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The Valley settler., 1944-05-12
EXTENSION NEWS

Civic Center Boys All Club met in the Extension Office, Tuesday, Nay 8. Nr. Francis Henry, leader of the club, led discussion on the potato project the boys are planning this year. Officers elected were as follows: President, Harvey Coopa:t tce-President, Edward Cope; Secretary, Duane Goodri oh; Treasurer, Stanley Horton. Plans for the moving and repair of the log cabin given by the ARRC wore taken up. After the me citing adjourned, sound movie "The Fight Is In Our Hands" was snoWn by MT. Rogers, the Extension Agent. This is All Club Aobi Ii zation Week in Aatanuska Valley. Everyone interested in project is encouraged to enroll in club near his community. There is a win dow display at the Trading Post on club projects for this year and any informa- tion on these can be had at the Extension Office. There was All Club meeting at Hasilla, Friday, May 5. The agent explained the et RIA Project and anroll ed new members in ;, cluo work for this year. Sound moviesr.I I were shown to=thv v1hsBemrly af01I owing tf7e" meeting.
 There will be a meeting of Our Gang All Club members at Ar. R. cuimby's home nextl Tuesday evening, at 7:3o p.m. The club is r very fortunate in having Er.: :eui mby as al leader and he certainly has an intere resti ing program outlined for his boys.'; The Civic Center boys will hold regular meeting in the Extension Office, Tuesday, day l6, at 7:3o pm. Plans for the potato project will be discussed.
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Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-18
MeSSman Killed In
Action Is Given
POSthumOuS Medal

ATLANTA, Ga.-CSNS)-
A l9-year-old Atlanta Negro mess
attendant, Theodore Hart, who v'ls
killed N action when the air
craft carrier Hornet was sunk two
years ago, has been honored in
death.
The dead sailor has been post
humorously awarded the Purple
Heart and a citation for "excep-
tional bravery in a t o n" his
mother, Mrs. Ozie Hart, of lot
Chapel street, S. w. has been mo-
titled by the Navy Department.
The medal with the citation has
been sent here to Mrs. Hart. She
received it this week 1t was learn
ed.
Hart had been in the service slr &c
1941 and had been overseas six
months at the time he went down
with his carrier. Before joining up
with the colorS he was employed a
d CCC camp.
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their promotions as much as pos
sible, particularly as line Officers.
Our beliefs, We are certain, are
shared by millions Of Negro Anne
ricans who have not needed any
organizations or newspapers TO
tell them the story, but who have
learned from the experiences of
their relatives and neighbors what
bitterly contradictory dose of
'Americanism' confronts the Ne
gro who wishes to serve his
country In the war against Hit
lerism.
1--WE have the conviction. which
is shared also by millions of Negro
and white Americans, that most of
the difficulty stems from the basic
policy that men in our armed for
ces must be segregated according
to color.
"We call, therefore, upon you as
Commander in-Chie of our armed
forces on land, sea, and in the
air, to order the abolition of segre-
cation by race and color in Anne
rica,s fighting forces to the end
that victory may be achieved more
speedily by our unified army, and
the peace made more secure by
the oneness of our civilian popu-
latiop - as
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IS now beirg given no attention
by anyone, find assignments for the
&C or more Negro officers languish-
Ing at Des Moines with nothing TO
do, plug for overseas service for
Negro WACs, set personnel goals
and standards. and help remove a
stigma which has attached itself
to the corps so for as Negroes are
concerned since its inception
AS political move, it could be
surpassed only by eliminating tho
color line in the American Army
which isn't in the cards just yet.
And while we're on the Army,
let's look at the significance of
Rep. Andrew j. Mays objections
10 the Army using the pamphlet on
the "Races of Mankind" as orier-
tation material for its instructor
personnel.
Rep. May Is the Democratic Con-
gresham from the 7th District IN
ES.ClkbdChNs I1t ClAoO NiiSiit liiSll1 Va
the House Military Committee. lie
has boosted Of blocking the use of
the pamphlet by the Army because
his was famed by a statement
in 1t to the effect that a survey
showed the average Negro in New
York, Massachusetts and C0nnecti-
cut has a higher intellect than the
average white in Kentucky, Arkan-
sas and Mississippi-not because
they are in the North or the South,
nut because of the differences In
educational advantages.
We are willing to wager that Tor
individual differences, one doesn't
have to leave Kentucky, Arkansas
or Mississippi to find Negroes with
higher intelligence than Rep. May.
In his own state, we'd put our chips
on Rep. Charles Anderson of TIE
State Legislature, for example.
We're going To keep our eyes
open to see that this pamphlet
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Acting Secretary

