RICilARDCOli
E. HARGET
RALEIGH,
I-
FEPC FILES DISCRIMINATION CHARGES AGAINST
CAPITAL TRANSIT COMPANY OF WASHINGTON
FEWER LYNCHINGS
Tu*k«gee. Ala- A decline in
lynching# during 1044 vra re
ported recently by F. D. Palter-
#on. President of Tuskegee In
stitute. . .
Basing hi# statement on inior-
m’'ion compiled by the Depart
ment of Records and Research,
Dr. Patterson taid in hi.s annual
report on the subject that two
persons were lynched during
the past year.
The report added:
"This i# one less than the
number throe for the year 1S)43;
three less than the number five
for the vear 1942: two less than
the number four for the year
1941; and throe less than the
number five for the year 1940.
"One of the person# lynched
was a 65-year-old minister-
farmer who was taken about a
mile from his home pnd §hot
to death by a mob: the.*ner.
a 17-year old trusty at the Ten
nessee Stale Training and Agri
cultural School (a reformatory)
was taken from jail and shot
to death by a mob.
"Both persons lynched were
Negroci. The offenses charged
were; Hiring a lawyer to safe
guard his title to a debt-free
farm through which there was
postibilily that an oil voir. ran.
1: murdering wife and daugh
ter of the superintendent of the
reformatory, 1.
"The states in which the
lynchings occurred and the
number in each are as follows:
Cites Company For Refusing To
Hire Colored Applicants
HEARING TO BE HELD JANUARY 15 AND 16
BY J. FRA.NCtS PRICE
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The willingness to accept referrals with
Presiacni's ComnuUee on Fair Em- out regard to race. While this
THREE PERSONS
PAY WITH LIVES
IN GAS CHAMBER
National YHead Appeals
For Race Relation^fund
Accoi-Jiny
ipersons '
DURHAM MAN TO
MEDICAL DCS
y Ihrtfe
jsphyxialed on Fri-
dav :n tno gas chamber at Central
'I'nson iiert—two tor the murder
u" a white taxi-cab diivc-r in
Charlotte, and a third for the rap
iyi a 12-year-old girl in Scoilanu i Ft Bc-iining Ga.—Cpl, William
icouniy. J- Kennedy. Ill, of Durham, was
' Ttiose sent to their doaiii m- jone of 12 soldiers recently trans-
volved Be.ssie Mae WiliianT.. ID'fcrred lijjin the Ft. Benning Re-
Mississippi, 1; Tennessee, 1."
FREED OF INGEST
CHARGE;DRAWS
TERM FOR NON-
SUPPORT
Cup White, 48, of 312 Majjle Si.
was Sentenced in City Court* last
week to 12 months on tiie roaci,
chargr-d with non-suppoii of h .
wile and seven minor eiiildieiv
Not probable causi- was found
in a case charging the man with
making improper advances to Ins
daughters, aged 15 and 2 1-2 yis.
Testimony wa.s offered by Mrs.
Sura Brower, probation officer for
juvenile court, who said that sh>-
was asked recently by the man’s
15-ycar-old daughter. Adeline, to
draw a warrant ordering, her
father to provide fuel for the
home. She found the children at
tempting to warm their hands in-
.side the stove. Also, the only food
found in the house consisted of a
sma'f » iioojil xf m'at Bnh flaui.
At the time. Mrs. White was
confined m St, Agnt's Hospital
with a newborn child.
.,..d K.ilph Thompson. 18, ol Cnar
lolte, and Melvin Wade, 24, of
Laurmburg.
Miss Williams and Thompson
admitted their pait in the murder
of .Mack Minvard, the driver,
v.l.ile Wade denied to the end that
:u- was guilty of rape.
Witne-ssing the throe executions
Were tive mim.ster.s. Twenty-eight
persons witnessed the youitg wo
mans deaUi. 25. for Thompson s,
.itsd 12 remained lor Wade's.
Iie.-;.>;:e Mae. who wept during
till proci eduie ill tlu- death room, j
..a.-i the fir.st woman to be exceut- ;
. -.1 in this state in two years.
Tnompson went apparcnlly
i.iimly to lus death. Both believ-
• ■•i th.it they had he.n saved thru
tnei; praycr.s.
