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the controlling capital stock OF
the company is invalid. and
WHEREAS. said Section pre-
vides that the intention thereof
is to authorize the Mayor AMI
City Clerk. upon advice and APP
prevail of the City Attorney, To
do all things for and on behalf
of the City deemed necessary
preliminary to and in connection
with the acquisition of the prop
critics. but 10 the extent that
and more specific provisions for
such procedural details may
prove to be needed. II may be
prescribed and provided for b.
resolution or resolutions 10 be
thereafter adopted by the City
Council. and
WHEREAS. the result of said
decision of the Supreme Court
is TO make II necessary that
further and more specific pro
visions for such prOcedural de
tails be prescribed and provided
preliminary TO and in connection
with the acquisition of the
properties:
NOW. THEREFORE. Be it re-
solved by the City Council Of
the City of Key West, Florida:
Section /. The Mayor and City
Clerk. upon the advice and APP
prevail of the City Attorney. arc
hereby authorized and directed
to disburse or pay out the neces-
sary amount of the proceeds OF
said Revenue Bonds for acquisi-
ton of said properties. al the
price provided in the purchase
contract dated April IS. 1913. be-
tween the City and Engineers
Public Service Company. Inc.
by the purchase of the proper
ties outright, either direct from
the company. or from whoever
Is hereby appointed the nominee
OF the City for the purpose Of
acquiring said properties and
transferring them to the City. IN
which event said purchase con-
tract shall apply to said nominee.
and from whom the City. IN turn.
agrees to purchase said proper
ties: Provided. however, that IN
any transaction whereby said
properties are acquired by said
nominee for the purpose of trans
ferrIng them TO the City, such
acquisition shall not be upon
the credit of the City, and the
City shall not incur any liabilit,
OF any kind in connection there
with. except the liability to pur
chase said properties from said
nominee. at the price provided
in said purchase contract.
Section ? The City Attorney
and Special Counsel for the CITY
are hereby authorized and di-
rected TO apply TO the Circuit
Court of Monroe County. Florida.
with all possible expedition. for
the entry Of a decree validating
said Revenue Bonds and the
procedure authorized and direct
ed in Section l hereof. and TO
take all action which may b.
deemed necessary or advisable
Ia that end.
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Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15
Dr.. G. " Carver Laid To Rest At 1uskegee
Mississippi
Indicts Mob
Leaders

Jackson, Miss. (SpeeiaD- Five
persons, including a deputy sher-
i'll all of Jones county were indict-
ed this week by federal Grand
Jury here with the violation Of the
federal civil rights statutes in the
lynching of Negro at Laurel,
Miss, last October.
The indictment named Nathaniel
Shots, Allen Prior, Barney JoneA
Williams Oscar johnson and Luth
er Holder, the latter, a deputy
sheriff and Jones county jailer.
Special assistant to the U. 8.
Prosecuting Attorney, Frank Cole
man Of Roanoke, Va, conducted
the investigation and stated that
ID indicated that the four "citi-
gems" were ringleaders Of q mob
estimuted approximately 100 peo-
pie. Mr.. Coleman stated that The
case involving an officer Of the
law warranting an indictment was
the first in the country's history.
and the third Of this type on re-
cord.
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15
CartOonist Swaps
Brushes For Rifle

Fort Mcclellan. Ala. A pro-
minent newspaper and magazine
cartocnist is now member OF
the oond Infantry Division. He is
Pvt. Ted Shearer, whose cartoon
has appeared in 35 different news
papers. Now his cartoons will be
come a weekly feature Of the new
o2nd Division newspaper Pvt.
Shearer's idea for his cartoons
will originate from his life and
work with the 92nd. Only %
wears old he has won two scholar
ships. many medals, and has he'd
his works displayed at Tire Worlds
Fair and the New York Public
Library. His cartoons also have
appeared in "Click." "Swank,' and
"Collier's magazines, and two
water color paintings were shown
Mt Macy's New York City.
One Of his features "Next
Door" is a weekly feature Of this
paper.
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15
No CENSORSHIP SAYS
i, s, GOVERNMENT

