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gro pilots and told them the
situation.
One Of the Spokesman for me
group asked if the men were un-
der orders to eat in the mess
hall. He was told they were not.
From that day to this not a
single Negro pilot has eaten in
the Jim Grow mess hall. They
dig into their own pockets and
buy their food from the post sx-
change, in addition to paying
their regular mess assessment.
The PIX is stated exclusively
by whites, mostly women. But
the entire force was instruct sym
patty with the Negro pilots. They
came to work earlier in order to
serve breakfast to the Jim
crowed" pilots and get them on
the field in time.
Then came Christmas. The
girls were due to have the day
off. But they voted to give up
their holiday in order to serve
the Negro pilots if they did not
want to go to town for their
Christmas meal.
NO" said the pilots, I'VE have
decided that today would be a
good day to do without anything
to eat"
Not a single pilot put a morsel
in his mouth that Christmas day.
A tradition was thus estab-
lished. But not a Negro
has eaten in the mess hall since
the infamous order of Maj. Gen.
Cousins.
The jim-crow order is still in
effect.
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ALTIORA PETO CLUB EFFERVESCES
COME SPRING DANCIN N EVERYTHING

Monday eve. March 81. at the
Casa Italiana Hall. 18th Avenue.
one-half block south of Madison.
street; the affair will get under
way at 900 p. m.
This event, destined TO be UNI
usually different with capital en-
tertainment. brings all In one
night-aside from dancing made
possible by Maestro AL Pierre's
eight-piece orchestra and popular
vocalist Russell Jones-a classy
t h ION show, with demure,
shapely and charming models.
Dressed in latest fashionable
styles, this array of lovely man
nikins will glorify the works of
Seattle's smart vogue designer:
Mae proprietor of an ultra
modern dress shoppe.
Another highlight and promis-
ing feature will be Charlie Beal's
Rial Club Floor Show, featuring
clever, attractive Gloria Law
renee, topnotch song bird, who
halls from the night spots of
the windy city, Chicago.
Admission, including tax for
this, must" on everyone's
March calendar, is a minimum
price including tax, only one
dollar.
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here, and has no place where
men of color are fighting for
democracy, as efficient and as
sacrificing as their white COM
rades in arms.
We say We Negroes should
give to the American Red Cross
because only when principle
takes the place of custom will
our nation become the home o.
the free and brave we would
have it be. If the Red Cross
will not make the first step in
that direction, let us do it! Let's
act on principle even If We
not dealt with on principle. 1t
is the only way.
Most of us strike back at those
who strike us-and justify our
act with argument. even now
when the whole world at war
proves the folly of such thi
ing. Blow for blow is always
waste of effort, a short road to
suicide. The end of strife is
to be found in understanding.
moi IN annihilating the other
fellow. Cooperation, not con-
flict supplies needs. Peace, the
goal set by Jesus for his fol-
lowers, is not to be reached
through retaliation for injuries
received. If white people do
not see that, and we do. then
responsibility for that better
world is ours! Woe be unto us
If we do not measure up! Give
to the Red Cross. Trust Provi-
dence to pay off the haters. You
have a Good Samaritan part to
play which requires you to con-
slider only the need, not the per-
sonalities involved as did the
traveller on the Jericho road two
thousand years ago.
X. C. Call.
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NEGRO PILOTS, BIS BOMBERS AT
MATHER FIELD ESTABLISH TRADITION

By HARRY McALPIN, Cores
pendent The Atlanta Daily World
and NNPA.
WASHINGTON, D. c. - The
story has gone all over the Anne
rican Air Forces-about the
Negro bomber pilots, in training
at Mather Field, Calf, who have
thrown down the gauntlet to OF
Man Jim Grow, but at the same
time expressed their determine
ton to become the best damn
pilots in the air force" in spite
of it all.
Every man in that first class
of pilots (now in advanced train
ing at Selfridge Field, Mich.
and in the succeeding classes
which have followed. should be
awarded a hero's medal of some
kind-only the army does deco
rate its men for this type of
heroism.
Here's the story.
When training of the Negro pi-
lots for operation of B-25 bomb
ers began, there was no segrega-
ton at Mather Field. Classrooms
mess hall, etc, were operated as
one would expect in a democracy.
There was never the slightst ra-
cial friction.
Then came Mai. Gen. Ralph p.
Cousins to the field on an inspec-
ton trip. Among his first orders
to the camp commander was one
for separation Of the Negro
from the whites in the mess hall.
The commander was flabber-
gasted. But in the Army, orders
from men of higher rank be-
come law He called in the Ne
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Dearborn Grocery Murder
Trial Opened Monday

