaole
cases, oe tempered with mercy,
and not least in cases wnere
colored men are the offend¬
ers.”
According to the story of the
case, the colored soldier knock
ed on a door of a cottage late
one mgnt and a woman lean¬
ed out a window and exchang¬
ed words with him. In a few j
moments she came out with and! a
coat over her nightgown
walked down the road with j
f
him. Lataj> h e was tried,
story was that he asked direc
tions to another town and that
she came out and walked down
the road with him in order to
show him the way. Then, ac¬
cording to her, he drew a knife
and forcibly raped her.
(Continued from Page 7)
Teacher
j Planning
1
Conference
TO BE HELD AT FLOS-
ANCE SCHOOL,
AVGUST 28
Beginning August 28 and con
tinuing for six days the prin¬
cipals, teachers and superi¬
ors of colored schools in Sav¬
annah and Chatham county
will hold a planning confer-
ernce at Fiorance street school
for the purpose of studying
their school situations and
techniques of planning in or-
der to make and carry out bet-
tei classroom., school and com-
munity programs,
j The first day of the confer-
cnce, which will be attended
mainly by the principals and
supervisors, will be devoted to
a discussion of the value and
techniques of planning. This
discussion will be led by W. W.
McCune, assistant superinten-
j dent of schools, and Miss Mar-
gie Seawright, supervisor of
Savannah schools.
1 Thp The sPfionri second ri day’s program
will include the discussion of
major concerns of principals
and teachers. These concerns
have been classified under the
following headings; The state-
J j ment of a Philosophy of Educa
tion: Living Together. (Citi-
Continued on page Seven
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 194*
Pfc. Robert McKay of the
Fleet Marine Force at New Riv¬
er, North Carolina, who was
home on furlough last week
visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ransom McKay.
Cpl. Claude Howell, who is
stationed overseas with the U.
S. fihgting forces. He writes
that he is doing all right.
He is the husband of Mrs. Lil¬
lie Howell of 524 West 34th
street.
r, BREWER MEN'S DAY
SPEAKER
Dr. Thomas H. Brewer, emi¬
nent physician and civic lead¬
er of Columbus, who will be the
principal speaker on the men’s
day program at the First Af¬
rican Baptist church, Sunday.
TEACHERS TO PLAN
SCHOOL SCHEDULE
On Friday, August 31, the
teachers will meet with their
principals and begin their in-
divdual school plannng. Plans
lunch room operation, PTA
meetings, May Day programs, t
operettats and other school ac 1
tivities will be considered.
From the enthusiasm being I j !
manifested in making pians
by these committees, this con¬
ference, which is the first at¬
tempt here at such an ap-
NAACP DRIVE COMES
CLOSE FRIDAY
St. Philip Church To Burn WITH MASS MEETING AT FIRST AFRICAN
BAPTIST CHURCH
Mortgage Sunday Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown To Be
BISHOP W. A. FOUNTAIN
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
Financial Drive
Nets $14,096. 99
Climaxing thirty three years
of toil and struggle to rid it¬
self of a mortgaged indebted¬
ness, historic St. Philip AME
church, Chari es and West
Broad streets, has now realiz¬
ed its goal.
After raising $13,096.9!) on
May 26 and another $1,000
three weeks later, the church
and its friends will fittingly
celebrate this outstanding all-
time record breaking a-
chievement Sunday with Bis¬
hop W. A. Fountain as the
main speaker. Too much cred
t cannot be given to the Rev.
Henry W. Murph, the dynamic
leader of this congregation, in
this herculean task.
Bishop Fountain, the vice-
senior bishop of the AME
church and the presiding bis¬
hop of Georgia, will preach
at 11:3P a m. He will speak
again at 4 o’clock at which
time the mortgage will be burn
ed. At 8.30 p. m. the bishop! J
will be present to share in the
program.
Other leaders to appear on
this program during the day
will include the AMe ministers
of the city and presiding el¬
ders of the Georgia confer¬
ence President B. F. Hubert of
the Georgia State college, At¬
torney J. G. Lemon, Jesse Sher
man of the local union of
f he International Longshore¬
men and Dr. w. O. P. Sherman
of the West Savannah district,
AME church.
