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Cleaning the hoofs of their mounts is a "must" to the men of the
Coast Guard Mounted Beach patrol. Tin horses wear no shoes
because of the terrain they cover and need the small stones and
shells cleaned from their hoofs daily. Above. Bartlett Hawkins,
seaman first class. United States Coast Guard. 4219 Dix street.
Washington, D. CJ takes care of his steed at the end of his day's
duties. Hawkins* unit patrols beaches in the New Jersey area.
War Vet Asks Support
Of Soldier Vote Bill
(This appeal to young Negro
America Ihr from a young man
who has distinguished himself in
the service of his country, espe*
rially in displaying outstanding
bravery in the South Pacific Buna
campaign, for v hich he was
awarded the tDistinguished Serv
ice Cross. Recently discharged
from the armed forces, former
Sgt. Thompson Is now co-chair
man of American Youth for Dem
ocracy.)
By SC.T. ROBERT THOMPSON
(For ANP)
Through the courtesy and fa
cilities of the Associated Negro
Press. I want to voice in the great
Negro press of our country a spe
cial appeal for an all-out effort on
the part of all Americans. Negro
and white, to insure that congress
immediately pass legialation to se
~cure for all our aerviee men and
women their right to vote. On
behalf of my organization, Ameri
can Youth for Democracy, I espe
cially appeal to Negro youth.
As a white soldier in the South
Pacific. I have fdught shoulder to
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For Good Jobs In Ridley's
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Women Wanted ....
For Good Jobs In Ridley's
Dry Cleaning Dept.
YES . . . there are steady, good-paying jobs
waiting for you at Ridley’s . . . jobs with a
future . . . jobs that don't require any experi
ence . . . jobs you can learn easily. Let's talk
it over at once!
dpp'y Employment Dept.
RIDLEY Cleaners
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shoulder with Negro soldiers in
this war. I have seen Ncrro sol
diers die for democracy. Some of
those Negro soldiers grew up :n
the poll tax belt where men like
Rep Rankin ar d Sen. Byrd crawl
.nto national office because 90 per
cent, or more, ■of their electorate
are b rred frortfthe polls.
Those soldicmt have experienced
much of the denial of democracy
and few of its rights. Yet, with
superb understanding these Negro
soldiers are fighting bravely for
the victory of our country know
ing that in doing so they are open
ing up the path to an extended
democracy that will include, on the
basis of full equality, the whole of
the Negro people.
I know’ of nothing more inspir
ing than the conduct es those Negro
soldiers I know of nothing vnovk
despicable th n the attempt to rob
them of the most fundamental right
which they are fighting to praserva
for all of us—the right to vote.
The poll tax dynasty of the South
Is a vicious but senile and tottering
regime Its high priests, the Bil
bos. Rankins and Byrds fear that
it will be unable much longer to
impose tself on our country.
In order to safeguard* their poll
tax regime ir. the south, they want
to extend it irto our federal *rmy.
Our men and women in uniform
can and are taking care of the
fascists on other side of the
battle lines They can t be expected
to take care of the “unholy alli
ance" of despicable, humanity hat
ing. R 'oscvelt hating poll-tax Dom
ocr ts and react.or ary Republicans
; in congress who are attempt hg to
knife democracy in the back by
depriving them of their right to
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| That is our j ->b on the home f-ont.
That is our minimum 'duty to our
follow Americans. Negro . n.l wh to
fighting and dying at the front.
On behalf of American Youth for
Democracy. I appeal to every young
! Negro* American and to every or-
I g mi ration of Negro young
i to join hands with our organixa
| t on—with every .« b iotic Amcrl-
I can—in a great crusade for assur
! ing fu',l democracy to the men who
■ are fighting and dying for its pre
l servation. Deluge congress with
m.a 1. with resolutions and tel/*
| grarr.< in support of the Scanlon bill
i illß 3395' which contain# the pro
visions of the original Grecn-Lu
c < bill for an unqua’ifled voting
' right to ev y service man and
, woman. Congress will 1 sten to the
voice of an aroused and united
j America. Xet us act lOgciKcr in
1 this great crisis
GEORGIA VOTE
BILL FOR WHITE
SOLDIERS ONLY
By CLIFF MACKAY
ATLANTA—(ANP) lf Georgia
can be used as an example, the
federal government will still have
to be depended upon to act if the
thousands of Negro men and wom
en from the deep south, who are
now in the armed services, are to
ever be given the franchise.
