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VOLUME XXXIII - NUMBER 7
DURHAM, N. a, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14th. 1942
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Federal Court May Prosecute Jersey Policemen
Government Annoyed At
Threats Of Arrests For
United States Labor Men
TRAINED EYES AND SKILLED
FINGERS
BY ALVDT B. WHIT®
Washinfrton, (ANP) — Frank
ly annojred ow the of tin*
Kovernor of South ^Carolina, who
naS ordered the arrest of nil
'Mabftr agents, inclnding federal
oinploye*,” governmont offi;i.il.s
are pondering how the outmodod
laws of that state may b« over-
poijne wbm efforts to reduce the
labor short,age are ppt into e£-
' Pmrkliu 'back to the fiMtia
dayi of World War 1, when th«*t«
was a general exodus of labor
from the soutll, ssveral of the
states enacted state and local
legislation prohibiting the solici*
tation of laborers by “foreign
agents.” Licenses to operate in
some of these states were set nt
$1,500 per county, with a licenpa
neoessary for oaefa county. This
for a time stopped labor recruit
ment 'but only after several seri
ous outbreaks, notably in
Savannah and Tampa, where
RcoreB of Negroes were placed un
der arrest as they attempted to
board trains.
The net result of these laws is
that it reduces the Negro labor
supply to a state of virtual peon
age. During the last w«r, under
the famous “work or fight”
forced to carry cards identifj iiig
their place of employment. It‘was
stated on the cards that if the
holder did not report for work,
his employer was author!^, to
notify the sheriff or chief of
police So that the offender coiild
be punished.
Married women were not ex
empted from this edict and there
i* on record the case of one wo-
■lan who was fined l^e>
oauae her husband earned enough
to Support his family without the
wife working. She was forced to
take a domestic job anrf pay the
fine^
The whites became so brutal in
enforcing this work or fight'rul
ing, the war dejiartment tmd
council of defense ruled, many of
tho. local laws to a large degree
were illegal. '
In Kentucky, the legal limit
was 55 years, in George, 65. All
persons under these ago limits
were forced to work as the local
authorities saw fit. Most of the
people effected were colored urn
and women.
^Now the governor of S')ulh
Carolina has issued an order au
thorizing constables sheriffs and
others to arrest any labor iiKtnt
WHITE-STUDENTS
NAl^ NEGRO
LAD PRESIDENT
Washington, (ANP) — The
election of a colored youth as
president of the senior class by
eiass mates pi .
Rock^ iSand, 111., high school,
was lauded this week by John W,
Studebaker, U. S, Commissioner
of Education, as a conorete de
monstration of democracy at
work_ " ^
The election of the youtli,
James Holland, one of six colored
students in a class of 402, wns
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Praeinwi to the thomliihh of « iaefi w all-iniportant in the numnfadiue
of anri-aircnft goiu. Hie sli^laat fault in constavirtion nui}' mean the
« to and a-miw on an eBeni; plane roaring ovwrfaead.
Hiat** whx the trained eyes and sUljed finceri ofan impe^oriu* cneHf*
the moat crucial functions in the Buge job mi turning out the big gam we ‘
are placing on oi|r coastal def^ues and on all onr oceangoing ships.
Above, T. A. Floyd, one of Um^ Sam’s anenal workers, checks fw any
poMiUe flaws in a 3-ineh anti-.airarafl gnn.
Students At N. C. College
Go Back To Classes After
Settlement With Faculty
JAMES W. DOAK
TREASntER OF
USHERS
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NAACP To Push Federal
Action For 10 Negroes
Held In Jail Five Months
edict.^egroes in the south' were (Continued on Page Two) | Jersey City
OF PEOPLE AND PLACES
During the past /ew days,
have visited a number of places
and have met and talked with a
number of interesting people.
****## Miss D. M.
Spears of the Rockingham School
faculty was very cordial in direcS
ing nie to Mr. Hodge, the prircl-
pal of the high school, with whom
I had a very interesting talk at
which time he told me of tbe won
derful work that is being done at
the school through the coopera
tive effort of his teaching staff
of twenty. The school offers, in
addition to its academic subje’ts
courses in typewriting, shorthand
and tailoring. It also p«rtieipa>^3
in a well rounded athletic pro
gram.
