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FUT
? VOL. I. NO. 13.
MR. RA1F0RD
DELIVERS LOCAL
RADIO ADDRESS
Fine Spirit of Inter-Racial
Co-Operation- Is Very
Evident In Greensboro
; loft's;a#.-:. vi?....
'r1-* (The following l? a copy , of the
v epeeeh 'on "Inter-racLal Co-operation"
* - delivered by Mr. *- U fUlford over
the . WHIG Broadrutlot Station.
Oreemboro. N. C.. on Febmory 19th.
m*. Mr. Baifard I. m number of the
'Unity >t Dadlry bleb reboot. rholrMU
of the deport me r t of railberaaUeo
.nod ocloneo of tlio N. C. Negro Teocb'
oro aanoclatlon. ? member of the exec-,
otlre committee of the IMrdmonl I)l?i"
Tone here" Auoeiallon. and preol- *
-*opt of the Groonoberv Mcn'i el.DO.J-j_.
- . ' " ' '
.. I .am pleased to make tills contrl
butlon to the local observance of In'
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rCj 7. MR. E. L RAIPORD. '
ter-racial week. "Several public prograins
and "religious services have al.
ready been held and others are to follow.
The general theme for the*week
'is that of developing a finer spirit
^ of inter-r?rl?l cooa.xrin ?nH
"Won. It is quite appropriate then that
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Rve Injured In" '
r Automobile Crash
ry AT&ftU- y
I / Five Negroes . were Injured;. one
serloualy.' wbecjhe*carlnwhlch they
| were riding was demolished recently
, after .striking concrete' pillars and
guard'rails of Buffalo'creek, bridge
about two ~*mlles from the city on the
' .Winston-Salem highway. Four of the
r I number were confined to L..IUchardI
son1,Memorial hospital while still another
escaped Injury In the accident.
jXbe driver of the yehicle, accordI
. -lng. to state patrolmen.' was Oscar
<. li Cole.; 25, High Point, route 1. He
I Is still ^unconscious at the hospital and
ik> change .was reported In his condl*
j tion. He suffered a broken right arm,
I facial lacerations and other Injur 1p?
. as yet undetermined.*' .
<1*Others hurt In the wreck and their
' inJurUaare"Ralph QUreath, 82, frac;
j tared left leg and faclat*-cut*; John
a naa'rt*v'?t ^
Hired left nee and severe cut'orer
ri*ht ;:eje";'-{XJn(!Uay .Wharton, lb,
; , bi^enqef^|ooC*4nd'Noi^MnjC^vU.
jn???
URE
. > GREEN
WINTER PILOT 1
i
-The civilian pilot, training court*
for the winter quarter at A., and 1
college Is now open, add all person
Interested In taking the course ahoul<
send their applications to Prof. J; M
Marteena, co-ordinator of pilot train
Ing at the college.
Applicants who are not enrolled li
college must hare satisfactorily com
pleted at least'two full years v * col
lege work acceptable to the.lnstitu
tiou. Applicants still, enrolled In col
lege must be'fully matriculated can
dldales for a degree and must baVi
completed at least one., full year o
accredited'college work. ,
The* course, which Is valued a
$500.00, Is.completely financed by "th>
United States government. The onl;
expense, which the enrollee will'Incu
UNDERGROUND
F1REBURNING
ATWELDONJ.C
Smoke Pours From Man}
Holes In.Groifcd; Has
Burned for Weeks
TOPr nnv n? '-? ?
? ? ouimi?ig oi, peopi'
have visited the Weldon communit;
center grounds here .this week t
view 'j;an underground^flre," whlcl
local, citizens Tteye termed' the ."my?
tery fire,"' which .has', been burn In
for several weeks arid shows no sign
of abating.'. ^ - </'-!;(>
Sinoke poar^ lrom holes punch*
In the ground by sightseers, over a:
a reft of approximately 400 feet, ver
near the community center building
The ground In some places hqsminl
en about two feet and two large trees
their bases burned off, have-topple
over. The barbecue pit .where "Hoc
Muddles"' were . cooked, has falle
apart from the heat~ and the slnkln
of the ground'under Its foundation.
