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The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Award Pilots
Licenses To
I 7Hannptonifes
Four Are
Transferred
To Tuskegee

HAMPTON, Inst. Va.-(SNS) -
Hampton Institute sent another
group of young Negro flyers aloft
this week, fully equipped to take
their place among the skilled fly
erS of the nation.
Seven Hampton Institute STU
dents were awarded pilots licenses
after completing the last Civilian
Pilot Training Program at the
Tidewater Virginia school and four
graduates of the course have been
transferred to the advanced fly
ing program at Tuskegee. They are
w. Robert Aston of Huntington,
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Thousands View EIectrocuted
Body OF Walter Reed, Killer

tinued until the hour of the fun
eral Sunday. Several thousands
must have viewed the body.
The funeral was held from the
Olivet Baptist church, University
Street, Sunday at 200 p. M. with
the pastor, Rev. jackson officiat-
ing. Survivors present at the fun
eral were his mother. Mrs. Reed,
wife Mrs. Mary Reed, and sister,
Mrs. Stevanra Hall.
IntermenC was in Pleasant Gar
den cemetery.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

bulletins and statements issued by
organizations and agencies such as
the Council for Democracy, the
National Urban League. Hampton
Institute, Negroes Committee to
March on Washington, and others.
Articles which have appeared in
leading magazines and editorials,
articles and news items appearing
in OPPORTUNITY and the CRIS-
IS are included. Among authors
lister will be found Pearl S. Buck,
Walter White, Eleanor Roosevelt,
Edwin r. Embree, Robert G.
Weaver, Alfred Baker Lewis. Beu-
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
CHATTANOOGA. Tenn

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn
Walter Reed, approximately 60
year-old colored yardman, was
electrocuted in Nashville, Tenn. at
the State penitentiary Friday, july
18 at Sis A. M. for the murder Of
Mrs. Jane Fowler Cathey, promin-
ent white matron of North Chat
tanooga. The crime was committed
in April this year and Reed was
sentenced by the Criminal Court
Judge to be electrocuted after he
admitted that he committed the
crime.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
John W. Moses Dies
After Long Illness

Mr.. John w. Moses, well known
citizen and business man of this
city passed Tuesday, July %, at
the Booker T. Washington Hospi-
tai, he had been i'll for sometime yet
his death came as shock to his
many friends. He was the husband
OF Mrs. Ada Moses and the Uncle
OF Miss Tlene Moses of Dallas.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
THOUSANDS VIEW BODY

IHOU OAINUS VIEW bUDl
When the news flashed through
out the city that the body of Wal
ter Reed who was electrocuted was
in the city at the Mabel Franklin
Home ON E. 9th Street, a stream
of curiosity seekers began making
their way to the funeral home TO
view the remains of the mysterious
killer, Walter Reed.
Attaches at the Mabel Franklin
Funeral Home said that an un-
broken line Of people started COM
ing to the Home Friday and con-
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Negroes In ~
Units OF Amv

WASHINGTON D. C.-(SNS)~-Colored enlisted men
serving in twelve branches the Army including
the Air Corps the War Department announced Saturday
Latest figures show that 69639 officers and men are
duty in all of the nine Corps Areas Of the officers nne
including three Reserve officers the Regular ARMY
There 27 National Guard officers % Reserve off
cers-a total of 259
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Nazis' Efforts
10 Dominate
Republic Told
Nation Located
Just Below Dakar '
May Get Air Bases