Ve scribe was also pleasan*;ly
entertained at dinner by the Miss
es L. B. Gor^, D. B. Howze and
Ann WMpl^Thompson on Tues
day last.^^*
My trip took me also to the
Hannah Pickett'Mills where J met
Mr. R. L. Cole, the president. We
discussed problem* as they relate
to omr National Defense Program
and to better interracial relation
ships. I
At the Entwhistle Mills, I met
and talked with Mr. W. H. Ent
whistle who was Very cordial, and
appeared to be very interested iu
• the program of the ■ Carolina
Times.
Other general observation nuide
while in Rockingham were; The
Rockingham Journal and joined
with a number of other leading
papers of the state in favorably
commenting on the recent editor
ial of the Carolina Tisem: “The
Eleanor Clubs and the Negro ’’
The manager of the Hallum Furni
ture Company and the Richmond
Theater, and Belk Stores all ap
peared interested in the pertinent
problems of interracial better
ment in general.
When I boarded the bus .nt
Rockingham, enroute to Lnuriu-
biirg, it was my good fortune to
run across my old friend, L. P.
Harris, of Charlotte, membe.- of
the Bowser and Harris law firm
of that city_ We reminisced all
diiring the journey.
My viilt in Laurinburg wns
very enjoyable and informative,
for it was here that I met and
talked with Prof. I. E. Johnson
supervising principal of the
Laurinburg Normal and Iniius-
trial Institute. This instution was
In 1904, with its present
Principal, Mr. E. M. McDuffie* as
founder and- the only teacher. To
day, this school has an enrollment
of 1,013 students, and thirty-six
full tipie teachers. It offers coiirs
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N. J. — The Na
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People an
nounced this week that it would
seek under the conspiracy statute
the prosecution of the Jers.ey City
oliee who aiTested and held in
communicado in Hudson County
jail for five months ten Negroes
—nine of them women. The ease
is being brought to the attention
of Victor W. Roenem, Chie:‘ of
the Civil Liberties Section of the
Department of Justice.
The NAACP has secured the
Services of Arthur Garfield Ha>s
who along with Donald Cichton,
Thurgood Marshall, NAACP
special counsel and local lawyers
will bring action for a writ of
habeas corpus in the Federal
Court.
The ten persons were arrested
early in June in vice raids in
Bayonne taverns ordered by May
or Prank Hague and Prosecutor
C!ounty.
The nine women, many of them
middle aged housewives and mo
thers of grown children are all
Bayonne residents_ They were ar
rested while watching the raid
being conducted by Patrick Flan
agan, chief prosecutor’s detec
tive. They were taken to the Hud
son County jail and asked to sigi'
a statement as material witne.^ses
to tlw raid. If they refused to
sign, the women were told thty
would be held for prostitution.
Families of the arrested womon
saw them for the first time in
five months on OctJ>er 29 when a
writ of habeas corpus brought
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First Class Private Chas Wes
ley Shipman former Durham citi
zen who is now serving in the U.
imed forces. Hr. Shipman IjC
member of the 369th Coast
Artillery, and is the son of the
late John Shipman of Durham and
Mrs. Hattie Shipman who now
resides in New York.
United Unites May
Build Roal To Caod
Washington, D. C., (Special)
—The United States and the Pan
ama Canaf will soon be linked by
an overland route, according to
State Department annouoeemen;.
Arrangements have been made
with Guatemala, El Salvador,
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Tri-State Hospital
Holds Interesting
Conference
Norfolk — Administration and
financing of hospitals du-’ing
war-tinie will be the theme of the
third annual meeting of the Tri-
State Conference of Hospital Ad.-
niinistrators to be held at th>.>
Kate Bitting Reynold Memorial
Hospial W instin-ialem, on No
vember 5-6, it was announced this
week by S. Tanner Stafford,
secretary of the group which in
cludes 20 hospitals in Virgiiiia
and North and South Carolina.
Featured speakers will be E.
R. Carney, superintendent of
Parkside Hospital, Detroit, and
Dr. W. Roderick Brown, of Pitts
burgh, Pa., consultant, field cas-
mHly seeir6n,~XJfITee Civilian
Defense, Washington, D. C.
Dr. Brown will explain hrw
colored hospitals may qualify for
financial assistance from the fed
eral government.
Tri-State is the trail-blazer a-
mong regional hospital as.socia-
tions, being the first one organ
ized. It also boasts the larg>st
membership Its purposes are to
secui-e better service for patients
and higher standards for hos
pitalization among their members.
