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The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
HERO SAVES II FROM
BOMB WRECKED SHIP
War Dept. Wants
900 Race Doctors

WASHINGTON. - (ANP) - The
latest figures available after con-
siderable search and study Sy the
war department are said TO reveal
tina. there are only 300 Negro ply
sicians in the country instead OF Ike
1000 commonly assumed in the past.
OF these about 400 are expected 10
represent the total which will be
used by the army in the current
war.
About 100 not in service at this
lime will be indicted. OF these
about So have already volunteered
and are awaiting assignment. An
other Is or 20 are servicing in de-
contamination units or in other
classifcations and are expected 20
&c taken in the medical corps. rk,s
leaves about 80 TO be selected
through procurement.
So far as present indications are
concerned this is about the limit
Of the army's plans to use Negro
phi. -siciahs. Only If liberalization
takes place and Negro ply siciaas
are assigned 10 Negro troops where
all other officers are white. move
which seems improbable, will addi-
.ional Negro doctors be called sc-
cording 10 belief prevalent here.
Such. an allotment will leave 400
Negro doctors in private practice.
small number in comparison -
he population. Practically none
will be taken from the south or
from small communities.
II is said that this ratio is perhaps
satisfactory 20 the procurement and
assignment committee OF the. Ma
;onal Medical association which
feels il is unfair 10 ask the 200
doctors who have made place for
themselves in private practice AID
wt.o stand 10 lose heavily because
their clientele would be absorbed
largely by probably doctors Of the
other group.
Requirements for the 400 physi-
clans in service will come from tae
graduating classes each year from
Howard and Meharry Medical
schools. I. is said that q considerable
portion OF the students in those
schools hold reserve commissions.
II plans now in TIE making work
ou:, the army may suosidize these
students up 10 so per cent Of Their
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

the movement made a project out
of the consolidated clubs and staged
a variety show for the Harlem
ScrvicCmcn'S center. The Harlem
Recreation center and the Harlem
branch of tho YWCA aided the
project and the actors were from
1921 years ~ age.
The children arc making much
ado about the show and toward a
successful end they arc said to be
working togctscr. tremendously.
They arc getting out posters. SELL
ing tickets and busily designing
scenery. Commissioner Valentine
has appointed II. 4 in. Pstrolman
Glendon Bryant as special aide
TO the children. and they are happy
to have him around.
Grown-ups assist by busily try
ing to find large plots Of land for
tho clubs victory gardens. Each
club plans to tend its own portion
Of the soil.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
Boxer Harry BObO
New Instructor
At Camp Lee, Va.

CAMP LEE. Va amp -- The
latest addition to this camps area
OF soldier athletes is sentlem2r'y
Harry Booo. one Of the nation
top-rsnking heavywcieh,s. Bobo
arrived al this poSt-a icht ago
ard has been assigned 10 Quartz.
master Section Two OF the 1926 u
Service unit.
Ine 22-year-old six feet for
Incl. Pobo. who has defeated Such
ring luminaries as Lee Savold, Lon
Franklin and Melio BcttIna in the
past four years. has not fought
since January He hopes TO pare
h present pa pounds TO his Gus
tomary EOS and appear in exh.
billions before Lee men in the near
future
Bobo will give instructions m
ON Section Two 10 the 10 j;h Serv.
ice unit and Will be referee al
the &ll-stsr Camp Lee boxing prJ-
gram at the Mosque in Richmond
next Friday night Appearing VII
Bobo as a referee will be another
Of the country's top-ao;ch hcavics
C)rp. Billy Conn.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

