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TEARS OR
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXII
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GROUP COMMANDER
Determination is registered on
face of Colonel Benjamin O
Jr., commander of the all-
Negro Mustang Fighter Group ol
15th Air Force based in Italy
P-51s afford protection ts the
and Liberators In theii
missions to enemy terri¬
tory. (Photo by Mediterranean
Allied Air Forces.)
Released by U. S. War Department,
Bureau of Public Relations
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Slap and Jail College Prexy
In Florida Bus Incident
f^ishop J. S. Flipper Atlanta Dies
At His Home In
was senior premte
A. M. E. CHURCH
ATLANTA, Oct. ll—Bishop
Joseph Simeon Flipper died
Monday' at his home on Hous-
ton street. The bishop had
been in ill health for the past
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Segregation Not Main Problem Says Macon News
MACON, GA , <ANP-—
of the present southern
ment on the racial question
misses the mark, we think, in as
suming that the problem is sole
iy one of segregation of the ra-
ceV argues the Macon News
editorially in its Wednesday is-
sue.
We don’t believe in the first
place that most southerners
fear a breakdown of segrega-
tion.. If any of them do,
fear is without justification,
hys£> SfieSfllktion or social equality
c/al h c/.: S little to do with the the ra
q^tion in the south at
present time. The terms have
becorrfe a sort of shiboleth and
as is Usual with shiboleths their
use as such now is mainly a
substitute for thinking.
i frihitie
wmnm
Resigns His Position To
t-v right 1 j ipw* Discrimination • • i •
BALTMORE, MD.— Grant
! Reynolds, admimisrrative as-
j sistant of the Washington of-
fice of the National Associa-
! tion for the Advanvem e nt of
Colored People, has resigned
his position sa as to be free to
| protest against the mistreat¬
ment of Negroes in the armed
forces.
Mr. Reynolds said that it is
his feeling that “or^ November
7th America will have its last
opportunity to correct the gross
injustices to the Negro soldier,
by voting to put in office a Re¬
publican administration.”
Mr. Reynolds, a Congregation
al minister, served two years as
a captain of army chaplains,
As a result of his own army ser!
vice and through information
and complaints received by him
in the Washington office of NA
ACP, he has become an authori-
ty on the widespread abuses to
which Negro troops are
ed.
“The reason segregation has
little if anything to do with the
social question in the south at
this time is that Negroes do not
pine for a breakdown of segrega
tion any more than white peo-
pie yearn for social equality.
Both races would agree, we j
think, that there ought not to
be any breakdown of segrega-
tion in the south,
“But the Negro does want
other things that he is en
titled to have. One of these is
iis right to the privilege of citi-
, zenship, which we deny him. i
Specifically, he is entitled to
participate in his government
by voting. The constitution,
j as construed by the supreme
j [ court, unambiguous gives him that right long in
terms. So
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, ! OCT. 12, 1944
He served as chaplain at Ft.
Huachuca, Arizona, the only
camp in the United States at
which exclusively Negro troops
are stationed where, he states,
“30,000 troops are maintained
in a condition of degi'edation
and cruelty “Fort Huachuca is
generally referred to as being
a combination of the horrors
of a prison camp and a military
camp in Africa, where black co-
lonials are trained. Long sen-
tences meted out to Negro sol-
diers as a result of false charg-
es, unprovoked assaults by
white officers upon Negro en-
listed men. segregation of Ne-
gro officers into squalid quar-
ters, attempted suicide by Ne—
gro soldiers because of intoler- 1
able conditions, statements by-
the commanding general refer-
ring to his 14,000 ‘niggers,’ jeer-
ings by the colored troops
their division commander, and
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as we deny it, directly or by de¬
vious subterfuge, we are treat¬
ing him unjustly, and we know
it. And social equality has
nothing whatever to do with it.
“Another right the Negro is
entitled to and wants is the
right to equality of opportuni¬
ty for education. And that, ;
too, we deny him. The facili¬ |
ties we afford the Negro for ed
equitable apportionment of fa-
equate and inequitable. !
“We owe the Negro also an
equitable ap ortionment of fa-
cilities for health and decent
living. And we deny him that.
