Newspaper Page Text
TEARS 0*
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LX 11
SAVANNAH MEN IN ARMED FORCES
T-SGT. JAMES SCOTT, who
was home on furlough in July
is now stationed somewhere in
France where he’s okey. He is
th so nof yfr. and IVIis, eNapolel
on Scott of 1320 East Broad
street.
CPL NATHANIEL
son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Sanders of Eulonia,
Conduct Medal. He is
was recently awarded the
Vmhrd somehere in the
Wfn,.
4 d Laborers Killea 1
In Railroad W
CRASH OCCURRED NEAR
Slt-KION
Men Enronte Home
For Week End
One of he worst wrecks in
history of the Atlantic Coast
Line railroad occurred early
last Saturday morning at
Stockton, Ga. Crushed in the
twisted wreckage of a rail-
road coach, at least 45
laborers homeward bound for
the week end were killed and
many others injured when a
passenger train hit a broken
rail and hurtled into a side¬
tracked freight.
Many bodies were pinned in
the twisted mass of steel.
hospital car
wounded soldiers to
General hospital at Thomas- homas-
vine Ga. was one of the
e s derailed, but only a few
the servicemen were injured in
Continued on page Eight
First Pictures: NEGRO ARTILLERYMEN BLASTING NAZIS IN FRANCE
■g? *mg: T/1
*— Released by T7. S. War Department, Bureau ef Public Relation
for “Master Race” divisions facing them in France, U. S. Negro Artillerymen, firing 155-mm howitzers, are blasting German installations and troop concentrations. Above are four scenes showing one of the howitzer sections in action In the
S'---VR* f utt C r contempt * "photo, the receipt of commands from the telephone operator. Second photo shows member of the section preparing the powder charges which send the shells hurtling into space. In third
• VesumontLi" H \'e Du Puit' In left the gunner (center) traverses weapon on a the thrilling about it all is—the Nazis
photo prepares to place the powder charge into the breech of the howitzer and in extreme right photo a cannoneer inserts a primer which, when the lanyard is pulled, will ignite the powder charge. And part are oa
the receiving end. (Photos by. U» S, Arosy Signal Corps.), Alan-*
Shf f anawtali Sritanr
PVT. LEON JAMES,
MicD.il Field. Florida,
visited his
Rosa James, 525 W.
ovei the week end.
that he is getting
Ip- m.
7
i
WILLIAM GARDNER,
man third class, son of Mr.
Mrs. Henry Gardner, 13
street, Newtown, who nas
in the navy two years and
now stationed somewhere
the Pacific battle area.
SAyANNAH
« INSTALLS NEW SODA
j FOUNTAIN
j In accordance with its
known policy to always
abreast of the times in
equipment and service, the
vannah Pharmacy, 719
Broad street, installed this
a larger soda fountain,
Tbe n3W greamlined
. g most attrac ti Ve and is
ed wlth all th3 most modern
p]iances known to the
water drinks indus triy.
installation will enable
! popular establishment to
j quickly serve its unusually
| trade.
In addition to this
the establishment is
’ installing installing fluorescent
together with its
painted ceiling, will
add to the attractiveness of
continued on page Eight
Wffilon Lodge Elks To
Celebrate Anniversary
SERVICES SUNDAY AT
ASBURY CHURCH
Ccronat'on And Ball
Monday
The .41st anniversary of Wel¬
don lodge, No. 26, I. B. P. O. E
W. will be inaugurated Sunday
evening, Aug, 13, the religious
ceremony will be held at As-
burv M. E. church, Duffv and
A bercorn streets, at 8 o’clock,
p r j or to the church services
tbe b jj ls wi u assemblo at St.
Ju i ian and W est Broad at 6:30
p a3 for the purpose of staging
one of the gran dest parades in
the history of Elkdom. The
daughters of Elite Temple No.
71 will participate in the an-
nual celebration with both
marching units in full regalia.
The line of march will be as
follows: South on West Broad
! from St. Julian to Henry;
'on Henry to Abercorn, north
j Duffy street to the church, will
j where the annual sermon
jbe delivered by the Rt. Rev. S.
j L. Allen, pastor of Asbury M.
,E. church. I. S. Priester will
[deliver the welcome address. will be
’ The following program
rendered:
i Song led by Exalted Ruler Ed¬
win Burke.
Invocation—Bro. Alexander W.
Cummings
Selection—Choir.
Scripture reading By Pastor
We’come address L. S. Priester
Remo rse J. S .Delaware, dis-
trict deputy,
district of Georgia
Selection—Choir
Greetings from Elite Temple —-
Dt. Eva Banks
, History of Weldon Lodge Ja^
Continued on page Eight
L adies Who Will Participate in Bathing Beauty Contest, Crayson Stadium Aug. 18
Miss Gloria Frazier
The above young ladies,
gether with nine others,
[participate in the bathing h beau . .
, contest which .... will be
at Grayson’s Stadium on
da y n jght, August 18. Those
whose pictures are not
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
!
j j
I
i
j
EXALTED RULER EDWIN W. BURKE
24 Hr. Guard For Camp Forrest WACS
^ THREATENED RAPE AND INVASION BY WHITE PARATROOPERS
Washington, D. C —Response
i
l to the NAACP request made Ju¬
ly 1 for immediate investigation
; by the War Department of the
threatened rape and invasion
—............... JL
Miss Helen Weldon
are Misses Evelyn Stokes,
Mattie Steadman, Dorothy
j Steadman, Irene Stafford, Em-
ima | L. Nealous, , , Leola T . Borders,
Alma Simpson, The ma juion.
