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Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-07
Germans Swing
Back 10 Hit
On Italy Front
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spokesmen reported that the Ger
mans were working feverishly to
strengthen their Gothic line which
runs through the 6000-foot noun
tain peaks north of Pisa and Flor
ence and winds acltss to the east
coast at Rimini.
The bittereSt German resistance
developed along the Fifth Army
front from the hills north of Siena
to RoSignano, on the Tyrrhenian
seacoast u miles below Livorno. Of
ficial reports said the NaziS had
converted every village. farmhouse
and hilltop across the 40-mile belt
into a bristling Strongpoint and
We're putting up the best coordi-
mated defense since the occupation
of Rene
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-07
DIVORCES GRANTED

Final divorces were granted in
superior court to Reyes Sanchez and
Esperanza Sanchez; and to Ethel
Mae Clements and Leonard Dee
Clements.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-07
ER ME PYLE .
Reports
On Invasion
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case clank to the ground.
Darkly silhouetted figures move
silently. reloading. In few sec
onds the gun blasts again. And
once again. The smoke is stifling
now. You feel the blast sweep over
you and set you back little.
The salvo is fired. The men step
back. You take your fingers from
your ears. The smoke gradually
clears. And now once more the
gun is intently weaving about,
grinding and whining I'D seeking
for new prey.
CAN'T SEE PLANE
That's the way it is al Light.
You never see a thing You only
hear the thrump, thrump of motors
in the sky and see the flash OF
guns and the Streaking OF red trac-
ers far away. You never see the
plane you're shooting at, unless 1t
goes down in flames, and "flamers'
are rare.
found out one thing by being
with the ack-ack at night. And
that is that you're much less ner-
yous when you're out in the open
with a gun in front of you than
when you're doubled up under
blankets in your tent, coiled and in
tent for every little change OF
sound. doubtful and imagining and
terrified.
We shoot off and on, with rest
periods of only a few minutes, for
a couple of hours. The Germans
are busy boys tonight.
Then suddenly a flare pops in the
sky. out to sea, in front Of us. Grad
ually the night brightens until the
whole universe is alight and we can
easily make each other out in the
gun pit and see everything around
us in the field.
ALL DREAD FLARES
Now everybody is tense and STAR
ing. We all dread flares. Planes
are throbbing and droning all
around in the sky above the light.
Surely the Germans will go for the
ships that are standing off the
beach, or they may even pick out
the gun batteries and come for us
in the brightness.
The red tracers of the machine
guns begin arching toward the
flares but can't reach them. Then
our own stand by order comes,
and the gun whines and swings and |
feels its way into the sky until it is
6ead on the high flares.
Yes We are shooting at the flare. |
And our showering bursts OF flax hit
it, too.
You don't completely shoot out
a flare. But you break it up into
small pieces, and the light IS dim
med. and the pieces come floating
down more rapidly and the whole
thing is over sooner.
Flares in the sky are always
They strip you naked,
and make you want to cover and
hide and peek out from behind an
elbow. You feel a great, welcome
privacy when the last piece fllckerS
to the ground and you can go back
TO shooting at the darkness from
out of the dark. /
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-07
RAMBLING REPORTER
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without result. He was getting
pretty desperate by this time.
Tuesday he was about to give up
the search. He wandered around
to the lack door OF the Post-Press.
There was Fritz faithfully guarding
the abandoned bicycle.
Post-Press e!np:oyes noticed the
dog and gave him water several
times. Carrier boys tried to drive
the dog away from the bicycle but
Fritz showed fight. He was guard
ing his masters bicycle, wasn't he?
No monkey business allowed even
if he was hungry.
Fritz was kinda hungry" Carlos
said with his arm around the dog
RR thinks Fritz should have a
medal inscribed, "Oh, thou good
and faithful friend" or something
like that.
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needing emergency relief because
Of the fire. The Hartford Times
donated $500 TO start it.
ANY unclaimed and unidentified
victims will receive a mass inter
denominational funeral service.
Mayor William Mortensen was ar
ranging the details.
Local hospitals were crowded with
208 injured, IA Of whom were re-
ported to be in dying condition.
CIRCUS OFFICIALS HELD
After a night of questioning cam
Vasmen. performers, rouStaboutS,
and spectators. Police Court Pros
ecutor s. Burr Leikind arrested five
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-07
Russians Break
Into Poland

