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>ek Honorable Discharge
Instead of “Undesirable”
Washington, D. C,—The Na¬
tional Association for the Ad¬
vancement of Colored People has
t«-en requested by Daniel Joseph
Hardy, former seaman first class,
United States Navy Reserve of
Brooklyn. New York, who wa-
idischarged from the Navy a-
'"undesirable"” on February 9,
1944, to represent him before the
Secretary of Navy’s Discharge j
la view Board.
Mr. Hardy, having served in
the Navy for one year, five I
»W>n the, and 26 days, was re-
■
Opested hy Lt. Chaney, his com-
IVianding officer, to offer sug-
for the betterment of ,
the men in his outfit. Mr. Hardy ;
suggested to Lt. Chancy that
tnore attention should he paid to
the discriminatory practices ex¬
hibited against Negro seamen
stationed at Vallejo. California.
CITIZENS GET LO( A I,
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' .[Misses Lillian D. Shank and Lu-
c4ie,Williams have performed cler
leal L<j. duties for quite some time.
•
Mias Bhanks , is a local , , product, , ,
Burke v, ( ountv School , rr Teacher, i li-
bjiuia-n, and former co-ed at
gig State College. She is an Em-
Relations Clerk in Person-
Division and assists Wilton
fifott- Colored Employee Relations
Officer, having served as clerk for
anff a half years. Mrs. Lu-
cille Williams, graduate of the
ttoted Armstrong Technical School,
^Washington, D. Gris a clerk in the
JDfWBMlzation Record Branch of the
(Adjutant tetBiat General's Office. Miss
n- gained much experience
eHjitaToffice assistant in an Insur¬
ance Establishment in Albany, Ga.
Prior to her classification as clerk,
Ahe served as a messenger at the
Wt4ot for eighteen months. Under
lh# very fine administration of
U%>nel jjrfi'ficer John Stark, Commanding
of the AGO unit at the
Depot, other Colored Clerks have
■ten added to the Organization
BSecord Branch. Miss Rosalie
Badger, protege of Georgia State
College, former School Teacher
and worker in various capacities,
■Who assisted Miss Lucille W i 1 -
Bams for several months, is now
serving as clerk. Four local Ex
service men of World War II are
also serving the War Department
Good Food Part of Christmas Tradition,
So Why Not Give Homemade Jam and Jelly?
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By BETTY
* in every land all over the world
^Christmas is the time for celebra¬
tion and good food Is the tradition
of the holiday season. Sweden has
a unique and gay ceremony for the
Yuletide called—“Julklapp.” Small
presents are wrapped in tre¬
mendous packages to be left at the
door and the secret of the cere¬
mony is to knock and run away
before the giver's identity is dis¬
feift covered. must Those through who receive the
fiayer go layer after
of paper before finding a clue
:o the donor’s name.
Whether or not you follow the
ulklapp ceremony, you'll want to
lie homemade jams and jellies as
Its this year. Wrap each glass (n
:ay holiday papers ... tie with
gibbon bows , . . and decorate with
jpiistletoe and holly. Anything from
single jar to a whole assortment
‘fit flavors Is sure to be welcomed,
Sor everybody on that Christmas
pist j; loves good things to eat.
If your summery spreads are in¬
sufficient for the purpose, there’s
plenty of time in which to make
fegsh spreads from dried fruits,
citrus fruits and fruit jnices.
Modern, short - boil recipes like
these turn out perfect products
every times
Cranberry Jam
I- f cups prepared fruit ■£
8 cups sugar
^ I 3 cups light corn syrup
1 box powdered fruit pecthf
To prepare fruit, add 4 cups
Water to about 314 pounds fully ripe
pranberries. covered, Bring 10 to a boll and
simmer, minutes. Sieve
pulp to remove seeds if desired.
e For Spiced Cranberry Jam, sim-
er ytifr ftpit ft bMCm ground
On the following day, while on
liberty in Vallejo, Mr. Hardy was
summoned back to the camp and
thrown in the brig and summarily
dismissed from the service as
being "undesirable,” first because
the officer stated that he had a
threatening attitude toward those
who are his immediate superiors
and that he exhibited a bad in-
flueneo on the morale of his as-
because ne was "spread¬
ing propaganda prejudicial to the
Naval Service and stirring up
racial prejudices."