The'most plausible explanation c
the "mystery fire" Is that years nc
the present- community center1 built
cinden and partly burned coal wer
dumped In* a hujre pile. Since thu
time the pile wan leveled off and c<r
, ered with .aoll and landscaped. Tt
barbecue pit was created over th
cinder pile and while/the aoldlei
j? v^ere ' stationed here ffcardlnjt tt
f ^ri'dgea, they'uacd the chmtrinnlty'cei
, cne plt'The conakbl heat from th
IliSPflMM
r .^However, everything 'Including
I coal mine and . a_ volcano- ha*
?THE
LOl
6BORO, N. C. SATURDAY, KEBRUAIT
RAINING COURSE <
e will he a small fee for a medical
'.j examination.' The college station
a wagon makes regular scheduled trips
llto and from the airport Two planes
|are used so that the student may
- progress as rapidly as possible.
Five student pilots have completed
student flight requirements and are
awaiting final examinations In flight
work. *.?
The age limit, which was formerly
from 21 to 2d. Is now from 19 to
20. The appllcaut must have'attained
his nineteenth but must not have exf
ceeded his twenty-sixth birthday on
January 2, 1942.
t '} Many .opportunities are open'*to
e students who successfully complete
7 the course. The war department has
r discovered In army primary training
STURDIVANT
HAS BIG TIME
. AT EXECUTION
r Slayer of Wife From Anson
County Jokes As He
I_ d..i T_ n _ .1
i* rui 10 L?cain
RALEIGH.?If ever a man seemed
e
y to enjoy his own execution. It was
? Robert Sturdirant. 29-year-old Anson
ti County Negro, who died last week In
Central prison's pas chamber.
* Sturdlvant walked the "Inst lulle"
s - . . .
from his cell on death row to the
. execution chamber smiling .and joku
*
n lng to guards and other prisoners.
y "Warden Ralph McLean, who has
r. seen many a man pay for a capital
crime, said Sturdlvant wasn't worried
i "a bit about hla plight and took hla
n
k punishment, "better than any man.I
n hare eevr seen.", -. .
g . Just before the Negro stepped Into
the chamber, the warden said, Sturif
dlvarit laughingly told'his guards:
? . "I could kill. my wife, but I
ttvujuu ?. ounac auj ui JUU uujb iu
do the name thing. Tou conldn't take
^ it like' roe.*" ' i
it .y .7'. r
p. Sturdlvant was convicted for murr
^ derlng his wife by flrnt striking her
^ oyer the .head with. the. back of an
^ ax-and then splitting open her body
^ with the blade. ... ..
I ?
^ Mrs. Blackburn To Be
? , . Hostess To Garden Club
Id }&&&*&&, -4^-- .. ^ .
r. .^Th?f*Crt^e'.'TtyTtle .Garden club
g, vgfo tntoat^at ^thq hocne of Mm a B.
^qk^nxV80T K .Ms rk et? tree t. on
* W^naMpy'ereolng at 8:00 p.m. The
m oftlfc^f^afe B. _L. Ort*ti, president;
lfftfflf, -XE. Morgan, Secretary. All
^^p^i 'ire .asked tobe prraent. "
1 Ret
LIU
If 21. 1942.
DN AT A. ANDT.|1
that there are Jess than one-third as
many ''washouts"' among CPT train- 2
ees as among cadets wl|o have not
had the civilian pilot training. Present
conditions indicate a gigantic In- "
crease In travel by air In the future, 0
and men who are now trained as '
pilots will be among those, chosen to 84
pilot commercial planes. In this case
the man who clings to the present c
tcrrcstial means of travel will be ^
likened unto the* man who drlveB a n
horse and buggy' dowu New .York
city's Riverside drive. < ' L
A. and. T. college has one of the N
best flight Instructors In the /coun- d
try, Mr. Robert Terry. There has 1
not heen a major student accident In h
the flight program lu.hls two years *1
as flight Instructor. * fi
BETTER LOW
RENT HOUSES, i
FOR THE CITY?
1 i 1
Chairman Charles A. Hines
Suggests Study Be Given
To Sarin, Plat,.'
Chairman Charles A. Illnes recently
suggested to fellow' members of
Oreensboro Housing commission that
thought be given to plans for improving
housing i conditions In the low (
rent brackets with the arrival of
spring, particularly since the program
of the pubUc housing Authority
has been temporarily suspended due
to the war.
The suggestion was made after
Rev. R. Murphy Williams, vice chairman
of the commission, had expressed
the opinion at the February meeting
of the ttoard at the city hall that a
iarger responsibility rests upon the
commission because of the arrested
status of the nousing authority.