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spreading southwark in the Kowel
region OF old Poland as Red army
forces swung into action against
the lower end of the primary Nazi
defense line athwart the road TO
Berlin.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-07-07
NAVY FIIER MEETS DEATH
WHEN PLANE HITS DAM

los ANGELES. july 7. CUPp-A
navy fier died Thursday when his
Douglas dive-bomber crashed into
the face of Fullerton dam, navy
public relations officers said Fri
day. The pilot, whose name was
withheld, was based at San Diego.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-25

home il in Los Angeles, Calf,
\ joined the s3rd. Negro division
after eon,pletins. his bnsie sr.inin6
at the Infantry Replacement Train
ing Center. Camp Wheeler. Ga, In
the spring OF l943.
We were ready when We went
overseas" he said. land we didn't
waste much time going into action.
The division split up after we
landed in GUsdalcanal last Febru-
airy. and my regiment was fighting
on Bougainville within a month.
That first battle. for Hill go.
was some fight. too. Our first job
was 10 push across river where
the Japs were firing at US from
concealed dug-in positions about so
yards from our bank
That was where ] got to kill my
first Jap We had come up 10 the
river late one afternoon and this
sniper kept firing at us all night
long. giving us the very devil /
finally located him the next morn
ing and let 60 a BAR burst into
the tree he was firing from. His
body hung from the tree the rest Of
the day
The other Nip I gat was several
DAYS later when We were advanc-
ing. was carrying my MI and
saw him using a telephone in
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-25
Pilot Survives
1872 Shell Holes

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.-"Tweak
mission is LIST 1t. John A. Gibson's
pet name for dive bombing sortie.
Brother. when you dive down
through tn flax on a target you
wonder if you will ever get back
and you tweak." the 25-year-old
Chicago pilot said.
Gibson few in Italy with the all
Negro Fighter Squadron. which has
blazed a trail of devastation all the
way from North Africa into south
ern Germany
Nephew Of Mr.. and Mrs Truman
K oSoson Sr. 1901 South Parkway
Chicago. and husband OF Mrs. Ethel
| Gibson. Greenville. s. c.. the lieu
tenant is now at the AAF Redistri
button Station in Atlantic City
With 30 missions behind him. h
Will receive a new assignment pisc
ing him in one OF the Y. 5. com
I mands OF the air forces
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-25

ATLANTIC CITY, n. J. - Now
awaiting ssignment at AAF Re-
distribution Station, No. l, here is
LIST 1t. Clinton B. Mills. veteran OF
los combat missions in the Medi-
terranean Theater Of War. with the
332nd Fighter Group.
Recalling the part he played in
the invasion al Anzio. the fighter
pilot said: We were patrolling the
beschhesd when suddenly about 20
FW 1905 dropped out of the clouds
and began dive bombing our land
ing troops. Ny flight OF four P-40s
caught the last flight OF four ferries
as they released their bombs and
leveled off
Caught Mari In Sights
Z was N a hard bank when ]
caught one OF the Nazis in my
sights and blasted a 30-degree dl-
regional burst al him hit his
cowling and as his engine started
burning he whipped over into g
uRnl spin.
The pilot bailed out and I fol
! lowed him down TO see il he'd lanC
behind our lines. However. q luck!
uor him) gust OF wind carries
him about 20 miles behind IN
enemy lines.
Ftak Heavy
The FAX" Mills went on. eva
80 heavy that day that the burst
made the sky look like il was ful
OF grey torn clouds. My plan
received about eight flax holes. on
OF them about a foot in diameter
but managed to make il safel.
back 10 nv base outside o. Naples
Lieutenant Minis. who wears TIT
Air Medal with Two Oak Leaf Clus
tiers. is the son Of DR. and Mrs
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-25
VERSATILITY
SAVES LIFE
OF SOLDIER

SAN FRANCISCO. Calf - Pvt.
Luther McNair's regular infantry
job was in 60-mm mortar squad
OF the card Infantry Division.
But the two Jsps he bagged on
Bougainville were killed with
other weapons, the Browning auto
matte and MI Garand rifles.
Versatile
Most every man in my OUTFIT
could handle all the infantry
weapons" he said in an interview
al Letterman General hospital. San
Francisco. released recently by the
War Department :For months be-
fore we went overseas. We had
been through intensive maneuvers
and we were well trained and
tough"
The 26-year- old doughboy. whose
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-25
BIAS IS NO. I THREAT

NEW YORK - (ANP)-Equality
OF opportunity is marred in Amer
lea only by our race. religious and
class differences nd hstreds DR.
Russell Frank Amman, pastor OF
81 Peters Luthern church. told his
con gre cation Sunday.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-25
TWO WIN MEDALS

