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Saturday, October 30, 1943 THE CAROLINA TIMES Story Of Negro Quartermaster BatalKon Ala. State College At l^eroo Is Thriilingiy Told; Great Hornets To Open Heroism Under Fire Shown Throughout Against Tallahassee Miss A And T College WITH THE Finn -UiMV IN ITALY — Here’s the story bcuch. Gcriiian bombers attack el the vessel. Some of the iiipn , MONTGOMRKV, Ala. ■ Al!i1)ama State Tcnchera -Th-i Coll- I.) a Negro Qu.rUrmaster bat- «« ouiiiq oi mu Jnm Hornotii will open tlirir :iliou th*t hit the beach scattered for cover. ^ 1!;43 footbHll season with the •^.norno shortly after th;-' midst of tho c.vcUe- Florida Unttlors of Tiillahassee | fir^t »«ve of assSuU troops .Sergeant Walker shout- here Saturdny night, October i clfared. “What’s wrong with yoa „t (V«niton Bowl. An on-' The pbce vas a jumbled We might as i^ell bu thusiastic sqnad of 30 plny'*r;^ hiap of scorched earth, litte;* “* niider the tutelage of (’onches fd with twisted Machines, i(int^catiiipr th? “Xo lint Brown” and (i., II. eqnipmeixt, stores, supplies J la'l« of .space on the exposed Lockbart has bren hard work- all i,fattt%ed in a moSs of con-l'‘>’'P» there’s no place tvgo.” inj; hard for the past three fusion. But the Nazis h.fd been f'f t h « weeks in preparation for th- put to rout and that was the!declared, not only sett- eneonntcr. imponant business at hand. ^is own u>en but t!>e, There wtI! be n venepreful ^ - crew of the landing; ernft. ' in the very starting Rnni" . _ _ ^ as the h’attlers have taken tha ZSAHLY OPERATIONS panies in a row UNDER FIRE from tlie Hornets after the ,.]y proaf Ihirnet tcnin.s of 19.18-40 whieli spoiled national hopes of be moved uior* swiftly to the : f"*' time, a fully loaded I’ igh- those year.s with front. This was a joti that call- ter lay oft the licaeh uiuii“'' ed for well-trained soldiers attad-f;; high tide \v;m with that diseiplihie and cspnl fPP'oat'hing and h.r n:aMe' de corps M'hich have earned an eonyin^ed that he iiiiil 1 envirahle re]>ui«litin for Aiiieri-' not unload and shift troin Under the pounding of Nazi Artillery and te Lultwalf', the battalion estalJished suppl;, dumps and maint.tined a state _of orderliness which wade it Most of the Ijattiilion possible for vital e(iuipnient to' "iTO im.ler tire. Al elnse vietories. Th > all-time re cord of Krid r.tnndings of the two enlleges show.s 12 Hornet wins, I! IJatders, and 1 tie ijaiiie. , Can trooi>s overseas. SALVAGE MUCH EQUIPMENT The battalion succeeded salvaging huge quantities of that hot spot before the tiil I went out. He was prepared to ! quit th ■ Seeiie with his c:ir»o But he didn't, because tho Ne gro Quarlerniasters* and th ir Biith tvaiiis will , lie under lir'adi oaehrs Avith Neil.wn at j Florida and Brown at Alnbaim i f^tnte moving into the nnmber one posts after several y^ara of i amphibian trucks not onl ' "wl' assistants in the pa^t abandoned and discawled eiuip „„ioaded the ship l)Ut iinishe.l ment. Under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel CorneHu^ C. Holcomb of Seattle, Wash ington, they rwlaimed thou ^sands of dollars worth of r piip^ age ranging from haversa k to life belts. At one tim« the battalion ’ salvaged more than 250 para chutes, abandoned when a unit of Paratroopers descended to earth a short distance from their beach. Atui lop .it ♦ff, this task was aceompHsned right onder the noses of the enemy. as a bnckgroniid. \)nch Brown the job an hour before th-.