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Activities of USO and SSSS
Centers
| 35th STREET USO 1
The West 36th Street USO
dith climaxes Negro History
week with ... a twin . . musicale . . at .
G p. m. presenting first African
Baptist church choir in the
first program and the Sidney
A. Jones choir in the secon.i
presentation. This begins a
series of Sunday
ments designed to bring the
best available community tai-
ent from time to time be-
fore ,...... the returning servicemen
and , soldiers ... assigned . , to , the „ Sa
vamnah area.
Because D of ... the overflowing „ .
crowd „„„ ri at <■ the T-. Friday j night . mov-
. and . the .. T Lenten ,
les season, . two
movies will ... , be shown , on _ Thurs-
days . nights . . . 6 . p. m. , for school , ,
children and 8 p. m. for adults. I
The hostess committee, ... . he a a
ed by Mesdames Anita . .. Johnson T .
and , Edna Lee, , with ... Miss Alice ...
Collum, „ as adU-ser. , , ory; nzed ,
large group o talented hostess-
e s for the entertainment of ser
vicemen. Already the Satur-
evening dances with Walter
Langs on s orchestra playing
are takmg on an added touch.
The Savannah Nurses
es society is planning to present
a special program for service-
men visitmg Savannah.
Mondays and Tuesdays arc
set aside for junior and senior
hostesses’ meetings and gen-
ci al discussions.
F. C. Pollard, club director,
has returned to Pittsburgh
Mrs. Enobia Jackson is acting
Of interest to junior hostesses
of the culb is the renewal ox |
the Thursday night dances at}
Camp Stewart. The first was j
held February 8 and the group
was chaperoned by Mrs Edn.i
Lee, senior hostess.
On Friday night the “Clique’’
Sheld f’d.-emcr its initial meeting, presid-
by Mrs. Anita Johnson.
spoi’SF. of the group.
Attention is called to the post
Valentine dance to be given on
Saturday, Feb. 17. Only hos¬
tesses with cards will be ad¬
mitted to the dance and to fu¬
ture Camp Stewart affairs. T f
you do not already possess a
card, register now and join the
crowd to the West 36th Streo;
USO.
TWEEDY 9 S COTTON
CLUB TAVERN
The place To Go To Satisfy
Your Wants
Best of Eats—Drinks and Sand
wlches
Th* Night spot Where Pleasure
Ib Supreme
*5th and Hopkins St
Phone 9309
T. J Tweed j, Prop
KINDNESS AND COURAGE BEGET FRIENDSHIP
THESE THREE BASIC PRINCIPLES
GUIDE OUR DAILY OPERATIONS
Kindness
The practice of kindness with those we come In contact
with is our first consideration because it is so easy to be
kind, thoughtful and generous for the welfare of others,
yet It cost so little.
Courage
In these perilous times, we need courage more than ever,
and had it not been for this quality, we could not have
overcome the many obstacles which confronted us in past
: years.
Friendship
[Wc have striven at all times to be of the greatest usefui-
ness, and our friendship is ever alert and responsive to
the needs of those whom we serve.
“Life is mostly froth and bubble
Two things stand alone
Kindness in another’s trouble
SIDNEY A. JONES Courage in our own.”
Proprietor
Sidney A. Jones Funeral Home
CALLS ANSWERED ANYTIME ANTWHKKB
Office Phone 2-3464 111 WEST WALDBURG STREET oS/StT* Ph ° ne 2 ‘ 3006
Savannah^ Georgia
| West Broad St. USO
On Wednesday night the Ju¬
n ' 01 ' hostesses of the
1 Broad Street USO
the , servicemen with ... a whist . . .
ty. Special lady guests
ing the party were Misses
Howard and Lois Holmes. Re-
freshments were served
prlzes d / FUrst
was won by J vt ’ M MaX ‘ e « „ ende r *
S ^ 0n ? £*“•’l° h hr
0 \l
Sunday , morning . java . ,
was in charge . oi . Mrs. ,, Josephine
’“ Q n ^
Friday J night the
will ... . have Valentine party .
a m
the social . . hall of ... the club. . . T In
,, Mrs. Hendersons ir , , absence . Mrs.
T L. S. „ Priester . , . has charge , of ... the
2T0UD
The 1ir West . Broad St. tto USO ^ dis-
cussion . group met , m . the ., ... library
Thursday , night ... and , had . , a fine
discussion, .. , . led . . by _ Dr. J. . W. Ja- .
m Jr Rev A c Curt .
h * chairman of the group .
