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TEARS Off CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE VOLUME LXII I onspiracy Equal S0 1 E A A li m IN ARMED FORCES S. Sgt. Moses J.Roberts,son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Roberts of 1706 Randolph street, who somewhere in France with his outfit, a signal batta¬ lion. He reports everything is okey. I T. Sgt. Joseph S. Adkins, son of Mrs. Sarah Adkins and hus¬ band of Mrs. Alberta Adkins of lfl Culver street who is in France serving in a unit for care and maintenance of motor vehicles. John Holmes, Jr., p.o.-3-c, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. Holmes of Brunswick, who is serving somewhere in- the South Pa cific. In a recent letter he says that he’s okey and looking for¬ ward to his homecoming. PERSONAL MENTION Mrk Anna Stevens of Philad¬ elphia was in th<- city visiting her brother and sister in ‘aw, Mr. ^ nd Mrs. J. H. King of 1106 East fJroad street, also Mrs. O- livia h>vman of 231 East Broad street. Mrs. Stevens returned to j^h;i£diphia Sunday. Hazier -Alexander Mrs. i Frank Lewis Curley an¬ nounces the marriage of her daughter. Mrs. Rebecca Curley Frazier, to Lieutenant Lestie L, Alexander of New York city, .^Monday, October 2nd, in Sav- ani^kh: Ga. BRIEFS "rm BEING STUDIED — Failure r , of School , Board „ To Act Favorably WILL CAUSE CASES TO GO TO U. S. DIST. CT. COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 7 — (ANP)-- Firing the opening gux in the struggle to secure equal salaries for Richland coun ty teachers, Atty Thurgood Mar¬ shall, special NAACP counsel, Monday charged that the coun ty school board called a special meeting in 1941 and abolished a salary schedule “for the pur¬ pose of evading equalization of teacher salaries.” Mr. Marshall, who is associat¬ ed with Atty S. Morgan of Or¬ angeburg, in suits for pay pari¬ ty, pointed out that the bQard’s action followed closely the Nor¬ folk decision in which Melvin j Alston won a petition before the circuit court of appeals at Asheville, N. C. This came at a hearing in accordance with a new state law governing petitions of school teachers for increase pay. Plain tiffs involved were Albert N Thompson of the Booker Wash¬ ington Heights school and Mrs R. Rebecca Monteith of the Mon teith elementary school. Following arguments of both sides the board adjourned ti await briefs to be submitted The county has until Oct. 15 for tiling a brief and counsel for the petitions until Nov. 5. A unique situation developed out of the hearing when the county sought to cente rits de¬ fense against discrimination in salaries around the fact that there were no white teachers in the district in which Mrs. Mon- Continued on page Eight GIVES TRACT LAND TO GA. STATE COLLEGE Mrs. Norman, Neighbor, Is The Donor Mrs. Albert S. Norman, a sou- them white woman and a close neighbor to the college campus, has just deeded to Geagia State college a very valuable tract of land comprising 20 or more acres in the town of Thunder- bolt. This land is only a few hun- dred yards from the college campus and fronts for nearly one-half mile on the s“hell” road in the town of Thunder- Continued on page Eight IN BUSINESS 21 YEARS Twenty one years in the tire repair business is the record of Joseph Butler who operates his shop at 520 West Broad street. Mr. Butler who grew up in j the tire business from 'young ; boyhood in Atlanta, enjoys the reputation of being one of the | most competent tire repairmen I in this section of the country, Rumors Fly on Heels of Reactivation ^ ,. ,. r t. TT Huachuca 1 _ _ HER GROUP LEADS ASBURY DRIVE Miss Ruth Priester of 108 Ponder avenue, the daughter of Rev. Isaac Priester, has the hon¬ or of being captain of the lead- group in the recent drive at Asbury Methodist church in which more than $3,000 was reported. The other captains in this drive were Mrs. Alberta Braboy, Miss Ruby L. King, Mrs. Cath¬ erine Theus, Mrs. A. E. Parker, Mrs. Sadie B. Stringer, Mrs. Jo¬ sephine Franklin, Mrs. Essie White, Mrs. Ruth Bell, Mrs. Beu lah Hueston, Mrs. Almeta Maloy and Miss Elizabeth Pete. CATHOLIC LAYMEN TO MEET IN AUGUSTA Bishop O’Hara To Celebrate Mass On Sunday, October 8, the an¬ nual convention , of colored Catholic laymen of Georgia will be held in Augusta. To, open the convention, the Most Rev¬ erend Gerald P. O’Hara, bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, will cele¬ brate mass at ten o’clock at the Imacculate Conception church and later deliver the sermon. The first business session will be held at noon, adjourning for lunch which will be served at 1:30 p. m. at the colored NCCS club. In the aftertioon there will be another session, Everett Spurlock, director of the col- ored NCCS-USO clubs in Colum bia, S. C.. being the speaker, The closing session of the con vention will be held 5:30 p. m. Arrangements for the conven- tion are being handled by a Continued on page Eight a credit which is given him by the hundreds of traveling truckmen who pass through Sa¬ vannah regularly with their produce from the Florida farms to the north, and by local au- toists. Being in the tire repair busi¬ ness for twenty and one years, ICosttauedon page eight) THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, OCT. 5, 1944 WHAT’S TO BECOME BIG NEGRO PERSONNEL Is The Question That’s Being Asked QUARTERED" COLORED TROOPS FOR YEARS FT. HUACHUCA, Oct. 2— (ANP) Ft.