J
RALEIGH, N. C.
Political
GRATIFIED AT
VICTORY FOR
SEABEES
New York — Exprfssm« !um-
sfll as "hiRhly Rratitipd” over the
hcnorabie- discharges won bv 11
Seabees. Thirgood Marshal!. Sp.
cial Counsel of the N.^ACP ^Jid.
•'this was one oi t h v tough* .-t
figlils of th*' NAACP in r. c>n:
voars.”
Nlarshall recalled litat ui Oct^ba
er. 1943. Ihc colored »ailoi> .> h .
hau been dishonorably diacluiig* .i
btcause they availed tiieiii't iv.
oi an inxilaliun bv then ^ • •nn
mander to ‘'speak tiaiiki\ 'i: ‘.ik
u-cotd. came to ih.' NAACP i'*
tin for aid. Th.- lau- Frank
then Secretaiy ol tlu NaW, :*•-
fused to take any action ni si'i;
ot exleiidod corresptndeiKc .m l
Cenferonces between Mai.-i.all -iii •
Navy olticiais. but la N.-\\ci’
pcr.sistc‘d and later wa.' jjaieo ' •
other groups. Finally .Mai.s;.a-l. ;■
presenting 11 ol the nit-n, an I
other lawyers : epr.'-si-m.ng l ii >
other 4. app.aud and leaig.i *1
the case before a Naval llo.iivl .1
Review last l)ecenib> i
'I'he men contended that t...
diseharges were unfair and n.* it
icapped them m civilian liie.
In addition to sevui .ng a i han.-e
in these dischaige.-;. tm .N.XACP
also securtd a re.scm.i;;i i 't a.'.
undesirable dischaige given Ce >
Utendahl. tormeilv \Miii ine -bln
Special Seabee Battalion I’h n
dahl was represented by .h »
J)i-dmon. Jr.. Secretai v ol V. !■ •
alls' Affairs for the N.A.ACP .n .
, Washingtoi' Bureau
HE
In Wilmington
\ (»l.l -MK XW. Ni). 11
SAXrRDAY. APRIL
11, HU5 i:al[-.h;u, NO^T
:TH CAROLINA
PRICE FIVE CENTS
G. A llen,Secon d Negro,
Enters Politico I Race
COV. CHERRY OITERETiIRNS
Iciiljr.. luiieral du'oetor, anni'unc- a
TOSPESS
AT0.tF0RD'
tiiut ofltce—
I mefd t»y a
! egfcWr m o
i;k« - V. A!
.. n 1, ... k-
.r.. • \V
Support Anti-Lynch Bill,
Morris Milgram Urges
, and
f pa^l
, i't- i« .1
ocketed after the last war. ton
of the victims In 1919. for exam
ple. being Negro veteians; and
With our fears for what the peri
od ahead ol us will mean, we must
press harder than ever tor a Fed-
e’al statute."
New York - iWDlJ -- Sup
port by every citizen of a mov*-^ Hut
to get 8 pending ami-lvnchmgtj.dj a. , Wa..;..,*,
bill before tlie House of Rc-i>i' u.au ..1 in- No'..-i.oi .c.-.
seniaiives tor a vote is “* tor the Ad\ oiici ni*'n: ot
a statement issued here by -lor-1 people points out—lyntiu
IIS Milaram. national secivial\ ol uu ust
.V.. -urM-Ppi-s Defense Leagu*- tlu- Vic’.ni- .n inly,
lis Milgram. national secretary of
the 'Workers Defense League.
The bill is HR 1698. sponsoivd
by Representative D. Lane Pow-
eis of New Jersey. On March -Jl,
he submitted a discharge petition
in order to take the bill out of Uie
hands ot the House judiciary
committee and brine n to the
Iloor ot the House for a vole. The
petition must be signed b> JlH
Representatives in ordci to get
out of the burial ground that this
committee has often proved to
b ’ for progressive measures.