WITH THE 93RD INFANTRY
DIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC AREA-When two OF
their buddies slipped and fell into
The ocean while embarking in the
Solomon Islands. Pvt. James Will
liams. lat McLeon Place. Indian
apolis, Ind. and Pvt William NJ.
Murray. 1000 Walnut street. Vicks-
burg. Miss. Immediately dived into
the water and attempted to save
them from drowning.
In recognition OF their heroic
efforts. Williams and Murray have
been awarded the Soldiers Medal.
the War Department announced.
Private Williams Is the husband
OF Mrs. Ola NJ. williams OF the
indianapolis address. while Private
Murray is the son OF Mrs. Eliza
Murray Of Vicksburg.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-25

hole about IS yards ahead. II would
have been hard to miss him. and
I didn't"
Private McNair got through those
weeks on the front line without a
scratch. he said. but he wasn't so
fortunate when he went back to the
rear for a rest.
II was standing about Is yards
from bulldozer just as il scrsped
across a land mine or an un-
exploded she'll" he related. The
blast knocked me about 10 feet
That was the last OF Nav. and I've
been hospitalized since then"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-25


Ezekiel Thornton. a. Boats.
mate second class in the u. S.
Navy. of ava Chens street. re.
Gently sent his Purple Heart
Medal home 10 his wife. Mrs.
Lurlisns Thornton B-2 Thorn
ton was inducfsd from Detroit
into the Navy Aug. ?. is<3. He
was wounded In the South
Pacific In September and was
awarded the medal which he
sent home. Al the time of his
induction. the local sailor was
q member Of the Brewster
Recreation Center swimming
team. He is Q former student of
Miller high school. His mother.
Mrs. Willie Gilbert. resides NJ
1858 Hunt street.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-25
Veteran OF 332nd
Has 1O5 Missions

Joseph y. Mills. OF 1911 Fayetteville
street. Durham, N. c. The lieu
tenant holds a Bachelor OF Science
degree from North Carolina col
lepe
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-11-25

Great Lakes. III. - Examining the mouth Of
one of the recruits at the u. s. Naval Training
Center. here. is Ii. U.g.) Thomas Watkins Jr..
426 N. Mcdowell street. Charlotte. N. c.. the
first Negro TO be commissioned in the Denial
Corps of the Naval Reserve. He was commits
stoned Sept. 70 in Philadelphia Pa. and
ported for duty here Nov. l. Ii. Watkins
ceived his DDS degree from the Dental School
OF the University OF Pennsylvania and his
Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard Uni
versitY where he won his school letter ss an
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07
Ger1nany's Second Army
Is Nazi Way Of Total War
Storm Troopers, Elite Guard Are Backbone
or HitIer's Special Military Forces;
Every Third German in Uniform.
BY BAUKHAGE
Nacs Analyst and Commentator.

there are many qualifications which
are strictly under the party con-
trol-the Nazi transportation corps
three separate air groups. the IA
nous "Todt" organization C'todt'
means death in German but In this
case 1t Is mans name). This is
great construction (and now, after
the bombing. reconstruction organi-
cation, the boys who parade with
shovels instead of guns.
There are several others-the
Labor service. trained in camps
something like the old CCC camps
in this country; then come the va
rious welfare. women's and youth
organizations.
This deep RECOMMENDATION (remem-
Der. one out of three in uniformD Is
the Nazi way Of creating total
war that is total. When the German
armies are beaten, these organiza.
tons will still remain. They can
work on after defeat unless they are
uprooted.
A fuller realization of this prob
lem may make it easier for Ameri-
cans to understand why. after his
latest trip to Europe, the President
is in sober mien, why the high
army officials and the civilians who
know this problem intimately. hope
that civilian America will not wax
overconfident on the eve Of military
victory.
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07
From A Georgia Farm To Owner
And Operator OF A Modern
Hospital In Little Rock, Ark.

around which the political. social
and civic activities of the city
and state reyolVed. II had been
a mecca to which the great of
earth had iourneyed. Included
among its guests We're such dis
tinguished leaders as Booker 7.
Washington. j. c. Napier, En-
NETT j, Scott, Dean Kelly Miller.
Roscoe Conkling simmons, r. r
Motion and Henry Lincoln John
son Evil DAYS had fallen upon
the old home and its purchase for
hospital purposes lifted bur
den from the hearts of Negro
citizens throughout the country.
The building was thoroughly
renovated and improved to meet
modern hospital standards and in
Nov. 1912 the Lena Jordan Hos
pital moved in and opened its
doors to the public. The opening
program was participated in by
leading citizens of both races.
The annual report reflects that
325 patients We're hospitalzed
during 1913 and since its organi-
cation, the hospital has turned
out 125 practical nurses. The
contract under the Emergency
aternity and Infant Care Program
provides for Prenatal confine-
ment, Post-hatal care of wives
and babies of Negro soldiers in
Arkansas; the Veterans Admins
tration contract provides for hos
pitalization. medicine, surgical
and other treatment for members
of the WACs and all other female
soldiers for the period of 1914.
l945 and 1916.
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07
CAMDEN
Josie Hall

