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YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
VOLUME LXIII
FORMER CONCERT SINGER NOW MERCHANT SEAMAN
Creighton Thompson, American Negro concert artist who was ousted from Germany at the on.
break of war, has been taking cracks at the master race as a member of the U. S. Merchant Marine.
His ship was sunk in the Mediterranean and he was brought to the United Seamen’s Service res;
center at Oyster Bay, L. I., after that organization had taken care of him in Italy and the United
Kingdom. Before shipping out again, he sang "My Lord What a Morning” at the third annual meeti..*,
of the United Seamen’s Service, a member agency of the National War Fund. He is shown being inter¬
viewed by Douglas P. Falconer, Executive Director of USS. He has given up ris concert career
until after Hitler’s burial at which function he has volunteered to sing a cheerful song of freedom.
PLEASE CREDIT: NATIONAL WAR FUND PHOTO FROM OWI.
Romlier Group Removed After
Release Of Arrested Air Officers
THREE OFFICERS STILL
UNDER CONFINEMENT
r Men Had Refused To
Sign Statement
NAACP Investigating
y The Case
CINCINNATI, Ohio — Tewen-
ty- four hours after 101 Negro
flying officers were ordered re¬
leased from confinement at
Godman Field, Kentuck, the
477th Bombardment group, a
Negro medium bomber outfit,
had been ordered away from
Freeman Field at Seymour, In¬
diana, it was announced this
week by Theodore M. Berry of
the Cincinnati NAACP. The
destination of the bombard¬
ment group is unknown. The
order took effect at noon April
26.
The release of the 1.01 offi¬
cers who were being held -be¬
cause they refused to sign a
statement segregating them in
a jim crow officers’ club house
after protests had flooded the
war department, including a
wire from Congresswoman Hel¬
en G. Douglas of California
Representative Douglas wired
Secretary Stimson urging imme
diate release of the men.
The mass release leaves only
three men still under arrest,
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T. B. Essay Contest Winners
The winners of local prizes
in the National Tuberculosis
Essay contest were announced
to-day by Mrs. Susan P Wat¬
ers, health educational secre¬
tary for the Chathcm-Savan-
nah Tuberculosis Association..
The judges were Dr. S M Mc-
Dew, Jr, Mis J. L. Lester, and
Mrs A. M Lovett. The winners
at Georgia State College are
Kjtheryn h Carter. 1st prize.
Louis Rivers, Jr., 2nd prize, Ei
lan V. Heidt, 3rd prize.
The high school winners arc
Bettye Ann Kilroy, 10A class.
1 prize; Barbara Burke, 10B
ciiiss, 2nd prize; Ephram Wil¬
liams. 12A. 3rd prize
Tier Junior High winners are,
W (M'die gchool (a project in
which all students of junior
high school took active parti
under the guidance of Mrs. T.
I. Stevens. teacher, won
prize; Florence Loadholt,
Haven Home School, 2nd prize:
Willie Mae Polite, 9A, Cuyle
High, 3rd prize.
mmmk Sribun?.
Twenty-three To Graduate
From Statesboro Hi School
COMMENCEMENT EXER¬
CISES MAY 18
Rev. Claude G. Pepper
The Speaker
STATESBORO, May 2 The
commencement program of the
Statesboro High and Industrial
school began Friday night, April
27, with the presentation of the
annual fashion show. The
show this year was under the
direction of "Miss Norma O. Pat-
on, home economics teacher.
The added attraction of skits,
songs and folk dances provided
novel entertainment for all.
On April 30, the 1st B, 1st A,
2nd and 3rd grades, under the
direction of Miss Helen A. Tap-
ley, Mrs. Rubye E Boykin, Mrs.
Serena B. Cail and Miss Elea¬
nor Latimer, respectively, pre¬
sented “Elsie in Mother Goose
Land’” This was followed May
2nd by the 5th and 6th grades
with the presentation of a most
exciting play, “Miss Molly’s
Girl” sponsored by Miss N. Reed
and Mrs. Geraldine Campbell.
The juniors will honor the
senior class with a prom on
Friday night. May 4.
