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104th Division 1 To Return To States
TIMBERWOLF
DIVISION MAKES
IMPRESSIVE
COMBAT RECORD
WashiriKtoti, D. C. - Oiu- ot iho
luui IntJiUiy diviMioivs ol tJie
tiif.! Army whi-h bftn
alerted to rshipnienl to the Unit
ed Statl•.^ in June Ls the l(J4lii
1 niiberwoll Uivisiun m which
Ne^i'u pHuuons. tiithtinK wili)
v.’hite i-iimpjnie.s, made an im-
pit.M,ive lecord, the Wur Depart-
iiieiii uiinuiiiieed luduy.
Members III the DlVLiull Will
vei turluuKhs in the Stales befa’ ‘
LciiDi sent on to the Pacilic.
Major tieiieia! Periv Allen,
Cciiiiiiandiiif' (leiieral of the ID-
4lh, lei'ently «al!anlrv and hem-
ism in action in its push past the
Riiine
The First Arinv of (Jeneral
CcurtneV Hod)»es Will operate in
the PacitH'. but the divisioni
which coinpiised it in the Europ
ean Theatei will not necessarily
be sent to that aiea Just how
many units will be letained tor
combat has not been announced.
As Ol April 12, 1945. the First
Army consisted of .jur eorps and
the lOSth Aiiboitiiie. .'ltd, 5lli ami
7th Infantry Divisions These
ccips mciaded 13 dnesions, the
1st 2nd, 8th, 9th, 2Bth, 09th, 7ath,
9th. I041h, and luOth Intaiuiv Di
visions; the 3rd and 7th Aimoied
and the 82nd Airbourtie Divi-sioiis.
Negro platoons coinpo.sed ol
volunteers trom rear echelons
service units foughts with the 1st.
2nd, 8lh. 9th. 89. 7Bth, 99th an I
the lU4th Divisions.
The veteran ist Infantry Di
vision was assigned to the 3rd
Army of General George S. Pat
ton, Jr. in its final campaign of
the European war. Wlien the
fighting stopped, the divisions re
maining ill the first Army were
assigned to the Ninth Army of
IJeutenant General William H.
Simmson, giving him command of
25 divisions and nearly one mi’-
l;on mcn.
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I’ptilioii KIl'IiIs Bp
The Carolinian
\’Oi.C.MK XXVI. NO.
liAI.KIC.H, NOirril CAIiOl.IN.A
WKKK ENDING, SATriiDAV. .IfXK :5ii. IIUo I'KK’K FIVE ChLNTS
• Paul Robeson Dedicates Seaside USO
1 File New Vote
Case In Ala.
Registration
Afcbury Park, N. J.~At the decJiC4tien, at-
tended by more than 600 people, Paul
Kobeson (above) takes time out to chat
at the tnack-bar with Danny Sandera, ton I
of the club director, an old friend. Upper'
riQht, the snack-bar which Mr. Robeaon'
called "a truly cheery place to eat and
talk." Lower right, full view of the club-
houte, with servicemen and voluntear
hostesses. A former private home, the
club has a portecochere, a broad porch
and large, sunny rooms. According t» the
actor, it is the eort of place many boys In ^
service are dreaming of owning someday,
A
'Defeat Congressmen
99 TTinr •
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. — On June
19 in the United States District
Court for Ihe Nurthirn District of
Alabama ' Birminshaini a new case
was filed tu lest the [iiiiicy of the
local regi.slratioii*bi)ar'l in applying
the Alabiiiiia registration laws in
an unegiial manner The case was
filed by th«' NAACF in behalf of
Pastorah Vinson against Ihe mem
bers of the local registration board,
both on an inilividiial basis and
also r.n bi'lialf of otiu-i' qualified
Negro electors.
Miss Vinson the plaintiff alleges
that she is over 21 years of age
is the owner of rial property and
a taxpayer of the Slate of Alabama,
is a registered nnrse. is .ible to read
and write tlie United Stale.s Consli-
lulion and is utheiwi.«e qualified
to be registered.
