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PAGE TWENTY
SECOND MIXED
PILOT CUSS
XT TUSKECEE
TUSKFGEF ARMY AT* FIELD
AT* The second trived (1m of
tingle and twin-engine oilnta to
eerrplete the Arm? Air Force*
Twining Command course for pilot*
•t the Tuskegee Army Air Field
rece ved their wing* and corn mi»-
ilcos Saturday morning Dee 4.
At the exerrleee held in the po«t
eT'Tel Cant. Harold D Martin, di
re 'it of the ground school. apoVe
to the graduating class. Captain
Martin landed the entire class upon
th* scholastic record they
h->d compiled In the academic pha«e
o* ’earning to fly the army air
vay Tn closing he admon
ished the new pilot* to justify the
placed in them by the
A*F and the U S rovemment
"We know you have laid a solid
foundation." the ground school di
rector told them. “and hope that
your fine record will be an inspira
tion to drive you on to an honor
able and efficient job in combat
•rd In life"
Commi«loned Officers In Class
Having been previouslr commis
sioned at officer candidate school*
nrd having *een active duty in the
Southwest Theatre of Operation*.
Ist Lt Elmore Kennedv. Philadel
phia. Pa. and Ist Lt. Fitrroy New
fum. New York City, were awarded
their v incs a* twin-engine pilot*
while 2nd Lt Edgar L. Bolden of
Arlington. Va.. waj awarded hi*
wins* and rating as a single-engine
pilot.
T Slnrle-Enclne Pilot*
\rrorg the cadets completing the
f ngle-er.gine course and receiving
their wings and commissions were
Clarence H Bradford. St Ixiuis,
Mo: Robert H Daniels Jr. Corona,
N Y : Olhel Dickson. San Francisco.
Calif ; Robert J. Friend New York
City; Frederick D Funderburg,
Monticello. Ga ; Howard C. Gam
ble. Charleston. W Va : Stanley L
Harri*. St. Paul, Minn.; Lloyd S
Hathcock. Dayton. Ohio; Welling
ton G Irving, Belzonl. Miss : Clar
ence D Lester. Chicago. I1L: Wil
liam R. Lewis. Boston, Matt.: Henry
Pollard. Buffalo. N. Y; Reid E.
Thompson, New Rochelle, N. Y.;
William L. Hill. Huntington. W. Va.;
Edward J Williams. Columbus, Ga.
Twin-Engine Pilot*
Completing the twin-engine pilot
course were Samuel A. Black. Plain
field. N J : Harold E Brazil, Joplin.
Mo; Eugen* C. Cheatham. Phila
delphia. Pa ; Stewart B. Fulbright,
Springfield. Mo.; John L. Harrison.
Omaha. Nebr.; Henrv P Hervey.
Chicago. Ill: Richard B Highbauch.
Indianapolis, End.; Harold A Hil
lery. New’ York City; Samuel Lynn.
Jamaica. N Y.; Amos A. Rogers,
Tuskegee. Ala ; Wendell Wells. Nor
folk. Va.; Joseph D. Whiten. New
York City, and WUii# L Byrd of
Fayetteville. N. C.
< Awards
Prizes for the cadets having the
best all-around records were
•wardad Fhghl -jpdHagr Samuel
Lynn, first; 2nd Lt. Frederick D.
Funderburg. second;\ai>d 2nd Lt.
Oth«l Dickson,
The Office of War
announced this week that i
eminent has arranged for iwlft gad
accurate notification of next of kin
of reporta on servicemen who have
been taken prisoner bv the enemy.
OWI said that these arrangements
were so thorough that radio listen
er* need not subject themselves to
enemy propaganda broadcasts
beamed to the United States in the
hope, often futile, of hearing an
nouncements purporting to report
the capture of some relative or
friend ar a prisoner of war. Be
sides, said OWL the reliability of
such reports is always questionable,
•ince they are controlled by the
enemy and are Visually broadcast
for some subtle and misleading pur
pose.
The government will transmit to
the next of kin immediately any
Information that may be received
from any reliable source dealing
with prisoners of war. Such infor
mation is furnished entirely free.