The Reverend Eugene Camp-
The essays showed that a
tremendous amount of research
work had been done and the re¬
sults are excellent The judges
considered the junior high
school essays of such a high
caliber that they have been
sent to .the state and national;
to compete level. for prizes on the j
high school
Some of the scrap books Book! for j
the Tuberculosis Scrap
contest have already been 1
brought into the association of¬
fice. The ones received so far
are splendidly done and it is
felt that the judges will have
a very difficult time selecting
the winners.
The time and place for the
award of the prizes in both the
essay and scrap book contests
will be announced at a later
date. It is hoped that all who
possibly can will come to the
exercises and view the exhibi¬
tion of scrap books which have
been so delightfully and edu¬
cationally worked out.
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1945
To File New Appeal In Case
Army Scottsboro
Hinesville School Takes First
Place In Annual Contests
ELEVEN SCHOOLS PAR-
TICIPATE IN EXCITING
PROGRAM
RICEBORO. GA- Eleven of
the fourteen Negro schools of
Liberty county held their an¬
nual field day and literary ex¬
ercises April 20 at the Liberty
'County 4-H club camp. The
I affair was a rousing success
and largely attended. Interest
in both the literary and athlet¬
ic events was keen and many
thrills were given the spectat-
tors.
The program of events open¬
ed at 11, o’clock in the morn¬
ing and ran well into the af¬
ternoon In the folk song con¬
test there was much rivalry and
the winners were returned as
Iollows: First place, Hometown
school; second, Hinesville;
third, Liberty County; fourth,
McIntosh; fifth, Free Branch;
sixth,Moose Hill; seventh, New
Free; eighth Baconton Junior
ninth. Retreat, and tenth,
Seabrook
Miss Frankie Golden, Jeanes
i supervisor of Chatham county
schools, conducted the spelling
and “correction please” con¬
tests which were very spiritedly
participated in.
The athletic events were
among the most hotly contested
affairs ever held at this annu¬
al program. They consisted of
running races, for both boys
and girls, horseshoe throwing
and other events which were
not only closely contested but
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Dr. Jesse Jail McNeil, dean of
the school of religion, Bisop
college, and director of Bis¬
hop’s newly inaugurated
standard Christian education
service program for Baptist',
church leaders. — (ANPi
Inter-School Council Program
Attracts Record Crowd
FANNIE GORDON WINS
SPELLING CONTEST
Juanita Gillison, First
In Amateur Show
A record crowd filled the
West Broad Street USQ Friday
night to witness the Inter-
School Council Spelling Contest
and Amateur Show.
Children, teachers and parents
from every section of the
MISS SIMMONS AMONG
W. VA. COLLEGE GRADS
mencement will -, be
exercises
held at W. Virginia State college
on Sunday aftmoon, May
in the auditorium. Senator
Hurley Kilgore will be the
mencement speaker. Among
graduates will Miss
Simmon,s daughter ol Mr. and
Mrs. A H. Simmons of East
Gwinnett street, this city.
WASHINGTON i ANP» The
movement within the Catholic
church toward greater liberal¬
ism is one that "just can’t be
stopped,” declared Father Paul
H. Furfey of the department of
sociology, Catholic university,
before the Capital Press club
luncheon on Wednesday.
“There is a real tendency in
the Catholic church,” he said,
“that practice conform to the¬
ory. The Catholic practice hat
not always been consistent with
the theory, but there is a move¬
ment in that direction and it is
one that just can’t be stopped.”
Fr. Furfey has been in the
forefront in the fight for lib¬
eralization in his church. The
bulk of his talk before the
group, however, dealt with bas¬
ic facts regarding the Negro in
Catholic church
As of Jan. 1, 1940, he said,
2.3 percent of all Negroes were
Catholics. Perhaps the largest
concentration was in Lafayette
and New Orleanes, La., with
62,000 and 47.000 respectively.
Getting historical Fr Furfey
pointed out that from 1875 to
I, 900 a Negro presided as bishop
in the diocese of Main. Hi
was Bishop James Healy, A
brother, Fr. Patric Healy, was
president of Georgetown col¬
lege, now university, here until
1910, a little known fact.
He discussed critically the ex
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ANTI-NEGRO PICTURE
ANGERS SO. PACIFIC
SOLDIERS
WITH THE U S. ARMY IN
THE PACIFIC (ANPi Holly¬
wood could have made a worth¬
while contribution to better
race relations by not filming
“Sunday Go to Meeting Time,”
a Merrie Melody cartoon.