The next mwting wU1 be held
F ^ bruarv 22
lhe men's club from the medi
^ entertained
friends with a dance and jitter
contest> Tuesday night,
of the depot ., s
ca . me in to witness fche ala a{
“
Nu chapter of the , Iota Phi
Lambda held a beau ti-
ful beiwfit tournament of
games at the club Friday nigh..
Bridge, whist pokeno and bir.-
go were played during the eve-
ning.
A thrilling basketball game is
anticipated Saturday night
when the fast 320th Bn of Camp
Stewart meets the tattling
cagers of Sqd. C, of Hunter
Field in the recreation hall fo
the SSSS center. Lt. Berry and
Sgt. Battle are in charge of ar¬
rangements. The game be¬
gins ait 7:30 o’clock. Dancing
will follow the game, and there
will be priz-es and refreshments.
The February birthday party
will be the special feature of
Sunday afternoon 4 o’clock and
special gifts for those whose
birthdays come i nthis month
will be provided by the
sponsors, Mrs. L. McLester and
Miss Franklin. Assisting in
entertaining will be Miss Au¬
gusta Pettie, Mrs. G. Sanders.
Miss Gertrude Williams, Mrs, L.
Duncan and a number of other
young ladies. Junior hostesses
and all servicemen and women
are invited.
A SON
Mr. and Mrs. David Wilson of
Brooklyn, N. Y., are the
parents of a boy born Janpary
28. He will be named David,
Jr. Mrs. Wilson will be re¬
membered as Miss
Beaufort of Oliver, Ga.
TO OKIiANIZK
STORY CLUBS
CHICAGO. (AND
, Story” clubs will be organized
| throughouut the United States
[ by Negro Story magazine to aid
j youthful writers, according to
i an announcement last week by
Mrs Alice C. Browning, edltoi
! and publisher,
I 'She Slave,” the work of
| Richard Bentley, a new literary
j discovery, Lillian tell the opposite “Stra,-
■ story of Smith's
. gp Fru't” in the March-Apn!
i iscue of Negro Story.
A DAUGHTER
Warrant Officer nnd Mi "
Edwin C. Washington. Jr, ah-
nounce the birth of a daughter
at the Georgia Infirmary. She
has b?en named Shirley Aim.
Mrs. Washington will be remem
bered as the former Miss Louis 5
Cummings, daughter of Mr and
c ' ,n,m “’ 8 " 01 sn
GRADUATES IN MARCH
'ISP!
Miss Nelda Griffin of New Or¬
leans, La., a member of the
i first nursing class which will
graduate from Dillard universi¬
ty. She will finish her nurse
course in March. She is also a
member of the U. S. Cadet
COLLEGE PAPER
BECAUSE IT
Continued from page 1
editorial and said that
suueh sentiments may be those
of the individual who wrote the
editorial, the board does not be
lieve that they represent in any
way the views of the college,
the administration or the stu¬
dent body.” The board request
ed the administration and the
faculty to take such "corrective
and disciplinary action as may
be necessary, including the as¬
sumption of control over th"
material in such publications as
may be required.”
Williams and Mary college, of
course, is a white schoo. Tiie
paper has been suspended.
Yesterday, Dr. John E. Pom-
fret, president of the college,
told the student body that Miss
Kaemimerle had been dismissed
from the editorial staff of Flat
Hat. and also announced, in an¬
swer to the students’ demand
for “freedom of the press on
the campu,s” that “it is not
proposed to set up a censorship"
i —but that a faculty committee
would be appointed to “advise”
with undergraduate publica¬
tions regarding “news and
views that would be damaging
to the college.
The students htad previously
said that they would rather
havehave no paper at all than
a faculty censored one.
/Alfred Kirkland, S3C, the
son of Mrs. Willie Kirkland of
524-A Nichols St., who was
home for seven days, has re
turned to his post of duty in
Oakland, calf.
DR. ELDER TO ADDRESS
LOCAL TEACHERS
The first annual lecture
sponsored by the Chatham
County Teachers Association
will take place Friday, Feb. 23,
at the West Broad Street USO
when the group presents Dr. Al¬
fonso Eldlers, head of the depart
ment of education or Atlanta
university.
