North Carolina Newspapers

CIURGES nSOURGES IMFAR rmoui nHATES pkotest separation WHITES JOIN NEGROES IN PRISON PROTEST CHICAGO. Ill -- III j\'i> fodi'iiil prison?. 'Mir it .MiUn. Mirhifi.in. ird 'hr other m A;hlaiif', Kriitnck>. « «ro'jp of inmate,« i- ‘irmB pi ni'h- •ll brrai|.p thpsy rrf' sc 'o liijdi- !)> .?!'■ Crov pi chrr. rn^MV.'d hy p’iSOn adminiitri'iiMi in 'hr in'iiv; tall. Tt'e orBnnirrd irtj. n ,t Mil>i, h«iran In .Snril vAhrn |vi rhi''•; Kpuroef. both of 'i hom n-,' . .illj, cofi^cirnlioii? 'ihjortois to .vsi. n* rh-M In the ni-liliili-in. Wh-'ii . went to the dining hnlj for hr nr ' time, they rntrrrH ivith white c'm- panior and «at n a »ol>le ihi' Bfrm'i to ft' r hern rcarrvrd f >r '‘M-hitf ml.v. ■ ,v c'lard ipproachri ♦hem and told »hrm to move to "fhrlp ovrn” tahlr. They complied n-itb ihr rule i(,‘hr in.'«'itiitlon. h.il when they «vrrr crated at the Jim Crow fabir, 'hey did not touch the food on thrir fray — ^ silri-t act 'f protest afiainct unjust racffil pnir- Mrer They >>rrr immediately plac ed in icolation from the rest of thp inmate body, md from .all re ports 'ihieh ran be re-eived from them, they expect to pend the re mainder of their fu r-year sentences this way tinles.s the nrariiee of rare ««arr^ation is abandoned. Several uhite Inmate .have ioined the t«yp Negrors In pro'cii niid arc in laola Hon also. In Ashland federal prim irjaii- Ued action acain-t Jim Cmwlcm began on June tid when eish* 'vhltc Inmatec. all conscienfimic oii- Jccors, refused to eat i.ny Im^ci in a racially se;;reg.ated dining hrtll. These eight inma*fs. knowing 'hat Kentucky has a Jim Crow l.aw, has asked the prison .tdmlnistr *lio»> to se*. up a dining hall arranRcmen' where oil inmates desirint; to e.at InterrcArially will have the piivil*-ie of doing so- On Jure tth. *hc d»y after the eight white Inmates first protested. tV^^ Negr'' inmates Joined them in their action. These three NeBroes circulated a .stawmenl among the Inmates addresse.1 lo "all men i-p- pesed to racial segreaation." and aent copies to James V. Bennett, di rector of the Bureau 'f Pri.*nns. in Washington, and the warden of the prison. The preface to the .state ment read; ’This statement is not a reoucsi for ymi m loin ns; it i-: -yntten S'' that yon ••ill inders'.'nd what we •ro Hnin.' " Tt-n.. *K. The Carolinian Investigation Demanded In Trial And Sentence Of Death On Mutiny Charges '.'oi.rMi: xwi. NO. ii liAU'lKJM, NORTH CAIiOIJNA WKKK KNDINt; siATUJiDAV. Al'Ol'ST i'.'). RRK'K FIVK CKNTS GO BACK TO SCHOOL DR. CALIVER URGES W.ishington — Citing rocen' skiintific technniugical and sociril ^ lii-v. loomcnts us ovidenco of thv amportance of nducation in th-- ittiodern A inld. Dr. Ambrose Cali- , \ci. Scniur SnecialLit in the Edii- n.:lJou of Negroes. U. S. Office ol Eaucation. thii> week urged all Negi'o high .schi>ol children to le- 'turn to school and finish their eclucation. Endorsing the Back-to-Scho il iDiivc being sDon.sored bv the Oi- 'lic- of Education and the Chil- 'd-en's Buroa j. U. S. Department nl LEib-^r. Dr. Caliver addressed nL- appeal to the more than 75, iiiUO Negro student.^ in high schools ‘in 17 Southern States and thi 'I istrict of Columbia, and lo simi lar Negro students ;n all parts of tile country. ••Rcc'.nl developments in many .fields of activity — scientific, .technological military and .social have indicated the importance .of education for everyone.” Dv. 'Caliver said. •Tht.