STARVATION THREATENS IN W. INDIES
Salute To Negro
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VOL. xxm . NO. 14
BUY WAR BONDS .. DURHAM, North Carolina, SATURDAY, APRIL 3rd. 1943
BUY WAR BONDS
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SpEE»YEJUl4)LD SCHOOL QHL
uuae, JU£D BY OFFICER
Trouble Looms In
Caribean Account
Jjf-Fooil
BT LLEWELLYN RANSOIIE
Facing starvation as the re
sult of th« United States’ food
bloCk«de, and cmartinj; under
the pruel di?tatorship of pro-
Axis Admiral George Robert,
the Nojp-o people of Martinique
an^. Ouadelope, in the Cftrib-
bean», are about to rebel. Once
rebeiHon has been pi-eoipitate'lj
■ it ia likeV iHe-U, H.
in to “restore order.” • *
These 500,000 West Indian
Negroes are suffering the food
blockade because Admiral Ro
bert refused to renounce alloij-
iance to Vichy and join the
United Nations. They are bitter
and rebellions because thia
Vichy High Commissipner, who
has ruled since the Fall of
Prance, has deprived them of
the political rights they have
long enjoyed under the Third
Republic.
FBENOfiBIEN
NO MORE.
These people who live thi'ir
simple lives as fishermen, petty
tradesmen and,j for the^on*
part, workers on sugar cane an.l
bannana plantations, have en
joyed and cherished as Frehch-
men, the right to vote and the
freedom of expression. These
they lost the mbment the Vichy
Oovernnient was created.
Admiral Robert, who ma i.-
tains his control with «
of several thousand French
^var8hips lying at Fort of Franc.
Martinique, eliminated the Ge
oral Council, as his first act.
The council democratically
■ managed the financial and poli
tical affairs of the
hitler methods
Every Hitler device is appli
ed to keep the people down^
Spies are everywhere.. Nogi
offici.il« and civil employe
nrc pnvired. and Vichy agent^
t.ke their places. Any one suh-
nected of T>e Ganlist sympathies
,8 watched and often imprison
Gendarmes are stationed^m
,.very village to watch the re3-
less people. ^h€y are more
„„mei^us since the threat la.t
.h,lv of U. S. invasion.
Listening to shovt-wave or to
l.roadcasts from the Allies _ a.
,v.-lUas any pro-«illy expressions
nndVnnishable by imprisonment
,\]\ medium .„v,oo'
All mediums, the church, schoo^
radio and the press are «sed to
snread pro-Axis propaganda,
spreaa y +o be sus-
One can not afford ne ^
iiected, else he may be taken to
headquarters.
ymTE ISLANDERS
PRO-AXIS ^ ^
All this curtailment of t n e
rights of native Negroes i^s look^
ed upon with favor by the 0500
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Florida Seeks To
Trick Tochers In
Salary Scale Fight
Tampa, Fla. — Preliminary
to trial for the equalization of
herS' safaries Tiere deposi
tions were filed on March 2fi,
Thnrgood Marshall NAACP,
special counsel who is represent
ing Hilda Turner, Negro teach
er here, announced this week.
Suit for equalization in Hills
borough County was filed oa
•tehalf of Miss Turner in Novem
ber. Soon after this a motion to
dismiss the suit was denied to
the school board. At that time
the school board stated that
salary schedules would lie inan-
»urated whereby the pay of eajh
teacher, Negro or white, would
be based solely on rating of the
individual’s teaching ability
There were to be three classifi
cations, upon which to baSe the
imihunt of pay to be received by
■t teacher. The ratings were Al,
A2 and A3. , Teachers falling
witTiin 91 rafuig group would re-
’.eive 'the TTTghest pay. Miss
Turner now contends that th(
three classifications have been
used to perpetuate the salar'
differentials of Nogro a n d
white teachers here and that it
most instances the teachers rat-
«tl in the Af category are foi
the most part white while th.
ieachers in A'l are almost e.\-
clusivelv colored.
Captain Finn Back
From African War
Zone Tells Of Trip
ChaplPiin James R. C. Finn
>f Washington, D. C. went tc
Liberia in May, 1942, with P
"egiment of Negro Engiineers
the first American trops to go
to Africa, Now back in thif
country on a new assignment
he reports that the troops madf
the trip seffely, but not without
incident. For th^ first week o^
the, three weeks voyage, destin
ation was unknown, but ei^h'
“alerts” were signalled, dupin-
whicn times the men, who cons
tantly wore life belts, wfent im
mediately to thr.'r life bo-.i'
stations. One “alert” was sign
ailed at 12:30 A. M., at whicV
time the lookout reported tha'
a torpedo had .fust missed th^
sitern of the ship.