ATLANTA - AMP - Negro
mothers Of service men Wednesday
called upon white mothers with sons
in the armed forces for cooperation
in their fight 10 make democracy a
reality in Georgia.
A letter was sent by the Service
Mems Mothers clubs Of Atlanta, Mrs
Birdie F. Wallace. president TO
white mothers club Throughout, the
state to join in the campaign to
achieve victory on the home front
Calling attention TO the January
lynching in Baker county OF Robert
Hall. the mothers pointed out nat
the victims funeral was attended
nv a brother in the uniform OF the
United States army. the army hght-
inr for the democracy Of the world
"As mother OF the Negro race.
the letter read. I'VE do not advocate
or want intcrmarriage or social
mincling. but we do want justice in
the courts. our civil rights and a
chance to live and educate our boys
and girls as provided by the U. ).
Constitution 3
we do want every Negro accused
Of crime 10 have fair opportunity
10 defend himself in court, presum.
cd innocent until proved guilty.
1t is still true that the land that
rocks tho cradle rules the world.
II mothers would take proper steps.
another lynching would nevef &C.
cur in our state to mar and smear
the good name OF Georgia"
III around your fresides you
would advocate a fair trial for every
Georgian. white or colored. lynch
ing would be abolished II care.
less or incosr gib,e member Of our
race commits crime or violates
the laws Of the city and state, VIC
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
JURY frees It,.
WILLIAMS OF
MA|NSLAUGHTER'
Mixed Jury Frees M a n
In ath Of
June Cook

BATTLE CREEK. Mich.-(ANP)
A jury of six men and six women
Wednesday freed 1t. John B. Will
liams. l84th Field Artillery. charged
with manslaughter, resulting from
the death Of June Cook. July Is.
1912. The accident occurred a few
miles away from Battle Creek.
The prosecuting attorney charged
Williams with driving his car at
high rate Of speed without regard
for the safety of others. The de-
tense was represented by Euclid
Taylor OF Chicago. Harold Stein
bacher and James Golden Of Battle
Creek who insisted that the acct
dent was really caused by another
car that obstructed the pathway.
Aside from June's death, Margaret
Reba was killed. while 1t. Detrois
Mason of Fort Huachuca. Ariz. was
severely injured. 1t Williams was
also severely injured
A number of character witnesses
testified in defense Of 1t. Williams
and included 1t. Col. Denote Lee.
1t. Col. T. NJ Mann. Capt. Rose.
Sgt. Singleton and Capt. Hughes.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
SOLDIER DIES
after HEROIC
DEEDS At SEA
Birmingham Youth Is
Buried Off The Coast
OF New Guinea
By SCOOP" JONES
CAMP War Correspondent

SOMEWHERE IN THE SOUTH
WEST PACIFIC lCensored Pvt
George Watson. Of Birmingham.
heroically went to his watery grave
20 miles out Of Orc bay. off the
eastern coast Of New Guinea. after
having rescued IL Of his fellow
passengers from a bomb-wrecked
Dutch ship.
This was revealed in IAN inter-
view with Robert Hawson. Austria
liam civilian engineer attached to
the U S. army. who was among
survivors OF the ship. He stated
that a surprise aerial attack BY
japanese bombers took place short
" after the noon hour early in the
month Of March. Three direct hits
were believed 10 have been scored
on the ship. Within Is minutes
after the bombing. the ship was
lastly sinking. Passengers hardly
had time To unite life boats before
the ship was entirely under water
Watson. according TO Mr.. Hawson,
was soon pulling men from the
wreckage. placing them on debris
and freight from the sinking vessel.
He saws that when the ship finally
went down. Watson was seen to 60
down with il.
Among the survivors OF the i'll
fated ship were other Negro SOL
diers Eyewitness claim that OF
our casualties resulting from the
bombing two we're colored. Watson
and one Pvt. Ike Tolliver. The lat
ter was drowned when caught in
deluge OF freight from the sink
ing vessel.
II was learned from Mr. Hawson
that all the passengers conducted
themselves very orderly and were
we'll under control He stated that
tsev had been slerted the previous
night. Pvt Warren H Phillips.
Little Rock. Ark. in an interview.
gives a vivid account OF his expert
ence in the sinking Of the ship:
"A bunch o. us were down in the
hole playing cards while others
were on deck" When the bomb
struck we didn't know what was
wrong We got our life jackets
and came up top. After We got up
there we could see planes flying
away. We started letting life RATS
and boats down. but the captain
told us to let them stay up. We had
taken tarpaulins off the hatch hole
10 cover the RATS. There were
orders we had received earlier in
case the ship was sunk. After the
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
Col. Says Race
Morale Is High