- fact that geii- jcrally ‘there is now need for so inumy to know so much,' whil" among Negroes so little ls known I by so many, makes education for jliirni a ‘must' ! "The wide iMducatinnal gap be- ] tween other citizens and Negroes Ion all levels and in all fields re- .uuirt's that a greater number .if tlu m }>e provided more and bet- It'.i education than In ’he past. Every Negro youth, parent and •tifiz'm has a stake in the Back- jtc-Sch'wl campaign: and *he •rhonls ate obligated to lender an tt\n1 c..T-1'iAA t.i V-JShows Discharges Unfa irFo r Negro es WKSl.KY K TAYl.DIt USD DIRECTOR GETS VA. POST KY .M.VKJORIK U'll.LIAMS RAL.EICH — li w IS announced Tuesday night ,it i -pecial nieetmg >! till' ComroiMt-.- if Management ■ f 'h. nio.Klwortli Sli.et U.SO Club NEW YtlUK • Victory J.ipaii br>iu.:hl once niur.- lu Uiu from — and .sharply - itu; uiifiu inaiiiier in which culuicd nicn in •iiiifarin .lie lieing lie.iled js lu ■liacliuiges fiuin the sciyiee. iccoid liiK tu a Victoi-y statement issued August l.i by the National .Associa- •ion for th.- .\fivaui'vnienl of Cel- •>r»d People. “C'llciied .tniei'ie.iiis rejoice with tile i«'St ■>( >ni n.ilion ind the wuilil that the enemy has bten be.iten .uiit that u'ganized killing ha.- ceis.Nl." Oie -tateinent ..'id, "but we caimui luig.'t that ‘vhilc niilii.’ns of servn.'- tneii and itieir familit- .iie lookim* I'urviarri to nlease- fiom uniform, Mir null, fill’ till- in .-i [>iit in- ■lelMij belli Ml the .-eivi.-es either by unfair rnli-b nr by iibitrary ao- lUini.-tratHM) ‘>f the iiile.s " The statiiiiA-nl .-.liil the gre.it bulk >f .N'cgio s.ild.ers was blocked 'from the very beginning" by the point system \Aliich put a pieiniuiu ou Combat .elSk'iev. “EveryoMe kiiuw» that out buj.- vAcie kept (i-im ciiinli.ii .-erviec thiu tin fault of their own." s.iid 'In- N'A.\c.'P. 'The cotiibal requirement in the point system igiuues the lin.{ .Mlvice of hundreds .if ihou.-eind.s of service iioops and -‘aidetuns them Ui remain in unifoitn while white 'i-oops with .me-fourth itie fonetb of .Ael vice .11 1- tils, liai ed " The slaii-niciit a.s>i rted that many .Nigi'u soldi-is in the loBuntry l..id tiecn changed into seivi'-«- irooptf md vver.' :»eiiii; In-I I before V I li ly. in Em. in- lo b- sen* «lirev-tl/ t.i 'lie I'leme do - oii.-lrnotion tr .New York, .August M-— . lilt now a victnn ol a Captuin'j ..•Itnciit wliich caused me and rj other fellows a death sentence t ir- ugh an uiiluir couil n.ailial We were accused ol uiutiiiy. i Pvt. Daniel June.s, ui Yonkcr.>, N. Y., wi'ule thc.se woixls to his ' .niiiy to ilitoiiii them ol iiLs sitU- j a.loll. [ I'poii tecelpl ol tlu., and other ' ..•■lornialion, iliu National Negro ;‘'ongie.s.s a.sk«-d Tiuman K. Cib- 1 -on. Civilian Aide to the Secretary at Wai, lor full infurinution on th.- • ase. The NNC aDu requested ap i.ppuiiiliiicn’ with Mr. Gibson. '. nd oihe; pioper authorities in; Mile War Ji-partmint, to discuss ,llie whole que.stion id fair and Menial tiejitinenl” Ol Negroc.-i in I Die Ainiy. 1 l-'i-nding hi.s leply the Congre.-i.s , will work with ike .;.'veral local i • oiiiiiiitu-e.s aiKl in.iiyi-luaL .ui-; 'ri'iitiy enneerning thniuselves W’th i ' the cas.-. It lia. been reported thj.i I Uepiesi ni.itive Ralph Gamble w.'in | :'ll.-.'rLuneiital in obtaining a -dav' ■ I ewculiiin. .•\ retiial, hoa-.-ve;, ;i. .-ull iii Las.-Jarv if the .statements jni III. suldiers about tile court •e. . i: il .111- coi iict Tin- soldi.'f.s claint ttiat the ie- ,t li e j.ssigiu-d to them was nat I |■.l!..lllle ol handling such a vj.-c.l Mh.ii ttiere wa.s no -NVgro olficcr I ' I'l• III at the tnul. although they ■ -.e pioinised that Ihere woui.i I ; li. ' tlial there were no will'., .