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VOLUME XXin - NUMBER 2
41 DURHABI, N-1&, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9tlv 1943
Bravery Of British ]\egro Saves U. S. Troops From Japs
Japs Fail In Effort
To Force British
Negro To Talk
WASHINGTON, (A N P) —
The peerless bravery of a retired
British Negro policeman wo en
dured the savage brutality tif
Japanese «aptors to conceal the
present-of American soldiers on
Giiadnleanftl, Island has beea 4is-
eloae^'B;^ te'British Joint Staff
mi!8ion here. .,
When seized by the axis pow
er, the policeman^ Sgt.-Mnj.
VoHze, was engaged on secret
intelligence duties. His torturers
demanded that he reveal tht
hiding place and number of the
United States troops. Sgt.-Major
Vouze refused to comply and
played a large part in the
success of Ameri'can operations
in the theatre of war.
The British reported that the
intelligence officers was bound
t6 fl tree and stabbed in the arm,
shoulder and face with bayonets
in an effort to force him to tell
where the troops were located.
Finally in a display of harbnrous
rage the Japanese viciously
jnl)bed the policeman in the
abdomen and left him for dead
After the Jaj>s had gone S^t.-
Maj_ Vouze freed himself and
crawled to the' United States
line. Herefused to accept treat
ment nt the hospital until h-3 hnd
mntle a complete report to the
commanding offieer.
The officer is now reported to
have improved and is expe*t.>il
to assume other dangerous mis
sions.
According to a report of tho
British high commissioner con-
fOnepriiing the heroic deed: “The
Americans say no white man
could have survived his wounds.
I nm unable to conceive of any
greater bravery.”
RITV WAR BONDS-STAMPS ,,
War Department In
Need Of Negro In
ftess Dq)art®ent
WASHINGTON, (A N P) ^
With the completion of one year
of war and the induction of tht
personnel into the Pentagon
building, progress has been nQ-
ted along all lines in the war
departmeat save the use of Ne
gro officers in positions of res
ponsibility and administration
in the Pentagon.
At a press conference last
week, a white former newspapei-
man, who as a civilian had been
employed in the public relations
division, showed up commission-
nd a major. » ■
With all of the news concern
ing Negro troops available, the
war department is following its-
old precedent of having sue!,
news as is issued come through
white public relations officers.
The need for a competent Nc
gro newspaper man, commission
ed in rank commensurate wlOi
his experience and ability, i.?
vividly shown every time there
is a new.s break in the depart
ment.
Negi’o newsmen contirtnally
hound the white officers who
are efficient and helpful as can
be, for news. They do their best,
but they are not f«By cognizant
of the type of news nor the news
valui of certain items to the Ne-
srro press.
It is true Brig. Oen. Davis has
been .seen in the Munition3
building on occasions and Third
Officer Osby of the WAACS
did do some work in the Pejit-
agonn. But they cannot be com-
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when the resources of the Na
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most, North Carolina Mutual
is doing its part in building an
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in making the A'ation and the
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investments with tlie Govern
nient, the company 1s not onh
flaking a substantial contribu
tion to the Nation’s all-out ef
fort, but is making doubly se
bure the benefits that-will ul
timately accrui* to itss tiiousand>
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Nation alike for future security
Vessel Commanded By
.^egro Captain And
Mixed Crew Bactdn U.S.
Noted Scientist Succumbs
At Tuskegee Institute
After Ten Days illness
NEGROFS BEING TRAINED AS JOB
INSTRUCTORS BIG WAR PLANTS
EMPLOYING MANY RACE PMBERS
Mayor LaGuardia
Stokowsla Chairmen
Of Ellington Recital
NKW YORK, (ANP) — I>t9-
embarking from the 10,500 ton
USS Boolcer T. - Washington at
an east coast port Capt. ‘ llngn
N. Mulzac declared the maiden
voyage of the vessel a “thorough
success’’ and said the mixed
crew “get along very well.” ’
Capt. Mulzac, the first Negro
to receive command “oT'a mer-
ship of the size of Booker T.
Washington in the American
merchant marine, said he had
realized his life’s ambition when
he beea*me the ship’s master.
The Liberty Ship, christened
r few woejts ago at impres^iive
launching ceremonies in Cali
fornia, has a crew representing
17 nationalities, 2n jiercent of
Capital Transit Still
Dodging EPC Order To
Hire Negroes On Cars
WASHINGTON, (A N P) —
Flaimting the orders of the
FERC* right in their faces, offi
cials of the Capital Transit
company .seek to evade the fs'
sue and carry out their own
plans by-hiring white women 18
of whom have be^n acceptbd as
hui and street car operators.
Training for these women began
this week. They are expected to
put in two months paid rime
while learning. . .