New Year guests of Josie Lee
Hall were Rev. d. Fl. Hall of Las
Wages, Nevada; Mathew and
Henry Hall of Ell Dorado; Gar
land Hall of Sparkman. Miss
Argyle Lee Carey left for Ell Do
RADIO to spend the holidays. :.
Mrs. l.. II. Cook. Mrs. Tessie l..
Hall, David Hall Jr., and Godfrey
l.. Bailey visited relatives In Ell
Dorado. S-Sgt. Chester Barnes
was guest of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Barnes. Mrs. Lu-
cinda Burnell has returned from
Buffalo, N. Y. where she was
guest Of her sister, Mrs. Annie
B. Armstrong. George Stith
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07
Conway
Mrs. Odessa Bynum

Mrs. Opal Howell is visiting
her sister, Miss Pearl Jones. Mrs
Howell will return to her home
in Kansas City next week. Mrs.
Eddie Howard is here on a bust
ness trip from Los Angeles, Calf.
Mrs. Mary Simmons and Miss
Margaret Knox of Little Rock
are guests of their sister, Mrs
Bethel Nichols, and father, Geor-
ge Knox, and will also visit rela-
tives in Morrilton. Miss Eliza
beth Arnolds visited friends in
Little Rock, Miss M. Mitchell
has retained to take up her
school work after mentioning
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07

with her parents at Dumas. :.
Miss Marie Anderson of A. Nj.
4 n. College was guest of rela-
tives here. Mr.. and Mrs. Solo
mon Brown and Mr.. and Mrs.
Archie Butts We're holiday guests
OF their parents. Funeral SER
vices for Prof +. r. Mattison
Were held from Union Bapt.
Church. A retired teacher,
Prof Madison was a highly re-
spected citizen of this county.
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07

A hospital that has contracts
with the State Board of Health
under the Emergency Maternity
Care program and the Veterans
Administration for the hospitals
zation of members of the WAGS,
is the simple story of the life and
achievement of Lena Lowe Jor-
dan, founder and owner OF the
Lena Jordan Hospital 1000
Chester Street.
Born and reared on "A Georgia
farm, Lena Lowe ayailed herself
of the limited educational ad=
yantages offered by the average
rural community At an early
age she left home in quest of bet
ter educational facilities In order
that she might take up nurse
training. She very soon learned
that she had set out upon a very
difficult mission as opportunities
for training Negro nurses were
very meagre in that day and
time. However. backed by faith
In herself and an indomitable
will, she faced and overcame all
disadvantages and in 1911 was re-
warded when she received her
Certificate as Gradate Nurse.
After her graduation, she estab-
lished, and for number of years
operated private hospital in
Cordele, Ga. In 1918 she came to
Little Rock and accepted the po-
sition of head nurse OF the Mo-
sale Templar Hospital. However.
Lena Jordan had ideas of her
own and out Of the years OF her
experience, program OF public
service had taken definite form
in her mind and she decided to
again start out on her own. She
purchased a site at 1900 Pulaski
Street and May %. 1882, she or
ganized the Lena Jordan Home
and Hospital for Crippled Negro
Children. In this effort she ex-
perienced her ups and downs
but by the aid and cooperation of
both races, the venture succeed
ed. Hundreds of Negro children
were cared for and received hos
pitalization in this institution.
The hospital continued this SER
vice until the care of indigents
was taken over by the state and
Federal government. However,
the Lena Jordan Hospital con-
tinued Its service and by the dawn
Iof 1912, che patronage had in
creased to the extent that the
physical plant was inadequate
and larger quarters had to be
sought.
After a long and diligent
search, fate interviewed and as
an anti-climax to past achieve
ments OF Lena Lowe Jordan, the
old family residence OF the late
John e. Bush, 1900 Chester ST..
was purchased, TO those of
generation past, thepurchase of
this site brought up fond mem
cries. For years 1t was the hub
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07

ding Of
ed the
! today.
| Job.
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07

You don't hove to be dependent upon Nom and bod
for thot EXTRA CHANGE to buy the things all boys
wont during the school season.
You moke extra money every week by selling the
fostest-seIIing newspaper in the Stote Of Arkonsos
THE STATE PRESS
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07