W-ide. the only oih- t« talk after
i..ering the '■hainber, asked if it
...re ii.e.-ssa;y to place the hel-
11.'-t on his head. W'hen told that
e was. tie wavL-d good-bye to his
Catholic priest and Chaplain
WalUs. He loo, that he was
•ready to go."
Annie .Mae Allison, 15-year-old
gill, involved in the Charlotte
iiiurdei, adn sentenced Ip die. r«-
ctived a last-minuU* commuta
tion of her sentence by Governor
Broughton. She was given life
imprisonment, wholly on the
ground.s of her age, the chief ex-
■ecutive said.
A fourth member of the party,
Clgve Johi^n, plead’-d guilLv
CHICAGO. III. — Dr. Clianiimgj^
H. Tobia.s, nuliwiial V.MCA hea#*"
and member of the board of diroA-'
tors ut ihe American Council on,
ilace Relations, his week urged Ne> -
$10U,ut>j of Ihe total has been con-
tnoutr $IOU.OOU of a f.6U0,0U0 fund-
.o rairy on me Councils work
SIUO.UOO of the total has bon con-
tribulcd airiady by the Mars',
Field hounuaiion and the Huaenv
Fund. Tobias said.
Negiocs siionlU subscribe in
der for the race 'to have a propor-
loty interest in the council ’ and in
oiuer lu previnl the kind uf situa-s
tion of somebody doing something
ceplion Center to the Medical Ad
mmLstrative Corps Officer Candi
date School at Carlisle Barracks,
P;i..it was announced this week,
Kennedy is the son of W. J _
Kennedy. Jr., vice president and for'the Negio'mstcad of’all of u* [’j
secretary of the N. C. Mutual sonicthing iccethcr to ad- i
Life Ins. Co., of Durham vanco tlio cause of democracy m l
rhi- .lien will bi commission- ; Amcnc.i.’ Tcblos «.sscrlcd. ^
on second licutcnaU upon salLStnc- Fuiicti .mnK on ;i iialional seal,.
S WILLIAM
X LAUNCHED
MEMORIAL SERV
ICES HELD FOR
CITY EMPLOYEES
pioyment Practice has req'uesied
me Capital 'iruiisll Company of
Washiiiston, D. C., to DC present on
January la and lu at public iicar-
ings ai which the C'lC win be cjU-
vu upon to present leoUinony in re
gard to me t tPC’s cnarge Uiai me
Capital Transit Company has vio
lated Ihe Piesidcnl's oraer torbid-
uing discim'inat.un in war indus-
tries because ol race, creed, or
color.
The FEPC’s compaml charging re
strictive racial hiring on transit
lines serving Federal war workers
workers was served on the Com
pany Tuc.sauy. January 2. accord
ing to an ofticial statement rcleas-
bruught lOS applications from Ne
groes for positions as bus operators,
motormen, conouctors, and checkers,
ital Transit Company said that the
company refused to hire the appH-
c.int5."
In a prepared statement the Cap
ital Transit Compjny said cthat th
Company would appear at the hear
ing and will "present all available
facts pertaining to its employment
policies at that time."
The company claims to have ap
proximately 540 colored persons on
its payrolls and insists that at the
present time it is finding it difficult
to get colored applicants fo** posi
tions.”
Negroes in Washington express
special interest in the fact that
there are no Negro bus operators.
tory completion of the ocurse.
V-
PROBES OUSTER
0F15SEABEES
I set up in four viork
.puiticipation hT the i
turned State’s evidence, and was
sentenied to 25-30 years in pri.son ' Abramson,
on a charge of second-degree fh-lief Con
The campaign to win justice for
15 discharged Negro Seabees, in
which the National CIO War Be
lief Comnutice has worked with
other urgunizations .produced re-
sulbt December 11 with the open
ing of Washington hi^arings on Ihe
case before the- Navy Board pf Re
view for Dischai^es.
