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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06
JESSE JAMES PIGOTT

SUPPLY, June 5 esse j. Pigott,
IS, died here at 10:30 this morning
following a lingering illness.
He is survived by five daughters:
Miss Mary Pigott Of Supply, Mrs.
R. D. Holden Of Supply, Mrs.
Elizabeth McKeithan of Southport,
MS. F. L. Lewis, also Of South
port. and Mrs. Marion Moore Of
Richmond. He also is survived by
three sons: c. H. Pigott Of
Fayetteville, J. C. Pigott Of Will
mington, and Lindsey Pigott Of
Supply; and two sisters. Ms.
John Boli7l OF Wilmington and Mrs.
Maude McKeithen Of Bolivia; IA
grandchildren and II great grand
children.
Funeral services will be con-
Quoted today at pm. at the Con-
cord cemetery by Rev. W. G.
Lowe and Rev. c. N. Phillips.
Burial will follow at the Concord
cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: B. E. Gala
way, E. D. Holden, Albert Kirby,
]. j. Halves, G. X. Kirby, R. l..
Clemmons, and Earl Bowen.
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Two North Carolinians
On Navy Casualty List

WASHINGTON, June 5-R- A
Navy casualty lict released today
included the names of two North
Carolinians. They were, Willard
Cecil Anderson, Seaman LIST class.
USNR, missing. Parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lon Milton Anderson, Culber'
con.
Glenn Hunter Dawson, hospital
apprentice, End class, UNS, dead
Parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Gates
Dawson. Alliance.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06
OLD DRUMMER

CONCORDIA, Mo, June SIP
The Concordia band opened its
1914 season, as usual, with an i'm
pressive roll on the snare drum
by August F. Brockman. It's old
stuff from Brockman. He started
with the Concordia band
at the age of eleven, 81 years ago.
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EARL WAYNE DeBRUHL

Funeral services for Earl Wayne
DeBruhl, SO, of II South Fourth
street, who died Saturday Night in
Sanitorium after lengthy illness
will be conducted this morn
ing at II o'clock from Yopp's fu-
neral home.
Officiating at the rites will be
the Rev. F. S. Johnston. Burial
will be in Bellevue cemetery.
Active pallbearers will include
]. F. Dunlap, c. G. Roper, Albert
R. johnson, P. R. Dodd, Charles
Dixon and Dan Page. Honorary
pallbearers will be DR.. D. r. Mu-.
Gibson, DR.. A. H. Elliot, D. E.
Henry and D. H. Williams.
Mr.. DeBruhl is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Amanda DeB-uhl
Of Wilmington: and three sisters,
Mrs. Monica Hines Of Wilmington.
Mrs. w. B. Ingram OF Green's
boro and Mrs. Mary c. Morehead
Of Miami, Fla.
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to shorten our combat and sup


ply lines, and the capture OF
airports Of Foggia from which
we have struck telling blows on
the continent.
It would be unwise to initiate
in our own minds the military
importance Of the capture OF
Rome. We shall have to push
through a long period OF
greater effort and fiercer fight
ing before we get into Germa-
nv itself. The Germans have
retreated thousands OF miles.
all the way from the gates OF
Cairo, through Libya and Tunl-
STA and Sicily and southern IT.
ally. They have suffered heavy
losses, but not great enough
yet to cause collapse.
Germany has not yet been
driven to surrender. Germany
has not yet been driven to the
point where she will be unable
tc recommence world conquest
a generation hence.
Therefore, the victory sun
lies some distance ahead. That
distance will be covered in due
time - have no fear OF that.
But it will be tough and it Will
be costly.
In Italy the people had lived
so long under the corrupt rule
Of Mussolini that, in spite OF
the tinsel at the top, their eco
nonic condition had grown
steadily worse. Our troops
have found starvation, malnu-
triton, disease, a deteriorating
education and lowered public
health - ali by-products OF the
Fascist rnis-rule.
Task Stupendous
The talks of the Allies In &C.
cupation has been stupendous.
We have had to start at the
very bottom, assisting local
government to reform on DEM
ocratic lines. We have had to
give them bread to replace
that which was stolen out OF
their mouths by the Germans.
We have had to make it pos
sible for the Italians to raise
and use their own local crops.
We have to help them cleanse
their schools Of Fascist trap
pings.
The American people as a
whole approve the salvage OF
these human beings, who are
only now learning to walk in a
new atmosphere of freedom.
Some of us may let our
thoughts run to the financial
cost of it. Essentially it is what
we can call a form Of relief.
At the same time we hope
that this relief will be an in
vestment for the future - an
investment that will pay divi-
dends by eliminating Fascism
and ending any Italian desires
to start another war of ag-
gression in the future. They are
dividends which justify such
an investment. Because they
are additional supports for
world peace.
The Italian people are capa-
BILE of self government. We do
not lose sight of their virtues
as a peace-loving nation.
We remember the many CEN
turtles in which the Italians
were leaders Of the arts and
sciences, enriching the lives
of all mankind.
We remember the great sons
OF the Italian people - Calico
and Barconi, Michelangelo and
Dante - and that fearless dis
coverer who typifies the cour-
age of Italy - Christopher Co.
lumbus.
Italy cannot grow in stature
by seeking to build up a great
military empire. Italians have
been overcrowded within their
own territories, but they do not
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Obituaries
MRS. SARAH McCUMBER

Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah
Mccumber, SO, who died at her
home here Sunday, were held at
ST. Johns church yesterday after
noon. Interment followed in Oak
dale cemetery. Rev. E. w. Halleck,
pastor of St Johns, officiated.
Mrs. McCumber is survived by
two daughters, Mrs. J. L. White
and Mrs. W. M. Goodwin OF Will
mington; five grand children and
two great grand children.
Active pallbearers were: J. l..
White, Jr., Charles D. White,
James c. White, James r. White,
Nick Patelos and Woodrow G.
Pridgen. Honorary pallbearers
were H. F. Wilder, Willie James,
Ronald Lane, J. E. Shannon, F. J.
Becker and Glasgow Hicks.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-06-06
ARTHUR w. ALDERMAN

Arthur w. Alderman, SO. OF Bur-
gaw, died in James Walker Me-
mortal hospital last night after a
short illness.
The funeral will be held tomor-
row afternoon at 4 o'clock at the
Atkinson Baptist church, with bur-
ial in the Alderman cemetery
there. Rev. ]. c. Boyd will offici-
ate.
Active pallbearers will be Roger
Smith, Tommie Smith, Alton Keith.
Tom w. Keith. Leo Marshall and
David Kelly. Honorary pallbearers
will be DR.. Leslie Meredith, DR..
Colan Shaw. DR.. c. G. Beard, Otto
Wells, w. H. Lewis, George High
smith, J. A. Murphy, Devane Muir
ply, Sam Johnson and Guido Lew
is.
Mr.. Alderman is survived by his
mother, Mrs. Eliza Alderman,
and his sister, Miss Bessie Alder
man of Atkinson.
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ROBERT G. LANEY, Sr.

SHELBY, June 5R-Robert G.
Laney, ST., As, secretary OF the
Ora mills here, died today after
several months illness. He was
native of Monroe.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Dorothy Dover, and two sons.
Robert G. Laney, Jr., and John
Dover Laney.
The funeral will be held at 2 pm
tomorrow.
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Skunks are important to agricul-
tural interests because they feed
on insects, chiefly beetles, grass
hoppers, grubs and other forms of
pests.
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HENRY r. WILLIAMSON

RALEIGH, June 5-tR-Depu-
ty State Treasurer Henry R. Will
Hanson died here last night after
an illness of several weeks.
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REV. d. G. WASHBURN

SHELBY, June 5-RE1he rune.
raj was held today for the Rev.
D. G. Washburn, 70, a Baptis+ min
lister, who died unexpectedly yes
te-day at his home in the Double
Springs community.
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ERNEST WOODRUFF