Alverne Roger of Ell Dorado,
were among holiday guests. :.
Shut-ins include Mrs. l.. H, Cook,
Mrs. Sallie Pace, Mrs. Sallie
Reed, Mrs. Lille Williams, Mrs
Virgie Murphy Is recuperating at
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07
LENA JORDAN HOSPITAL

passed away Dec. 90. John r.
Burnett of FIT. ayne, Ind, was
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Burnett. Miss Pear
lie A. Hoffman. matriculating at
Southern University and Miss
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07
Status of Fascis,n
IN Spain

One Of the things that was not dis
cussed by the big Three" or the
big Four" in the recent meetings
at Cairo and Teheran. as far a. the
world knows. was Spain.
The President. In answer to I
direct question when he returned.
said he did not see Franco. He ad-
mitted. however. that something de-
layed his return. He never said
what.
There have been signs that some
one has been whispering into Gen.
eralissimo Frances ear Just the
same.
Hs has disbanded the ralangists.
They are the uniformed party mem.
bers. 4 real military and hard-hsted
bunch Of uniformed fascists, the &C.
tive party members Of the Spanish
fascismo.
saw 4 few In Spain. They were
polite to me - foreigner but they
were not pleasant people. The ones
I met In the ranks were raw. I'm
tutored youths, anxious for tips;
glad. ! would imagine. in that
wrecked nation. to get food and q
suit Of clothes from the government.
There Is nothing more hardboiled.
Of course. than hardboiled youth.
Take away from him the decent out
lets for his animal spirits--on the
ball field, In the school yard, any,
where where he can whoop and hol-
Ter and be himself--and what hap
pens? A terrific. pent-up force, all
the primitive emotions seeking an
outlet. The Nazis and the fascists
knew this and their strength Is still
in the strength Of the youth they
perverted: the primal instiacts Of
the caveman, which Turk within all
of US. turned to the base uses Of
the party.
Well. Spain. 4 nation Of individu-
alists. has at last been able to shake
itself loose from part of this bond.
age. The iron hand Of Hitler, and
%he now withered hand Of Mussolini,
have been withdrawn. Spanish fas-
cismo Il almost an empty shell.
II 10 an axiom that fascism can
only live on blood, the blood Of its
enemies and when they are not
within reach. its own people. II has
no other sustenance--it represents
that group which. in the lower ami.
mails, produces the outlawed. the To-
coed. the mad. We have these phe-
nomena among the wolves. among
elephants, even among horses-the
bad elephant" the tiger which kills
for pleasure and not for food.
Starved to Death
So Spanish fascism has been
starved to death and the essential
decent instincts Of civilized man are
again coming to the surface.
In this great struggle Of the ideolo-
giles, II has taken force to beat down
force. 1t has taken realization
that human beings, banded together
in an honest cause, have a chance
against the beast only IL they can
outwit him at his own game. Once
the active element Of evil Is con.
quered, the natural decencles Of the
civilized man rise again and domi
nate.
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07

Canned orange and grapefruit
juice is supplied to bombing crews
and submarine crews.
A total Of 10000 tons Of lime,
enough to make 5000 heavy car.
loads. Is used every year In the
United States In connection with AZ.
ricultural insecticides and fungi.
cides.
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07
B r | f f S. by Baukhage

The American Palestine commit
tee has launched nationwide drive
TO mobilize American public opinion
In support Of the movement to re.
establish the Jewish national home
Arkansas State press., 1944-01-07
Wanted:
| her home.

To rent. Four or Five Room
house. Must hove modern con.
venienees. Furnished or un.
furnished. Write Dept. l., P.
o. Drawer 2l79.
Arkansas State press., 1944-12-15

Nelson BoykinS

Nelson BoykinS
The cold weather slowed up
the membership Sunday. A few
faithful members were present.
Mrs. A, Adams spent a short
call with Mrs, Boykins Sunday,
and she was asking for a State
Press for the Negro news. Mrs.
Anna Johns was called to the
funeral of her brother, Sket
Rodgers, She has our sympathy.
Mrs. Mahndie Grays ard
husband are home from Rich
mond, Calf, E. Dec. Louis Blair
is not feeling so we'll this week.
He Is residing at home. Mrs.
Pauline Amor has purchased a
new home She and her nephew.
PUNK Fuller, are moving in.
Hal Ha! Louisease Wright is 60
ing to send Santa Claus to Mrs.
Ida Bell Smith and Sarah Mes
bia, Mrs. Charity Thompson
was guest of relatives here Sun
day.