Negro residence sections for ’
ihe most part are notorious
slums. Public services for the
Negro population—water sew¬ ;
ers,! hospitals, recreational ia-
Ask Prosecution For Driving
Negroes From New Iberia
WHITES TERRORIZE
GRO POPULATION
Because Installation of
Educational Program
NOT A SINGLE DOCTOR
LEFT THERE
WASHINGTON, D, C, Accom¬
panied by representatives of the
Washington bureau, NAACP, J
Leo Hardy today had two
thy conferences recently with
Victor W. Rotnem, civil rights
section, department of justice,
at which it was urged that the
justice department begin im
mediate prosecution of
terrorists who beat and drove
Mr. Hardy and other promi-
nent colored citizens from their
homes in New Iberia, Louisiana,
more than four months ago.
Over the objection of Lloyd
G. Porter, superintendent of
schools, in that parish, NAACP
branch officials had succeeded
in getting a federal
school for Negroes. When, with
the assistance of the regional
representative of FEPC, the
school was finally established,
Irate local officials set out to
put the Negroes in their place.”
Beginning on the night of
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LAMB OF EDWARD
WATERS COLLEGE
Roughly Handled by
Jax Policemen
FOR ASKING TO BE G1V
EN SEAT IN BUS
TALLAHASSEE. FLA.. Oct. 7—
(ANP) President R. Elwin
Lamb of Edward Waters col-
lege jackksonville, was taken
from a Southeastern Greyhound
bus here last week and subject-
ed to P oiice brutality. He was
jail ® d a ” d booked on a charge
of disorderly conduct.
The youthful college prexy
had been in town for three days
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ARTHUR DWIGHT NOW
FIRST LIEUTENANT
According to information re-
cently received here, Arthur
Dwight has been promoted
from second lieutenant to first
lieutenant, this new rating hav-
ing been received by him on
Septembr 19.
Lt. Dwight is stationed in the
Aleutian islands with an anti¬
tank company. He is the son
Mrs. Mattie Franklin of 508
East Anderson street, and prior
entering the army was a
teacher at Haven Home school.
cilities and tL- like in most
places are virtually non-exis-
tent.
“Frequently, also, we deny
the Negro jpipartial justice in
the courts. The theoretical
presumption of innocence too
often becomes an actual pre-
sumption of guilt if the defen¬
skin happens to be black,
“And there is no such thing
as equality of economic oppor-
tunity. Condemned for the
most part to be a hewer of wood
and a drawer of water, ’ because
we deny , , him . opportunity . in de- .
velop . his higher capacities, , he
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gets less than a white , , man even
for manual . labor, , . merely l)e-
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S. To
Slaying By
Policeman
WHO SHOT MAN IN
THE BACK
ATLANTA, (ANP) The Unit
ed States grand jury will be
handed the facts gathered by
the department of justice in
the fatal shooting in the back
of Schnell Dixon, 16, by Patrol-
1 V. H. Whittley, it was an-
man
! nounced Saturday by M. Neil
1 Andrews, U. S. district attorney,
Dlxon ’. accordmg k ' reportS
was fleem ® fr ° m a ° utdoor gam
bllng ga ^? .after^bein^ t
l ’ d Officer ; Whittley at the
time he was shot. The .38
slug entered his back, lodging
in his lung.
Officer Whittley was abSolv-
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SAVANNAHIAN IN
FOUR INVASIONS
Lt. Ralph Chisholm
Home on Furlough
Lt. Ralph Chisholm of the
army-navy intelligence bureau
arrived home this week to spend
his furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Chisholm
of 2231 Ogeechee avenue.
After spending a little more
than two years in the amiy,
much ot which time was in
battle areas overseas. Lt. Chis-
holm returned to the States
two weeks ago and now awaits
his new assignment which will
be given , him next week when
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Some Savannah Area Men In U. S. Armed Forces
mm* fm-
Harold E. Brewster, s-l-c,
who.is home on furlough visit-
ing his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
A. E. Brewster, Sr., of 1420 West
Broad street, and other relatives
after eleven months in the
South West Pacific.