WASHINGTON, D. c.
(ANP) CONTRARY to Presi-
dent Roosevelt's declaration
that he had no intention OF.
sending any more American
armed forces overseas at this
time, reports circulating last
week gave evidence that the
United States is seriously
considering building an Amer
lean naval and military base
at Liberia and on the west
coast of Africa.
The information that Liberia Is
under consideration came from an
administration conference report.
Administration oficials refuse TO
discuss the matter but indications
are that Liberia has been consid
cred as an alternative to French
Dakar seizure of which has been
deemed too risky.
JUST BELOW DAKAR
Liberia is considered of vital I'M
portance now because of its strate-
gic position, just below Dakar ard
opposite the Brazil coast.
In his May q fireside chat the
President intimated that he would
seize the Portuguese Azores. Caps
Verde Islands and Dakar in order
to forestall occupation by the Nazis
if Hitler should invade the Iberjan
peninsula CSpain and PortugaD
Occupancy of such outpcsss hy the
Nazis, the President sale. would pe
a threat to the safety of the United
States.
Liberia, founded In 1920 under
auspices of American societies in
terested In establishing a colony OF
freed American slaves. was granted
independence in 1847,, but is Still
an American protectorate Because
of close relations with the Uniteo
States, Liberia is said to be favor
able to the building Of military
posts.
SENTIMENT ANTI-NIZI
DR.. John H. F'urbay, former act
ing president of the College of West
Africa. Monrovia, In an interview
recently, declared that sentiment
in Liberia is strongly anti-Nazl.
Fear rides the Liberians that il
Germany should get their continent
under her thumb, thev would soon
be in chains, the educator said.
Several months ago DR.. Furhays
continued, revolution broke out II
Liberia when some educated ma
tives with a German-educated lead
er tried to assasSlnate, the president
and seize the reils Of government
The USS Omaha, sent from Euro
pean waters arrived just In time
to sunport the government Tie
revolutionists we're arrested and
sent to the first concentration camp
ever established in Liberia
NAZI AGENTS IN COUNTRY
Further discussing the recent
revolution attempt. DR.. Furbay,
who has kept, in close touch with
friends and conditions in Liberia
since he left there two years ago,
declared that most outsiders had
no notion of the cause of the tlare-
up. Explaining the situation which
exists, he said:
Twenty five Thousand American
Negroes, ex-slaves rule two million
natives. Conflict between the two
uneven groups is always smoui
1ering. Lately it has been famed
~ Nazi agents WHO have been in"
% every corner of the republic as
traders, anthropologists and in 9TH
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
ALONzO ADEN's UNCLE DIES

WASHINGTON - CA N P) -
Friends of Alonzo Alden, brilliant
curator of the Howard University
Art gallery and curator of the art
collection at the American Negro
Exposition in Chicago last summer,
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

There are 8 warrant officers in
the Regular Army and 8 in the
National Guard. There are Is in
the Army Nurse Corps.
The enlisted men in the Regular
Army number 26,888. In addition,
there are 1,585 National Guards
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

Iah AmldOn, and James L. H.
Peck. The appendix gives the
names and titles of Negroes who
hold key positions in Federal Gov
ernment offices in Washington
whose activities are chiefly con-
cerned with phases of the National
Defense rogram. The bibliogra-
ply, compiled by Ann Tanneyhill.
assistant in charge of the Leagues
Personnel and Guidance Service,
may be secured for ten cents
copy by addressing the Department
of Industrial Relations, National
Urban League 1888 Broadway, New
York City.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02
Bible Thought

LIMITLESS SUPPLY: My God
shall supply all your need accord
ing to his riches in glory by Christ
Jesus 4:19.
The Phoenix index., 1941-08-02

men and 213 Reserves.
There are 39,015 trainees assign
ed to Regular Army units and 1,647
assigned to National Guard units
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
BOOTY AND PRISONERS

Large quantities of war booty
and many hundreds o. prisoners
were taken when the British
troops swept into Agordat. a war
bulletin reported. Capture of
Agordat now gives the British
control of Eritrea'S only railway
that leads directly to the capital
of Asmara and the colony's main
port of MassaWa.
The Italians, who left Is artil-
lery guns and IL tanks behind,
were reported retreating towards
keren. so miles further east. South
of Agordat. British troops were
said to be encircling the town of
Barentu.
On the Li5yan front. the general
command in Cairo reported that
oper lions were proceeding
smoothly" Entrenched in the
mountains just west of the cap
tured Fascist base of Derna,
Italian troops were reported to be
offering stubborn resistance.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
CAUSES CONFUSION