- Huachuca, training ground for the famed 92nd and 93rd infantry divisions and the site of the nation’s iarg<st Ne- Negro hospital, is destined for activation Ocf. 15, according to an official announcement last week by Col. Edwin N. Hardy, post commander. Though it is reported that the mid-October evacuation will cause a shrinkage in population from 25,000 to 300 persons, no official news has come forth concerning the disposition of the all-colored hospital staff, the nearly 100 officers in the medical officers’ replacement corps or the 80 odd Negro nurs¬ es stationed at the fort. Rumors which are fast, many and varied, have it that these doctors and nurses will be sent to other posts where they will be placed under white supervi¬ sion; Douglass air base will be converted into an all-colored base and some of the medics will be sent there; a veterans hospital will be established and turned over to Negroes; the morq qualified physicians will! be distributed to certain white hospitals. Despite radio requests for 30000 additional nurses nearly 100 i are here doing very little. The war department |n«‘eds doctors, so badly that all limited service medical officers are to be re¬ examined with the idea of put¬ ting as many as possible on overseas assignments. Medics here'are desirous of Continued on page Eight LOCAL GRADUATES ORGANIZE - A number of local graduates of the Georgia State college met Monday night at Carnegie j library and organized meeting! a local: alumni chapter. The was called by Miss Frankie Gol- den, Jeanes supervisor for Chatham county and president of the Georgia State Alumni association. The officers elected are L. ■ Law, president; Mrs. M. L. Sim-j mons, vice-president; Mrs. Grace Jenkins, secretary; Mrs. Sarah Staley, assistant secreta-! ry, Miss Lula Smith, treasurer; Mrs. Hattie C. Hurse, reporter. The officers will be installed I Monday night, October 16, at 8 p. m. at the West Broad St. USO The regular meetings of chapter will be held the first and third Mondays in each month. ---- .MONKOE SINGERS AT ALL PEOPLE’S NEW CENTURY BAPTIST CHURCH All People’s New Century Bap tist church, Harmon and Joe ITd. ZioTJ vLSZ Monroe Singers in a fascinating program Sunday night, October 8. at eight o’clock, featuring its fifteenth anniversary and an- nual pew rally. The Monroe organization will appear with all units of the combined choirs, including so- loists, dramatic readers and in- stumentalists. The principal address will be made by Under- taker Toland J. Edwards The anniversary committee is composed of Mrs. Sadie Davis Steele, Mrs. Pearl B. Jackson, Miss Mamie Williams, Mrs. Mar tha P. Robinson, Mrs. Lillian D. Cole, Mrs. Margaret L. Greene, Edward Petty, Ji., and Mrs. Wil helmina E. Knight. AKA’S CARRYING OUT BIG HEALTH PROGRAM Pre by the war and its problems of transportation, etc., from continuing health work in Mississippi, local chapters Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority are currently concentrating on Marital Feud Ends In Death Of Texas Four and Million Is The Goal Set B7 NATIONAL INSUR¬ ANCE ASSO. IN AN- NUAL CAMPAIGN Which Gets Under Way October 8 ATLANTA, Sept. 30 ANP) — Ordinary and industrial pre¬ mium collections to the sum of $4,500,001 is the goal which Charles W divene; president of the National Negro Insurance association, last week said has been set the annual national Negro collection month October eighth. Promotion this ,, . five „. weeks . , drive , . . under is the guidance of a special collec ! tion committee, headed by Vic- tor Williams of New Orleans. This is the time to put all prem i U m payments well in ad-i $18,000,000. *i 0 nnn„nn l vance, the committee states. The general public is remind¬ ed of the fact that member companies of NNIA, convening i n Louisville last June, purchas- e d $3,625,40^) in government bonds during the fifth drive., That amount brought the asso- ciation's total investment i that sort to a grand total The’states covered bv J Negro b companies are divided into nine zones which are under the direction of the following corn- mitteemen: W. W. Minor, Chi- C ago; D. E. Langley, Norfolk; g. E. DeLorme, Atlanta; W. A. House, Memphis; A. Lyons, Lou- jsville; George A. Beavers, Jr i i0S Angeles, and S. L. Bell, sec- retary, Birmingham. SAimmw room OPENS OCTOBER 16 - -' / ^ amous Rainbow Room, a ’ to P of Gus ’ havern, 503 Wst the show will move to Lincoln closed for some time - wil1 its grand reopening Monday n ‘8ht, October 16. A sparkling floor show will head the opening program, fea- l- ur l n K Mamie Lee Bradley, Sammy Swinton and Levatt Bembry and a supporting cho ru - s of beautiful dancing girls with Tub and Tiibbie doing oornedy. There Wl11 be two show's nl &htly, 1*1-45 and 1 a. m.. On S;tl - U:,i a.v Su.