ITnffoi Gtatqc -

forces of the United States"
"At similar meeting Of Negro
Republican workers In Chicago,
the number one recommendation
adopted was END discrimination
and segregation In the armed for
cas.'
Numerous non-political organi-
cations of Negroes have adopted
identical resolutions within the
past four years. Thus it cannot be
said that Negro citizens are not
unified in their resentment against
the treatment accorded their men
in the armed forces.
"Mr. Stimson avoided a direct
answer to Mr.. Fishs question as
to why, after 81 months overseas,
the famous oath Infantry Is en-
gagged in stevedore work in the
South Pacific. This Is a veteran
Regular army regiment of profess
sional soldiers with distinguished
history as a combat unit. Mr.. Slim
son chose not to explain why these
men should be engaged In unload
ing ships.
"Mr. Stimson's letter left I'M
explained the fact that the day
before his letter to Mr.. Fish, the
War Department had announced
the abandonment of college train
ing programs on the ground that
all possible combat units were
needed in the field.
"In his statement that many Of
Negro units have been unable to
master the techniques of mod
ern weapons Mr.. Stimson ap-
parently ignored the fact that the
only Negro combat units overseas
at the time of his letter consisted
of combat aviation squadron and
certain anti-aircraft units. The
American public, including Ne
groes, has been under the impress
sion that these particular branch
es of the service require the ability
to master completely intricate CAL
culations and the most modern
of weapons.
"Mr. Roosevelt, the shock and
rage of American Negro citizens
at the Stimson statements can
not be properly gagged without a
review of the experience of Negro
troops In World War I. The unit
to which he referred. the old 9th
Illinois, made a glorious record In
World War I as the 370th Infan-
try. Even SO. they had to make
this record as a part Of the
French Army because, according
to undenied reports, their own
American commanders did not
want them as a part of the Anne
rican Expeditionary Forces.
"We believe the record of the
War Department to date demon
strates clearly that it did have
policy of sharply restricting the
use of Negro ground troops as
combat units We believe 1t Is
clearly discernible that the War
Department intended to channel
most of the Negro soldiers into
service battalions. We believe that
that War Department has had a
policy on the training and promo
ton of Negro officers and that
that policy has been to restrict
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1944-03-18