-i.e : I ^the .iciiiseil; that the ca.-e ii.id ! •I'd he. n piopei’ly inve.stig:i!« u: 'h.i' the eourt would not pertiil' •'I’e .'erellse to establLsh A U‘>in* ■in hi.es and piejiulict* were! border, we who had driven on nitd closed down both the Earn- nu? Red and White Ball Highways, r'fcver complaining nor having j.iuyone complain .ibout the work . we VA ere doing — this man came iivei.^eas when the war was prac- tlcaly over md lelU tw we are not irM'iid enough to associate with lii.s men.’’ Aavone knowing the names of ti t' other soldier-s in the ca.Aa should communicate with the Na tional Negro Congress in New York, it was announced. FIRST NFGRO TE.ACHFIRS IN ‘PORTLAND. ORE. PORTLAND. Ore. — In * niovr to improve race relations and oprn up opportunities for VfKToe.s in this city, the board uf edurallon ba.s amiouncrd the appointment of the first colored lea-hers in the history of Port land. Robert G. Ford, formerly of .Shanmee, Okla.. and Mrs. L. O. Slune. formerly of Kansas City, Kans.. will (each elemen tary ■o-hool ctaaaes hecinning Oils fall. ,.[y, VVII.I.I.V.M h Mll.l. N. C. MUTUAL OFFICIAL DIES DuiJi.iiii, N. C. WiUi.mi llili, u-!>i. f..r ihi- p.i.-.t twvnt.v-.-i I1). vn u.-aicKityd wi N.'ith v‘.iii.lin;i .Mutu.il Lite 1 .••■i.dlu-i --.ildi'-i in th- gi jiin h.i- writt.-ii that vv.-r .since ■» -■I "Up xif a liaiisfcr.x's ciinu- undci ■ >■ ci.iMiu.iiid >.f the iMptaiii M,. n- ' ' ^ 'ii.’V h.id “h.-fji the "bj- t all 'vufs ol humiliatiun.s, d.'- . I l.iliun-'. and iiiistrcat.'Ucnt ’>'■- V 0x1 I'nlliparL-'OII.” Ill- ul.U. ‘Wx-. '• h" hud xh iv. n iiur supply-hixJen "uvks III thi- vxi> Irnnt w.ih ha.l 'I'.vv-xi th.' iruiixioti all th.- •.■;iv M. fl iiii.inv. 'y|,i, had .•.t.inn ‘»ith L- nii-tiilv lOt.-t .\irh(iin' Divi- •nn wh.-n Hit'. grcnfi-d il.-i it Mhaniiii.'riiig it th. Fi i-ncli I'K.tIM.Mi MAH tVII.Al'T GA. PRIMARY CASE IN HANDS OF JUDGE Judge I'lulcrwotid in the U. S. District Court here took under advise- .M'-nt on August 15 the "white primary ' c;iae of Wallace v^an lackaon v. T. E. Suttles, tax cnl- Ix ciur and registrar, after hear- uig :.i'guni-nt of counsel on the plalntiTs UKttion to strike Uic a.4r from the jury list .md iiwe It tried bv u judge w'ithout a jury. Javk.siin. a reguthTcd voter of Grurgia. charges in the suit that Sutth'-' refused to forward the list f Negro electors eligible to vote in the 19-I-I Democratic primaries. Tin- complaint sets out that Sut- in violation of sections 2 and eight white Inmates first prntMted, uiree Negro inmates joined them In their action. These three Negroes circulated a stsument among the Iwnates ad.*ressed to "all men op posed to racial segregation.” and sent copies to James V. Bennett, di rector of the Bureau 't Prisons, In i Washington, and to 'he warden of ' the prison. The preface lo the state ment read; 'This statement is not a request fer you to join us; jf written so that you will iinder.stnnd wl’al we are doing." Then th* sUlemenl points out that 'he men have re peatedly approached the warden about Insti'-uflng a separate interra cial dining room where men of all races may eat together, without forcln* Negroc.s and .vhites to mis against their wills. Their plan callr for only those ’.yho believe In equal ity to eat together. (Continued on bark page) MANPOWER CONTROL LIFTED RALEIGH — All manpower con trols In Norl. Carolina were auto matically removed at the moment la.st 'veek when President Truman announced the end of the war with Japan. Or. J. S. Dorton, State di rector of the War