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Ul S. SOLDERS nor
More editorials of the Carolina Times
were commented on and republished by
other newspapers (both daily and week
ly) diirng the past twelve months, than
all the other Negrro newspapers ol North
and Siuth Carolina combined.
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'VOL. XXII—NO. 34
Durham, North Carolina, Saturday, September, 4 1943
BUY WAR BONDS
dCAGO READY FOR BAPTISTS
Elks Annual Parade Thrills 75,000 At Pittsburgh
Negro And White Troops
ClashOverDlscrimination
CarriedOnlnGreatBritain
Aasociatfed Nejro Press
NEW YORK — From confid
ential sources which the Ai-
so«iated Negro press hag every
reason to believe competent and
relial)lo, and whi«h the Associ.i-
ted Nfgro Press will not reveal,
the fallowing account of tlio
Ameriten N^cgro sodlerfi in Enjf
land has been secretly received
“The conditions over here are
ffrtTIng like those in the States.
WhLte officers are doing a far
job in convincing' some British
people about the race problem.
Most Negro troops are gradually
beinfr moved out of and away
Trom the cities to isolated
camps. White MP’s are usually
placed in these vicinities and
intimidafe Negro soldier-s as
■well as the girls who are seen
with them.
“Last week, there were jit
least two^ riots over here. Ano
ther on n July 1 and the last of
May. During .the last of May.
two Negroes were reported kill"
ed, more wounded and a white
officer wounded,^ Had an awful
time throughout the night. One
Negro officer practically took'
eh»rge of the camp. He collecteti
tibout fiOO rifles in two days.
BOND RALLY HEAD; Atlanta Rape Tale
Proven False By
Cop’s Investigation
AsBortated Negro PresSr*
ATLANTA—A detailed state
ment to police made by a white
woman to the effect that she had
been raped by a “big, black bur
ly Negro” early Monday night,
I upon investigation by police
proved to be absolutely false.
In a signea statement the wo
man claiamed that she was eri-
minally ‘ attacked by 4 man,
\»rhom she said, hit her several
times on the head and face, be
fore forcing her behind a lum
beryard.
The officers who investigated
_ „ . , . I the case carried the woman to
Pictured is E R. Merrick, vic^
president and treasurer of the fof bruises on the face
North Carolina Mutual Life In- i , , , . , . .
surance Company, who will be | doctors
in charge of the mammoth op- ! “o evidence of rape,
enmg of thT tRird waf^tnaTice-! th^ _officers_fo5nd_^
program which is ftchedij^ed to that the victim had visited a
get under way in the very nearlt’eterg street filling station.. An
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IN MIXED-SCHOOL AT GEaRGIA CAMP
Plans Complete
For Annual Meet
Baptist Churches,
Civilians Advised To
Mail Early To Avoid
Xmas Postal Tieups
CltrCAOO — Th.'
National
Associated d»egre>-#fe88 «
WASHINGTON — Because ;>?
the vast distances parcels must
travel to reach servicemen over
seas the post office department
Laymen Convention meeting with
the Providence P.iptist Churcii
will open thf Annnal Ses.^ion
September 9tli with a “Night:
In Song” featuring a largw
Gospel ehoru3 under the direc
tion of Thomaa .V. Dorsey.
Ut{ier feature spots on the pro
gram will be tbe Martin
Morris Singers, Theodore 1
Singers, Good Will Singers
Mahaley Jackson, the sensation
al gospel singer. Other soloist i
future.
Ftarted irJtttn a white MP shot a
Nejrro soldier.