The men were summarily dis
missed as "undesirable in October,
1943, after they had protested a-
gainst segregation. Two of the men,
Harvey Steele. 2G, former shipfit-
ler, 'second class, and Isaac G. Mc
Nutt, 27. former .slorekeeikV, third
Ntf-W¥fjr1c. l.i.d ipf
(he- council
divisions. r|
First, under a conirnunily servict'jf
division, u stuff uf specialists in
liuusing. employmctii, police ad
ministration. recreation, health, ed-
ucatiu Hand other fields will be
lavailabic to communltie.s for con
sultation; i2i a national clearing
house will g.tther national informa-
inter^lroup rclnliiiiis; 3i a national'
information center to tiunsmlt
formation about the most successfd)
practices in solving the problems oi
intergroup relations; '3> a natoingi
iiiformtaiun bureau will be u grou'
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Among the five persons me-
nioralizcd on Saturday at the „
sixth annual memorial service for ed by the Office of War Informa-
deceased city employees who diid lion. It stated that the Company had
III 1944 were David Augustus and refused to hire Negroes as "bus , u
John W. Warren, employed in the operators, motormen, conductor# | conductor.-*, etc . representing the
\s a re.suU of Public Works Department for and checkers." | Capital Transit Conipc-ny for me
, . manv vears. The service was held Fourteen Negro men and women Nation’s Capital, while in other
oluntecring their Baptist Church applicants have been refused em- larne cities such as N?w York, Lo*
(white) at 3 o'clock. pioyment in the capacities referred Anselr.s. California; Philadelphia,
Dr E, Broaduc Jones, pastor to according to the FEPC. and others. Negroes arc serving In
of Uie church, spoke on "Angeli The FKPC slateinenl as issued similar capacities without abnormal
ol the Night," pointing out how reviewed the hiring policies of the mishap. It is regarded by many as •
these angels are our benefactors CTC over the past two years saying break of good faith with other m-
c , ,4 freeing us from prisons of ,hui "an original order for "white tions of the world to have this dls-
bnstrucUon Co., on ^aluraaj, i j.qu} pja^fd with United States crimination exist in the city which
a’.I A 1 The speaker explained tl.al our Kmnloyment Ser\-lce of the War scorns destim.d k> becorne the cct-
SS David H. Atwater on Apiil when we shave Manpower Corrmislon was later ter of international relations for
mg ceremony. g^i-rows of others, and while modified bv an exprc.sscd company peoples throughout the world.
Arlee Cox, widow of i helping our fellow-men we win ’ - - -
itt Cox, who went down withj, r.jir^plvM that roveted libera- _
1942, christened the latest ad- u,|Sehes us Oh a lile ELDERLY MAN DIES AS HOME BURNS
runswiek, Ga.-
^^00 workers
■* -aN’ices on Christmas Day. the
liborty Ship William Cox. nam
for a merchant seaman, was
to slide down the ways of the
;wick yard of the J. A. Jones
llion U) the United States iner-j^j beauty and happines.
Miss Lillian Cox. neice of the 1 ^he Rockingham — Seventy-five- went up in flames. Because of hii
•aman. and .Miss Julia Dowells. (j^e debased were con-'>tar old Watt Hines, w-as fataUy feeble
L* plant, w'cre to-: present city em-iburned on last Wednesday morn- w-as unable to make htf
the CIO, 'and Irving
ehainnaii of the War
Commitlcc, l4»uk the matter
»»- T-4* .«• u r,. * I tributed by the present city
jjisora. Miss Dowells, has the ^ ^
;ord of only one day’s absence
ring her 15 months of employ-
•nt with the company.
■■he woiker.s had set as their
il seven launchings for Dccem-
and in order to complete their
, volunteered to work gralis
Christmas Day. Their time was
Rated to the United States
reasury and as a "gift to the
)y8 overseas.’’
Franklin Co
Elmancipatioi
Louisbui'g—For the 79lh tinui|
tli^ Fcttfsklin coualv'-Eiuancipd^
AssoctaUon has heU a *
ctirimioraUiigi the -i;;r..,-i/
Emancipation Prociamattui
th^
Hich brougnl freedom to the col
ored people of Uris great nation
small anioaiit uf moat nniri naut.,vtrttcIpbtion m' titc liTUracr^onm
At the time, Mrs. White wasiturned State’s evidence, and was
confined in St. Agnes Hospital ;.senten£ed to 25-30 years in prison
with a newborn child. -on a charge of second-degree
Upon investigation, While told murder, and sentenced to die, re-
Mrs. Brower that he purchased rest, but was later taken into cus-
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Retiring Gov. Assists In
Bronze Star Awards
I pealed to the CIO, and Irving
I Abramson, chuirmati of the War
; Relief Committee, look the matter
directly to Secretary of the Navy*
James V. Forrestal.
