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f GOVERNOR BROL
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*^. was"* U>e^jpeflRgr4 a V'A.-; "'id^T. oi)V
y^^tiope^^t^C-i^ pel ^t! I II,' y*ui ue 'of
^^M^^/wlU' becoq a" TleutehaDta ' and
^Jtef^nta^and^otKers - high. officers.
>'T(l6iyerikwr?"Broughton also stated that
rw? itiO aiot turp - otir university altoV
fcethir into a' military training camp.
"' but we; want:. our young .men and
.vwobeo'' to go arway from the unlverjrajfllty'
strong and physically fILv , ^
'.-^Mississippi Ljuchings^
V&To^Be Investigated 'v
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t^AjU^nJeyr: General BjddTo'sitd'today
?hW^Vad ^ordered 'an i nveatl gat (on of
^yt^^liiwiiippl..lynje^n^S byj ther^Fed[-<
ersl Bureau of Investigation?' ,*"
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pg>fttownlnit .Investigation develops a
J f cg.se; relentless prosecution will fol{.
. the 'Attorney, General said. .
ti??The /lcjlm* of the'lynching? were
' Wash, 4.1. X>f-Laurel, Miss,.
?2v^~*badVMren<ly l>een convicted 'ot
^OT^tMprtt.andx two 14-year-old boys
v-^Oftarlea Lhng and Kmest flreen, both
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' boy ,*we taken from th?
r'TWCftiltniair JaU. Where "they had beet
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He iwia that "he-b^llevM! every
youne' iiim 'end wnmn'n wlimihl Im? ^
able tq ^lo poruethfnfe worthwhile, with
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North :?arolinaJ' than*-; any''other i
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He also stated tluif'he^hnd r'evom- *
mended equal tM(tiM' Mlaif.'whlrli 1
Will be passed on the near future." 1
7 Governor Brooch ton stated In con- 1
elusion thnt the best way to over- f
coine race prejudice Ih to be prepared 1
In a special Geld anil work together
for a worthwhile cause.
You Do Not Need Old
Tube for Service Gifts
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Gift kits containing shaving cream
or toothpaste tubes can he purchased
for members of the armed forces
without turning In an old tube, the
Director General for OfWrAtlons has
ruled.
^Tbls^exeiuptjon from the WPR
, requirement that old^tnbes he turned
In for the pnrclmse of ahaving cream
; or toothpaste tubes applies only If
'the gift boxes nrp delivered or sent
, direct .to, the. man Inservlce by the
seller' of.the^ article. '
j The fiction, taken In. am amendment
to M-115," also specifies that the
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, shaving ..cresip , or-. toothpaste comprise
not 'orer 21 per cent of the to
^ t*i w a hie of the tffr box.' * ?,7 "
I tr. PrfTiounljr.' ^>e-exemption "tv^a .llm:
, 1ied> to'combination "net*.In the hand*
of wller* od or before Jane 1R. 1M2.
Aji announced.In the aroeridroent.v It
rorera/ iptpf'Jpr of the j
Artnj, ?JtTy,'JU?d Coaat Ouaail. .V
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' Weddell {To Uctire
i baaaarimv. to iSpiln.- plana t<? - retire
J bataj&fned^to^tbj' -'United ' State*1
t from JlSdrlaiaHr monthaajro fur oouetritatlona.
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PRO, N. O, SATURDAY, NOVEMBE
CAPT. MULZAC
SETS OUT TO SEA
Somewhere on the aeven sens thitf
reek ,a veteran Negro seaman wear-,
ng the uniform' of a merchant ma-ine
skipper Is "gliding his lO.fjOP;oo
Liberty ship Ipto the Jnws -of
trar. *
Captain Hush Mulzac. only Negro
?ca-poing shipmaster fn the United
Itatea, Is on the bridge of the S. S.
Hooker T. Washington.
