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THE UNITED COLLEGE FUND
Most Negro colleges anil universities are
united in a movement to secure funds to
make up reductions in their income due
to war conditions. Aside from being a move¬
ment to raise funds, it provides an oppor¬ edu¬
tunity for their alumni, and friends of
cation to show their loyalty to their col¬
leges and to the cause of education. These
institutions need money not only to cariy
on their normal work, but they need it to
make expansions they believe po3t-wai
conditions will require. There are in this
eitv many alumni of the various institutions
taking part in the United College 1* und
movement. We believe they are not only
willing to contribute to the fund, but are
ready to do so. By making a contribution
to this fund they will be helping a worthy
cause, and at the same tkne they will be
discharging an obligation to the institutions
which have meant so much to them. Occa¬
sionally, some one says that he owes lus
college nothing, that he paid tor what he
got. But we wonder if anybody ever paid
for his education. He may have paid
nvHat was charged for tuition, for books, for
inaterial and incidentals. There were some
•things for which he could not pay. there
iis no way to place a money value upon the
intangibles, such as, the inspiration receiv¬
ed and the attitudes and appreciations de¬
veloped from contact with fine, inspired,
and sincere characters that many of then
'instructors were. Who is it that can not
•point with increasing pride and apprecia¬
tion to the fact that he had an ideal, a
[friend, and a safe adviser Let’s in some raise one sub¬ or
more of his instructors? Savannah a
stantial contribution here in lor
.this fund. Let’s do it now in the next thir¬
ty days. Send or bring your check, or
•money to the Tribune and we will see tjiat
Jt reaches the proper persons. Or organize
•a committee for the purpose. We are in¬
terested only in raising a fund for the Unit-
Hid Colleges Movement.
Mayor Thos. Gamble has earned the grat¬
itude'of all thoughtful citizens because ol
Jhis sincere advocacy of better housing for a
large proportion of our citizens. It is difficult
in exaggerate the conditions which which he the and May¬ his
or has pointed out, and
comm ittee seem determined to correct. The
restrictions obtaining _
oxe'ftse that due to prevented on the
Building materials have own¬
ers of dilapidated and uninhabitable prop¬
erties from be improving improved, them, is untenable, if indeed as
•hey Che can well pointed out. As re¬
Mayor has so
lent as 1935 it was revealed that 55 per
Sent of rent houses was substandard. need Long for
Before the war' started there was
(slum clearance. The need is still acute, ihe
Payor has our congratulations and grati¬
cule for his determination to get something
dmie in this regard. Aside from getting rid
jjf these breeding places of disease, crime
and delinquency, there are other decided
Benefits to be received.
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UNTOUCHABLE “BOLEDO”
J* There is something about boledo which
permits it to escape direct attack. The pin
Ball machines and slot machines have been
glantped down, but some how or other bo-
Stdo seems to have evaded such treatment. changed
& it due to the fact that it has
its Unties; that it has ceased its exhibition-
ftm'and has resorted .to more subtle and
if conspicuous means of ‘‘huckstering its
traffic? The more wary of the runners
Qav$ put their automobiles into storage
•ml are using bicycles, and other more
J^injitive archaic means devices-dice of locomotion. and cards-are Of course, still
the
Sgriant, so report has it.
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•UNUSUAL INSTRUCTOR DISMISSED
believe it is not improper for us to
state that Prof. A. C. Curtright is one of
the instructors who was not reappointed to
serve on the Georgia State College faculty.
ijjford We are a bit puzzled that the college can
to lose instructors when other insti-
Uitions are finding it somewhat of problem
to get along with teacher shortages, star¬
ing; them in' the face. Prof. Curtright is
a man of broad training and wide experi¬
ence in the teaching profession. He brought
to the college nine years ago recognized
scholarship and character that gave high
NEWS OF LOG CABIN
SUMMER SCHOOL
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MAYFIELD, GA—Doors oi
th» summer school at Log Cab
in Renter were opened on June
11'•Cor the twelfth consecutive
suaimer. A. E. Peacock, direc
torj is assisted by five
tom.