Mr. Hardy was represented be-
f.uv the Secretary of Navy’s Di.s-
charge Review Board by Jesse
P. Derimon, Jr., Secretary of
Veterans’ Affairs of the N.A.A.
C.P. in an attempt to get this
discharge changed from “un-
to "honorable.”
as civilian record soldiers. They
are Jerome Monroe, graduate of
Hamilton Institute with II.S. de¬
gree in Industrial Education, for¬
mer first Sergeant in the 386th
Battalion; Fleming Codv. Beach
High graduate and local basket-
hall orporal , . the . J8ntb „ En
ace. ( ' in
gmeer Battalion . based , in . Italy:
Beniamin Singleton, , graduate . of
Gf>orjfia State c„n e(re> former
schoo] tcachei . anf | William H.
Blair ff ,. a(|untP of Georgia State
Co)le)fe who Ferved in Italv for
tWQ ypar9 and attained the rank
of Ser( , ( . ant . Prior to his entrnn( . e
jnto fhe aervice) he taught school
j n j esup , Georgia,
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COLORED DRIVERS
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ployment; and that- seniority gov ¬
erns length of service without re¬
gard to race, color or religion.
It was revealed that there had
been only a few unfavorable re¬
percussions concerning the' use of
Negro drivers and that the accept¬
ance of these men hy the other
drivers to date had been favorable.
Company officials warned how
over, that part of the responsihil
it.v for making a success of this
movement must rest on the shoul¬
ders of the men themselves, be¬
cause drivers have to take a great
deal.
cloves and t teaspoon cinnamon, or
l's teaspoons of any desired com¬
bination of spices.
Measure sugar and corn syrup
into dry bowl and set aside until
needed. Measure prepared fruit
into a 5- to 6-quart kettle, filling'
up last cup or fraction of cup with
water If necessary. Place over
hottest fire. Add powdered fruit
pectin, mix well, and continue stit*
ring until mixture comes to a harn
boll. At once pour in sugar and
syrup, stirring constantly. (To re¬
duce foaming. >4 teaspoon butter
may he added.) Continue stirring,
bring to a full rolling boil and bol*
hard 1 minute.
Remove from fire, skim, pout
quickly. Paraffin hot jam at once,
Makes about 13 glasses (t fluid
ounces each).
Mint Jelly
*4 to 1 x 4 teaspoons spearmint
extract
"4 cup apple vinegar
314 cups sugar
114 cups water
Green coloring
H bottle fruit pectin
Measure sugar, vineger and water
Into saucepan and mix. Bring to a
boll over hottest fire. While mix¬
ture is coming to a boll, add color¬
ing. Use coloring which fruit acids
do not fade. As soon as mixture
boils, add bottled fruit pectin, stir- I
ring constantly. Then bring to a
full rolling boll and boll hard / 2 1
minute.
Remove from fire, add spearmint
extract and skim. Pour hot jelly
into glasses. Paraffin at once.
Makes about E glasses (6 fluid
oupqte efttiu
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temuK-e units and had serviced
four-engined bombers in some
areas, Walter White, who signed
the letter, wrote:
“One of the questions most fre-
' quently and anxiously asked me
j by Negro fliers and ground
! crew members on my trips as a
• war correspondent to Europe and
the Pacific was whether an op¬
portunity to use their training
and experience would he given
them by commercial airlines after
war.”