[Thaddis Smith and Mrs. Ernes-
In addition to the bathing
THURSDAY, AUG, 10. 1941
N.A.A.C.P,
Thick of
adelphia Riot
Philadelphia, Pa. During
strike of the Philadelphia
portation company
begun here August 1. the Na-
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People
was in the thick of the dispute
which revolved around the
ployment of Negroes as
men and conductors.
thxcek hleducationenod __
The Philadelphia branch,
.with Theodore Spaulding,
I Went, and Mrs. Carolyn D.
Jon | Moore, executive secretary.
the job. Roy Wilkins, as-
jsistant secretary from the na-
tional office in New York,
to Philadelphia a few hours
ter the strik - ' started and re-
mained until the federal gov-
I eminent took ove'\ From its
|Washington Bureau, Walter
iWhite and Leslie Perry kept
contact with federal
Iment officials. The NAACP
jthus brought to bear its entire
resources in the emergency.
The original complaint on the
(Continued on page Eight)
by white paratroopers of quar¬
ters (Teeupied by Negro Waes at
Camp Forest, Tennesee, was re¬
ceived today. A twenty-four
hour a day guard has been post
jjjfl
Mrs. Elia Lee Lowe
tine Butler
beauty contest there will be sev¬
eral single feature numbers on
the program, among them a
skit by the well known team of
Fish and Sticks.
Asks Same Pay **** i*
As White Teachers
MRS. R. R. M0NT1ETH
MAKES APPEAL TO
of Educatios
Columbia, S. C„ August 4
The Richland county board of
education was asked today to
equalize the salaries of white
'and Negro school teachers work
same district,
j Mrs. R. Rebecca Monteitli,
principal of the Montieth school
in the Hyatt Park No. 2 district,
filed a petition with the board
declaring the white principals
and teachers were paid more
.than Negroes “on account of
j their race and color.”
She , contended , she , was a grad
uate of State A ’ and M ’ college
at Orangeburg held a B. S. de-
a tsachera first grade cer
tlficate and had tau & ht 13
ypais 01 moie -
The board was expected to
act on the petition and a similar
one filed recently with the Co-
lumbia board of trustees at a
i meeting next week.
.............................-.............
Racial Ouster Case
Dropped At Poplar Bluff
PACIFIC AREA SOLDIERS
GIVE fl,89S TO
NAACP
Pittsburgh, Pa. -Contributions
amounting to s aoderns.1i
iWere se nt from soldiers and of-
(fleers in the Pacific wefe for-
| warded to the national office
from Mrs. Daisy E. Lampkin,
field secretary of the NAACP.
| T of he the donations association’s in appreciation work,
from the Regimental Chaplain,
[Andrew L. Johnson, and mem-
jbers of the 25th Infantry Regi¬
ment. Billy Rowe, Pittsburgh
[Cuorier war correspondent in
|t.hat area, is credited with in¬
itiating the move made by the
soldiers.
cd around the WAG camp and
the area declared, “off limits”
for all wliite soldiers. The or-
|der was issued from the Inspec
ov Generali’s office, following
thorough i nvestigatio n.
\
Miss Eitris Smith
Bryan Baptist To Observe
Mens Day Sunday
GHOST OF A FRESHMAN
TO BE REPEATED
The summer school theatre
| of Georgia State college will re¬
peat the farce in one act, “A
Ghost of a Freshman,” at the
SSSS center on Sunday, August
13, at 5:30 o’clock.
The play group is under the
direction of Miss Carrie L. Ad¬
ams who is spending considera-
'ble time working with the ac-
jtors in effort to develop an
outstanding Little Theatre
Continued on page Eight
Music for the night’s program
will be rendered by the nation¬
ally famous Nat Towl’s orches¬
tra.
A baseball game between
of Savannah’s leading
will be nother stella
BUY MM
WAR BONDS
7oc/*y/
NUMBER 42
PAYS CHURCH
OUT DEBT
REV J. H. LEMON, B. D.
Popular pastor of Wesley
Chapel A .M. E. church, Mille-
dgeville, Ga., and also known as
"Sweet Gospel Preacher” clos¬
ed a successful rally Sunday Ju¬
ly 16. The total receipts from
members and friends and for
which our sincere thanks ara
given, amounted to $1,400 0.
Cn coming to the present
Continued on Page Eight
C ' R .°J S
SUPPORTED CANDI¬
DATES
Who Were Opposed To *
Prosecution
Poplar Bluff, Mo., Aug. 6—
Prosecuting Attorney C. T.
Bloodworth said yesterday he
was dismissing all of 71 charges
against 56 Butler county farm-
in connection with th#
ousting last December of three
Negro families from a nearby
farming comunity.
The fareers were indicted in
January by a special grand ju¬
ry which charged them with
(Continued on page 8)
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
MORNiNG and EVENING
Men In Charge of All
Services
Plans have been completed
for men’s day at First Bryan
church Sunday at which
time the men of the church will
have charge of all services dur¬
ing the day. The Men’s day
program will begin in the junior
church at which time Jr. Dea.
James Miller will be in charge.
It will include solos by Mas¬
ters Benjamin Graham, Jr., and
(Continued on page 2>