Tiie enrollment ol
than 100 represents teaphers
frona. twenty one counties in
hopes to the friends of Negro education,
and everybody expected to see the instruc¬
tional organization of the college become
unified as a result of the contribution Mr.
Curtright was capable of making.
Moreover, he has kept abreast of educa¬
tional thinking by frequent attendance at
summer sessions of such universities as
Chicago and Minnesota from which latter
institution he has won the M. A. degree.
Furthermore, his diligence, anil his ability
to interpret his courses to his students, on
l oth college and post-college levels, made
him a popular instructor whose advice was
eagerly sought and disinterestedly given.
His uncompromising interest in the moral
r.nd spiritual atmosphere of the college is
well known to everybody who knows any¬
thing about the life on the college campus.
An Equally important contribution which
Mr. Curtright made to the college were his
extra-curricular activities by which a whole
some inter-action between the college and
the community was being developed into
something valuable to both. Without any
loss to the college, but with something of
personal sacrifice to himself, Mr. Curtright
has become a valued factor in the civic, fra¬
ternal and religious life of the community.
He is part-time pastor of the First Congre-
tional Church—a service which the college
did not encourage, Past 111. Potentate of
Omar Temple of the Mystic Shrine, Chap¬
lain of Mu Phi Chapter of the Omega Psi
Phi Fraternity, Chaplain of The Hub, a
business and professional men’s club, a
member of the board of directors of Green-
briar Children’s Center Inc., and a member
of the Associate Board of the Chatham-
Savannah Tuberculosis Association. lie
was recently elected to the Board of Trus¬
tees of Charity H o s p i t a 1. At no
time during these nine years has any com¬
plaint been filed against him as to improper
student-teacher relationship, or for failure
to meet his classes, or for lack of proficient
preparation of his subject-matter, or for
lailure to attempt creative projects. Such
an instructor was released ’‘because of a
decrease in enrollment and” a contemplat¬
ed ‘‘reorganization of the instructional
program” of the college.
KEEP AMERICA AMERICAN
A Fourth of July Challenge
By Ruth Taylor Boland
Ever since I fiixrt heard Father
use the trenchant phrase which is my text,
1 have felt that in those three words, prop¬
erly understood, lies the hope of unity, the
expression of that for which we are fight¬
ing and the way to achieve the Victory for
which we all hope. is the de¬
Keep America American—this
fiant challenge of the finest idealism the
world has known. It is a clarion call to
iction in the fight between the forces that
would destroy and those which would build
nan up to his proper stature.
Keep America American—this is no
•reed of isolationism, no shutting of the
gates of the spirit to the problems of the
world, no selfish hoarding of our resources
of brain and body for the use and comfort
alone of those already within oiW nation.
Keep America American—this does not
mean a yardstick of nationality by which
to measure our fellow citizens. The yard¬
stick we must use is that of the spirit—an
unselfed devotion to the credo that all men
are created equal. We are the first self-
created people in the world—not segregated
by race or creed or color but bound togeth¬
er by a common bond of belief that we are
all entitled the rights and responsibilities .......
to o
of freedom.
Keep America American—let us preserve
our rights by careful usage of them. This
country is the land of liberty, not license.
Any change must come under the orderly
processes of our own laws, not under the
sudden whim of any dictator.
Keep America American—let us never
forget that this nation was founded on
unity, and that to achieve unity men must
act for the good of all, nof as self-seeking
groups of individuals.
Keep America American—let us renew
our vows on this Fourth of. July—vows of
consecration that the soul of this nation
icmain ever free.
The words used by Chaplain Gittelsohn
in dedicating the Marine Division Cemetery
on lwo Jima, might be well repeated by all
of us—“We dedicate ourselves, first to live
together in peace the way they fought and
are buried in this war. Here lie men who
loved America because their ancestors gen¬
erations ago helped in her founding, and
other men who loved her with equal passion
because they themselves or their own fath¬
ers escaped from oppression to her blessed
shores. Here lie officers and men, Negroes
and whites, rich men and poor .. . together.
Here are Protestants, Catholics, and Jews .
. . . together. Here no man prefers anoth-
jer because of his faith or despises him bc-
jeause of his color. Here there are no quotas
•of how many from each group are admitted
or allowed. Among these men there is no
discrimination. No prejudices. No hatred.
