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VOL. I. NO. 39
A National Theme
For Labor Day 1942
THE SITUATION.
What happened at Tear! Harbor on
December 7, 1941 fore-ordained lliat
September 7, 1942 ? ladatr I?ay ?
should I* the greatest *niid most inon<eiiious
I<nbnr Day In the History
of America.' For on December 7th
America was ruthlessly attacked?
and in the brief moment that it took
treacherous Jap bombers to stab us
in the back, America's hoj>e for peace
was swept away and our cherished
rlpht to remain a free nation was
dangerously challenged."
Almost overnight the greatest Industrial
nation on earth, fully aroused
for the first time, rallied to answer
this challenge ... to speed
preparations for a-bottle. Not alone In
terms of fighting forces?the Army,
the Navy, the Air Corps, the Marines?but
with equal determination
in terms of working forces. Wl^h
amazing speed, factories,.even whole
Industries, were converted to. war
production. Mechanics suddenly became
aviation workers, rubber men
? became barrage balloon makers, car:
^penters turned Into ship builders. A
? "...-I- Ukn, ana
management alike . . 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week ... to win a
war! And
In the few short months since!
Pearl Harbor this nation has achlev-|
ed the greatest war production record
' In ' the history of the world.!
America has already demonstrated
not only its will to win. but Its ability
to win. 1
.-,So orwLabor Day 1M2, American
Labor poises briefly to recognize this
beartentDg national achievement and
to declare to the American people, our
fighting forces, our government, and
to the whole world that the Job will
continue to be done, that all-out production
will continue until viciorj/ls
^ WOP. i
. llut American I-nbor declares more
than . thai, on Labor Day 1IM2.' It
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f Service Men's
Voting Bill To Be
, Sent To Congress
> Congressional leaders laid plans today
to send the service men's altsen'
tee voting hill to a senate-house con
ference committee for disposition of
V; Its antl-poTl" tax-feature but tbe con'
trorersyf aroused by this prorlalon
t .-made tie fate k{ the measure nncer?vVta!o.
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*>r Sponsors of. the bill propone to
' move tomorrow to tend It. linmedl;
ately to conference without -further
debate In tbe bouse hut thla action
might be blocked by a single member.
^ delaying consideration until a quorV
um of the houae could be assem*
bled. Many member* hare left tbe
k 2- capital during the current Informal
/ v;-.,
? "* Y*.'! J ?*'. Need, Quorum. ^ C^fTjH'tiere
la no doubt we ran paw
[ f th? bin wltb.apoll tax" amendmert
? > If "we had a.quflrym In town," said
Representative' . 'Ttg meeyj TVmocra l,
J'^Vnt Virginia, Its'sponsor. "We can't
*^pata It without a quorum because
^ieggiooailr (kn/bloik/t^it more ,hy
^^[demanding tbe attendance of a ma,r
; Jortty "?f the mem tiers."
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The Go>
Gov. Robert A. Hurley, of Com
of the Auto Ordnance Corp., 1
him direction*. The tommy gui
k?O IMt
Mr. Carmichael
Addresses A. and T. i
Summer Graduates I
"In trials such h. thin [litre la <
little profit In nn oratorical paf-ude'i
of the great aortal progress of Aroer-|j
lean democracy; nor Is there much tofi
be gained by allblng about the bn>k-i|
en promises of democracy or the mis-,i
carriages of Justice," drlarcd W. n.
Carmlchael, controller of the Culver- ,
slty of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. ,
In an address to A. and T. college <
summer school graduates last week. ,
Some 67 persons composed the clans |
which was the largest In the history <
of A. and T. summer school. Rev. j
J. J. Scarlett, pastor of the West i
End Baptist church, Winston-Salem,
offered prayer. Special tousle was of- |
fered by the summer school choir i
under diretion of l'rof. F. Nathaniel ;
Gatlin. Professor Gatlin, clarinetist,
played Gullhand's "Concertino," and
Mlna Mnrjorle Johnson, with the
summer school quartet, sang Rleggcr's
"A Spirit Flower." Mr. Norman
A. Boren Introduced the speaker.
The speaker averred,/"This Is a
time for straight thinking. It will do
us good to cry about the past and
what we ? might have been. We
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Commencement
Speaker for A. & T.
v W/ D.*r Carmteharl, controller of
the' Cnlveralty of North Carotin*.
Chapel 1101, aa prinelpal speaker
for the summer convocation of A.
and T. rollefe. Greenahor*. said,
"This Is a time for straight think*?l"
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ORO. N. C-, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBI
pernor Tries a Ton
lectfcut, tries his shootin' eye on a Thorn
Bridgeport, Conn., with Russell Maguiri
l is popular at the many fighting front!
Jn*+ W miif Kelnir marts is a mi
Historic Scrap Metal
Is Ready for Another Job
A collection of nearly 3,00(r pounds
nf scrap metal made more than six
rnonthB ago by employees of Guilford
Courthouse National Military park,
bag been donated to Guilford county
salvage committee and will he picked
up shortly. Wllllaro I*. Brandon, acting
superintendent of the park, said
today.
The scrap, government property ac1
cumulated at the park over a period
jf years. Includes about 000 pounds '
?f bronze, 200 pounds of copper and
a ton of Iron and steel. It will he
Riven to the salvage committee, headed
by P. T. Hines, "to give certain
gentlemen over across the water a
little more nuisance," Brandon said.
Donation to the committee was
made possible by a recent authorization
allowing free disposal of government-owned
scrap to local salvage officials
or other specially designated
groups. Until that time it was rerequlrod
thai the scrap he sold. The
park was unable to find buyers.
