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nald Hightower Of Fayetteville,
North Carolina to First Sergeant:
William George Cox of West Phil
adelphia, Pennsylvania to Sar-
geant, and Edward J. Parker of
North Philadelphia to Staff Ser
geant.
Staff Sergeant Lee is a topograph-
zeal craftsman in the Plans and
framing Division of his outfit
First Sergeant Hightower had been
employed as delivery boy in civil
ian life. Before his promotion, he
was Battalion Sergeant Major. AT
ter attending St Joseph's Industrial
School, Clayton, Delaware, Sergeant
Cox had been employed by con-
struction Engineer. Staff Sergeant
Parker attended LaSalle College.
Chicago, Illinois, and later became
postal carrier. He had been af-
filiated with many youth organiza-
tons in Philadelphia. He has pass
ed his Officer Candidate School
Board examinations ard is waiting
to be called to Aajutant General
School
Medical Detachment
Promotion
Macon L. Tucker of Madison
Heights, Virginia, was promoted
from Corporal to Sergeant in the
Medical Detachment of his Engineer
Regiment. He is one Of three
brothers serving in the Army,
which he joined in September,
1941. He received his training at
Fort Meade, Maryland.
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a year, graduated from Howard
College, worked on the Dollar
Steamship line, during which time
his ship made trip to Japan He
attended the University of Cali
fornia at Berkeley few months,
then got masters degree in gov
eminent at Cornell in 1881. The
same year, he went to Shaw Col
lege as a faculty member, where he
remained until he was called to ac-
tive Army duty.
Their athletics also consist of
soft ball and touch ball games,
baseball and swimming.
The main cog of the Star unit is
the classification board, which de-
termines by a study of the results
of tests, and interviews given the
cadets, which courses of study each
cadet will be assigned to, and which
college they will report to. At
Agriculture and Technical, this
board is composed of two white
Army officers and three prominent
Negro educators connected with the
college. These educators include
the head of the education and psy-
chology department, Professor H.
r. Annette, Dean ]. NJ Martenna,
for Is years dean of the School
of Engineering at A & T. College,
and Dean Yarmouth T. Gibbs,
Dean of the College, who is the
educational advisor to the Board.
The Army officers, Captain Will
liam Sonnier, of Rhyme, Louisiana,
chairman of the board and Lieu
tenant Samuel c. Evans of Mad
isonville and Louisville, Kentucky,
were in educational work prior to
being called to active Army duty
From the Star unit, cadets are
sent to training unit to begin their
studies. They are taught by reg
ular college faculty members, but
they are still in uniform and I'M
der military discipline, and some
military physical training is includ-
ed in the course.
The majority of the Star unit ca
diets have been sent to Howard
College in Washington, Yale, Penn
sylvania State and the University
of Pittsburg, SO. far. Agriculture
and Technical is scheduled to have
a training unit there soon.
Any soldier is eligible for selec-
ton for these courses if he scores
lis or better on the Army General
Classification Test and meets the
other qualifications.
A soldier under % years of age
must have had at least high school
education or its equivalent. Those
with more than two years of col
lege must also have at least one
year of college physics, or math-
ematics, or three college courses in
| psychology, or must have some
knowledge of at least one modern
foreign language.
Soldiers % years of age or older,
must have had at least one year
of college but not more than three
years of college, unless they have
majored in one of the following:
mathematics, physics, chemistry,
psychology, or engineering; or
unless they have some knowledge
of at least one modern foreign
| language.
Lieutenant Colonel R. F. Edwards,
commandant of the Star unit, chose
as his adjutant Negro officer with
80 years of Army experience. Lieu
tenant Harnett G. OVERLY, a ma
tive of New Brunswick, New Jer-
| sey, who served two years in
France during World War I. He
retired in February, 1912, but was
called back to active duty in No
vember 1912 with commission in
the Reserves.
Many soldiers with exceptional
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abilities and training are coming
into the Star unit for classification,
so that Uncle Sam may use their
abilities to greatest advantage. And
this free training in college will be
OF great advantage to the individ-
ual, in his later civilian or Army
life.
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confidence in our men and women
our friendship will grow so strong
that only God Almighty himself
can break through. Courage is
what most of us need today-to
work out our own salvation in a
peaceful way
Mr.. Business Man, this organiza-
ton will be an asset to your bus
mess in years to come. Mr.. Aver
age Citizen, this organization will
make your community a better
place in which to live both finan-
cially and morally.
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Soldier with Ambition to Become
Concert Pianist, Writes
Songs for Army Show