The general activities of thr
chaplain on board ship includ
ed talks with groups of the mer
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FIVE NATIONALITIES WAR ON THE AXIS
L to iUK
Policeman Gates Charged
With Assault And Battery
These girls are but five of several tumd^ Working on delicate aircraft instruments in General Klectric'i
actory at Lynn, Ma«. They represent flire ntUi»aUUes. Prom left to right: Evelyn Savory, American; Anw
3otlris, Greek: Marie St. Pierre, French; Frances Ooonyep, Chinese, and Gertrude HUenski, Prtish. Some o
Jie coils on which these girls wotIc are wound with wire but oae-ttiird the diameter the human hair. Dun
ind lint from clothing often causes trouble with such delicate work so all employes must wear sUrched irtiltf
frocks at work.
Subway Cop Suspended
For Beatiug Student
i^ur
on
FLASH
According to information re
leased by athletic officials of
N. C. College, word was re
ceived h^e Wednyday that
the N., C. CoIk^ Eagles
liBte betn the 1M3
basketball championship of
the CIAA. Previous infw-
mation wtts to the effert that
Unitm University of Rich
mond, Va., was the winners.
A detailed report on the a-
warding will be published in
next week’s issue of the
UABOUNA TMCS.
Last Rites Hekl
NURSES AT FREEDMAN’S HOSPliTAL
GET GREAT RELIEF FROM NUMEROUS
DUTIES ON ACCOUNT NURSE AIDES
Hampton Annouiices
Dates For Army And
Nav^'.Program Tests
HAMPTON INSTITUTE,. Va.
— Dr. Eugene D. Carsttate, cor-
ordinator of personnel services
at Hampton Institute, announced
today that the qualifying tests
for civilians for the Army and
Navy College Training programs
will be given at Hampton In
stitute on Friday, April 2, , at
9 a. m. *■
The purpose of the tests is
to provide the armed foiv
with information which will 1m
useful in seleetiiig .students for
lity.
college training \nider the Army
Specialized Training Progiuiii
and the Navy rollege Training
(V-12) Program. They will also
•erve to help clas.>lfy students
Iti respect to relative traiiinl)ilit’i
lity. U
Applicants Tor thi o\dniin.)-
tions must l>e over 17 and und'i
22 year sof ^ge on .frily 1, Hi 4.'!.
High school graduates and coll
ide students l)etwe‘n these ages
may apply for further infomii-
tion at the personnel uffii-c of
Hampton Institute.
WASHINGTON, D. C. — The
hard-pressed staff at Washing
ton’s Frecdnien’s Hospital were
being relieved pf a multitude of
duties this week by volunteer
Nurses Adies trained at How-»
ard University. ■■■
Cooperating with the R e d
Cross and the Office of Civilian
Defense in recruiting 100,000
Nurses Aides to relfeve the in
creasing shortage of registered
nurses, Freednien’s the oldest
Negro hospital in the country
has been training volunteer
workers in free 80 hour courses
since last October.
Its first class of 54 graduat
es including prominent Washing
ton housewives, civic workers
and comtnunity learlors w.ts gra
duated on Decetnber 9. A secon’
,t‘lass v\!ia inau^'urated immedi-
ateh uiiiler th** instruction of
Miss, Thelma Harris, K. N.,, a
jfradnate of Frcednien’s Ilospit-
:I Training School. Miss Harrid
is assi>-,tid by Mrs, George M.
Johnson, enptnin, ;nd Mt-a fler-
fr’.de tone, Aisist.dit captain, of
the first “espped” NurSiS Aid
es.
Nurses Aidei are 1/.^ li' Us
eonfiised with H.nMmi nurses
who take the rc';>iliiti«»n Course
leading to lecistered nurses'
eertifientcs. The Surges Aidcs'linserting her
'■onrse i.s offered to women withlshe waited o
NEW YORK, (Special to tkc
TIMES) — Raphael Jacol>son,
independent subw^ policeiuau
who on^ March Irith '^ttac,kc'l
Ethelyn Burnett, 15 year old
high school girl has been sua-
ppnded pending a hearing by the
Board of Transportation, Police
Inspector John J. Spain announc
ed this week at the first hear
ing op the assault. The hearing
followed protests made by Ethe
lyn 's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Burnett, managers of a rooming
house at 328 St. Nicholas Ave
nue.