Manpower Com- mission, vaid in a statem'^nt is.sued at that time. He discussed the State's future in .this statement: "Lifting all manpower controls means that all celling and employ ment stabilization regulations, in cluding the 18-hoiir workweek, arc remit-ed ^nd all employers may hii> as many workers as they want and can get. Workers ere permitted ♦o areept any job they may choose md to change jobs as they wish. "While controlled referrals of male? no logner exists, we offer ^11 and complete service of our trained and specialized personnel througbeut the State to both em ployers and workers alike and pledge our continued efforts and cooperation toward a sound pro gram of reconversion and full em ployment for all North Carolinians. "With the relaxation of control-s and the 'remendous work load that this involves, more time will be (Continued on back oaae) many to know so much." while rniong Negroes so little Ls know-t by so many, makes education for them a must’ “The wide educational gap be tween other citizens and Negroes on all ievel-s and In all fields rc- , quires that a greater number af 'them be provided more and bet- itci education than in the oast. Efvery Negro voulh. parent and Icitizen has a stake in the Back- jto-SchoTil campaign: and the ‘•■ehools are obligati to render an (educational .service designed to meet life's needs and to assiir-.' more persona! satisfaction .*>nd so cial betterment." The campaign l.s being pushed foainlv among youth.? In .summer '.vhs. thn.se laid off from full-time iohs. and those who are s-lil in srhool but thinking of dropping out in the hope of getting a iob. The agencies hope to ettroll 9511.- 000 more bov,« and girls in high school fh7s vear than were regis- ♦cred there last year. Because He Was Knocked UncoiKscious, Pilot Lives Jersey — Second Lieutenant Richard D. Mscon. of Birmingham. Alaba na. . a P-51 pilot with the famous all- - j Negro .‘132nd Fighter Group. ow-.*i hLs life to a succession of miracles that favored him In one of the strangest aerial sage.s to take place over Southern France-. "Maybe it was fortunate that ^, was unconscious when the mira-, cles happened." said the pilot at ■ g% m n aai ■ .AAF Redi.stribution Station No. 1 lUnDTU PnDni IniA "or else I might have done some- RUriin IMnULmH "'ins wone ,nd been wnod- I It .Started when Lieutenant RALEIGH -Cul-bxck. xnd lay- M"™" ""''.''‘j.‘’‘“'i', offs In 17 North Carolina firms in Site In a .stratinE '-•tforl to knock 10 North Carolina centers, devoted prima-lly to war production. „.ur Jays before D-Dav in Southern reduce the numbers of workers''’.?/*",;., t-innB ,» inn f™volvm‘^“l.yoffs'’or° atpToxIma’™'i'"' rSt hoad°;S iito^a nvolx-mt layoffs or ’'PPro«Jma.e-;,,,„„j.j(„,,, T.heburstslicedmy !y xtorle-m.DnJ, S. Dorton. gjjpron controLs and fllnpcd mv State direetor of the War Manpower , puieklv Commission, has figured. ... as vou flip a magazine page. While pese xvopers have been laid f.phtlnj to rikht the M-jstanc I off. or will he within the next few , territie bla.xt of Hrt.vs, D'-. Dorton reports, adding ‘ j,oat and .saw my entire engine that s frw hundred dher workers omothered out In flames. I passed in other plants may be added to the nut." number. | Folding up in thr cockpit th? (ConMnuM on back oaBoV Ik-utenant'.s body slumped against 0_VER 12,000 TO BE: UNEMPLOYED IN USO DIRECTOR GETS VA. POST HY MARJORIE WILLIAMS RALEIGH — It wis announced Tue.hduy night at a special meeting of the Committee of Management •{ 111*’ Blfiodworth Sli'. ct USO Club Mint Wesley F. Taylor, the dircclur jf the local club had been assigned •(> the Directorship of the Leigh Street USO at Richmond, Va., by the Regional USO-YMCA Office. Mr. Tayli’r will t;>ke over his new lutles on September 1st. Members of the Management I'ommltlce spoke in high praise- of he fine wi rk done, both for the rummnnily peoph- and fxir service men and women visiting Raleigh during the twu yc.ars of Mr. Taylor’s idministratlon and wlced regrets if his leaving Ralelgl^ at this time. I no fault of their own, ' s.iid the ] NA.