The OW: cautioned against paying
anything to any private Individual
or organisation for the transmission
of any such information.
Pvt. Appears Before
Nation’s Highest Court
WASHINGTON. D. C.—Privite
William R. Ming Jr., on loeve from
his civilian post as associate pro*
of law at Howard university
here, last week became the first
y iTO member of the armed forces
to appear before the United States
£.-rjrcme Court.
Now a trainee at the Army Air
Forces Eastern Technical Com
r ;!.d, Greensboro. N. C, Private
T'j.r.g has previously appeared be
s re the nation s highest tribunsl.
Jl.s recent appearance in the court
vas prompted by a hearing in a
cose involving a matter instituted
in the court prior to hii induction
i-,to the army.
Medical Officer
• I
'M ■ ■ . •
Major Rafael Ksrasadss. of the
U. S. Medical Corps at Fort
Huachuca. Aria., is a native of
Puerto Rico. He is a lawyer,
doctor, author and Unguis! as
wall as a registered pharmacist,
having practiced the lattar pro
fiaaion for a number of yaers.
LIBERIAN REPUBLIC HONORS MARIAN ANDERSON
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Marian Anderson, calabrated singer, was presented
the Order of African Redemption—highest award of
the Republic of Liberia—in impressive ceremonies at
YANKS RED CROSS CENTER IN ALGERIA
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This is tha entrance to the Alcaaar club. Amer
ican Red Cross center for servicemen stationed
in Oran. Algeria. Boxing bouts and weekly jit
terbug contests are highs pots in the program
•f this dub. Flgat nights at the club featureb
WHEN NAYY HONORED A HERC
Admiral Chastar W. Nimiis, USN. Commander-in-chief. Pacific
Float, pins lha Navy Cross'on Doria Millar. Staward'a Mata 1-C,
USN. at a ceremony on board a U.S. warship in Paarl Harbor.
TJL. May 27. 1942. Millar, haro of Paarl Harbor whan tha Japs
attacked tha.U. S. on December 7, was reported missing in last
week's issue of tha Michigan Chronicle. Tha Wav department con
firmed tha Michigan Chronicle story thU weak.
CHECKING INTO THEIR PLANE
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READY TO TAKE OFF—Checking Into jflane, a C-60 need on student navigation missions at
Hondo Army Air Field, Hondo, Texas, are Aviation Cadets Francis B. Collier, Berkeley, California;
Everett E. Richardson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Celestino 8. Monelova, Brooklyn, New York; Wil
liam F. Burred Pocatello, Idaho, and Edward Preaaly, Chicago, lilingia. APboto J>y Air Forced v
THE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE • ' !mr T • * RELIABLE INDEPENDENT WEEKLY
Tindlay Tampla in Philadelphia December 12. In re
ceiving the medal from Walter F. Walker. Liberian
Counsul General, Miss Anderson urged Americans
bouts between G. I/s and M.P/s and pugilists
from nearby French Colonial outfits, drawing
capacity crowds of soldiers and sailors. Director
of the club is Millard T. Woods, of Lincoln,
lfabr., formerly affiliated with the National
Urban League.—Red Croat photo by Atkins.
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Members of Class TE 43-K. Tuskegee Army Air field's largest
group of flyers to complete the Army Air Forces training com
mand twin-angina pilot course at this station. Pictured from left
to right( Ist row): Ist Lt. Fitsroy Newsum. New York City: 2nd
Lt. Stewart B. Fulbright. Springfield. Mo.; 2nd Lt. Samuel A.
Black. Plainfield. N. J.: Flight Officer Amos A. Rogers, Tuskegee,
Ala.; 2nd Ll. John L. Harrison, Omaha, Nabr. (2nd row): 2nd Lt.
of all races to assist her in creating interracial good
will as a means of aiding the Allied war effort. —Of-
ficial OWI photo by Roger Smith.
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First Lt. William Richardson (second from left),
former commanding officer of a Quartermaster
Trucking company with tha Bth Air Force in
England, was recently married to Miss Erma
R. Merriweather, of Indianapolis, Ind.. in the
post chapel at tha Tqgkegee Army Air field.