Dr. Elder is widely known for
his accomplish.rr)ents in the
field of education. After com¬
pleting his work at Morehous"
coll/age, he (ajftendd Columoia
uniwsity, Teachers’ college,
whre he receivd his mastr's de¬
degree, and later returnd to Co¬
lumbia university to study and
received his doctor’s degree in
1938. Prior to coming to At
lanta university, he was heart
of the education department of
North Carolina State Teachers’
college at Winston-Salem.
Dr. Elder is chairman of the
Georgia, committee on teacher
education; is a member of the
committee to stimulate the Sou
the m Association program to
study Negro high schools, and
also a member of the citizien’s
committee to study Atlanta
schools. He is editor of A guide
to Action in High Schools,
i which is a report on the prin¬
cipals’ workshop.
There will be two sessions of
the meeting, the first at four
o’clock in the afternoon at
which time Dr. Elder iyill ad¬
dress the group, and the second
at 8:30 at which time there
will be a panel discussion on the
theme, Imiplacations for Chang ¬
es in Negro Education in the
Post War Period.
GETS JIM CROW
FIRE DEPT.
WASHINGTON (ANPi Des¬
pite the protest by liberal-mind
ed Negroes and whites against
jimerowism in the local fire
department, the district's board
of commissioners Tuesday issu -
ed an order setting up the sec-
cond all-Negro fire company.
The new unit will be known is
Engine Company No. 27 and
Will be housed a good distance
from the center of town.
Bgt. Wilson Jackson who wu-
home recently spending his fiir
j lough with his wife. Mrs. Lo’
> ise B. Jackson of 3201 Bulloch
J street. Sgt. Jack.son is station
jed at Fort Hauchuca, Arizona,
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J* K. I. lclTllGV
| i Charged With
LITTLE ROCK. Ark. (ANP>
An Arkansas planter was chart
ed in four siuts last week in the
Cross county circuit court by
K. T. Sutton of Helena, Ark, al
tome? for the Southern Tenant
Farmers’ union.
The usury cases are against
W. E. Fallas, prominent pkintei
of Wynne, Ark, and were fil’d
on behalf of Wil Jones, John Al
len Jones, Willie Jones and Je
sie Carson, all members of thi
Union, who made share crop. 4
on Fallas' plantation in 1944
In announcing the filing of
j the dent suits, of the H. Southern L. Mitchell, Tenant presi-
1
! Farmers union, headquarters
I in Memphis, stated “It is a coir
mon practice for cotton plant¬
ers to collect 10 cents on the do
lar for crop advances made tc
tenants and sharecroppers
The yearly interest rate oftei
runs as high as 20 to 40 pei
cent. Rarely, if ever, is the
state law forbidding the charg¬
ing of illegal interest by plan
tation owners enforced. The
.Arkansas law provides that 1C
per. cent per annum may b<
, charged on contract and in thi
I opinion of our attorney, a flat
! 10c on the dollar interest raU
ccnstituutes uisuury. If Fall ,
is convicted of usury, the entire
principal and interest charged
In these cases will be voided
and he will be forced to pay
double the amount back to thi
sharecroppers he defrauded.”
Mitchell continued by saying
that these cases are of utmost
importance to all concerned
sharecroppers. '“If the prac¬
tice of Charging a flat 10c on
the dollar as interest is held t<-
be usury by the Arkansas court
then millions of dollars will be
saved by the little people on the
cotton plantations each year
through enforcement of the
laws.”
TELLS STORY OF FIRS 7
MULZAC GRAD.
CHICAGO, (ANPi The first
graduate of the Mulzac sclioo.
of Seamanship” which Capt.
Hugh Mulzac conducted o.i
the Liberty SS Booker ’1
Washington, is Captain Clifton
Lastic, fourth Negro to be nam¬
ed skipper on an American mer ¬
chant ship during this war.
The story of Capt. Lastic who
quit his job as chief inate on a
New York municipal tanker to
join Mulzac's crew then later
win 'a Ship himself, the SS Bert
Williams, is told by Thyra Ed¬
wards in Negro Digest for Feb¬
ruary.
Miss Edwards, who has work¬
ed in the National Maritime
union's public relation office,
tells of Lastic s long years at
sea and his first experiences un
der Capt Mulzac’s command
when the latter was on the Yar¬
mouth of Marcus Garvey’s
Black Star line, back in 1920.
