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~VOLUME ~ NUMBER

FLINT_MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1941

FORT BRAGG KILLINGS
BY ~UNKNOWN SOLDIER:
~SAYS WAR DEPARTMENT

Decerated By The King

Investigators
Claim Men Shot
With Same Gun

Killer Still
Hunted 3 Months
After Slayings

NEW YORK ~ (SNS) ~
The killer of a Negro private
and a white sergeant of military police in a row on a bus
at Fort Bragg, N. C.. ~
night of August 6, is'still unknown, it~ was asserted by
Henry L, Stimson, secretary
of war, in a letter to the N.
A. A. C. P. this week.

All reports at the time of the
shcoting <cgreec that Sergeant E.
L. Hargrove, white military
liceman, had been killed by Private
Ned Turman, colored,: who, in turn
was killed by ~Sergeant Russell
Owens another white military;policeman, These actounts were given

_-- ~~BONDON, England~Seaman Adolphus Gibson leaves Buckingham Palace in London after receiving the distinguished service
rnaedal from the hands of King George, Investiture was made in
recognition of Gibson~s heroism during the ~epic evacuation of Dua-:

Emancipation Day
Effort Underway

~ FLINT, Mich.~Last.jssue of: the
Flint-Brownsville NeWs carried ~an
account that crganizations and
~ clubs are getting together to put
on a mammoth Emancipation Day
meetiig: Well, they are going forward with the following organizations and. -clubs having respond:
~The Association of Colored Women~s Clubs, headed by Mrs. J. P.
ant;.The. - General Motors
Employees Progressive
Club, The. Sophisticate Club;

Quinn bas Mt. Olive and Met-, (Canaan hav
hour.

The theme of the Celebration is
to concern itself with the devotion
of scme time by the leaders ~to
planned thinking thru of post war
problems facing this generation
and formulation of a plan Of action to mééet these ~problems.

Signed: The Céntral Committee.

Extradition To
Georgia Foiled

odes vee Ren ~was FLINT, Michigan~Charles ThomElks have been invited: The Forum. | 25 became @ free man again ~ in

Lansing two weeks ago when his
Attorneys, R. M. an Dyne and
Joseph W. Planck successfully Alefended the case.

Mr. Van~ Dyne said that this hearing was had before a Representative of the Attorney General's Office on Thursday, November 6; 1941.
The Representative was Byron L.
Ballard, legal advisor to the Governor (it is my understanding that he
is a ~Texan,)

Charles ~Thomas is a 50-year old
Colored man who escaped from: a
Georgia Chain Gang 5 years ago,
came to Lansing and matried and
lived a.respectable life there until
he. was rudely interrupted recently
when another Colored man.. from
Georgia recognized him and notified
Tpolice.

The Good work of Mr. Veni Diyte
| and Mr, Planck saved Thomas 1
a return to the Georgia Chain gang.

tie. ~Women~s ~Auxiliaries of
various - the 50-50 club,
headed. ~by. Mrs. Ruby, Ferguso

- williams;~ The Smart Set cl
headed by ~Mrs. Ruby pee: sail
the ~two Insurance ~ companies.

No one organization is to take
the credit for putting on this mammoth effort, but the credit. will be
_to the happiness of all of.
participating organizations

~Those of you in organizations

e ieee with~ us cach
ae at the Clifford
Stteet Center. at at 7:30 just for an

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AMERICUS,
man tentatively Gonna as Tenn
Henry Gaines, of Albany, was in~~,

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all of the. employ
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Sota Sa. The driver of the]
truck, as Frank C: Avon, |
white, of Live Oak, Fla., was held
blameless state patrolmen:
ing the accident. ~unavoidable -. on
the part of the motorist.

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stantly killed by a truck neat De- |g,

tgrove~s~ gun.
~ecyetary Stinson asserts thet
Sergeant* Russell Owens was using
a different type of ammunition
from that used by Hargrove. ard
none of his bullets were found in
the bodies of the dead or wounded
men,

OFFICIAL ACCOUNT
The official account of the -incident, as related by Secretary
Stimson, reads:. ~The report. shows that a large
group of- colored soldiers collected at. a street corner in
Fayetteville, North Caroiina,
awaiting late-hour bus. transportation to Fort Bragg following an evening of pay day. indulgences in the city. The effects of liquor on some and illtempers. among the group
gave rise to a spirit of disorder
that increased progressively in
the nature of crowd-infection.
Two white military policemen
present sought to control the
situation by summoning reinforcements and a special bus to
hasten the dispersal of the
crowd toward the post, Disorderly ones who boarded the
bus on its arrival by threatening the cok~red policemen
whose duty it was to ride 'the