still learning to adapt themselves
to African conditions. The thou
sands of Africans who had volun-
tarily joined the Force were en-
thusiastic, but unframed in mod
ern warfare.
Heartened by the Abyssinlan VIC
tory and undaunted by the COM
plexities of mechanical warfare,
the Force settled down to the
task of making itself a first class
fighting outfit. There was plenty
of good fighting material. The
Hausas of Northern Nigeria and
the tribesmen Of the Northern Ter
ritories of the Gold Coast had
long recognized among the finest
colonial troops in the world.
For It's technicianS and trades
men, the Force turned to the more
literate tribes near the sea coast
the Yorubas and Ibes of Nigeria,
the Fantis and Gas Of the Gold
Coast, and the toWn-dwellers Of
Sierra Leone and Gambia. Many
training schools were opened. Un-
der British and African instructors,
thousands of young recruits quick
ly learned to oe drivers, filters,
carpenters, electricians, stenogra-
pliers and survey assistants Others
joined engineer companies, the
medical services. or anti-aircraft
batteries that guarded West Afri-
cas- important airfields.
The main burden of training
during the last two years of silence
in the African jungle schools fell
on the comparatively small number
of British officers and NCOs serv-
ing in West Africa, the BIS said
For them it was an exacting life,
with tropical diseases and long
periods of service in isolated sta
tons. Secrecy surrounded what
was being done. The Force was
known in West Africa as the "For
gotten Army"
Finally, however, the Force was
ready. And within a short time af-
ter its arrival in India, it was al
ready adding to the great tradi-
ton of the Royal West African
Frontier Force which was formed
by Lord Lugard near the end of
the last century to preserve the in
ternal security of British possess
sions in West Africa.
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tCOnt1nued from rage
still learning to adapt themselves
to African conditions. The thou
sands of Africans who had yOlun-
tarily joined the Force were en-
thusiastic, but unframed in mod
arI1 warfare
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does not go cut to our soldiers
through War Department chan
nels. If it dOes,' he said,
somebody is going to have to
do plenty of explaining
What has not appeared in the
paperS is the fact that Rep May
is from q district which. has a
potential Negro vote of 3,543. III
the last election, he won by bare
majority of $40 votes. The shift Of
271 Negro votes could have defeated
aim then.
What explanation" is Rep. May
going to have in November--if he
runs???
Perhaps it would be wise for
Congressman May to transfer his
allegiance to South Carolina, where
the State House of Representatives
passed that nasty Cor NazD
resolution in support of white
supremacy.
The best answer to the Stat
of South Carolina appeared in an
editorial in the Washington Post
which concluded:
Il, is lonely war That the
South Carolina House of Repre-
sentatives would have its great
State wage. Divorced from the
splendid company of the Uni
ted Nations, who proudly mum.
Der black and white and brown
and yellow and red men among
their armies, il must figh
in isolation and to isolation
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its House Of Represents
4;-es would consisn It in the
peace. Fer the rest Of the free
world will not end It's struggle
against Nazism until 1t has
established upon earth truth
which the founders Of South
Carolina held to be self-evi-
dent: that all men are created
equal"
THANK God the Negroes In Ken
tucky can vote and do vote. I
will be a new and happy day v'aer
,t.ev obtain that -'ght and PR /"
lege in South Carolina. Then, pei
haps, we'll be able to get South
Carolina back into the United
Nations
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Card Of Thanks

The family of the late Reverend
f. NJ. Fl. Bradley, wishes to thank
their friends for all courtesies
shown them during his recent ILL
ness and death.
The Bradley Family.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05
British Facing
Housing Need
New Homes for Is Millions
To Be Required in First
Decade After War.

LONDON.-Fifteen million people
in the United Kingdom will need
rehousing during the first decade
after the war, according to Alfred
c.. Bosom, leader of the British
building mission to North America
which recently returned from the
United States.
Mr.. Bosom, internationally known
architect and member OF parliament
for Maidstone, Kent, said housing
would be one of the greatest OF the
postwar problems facing Europe's
statesmen after the war.
with huge areas of Europe dew
astated, millions of people will be
exposed to disease and possibly
death unless means can be found
to provide them with some sort OF
shelter in the place of their de-
stroyed homes.
"In the United Kingdom alone, the
problem is bound to be acute imme-
diately after the war. 1t is estirnat-
ed that if every available man In
the building trades, was put to work
Immediately the war ends, it would
take Is months to rebuild and repair.
houses damaged here by enemy &C
ton"
Heavy Damage Cited.
Bosom explained that n out OF
every four or five houses in the
United Kingdom had been destroyed
or damaged by bombs. In addition,
he said, the authorities would have
to cope with two things: (1) Thou
sands of houses had to be neglected
during the war, and would be in
need of considerable repairs. (2)
One million houses would be needed
to replace the normal peacetime
building program of the United
Kingdom. This was 200 1000 houses
a year, of which the building was
naturally suspended during the a
"For the first two years after the
war;" he said, possibly more than
1 1000, 900 temporary houses will be
needed in the United Kingdom.
These will have to be replaced and
supplemented during Immediately
succeeding years by from 100000 600
to 5000, 900 permanent homes. We
estimate here that between three
and four people will have to be &C !
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05
Day by Day in Laurel

Rev. and Mrs. H. E. Chappell of
Miles City, formerly of Laurel,
were guests Sunday at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. j. Williams while
en- route to Luccock Park where
they plan to spend a months vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. l.. Macarthur
have as guests Nj. McArthur's
nephew, Jack Macarthur of Logan,
Utah.
A group spending two weeks at
East Rosebud includes Mrs. Ethel
Shay, her mother, Mrs. Cora Shoop,
her brother, Glenn Shoop who is
home on vacation from Bremerton,
Wash, Miss Elsie Shoop and Dick
Shay.
MI. and Mrs. j. j. Russell were
hosts at a picnic supper Sunday
evening for Mrs. Phyllis Hartman,
Mrs. Kate SHED and children, Har-
ley Hartman and Miss Arlo SHED,
all of Billings and Dale SHED of
Shepherd.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy Green and
family are spending the week
camping and fishing in Yellowstone
park.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Fly have
received word from their son, Glenn
Fly, that he has been accepted for
service in the marines and left
Bremerton, Wash, for training at
San Diego, Calf. His family will
in Bremerton.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05
HAPPENINGS

