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64 YEARS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBUC SERVICE
LXIV
Death Claims
Rev. Simmons
If TSSi,
The Rev. Richard Henry
Simmons died Monday ' night
at a local hospital after an
illness of several months du¬
ration. His funeral will he
held tomorrow, Friday, morn¬
ing at 11 o’clock from the First
African Baptist church.
The death of Rev. Simmons
removes from local religious
circles one of the most active
and widely known Baptist min¬
isters in Chatham county.
In addition to having been
founder and pastor of Pilgrim
Baptist church. Rev. Simmons
was also pastor of two other
nearby churches, Brampton
Baptist church and Clifton
Baptist church.
He was a native of Beaufort
county, S. C., but for many
years he had made his heme
in this city. He is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Rebecca Sim¬
mons; a son, Eddie Summons,
and an adopted daughter. Mrs.
Orelia Gadson.
Interment will be at Laurel
Grove cemetery, the Sidney A.
Jones Funeral Home being, in
charge of the funeral.
White Man
Hound Over
IN ATLANTA BUS
SLAYING TTS
AM -3*
Atlanta. (AND — Following a
■mhy hearing in city recorder’s
|| Arthur Friedberg, Fulton Grand white, jury was
uiid over to
it week in the bus slaying of
iinazee Summerour.
The slaying aroused action by
e Atlanta branch of the NAACP,
tense was the feeling that fol-
ved the reportedly unwarranted
lying.
According to reports, Simmer-
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OUT—THEN IN AGAIN
Master Sergeant Walter Mas-
r who, after serving ten
ars in the army, was dis-
arged last week and immed -
ely re-enlisted for a three
ar period.
Sergt. Massey, during World
ar II. spent thirty-three
onths in foreign, service, first
Bermuda and then in South
Yiea, Italy and France, re-
rning to the States last
onth. .'
Hr is in the city for a week’s
ay before starting his active
ity on his renewed enlistment.
Sgt. Massey who before en-
ting in the army was employ
in the circulation depart-
ent of The Tribune, is visiting
s aunt, Mrs. Georgia Butler
,Dit5 East Liberty lane. He
^Accompanied to the city by
wife, Mrs. Julia Massey; two
usin-. Misses Lois and Laura
iambic,as, and Sergt Joseph
jvles, all motoring here from
»w York city
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51110 Registered Voters Mark Reached
Proles arring Returning
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YOUTH LEADERS CONVENE AT WORLD YOUTH CONFERENCE
Three renowned youth leaders i
mutual problems , at [ i
converse on
World Youth conference
Negro Mortality Rate 30-40
P. C. Higher Thao White
Washington. (ANP)—The death
rate among Negroes is 30 to 40 per
cent higher than among white per¬
sons and Negro life expect&ncy is
10 to 12 years shorter. These
were among the shocking facts on
health conditions among the Negi'o
people given in an address by Dr.
Paul if Comely of Howard uni¬
versity to delegates of the Interna¬
tional Workers order at a confer¬
ence on social security and health
held in Washington last week.
Other facts revealed by Dr. Cor-
nely are that:
1. Twice as many Negroes die
of pneumonia and influenza than
whites.
2. The number of Negro phy-
sieians has decreased by five per
cent in the nation although the
total number of physicians in the
United States as a whole has in¬
creased 12 per cent. Though a
ratio of one doctor for every 1,500
persons is considered essential to
safeguard health, in a state like
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Drivers Get
Prominent
Jobs
WITH PHILLY YELLOW
CAB COMPANY
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Philadelphia. (ANP) - Clewell
Sykes and H. F. Holmes, president
and vice president of Yellow Can
company of this city, in a recent
conference with the heads of three
agencies, stated that the hiring
policy' of Yellow Cab with regard
to colored drivers is a permanent
measure; that an applicant's quali¬
fications will determine his em-
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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, DEC. 13, 1945
ly held in London. Left to right
are Esther ,, , Cooper, „ Southern _ Ne- v ,
gro Youth congress, Birmingham;
Deltas Give
$125.00 To
Nursery
The Associate Committee for
Negro Nurseries announces
through B. C. Ford, chairman,
the receipt of $125.00 from the
Beta Delta Theta chapter of
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Chiropractics School Drops
Racial Ban
Dayton. .ANP)—Presenting an
entirely new field of opportunity
for Negro men and women, the
Reaver School of Chiropractice of
this city will formally open its
loors the first of the year, accord-
ing to E. Reaver, 1). C., Presi¬
dent. The school enrolled a limit-
ed number of students last fall in
order to work out a satisfactory
curriculum, hut is now ready for
full-scale teaching, the president
says. The school is operating at
268 South Broadway street under
a charter granted by the late of
0hio
! In a statemnet announcing
the opening. Dr. Reaver says: “We
have ‘““"eh bee " P la,,nin this « school, ^r many and years are
’ to announce that it bas al
’ a ” l,( ' ' mo a
chiropractic uhool that ac-
j te|,L Negro, There are
more than a iozen Negroes
rrai-ti'-i";: ♦ k- today, due
to Urn colleg' iict;«n? which
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1 a British newspaper reporter, and
Vidya Kanuga of the All India
Students federation (ANP
Photo.).