Ra(£ Women To Don
Porters Caps On Obb
Of Nations Railroads
RICHMOND, V a. — Negro
women will soon- s don porters’
eaps- on at least one of "the
country’s railroads. , * ,
A wilroad representatiye last
week told the conference on
“Womanpowtr in Transporta
tion, ” sponsored by the Office
of Defense Transportation, that
Negro Women will soon be em
ployed to meet manpower short-
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ERNEST ELACK, Dorham
young man whp was recently
killed in an antom^ile accid
ent while on maneuvers in
Arizona with the U. S. Army.
Tbe bod; was l^rouzht here last
Week, and the fast rites were
held at the St. Mark AME
Zion church. Interment was at
the Beechwood cemetery. Mr.
Black was a former student at
N. C. Sollege. The above photo
was taken during his grsutna-
tion from the Hillside High
School of this city. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee "Black
of 103 Hillside avenue. ,
Volunteers Relieve Registered Norses
Testimony by 1- students o:
the "beating of the high school
student at the 207th street sub
way station by a subway police
man in the prescene of schooi
mates was also heard this week
by Prentice Thomas, assistant
Special counsel for the Nation^
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People.
It was learned through t h
hnarin" t^at the attack upon
Elbelyn which lfa.=5 been cnie-
fully concealed by the metropoli
tan press had assumed the pro
portions of a riof. Several radio
Cars oi policemen were involv'>»i
in quieting the uproar created tiy
a large group i *" high schooi
students >eUiny, li-’ proteetio^i
of Ethelyn, who i‘ft>l the b^t-.
ing WA.^ U>“ked for tt*-H
in mens’ lavutory >f the
subway station.
On March 15, Ethilyn left
school and wen' o the
station vhere »hr had prm^e;
to wait for i. girl friend, .\fte-
fare in the slot'
the other side ol
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if iMMiMtaki. Wiis PJ >rtnc« Graat. VomaitMr
Ni,r?- ' Ai ;% i Ghranv^b N. aMowt in th*
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i Tie a ahra» -k i.t der aoiwrriilDii of a
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One of the most vieious «aaM
of intwiiidation ocforred
Tuesilay morning H'h«>n
Dorris r.y.m, young girl of Hill
side High Sfhool was attju^ked
by H . K. ,rates, plain tlotheft
policeman, while ridinit to school
on a Darbam Publii* ’
Accaniiag to n statev
made hy the yoang; jprl, wht *
abont Ilf yiHirs .>f a*e, sh# hM
ed the ^^ns in m western seet
of the ^ty and took the near
vacant seat to the Iwek, besi
another yopng school girl of he.f
own race. After riding for sev
eral blocks one of the eolor>'d
passengers seated behind her
got off the bus whereupon she
was Ordered by a white roan who
showed BO indication at tk*»
time that he was an officer -if
the law, to take a seat in the
rear of the has. After ohserr-
ing that there was Qjie vacant
eat in tile back of th,» bos, Mis«
Lyons stated that the other g>rf
got up from beside her'and took
the seat, whereupon she waa
again ordered hr Hates to get op
and get in tfie back of the bva.
After informing him that ther*»
were no other^seats ia the back
of the bus sHe proeeetled to t»-
main where she was. The nan
then snatehe«l her oat of th«
seat, at the s*m? time paiafally
twisting her thumb. The joosf
girl stated that in the aemfflo
her books fell to the floor of
the bus and were kieked down
the aisle by the officer* who alno
was cursing and osing ahosin*
langaage at the time. He kiek«r>]
at jier once, she stated, bat $he
managed to dodge his foot a^
escaped injury.
According to Miss I^rona it
was not until she was about ti*
be taken off the bus when near
ing the conrthonse did tk*
policeman show his badge
and disclose hLs identity a« ma '
officer of tKe law. After beine
taken to the poliv'e statioa,
young girl stated $h» aakrd 16,
be permitted to eall her
but was told by Oates tlkat s|»
could not use the vhoM.
th^ was no need to
damn black wonum aa
nothing she eo«ik} do.
he was iSnaIfy ’UUt hj
officw in the po&e
whont - she was aoabli to
that sha could ase th*
whereupon she did caB
ther.
Befw» her
rive the yoaag giv|
was fthftt prtaM;
Traphed with a
henMM k. and
on the an^ «t
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