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SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 19«
LEARNING BATTLE TACTICS THE ‘HARD WAY*
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Mud, ahell pUt. barUd win patch** and a dead
ly ceiling of machine gun bullet* are all part of
this "no-man'*-land" that is Fort Banning. Gaor
Fathers-To-Be In War Zones Are
Worried About Wives Back Home
By FLETCHER P. MARTIN
i Itproutißi User* *»»ip*f« FmU
AT SEA, SOMEWHERE IN THE
SOUTH PACIFIC—(Via Airmail)—
This is the second of several articles
evritten while at aca enroute to an
advance base. I wrote them in a
steaming ward room formerly oc
cupied by war casualties. It is so
hot that the eight of us here con
stantly take cold showers to help
combat the heat. Five minutes after
Che sweat washes our bodies again.
For days this has kept up. and the
lone electric fan aerves only to stir
Che hot air.
Wh#n wa boarded the ship, after
Climbing a swaying rope ladder, a
naval officer handed each officer
passenger a list of "dos and don't*”
while aboard ship.
1* Naval Law*
There were 19 such laws covering
many phases of naval discipline at
*ea. all for the welfare of a ‘big
family” whose lives are intrusted
to those whose duty it is to get us
Mfely there. But there were no in
struction! advising us in wardroom
"H” how to withstand the insuf
ferable heat. <Some who might per
chance read these lines, and who
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gia'a infiltration course. These soldier* of Supply
Detachment are seen resting in the last mud
soaked trench while two buddies crawl to safety.
—U. S. Army Signal Corps photo.
live In sections of America where
the streets and meadows lay clothed
In snow, sing with Joy. For here are
those in wardroom ‘‘Hi” as bare as
when we first saw the light of
morn, our sincere hope, that a cool
bieeze might soon come and wash
our dripping bodies.)
Three of the officers in this inferno
are enroute to join a Negro infantry
outfit up North. And at their own
request. Since this correspondent is
headed for the same, we have dis
covered a medium which binds us
in a spirit of togetherness.
-Wonder what kind of work they
are doing.” one said. ”1 don’t know,”
I said. But I had an idea because
Admiral Halsey had said in *n in
terview that few, If any, Negro
combat units bad seen action In the
South Pacific. I further knew that
the same thing was true in the
Southwest Pacific where our troops
were used mainly to develop and
secure bases.
“You know.” the officer declared.
“I like working with Negro troops.“
“You do?" I asked. I hoped he
wasn’t saving that simply because
I happened to be the listener.
"Yes," he answered, “I was
LIE MICHIGAN CHRONICLE
. . FEATURES ..
brought up In Jersey. Want to Rut
gers university. Paul Robeson's
school, you know " “Yes. Robeson's
a great American." I said.
“One of the greatest who ever
lived,” he came back. “I soldiered
with Negro troops in Texas Guess
that’s why I’m out here now."
He talked of some of the things
be had seen.
“You know, I hate that, and If I
can ever strike it, like Abraham
Lincoln said. I'm going to strike it
hard. I think a lot of things are go
ing to change after this war.
“I hope so," 1 hoped. "I hope a lot
of things change after the war."
Ta Be A Father
“Not changing the subject," he
said, “but in two days I’m going to
be a father" “You are?" “Yea." he
said. "And this is a hell of a place
to be aweaur.g it out. 1 hope my
wife makes it *ll right."
"Pipe down.” the officer on the
top half of the double bunk said.
"You aren’t the only guy who’a go
ing to have a baby. I’m sweating
out one too” “You are! When’s
yours suppose to happen?" “Tomor
row.” he said. “Well 1 be damned.
Jersey."
“What do you want?** Jeraev |
asked “A boy," he said. •’Ain’t that
what you want’’"
“I Just don’t give a damn." Jer
sey said. “I just want to see my
wife." ,
“Quit griping, guy," roared the
medical officer in the bunk next to
mine. “My wife just had a baby ”
"She did Doc?’’ asked. “What was
it Doc?”
"How in hell do I know.” Doc
shot back. “She just bad it three
days ago.”
"Then you don’t know whether
she had it or not,” Jersey kibitized
"You’re bad off as we are.”
*Tm a father.” Doc said. "You
don’t see me worrying."
“You know Doc." the officer over
my bed interrupted. "My wife wrote
me a letter saying he kicks at
night. I used to play football, and
she’s always kidding about it. She
said he knew he would be as good
as I was because he's always kick
ing. Say Doc. is that all right?"
"Might mean he’s a strong beby."
Doc said.
"Say." Jersey cut In. "a ruy across
the hall is going to havl a baby
too." <
"A damn maternity ward." 1
said.
"Pipe down," a neutral officer put
in. "There goes the call for mess.”