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~To Testify

ATLANTA, seca eg
policeman W. Suther
prac gra yank eye

eo the na papers, the Associated

Hargrove |
were "killed by~ bullets

| and wounding Horn in the~

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HAMPTON INSTITUTE, Va.~Pretty Barbara Bond, Hampton
Institute senior from Daytora Beach, Florida, shown above at the
wheel of a yacht in Hampton Roads, was elected ~Miss. Homecoming
of 1941~ by the atudent body at the seaside schocl. Miss Bond and
her maids: of honor ~ruled the campus on Hemecomitg Day, Saturday, when the Pirates upset the Morgan gridders, 8-6.

Plaintiff Is
Graduate Of'
Atlanta Univ.

trict court here by the
county school board for
McGill end MeGill,

Plorida. and
Marshall,~ NAACP member.

Salary annually.. Her.

as compared with $148. 13

ELDORADO,~ ti~(A N~P)~The

climax of ill-feeling between ~ a
partnership oi three well-known
oil prospectors here was. reached
Saturday when Harvey Scdtt, head
of thé Black Panther Oil company.
shot and: killed O. L. Faulkitier~ and
critically injured L. H: Horn, both
of~ Oklahoma City. Scott,:who- at.

one time ~lived in Evanston, Tih. | -

and is understood to have* property holdings. in Chicago, is under arrest..

In an attempt to settle a ~aapals
arising from an earlier partnership.
Horn and Faulkner came to..4
site where Scvuit was supervising
the sinking of.a well, to reach
some agreemeént. A brief and violent
argument ensued and Scott opened fire, killing Faulkner instantly
sida.
Horn~s~ condition was reported =
critical:

SHIPPED TO OKLAHOMA ~

Faulkher~s body was gs Ss to
Oklahoma City for: burial: tn
his lifetime, he was well ~enon 4
Chicago where several persons Re
invested large ~sums in presng ti
of his and other principals ~s
~ The three 'men joined Sires
1937. in Oklahoma where they

~versity one
work at Ati

barrels an hour. Some of the reput- | sidered in Manwtaing the
ed inyéstors in this venture were
Atty. Irving C. -Mollison, Eugene

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cations

ticed generally

of Norfolk, Va.
was in-favor of Austin.

Made 2 he

equal

salary was recently reached
she only received $87.68 per month

for

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Miss llurner has ~worked in the
public schoo] system for 12 years, |
with only qa meagre increase
maximum] |
and |

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Negro teachers are paid more on}
less arbitrarily with a maximum).
reached after ten. years~ service and
With no serious regard for oualifi
The wage discrimination is practhroughout.
south in. utter disregard for the
| United States Supreme court rul| ing in September, 1939, in thie case
of Melvin Austin ~versus the city
The court. ruling

the

A formal - 4request for salary ad
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TAMPA, Fla~(A N_ P)-~-Suit
was filed recently in federa) dis-| ~
county unit of the Florida Teachers~ association against Hillsboro

_| salaries. The petition was made]
by Miss Hilda Turner, teacher in|
the public schools here, who
represented by. the law firm
Jacksonville,
Atty. ~ ~Thurgood;
Z *%
of

white teacher with the same ex-| |

| perience and training. Miss Tur- | ~

~Mer is a gpadate: of Atlanta ee ee
_s@one..

was ~ piamptetea. Wednesday afternoon. Of ~the
elected from~ New York county, Dr, Powell was:
136 votes. The only other Negro running in the isi ~was
F, Stoute, Democrat, who. garnered 28,496 vates before being

on the, 13th count.

|First In New York Coun

Greetings To Our.
White Friends,
Readers

FLINT. Mich. ~Dear readers oi
our white- p
the Flin ille-- staff
circulating this. newspaper. among
you, in- the hepe that. you will be
a 4. take. a -peak into.our part

~life any%hgst the several. Race
groups. which make ou city inter
It

are

~stim nok the ~hitare bring~. wider

opportunities foy us when we, mutually, _ deeper.~ - under
As Editor. I am personally. entreating you. io give us an
biased encouragement and a lift
thru your immense intelligence and

~| paipable good will.
This

~Newspaper is the representation of four years of tremendous effort on

permanent medium for the dis
semination of better thought and |

in Flint, we of +

picture of our. community }

ig a_pleasure for us io. bé |

our part to ~ give F
ourselves (Tie Colored People) a}

His salary will be $5,000 4 ~year,

the work of the non-partisan
which the AKA's support in WashOthers; os