Keep Up With the Timet
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VOL- I. NO. 46
CONFERENCE AT=
ST. MATTHEWS
Bishop R. E. Jones
Is the Leader
St. Matthews Methodist chtirvh.
Greensboro, has the esteemed honor
of entertaining the North Carolina
annua) conference this year. We. the
pastor and member* deem this a
grand privilege, for our church "i*
one of the landmarks of Grcensliorn.
It has stood on the corner of Five
Points for many years, serving as a
guide post to erring .traveler*. Naturally
many have not beetled the
call hut on the other hand many
have heard and followed. No finer
example of one who answered "Here
am I, send me" can be found than
our own Bishop It. K. Jones, who
comes to hi* home town and church
to preside over the conference on
bis fiftieth year in the ministry.
Many noble diameter* have had a
hand in the making of St. Matthews
and. ot course. It has helped to make
them. Some of those who have left
behind footprint* on the Kinds of
f. ' time are Dr. J. P. Morris. Dr. J. D.
Chavls, Dr. N. C. Grandlfton, the
late Rev. R. T. Weatherby, Rev.
* G. B. Rlulock. Rev. S. F. B. Peace,
Rev. M. M. Jones and a host of
other ministers nnd laymen. We are
fortunate to have with us to carry
on this great Christian program oar
district superintendent. Rev. R. W.
Winchester. Dr. S. A. Peeler, our
present pastor. Rev. .7. K. Rrower,
and many others. We feel that we
cannot say too much In liehalf of
our pastor. Rev. J. E. .Rrower. Not
that we have not experienced such
qualities In other lenders, hut In such
strenuous times as we are now passIds
through. It takes great courage
to be a lender. He litis wrought n
noble work at St. Matthews and
here's "Hats off to. hliu and Ills
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SPARROWS POINT
NAME OF TANKER
LAUNCHED OCT. 17
Bethlehem Workers Salvage More
Titan 3.000 Tons of Scrap To
Helo Build This Ship.
In recognition of a successful wrap
salvage campaign and an outstanding
record for participation in the
war bond drive, a new tanker, to be
launched at the Bethlehem-Sparrows
Point Shipyard, ln<% on October 17,
will l?e named the Sparrows Point,
the Maritime commission announced
today.
The worker* of the Bethlehem
Sparrow* I Point yard .Including approximately
.175 Necroea, salvaged
V* more thap 8.000 ton a of scrap, the
| .- equivalent of the amount needed to
r (coQatrort; a 'new tmw I, during a ,
I .iabbth and a, half campaign- Mora
, V thm IL200 Negroes are employed In
f\ ;tbej adjoining Bethlehem steel mill.'
^^nmT'in^sdilltKmal 2,000. ares wow
>/..worM?ig at the Bethlehem-Pairfleld
shipyard. I
Meanwhile the yard participated In
*-*^the'w-ar * hood drive, thetr percentfey
T?ge beln^ (l?.7, for,' which tbey are
PjJ- *' . treasury department
award.' The bonds purchased are
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lA
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ST. MATTHEWS
MD rAPTCPinnyg"T
Hill. WUULill LUUIYJ |
AFTERU.S. INTEREST 1
36 Years In Consular Senire.
Now In Madag&sr&r Office
A veteran Negro consular* official
who Is scheduled to" retire this year
has lieen protecting American Interests
and keeping the 1*. S. Itepnrtinent
of Slate Informed on the rapidfire
developments In one of the most
dramatic theaters of this war. the!
Office of War Information revealed j
this week.
