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"Shoot the Gas
To Me, To jo!"
-Tank, tlie army newspaper,
visits a Negro decontamination
nnit In Australia. Sgt F.
J, Corbett, of Hocky Mount, describes
the purpose of the unit
. . k thus: "If and when the Japs
ever dust off polaon pas bomhs,
? '* we move. We hop right up to af'
Tested areas and decontaminate
'em so the gas will do a minimum
of harm." Tank also vlslta
with a few of the boys from
Philadelphia, Ilaltlmore and
Washington, D. C. This Is the
second of a series of feature
. atorlea which the news bureau,
OWI, in co-operation with Yank,
win make available at regular
i- . intervals to the Negro press.
.* Somewhere In Australia (Cy Ca Sble)?"Shoot
the gas to me, To jo,"
That's the challenge of a Negro con
iaminatioo unit here, the only one
< of its kind In the United States army.
Here's the purpose of the unit, as
described by Sgt F. J. Corbett,
fv Rocky Mount, N. C., its supply seri
geant: "If and when the Japs ever
?. duirt off poison jjas bombs, we more.
f We hop right up to-affected. areas
^ ..and/decontaminate "em so the gas
do a minimum of harm." 4 J -"'v
k,'5^*fconths, before war began, these
^'c3i^^ '*inen^ left? Jobs as railroad
? .m^O ichool teachers, cab " drivers,
^tf^^s^mechanlcs; and tap dancers,
liyyi their
t lr t et i ts' 1 a
askedother with puzzled
V- iapeiu^Wha t'i* this deeontamlnatfonT
members of a crack outSj^tthsf
.won a citation tor efficiency
^On maneuTers,'\they' can rattle off
jr-such7 words as" Vla'.rimator," "vesl*cent,"
" "chlorpicrln," and "sternuta;
??*tbey'rf.rso good that some of them
?^^MtfSll> demonstrating defense
WlEalnst'gas attack and decontamlnatoAustralian
and American'aolMuerr
and' civilian defense workers.?
^B$rbelir-clothes would make Frankfook
llk6 a Sissy.?Tbeir suits
; gasproof and cover'the body from
fn the
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Xmas Concert
j'Under , ,the direction of . Prof.
Charles Col man, the A. and T. Colkge
A Cappella Choir will give Its
annual Christinas concert on Sunday,
December 20, at 5:30 p.m., In the
Richard p. Harrison auditorium . of
the college. . ... ... ..
.Music lovers of the nation /.-will
hear the choir .In a - coast-to-coast
broadcast over the Colombia Broadcasting
System through Radio Station.
WR10, .of this; city, oo. Thursday,
December 24, at 0:15(a.ro,
The choir has Included the followIng
aelectiona on its Christmas, concert:
"Break .Forth O.. Beauteous
Heavenly Light** (Bach) ; "While I
TM.1 U'at*l> *?.. CI VI..I.* -
Seventeen tlj Century tune (Jungst) ;
"I Wonder As I Wnnder" (NIIm), i
"Christinas Hells'." (Osgood) : "J.uIIm- j
by on Christmas Eye"..(Christiansen) j
j American Christmas curols; . "The
.Holly and the,Ivy" and-'"The Wassail
Song," English folk music. . ,
i . The modernist* represented on the <
'program will be Alfred, DnnhlH^wlth ,
his "To the Queen of Heaven" and ,
' Wlllan with his mystical 'The Three |
i Kings." These two numbers w|ll be ,
the_ choir's featured selections. . y I
'Prof. Bernard Lee Mason, director
-of the college band,. will play a .
violin. ?oloi< This young violinist has 'j
been acclaimed by critics, add audi- j
eiciw^th^qufhoat tb^ country i
master of bU Instrument, and hla ah- '
nua) appearance onc'-Qie, Chdwmas ;
pragrame Is conrtdered by those who
attend as'-sin essential part of (he '
v"V'-- .> . *> ' j
/. 9 1 - " .
r.^To rWnovb. cooking ' stain* from j
your aluminum pots and make them ;
shine like new', try 'boiling water and ,
vlrv^^l^'tMnL' ll wIll do the same ,
tear ob the precious cooker*.
f?THE?