Three accused of the holdup-
Staying of Joseph Romagnoli, Sc
year-old grocer, in his store at
sol Dearborn ST., December Is,
will go on trial tomorrow on
first-degree murder charges.
The trio includes Persia Will
liams, 3S years old, charged with
having done the shooting; James
Wilson, 80. and James Howard
Keener. "a, charged as accom-
plices.
Romagnoli was killed when
three Negroes walked into the
store about 8 o'clock in the eve
ming. Mrs. Maria Romagnoli was
wounded in the shoulder. A
boarder at their apartment, adj
jacent TO the store, Frank Nesci,
was shot in the abdomen. The
men fled but were arrested sew
eral days later.
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! in Home Economics before going
to Chicago to enlarge upon her
basic knowledge.
There, in Chicago. a specific
course in designing ladies wear
ing apparel was pursued; due to
being a student of an outstand-
ing designer-instruct Mae upon
the termination of that course
was engaged by a popular manu-
featuring concern in the whole
sale district of pace-setting, styl-
ish Chi" Here, from drafting
dress patterns, as beginning de-
signer, Mrs. Walker became one
of only three Race women to ever
hold the coveted position of an
assistant designer.
Now well on her way to other
attachments, she is very progress
sive. She wears the starch of
good breeding modestly, and sim
plicity shows in an unassuming
smile which bespeaks her quiet
business-like disposition.
Since now her yen for sewing
and dressmaking has been nour-
ished. and a reasoable amount Of
experience obtained - there can
be no doubt that as time goes by
she can and will hold her own.
The business that she has es-
tablished here in Seattle supplies
the need, but only in part, for
worthwhile expansion that in post
war America will be an import
ant necessity.
Yet in its infancy, Macs Dress
shop, born of need. challenge
and opportunity, the conjured
brain child of an opportunist
fondled into existence as a first
class, high grade, neighborhood
business, is a thriving concern;
not growing by leaps and bouds,
but step by step, steadily, mott
waited by igenuity, foresight and
tact.
To see this woman lead the
business pioneering of new
Race frontier, in a legitimate
field, compels one to look be-
meath the surface of once-frozen
opportunity and really appreciate
dress for dress, every style,
every pattern of Race women
who design such sure economic
future for Race gains, in the
field of RFaee enterprise in post
war America.
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Mr.. Randolph is rendering
the same distinguished service to
all the people through his lead
ership now of the National Coun-
ell for a Permanent FEPC, which
is pressing for passage of HR
1886, the bill by Representative
Scanlon. Dawson, LaFollette and
Bender to establish In Iowa the
principle of freedom from dis
elimination as privilege of all
citizens, which shall be safe
guarded by permanent Fair
Employment Commission, Mr..
Milgram continued.
How much Mr.. Randolph is
feared by those who would keep
all labor in subsection was indi-
Gated by the recent action of
the Crump machine in Memphis
which barred Mr.. Randolph from
speaking at a great public meet
Ing there.
How much he Is loved" Mr..
Milgram said, lis indicated by
the universal respect In which he
is held by millions of Americans.
For example, although Mr.. Ran
dolph Is In the American FEEDER
alton of Labor, many clio Off
cials as we'll as ALL leaders are
on the committee Of sponsors for
the Town Hall testimonial con-
cert and meeting"
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By G. MILTON EDWARDS

BY q. MILTON EDWARDS
Firmly established race bust
ness, existing by proven merit
and above-board practices. are
few in number. Since this con-
dition, national in scope. is de-
rived from costituent localities,
it is of consequence, locally i'm
portant.
The Pacific Northwest, aside
from being a constituent locality,
is yet, an open frontier for race
activity, looming high on the
business horizon, as a ray of
hopeful sunshine to race business
ingenuity.
The potentialities of well-man-
aged race business in this area.
are probably best illustrated, by
means of observation of an ultra
modern dress shoppe in down
town Seattle, known to all as
.Mae's Dress Shoppe"
This shoppe, definitely a cri-
terion for race business - any
business for that matter-is To-
Gated on the northeast corner of
] k s n and Maynard streets,
easily located because of clever
window display. A variety OF
styles, mingled in well-blended
color attraction. quickly catches
ones eyes from almost any APP
proach.
One glance through the door,
amid modern modes of clothes.
smartly-designed furnishings and
personable. amiable personnel. 1t
becomes, obviously and actually,
inviting as a fashionable dress
shoppe.
II, owned and operated by a
winsome race woman, Mrs. Mae
Guyton Walker, is signal of
the change in trend for race
business: however. serves dis
eliminating people of all races.
with thrift and quality second
to none.
Mrs. Walker. in private life,
but to patrons and customers
just Mae" is the rudiment of
her creditable business. because
of her painstaking effort to give
meaning to the aggressive spirit
long dormant within the race.
She Is trained with a thorough
knowledge of dressmaking and
sewing, which she obtained at
Rust College where she majoree
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City Light Make:
Best American Record

