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*A NEGR.O CROSSED THE DELAWARE,
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Education And Understanding Will
Solve The Race Problem
By Mrs. S. M. White
Mr. Church said ih a recent ad
dress “It will take Education and
thorough understanding between
the races to solve the race prob
lem.” I feel like this: if our boys
who offered their services volun
tarily at the beginning of this war
had been accepted and allowed to
work in industrial plants at what
ever capacity they were qualified
to fill along with other boys, and
allowed the same chance of pro
motion, given the same salaries,
our production would have reach
ed its present height a year ago.
Thereby helping our allies as well
as ourselves to bring this war to a
speedy and victorious end.
But sue hmen as Bilbo and Tal
man and other Nazi sympathizers
who are hiding their identity un
der the guise of American citizens,
but in reality are regular wolves
in sheep’s clothing, are detrimen
tal to the whole war effort.
They may have on the garment
of a sheep but their long “wolf
ish” mouth will be sticking out
and their tails will surely show.
These Nazi sympathizers who
claim to be American citizens will
do everything in their power to
destroy the very thing our De
mocracy ensures. They are in
reality traitors to the cause of
freedom. They would rather see
us lose this war than to give the
minority group what is justly due
them under our Constitution.
Some of these southern whites
and a few others in different sec
tions of the country, pretend they
don’t understand what is meant
by social equality; So, this is what
I would like for them to under
stand, that we Colored Americans
do not want social equality in the
sense in which some of the South
ern whites pretend to think we do.
We are not wanting to marry into
other races nor are we wanting
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Published in the Interest of the Social , Political and Economic Welfare of 15,000 Negroes of Arizona
them to take us into their social
circles. We do want to be given
equal consideration and oppor
tunities to earn a living the same
as any other American.
Well Known
Citizen Passes
Mrs. Sermance Ash (Madam
Sewell) of 15th and Madison St.,
passed away Monday afternoon.
Madam Sewell came to Phoenix
21 years ago from Oklahoma City
and made this her home. She has
been very active in civic and re
ligious affairs. Madam Sewell per
fected a gas mask from salvage
inner tubes which she offered to
the government free of charge.
She is survived by one son John
Wagner and her parents Rev. and
Mrs. Boyd of Phoenix.
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Fourth Os July
Barbecue Dinner
The Delta Sigma Theta Sorority
gave a Barbecue Picnic at the
East Lake Park for the benefit of
the Colored Orphans Home, to be
erected on South 7th St., in the
very near future. This will be,
when erected, the only one of its
kind in the state, solely for Negro
children.
The dinner consisted of delici
ous barbecued beef, potato salad
and brown beans.
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Armstrong Gets Offer
Los Angeles, July 1— (AP)
Henry Armstrong’s manager,
George Moore, said yesterday he
had received an offer of SIO,OOO
from Promoter Max Joss for the
former triple-crown champion to
fight August 2 at Ebbetts Field,
Brooklyn. Moore said Armstrong
would not commit himself until
the opponent has been named.
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1944
Scout Home
Is Dedicated
A clubhouse and playground for
colored Boy Scouts was dedicated
at a program, featuring addresses
by prominent civic leaders, held
here Thursday night.
Dedication speakers were Mayor
J. R. Fleming; J. R. Batchelor,
federal recreation representative
for Arizona; H. L. Dunham, repre
sentative of the Community Ac
tivities Board; Fred Wilson, city
commissioner; and the Rev. J. A.
Moton, missionary for the Colored
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mu
sic for the occasion was provided
by the Fort Huachuca Post Band,
which had been touring the state
with the Fifth War Loan Caval
cade. The band played at the dedi
cation following its appearance
with the Cavalcade unit at the
Fox Theater Thursday night.
More than 500 persons attended
the dedication of the home located
at Adams and 12th Streets. The
new home is sponsored by the
Phoenix Civic Welfare League,
Inc., an organization composed of
representatives from 16 colored
fraternal and civic organizations.
League members, headed by John
W. Washington, president, obtain
ed money for the project through
various fund-raising activities.
The home and playground will be
headquarters for colored scouts of
Troop No. 7, directed by Scout
master Lloyd Dickey. Volleyball,
basketball, skating and dancing
will be held on the concrete slabs
constructed on the grounds which
cover two large lots 100 feet wide
by 157 feet deep.
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tm OF INCOME
IS OUR QUOTA
IN WM BONDS
War Departments Highest Award
Given To Colored Workers
s2o r oo Bond Rally
Orchestra And
Entertainment
For your pleasure Sunday eve
ning, July 9th, the Colored Pro
fessional and Business Men’s Club
announces the special engagement
of Kingman Air Base Orchestra
and Entertainers for their bond
drive at Phyllis Wheatley Center,
1335 East Jefferson Street, Sun
day evening, July 9th at eight
o’clock.