Mrs. Grace Darham Rasmussen
daughter of j.. E. Darham, is list
ed on the spring quarter honor roll
of Montana State University. Eigh-
ty-one students appear on the roll.
To be eligible a student must have
either a minimum of Sc grade
points with an index of 2, or a
minimum of 80 grade points, with
an index of 2.5 No student is
eligible if he has and "E" or an
"F" On his current record.
Mrs. C. A. Cloyd and Mrs. J.. A.
Larson were bridge hostesses at the
latter's home entertaining at four
tables on Thursday and Friday af-
ternoon. At the Thursday event
Mrs. Arnott Boyd won the high
score award, Miss Grace Stadalman,
second and Mrs. Lloyd Kemmish of
Billings, low. Friday winners were
Mrs. Campbell Calvert, Mrs. C. A.
Cromwell and Mrs. Neil Baker.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Vaught and
daughter Adelpha have returned
from Portland, Ore, where they
visited at the homes of Mr.. and
Mrs. Newell E. Vaught, former
Laurel residents and Mr.. and Mrs.
E. S. Vaught. Accompanying them
to Laurel was Newell Vaught, Jr.,
who left to spend some time with
grandparents, Nh. and Mrs.
George Cross of Big Timber.
A surprise party Thursday at the
home of Mrs. Ed Reckdal honored
birthday of Mrs. Andy Van
berg. A pitch-in lunch was served.
were Mrs. Alice Dolan of
Billings, sister of Mrs. Reckdal and
Mrs. Vanberg, Mrs. H. P. Schulze,
Mrs. Elizabeth Michael, Mrs. E. o.
Ronnie, Mrs. G. l.. Adams, Mrs.
Sidwell, Mrs. Ivan Lyons,
Mrs. E. H. Lawrenz, Mrs. Frank
)'Neil, Stanley Ronnie and the
lonor guest, Mrs. Vanberg.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Albertus and
iamily and Mrs. R. G. Brown spent
in Red Lodge.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05

There is just barely enough room
for two people to pass, and when
two fat people meet one has to step
off and let the other go by.
Public Relations Office, Luke
Field, Ariz.:
Leslie Donald Stenersen, Los
Angeles, son of Mr.. and Mrs. B. A.
~Stenersen, Laurel, Mont, has sue
cessfully completed his flight train
ing at the arm air forces pilot
school advanced single engine),
Luke Field, Ariz.
At graduation ceremonies June 27
he received the army air corps
silver wings and a second lieuten-
ants commission in the army air
corps reserve.
He received his preflight training
at Santa Ana Army Air Base,
Calf, and pilot training with army
flying units at Twenty Nine Palms
Academy, Calf, and Gardner Field,
Taft, Calf, before coming to Luke
Field.
He attended Laurel high school.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05
Letters From
Our Boys
and Girls

Public Relations Office, Advanc-
ed Fifth Air Force Base, Some
where in New Guinea, by Staff Sgt.
Stanley M. Cohen:
Jay w. Sheets, son of Glen
Sheets of Laurel, Mont, vas re-
Gently promoted to sergeant in the
army air force. He is a radio
operator gunner in a B-24 Liberia
tor heavy bo~mbardment unit known
as "Ken's" Men," This unit has es-
tablished a world record for de-
struction of enemy shipping by
sinking more than 100000 tons of
Japanese merchant and naval YES
sells.
Sergeant Sheets duties as radio
operator have taken him on some
very long bombing missions and he
has been on raids over Dutch New
Guinea. More recently he partici-
pated in bombing missions over the
Japanese island of Palau.
Sergeant Sheets is a graduate of
Laurel high school.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05
CORRESPONDENT TELLS
OF RAT|0N|MG, WINTER
IN AUSTRALIAN AREA