Best American record for in
crease in per-customer consump-
ton of electricity in the history
of the utility industry was
achieved by Seattle City Light
during the period January 1.
1910, to January, 1914, statistics
reveal.
Average residential annual use
of electricity in Seattle jumped
from about 1892 kilowatt hours
in 1889 to 1898 XVIII. per year
in 1913.
City Lights ''all-electric" resi-
Dental customers, now number
ing more than 1900, reached
the remarkable average of APP
Continued on Page ~
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Give to the Red Cross

Give to the Red Cross. That
is the only thing to do. It's serv-
ice must go on, especially now
when war has multiplied the
need. We say that who con-
denim it for being more bent on
maintaining the American Gus
tom of segregatig Negroes
than on serving them.
The Red Cross is forgiven for
the race prejudice its agents
have exhibited in places like
Arkansas. But il is not for
given for making their ways
its policy when 1t extends its
work across the sea. American
race prejudice can well be left
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"A. PHILIP RANDOLPH HONORED
FOR SERVICE TO LABOR'S RIGHTS

NEW YORK - A Philip Ran
dolph, president of the Brother
hood OF Sleeping Car Porters,
and outstanding Negro leader,
has won the Cleveland Award
of the Workers Defense League
for distinguished service to la
boris rights, Rev. Aron S. Gill
martin, newly elected chairman
of the League announced today.
New York's noted Town Hall
will be the scene of a testimon-
ial concert and meeting Sunday
evening, April 2, at which the
award will be presented.
Previous winners of the award.
which is in the form of a plaque,
were Senator Robert M. LaFol-
lette, Jr., of Wisconsin, and John
F. Fintrey. noted attorney who
handled the defense of Odell
Waller and was active in the Sac
co-Yanzetti and Mooney cases.
The award to Mr.. Randolph,
voted for his lifetime of dis
tinguished service to labor's
rights" recalls, Morris Milgram.
WDL national secretary declared,
This dramatic move In June,
1911, when the March on Wash
ington Movement under his
leadership won from President
Roosevelt Executive Order $500,
establishing the Fair Employ
ment Practice Committee.
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FORMER TEACHER WINS $500
AGAINST BUS COMPANY in ST. LOUIS

ST. LOUIS, Mo.-Miss Maggie
Mack, former Negro school teach
er at Springfield, Mo-, now work
ing in an aviation pant III Mil
waukee, Wis. has won a $1,000
court judgment for being forced
to move from a front to a rear
seat on a Dixie Greyhound bus
when it crossed the state line
from Missouri to Arkansas.
Judge Richard M. Duncan, of
the Federal District Court, or
dered a jury on Wednesday to
give a verdict in favor of Miss
Mack, who asked $500 actual
damages for bodily harm and
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SOLDIER HURT

Malvern Houston, a Negro SOL
der stationed in Seattle, was
injured seriously about 1910
o'clock this morning when he
was struck at 12th Avenue South
and Jackson Street by an auto
mobile driven by Patricia T. Col
Inns, 514 18th Ave, N.
Houston was taken to Harbor-
view County Hospital suffering a
fractured leg and a brain con-
cussion.
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$4,000 punitive damages be-
cause the bus driver called a
policeman when she refused to
change seats.
Miss Mack said the policeman
slapped her and showed her into
rear seat.
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and more democracy, the bro
chure states, and adds that for
millions of Americans, particu-
larly Negroes. equality has be-
come a word rather than a real
ity."
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BY G. MILTON EDWARDS
When the harbinger of spring,
dapper old robin red breast. fleet
of wing, comes chirping his
blithe, gay. song, he will be wei
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-15
Society News
TO TIE .AHTItlLATE

y poets language should be lean:
y skilled hound trained To- heel
With ribs and sharp chine showing
Who finds the burrow where ,rutl,
hides
Despite deceptive vcrdurc growing.
An orators morse should bc sharp
>hud.
Dccp-uustrilvd. strong OF chest.
Who loves tn" landscape flying.
Lest he come Jogging turdlly home
While better men gasp one sound.
dying.
Let all who stable the uttered word
BE ,yunt with oats ana bone.
For tat beasts las To- the hollow.
And tn" rider eos well. hc urm al
thigh
Lest he land IN lhr nyst Jumps
muddy wolluw.
liu"'Nmon. the Dro. bright days are
mere.
Up with the dawn. and c'lry,; you.
gear.
Frances HAIL. u Washington Post.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-15