When Mulzac got his own
ship and induced Lastic to quit
his shore job and go back to
sea. after seven voyages with
Mulzac, Lastic took his exami¬
nation for a master’s ticket and
last September he got his
cense to sail any ship, any ton-
nage on any sea.
Lastic has a mixed crew un¬
der him on the SS Bert Wil/
liams. named after the former
comedian. The ship is /un by
the Blidberg Rothchild line.
ASF DEPOT WORKERS
L ui»' ,r - -‘PATE HtCRO
HISTORY WEF.K
lecnmcians, trained person¬
nel, clerks, checkers, tractor
and forklift operators, supervi¬
sors. sencllers, packers and la-
xarers, employed at, the depot,
ire united in tiie job of keeping
our men the best led, best
'lotbed and best eared for
iriny in the world.
Nearly 100 Negro employees
are members of the bond-a-day
flub, and 100 per cent of all em
ployees participate in the pur-
■■liase of war bonds through the
the payroll deduction plan.
James Wright was awarded
■‘25.50 by the Suggestion Cotn-
nittee for his idea of a banding
machine invention. In addi¬
tion to this award from the War
department, Wright was also
fiven an additional *10 by the
Depot Welfare committee 1 ir
nibmittlng the best idea during
he drive for "ideas for victo¬
ry.” At another time, Lorenzo
darker received a letter of com-
nendatiem for a suggestion con
eernlng better supervision.
These cases are cited as the ty
ptcal friendliness and spirit of
cooperation that exist between
•he employee and the employer
it the Savannah Depot.
Wilton S. Scott Is the colored
•mployee counselor for the Sa-
/annah Depot and is active In
organizing the various pro¬
grams that have been set up for
,ha welfare of the Negro. As¬
sisting Mr. Scott arc Miss Er¬
ics tine Bines, general office
clerk and reporter of all Negro
ictivities on the depot’s new -
japer, Tiip Colonel’s Journal;
ukI Miss Lillian Shanks, in-
itructor and social worker.
Col.’G. If. Schumacher is com
nahding' Officer at the depot,
ind Major K K. Kelley Is the
public relations officer.
1944 HONOR ROLL WO
MEN TO BE AT NCNW
MEETING
WASHINGTON, I). C. (NNPA i
All but two of the sixteen wo¬
men named by the National
Council of Negro Women to its
1944 Honor Roll have accepted
invitations to be present at thp
Council headquarters here on
Saturday, February 10, it was
’earned this week. The gatn-
ering of these outstanding wo
•nen in one place is regarded as
having makings of an historic
event.
Dorothy Thompson, noted r.cl
umist, and Lena Horn, stag’,
and screen star, have sent the'r
regrets at their inability to be
present. Mrs. Thompson is
making a tour, and Miss Horne
has made a previous commit¬
ment for that day to appear in
a program for the Los Angeles
Metropolitan Council of the
NCNW.
Expected to be present are
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, named
Woman of the Year” by the
Council; and Mrs. Anna Arnold
Hedgeman, Mrs. Mary 8. In
gram, Mrs. Mabel K. Stampers,
Mrs. Alice T, McLean, Mrs. Da¬
isy Lampkin, Mrs. Katherine
Shryver, Mrs. Lovonia H. Brown
Miss Lillian Smith, Mrs. Bettye
Murphy Phillips, Mrs. Dorothy
J. Bellanca, Mrs. Thomasina
Johnson, Mrs. Pauline Coggs
and Mrs. Jeanetta Welch Brown
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CHAMPAIGN, ILL, iANP*
challenging the necessity and
method of examination for ad¬
mission of attorneys to the Illi¬
state bar. Venable L. Blent,
lawyer, who formerly resided
in Kentucky, Tuesday filed suit
against the seven justices of
the U. S. District court here.
Brents was refused admission
to the slate bar last September
when he failed to take the re¬
examination. Brents
Tuesday that his applica¬
tion for admission has been ac¬
and that he had submit¬ ’
ted the necessary certificate of
pood Character.
TRIES TO INVOKE FEDERAL
FUGITIVE M LON ACT TO
Continued from page One
The hearing February 9 was
removal order which, if grant¬
ed, will take Johnson back to
the Jurisdiction of the federal
court in Talladega county, Ala.
Once there, authouigh he may
be freed by the federal court,
he would be available and
promptly piek»d up by state au¬
thorities. NAACP lawyers de¬
clare the federal action almost
certainly will be thrown out If
heard on its merits in Alabama,
but the trick of getting John¬
back will have been accom¬
plished.
