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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10

MRS. p. K. McWETHY has
asked the members of her bridge
club to meet with her tomorrow
evening.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10
ROssO-D Vinney
NuptialS

BEFORE THE FIREPLACE
in the st. Louis Rectory Rev.
Father Shields united Geraldine
(Vandeway) Rosso and Kenneth
f. DeVinney in marriage at 10
o'clock on Saturday, February
S.
Given in marriage by her
father the bride wore a street
length dress of powder blue
with black accessories and a
corsage of yellow daffodils and
baby blue iris.
Her attendant Helen Dewitt,
wore a street length dress of
navy blue with black accessories
and a corsage Of white and pink
carnations. Harold Brown acted
as best man. Both mothers were
dressed in royal purple with
corsages of white carnations.
Following the ceremony a
wedding breakfast was held for
the immediate family at the
home of the brides parents at
1915 South Gratiot. Later in the
evening a reception was held
for 10 guests.
Out Of town guests came from
Chicago, Detroit, Dearborn and
New Haven.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10

MRS. HAROLD WIDRIG
president Of the Ladies Auxil-
larry of the Metropolitan Club
has entered the Detroit Osteo-
pathic Hospital, where she will
undergo a major operation.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10
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The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10

THE STAR OF FREEDOM
council No. 48 will hold a card
party Thursday evening at the
home Of Mrs. Beatrice Frank.
This will be a social meeting in
stead of the regular meeting.
Members are asked to bring
their friends.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1944-02-10
Congratulations

TO LIEUT.. AND MRS. Har-
vey Hammond upon their 10th
wedding anniversary, which &C.
Cured Tuesday, Feb. 8. Lieut..
Harvey is with the Mount Glenn
ems Police department.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
new DEPUTY co.
APPOINTED TO.
AID COL. DAVIS

18TH AAF IN ITALY-From the
headquarters of the only All-Negro
Fighter Group in the Army Air
Forces. II was announced today that
Capt. AlfonZa w. Davis. "a. of
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
Three DetrOiters
Assigned To TAAF

TUSKEGEE ARMY AIR FIELD
Ala.-"Off we go into the wild blue
yonder, climbing high into the
sun" These words can be heard
coming from the mouths Of the
many aviation cadets training at
the Tuskegee Army Air Field as
they march 10 the flight line sing
ing in harmony with the purr of
motors OF the planes overhead.
They TOO will soon be amidst their
comrades. floating through the air
with the ease OF a bird. their minds
set on the day when they will re-
ceive their commissions as Army
pilots.
The men from Michigan who re-
Gently completed their primary
flight training at Motion Field, Tus-
kegee Institute. Ala, and have been
assigned 10 the Tuskegee Army Air
Field where they Will begin basic
flight training are Aviation Cadets:
James W. Greer. Willie A Will
hanson, and Arthur J. Walker of
Detroit. Mich.
Cadet Greer Of 577s Van Court.
Detroit. Mich. resided with his
uncle. E. H. Johnson. in civilian
life
Cadet Williamson. son OF Mr. and .
Mrs. Arthur l.. Williamson Of 656
Detroit. Mich. attended
the University OF Detroit from l94l .
TO l943
Cadet Walker Of 5242 Mckinley. I
Detroit, Mich, was employed by .
the Ford Motor company. prior TO .
entering the armed forces.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
Four DetrOiters
To Keesler Field

KEESLER FIELD. Biloxi. Miss
Tests 10 determine their qualifica-
tons as pre-avistion~ cadets are
now being given four former COL
ored residents Of Detroit, Mich.
and Area who are now UNDERGOING
the Army Air Forces Training Com
mands processing al KeeSler Field,
Miss.
As applicants for training that
Will make them flying officers in
the Army Air Forces. they will
undergo series Of medical and
psychological examinations al KEGS
Ter Field which will indicate the
type Of air crew training foT which
their aptitude and personal char
acieristics best suit them.
Those reporting here include: Pvt
Otis Tqlley. Jr.. son OF Nj. and
Mrs O;is Talley. 1905 Cadillac, De-
;roit. Mich.
Pvt. John Clifford Leonard. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs john Laonari.
307 California Pontiac. Mich.
Pvt Alexander c Shlds. son OF
Mr. and Mrs Alexander Childs.
1892 Ludien street. Detroit.
PFC. Louis Taylor. Jr.. son OF
Mr. and Mrs Louis Taylor, Sr.
20460 Roselawn. Detroit
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
NEGRO UNITS PROVE VALUABLE AT B|Ak
C0L0RED CTS
SHARE CHEERS
By JOHN JORDAN