* j:loriou.s record of 17 dead line. j .vt'ars of serviee fith the Besides’ its eonibat re.ord, Ti'^kegec Golden Tigers when tl.e battalion i,- uL'n -..ud of f'^y were in their hoyday and is now in his fifth year at th? its baseball team wlii: ii .w,on ; f),„ 2r,,ith African “league” last sj)ring, and oi' its battalion band. The men l)nught a piano iu Sicily from company funds, but re-ijietfully left it behind when the unit went to Italy. Hobby. Becomes After 15 hectic hours ashore* PPFOfOSSlOH the troops prepared for a brief . respite from their work — but as they settled down a Gernia-: plane crashed in the bivouac ar«a and killed several men The Qnartermasters went back to work. 8»J)IBR CITED ^ OR SOLDIER CITED FOB BBAVERT One member of the battalion has already been cited for bravery under fire. He is Ser geant Eugene S. Walker of Morristown, N. J. According to £|olonel Holco^nb, Ser^jeant Walker was in charge of a working party aboard one of t^e landing craft when th? battalion was coming into tho NORM/iN 3. ROSS ..Model maker of. Rich'n''nd. Va., who has turned his hobby to a paying profe.ssioii. A specialist in building ship a razor blade, he left Hich- mond last week to take a job in Newport News. The mod^l of a submarine, pictured here, was made from pictun's and drawings in 'magazines and books. Constructed of light balsam wood, the hull is built after the fashion of a real ship and an outer “skin” of bal sam strips is glued on.—ANP Photo Courtesy Richiuon.l Lender- State Teachers College. H'? will receive capable assistance cniJable assistance mASS -i . from 'oaeh G. II. Loekhart, veteran high school coach of football iind linaskotball, who has turned out a number of state ehnmpions in both sports for the Teachers in past years. Neither coach is gloomy ovet* the smallness of the squad as laey nfas'"! that all college =i ave been f^iilarly hit and they are thanful'for the presence of left rmen Ingraham and Ro- l.'inson, centers, Ja.kson and Clayton, ends, Kennedy guard, ! and Young end Mason, backs. m ii LADIES AID SOCIETY TO PRESENT ONE ACT PLAY ON NOVEMBER 1 The Ladiet Aid Society of St. Jot.'eph A. M. E. Church will present a one-act play entitled "A Tempest In A. Hat Shop,” Monday, Novem ber 1. The play wil be stag ed in the Hillside auditorium, and will have a cast of -tal ented young people Who have been well trained for the pre sentation. The public is cor dially invited to attend the performance which is expect ed to be quite entertaining. Duncan A. Tilley of 80.‘5 Picket St., is confined to Duke Hospital. The accident toll in the Un ited State# exceeds tlie cost if war. You cannot stop all fatalities but you might be able to save your own hide. “There is nothing but Wind in a tire, birt it makes riding In a car very smooth ana pleasant.”—Counterpoints. Blanks- fessional course ojjfore makin^? application, or give evidence of maturity and preparation which may be regarded as the equival ent of a general education of at least college standard. The term of the fellowships ‘ ig43_ ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE HAVING qualified as the administratrix of the estate of Silns McAdams, late of Dur ham County, North tjarolina, this is to notify all jxTson.s having claims against the es tate of said deceased to pre sent them to the undersigned at C15 Glenn street on or be fore the 23rd day of Oi'otber 3944 or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their re covery. All person indebted to said estate will please maki immediate payment. This 23rd day of October, will normaly be one year; the awards will average $1,500 for a full year’s work. Blanks may be secured from Mrs. William C. Haygood, acting director for fellowships, Julius Rosenwald fund, 4901 Ellis Avenue, Chicago, 15, 111. MRS. CORA M:ADAMS, ad ministratrix of the estate of Silas McAdams, deceased. NORTH CAROLINA, DURHAM COUNTY, Chief Justice Stone is 71 years old, but will not retire U. S. civilian employes ,, down for the first time since the war. EXECUTRIX NOTICE HAVING QUALIFIED ai executrix of the estate of Gaston Alonzo Edwards, de ceased, late of Durham Coun ty, North Carolina, this is to having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at 1712 , Fayetteville Street, Durham., I North Carolina, on or before the 26th day of October, 1944, MISS ROSE JENKINS, A. and T. College Senior, who by popular acclamation of her classmates was selected from a member of co-eds as Miss A. and T. Miss Jen kins will be on hand to add color to the and T. and West Virginia—Home Com ing game. Company American Negro Troops Adopt Nine-Year-Old English Lad After Reigns