[)KO, N. C. SATURDAY. DECKMBJ
pT^TOP^TblsTyoui^;
iegreas^s" a jiywe^ul.,air<
ff^*Dptyl'FrM' " ."
Men In the United Stales armed
brces abroad. :can now send , gifts
it souvenirs to the'value of $50 back
lome duty-free.* Formerly such Rift*
rem the men* overseas were "subject
o custom a duties.
The bill?signed by President
tooeevelt on December r??became
aw In time to save service men and
hlr friends and relatives the paynnt
of customs duties during the
>usy Christmas season.
The bill does not chance the requation
covering packages sent to servcetnen
abroad. Such packages are
luty-free'when addressed to the ?olller
through his army post office adJreas,
the sailor car of his slilp or
tavy number address and the marine
hrough uhls unit number.
Youths Begin
Registration In
Guilford County
Registration, of *toen age youths
pot off to a .steady start, today at
Sreehshoro'a three local draft hoards
is youths who have reached the age
if 18 since June 90 or will become 18
before January 1 began to list themwives
as .available for military service
under the-selective service act.
Although the registration was somewhat
lighter up to mid afternoon then
the boards had * expected, > more . activity?
was expected later this aftef
?e? kM
T Actual registration-toUl for bourds
No
' '*1
Registration ; will coutlono 1st th
bespertire hoard, otpim* through ,I)e
pembef* 81, and',?- thereafter eyerj
jrotith wlil. register? with his local
boo'Wfion hta 18th .birth dayhi)6rda
are QrgLhg"ih^ lS^year
bldV <0*''reglstef '1earIy jfi? possible
&eispfl*'Vpeeinc^dVW i*t*for llstfni
the various n?e rroiiTw
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R&liglousEmphasis J
Week Celebrated 1
At A. and T.
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A*, and T. College celebrated lie- J
llglou* Emphasis Week with Rev. W. ||
E. Carrington, of the Howard U'nl- fc
verslty School of Religion. Washing- II
ton, I). C., as principal speaker for F
the services, which were held dntlv a
from Sunday. Iieremlier 6.' to g
Wednesday. December I). b
'^he speaker used the following F
subjects In his talks, "Living at F
Pes re with One's- Self." "Handicaps t
of Our Fellowmnn/i "The Purpose I
of lldl^lnir' and "Reaching for thelti
Stars." Tlie main points brought outl'
by Kifvw?nil Oarrlngton during the <
week were as follows: 1. "One does I
not have peace In the world and does l>
not make n contribution towards the *
establishing of pence unless lie first
comes to grips with himself and
makes pence with himself." 2. "When i
one attempts to judge another, lie r
should tuke Into account nil the facts I
uliout- that person's life." '8. "Tin* t
primary purpose of religion la 'to (
help'an individual live a full life." i
4. "Religion serves the individual i
by keeping Itefore him unttalnalde i
goala." <
The college choir under the direc- '
tlon of Prof. Ohurlm Colinan, Calvin <
ljimpley. _college organist, und Mrs. I
N. C. Wel?etftr furnished music for
the. occasion/'Prof. B. N. Roberts (
and Re^. Payldi. SpeJlnr, both of the 1
faculty/ bad charge of theIt
*71?* .'/ 1
JJias Itoee Jenkins announced that <
the. Jleta, Epsllon chapter of Alpha <
Phi Alpha fraternity and Alpha Phi 1
chapter of Alpha Kapa Alb* aororltj
sold 14)2fl defense stamps In tlieir <
recent, yiqtprj /W*** program. 1
. - . - . if '
One bundred and twenty-five dlf- 1
ferent types of .varunm, windshield i
, vOper* motors' fcre required to 'aery- ,
' Ice oaf* mod* in 'the last lTor'15
iuy Chri*tmaa Seals'"J' H|
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PRICE: 5r ' "J
Senegalese May
loin the Allies
From the lund of Battling Slkl?