Iug,on. y. {. ushcrS will br 1t.
). X. Watson. Jr.. ui Newport News.
Va. Thomas J. BaS>. 1t. Earl II.
Watson Ui Baltimore. Md. and Grady
GholSun. al High Point.
Miss Annie llymuu Bum VIII sing
The Lords Prayer" by Mailuttc be-
fore the ceremony and Mrs. |. W.
Hughes. organiSt. Will IN preclude
play nuptial music and will Hl.v
Ave Maria" by Bach GuunUd during
the VOWS.
Mr.. Powell arrived Thursday from
PENIS Grove. y. j.. where ne Is
Connected with the ID. Point company.
He Is a graduate OF Mars Ill college
and a'sonuCG tn" IN. crs.,y %. North
Ca ul!nu. Miss Watson WAS grad
ua'cd from Wcman's college O! the
OniN "rSlty o. North Carolina.
Greensboro. ~ january. 1871. AND
received her y Il. degree. maJur.u.
IN Spanish.
Miss Watson has been entertained
extensively and 'nc Wedding IS one
OF the outstanding events %, the So
C!ul season.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-15

speaking engage
IL T. ntS up a n d
down NoTil! Caro-
Ina.
VI G berry,
Ga.iOuiI attorney
ana veteran OF
World Wax /. has
a l2-pojut pro-
gram Tor schools
that he Is aivO-
eating lie says
ms program is
meeting with gca-
c!l! favor. This
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-15
Institute of International
Relations Announced

GrrcnsDuru.-plans have been am
n"SnCrd Tor the eleventh aunual In
Snlui" Of international Relations 10
be held al the Woman'S College here
June lJ-22 under the auspices o. the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-15
VI. ;. I. :. Nirni NLnndlN

Tn, Wumau.s Society a.. Christian
Service az the FIRST Methodist church
Wi! ".cr: M"uday afternoon at three
u.clar. a; The church. i WAS an
MuGucyd today.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-15

ST. pAUL'S CATHOLIC CHURClI
Henderson. N. G
Time Of Masses:
LIST, Bird. and 5th Sunday n. m
2nd and 4th Sunday. 1890 a. IN
Holy Days. 9 a. m.
NOvcna dcvotionS. Sundays. 7:45
p. IN.
Rev. James H. King. pastor.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-15
Improving from Nppcndcrtomy

Miss run.cc IIuN. who recently
had an appendicitis operation 1T
lame, WalnCr hospital III Whining
ton. !; rtpar.ed - ht umUro .ng
rst.d'".
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-15

he. +. N"gIIocr Gardner. pastor.
Inc morning topic at tho pastor
VIII 10" n Cheap Religion" Al the
evening service ne viii rcyicw the
book Ally Fighting Congregation by
Chaplain William I, Taggart 1t Will
Dr %! particular interest H. relatives
and friend, ul ~cr.!cc men.
Sunday.
$50 d. IA. Bup;is, Radio hour.
NI'Ir.
9.+j d. -. Sunday school.
j a. m.. MngnuG Worship.
t.io p. u- BAPTIST Training union.
" p. ~. Evening worship.
Monday.
1890 p. III. ". NJ. L. monthly meet
ing ~ the Ladies parIur. Rev. Ray
Hn.d". VII! hc the gGc,, speaker.
90 p. u. y. ~. y. meeting with
MISs Edna Faulkner.
" +. lI. Shaw 'nI.dthva class meet
ng IN the Ladies parlur. lio~tcs~cs
Nlu b" AlC>dumC- Cora DAVIS, T.. NJ.
Edwards, J. l.. Finch, ). ". Powell.
NJ. j. Wuudllul
g p. IN. Sue Kelly Sunday school
Cl'S~ meet, IN the Junior department.
Hos,cSScS Will be Mrs. ID. Il. Hale and
Alrs. y. /. Harris.
g p. IN. Business Girls circle meets
with Miss Dorothcu Woodlict. with
Mr.. DuuGius P!Crpout assisting as
hostess. Mrs. Robert Boyd wI!! be
program leader.
Wednesday:
3:+5 p. IL. intermediate G.. y.
meets,
o,5 ,.;., g.. .. -
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-15
Rationing Guide

(Noic: Tie Raleigh District Of
flee III Price administration com
piles this thUmbuail ration guide
from office sources weekly for
the Henderson Daily Dispatch as
Il public service fcaturcD
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-15

The Navy maintains 36 hospitals
and COZ" a!cscent hospitals III the
continental United States.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1944-04-15
THE SALVATION ARMY.