ATLANTA, June 5-4RHErnest
Woodruff, 81, Atlanta industrialist
and philanthropist who helped de-
velop the Coca-Cola company. died
today in Emory University hospi-
tai. He had been i'll several
months.
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(By U. 8. Weather Buresu)
Meteorological data for the "A hours
ending 1880 PM, yesterday.
Temperature
1880 am "a; 1880 am 81: 1880 pm, III;
1880 pm, IA. m.
Maximum rs; Minimum so; Mean 50;
Normal IS.
Humidity
1880 am. rs; 1880 am, 80; 1880 pm. 81;
1880 pm, So.
Precipitation
Total for the "a hours ending Z 80 pm,
0.00 inches.
Total since the first Of the month";
0.08 inches.
Tides for Today
Wilmington - 9:25a Asa
10:0Op Asp
nasonboro Inlet - 7:o9a 1:23a
7:43p 1:20p
Sunrise, 500 am; Sunset, 7:2l p.m.;
Moonrise, 1922 PM; Moonset, SOL am.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-P-Weather
bureau report of temperature and rain
fall for the "a hours ending pm.
I'll
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WASHINGTON, June 5.-(P-Weather
bureau report of temperature and rain
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07

Police belIeve-and citizens hope
that the arrest this week OF A
23-year-old rape suspect. may end
the reign of terror which has had
young women war workers dread
every shadow of darkness they see
While on their way home in the
early morning hours from their de-
tense Jobs.
The arrest this week Of Otto
Ross. address unknown. according
10 police. clears up pproximately
five robbery-aSsaults made upon
young women war workers.
Policewoman Louise Marshall dis
closed that the arrest Of Ross may
solve five cases OF robbery and
rape upon women living IN the
Northend section Of the city.
Ross was repeatedly Identified on
Monday by three women Police
say that Ross latest victim was a
27-year war worker living al
a Mt. Vernon street address.
Was At Front Door
II was disclosed that the young
woman was unlocking her door al
approximately 800 am. when Ross
came up held a knife a, her throat.
assaulted her and escaped with five
dollars belonging 20 her.
Ross description was given as
dark-skinned. five feet. eight inches
tall. weighing lao pounds. wearing
a blue suit. big apple hat and armed
with a knife
Police say that he has been iden.
tilted as a rape suspect by al leaS'
/ three women this week and ma,
, possibly be involved in two Other
cases
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
BY HARRY McALPIN

WASHINGTON, DC. tNNPA)-
Malcolm Ross. chairman Of the Fair
Employment Practice Committee.
has had his wings clipped" accord
ing TO information leaking from the
meeting of the FEP committee held
last week in New York City for the
purpose OF working out a reorgani-
zatiOn of FEPC staff functions.
Ross has enjoyed almost absolute
freedom from criticism in the Negro
press because OF fear that such criti-
cism might hurt the FEPC, which
has innumerable ill-Wishers in Con-
gressional and business circles In
ternal frictions and pickering, which
are known TO have existed, are re-
garded as indication that he is not
a good administrator.
Riding The Wave
Riding on the wave OF popularity
which the agency enjoys among Ne
groes, and lulled by the absence OF
criticism, Ross has assumed the
stature Of an expert on Negro al
fairs He is reported TO have reached
the assumption that he could dis
penSe with the advice and counsel
of the exceptionally qualified Negro
members of his staff and TO have
disregarded the organizational chart
by taking the director of field OPP
erationS. viii Maslow, also white
into his confidence as adviser
The committee is reported 10 have
been critical of this combination re-
Gently when it advised Ross at a
previous meeting 10 abandon his
plan to submit a series of amend
ments 10 the Chavez bill in the Sen
ate for a Permanent FEPC while
hearings were being held The
amendments had been worked out
bv Ross and Maslow without any
knowledge of them on the part OF
other staff me mberS
The committee told Ross TO clear
all amendments and everything else
concerning perr- nent FEPC
through the National Council for a
Permanent FEPC with an office in
Washington Both Ross and Maslow
are reported TO have been lukeWarm
10 the FEPC bills pending in Con-
gross. which provide for enforce
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Execution Stay
Of Willie Carter
Is Won By NAACP

JACKSON Miss - The NAACF
through Attorney Forrest B. Jack
son has secured a stay of execution
in the case Of the State Of MissisS-
ippi vs.. Willie Carter sentenced for
the murder Of a policeman in Union.
Miss.
The stay was granted on the basis
Of new and material evidence found
i'm the case The new evidence be-
ing that Garter was an eplleptic
and former inmate of the State hos
pital for the Insane and not in his
right mind when the crime was
committed The order granting the
stay Of execution was signed by
Judge V. A. Griffith. Judge OF the
Supreme Court OF the State OF
Mississippi
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
SAY DELAY IN
FEPC HEARING
MADE BY HOUSE
By HARRY McALPIN