Tills official Is .lames 05. Carter. J
American Consul Cenerul ut Tunuiia-j
rive. Madagascar. Mr. Carter Is .
scheduled to complete a career of SO
years In the Foreign .Service ami retire
on Decenilter 31, lfM2. I
From the moment of the lauding J
of British forces on .Madagascar on'
May 4. lfM2. to prevent avis i?enetrattan,
Mr. Carter has lieen keeje'
Ing his government Informed on the"
progress of the British campaign (
and on the communiques and actions I
of the French officials at the Island's'
erul nlao mnxed to pmlM American
Interest* and rltixeos on May 4 when I
Ibe State Department Informed tliel
French Ambassador In Washington *
that:
"The government of tlie Tailed
Stutea la at war with tin* axU power*
and If It becomes nm*nry or
desirable for Atnerhun trnojia or.
ship* to tiae Madagaacar In tlie ohih
moii rauae, tlie United Stutea will j
not beet I tat e to do an at any tline." (
Following the occupation of Dlego^
Suurea, the British liegan a new
jlrfve Into Madagascar after devekipmentu
Indicated that tbla occupation
had iH?t rewilted In adequate anfeipiarda
against mxI* penertaUon In
other parte of the laland. Tlie new J
| drive, which waa alao auppnrted by.
the government of the United State*,
waa directed * toward* Tananarive,
the capita).
In the ensuing 23 daya, the British
forces captured the capital, covered
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|lOHO. N. C, SATIKOAV, OCTOB^
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VfETHODIST CHURCH?CON
IcOMMANDOS GET
IrnTTniT Irn lnmin
1UUUH IKAINIMj
Strenuous Barriers
Must Be Overcome
"All ritrht. men. (in the double?
up Hiid over!"
So' harks a khukl-shirted compuit]
ronuiiunder to his srunp nf N>;rn re
rruits as the band of ilim^Hm-cliii
"lands" starts over the ^tretinoin
pares of the "comma lain" ruurw1
built at Camp Itotiert Smalls, hmni
of the all-Negro regiment at the V
S. Naval Training Station, (Srea
laikcs. III., to aid in converting tin
new recruits from civilian into physi
rally hardened sailors In a fe\
weeks.
The commando course ? so ilesiu
nated l?ecnuse of the strenuous lait
riers placed strategically along tli
path?runs approxiuiately one-titir
of a mile through a deeply w?*sle
phkt at the camp. Six-foot and eight
foot walls are placed in front o
deep pits to simulate hills and ri
vines the modern sailor em-outilcr
.during landing' operations. A mart
(Continued On Poqc Two)
Children Affected
By Meat Ration
The food requirements- eotiniilrtf
today *u;rce*ted weekly meat iillo
ineiitM fur children under the pee
eminent'* voluntary ehiire-tlie-tin?
program.
Children under mIx yenr* of iij;
may receive weekly 3-4 pound* ?
bee/, pork, veal, latult or mutton.
For each child lietweeti the u;
of alx and 12, an allottnent of ,11
pound* weekly of the name ineir
*m? approved by the committee.
The committee alao unnoum*
I that aauMMge* are to Im- Included
the 2V(? pound* of meat to uhli
every adult I* anked to limit hlin*el
I'oultry, liver, tongue, *ueetbre*il
-kidney*. brain*. tripe. hearl
| knuckle* and fl*h arc nut include
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[K 24, 1942
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FERENCE HOST
CLUB FOR SEAMEN
NOW ORGANIZED
I Purpose of Club To Provide for
Itecognition By I). S. Government!
Formation of a club for seamen I
- ;of the United .States Merchant Ma-j
| rlue who huve survived enemy- ac*
. tlon was announced today by the]
. War Shipping Administration. The!
I purpose of the club la to provide
? | record tlon by the government for
. ' men who have lieen torpedoed.
p J Insulted, shelled or shipwrecked in
the war zones,
i Many of these heroes have lieen
forced to taker to the lifeboats time
. after time, but when they reach port
v acain they head for the nearest slilje
plng office.
"You lief I'm going back In sea'"
.. has become the seaman's slogan.
The War Shipping Administration
,1 feels that such an organization will
,1 promote the morale of merchant sen
i. men during the war mid las-nine a
,f source of pride and satisfaction In
the future,
a The new club will have no rules.