The coin{i|jint alleges over a long
period of yeais the Board of Regis-
mtiori has lefused to register
enjeUfivcl Negro electors while at
SMhne registering white
1 electors with less qualifications
than those of Negro applicants sole
ly because of race or color. It al-
' leges also that when the plaintiff
: presented herself for registration,
April 10. 194.'). she was denied the
' right to register even after being
question as to her qualifications
and her ability to read and write
'the Constitution while white per-
inary case filed in Atlanta. (Ja., last
week is anothei in thi- line of cases
proposed In be filed by the NAACP
to remove .ill types of disenmin-
atimi akitinsl Negro voters through
out the South. Additional cases are
to be fill'd in Louisiana and other
states where similar discriminatory
(Continued on back page)
300 At Mass Meeting;
100 Join NAACP
By C. L. EASTKKLING
(lOLDSBOHO, N. C.—Second mass meethiK of more
than 800 Negroes to complete plans and raise money to
prosecute Roy Jones, police officer, for killiiiK Marvin Ed-
nuindson by shootinvr him in the back, was held at the
First Baptist Church here. Tue.sday niKht, June 2Uth.
At the first of these meetinKS. ‘ - -
lorm..d to plan wavs and means r
of eondoelinK the case aitainsl the
.ni licman * Ol problems to the contrary.
,, , .. ... .. G. E. Green, deligated to lead the
Under leadership ofthc tnimmit- fund raising campaign, admonish-
•V. rnoix-than half its goal of one ih^ p^^rple to "Back up this
thousand dollai\s has been raised, fight for legal ju.slice with your
■ Warrant has biH-n sworn against dollars.” Within exactly seven
the officer by the wife of the minutes the audience placed
I dead nian. but whether the po- ranged across the front of the
iheoman has been arrested or not, $303.75 on the three tables ar-
(Rev. E. E. Morgan, committee'church basement. Near the same
chairman did not know. amount was raised Thursday
I Rev. E. E. Morgan. E. R. Willi- night of last week.
;ams, and G. E. Green led the The crowd empowered the com-
'meeling to its successful conclu- mittee "to act until ju.stice has
ision, with wholehearted following been won in the courts.”
Iby the group. NAACP Reorganised in Goldsboro
E. R. Williams stated the pur- Just after the mass meeting at
:pose of the meeting. He also gave First Baptist church, to complete
^information of the committee’s plans for pressing charges against
activities since the first mas.- Police Officer Roy Jones, in the
meeting last Thursday night. Wil- 'Continued on back page)
Railway Mail Association
Loses Fight To Bar Negroes
■ir
, WA.SIIINGTON. D, C. — On June
■ I9lh the Kuilwiiy .Mail AsMiciutiun
! lost its fight in the U S. Supreme
' Court to bui Negroes from mem-
i lierstiip in the Association. The Su-
j preme Court ryling upheld the val
idity of the New York Civil Rights
I law and a previous ruling in July
I '44 of the New York Supreme Court
I that the .Association was a labor un
ion and had violated the States
Civil Rights laws in limiting mem
bership to white government postal
clerks,
The NAACP filed briefs amicus
curiae with both the State Court
Lynn Committee Requests Reopen
ing Of Hearing At Northport
Continued confidential inveitigations at the Neuro-
ptyehlatzic Hospital at Northport by inleretted eitiiMU
have revealed a vast mast of evidence either overlooked
or suppressed by the Rankin Commltteo.
In a series of telegrams to Represaoitatives John Ran
kin. Bernard W. Kearny and Adam C. Powelt released
today by the Lynn Committee to Abolish Segregation
in the Armed Forces, this Committee requests a reopen-
ton, Jr. in its final campaign of
the European war. When the
fighting stopped, the divisions re
maining in the first Army were
assigned to the Ninth Army of
Lieutenant General William H.
Simnson. giving him command of
25 divisions and nearlv tme mil
lion men.