That picture made the GI’s
around here, white and Negro,
very angry.
“A great many people now are
working to bring around a bet¬
ter understanding between the
white and colored people,’” said
one. “but this cartoon served
only to make the colored race
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“WUTHERING HEIGHTS ”
TO BE PRESENTED AT
GA. STATE COLLEGE
“Wuthering Heights” has
reached the stage and will be
presented May 21 at 8 p. m. at
Georgia State college. We
know very little of Emily Bro¬
nte's placed life. She left no
correspondence, and her single
nevel “Wurthering Heights”
darks rather than solves the
mysterious stay of her existence
Charlotte wrote in preface to
Emily’s book: it is realistic all
through ” “It is tangled and
wild and knotty as a root of
the heath”.
The Little Theatre stage
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ty crowded the third floor audi
torium to witness the first coun ]
ty-wide activity of the council, j
The amateur show displayed
talent in classics and popular
music as well as readings, danc- j |
es and imitations.
interestin interesting^ The spelling „ especially especially contest m was decid- very j
ng ne winner of the third [
. ir . . the contest
were: Elementary, Fannie Gor¬
don, Florence school, first; Es¬
telle Graham. M; pie school,
. Barbara Washington>
Broad, and Elizabeth Ste
vens, Paulsen, tied for third
t junior high
place; In the
group, Wilheimina Frazier,
Cuyler Jr. high, first; Vernelle
Brown, second, and Flossie Mae
■ f Wood
| ^ thirdf (bolh rom _
e h ,
^
The other contestants were;
Elementary— Johnnie Mae Ausj
tin and Ella Mae Rotten, Anti-
school: Major Dillon and
Ethel Preston, Burroughs, Va-
, leria Bell and Willie Roberts,
j East Broad; Richard Mungtn
Catholics Move To Adopt
Plan For More Liberalism
Robeson Gets
Spingarn
Medal
FOR OUTSTANDING
WORK ON STAGE
NEW YORK Paul Robeson,
internationally famous actor
concert artist and athlete, has
been awarded the 30lh Spin-
garn medal, It was announced
last week by Dr. John Haynes
Holmes, chairman of the award
committee
Robeson received the award
for -his outstanding achieve¬
ments in the theatre, on the
concert stage, and In the gen¬
eral field of racial welfare.
The latest triumph in his long
public career is his appearance
in Margaret Webster’s produc¬
tion of “Othello.”
Mr. Robeson has appeared in
numerous legitimate plays in¬
cluding “Emperor Jones,” “All
God’s Cillun,” “Porgy,” “Black
Boy,” "The Hairy Ape,” and
“Stevedore.” In the films he
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and Fannie Gordon, Florence;
Juanita Jackson and Joseph
Weston, Harris;Estelle Graham
an d Lu James Collins, Maple;
Margaret Pinckney and Eliza-
beth Stevens, Paulsen; Eula
Scott and Willie WUhams, Pow-
ell’s Laboratory; Grace Lang
and Marie Smith , Springfield;
jg arbara Washington and Mc-
Kinley Gray, Wjst Broad; There
sa Jenks and Fannie Robinson
West Savannah; Georgeila
Chisholm and Elise Phoenix
W'lodville. Junior high Wil-
helmina Frazier, Ella Marie
aw (; aro iy n Lewis, Raymond
jj n jght, Henrietta White, Cuy-
ler junior high; Flossie -Mae
Berry, Sarah Brisbane, Vernelle
Brown, Robert Jinks and Eddie
Modest.
The winners in the amateur
show were: First Juanita Gilli¬
son, second grade, A section of
Harris school, who did beautiful
J y Making .Believe . secon
Johnnie Mae Capers,
Canssmu”; third, While Edna
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PETITION ASKS FOR IM¬
MEDIATE RELEASE
Of Frank Fisher And
Edward Loury
CONVICTED OF RAPE IN
NEW CALIDONA
WASHINGTON, D. C A new
petition asking lor the imaned-
iate release of Frank fisher
and Edward R Loury. Negro sol
diers sentenced to life impris¬
onment by courts-martial in
P3PJ SUM Tt'fi! HI UJUOpOfBQ MOM
with the War Department this
week by Judge William H. Has-
tie, chairman of the NAACP na¬
tional legal committee, and Con
gressman Vito Marcantonio
iALP. NY) president of the In¬
ternational Labor Defense.