Special working hours have
been arranged for the 18 white,
women thus employed, wilii
other additional privileges grant*
ed.
Observers see in thla move an
open effort to avoid complying
with the order of the FEPC that
Negi'oes be given jobs. Last
; week, an official of the com
pany told the Associated Negro
Press that several applications
from Negro(‘S “were given con-
! 9ideration.“ As yet no Uegroes
have been hired, although the
' company advertises for women.
■whom are Negroes, inchtding^ the
chief engineer, four deck officers
and the wireless operator.
They were selected by Capt.
Mulzac with the aid of the Na
tional Maritime union after l.he
War Ship2>i!ig adtrtinistration
and the Maritime commission
instructed him to pick his own
men.
“This is like a home here for
us all,” said Mulzac. “Wg get
along very ’well. There has been
no disorder and no trouble of
any kind, for the men who are
here wanted to sail on this ship.
At .sea we held a meeting and I
addressed the crew, saying that
we now had a fair opportunity
to show that we can handle u
ship as well as other people.”
The captain was born in Sain*
Vincent, British West Indies,
in 188(5. He first went to sea in
1907 on a Norweigan bark. Lur
ing the last war he served as a
first mate on British owned
vessels. He was denied' appoint
ment as master in America be
cause of his color, although he
did Serve as an officer on
American flagships.
In recent years Mulzack has
continued his sea-faring career
working often in the steward
departments of freighters. • Be
fore his appointment as ship
master of the Booker T. h# was'
emidoyed on the intericoastal
. freighter Montanan in war ser
vice.
Mulzac has continued his studi
ed during the last war at
Swansea Nautial school in Walei
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RK'HMOXD, Va. — Xegioea
art* being trained as .job instrue
tors in war plans which emplos
large numbers of Negi-oes for
war production, the War Com
mission announced this weik.
.)ob instructor training pro
grams are being condU'Cted in
more than 6,o00 war prodnetioii
^plants employing more than 6,-
000,000 men' and women. More^
.than 320,000 supervisors, imtus
.trial foremen, and'' crew chiefs
have been certified as -war pro
duction' instructor^!, "^ind th«
announced goal of 335,000
f ‘ trainers’ ’ by the end of • 1M2
will be reached.
[ A typical plant where Negroe.?
are being trained fts job instru;-
itors is the Triumph Explosives
iCompany of Elkton, Md. A year
ago, this plant did not includi*
lany Negroes on its production
'-'taflf. Today, 17 pcrcent of'all
triumph employees are NegKtes
Irving Hamilton
a former biology teacher now em
ployed in the plant, has been
-cerfified as job instructor. H-.
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NEW YORK, (A N P) — An
imposing list of names has bwt;
assembled in connection witfi
the sponsorship of Duke Elling
ton’s. Carnegie hall concert, sche
diiled to. take place • January-, .'.I
with proceeds going to Bu.saian
War relief.
‘ Mayor La Guardia. and Leo-.
Ipohl Stokorswki have consenteti
iact as honorary chairman. The'
:organization “0ipniittee is head
ed by Daniel James, Harold
iEvans and Will Roland. Leonard
Feather is acting as Duke’s
personal publicity representa
tive and is also preparing a
«peeial - ■efc^Hnaemorative pregHHn
for the event.
The list of honorary sponsor:
includes a variety of celebrated
names such as Assemblyman
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TU?KEOFE, Ala. (Sp^ial to
the AROLfHA TIMES) — Dr.
(ieor)ie Washington Career, noted
scientist ->f Tuskegee Inatitnt%
died .at his hoiwe bere at 7:.>0 P.
M. twlay. Death foHorvii^
!»n illness of the post aex’rral
inonthft. but Dr, Carrer wMt
confined to urJ uirtil aboEt
*en days ago.
He was bom near Diamood
I Grove Mi-t«onri in about 1964 sf
slave parents, Mogps and
t’arver. Up until he tras tea
years old he had never been tm
»«faool, but through his own ef.
I forts had learned to r#ad . and
and write." He latjpr went'to* work
!at Fort Scott, Kansas, w^i!^> lie
11‘ontinued- to study 'dnrii^, spat#
moments and at night. He
I finally entered the high'Si?hool
:».t Minneapoli.s. where h*-
afaduated. In L8fH he ree*ivi4
the^de^ee .of , B.. ,_S._^ ip‘
ture from the Iowa AgricBltariU
State College and the degt#? of
M. S. in Agrivultaw' froaa. tl^
^me school in 1^. Stvpsott
College awarded him th# Doctor
of Philosophy degree in 19^ la
the same year he^ was eleetBd a
mmbr of the facntty oi lova
State- College rf-Aggie«ta>» «mI -
Mechanics, in charge of Bartn>
ial Ijii^ratory-Work in STStem-
atic Botany.
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