The measure which Wednesday
w:s given approval of the house
and is virtually certain to be acted
favorably upon by. the senate of
the Georgia legislature, now In
special session, is cleverly worded
so that not a single black soldier
will be able to cast his ballot for
democracy in his home state of
Georgia.
Gov. Ellis Arnall in hia opening
address before the special session
of the Georgia legislature disclosed
the ruse resorted to by Georgians
to keep Negro service men and
women from voting when he as
serted Monday:
“The effect of such legislation
simply would be that all persons
who. were they in their own home
county, could vote in a general elec
tion can vote in the general elec
tion (where Negroes may vote),
and that all persons who, if they
were at home, could vote in the
primary, can vote in the primary."
Since only white persons are per
mitted to vote in the Democratic
primary, tantamount to election in
Georgia, the Negro soldier or WAC
is thus neatly barred from enjoying
the democracy for which they are
fighting.
21 Detroiters
Ready To Start
Navy Training
GREAT LAKES, 111.—With the
advent of the New Year, twenty
two Michigan Negro men were
welcomed here at the U. S. Naval
Training School as they reported
for recruit training.
The new Michigan recruits are:
Napoleon Goodwin. 18; Benjamin
F. Johnson. 18; Larry L. Smith. 17;
Dock Rhodes. 18: Jesse L. Slater, 1.8;
Lonzie L Collins, 22; Marvin A
Maddox. 29: Anderson C. Mott, J 8;
Otis R. Pickett, 18; Albert E. Fos
ter. 18; Frank O. Jackson, 27; Rob
ert A. Tumpkin. 24; Lester Bridges.
28; Leßoy A. Falconer. 30; Luis
R Williams 18; Willie C. Jennings.
28; Eddie Simmons, 20; Douglas
A. Taylor. 17; Jordon H. Johnson.
22; Salmatia Williams, 36; Eugene
Wey, 25, Detroit; and S.muel K
Walton. 29. Benton Harbor.
Texans Operate
War Plant
FT. WORTH. Texas (ANP)
Carver Industries, the nation’s first
all-Negro small parts plants, is now
doing sub-contract work for preci
sion metal parts of the U. S. navy.
Excluding the director, the plant is
manned entirely by woman power,
another distinguishable feature of
the Establishment
The {riant named for the great
scientist George W. Carver, is the
brain child of Elmer Williams,
member of the training and em
ployment committee of the Negro
Welfare council, former NYA di
rector for Negroes and founder of
the Vocational Preparedness asso
ciation.
Detroiter With The
First Parachute Unit
Seventeen enlisted men volun
teers for the first Negro parachute
unit in the American Army. h»ve
been r accepted as the cadre for
the/555th Parachute Infantry com
pany. the War Department an
nounced recently.
The 17 volunteers, selected from
the 92nd Infantry Division at Fort
Huachuca. Ariz . will report to Fort
Benning. Georgia, for initiation as
an airborne unit. Staff Sergeant
Rigor S Walden. 212 Hanr.cn. De
troit. Mich, is a member of the
group.
INVENTS NEW DEVICE
PHOEBUS. Va.—i ANP'— W S
employee of the Yorktown
Naval Mine depot, recently re-
recognition for inventing a
funnel for .pouring TNT. His new
invention, which facilitates the
handling of high explosives, was
given a patent in June, 1943.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO INSPECT THE
PROSPECTUS
OF
Wayne County
Better Homes, Inc.
• (A MICHICAN CORPORATION FOR PROFIT)
6,000 Shares 5 c Cumulative Preferred Stock
Par Value SIO.OO
And
2,450 Shares Common Stock Par Value SIO.OO
OFFK.NC PRICE: 1., 11H.., C 1...
Copies of the PROSPECTUS, which contain a full descrip
tion of the securities and the corporate organization,
may be obtained from the office of
Wayne County Better Homes, Inc.
1727 St. Antoine Street. Detroit, Michigan
Telephone: Cadillac 1216
This advertisement is under no circumstances to be
construed as an offering. The offering is made
only by the prospectus.
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SECOND NEWS SECTION
SATURDAY, |ANUARY 15. 1944
‘Best’ Tutors Train
Race Sailors In MD.
BATNBRIDGE. Md.—(ANP)—The
first group of Negro sailors ever
to be sent through the physical
instructor’s school here at Bain
bridge. are going through their
paces here now.
There are 68 men in the class
and they hail from all sections of
the countr>. When they complete
their instructions here they will be
sent to other bases where Negro
sailors are being trained and their
Job will be to keep their mates in
good physical condition.
