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heA Wv AN'sx - AZ
Gently reported
to the Army air
base h ere for
duty and has
been assigned a as
warrant officer
(junior grade) to
the base auto
motive section.
Mr.. Wyland, who
attended George
Washington Uni
versity, formerly
was Office man.
ager of the parts
department, of
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At Camp Lee, Va.

Pvts. Myron w. Tupper, jr., son
OF Col. and Mrs M. W. Tupper, 170l
South Glebe road, Arlington, Va,
and Roy C. Litz, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Vete Clements, 1435 Twenty
second street Sc, were recently
promoted to the rank Of corporals
here at the Quartermaster Replace
ment Training Center, where they
are basic military instructors.
At Fort Mason, Calf.
William c. Starkey, SIS Seventh
street NE, recently was promoted
from the rank of private to that OF
private first class here at the Army
Post ONCE Detail. He has been in
the service since last May.
At Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
: George B. Kelly, jr, 1862 West
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DIlQReS IN INelr
| n v a ion of
France and the
Low Countries,
the engi n e e RS
e X pl a n, but
study of their
exploits shows
that they really
introduced no
principle other
than extremely
patient and ac-
curate ffth-col-
umn work. Prob
ably years in ad-
vance they had
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and received his
training at the
United S t a t e S
Naval Air Sta
ton, Miami, Fla,
for the aerology
branch of the
service, recently
has been ordered
to sea duty. Sea-
man 3 oec k e |
was formerly a
w a S h j n gton
n e W S paperman
associated with
the editorial re-
S e ch reports
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recently was pro-
NOTED to the
rank of captain
here at the
Army Air Field,
where he is as
sistant comman-
dant of cadets.
Capt. Wagner is
a graduate of
the University of
Maryland, where
he received four
years training
with the ROTC.
He was commits
stoned last June.
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1oOZ . prl n 3
place NV, re-
Gently was grad
uated from the
Eastern Signal
G orps Officer
c a II d i'd a t e
School here and
W as commits
stoned a second
lieutenant. 1t.
Winters attend
ed Central High
School and Ben
jamin Franklin
University.
First 1t. Henry
p q n n M / =,
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EdTl b. CuiDerC-
son, 1869 Bilt-
more S t,r e e t
NV; J. H. San
ford, jr., 3lOl
E S t h er place
Sc, and Chester
Fitzwater Of 3l2
H street NV
they are getting
a lot of fun out
of life in the
depths OF the
English winter
in spite of cold
and blackoutS.
These men
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for further flight training
At Albany Ga.
Aviation Cadet c. E. Moorefield,
son OF Mrs. Elsie M. Moorefield, 525
North Monroe street, Arlington, Va,
recently was commissioned a second
lieutenant In the Army Air Forces
following graduation from the Ad-
vanced Flying School here.
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90 II n "a I II =
burg road. Col
mar Manor, Md
r e C z II t ly wa
promoted to the
grade Of cor
poral here at
Hunter Fl e ! d
where he is sta =
toned with the
A r m Y A / /
es. II i :
brother, Robert
F. Mitchell, is
stationed at the
L mite d State. q,
royra1 hosa a..
Corpus Christi,
Tex.
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of Mrs. E.. H.
Courtney, 93l
w street NV,
h as completed
his training here
and has b e e n
transfer + e d to
Pensacola or
advanced train
ing.
Cadet Chester
Rawlings Fina-
gin, son of Mrs.
L. E. Fina gin.
Anacostia. h a S
b e e n selected
ba ttalion C o M
mander of the
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can be thrown
across a fairly
wide ravine or
stream without
any contact with
the other side.
Although the
general princi-
plies of this
bridge long since
have been pub
lished in the
American lltera-
ture of military
engineering Dis
trict soldiers in
camp here ex-
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NAs AN4S
Cloud, 1911 O
street NV, re-
Gently reported
here to the Army
Flying School for
further flig h t
training.
=. Aviation Cadet
Raymond I. OK
endine, son of
MIR. and Mrs. G.
w. oxen dine,
2l7 p e a b o d Y
street NE. re-
Gently reported
to the Army Fly
ing School here
g. RAA alt
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Homesick Troops in Britain Recover Quickly
Young Engineers From copo Find Work and Nearby Camps
Of WAAFS and WREkS Helpful in Cure