Songs for Army Show
Private Herbert Horatio Nichols.
$50 Hewitt Place, New York City,
has had an ambition to become a
concert pianist ever since his high
school days. He attended City Col
lege in New York, where he ma
jored in music and philosophy.
Lack of money prevented his grad
uating and he then got a job as a
porter. His interest in music con-
tinued though, and in the evenings
he played the piano for various or
chestras. In 1871 he joined the
Army and later went overseas as
Company Clerk. Now, aside from
his duties as clerk, he is an i'm
portant cog in the Regimental Band,
as he makes all arrangements for
the music. He has also composed
two songs which have been played
in an Army show. One is mar
tial song called Guard of the
North" the other is 1--WE tune
called ''Chant of the Wolf" the IT,
tie of which will be well under
stood by Army men.
Private Nichols is not always able
to write songs; he must wait until
the feeling of music comes over
him. he says and 'he just lets
CO." Quite frequently he finds op-
portunity to play a piano and he
says, Il want to keep my fingers
as timber as possible because when
l get home | want to study music
again and l still haven't lost my
ambition of becoming a concert
pianist"
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PROMOTIONS
Coast Artillery
Promotions

promotions
Nine soldiers in a Coast Artillery
Corps unit stationed at an island
base, have been promoted, it was
announced today by the Command
ing General of the U. S. Army
Forces here.
Ernest J. Spencer, Brennan, Tex
as, was promoted from Corporal
Technician to Sergeant Technician.
Charles NJ. Donaldson of Ander-
son, South Carolina, was promoted
from Pvirate First Class to Corpo-
raj, as was John Flagg, Jr., of Clar-
ence, Louisiana.
The following men were pro-
NOTED from Private First Class to
Corporal Technician: James E.
johnson of Summerton, South Car
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no Your CANNING JOB I'll DO MINE!!"


alyze the various organic substan-
ces found in the jungle plant life
in the hope that some of these may
prove useful in the war effort. He
has concentrated particularly on
tree saps, with view towards OBJ
tanning a possible substitute for
rubber.
The many difficulties encoun-
tered in obtaining supplies and set
ting up the laboratory were a chal-
lenge to Sergeant Williams. He
has overcome all except finding
enough time to spend in this work.
He says that in his opinion, trop-
zeal vegetation has been neglected
as to what it might offer mankind
and that research in this field has
unlimited possibilities.
Army Specialized Training
Program Gets Underway
At Greensboro, N. C..
ATLANTA, rgia.-The Army
Specialized Training Star Unit, To-
Gated at Agriculture and Technical
College in Greensboro, North Caro-
lima, is busily classifying qualified
Negro soldiers to determine which
college they shall be sent to for
further study, and what their back
ground and aptitude tests indicate
they are best qualified to specialize
in.
The Army Specialized Training
Program is based on the knowledge
that it is going to take courage and
brains to win this war-and some
thing more. That Something
more" is the development of the
soldiers native capacity to its high
est potentially through training.
The Army provides most of that
training in its own camps, but for
many lines of highly specialized
training, it turns to the facilities of
higher education, while at the same
time keeping the soldier-students
in uniform, under military disci-
pline.
The Star unit is a classification
center for Army Specialized Train
ing program, where the cadets, as
these soldier-students are called.
are sent to be assigned to the col
leges where they will take the
courses prescribed by the Army.
Qualified soldiers are sent di-
rectly from the Army posts where
they ar estationed, to Star unit,
where they are interviewed, and
given tests to determine what their
background and their aptitude
shows they are best suited for
Then they are assigned to the next
quota open at a college where their
particular type of studies are
taught.
When not being interviewed or
tested, those cadets who remain at
the Star unit long enough, are
given brief refresher course in the
subjects they will study. All stu
dents have a program of drill, ex-
ercise, games, and similar activities
to keep fit while they are awaiting
their college assignment.
AS part of the physical and mill
tary program, at the Agriculture
and Technical unit in Greensboro,
the cadets go through an obstacle
course designed by Lieutenant John
Clifford Harlan, former professor
at Shaw University, Raleigh, North
Carolina, who is now on duty with
the Star unity. Lieutenant Harlan
has held an r. 0. T. C. commission
since his graduation from Howard
University, Washington, D. c.
With both military training and
educational experience, Lieutenant
Harlan is exceptionally well quail
flied to be an officer at this Army
Specialized Training Star unit AT
ter graduating from high school in
New Orleans, he attended Crave
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Captain Ferguson, Assistant
Plans and Training Officer
Captain Arthur w. Ferguson. At
lantle City, New Jersey, has been
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Medical Detachment
Promotion
ENTERTAINMENT ITEMS FROM
PERSONALITIES ON THE
ISLANDS
Washington, d. C. Soldier