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j Pvt. Marcus Jinks, the son of
Mrs. „ Ara , Jinks of 1007 West
51st . street, . , who . , has kn4n been in the
two He .
army _ year , now
serving somewhere , in France, tv
where . ■ he reports , that , u * v. he is
all right so far.
Death of St. Louis Teacher
Shrouded !n Mystery
Army To Abandon Jim Cro v/
Redistribution Policy
WITH SEVENTH ARMY
IN FRANCE
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Warrant Officer Eulie Bellin-
ger 0 ^his c jt y wbo j s w nh the
s even t,n Army in France. In a
i e tt, er received from him this
Wee j { j ie says ^he going is hard,
exciting and tough, but that so
iar lie’s okey.
^ q Bellinger is a former
ii no t y p e operator at The Sav-,
annah Tribune and rece ived his
his basjc army training at Fort
Bennin& . H was induc ted in-
to lhe akmy about three years
ago. His wife and infant son
at Oxford, Ohio.
MMm,
Cpl. Fred Thomas, husband of
Mrs. Alberta Thomas ot 7.53
Magnolia street and son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Thomas of 796
Gwinnett street, who has
been in the army two years and
is now serving overseas.
Pvt. Henry O. Young, the
grandson of Mrs. Betsy Young
602’ W 36th street, who is serv¬
ing with Co. B. 761st Tank Bn.,
has arrived safely overseas
somewhere in England. He
writes that he is okey.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7, (ANPt
The War Department announc-1
ed last week its retreat from
the segregation policy earlier (
established in connection with j
the redistribution centers for
men returning from overseas
under the rotation furlough
system. :
Efforts were zealously being
made over the week end to con
elude certain -undisclosed de-
tails prior to making the an-
nouncement, and hope was that!
the statement would avail-
able this week.
Indicating the type of change
that has been made is ihe state
menf ol Walter White, NAACP
secretary, who said upon emerg
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Move W omen
Prisoners Off
The Streets
COLUMBIA, S. C., Oct. 4—
(ANPi Four Negro women seen
° n the city’s street gang last
week, and whose plight elicited
immediate and vigorous protest
to both Councilman Lester L.
Bates and Mayor Fred D. Mar-
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Pvt Samuel Quattlebaum,
son 0 j- ^j,. and j^ rs gimon
Quattebaum, who was home on
his birt hday, Sept. 27. He is
father of nine chidren,
38 years old and is stationed
Barkley, Texas.
BROTHERS IN U. S. ARMED SERVICE-Cpl. Charles J. Jen¬
kins and Pvt. Samuel J- Jenkins jr., brothers, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. S. J. Jenkins Sr., of 815 mg in the U. S. armed forces.’!!
Rockefeller street, who art serving in the U. 6. armed foices,
Cpl. Jenkins was recently home on furlough visiting relatives
and is now' stationd at Camp Le e . Pvt. Jenkins who is ia
-the army air forces, is stationed at Fairfield, OL—. g
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WAR BONDS
NUMBER 51j
after being dismiss
ED FR0M H0SP,TAL
Where She Was Confirmed
In Childbirth
MRS. JOYNER LEAVES
$12,000 ESTATE
r. LOUIS, MO., i ANP I The
S ic death of Margaret
Joyner, prominent St.
school teacher, rapid-
y and mvertingly unfolded a
of illgrown crimson
While her alleged husband
ln court - seeking, by habeas
proceedings, to learn her
the body of the 38
old school teacher was de-
to the city morgue last
after she died under
Coroner James J. Fitzsim-
termed' “apparently un-
circumstances.” She wrr;
k° b e the wife of John Joy-
‘“ r ' deputy city tharshal, Who
to his lawyer, David
secretly married the
in Memphis in 1939.
Mrs. Joyner's body was taken
the morgue by police, who
her dead after being cal¬
last Wednesday.
Policy said Madrio White, 7,
she had been taking care
Mrs. Joyner since she was r<)
from the People’s hospi¬
September 20.
St. Louis female school teaeh-
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Bend, Augusta road,
is stationed at Fox HU!,
Island, N. Y. He is the
of Mrs. Lillian Steele of
Brooklyn. N. Y„ grand nephew
wards and has a little daugh-
ter, Delores, A'Mk