Valdostans
Form Chamber
Of Commerce
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Valdosta, Ga. — On Thursday
night seventy-two business men
and women of Valdosta
tuted themselves into the Valdosta
Negro Chamber of Commerce,
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TO ATTEND KAPPA
CONCLAVE
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Transit Co.
Bias Up To
White House
Washington, I). C. Authority
to enforce a policy of non-dis¬
crimination in jobs in the Capital
Transit Company here “rests di-
j rectly and exclusively in your
i hands during th<^ period of gov-
j eminent seizure,” President Tnt-
| man was told last week by the
NAACP. The telegram of Nov.
1 28, hacking tip one of Nov. 2.’!,
■ follows:
I “On November 2.’! we tele¬
graphed you urging that pur-
j ! suant to your authority incident
to seizure of the Capital Transit
Company you make provision for
removal discriminatory policy
Capital Transit Company in re¬
fusing to e m p 1 o y qualified
Negroes. We are advised that
the operation of Capital Transit
Company is to be returned to
Continued on page 2
GETS PLAQUE FOR
FINE SERVICE
Lieut. Mary M. Rogers, A. N.
C., the wife of Cpl. Samuel C.
Rogers, who has received word
she will join her husband
he Uunited States some-
in January, after being
Cpl. Rogers has spent twenty
| Lieutenant Rogers holds
now
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Polls Airlines
On Jobs For
Pilots
New Yoik Jobs for Negro
p,l t- and ground crew members
now being relea-cd by the Army
Air Force ar- bring sought by
the NAACP which is conducting
a poll of all dome.sti ■ airlines on
their employment policies, it was
announced here last week.
“We aie making inquiry,” said
the letter, “whether you have for¬
mulated any plans, or contem¬
plate doing no, regarding the use
of trained Negro aviation per¬
sonnel. While most Negro fliers
were fighter pilots, a goodly num¬
ber were trained in the operation
of multi-engined aircraft, includ-
injf navigation and radio.”
Pointing that man; colored
mrp had served in aircraft main-
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Washington, 1). C. The refusal
of Navy officers of the aircraft
carrier Croutan to allow 122 Ne¬
gro soldiers to come home on that
vessel, solely because they were
not white, drew a sharp protest
last week from the NAACP to Sec¬
retary of the Navy, James V. For-
restal.
Citing an incident from World
War I, where a Negro regiment
was hatred from returning to the
United States from France by a
battleship captain who declared
Negroes had never ridden (except
as servants) on a battleship “and
never would,” the NAACP letter
declared:
“It is 27 years since 1918 and
despite the progress I hat lias been
made in many areas of human re-
lationships, we find the United
States Navy in 1945 no farther
ahead in its attitude than it win
itl 1918.’
Pointing out that thousands
Negro fighting men have returned
from both the Pacific and Europe-
an theatres of war on other than
Navy combat ships, completely
without segregation, Hoy Wilkins
of the NAACP wrote:
“It remained only for the Navy
to say to these men that they
could not return on a Navy vessel
Continued on page 2
White Odd Fellows Launch
Racial Tolerance Drive
Bennett Got
$520,083 Dur¬
ing Last Year
Greensboro, N. ('. (ANP) —
(lifts totaling $520,083 for capital
account have been received by
Bennett college in the past year
il was announced last week by
President David D. Jones.
Itemizing the gifts President
Jones listed them as follows: Mrs.
Henry Pfeiffer, $164,000; General
Education board of New York,
$101,451; local friends including
the Oono family of Greensboro,
$10,000; Miss Effa M. Kolly, $12,-
832; Woman’s Division of Christ¬
ian service, $150,000; North Caro¬
lina Conference of the Methodist
church, $1,700; and miscellaneous
$80,100.
The construction of two new
buildings a dormitory and stu¬
dent union—costing $350,000, as
soon as building conditions are
more favorable, will be the first
step in the college's post-war de¬
velopment program which was an¬
nounced las^ spring. Other pro¬
posals in the program involving
an expenditure of $850,000, in¬
clude: health center, $50,000;
gymnasium, $150,000; home eco-
oomic practice house, $50,000;
president’s home, $25,000;
tenancc, $8,000; administration
building, $50,000; guest house,
$25,000; and heating plant
tension, $50,000.
INTER-SCHOOL COUNt IL
TO MEET SATURDAY
Tho regular monthly
ing oi the Inter-School Coun-
Qf chatham courity wU1 be
pjpjci Saturday morning at the
Powell Laboratory schooj
ginning at 1,1:00 o’clock. All
members are urged to be pres-
ent. Mrs. Ella Marie Law is
president of the organization
and Miss Flora Hawkins, re-
porter.