Army tabulations and testimony
before congressional committees
always link tanks and combat cars
as though they were different
which sometimes causes confusion
in lay minds. Actually they are
the same thing.
BY congressional decision tanks
are an infantry weapon and so no
money appropriated for the cav
airy, even in its modern mechan-
lied form. can be used for tanks"
So the cavalry calls them combat
cars.
There are no recent figures on
artillery production. to show how
the old field guns sent to re-equip
the British army after the escape
from Dunkirk are being replaced.
Bit latest information and per-
sonal survey indicates that re-
placement is slow and that few
new field guns are in use at the
training centers.
1t is definitely known that none
of the 90-millimeter anti-aircraft
guns destined to supersede all eX-
listing models has been placed in
actual service.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03

and worthless from a combat
point of view. They were sent &c
Canada for training, as similar OBJ
solete vehicles are being held for
training here pending new con-
StTuction.
The tabulation shows an esti-
mated 500 tanks and combat cars
in the United States Army now
This estimate is based on the
known figure tor August of last
year. the subsequent shipment to
Canada. and the acknowledged
fact that production in new tanks
has been slower than in other
major defense items.
In recent tour of training GEN.
tiers, including. the two bases OF
the armored force AT Fort Knox,
KY. and Fort Benning. Ga. saw
no more than q dozen new tanks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
OBSOLETE GUNS

Present equipment, both guns
and searchlights, are obsolete be-
cause they cannot reach the alti-
tudes in which modern bombers
fly. This was shown at recent
army exercises in the northeastern
states. where invading bombers'
were ordered to fly under 10000
feet so that the searchlights could
spot them.
The two-ocean navy program
has received no serious setbacks
except for the difficulty in produc-
ing armor plate fast enough TO
meet all defense demands.
The battleship North Carolina
will be commissioned in April and
the Washington in July. bringing
the battleship total TO II and more
than half way TO the goal of 80.
In the smaller categorieS the con-
struction program is proceeding
normally and steady increase of
naval strength may be expected.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
Greeks Eneirde
Vd|ond, TepeIini.

ATHENS. Feb. 3.-One-third
of Albania now lies in the hands
of Greek troops and the vital
bases of Valona and Tepeleni are
rapidly being encircled. under
cover of heavy Raj bombing. the
Greek high command announced
today.
In three months of fierce noun
tain fighting, Greek forces have
pushed Italian troops back more
than so miles and occupied more
than 5000 square miles of AL
bantam territory.
According TO captured Italian
officers. Gen. Ugo Cavallero. COM
manding officer of the Albanian
campaign. Count GaleazZo Ciano,
foreign minister, Robert Farinacci,
member of the Fascist grand
council, and other high Italian
dignitaries have arrived in the
central sector and ordered rein
forcements poured in to stop the
Greek drive toward the Albanian
coastal plain.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
Italians
Resistance
BY DESMOND TIGHE
IntI News Service Stan Correspondent

DERNA, Libya. Feb. 3.-Italian
troops who fed from this seaport
stronghold are offering stubborn
resistance in the mountains a few
miles west of Derna.
I have just returned from
visit I % the battlefront, where
bursting shells straddled the side
of a roadway beside which British
infantry patrols crouched under
cover of boulders and in deep
rocky ravines.
AS I watched, a British artillery
battery rushed up. swerved from
the road and took up positions
from which it poured a rain of
fire into the mountains concealing
the Italian gunners.
The British imperial forces COM
manded by Gen. Sir Archibald
Wavell are now probing the Italian
lines to find out the Fascist
strength.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
CONVOY ATTACKED

Reciprocating Germany's aerial
assistance in the Mediterranean
region, intensification of Italian
aid to the Nazi submarine cam
paign in the Atlantic was reflected
in a claim that a Fascist subma-
rine torpedoed and sank three
British ships in that ocean.
The italian submarine was de-
clared to have accomplished this
feat in an attack on a warship-
escorted convoy of four British
merchantmen of which only one
escaped the torpedoes. The three
vessels sunk in the Atlantic were
said to have aggregated $4,000
tons.
The wars first German air at
tacks in the Libyan theater of
hostllitles were revealed in a COM
munique by the Italian high COM
mand which acknowledged the
outbreak of severe fighting" in
the Agordat and Barentu sectors
of the western Eritrean plain.
into which British troops have
Denetrated
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
Continue
Advance on All
African Fronts
BY w. r. SAPPHIRE

CAIRO Feb B Smashing
Italian resistance on all African
fronts. British troops today drove
deeper into the Fascist colonies of
Eritfea, Semalilahd, Abyssihia and
Libya.
Greatest British advance was
made into the Red Sea colony of
Eritrea, where imperial troops
led by motorized shock units from
India-pushed eastward of the
fallen Italian railway center of
Agordat.
In North Africa. the British
command reported the concen-
tration of British troops in the
direction of the Italian naval base
of Bengazi. In northwest Abys-
sinia. a communique reported the
Italians in full retreat" while in
Somaliland a general falling
back" of Fascist forces was re-
ported.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
Sardinia
TOrpedOed
From Air
International New. Service Cable