Washington, %. G.. Soldier
Wishes To Be Remembered
Master Sergeant Volney Clagett
Of Washington, D. c. left town to
enlist in 1888. He was stationed in
Fort Huachuca, Arizona but since
then has transferred to Coast Ar
tillery Unit with which he is now
serving as Regimental Sergeant
Major. He wishes to be remem-
bered to friends in Washington
who he hasn't seen in nearly five
wears.
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Detroit, Michigan Soldier
Making Name as an Entertain,

Private George Copeland, 1924
East Ferry Street, Detroit, has found
that on the womanless island base
he is stationed at, entertainment is
a big factor in keeping up the mo-
rale Of the men, and that practi-
cally all of it has to be furnished
by the men themselves. He recent
ly completed a two week tour of the
island as master of ceremonies and
chief comedian for his Engineer
Reginaental show. A veteran of Il
years experience in show bust
ness, Copeland's comedy and dane
ing contributed largely to the sue
cess Of the program.
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screen, won an overwhelming vic
tory. Her appearance in Cabin in
the Sky, which was recently
shown, was received with great en-
thusiasm.
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Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Soldier
Helps Form Regimental Band

- . S$AAAs OAASlA no IA Al1Oh1tlO11N4,
81 Lafferty Avenue, Pittsburg, Pen
rsylvania, has been instrumental in
the formation of a new Regimental
Band. He and Sergeant Joseph
Winston of Philadelphia, have taken
a group of inexperienced men and
fashioned a creditable musical or
ganization. Besides this activity
Sergeant Richmond is the featured
drummer of the Rhythm Engineers
Swingsters," known as the biggest
little band in the South Pacific p
In civilian life, Sergeant Rick
mond majored in music at the Uni
versity of Pittsburg, from which
he later graduated.
ID. C. Soldier Sings
In Camp Shows
Corporal John H. Alexander of
322 M Street, S. W., Washington,
D. c., is creating quite a reputa-
ton for himself with his singing in
regimental shows put on by his
Engineer outfit. AS a civilian, he
old much the same thing, but never
has he been SO much appreciated
he says. Before joining the Army
he was a railroad lineman.
Ne WORK City Soldier Entertains
Hospital Patients With
the Trumpet
Private First Class Arthur A
Richardson of 1245 Western Road
New York City, has studied music
for 8 years, specializing in the
trumpet. He worked as a ship
ping clerk until ne joined the Army
in 1941. Overseas since 1912, he is
assigned to an anti-aircraft outfit
in which he has responsible iot
as a range finder. At one time
Private Richardson was hospital.
lied and during that time, he en-.
tertained himself by singing anc
playing any instrument he could
| get his hands on His ability was
appreciated by the other patients
and on his release he was made
part of his regimental show. Pri.
vate Richardson's father is Captain
Adrian Richardson, skipper of the
Liberty Ship, the George Wash.
ington Carver"
Tops Half Way Round
The World
| An Engineer Regiment has recent
ly selected Miss Lena Horne
Sweetheart of Regiment in con.
test conducted by the Regimenta
newspaper. Miss Horne, who wa!
in competition with other out
standing ladies of radio. stage ane
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morning with one Of the generals
uaison officers to gather a first
hand report, the German plan was
developing with disturbing effect.
Troops Uneasy.
The first aid post on the Amer
ican section of the beach, under
fire itself, was frantically handling
a stream of casualties. The beach
was pocked with slit trenches and
bomb holes. Newly landed troops
were markedly uneasy A battery of
