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VOLUME III, NUMBER 43
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Newport News 1
Is Thriving City I
By C. A. Irvin
The other day, Father J. jl
Greene, rector of the Churci^J
of the Redeemer, and I motor-H
ed to Newport News, Va., wher<S
we had an opportunity to makeH
an observation of the .conditions!
under which the Negro people!
of this thriving industrial com-!
munity live and move. >
We went by the Crown Sav-I
iugs Bank, which was founded!
by a late employee of the New-!
port News Shipbuilding a n dl
Dry Dock Corporation, and is!
being headed today by his son!
We observed the government!
housing project, a number of
homes, the Huntington high
school, the shipyard community
center, the USO, the churches,
(representing practically all
denominations), hospital, the
athletic field, and several businesses
which are owned and being
operated by members of the
race.
We went into town and had
a talk with the editor of the
Daily Press. ,
, It was arranged by the public
relations officer of the Newport
News Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Corporation for us to visit
their huge plant, where we saw
white men and black men working
side by side, turning out
instruments of war which are
so vitally needed by the United
Nations in their grim will to
defeat the common foe of the
cause of God, humanity and
justice. We were accompanied
on our trip by A. F. Williams, a
Negro man who is a member of
the personnel staff. Mr. Williams
is thoroughly familiar
with men and their problems.
In the yards, we met and
talkd with H. S. Hughley, welder,
who has benn with the company
for 36 years, and W. B.
Howard, machinist, who has
been with the company for 40
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Man Attacks
Young Girl i
Charged with criminal at- 1
tack on a 12-year-old girl, and
assault on her 10-year-old <
brother with a belt and buckle,
Alexander Neely, 38, of 1018
Perkins street, was held without
bond In city jail on Saturday.
These incidents were supposed
to hare occurred at the
Perkins street address, August
13, where Neely attacked Elizabeth
Cox, 12, and assaulted
Jack Cox, 10, after the Incident.
The date for the trial has
not been set, pending further
Investigation.
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Frank Elliott Millings, 61
pears old, of ,715% East Mark?
street, told police that he fire
:he shots which fatally wount
3d Pvt. James L. Griggs, sti
tioned at the Overseas Replacs
ment Depot, after Griggs an
several other soldiers h a
stormed his apartment late las
Friday with threats to kill th
alderly man.
The affray took place in th
apartment of Millings, who wb
being held without bond whil
police officers and miliatry at
thorities do further investiga'
ing.
With five bullet holes In hi
chest, Private Griggs died
tew minutes after being take
to the ORD post hospital b
ambulance.
D. P. Jarvls ,a detective serf
sant, who happened to be drh
Ing along East Market strec
at the time, heard the revolve
shots and took Millings lnt
custody before the ambulanc
bad arrived.
Mlllin'gs stated that Privat
Griggs and another soldier call
sd at h 18 apartment a shot
time before the shooting an
attempted to buy whiskey froi
the elderly man's wife, Amells
MIIHtipr nnirl thnt hin wlfp tnl
the soldiers that they had cal
ed at the wrong address an
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told them to get out. '
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I- saying that the two soldiers lefi
t the premises, but GrlggB threat
d ened to return in a few minute!
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ed with four or five other sold
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ReadB
gm 9, 1944 I
Community Chestl
. Campaign Week I
Hntnlini* 1fl_lQ I
UtlUUCl AU~JLtf
October 10-18 baa been, of
ficialiy designated as Campaigi
Week by the board of t b ,?
Greensboro Community &>,nM
War Chest, according, to an an
nouncement from George" E
Perrin, president of the
chest. r
John K. Voehrlnger, Jr? wil
head the 1946 cheat campaign
which will be conducted/to^ ralst
funds for 13 localfagenclea and
war-relief and war-ald-agenclef
of the National Waf'^I^nd. Mr
Voehrlnger served as 'chairman
of the budget comoa^tee'of the
Greensboro Community! behest
committee he^^^^BE^^oeti'
- operation 'JtaE^KEunpalgn i
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The Future Outlook! | I
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M ,^j^ai^PIUCB: So J
Urs. Willie Mae Hopkins had
is their guests Mr. and Mrs. H.
Jrown of Harrlsburg, Pa.
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