Washington, d. C.--Byron Price
director Of u. s. censorship, ans
wering an NAACP query about the
barring of sending from the I'm
tied States news regarding Negro
and white relations said this week
that the bureau Of censorship had
made no such rule and that news
about Negroes IL sent from the
United States constantly but that
censorship authorities have "some
times suppressed inflammatory ut
tcrances regarding racial and re-
ligious conflict simply because OF
a desire to withhold this materiol
from the enemy"
"Here at home" raid Mr.. Price
1--WE understand the situation and
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15
V.Pres. Sends
Message Of
Coincidence
To Tuskegee

Vice President Henry A. Wal
lace, a native Of Iowa where the
late DR.. George Washington Car
yer attended school, has sent a
Of coincidence to Tuske-
~ IA INV ", TIE
noted scientist January 5, 1913.
The Vide President wired DR..
Frederick d. Patterson, president
of Tuskegee Institute:
"When DR.. Carver died, the
United States lost one Of her fin
est Christian gentlemen. He was
a good friend of my father and
mother and | had known him for
forty-seven years. To the world
he was known as a scientist. Those
who knew him best, however,
realized that his outstanding char
acteristic was a strong feeling OF
the immanence of God. Everything
he was and did found its origin in
that strong and continuous feel
ing. r"
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15
40 In Louisiana
Group Find Army
Attractive

jefferson Barracks, Mo. -- 40
Negro soldiers most of whom were
raising cotton and livestock on
La, farms only few weeks ago,
are learning to be crack soldiers
and expert truck drivers under an
intensive training program at JEFF
ferson Barracks, Mo.
Members Of the new 932nd
Quartermaster Transportation
Platoon, they will be stationed at
an air base when they complete
their training. 1t will be their
responsibility to operate eight 2
IL ton trucks, IL dump trucks, 3
See----LOUlSIANA poge four
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15

there is no barrier to free expires
sion. The enemy not only does
not understand it but finds it
prime ammunition for promotion
of his divide and conquer propa-
panda "
The NAACP had also charged
that persons in foreign countries
had been receiving American maya
Zines and periodicals with all ar
ticles dealing with the problem of
the Negro in America clipped
from them. Mr.. Price stated that
under instructions issued some
months ago no news stories ON this
subject or any other, which have
bad general publication are clip
ped from outgoing publications.
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15
Captain Hugh
Mulzac Speaks

Negro Americans, West Indians
and Africans are fighting so that
their women and children may en-
JOY more of that freedom which ex
lists under democracy, Captain
Hugh Mulzac, master of the Lib
erty Ship, Booker T. Washington,
declared last week in a series of
Owl broadcasts bcamed to the
peoples of the Caribbean area and
the British Isles.
interviewed by Claude Mckay
noted poet and author, Captain
Mulzac told his Caribbean radio
audience;
'Last April when visited Trim
dad, ! was chief steward of an
American ship. And today | am
happy to tell you that | am the
master of the American ship, the
Booker T. Washington. Some Ct
you know that this ship is named
for the noble American Negro edu
Gator and builder of the all-Negro
school Of Tuskegee Institute. For
35 years | have sailed the seas
and / regard my present position
as the greatest honor that has
come to me, because 1t was some
thing that was difficult to achieve.
I hope that it will inspire other
member. Of my race to strive hard
to win more Of these difficult
things.
The American labor Hour broad
cast sponsored by the A. F. of l.,
CLIO and Railroad Brotherhoods,
originated in New York and was
rebroadcast to the British Isles. II
included interviews with several
members Of the crew Of the Book
er T. Washington, who praised the
leadership Of Captain Mulzac or
their first trip.
Harry Alexander, white deck en-.
ginecr told how Captain Mulzac
had been teaching his men navigf
tion, Alexander said he had beer
sailing for twenty-five years in the
engine department Of various ships
When asked how the Booker T
Washington compares with othel
ships he declared;
Listen, I've been on ships where
the captains sat up nights think
ing of things to do to irritatc the
crew Our old man spends bis
time teaching us navigation. lr
fine weather, we have two OF
three classes n week, ON the after.
deck. One man IN our navigator
class Is going to take his exami
nation for a mates license, and
there will be others like him
soon"
Speaking on this broadcast, Capt
Mulznc said in part:
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15
Tractor School In
Peoria Has Enrolled
81 Negroes