TIE SALVATION ARMY.
Envoy and Mrs. Charles Cooke.
Sunday services:
~ a. m. Sunday school.
II a. m. Preaching SCrticc.
ESQ y. IN, Y. =. l.. Meeting.
I y. m, Open air meeting.
40 y ~ Salvation meeting.
Why not 60 TO church?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-09

A new system of priority clAssl- fication which win enable mann- facturing concernB Co secure top ratings for specific departments or on individual orders has been ln. augurated here. it was revealed b. day. Under the new set-up "AA" priority ratings win be possible for specific urgent work even though the firm involved is not rated high- ly as a whole.
 lnter-area and inter-reEional clearance of workers for the -AA" priority departments Is among the advantages Co be obtained by them under Che new system, it hes been disclosed.
 First firm in the Waterbury area to gain under the new system is the Eastern Malleable Iron Company of Union City, which yesterday receiv- cd an "AA" rating for lts foundry.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-09
ROCCO CRETEILA
 TAKEN BY DEATH
Founder of Italian Brother. hood Society tO De Inter.
 red Friday Morning

Rocco cretella, co, founder and past president Of Che Italian Broth. eriood society, suceuEmbed last even. ing at ihs home, 60 Jewelry street. following . brief Illness. lie was a pioneer Italian resident of thk city.
 Mir. Cretella was born In Italy and entered the United states 90 years ago, coming directly to Wa. terbuFy to reside. fle operated barber shop on South Main street for a long period before retiring several years ago. In addition Co his afflllation with the Italian Brotherhood society, he was a member Of operasa Progressiva so- ciety.
 He is survived by his wife. Raf. faella CCamerota) Cretella; a son, Ralph, Naugatuck: seven daugh. ters, Mrs. Joseph Bruno, Mrs. An. thony 1anucci, Mrs. oustave Grand. pri and Miss Anito Cretella. all of waterbury: Mrs. Frank Musante and Mrs. Joseph Musante, both of Ter Eyville, and Mrs. Rocco Muccint oi Naugatuck; . brother, Angelo Gre. tella. Waterbury, and seven grand. children.
 The funeral win be held Fri- day morning at 6 o'clock from the home, 50 Jewelry street to the Church og Our Lady of Lourdes at 9 o'clock for q solemn high Mass Of reuulem. Burial win be in Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the home after o'clock this after. noon.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-09

"The voters of tle leth sena. toFlal district made their decision and | am abiding by e." com. nlented state Senator gohn q. Tobln today in refutlng . pub- llshed report thas 6 was possible that he would be nominated by Independent Democrats and en. dersed by the Republlcan party for state senator.
 "H am supporting Che Demecra. tlc ticket" ehe scenasor declared teddy. "and that includes Pat. rick Wallace. who was my op. ponent ln she pramles." S ends speculation that Che smiling sen. ater from Che l6th planned Co run Independently in an effort Co maintain his seat ln Che General Assembly.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-08-09

innles east of Florences outskirts to three miles south of rontassieve.
 Fight fer Pocket
 West Of Florence, the British were battling the Germans for q pocket about five square miles be- tween Highway e on the south. which runs almost straight between Empoli and Montelupo, and a slial- low loop of the Arno river on the north.
 It will be necessary for the eth Army to clear this area before ate tempting any large scale crossing of the Arno in the expected drive to force the Germans into their strong ly fortified Gothic Line to the north.
 The sth Army nov occupies AGOn- telupo. but Enpoli is a No Mans Land.
 Tn the central sector of the front extending across the Italian penin- sula. the British yesterday again took Mount 0rillo, north and slight. ly west of Arezz0. which the Ger. mans had rsgalned Q few days ago.
 The sharpest action experienced by the American Fifth Army in the western end of the line was purely accidental, breaking out when an American mine-lying detail south- west Of Pisa met & German patrol which called in the German artillery for support.
 Tanks to the Rescue
 American tanks thundered to the rescue and threw back hte German patrol.
 stretcher bearers counted 90 Ger man, corpses in the area around Mount Regina.
 On the Polish front near the Adriatic, enemy artillery and m0r- tar fire increased, but there were no substantial changes in the lines.
 The aerial warfare in support of the ground troops continued yester- day, with Q bombardment of bridges in the Rhone and Var valleys and the usual attacks against German communications in northern Italy. Marauders concentrated -four at. taclzs on railway networks tn the Alexandria section of northwest Italy, and RAF Wellingtons hit en' emy shipping in the Adriatic.