The famous cargo vessel. dedicated
to the cause of serving the United
Nations on as ninny war frontir ns
Jirected, carries the name of the
loted Negro educator and founder of
iiisaegee inuusiriai mstmue in Aiajutnn.
Several weeks ngo It was
launched at the California Shipbuilding
Corporation's yard In Wilmington,
Calif., nnd this week couitqIsiioned
as the 74th vessel to l>e completed
at those yards. , tf
Where the launching ' was; fllletl
ivith color and drama as befitted the
>ccflslon,' the commissioning of the
(hip contrasted sharply.
Captain Mnlzac, stnndlng on the
jridge. watched his United Nations
rew composed of Negroes, Flll-i
dnos. Spnnlsh-Aroerloans,'. Swedes.,
Norwegians. RrttUher* aipl Russians j
^pe|K
ljev^eer*of,the r crowd. - -tl^e jblsti 1
noment of.^the' alig&C 5ft-y^ar-?ld
iklpper*? 85 years fft.sea arrived.
The hlg sea-golnj(-cargo vessel was
ooklng gently at anchor,* the crew
vns ready. There was only one
Jilng left to' do. . Captain Mulzac
ompleted the pictu re .when he quiety'spoke
tils' command r'
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The Negro shipmaster went to sea
us a cabin .boy- In. a Norwegian
whaler. In~the years between his
first service and taking command of
the S. R. Hooker T. Washington he
learned every trick of the rough and
ready life. His first command whs
the Yarmouth on the West IndiesCentral
America run. '
When the bis Rhlp willed out of Its
own port, a Innlnew-llke 'pun wan
ready for- the approach of enemy
submarines! The pun crew which
manned It wna headed by a Navy officer.'!
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Captain Mulsa's'home Is In Brooklya.'^
XS.:Y., where wife. thre*
dauphlfra and a aon reside. J>' "
First.Aid/Training
For Negroes To Open
A"7 standard Ited Cross first aid
class for'"Kepro adults, win beglr
Monday at Tj J*-'"- at Windsor Com
munity center, W. C. Stalling*, loea
first aid chairman. hnR announced.Chsrla.
first aid. Instructor
will teach the course- ^whlch * w}l
meet on a Monday-Wednesday ached
ulera{ 1 p. m." for a' minimum of 21
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Th^r course open to nny i*m-?oiir |i
/that section Interested in petting til's
aid- training. I* opportunity ato
for. air ~ral<J * wardens in sections /l
Hml.'l. I to?complete their, first <i\li
training If they have not dooe "so.
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Buy War Roods, and 9toinps.
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JURY INDICTS fl
TEXAS MEN <
Attorney General- Francis Hldille ^
announced today that a federal ftrand c
Jury Kitting in the eastern district '
of Texas, at Tyler, on October 0. l'
1W2, returned an Indictment in two
counts- charging Wylle Pnge. lxidgview,
Texas, and C. M. Weaver,
town marshal, Hawkins, Texas, with
violation of the federal anti-peonage
statute.
Page and Weaver are charged
with "unlawfully, willfully, and feloniously"
arresting, causing to be
arrested, and holding In a condition
of peonage a Negro, Robert Carraway.
pending payment of a $f>3.00
debt. . . . Penalties
under this statute (Title
IS, section +44, United States code)
nre imprisonment for not more than .
five years. or a fine of not more
than $T.,000.00t or both, on each
count. . - i ' ' "
.Til ^investigation was originally commence*!
upon information \ fur- .
n I shed by^a' white citizen of Dallas. I
Texas, According to the statement J
of the alleged victim, he had worked s
on. Tage's farm, near Ixing View, t
Texas, for more than four years, b
Finding triiuself, n's he thought, free. <3
?^mtgfTrTlio''Swfts^ forced-io .-snwa,k ?
nwoy^from Page's constnlctl^n' camp 1
at "Ttor fear that ?
he would beaj me and*carr^il^bMll X
to the farm." 'Shortly, thereafter, "it t
was, sold, Page Induced Weaver, the
Ylswklns town marshal, to have Car- t
Tawny arrested on h false charge, c
'removed from Dallas to Hawkins ^
and token to Page's 'office thereAfter
Currawny had l?een Iwateri by ?