Over'floiden Father’s Death In Merchant Marines Bull Brigade OCCO-NEE-CHEE ► .Self-Rising Flour lakes the Cwss out of Baking and Saves you Mone*^ On the day of his official re ception by the Negro troops, Edwin was escorted from Goole by an American officer, two Negro sergeants and two Red Cross representmtivcs. Arriv ing at the camp he transferred r> on his command from an automobile to a jeep and went on a tour of the camp. He was plied with candy bars and sweets before Principal Speaker MAKE WAY FOR ONE MOREi We welcome the patron ace of you who aie lainn . Hrrioe tp get to imd from yeur jobs. : If irt tiam oar Inues are crowded aad there are 4el»y$, your pstienee will be apprrriated. Mnred that our entire orKamzi^ion* is doinsr bumutdr pofsible to aerve you. During tliere will be tiin^ whc'i our -iimiflm wm m$hem good as m^a Uke it t« be but Mvt ht9*nd ecotrol due to tbe laice •r tfltr at tiMM pscticaiar hamok 1.5ERVICE SOMEWHERE IN jENGLAND — Edwin, a nine year Negre in England by a company of Negro troops, is now an honor ary sergeant in the United States Army. Edwin, meeting his “foster parents” for the first time on a special trip to a North Mid lands eamp, received his rank recently in a colorful ceremony stiaged by the American Red Cross and the Negro soldiers who are pledged to support him for the next five years. Tlhe adoption was arranged under the “Stars and Stripes’ plan by which units of Ameri can troops in England under take to raise 100 pounds for the adoption and care of an Englirh child orphanaged by the war. Edwin was the first Negr^ youth aJJopted by Negro soldiers. Edwin’s meeting with his ‘parents” was something of a novelty for both, the Derby Tvening Telegraph rf^ported. Horn in England and reared in i a coastal town in the southern! part of that county, thet lad had never seen an American ; Negro soldier. On the other' band, none of the American Negro soldier had seen a Ne- DR, LEON A. RANSOM, gro war orphan sinee arrival IVofessrtr of law at the How- overseas, I ard Law school and former ac t- Edwin became an orphan ■ ing dean, will bo the princjpal I Whitney is versatile iu her in-1 several months ago when his! speaker at the annual public Berests and aetiviti.>s. She is ;i fjither, a seamon in the British, meeting sponsored by tho merchants marine,, was lost at i Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity sea. His mother had died be--^ l>art of it«: 33rd Grand Chapte:’ fore the outbreak of the war. I ;ueetin^ in St. Louis, Mo., dur- ^ hen his outh England town; ing tlie month of November, and of the Journalistic Club. Iblitzed by the Luftwaffe, j Dr. Hansom will appear at! The attendants to th? Queen j EJwin was evacuated to a fos-|Lane Taberiiacle CME chureh.' were Mis,s Flora V Leath, .i j ter home in Goole with other Sunday, NovembcJ^ 14, and out senior from Burlington, North children from his communit}, of his wide experience as stu “t/rVosto! »“•!' »«««. p™-'-"* Massachusetts. . Under the inspiration of th3 lovely Queen and her attend ants, of an enthusiastic stud ent body, and of a represen I a- a baseball game his first w'as held in his honor and a specia’ 1 ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE HAVjlNG qualified as ministratrix of the estate of or this notice will be plead- Eliza Sneed, late, deceased of ed irv bar of their recovery, ilhirham County, North Caro-: All persons indebted to said lina, this is to notify all per- estate will please make im- sons having claims against | mediate payment, the estate' of said deceased to! This 26th day of October, exhibit them to he undersign-1 1943. ( j ed on or before the 2nd day Catherine Ruth Edwards, of October, 1944 or this no- j Executrix of the estate of tice will be pleaded in bar o.j Gaston Alonzo Edwards, de- their recovery. All persons in-j ceased, debted to said estate will ^ HUGH THOMPSON, please make immediate pay- Attorney. cake was baked for him jit lunch. Immediately after lunch he was rushed to a specia' movie, and in order to prepare him for his new rank, he was given