CAMP BUTNER
MAILING
EDITION
VCttiUME XXIII - NUMBER 33
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8th, 1942..
BUY UNITED STATES WAR BONDS
LARGEST FL^SG IN AMERICA RAISED AT CAMP BUTNER
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Charlotte Has
4 Negro Cops
Action Begun
In Three States
For Vote Right
tW raising of the nation’s larg-1 In the top picture “Old Glory” I
pat'.fla$ir ar Camp Butn€r Tiipsdny has just been hoisted aud han»s
mofftlng, ,*w»s witueBsed by both 1 majestically over the marching |
nwlitarj’^ and civlUan dignitaries.! troops in the center picture. At
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the bottom is the coi^^aTly of'Ne- lOovernor J. M. Bronghton.-
gro troops who took' part in the by James. '
i'lag raising. Principal address for
the occasion was delivered bv I
Tennessee Negro
Salary Battle In
Teachers Win
Federal Court
Over 2500 Baptist
At 75th Anniversary
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Raleigh — Approximately 2,500
Baptist ministers, laymen and
visitors are assembled in Raleigh,
this week to celebrate the Seventy
Fifth Anniversrav' of the General
Baptist State Convention of North
CaroUna' (colored)) according to
rejwrta issued by conventitonal
officials. I
The 75th meeting of the state
body, is known as the All Baptist
Diamond Jubilee Session, is b'e'ng
held in Raleigh Memorial Audi
torium and will receive national
recoffnition.
“Baptist- Working Toward A
Christian Democriioy” will be the
^eeral theme of the session and Is
scheduled to be discussed at each
m«eting outtanding state pastors
and religious leaders.
Among those scheduled to .>vd-
dress the Jubilee gather arp:^Bis
Excellency J. Melville Broughton,
governor of North’ Carolina; M.
A. Hugginp, executive secretary of
the Baptist State Convention
tiou; and Dr. J. L S. Holloman,
prominent pastor of Washington,
D. C.
Dedication of the recent con-
strnctPd headquarters for North
(’arolina Baptists on the can^pns
of Shaw University wUl highlight
the pclebratiori anJ will bring to
reality of life long dream of the
State Baptist Convention.
Other features of the com-
memioration will Include, the an
nual Essay Scholarship contest
by the state BTU Convention; A
syuii>osinm entitled “Reviewing
the Past” ditected by Dr. J. W.
Hairston of Asheville, former
vice president of the convention;
a Jubilee ’ sermon by Dr. J. T.
Hairston of Qreeinsboro, former
president of the General Conven
tion; Key Note Address by Dr. 0.
S. Bulloofe, chairman of f^e Exe-
rutive. Committee of the Gi»neral
(white); Dr. James E. Shepard,
president of North Carolina Coll
ege for Negroes; Dr. C. C. Spauld
ing, president of North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Company;
Dr. Marshall Shepard, chairi.ian
of the Board of Missions of the
National Baptist Convention, USA
Inc., and meinber of State Legis
lature of Pennsylvania;
Dr. R. P. Daniel, president of
Shaw University; the Rev W. C.
Somerville, exeeutive secretai*y of
the Lott Carey Foreign Mission
ConvenT;ion; Miss Eunice Jackson
former director of religious ediica-
tio« of the Concord Baptist
Church, Brooklyn, N. Y.; J. N.
Barnette of the Sunday School
Publishing Board of the Southern
Baptist Convention; Attornoi R.
N, Simms, former president of ihe
Baptist' State Convention, white;
Dr. 0. O. Bullock of WashiHgtnn,
D. C., vice president of the Tjott
Carey Foreign Mis.slon Conven. See 75th ANNIVERSARY Page 8 > lower than
Nashville Teachers
Win Oyo' School
Board bi Pay Dispute
Nashville, (ANP) — Negro
teachers won the right fo be paid
the same .salary as white teacher*
in a decision handed down Mon
day by Federal District Ju^e
Elmer D. Davies in what a wi^te
school official described as a teat
case for the entii-e state of Tcnn.