Insists Independence
Petition Rigiits Be
Included In Colonial
'I'ruleesliip Aims
club has a portecochere, a broad porch
and large, aunny rooms. According to tha
“Defeat Congressmen
Against FEPC, ” White
NRW
YORK - “No Corigrtss- "Thf Cuiigress." warned Whitu,
Nk'u; vnnir mu i v.( * 1" the cl's- "should not be prcmiited to- iid-
petition by dependent peopfes. the charge petition to bring FEPC to the enacted this len-
right of the Inurnational Orgoni- f“m' of th*-* House tor voting is ‘s-tau-’O'
ration being formed at San Fran- re-election, declari'd
cisco to investigate and remedy.lute in a vigorous speech
the.se complaints, and insistence on Tuesday evening at a SAVE THE
independence for colonials was i rally in Town Hall spon;
urged by the NAACP in a wire to ^‘*^”'^'1 Against Intoler-
Secretary of StaW Edward R. Stel- America. He fhould be de
tinius, Jr., who is chairman of the f*'^**-*^ retired »o private liP
American delegation. Not at all con-'*^-'' vote.s not only of labor. Ne-
teiil with the so-called liberalized U^.his. Jews and other minontcs
version of trusteeship alms for de-1*’*”
pendent peoples adopted by a Unit- ''
all
Nations Council Committee.
June 19th, the NAACP through its
secretary. Walter White said in its
message to Mr. Stettinius: "We have
read with inlerst resss dispatches
June 19 on' revised draft of section
of World Charter dealing with In
ternational Trusteeship system
plans for colonial people. May we
strongly urge Amrelcan delegation
to insist even if other nations dis
agree, on first, right of written cr
oral petition by dependent peoples
to international organization for
redres of hiqqiilties; second, author
ity of international orgunlzution to
FEPC SENTIMENT
EXPRESSED BY
EMPLOYERS
libert.v-loving
Americans who do n>t belong to
minorities." Mr. White said.
In emphasizing the fact that F. E. nkw YORK To counteract
P. C may be the margin between the determined drive of n idi n-
:i speedy or lons-defcrrcd final vie- nrv emploveis agoin.sl FEPC, and
tory. White declared. "FEPC is not („ n^ike vocal the value of a per-
an Issue affecting only those to nianent agency by enlightened in-
whom it will afford protection of dustries. tlie NAACP wired a num-
the right to work. General Joseph ber of the latter asking for state-
Stilwell only two weeks ago an- rnents. The following replies re
nounced that the war in the Paci- ceived in answer to inquires made
fic may last another three and a jg„e jg .,re representative
half years. President Truman, with sentiments expressed
magnificent courage and forth-
actoMt i» the eort of place many bbytini, electors while ul
eervice are dreaml'ng of vwnlhg •■^8*“**‘‘*'»* white
blecturs with less qualincatiohs
than those of Negro applicants sole
ly because of race or color. It al
leges also that when the plaintiff
presented herself for registration,
April 10, 1945. she was denied the
right to register even after being
question as to her qualifications
and her ability to read and write
the Constitution while white per
sons presenting themselves before
and after the plaintiff, were not
required to read and write the
Constitution, but were registered
forthwith. The complaint avers that
White labelled the conduct and' this form of unequal treatment is
'procedure of reactionarit's maneu-'a denial of the equal protection of
vcriiig for the defeat of the meas-jthe laws and is likewise a denial of
ui't* "u nau.scating example of leg-‘the right to vote as guaranteed by
islative trickery at its lowest.” | Article I and Amendments 15 and
"There is no more bewildering 117 of the United S’atcs Cnnstitu-
experience one can undergo," he tion. The complaint prays for a
.■-iiid. "than has recently been mine | declaratory judgment, a permanent
to come back from battlefronts j injunction and $.5,000 damages,
where I saw men die. ti find mem-| Thurgood Marshall and Arthur j
bers of thi- Congres.s viciously and t Shores, of Birmingham, represent!
ili'lioiicstly atli'mpting to destroy plaintiff in this case. i
I 'Continued on back page) f This case following the prelim-'
Double Victory Won In
Ark. Teachers Salary Case
Luiiii III uvp^vivmnmmniiipi
bershtp in the Association. The Su
preme Court ryling upheld the val
idity of the New York Civil Rights
law and a previous ruling in July
'44 of the New York Supreme Court
that the Association was a labor un
ion and had violated the States
Civil Rights laws in limiting mem
bership to white government postal
clerks.
The NAACP filed briefs amicus
curiae with both the State Court
and the U. S. Supreme Court, in
which it pointed out that the State
had ample power to pass such sta
tutes regulating union practices as
the result of its police power over
places and activities affected with
the public interest.