Alsu acting on behalf of the
' iiu-n .nre the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, the American Civil Liber-
lies Union and the,Lynn Commit
tee to Abulisli Segregation in the
Armed Forces. Serving as special
counsel is Arthur Garfield Hays.
th^ Emancipalion i'rociamatfon
wnich brougnl freedom to the col-
Fort Brag, N. C.. Dee 29.—Mak
ing his last public appearance be
fore retiring Iroin t-ffice next
week. Governor J. Melville
Broughton of North Carolina to
day assisted Brigadier G- neial
John T. Kennedy. Commanding
Gen. of Fort Bragg, in presenting
Bronze Star awards to the la^ei
of a Negro enlisted man killed in
action and lo a Chaplain now sta
tioned hereafter service overesas.
A tour of this vast military re
servation gave the oulgomg Gov
ernor a glimpse of the scope and
magnitude >f the^ work
done by the Army laeivice
at Fort Bragg. He visited, fthops>.
warehouses, and other faacHities
of the post. He observed the mi-
mendous tasks being accomplish
ed daily by the Abf I er.sonnel
Center, where North Carolina and
South Carolina men are inducted
and received into the Army, giv
en special educational naming,
processed upon return from oyei-
seas for furloughs and reassign-
menus, and processed throagh the
Separation Center.
Governor and Mr.*'. Broughton,
who wer«' escorted tlirough the
tour b\ General Kennedy, sho-v-
ed particular interest in tlu- woik
being caried on by Fort Biaggj
Supply Division.He was surpiLsed
to learn liial vast amounUs of
clothing and ••quipnunl ate sal
vaged and repaired at Fort Bragg
weekly. Urns saving the govern-
nitni ihousandi^ of dolIar.s annual
ly. The .size i'f For? Bragg s U.uii-
dry, considereil one of Hi.* laig-
est in thi‘ nation, astounded the
Govi-rnor. , , ‘
The Govi-rnor expressed plea
sure at wlial he ob.S4-rved m a tour
of one of Fort Bragg s hospitals.
He visited a number of wards,
where he talked with .«r,Idler pa
tients. Surgical rooms, laborato
ries and ot’ner facilities of the
hospital also were visited.
Soldieis in various stages of
training for combat duty were ob-
> served. Men taking basic and ad-
w* veneed Artillery training were
' among the troops .seen by the
Governor. , .. ,
Governor Broughton described
his visit here today a.s hi.s last of-
hcial appearance as Governor of
North Carolina. He took occasion
to praise the harmonious rela
tions that have existed btMw’een
Fort Bragg officers and North
Carolina officials during his term
of office. ^ ^
Joseph E. Ray of Rouli- 2, St.
. Pauls, N. C.. received the- Bronze
. Star aw-arded posthumou.sly to his
1 son. Pvt. Deormy Ray. for ‘‘hr-
L roic achievement" in connection
L wiUi military operation.s against
1 the enemy in the Solomon Islands.
Chaplain (Captain) Alvin E.
Clark, son of W. A. Clark of Rte
Bentonville, Arkansas, was
Ki.
pifSeiited the Bronze* Star tTW’ard-
i‘d for nuritorious acluevomoni
while .serving at New Georgia.
Solomon Isl.and-s.
Personnel of Fort Bragg’s Sta-
t!(*n Compk-nu-nt look part in the
ceiemonies during which the
awards were presented. Music for
the- event was fiirni.shed by die
•1411th .Arm.v Ser\: e Forces Band,
a unit compo.sed jf Negro Per
sonnel and direc ted by WO Ruth-
eilcird Strider of Lexington. Ky.
' In spi-aking durin;; the pre-
|.■'eIllJllion cerc-monic's, Govc-rnor
iBioughton paid .special tribute to
members of the Negro race who
!i:.vi made tin- s-jpreme sacriHce
hn the war. He said that these men
not only hav«- "reflected great
jcredit upon tlu- miliatry service
blit also have add(*d an outstand
ing chapter to the hLstory of the
[Negro in this nation." He express-
led pride in the "close harmonj’
that has been manife.st between
I the races in North aCiolina" dur
ing his term of ofnec.