cember. 1912 Members Of his staff
include Capts. Kenneth E Poll.
executive officer; Kenneth c. ~um-
miHgs P & T. officer and Robert
A. Mofiett. AlsogLts John R. Shil-
ling. a5jutant, and Leland VI. Phil
lips. personnel officer.
Heading the non-commissioned
officers list in the headquarters de-
;achment is Staff Sgt Bonnie J.
Wilson OF San Antonio. Other Hq
members are T SGT. Arthur B. Nc
Clam II New Orleans. t-4th Rober;
Evans OF Washington. Cps Marfield
Dillingham; Of Richmond. Ky: Rob-
crt Stewart, Covington. Ga; and
Clifton f Brown Of Baltimore; Pfc
jeremiah Tucker. Philadelphia;
Robert McBay OF MeNia, Texas,
James /. Hawkins. OF San Antonio
and Conrad Clark. Washington.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
Hampton Institute at special meet
ing last Saturday are said to have
declined the prefer of the navy to
take over completely the buildings
and facilities of the school for the
purpose Of training additional Negro
navy enrollees. Under plans which
ii is said the navy is considering.
the number of recruits trained there
would rise from 500 to $500. This
would mean that there would be no
more male civilian students at the
school and it is probable there
would be no girls admitted either
1t is said that the men who are
finishing the service school here
and the one at Great Lakes are
making remarkably fine records and
that the navy is being softened UP
considerably in the matter Of the
use Of Negroes.
On many small boats, harbor YES
sells and the like. Negroes are form
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
BY CONRAD CLARK

CAMP WALLACE. Tex.-(ANP)
Thousands Of radio listeners on
the NBC hook-up through as Hous-
ton affiliate, station KPRC, heard
Ii. Col. ROLAND E Hubert. COM
manding officer Of colored battal-
ion a, Camp Wallace tell of the
high morale OF the co.ored soldiers
under his command, on Sunday
morning.
In part. the colonel said, tho
morale of the men OF my battalion
IS very high" After telling Of the
value OF the USO center on the
soldiers' morale, he concluded. u,
is my opinion. that this eNeellen,
quality OF morale isadue in part to
the splendid work OF the uSO the
home away from home
The address was part OF the
Bowling Street USO program in
keeping with the second annual
open house day. held throughout
the nation. and sponsored by the
United Service Organization. Inc.
Camp Wallace. an anti-aircrsii
replacement training center, is %
months old. and the Negro soldiers
are well respected and thought OF
by the white battalions.
As the ether eeMpenen;S, Col
Hubert's battalion has rs own ser
vice club. stated by eolorcd hos
tcsses. theatre. chsfc. and band. as
we'll as an orchestra. which IS rated
as one OF the best IN the Lone Star
state.
The commanding officer Col HUI
bert. came to Camp Wallace from
Chicago Is months ago. and has
been with the battalion since De.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
Father Divine's
Followers Can't
Purchase Bonds

NEW YORK tANP)-John Lamb.
secretary to Father Divine, said.
Saturday that protests have been
sent to President Roosevelt and
Secretary Of the Treasury Morgen-
than. because Of alleged refusal of
Harlem post office and bank clerks
to sell war bonds to Father Di-
vines followers
Father Divine sent identical tele-
grams and letters to the President
and Morgenthau. Tuesday. when he
learned his followers were refused
bonds because Of the validity Of
their names were questionable, &C
cording to Lamb. He said that
Father Divine has been encoursg-
ing his followers to invest in bonds
and stamps.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

tiers, Montreal. Toronto. Ottawa,
Winnipeg. Vancouver; throughout
the many West Indies Isles: wher-
ever the British or Canadian flag
flies, this move will be hailed with
pride and JOY by all liberal-minded
people.
AS potent as the tons Of block
busters to be loosed over Berlin
and Tokyo, more significant than
the mushy mouthings OF lip-service
orators is the extension OF this
concrete example Of liberalism al
ready prevalent in the other two
integrate6 branches of TIE service
(army and air force) 10 the Royal
Canadian navy.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
War More
Than ReUelry
And. Frolic