considerable District and Mary
land Contingent, to train and study
night and day.
Still. take it from fellows like
First Sergt. Isadore Frank of 1860
Taylor street NV, Master Sergt.
John Hickman of Leesburg, Sergt
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lahoma Infantry from June, 1916,
until March, 1917, when he was
called into active Federal service
IN April and sent overseas with the
142d Infantry, 36th DECISION, as a
first sergeant. He participated in
the Meuse Argonne offensive and
received his discharge from the
Army in France in August, 1919.
Active in the veteran organiza-
tlons for the last Is years. 1t. Jones
is a past commander of the Victory
Post and an active member of
George Washington Post. He is also
a member of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, Disabled American Vet
erans Of the World War and for the
last ii years has been serving as
chairman of the Employment Com
mittee OF these veteran organiza-
t1ons. He Is member of the Mount
Pleasant Lodge, No. SO. F.. A. A. NJ;
Washington Chapter, r. A. M: Po-
tomac Commandery, Knights Tenn
PLAY and Almas Temple. "a
y ~ At Camp Barkeley, Tex. u,
Three Washington men recently
received commissions as second
lieutenants in the Medical Admin
istrative Corps on graduation from
the Officers Candidate School here.
They Are sfits. Leroy H. Harvey, 81,
1440 Tuckerman street NV, son of
Mrs. L. Fl. Harvey: Irwin Rich, a.,
son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Rich, 1856 Taylor street NV, and
Martin Rothblum, %, son. of Isadore
Rothblum, lat r street NE.
A. CrnAnvill> d.
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At Avon Park, Fla.
Corpl. Martin L. Schulman, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Schulman,
1923 Taylor street NV, recently was
promoted to the grade of sergeant
here at the Avon Park Bombing
Range where he heads the budget
and fiscal Office of the Base Supply.
A graduate of Roosevelt High School
and Strayer College. Sergt. Schul-
man formerly owned and managed
the Martin Card & Novelty Co.
At Evanston, III.
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BY THOMAS r. HENRY.

SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND
Engineer soldiers, many of whom
are from Washington and vicinity,
are undergoing intensive training in
the construction of bridges which
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IA Z IA v SNl VIC ,
was r e ce n t ly
commissioned q
first lieutenant
in the Water
sp orta ton
Corps Of t h e
Army and is
now on active
duty at an East
ern S e a b o ar d
port.
A veteran of
the last World
War, 1t. Jones
served. on the
Mexican border
NTH fhn ic& nL
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At Greenville, Pa.

P v t. George
M. Klein, jr..
son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George M.
K e in, IL ! 2
Penn S tre e t
NE, now is re-.
ceiving his basic
training here at
t he Shenango
r e p ! a C e ment
Center. Prior to
his e n t r a n c e
into the Army
last December,
Pvt. Klein was
a cadet sergeant
at Eastern High
Cpho11
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Elmer L. Lein-
niger, 81. sea-
m an sec On d
class, son, of Mr..
and Mrs. Adam
J. Leininger, 7l2
Fourth S t r e e t
Sc, was gradu-
ated from the
radio sch ool
here at North
western Univer-
Slty. A graduate
of Eastern High
School, Seaman
Leininger for
merly was en-
ployed by the
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was advertising manager for Sears
Roebuck and Co. in Washington.
At Fort Monroe, Va.

Ralph Henry
Boyle, jr., son
of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. H. Boyle,
1927 Cumberland
street, NV, re-
Gently " e r e
graduated from
the Omcer Can
didate School
here in Seacoast
Artillery. Lit.
Boyle is a grad
uate of Woodrow
Wilson Hi g h
School and the
Virginia Poly
t e C h n ! c. In
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Veterans Aide
Serves in His
Second War
Oscar Jones Long
Identified With
Soldiers Of 1917

Oscar G. Jones, who for the last
IL years has been veterans employ
ment representative for the District
Of Columbia, United States Employ
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Holes, Sd, has completed a special
course of instruction in the Officers'
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
W. H. Martin
Appointed to
Head Dunbar

William II. Martin, dean Of
Dunbar Junior College in 1889
AZ, has been selected principal
and dean of Dunbar High School
and Junior College, effective Sep
TENDER | 1t was announced by
Russell T. Scobee, uperintendent
of schools, yesterday. Martin
succeeds J. Fl. Lewis as high
school principal and s. O. Roberts
as college dean. The two offices
will be combined for the dura-
ton.
Martin, 35, Is married and has
a daughter eight years old. He
received his r. s. degree at VIII
berforce University, Xenia. O., in
1880 and his NJ. A. degree at
Ohio State University In 1898.
He taught 1933-1934 at Shorter
College, North Little Rock, and
was a member of the faculty OF
Texas College at Tyler in 1898.
He was acting dean of Texas Col
lese in 193S-1939.
He was granted a leave Of alb
sence from Dunbar in the sum-
mer Of 1912 for further graduate
study at Ohio State University,
where he received a fellowship.
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
Florida Board to
Equalize Salaries

