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67 ra4KS OF
CONTINUOUS
PUBLIC SERVICE
LXVII
ACCUSED SLAYERS OF
MAIMltD ARE1FREED
Parent-Teacher Assn. Adds
To Beach Band Fund
Heads Doctors Society
Dr. S. M McDeW, Jr.
The South Atlantic Medical
Society, at its first regular
meeting of the year, Thursday
evening, January 6, at the
honvj of Dr. and Mrs. E- J.
Smith, highlighted the evening
by t-lic election of officers lor
the year.
Dr. Stephen M. McDew, Jr.,
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Dental Clinic in Temporary
Quarters at YMCA
Children some wide-eyed
and startled, , have Pom
-
mg in steady numters for the
Street, YMCA.
Miss Ouida T. Thompson,
dental hygienist, ar|d her mo¬
bile apparatus for
teeth and and administering administering the
sodium flouride treatment, are
the cause of such bewilderment.
auannah Srikuif
Top—MRS. MALLARD TESTI¬
FIES — Mrs. Amy Mallard,
(left) in witness chair, telling
licr version of the slaying 1 of
husband, Robert Mallard, in
the court room at Lyons, Ga.
On the t< null is Judge Robert
Humphrey and at the table,
center foreground, is Solicitor
General W H. Lanier, question¬
ing the witness. At the; ex¬
treme right are T. Ross Sharpe
and Ellis Pope, defense attor¬
neys, and in front of them, the
defendant, William L. Howell.
Sheriff Gray and Aaron Kxa-
vitch, a Savannah attorney
representing Mrs. Mallard, are
also seen in the picture.
Bottom—WIDOW ARRIVING
IN COURT—Mrs. Mallard ar¬
rives at court on the arms of
her attorney, Joseph Goldwas-
ser, Cleveland, O., white, who
carif.es Mrs. Mallards infant
son—(Photos, courtesy of Sa¬
vannah Morning News) ,
Mrs- White, president of the
FLach-Cuyler PTA, presided
over the regular meeting last
Wednesday at the YMCA before
an audience of approximately
400 people.
P. Smals, music teacher in
the Beach high school, direct¬
ed a chorus of mid-term grad¬
uates in a well applauded mu¬
sical program, and Herman
Blyier, president of the grad¬
uating class, rendered a solo
that was excellently sung.
Mrs. Sarah Brannan, chair¬
man: of the benefit movie drive,
reported that $89 70 was net¬
ted from the show given at the
Eastside theatre for the bene¬
fit of the band pniform fund.
Acting Principal O. L- Doug¬
las informed the group that
the Moss Bowl football game
played in the Stadium a few
weeks ago resulted in a loss of
approximately $303.00. This
game was sponsored by the
1 Hub, outstanding civic group.
1 Carl Wright, who has done
a magnificent job as director
of the band this year, present¬
ed a plan to the group by
which uniforms may be pur-
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According to Mrs. Thompson,
treatment reduces tooth de-
C ay y 75 » per P cent- Only children
the third
Children have been respond¬
ing nicely, Mrs. Thompson said.
She expressed the hope that
ieach child \foilld be: able to
take his full round of four
treatments. The clinic is spon-
: sored by the Savannah Health
Department. _ _ ■ ...
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1943
LYONS, Ga., Jan. 11.—The two
white men accused of slaying
Robert Mallard, well-known
casket salesman, on November
20, near his home here, were
acquitted here today by an all
white jury after twenty-live
minutes of deliberation.
Mallard was slain by a group
of White men when he was
ambushed in his automobile as
he and his wife, two young
cousins and the Mallard’s two
year old son were returning
home about midnight from a
box party at the school near
here where Mrs. Mallard was
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REV. J ALFRED WILSON
Springileld, 111
Guest Speaker
FIRST AFRICAN BAP-
TIST CHURCH
Dr. .J Albert Wilson, the im¬
mediate predecessor of
present pastor of First
Baptist church. Dr. Ralph M
j Gilbert, has been chosen of by
j pastor and officers
j church to for bring the observance the
j messages the 161st anniversary of
:
1 church, the oldest Negro
LAST LAW TO STYMIE VOTERS
IS III LED OUT BY VOI RT
MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 7.—One
the last barriers to Negro
ing in the South, the
amendment, was ruled
stitutional today, 'idle
rendered by a three-judge fed¬
eral court in a unanimous
cision, was composed of
cuit Judge Leon McCord
the Fifth Circuit Court of
peals, and District
Muhins of Birmingham
John McDuffie of Mobile.