CAPITAL TRANSIT
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owners without any action hy you
toward enforcement your Execu¬
tive Order prohibiting discrimi¬
nation in employment because of
race or color. Authority to en¬
force your Executive Order rests
directly and exclusively in your
hands during period of govern¬
ment seizure, it is clear that op¬
portunity is present for you to
demonstrate to United States and
world at large your intention and
the determination of our govern¬
ment to protect rights of all
minority groups in keeping with
Constitution, laws and Executive
Orders our country as well as
p, inciples established in United
Nations Charter.”
'WARD' 1> PLAQUE FOR
MERITORIOUS SERVICE
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zona and took her basic train¬
ing at Camp McCoy, Wiscon¬
sin. She was transferred from
wShe wos transferred from
there to Camp Beale, Californ¬
ia, in January, 1945. as surgical
nurse, with Capt. Della H. Ra
ney who is chief nurse of the
hospital there.
Lt. Rogers is the sister of Ca¬
det Naomi J. Matthews of Au¬
gusta, Ga., and David I. Mat¬
thews of Savannah and Arthur
Leon Matthews of New York
city are her brothers.
Lt. Rogers has received a
Me ritorious Service plaque for
the maintainonce of high
standard discipline.
VVHITK .MAN BOUND
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nu- \va shot as he started to leave
the bus. An argument had ensued
iver the smoking hy one Negro
itnssenger of a cigar on the bus.
No words had passed, however, for
some time prior to the shooting.
Fried berg claimed that he w a s
cursed by the deceased.
Atlanta police were believed to
have tried to cover up the shoot¬
ing in the report made at head¬
quarters. One white Atlanta daily
published an account the morning-
after the shooting, quoting police
a.- stating that a knife was found
opened in a pocket of the deceased
man’s clothing. Witnesses failed
to le.-tif.v to this, however, at the
recorder’s court hearing. Fiedberg
was released slaying. on a copy of charges j
after the ■
The Atlanta NAACP hired Atty. j
criminal William lawyer, Schley who Howard, deplored noted the j
the j
release of the slayer on copy
of charges. So much pressure was
that Judge A. W. '
put to the court
Callaway ordered Friedberg held
on a charge of manslaughter and
his bond set at $1,000, pending
action by the Fulton grand jury.
GES.AND TOMORROW'S CITIZEN?
Registrants Must Stand
Trial For Vote
NAVY TO PRUBb * 4B
MARYLAND JIM CROW
New York—An investigation of
the reported segregation of Negro
personnel and their visitors on
visiting days at the Naval Train-
ing Center at Bainbridge, Md.,
will be made by the Navy De¬
partment, and “appropriate ac-
taken,” according to John L.
Sullivan, Acting Secretary of the
Navy.
In a letter to the NAACP Mr.
Sullivan said: "The Department
is anxious to prevent discrimina¬
tion against any of its person-
nel.’
VALDOSTANS FORM
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They also became a unit of the
Georgia Negro Chamber of ( om- j
merer which is carrying on a cam- j
paign to enroll Of 5,900 the members seventy-two; byj
June, 1946.
members, thirty eight made ap-!
plication for membership in the :
National Negro Business League.
The Valdosta Chamber started
out with a five point program,,
namely j
First -The Securing of the
registeration of legal vot- 1
every
ing aged Negro in Valdosta.
Second—The development of a
greater commercial and trade life
of Negroes in Valdosta on a
truly scientific business basis. i
Third—To exert every effort to
secure improvements in the erlu-
rational facilities of public schools
as they effect Negroes.
Fourth-—To make a scientific
study of the health conditions and
to cooperate with the proper au¬
thorities in the acquisition of im¬
provement of the same. (A lead¬
ing Physician heads this phase
of the program.)
Fifth To cooperate with law
enforcement agencies in the re¬
ducing of crime from which all
Negroes must suffer because of
the acts of a few.
Robert R. Reed of Atlanta, who
is the Executive Secretary of the
Georgia Negro Chamber of Com¬
merce was the Guest Speaker and
guiding spirit in the intergrationi
of the Valdostans into the State j
Organization.
