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Churches in America, asked a group of soldiers in England: "How many church members T"
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Fletcher Martin Writes Diary
Of His Journey To Guadalcanal
By FLETCHER P. MARTIN
N*rro Kmptpr fooll
SOMEWHERE AT SEA, SOUTH
PACIFIC—(Vis Airmail)—This the
first of several articles written
while enroutc to Guadalcanal. They
deal mainly with ‘small talk" of
men who arc headed for the for
ward areas of this command. Hud
dled in the ward rooms, on the
•weather decks, in the mess of this
ship, their conversations were un
perfumed. They represented a
cross-selection of Americans at war,
and the kind of talking they were
doing la seldom seen in print No
story book heroes here. Just plain
tired soldiers. *
For Instance, the wires of four
officers were expecting, several man
had not seen a woman in months,
one Marine had seen 7 friends
killed at Bougainville, another was
refused a second helping of chicken
at dinner. 3 Naval officers were go
ing home. A Negro warrant offi
cer repeatedly talked about a WAC,
Captain Francis whom he hid iret
in Arirona and who w~« expc- 4 -**
to he made mator soon. This
sometimes humorous,
temetlme* serious, represented some
Of the thoughts of men who might
he future winners of heroic medals,
©r who might never pass this Way
•gain. •
-Run Like Hell"
“Keep your head out of the way.
and ii you have to run. run like
he.i, yelled Bill Shrout to me as
the boarding craft shoved off We
had been talking about bombings.
The Life Magazine photographer
knew of what he was speaking
having had some very narrow es
capes at Guadalcanal and Bougain
ville. There were l.nes on his
face and his voice had a nervous
pitch His eyes d >nced as he spoke
Consistent bombings can get the
best of most of them Bill threw
up a hand as the craft shoved out
into the water.
The sun was hot and the blue
waters glistened and played around
the craft sometimes splashing over
the top-side. Lined with troops,
the craft inched farther and far
ther »w*y from the shore Left
behind was one of the few bases
in the South Pacific where a little
civilization abounded. It was a
relief from the jungles, sweating
men, damn insects, and hot drink
ing water. There was beer, and
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civilians, and a dance band. We
were leaving these things behind
and going back into the bush—
maybe for months.
Mr. Bassett had already left the
do.k in a jeep worn thm around
the edges. The Naval public re
lations officer looked too tall to
ride comfortably in the mech nical
puddle-jumper which had Press
scrawled on its hind side.
“I didn't think you were going
to make it," he said as I hustled
my gear out of the command car
onto the dock. “What happened?"
I didn't answer the question be
cause It was the second time he
had asked the same In 3 days. The
first was when I was late for an
Interview with Admiral Halsey, and
kept the commander waiting for
lft minutes.
Ran Fear Sleeks
"You can't .keep a man like the
Admiral waiting." Jim Bassett had
said. "We just managed to get an
Interview between Important con
ferences. Come on, we still might
be able to make it. If we do, don’t
make it too long"
The frazzle-edged jeep refused to
budge. We “ran" the four blocks
to headquarters. A sentry inspect
ed the identify cards hurriedly and
pointed up the stairs. Commander
Harold Stassen stood waiting. I
could readily tell that the former
governor of Minnesota wasn’t at
all pleaded that we had kept the
Admiral waiting. Little butterflies
tickled the.bottom innersole of my
stomach. Here the Admiral with
pressing matters of the war on his
mind had agreed to see me the
first interview granted by him in
m >nths a f.mo kev.le of fifth to be
m. .
As we were shown Into the inner
sanctum, Jim Bassett whispered,
* Make it short " It h. d to be short,
only feur minutes remained.
Reflections
I remembered these things as the
press chief drove off from the dock
I also remembered Lt. Col. Ijeslie
Shope, army press chief of the
South Pacific command who con
stantly had a cigar Jammed be
tween his teeth. He had made
the 3 days on the island very en
joyable for me.