Brandon said. Dealers, faced with
government red tape, were unwilling
to make bids, he added. 1
Rockingham County 4-H
Boys Attend Institute
Approximately 25 Negro 4-H club
boys, representing 12 clubs in RockIngham
county, will begin a three-day
Institute at Camp Glass, near Baffin,
Tuesday. The Institute Is designed "to
give the hoy a first hand, practical
Information concerning wartime
needs of farm crops and livestock.
Courses In- other phases of 4-H cluh
work, Including recreational activities
will also be plven.
Wednesday evening there will lie
a special program under the direction I
of It. Penn Moore, work unit leader1
for Rockingham county's soil conservation
office. His talk will l?e
Illustrated with slides. Itriys at the
camp will do their Own cooking. II. I*
Harmon. Negro farm agent for this
county, will be in charge of the camp.
Rev. Mr. II air at on
>V > . . .? 'On Vacation
V I
Rev. J. T.^ Hal rat on. D.P., pastor
of the Shlloh Baptist church Is on
his vacation. * He has Just returned
from Charlotte, where he attended
the Rowan Baptist association which
he Is n?oderator. He will leave this
week-end for Richmond, Va.. Washington,'D.
C., and New York city.
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5R 5. 1942
lmy Gun
pson submachine gun in the plant
i, president ol the concern giving
I to which American soldiers havi
litary secret.
Bennett College
Announces Plans
For Fall Opening
F'reparing for the formal opening
of Bennett College on September 15,
President David I). Jones announced (
ibis week that the faculty sessions j
this year will be held for five days,
commencing Septerotier fi, and freshman
week for five days beginning '
September 10. 1
The veteran's dinner on September
7, honoring the teaching and adniln- ^
iBtratlve personnel having served the
college for five or more years, will 1*
on4 of the highlights of the faculty
sessions,. ,
Those persons to be honored for
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Sammy Lee Bozeman >
Gets 90 Days Additional
Saminy Ix>c Roreman, 24-year-old 1
Negro trusty serving 90 days fii city *
hall for indecent exjiosure was sentenced
by Judge E. Karle Rives at 1
municipal-enmity court today to serve
90 days on the roads for,larceny of a
screw driver from the city building
department In a week-end ransacking
jspree on,the third floor of city hall.
Pleading Innocent of the charge.
Roveman, who allegedly changed his
story several times about bow he
came "in possession of the 2ft-cent article.'said
his versions were Mltered
because he "pot upslted" when police
rounded up eight Negro trusties when
the occurrence was discovered yesterdny
mnrrting.
The aev'^n other Negroes? were re
[turned tn ttie status of tniatlea after
being belt! "yesterday and last night
for quentionlng In the natter.
J Bozeman Is to aerve the remainder
of the 00 days of his 90-day sentence
on the rnadfc, then to hegln the sen-]
twice Impoaetj thla morning.
Mr. Scotf Tnkex Over
Management of Imperial
/-?
lieruiHn Soo(? former ntnlatanl
manager of the Paramount theater
in Burlington, took over managership
of Imperial theater here yesterday
replacing Ben F.'_ Smart, who haa become
manager of the Ml. Airy the-'
ater of North Carolina theater*, Incorporated.
It waW announced yesterday
by Norrla Hatlaway, manager in
charge of the Carolina and Imperial
theater*.
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A Brief History
Of Labor Day
"All Men Are Horn Alike :iml
Equal.*'
"Liberty and Union."
So read some of the banners curried
down the streets of New York by
"neat and well-dressed men" In the
first Labor Day parade, on the afternoon
of September 5, 1882.
The banners voiced the philosophy
of I*. J. Metluire. one of the famous
dreamers and doers of the American
labor movement, and they express
today the sentiment and feeling
at American, labor unionists*, who
have built the first Monday In September
into this country's symbol of
labor freedom.
A direct line of thought and action
may be traced between P. J.
McGulre's original proposal for Labgr
Day, made on May 8, 1882 to the
Infant Central Labor Union of New
York City, and the slogan which labor
has selected to symbolise its fight
In this crucial war year;
"FREE LABOR WILL WIN."
McGulre himself, in an Interpretation
of his Labor Day proposal, said
in 1897:
"Pagan feasts and Christian oh.
tervances .have come down, to us
through the loDg ages. But it was
reserved for this century, and for the
American people, to give birth to I?abor
Day. In this they honor the tollers
of the earth, mid pay homage to
those who from rude nature have
lelved and carved all the graudeur ^
we behold."
McGulre, then an offlcal of the
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners,
and later to become a vice-president
ofthe American Federation of
Labor, sold bis idea to the Central
Lnbor Union; which proceeded, without
the sanction of government officials
or the community at large, to
celebrate "Labor Duy."
MeGulre's proposal, as nutllued on
that day In aMy, was strikingly prophetic
of what has become lnlmr's
"great day," In practically all of the.
free countries of the world.
The day. McGulre said, should
start with a street parade "which
would publicly show the strength and
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Total Bond Sales
In Reserve Area
w;n r
" ? "V ?UI I
Total subscription figures for th"
[current offering, additional issue of
12% per cent treaanry bond a of 11*12j07
for KlrhniniKl federal reserve district.
In vrhlch Oreenslioro la located,
will reach $21.l00.i?n0 when final adjustment*
have lieen made, according
to a letter sent out hy Victory fund
committee of the United States treaanry.
The total will represent an increase
of nhout 42% per cent nl?ove the
subscriptions received for the 2'A per
cent bonds due UHt2-(17 which were
offered In May. Incomplete 'figure
among the 12 federal reserve/. di?
for the Richmond district Is $20,."12,of
a total of $1.234.fM-VjnO divided
300. '
Richmond subscriptions form part
government Investment accounts,
trlcta. the United States treasury and
Richmond subscription* rate eighth " J
highest among the several federal V *
reserve districts. . i V'. Vj,
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