I (Continued on back page)
n dthc CIO has filej a irenioran
ihini with the biiard as "amicus
Uuiiae"—friend t»f the court—point-
y.ot lli.n 'll would L>e must legret-
' table if a preccileiit were estab-
li.shcd for such summary discharges
that places the burden of an in
herently unjust situation up'n
I thu.RO innocent of any actual in-
: fringement of rc>gulatiun.s.''
Tlie aim of the CIO and the oth-
[er organizations is to gain honor-
'able discharges I’or the nun. since
I the m.mncr of Du-ir dismissal pre
.eludes their enjoying benefits tin
dci the GI Bill of Rights.
Th-- fiftten were discharged im
mediately afl«'i- discussing tlic seg
.legation and oth'-r racial problems
•It their Carribean base with their
while commanding officer, who had
invited them to a meeting to ‘get
things off your chest”. The "yel
low" di.scharges they were handed
denies them bt‘iiefits Br.inted hon
orably discharged men, such as
mu.stering-out pay and post-service
eilucation.
Th-- CIO’s memorandum to the
board said the Committee "has giv-
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ored people of this great nation.
The program was held at Frank
lin Co. Court House Louisburg
v.’here a large gathering of the
county population had assembled. i
Local speakers for the occasion,
included Mrs. Elizabeth Hawkins
and Rev. S. G. Dunslon boUi of
wliom gave fine ••xposilions of
phases of race relations The main
aadi'css was given by Mr. W. c.
Greene.
Mr. Greene in hi.i address and
in speaking about the civil war
said, "the destiny of the nation'
to become a land ol fiee men was
understood." His address pointed
out three emancipations that have
come to the wurid and suggested
the fourth about which he said.
“The fourtli great emancipation
ust be the fulnllnienl of ifte
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ling when his two-room house ;ot the dwelling m um^^
I way out
ASK ABOLITION OF LIN
COLN UNIVERSITY, MO.
Kansas City, Mo. . , Because
the Missouri State Conference of
Branches of the NAACP believes
facilities at Lincoln University,
[Mo., are inferior to those at ^e,
! University of Missouri, which
[does not admit Negro students,
the State NAACP is suMosting; .-rAt v _ m
the abolition of Lincoln Universi- SO.MEWHERE IN ITALY m
!ty common veinacular. units oi the
• David H. Grant. St. Ixjuis at-ittznd Divuiou, lighting along ine
^lorney, offered the afegestion end I.sen-ftio Riv.r aeuior - m luiy
>prop»ra that a bill Vo submitted iweex, "pulled a fast one on iheu
!lo Uie Missouri Stata Legislature German enemies when they escap-
lembodying the poina* of in his ed wnat seemed to be
92nd DIVISION ESCAPES
WITH CLOSE CALL
from the men since this was their
most potent weapon in freeing
themselves.
Durm.; inis hand-to-hand scrap
two of the men. Pvt. John Boberta
,of New Yor kC.ty, and pvU Alotuo
perfect Uap Gardner of AtlanUo City, manning
All ll„ I
'toniey, otfered the aiggeation and
propiMM that a bill aa submitted
to the Missouri Stntd Legislature
embodying the poinv of in his
prc^josal. \
Grant's bill would ubolish the
Negro institution and admit Ne
groes lo the Slate University.
GOV. CHERRY AD
VOCATES PROG
RESS IN ADDRESS
Bishop King’s Resignation
Deferred By Fraternal
Council of Negro Churches
MAN FOUND DEAD BY
SCHOOL CHILDREN
FAVErrEVn.l.E - Mr. Samuel
Biiins of thf Sw.in Cr>'ek Com-
iiiiitiiiy wjK found d-'acl on a side
|••.■d. in the Swan Creek Conimuni-
ly oil Friday, DLcember 29th. Tlie
biKly was liscov«-red by some school
|cliiich't-n ;iiul iiew.s was dispatched
the Gmily of Mr Burns. w)io had
'b-«-ii clung for him durnig the
d.iy. He k-l’t hi.mr uij Thursday und
I Lilted to return.
Corfmor.s’ inquest .-epuited that
[inditakons wcie that he came to
hi-; death a.s a resull 1 a stioke of
'.Iji brain.