\CP. "The combat requirement j in the point system ignores the long l^vice ^of hundredr of thousands ' of servlce'truiips -and condenuu them Ui remain In uniform while white 'roops with one-fourth the length of service arc dischat;{ed.'' The statement a-ssi-rted that many Negro soldiers in the ii>*utitry had tipcn changed Into service troops and were being hehl. before V-I day, in Europe to b»* sen^ directly til the Paeilie U. do construclioti iiml maiiilenance work there “We h.ive I'ot been able lu gel absolute pr.Kif >( discriminatory (reatincnl of uur men in the sta^'- gcring area.- in EtiVi/pv while await- Lin' transportation U Aniorica.' continued the statement, ‘‘but a j iiumbi-r of reports from returnin.g Nfgici veterans all tally a.s to poor' •i-ruiumialiitions. least de irable lo cations, and abuse hv military po lice. •Now that ihe war is xiver. eur like all others, want to get liaii N. C. MUTUAL OFFICIAL DIES British Imperial Traditions To Be Challenged—Welles Ills ICilx IIIK i\tiii.-.Kir ai I.I..X xAiiiv. , , . . , , I uxtiins to Richmond Mr. Taylor '«:'l'’l"l™ fbey .diould iiol be pelf lakes up aeoln his residence In the xheeti because of their color or Vlrsinla Capital after an absence made the victinxs of rules which do of 20 years. He is .1 aradliate of nien ion color, but which oper- Vlr.lnla Union Unlvertlly and the “tc unfairly aaainsl Seerues. Unlverslly ..f Michis.an and entered Tb' the USO-YXVCA acrxicc, in 1942 pa.ssace ol the bill for tincin- alter serviiis for l.X years In the I Ploim-ul insuranee of S2S a week Held of public education in Greens- I tor 2(1 week... ns reeommend«l by Pi-fsldt-nt Truman, pointing out Mr. Tnyl.tr s siiccess.ir has not as ‘hat unless this amounl were juar vet been named but assurance was, anleed by federal law-, many bn- eiven Ihe committee bv L. B. Avison. ; emobtyed colored workers w..i. d R’.donal S.ipervlsor that a director ' kd bH'e or imthme under their ol ,.ijh calibre would be assiuned ‘ varioiis stale laws, to the Raleieh Club in thp very near A permanent FFPC must be set future iCmfiniiPd on hark naa»;‘. Negro T roops In ET O Rose Nearly 100 Percent In Year Duihani, N. C. — William D. Hill, who for the past twcnty-.six yiar.s has bcc-n uiuiuciutcd with North Carolina Mutual Life In- siiranci- Company, died in Balli- nuirc. Maryland Sunday. .August IhUi. A native of Kichiiiund, Virginia. .Ml. Hill vnlcri'd the .s..-rvice.^ at North Carolina Mutual in lUlS uS . n agent on the Richmond District. He was later lran.sferri'd to Ihx- Hoiiu- Olfiee ul the Company, .i.ul -t the (inie uf his death, served in the capacity uf A-isislant Sec- ri'lary-Cniiiplroller. He wa. a iiK-mber of the Buard of Uiructorj .ind ut tlu- Company's F.xvcu;ivi* (.'emmittee. He was also a member of 'ho Hoard of Direclurs and Executive Cominiltef of Bankers Fin Insur ance Company and a director of Machanics and Farmers RanK and tile Mutual Building and Loan As- .seciation. For several monlh.s, Mr Ilil' has been m failing health, and at tht time of his death, was ;i pa- 'iint at Provident Haspital, Balti- m(*re. Maryland. .Aside from hU official duties. Mr. Hill was av- ti\'e in religious, social, civic and ,ll.e coininanii of the captain iiun- I turned, they hati "biH-ii the »*bji-'t iof all types of humltiatiorLs. de- I gradations, and mislreaUnent l>e- j v*-nd coniparLsor..'