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VOLUME XXIII - NUIVIBER 8
DURHAM, N. G, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20,1943
BUY WAR BONDS TODAY
First Negro Women Hired At Washington Navy Yard
J
RAISE $48,000
JYINGSTONE AID
HAMIAGE ANNOUNCED
Founders
Salisbury
Day Fund For
School Nearly
Doubles* Previous Year
AW ^ Bj> Bai»»o of PnbHe R«l»tioB«. O. 8. War Dapt., Wash., O. O.
WAAC8 AT WORK—Auxihariei Ruth Wade of Detroit, Mich., and Lucille Mayo (left to right)
demonktrate their ability tor scrviee trucks at taught them during: the training: period at Port Des
Moines iind put into practice at Fort Huachuca, Aria.
20-YEAR-OLD MESS -
ATTENDANT HONORED
FOR RESCUE FEAT
RICHMOND, Va. — A 20-year
old Negro mess attendant, who
unhesitatingly entered the xnoat
dangerous section of the stric^c-
on aircraft carrier, USS Lexing
ton, during the Battle of the
Coral Sen, and assisted la re
moving injured personnel trapp
ed below > decks, has been a-
warded the Navy ami Marine
Corps Medal, the Navy Depart
ment announced this week.
The heroic young mess atten
dant, one of five enlisted men
similarly honored from the
Lexington’s crew, is Elvin Bell,
an orphan who formerly resided
with his aunt. Miss Marie Lof
ton, at 139-08 H4th Avenue,
He has been
mess attendant,
mess attendant,
Jnmaira, N. Y.
promoted from
third class, to
sreond elass.
Bell, who attended Jamaica
Ilish School for one and a half
years and later served in the
Civilian Conservation Corps,
applied for enlistment
Navv on July 18, 1941,
ported for active duty
ately.
Ilia citation reads:
‘ For distinguished
in the
anvl re-
immedi-
heroism
(Continued on Page Two)
Marjo Is Name Of
Chaop Baby
CHICAGO, (A N P) — “I
wanted a girl,” said Marva, “be
cause a boy would never be the
fighter his fathor is.” 1
The “Bomber,” now Sgt. Joe
Louis, rushed to Provident hos- ‘
pital just after his arrival in
the city by plane early Friday I
morning fro^i Ft. Riley USO '
center. His first stop was at'
the maternity ward nursery to .
see his daughter, Marjo” born j
at 604 Monday morning. “This is'T
worth fighting for, ” he told his
wife.
Sgt. Joe was enroute to Holly- ^
wood where he to play a role in i
the picture, “This Is the.'
Army.” He planned to stay in
Chicago a day.
Mrs. Louis was attended by
Dr. William W. Gibbs, obstetri
cian and gynecologist, who ex
pects mother and daughter to go
hony; within 10 days.
Dr. Homer Wilburn, mediciil
director of Provident, Julian
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THIS WEEK
In Your Carolina Times
Six news stone? and
pictures of Carolinians jjpn
our front page
— V —
Other news of Caro
linians on our inside pages
—. V —
Niitional news of un
usual interest.
— T —
'’'■'‘-Oomics, sports a u d
cartoons.
♦- f —
Be sure to read Bill Jon
es Is Dead Editorial Page.
BT J. S. LASH '
/SALISBURY, — The ^^y -
first anniversary of the j|fiind-
ing of Livingstone College was
felebrated on Wednesday, Feb
ruary 10, with the preseniation
of .$48,2*26 to the school by the
AME Zion Chui’ch and other
supporters of the Methodist in
stitution.
I^ed by the board of bishops
of the church, the uiinister-^ and
laity of Zion Methodism joined
the faculty, student body and
i^riends of the college in swell
ing the Founder's Day total to
the amount which almost doub
les the campaigns of any previ
ous year. Bishop W. J. Walls,
whose episcopal are contrilmted
the largest single amount, key
noted the jSpirit of the rampaign
this ycaf^4fiien he spoke of the
ease with which the money had
been raised, a fact w’hicli he
saw as encouraging to the future^
of the school.
Hundreds of visitors to the
campus, iripluding many of the
ranking oliicials of the church,
(Continued on Page Two)
GREENSBORO TO BE SCENE OF
REILIGIOUS WORKERS MEETING
to BE HELD FEBRUARY 26-28
Honored
DR. WM. J. TitfiNT
—1^ Story, Page Seven
GREENSBORO — A confer
ence on problems coming from
interracial tension has been
scheduled for Greensboro A and
T and Bennett ieo^llege, Feb. 2ti-
28, by the Committee of the
Fellowship of Religious W”ork-
t’rs ia Colleges and Universities
for Negroes. Dr. Frank T. Wil
son of Lin^'oln (Pa) U. is chair
man of the planning committee.