The U. S. Supreme Court opin
ion written by Justice Reed state-
(Continued on back paje)
mgnfflearln^SFTOrfflpSr^^^*
Contimigd c«nfld«nlial investigAiions •! th« Nauto-
psychiatric Hospital at Northport by iniarostad citiaaoa
have revealed a vast mass of evidence either overlooked
or siq^pressed by the Rankin Committee.
In a series of telegrams to Represantatives John Ran
kin. Bernard W. Kearny and Adam C. Powell, released
today by the Lynn Committee to JLbolish Segregation
in the Armed Forces, this Committee requests a reopen
ing of the hearing on the conditions at Northport The
text of the telegram follows.
*Tn the light of new evidence revealed at the Noorth-
port Neuropsychiatric Hoqsilal. the Lynn Committee to
Abolish Segregation in the Armed Forces requests a re
opening o fthe hearing on the conditions there, so that
soldier attendants may have an opportunity to presant
their testimony before the House Veterans Committee.**
MAN GETS LAST
MINUTE REPRIEVE
FROM DEATH
Negro T roops T o Form 10.4 Percent
Of U.S. Army of Occupation In EOT
righliie.ss, has called on the Con
gress to establi.sh a permanent
FEPC because we still have a long
investigate and rectify inquities. |und hluudy path ahead of us which
and third, insist that dependent pea- requires that full piodiii tion must
pies be promsed independence be maintained until the war is
iContinued on back page) won"
AKA Sorority Opposes
Peacetime Conscription
Washington — Unalterably op- - in any event,” the Sorority'.s
g osed to a decision on Peacetime spoke.sinuii pointed out, ''the men
lililary Training which would now fighting the war .should haw
crystallize segregation patterns the right to help make the de
now found in the armed forces, Icisiun, Any decusion on this now
the AKA Sorority made its posi- v.ill prejudice the settlement of
lion clear to Congress recently, ihi peace, jeupaidize the possibil-
when Mrs. Thomasina Walker iiy uf organizing the kind of
Johnson, AKA legislative repre- wurld order we want, and iiidi-
sentative. was heard by the House cate a lack of confidence in in-
Committee on Post-War Military ternalional coopeialion aguiiust
Policy.
(I) "Full rmploymenl ihjI
possible unlesn fair employment
prartiees are observed other
wise minorites will be dis
criminated aealiLst and a re
sentful under privileged group
will result. Every comprelien-
slve suvey shows discrimlna-
in employment practices exists
and constitutes an evil demand
ing remedial legislation as
promised by 1944 Kepuhlicaii
platform atli is previously urg
ed by Franklin Koosevell and
now strongly back b> Presi
dent Truman."
i2i "The only thing that holds
tliein (employers) buck is pub
lic opinion and a Federal l.a f
would be of infinite value to
those employers who would like
to go forward in this mutter and
u'liiitinijed on back pagei
ST. PAUL. Minn. — The NAACP
..)t iitdy won its three year fight
I"** for equalization of Negro teachers
salaries in Little Rock, Arkansas,
through a ruling here, June 19 by
Circuit Judge Thomas in the 8th
Circuit Court of Appeals, but re-
verseai of an earlier decision in the
tower Court and an order to the
District Court — "to enter forthwith
declarati'oy judgment prayer
for."
' The case of Susie Morris and
Fiaiici.s p, Hibblerwa.s originally
filed Febiuaiy 28. 1942 on behalf of
■ Negiu leacliers of l.ittle Rook
against Russell Scube. superintend
ent of .schools and Ihe local board.