* He adxls. ‘We, who had driven our supply-Indftn trucks Iti the very front, woh had followed th.* invasion all the vnv lo Gx-rmany. wht, had .stood with the mighty 101st Airbornf Divi sion when HitUi’s greatest tl.n.it un.-- hammering at the French TK.YI.M.NG FOR WHAT? (.All EditurUI) l‘rru-i-upaliuii with the aiumlc b»ml, and the Irrmendutis pussi- >lliliities it upeiis up Is InrvlUble. Oii« eatiiioi turn Ibr mind from it. ‘there has been svme dLscus- 'ion ur the effevl of lU develop ment on the Hsue of the peace time draft and ruin|iulsory mili tary traiiUiu. some experu and •'itinmentalur.A say llatly that there would be no utility in nrkde- spread military traiiilnjt. Future wars, U any, will Ih- fought by a few scienliats and maybe a few pilots, they say. Even a larfe air force will no lonRer be necessary or useful. .A few thousand men, given 4 reasonahle start, will be able lo destroy thr world. Why train men, It is argued, when Ihilr training will he of no use lo them or their coun y? The thing that makes cold sweat break out on you Is that all this may be perfectly sound and logi cal reasoning. ha.sed on inexorable fart. Buck Rogers and Superman are no longer pure fanta.sy. urimaiT case oi watiace van liu'kson V. T. E. Suttles. tax cot kclor and registrar, after hear- log argument of counsel on the plalntirrs motion to strike Sii 'iijf from the jury list and akve it trlwf bv a Judge without a iury. Jackson, a registered voter of Geurgia, charges in the suit that Suttles refused to forward the list . f Negro electors eligible to vote in the HH4 Democratic primaries. The complaint sets out that Sut- lies in violation of sections 2 and 4 of Article I and Amendments 14. 15 and 17 of the United States Cuiwlilution. kept separate lists for Negro and white registered v-ders; that last year in accord- ;ince with th^ state law of Georgia .ind at the request of the execu tive committee of the Georgia nemocratic party, he sent only the white list of voters to the pells on primary day and refused to send the names of the regisier- ed Negro voters. Attorneys for the defendant ar- getl that the case was one to be t.ied bv a iury because there were issues of fact involved. They argued that it was an equity case .seeking an injunction and declara tory judgment — that there were no issues of fact since the defend ant admitted in his answer that he had refused to send the list of Negro qualified voters to the primary polls last year. James A. Branch, representing the registrar, pointed out that in the sworn answer of the defend ant it was stated, "The defend- fContinued on back page) NEtV YORK 'CNS) — Forme. Under Secretary of Slate Sumner Wellcf and widely known author, is firmly eonvinied that the win ning of power in Britain by the La bor Party means ?n end to British ImperialLsm. "The Labor Parly has consistently condemned imperial- bm,” he writes In the New York Herald Tribune, "and now for the first time in historv, the British people have granted a Labor gov ernment the fjUcsl uicusure til authority.” On liMliu, Mr. tVellt;» spiu-s It l.s inconceivable that the new gov ernment will tiermit the Indian im- na.sscs til continue for one moment longer thiin what Is legitimately re