Mr. Chauncy R. Hudson, a
leading grocer and realtor of
Valdosta and who is President of
the Georgia Negro Chamber of
Commerce played his part in the
program. Mr. J. T. Goodman, a
Barber and confectioner who is
popular with all citizens is the
President. Mr. H. E. MeKenaie,
a Mortician and club operator,
Vice President with Mrs. Cora
L. Jones, a leading Beautician
Secretary.
REGISTER NOW WHEN
YOU PAY YOUR TAXES
Spring Field Lunch Room
The oldest colored lunch room in the “Down Town
District of Savannah”
For Belter Food Visit
220 WEST BRYAN STREET
HERMAN J. ROBINSON, Mgr.
CHlROl’l! A< TU mTJooI.
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have prevented members of their
race from studying this science.
"On the other hand, there are
approximately 20,000 white men
and women practicing as doctors
of chiropractic, and licensing laws
have been enacted in 43 states,
in Alaska, Hawaii, and in several
Canadian provinces.
RACE COSMETICS
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er purchased a $100,000 home on
the beautiful Hu ison river and
Mme. Annie Malone was a reputed
millionaire. Du.-this period,
the hair dressing business was
considered the most lucrative in
the Negro Held.
Cut Price In Half
When Plough and other rner-
chants began their
they mark-en d cans of hair oil and
jars of pomade for 25 cents in-
stead of a half dollar. Purchasers
contended they could see no dif¬
ference in quality or quantity be¬
tween the quarter and 50 cent
product. State cosmetic laws in¬
tended as health measures were
introduced which eliminated many
of the early untrained beauticians
despite their diplomas, could
not make the In so,ile in ‘
stances the-c u laws were fought by
beauticians, although unsuc¬
cessfully. But Plough and the oth¬
ers made beauty- culture a science
that required academic training.
Meanwhile Plough was advertis-
ing extensively in Negro news¬
papers, thus serving to make his
products a by-word in colored com¬
munities. On several occasions he
is known to have come to the fi¬
nancial aid of Negro business en¬
terprises facing a crisis.
During that same period, the in¬
genious businessman lived normal¬
ly and planned the expansion of his
thriving business. Plough, Inc.,
today is quoted in New York’s
stock exchange, listing 300,009
shares at $7.50 per share, with
$22,000,000 invested in war bonds,
and annual earnings for the last
three years of $10,000,000 per year.
In every part of the nation and
some foreign countries, Plough's
104 salesmen contact 85,000 whole¬
sale and retail concerns to sell
fee-on county board of registrars.
composed of Dr. J. B. Vines, R.
J. Creel and Mrs. Eva H. White-
field), must stand trial for al¬
legedly illegally refusing to regis¬
ter Mrs. Pastorah Vinson as an
elector here on April 10.
That is the substance of the
opinion of Federal Judge Clar-
ence Mullins who on Nov. 21)!
overruled in all respects except
the class feature of the state’s
motion to dismiss the suit in
which Mrs. Vinson, a registered
nurse and property owner, asked
$5,000 in damages, a declaratory
judgment and a permanent in¬
junction to enjoin and restrain
the registrars from alleged use
of racial yardsticks in determin¬
ing voter qualifications.
Mrs. Vinson charges that the
registrars subjected her to regis-
t, ra tjon tests not required of white
applicants who were registered
forthwith and rejected her ap-
p ]j ca tj 0 n solely because of her
race am j color,
She was represented by att.
Arthur I). Shores of Birming-
ham and Thurgood Marshall of
New 1 ork < ity. County Solicitor
Robert MeAdory represented the
defendant registrars,
The irmi'ng'ham" suit is being sponsored by |
the 11 NA AGP branch, |
PROTEST NAVY
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necause of their color. If the Unit¬
ed States Navy is to leave as a
final memory in the minds of Ne¬
gro American soldiers the bitter
thought that because they are not
white they cannot receive at the
hands of their country’s Navy the
same treatment as other veterans
who fought the good fight, then
the war against Hitlerism has not j
been won. This Association calls
upon you to issue orders to all
commanders of Navy vessels be¬
ing used to return veterans to the
United States to accept contin¬
gents as scheduled without regard
to race or color.”
