The southern news. [volume], September 11, 1943, Image 2

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CONGRATULATIONS
SOUTHERN NEWS
ON YOUR
7TH ANNIVERSARY
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CLASSIFICATION BOARD-Two white Army officers and three' Negro educa tors"'Compose the
board at the Army Specialized Training Star Unit at A. and T. College, Greensboro, N. C., where quali
fied soldiers are classified for college training, to fit them for specialized Army jobs. They are left to
right: Professor fl. R. Arnette of Tacoma, Washington, head of the Department of Psychology and
Education at A. and T.; Second Lieutenant Samuel C. Evans of Paducah, Kentucky Captain Wil'iam
Sonnier, Reyns. Louisiana; Dean Warmoth T Bibbs, Dean of A. and T. College and educational' ad-
Tl ** r * ,nd De " J - M - Martenna. for 13 years. Dean of the School of Engineering at
A. and T The cadet being interviewed has his back to the camera.
Congratulations To
■t.w* JjoutLjern M
On Your 7th Anniversary
LET THE SAME PRUDENCE THAT HAS BROUGHT
YOU FROM THE PAST GUIDE YOU TO NEW HEIGHTS
IN THE FUTURE!
Secret Grease Sped Overseas for Allied Invasion
Manned by workmen laboring at feverish pitch, giant grease kettles, like those shown above, at the Standard OB
Company of New Jersey plants at Baltimore and Pittsburgh, turned constantly at top speed for 96 hours to smash
all production records and turn out a secret grease ordered by General Dwight Eisenhower for his invasion forces,
shown, upper right, taking an enemy beach head. Just as fast as Standard Oil made the vital grease it was rushed
by train and Army bombers, at lower right, to seaports. Receiving the grease, Eisenhower cabled, “The grease is
doing a satisfactory job.” ,
New Recruits From N C at Great Lakes
ranks of Negro men who are help
ing Uncle Sam's Navy win the
wa,r went thirty North Carolina
men last week as they reported
to the U. S. Naval Training Sta
tion here to begin recruit training.
Recruit training, or "boot camp,”
indoctrinates the men in naval
procedure, seamanship, and mili
tary drill. Here they are given a
series of aptitude tests to determ
ine whether they will be given
further advanced training In one
of the Navy's Service Schools, or
assigned to active duty, or some
naval shore station. They will be
granted a nine-day leave upon
completing recruit training.
Some men. having had suffici
ent experience in any one of the
trades used by the Navy, will be
given a petty officer rating im
mediately. Men attending Service
School Jiave the opportunity of
earning a rating upon successful
completion of their course.
The new recruits from the State
THE SOUTHERN NEWS
of North Carolina are:
Jesse L. Hendlck, 18, Greens
boro St., Asheboro, N. C.; Arthur
Cannady, 18, Gaston Street, Ashe
ville, N. O.; Waletr Copes, 18, Pol
lock Street, Beaufort, N. C.; Wal
ter R. Copes, 18, Randall Street,
Buford, N. C.; Luther Taylor, 17,
Hill Top Avenue; William Robin
son, Lincoln Street; and George
Brown, Jr., Lincoln Street, all
three are from Concord, N. C.;
Walter Johnson, 19, W. Peterson
St., Edenton, N. C.; Grover C.
Hargrove, Wayne Avenue, Charles
Gunter, 19, and Hugh Scott, 17,
Brazil St., all three are from
Goldsboro, N. C.; Willie -Porter,
19, Batin St.; Clarence Hooper, 20,
East St.; and Andrew Wiley, 17,
E. Market St., all three are from
Greensboro, N. C.; Edward Forbes,
18, James City, N. C.; Napoleon
Moore, 18, Kinston, N. C.; William
D. McKinley, 18, Lumberton, N.
C.; Robert Hatch, 17, Jenkins Al
ley; and JoMfife T. Forbes, 17,
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Carven Terrace, both are from
New Bern,* N. O.; Wiley Brnum,
18, Pinetops, N. C.; Wilbert Arn
old, 19, Raeford, N. C.; Louis Gar
rett, Jr., 17, Rural Route No. 2,
Washiwton, N. C.; William Demp
sey, 22, Rural Route No. 1, Wlll
iamston, North Carolina.
Also from North Carolina are
George Ingram, 17, East First St.;
Glennie Lee. Jr., 17, Orbon Street;
Raymond Herman Peebles, 28,
Cleveland Avenue; and Johnnie
Ingram Dunlap, 29, North Jackson
Avenue, all four men are from
Winston-Salem, North Carolina;
Robert Mott, 18, Doak Street, Wil
mington, North Carolina; George
Carter Cuthrell, .24, Gray Avenue;
and Willard Lincbln Atkinson. 23,
Summit Street, the last two men
are from Winston-Salem, N. C.
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on August 22.
• Consumers will begin using the
new ration book on Sept. 12.
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