“^ “Last week, one started when
fights broke out between Negro
and white soldiers in a small
eity in northern England wher
white soldiers are reported to
have resenfed British girls be-
inp with Negro sojdiers. In a
southern England city, there
employee of the station told
officers that she had come to Associated Nepo Press
see flim, ItuL fuaud another wot PTTTBDTTiRfilHj
■were a number of fights which
.started when a white lieutenanf
made remarks about some
‘Nigger soldiers and merchant
men’ who were passing. The
Soldiers resent it. A riot was
prevented by some of the few
Negro MP’s who came up and
rescued the officer. Yet an MP
sergeant white at the same tinip
in.suKed a Negro officer who
had tried to quiet the soldiert>
At MP headquarters, the Negro
officer said he was insulted by
the provost officer in front of
the other MP’s, who were en-
li.sted, and arre.sted as being
drunk. The coolness of the four
Negro lieutenants, the colored
MP’s and the colored American
Hed Oross personnel prevented
a probable riot during the night,
“Riots are much more fre-
nuent than the press can pub
lish. The troops break into the
gun roomsi and get £heir rifle?
and ammunitiol? to protect them
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Lincoln Hospital
Approved by U. S.
For Nurse Training
Lincoln Hospital has be«'n
notified of the approval of its
application tto participate In
the United States Nurses Cadet
Corps Training I’rogram. Al!
nurses who are enrolled as
cadets under the program will
have all expenses ^paid by the
Federal Gvernment. This includ
es room and board, tutiton,
books, uniforms, including an
out-door uniform and each stu
dents will be paid 15.00 per
month for the first nine months
of her training and 20JIO per
month for the next twenty one
months. This programs offers
a fine opportunity fftr youag j
women to receive nurse training |
at no expense to them. . I
man there and that the two wo
men got into a fight.
The statement about rape, the
filling station witness said, wa4
alJsolutely without foundation.
Marine Corps Fetes
First Negro Inducted
At New River Camp
NEW RIVER, N. C. — Ap
propriate ceremonies were held
last week at the training center
in Camp Lejeune celebrating the
first anniversary of the induc
tion of, Howard P. Perry of
Charlotte, the first Negro ad
mitted into the Marine corps.
Since their enrollment a
year ago the “Leathernecks”
have advanced rapidly in the
service reporting today several,
corporals and sergeants. Many
have been assigned to battli
areas overseas, whilt^others have
I demonstrated an uncanny know-
Lincoln Hospital School of, ledge of amphibious tactics.
Nursing is one of the oldest The marines have also organiz-
Negro training schools in the ed athletic clubs, an orchestra
country and her graduates will
be found in many parts of tho
couhtry fillinif resDonsible posl-
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and a glee «lub as extra curricu
lar activities.
Originally the camp site for
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FORT BENNING, GEORGIA—^These fiva N«gro officers are members of a company of the Fint
Student Training Regiment, The Infantry School, Fort Benning. In the company are Frenchmen,
Chinese, Japanese, Spaniards, flawaiians, Fillipinos and Americans. Shown engrossed in map study
are (left to right) Captain William H. Bridgeford, Vauxhall, New Jersey, Lieutenant Mossell N. Lee,
Dayton, Ohio, Captain Richard £ Sexton, Chicago, Illinois, Lieutenant Ezekiel W. Kennedy and lieu
tenant Paul S. Cooper, both ol Washington, D. C. (U. S. Army Signal Corps Phot«4.
Little, Cecelia Mason and Alice
Kelley, Falmns Hijies Radio
Radio Singers.
Throngs Tur,n Out To
Witness Grand Spectacle
temple. Elks of the World, was
in full swing last week follow
ing the most picturesque and
colorful parade in its history,
and the formal awarding of priz
es and trophies at the conclusion
of the annual ball where 6,000
participated in the grand march
led by Qrand Exalted Ruler J.
Finley Wilson and Mrs. Wilso.i.
Lining the streets to view the
parade were nearly 80 per cent
of ‘Pittsburgh’s 75,000 Negro in
habitants, swolIeO by thousandd
of whites to whom world Elic
fame has spread. Salves of ap
plause greeted'Die paraders siS
they climbed and descended
Pittsburgh’s Sempiternal hills.
Reelection of Grand Secretary
James E. Kdley of Birmingham,
Grand Treasurer Edward W.