Swimming, judo, wrestling box
Visited Family
ififfilfck,
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Second Class Seaman Julius H.
Hudson, now stationed at Camp
Perry, Williamsburg, Virginia,
was home on furlough during
the holidays to visit his wife.
Mrs. CeUe Hudson. 4190 Brush,
and mother, Mrs. Anna V.
Snowden of 934 Eliot street,
and jiis many friends. A party
was given in his honor by his
mother. 2nd Class Seaman Ju
lius H. Hudson left Detroit to
return to his post at Camp
Perry New Year's day.
50SP’s Graduate
At Great Lakes
Training School
GREAT LAKES. 11l —Graduation
exercises for the fourth class to
complete instruction in the Navy’s
Service School for Shore Patrol
men for nine men who finished the
course for Radiomen were held re
cently at the U. S Naval Training
Station, Great Lakes, 111.
The 50 new SP’s were scheduled
to leave the Training Station soon
to begin duty st post# throughout
the country where they are most
needed and where their special
abilities can be best utilized. The
radiomen have entered the Station's
outgoing unit to await assignment
to sea or to a shore station.
Principal speaker at the gradua
tion exercises was Captain H. R.
Harris. Service School Officer.
Following his address. Captain
Harris presented honor man cer
tificates to Herbert T. Kinc*h, Jr,
28. of 855 Main street. Rahway.
N. J. who was named the out
standing member of the Shore Pa
trol class, and to Ulysses E. Revels,
20 of 5632 Indiana avenue. Chica
go. lIL, selected ss top man in the
radio group.
British Seek To
Improve Schools
OTTAWA. Can.—(ANP) l
mproved educational facilities in the
West Indies was lifted among the
central objectives toward which
welfare and development funds pro
vided by the British government
were being directed, according to
Sit Frank Stockdale. comptroller
for development and welfare in th*
West Indies.
PAGE ELEVEN
in;, tumbling and hand-to-hand
combat tactics occupy most of the
time they will spend here during
the eight week course and at the
conclusion they will be rated either
specialist third class or specialist
second class (A). The (A) stands
for athletics. They will be the
first Negro sailors to wear the cov
eted (A). _
Negro Battalion
Sets Record For
Unloading Ship
WASHINGTON, D. C.—A Negro
battalion has set a new unloading
record of 1 595 tons in one day
in the Persian Gulf area through
which lend-lease supplies «re be
ing sent to Russia, according to
Major Jerry Sadler, who for thir
teen months has been b member of
the U. S. Army’s Transportation
Corps in that area. The men work
in extremely high temperatures,
with the hottest day of the year
being 177 degrees in the sun. the
major recalled, on his return to
Washington
“It was so hot that the soldiers
couldn't touch any steel on the
ships or any of the supplies with
their bare hands, but at the peak
of thus heat one of our battalions
broke the unloading record by tak
ing off 1.595 tons of supplies in one
day from one ship ” Major Sadler
sa:d. The previous record, he add
ed, was 1.280 tons. He had high
praise for all the American soldiers
in that area, both white and Negro,
for the great job they are doing.
Engineer Sergeant
HerolsCommended
FORT BRA6G. N. C.—(ANP)
Joining the parade of heroes of
World War II was First Sgt. Har
old L. Hodges of Company D, 41st
Engineers. Second battalion. For
his brave action in saving a fellow
soldier from drowning during a
training problem he received com
mendation from MaJ. Gen. Wiljiam
Bryden. commanding general of
the fourth service command.
The incident occurred while the
company was being taught how to
utilize thp ‘highline method" of
crossing a stream. A platoon lead
er of his outfit, Sgt. James Small,
volunteered to be the first man to
go across. In the act the line
broke dropping him into the swift
river below. The sling formed by
the tangled rope paralyzed Smail
therefore making it impossible for
him to swim. Going down twice
and calling for help, he was res
cued very quickly by the first ser
geant who dislocated his shoulder
in diving from a speeding raft
PHARMACY CORPS EXAMS
WASHINGTON. D. C—(ANP)—
The war department has announced
examination Jan. 31-Feb. 4. for pur
poses of qualifying candidates for
appointment as second lieutenant
in the pharmacy corps of the regu
lar army. Interested persons may
apply with the Federal Civil Serv
ice Commission. Washington. 25.
D. C.
MUSICIANS! MUSICIANS!
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We are forming a string ensemble of all Negro
Musicians. We are looking for string instrumen
talists and you do not need to be a concert artist
If you have talent for Violin, Cello, Viola, Bass,
and have your own instrument WE NEED YOU!