One idea is to Interest private capital
in making lnvestnmnts In houses
lor occupancy by Tamil Wn of the low- <
er Income bracket*. ' [i' *
I Disc-union'developed that the com- 1
minion Intends to Insist upon own- I
era of sub-standard houses making re
quired Improvements to make these <
units livable rather than demolishing
them. It was also brought' out that |
there are- more vacant house* In. the i
city than ay ear ago, and this Is-ite j
carded as a favorable factorial'(he i
slam cJenraoce program^I
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EDITOR J. F. JOIINSONj>. r :* / ,
CAM.KD"TO NEW JERSEY
J. F. John^n.iaitor.ot.tho'rBti^
Oattyok. Vss rolled to'Trentou,'
Wednesday by_tb^ nrl<xa>Ulp?aa&jk
his;brother. *Hu, expects vto
tbi city by the oncl
ff
id The Future Outlook! I .. /
)0K
r.-. PRICI 5c
REV. MR. POWELL
SPEAKER FOR
HISTORY WEEK
'aster of Abyssinian Baptist
Church, New York;
Also City Councilman
"Democracy will lose If* place fl?
world power if tin# Nt^ru and othr
darker races are nut Riven an
qual rlpht In the peace," declared
lev. A. Clayton Powell! pastor of the ^ .
ibyastnlan Baptist church of . New " '
'ork and only Nejrro ever elected to. > .
he city, council of that city, In a.
peech at A. and T.. college last,
"hursday jilRht, February 12,. In the
Uchard B. Harrison auditorium.
Reverend PowelV- was presented as '
Je highlight of Negro History Week
elebration at A. and T. college. Denn
7. T. Glbbs. who presided In the abwiee
of Presjdent F. D. Rluford, In-,
rodaced tbe speaker. The college
bolr under the direction of Prof.' ,
iTarner Lawson rendered special "* '
lualc for the occasion.- '?;7-:*v.'"*?*' * '
5- i: &
Speaking on the subject "Abraham y'v V
Jnculn, Frederick Ikntglass, and the.. 'p~~
'ecro Youth of Today,"; the speaker-- . f. ^
eclared, "Aft Abraham LlncoTrta?ST?ir\_;
Phte nation cannot be half slave and jT^*
alf free"; and Frederick Douglass.- '
!t Is-far hotter to die fighting for ,
rcedoin than to lire as a sjnvp." We'."! " <
re faced with enslavement by fascist'*i.
owere on one side, and on the oth-"* *"
r. with a pseudo-democracy In which
rc cannot give our own Mood or our *i\J .
Ives except In certain jltn-crow sec- ' L
Ions, to save democracy." i '* \
"We can lose this war," ,he-said:1"*
If we win the war. we must lose /C
1 ^ (Continued On Pnge Six) .
Rationing of .
Gas Is Near
WASHINGTON. ? Hatrtnlnc J'of' /
asollne In the east appears to he'aft '*
arly"-probability as a responsible, "
ource said Atlantic seaboard, oil com- ';;,^'A'
anles bad -reported that fast dwiriline
stocks, due to war loss ,'iiiwr. llrerslon
of tanker ships, Jxiatlfle^V. 4estrlctions
on'non-essential cbnaump-Vv .
lon- : 'ri% r>
Oil circles heard that Industry .y?
onimlttee reported to Secretary
nterlor Ickes. the petroleum co^rdlnator.
that consumption should '*'} * * ('
le.cut ir? per cent between February '<,
5 and April 1, possibly by use oK
oupon books. - ; , r'jNr'"
The committee was reported alw>".-y'
o have proposed a renewal, of tho f }
HHnj*station 7 p. m. to 7 a. m'. ciir-C .
'ew used In the. east last- fall.', whenN,
ttocks fell off. and su?e?ted that the.*", ' *? .
itatlons-also 1*? closed nll^day ' Sun-V>-/''
lay. V V -J t'h /
,8uch a proeraro. If adopted, would 'j
iffect 100.000 aervlce stations and *
en million automobile owner* In the. 'r\?V'
17 wutern at a tea. and the District of Y*
Tolumbla. V " V
One source nalrt I>eoo Henderson. *v - i
>rice" arimlnlatrator. already -was, at
a-ork on ratlonln* plana for paaollne.
y/t yaa nnderatood
raSJCfSted a*' restriction ^ij^nrh^be
irfcera supply Jbw7atf66eej^rt$Me
tanker-glnkltiwband -dl