Music will be rendered by
the choirs and gospel chorus
of the church, associated by
the choir of the Sidney A.
Jones Funeral Home.
to study at unv. of
MINNESOTA
Miss Ver a Elizabeth Ken¬
drick who left June 10th for
the University of Minnesota,
where she will study for her
M. A. degree, with a major in
French.
JOBS OPPORTUNITY AT
ARMY SERVICE FORCE
DEPOT
The Savannah Army Service
Forces D^pot one of the Na¬
tions leading and essential
war installations, is now cm
ploying Negro men in various
labor jobs. The pay ranges
Horn •''30 and upward per week
with opportunities for advance
ment. The men are employed
for at least six months after
the war with a chance for a
permanent job, well protected
and insured. Employees at
the depot enjoy a 26 day leave
and 15 day sick leave accumu
lated every year. Employees
injured on the job receive com
pensation, not, charged
sick or annual leave. Besides
Continued on page 4 .
HEADS STATE
Dr. R. H. Ward of Houston,
Texas, president of the Gulf
States Dental association,
which is meeting in San An¬
tonio this week from June 13
through June 16. Sessions
will be confined to ways and
means of meeting the increas¬
ed demands made upon Negro
by the war emergency,
stated Dr. Ward.—t ANPphoto)
GUARD
USES NEGROES
IN INVASION
Washington, June 9 iANP»
When D-day came, Washing¬
was on tip toe for several
Interest among color¬
people was principally to de
termine the extent to which
Negro units known to have
based in Great Britain
being used in the assault
coastal France.
Th e Coast Guard was the
to confirm that Negroes
serving aboard various
being used in the inva¬
operations. The Coast
has been uniformly lib¬
in its training, in its ad¬
and now evidently
in its assignments.
A wire photo received here
showed Ferrel Browning of
eight* Continued on Page Eight Contlnued on page Seven
fContlnuedon page
Dunbar Trads school, part of
the Chicago public school sys¬
tem on Chicago’s southside, is
going steadily ahead training
students for post war jobs in
the industrial area of the mid¬
dle west. Students at this
institution have 18 choices of
courses, open to both boys and
girls. ■"
The top picture, left, shows
students in the sheet metal
mmm
WAR BONDS
INDICATIONS POINT TO SUCCESSFUL TERMI¬
NATION MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN
33
I)r. Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Negro Combat
Units Ready I
For Invasion
UNDERWENT INTEN¬
SIVE TRAINING IN
ENGLAND
European Teatre of
tions < ANP) When the : IotJM luV
s.'on blast hit the wall of Ho¬
ler's- fortress Europe June 6,
combat Negro soldiers stood
ready to do their share in rid¬
ding the continent of Nazism.
No official information has
been revealed, however, as to
how many are in action in
France.
Highly trained to handle j
many kinds of complicated
v capons of modern warfare,
tnousands of Negro combat
Air condition¬
systems and gutters, air¬
craft sheetmetal work and or¬
work are all includ¬
in the four year course.
Top, right, and bottom, left,
show girls studying well ( office prac
t'.ce. A modern, equipped,
beautifully furnished office
forms their background for
two years as they learn filing
and bookkeeping as well as the
NUMBER 35
The Savannah branch ȣ the
National Association for the
Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie will close their end of the
national membership cam¬
paign at their regular meeting
tomorrow (Friday) night with,
an address by Dr. Charlotte
Hawkins Brown, president or
the Palmer Memorial Institute',
Sedalia, N. C.
Dr. Brown, one of the most
eminent Negro women of the
country, is a North Carolinian
by birth, and was reared and
educated in Cambridge, Mass.
As a protege of Alice Freeman
Palmer of Wellesley college
fame, she had the long and
beautiful 'friendship of such
persons as Prof. George N. Pal-
rrer, Dr. Charles William El¬
liot of Harvard university, and
other New Englanders who
pointed the way to success.
She has been connected with
practically every national
group • interested in racial rie-
use and care of
machinery, from typewi'i Y
and dictaphone to comtom. j
and photo-chemical printei 4
In the welding department
bottom, right, oxy-acetylene(
and electric arc welding of all
types are taught. The degree
of skill which the student
wishes to obtain in iris trade
determines the length of his
mourse.— ANP photo) __ j