- no officers, no dues, ami no nhliga
tioiift other than in foster pood fellowship
ami patriotic effort Niiiont;
merchant penmen. Memliershlp will
Ik- optIoiiuI with' IliiiN' Hlirlhlr. ami
will Include Imili officers and seic
men.
( WSA will provide iiiemlters wltli it
distinctive rlblmti loir such a* I*
worn by memliera of the Hrmeil
force*. If the ship of a niemlter lnt*
been lost through enemy action o
!<* silver atar will lie affixed to the
ribbon' har; an additional star lieing
added /or each engagement In which
M* u vesacJ haa l?een loot. Already then
rJ are men eHellile to wear six stars.
,K Tlie selection of a name for th?
club haa not lieen made yet. ami
i' eligible members are Invited (/ sub
iillt sustention*.
Seamen applying for memliershi|
are Instructed to (rtve the name 01
'* tlie vessel upon which tl^y havi
'* served: their llcenar number or aea
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end The Future Outlook.' ] JOK
PKKlit -V.
BAND ASSIGNED"
VIRGIN ISLANDS
Secretary Knox Gives
23-Piece Orchestra
With war conditions. restricting
ami curtailing ninny phases of life
In American Island outposts, and ./,vV'
with morale a more important factor' '
tlmn ever l*?fore, flovertinr Charles
Harw?Mid has l?een promised by Sec- ''.oft*
ientry of the Navy Frank Knox Umt
a ii8-piece I". S. Navy hand will be./."a_s*
assigned to the Virgin Islands, colli- .
' fe1
posed as far as possible of native .
Virgin Islanders. V
leading candidates for handinnster
Is Alton A. Adams, widely known
Virgin. Islands musician who was ^".S
leader of the Nuvy hand here dur-'
In? World War I and the 14 years Vgi'
of Naval Administration. Mr.
Adams subsequently Itecame editor ..Vvf
and publisher of The Ilulletln. one of (
St. .Thomas' leading dally itewspa-'
pers. *
The hand was organized,
and trained by the Navy as a las' n/-.
of educating and AmerlcanlzlogV
Virgin Island natives when the UtkV^V^ed
States purchased the Islands \ "f-V
11117 after two-and-a-half centurlwL '
of Danish rule. The Virgin Islands.
then, as now, were the eastermost'
gunrdposts of the Panama Canal, ,
the tlulf and East Coast of /'the * K
Mainland. They also are the near- 4
est American outi?ost to Europe and ^
Dakar. ' m-A
.-.iin-e ins appointment by President
Roosevelt in February, lfMl,
C.overnor Harwnod has l>een intensely
native in liehalf of Imth the eco- tioinic
lietterment and the cultural '
advancement nf the Virgin islands. "
successfully inukine use of Ills wide ' *
knowledge of polltiacl and economic .
affairs on tlie mainland tn these
elid*. > * ?a
(hi this went trip to Wusldnztoni
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NEW GAS RATION
BOOK GOOD FOR " >
ONLY 8 MONTHS ;
All A Books In I'se Throughout the
Country WDl Expire July 21.
All Books Look Alike. ?
Unlike the full-year basic ration ' >
Uiok&< I ski ied In the eastern rationed ?
area, the now A books, which some
onnmuvm .?? ?<-*- ?1? ?*- '
of the country will receive whenJ'\Y
Sasollne in rationed nationwide. will '
provide ration* for only eichr yN
months. * ^ '^CV.
The A Itnoks In use throughout the
country thus will expire on the same v; f
date next summer, July 21. enabllnc *v'.
OPA to Issue all renewals at <W
While the new A books V111; resctnhle
those eastern u>otorists^i>ovrCf<ffi'.
bold, they will contain 32
In four paces Instead of 48 c<ropot*|ife-ik-j
In six pstfes. The pases will be-num^^c^
be red S, 4. fi. and d to
I to the two-month periods'^rda?^^SS|R.
which the coupons on'each p?o '>????
i The coupons will hare
r ckllonace value (at present fofarlftaja
? gallons). Motorists
- thereby will got rations
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