WASHINGTON. DC ,NNpAl-
The inside story Al the White House
Is that a memorandum has been fur
nished President Roosevelt adNls-
ing him that Rep Mary Norton.
chairman of the House Labor Com.
mittee says further hea'lnEs on a
permanent Far Employment Prdc-
tice Committee were postponed un-
I'll after the election on .nslsicncc OF
the House leadership who feared 60
! risk possible supper, oi the bill ny
Republicans while Southern Dem
ccrats were sure 20 oppose II when
A. reached The floor.
Rumors have been circulating al
q dime a dozen that The postpone
nent was ordered by the White
House The fac, ina, 4 mcmpran-
dun report on The cause " the post
ponement has beer furnished pre-
kumablv by tho presidents request
for the information IN view OF
White House observers. indicates
that the source OF the order was
elsewhere
Mrs. Norton. in a public stale
ment made following blast from
the Republican National Commit
ice blaming her for the postpone
ment and indicating she was acting
on White House orders. SAID the
decision 10 postpone the hearings
was reached IN meeting attended
by both Republicans and Demo
Gratis. and that both groups voted
in favor Of the pos;poncment In
that statement. she did no, say WAY
the question OF poStponement was
brought up for consideration The
memorandum TO the President
would seem 10 clear up that point
In a conference with Negro lead
ers last Friday. the President indl-
Gated his approval and said ne
would support an effort Ia get The
House Labor Committee 10 report
the bill without further hearings
and have /, ready for the calendar
Immediately after Congress recon-
venes on November IA
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SEAFARERS TO.
FACE PROBE BY
OCT. | 0.

WASHINGTON. DC. CNNPA)-
In what is expected TO be another
NJ its five or six sensational cases.
the FEPC will hold hearings next
week on charges and complaints of
discrimination against the Seafar-
ers' International Union, collective
bargaining representative for work
ers i'm the maritime and allied mari
time trades The organization has
no connection with the CIO Nation
al Maritime Union.
Hearings viii be held in New
York City on Oct. 10. Formal notice
was sent the STU last week.
Contrary To Order
The charges allege that the I'M
IONS employment practices are con-
trary TO Executive Orders 8802 and
1896 They involve complaints of
discrimination against qualified Ne
groes IN the placement of seamen,
oilers, cooks, bakers, firemen and
water tenders, meSsmen, ship car
pehiers. galley men, stewards and
other classes Of Merchant seamen,
On the basis of race.
Ii is also charged that policies and
practices Of the union have resulted
i'm discrimination against qualified
workers who have been refused
placement in all of the same cate
gories because Of their race.
The union is further charged Of
forcing the dismissal Of white and
Negro workers through adherence
TO a policy Of its referral and place
ment activities which appears to be
contrary to the non-discrimination
policy of the government.
The Seafarers' union. earlier this
year. filed a complaint against the
FEPC before the Smith Committee
10 investigate the authority Of EX-
ecutive Agencies.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
PURPLE HEARTS
AVA RDED TO 9
FROM 92ND DIV.

WITH THE 5TH ARMY ITALY
Nine wounded Negro infantrymen
from the 92nd Infantry Division,
now fighting with the 5th Army,
and one of their officers, recently
were awarded Purple Hearts by
Lieutenant General Mark w. Clark.
who pinned the medals on them in
their wards at the seth Evacuation
hospital, the. War Department dis
closed today.
Among the first casualties Of the
Division. which was committed 20
the front line late in August, the
Negro doughboys were told by the
5th Army commanded that their
unit had discharged itself we'll in
its initial battle experience. Gen
eral Clark asked each one the cir
cumstances and nature OF his
wounds and wished him a speedy
recovery.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Arrest Suspect, End
Reign OF Terror

Police are investigating assaults
made upon a young woman while
near 1887 Ward place, who told Of
ficers she was on her way home
from work and that a thug had
lacerated her face and neck
grabbed her by the shoulder and
fought with her while on the street.
She stated that during the fight
she had bitten him on the right
cheek.
Another alleged assault involved
a young girl, attacked while near
Oakland and Melbourne, when a
man asked her If she knew where
ne could rent room for the night.
then pulled a knife, dragged her
between some house and physically
abused her twice
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Win Pay Raise
OF SIS A Month
For Messmen

