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TEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
&LBUC SERVICE
LXII
SAVANNAH MEN
MEIVIN SMITH, officers’
steward 1-c, who recently spent
bis furlough home with his
nothcr, Mrs. Rose M. Smith,
>22 E. Hull street. He has
teen in the navy 20 months,
nostly in Janama Canal zone.
PVT. CLARENCE WASHING¬
TON, of Fort Hauchuca, Arizo¬
na, who was home last week on
ifurlough /visiting his mother,
Mrs. Minnie Washington of
17. J--2 West Henry lane. He
Jbeen in service 10 months,
Eisenhower
Praises Negro
Troops
WHO fought in
NORMANDY
Chicago- In a greeting read
to the NAACP Wartime con¬
ference at its opening session
here July 12, General
ID. | Eisenhower, supreme
Blander of the Allied Invasion
I Forces, praised the work of Ne-
Igro troops during the invasion.
I The message, tranmitted to
Walter White through the War
■ Department Bureau of Public
led: I Relations in Washington, stat-
I I “Negro troops did their duty
excellently under fire on Nor-
Imandy’s I beaches in a zone of
heavy combat and suffered
■ substantial casualties. You
■ may well be proud of the ac-
I compnshments of Negro
I troops. In con junction with
i all our forces in the European
I liberation campaign they have
I made their full contribution to
I the initial success.
“Dwight D. Eisenhower
“Supreme Commander.”
Fired For
Eating With
Negroes
by Harry tie Alp in
Washington, D. C., (ANNPA)
I—(Eating with Negroes is suf¬
ficient grounds for dismissing
[a [ white supervisor for the ineffici-
ency, according to mana-
/»'■ Statler hotel
t'Jk'supXljisor, Yorker, Mrs. Bertha has B.
[TMhnan, orted (he a New to the NAACP. rc-
r case
I Mrs.l Berman was in charge
inf planning menus and super-
Seising £|i cafeteria th? cooking for the than
i where more
■400 employees are fed. She
Br ad a crew of 11 men and wo-
| IT; -n. all Negroes.
After all the other employees
[ad eaten, the kitchen crew
ARMED FORCES
PVT. DAVID O. GREEN, son
it Mrs. Pearl Jenkins and
grandson of Mrs. Mary Cheer -
ry of Ogeechee avenue who was
recently home on furlough.
He is stationed at Fort Dave-
son in Massachusetts.
Willie Brown and brother of
Mrs. Alberta Wallace of 814
Elliott avenue and Mrs. Minnie
Miller of New York, who is
serving somewhere in
where he’s doing fine.
took their meas. Mrs. Bir¬
man ate with them. For
she was criticised by her
diate supervisor, a Miss Woos¬
ter, who said she felt there
not a difference between
and white until she came
(Washington “and learned
ter.”
| The chief food supervisor Helen for
the Statler hotels, Mrs.
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| Insurance Companies Buy
14 Million Dollars War Bonds
effort in evc^ war bond drive
was revealed last week when
reports were being published
regarding the recent Negro In¬
surance association meet here.
Mor e than 14 million dollars
worth of war bonds have been
purchased by Negro insurance
companies since the war
>an, a report revealed.
A'l'ie from the reported $1,-
500,0C0 worth of war bonds pur¬
chased by various insurance
companies during the insur¬
ance convention here, a total of
$12,958,196,21 worth of war
had been bought by the differ
ent companies up. to that date.
The following report reveals
amount of bonds he]d as of
May 1, 1944 by the companies:
Booker T. Washington
-29,901.20; Central Life
000; Domestic Life and Accident
517.600: Eycelsior Life, *355,
293.60; Fireside Mutual
mne Co., $20 750; Golden State
Mutual, $34,000; Great Lakes
Mutual, $465,000; Guaranty
*152,000; Jackson Funeral Sys¬
tem, $104,000; Louisiana Indus-
tual( *4659000; Louisiana Indus¬
trial, $29,575: Mamoth Life and
Accident, $120,000; Metropoli¬
tan Funeral, $541,729; North
Carolina Mutual, $2575,400;
People’s Industrial of Louisiana,
*87.5C0; Pilgrim Health and Life
*315.500; Provident Home In-
cfustrial. $80,000; Richihond
Beneficial, $255,200; Southern
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yits Follow Refusal Allow
egroes Vote In Primary
SEVERAL COURT AC¬
TIONS ALREADY BEGUN
Ga. Association Citizens
Democratic Clubs
FOREMOST IN ASKING
LEGAL REDRESS
Atlanta, July 10,— (ANPi
Attempts to vote were made
by Negro leaders in nine Geor¬
gia communities Tuesday, July
4, and in each instance were
met with polite, but firm, re¬
fusals on the part of election
officals. The officials, how-
ever, were careful to state
they wer e acting under instruc
tions from the Georgia Demo-
Icratic Executive committee,
which a week before the state-
ATTENDED FLINT-GOODRIDGE CLINIC
Aid For Ex
pectant moth
ers
Wives And Infants of
Men In Armed Forces
To Be Treated
a j care
< or
service
and j n f f
W ives o
avail t!