The court permanently
joined the Mobile
Board of Registrars from
forcing the requirements of the
two-year-old voter
law in determining the
fcation of any citizen who ap-
plies for registration as an
elector.”
The amendment required
prospective registrants for vot¬
ing to be able to “understand
and explain!” the Federal Con¬
stitution to the satisfaction of
the county board of registrars-
Ten Mobile county Negroes
who brought the suit contend¬
ed the wide discretion which
the amendment granted to the
registrars infringed on their
constitutional rights.
In its ruling, the court said
that two of these Negroes,
Huntter Davis and Julius B.
Cook, had met all other legal
requirements and “were refus¬
ed registration as electors be¬
cause of their race or color.”
“The subject matter of the
Boswell amendment is within
state power ar}3 its validity de¬
pends upon whether it squares
with the Fourteenth and Fif-
(Continued on page Six)
!
edwin w. burke
A new field of business will
lave been tapped this week
(Continued on page Six)
& Two Local Churches To Celebrate 161st An niversary
FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH
in North America- Dr. Wilson’s day morning, upon the return
messages w’ill be brought an
Wednesday and Thursday
nights, January 19 and 20.
The services, however, will
commence on this coming Sun-
New School
For Veterans.
The determination of the
Veterans Administration to im¬
prove the standing of veterans
of World War II in their own
communities was further re¬
vealed Monday night when of¬
ficials of the VA met with a
large group of local ex-service¬
men and lajd plans for the
establishment of a school for
lveterans- desirous of obtaining
a grammar school education-
jThe I West meeting Broad Street was held YMCA at and the
was attended by about 75 men.
Classes are to be conducted
four nights per week, meeting
for a period of three hours
each night.
Veterans enrolling for this
training will receive one-half
of the subsistence allowed un¬
der the GI Bill, and much be
To enroll in the class tlhe
employed while going to school,
veteran must < 1) Take or se¬
cure a certificate of eligibility;
(2) certified or photostat copy
cf his discharge; (3) birth cer¬
tificate of dependent children,
an<S all correspondence with the
VA since discharge.. These pa¬
pers should be taken to the
Veterans Service Organization,
10 East Bay street, for precess-
ipg. Classes are scheduled to
begin within one month.
Another informations! meet¬
ing for veterans interested in
this type of education will be
held at the YMCA, January 19
at 7:30.
1 Elks To
Kmg--Queen
Weldon Lodge of Elks and
Elite Temple, Daughters of
Elks, met Sunday and formu¬
lated plans for a king-queen
contest which will be waged
for the next 60 days, and mad •
preparations to send a large
delegation to the Elks state
convention which will meet in
Macon during the month of
April.
In the king-queen, contest, a
number of contestants have al¬
ready begun to comb the town
for support in winning the pre¬
mier honor which will include
the prirtcipal place on the Sa¬
vannah float which will be in
the glamorous Macon parade,
a feature of the convention.
At the meeting, A. E. Peacock,
chairman of the education pro-
gram of the local lodge, was the
principal speaker, telling
of Dr. Gilbert, who has been
conducting his annual revival
service for the Friendship Bap-
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Leaders Named for Local
March of Dimes Drive
The Colored Division of the
March of Dimes Campaign met
last Tuesday evening at the
West Broad Street YMCA and
plans were made lor the drive
for funds that begins today
and will continue through Jan¬
uary 31. It was expected that
Charles H. Bynum, director of
interracial activities of the
National Foundation ior In¬
fantile Paralysis. would be
present at the meeting, but
due to adverse weather con¬
ditions, his arrival was delayed
until the following day.