TUCSON. tWDL) - The
campaign 10 secure extra pay Tor
81 Negro soldiers stationed at Tue
son, Arizona. who went on strike
September IL, 1914. To secure pay
which they claimed for working III
the aviation cadet meSs-hall, reached
a successful conclusion when the
Army awarded all Negro messmen
there SIS per month in extra pay
The men, however. must now work
81 hours week, instead OF the 81
hours they formerly worked.
Rev. Aron S. Gilmartin, national
chairman OF the Workers Defense
League, which supported the origi-
nal demands of the strikers, urged
the commandment OF the Tuscon Base
to lower the fantastic work sched-
ule that these soldiers now have"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Step-Daughter
Cut, Acting AS
A Peacemaker

A l4-year-old step-dauGhter who
attempted TO act as peacemaker be-
tween her mother and her step
father received lacerated right
hand when she tried to take a knife
away from her step-father, James
Cleveland, during family quarrel
last week at 456 Theodore avenue
It was disclosed that Elizabeth
Coxton of 456 Theodore avenue suf-
fered lacerated cords in her hand
when the knife held by her step
father was drawn through her hand
as she attempted to stop a family
fight.
Both Mr.. and Mrs Cleveland were
treated for minor injuries following
the alleged family row.
Do your duty as citizen. Reg
lister and vote in November.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Claim Ross wings
Clipped By FEPC

ment powers in the proposed me-"
agency
They are id To have favore. a
milder proposal which some Con-
grcssional members plan To- recon-
mend Ross should be the h I'd No
s. :gestiuns have m made that
Ross read up the co mission sought
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
Student Stabbed,
Youth, 16, Held

Sixteen-y ear-old Delma Lewis of
535 Hendrle street a student at
Northwestern High school was
treated Al Receiving hospital last
week for stab wound To the left
chest and was reported in a serious
condition.
Police learned that he had been
involved in an alteration near 53l
Hendrie street with Ralston Fer
guSon. is. OF 443 Hendrie street.
whom police turned over To jul
venile authorities for investigation
nf a felOninus assault.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07

in the Senate and House bills now
pending. i.
II is reported that many OF
The committee members were dis
appointed with the rowing Ross
made as chairman al hearings
h Id in ST Louis and Los Angeles
m August.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-10-07
RANDOLPH LEADS PICKET LINE

NEW YORK (ANP)-"Metro. Me-
tro, Stop Your Jim Crow" read the
sign carried last week by A. Philip
Randolph. president OF the Brother.
hood OF Sleeping Car Porters ana
director of the Msrch-On- Washing
ton movement. when he headed a
history breaking picket line,
The union times. (New Haven, Conn.) 1941-1948, 1944-02-05
LITTLE LUTHER

Its unthnkabe that's what isl said Mr. DiIworth
glancing up angry from The Evening Intolerant
ard"
'Wassa matter, Pop?" inquired Luther. "Dd someone
ask for &c wage increase?'
mo It's something than tha''
ooh, &c Increase
:Dont be sarcastic with young You know there
are many things worse than wage increases"
'That isn't what you told the union"
SWELL what difference does it make what I tell the nm
ion?"
''None. They don't believe you anyway
ooh they would have believed me all rieht-if it hadn
been for those reds'
sWhat reds?"
"Oh, the negotiating committee"
ssWas it red?'
Certainly Didn't you hear them talk? They said that
increases geared the living were in line with
their winthe-war program"
'Well, what's the matter with that?"
TITS red Whenever you hear somebody talking about a
w1nhe-war program, just yourself: That mans red
but you told the committee that wage increases would
interfere with the Presidents program Are YOU
q red?"
"CertanIy mott
s'Well, your face is"
''DO have to go through life with such STUPID son?o
''And such smart negotiating committee"
'Oh they're not They've just got lot of people
behind them"
"Ihe right kind of people,
where did ever get such a son as you?"
"YOu told me it down the rain spout"
$50 l did. So l did. 1 knew it was ON a rainy day."
"DOn't get sarcastic with me, Pop"
''No, my boy should be sad. The union is running me-
but Dragging the other day you we're max
ing more money than BEFORE"
eyes, but I've got build up postwar reserve IF mt
all my profits into postwar reserves where wage
creases going to from?"
"Maybe they'll down the rain spout. Pop Good
night