CHICAGO CANPb-ThiS period
81 War. with many jobs al good
pay. IS Tot Just time Of revelry
and il-advised leisure time eX-
-p,oist.on. bat is one dedicated 10
The common task OF using every
cffor; to make most Of our new
opportunities" declared Atty Car
Roman Johnson. grand polemarch
o. the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity
in formally announcing the 2lsi
annual Guide Right week on April
1924
III We make The most Of these
new opportunities VIC shall al-o
be making our maximum contri-
button 10 the war effort he said
las We help 10 boost the PRODUCTION
that VII spell more tanks. guns.
ships and airplanes for the united
nations campaign against Hitler.
Ism"
Atty Johnson. who lives in Kan
saS City. Mo. is serving his second
NtHl - ttat4R'lal tiCaI " A4lC NdRpoN.
and Mad directed tina; the l943
Guide Right Concentration week
be devoted to the service Of the
nations war effort To ih.S end
puolic meetings Will be held in
these cities where there are chap
tiers. In addition a radio address
VIII bc delivered on the Wings
Over Jordan" program on Sunday
April 10. 1890 A NJ, EWT.. with
Atty Augustus 6 Parker Cleve-
land, a member OF the Guide RICH;
commission. as the speaker DR. G
Smith, Chicago. IS national Guide
r. ght director
In his Guide r. gh, message the
grand polemarch called on Kappa
men IN war industry TO give full.
measure OF their labors in a manner
consistent with full efficiency and
that you lead the way in giving a
full days service as the bedrock
of the races industrial effort"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
THESE FOOLISH THINGS

The foreign correspondents. Ira
Wolfert in his new book Battle
for the Solomons. tells about the
conversation between an American
pilot and captured Jap flyer who
claimed to be a graduate Of Ohio
State University. The Jap. velly
velly puzzled. said: Il understand
what we are fighting for-Tojo:
and what the Germans are fighting
ior-Hitler but your Marines seem
10 DC fighting for souvenirs"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

ship started sinking believe
everybody got off but the captain
and Watson.
Some of us were floating on
RATS, freight boxes. that had been
aboard the ship. Others were
swimming"
When asked whether he was a.
traid. Pvt. Phillips replied, Il was
more excited than frightened"
Fifteen Japanese bombers, es-
corted by fighter planes, were be-
lieved to have made the attack.
American and allied planes arrived
on the scene shortly after the
bombing.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

medical school expense which will
permit the development Of con-
siderably larger classes at both
Howard and Meharry and open the
way for many students to study
medicine who now are handicapped
financially.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

Men with the required practical
experience do not need a college
degree to qualify for commissions
in the Nays Construction Bat
talions. Construction foremen and
superintendent should inquire at
the ONCE OF Naval Officer Procure
ment. Ninth Floor. Book Tower
building. Detroit.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

want him punished. but we also
want 10 see tina; he is given fair
trial"
We teach our children loyalty
10 God. 10 the race and 10 the flag
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10

We have never failed to fight and
protect our flag in any war. nor
shall We in this one But how can
our teachings be effective 10 the
fullest when our men are tied 10
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-04-10
THIS IS NOT BALONEY

The u. s. Naval Training Station
al Great Lakes. IL. is so large that
salvage from its garbage alone
(much Of it kitchen fats and bones)
is worth more than $4,000 a month
Evening star., 1943-11-15

speaker on almost every bulkhead.
When there Is an order to be passed,
the bugler or boatswain's mate steps
up to a transmitter and blows his
call. followed by the passing Of the
order.
If an officer or man is wanted, 1t
is no longer necessary to send out
a searching party to locate him. His
name is merely called over the
public address system and he is told
to dial a certain telephone number.
All of which keeps every officer and
man, wherever he may be in this
great expanse of decks and COM
partments, virtually within whis-
pering distance.
In the ships gunnery department
just a few volts of electricity are
made to do the work of a pack of
dray horses, in moving a gun mount
weighing many tons.
Computing of Data.
In the retrieving. collation. and
computing cf data vitality needed by
a fighting ship to perform its tasks
efficiently the electrons provide con-
siderable relief against the brain
fag prevalent in the pre-electronic
era. But this is not to say that the
personnel of a modern ship do not
still have to use their brains and
skill. They must know how to use
Evening star., 1943-11-15

other dial shows the speed in knots
and the total distance through the
water, delivered by an electronic
system from a gadget sticking out
below the keel. Another records
the course, and shows whether the
helmsman is keeping her steady.
At the captains elbow Is COM
munications box, whereby he can,
by the press of a key, hold CONVEX
Sation with those in strategic posi-
tions about the ship. A few steps
away another key will show the
presence and distance away Of buoys
and other navigation markers. And
beside this, the ship is maze of
telephone communication circuits,
with plug-ins everywhere. for men
with headsets and chest transmit-
sers to talk. And the ship is fitted
with a complete dial telephone sys-
tenn, with stations in every room and
compartment-a system of which
any small city would be proud.
Public Address System.
No longer do the buglers anc
boatswain's mates with their shrill
pipes have to run about ship pass.
ing the many calls and orders. There
is a public address system, with q
Evening star., 1943-11-15
D. {. Baptist Convention
10 Open Sessions Today