Sorry. No Seconds
We had chicken and iced tea One
marine sitting next to me asked the
Filipino waiter for another piece
of chicken and some more dressing.
“Sorry sir, no seconds." the Fili
pino waiter said. The marine said
something under his breath. I felt
the same way. When he first came
around. I took one leg. He didn't
come around anymore.
"Sorry, no seconds, ’ the waiter
Mid. *
After supper we listened to a
New Zealand military band. It
sounded good especially with the
omp-pah pah. They played "In The
Mood” with the bass horn taking the
lead In one place. G'.en Miller
would have died. The announce
ment came to clear the decks. The
watch was being secured.
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With Michigan Men
In The Service
By KATHERINE ROBINSON
Letters and more letters are con
stantly being received from our
servicemen, overseas and at home,
who are always anxious to receive
letters from their loved ones. To
s serviceman, a letter is called a
"sugar report," especially if It
comes from the girl-friend or wife.
The following letter was sent to
this department:
Dear Friend:
I just saw your writeup in the
Michigan Chronicle about the pin
up girl.
Sure would like to have a few
of them for us boys in the medical
section of 846 Engineers Avn. Bn.
I can agree and the boys in the
section that pictures of our girls
there in the “Big D" are great
morale builder* for ua boys here
in India. So if you can send a few
of the large amount you have,
please do so.
When in elvflian life I lived ta
Highland Park, * Mich—(Signed)
Cpl. F Armstrong
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By W. DOUGLAS BEOWN
(Per AND
(Answers Elsewhere en this rage)
iQ> Who was the first Negro in
the history of the United States
army air force to down an enemy
plane in aerial combat?
(Q> Who founded Poro college, in
St Louis?
<Qi Who was the first Negro to
become a pilot in the Royal Cana
dian air force?
<Q> Who was the first Negro of
the United States military service
to be sent to Harvard university,
and MI T to study in the radar
and electronic schools?
<Q> Under whose auspices is the
Harmon award given?
<Q) Who is the president of Ark
ansas State Agricultural. Mechani
cal and Normal college at Pine
Bluff. Ark ?
<Q> What was the first success
ful number recorded by Ethel
Waters?
Here's The
ANSWER
(Qaestlens Elsewhere en this Page)
(A) Cspt Charles B Hall, who
comes from Brazil, Ind., and is a
member of the 99th Pursuit Squad
ron. is the first Negro In the history
of the United States army air force
to down an enemy plane, in the
Italian campaign he ahot down a
German Fockwolfe 109.
(A) Mrt. A. M. Malone.
<A> Allen Selwyn Bundy is the
first Negro to become a pilot in the
Royal Canadian air force. Tie be
came a member of that organisation
in September. 1943.
(A) Lt. Harold Tate of Goldsboro.
N. C., who is in the United States
signal corps.
(A) The Federal Council of
Churches in Christ in America.
(A) Lawrence A. Davis. *
<A> Down Home Blues.
ANYWHISB
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TTxta is on# of many letters in
which our servicemen request the
pictures of the girl* they have left
behind as a morale builder. Often
the boys aay they do not see an
American girl for long periods of
time.
So if any of you young ladiea
have sweethearts or husbands in
the armed services, remember that
a weekly letter and picture to them
means a world of difference, to one
whoee heart is back home among
his beloved ones.
So don’t forget to write and send
that “sugar report” to your favorite
serviceman, now!
Don't forget your New Year’s
resolution —to write your service
men every week. Send in your
letters from them. Address your
mail to Katherine Robinson. Co
Michigan Chronicle. 908 East Eliot,
Detroit 1. Michigan.
Social Security
Change Would Be
Benefit To Race
Changes In the present Social
Security System that would greatly
benefit Negro wage earners, self
employed Negroea. and Negro fam
ilies generally, are urged in the
eighth annual report of the So
cial Security board, of which Ar
thur J. Altmeyer is chairman.
The board* report. Just sent to
Congress, urges early action to (1)
bring all Americans who work for
a living under one comprehensive
national social Insurance system;
(2) cover the costs of hospital and
medical care and insure against
total loss of Income due to sick
ness and disability, aa well m to
unemployment, old age. and death;
(3) secure the social security rights
of men and women in the armed
services; <4> liberalize the public
assistance programs so that the Fed
eral government can help the states
give adequate aid to all needy peo-
ple.
Although well over 40 000.000
workers, including many Negroes,
earned wage credits during the
veer ended June 30. 1943. which
count toward cash payments when
they are unemployed, are too old
to work, or die, about one-third
of the working population is wholly
unprotected by either old-age and
survivors’ insurance or unemploy
ment compensation. Excluded
among others, are farm and house
hold workers and operator* and
owner* of small farms and busi
nesses—employment In which sub
stantial numbers of Negroes earn
their living.