Approximately 20 percent Of the
AL Army Engineers graduated
from the Caterpillar Tractor Co.,
Army Training School at Peoria,
ILL.,, have been Negroes a survey
shows.
The training school was started
in May, 1912, with an experiment
al group of ID non commissioned
officers and men in attendance.
Since that time, the school has
steadily increased in size. The
last group to be graduated num-
bered SO men, q of them Negroes.
In all, the school to date has en-
rolled 441 men, 81 Of them Ne
groes.
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15

American Inventors Society. var
ious clubs and organizations uni
versities and colleges and high
schools throughout the country.
kilograms were read from presi-
dent Franklin d. Roosevelt, Vice
President Henry A. Wallace, Gov.
Elect Chancey D. Sparks of Ala. !;
DIR. William J. Schiefflin, chairman
of the Board of Trustees of Tus-
kegee Institute, and Mrs. Schietfe-
lin; Jesse Jones, Secretary of Com
merce; Willis l. Peek, President
of the Tuskegee General Alumni
Association and Jacob jones,
member of the first class taught
by DR.. Carver after he Joined the
faculty of Tuskegee.
One of DR.. Carvers close friends
Henry Ford, was unable to be
present, but he sent Mr.. R. J.
Burke as his personal representa-
tive. Mr.. Ford also sent huge
covering Of flowers for the easket.
President Phtterson's glowing
tribute, "In Memoriam," touched
everyone present. He spoke as
follows:
II will lift up mine eyes unto the
hills
From whence cometh my help
And God said behold, l have CIV
en- you every herb bearing seed,
which is upon the face of all the
earth. and every tree, in which is
the fruit of tree yielding seed !;
to you it shall be for meat"
heae ysFaes xaieh pr. Carver
loved SO well epitomixe III singular
fashion the life of the man whose
mortal remains we carry to their
final resting place today. Few
have SO well blended in their lives
the Christian and the scientific
spirits. Truly to him the method
Of science was the means of full
fillment Of Divine Revelation. E.
The scientific method of inquiry
was as natural as the grass of
the fields or the clay of the hills.
The literature of science was
simply regarded as the details set
forth by All Wise Creator es-
sential to the successful search
for the abundant life SO fully
promised in His word.
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15

nounced other plans for Negro
troops, including the opening of a
cooks and bakers school, a new
service club chapel post exchange,
officers club and bachelor officers
quarters which are under way.
1t is also planned, he said, at a
later date to open IA officers
training school for the Negro ais
forces specialists, who have receiv
ed preliminary training at Yale
University. Negro aviation cadets
slated for flight training at Tus-
kegee, Ala, may be sent to the
barracks for preflight ground
school, the Colonel also said.
"Opening Of the Officer Candi
date School is one of several new
functions the post will take on in
argmenting its well-estah|shec
program as the first basic training
center of the technical training
command under the command Of
Major General Walter X. Weaver
said Colonel Christian in givinp
the list of new activities. "Negrc
troops at the barracks will have
equal treatment and equal facili
ties with all soldiers stationed
there"
Graduates of the Officer Can.
didate School, it was pointed out
will he trained as supply officers
adiutant, personnel officers, mill
tary intelligence officers and stat.
istical officers. Many will be sent
to other schools, upon graduation
to do further work in the field o.
their specialization. II is under
stood the graduates will serve rs
administrative and technical Of
ficers for the fighter squadron'
being prepared for combat duty al
Tuskegee.
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15

The body Of this beloved scient-
ist and Christian gentleman rest
ed in state from 1000 o'clock
Thursday morning until 9 o'clock
Thursday night and from 10 Friday
morning until 2 Friday afternoon.
During that time thousands of
men, women and children, from all
walks Of life, and all creeds took
advantage Of the opportunity and
paid final silent tribute to the
man who was widely known and
universally loved for his achieve
ments and for his gentle kindness
to everyone.
Hundreds of beautiful floral
offerings lined the casket and were
banwed high along the altar. in
GLIDING floral designs from Iowa
State College Simpson College,
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15
R. c. Denies Jim-CroW
Clubs; Admits Blood
P|asma The Same

New York, N. Y-"All Ameri-
can Red Cross Service facilities in
England are for the use Of all ser
vicemen both white and colored,"
stated the American Red Cross
this week in a communication to
the NAACP in answer to the n.
A. A. G. P.'s recent protest again
st segregated recreation clubs.
But" continued the Red Cross,
"the Army itself has units COM
posed entirely of colored soldiers.
For the particular convenience Of
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15
From Sergeant Major To l st 1t. In One Day
Is Record OF Lieutenant John 7. Lyle