“There i.s no doubt that every
body interested in the rights ji
organized labor, civil rights, ex
tending the franchise, and provid
ing security for returning soldi
ers. especially Negro .soldiers,
should press for the discharge
and passage of the bill," Milgram
stated. "The crime of lynching
has too long gone unpunished for
lack of adepuaie Federal Itgisla
tion with teeth in it. Bills making
up for that lack have bium com
promised, log-rolled, high-pi^s-
dT^udgT
WILMINGTON
SPEAKER
Judge John D. Carr, a former
resident of Wilmington and a na
tive of nearby Rocky Point, . C.,
is now active in civic, education
al. political, and inter-racial
movements in various sections of
the country. He is prominently
identLHed with the Council of
Human Relations for Freedom. He
has headqaurters in Asheville. N.
C.. and Boston. Mass.
A local daily paper in Spring-
field. Mass., carried a story on an
address Judge Carr recently made
to the Young People’s Forum of
St. John’s Congregational Cliurch.
Springfield. Mass. The story is j.«
follows:
Judge Dalton Carr of Asheville.
N C. speaking on “Negro youth"
at the Young Pc*ople's Forum of
St. John’s Congregational Church
yesterday said, after commenting
on Uie excellence of the Spring-
field Plan, that the white man al-
1 Continued on b.ick pagei
BH.N M.C.HEE, produce deal-
■ W .iii.ngton, is a catuli-
u:- lo; tiiA c-l'. louncii .*1 Wii-
’'gti-r, MbHiner i3 I h e first
N-;:;.. • f*l»- in New Hjn.Aer
i' -ur.f. I'.i pubiu off e m ov-
fiftv \ears
lieiit Kegibtratiuu
K\Lll.li — .\pril IS !• the
.(.wlltne tor reui i rgistiwUMis
(v tiHiteiA ot rriiiAl dHelUng
«iu«itrrs in \t4ke County, 'uid
{xr-tuio, iiuklnc rrglUrAUen*
.iitrr Ut4i (late, or tullioa to
rrst^trf. %ubie«t to prnai-
' 11 announced .Monday
Li> firuiKr \\. Jeffrey IUIri(ti
ICrnt ((wiirul .4rea director
"the ubole of Make Couty
Uas been dretared a defense
renUl irea and rent runirol H
ill (ffrcl throuckuot the roan-
rental area and rent control la
in effect throughout the coun
ty."
Penalty for failure tu register
all rented, or offered for rent,
dwelling units is $3,000 fine or
one year in a Federal prison.
Diiinam. - 1. K A‘ tin.
vdili*r of t.’if A I T.n.b. a.nd
p:« Mdenl «>i Ifu Hl-i*- Intel dtij.i.ii
inationa! .VssociatMiv
s.iid tii.c till.' wick that 'Inn:
valJ-jiii arc that a^t \*.c - $2,500
((iitiiiHilion to trie tixf.K-l C.-:-
,-(d O: pharjgf w:'.' I- i.* jriv
.ii.-oblcd ln,a vt :tr
, Austin sold ab* I tuat plan.c to:
tlu uslu-ra' nil-1 ting in Oxtor-l
SuiiJav j;r all v*nnph’(
GoV R Gt' ggChenv a ! i •'>-
,uii. the Idigest Ni gro au-li'-n *•
'-me. a.-i'uming the goveinijr.^mr'.
:'.vilJ delivt] tie- main address
Austin .-aid h«- h.id (•..nu.cted
'T a Hanimv. (irphariji »• sup«Tin-
tr.dei>t. .vr...! a-'Suied him that all
' inangeinenl.- have b«-«-n made foi
I (apai-itv ciiiv. d at the orphan-
>i(( Sindav.
iiiJr.
iiig^ul tie IS a catiu.duU- to. city
(.(UOcil — bn.tging to two the
nunUx-r ol Negiu vandidales ii ■
office—Ni-gio cUiZ( ns wt:c
ili/i-ns cominiticc to
older that they inigi.'