an Army G.I. haircut, Edwin was taken then made an honorary sergeant of the U. S. Army and his whole company of “foster parents” parade before him. He was per mitted to call them to attention MRS, M. ORA SNEED LEE 801 Grant Street, Adminis tratrix of Mrs. Eliza Sneed, d»i- ceased. ADMi^NISTRATOR’S notice to CBBDITORS " HAVING QUALIFIED as vt i - .amini.trilOT «f the esl.t,- ..t ty, North Cirolma, th,» ,s t.. u2c Bullock Wri,ht. late of hov.ni,- NORTH CAROLINA, DURHAM COUNTY, EXECUTRIX NOTICE HAVING QUALIFIED as executrix of the estate of Dock Jackf'on Jordan, de ceased, late of Durham Coun- The “Stars and Stripes" adoption plan has been termed one of the best practical ex amples of Anglo-American friendship that the current M-ar has furnished. The 100 pounds adioption fund, takes care of clothing needs an in cidental expenses of each or phan for a five-year period. Durham County, North Cnri- lina, this l9 to notify all per sons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the under signed at 512 East Pettigrew Street* ^Durham, |North (Caro lina, on or before the 11th'day of October, 944, or this no claims against the er.tate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned at 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, North Carolina, on or before the 26th day of October, 1944, or this notice will be plead ed in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make im- Mi.ss tiladyee V. Whitney of Suffolk, A'irginia and a s^nio/ in the College of Liberal v\rts of Johnson C. Smith I’niver- sity r('igiied over the Golden Bull Brigade at the recent Ilouieconiing Cla^sic. Miss I iiiwmber of the YWCA, th.3 iNAACl', The Le Cerele Fran- jcais, the Heligious Club and secretary of the Ilistorv Club tice will he pleaded in bar of ^ payment, their recovery, ^ | This 26th day of October, All persons indebted to said i J943 Mrs, Carrie Thomas Jordan, Executrix of the estate of Dock Jackson Jordan, de- M, HUGH THOMPSON, Attorney. year men, eeveral of whom arc «howing gi-eat promise in open- ^ , , , . ing scrimmages. Brief daily tivp group.of loyal alumm and 1 gcrimmiw* a£ti»it^ Has been for, a guard, complete the Professor and porieneed members of the team.'the legal comnuttee The other 22 men are all first I NAACP, wiH speak on '‘The Place of Grcek-letter Societies in the Post-War World.” Tho business seesious of tjie Grand ch^ter, stream- friendB, the Golden Bulls of jop the tHiining menu . for the because of .t^ war, will Don^t Let CRAY HAIR Count You OutI Stay in tlie Ring of Popularity tiy Colsrinp Tofr Hair This iasy Way Ilf you want to bring a new, rich color to your hair— start usina Godefroy’s Larieuse Hair Coloring now. It acts qi^kly and directions in the reia box make it simple to apply. 2 You’ll be amaced at how evenly and easily It goes on. Won’t rub off or wash oik. 3 Insist on Larieuse, known and used for 45 years. Your dealer will refuna money if you’re not 100% satisaed. IJ your dealer doesn't have Lmrieuse (LAtRV-V$E) send$1.2$ direct lo . . . Godrfntf Cm., 3310 Oltpe Street, St. Lotus, Ma. GAUTtOHi Um Only m OIcmM m 1*M estate will please make im mediate payment. This the 5th day of October, 1943 J.’ C, SCARBOROUGH, JR., Administrator of the es tate of Louise , Bullock Wright, deceased. 6-t-e-t, NOTICE IN SUPERIOR COURT NORTH CAROLINA) DURHAM COUNTY) Troy L. Cockerham, VB — Mary Lou Cockerham The deffendant, Mary Lou Cockerham, will take notice that 09 action entitled as a- bove has been commenced in the superior eoart of Durham County, North Carolina for n divowe on stafntory grounds; and the said defendant will further take notice that she l3 roqUirad to appear at the offiee of the clerk of the au- Krior eonrt of said county in e courlSioiiBe» in Durham, N, C., on or before twenty days after the 11 day of November, 1043, and answer or demur ti the complain in said action, or the plantiff will apply to the court for the relief demanded in said compliant. Dated this 11 day of Oct., 1943. JiS. R. STONE, Asst. 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