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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1941

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Army Becomes School House
For Camp Claiborne

Chaietian

Named

CYRUS CAMPFIELD
Heading up. the National Negro
Ynsurance. Week Committee for
3941-~42 will be Cyrus Campfield,
assistant director of agents for the
Atlanta Life Insurance Company,
former statistician of the national
organization.
' Mr. Campfield~s appointment has
just been announced by Asa T.
erage of Durham, N. C., ersthile actuary of the national body.

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Flint Merchant:
- My Dear Sir:

In our effort to establish the
Flint-Brownsville News, the only
Negro paper edited and published
by Flint Negroes, we have discovered that most of the important
merchants are reluctant to cooperate with us in the matter of letting their advertisement to us.

There has never been. a regular
published Negro periodical in Flint
- before -we started this newspaper
three years ago. Consequently, you
merchants have garnered an idea
that any Negro newspaper which is
represented to you by any colored
person is something initiated from
out-of-town. This is not the case
with the Flint-Brownsbille News.

This newspaper is the representation of our own gruelling efforts
to establish a community organ
which can serve as the instrument
for the distribution of public information concerning colored people.

There are other newspapers circuculated here but they are initiated and published in other cities
Their representatives are only

ents. Flint.Negro publishers

ave such a problem as the above
condition to compete with.

~That is why we encounter the
interrogation: ~Where is the newspaper printed?~ This particular
thing is a Sales psychosis. which we
hope to prove unworthy as a competitive reality where the FlintBrownsville News is concerned.

I, myself, am the editor and owner of the Flint-Brownsville News,
This newspaper is the only Periodical registered at the Uniteds
Bureau of the Census for Negroes
in Flint.. Our, papers are retained in our
public library here, and also find
their way into many of the white
people~s offices and homes.

number of you merchants have been cooperative sufficiently well to run advertisements
in the Flint-Brownsville News and
many have been with us since the
first.

Please consider this paper as a
desirable medium for some of your
advertisement. Hoping you will be
so disposed, we are

Respectfully yours,

The Flint-Brownsville News,

~ Henry G. Reynolds, Editor.

Youth Drowned
In Pit Thursday

ATLANTA, Ga.~(SNS)~. -) 5 ~i geri 7 ot oes

CAMP CLAIBORNE, La.~(SNS)
~Geography, History, mathematics
and English, as well as other basic
academic subjects, have introduced
into and added to the | intensive
military program for the colored
troops of the 367th Infantry at
this camp. More than 800 trainees
have never been able todo so be
fore, are learning.to read ~and
write
This is a required part of the

training program. More than 400
others have volunteered) to attend
classes that are held after military
training hours, in order) that they
may increase their.education.

At the invitation of Colonel
Ralph C. Holliday, commanding
Officer of the regiment, this added
program of academic training has
been planned and is now _ being
supervised by Dr. M. S.| Robertson,
State WPA Director, from Baton
Rouge, Louisiana. The program not
only embraces academic _ training
but includes such subjects as raido
telegraphy, motor mechanics, cooking and other military subjects. A
staff of trained instructors has
been organized and early reports
from the various classes indicate
that splendid progress already has
been made.

800 TAKE COURSES

In the school for soldiers whe
cannot read or write, the. schedule
dent wil

taking

divided into several

classes that begin in the afternoor

and continue through the evening
to about 10:00 P.M. |

The school established for sold
fers who have volunteered to in.

crease their education jis set ur
to take its students through tht
eighth grade. This large gruut
follows schedule of classes arranged similiar to the time |schedule fo)
the students in the | first fow
grades. In the study of geography
stress is laid on the reading of maps
in order that this important phase
of military training can be carriec
out to a greater degree.

Radio operators are attending ~~
school that is conducted during the
military training hours. Excellem

usually | also

Soldiers

Many Return to Classrooms To

Obtain Education They Missed

progress is reported among the
students of this class, who were
selected originally from among the
trainees having the greater preparatory education. Besides _ the
course in radio instruction they
also take up training in the) operation and maintainance of telephones. This course lasts ten
weeks.

TAUGHT TO DRIVE
The course for motor mechanics
and motor drivers also are carried
out during the hours set aside for
military training. The drivers are
taught to operate vehicles so that
they can pass the most rigid tests
required of drivers in any state ahd
in addition learn to drive across
country and to make minor~ adjustments on their vehicles.

Typing and composition are the
principal subjects taught in the
school for clerks. ~These students
are required to learn typing by
touch and at the same time are
rigidly held to correct arrangement
of headings, paragraphs and other,
parts of letter writing. This course
will run for an indefinite period
and is arranged to continue = as
long as there is a necessity to produce additional clerical force.

One of the kitchens has been
set apart as a school for cooks
where capable instructors not
only teach the art of cooking all
kinds of dishes that include meats,
vegetables, salads, and desserts, k

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structs only twenty students ata
time, and these are divided ~into
two classes or shifts.