The soldiers were convicted
of raping a native French wom¬
an. The sentence of Fisher
was reduced to 10 years and
that of Loury to 8, after Iiastie
and Marcantonio, serving as
their counsel on appeal, made
oral arguments and submitted
briefs on their behalf in 1914.
The new plea Is made under the
rules of the War Department
providing for the review ol’ con¬
victions once a year.
Citing the fact that the wo¬
man accepted three dollars
from the soldiers immediately
after having relations with
them, Hastie and Marcantonio
reiterated the position they
Look last year. At that time
they expressed grave doubt
"that there is iai case in An-
glo-vAmerican jurisprudence in
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Musical Festival To Be Given
School
Young Woman Manhandled
On Train Gets Settlement
WAS TRAVELING FROM
NEW YORK CITY
To Spelman College
In Atlanta
“Springfield
Plan Adopted
BY WILMINGTON BD. OF
EDUCATION
NEW YORK The
Railway company has made a
substantial cash settlement in
the suit brought by Miss Edith
Johnson of Brooklyn,
charged that she had been man
handled on a ew-Atlanta
when she refused to give up
reserved sent and go into a jim
crow car The suit has been
in court about a year and a
D. Williams han-
WILMINGTON, Del (ANP) —
Toward solving the so-called
“Negro problem,” the Wilming¬
ton board of education recent¬
ly began wodk on a program of
“intercultural understanding,’
a project similar to the Spring-
field plan, to promote racial and
religious tolerance in the pub¬
lic school system
While the project has been
greatly critcized and authori¬
ties agree that the plan will not
completely solve the “problem”
Supt. Lemmel Said this is prob¬
ably the first time public
schools in a southern city have
ever attempted such a program.
Wilmington schools, like oth¬
er southern public schools,
I abide ______ by ( jim crow laws which
segrega e Negro and white chil¬
dren. It was therefore neces-
sary members of the board
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RITZ CLUB OPENS
MONDAY NIGHT
W. Broad Street’s New¬
est Night Spot
The newest addition to the
city’s night spot attractions is
the Ritz Club which will have
its first of a series of formal
openings Monday night.
The Ritz Club which is locat¬
ed in he Schroder building on
West Broad street, between
Gaston and Alice, occupies al-
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THS JiOB-
tUY EXTRApM
BONDS TODAY! ;
NUMBER 28
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Rudolph Dunbar, war corres¬
pondent lor this newspaper and
the Associated Negro Press in
the European theatre of opera¬
tions. whose articles have con¬
tributed greatly to the morale
of both civilians and soldiers by
revealing the amazing contri¬
butions of our brown boys in
uniform. Mr. Dunbar beside
being a newspaperman, is rec¬
ognized as one of the foremost
musicians in England and has
conducted the famous London
Symphony orchestra in Albert
hall.—(ANP photo)
GA. MEDIC KILLED
IN ACTION
AUGUSTA, GA. (ANPi - Lt.
Robert T. Screen, battalion sur¬
geon of the 1.10th quartermaster
unit in Italy, was killed in ac¬
tion April 8, according to a tel¬
egram from the war depart¬
ment to Rev and Mrs. C. T.
Screen, parents.
A graduate with the class of
’42, Meharry Medical college, Lt,
Screen practiced medicine in
Martinsville, Va., prior to his
entrance into the armed forces.
He served overseas for seven
months.
CINCINNATI HAS 6,500
NEW NAACP MEMBERS
CINCINNATI, Ohoi In a mem¬
bership campaign which closed
April 22, the Cincinnati branch
of the NAACP secured 6.500 new
members and a total of $8,500
CHORUSES AND BAND
TO BE FEATURED
Friday Night, May 11
At FAB Church
The music department and
the school orchestra of Beach-
Cuyler high school will present
a festival of music on Friday,
May 11, at the First African
Baptist church.
This program will be the out¬
standing musical event of the
school year. The three groups
will present a combined pro¬
gram of favorite classics, semi¬
classics, sacred songs, and
spirituals. These will be ren¬
dered in the form of choral
groups, solos, and special or¬
chestral arrangements.
All music lovers of Savannah
are to be present to
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