ballots in ihi- '.niiii -nnng
pinterv eUwtion
B^n McGhee, iht fii.sl caii.ii-
daUt to announce, issued tui- WIL
.\I1MDTQN JOUKNAl. tn- .;) -vs
mgjftateniviil:
"h*m a produce dealer of Wil-
mniKton. and at *>nc tune was
a pncticuig lawyer i was t h«
tiritNegro to file lor public of-
lici^bere wiLhin the last fifty
' Ejuticipate doing even great
er untg.* for the advancement of
tht^hegr.- race. The tune is hei.-
lot -llw Negro race to prepaic
■ slves for Ih post-war pro-
and to help solve the many
that lie ahead m the
filing of a Negro for pub-
imed on back ptiget
Tuskegee Operates One of
Two Red Cross Hospitals
Atlanta — Tuskegee has one of
,v two American Red Cio-ss iios-
pital unius in im- oinuu islalcs
eu emniij >'> I'n.iio woix
liie oouuieajivi II *viea vniic-
niviicun J(cu c.io>s .iiuiounc-
lU louay. me oiiic-r umi is a-
roll iiuuciiuc.i. .-11 lioiia wnvic
liieic is a laigc c..iiceiiUa(ioii ul
Negro paiicms.
-lauouai ill aolJUu. lel S 4*11SS
Leonoie (_o.X. a iNegio jccivaiioii
ijKer. avis a- vys.-(L-.iaiu to uv.-
liouiii iJiK Cioi, .wiiilaiy a ii u
\al W vllale S>cl Vice. ailU li- lps
plan Uie /Ulieiican Jted VioS.s i*.-
lion seivice loi ail me sicl-
iiijuicd 111 miliiaiv iiu.'tpilals
III tile omted .Stale.--.
Uver.-.eas meiv arc nianj Nv-
(. troops Ot mg .scivtu by lied
L'luss woikeis ol liKir own lac..
iNt-gri) Red Lios.s woikei'S iroiii
! ,^mii ul an eiiliie iio.spital
I m New Liuiiiea and ol mor
tw
lily
. Uui
.1, v'hni;.
I'.nglaUd,
alld
I-1 ante, iiui
llic iSOUUUVe.Sl 1
1 All OWI liie Woild, nowever.
lliL- Red Cross renOers aid to all
Mien and w'oiut.'ii in Uie'armed
h'oices. legal dk-ss ol race. From
National Hcatkiuarteis conu-s the
.I'Lpoit on Ihivale Jolin Jones, one
ol me many Negro soldiers mis
organization has Uelp.-d inroiigh
his entire army stivice.
I Jones lost hLs right led during
the early days ol the invasioii ol
France. At his evacuation Jios-
pilal a R d Cross worker piovidcd
him Willi a loollibru.sh. cigarettes.
;ind many other things he needed.
Later, in an overseas genmal
liospilal, he struggled to break
the news of his injuiy to ins
tan.ilv at home. A Red Ci oss
worker helped liiin write the let
ter. and encouraged him when h.-
Press Man Entertains
G.I.’s In Burma Jungle
Myilkyina. Burma. April 16 —
D«ton Brooks of the Chicago De
fender and the Negro Press of
America w’as one of four Amer
ican war correspondents particb
paling in a "Behind the News”
program recently in the Ameri
can Red Cross clubhouse. "Ace of
Clubs.” hidden deep in the Burma
jungle.
Soldiers packed the basha build
ing. filled the crude jungle luin-
‘ [T benches, and literally clung
roof when they climbed to
roxsbeam-1 supporting the
club to hear the r.iund-table dis-
cis^ion of the war in the China
.and Bji'ina iheateis.
Drook.s wa.-- invited to lake part
at l!ie rt'qii.\sl of Janet Scliwerl-
inan. of Newton Highland;. Ma.«S-.
Red CriA-is program director of tlu-
iui.gle chibliouse. who heint that
4h( roresix>ii(l( nts weiv in the vi
cinity. Cithirs who Dartieipaled
■ Were Flank Martin of the A-sso-
jciated Pre.ss. Hugh Crumplc-r of
!the ITniled Press, and Graham
Pack of the U. S. Office of War
Information.
was worried about the future. He
was still in this hospital when he
reached his twenty-fourth birth
day. The Red Cross W'ard worker
planned a surprise party with
games, ice cream, and even a cake
made of split doughnuts and iced
with molted chocolate bars.