-m,, .i-ghn Continued pag* sigh* iiar work in cities. In Oak- land, Cal., Alpha Nu Omega chapter began such a pro-1 in June with outstanding 1 results. Members of the health com- Mrs. Frazier and Mrs. Greene Injured Mrs. Rebecca Curley Frazier and Mrs. Gertrude Greene, wel¬ fare workers for the Chatham County Department of Public Welfare, were injured when the car in which they were riding, driven by Mrs. Green, was struck by an ice truck driven by Eddie Warren of 23 Sixth streel at Mills B. Lane avenue and Watt street on Tuesday after¬ noon of last week. It is reported that the welfare workers were on their way to . .. , wheA , , ^t , the ,, touiid is spee ing curw ea ®. ( Warr ^, ‘ s wha Lane avenue applied the brakes , causing his truck to skid 76 feet colliding ° with ,.... the welfare , f wo ^ eis , car Fr0m r the t impaCt . the truttt was turned upside down and Mrs. Green’s car was turned in .. ^ opposite .. direction ,. ,, Warren f *ed from the accident, Ullln ' jured, and Mrs. Green with a injured arm, walked four blocks to the nearest telephone to get aid. Mrs. Frazier was seriously in¬ and was carried to Chari¬ ty hospital in an ambulance. ° _ ne S1 ., ? e ° , f h . ? r fa . c , pad ,, y ' ® wa ? mashed u and . she fuffered brok¬ en bones inbothlegs. Mrs. Frazier and Mrs. Green are sti11 in Charity hospital Mrs. Frazier’s condition re- * Continued on Page Eight BROTHERS IN U. S. ARMED SERVICE j m [ 5 S; W J Pts Benjamin B. White and pfc. John Alliston White, bro- th er s, the sons of Mr and Mrs. Bonafarte White, who are serv- mg in the U. S. fighting forces. The former is the husband of Mrs wilma Scott White and is somewhere in France. He b een in the army eight months Tiie lattei is stationed imonths. j,, tne Tuciiic battle *ie<* and has oeen overseas mi ocver- j BlfYOTT WAR BONDI mittee, left to right, are Mildred Stephens, San Francisco; Al- bertino Jones, Oakland; Caro- lyn Carrington, Berkeley; Vir- ginia Rose, Oakland; Ida L. Jackson, general chairman, Many Negroes Registering In Louisiana DESPITE OPPOSITION 20 PARISHES ACCEPT THEM AS VOTERS Interesting Survey Is Made by NAACP NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 30— (ANPi According to a recent NAACP survey, Negroes have succeeded in obtaining regis¬ trations in not less than 20 par¬ ishes despite the difficulty im¬ posed on them. Tll( ’ survey re vealeci that most . o fthe ... Negroes . t registered are Democrats and he heaviest legislations are in the parishes of Ascension, Caddo, E. Baton touge, Oileans Cuaehita, Iber-i * ’ aiu apides. Negro Oemocrats have been permitted | o o e m e pi imaries, it was ihsclosed. Negroes have not tried to reg¬ ister in some parishes and in others where they have at¬ tempted to register they have been turned down for various frivolous reasons. For ex¬ ample, in Calasiou parish, the registrar would never let Ne¬ groes know when the books were open for registration and in other parishes after they fiil- ed out their applications they ' Continued on page Eight NUMBER 5ft Oakland; Alice ary, Oakland; Nellie Jackson Bon- ner ’ San Francisco > and Mmiel Anders > on > Oakland— (ANR photo) DR. A. N. PRINCE KILL « ED IN GUN BATTLE With Policeman Called To j 1 Investigate SHOOTING SCRAPE WITH WIFE CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX. - (ANP) Bullets put an end t« the marital feud between Dr. A. N. Prince, well known local physician, and his wife, Mrs. Lois Prince, last week when Dr. Prince fell mortally wound¬ ed in a gun dual, with a polica ofiifcer at his residence here. 1 Assigned to' ■ Investigate fin¬ ger prints in a rocfrit where Mrs. Prince’s clothing had been found soaked in a solution of icid and water, and where acid seomirigly had bcen sprir lkled, po]ice officer JoeE . Lowery , finger print expert, killed Dr. Prince in an exchange of shots that followed a s hot fired by Mrs p r j nce a t ber former hus- band . Lowery is said to haV8 come on t be scene of the shoot- ing after Dr. Prince had been wounded by Mrs. Prince in the leg and shoulder. Lowery rushed around the l Continued on page Eight) IN ARMED FORCES Cleveland Sapp, s-2-c, the son of Mrs. Claudie Baker, formerly of Savannah but now wrth him in Illinois .Seaman Sapp i3 stationed at the Great Lakes, where he reports that he is do¬ ing nicely. SINGLETON—WRIGHT, Mrs B ertha Jr.."were Singleton and Richard Wright, quiet- ] y married, on Thursday eve- ning September 28, at the par- sonage of St. Phi 1, p Monument a i amf , bmvh die Rev. W. Davis, pastor.