LONDON. F @ b. 3. - Swordfish
torpedo" planes Of the British
navy - the type that attacked
Italian fleet units at laramie
several months ago - carried out
a successful assault against Sar-
DINA yesterday, the admiralty an
neaneed today.
One plane is missing, the adj
miralty said.
ENEMY planes bombed and
tefpedeed" various localities in
Sardinia, the Italian high COM
mand announced A British
Spitfire fighting plane was shot
down at Via Reggie, the war
bulletin added)
For the "Inside News" OF
follow -Patii- NAL
Ions Column in the Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
7 Drug Store Bandits
Substitute for Clerk

When two customers walked
into a drug store at sol East
Warren avenue where three armed
bandits were holding up the clerk,
Leo Fortney. SIS, of the same
address, one of the bandits kept
Fortney covered with a gun while
the other two waited on the GUS
toners. When the customers left
the bandits took $40 from the cash
register, made Fortney lie down
behind the prescription counter,
and fed.
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IN THE
NEWS

Continued from Page One)
against dishonest makeshift and
servile surrender.
IF YOU heard Paul Jones at all
i you would have heard him say
American citizens ,Dhom
I helped to make free.
Keep the great Ameri-
can nary / helped to found.
Keep your integrity.
Keep your independence.
keep your self-respect.
GO into the wdr If you
lciH but as a FREE COUN-
TRY 1#eta$ dependent
dominion com posed of
snobs and Sycophdnts.
GO IN as q nation of
American citizens,-not as
a rdbble of alien minded
subjects.
"DO not sink the Ameri-
can mary; do not sell it.; do
not surrender 1t.
"Do not hire ont your de-
Tenders as if they were
HesSidns.
do not make a remnant
sale of your national indie
pendence.
do not prostitute your
historic American great
ness and glory.
"Free Americans for
'chom / fought, keep your
nary and keep your nation
olity.
Fight If you please but
fight as Americans.
We hare American prin-
ciples to ltue for, American
Ideals to die for.
We need our strength,
1ce need our spirit. =
we need our patriotism,
zee need Our pride.
We need our loUe Of lib
erty and Of ndtire land.
Keep orr ships TO fight
rith.
Keep orr honor to fight
for.
We hare our oaon hber-
tics to defead-our spirit of
freedom TO preserue-our
noble history as free men to
remember and to repeat.
We hare our rich heri-
tdge TO protect, our high
principles to perpetuate.
Eve do not think that
our greatness is finished.
We do not beiiere that
our glories are ended.
we knOW Ue HAVE
NOT YEEBEGEANAT0
FIGHT"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
NAH BASES IN LIBYA

CThe British announced the
capture of Agordat, railroad key
to the Eritrean Red Sea coast.
Plainly indicating that the lltfft-
waite now has established bases
in western Libya as well as in
Sicily and southern Italy. the COM
munique said German bomber for
followed UP theif, initial
blows Friday by effectively bomb
ing" the British-occupied East
Libyan port of Bardia and the
Egyptian harbor of Sollum on
Saturday.
A 10000 ton British ship in
Bardia harbor was declared 10
have been tink=tHder dewHpeHFs
of German bombs.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
ITALIANS CHOICE

Today's Italian resistance may
prove merely rearguard action
to cover the withdrawal of the main
Italian forces. or it may be the
of a real Italian attempt
to hold up the British advance.
reconnaissance is difficult be-
cause of the terrain, but Raj pa
trolls are flying over the zone of
operationS constantly.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
Nazi Filters Sink
4British Ships
0ffLibyd
BY MICHAEL CHINIGO
Init News Service stan Correspondent


ROME, Feb. 3.-Disclosure that
Germany's air force has gone into
action over the Libyan battle
zone TO help Italy stem the British
invasion. was made today with
announcement that Stuka dive
bombers had sunk four British
ships and damaged three others
along the Libyan Mediterranean
coast.
tThe German high command
reported that its bomberS Satur-
day had sunk three merchant
ships in raid on a Mediter-
ranean port used as a supply
base for the British army in
North Africa. These vessels ag-
gregated about $4,000 tons. it
was claimed. Three other ships
were reported heavily damaged)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
TWo-OCEAN NAVY