Henry of Philadelphia, and
Grand Commissioner of Eduea*
tion William C. Bueston, was
unanimous following their an- ■ . . ,
ual reports-lflat revealed sub-
«MOTE&—
Union Reaffirms
Opposition ToJTC^
In Membership
The International Union of
Operating Engineers, powerful
member of the APL Building and
Construction Trades group, has
officially reaffirmed its opposi-
,tion to discrimination in its
membership, it was announced
today by the Fair Employment
'Practice Committee. A letter
from William E. Malney, presid
ent of the union, to the Com
mittee declares:
“I can assure you that our
Local Unions are open to mem-
ibership for those who qualify
as operators of equipment com
ing witiiin the jurisdiction
last week urged that Chiist^miis ^’iU .be Bertha Armstrong, Gayle
packages be placed in mail box
es only between Stp. IVOe.t.
15 to insure speely deliver. Af
ter the October deadline such
packages will not be mailed over
seas except by special written
request of the serviceman.
These rules will apply alikf>
to men in the army and navy it
was pointed by a post office
spoiiesman who added that weeks
are required to reach miny men
stationed in such outposts as
Alaska, the Near East, Africa,
Sicily, India, Greenland and Ice
land. The cooperation of every
one was asked because that y
asked because it was
^ emphasized that no ~a35xinntrt-^‘
I that any ship sailing for these
I and other locations would have
j space for mail and Christmas
frifls. since mutorials of war
take precedence iu shipments^. H S Ryncs
High officers of both the
army and navy reporting on in
spection tours said that the of Honor” to the ^yman giving
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John L. Webb. President of
th«t Laymen Convention, states
that there will be study course
classes for the laymen taiwrhc
each day by outstanding teach
ers in Religious Education. In
spiration addresses will be de
livered by Prof. R. E. TurneF,
Attorney W. H. Robinson, J-
K. Rushing, Hon. J. C. Lewis,
•Fudge Wm. Harrison, Prof. W.
H. Dinkns, President, Seim*
Fniversity; Rev. Thomas Phil
lips* Prof^ James . WaJd,. Rev*.
A. P. Fortner; Hev. Iv. M. Mlt-
eheTt,''^Fr.——Sfealnacker.
Rev. Sam Pettagnie, Rev. A. L.
D.ivis, Thomas Ayler, Atty.
W. E. Robinson, Editor R. C.
Rev. T. Ewell' Hopkins,
~T7 3. Dogiig.-
Prof. n. S. Dixon. The liayman's
convention will present “Medal
War Departmei^t
Appoints Two
To Press Branch
Geo. A. Sparks, member of
the North Carolina Mutual Dis-
stantial • progress for the past
year. A balanee of more than
appointed assistant, district man
ager of the Memphis, Tenn. dls-
,000 was reported in the trea-the company. Mr. Sparks
_ 1 I leave about the middle of
sury and a large gain in mem
berships announced.
Dr. Wilson, delivering hi;i
23rd annual addrfss, told of hav
ing traveled 50.000 miles in this
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the month for bis new rii>sitii)n.
Everybody is for the utmost
prosecution of the war until it
touches their own comforts.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
assignment of Captain Homer
B. Roberts Signal Corps and
of i First Lituetenant Daniel E. Day,
oiir International Union, a n 1 j Field Artillery to the Press
our Local Unions have been in* Branch, War Department Bur-
structed that discrimination a-ieau of Public Relations was ar-
gainst applicants because of ^nounCed toiiay by the War De-
race, creed or color will not be partident.
tolerated.” They are the first Ne^ro of-
Recftipt of the letter followed ficers assigned to the Bureau,
adjustment of a situation involv- Both have had considerable ex-
ing alleged refusal of employ- pcrience in public relations work,
ment to two Negro members of , Captain Roberts has been As-
the union by the foreman of n ' sistant Pujbilie Relations Offic-
government project to which | er at Fort Huachnaea, Arizona, ! tainey but was dischcriri
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1942, and Lienten.int Day
associated with the Robert
Vbott Publishing Company
Chicago, Illinois for four
Captain Roberts is a re8tdeii|
of Chicago, II!., and has Se4l|
service in the last war with
;J2f»th Field Signal
having enlisted as a {Nrirate
19177 He reeeivotl his commi
as a First Lii-4itenant in 1918
imr the first Negro |o reeair*
appointment in the
Corps. Jnst' before the
he was i«eommeBd«d