Vench West Africa?may come to j. i\
elnforce the United Nations armies v;
ome 00,000 of the moat feared and '* .
ffectlve soldiers of ' France, the'1
reado<l Senegalese. . ; *.
Thse black troops are particularly , . I.
orniidable In desert fighting at close
uurters, with the bayonet, rifle and
auchiue gun. Already ( under Fight- ' V
ng French command in the Chad r??
ion, Negro troops have confirmed
he almost legendary reputation they .
aimed on the battlefields of .France.i; r
a the last war.
If supplied by the United'* Statei^
nd British with new equipment jhe >' 1
enegalese along with othep. yeteran-.;. )>'
'rench colonial troops, It la 'b^^ed, ^ ':'* *1
an constitute a formidable* addition;
f? the armies now at the disposal ?f
ieneral Eisenhower in the A f flcanALjf
r*r' ' -*.-vir'nJ I
Fighting French sources v >3gton
estimate that thoc^ are aJ>ou|'K^r^'
5,000 Senegalese at T>akar' and'^juv .
d ditto mil ii5,000 /
tit French' territory! IfCt V
it, was French c^oo^- irt^
lud'log Senegalese,, vha
n urnjy anJer ^ i
he fascist.EUilopUa foPC?|^andest",
hike of Aosta In."the .Mrlj (Uy* of VV,(]J&
be French
This..stroke was engineered *:byv*S1 fcsjj
ell* Bbou, South'. AmeHcaib^V^'^
'egro governor .of the
are. A native of French Gulana'ipn; ."./.v V>?
lie South American coast, -and a bril-"*' \fi ' ? /
iant graduate of French schools
.boue was the first of the colonial -r * ;: 1
dminlstrators to defy the new Vichy y
overnment and announce the deermlnutlon
of Africa to fight- for1
"lghtlng France-' Hla'.i declaration
iluyed a f>art In the subsequent' a^,<y^j5;
Ions of other adi^^tetratars^Un*^15"
'rench Congo, Cnmeroops1. abdV^f
iang1-Sharl who .latey
'lghtlng French?, movement*'* Wben;*^*^:
Jenernl Charles de Oaulle rlslted' th^,'?*3l??r
"lghtlng French colonies In Septem- *?y X\?
er. 1IM0. he appointed Fell* Eboue
rovernor general of Fighting French
Lfrlca. , ; -'Stf
Equatorial Africa has since liecoine
in Important reservoir for military,
nanpower for the aIllea.'*A.FIghtlnir-v
'rench army has heeny bullt; np\ln*^> ?4r^
heae regions under' the-?dli*ctlortyo?-r>t?>&
jeneral l^eclercq. oneof-de \Gi>utle'*> /\
ibleat officer*. The* troops' have'-al-/
eady proved their- excellent flfbtlnf 7
rplrlt In daring attacks' oil i-ItallSuv^.^yj^
nitpoeta In Libya and Erltra and.s^'A
liouMndo were raahed to the wcatern
leaert when General Rommel'* iorceaS&.
hreatened the CDBqBMt of .Egypt*
Of equal Importance "'alHfyjg'gM
!tan was t^e , Immediate'
Plghtlnc Frerfcb' Afr^Ji^a
ant cornerstone ? In ' 6ie
ions ' defense * vat em)jffl!h i^ulb^Wg^MMK
"onatrudlon' of a 'jietwotk' o^fe<fen
ilrporta there. RHtiatf**nrf' merl
Dllot* were able, to lerrir"
ad bomber* and'/ fljhttng
jcroe* the A frlcan cooffi>cn?t