♦
S9B 1.944. COST OF RIOTS
NEW YORK.—(ANP>—To date
i the Harlem August riots have cost
fire insurance companies* $991,946.
The final cost may mount up to
$1,250,000.
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NEGRO ENGINEERS BUILD HEAVY BOMBER BASE—View of a hanger nearing completion at
a newly constructad airfield somewhere in England. Tha construction of thia field wu dona entirely
by Negro member* of an aviation engineer battalion. An airdrome ia mor# than a strip of concrete
laid down in tha middle of a cow pasture. Thia base, for instance, consist* of one 6,000-foot runway,
a three-mil* perimeter track encircling the field, and approximately 260 technical, administrator* and
other buildings. (Photo by U. S. Army Signal Corps).
The Negro In Latin America
* For Continental Features
PERU
By HAROLD PREECE
There is an unwritten law of the
Peruvian army that the cavalrymen
must always be Negroes. No one.
in this country where the Negro is
both a fighter and burden bearer,
seems to know who first put Ne
gro soldiers on horseback but the
whole population is proud when
the magnificent black horsemen
sweep by on the handsomely deco
rated stallion.
The Negro came as a slave to
Peru in the 16th Century after the
Spanish masters had worked most
of the Indian population to death
in the mines and on the plantations.
Pixarro. the thieving discoverer of
Peru, himself got the first license
to bring over slaves—so of them
of whom one-third were women.
The Negro came as a slave and
he remained as a fighter not only
for his own freedom but for the
freedom of Peru and Latin America.
When the great South American
liberator, San Martin, promised
freedom to all aMves who Joined the
revolutionary armies during that
crucial period of the 19t*i Century,
he mobilised his kin and fought in
battle after battle to help hla In
dian end whit* com patriots defeat
the pricked regimen ta of the Span
ish King.
In Crucial Battles
He was present at the crucial bat
tle of Avachuco in 1824 when the
Spanish forces met their Waterloo,
and freedom became forever as
sured to the new republics of Latin
America. He was mad because all
of hia km in Peru were not eman
cipated with the founding of the re
publican government in Lima, and
he kept on staging revolts until the
enlightened President Castilla freed
she last 14.000 slaves 1858.
Shortly after the Peruvian revo
lution. rebellious Negro troops
marched into Lima and installed as
President, a man of their own color.
Leon Escobar. Escobar’s rule lasted
only 24 hours because the descend
ants of the Spanish gentry awung
the Indian population behind a rival
candidate for the presidency But
if the 80 per cent Indian population
had joined forces with the 30 per
cent Negro and mixed blood popu
lation against the Spanish ten per
cent, America might have seen a
Nefro-Indian republic flourirhing
on the ruins of the old Inca Empire
smashed by the Spaniards.
Made “Black Kingdom 1 *
Actually, a black kingdom was
established by runawty sieves in
one section of Peru in 1584 and the
last traces of it were not wiped out
until 1818. We have seen in previous
Critical war materials gas, coal,
oil and electricity —should be wisely
used by every Individual. Your
government asks you to do your
part by conserving them. Use gas
wisely particularly on coldest days
—help maintain the supply so that
there will be no shortage of this
critical war material.
Fhit advwrtmanamnt pukUahad in ooopsrafibn
with tha Gorar n man t-industry campaign
to CONSERVE CRITICAL RESOURCES
FOR WAR throuih oaralul urns of cost, o it.
|m, wstst, •Joef/iciCr, commun/cationa and
transput tat ion at tha nation*! “Fight
Waata " program*.
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srticles on the Negro in Istln
America that the black man found
ed independent commonwealths in
Brazil, Dutch Guiana, Panama, and
various other countries. It is no
wonder that the great Brazilian
authority on the black culture has
called “the Negro" the common de
nominator of all the Americas.
First In Pern
Negroes around Lima tell you
laughingly of the first of their race
to enter Peru. When Pizarro set
foot first saw the country from the
Bay of Tumbes in 1532. he sent one
of his lieutenants, Alonzo de Molina,
ashore with a Negro slave bearing
pigs and chickens as gifts to the
native chiefs.
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PAGE SEVEN
The Indians were “bowled over"
by Alonzo’s white *kin and the Ne
gro’s black skin. They touched the
Negro’s face with their hands and
tried to rub off his color. Since they
had never before seen chickens,
they also entreated Alonzo and the
Negro to tell them what the crow
ing roosters were saying.
Later on. other NegrdCs went
with Spanish explorers from Peru
into Chile. Today, the colored peo
pies of Peru—the Negroes, the In
dians. the mixed blood population
—are feeling profoundly that uni
versal awakening of the colored
population which is manifesting it
self from Arkansas to Asia.
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mostat down S degrees.
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