OBTAIN EDUCATION

By. these schools the commanding officer of the regiment has

opened the door for his soldiers to
obtain an education along lines that
might never have been presented

to them in civil life. To attain the
skills of the modern soldier trained for national defense, education
up to a certain point is required
and no pains is being spared~ to
accomplish this for the colored
troofs under Colonel Holliday~s
command.

HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va~
(SNS)~ The Hampton Institute
Workshop of the Secondary School
Study for Negroes is| the melting
pot for the educational problems of
representatives from 16 Negro secondary schools in the Scuthern
area, says Director W.) A. Robinson,
principal-on-leave from the Atlanta University Laboratory High
School, in Atlanta. - |

To ~put a new emphasis upon
the acquisition of knowledge and
the achievements of skills for the
sake of more adequate living,~ 73
teachers from 13 states are attending the Workshop from June
16 to July 26. The sessions are held
at the Phenix High school at
~Hampton Institute in Virginia.

CONDUCT SMALLER
MEETINGS

With a view towards actual experiences in democratic living, the
Workshop has set aside a period
of each-day for the cooperative
planning of group discussions, lec.
tures and recreational activities
There is freedom of attendance at
all meetings. The staff members
eonduct smaller meetings on spe->
cial subjects, such as English, social studies, science and mathematics and on administration,
guidance and evaluation. An hour
or. more of each day is given over
to ~such activities as ne
photography, interpretive nc:
and cerarhics.

Each participant has brought to
the Workshop an educational prob
| through
ferences with staff, members and

Rescue workers recovered his
body within an hour after the
drowning

through reading in | the Workshop |

and Coroner Gip M./
>, | Evang declared it secidental q

Atlantans Aid In
Hampton Workshop

library.

In this, its second year of ac.
tivity, the Workshop is enlarged
through the addition of representatives from ten othe? secondary
schools not included in the Study
and of 15 college and _ teachertarining institutions ~teachers who
are serving as consultatits.

Director Robinson, who is also
chairman of the Commission ~on
Secondary. Schools, has gathered a
staff of people to aid in this study.
where interests and accomplishments are full and varied: W. H.
Brown; teacher of science at the
Atlanta University Laboratory High
School. is adviser in science and
evaluation and is helping the

Participants interested in photog-.

raphy as a hobby. Serving as adviser im general - philosophy and
mathematics. is Dr.. Alphonso Elder, Dean of North Carolina College for Negroes in Durham, North
Carolina.

In the field. of social studies, B.
A. Jones, algo, of, the Atlanta University Laboratory High school, is
giving assistance. L. F. Palmer,
Principal of the Huntington High
school in Newport News, Virginia,
is the staff expert on administra
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Business Leaders Speak In New Orleans

of Commerce, directed by

Nationally known business leaders were in
New Orleans recently to attend the commencement and business seminars of the YMCA School
W. H. Mitchell,
executive secretary of the YMCA.
graduates. Dr. Harry H. Pace gave the commencement address, J. B. Blayton and A. L. Holsey were

Jr.,
There were 103
Co,; and A. 'L.

among those speaking on seminars. Reading, left
to right: Dr. Harry H. Pace, Chicago, president
of Supreme Liberty Life Inz. Co.; J. B. Blayton,
C. P. A., Atlanta, professor of accounting at At
lanta University and vice-president Citizens Trus!

tional Negro Business League.. oe

Holsey, Tuskegee, secretary, Na

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BALTIMORE~(ANP) ~ Eighteen
candidates are seeking six high
~Offices. in the National Alliance of
Postal Employees which holds its
1ith biennial convention here Aug.
indications are that
competition for half the positions
will be keen and enthusiastic. Those

aspiring for: the presidency of
the organization are: Percy R.
Hines, Chicago; G. N. T. Gray,

Indianapolis; Lafayette F. Ford, St.
Louis, Percy L. Conrad, Newark, N.
J.; and Trezzvant W. Anderson,
Charlotte, N. C.

The vice presidency is being
sought by Richard C. T. -White
Houston; B. Albert Norris, New
York; Arthur J. Chapital, Sr.
New Orleans; and Alvin W. Bryan,
Atlanta. Only one candidate is in
the race for secretary. He is Thomas
P. Bomer, Washington, present incumbent. Robert E. L. Hutton of
New Orleans, present~ treasurer, is
also unopposed for reelection.

There are six candidates in the

Ft. Riley Boys
Picnic Guests

FT. RILEY, Kans.~(S N S)~Al)
colored selectees of the. Cavalry
Replacement Training Center enjoyed a picnic given by the newly
organized Colored Reception Committee of the National Defense
Council of Junction City at the
Playgrounds June 28. |

Mayor Eli Trosper of Junction
City gave a welcoming address
followed by remarks from Reverend Auldman of Menhattan, Revereng ~Guiden and the
Mrs. E. W. Barnes of Junction
City.

The Colored Recreation Commiteee of the National Defense
Council is planning in cooperation
with local agencies and merchants
to provide more entertainment for

Reverend }

Eighteen In Race For Six
Postal Alliance Offices

field for editor of the
liance,.official organ of the..;

cago; Pe Joseph B. Brown,

St. Louis, who is now the Editor
The position. of welfare director is
being sought by William J. Arnold
Atlanta.