One of the products of the wal
is creation of friendships between
families of American service men
and people in other countries who
extend courtesies to the men. 1t
often happens that an international
correspondence develops.
One such is between Mrs. Chris
tine Gunter of Laurel and Mrs.
Gladys Bruce who resides in a city
in Australia. Mrs. Gunter's son,
Harvey O.. Gunter, visits the Bruce
home when his duty permits.
Mrs. Gunter recently received a
letter from Mrs. Bruce, one of sew
eral over the months, in which in
teresting facts are disclosed.
Said Mrs. Bruce:
eve were discussing you the
night before we received your last
letter and wondered what had hap
pened to our letters. We cores
pond regularly with H. o. and hope
to see him soon. He was very
thrilled in one of his letters because
of a new niece, and he sent us a
snapshot of himself of which we
are very proud.
"Joan has not had a letter from
your Joan for some time, but l
suppose she is very busy with her
work. Billie also is waiting for a
letter from Beverly.
clad I known H. o. would like a
cockatoo l might have got him one,
but it is too late now, for they are
flying and you must get them from
the nest. They are a little larger
than the magpie, and are all-white
with a yellow comb. They learn to
speak quite well; really they learn
our Australian slang too well.
"When you write about dollars 1
have to get Mr.. Bruce to work it
out for me into pounds, shillings
and pence.
81 have a friend who has gone TO
live in the U. S. A. she was mop
ing clothes would not be rationed
for awhile after she arrived, as we
have been rationed here for two
years.
eve get 56 coupons for six
months for clothes and house linen.
We give 8 for shoes, 10 for a frock,
3 for a yard of material, a for
stockings, 8 for socks, 16 for a
t~hree-piece set of underclothing, 27
for a top coat, 8 for a FELLOWSHIP,
25 for a pair of double sheets, 8
for a tea towel. There also are
other things such as towels, table
cloths and similar items l have not
had to buy since rationing began,
so l don't know just how much
they are.
"We have other coupons for meat,
sugar, butter. We can't get fresh
pork-just a half-pound of bacon
now and again. Canned soup and
fish have been off the market for
some time now.
"All this is just to give you an
idea of our rationing. l do assure
you we don't mind going without
S long as we are helping to bring
this war to an end.
"You said in your letter that we
Australians are very much like the
Americans. l think very much so,
az we do like the same things.
"Well, dear friend, you will be
having the warm weather over there
now. We are just at the beginning
of the winter. We had a snow on
the hills and there was a little IN
town n morning. Our coolest
months are June, July and August"
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05
Mews of4-H
@zUBS

The Blue Ribbon Boosters All
club had a Fourth of July weiner
roast at the river Sunday evening,
July 2, for boys and girls in Trewin
district. Later they went to the
Thatcher home to continue the
party. Those attending were Betty
Jean Beslanowitch; Frances Beslan-
owitch; Eleanor Bame; Alma, john
ny, Leo, Paul and Tony Bongian;
John Amos Flood; Alma, Mary and
Ruth Fox; Eugene, Leroy and Her
man Harding, A. M. M. BIC; CLAUDE
and Mary Kilgrew; Tony Munoz;
Esther, John, Lila and Raymond
Robertus, and Bonnie and MARY
Thatcher.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05
5000. 900 Hcmes BIitzed


third of Britain's population"
5000, 900 Hcmes Blitzed.
Explaining why so many houses
would be needed, Bosom continued:
approximately 5000, 900 homes
have been blitzed to date. Already at
the outbreak of wal the United King
dom was short of some half million
houses . . slums needing to be
replaced, etc. Furthermore, our
docks and public buildings will have
to be rebuilt in many areas. 1t will
take at least ten years to do the
job"
This will require a huge program
of temporary housing:
"You cant expect people to wait
ten years for a home," he said,
referring to men and women to be
released from the forces and fac
tories after the wal.
Referring to his recent trip to the
States, Bosom said that he and his
colleagues on the mission saw a
great deal which they thought could
be applied in the United Kingdom
to considerable advantage.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05

Miss Helen Slater of Billings
spent the week end with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Slater.
Miss Peggy Russell spent several
days last week in Billings the guest
of Mrs. Phyllis Hartman.
Laurel outlook., 1944-07-05

Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. Gorton and
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Harschlip pic
nicked Monday at Red Lodge.
Jacqueline Braswell spent the
week visiting relatives in Billings.