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More editorials of the Carolina Times
were Commented on and republished by
other newspapers (both daily and week
ly) durnir the past twelve months, than
all the other Neyro newspapers of North
and South Carolina combined.
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TH riMBRioiiS
VOL. XXII—NO. 35
Durham, North Carolina, Saturday, September 18, 1943
BUY WAR mmys
Five Million Negroes In War Savings Clubs Is Goal
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NAACP
Sheriff
Charges
Involved
In Strange Death
A«sociat(!d Neg^o Pross
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, — Cii-
piMustancea Surrounding the my*
‘o.>!a;n»ii 6 IsnSny uo aatiu
per nn August 9[ it Beatrice.
Aia., fit aji..tht> dfc£lnilions of it
lynching, th^' Birrningham branch
NAAOl’ charged Wednesday in a
request that state and federal
authorities make a searching ia-
vcstijrntion of the case.
' Officials of the local brancli
cbiirged that Cooper, a garage
iiiochanic, employed by Edward
ed man, “I am afraid to tell, they
will beat me again if T tell.”
Winning the beaten man’s con-
f'idence, the report say.?, Dr. Car-
er was jU*Id that be had been
beaten.' " T^re d]ld alTo'ut eight
o’clock the next morning.
Bill Cooper, father of th.?
slain man, came to see his soii,
stopping at the Owens garage,
the report says, where lie was
told tliat his son was injured
and was doing fine in the hospi-
N. C. Mutual Life Insurance Company Buys $300,000 War Bond
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Pre-Flight Band to Play
arid Wilbert Owens, white, of when a telephone call tell-
Monroeville, Vn., one of whom death of Willie Le?
is ii deputy sheriff, left his job I interrupted the conversation,
without notice, was hunted down ' victim, according to the
by the two Owens’ bribers aid- rpl>«>’t. '’^as denied embalming ser
el bv the Sheriff of Nichols of, vice at Monroeville. No certific-
Monroe county, that wlien Owens/"^e of death showing cause wa'?
found Cooper he took him away issued, the NAACP learn-
in nn automobile. , Cooper was buried nncere-
Later, the report says, th.i iponiously on August 11.
Owens brothen^and a I>r. Eddiort/ -‘Personal property in Cooper’s
turned at the home of a Bill Possession when he left home
Stallfi’orth and askeil him tvyWith the Owens brothers includ-
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The North Carolina Mutaul Life lusiurance Company of Durham is truly backing the attack
with War Bonds. This week the company announced the pi^rchase of $300,000 worth of
the Third War Loan bond issue to bring the total amount of federal bonds now qwned by
the North Carolina Mutual to over two million dollars. DuringUhe first War Loan bond
issue the company twught $100,000 worth of bonds, the second War Loan bond issue it
bought $200,000 worth. The $300,000 check, a picture of which appears above, is believed
to be one of the largest ever issued by ft Negro institution.
“fix a bed for Willie Lee” say
ing that he bad been hurt. Find
ing accomodations unavailable,
the report of the bran>’h says,
I'ooper was carried to a Hospital
in Hopton, Ala.
The NAACP report said that
“T)r. Tnrter said, according t5
ing his clothing, social security
card, gas ration book and
totalling $112. have not been ac
counted for, the report said.
' WB^n fonnd hj—the Owms
brothers after leaving the job,
Willie Lee is said to have been
asked to go back to the garage
the stiitcmont nmde by the doc- to help fix a tractor. He wa? told I 000,000,000 Third War Ijoan, the
Treasury Department said today.
To Organize War Bond
Clubs For Negroes In
Gigantic Savings Plan
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Enlistment of at least 5,000,-
000 Negroes in War Bond Sav-
fnga Chiba io thi—(iFOal—tftwajil
whiih the Inter-R-acial Unit of
the Treasury’s War Finance
Division is aiming in the .151'),-
lor in charge of the hospital, the after asking for time to change
thiea men brought Cooper to j his clothes, that it was unneces-
the hospital about 11 o’clock sary smce wotrtrt t^ about H>
that night, with head and face ' minutes to do the job.
Imdly bruised, arm brokffn, and j “Why in the hell didn t^ you
body beaten into a pulp.’/f j come to worl{ this morning.
The doctor revealed fhat upon Owens was quoted in the report
.n.'iking Cooper how he got hurt, as a.'jRing Cooper. Cooper is said
))(' was old by the fatally wound- j Please turn to Page Eight
The Inter-Raeial Unit, with
Willard W. Allen, Baltimori;
Business leader handling this
phase of activities, is at work on
a program for the organization
of the clubs, with 100 members
each, in Negro communities
throughout the country. The
‘ftlan ifl for ^aeh cltib to make re-
gulax monthly purchases of at
least one $25 War Bond.
Mr. Allen reported wide in
terest in the plan has already
been revenTod by letters of in
quiry and iimument . coming ta
his office from all over the
country. Several nationally or
ganized Negro groups have al
ready gone on record in ^avor of
the plan and have announced thi
adoption of it by their organiza
tions. The National Negro Husi-
Twss Leng’Hc, #h«—Btahop.i’.