Palm Beach, Fla. - The Board
of Education here has signed a
consent decree in the case of
Stebbins v. Board of Public In
struction, to become operative
Tuesday, July 6, 1913.
The Board adopted q salary
schedule ON June % which is to
be applied equally to white and
Negro teachers. The schedule
adopted groups the teachers in
to four classes; /. Teachers with
normal school qualifications, 2.
Teachers with three years of COL
lege training, 3. Holders of a
Bachelor Degree, a. Holders Of
Masters Degrees.
The Court ordered that the de-
PENDANTS, Board Of Public Instruc
tions of Palm Beach County
Florida, "apply the salary sche,
dule adopted =. or any other
method Of rating teachers for
salary purposes hereafter adopted
in lieu thereof, to all teachers
alike, both white and colored,
without discrimination because Of
race or color"
The costs to Court were charg-
ed against the defendants.
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
0as. Guess
New Calvary
Officer

The 33rd Officer Candidate
class at Fort Riley. Kansas grad
uated four soldiers with the rank
of Second Lieutenant. Among
them was Charles A. Guess.
1t. Guess earned his commits
sion the hard way. As a boy
here he helped to support the
Guess family Of five children,
but this did not prevent him from
finishing high school. He then
entered the Civilian Conserva
ton Corps but was forced to Sc
cure a discharge and ard in the
support Of younger members of
his family upon death Of his
mother. He was indicted in 1941
at Fort Custer, Michigan and was
later assigned to Fort Riley. He
advanced from private to spec
alist 4th class, to Sergeant, to
Staff Sergeant. He was then
chosen to attend Officer Candi-
date School.
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
Editor Calls For
FForward Thinking
In Talk At l.. u.

jefferson City, Mo-, July O.,
1870. A. Franklin. editor OF
the Kansas City CALL, address
ing an audience of Lincoln Uni
yersity summer school teachers
and students, Thursday. July s,
told his hearers that after the
war we will be facing an utterly
new world for which We will be
ready only il We do forward
thinking"
The race question, he prophe-
sled, will have faded out in the
next so years Turning to his
tory he traced briefly the steps
by which 1.-the horizons of hui
mainly have broadened." and
pointed to social security, free
hospitals, and labor-management
comittees as changes which have
been introduced and accepted
within this generation. Once
we realize that we've been doing
things in a bad way, we find a
better way Of doing Them" said
Mr.. Franklin.
The speaker was sharply crit
zeal of Negro leaders, who con-
tinually make a cheap appeal"
to their audiences through a re-
cital of wrongs inflicted upon the
race, and of Negroes who are
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
CHS Broadcast on
Race Harmony
July II

New York, N. Y. - In order
to arrange a more in pressive
program, the coast-to-coast CHS
broadcast scheduled for July 10 in
the interest of racial unity has
been postponed to July II it was
learned this week.
Interested in the presentation
of this program which will be
heard from 1880 to s o'clock D..
m. are many of the best known
names in the entertainment world
including Laurence Tibbett, Geo.
Heller, Lane Cowl, Ralph Bell
amy, Tallulah Bankhead, Max
Gordon, Paul Robson, Maxwell
Anderson, Serge Koussevitsky
and James Cagney. Walter White
has been asked to speak and Paul
Mum will appear in a skit to be
produced by William Robson.
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
US. TroopsCuar
Detroit Until
August

Detroit, Mich. - U. s. troops
will remain here until sometime
in August according to assur-
ances made to the NAACP by
Adjutant General James A. Ulio.
In answer to the N A. A. c. P.s
urging that troops not be with
drawn Immediately after the July
fourth holiday, General Ulio wir-
ed the NAACP "your message is
appreciated and precautionary
measures have been taken accord
ingly." The NAACP feels that it
would be better to keep the troops
indefinitely than to remove them
one day too soon and has express
ed the conviction that it would be
well for the War department to
wait until cold weather sets In
and the tendency Of people to con
/ gregate u parks md n. stree
corners hts lessened, before Il
orders the removal of soldiers sta
toned here.
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
Virginia Housewives Take
Regulation Of Prices in Hand