In announcing the meeting,
Dean William Stuart Nelson of
the Howard university school of
religion said:
“Complexity- and confusion
mark the human situation
throughout the world today.
Death and destruction move
forward at an accelerated pace
on the war front while hatreds
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Mrs. Johnson H. Ray. Jr., , eniployel as a teacher in the
whose marriage is being offici-: Durham City Sfhool system,
ally announced this week hy her Her husband is the son of Mr.
mother Mrs. Bertha Morris ^ and Mrs. Johnson H. Ray, Sr.,
Shaw. Mrs. Ray is the former I of EHirham. He is a prtidiut of
Miss Loris Arnetta Shaw, popu- North Carolina College, aai ia
lar among the younger social set at present stationed a Camp
of Durham. She is a graduate | Butner as clerk of the Supply
of West Virginia State College! Detachment, Supply Division,
and a member of the Alpha ) The marriage took place March
Kappa Alpha Sorority, and is \ 7, 1942.
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D.C7C«inpaiiy Halb Ban
Agaiast Race Wonen
More About Disgraceful
Condition Existing In
U. S. Army Air Corps
It was not until March, 1941,
that the Army Air Corps began
accepting applications from Ne
groes for aviation cadet train
ing. The actual instruction of
Negroes to be flying officers did
not begin until several months
later. But even then, and to this
date, there ^as and is only one
type of combat aviation-namely,
pursuit flying for which the
Air Command will train a Ne
gro.
How did it happen that the
trifiBiftgr of Negro aviators was
started in the field of pursuit
flying! It is common knowledge
tha1;,l^ave doubts were expressed
from the beginning as to .he-
ther the Negro was capable of
making good as a combat avia
tor. The Air Command describ
ed and still describes the train
ing of the Negro in aviation as
“experiment.” Yet, in the
face of this expressed skepti
cism, the Air Command saw
fit to begin with the training of
Negroes for pursuit flying, the
most difficult type of combat
aviation. The single pilot in his
pursuit ship has the most exact
ing'of air tasks, handling his
fast plane, maiiouvering it at
terrific speed fn actual combat,
mastering the technic of aecur-
r.te and properly directed fii*p in
aerial dog fighte, and exercising
split second . jadgm6n)t in unex
pected situations and emergen
cies. Why was the N^fro, whose
ability was in donbt, not start
ed oc with observation flying or
in |ombardgien|
and other crew members assist
each other and share and divide
responibility !
Only the men who made the
decision know the answer. They
may have reasoned that through
pursuit flying Negroes would
demonstrate their ability to
perform any air combat task
Fortunately, it seems to be work
ing out that way. They may also
have reasoned that Negroes w^ere
less likely to succeed in pursuit
flying than in somewhat lesf
?zacting work. Yet, in all fair
ness it should be said that th
best of facilities and thoro.ighl>
competent instraetors were pro
vided for the segregated trauiin'
program of Negro pilots. An’
the men in the field who startet)
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WASHINGTON — For the
first time in historj-, Xegrj wcv
men are now being employed in
skilled jobs in the Washington
Xavy Yard. W’ithin recent mon
ths more than 300 specially
trained machine workers and
mechanics helpers have been
given jobs there at wages aver
aging per week, and more
are being employed at the rate
of .lO a month.
This development resulted
frojn the efforts of the National
Youth Admin istrat ion and the
Project manager and staff of
the NYA Production trainia^
Siehool at 1.T27 8- Street. N. W..
Washington, D- C. This sckooU
now working; on 24 hour ''asia»
offers free training in are andi
gas welding, sheet metal work,
•aircraft rivetiocr, draftiB^ elericai
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OPPORTUNITY MAGAZINE TO
PUBLISH QUARTERLY INSTEAD
OF MONTHLY FOR DURATION
NEW YORK, (Special) — Thf'
National TJrSan Wague fo
Social Service Among Negroes
announced this week that OP
PORTUNITY Magasinej the
Leagoe’s Journal of Ne#rro Life,
will for the duration of the war.
appear as a quarterly instead of
monthly publication. In annoanr
ing the change of policy to Op
portunity’s suTjscribers, Lester
B. Granger, executive secretary
of the National Frban Le«^^,
said: “TheTIeague is drrotiJig
its whole orgaaixational streaif-
th to serve the warfia»
of our nation. This eate fkr
•reased aetivity in a
fields — war em|
honsinsr of N«jgroe«,
planning, eooperatia»
eral and state
ing of Negro m
service in wwr
defense, ami
actiTitiea. Tk»
reeyeetifciUtim
faster
foraad to