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62 TEARS OP
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXII
RURAL MINISTERS AT S . C. STATE COrLF/lR
Orangeburg, S. C.—One
dred pastoib attending a two
weeks institute held at South
Carolina State College under
the sponsorship of the Ameri-
can Council ol Churches and
the college left for their rural
communities Friday and will
carry back information for
ter farm living and
ment of the farms in
Carolina.
Church leaders who are spec
ialists in rural farm conditions
and students of war emergen-
cy farm problems in America
and South Carolina, discussed
Boy Scout Camp Ohara
Will
Nuns Urge White Soldiers
Handle White Race Agitators
PASSENGERS
Riding In Same Coach
With Whites
St. Paul Minn., July 1—
(ANP)— The sympathetic at-j
titude of two Catholic nuns
and their timely whispering to'
a white soldier was mtrument-
al , last week in putting down - a
Neg ™ baiti ^ s Whlt L S ei : °C
a Missouri Pacific , train out of
Omaha to Atkonson, Kan.
The story came from Mrs. J.
H. Gaylord, a resdent of this
city, who said that she, her
husband and four colored sol-
diers were on the train. She
named the others as Pvt. Sher
man W. Orsweather, stationed
at Ft. Cook, Neb.; a Mr. Jack-
son of Omaha and two unlden
tifed women. •One of these
women was a nice looking, in-
telligent young woman, who
was going to Mississippi to vis-
it her soldier husband,” Mrs.
(Continued on page Hi
Back Invasion With $11,000
D-Day reaction at Shaw Junior High School, in Washington, D. C.
Students rush the windows of the school’s war savings department to
purchase extra war savings stamps as a tribute to the Allied Forces.
Mrs. Esther B. Sutton, teacher in charge of the war savings depart¬
ment, reported to the treasury that the students had purchased $11,000
worth of stamps since the start of the school year last September.
Mary Lewis, fourth in line, front row, a 15-year-old student, has
accumulated $2,086 in stamp purchases since the war savings depart¬
ment was opened. ____—____
problems as they relatcu
'data to the church, and presented
to encourage the rural
pa&tor to work for the , better-
ment of his community.
| Si mo of the subjects discuss
;ed and the leaders who led
j discu in sion, South were Carolina, Soil Conserva J. F.
Denmark, The Church
Farm Community, Paul Do
ran, Sparta, Term.; Farm Ten
jure; j cessful Vladimic Methods E. of Hartman; Church Sue Fi-
nance, James £•■ Thomas; two
lectures on nutrition, Dr. F.
A.Kummerow; associate nutri
DivisiOIl
Gives $4009
TO UNITED NEGRO
COLLEGES FUND
“*
New York— Checks totalling
$4,423.33 were sent to the Unit
ed Negro Col]ege , fund from
the 92nd Division stationed at
Fort Huaehuca, it was an-
nounced at the headquarters
of th e fund this week.
The enti amount 1C183
was collected fr0Ul the ra nks
and sent the fund divisional
chaplain, Louis J. Bentley
The station hospital, under
command of Col. M. O. Bois _
field, gave $1,110; Colonel E. N
Hardy< commander of the post
contributed $5.00, the 335th
lStation Hospital, under com-
mand Qf Major w H
land> gent and the n ead-
quarters detachment gave $37.
50.
tionist of demon college, and
Practical. Problems of Health,
j Pr ° f - J ’ 11 ' BLrule > s - c - state
! college.
Members of the rural pastors
institute faculty and others j
who spoke at the institute m-
information J. P. Burgess, assistant; state OPAj Rev.j
Don Pielstic.k, representative j
of of the Home America, Mission Chicago; Council j
North j
Prof. Charles Harris, state col
lege; Gabc Buokman, Miss
delle Wimbish and Miss
tie Peguese, state college. |
w. M. Buchanan was direct
or of the institute.
MIL ES ON
OGEECHEE ROAD
l
On Sunday, July 9th, the I
Boy Scout summer camp will
begin and will run for two
weeks, ending with a public
court of honor at the camp on
ijuly 22nd.
I From ah indications, this
(will be one of the conducted best camp-
j ing seasons ever in
this area and with registration-
coming in every day it is ex-
pected that more Scouts will
gQ tQ camp thls year than have
attended any camping season
j n the history of the council,
Master G. Graham, field ex-
ecutive, and J. H. Ebbs, camp
director, have both attended a
facial camp directors course
in Atlanta. The say that
. ldeas ecured at
many were s '
this meeting to make for bet-
ter camping this year.