He exclaimed the day I arrived
from the South Pacific, "Hell, wc
knew you were coming, but hell*
they didn't let us know when.
Draw up a chair” It was raining
out.«ide which fact added to the
comfort of his office.
"The first thing you want Is a
place to stay. Well, let’s see. What
colored outfits do we have here**”
He consulted a list, and then the
telephone directory. "Here we are.
the very place" he announced as
he took the phone off the hook
"Hello Kroencke (Lt Col. Ed
ward J. Kroencke. chief chaplain).
Shope talking. Will you call up
Chaplain Middleton and arrange
with him for Martin to have a com
fortable place to stay. Yeah, he's
the correspondent and Just arrived
Hell, excuse me chaplain, he has
to have some place now. Good
quarters, remember Call me back."
and with that the colonel hung up.
This man impressed me. Not so
much because he wore the silver
leaves, but he seemed like a man
who could get things done without
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..FEATURES..
countless yards of red tape Lean
ing back in his chair, leisurely puff
ing a cigar, he talked of days past,
of world economy, of many things
As he talked, he nervously fingered
the cigar and stared out the win
dow at the driving rain. A New
Yorker, and this island w’as so far
away from the glamor of Manhat
tan Here there were ox carts, bare
footed people. grinding army
trucks. Civilization, but not of the
New York variety.
Welcomed By Colonel
"Well fix you up. Lot of col
ored outfits here. Tell you what,
after you get settled, com# down
tomorrow and well map out an
itinerary. Lot of colored troops
over hero. Glad you cam# over to
see them,** said the colonel as he
abruptly reverted back to the point
of why I had come over.
“Here’s your car to take you out
to camp. By the way. do you like
Rye?" he asked. Greedily did I
answer In the affirmative. I had
never tasted‘it in my life. But
it must taste better than the medic’s
alcohol or the juices of canned
fruit i mixed with coconut milk
after it has set 4 days
The car waited until the chaplain
h-d called back. We started on
what was to be a long trip. En
route we passed a graveyard The
driver called it the “Truck Driv
ers’ Cemetery." Many of those
buried there were truck drivers
who had crashed over the steep
hills of the island. The flag flut
tered over the white stones. The
road seemed slippery than any I
had traveled Large drops of rain
washed our face. The windshield
wipers seemed wholly inadequate
as the curves ca me faster.
Soldiers Joke
These scenes flashed back as the
craft loaded w.th soldiers pushed
further out into the bay. The troops
were m;de up of soldiers, sailors,
and marines Negroes and whites.
Americans. Filipinos, and New Zea
leanders. Jews and Gentiles. Some
sitting on packs staring into the
water, some leaning against the
rail staring into the water, other!
just staring All sweating under the
broiling sun.
As we pushed past One ship
someone yelled. “Any you guys
from Brooklyn?" It brought a
laugh, and then silence again Sol
diers can wear the emptiest ex
pressions when headed for the
fighting zones. Most of them look
downward, others can look one an
other dead in the eye without say
ing anything. Once in a while a
guy would start to whistle a tune,
one with no beginning, no end
just a middle floating in the air.
He would atop as abruptly as he
started.
We pulled up alongside our ship.
Somebody yelled, “Get your shop
ing done early; 10 days before
Christmas." Pleasant thought We
boarded.
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NEW ORLEANS-! ANP)—O. C.
W. Taylor of this city has been
appointed state coordinator of War
Finance committee of the U. S.
Treasury Department, and has been
placed on the dollar per year status.
This is Louisiana’s first Negro dol
lar per year man for this war.
He is at present principal of the
McDonogh 37 nubile school of this
city and has been connected with
the public school system for nearly
30 yean. He has been prominently
identified with the social and civic
life erf the city end of the state.