The suit was that of Harold
Thomas, Nashville teacher, who"
sought an injuction forbidding
the city board of educatioQ fi»m
discrimination in fixing ssltool
salaries for next year. The aotfon
was brought' agaillBt LouirH.
Hibbitts, president of the board
of education who is on leave of
absence afteir entering the acmy
in June.
Said Judge Davies in his decis
ion: '
“It has been the consistent
policy rf the city board of edtt7n-
tion to pay Kegrp teachers s%1ar
iiefi that baVe been consideiibly
the salaries of white
New York — (Specia. Ito the
TIMES) — Real war has been de
clare on the “IMy-white” I>c-
mocratic primary system throu^'h.
out the South which excluded Ne-
I groes from the right to vote by
the National As^iation for tLe
Advancement of Colored People.
In Aiicansas, in Texa^, iQ,
-> btttnsi, theNAACP is taking a'-‘'on
through the federal courts and has
requested the intervention of the
Department of Justice.
The NAACP ajnn'ounced this
week that in all states where the
white primary sxclndes Nej>rre^,
it is prepared not only to file
eases for damages in federal
courts but to prepare briefs and
to request the department of
Justice to institute criminal pro
secution against election jud>{e3
and others under the Unit‘d
States Civil Rights Statutes.
This procedure is already being
followed in Arkansas where a few
Negroes were permitted to voto In
the Democratic primarj- on July
28, but many were prevented. Af
fidavits from those who were re
fused permission are V)oing taken
and will soon be presented to thet
t)epartment of uStice,
Negroes were barred from vot
[ ing in the Texas Democratic prl-
* mary on Saturday, July 25. Here
[ the Department of Justice will Ite
asked to institute criminal prose
cution of the election judges on
the basis of affidavits which will
be sent to it from Negroes who
were turned away at the polls.
A case challenging the white
primary in Texas 'based on, tr?e
1940 election is now pending be
fore the U. S. Circuit Court of
Appeals in New Orleans La. This
case is appealed from the United
States District Court in Hon*tf
Tex., which on May 11, upheld
the white primary. NAACP
special 'counsel Thurgood Marshall
is expecting that the case will be
argued the first week in Novem
ber in Fort Worth, Tex.
Mr. Marshall also stated: “We
have already requested prosecu
tion of election officials who have
refused to permit Negroes to vote
in the Democratic primary 'n
Alabama. The NAACP will press
this fight in all of the southern
states nntil Negroes are guaran
teed the right to vote not only in
the general election, but in all pri
maries where federal offices arc
involved.
teachers, and the sole reason for
this difference is because of ths
race and color of the Negro teach
ers.”
A school board member who
declined use of his name, said the
decisiMi would be appealed.
many Notables “
Attend Opening
Exercise Of Butner
Camp ^utne*', — Flormal flag-
raising ceremonies were h«ld here
toda}' in the presence of Governor
J. M. Bi-ougbton, who made *he
principal address, military digni
taries including Major General
William Bryden. commanding
generat' of fBe Fourth Service
Conuiiand with headquarters M
Atlanta, Cla., Colonel H. W. Hunt
ley, and other prominent leadtrs
of the United States Army and
civilians.
A brief talk outlining the life
of General Henry Wolfe Butner
of World War number one, for
whom the camp is named,- v;as
made by Colonel Huntley. G>*nc;r-
al Butner was a native of North
Carolina. A. L. Butner* brother of
General Butner, also gave a ahcrt
talk and was loudly cheered l>v
the throng which had gathered tp
witness the ceremonies.
In his address to the soldiers
and visitors to the camp Governor
Broughton recited the glories and
bravery of the American Soldiers
of the past anj pledged the co
operation of every resource of
North Carolina to winning ^he war
and making Camp But°er one of
the best in the nation, *
' North Carolina’s CSiief ^!«eeti-
tive caUed attention to the near
ness of the leading white schools
of the state to the cainp, and stat
ed that all of them were anxious
to lend their aid and nfluence to
making the camp a success and
making the soldier happy during
their period here.