The regular staff has been
enlarged and among the per
sons who will lend aid to mak-
Continaed on page Seven
FOUR YEARS AT
i FAB CHURCH
i Commencing with Wednes¬
day, July 12, and continuing
! through Monday, July 17, the
fourth anniversary of Dr.
i Ralph Mark Gilbert, as pastor (
of the First African Baptist
j church, will be observed. preaching
There will be on
each of the three nights, the
choirs of visiting churches will
sing and various organizations
and churches of the city will
send 'their greetings and con¬
gratulations to this noted pas-
Continued go Pag* I
No Negroes Allowed To
Vote In
Factions Maneuver To Head
Dewey Negro Campaign
Boy, 15, Wins
His Freedom
AFTER GOV. DEWEY
SIGNS EXTRADITION
New York,—After Governor
Thomas E. Dewey had signed
extradition papers ordering O-
tis Johnson, 15, to return to
Carolina on a charge
assa ult, the boy’s parents,
s i s t. ec i by an NAACP
won his freedom in Supreme
Court in the Bronx.
The boy lives in the Bronx
p u t visited his birthplace
on county, South
September, 1943.
which time he was 15 years
t continued on page Eight)
SAVANNAH MEN IN U. S. ARMED SERVICE
BROTHERS IN "THE U S. AR0V1ED FORCES Private
Robert L. Pierce and Sergeant Thernell C. Pierce, brothers,
who are serving in different divisions of the armed forces,
the former being stationed at Seymour Johnson Field, N. C.,
and the latter being stationed,at Fort Riley, Kansas. They
are th e sons of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Pierce of 810 East
Bolton street.
Cpl. Willie Jamison who has
arrived safe in England, ac-
cording to word received by his
wVe, Mrs. Willie M. Jamison.
He has been in the service
one year.
Uncover Plot
To Blast Ne-
gro Homes
Atlanta, July— (ANPi De¬
tectives Tuesday were inwesti-
a plot, belived to have
been instituted by angered
white neighbors, to dynamite
two residences into which Ne¬
gro occupants moved three
days before. The, neighbor¬
hood previously had been all
white.
The charge of dynamite, ap¬
parently set to go off the in¬
stant someone stepped on the
Continued on Page Eight
Blocks Return
Two Negroes
FROM ILLINOIS TO
MISSISSIPPI I
_ Tyj
Chicago (ANP) William
ler and Hansford Vaughn, who
fled here from Jackson, Miss-
will not have to return there
as witnesses against two white
charged with operating a
numbers and policy racket,
Represented by Atty. William 1
Huff, the men received
their freedom last week!
E. K. Walker, U. S. com- 1
missioner, dismissed the case, j
Kitting the Fugutive
ac t, which Huff said is really a
OonMnned on page elgm
pfe. Arthur collier, son of
Mrs. Pearl L. Collier Mayes,
stepson of Charlie Mayes ol
serying with thc u._ s . forces
overseas from where he writes
that he’s doing fine.
2Negroes
500 Whites Go
On Strike
Birmingham, Ala— (ANP)
because two Negro riv
were assigned to work on
he same line with whites, 500
employes of the Virginia
company here walked
the job Wednesday.
The strike completely halted
plant’s production of sec¬
bridges for the armed
Only 28 Negroes are
by the company, the
of them in menial po
F0R
Rwe, s , Poweti, Randolph
>n
Ernest E. Johnson
Chicago, July 3 tANP.—Lines
are being rapidly drawn among
factions which attended the
Republican national conven-J
tion held here last week to
determine which element is go
ing to handle the campaign for
the election of Thomas E. Dew-
ey among Negro voters. j
Throughout the
meetings were held in various
rooms and In the lounges of
floors of the Stevens ho-,
tel among adherents to one
fraction or another, all engag
ed in the business of jockey-
ing for control. , I
Perhaps the sharpest cleavage,
that was discernible was that
which apparently is seeking to
make certain that an organiz-
ed group of Negro Republicans, i
through their chosen leaders,
shall handle the Dewey cam-
paign, as opposed to the dis-
charge of this responsibility by
a single individual or the de-
signee of that individual. | 1
In simpler language, eastern
Republicans largely identified
with the group headed by BIsh.
David _ . , Sims _ of „ Phialdelphia,
would prefer not to see Justice
Francis E. Rivers in the driv¬
ers seat, or some person selected
by him.
