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BRITON VISITS
TUSKEGEE BASE
TUSKEGEE. Ala - C>! F'*nk
S Gillespe. lia.ron officer frorr
Itritain's Royal Army Medical Corn*
to the IT. S. Army Medical Cor pa.
In an addre** on combat medicine
last week, informed the officers and
men of the TusKrgee Arrr.v Air
Field on the la’.est developments o*
Mood transfusion processes for use
?n battle a-c*s
This veteran of many yr?rt‘ serv-
Ice with the RAMC revealed that
the recently improved techniques
rs administering transfusion* to
men wounded tn battle h*c. reduced
the percentage of fatakt cs from
auch wound* to ? l * pe: cent as
compared w.th a i-S pr cent tollvin
the last great war. and that about
10 per cent of all wounded men ic
qmre blood transfusions.
The latest transfusion p ore s i.«
• development of this war A meth
od has been arr ved at whereby a
plasma is prepa.ed f nir the dried
portions of the blood and a fun
tamer has been invented which can
be used as treatment cqu pment.
In this apparatus the correct
amount* of pi arm a ;nd. strange a-
It seems "distilled water.'' are kept
tint: I they are needed When the
lime comes for use the tran.-fusion
can be giver, to the patient wher
ever he may be w.th no t me lost
in transporting him 'rr»m one place
to another The advantage* of this
method are readily apparent M.rnv
service men owe their lives to the
work of these br.lli.int men.
Col. G.llcspie stref.-ed the impor
tance of the contributions made by
civilians to the ’ Blood Banks." H<
said that :hc average blood Iran*,
fusion required thiee pints of Llood
and pomted out that the supply
must constantly be replenished as it
1* used in saving the l.ves of our
lighting men.
As the colonel went about the post
on his inspection tour he confided
that he was greatly impressed by
the work that troops are doing at
Tuskegee Army Air Field He said,
•■Everyone seems to be working
hard, and 1 think that they are
doing a fine job I am particularly
pleased to see emphasis placed on
technical training and higher edu
cation."
18 Charge Bus
Company With
False Arrest
NEW ORLEANS. La.-The New
Orleans Public Service company,
and Joseph Polite, a white bus
driver, were named co-defendants
in suits charging false arrest filed
by each of 18 colored residents, here
last week.
The action seeks red re* for the
alleged illegal detention ot 24 Ne
gro passengers returning to their
«3a£S«jr*Ai»uiw|! > to > wl|
song: following an tffjMtt lie had
with a soldier over Mt', Ired by
the difference he hifAk the sol
dier. the driver is «Bo have or*
derad the group back,"
and when one of the passengers
complained there waa no more room
In the back. Polite reputedly locked
the bus doors and drove to a police
station where he insisted on their
arrest for disorderly conduct
Similar suits were filed on No
vember 20, for five of the passen
gers. making a total of 23. Only one
of the 24 persons arrested has Lbus
far failed to JHe *yit, according to
Attys Joseph A Thoraton and A. P.
Tureaud.
Hearings on the charge brought
by the bus driver. respited in the
imposition of sls fines on each, with
the alternative of spending 30 days
in jail Later, however, it is said
•ome of the case? were reopened 1
and the defendants in these cases
discharged.
Those filing suit last week were:
James Drummond, Walter J. Calvey,
Ralph and Raoul Chauvin, Clifton
Edgerson, Lucy Jenkins, Charles W
Johnson. Lubirda Johnson,
Johnson, Morns W Johnson, James
Jones, Joseph Lewis. Wiley Ray.
Theodore Robertson, Herbert Roux,
and Wallace Young.
Three Convicts Rescue
Prison Guard On Fire
MONTGOMERY. Ala— <ANP)-
Tom Wells. Willie Covington and
Charley Thorn;.*, convicts, working
on a highway construction job last
week drew the praise of State High
way Director Robin Swift for sav
ing the life of their guard foreman.
James Stoker, white, when his
«l -thing became ignited on the job.