88's on the face of Mount Soprano
was lobbing shells into the area.
One of our destroyers was steam
ing slowly 100 yards offshore, fir
ing steadily into the face of the
mountain.
Three miles inland, practically at
the foot of Mount Soprano, we
found the American divisional COM
mand post (headquarters). The at
moSphere here was one of uneasy
satisfaction. The troops were tired
but holding steadily against sharp
counterattackS. In a field not 300
yards from the command post, four
Mark " tanks were smoking
knocked out by fire of an American
cruiser less than an hour before
Troops were quick to admit that the
cruisers accuracy dissolved a nasty
situation. We were tanning out
around Mount Soprano, and north
of our beachhead in an attempt tc
make contact with the British di-
visions across the Sele.
In the British beachhcad, reached
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paper 1t looked good. And 1t almost
succeeded
Plan Put in Action.
On the morning of the 9th, !
saw the German plan begin to oper-
ate with savage intensity.
Fighter -bombers of the Luftwaffe
defiant of the Spitfires, Lightnings
and Seafires patrolling above the
bay, hurtled down with reckless dar-
ing on the anchored armada.
Aboard the headquarters ship we
experienced six air attacks in the
first two hours of daylight. Two
bombs dropped within IS yards of
our intricately rugged ship, nerve
center OF the entire operation.
The attacks were short, but they
were skillfully executed and uncan-
nily accurate. The German bomb
ers swept in from the sea, darted
through holes in our fighter cover
and dropped their heavy bombs on
big units anchored in the bay. They
continued on toward the beach, los
ing altitude and gaining speed, ane
dropped augmentation bombs or
beach engineers unloading supplies
across the ramps of landing craft
Then they swept inland strafine
troops until they disappeared over
the mountain peaks.
When I went ashore early that
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by motor launch, the situation was
even less favorable The single COM
pany occupying Battipaglia had fall
len victim to strong German coun-
terattack. We had lost the road
junction. A British brigade was
preparing drive to retake the town
But the whole British beachhead
was being harried by confusing
German counterattacks consisting
Of six to 10 tanks followed by one
or two companies of infantry.
Air Activity Heavy.
North of Salerno City, rangers
and commandos clung to their
mountain pass positions. German
troops had cut in behind them, de-
stroyed' their beach supplies, iso-
lated them with 48 hours of ra-
tions and ammunition. But wire
less reports from their portable
transmitting set carried defiant
note.
BY the time I arrived back at the
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headquarters ship, late In the after
noon OF the 9th, the German air
plan was in full blast. Ten more
attacks had been made on the ship
and the transports clustered in the
vicinity; bombs were dropped with
improved accuracy.
The principal heroes Of the piece
thus far were the beach engineers
Impressed with the urgency of get
ting supplies ashore quickly, they
declined to take shelter during raids
Some of them fell as they hauled
Evening star., 1943-11-09
German Effort to Rout Allies
At SoIerno Nearly Succeeded

fThis is the third in a series
OF articles, detailing for the first
time the story of the most daring
attack the Allies haze yet hurled
against fortress Europe - the
Salerno inpaSion. Mr.. Shapiro,
accredited to headquarters OF 1t.
Gen. Mark w. Clark, commander
OF the 5th Army, travelled to
Sdlerno Bay aboard Gen. Clark's
headquarters ship and 10as at
the front line during the perilous
operdtion.)
Evening star., 1943-11-09
Power ENGINEERS to Meet