Theirs is the highest and purest democra¬
cy.” <Ia!.C*
Keep America American.
I | Georgia.
! The Sunday evening vespers
I have been highly enjoyed by
the students and members of
the community. On June 17
the first in the series was init-
| itiated with Prof Peaieock spoke as
j speaktr. He again on
Sunday. June 24.
The recreational program, un
der the leadership of Mrs. C T.
! Jones, physical education di-
rector, has sponsored the Fri-
j dary evening entertainments.
Me- travel?
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VACATION AT HOME 7'
DEAN MOHR AT ST. PETERS¬
BURG YMCA
Dean Mohr, who is well
known in Savannah for his
educational activities with the
WPA, has recently accepted an
appointment as secretary of the
new YMCA s?t-up in St. Pe¬
tersburg, Fla.
The following comment was
published in the Evening In¬
dependent, a daily newspaper
o' St. Petersburg:
‘•Mohr brings to the Negro
YMCA of St. Petersburg good
A special feature of the Jun -1
15th entertainments was the
chat by Presdient B. F. Hubert
of the Georgia S .te college.
June 24th was stunt night and
June V'.i'.h. fun night. Last
night, July 4th, Miss Mabel
Carney, dean of rural education
at Co umt’ia university, was the
speaker Ju y bth will ba an¬
nual soical night: ami July 9th
a prog a.u will be sponsor-1
by the puii: school music
mass. I
THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
DEAD MOSQUITOES SPREAD NO DENGUE
FEDERAL6ECURITV AGENCY • l>, S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
URGE CARE AGAINST MOS-
QUITO BREEDING
All residents of Savanna ,
are being urged by the Savan
nah-Chatham County Health
department to cooperate in
in making Savannah a cleaner
and heatihier city. Dr. Render
son announced today that a
great amount of improvement
has been made throughout the
city in mosquito control, gar¬
bage disposal and general sani
tation of the individual prem¬
ises.
The sanitary inspectors are
still finding a few people who
are carelessly allowing contain
ers to be le f t around the prein
iises where they will catch wa¬
ter and breed mosquitoes. The
mosquitoes which breed in
such containers as baskets,
jars, tires, barrels and unused
toilet tanks are capable of car¬
rying yellow or dengue fever.
Althuogh we do not have ei¬
ther of these fevers in this
country at present we must be
on guard against their intro¬ 1
duction from other countries
where . ,, they exist. . ,
,
Dr. Henderson recommended •
that containers which are use-
ful be kept upside down or
placed under shelter; those tha
are not useful should be put
out tor trash collection, He
suggested that a little oil be
toilet tanks and bar- ‘
poured in
rels at least every week and
educational background, being
a graduate of Ohio State uni-
versity, and having been direc¬
tor of athletics of Wilberforce
university, Ohio. He himself
has quite a record as an ath¬
lete. He is a product of the
Spring'leld, Ohio, Center street
YMCA in which he grew up as
a boy and young man. He was
bops’ work secretary of the
Evanston, HI,, YMCA for Ne-
.
groes. For the past 16
he has been engaged in YMCA
work, teaching and government
work in Alabama, Georgia and
Texe s ”
that animal drink pans be
out at least twice a
I week to remove the eggs which
ma y be held on the side of the
containers.
“Everyone must have a met¬
al garbage can with tight fit¬
ting cover to keep out flies and
rats' Sanitary inspectors have
been finding homes with good
garbage cans but ofte« the
can is so full of paper and oth
er dry trash that tne lid is not
properly placed on the con¬
tainer Dry trash such as old
conUJ v rs papers and rubbish
may be placed in wooden box-
garbarges or tubs. However,
all w t garbage such as table
.scraps and melon rinds must
be placed in a metal container
with tight fitting lid.” Dr. Hen¬
derson said.
Dr Henderson commented
that chicken yards are in such
better sanitary condition than
in the past. Where chickens
are kept in the future the
must be kept cleaned 1
Jn order that chicken
roost houses and chicken coops
may be kept clean and free
0 j fjy breeding, owners are
a-tea to equip such h ruses or
coops with solid wood or con
crete floors. A dropping
board which may be cleaned
daily may be substituted for
the concrete or wood floor J
Chickens should also be closed |
out from underneath the
house. I
L.