The prison trio were pouring as
phalt in crack* on the highway nt«r
Townley. when the pot boiled over,
cutting in two the fuel line, accord
ing to details related by the res
cuers. Kerosene from a nearby
tank was blown over Stoker, en
veloping the. white guard in flame*.
Frantic, the pain-wracked guard
tan. toppled over several times,
when the three prisoners overtook
him and beat out the flames
FOR HOLIDAY FUN
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
and
HAPPY NEW YEAR
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FOOD - FINE WINE - BEER - LIQUOR
Sandy Walker. Manager Manco |one«, Proprietor
ill iiM
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Pricilla Carey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Carey, celebrated
her eleventh birthday on Dec. 4 at the home of her parents on
Moore place. Seen above are the guests on the stairs, from top to
Coast Shipyard Workers
Spurn AFL Jim Crow Unit
LOS ANGELES. Negro ship
yard workers here objected to auxil
iary status in AFL unions by refus
ing this week to join Auxiliary A-35
of the Boilermakers Union Local 92
Of the 200 workers present at the
meeting held to initiate new mem
bers into the auxiliary, only 15
stood up for initiation. The attitude
of those who refused jnn crow
status was expressed by Frederick
Jones of the Shipyard Workers
Committee for Equal Participation,
who asked: “Why would we want
lo join the auxiliary when there is
no opportunity in it for us? Why is
it that lx>cal 92 of the Boilermakers
takes in all races, white, Chinese,
Filipinos. Mexicans everybody
but Negroes? That's not American
ism; it’s Nazism."
Negro AFL shipyard workers
have never been accepted as mem
bers in the white locals but have
Ibeen relegated to auxiliaries which
h»v. »» r»l pow«. -«clu
IfO tot vlsFv IMMMPIM III# WM
practice in the Kaiser Shipyard* /at
Portland, Ore, declaring at IK*
time that Negroes objected to sep
arate unions.
Ed Blackwell, business agent and
czar of Local 92, criticized the
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CELEBRATES ELEVENTH BIRTHDAY
EEPC, declared the Boilermakers
Union stands for Americanism
Booker T. Deeming, a Cahhip weld
er and youngest Negro veteran of
World War 11 in the country, point
ed out the strategy of the Boiler
makers’ Union in trying to line up
Negro support for the auxiliary and
thus nullify the FEI’C claim.
Boston Ticket Agent
Adheres To Jim-Crow
BOSTON (ANP) Declaring
that he was acting in accord with
an unwritten law. a Boston railroad
ticket agent is said to have refused
to sell Dr. James Leseur a ticket
to Greensboro, N. C. The agent told
the doctor that he could purchase
a ticket only as far as New York
and could there make arrangements
to travel further south.
A thorough investigation was im-
I mediately pressed and officials of
the New Haven railroad denied any
such policy of discrimination, and
expressed surprise that any agent
of the company should make such
a statement
bottom: Lena Morton. Ruth Searles. Janet Pearson. LaVaughn
Tillman. Rosalind Berlin. Jean Rowe. Mona Reddick. Margaret
Jackson. Barbara Talbot. Margie Jackson. Nadine Oliver. Pricilla
Carey (honoree) Bobbette Carey, sister.
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FEPC Officials
Weigh Negroes'
Working Ills
FT WORTH. Texas—<ANP>—Af
a meeting Thursday of FEPC offi
cials and the Training and Employ
ment committee of the Negro Wei
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fare council, tt was urged tbit the
USES refer all appltcanta to avail
able jobs to the various Fort Worth
plants, regardless to race, creed o*
national origin. The conference,
held to gather general facts on the
employment situation for Negroes
here, was attended by Clarence
Mitchell, national represenattive
Dr. Carlos E. Castaneda, regional
director, and L. Virgil William*,
regional field examiner of the
FEPC. and James R. Ellis. Fort
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SATURDAY. DECEMBER 25, 194 S
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Employment committee.
The conference revealed that
Oonvetr le now aaldng for SO Negro
men. 25 to bo added to the JenK
to rial deportment and 95 to bo
placed in eemfoklllrd and skilled
departments. After diacuaatng Con*
vair’s willingness to employ 250
Negro men in the Buck Wing