The District Of Columbia Baptist
Convention will open a three-day
session this afternoon at the Pet
worth Baptist Church, Seventh and
Randolph streets NV. The Rev.
DR.. M. Chandler Stith will have
the direction Of the meetings as the
new executive secretary Of the con-
vention. DR.. Stith has been pastor
Of the Brookland Baptist Church
for six years. He succeeds the Rev.
Dr.. Rufus w. Weaver, now secre-
tary emeritus.
The Rev. DR.. Robert G. Lee Of
Memphis, Tenn, will address this
Evening star., 1943-11-15
Unseen Hand of EIectronics
Performs Big Tasks on Carrier

This Is the fifth OF a series OF
articles copering activities aboard
one OF Uncle SANS aircraft car
riers, in the course OF cruise er-
tending thousands OF miles. The
pessel iUas put through all OF the
eDolutionS, rtdneuDerS and drills
her cretU might use at any time
in defense against an enemy as
sdult or In an attack OF its oDn.
BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.
ABOARD UNITED STATES AIR
CRAFT CARRIER AT SEA, Oc-
tober (Via Air This ship is veri-
table monument to electronics.
From stem to stern and keel to her
topmast, electronics have been har-
messed to perform the most intricate
rs well as the most laborious tasks
which confront modern seaman on
a war vessel.
Gadgets which appear sturdy and
immovable to the layman watching
operations, suddenly begin turning
twisting or speeding as some new
information is sought and obtained
To those uninitiated into the de.
velopments Of electricity, it is diff.
ficult to know what to touch. II
you lean on something, suddenly
it begins to move, actuated by the
touch of an unseen hand from the
innardS of the vessel
This new kind of battling elec.
tronics has developed a vastly new
type of naval seaman from the day.
of wooden ships and iron men
when brute strength won battles
The modern seaman must be s
specialist who understands tht
workings of the instruments ane
how to keep them in repair.
At Captains Elbow.
The bridge is a compact unit O
electronic devices which by tn,
press of button or the turn O.
key will bring the captain thu
latest information on activitie;
within this great vessel. A glance
overhead, and a hand on a dia
marks the number of revolutions
being turned over by the main en-
gines. A turn of the head, and an.
Evening star., 1943-11-15
Women Shine Shoes

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. (R.-
Newest note in the manpower short
age here is the use of woman boot
blacks. Manager Burton Meyer of
a local shoe repair shop has hired
several girls to shine shoes and says
they do a better job because they
take more pride in their work"
Evening star., 1943-11-15

it when it is produced, and its efiec-
tive use comes from efncient and
constant drilling and training. And
they must be able to sense when
one of these electronic gadgets has
gone haywire and where to look to
the trouble and how to overcome 1t
quickly and surely.
Evening star., 1943-11-15
Victory Bond Reodied

Ramsay, England, will reorganize
a band at once because, asked one
city commissioner. What shall we
do without one in the Victory pa
rade?"
Evening star., 1943-11-15
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afternoons and this evenings meet
ings. The Rev. Dr.. Sparks w. Mel
ton OF Norfolk, Va, will give the
first Of five devotional talks which
he will deliver at each Of the i've
principal sessions OF the sessions.
Herbert w. Ludwig, chairman Of the
Board Of Deacons OF the Petworth
Church, will welcome the delegates
this evening and the Petworth Choir
will sing. The Rev. DR.. Clarence w.
Crawford, pastor Of Calvary Baptist
Church. will report for the Program
Committee and the Rev. J. Herrick
Hall, pastor Of the Fifth Baptist
Church, will lead the singing.
The nrA@Ant 9TH q futurA-War
Evening star., 1943-11-15

The present with = future-War
bonds for Christmas. Keep on back.
ing the attack.