Birdie’s Beauty Spot
Come in and give us a
trial on your hair
We specialize in Burnt,
Stubborn and Falling hair
Styling of all art of make¬
up. Our prices are the
best.
Opens at 9:30
Phone 3-5869
All Master Beauticians
Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Polite
Mrs. Brown
Travel Facts
The public is entitled to information about the travel situation
on the American railroads, and the reason for it.
The first obligation of the railroads is to supply safe and com¬
fortable transportation to the soldiers and sailors returning to
their hemes.
*
The peak of that passenger movement will he reached in the
weeks ii st ahead, and must necessarily be handled during the holi¬
day season, when civilian travel is naturally heavy. During the
next month tke railroads will be called upon to move 530,009 vet¬
erans arriving on the Pacific coast, and another 499,000 arriving
on the Atlantic coavl, a total of more than a million service men
returning in one month.
Of the 172,775 Pullman beds available for occupancy each
nigh: two-thirds, or 114,831, are assigned for military use, leaving
57,944 for civilians restricted to trips of over 450 miles. Addi¬
tional coaches, too, are being taken from regular train service and
sent io congested areas.
These conditions should be taken into consideration by those
planning journeys for long distances.
However, in seme localities facilities are net overtaxed and
seats ere available for short journeys, especially on day trains.
The CerJrc 1 of Georgia ticket offices will cheerfully and conr-
hously supply specific information about travel conditions to in¬
quirers.
Central of Georgia Railway
PASSENGER TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
Savannah, Georgia
i, i,I. iu.W.i products :•
Black and While cosmetics, Moro-
line, St. Joseph Aspirin,
Penetro Nose drops, Major’s ce-
ment, Mexsana and Mufti. The
trail before them is blazed hy a
$24,000,000 well-planned advertis-
ing program, built around news-
paper ads and radio programs. At
least 100,000.000 parcels will he
shiped by Plough in 1945.
Although the company sells a
large percentage of its products
to Negroes, there is no informa¬
tion on how many Negroes are on
Plough, Inc. payroll. The huge nu-
tional organization employs 1.990
workers, including 48 department
heads and assistants, 145 office
and clerical workers, 111 in its j
printing and box plants, 198 in
shipping and trucking, and 5i4
production, warehousing and othet
departments.
p) 0UKh> jn,,., counts 4,509
mon stockholders who have receiv-
$3,090,000 in dividends since
m , on thejr investment, which
hag helppd pus h the company far
atlead of its Negro rivals.
COLORED ANNEX
HYMIE’S PLACE
Comer 3lst and West Broad Streets
Will Open
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 ,1945
Specializing- In Fried Chicken, Hamburgers and
Rarbecue
BEERS - WINES
TELEPHONE 5704
WBUR ATTENTION
PLEASE
Be re to obtain a free leal'-
Jrt of 'News To Amuse Holiday
Greeting'— Stop at «14 West
Broad street, when passing and
get yours.—No charges — Just
a <.|< as long as they last. Don’t
Hesitate. It’s My Treat.
Fess will be at Gaston and W.
Broad streets Sunday. 3 n. m.
December 16th and 23rd, He
invites you to hear and look
0VPr |j«-f 0 f (,j«. p U nnies for
yfHir holiday fun—Select the
oncs yol| wa ftt to hear ant] m.
w ju foreeze them in your ■
Any or.e same price 1ft iher^^ cenim
I’ll he there if the weather
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f a j r Hoping 2—C—II—2, Ask
^ yolIr free News To Amuse
Greetings while they last.
for Wholesome Fun,
W. A. "Fess” Robison
Savannah . s BJack Fun Scribbler
614 West Broad Street
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