Under the direction of Raymond
A. C.-Young, president of the Baltimore branch N. A, P. E, elaborate plans are being made for the
convention. The women~s auxiHary

Director General, included:

1. The admittance of WNegro
trainees in pipefitting,; welding,
sheet metal and electrical defense
courses: at Philadelphia for anticipated employment at the Cramp
Shipbuilding Company yards.

2. The conclusion of an agree
ment with West Coast unions and
shipbuilders for the transfer of

diate construction employment.

"4qe

~of the national-body will also meet

Several officials high in the
affairs of the United States govern- |
ment have been invited to address
the convention, Baltimore being
only a few miles from Washington
it is expected that~ many executives
of the post office department will
be present for the various sessions
of ~the convention.

Famcee President

Is NYA Official ~

TALLAHASSEE, Fla~(S N S)~
President J.R: E. Lee, of the
Florida~ A. & M. College, has been
~appointed. to membership. of the
Florida State Advisory Commitmittee of the National Youth Administration, by Federal Administrator Aubrey Williams.

Mr. Williams~ letter, dated June
23, asking President Lee to serve,
was as follows:

Dr. J. R. E. Lee, President
Florida A. & M. College
Tallahassee, Florida

Dear Dr. Lee:

I take genuine pleasure in asking you to serve as a member of
the Florida State Advisory Committee of the National Youth Administration for the fiscal year
ending June 30, 1942.

Your advice and cooperation will
be a valuable service to our
present program to ~ strengthen
citizenship participation in the
development of thé~National Youth
Administration through the advisory committee. Upon you and
the other members of the Florida
State Advisory Committee depends

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to a large extent the impetus given
to state and local advisory committee work throughout the state.

Mr. Charles G. Lavin, Florida
State. Youth Administrator, and I,
together with Mr. Charles W
Taussig, chairman of the National
Advisory Committee, and Mr. 5
Burns Weston, his assistant in
the Office of the National Advisory
Committee, shall always be glad to
hear from you, We are particularly interested in your comments on
the Program for Advisory Committee which has been sent you
under separate cover.

I am confident that the deliberations and activities of the Florida
State Advisory Committee~ will be
of the greatest benefit to the
youth of your state. With all good
wishes to you for a successful term
of service, I am

Sincerely yours,
(Signed) Aubrey Williams
Administrator

Robbers Stab, Rob
Charlie Ellison
On Auburn Avenue

ATLANTA, Ga~(SNS)~

Two robbers stabbed Charlie
of 340 Victoria Street, in
the chest and robbed him of $3
early Sunday morning on Auburn
Avenue near Courtland Street, he

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had inf Negroes
already constituted 10 percent
Sun~s employees, and that
were integrated into the

and blacksmith shops, foundry,
pipefitting department, bolting
and reaming, riveting, storeroom,
yard maintenance, bending ~shop,
garage and janitor service.

Mr. Burke revealed that an additional 750 Negro workers would
be hired in these departments when
the employment peak is reached,
and that many of the present
workers would be promoted to
foreman and supervisory positions.

At the Cramp Shipbuilding Company, Dr. C. R. Pendleton, Director
of Training, accepted a suggestion
of the OPM representative that
100 Negroes be referred immediately. from the Pennsylvania State
Employment Service for examination and defense training in shipbuilding ~operations at the Mastbaum Vocational School Annex.

Dr. Pendleton has already referred four Negro trainees to Mastbaum for training in pipefitting,
welding, sheet metal and electrical. Since peak employment = is
not expected at.Cramp~s before
1942, a sizeable number of Negro
workers will have an opportunity

to secure the necessary training.

~The West Coast agreement for
the transfer of Negro building
construction workers to shipbuilding construction work in Pacific
Coast yards was instituted by Dr.
Weaver on a recent field trip to
that area. The agreement resulted from conferences between union

Shipyard Boosts
Total Of Negro |
Employees 10

Another Yard On West Coast
To Employ Building Workers

WASHINGTON, D. C.~( SNS)~The Sun Shipbuilding
and Dry Dock Company at Chester, Pa., Wednesday told the
OPM that it was going to increase by 100 percent Negro employment in its yards, where 750 colored skilled and unskilled workers are.already, employed.;

Other developments in this: field, revealed by Dr.
C. Weaver, Chief of the Negro Employment and Training
Branch of OPM, in a report to Sidney Hillman, Associate

Negro building trades workers to
the shipbuilding yards for imme-}
~PRICE FIVE CENTS

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Negroes Urged
ToEnrollin

for the doubling of the Ne-}person 1 at the: -~ 4

of the Negro Employment and
Training Branch of OPM, this
week strongly urged Negroes
throughout country to take

MUST BECOME SKILLED
~Tt ig imperative that.
dition be rectified at the earliest

of the new jobs tay ae oa
to Be fully

Quartermpster Headquarters;
the Fourth Corps Area, is. trying
find a soldier who has lost
hatchet. It may take months b

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