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64 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS PUBLIC SERVICE 14 ARMY TO USE Washington, D. C., Mar. 3.— According to an announcement made today by ihe War De¬ partment, the army intends to make greater and fuller use oi Negro manpower both in peace time and in the event of war. these troops to be used in units of approximately 2,700 men. , The decision for small units was based on “'experiments; and other experiences of World War 11" in which the board reported that the “most sue- j cessful employment of Negro j units occurred when they were; employed as units closely as-j sociated with white units on; similar tasks.” Of three Negro wartime 15,000 meh di-j visions of about each, the 92nd and 93rd in¬ fantry divisions have been de¬ activated after overseas serv¬ ice. The Second Cavalry Divis¬ ion was broken up into small units early in the North Afri¬ can campaign. Specifically the new policy provides for creation of all types of Negro units, both com¬ bat and service, on the 1-to- 10 proportion of Negro to white civilians. In addition qualifi¬ ed individuals will be used “in appropriate special and over¬ head units. An unspecified number of Continued on Page Two Search|For Killer Spurred By Big Reward Houston iANPi — "What is believed to be the biggest re- ward ever offered for the ap- prehension of a killer of a gro in the south may bring about his arrest, it was stated by police this week as they tributed a poster offering reward foi* nforma,tion lead- ing to the arrest of the cr of Richard H. Guess, slain iabor leader, who was shot j the back a week ago Sunday night. The poster announcing signed , , by . reward was an spector of police, and was tributed throughout the Negro wards in Houston. 1 he Hughes T ° o1 Co ’ a st , ® el plant, where Guess worked for 20 years, offered *2.000. *500 was offeied by the Indepen - ent Metal Workers Union and $1,800 by the Masonic lodge. Several suspects have been arrested and grilled by police. Continued oil page 2 U. S, COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS NEGRO S RIGHT FO VOTE IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS New Orleans, La., March 6- The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals today held Primus E. King, a Negro citi¬ zen of Columbus, Ga„ eligible to vote in the Georgia Demo¬ cratic primary election. King declared in his suit that he was barred from voting in the Democratic primary of July 4, 1944, in Muscogee coun¬ ty solely on the grounds that he was of the colored or Negro race. The suit was brought against Continued on page 3 •PUTS HOLD Cl, OF HONOR Scout Marion C. Ralph, Jr. of Troop 160. received the rank of an eagle scout on last day night in the West Broad Street USO. when the court of honor was held. Scout Ralph is the first scout of ins troop to reach the highest in scouting. which brings the Continued on page 2 avamtah frilnror. UNIVERSITY FACES RACIAL TEST URBAN LEAGUE OFFERS , ' 1W0 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS SELECT 12 OF THE YEAR Washington. D. C. Mrs.. Mary McLeod Bethune announces the selection of twelve women of the year as a result of a poll by an awards committee, which considered the contributions of over sixty women for this significant recognition. Mrs. Be'hune hailed the choice of Continued on page 2 TO ORGANIZE FIFTEEN NEW BOY SCOUT TROOPS A. J. Taylor, national field direetor of Interracial Service, S interracial service, Boy addressed Scouts of America, last j I week the get-togeth- er meeting sponsored by the \ organization and extension committee, ^chairman. .of which W. S. S.' scow, er., is cuairman. J. j. air-! o. i Delaware the divisional ch man, mnn whn who nrpsidpd presided, introduced in ,, mri „ red Mr. Taylor. Looking forward to the orga- nization 0 f a tihp total e-cV of fifteen new troops B together 8 1 meeting was filled with inspi-1 ra y on on ] as t Thursday night.; ______________________ Shrouds Death Of Noted OVER ANOTHER MILLARD WHEELER The Rockland Palace Grill 723 West Broad street, purchased last week by Millard Wheeler, well known ^ c ' Broad street businessman, from Jude Brncu. who opened tlm- popular cafe several years ago The acquisition of this Continued on page 2 THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE THURSDAY, MARC H 7, 1946 New York The National Urban League for Social ,ce Among Negroes w announced , I coday two fellowship awards available for the school year 1946-47. Both of the fellow¬ ships are offered for study at the University of Pittsburgh,' one in the Graduate School of Economics, and the other in the School of Applied Social Sciences. The total value of each grant is >1.100. with the miversity providing the tui¬ tion of $300 and the National ■ md Pittsburgh Urban Leagues sharing jointly in the balance, payable in nine monthly stip¬ ends. The economics fellowship is' Continued on Page Two I Representatives of the fol- lowing churches agreed to form Scout Troops. Thankful Bap¬ tist, St. Matthew’s Episcopal, Palen ME. Union Baptist, St. Paul Baptist, Gaines Chapel AME ' Colle 8 - e Park Baptist, — . ........ Mt. Tabor , Ba P tist ' Friendship tut,. First Evergreen Taylor Chapel AME, St. AME, Second Arnold Baptist, New Mt. Olive Baptist and Brownsville Baptist. M. G. Haynes, assisted by Av ——--- - | • Continued on natro Hi ZETAS CELEBRATE /' FINER WOMANHOOD WEEK Beginning on the third day in February ana continu-1 ing throughout the week, Zetasi everywhere took time 0 ut fromI work and play to pay tribute j to womanhood, aiding each i ________I Continued on page 2 PROMINENT SAV ANNAHI.AN OPPOSES TOM LINDER’S RACIAL VIEWS As an aftermath of the re¬ cent election Mrs. Helen! Douglas Mankin of Atlanta, to Congress, in which she defeated j 17 other candidates in a racej in which she was trailingi Thomas L Camp by 146 votes until the last box from a pre- dominantly Negro ward gave, Mrs. Mankin 956 votes to! Camp’s 7 and the election, Tom [ Linder. Georgia’s Commissioner) of AericuPurc. came forward last week with a statement tm j the daily papers opposing the participation of Negroes in pr.-; mary elections, and suggesting Austin, Tex., Feb. 28 When the University of Texas re¬ cently rejected the application of Herman Marion Sweatt. a Negro youth of Houston, the question of whether the State of Texas is providing adequate higher educational facilities for Negro students equal to hose alforded white students was thrown in court today. gweatt had made application fm . admittancp int0 the law school, but his application was rejected, pending an opinion from Attorney General Grover Sellers on the question of whether or not a person of Ne¬ gro ancestry, otherwise quali¬ fied for admission into the University of Texas, may legal¬ ly be admitted as a student.” OIST. m TO MEET IN The Savannah District Par¬ ent-Teacher Association will i convene Saturday, March 1G, | at the Risley high school of Brunswick, with Mrs. J. A Brinson, president, presiding. Officers for the coming year i will be elected. Ail local pres- idents are asked to make their annual reports at this meeting. I District Winners of essay contests will be presented and monetary prizes awarded The, session begins at 9:30 a. m. WILL RELEASE SOLDIER j Clarence ! New York — W. Harding, in whose behalf FTAACP lawyers filed a petition for clemency, will be released early in March,'the association was advised by the War De- partment last week 1 Los Angeles 1 ANP 1 — A mys-} sec- investigation into the death of Cornelius Johnson, America’s.! Olympic is scheduled high - to jump be j j within a few days by j and toxicologists. I unsuccessful attempt to de-. the cause of the fam-; 32-year-old athlete’s death made by the San Francis-! coroner’s office following; nry.strriou.,. ° n FebrUary 16 | Johnson - veteran of three ’ in merchant 1 servlce the marine and a chief . baker a ' 30arc * ’he S. S. Santa Cruz Line steamship, was taken off the ship by police as a way which, he says, would exclude them from such elec- l!0ns b y substituting a 'white executive commi tee for the State Democratic executive committee. His statement said “The white executive com- mittee” could call a white pri- mary in which all white voters would be eligible to vote, re- gardless of party. in such amiuiyh create “In such a primary then- would be no political party in- volved. and such primary would, not be subject to any Upper, left Josh White, and singer of songs a democratic theme, as he "The House I. Live In. Upper, right — Left, to right: Bill Slocum, CBS director. LOCAL SUBMIT CONTEST ESSAYS I In IT'blaze of glory, National! Negro Newspaper Week ended Saturday with a radio broad- 1 cast over NBC. previous broadcast an Sunday, Febru-! ^ 24 ' ushered in thfi c,,lebra -1 tion which was a great success j in every respect. The two broadcasts together j with the high school essay 1 contests, both national and lo- j cal, tures we're of the the observance. outstanding In fea-j the j national contest, the Negro j Newspaper Publishers’ Associa- | tion, sponsors of the observ- j ance offered three prizes, slOO an( j > 25 , for tire best es- says wr jtten bv high school students on t he subject, “The ____________ r ------- Continued on page 2 it docked in San Francisco W jth 1.100 soldiers after jump- j n g around wildly on the ship’s deck. Policfe encountered eon- siderable difficulty in subduing