quired in order to win the war. The new Prime Minister. Cle ment .Atlee hits hims'lf .stated "Be lieving in the principles of .self government the Labor ijovernment »iU tiy to help the Indian people solve the difficult problem of in troducing (till self-goc emment into :i greut continent cuiitHining four hundred million souls." If Mr At- It-i- bi'in|'> sclf-governniviti to Irtdi.s, I Welles feels he vvill updertake , similar pilicy" in case of Burma and other British possessions. Too. : "we should anticipate a fair set tlement of the legitimate griev ances of Egypt and of other Arab states" contlnuc.v Mr. Welles "We may ex(HCi a p,)licy with resrard to oil which will be non-exclusive. It will also be designed to give a fair share of the profits to the pe«>- ple.1. whose sub-?i»i resources are lielng txphiited v>i;h ix.-ultant , rising of livins standards through- lout the Middle Foist. WITH U. S, FORCES, European j Theater — Negro troop strength In ‘he European '^e.atre og Operations Increased nearly 100 per cent be tween D-Da.v and V-E Day, Head- iu.incrs, U. S Forces. European Theater snnonced today. One weeK oefore the Normandy lavasion. there were 133.765 Negro troop? in Europe. One week after, V'-E Day there were 259.173 Negro troop.? in the European Theater of' Operations. The monthly increase. L recorded in the following figure.?: July. 1941 144.546 156.104 . 169.647 173.112 210.79.5 219,678 ?35.332 2.36.0B8 250.190 2.57.267 Z59.n3 August. 1944 September. 1944 Oct'bcr. 1944 .. ; November. 1944 ' Oeci-mber. 1944 lanuary, 1945 ' February. 1945 March. 194.5 April. 1945 .. I May, 1045 . In varying numbers, there were Combat Troops, Chemical Warfare Sers’ice Troops, Ordinance Ammuni tion Comoanie.?, Medical Corps Troops. Engineers, and Transporta tion Corps Troops. COMBAT TROOPS Slightly undt-r nine per cent of the 3.59-173 Negro Trt op? reported in the European Theatre of Opera tions on May 15. me week after V-E Day, belunged tu combat or ganizations. Tweiity-twu Negro combat units paiUcipated in the opx ration.? of the American Expeditionary Forces against the Wehrmacht, The 32()th Barrage BalLm Battal ion was the only Negro combat unit (0 take part in the initial landings on Ihe Normandy coast on June 9 Classified is an anti-aircraft organ ization. it was the only American uni. jf its type in Europe but was •ransferred from the theater before the end of the war. Neero lankers .spearheaaed Ihe famous Task Force ilhine.' which era.sheci through the rugged moun tain defenses of the Siegfried Line in the Nieder Schlettenbach-Reis- lorf-Klingcnmunstcr area. Probably no other Negro combat unit in Europe achieved as brilliant ;» record, both in term.? of consis tently outstanding performance In battle md excellence of morale, as did the 6l4th Tank Destroyer Bat talion. Cominan led 'oy Lieutenant Colonel Frank S. Pitenard. a white officer from Lan.sing. Michigan. ;he unit was mainly (ifficered by Ne groes. INFA.NTRY In December 1944. jeveray thou sand Negro soldiers .mswered a ceneral .appeal for volunteers for training as Infantry riflemen. TTie setting of a quota for these Negro infantrymen resulted in the rejec tion of nearly 3,[I00 Negro GIs who wanted to fight at the front- (Contii'led or back page) r« crvalionat nctivitiv?. Hi‘ is .survivi'd by his wit>-. Mi Klhc. Hill: u .son. William. .Ir, two sisturs, Mrs. Ciiij.stanc? Mur ’■ 1 na and Mrs. Niuiini Sinirnoiis i-f i;ii>ciisl>i»ri»; ami two brotluTS. T .-\rnold Hill and Ri'uben T. Hill (>.