FISK CHOIR TO BE '
HEARD OV ER W
Through the efforts of a
member of the Savannah Lhsk
alumni club. YTOC wili broad-
cast the program of Stefc
umvrr.P urn vnyr choir t,h>;
failing Stincbiy morning from
1C.30 to 11:00 o'clock
CAMPA1GN FOR NEW
REGISTRANTS CON-
TINUES
5.200 Negroes’ names have
been added within the past
eight months to the list of reg¬
istered voters in Chatham
county. This brings the total
strength ol the Negro vote in
the county up to approximately
6,000.
This Information was given
out yesterday by John w. Mc-
Glockton who has been direct¬
ing the Intensive campaign o,
the joint political action com
mittee of the Negro Voters Lea¬
gue of Chatham county, Weldon
Lodge oi ELks, the local NAACP
and the Hub club to in¬
crease the number of Negro
voters in this county.
The campaign began about
nine months ago and has been
vigorously waged front the very
beginning. At first many ob-
stacles wore encountered by
the leaders of the movement
and also by many who attempt
j cd only *” to register. comparatively As *” ° a result small j
a
number succeeded in getting
their names on the voters’
: list.
When the state legislature
! passed a measure last January
■ repealing the poll-tax law and
Attorney General EUg'ene Cook
later ruled that back poll taxes
are uncollectible and that the
payment of same is not a pre¬
requisite to voting, registration
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Chicago (ANP) TJie nation’s
white Odd Fellows, representing
approximately 2,000,000 members,
launched their drive to combat
racial hatred here last week dur¬
ing a meeting in the west side
hall of Golden Harmony Lodge
No. 917.
Dr. Preston Bradley, principal
speaker, encouraged the group
but warned them abotit local
organized hate groups.
“There are more organized
groups of hatred here right now
than you can ever imagine,” said
Dr, Bradley, pastor of the People's
church of Chicago and popular
radio clergyman. “And these
organizations arc dedicated to in¬
creasing and fomenting racial
hatred. j
The mysterious appearance of j
anian white cards on buses re
cently is the latest evidence of
organized hate campaigns, he
said. They read: “Boycott Jews
and Catholics.”
“This cannot be cured by law,”
he pointed out. “You cannot force
people to tolerance. The way that
is best is the way chosen by this
group, based on the philosophy
Continued on page three
CITIZENS GET ASF DEPOT CLERKSHIP
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it the Savannah Army Service Forces Depot. Left to right • e
shown Jerome Monroe, Miss L ucile Williams, Col. B.' >»-
lev. Miss Lillian I). Shank and Fleming Cody.
( olone) Allen G Brindley, < om-
mending Officer of the Savannah
1 Army Service E’orccs Depot, an-
Bounces that several local citizens
have been assigned a- 'darks at
j th*. depot. It has always been the
• policy of the installation to recog-
, nize and develop talent regardless
Home On
Leave
Major T. J. Hopkins, • ell
inown local electrical c i-
neer, who came home this ok
on terminal leave after t at¬
one months of active duty m
the armed forces.
Of his three years and five
months’ service in the army.
thirty-seven months were spent
oveiveas . t j n the Hawaiian Is-
lands and then on Leyte and
Luzon In the Philippine inva-
serving with the 1312
General Service Engin
and lastly with a
Trucking out fit with whirh
was scheduled to go to Japan
when he was ordered to life
States.
Major Hopkins who was Sa¬
vannah's highest Negro offi¬
cer serving in World W:u il,
will be placed on Inactive status
army this c oining March. He
is accompanied home by his
son, Pvt. T. J. Hopkins, 1IT, who
is stationed at Fort McLellan.
Race Cosmetic
Firms Lose
Top Ranking
Memphis. (ANP)—The cosmetic
enterprises of Mine. C. .T. Walker,
and Mine. Annie M, Turnbo Ma¬
lone have been dwarfed by Mw
Plough, their one-time white com¬
petitor, within a 37-year period.
Starting on a borrowed sunt of
$125, Plough made a familiar
figure here between the year of
1908 and 1938 as he drove a • one
horse to peddle his products to
local drug stores. His work slurp
then was a one-room second-floor
establishment built around a Oce¬
man business.
Negroes dominated the ham¬
straightening and beauty product*
field during that 30 year period
with their own products. A can
of hair oil or a jar of pomade
sold for 50 cents. Schools were
established and diplomas awarded
to graduates for a fee after a
course of study. Mine, C. J. .W: A--
Continued on page 2
of race, creed, or color, and V
efj p erf0nne j p utilized in all Se
t j 0Jl8 possible,
Captain'George OT^er K. M’cGrtff.-Pu
j n{ personnel, points out th
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