gj' Fight .the Enemy Withi EUT ;s> vol n. no. s ... " "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 these livers. ;smed joblle, pedal e and territ they ratarrihoiild *Tha ray III e' oar plvea," arfare tartan T'tjill f?_l ? URE r CRKENSB< ~ i ^ ?. ,-4 . ;?? ' .'.K .. 1 TQJiaO.pj^pEXIN I midwest aiiplane: pj.sijt,^'( shipped o ; ^edL^'Negro jvorKers enga^ Todi^OiS';'*' 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 JTL( tBl>t 1942 , I ? i. ( H v.? H I I l M. I It. 1 I H > a J (? > -y 0 N^grtt Syorker' in a large-' iraft'ingtor f^Pore ifc^is^ ? R&liglousEmphasis J Week Celebrated 1 At A. and T. */v-r- ? F 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| )0K 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

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