This organization is entirely
new to Phoenicians and will pre
sent a type of entertainment that
will be refreshing.
In addition to the program to be
furnished by the soldiers there
will be several fine numbers fur
nished by Newton (Carolina)
Bronson, coordinator of Recrea
tion for the City of Phoenix.
In order to assist us in reaching
our quota of twenty thousand dol
lars bring along your checkbook
or your pocketbook. And remem
ber that the program is scheduled
to begin at eight o’clock.
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Mrs. Blunt Claimed
By Death
Mrs. Ellen Willis Blunt, former
ly of Mobile, Ala., passed away
June 25th, at the home of her
daughter, 28 N. Park St., where
she had resided, since coming to
Phoenix. Mrs. Blunt had been ill
for quite some time. She was also
blind, and had been widowed
since 1933.
Surviving her death are four
children, Mrs. Annie Sutton, Mr.
Bill Vaughn, Mrs. Martha Jack
son, and Mrs. Gertrude Mixon,
of Shelly, Ala. She also had 17
grandchildren, 8 great-grandchil
dren, a niece, Mrs. Mary Perkins,
a nephew, Dan Vaughn, of Okla
homa City, Oklahoma, and a host
of friends.
Well liked by her neighbors,
and all who knew her, Mrs. Blunt
will be sadly missed.
Funeral services were held Mon
day morning, July 3rd, at the
Antioch Baptist Church, with Rev.
J. H. Payton officiating. Intern
ment was at Mobile, Ariz., beside
the grave of her husband, Jack
Blunt.
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Hospital Fund
Gets Approval
Construction of a communicable
disease ward and a residence for
internes at St. Monica’s Hospital,
to cost approximately $83,700, has
been approved by the Federal
Works Agency, it was learned last
Saturday.
W. H. Cheney, Berkeley, Calif.,
regional director for the FWA,
wired Carl Hayden, U. S. Senator,
that the money had been allotted
for the work.
Plans for the buildings were
prepared by Lescher and Ma
honey, architects, and were sub
mitted to the agency with the
recommendation of the U. S. Pub
lic Health Service.
A call for bids on construction
will be issued in the near future,
it was said.
Too often we are prone to over
look instances of heroism on the
home front in the war production
which is so necessary for final
victory. In this connection recent
ly the Exceptional Service Em
blem, the highest award the War
Department gives civilian employ
ees, was awarded to two colored
employees of War Department
plants. They were Ernest Wheel
er, laborer at the Red River Ord
nance Depot, Texarkana, Texas,
and Mrs. Allese G. Lee, an em
ployee of the Pine Bluff Arsenal
and Chemical Warfare Service
Plant at Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Wheeler, on March 11, 1944, was
engaged in cleaning up around the
engtine test stand, while three me
chanics were readjusting the en
gine. The engine exploded,
spreading burning gasoline over
clothing worn by the mechanics.
Two fell to the floor and extin
guished the flames by rolling
along the flooring. The third me
chanic began running through the
aisles. Mr. Wheeler finally caught
up with him, and,' despite the
frantic efforts of the mechanic,
covered his face preventing him
from inhaling smoke and flames.
Medical officers agree that Mr.
Wheeler’s action probably saved
the mechanic’s life.
Mrs. Lee, whose husband is in
the Army of the United States
now serving in India, displayed
courage and heroism over and be
yond the call of duty on the pro
duction line on July 10,1943, when
she heard an explosion and ran
out of her cubicle to determine
what happened. She saw Edward
Morris, hopper-filler operator,
staggering on the ramp, enveloped
in flames. She ran up the ramp,
and, with her bare hands, tore the
burning clothing off the man.
With second degree burns on
her hand, Mrs. Lee returned to
work on the same shift, after re
ceiving medical attention, and,
though severely burned, Morris is
living proof of a woman’s patriot
ism and real courage.
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Mrs. Minnie Gibson
Passes Away
Mrs. Minnie Gibson, 910 S. 6th
Ave., passed away Thursday
morning, June 29th, at her resi
dence, after an illness of several
months. Mrs. Gibson had been
suffering from arthritis of the
spine, for some time, but not until
March did she really give in to
her complaint.
With Mrs. Gibson, when she
passed, at 7:55 in the morning,
were her nieces, Daisy Moore,
Alice McGee, and Edna Gonaway,
her nephews John and Patrick
Durham, and her brother-in-law,
Mr. Zack Durham.
Mrs. Gibson came to Phoenix
with her sister, Mrs. Durham, and
her family, in 1922, and they re
sided since then, with the excep
tion of a short time, at the above
address.
Death has been a frequent visi
tor to this family. Pete Durham
died June 15, 1941. His brother
Ralph passed Nov. 2, 1943, and
mother, Mrs. Durham followed six
weeks later, on Dec. 18, 1943.
Funeral services were held for
Mrs. Gibson, Monday morning,
July 3rd.
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