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2TooovTewarT^
EXHIBIT AT
FAYETTEVILLE
Fa.velleville, N. C. — During the
past week almo.st 2,000 persons,
glade school children, senior and
junior high school. college
students and adults, viewed tlie
Races of Mankind Exhibit in the
Library of the Favetteville State
Teachers College. Fayetteville. N.
C.
The Negro schools in the city
and county s.vstems planned to
send iu.st r€-presentative groups
but because of the gain made by
the students first chosen the en
tire enrollments were extended
the privilege of seeing Utese 20
pjinels prepared by the Cranbrook
Ir.stilule of Science, which gave
visual presentation to significant
fiiidings about race and culture.
Tlie panel "Who are the Aryans"
brought much humor to all who
took "a visual half-hour course
in anlhropopogv for the millions,"
Many students came the second
time to see certain portions of Uie
exhibit which struck them force
fully; others wrote letters con-
r» rning the principles made more
clear to tliem.
Hud.son (loiintv Jury
Swears In First Negro
r
JFRSEY CITY, N. J, (C) — For
the first time in history, a Negro
was sw(,rn in on the Hud.:on Coun
ty Grand Jury. He is Harold S
William'-on. a CLimmercial printer
of 7G5 Ocean Avenue. Former de
puty Attorney General Robert S.
Haiprove and a leading Democratic
lo-ider in Hudson County cites Mr.
Williamson as the only Negro on
a Hudson County Grand Jury.
FROr!
iVARJEATRE
S.in F mci.-ico — Walter White,
N.AACP seen tary arrived here
; ; 5 in a H-24 plane ..iter a
3H 1-2 hour tup from . .i.siralia.
N;i. White who has just ivturned
fic-m a foul- months tiip as New
Ao.k P(tet war cori'-spondenl. ob
it rvmg the ti( jtment and role ol
Negro soldiirs in the Pacific, is
expi'cU'd to make a first-luind re
port to the Beard of Directors
irteting in the national office
.\Jondav afternoon, April 9,
Smo- his departure from the
.Slate.- last D..-cembei 4. the NA
ACP secretary has vuuted Hawaii.
J. iiiislon. Kwiigalem. Guam. Sai
pan. the Phillippines and Dutch
Guinea, and has conferred with
high army an 1 navv officials.
u) Hope Found In
Ruling Favoring Negroes
against discrimination.
FRANKLtN DELANO ROOSEVELT
Roy Wilkins, assistant secre
tary of the NAACP and Editor of
The Crisis, who will rjicak in Ra-
alcigh Sunday. April 22, for llio
local branch of the NAACP on
the subject "The Color Line in
the Post War World. ’ The place of
the meeting will be announced
later.
Roy Wilkins, assistant secretary
iCunlinuc-d on back pagoi
New York — (WDL) — Evi
dence of a change for the better—
at long last — in United States
Army and Navy treatment of Ne
groes is seen in two recent re
versals of unfavorable judgments
against colored personnel. Wheth
er these are just isolated revers-
ali. brought about bv publicity
and presure .or whether they are
indicative of real progress, rc-
.mains to be seen.
The first case is the Navv re
port from Washington that the
discharge.s of 14 Negro Seatxv.s
in the Eightieth Naval Con.struc-
lion Battalion at Trinidad for “un
lutne.ss ' or "inuplilude” had bei.'ii
enangi'd after review by hign
naval authorities to discharges
under "honorable conditions." At
a hearing, a Navy attorney charg-
,>.d that the men had attended
scditiuu.s meetings and attempted
'sit-down strikes. Lawyers for th-
Seabees dec.ared that the ni e ii
were di.scharged because they
were among Ike better-educated
Negroe.s in the battalion and
lluic-foie marked for discrimin
ation. The Workers Defense
League liad previously asked the
removal of the euininunding of
ficer of Port Hueneme. Calif,,
v.'here a thou-sand Negio Seabees
staged a two-day hunger strike
Build And Run First
Leave Camp In England
A South Coast Port. Enghind—
Private First Class William Leg
gett. 27, of Lumberlon, North Car
olina, wa.s among tlie Negro En
gineers of the 1332nd General
Service Engineer Regiment and
Quartermaster soldiens of the 32-
9lh Quartermaster Service Com
pany who recently cop'oleted the
first leave camp in the European
Theater of Operations near a
south coast port in England, for
soldiers furloughed from the
Western Front.