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JULY 13. 1944
State Wildlife Camp
To Be Held Next Week
AT CAMP HOPE
NEAR MACON
Large Attendance
Anticipated
The State Wildlife
Hope, Macon county, July
24, Club members who
done outstanding work in
J'.fe conservation will
from various counties of
state to attend this camp.
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Dr. Gray Pres
Fla. A. and M
College
president of Florida Normal
and Industrial institute, St.
Augustine, was appointed pres¬
ident of Florida
and Mechanical college. The
appointment of the 38 year old
college executive was made
known last week by the
of control. His
was made at a meeting of the
board June 8.
Dr. Grav succeeds the late
Dr. J. R E. Lee, wdm died s n v-
eral months ago after
the college 2C years. .
Dr. Gray was born in
mond, Va. He matriculated
at Bluefield Sta'e T-tanlm”.'
college. W. Va., whe r c P”
ed varsity football, baseball
tennis and basketball. He
ceived his masters degree in
chemistry from th-> Universit"
of Pennsylvania in 1943 and
his Ph. D. from the same
school in 1942.
Before taking oxer the reins
of his present position. Dr
Gray served on the faculty ot
Southern university, Scotland-
ville, La. In addition to his
school work, he is an ordained,
minister. It is expected that
he will assume his new posi¬
tion in about 60 days.
GETS UNUSUAL
SCHOLARSHIP
To be taken on the national
staff of the National Tuber¬
culosis Association for a peri¬
od of approximately four
months field work training
while still a student and at an
on
Continued on page Eight
Flyers, $1,00Q a Plate Dinner Feature Bond Drive
Chicago’s l e Satie Hotel w»* wcept see®* of a $1 •(*« a plete War Bond
dinner, guests purchasing War Bonds with face, value of SLWW or more
as cover charge. Sponsored by Negro and white businessmen or Chicago f
Southside. the dinner swelled Treasury Department’s war ccners by more
than *1.000.000. Other features of the Windy Citvs Fifth War Loan
drive included "Induction” of * com* of ‘'Minute Won” of the Son— ro«
No Jim-Crow Policy In
Republican Campaign
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Leadnii' W rl hue
IvJVdl Udll
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T1NG NlGROES ^
VOTING IN PRI-
*V lJ LLLLllUt, n crrinv
Tniv a" ,AMPi Tha)
.
grow ng w o w le
who are willing to
ird urging the lower-1
or bars the Georgia
■ Executive commit-
was indicated last
the issuance of a
signed by 168 prom-
the committee rescind its ac-
ton.
The signers of the statement
represented a cross section of
the more liberal thinking ele-
from virtually every sec-
tion of the state. ‘‘It would
appear from press reports that I
the executive committee of
Georgia State Democratic com
mittee has ruled that Negroes,
otherwise qualified for voting.
will be barred from participa-
tion in the Julv 4 state Demo-
C ratic primary,” the statement
read.
“We, the undersgned white
voting citizens of Georgia, in-
terested in all matter that will
contribute to the welfare of
the state and to the largest
participation of all eli
people in all elections re-
of race, do not agree
with this action of the execu-
tive committer of the Georgia
Democratic committee. We
would urge that all eligible cit-
j ZSn s, regardless of race, be
permitted to exercls e their
right of participation In this
r primary if they have indicated
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Continued on Page Eight
striction of the construction of
private dwellings on land own-
ed by Negroes but bordered by
.white neighborhoods is being
(■ontested by the Supreme Lib-
erty Life Insurance company
I of Chicago which has a *59,-
000 equity in a proposed apart
ment project for Negroes plan-
ned for the site.
| The zoning order technique
is one developed in Washing-
'ton by local citizens associa-
tions to fight Negro housing de
velopments in close proximity
to white areas. The pretense
is made that no racial ques-,
tions are involved. However,
Ian apartment for whites re-
jeently same general was constructed with no in com the
area
j plaints for the citizen group,
j the There need is no additional dispute hous- about
for
j ing for Negroes in Washing-
ton. The shortage has been
due to three factors, primarily.
First, the National Capitol
[Housing Authority, in planning
kits projects, overbuilt for white
'occupancy and underbuilt for
Negroes largely on the as-
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Continued on page Eight
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NUMBER 38
DR. POWELL IS AP.
pointed on
Staff Publicity
Committee
A policy of no “jim-crow-
ism” in the Republican cam-
paign organization was enun-
( '“ atpd today by Herbert Brown
well, Jr., Republican national
chairman, in annoucing the ap
of Dr. C. B. Powell
to the staff of the committee’s
p U jjjj C jjy division as assistant
director of publicity,
Dr. Powell, a Negro, will as-
his duties immediately,
said Chairman Brownwell, and
he will work with the regular
publicity staff,
“it is not the practice of the
tolerate discrimination or
because of race,
creed or color,” declared the
Republican ichairman. ‘‘We be
lieve with all true Americans
that jim-crowism is something
repugnant to our way of life.”
Dr. Powell was born in New-
News, Virginia and was
graduated in medicine from
university in 1920.
spent his internship at
hospital and has prac
ticed medicine in New York
city since 1921. He is presi-
dent of the Victory Mutual
Insurance company, presi
dent of Victory Mutual Life
dam News. New York city, and
a member of the New York
Athletic Commission,
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