Thc fear has become real that
Dewey’s personal attachment to
Rivers might impel the party’s
candidate for president to re¬
ly heavily upon the counsel of
his friend and appointee. The
eastern group is mindful that
Justice Rivers may not perform
these duties himself so long as
he is a member of the bench
Nor do they expect that he
would step down to fill the cam
paign role. They do not, bow¬
er, rule out the likelihood that
Rivers might name a hench¬
man to perform the chore un¬
der his guidance.
The names which more quick
ly come to mind in this respect
are those of Dr. C. B. Powell,
whose legal counsel is Justice
Rivers; and Oliver Randolph
of Newark, N. J. j
The New York City picture
itself is no picture of harmony j
among party leaders, those who
would normally be expected to
be in the Rivers camp. Sev¬
eral of them, notably Harold
Burton and Sidney Davis, both
district leaders, and Eunice H.
Carter, are understood to share
the viewpoint of the eastern
group.
The 1944 convention of the
Republican party will go down
in history as one of the quiet¬
est, most businesslike sessions
Continued on page Eight
JACK HOLSEY, JR.
A LIEUTENANT
Camp Lee, Va—Jack E. Hol-
sey, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Holsey, Sr., 2414 Bur¬
roughs street, Savannah., Ga„
erases for officers
class No. 36, at thc Quarter¬
master School, Camp Lee, June
30.
The class of more than 200
cadets who survived four
months of acedemic courses
and military training, heard a
principal address by Brig. Gen-
Harold A. Barnes, deputy
te»master general for
istratlon and management,
The graduates were accepted
as new officers by Col. L. B.
Wolfe, school commandant.
BUY Exm
WAR BONDS
Toc/ai/f
SEVERAL SHOWED UP
AT BALLOTING PLACES
But Were Turned Away
From Polls
BECAUSE NAMES NOT
ON VOTERS LIST
Contest To Be Filed
Following Refusal
No Negroes were permitted
to vote in Chatham county in
the state primary election Tues
nay, or for that matter, in any
part of the state, according to
all available information.
In Savannah about 150 Ne-
groes went to the polls and at-
to vote, but, according
C. R. Alexander, chairman
fhe Chatham County unty Negro Negro
Democratic club, they were
turned away
it was found that their|
were not on the regis-
terecl llst of voters furnished
offleals.
Mr - Alexander and several
who were turned down
the officials at the bal
boxes said they did not
their names enrolled on
voters list, went to the
hous e to find out the rea
wd -V their names were not
but got no satisfaction
those in charge there told
thal lhe courthouse was
for buslness > due t0 the
tbat P was a holiday - the
" fJuly '
Cbatham County Nt; 8 ro
e ™ cra “ c Ub ** preparing
0 take to e matter , up and ask
for an explanation J as to why
e Ne mM0 0 e s s ’ names wer e not
the voting lists, for, accord
to the ruling of the U. S.
Court in the Texas
qualified Negroes should
be barred from participa-
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Bible Health Chautauqua
Opens On East Side
__
under tent on bolwn
NEAR HARMON
First Meeting Sunday
Night
According to Mr. Singleton
theChatauqua which has
many of the larger cities in
South in recent years, op-
erates under a large water
proof tent with 500 flew,
fortable chairs for seats.
erything about the tent
NUMBER 37
KILLED IN ACTION
Pvt. John Clyde Gibbons,
who, according to Information
^ ve d by his parents from
War Department, was kill-
in action in Prance on June
Private Gibbons was 22 years
and had been in the army
two years. He was a
of Cuyier high school
attended Georgia Statu
He had been a stu-
one one year year at Howard uni¬
when he entered the
He was the son of Mr. and
Gibbons of 207 Gary
West Savannah.
Y. A. C. B. To
Essay
Contest
TO BE AWARDED
IN CASH PRIZES
It Is the popular talk now
youth delinquency and
what can be done for
boys and girls who a re ndt
enough to join the service.
every one knows there is no
youth can go to play or
every one knows there is no
where liquor Is not serv¬
and there’s so little money
for recreation by the
that not even the fcw P lay
Continued on page Eight
In addition to the Bible ana
lectures given nightly,
beautiful pictures on the
screen and good gospel swa""z
will be featured.
A very special feature in t j
Home Bible course of twenty
resaons ^ given free,
course leads to a beaut’-
: f U j diploma and 16 °P en t0 ai *
(■© enroll. •***««*•*(
The nightly program will be-
ln the Twilight Musicale
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