The leave camp was constructed
on one of the old pre-invasion
14-Year Old Boy
Knifes Brother, 2 1-2
NEW YORK (C) — Because his
mother accused him of petty thefts.
14 year old Louis Oliver killed his
2 1-2 year old brother with a bulcli
er knifk- just tu got even. Louis
stabbed his baby brother while the
child was aslfep and thou sot fire
to his bed. A half an hour later, he
ppeared at Morrisan i Police Sta
tion. 10 block.s from his home and
confessed to everything.
The stabbing uccurred 1:30 in the
morning before his mother was due
home from woik -.At police head
quarter.-;. the boy appeared unmov-
^ and poicemon say ho was the
youngest to be paraded across the
line-up. He was put through the
same routine as adults charged
with felonies.
jtaging camp sites. The two serv
ice- units winterized and eleclri-
tiod 335 tents, using 15,000 feet of
lumber from the damage piles of
the docks, and created three large
nLssen hubs, one of which houses
a deluxe Post Exchange handling
200 men an hour. They also laid
1.000 feet of gravel road and 700
feel of sidewalk, in transforming
the mudhole into an Army can-
|Vas hotel complete with sheets
a d tablecloths.
Ollier facilities, such as theater,
doughnut dugout, two large day-
looms and a barber shop are also
available for the rest men.
First Lieutenant James W. Dietz
of Buffalo. New York, white,
commanding officer of the quar-
terma.sler company, and his first
sergeant. Charles E. White. 24.
460 West 147th Si. New York
City, direct the handling of trans
portation .administration, supply,
and messing problents of this
,camp which is capable of hous-ng
2 00 men.
against discrimination.
The second case is that of four
Negro WACs convicted at Fort
Devens. Mass, of refusing to obey
a direct order to return to work.
Their court-martial sentence,
vzhich would have imprisoned
them for a year and then expelled
liicm with dishonorable discharg
es wa.s latelv voided by Major
General Sherman Miles. Evidence
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marr¥ge4am-
ILY CONFERENCE
HELD ATSTATE
(Slalf Correspondence)
Durham — Thoroughgoing in
quiries into, wartime mariage and
family problems were conducted
during the fourth annual confer
ence on the Conservation of Mar
riage and the Family convening
here- at Noitli Carolina college
lost Friday and Saturday.
Tile conference, sponsoied by
North Carolina college in coope
ration with the Mairiage and
Family Council of Chapel Hill,
was directed for the (o^rth
straight year by Mrs. Gladys
Hoagland Groves.
lulhority on family problems and
a professor of sociology in the
North Carolina colege graduate
i^‘^Uu-gely localized this year be
cause of wartinu* travel lestric-
itions the conference attracted
hundreds of Durham and nearby
high school and college students
as well as a considerable number
of private citizens from adjoining
communities. , ,
Lectures, forums and panels
were features of the sessions.
Four outstanding lectures were
delivered by Miss Grace Reeve.s,
head of the Home Economics Di
vision at Hamplon Institute: Dr.
Edward Stainbrook. psychological
couhuilanf in the Durham courts
and a professor of abnormal psy
chology at Duke University: Mrs.
Lciuise Trigg, health educator of
tht Alabama State Health Dept.:
and Mrs. Venice T. Spraggs.
iWashington correspondent the
Chicago Defender Newspapers,
i Eight panel discu.ssions were
conducted during the opening ses-
Isions. High scliool and college
.students held special forum dis
cussion of post-war marriage and
family pl.-.ns and problems.
Nation’s Leader Succumbs
As San Francisco Delegates
Arrive On Eve Of War
GREAT ADV^ejiMENT MADE
BY NEGROES UNDER FDR
DI ixeuKULS UINUEK FDR
TRUMAN IS PRESIDENT
BULLETIN
Piesideiit Franklin Delano Koosevclt died Thursday
afternoon at 3 j35 o’clock, as delegates began arriving for
the iniportant San Francisco conference and as the Lr’s
end in turope appeared imminent. Death occured at Warm
^piings, Georgia, where thj pi-esident was having his por-
Irait painted. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said
the president slept away.” Death was attributed to a
cerebral hemorrage. Just before his deatli, the president
had complained of a se\ere headache.