URBAN LEAGUE
ANNOUNCES
FELLOWSHIPS
NEW YORK CITY ■— “VIC
TORY IMROCGH U'NITY” i.i
announced by the National Ur
ban League as the theme of its
Annual Conference to be held in
Chicago, 111., fi'oni Sept. 28th
to October 3. Governoi's of stat
es and Mayors of cities Through
out the country have endorsed
the conference by issuing pro
clamations and setting aside the
period as “Victory through Un
ity Week” in their respectiv’
jurisdiction. GTovernor Dwight
I H. Green of Illinois, Mayor Ed
ward J. Kelly of Chicago; Gov
ernor Edward Martin of Pennsy-
vania; and Governor Raymond
E. Baldwin of Connecticut, have
atready made ^rabKc the teJrt «f-|—:
their proclamation calling upon
Americans of both races to put
aside group antagonisms and
work together for national vie-
PROMOTED
L. Z. Creft,
of^*the Durham Dtetpci f of
the North Carolina ^ MotUafr
torv in this war.
Council of the AME Church, and
the'National Negroj Insurance
Association are among the
groups which have adopted the
program.
^ Sixty five Masonic lodges in
Maryland, and about as many j the nation
other organization in the conn- j and board
The conference theme is the
National LTrban League’s answer
to the wave of race riots and
growing racial tensions witness
ed in past months throughout
Urban League staff
members froui 47
try have already adopted the| cities will gather for a six day
movement; and it is growing i discussion of racial problems in
fast, Mr. Allen said. “Many N!-j the war effort and ways of
Please turn to Page Eight I Please turn to Page Eight
was recently pttUB^ed'fo tkc
assistant managei«h^ of the
Durham Di^rict of liis cqm-
panv. Mrs. Crelt camc -'ti
fmm ayjL
TJurRam
Since coming
here he has
gained quite an eiivisble rep
utation as nn insurance pro
ducer. Prior to bis promo
tion he managed the largert
debit on the Ottrham
trict.
Dis-
Intert«t in ifaf A11-N«cto
War Bond Parade and BaUy to
be held here at the City Arm
ory OQ the aifht o S«pte*hei
24 gained cooaidcraMe ■mhmA>
turn thit week with the mm--
nounceaitat t^M tW North
'CiroliBS Matsiir Life Iniar-
ance Compaay had purehased
1.300,000 worth of the Third
War Loan hottds. Thia follow
ed closely behiad the aanounce-
ment of the acceptaace of the
invitation extendi, the Xav?
Pre-Flight Band to participat(
in the profram, and gave great
encouragement to the local
conunittee which ia working
4iard to make the program a
greatj success.
*In a stateneat to a repre-
scntattve^ol the Carolina Ti|iMs
this week S. R. Merrick, treas-
ruer of the compMy» who ia
also' chaiman of the local Ne>
gro divi^on of the Th^ War
Loan, campaign, hftd t|te follow
ing to say: “Thia ad^tioaal
purchase of ^60,606 H g6r@5-^
ment securities brings th« total
of our holdings ill these in-
portabt seci|rities to ^2420300.
■U i>t —U th>t
HERE ARE THE MEN WHO HEAD THE NEW FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION
Offleial owl plioto bn Rog*r
FEPC MEMBER
Miso Sara E. Sonthall, Supervised
of Employment and Service, InterJ
national Harvester Company,
and
Offleial owl photo bu Roger Smith
FEPC MEMBER
P. Bernard Young, Sr., publisher
industry representative on the Pres- of (he Norfoiit Journal and Guide,
ident’s Committee on Fair Emoloy- and industry representative on the tion of Labor, labor re^esen
Practicek^ President’* Committee on Fair Em. the President’s Committee
Oficial OWl t^uyto 6y Rogtr Smith
FEPC MEMBER
Boris Shishkin, American Federa-
r Labor, labor re^esentative on
OMefal OWl ph0U bw Rogar Smith
FEPC MEMBER
John Brophy, Congress of Indus-
Ojjicial OWl i^koto by iCoye.-
FEPC MEMBER
this total represents approxi
mately sixty per- cent oi the
total investment in our boniT
pirtfolio. We know no I'inei
place to put Our fitnds. not
only from a sound investmwF:
viewpoint bat from the p-tpi-
.otic urge to assist our country
~ ^ j to the fullest.”
Back the attack—Biiy ‘WMr j Just to keep the old wheel
Bonds and help oiher SalerwoH | turning the Mutual Kliliitec
•to become less c»stly in aien. | and Loan Associ«tio«» aaothei
—— Negro institution of Durhaw
• - - I n purchaae «l
|35,6oO worth of bonds to hrtes
'the week's total of boMb
i chased by Darhaaii Nc«r» _
I nesses alone to*.$33S»0(Mk
On Sunday MMMAiAg a **WI^
I ing Squadr^f of
j visit every Negro church lH
I city and untf each mMlkar
the congregatioiui to plira|iliM
the Third War Bond* to ••
limit. The 'fUfw fA
speaker's talk will be **Ki^ Tt
The War ^d lUI^".
The committef on p«xh|b ap*
ether i»0i|tittM
hoIding'"fr«4ii«i^
throughout titt week
to complete Ite* of
and other detail*
maki^ the eetiM^ prtcJNtttt
Buceeaa.
ment Prac(jc^
on Fair
pioyment Practice.
Employment j^^pactice.
^ . Samuel Zemurray, president of (he
^ »phy. Congress of Indns- Uniied Fruit Company, and industry
trial Organintions.la^r represent- ,ep,egent«tive on the President’s
Committee on Fair EmfJoyment
on F(0 Enployment Praetke. Practice.
OgUial OWl whatm bw Rogtr Smith
FEPC CHAIRMAN
Rt. Rev. Moaslgnor Francis J.
Haas, Chairman of the PresMeat’a
Committee »■ Fair Eaifloyaieat
Practice..
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