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We hope to build this ensemble to an outstand
ing organization, and here is an opportunity for the
talented musician who studies but never plays for
anyone, to get valuable ensemble experience.
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Auditions will be held on
Monday, Jan. 17th, 1944 at 544 Erskine
6:00 A.M. To 9:00 P.M.
For Information Concerning
The Ensemble Call: •
THE COMMUNITY MUSIC STUDIO
RA. 7371 FI. 7380 ®\TE. 2-0044
JACKSONVILLE
LAUDS NEGROES
IN WAR EFFORT
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.—(ANP>-
In an effort to bring about an early
victory, Jacksonville's citizenry lost
week paid tribute to the services
being rendered by the city's Ne
groes. The inter-racial meeting was
under the direction of the Duval
county-Jacksonville Defense Coun
cil. and attracted approximately
200 Negroes and 100 whites
Dr. William H Gray, president
of the Florida Normal Industrial
institute at St. Augustine, deliv
ered the princip 1 address. He
lauded the war services of the Jack
sonville Negroes, described their
economic and social conditions and
asked for a greater consideration
toward working out an acceptable
basis of understanding between the
two races.
Pointing out that 591,675 Negroes
are now in the armed services, that
many have performed acts of hero
ism and others have given their
lives, that here in Jacksonville Ne
groes have bought $2,925,000 worth
of war bonds, the speaker declared
that such things are not only an
example of ability of the Negro
but willingness on his part to do
a job that must be done.
Barred From Air
He Fights On Sea
Folr His Country
NEW YORK—(ANP)—Although
color barriers blocked the flying
career of Chief Steward James L.
H. Peck of the merchant marine
“Current Biography" rates him as
a skilled pilot end an expert in
military air strategy.
Peck, a young man with daring
and skill, flew for the Loyalists
during the recent Spanish revolu
tion and won for himself * high
place in the aviation world. When
he returned home, he offered his
services to his country at a time
when aviation experts were scarce
but always found himself facing the
color bar.
Now 31 years of age. Chief Stew
ard Peck, rated as both a sky fight
er and sea fighter, is making his
contribution to the cause of dem
ocracy despite being thwarted in
efforts to serve his country as a
member of the army air force.
RECOVER BODY OF PILOT
TUSKEGEE—(ANP)—The body
of Lt. Earl E. King of Bessemer.
Ala. which was lost when the
trainer plane he was taking on
his initial solo flight crashed into
Martin lake last summer, was re
covered on Friday after its dis
covery by another Tuskegee flier,
it was announced by the public
relations office of the Tuskegee
Army Air base, where Lt. King was
stationed.
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NORTHERN AUSTRALIA—A Negro antiaircraft unit la now
training for action in General Douglas MacArthur’a affensive against
the Japanese, which is pushing the American “bomber line" and t*sea
northward. Sergeant Frank Flowers is directing operations of this
Bofors 40 mm. AA gun. (Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps.)
Say Mixed Training Helps
Soldier Forget Prejudice
ABERDEEN PROVING
GROUNDS. Md.—(ANP) While
basic training is designed to prim
arily condition the soldier for bat
tle. it also serves as a very effective
renrvedy for the mental ailment of
race phobia when sold.ers of both
races are being trained together,
and under similar circumstances, a
former newspaperman said.
"White boys and black boys
crawled together under barb wire
entanglements, while only 36 inch
es above their heads a curtain of
machine gun bullets whistled a
weird song of impending death to
those who dared to get in their
path," he remarked. £S he de
scribed a part of the basic training
course at the world-famed ordnance
center.
Dixie Boys Forget Prejudice
“White boys from Texas, Georgia
and other southern states where
Negrophobia is traditional, eagerly
assist black boys *nd they run to
the assistance of their publicised
white arch enemies who find th/m
--selves in distress," he assorted
"They forget about color and face."
While the task of Sgts. Jack Hud
son. Oskaloosa, la., and Earl,Will
mat, Tilton N. H., seem great, < they
will soon see some result of their
efforts when Pvt Charles A. Mur
phy of Detroit; Pvt John (Cisco)
Spriggs of Washington: Pvt George
Parks of Chicago; Pvt Marion
O'Neil Williams of Columbia. S. C..
and Pvt Clifford Wilson of Chicago
receive their rifle medals. Assisted,
by Cpis. N. Sampson of Chicago
and William GhoUton of Birming
ham. Sgts. Hudson and Willmat
direct training of many of the men
on the rifle range.
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