Vice-president Harry Truman, an ex-Missouri farm
hoy, was sworn into office as piesident at exactly 7:09 p.
m. Thureday, thus becoming the 33rd president of the
United States. Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone administered
the oath of office. Truman has reUined Roosevelt’s cab
inet, and he has pledged that he will carry out the polocies
of the late president. At press time, no vice-president had
been chosen. However, the San Francisco Conference will
continue,
Negroes throughout America began speculating as to
Truman's attitude toward the race. Under the Roosevelt
administration, Negroes have made their greatest advance
ment since Ehiancipation. Colored America began sending
condolences to the White House and to Mrs. Roosevelt, who
lead the fight to give recogn. ion to the largest r.,inority
group in America. It is weh ..nown that Mrs. Roosevelt
played the major role in brii ng to the attention of the
I’residont the gross injustice-^ which have been heaped
upon the Negro people of the country, and some of the most
forward steps made by President Roosevelt were instigated
by Mrs. Roosevelt herself.
Roosevelt’s death caused a terrific furor throughout
the world. Radio stations were in a turmoil for several
honie-s. Veteran newspapermen wept; GI’s were shockea.
Negroes knew they had lost a great friend.
Mitchell Resigns ABC Job;
Hunt Is New Manager
THREE LOSE LIVES IN DRAWBRIDGE ACCIDENT
WA.SHINGTON. N C — Three
Sw.iiilTuartcr men—Cardel Blount,
Charlie and David Spencer—plung
ed to thrlr deaths on S.aturday when
the 1oad(-d Innk in which they
were riding divt-d from a draw-
hridi’o into the river near Leech-
vUle.
*010 driver of the truck. James
Giblrs of Englehard. nairowly escap
ed the fate of hla companions by
rxtrienting himself fr(jm the wreck
age vith minor injuries.
/VfC(»fdim{ to ;i report from the
hiiihway patrolman, who Investigat
ed the disaster, the truck, which
.was traveling toward Engelhard,
I smashed into a highway truck park
ed on the bridge, knocked it into
the open draw and hurled into the
river over the top of It.
The truck was owned by R. L
Oibbs of Engelhard.
FuiUu-r invisUgation by the
.Wake Co'oniy Alcoholic Board m-
jto the case 'involving George Mit
chell, former manager oi ABC
Store. No. 4 here, resulted in the
acceptance of Mitchells’ resigna
tion by the board on Tuesday.
The Mitchell-Jemigan case was
believed closed on March 9 when
Mitchell was suspended from hu
job as st()re manager for 30 days
without pay. but a letter received
bv the boai'd from Carl William
son. Stale ABS Manager, gave
nse to a re-opening. However,
anv discu-ssion on the matter fore
stalled by Mitchell’s resignation
which read:
"I beg to herewith submit my
resignation as manager of Store
No 4. effective with the close of
business April 9. 1945.
“I thank you for your courtisies
since with vou."
Culen K. Hunt, Jr., who served
Mitchell’s assistant. was
propmtly promoted to the man
agership of the store by Acting
Board Chairman, Chauncey V
Jones and Member £. C. Daniel,
who arc in chaigc of the County
ABC system in the absence of
Chairman Henry E. Litchfoid,
who is ilh
Mitchell was charged with sell
ing Berime Jernigan 38 bottles of
rationed whiskey at No. 4, a quan
tity far in excess of the amount
allowed a customer according to
the Stale law. Furthermore. Jerni
gan was “blacklisted” as a cus
tomer in any ABC store since he
pleaded guilty in City Court some j
time ago to possession of liquor I
for sale.
The store received ration I
stamps for all the whiskey, but
Mitchell admitted that he failed
to place cash register stickers on
the bottles as required by regu
lations. Jernigan was allowed the
liquor. Mitchell said, when when
he said that he was giving a bar-
b^ue supper for a large rumber
of persons and needed additional
liquor.
Jernigan was found guilty in
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