DR. E. J. Odom, Director-Sec¬
retary of the AAME church and
evangelist preacher of Nashville
Tenn., will be the guest speak
er at Bethel AME church Hines
vile, Ga., eginning July 15th.
Come and hear him. Rev. S.
Dinkins, pastor, Mrs. Edell Os¬
good secretar.
IN AUGUSTA HOSPITAL
Staff Sergeant Crawford
Smith of Route 4, Savannah Ga.
has arrived at the Oliver Gen¬
eral Hospital in Augusta from
overseas for further medical
treatment. Also from Savan¬
nah and arriving at the hospi¬
tal was Pvt. William H. Murray
of 649 Yamacraw Village.
PAINFUL! >Y INJURED
W. C. Brown of 417 West
34th 'street suffered painful in¬
juries JThursdajy afternoon
when doorsteps fell.
TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE
j I
wd0 was recently promoted to
technician, ifth grade.
This newts about Cpl. Bryant
was released June 22 by head¬
quarters of the African-Mid¬
dle East theater, Sairo Egypt,
and stales that Cpl. Bryant is
currently assigned to a com¬
mand post located in Liberia,
West Africa.
Cpl. Bryant who is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh A. Hry-
ant. Sr., of 811 East Bolton
street, was inducted into the
service in OctcDer. 1943 serv¬
ing in posts in Florida, Utah
and Virginia before going over- ;
seas six mont.vs a" 0 .
He is a graduate of Beach
high school, this city, and be- j
fore his induction he was a
student fcrdtion in t business Morehouse adminis-j coWege. j
a
He is at present statistical!
clerk at the Post Engineers,
UNCOVERING
WASHINGTON
White House Correspondent Released
through the Atlanta Daily World
by the NNPA
I Jgr ai. v By Harry S. McAlpin
The War Department “out-
smarted" the Negro in the God-
man f ield case. In a sp .‘it of
good sportsmanhip, it should
be given credit for its strategy.
It got in a damaging blow to
the chin. But also, In the spir-
it of lair competition, the Ne-
gro should piercy the defense
and strike back with clean but
hard blows.
It was a smooth bit of strat-
egy to put Col. B. O. Davis, Jr.
in command of the 477th Com.
posite Group ((Fighter-Bomb.
er), and then four days
announce referral to a General
Court Martial of the cases
the three officers who
been held in arrest since early
in April on charges of
ing the 64th Article of War
connection with entering a
“white officers club.”
It was even smoother strat-
egy for Maj. Gen. Frank
Hunter, commanding General
the First Air Force—who is
real force behind the discrirni-
natory policies and practices
which have provoked the men
of the 477th—to name an all-
Negro court, including Col. Da¬
vis, to hear the charge preferrl
ed by "his boy” Col. Robert Sol¬
way.
This is all designed appar.
ently, to take the heat off
War Department when the
ttujoe men are
they are. They would then be
convicted by members of their
own race—so the cry of discrim¬
ination logically could not be
made.
And it is almost certain they
will be convicted. In the Army’s
courtmartial procedure, extenu¬
ating circumstances do not
count. All the court seeks
determine is did you do it or
didn t you. It will listen to the
mitigating or extenuating cir-
cumstances, but will give them
no weight in the decision.
So, since we swallowed the
transfer of command at God-
man without insisting these
pending cases be cleared up
first, let’s admit we were out-
maneuvered. It will
plish us little to raise a howl
about the courtmartial
cis ‘°n.
But, there is a weak point in
the War Department’s de-
GEORGIIA STATEITE NOW A
FIRST LIEUTENANT
With The Fi'th Army, Italy—
Benjamin F. Moore, Ocilla, Ga.,
recently was promoted from sec
ond to first lieutenant while
serving in Italy with the Fifth
Awnjy.
He is an aerial observer for
the 597th Field Artillery bat¬
talion. Formerly he was a
motor officer.