Plans for the drive were dis¬
cussed and Mrs. Ayler Mae
Lovett aifd Miss Frankie N
Golden will serve as co-chair¬
men with Alphonso E. Fields,
chairman, the lattter presid¬
ing at the meeting.
Mrs. Lovett will be in charge
of the drive in the city and
Mrs. Golden will be in charge
of the county. Mesdames Alma
Reed Wade, Sadie Steele, Ida
Belle Gadsclen, Countess Cox,
and Misdes Miriam Grant and
Thelma Lee will assist in the
activities which will Include
entertainments to be given at
some centrally located places,
possibly the auditorium, and at
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Federal Job Rias
Stage
the work which is being car-
ried on| in his department. Ex¬
alted Ruler Edwin W. Burke
presided at the meeting, Emory
Brown is chairman of the king-
queen contest and John S. Dei-
aware, general chairman-
THREE STUDENT
LOUNGES OPENED
Three student lounges were
recently opened at the Georgia
State college.
They include a student
louijge (co-ed), men’s recrea¬
tion room and women’s recre¬
ation room. The student
lounge and men’s recreation
room are located in the College
Inn and the women*; recrea-
lion room on the ground floor
of Parson’s hall.
i.' ’ . - -.
FIRST BRYAN BAPTIST CHURCH
FIRST BRYAN BAP¬
TIST CHURCH
Sunday, January 16, begins
the observance of the 161st an¬
niversary of the First Bryan
Baptist church, located in
downtown Savannah in the
center of Yamacraw Village
Elaborate plans have been
made by the chairlady and her
committee for making this an,-
niversary one that will be long
remembered.
Member Audit Bureau Circulations
Price 7c
TO SING HERE JANUARY 29th
Marian Anderson, America’s
first lady of song, will be heard
here in concert on Thursday
evening, January 20, at the
Municipal Auditorium as part
WASHINGTON (ANP) — A
report calling for Congress to
“enp discrimination against
Negroes in federal employ-
msent,” and suggesting specific
means of curbing race discrim¬
ination, was released here on
by Sen. William Lan-
ger <R„ N. Dak.) chairman of
the senate post office and civil
service committee.
The report was made by a
subcommittee of the Langer
group and contained results of
an investigation launched last
January after the NAACP
charged discriminatory prac¬
tices prevailed In post offices
of New Orleans, Shreveport,
Memphis, Knoxville, Tenn,
Winston-Salem, N. C , Dallas
and Birmingham.
Calling attention to the fact
that an, executive order was is¬
sued on November 7, 1940,
against discrimination in civil
service appointments, the re¬
port showed that the civil ser-
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At the regular Sunday
ing services, the
sermon for Beach-Cuyler
school will be preached by
Rev. N. E. Hoisey. The
sary chorus will furnish
and Miss Amelia Brown
give a reading.
Sunday evening at 8
the entire congregation
by the pastor will
an impressive candle light
vice, which will be
with lighted candles and
characters.
NUMBER 13
oi her fourteenth annual na¬
tional tour under the manage¬
ment of S. Hurok.
Sinjce her dramatic return to
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Dimes Provide
Meharry With
$73,230
Miami, Fla.—Contributions to
the March of Dimes enabled
the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis to appropri¬
ate $73,230 to Meharry Medical
College for the training of pros¬
pective physicians in pediat-
ics, orthopedics an(d physical
medicine, it was announced bv
Charles H. Bynum, the Foun¬
dation’s Director of Interracial
Activities, speaking here at a
campaign meeting.
Mr. Bynum stated that this is
the second grant made to Me¬
harry by the National Founda¬
tion. The first grant totaled
$67,670 and the funds were des¬
ignated for the strengthening
of related teaching programs.
(Continued on page Six)
REV. IL E. NUTTER
Lexington, Ky.
Guest Speaker
Mrs. Nellie S. Coppage will
^ ave charge of the memorial to
deceased members, 1P48.
Highlights of the services for
the remainder of the week are
as follows:
Monday night, JanAiary 17:
Reading, Mrs. McLetha Pugh.
Selection, St. Philip Monu-
j i mental choir-
Remarks, E. Shuler.
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