The National Association of Power
Engineers will hold special meet
ing at pm. today at the Washing
ton School of Steam Engineering,
935 H street NV, w. c. Strickler,
secretary, has announced.
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ammunition across the ramps o
landing craft
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You don't believe you're wasting almost one tenth of the
food you buy? Well, maybe you aren't.
Most American doing everything they think
of to make food 60 farther these days.
But you have straight from your government that
American families waste enough food annually feed the
larger part of armed forces home abroad That
waste is mostly habit We've all had much for so many
years, that waste without realizing it,
We've got to change that habit. Food much in
wartime.
Think for minute of the foods you buy Monte
label alone 1t took thousands of farmers months
took thousands of workers pack them 1t takes hundreds
OF thousands of make them available
all over the country.
And that's just Del Monte remember Every food you buy
bread potatoes meat work and time and
materials that are far precious to waste.
that's why we We got to stop waste before stops And
it's to be done right the kitchens of America Think it
over Is there something else you do do without
BETTER to waste your kchen Take minutes to read
the questions below Then decide for yourself.
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Repair Jobs Are Essential
To Preserve Furniture

Now that things must be made To
last for the duration, repair Jobs
that previously would have been
omitted in some cases in preference
to complete replacement of dam
aged article, have assumed un-
precedented proportions.
Dents or gouges In furniture or
woodwork with a plain painted fin-
ish may be dealt with quite satis-
factorily by cleaning out the dent
or gouge to provide good adhesion,
filling the hole with plastic wood or
osaer special composition sold for
the purpose in paint stores, smooth
ing it off with putty knife and
then repainting to match the adj
jacent surface. For thoroughly
good Job it may be found advisable
to repaint an entire board or sec
ton TO get an even result.
In the case of transparent coat
ings or grained woodwork the prob
lem calls for more delicate handling.
If 1t is important to get good
match in such case 1t Is advisable
to call in an expert patcher, who
| usually can be located through a fur
| niture dealer, unless the owner has
more than the average skill In such
matters and feels capable and desir-
GUS OF doing the job himself.
Evening star., 1943-09-04

Red stamps are not rationed II
they are War savings stamps. Help
yourself and your country.
Evening star., 1943-09-04
Postwar Financinq
To Be Discussed

The 30th annual conference of
the Mortgage Bankers Association
September % in Chicago will dis
cuss postwar building and real
estate financing and review Gov
ernment operations in these fields,
it was announced today. Also of
particular interest to association
members will be postwar mortgage
planning.
Speakers will include Abner H
FERGUSON, FHA commissioner, and
B. c. Bovard, FILA general counsel,
Other speakers will be James
Twohy, governor. Federal Home
Loan Bank System; H. R. Temple
ton, vice president. Cleveland Trust
Co.: Earl B. Schwulst, first vice
president. Bowery Savings Bank,
New York; Walter H. Rolapp, vice
president. Pacific Mutual Life In
surance Co. Los Angeles. and John
H. Scott, president, Scott Mortgage
Co., Pittsburgh. Morgan L. Fitch,
Chicago, president of the Illinois
Association of Real Estate Boards,
will conduct the panel discussion.
The association declared:
"FHA in nine years has been re-
sponsible for more than $4,000
homes being purchased or i'm
proved through loans of nearly
$7,000, 900, 900. Most mortgage bank
ers commend the agency for its
efficient and successful wartime job.
They also fully recognize its great
accomplishments in standardizing
appraisals, lending practices and
construction methods. But what of
its future? Does the country ex-
pect it to be retained permanently?
The answers to these and related
questions form the basis for part
of this exploration on our part"
Other subjects for review are the
role banks, savings banks, insur-
ance companies and other lenders
may play in postwar real estate
financing
Evening star., 1943-09-04
The Home Clinic

and sizes-so we will cover our own
The pleated sheer crepe shade Is
very simple to do. 1t is necessary
only to repeat with new material the
same method Of application used on
the original. The fitted shades
usually are cut on the bias. Best
method Is to make a pattern from
the old one, as you remove it, with
attention given to laying the new
fabric on the same thread as the
old. Paper or parchment shades
may be cut according to the old
one and glued In place with fabric
glue.
Heavy paper may be treated to
look like parchment by rubbing it
with linseed oil. Designs may be
painted on it first with indelible
drawing inks or water or oil color
When dry, the linseed may be
painted over the whole. This gives
luminous quality, and If the paper
has good texture it will have the
same effect as parchment.
These are many of the old-fash-
ioned housekeeping jobs that some
of us had forgotten. They are es-
sential in keeping an air of good
order in every home. Plan some of
your house work time this fall to
take in these minor details of ma jor
Importance.