Present at the flag-raising
ceremonies were detachment.) of
white and Negro troops who with
the several officers of high milit
ary rank added an atmosphere of
war spirit to the- occasion.
Camp Butner will be occupied
by the 78th Division under the
command of Major General Ed
win P. Parker who was formerly
assigned to the Field Artillery
Replacement Center at Ft Bragg.
Among the promiaeot Negro
citizens invited to the oeeasion
were Dr. James E. Shepard, presi
dent of North Carolina College
for Negroes; Dr. C. C. Spaaldiog,
president of North Carolina Mu
tual Life Insurance Company;
W. J. Kennedy, Jr., vice president
and treasurer of the North Caco-
lioa Mutual and Ix E. Austin,
editor of the Carolina Times.
QUEEN CITY ADDS
TWO MORE RACE
MEN POLICE FORCE
Charlotte - Last week the City Couocil of
Charlotte appointed to the City Police Force
four Negro men to serve for the coming
year* The appointm^ts came following
PRDPOIPAli SPEAKER
Gpvernor .T. Broughton .who
was the principal 6{>eaker at the
Flag Raising cereuioniea held at
(^mj>JJutner Tuesday mor.nn^.
The Chief Executive pledgetl all of
the resources of North Carolina to
making the camp one of the bo«t
in th^*^ nation.
A GAS RATION
RUMOR STARTS
Someone heard that gasoiiae
rationing was due to sweep int •
Oklahoma overnight.
The rumor spr«ad so fast that
scores of motorists rushed to
service stations*- throughout tb’
night, and remanants of the 'ush
were still staggling up to the
pUtups at dawn. Gasoline still is
unrationed and abundant.
an appeal br the Comqiunity Cra-
^oder^i, active rivie orgallizatioa
worklns tor the anielloratio^u. .^£
fouditions in the Ne»ro comra«m-
ity of ( harlcStte, hi^for^ the C’.tjr
i.t.'uuuejl requesting til# re-ingpnitt-*
■ Hieat *>f .HouKfon and first
Negro ^licduei) ever to serfe i«
t harltte. anj the addition of
uiore- Xt'^ro men to the for«e t-»
relieve condition!^ in tht Third
Ward.
Hw»Tofi anit
were appointe«l one year ag> in
acfordanee wUh a resolati«>a‘ of
fered to the i ity CoutiHl by Com*-.
eilman C. Beasley, chairrasa
of the Police ('ommittK, wiiirh
resohitio spe*ified that these Ne
gro policemen would serve experi
mentally for a period" of one yenr
and thereafter at tie Measure aaj
discretion of the Council. The %x-»
periment prove,) a singular 90ee«
and Houston and Rose h*v®v beta
re-employed and two of the manr
applicant now being considered
hy the Chief of PoUce will be
pointed officially by the Council
to serve on the force with, Hou-*-
ton and Ross in the Negro Section.
Spokesman ffor the Commun*ty
Crusaders is Dr. J. S. N. Trnas,
e&alrman of the Negro Poliee
Committee. Other members of the
committee are H. HoostiMi. T. L.
Tate, A. S. Grier, and John David
son
Buying War Bonds is one way
to help your fellow Americans
who are on the fighting fronts.
The pacifists are sat is Red that
I the meek will inherit the earth
and they are anxious to qualifr.
Appointed To A and T Trustee
Governor Broughton b£ North
Carolina, appointed R«t. Johu 1*
Green, pastor of The Chvreh «tf
The Redemer, Oreensboro, anl
Dr. C. T. Whitten, of Hi^h
Point, N. C., to the trustee b^rd
of tha a^
CoUage, ^wiilbaio, laifc*'jifciifcS
Tlus
that bad bee*
siaae the fitnuliaa af- At
ettfctitloe's first hanrd*