1 Funeral services were conduct-
led Sundiiy, Du-ember 31.-,t at Swan
Creek B:i|>ti;l Church of which
R' v, Bobbitt is pastor,
1 He is survived by a wife, Mrs.
,I,ul:i Burn.-;: ‘me si-ter. Miss Cuanna
I Burns; six children: four sons. Ray
mond. .Tiinior, Van. NJthaniel: two
dauuliters. Pauline and Essie Mae.
‘hr- former is now Mrs. Pauline Sul-
,ton. anti the latter. Mrs. Essie Mae
Burns.
Ijilxtr Coiulitioiis In
M ilmin»tnii Improving
RALEIGH - Wilm’nRton has
been moved from a Group II, labor
.vlnn-tago area, to a Group III area,
with sii'jht labor surplus, in the
January I classification of labor
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Mr. Burns was a highly respected
Christian citizen in the community
and ill his church.
Resolutions were given by Mr.
T.iylor Bryant, Rev. John R. Mc
Nair ai'id others.
S200.000 LIBRARY FOR
I'KAIKIF. VIEW COLLFGF
Prairie View. Tex. . . . construc
tion plans for a new $200,000 li
brary to be named in honor of
Piincipal Willelte R-Jlherford
Banks were announced hen* this
week.
CINCINNATI. O.-The executive
corrnilttce of the Fralviiial Coun
cil »>f Negro Cliurches in America
met today in Allen Temple, 6lb
& Broadway this city Dr. E. W.
j I’c-rry. President of the Oklahoma
Baptist Convention, who is vice
prosidenl--it-large of the Fraternal
Council, presided. Di-, W. M. Fraz-
I ier. Presidint of the Mississippi In-
[dustrial College, acted as secretary.
, Leading Churchmen from various
paits of the country were present,
I among iln-m Bishop.s J. A. Hamlet.
[.J Kansas City, W, A. Fountain ol
‘.Atlanta. Ga.; R. C. Ransom and
IR. R. Wright, Jr. of Wilberforce.
lO. J. H. Clayborn of Little Rock,
Ark. Rev. V. M. Townsend of Ar-
• kaiisus, B Julian Binith of CJiicago,
W K. Wilkes of Georgia. B. M.
Hughes of Kentucky. P. R. Wash-
'iiigton oi Oliio, A. W. Womark, A.
I'F. Davi.s and F. D Coleman of
' TeiiiH-ssec, Bishop 1) H. Sims and
Bishop J. A. Gr''}’g, Dr. J. (' Au
stin and Dr. C- T. Murray and oth-
|ers were represented by proxies.
The meeting decided not to accept
the resignation of President. Bis
hop L. H. King, hoping that lie will
suffmntly r-eover from his illness
' til be able to continue as president,
it adopted resolutions approving uf
a Rural Life Committee, and lis
tened to a report u( the executive
secreary. Afu.-r receiving funds
from the various church leaders, it
adjourned to meet in St. Paul A.
M. E. Church, Columbus. O.. Wed-
' nesday, February 7, 1945 a t 10 o’
clock to consider matters uf mo-
[ merit. The membership drive will
be continued by ihe - xccutive sec
retary who i.vpes to gel 25.00U new
jmembers by the time of Die Feb-
, ruary nii-eting.
Enfield Soldier Com-
RALEIGH — In a 14,000 word
addiess delivered befure a capacity
audience in the Raleigh Memorial
Auditorium here Thursday, His
Excellency. R. Gregg Cherry out
lined a program for North Carolina
that will assure a progressive admin
istration it carried out.
Governor Cherry recommended;
1. Studies of State policies pre
paratory lo declaring North Caro
lina's p4)sition respecting Federal,
Foreign, and Domestic matters.
2. Retiremen of the Stai«-’s bond
ed indebtedness.
3. Maintainence of present tax
structure
4. Re-enacimenl of the Stale Em
ploye’s bonus
5. $12.5.00 per month for beginning
teachers with ‘A’ certificates
6. Machinery for proper control of
public school funds
7. All weather road-; for every
section of the State
iContinued on oack page)
serenm Riv-ir aaufw--m lUiy last
wetnc, "pulled a fast one’^ on iheu
German enemies when they escap
ed wnat seemed to be t perfect trap
set by the Krauts. All the territory
lost temporarily by the Americans
was regained with comparatively
light casualties.