TUSKEGEE TWIN-ENGINE GRADUATES
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Talking o?»r "big ahip" -maneuvers are these
twin-angina pilots, all recant graduates of the
Army Air Forces Training Command twin
angina course at Tuskagaa Army Air field.
Shown from left to right are 2nd Lt. Richard B.
Highbaugh, Indianapolis, Ind.; 2nd Lt. Henry
FORMER C.O. TAKES A BRIDE
Harold A. Hillary, Naw York City; 2nd Lt. Richard Highbaugh.
Indianapolis. Ind.; 2nd Lt. Joseph D. Whiten, New York City; 2nd
Lt. Eugene C. Cheatham. Philadalphia. Pa.; 2nd Lt. Hanry P.
Heresy, Chicago, lIL (3rd row): 2nd Lt. Samuel Lynn, Jamaica,
N. Y.; Ist Lt. Elmora Kennedy, Philadelphia. Pa.; 2nd Li. Wendell
Weils, Norfolk. Va.; 2nd Lt. Willie L. Byrd. Fayetteville. N. C.;
and 2nd Lt. Harold E. Brasil, Joplin, Mo.—Photo by AAF Train
ing Command.
AIRMEN’S ‘BULL SESSION’
Earns Promotion
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Jr jtIHDH ■ |B
Promotad from 2nd to Ist iiau
tanant at Station Hospital No.
1, Fort Huachuca. Axis., recent
ly, was Agnes B. Glass. A.N.C..
who has served as supervisor
of tha Operating room since
December. 1942, immediately
after she joined the Nurse's
Corps.
Chaplain Douglas L. T. Robinson (axirama
right), post chaplain, officiatad. First Li. Wil
lard B. Ransom of Indianapolis. Ind., (last) waa
bast man and his wifa, (second from right tha
former Miss Marianna T. Orrid of Indianapolis,
was bridesmaid.
P. Harvey. Chicago. 111.: Ist Lt. Emore Ken
nedy. Philadalphia. Pa.; 2nd Lt. Harold E.
Brasil. Joplin. Mo.; 2nd LI. Stewart B. Ful
bright, Springfield, Mo.; and 2nd Lt. John L.
Harrison, Omaha. Nebr.—Photo by AAR Train
ing command.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1943
I COVER
A LETTER TO BANTA CLAUS
DEAR SANTA CLAUS: Bet you
thought you'd never hear from me
again since you've made special
(and successful) efforts to dis
appoint me for nigh onto—years.
(Couldn't fill the number in. You
know, the draft board.) I'm a born
repeater, Santa, and to repeat what
A 1 Smith said, “let us look at tha
record ” By looking at the record,
my full-blossomed friend, you wilt
find that I have been consistent in
my writing habits. I’ve been writing
to you ever since I learned you had
something to give away free gratis,
and it grieves me no little to add
that none of my letters have ever
caused you to meander down my
cleanswept chimney.
THIS YEAR I'M asking for a lot
of things for a lot of people. Row
don’t say I’m greedy and that I don’t
realize there is a reindeer shortage.
(Fact is that you’d probably be an
other reindeer short if I could lay
eves on your team). Guess you think
I’ve got a nerve to be talking about
you like a bad boy and then ask
ing'for presents. But. St. Nick, my
two readers
nerve than an aching tooth, and
just like it says in the story book
that you never let little children
down. I cannot let my public down.
Anyway, you’re so far back on my
presents I thought mavbe you
wouldn’t mind playing catch-up. (I
hate to remind you. Santa, but you
never did bring me the sled I asked
for 80 ye/irs ago. And only last
year I asked you to bring me a cer
tain doll and you sent word back
that if you could get that doll you’d
divorce Mrs. Claus. How did I
know Lena Horne had a contract?)
So come on. Nickie boy, give with
the presents.