The program fer tWe-oeeaF
navy has increased the fleet by
one aircraft carrier, one cruiser
several destroyers and two new
battleships which viii be launched
this Spring and Summer. During
this period the navy released to
Britain so destroNers.
The closest approach TO produc-
ton hopes of national defense
leaders has been in output of the
Garand semi-automatic rifles s,
which will be the basic weapon of
the new defense army.
Official reports indicate that
lis. 600 of these guns arc now on
hand. Production is at the rate of
600 day and will soon be stepped
up. The 100000 needed for an
army Of 100000 should be on
hand we'll before the present army
strength of $4,000 men reaches
the million mark. None of the
Garand rifles has been released for
export TO Britain.
Other war materials furnished
TO Britain, not shown in the ac-
companying chart because there
are no official figures 10 Indicate
the extent to which they have
been replaced by new production.
include $4,000 old rifles, 81 500 old
machine guns. 900 World War 75s,
316 old mortars, zoe, 500 revolvers
and millions of rounds of ammuni-
ton for these pieces.
WORLD WAR TANKS
The tanks released to Britain
.,.ara a1eo If World War vintage
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
Nations Air Strength Increases
DESPITE $500 Planes Sent Britain
Progress in Arms Program,
International New. service Wire

defense
critical machine and and the
furnished The
those which checked indicate that they estimates
hiealn are considered military
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
The Weather
~. S. Chart on Page 81
HOURLY TEMPERATURES

The sun will set at 5:4e p. m. today,
And rise a. T.42 a. m. tomorrow.
The moon viii rise at Ills a. n. TO-
Gay, and set al l:07 A. N. tomorrow.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
Ships Speeded Up
in Building of
2-Ocean Navy
Nv ". w. CHAPLIN

NEW YORK. Feb. 5 Success
sive steps IN the Vast national de-
tense program on which America IS
embarked a. The same time II IS
furnishing all possible aid 20 Brit
an IS shown IN a survey completed
TODAY from official figures and
from expert estimates where mill
tarv secrecy forbids the use Of
exact statistics
The most dramatic phase Of his
twin program Is war plane produc-
ton, which aims Al combined
army-navy air strength ol 5000
planes. Since the var in Europe
began an estimated = 800 Ameri-
can planes have been released TO
Britain. DURING the same period
the combined American air forces
have increased from 3,64s planes
10 a cenServatively estimated 5000
and the true figure may be as
much as 500 planes more.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03
WORLD WAR TANKS

The tanks released to Britain
were also of World War vintage
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-02-03

Continued from Page One)
against dishonest makeshift and
servile surrender.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-05-02
HEALTH IN ARMY CAMPS

If you've heard those about epdemics at
army camps large numbers of deaths in army hospitals
unhealthy sanitary conditions and fast spreading diseases
among our recently recruited soldiers put them down as
malicious whispering.
These stories have been going the rounds about
practically all of our and enlarged camps Whether
the purpose to stir up resentment among families OF
soldiers or to the strength of
don't know, but investigation shows that men in army
camps are in most cases. in much more heathful sur
roundings than they at home.
Whispering campaigns can spread false rumors like
wdfre And there is little doubt that lot of these
army camp stories planned and paid for by enemies
within gates
Recent investigation in camp where it was re-
ported that the army hospital overfowing with
pneumonia and that there had been large number
of pneumonia deaths and that conditions deporabe
showed these facts of thousand soldiers two
in the hospital with pneumonia and we'll on
the way to recovery; there had been pneumonia
Deaths out of normal expectation, based on civilian
averages of five per cent the sick list less than two
per sick most of the soldiers in camp stated
that they healthier than before they to
Another interesting finding that large portion
of the soldiers who in the hospital just had simple
colds other slight ailments which, in civilian ife
wouldn't have kept them from going to work But the
army doesn't take chances. Any sign of sickness
visit to the doctor, and when he recommends day of
rest it day in the hospital So large proportion
of hospitazed soldiers the who in business fe
would be going to work with the "sniffles"