Page. Page charged Carraway. with I
owing blm $13.00 plus $-V).O0 for
Weaver's expenses, and ordered him
hack to Page's farm to work until
the debt was paid. After three
weeks, Carraway agalo escaped.
This cose Is. |i contlnuiitloii of the ^
determine*! p?dlcy of the department (
of Justice to thoroughly Investigate
and vigorously' prosecute all* "complaints
Involving peonuge and involuntary
servitude.
i iit? r?*e wu* iihihiiim wr ine nepnrtment
of justice by Steve M. King.
United State? attorney for the eastern
district of Texas. The {trend Jury
Inveetlgutlnn was requested by A a'
slstant Attorney General Wendell
Hera? " A'. '
Students From
Maco College
1 Take Exams
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The students who appeared for the
I state board examination October 10
from Maco lleauty college were as
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- Alaj Itoae. Phtfer,-.Clara Mh<j Fera:
bee, Juanlt? O. I>odaon. Alice,-' M.
' ^dan^a, ;Il? P./Tbnma*.: Altce'^W.
Kerguaon, Mary Ixuilae ChpMilgiafVirp
i U'.JUddlck and Barley: .Met-aught Id.'
< The??, studenta,madq ? fucceeafuyaverage
on lbe state.toud, exainina<
Hon of from 70 to
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f *9*be(. total volume yjf .the- neaJ^all
, purpqo* ration l**>k? WonM* fin v12S
freight car?.
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deputy Administrator .;.
3n War Savings Staff i.,"" *
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Petin John C*. McLaughlin, of the * 1 .
i. and T. cnHny < ( ugiiultnro,
wn* recwitly appointed*
he U. S.. Treasury I>epnr|mept, at ^5
leputy mliuiiiiMtriitof.
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>1 vision of War, sA^'uwT
ppolntiucnt. uiartsfoit^e 'first"'
u^b a .'porttjnii jjlj
ies In the field
lean \Vns listed this year In "Wh-o'a
iVho In America." ~'.y ?tT?
Judge Charles Hiri<jsfjP^J
Speaks At A. and T/?^?-j&a
"While there hHveM?een^?ucK^i^^^3Wre
lent* ns Penrl Harbor. 'vrhWh'
iniaeil u* to feel that* lndlyidnals S^lMb
Mere not on the 8lert4\there jHM-,n'otx55^
been a tline vherr
the navy aft our-flr^vjlne^t^de^eS3^
fenue." declared Jtidce'Charles illn^,?^^ [i -
chairman of the l>oard-ofjiite'Sri*
anil T. college last'week-*uj T)r\a^].i^^ flpail
speaker for the Nary Day?'^x*2?jrC
bration at the college.: ;._i/ *?-/
The college men's-" glee" clufruodefr
direction of Prof. Charles^ Colman
offered two>eetectlon^^?^^-;D?^^8*
Blufonl. president of/tHe'
trod need Ma* " Pay n^dhalrman ^
the district, who-fwaffipresent,*? and ;<8MK
t"?' ix^ker.
The Judge aald t h rit.NefToen/<Jhad yfjfev;
made a large contrlhutlo^Vo .ttfez&p%nary,
and ' they. would ' be' called' 4m4?jE!X&
from time to time to make ; other.
contribution*. .v^'^W ^
1 Judge Hlnes nlso wtldthat'the
would not .bring forthj.^ tJ tgplVfcl>dUMffi>
"tre* will
[about the' rea 1 UaUoh'worfd^x)rfltV^gBj
I and - M-orlrf b rot b erhoqd^. xVitf; are^^^^Sfc
tng to Veep flgh^gHo
Vvrld. < wtwire .^a^Jbre
a gltep piece.-ot