Moore attended Georgia
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MASONIC-EASTERN STAR NOTES
During the (month Grand
Master Doibbs plans to set up
o lodge with a large member-
ship and restore one of the old
lodges.
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The July heat will not pre¬
vent the activities in Masonic
circles.
• • •
Past Grand Matron Mary L.
Ayers will visit Shellman on
July 21, when a large number
of adies w’ill be carried
through the labyrinth of the
Eastern Star to form a chap-
ter.
A meeting will be held in
the Masonic hall, Augusta,
among the ladies to plan for
the formation of an Eastern
Star chapter.
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Omar Temple. Mystic Shrine,
will meet Sunday, Jui S.
Plans for the ceremony July
28-29 will be arranged
Applicants for the 23d degree
and the Mystic Shrine are ask-
to attend a meeting Sunday
afternoon July 15. at 5 o’clock,
Informotion will be given fo>
ceremonial July 28-29. No-
tify all applicants,
* * *
Grand Matron Minnie De-
vughn visited Electa chapter
Monday afternoon and gave
assistance.
THURSDAY, JULY 5, 1945
fense throw through punishing which we bio^. migldj*
some
How about Maj. Gen. Hunter
and Col. Selway? Are they to
go scot-free, without being
charged and courtmartialed for
having deliberately misapplied
and misinterpreted Army reg-
ulations. Such dishonesty is
not becoming an officer of the
United States and must cer-
tainly violate some of the Ar-
tides of War.
col. Selway, carrying out
Gen. Hunter’s orders and poli.
C y, issued a base regulation
(No. 85-2 1 on April 9, 1945, and
ordered all the Negro officers
to sign an endorsement to in-
dicate they had read and un¬
derstood it. Refusal of 101 of
the officers to sign is what led
to their arrest and subsequent
reprimand—which is still a part
of their personal files, so far as
any of them know.
The base regulation set up
separate facilities of all kinds
1 1 for what it described as two
different types of personnel—
base, command and superviso-
ry personnel in on group, and
“trainee” personnel in anoth¬
er. The authority for the reg¬
ulation was given as “Army Air
Force Standards authorizing
separate Curfewing.”
col Selway and Gen. Hunter
knew, however, that medical of-
ficers who had qualified as
flight surgeons, who had oom-
pieted all the required Army
medical training, who had be¬
hind them years of private med¬
ical practice, could not be clas¬
sified as "trainees.” But mey
were—because they were Ne¬
groes.
Let’s admit we were caught ‘
by a “sleeper” when the War .
Department held back any ac-
tion on the cases of Lts. Roger i
1 Terry, Marsden Thompson and .
j Shirley Clinton, until after com! CofV
Davis had been put in
mand with pomp and ceremojfc •
But let’s get up from the '
V as at the count of nine and {
start throwing punches until
Col. Selway and Gen. Hunter go
down for the count,
Army justice in time of war -
i s a grim thing—but it should
work the same for everyone, re-
gardless of race, creed, or
rank.
State college before entering i
active service in Janury, 1J42.
He received his commission in
June, 1948, at Fort Si’i Okla¬
homa. He took the artillery
liaison pilc-f's course at the Tus
•xegeo army air base.
His wife, Juanita, lives at
497 Aider street, Ocill. He has
a brother, Atoft sergeant Hen¬
ry L. More, also serving in
Italy-
The grand secretar# visit_j •
ed several of the lodges and
extended personal thanks - for
their response in making his
50th year as grand secretary
such a glowing success. Mt.
Moriah odge will be visited
Friday night.
Files of The Savannah
Tribune
FIFTY YEARS AGO
JULY 6, 1895
“No fence” wms defeated in
the election Wednesday, It
was against- the poor people.
Miss Daisy E. Ashton mauled
to Mr. Keyes of New Haven,
Conn., Wednesday.
Messrs .Curley and Dowse
opened a green grocery on Hab¬
ersham and Charlton streets.
Mr. F. A. Curtright. rejpJJ> j
senting Atlanta university, was
in the city during the week. .
Bibb County Blues of Macon
will be the guests of the Col¬
quitt Blues on July 18.
The Savannah Hursars will
celebrate their 23rd anniver¬
sary, August 6.