The story goes In this wise — On
last Thursday hardly a Biker of
hope was left at the command post
for the units whose freedom or
lives were believed to be lost. No
report had been received at the
post for two long days, when on
Wednesday word filtered through
that the rcconnaisancc patrol had
fought like madmen In a fierce
counter attack and were holding
Ihcir positions.
Once .igain "home” the boys told
how the Germans descended upon
I them suddenly, first apparently
I ui.«Kan eurinirino Into
I them suddenly, iirsi apparvmij-
I bluffing, and then swinging Into
j full force all the mechanic power
I they possessed, concentrating in the
j center of the lines.
Our boys resisted with every pos-
isible means, but were losing all Ihv
[time .nnd becoming deeper and deep-
;cr in the clutches of the enemy
[This kept up all day Tuesday.
On Wednesday allied bomber
! fighters came to the aid of the units,
and dropped their lethal loads in
the path of the advancing German:,
in order to retard them; tactic.-
which proved most effective since
not many targeU were missed.
Then came the time to smash
through, and this they did v*ith
the use of hand grenades, small
arms, rocks and wh tahave you. In
cidentally. th elowly hand grenadt
gained for itself supreme respec
Duruaj this hand-to-htad senp
two of the men. Pvt John
of New Yor kCity, and pvt Aliywyt
Gardner of AUanlio City,
a machine gun "up front" were cut
off from their company for twenty
hours. They eventually mada -•
way back, however.
When most of the shooting 'was
over, it was discovered that tha
enemy had been shoved back cotn-
plelely off the territory once hild
by us and which we could claim
again. It was also discovered that
the Germans threw this terrific
offensive to clear a path to Lucca,
the city taken by us m September
and rcknown for Its beauty.
It was a great and dramatic fight
with our boys quitting themselvea
like the men they are.
RED CROSS
WORKERS MAKE
SAFE VOYAGE
FEPC BILL LABOR’S
BIGGEST 1944 FIGHT
mended by (iommand*
ing Officer
‘ WITH THE AR.MY AIR FORCE
ENGINEER COMMAND IN COR
SICA - Fred S. Wilkins, oi Enfield.
. N. C.. was recently commended by
^his Battalion Commander, Lt. Col-
' onel James O. Johnson of Hunts-
'.ville, Ala. The commendation reads
iConiinued on back page)
Senate and House Committee
approval of the LaFollette-Daw-
son Bill for a Permanent Fair
Employment Prictice Commission
constituted the major labor'^
rights gain of 1944, Morris Mil-
gram. Workers Defense League
National secretary, declared in a
New Year's day statement.
“The impetus gaind by the FE
PC bill in recent months must not
be lost by permitting Congres
sional committees to stall progress
of the bilk," Milgram sair. “Ev-
HEROIC N.C. SOLDIERS HONORED IN FRANCE
Somewhere in Franci*—Dedica
tion of the Daienlal Bridge, the
largest in Franco, to Pfc. I. D.
Dickerson of Pikesville, N. C.. and
Pfc. Albert Amos of Cave City,
Ky.. honored two of the war’s ho-
loic Negro engineers in cere
monies near Rouen recently. Both
re members of the 392nd En
gineer Regiment General Serzico.
Dickerson, who was killed at
Carenton by an anti-personnel-
mine while clearing a mine field
and Amos was killed by a anti
personnel bomb while on duty in
Brittany.
The Rouen ceremony, aside
from dedicating the bridge to the
two ht-iOic engineers, al^ signal
ized the remarkable engineering
feats accomplished by American
Negro troops in this sector.
Flwing Nazis placed 40 tons of
TNT under the columns of tho
Rouen Viaduct, blowing avv-ay
nine arches of the bridge. Eight
days were required to remove the
debris, even with Americans ulil-
i'ting the most modern equip
ment.