After preliminary motions were dis
posed of, full trial on the merits
began September 28. 1942 and con
cluded October 3. 1942
During the trial the plaintiff and
other Negres testified as to their
qualifications and experience. Mem
bers of the school board and the
Mijieiiiileiident were (ailed by the
"This is the happiest day of
my life," w'as the comment made
by Clarence Lord. 21, as he re
ceived the news last Friday morn-
ling, ten minutes before his exe-
■■■ !cution, that his death sentence
plaintiff as adverse witnesses The hsd been commuted to life im-
plaintiff maintained that Negro prisonment by Governor Cherry,
teachers and principals were paid,Lord was scheduled to die in the
lower salaries solelv because of States gas chamber for the slay-
their race or color. The defense ing of his sweetheart. Miss Elder
was that ail of the teachers wereiPhifer in Cabarrus County in 19-
pald on an individual basis pur-;44.
sant to an elaborate rating system, i Two other nien, William Jones,
and denied that race or color was 53. ^nd Henry french, 31. both
involved in the fixing of salaries, convicted of murter, died in the
The record in the case, consisting Sas chamber Twenty witnesses
of 832 printed pages in two volumes, on hand for the deaths,
contained all of the salaries of the i On the day of the. exwutions.
teachers, minute of the school board. Governor Cherry received a peti-
-inH nfhpr material '^>0" signed by 12 jurors, asking
and other material ^ , that Lord’s life be spared. Several
On March 10. |944. United States previously. Judge A. H.
District Judge Thomas C-, Trimble Reidsville sent the gov-
etnered an order dismissing i^®|einor a lette.T to the same effect,
complaint of the Negro teachers | Lord confided in Chaplain L. A.
and awarding defendants costs o his pei sistent hope that he
Court. On the following day. at- not die on Friday morning,
torneys for the Negro teachers fil-'He added, however, that he felt
ed u notice of appeal to the United he was a Christian and was
States Circuit Court of Appeals. afraid of death.
In the meantime, the defendants Because French had voiced his
-efused to rehlre the original plain- determination to Warden Wilson
tContinued on back page) ' (Continued on back page)
By Allan Morrison
Stars and Stripes Staff Writer
Negro troops will comprise 10.4
percent of the U. S. Army of Oc
cupation in Germany it was learn
ed from ETOUSA Headquarters
yesterday.
The great majority of these
troops will be members of serv
ice units “performing their pri
mary mission,” it was revealed,
though it has not yet been de
termined which Negro units will
remain as occupation forces.
This will be decided when the
War Department instructs thi^
theater of the types of units it
desires to retain in Europe,
f The 10.4 percentage is the
standard one. set by Congress and
use bv the War Depar'.ment In
computing the proportions of Ne
groes in the U. S. Army. The pro
portion is not standard for all
theaters. However.
Since the AEF arrived in the ET-
O the proportion of Negro troops
of total U, S. forces averaged 6.4
percent and that percentage has
been maintained, with small fluc
tuation, to the present time.
As of May 15, there were in the
ETO 259,173 Negro troops of a
grand toatl of 3,08^142 U. S. per
sonnel here at that time.
This figure was broken down ai
follows:
Field Forces 84,681
USSTAF .... .. 11.867
Com Z ...155,630
Ncn-operatlng 7,095
Non-operating mcluoes patients.
PWs and casualties, while field
forces includes Army Groups,
IContinued on back page)
N.C. Mutual To Invest
Near 2 Million In Bonds
General Davis Says Japs Are Tough Soldiers
”A permanent Jim Crow mili
tary regime with yearly contin-
f ients of colored youth dragooned
nto uniformed segregation is a
piospect which must not be al-
' lowed to reach fruition.” the AKA
representative stated. “To date no
OIK- has spoken a single word
about the abolition of segregation
in the proposed universal military
training program.
'^Whatever our defense in the
ptj-xt-war world mi.st be. it can
only be determined judiciously af-
l( r decisions at San Francisco ajiJ
at the peace table." Mrs, Johnson
continued. "In the light of what
happen.s there it niav l>e neces
ssrv to expand the program or to
dimioisb it in many ways.”
"High officials of the Army and
Navy have come out in favor of
this legislation, but.” the AKA
Council told Congres.s. "there are
many factors relating to compul-
sor>' military training during
peacetime that are beyond the
scope of the military experts. The
whole hireign policy of this
country is inv’olved, It i.s a pub
lic Issue — not one of military
slr.itegy alone.