with official forms for reporting
violations of price ceilings.
Based on the practical deter
mlnation to save dollars for
themselves and other families.
members of the Council set out
TO do a thorough job. first by
learning OPA price regulations
and their application to everyday
shopping problems, then by using
this knowledge to see that local
merchants charged no more than
the legal ceiling for commodities
covered by price regulations.
Drawing in interested women
from Hampton, Yorktown, Phoe-
bus and various suburban areas,
the group accomplished its first
objective by calling Consumer
Institute at which local and ma
tional OPA staff members sup
piled their listeners with infor-
nation and material to assist
them in carrying out the project.
Following this, Mrs. Stephens
and about % active members OF
the Council, acting entirely on
a volunteer basis, set out to
check prices in scores Of stores,
paving particular attention to
those in Negro neighborhoods.
After a month of such work.
they found that out of 81 major
stores covered, only two were OBJ
serving OPA regulations.
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
r r Hearings
Rescheduled
By FEPC

New York City, July 9, 1943.
In the last meeting of the
Presidents Committee on Fair
Employment Practice, which was
held in Washington, D. C. July
6 and 7th under the direction of
the new Chairman, Msgr. Francis
j. Haas, decision was made that
the railroad hearings would be
rescheduled to take place Sep
TENDER IS, 16 and 18th. Efforts
are being made according to in
formation received from some OF
the members Of FEPC to secure
Attorney Henry p. Epstein to
serve as Chief Counsel for FEPC
in the handling Of the inquiry in
to determinations on account of
race or color in the railroad in
dustry, to be assisted by Attor-
ney Harold Stevens of New York
and Attorney Charles H. Houston
of Washington, D. C.
This is one of the most inn
portant developments that has
taken place since FEPC has got
ten underway again and Is of
vast and far reaching concern
to the Negro workers in the rail-
road industry in America and
especially to the Colored Loco
motive Firemen, Brakemen and
Switchmen, says A. Philip Ran
dolph.
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16

guilty of Goose talk" in group
ing all white people as bad. "
He indicated that sane thinking
and action must be advanced
from both sides, and that Neg
roes, too, must exercise liberali-
ty, forgiveness and tolerance in
taking the necessary step in the
dark" which must be a prelude to
cooperation and understanding
between the races.
I'VE cannot teach our children
q courage and faith which we
ourselves do not have" he eau
toned. Negroes have lived too
soft in Missouri. too fearful in
Missouri" he asserted. Fear,
not color. is our greatest lilnita-
tion."
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16

After listening to a few brief
and encouraging remarks from
Mr.. Minton, j. Il, Butler, uSO
Director, I. W. Coggs, Presi,
dent of Baptist College and Rod
ney d. Palmer, General Secretary
of the Central YMCA who repre-
sented +, G. Bylander of the Com
munity Chest and r. S. Landers,
President Of the Board of the Cen
trail YMCA. the group was very
much enthused over their accom-.
plfshment, but was still waiting
with certain degree of anxiety
for the secretary to read the
report on the results of the CAM
paign. And as DIR. G. Chiffon
Christian who is acting Execu-
live Secretary TOOK the floor
and began celebrating on the fin
ace resulting from the members
obtained in the drive, the ex-
preston of cheer could be seen
as we'll as heard for some dis
lance, for Little Rockians at once
realized that for once wishful
thinking had ceased and many
dreams had ripened into a real
ity for Little Rock has a Young
Mems Christian Association and
here was the proof Of ready
cash representing over 500 new
members, the goal set out to
reach.
Many people arc deserving OF
praise for their effort in help
ing to put over the campaign.
But It would be a breech of i'm
propriety to single out any one
particular person as putting
forth more effort than the other,
But, with apologies to those who
volunteered to do their part.
special mentioning will have to
go to the police officers for the
response they gave. Officer Bur-
gy led the police, followed by
Mr.. Mathews and Mr.. Smith who
proved their interest in the COM
munity by their accomplishment.
And we can not over look the
part played by the women with
Mrs. Myrtle Williams setting the
pace.
Tuesday nights banquet clos
ed the membership campaign, but
in no way should it be taken as
closing the support and activi-
tres of the "Y''. The George w.
Carver Branch "Y" has just laid
the foundation for the making OF
the greatest "Y" in the SOUTH
Yes. Little Rock has a YMCA,
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16