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SAVANNAH, Ga. (ANP)
Charles Johnson, 60-year-old "root"
doctor, was arrested Wednesday by
FBI Agent John R Ruggles on
•harges of selling concoctions de
signed to make a person unfit for
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The Foreign Scene
By CHATWOOD HALL
(Only Negro Correspondent
In The Soviet Union)
MOSCOW—(ANP)—Thi» week’s
column will consist of a few bits
of informative items gathered hith
er and thither in diplomatic circles:
Felix Eboue. governor general of
French Equatorial Africa may ye*
become a member of De Gaulle's
consultative assembly which is de
facto parliament of the French
empire.
A Hindu from Pondichery.
French India, and a Senegalese
from French West Africa already
have been named members.
Abyssinia's envoy to Russia is
expectantly awaited by Moscow'#
diplomatic society. He will be the
first diplomatic representative of
the black state ever to reach Russia.
A Negro aviation officer of Mar
tinique descent has just arrived
to join the French "Normandie 1 ?
escadrille on the Russian front. (Of
tlvis more anon).
America may soon begin publica
tion in Moscow of a newspaper in
the Russian language as a counter
part of “British Ally" published
here by the British. (There are
already being published in Moscow
Czech, Polish and free German
newspapers.)
Tremendous and far-reaching
events seem to be in store for
Europe. One seems to feel it in
the air. And not only in the air.
Commander-in-chief of the united
nations’ army. General Eisenhower,
has been named and the command
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»Q> What is the largest Negro
fraternal organization in the United
States?
<Q> Who was the first Negro to
head a United States army hos
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(Q> Who was the founder of the
North Carolina College for Ne
groes?
<Q) What is Executive Order No
8302. which w?s issued b> Presi
dent F. D. Roosevelt, on June 25,
1941?
<Q> Who was the first Negro to
become a member of the Cleveland*
Boxing commission?
<Q) Who is the author of the
Negro Handbook?
<Q) Who la George Clinton
Pields?
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(Questions Elsewhere on this Page)
<A> The Improved Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks of
the World.
(A) Maj. DeHaven Hinkson. who
is stationed at Fort Huachuca. Aria.
(A> Dr. James Edward Shepard
(A> An order warning govern
ment employers and labor that dis
crimination in defense industries is
contrary to the country's funda
mental interest and must not be
tolerated.
(A) Samuel C. McAllister. He
was appointed by Mayor Frank
J. Lausche, on Dec 1. 1942.
(A) Florence Murray.
(A> He was valet to President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. He is now
in the United States navy.
er of British invasion army, Gen.
Montgomery, has Juat arrived in
London for the purpose, as Reuters
reports: ‘To enter upon fulfillment
of his duties." German fortifica
tions on the French coast are being
continually hammered by united
nations’ bombers. Scharnhorst was
recently sent to the bottom off
Norway. Red army’s blows against
Wehrmacht are growing in inten
sity and extension. Where there's
some smoke there must be some
fire. This year will be a witness
to the last act of the bloody tragedy
of World War 11. Inevitable disas
ter is knocking at Germany’s door.
Germany wants a long drawn out
war in order to artave off final
Judgment But there will be no
tardiness or indecisiveness.
This is the year. The Teheran
conference has taken care of that.
If 1939. 1940 and 1941 were Hitler’s
years of "Invincibility." then 1944
will be his year of doom. It won't
be long now.
Bulgaria’s traitorious moneybags
are reported to be speeding up
the transfer of their capital and
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other valuables to Swiaa and OU- *
foreign banka, since the lfosc" v
and Teheran conferences and sin «*
the Red army continues to shat--
the Nazia, and after united natin*
bombers visited Sofia. After h %
ing done their dirty work thr ■*
pro-German fascistophile lack' «
look forward to fleeing abroad a"
the war and living in ease on tb -
tainted money. But this war wo* t
end aj did the last war when w -
instigators and criminals mer »
stepped across foreign frontiers ?■ «
lived a life of comfort by wrlti- •
their memoirs. United nations’ le; 1
ers have agreed to hunt down a i
punish the war criminals "ev n
unto the end of the earth."
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