"It is this .same group of offi
cials who told us we could not
v.in the war without a universal
labor draft; that 4F’s must he
drafted; that we could not get
ni.r-es williuiil a draft; who have
Uiiderstiniated in some cases, and
(Coatmued on back page)
Addre.ss by Brigadier General
Binjuinin O. Ouvis. Office of the
Inspector General. European
Th(.-ater of Operations, before of
ficers and men of the 477lh eom-
pusile group, Godman Field, Ken
tucky. at 10:30 a. m.. CWT. Thurs
day. June 21. 1945:
General Eaker. and comiades
in the .service, I am very happy
to have this privilege of In-ing
picsent al what I understand is
to b(‘ an activation of a new
giuiip. To me an assignment to
duty with a new organization car-
lief with it a serjojs responsibi!'-
tv in Dial the new unit has net
Ihe advantage of tlie tradition
and history of an old estabhshed
unit. It means that the new unit
v/ill be very clo.sely observed, and
all of its acts will be given very
close scrutiny and evaluated moce
ehe-elv than similar acts by an
order well-established unit.
The department is sparing no
pains to give vou the advantage of
experii'nce. Your new command-
int officer. Colonel Davis, and the
officers accximpanying him from
hii former a.s.signment are men
fresh from the European combat
zone. N(*,Trlv all of them have not
onlv been in (?ombat. but they
hove been awarded decoration!)
for meritorious services perform-
I'd ill cumb.’il. Ii has Im-cii my priv
ilege to know something about
'out enemy, having visited his
ictuntry and observed him in
{training.
j The Jap is a tough soldier, and
in most cases he has to be killed-
ITo the veterans of World War I
!v/ho may be with you now and
‘have not had combat experience
in the present war, 1 would like
|to say that the experience of the
.soldier of the present war is far
different from that of yours. As
(Americans, we have (>ur own way
of thinking, but I want to cm
phasize this one point with those
of you who have not had actual
combat experience in the present
!war, that it is nece.ssary for you
iin your thinking, in your training
jand in your performance to give
'full support to the officers who
command you.
The onlv people who know how
Uo fight this war to the best ad-
jvantage are the people who have
had actual combat experience
iwith the enemy. I wish to ;on-
ig-atulale you on the calibre of
the officers to be assigned to you.
They have the confidence of the
d( partment: they have the respect
lof the men they have fought with
:ar.d. against. I urge you to give
Ithcm your whole-hearted loyalty,
support and maximum effort to
bring about a victory.
I Again 1 want to a.ssure vou that
(Continued on back page)
DURHAM — In the 7th War
Loan Drive, as in all previous
drives. North Carolina Mutual has
gone ‘all out' in support of the
Government. The extent of
Company's participation in the
several drives is reflected in the
fact that the subscription of a mil
lion, eight hundred thousand dol
lars worth of bonds during this, the
7th War Loan Drive, will increase
the Company’s holdings in War
Bonds and other Government se
curities to $6,155,900 (par value).
One million, two hundr^ thousand
of the bonds subscribed to are for
immediate delivery, the remaining
six hundred thousand to be deliv
ered before the close of the drive.
Through their investments in War
Bonds, the officials of the Company
are fully cognizant of the fact that
they are investing in securities that
not only represent the ultimate in
safety, but at the same time are
supplementing the War Bond pur
chases of their individual polioy-
hoiders by placing a large portion
of the reserve funds held in trust
for them at the dispo«V> of the
Govenunent, ' ■
With scores of Company repre
sentatives fighting on the far-flung
battle fronts of the world. North
Carolina Mutual considers It a priv
ilege and an obligation to support
these loyal "epresentative and ao
obligation to support these loyal
these representatives, as well as oth
er millions fighting at their side, oy
helping make available the neces
sary funds whereby guns, tanks,
planes and ammunition may be
supplied in sufficient quantities to
crush a cruel, fanatic enemy. They
feel that no sacrifice is too great
or no effort too taxing that will
hasten the day when aggression,
and the brutality with which it is
being perpetrated, will be banish
ed from the earth.
Whole-hearted support of the
Government's program will speed
the day of victory and hasten the
return of our valient lighting men
and women. It is for this reason
North Carolina Mutual has gone
‘all out’ in support of the 7th War
Loan Drive, an dis urging others to
do likewise, that peace, prosperity,
and justice may again assume thelt
rightful place in human relaiioaSt