■ New York City. Funeral services were held Wednesclav at White Rock Baptist Citurch. of which he was a trus- .tee, Intermi-nt was in Beechwooxl Cemetery. Durham, North Caro- jlina. RESlfxNSNM(:P POST NEW YORK - As of August 15. Miss Consiielo C. Young resigned her poslti Ji» as director of publicity snd promotion for the NAACP. and r«-turned to her home in Chicago. She had been empolytd in the na tional office of the NAACP sine* March, 1944. ; I Dr. Clyde A. Erwin Stresses Trade Training At A.&T. i;HEENSUOHO-"Wo are ihink- ; >ii>; in terms ut vi>cational educa- I lion :ill over the country" was the observation of Dr. Clyde A. Erwin, State Superintendent of Public In- truction. Raleigh, as he spoke to ithe -ipening session of the four-day 1 conference of Negro trade and in- jdustrial teachers and coordinators of diversified occupations in their ! annual meeting which closed at A. ' and T. College Friday. "We have »of to provide, he continued, ‘for this new day ol living in an en- jt'vable manner." "We think definitely in terms ol Infantry Company Doing Good Job At Italian Base XV .5N AIKB.ASE OF THE .AIR SERVICE COMMAND IN ITALY - Securing ihe safety of an alrhase i.s :i far cry from sleepiag in fox- hnl'.-s. braving the dangers of niuht patrols and keeping a general alert n .1 shell-spattered countryside, but the members of a Negro Infan try company .ue doing the job as i-oliscirniiously as if s stale of war ■qill existed. Half of Company K. tbSlh Inlan- try. commanded by Ca.ntaln .tohn J. ^**11110?. Lorkland. f5hlo. arrived uvei^eas on October 29. 1944. at : eghorn. Italy On November 6th the other half arrived, and after a .•:hort period ol organizing, made its 'vay to the Forte- dl Marlml front, near Vigareggio. where they re ' eived their bnptim of fire on No vember 23rd. This was the begin ning of many hectic days in \%hich thev were to see acti-m at Bologna. .Berchlo Valiev. Della Stella. Mt. Limadesotp. and other points along I the Italian front. .-As Pfc. Alfred ' Mitchell. Raleigh. North Carollina. , says, There were times when I’d 'have preferred to be elsewhere!" [ Two of the most vivid recollec- ! tlons of front-line activity the men remember clearly, Kcurred In the (Continued on pan page) a program of education which has 3? its basis these things. We must provide a well rounded background which Is able to give one an en- juvable life and the skill to enable him to live.” "It is important that one be able to live in a decent home, listen to his radio, enjey a garden in hla backyard, enjoy the beautiful green of his lawn, raise poultry—it Is this type of man who will not join any organization which plans destruc tiveness of civilization" he con cluded. Other Speakers included George W. Coggin, state supervisor of trade and industrial education; T. C. Brewne, state director of vocatlon- il education, both of Rateigh; Dr. U. L Trigg, president. Elizabeth City Teachers College, Elizabeth City; Dean J. M. Marleena, Presi dent F. D. Bluford, Willis Jacks^ Clvde DoHugulev, all of A. and T. College; Dr. Nelson H. Harris, Shaw University. Raleigh; Wilbur Wright and James S. Latham, both United States Employment Service repre sentatives. It was generally agreed that the Negro should seek to integrate him self into our whole trade and in dustrial economy if he would a- chieve physical and mental free doms. In going about to attain these goals the speakers advised that the group seek employment opportuni ties based upon their efforts, abili ties. ambitions and the willingneas a? well. Purpose of the conference was tax- (Contin-ied »n baek page)