Somewhere in Africa On the
morning Of October 20, 1912, Mas.
ter Sergeant John T. Lyle, assum
ed as usual his duties as Sergeant
Major Of a Station Hopinl some
where in Africa. He arrived on
time at 500 q. m. but before noon
of the same day Sergeant Lyle
had signed his name to the cath
as a First Lieutenant. Medical Ad-
ninistrative Corps. He is one Of
the first Of his race to be COM
missioned from the ranks IN the
war zone. Young soldiers in the
detachment were heard to re-
mark " thought you had to 20 to
West Point, before you could be-
come a commissioned officer" !.
Fright, replied the newly made
officer. l went to West Point. !
was there for sixteen years. Ser
we'd at the Station Hospital az
clerk to the Recruiting Officer
during that time"
Lieut. Lyle was bern in Lexing-
ton, KY, on October 9Th, 1894,
and attended the Public Schools Of
his home town and Frankfort. AT.
ter the World War he returned to
Kentucky and TAUGHT school at
Louisville. He first enlisted in
the United States Army at Fort
Thomas, KY. on July "a, 1917, at
tending the Medical Training
School at Fort DesMoines, Iowa,
and Camp Funston, KAN, 1917
IL.
His World War service was with
the 317th Sanitary Train Of tn
90nd Division in France. He WA
awarded the Victory Medal wit
two stars for campaigns in tn
Meuse-Argonne and the Somm
Offensive in 1913. Aftsr min
months oveIHeas ~ returped heH
land WIS dischnrxed III Marsk 4
After a year of teaching Lieu
Lyle could not resist the call Q
lis first love and re-enlisted in tn
! fall of 1921, going to the Tent
Calvary Medical Department. q
Fort Huachuca. Received an honor
able discharge after nine months
because of the reduction of the
Armies. He came to New York
City, attended school there and
successfully passed a civil service
examination for Asst. Supt' Labor
Dept. But again soldering was in
his blood so he re-enlisted on Mar
a, 1924 and was sent to the Ne
deal Department at West Point,
In early 1941, he was sent from
the Academy as part Of a Cadre
for the Medical Detachment Of the
92nd Engineers at Fort Leonard
Wood.
Note. 1t. Lyle is well known
here, having spent some time al
Camp Robinson and played an i'm
portant part here in community
I;ro
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15
Negro ocS At
Barracks

Jefferson Barracks, No. The
first officer candidate school for
Negro soldiers in the Army Air
Forces Technical Training Com
mand will be opened at jefferson
Barracks on January Is, it was
announced recently by Colonel
Thomas j. j. Christian, command
ing officer at the post.
The first contingent Of soldier
students selected from the ranks
Of Negro troops throughout the
United States will arrive for all
II week course on Jan, Is, Col.
Christian said.
The commanding officer an
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15

such units, the Red Cross is estab-
fishing, with the approval Of tho
Commanding Officers, recrestional
clubs for their use, but the pri-
yilcges Of these clubs are extend
cd also to white soldiers"
"As to the blood plasma pro-
ject," the letter concluded n
believe that you are familiar with
the reasons for the policy which
has been established. Frankly,
there appears to be no present
prospect Of changing it,
Arkansas State press., 1943-01-15

II captain Of a ship with a mix-
ed crew of white men and Negroes
from eighteen different nations.
Our chief officer and second Of
ficer, chief engineer and radio
operator are from the West In
dies. Our first, second and third
engineers and carpenter are white
And so my crew stand together as
symbol of that democratic way
of life for which we are all fight
ing.
81 know how important it is for
me to get my ship through. Every
ounce of strength l have, every
thought | have is concentrated on
that job. If we cannot get thru
to the men on the fighting fronts
we are ready to die in the attempt
And my crew is with me all the
way. ...
81 have said ! was proud of my
men. My feelings go further than
that. feel that our crew is a
fine example Of democracy in ac-
ton. And the more action we see
the mere opportunities we are Civ
en- to fight for what we believe in,
and the better we'll take it,
81 am proud to say that the
men and officers of the Booker T.
Washington are as fine an ex-
ample as there is in the world OF
black men and white men united
for a quick and smashing victory
over the Hitlerites, the Fascists
and the Japanese in 1943"