Reynold Memorial Hospital,
'where the sessions will be held
it wns disclosed, is one of the
finest in the South for Negro
patients. However, with one ex-
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Gi-eensboro — Funeral'services
for J. W. Doak, proinia;'nt
churchman, treasurer of the Nortn
Carolina InterdCToiuinal, Ushejw*
Association and irateriia# msa of
Greensboro were h*ld from the
St. Matthew Methodist church
here Sunday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. The Rev. E. M. Browor,
pastor of the church official ted,
and was asslstecl by "Othenrrints^
ters of the city and prominent
laymen of Greensboro and otht r
cities. '
Mr; Daal;, who has been incite'
^ dining health for several month;:;,
died at L. Richardson Memorial
hospital Thursday afternoon at
2:30. The deceased was 59 years of
age at the time of his death.
Mr. D)ak was born in Greens-
l>oro and had lived here all of his
life during which time he hjyJ
contributed much *to the chftrch
and civic life of the community
In addition to being a staunch
iueml)er of St. Matthew Methodist
church, he was a member of the
Masons, the local lodge of Elks
and other fraternal organizations.
For a long number of years h?
served as president of the Greens
boro Ushers Union from which he
was elected president
State Ushers Association. After
his term expired in that offica >ie
was elected as its treasurer, the
office he held up to the time oi
his death.
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Page Two)
After remaining ;roiu
pract'ically all ,-)t the two
inorp than Half of The 800 atm-
df'nts of North CamliRa
returned to their studies her“
Friday following a eonferenc? of
reprea^ntativeii of the stndtHit
body with a vomnuttee eomtxMed
of faculty? members. Apparent^
the students were satisf^ with
the outcome of the meeting with
tl^ faculty cominittee, ae them
rosined little or no evilew^
trHlair that there bad been tuf
unrest on the eampos duria^' the
early part of the week.
Dally and weekly newspaper*
were both stumped in their at(-
teuipt to give the public s true*
aeeo5Sr^-tlie “^ke « ~he‘
School maintains ma pablie rt'Is-
tions department wwtliy- of
Dame. .One of m
local newspaper was supposedly
from ope- of the students
gate oat his infom&tion or****
telephone but refused to dimlm
his name. This repOTt elsim^
that the students were strikiup
on account of poor food'and str^
sent regulations of- the’ sehojuJ.
The poor food report was denied
by officials of the studeat'bod;jr
the following day, who‘stated’
that food at the "School wwsitijt-
factory, but the matter of more
social privileges for the st«dent«
wa.s not. Several attenapN by
local newspapers to obtaiQ s state
ment for publication fTom Presi
dent James E. Shepard only re»
suited in a rep^y that tended to
nnnimize th^. distnrbaiiee whieh
had kept approximately 500 stu
dents from their classes two da vs.
Several students interriew*]
after settlement of the strfka
sen'ice, Talladega College lm> stated that 18 demands or re
adopted a short NO. . TRAVEL I quests for jarioi» changes in the
SUCCUMBS
James W. Doak, prominent
churchman of Greensboro and
Treasurer of the North Carulina
Interdenominational L’^shers As
sociation who died at tbo !».
Richardson Memorial hospita
in that city last Thursfla.v.
Talladega College
Cut Xmas Vacation
To Md Defense
Talladega, Ala. — In order lo
of tha! with the request of the
' railroads that we refrain fr’^m
travel between December 15tii
and January 15th, when trans
portation facilities will be al*Ilc^t
execlusively in use by men in the
1
Negro Sets World’s.
Record As Fastest
Rivet Fastener
Washington, (ANP) — What
present day Negro is going to
break the world record establish
ed May 16, 1918, by CItarles
Kuight_and_^ his crew of seven
workers, when in one day, they
fastened 4,875 rivets at the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Sparrows
Point plant?
Knight received a total of
$277 for his day’s work. He earn
ed .fl02. He was given a t>omis of
•t50 for bringing the record to
America and a Londoner through
two London papers, gave him o
award of $125. The record previ
ous to Knight’s feat, was held by
ia Scotchman, who had to his
credit 4,442 rivets for a days out
put.
Chairman Hurley of the United
States Shipping board eongratu’.-
ated Knight on his accomplish
ment and said he was proad tij
do so.
dSsiiyi
Christmas vacation, Dccembe*'
to 27 inclusive.
2^ ; schools regulations were made on
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^4 South Hackberry Steeel, £
^tonia, Texas, and
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