The work of a group of Negro
housewives in Newport News,
Va, has resulted in lower prices
In local stores on several grocery
items, and has generally improv-
ed compliance with price ceilings
set by the Office of Price Admin
istration. report submitted to
the 0PA's Washington headquap
ters by Mrs. Ethel r. Stephens,
organizer of the group, indicated
this week.
Begun in January with the or
gani2ation Of a Consumer Inter
est Council, the group has made
such Roadway in their area that
the local War Price and Ration
ing board has now furnished it
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
Equal Pay For
Equal Work

The Fourth Regional War La
Dor Board in Atlanta, Georgia, au-
thorized the Sylvania Industrial
Corporation of Fredericksburg,
Va, this week to equalize the pay
rates of Negro workers and white
workers in their plants. The re-
quest of equal wage rates came
from the management of the Syl-
vania Corporation management
and under the order, the increase
for Negroes is to be retroactive
Of March 30, 1913.
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
Buy War Bonds!
Over 1000 Ark.
Businesses Closed
SAYS Mcleod

According to Murray p. Me-
Leod, state revenue commission
err, there are over 5000 Arkansas
business houses closed due to the
effect of the War effort.
Small businesses, such as gro-
Gerry stores, filling stations and
highway stores, are affected more
by the conditions that the war
has brought on, according to Mr..
McLeod's report. Even with
June showing the closing Of As
establishments, the rate of clos
ures has dropped in recent weeks
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
AAA Executive
To Address
Women's Conf.

Mrs, Lucy Hughes, Cameron,
Texas, announces that Dr.. Louise
Stanley, Assistant Administra-
tor AAA, Washington, D. c..
will deliver an address on nutri-
ton at the quadrennial session
of Womens' Home and Foreign
Missionary Society which will
convene at Shorter College, No.
Little Rock. Arkansas, July %,
II a. m. Mrs. Fannie Mae Boone,
Arkansas State Director Negro
Home Demonstration Work will
introduce Miss Connie Bonslagle.
who in turn will introduce the
speaker.
The Home and Foreign Mission
airy Society is part Of the A. M.
f. Church organized in 1857 by
Richard Allen. There are sixteen
active Bishops directing 5000
churches, During the Bishope
Council meeting N NashviIIs, 1sfss
nessee, February Of this year !
resolution was passed endorsing
the AAA program and pledged
full support in aiding the cam
paign Of Secretary Of Agriculture
for increased food production. The
Women's Home and Foreign Mis-
sionary Society comprises all Is
of the deep South states and its
membership IL composed Of wonl-
en- high in intelligence and lead
ership.
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16

medical experts throughout the
world on July 6 when he success
fully performed an unusually dex-
ferrous emergency operation on
Nathaniel Jenkins heart here.
Jenkins, %, of 1741 Kansas Ave.
of this city was stabbed in the
heart with a knife in the hands
of his cousin. The blade of the
instrument used, penetrated the
left auricle of the victims heart.
Doctor Wea.hers explained to
representatives of this paper
that the patients chest was open
ed through horseshoe mission
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16

and the heart was exposed. Two
(2) sutures were placed in IL
inch cut in left auricle. The
patient was in good condition at
five p. m, July II. Doctor Wealth
ers is forty years Of age and re-
sides at 1900 A. East Broadway
Of this city. A native of Missis-
sippi, a graduate Of Fisk Univer-
sity in Meharry College, the young
surgeon spent his four year in
ternship at st. Louis City Hos
pital, No. 2. AT present, he is
the head Of st. Mary's 1nfirmary,
Department of Surgery, ST, Louis,
Mo. lie is associate Director Of
Surgery at Homer G. Phillips Hos
pital and n member Of the visit
ing surgery staff Of Peoples
Hospital. (St. Louis, Mo-; St.
Mary's Hospital and Christian
Welfare, both in East St,Louis,
Illinois.
Arkansas State press., 1943-07-16
Exceeded Goal
Far Over TWo
Hundred Dollars
Little Rock Citizens Show A
Compounded Spirit of Gratitude

Tuesday evening group of happy people assembled
at the Phyllis Wheatley Branch YWCA to attend BAN
quet given in their honor for the reless effort be-
half of the Campaign committee the George Washing
ton Carver Branch YMCA in its membership drive to
Little Rock of YNICA, with all the enthusiasm feas-
be to hear the report of the Executive Secretary the
drive The membership drive headed by Attorney j.
r. Booker and directed by Clifford Mnton Executive Sec
rotary of the Greater Little Rock Urban League