FIRST ON MY Christmas list are
Senators Bailey. Byrd. “Cotton Ed - *
Smith, and Representative Rankin
from the deep South, suh. You
know about the South. Nick That’s
the part of the country where they
tynch any dark rooster they catch
looking at a light hen. These gentle
men have a home in Heaven (or
its opposite). Santaf and I want you
to bring each of them a nice bright
one-way ticket—and I’ll give you a
tip; I have it on good authority that
they wont be going to Heaven be
cause there may be some colored
people up there. So you’d better
bring tickets for the other place,
which I'm sure would earn you the
eternal gratitude of the decent
people of the United States. If you’ll
do this. Santa. I won’t even tell my
niece Judv there is no such thing
as Santa Claus.
1 HEAR THESE gentlemen won’t
be going home for Christmas, to
while you’re over the Capitol you
might leave FDR a big bag of
courage, for I’m sure that’s all he
needs to make him apeak out on
certain ills that affect our country.
You might also leave tor tha legis
lators there a carload of marked
copies of the Constitution and tha
Bill of Rights, along with a good
dictionary. Pm sura many of fhsni
never heard of consttutloiM) HglHB
and the Bill of Fflghtuand If their
did hear of them theydidn’t under*
stand what they are all about «|
I’D LIKE FOR you to whisper Aft
these gentlemen’s ears the aged-old
but none-the-lesa straight informa
tion that no chain is stronger than
its weakest link. You might add
that the Negro people constitute •
dangerously weak link In our chain
of democracy and that we will
never know the ootential strength
of this chain until that weak link
can hold its own with the rest.
WHEN YOU COME to Detroit I
want you to have all your bags
loaded. Id like for you to bring
the people of Detroit a new police
commissioner, but I realize it would
be impossible for you to drop any
thing like that in as a surprise,
whdt with Mavor Jeffries keeping
watch on the chimnev at the police
building. But there IS something
you can bring Jeff. Santa. Bring
him a pood housing program—a pro
gram that rails for building homes
for the 35 000 homeless war work
ers Bring him a program that calls
for homes NOW that will be opened
to those in need of shelter, no mat
ter the color of the people or th*
locality of the nroject. Jeff's a good
bov, Santa. He’s just been mis
informed by Charlie Edgecomb.
and, at time.*, by hia "cullud” ad
visors.
TO OUR MINISTERS and others
engaged in the work of Christian
education, bring the moral courage
to sink or swim by their convictions.
If you think this courage ls_in
cufficient. leave them a note telling
them that it’s all right to LIVE
CHRISTIANITY. Try to persuade
them that God IS greater than
Bilbo. Rankin. Joe Starnes. Charlie
Edgecomb or Joe Buffa. Try to con
vince them that although Hitler’s
agents are working day and night
to bring fascism to this country,
this Ls still theoretically a democ
racy and they dare stand up for
the things they believe.
I WISH YOU would bring to my
people (God bless ’em evervone) a
realization that this war IS going
to end and that It may not be a bad
to salt away a few iron men
while the salting is good. I don’t
know how you can accomplish this
Santa, for some of my people (and
I repeat—God biers ’em etc.) ju«t
don’t believe that the Jobs and
money they have are here today
and gone tomorrow (and some
times tonight).
TO OUR BOYS In the armed
forces, bring courage to stand up
and fight for a chance to make of
this a free world. To the people in
those war torn countries, bring
peace—peace borne of a man’s love
for his brother—peace that not only
will bring our boys safely home
soon—but everlasting peace that
will mean THEIR boys will never
be writing Christmas letters from
a battlefield.
FOR AM. THE fine people who
have helped me to write this col
umn these pa«t two years, bring
all they ask for (within reason).
Bring balm to heal the feelings I
unintentionally hurt, and a special
gift of that feeling of “right is
right for those who have agreed
with me when to do so was not the
least bit popular. To every reader
of this and all other newspaper
columns, bring an abundance of
health and happiness (and success
provided they get out and work for
it). As for me. well, you can brim
me a good story—l’m getting bored
with this monotonous Quiet.
PS.—The boys around the “round
table” say please. PLEASE bring
Horace White PLENTY of cigarettes.
The Town
By |OHN WOOD

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