Johnson fled Alabama in De¬
cember, 1923, alter word was
brought to him that his white
landlord and others were mak¬
ing up a mob to come to hi.s
house and kill him The state
applied to Pennsylvania for his
extradition, and the governor of
Pensylvania signed the neces¬
sary papers, but Johnson and
his lawyers went to court and
he was discharged on a writ of
habeas corpus by Judge Mc¬
Whorter of the Common Pleas
court who held that in Ala-
hama( Johnson would not get a
fair trial, but would probably be
subjected to mob violence and
even lynching.
Alabama was not satisfied
with this decision and went to
the federal courts. Homier R
Brown of this city, Smith and
Smith of Grecnsburg, Pa., and
Thurgood Marshall, NAACP
special counsel of New York, are
attorneys for Johnson.
SEES GOP DOUBLE < ROSS IN
TAFT MOVE ON I UPC
Continued from page 1
millions of Negro voters.”
In a letter also to Taft,
pointing out the trick in the
Senator’s maneuver to set up an
investigating commission with
no compulsory powers, the NA¬
ACP said, “You cannot help
but realize this proposal of
yours for a commission to in¬
vestigate and find out whether
there is discrimination and its
extent, is a move that deceives
one. What is needed is ac¬
to correct the discrimina¬
practices known to exist.
“. . . .As for this association
advice to our members over
country and to other citi¬
is that until your action is
repudiated by the Republican
and its congressional
the party must be held
and must be viewed
being opposed to any effec¬
measures to guarantee Ne¬
Americans a chance at em¬
without discrimina¬
, * • **
TO GET NEW
HOMES
Atlanta, iANPi Erection of
850 housing units, 100 of which
are to be designated for Negro
occupancy, has been given th ■
green light by National Hous¬
ing Administrator Blandford, it
was disclosed Wednesday by the
state director in charge of the
local program.
The program calling for ex¬
penditures of between $6,000,-
000 and $7,000,000 has been
termed an entirely private en¬
terprise and in no way “a gov¬
ernment housing project.”
12 NEGROES, 6 HITES ARE
NAMED ON RACE RELATIONS
Continued from Page On#
the most original novel
written of the Reconstruc
period, showing the prom¬
of democracy and coopera¬
between Negroes ami
iti the South.
ESQUIRE MAGAZINE, for 11$
books which have stimu¬
a wide appreciation of
Negro musician in the de¬
of this popular art
(jazz).
THE AMERICAN FEDERA¬
OF LABOR, for including
Negro woman, Mrs. Maida
in its good-will ex
of women labor leaders
England.
Negroes
THE 92nd DIVISION OF THI
S. 5th ARMY, Negro unit
as the Fighting Buffa¬
largely led by Negro of
for their record In the
campaign against th#
THURGOOD MARSHALL, le¬
counsel for the National An
for the Advancement
Colored People, for winning;
case of Dr. Lonnie E. Smith
the U. B. Supreme Court,
the Texas Whit#
DR. BENJAMIN E. MAYS,
of Moorehouse Col¬
for his election the first
-to the Vice Presidency
the Federal Council of Chur¬
of Christ in America.
THE AMERICAN NEGRO
under the direction
Abraham Hill, for stimulat¬
the little theatre movement
Its productions Three Ls a
Walk Hard” and Anna
the latter a Broad
hit starring Hilda Sims.
MRS. MABEL K. STAUPERS,
of National Council
Negro Graduate Nurses, for
campaign for the integra¬
of Negro nurses into the
and Navy.
DR. RAYFORD W. LOGAN,
his succesful fight against
to the publication of
the Negro Wants,- a sym
by 14 Negro leaders.
JOSEPH JAMES, at the Ma-
Corporation, for his su«
fight which resulted in
California Courts outlawing
auxiliary labor unions
Negroes.
DR. E. FRANKLIN FRAZIER,
his election—the first Negro
as President of the Eastern
society.
THE NEGRO NEWSPAPER
ACCO. for launch
a tour and survey of West
REV. ADAM CLAYTON POW-
JR., for his election—the
Negro -to Congress from
JOHN H. JOHNSON, founder
editor of the Negro Digest
the most successful Negr#
of the year.
CLAUDE "BUDDY” YOUNO,
o! the University of
for equalling the grid¬
record of “Red” Grange—