Tho men had to dig nine feet
under the ground in order to get
a solid foundation. Then were no
timber available conseque.''lIy the
man had to go into the forest and
fell huge trees to get their lim
ber rejuired for the massive struc
ture of the bridge. Special bolts
were made in the French machine
.jhops. The French railroad of-
jlprials provided the battalion with
j^bod lights thus enabling them
' work on a 24 hour shift. They
to face an auduous task for
. perpetual rains had threaten-
to rob them of the record they
re trying to establish. Coupled
ih this there was a sea of mud
lich added to their difficulties,
'ievertheless, the job was com-
-led as aranged much to the as-
.lishment of the British and
■ench officials who said that il
is impossible of accomplish-
*nt. In order to demonstrate the
iistance of the bridge, two en-
les Weighing 200 tons each were
tfii ’ ’
(^upled together and made a run
across which was distinct success.
Il was a great achievement for the
2nd battalion and high military
and civil dignitaries including
gathered to pay them homage.
Ameicans. French and British,
Tha Ceremony
The ceremony began with a
luncheon at the Grand Hotel De
La Poste where Maj. Gen. C. B.
Moore, chief engineer. U. S. army,
ETO, was tho principal guest. Sit
ting beside the general were Adm.
Rivett-Camac, commander British
Naval forces, Rouen; Brig. Mon
guy, FVench 3rd rerton; Brig.
Hynes, commander British Rouen
Ganison: Capt.Horon de Volle-
(Continued on back page)
eiy community organization
which believes in equal job rights
for minorities — Negroes. Jews,
Catholics, foreign bom, bapanese-
American, Mexicans—should seek
to get definite commitment from
their Congressmen for immediate
passage of the LaFollette-Daw-
son Permanent FEPC bill with
out amendment as to coverage or
enforcement powers. But fair em
ployment without full employ
ment will prove a mirage. Thus
all who seek to put 1945 down
in history as as year when Con
gress made job discrimination il
legal must also see to it that we
plan for full employment. We will
not eliminate discrimination, as
long as we have employment, cr
the fear of unemployment, tor
menting a majority group."
EPIPHANY SERVICE AT
ST. AUGUSTINE’S
RALEIGH — The traditional
Epiphany service, sometimes called
tho “Feast of Lights." will be held
the chapel of St. Augustine’s
College Saturday. January 8, at
?'30 p. m. The Feast of the Epiphany
celebrates the manifestation of the
infant Jc.sus to the gentile world
through the Three Wise Men from
the East, and has been marked by
the special Feast of Lights service
at St. Augustine’s for many years.
WASHINGTON. D. C.— Amerl-
, on Red Cross worittrs whose ar-
-'ival at posts In Laly, Norib Ain-
. i and Inoia Is announced this
week include six Neg^o me.. a.Ki
women.
I India arrivals were:
I L. Bernice Grice, staff assistant.
. :516 North 28ih Street. Omaha.
.Vebr.
Emily May Harper, assistant club
rector, 1501 Dewey Avenue.
. anston, 111.
Arived in Italy:
Malcolm G. Cotton, assistant field
director, 6 West 128'h Street, New
York City.
William C. Paul, assistant field
director .122 Adams Avenue. Mag-
noUa, N. J.
North African arrivals:
Odette Harper, staff assistant. 45$
East l87th Street. New York City.
James G. Tyson, club director.
3533 New Hampshire Avenue. N.
W.. Washington. D. C.
Miss Grice, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Grice of Omaha, was
employed in the War Department,
Office of the Surgeon General, in
Washington. D. C.. before her Red
Cross appointment. She is a grad
uate .)f Technical High S^ool,
Omaha, and the University of
Omaha.
Emily May Harper was an inter
viewer in the Raleigh, N. C., office
of ho War Manpower Commission
before joining the Rod Cross stail
The daughter of Mrs. Lulu Harper
Jackson, of Evangston, Ill., she is a
graduate of the Wendell PhllUpi
High School, Chicago, and Howart
University. She received her M. A.
degree from Columbia Univeraity
in 1932.
Before his Red Cross appointment.
Mr. Cotton was with the Dobbirui
Coal Company, New York City. He
is a graduate of Knoxville College
High School and attended Knox
ville College, Talladega College
and New York University. HU
mother. Mrs. E. L. Cotton, resides
at 607 Lanson Street. Durham. N. C.
Mr. Paul taught school intt|i|Men,
N. J., before his Red Crosa^'^SJoint-
ment. He attended high tenool In
Baltimore. Md.. and is a graduate
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