Johnson in order to remove him to the ambulance, they re- ported He died en- route to the harbor emergency hospital, , 1 re , , un< , 11 ocean mysterious and unknown cir- cumstances. his sister, Mrs. f “ b / *“"• "* *"■ h Theodore Johnson, said the famed athlete had sailed 'all around the world." He spent five days in a lifeboat after his ship .had been torpe¬ doed in the Allan ic on his Continued on nage 2 provisions controlling party primaries. ‘Unless su£h action is taken, ; and p Negroes are allowed to vo t e j n Lhc primary, the same situation could develop in Ihe ! state election as recently de- veloped in tl*e congressional election in the Fifth district, arid the Negroes’ vote could be the determining factor 1 choosing choosing the fhe governor governor and and state House officials.” The suggestion of Linder, who is said to be a guberna-1 torial aspirant, has met quite: a de al of opposition. Among Brice, contralto, who an ,. wi , h her brother, jona- Brice, at the piano, Dow- H. Davis, advertising man g er u f The Call, and chairman jjegro Newspaper Week, who Policeman Set Free In Soldier NAME ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR UNITED COLLEGE FUND DRIVE New York. A national ad-, visory committee of 82 men anjj women from many sections ol | the country, with John D. | Rockefeller, Jr., as its chair¬ j man, will support the third an¬ | nual campaign of the United j Negro College Fund to raise i $1,300,000, it was announced this week The drive to aid j NEWSFAPF.R PUBLISHERS HARRY S, TRUMAN AT'JSnr MANY TO PARTICIPATE IN TRIBUTE TO PROF. SMALLS The program honoring Prof. Peter Smalls' three-year direc¬ torship of the choral groups of the FAH church will be held at the FAB church Sunday al ternon at 4 o’clock. Many musical groups of the Continued on 2 those who oppose this undem¬ ocratic stand is a prominent Savannahian, M. L. Arnau, president of the Chatham Sa- Savannah Klub. who, in a let¬ ter to Mr. Linder, voiced his opposition as follows: Savannah, Ga March 3. 1946 Mr. Tom Linder, Atlanta. Ga Dear Tom Being .1 friend of yours and coming from the same town, I can’t help but write you what I think of your statement to the press spoke on behuil of the Negro Newspapei Publishers Assocla- Uon; Don Baker, manager and husband of Miss Brice. Lower, left The Four Ink Spots, who sang the popular 33 Negro private colleges , the lund v/ill open 17. The statement released by M. Totton, national chairman, a vice of the Chase Nation- Bank, discloses also that the Continued on Page 2 FILE CLEMENCY PETITION Washington, D C. A peti¬ tion for clemency in behalf of Arthur Manns, Jr., convicted of a charge of larceny by a mili ary court at Kelly Field, Texas, last December, was filed wi*h the Secretary of War attorneys of the NAACP. Manns was given a dishonorable chary,< and sentenced to 10 in his week in regards to Negroes voting. I don't aui'ce with you in the leas’ I believe any man, white. Jew, colored or Greek. Ptc . should be urg¬ ed to vote in every elec¬ tion: in fact, it is every man’s duty * regardless of race or creed. So let’s stop talking about the Ne¬ gro and help mu merever we can. Your friend, M. L, ARNAU. NUMBER U "If I Didn’t Care.” Lower, right Miss Helen distinguished actress of and radio, who served as of ceremonies on tho Freeport, L. I. <ANP> — De¬ spite overwhelming evidence against him and public demand for a state investigation, the Nassau county grand jury last week exonerated white Patrol¬ man Joseph Romeika for the slaying of two unarmed sol- d iers j n tbe bus terminal here February 5 . The slain men. Pvt. Charles Ferguson of the army air forces, and Alfonso Ferguson, his brother, a dis¬ charged army veteran, were shot by Romeika when they protested the refusal of serv¬ ice in the Freeport bus term¬ inal lunchroom. With two oth¬ er brothers, they were cele¬ brating the discharge of Al¬ fonso. Joseph Ferguson, a seaman, * Continued on page 2 Washington. D. C., Mar. 1. - A group of publishers repre¬ senting the Negro Newspaper Publishers Association, called at the White House today and commended President Truman for appointing Negroes to re¬ | sponsible government posts and for supporting permanent fair employment practices leg- Continued on pace 2 GIRL SCOUT !R. COURSE There will be a troop pro-* gram training course at the Georgia State College, March 15-1*7 All leaders, assistant and prospective leaders, troop committee members apd board members are invited to take advantage of this' course. The registration fee of $’ °0 payabje in advance. Call will call by and take your reg- 7315 and the field secretary istration, T.he. first session will be held Friday evening, M reij 15, at 7:30 o’clock. *