THE following dispatch was
fled through the ONCE of War
Information Press Pool on Aug.
% by John Jordan. Norfolk Jour
nal and Guide war correspond
ent representing the Combined
United States Press during the
invasion of Southern France.)
ADVANCED BASE SOUTHERN
FRANCE-The mighty Allied war
machine, driven by men OF every
race. and color, rumbles steadily
onward over mountain roads and
grape-laden vineyards of Southern
France, ever nearer Hitler's doom.
Cheering French civilians line
the roads as trucks and other war
vehicles. many laden by colored
soldiers, speed to fast-moving front
Cheers are free and sincere for
American soldiers. be they black
or white.
Despite poverty from the German
yoke, liberated Frenchmen are the
happiest people in the world
Johnny CT was never a greater
hero.
In the rumble of artillery and
bombs, your correspondent inter-
viewed dust-smeared men wheel
ing supplies north and found their
morale high. The supply route,
though grim, gives consolation TO
the toiling men by the road signs
reading, This way to Berlin"
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
T-5Janes Wilson
In South Pacific

Somewhere in the South Pacific
Technician Fifth Grade. James B
Wilson. former employee OF Muir
ray Body Corporation. is now on
duty at this island base in an En-
gineer Dump Truck company. a
unit OF the Army'S Services Of
Supply Forces in the South Pa.
cific.
Corporal Wilson is a mechanic in
a unit that works both day and
night 10 keep the stream OF men
and equipment moving TO the fight
Ing fronts.
His wife. Mrs. Ollie NJ. Wilson.
lives at 5055-25th street. Detroit.
Mich. Corporal Wilson entered the
Army in June. 1913, and received
MS basic training az Camp Ellis
Illinois came overseas in Janu-
airy, 1914
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02

In Italy and is flying long range
Pol Mustangs in escort TO bombers
TO and from their targets.
Capt Davis is the son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. John T. Davis Of 2ll8 N. 10Th
street, Omaha. Nebraska. He en-
tered the army on March Is. l94l,
as a private in the 9th Cavalry at
Fl. Riley. Kansas. In July S. 1912,
Captain Davis received an appoint
ment as Aviation Cadet at Tuskegee
Army Flying Field. Tuskegee, Ala.
lie was commissioned as Second
Lieutenant in the Air Corps on
March Is. l943 Then followed a
period OF transitional training, after
which Captain Davis reported to the
then seventh-month-old Group. sta
toned at Selfridge Field, Michi-
gan on May 4. l943.
AS fighter pilot. Capt. Davis
has contributed 10 the Groups fast
mounting total OF enemy planes
destroyed by accounting for one
enemy aircraft
Members Of the Group feel that
the choice OF Capt Davis as its sec
ond in command is a good one. for
he has displayed much talent in
leadership, judgment, and decision.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
Four Mich. Men Among
Thirty Hondo Grads

began their training at Hondo Field
April 10 OF this year. The gradu-
ates numbered u cadets. one war
rant officer Ounior grade) and two
second lieutenants. Upon compile
ton OF the course IL of the cadets
we're commissioned flight officers;
the remaining l6 cadets and the
warrant officer were commissioned
second lieutenants.
After 10 weeks OF intensive train
ing involving $4,000 mics OF prac-
tice combat flight in twin-en gined
training craft. these young men are
thoroughly qualified to chart long
distance bombing routes for the
AAFs bombers.
BY day or by night. In fair or
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
CHILD SWALLOWS KEROSENE

Twenty months old Marsha Jones
OF l40O6 Goddard street was treated
al Children's hospital after she had
accidentally swallowed a quantity
OF kerosene in her home last week.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02

inclement weather. the AAF COM
bat navigator is adept with the
tools OF navigation. He is trained
10 arrive over the target with
splii-second accuracy. The stars.
terrain landmarks. radio beams, and
blind flying instruments are the
all-purpose skeleton keys" with
which he un'Nrks the doors TO Axis
nerve centers.
Michigan men in the class are
as follows:
Second Lieutenant Roy NJ Chap
pell, p. AIT Conant avenue. Mon
roe, Mich.; Second Lieut.. Richard
Jennings, 81. 1928 Perry street. De-
troit Mich: Second Lieut. Roger
". Pines. ~. ll7eo Dyar street
Hamtramck, Mich: Flight Officel
Robert L. Thorne. 10. 1882 North
Sixth avenue, Saginaw. Mich.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02

BOCA RATION ARMY AIR
FIELD.-Lt. (. A. McLaurin.
Detroit. is the only Negro pilot
enrolled in the co-Pilot Train
ing School here. Coming here
as a qualified pursuit plane pi-
lot he is now being trained on
four-engine ships at Boca Ra-
ton Army Air Field. a techni-
cal school of the AAF TRAINING
Command. A former student at
Tuskeeee Institute. Ii. Me-
Laurin was engaged in the
electrical contracting business
in Chicago. - AAF Training
Command photo.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02

HONDO ARMY AIR FIELD.
Hondo. Texas-Thirty Negro stu
dents compr.sin the largest class
in the history of this huge airbase
OF the AAF Training Command,
received silver naviEators wings
this week MONDAY. Aug. 2D dur
ing graduating exercises al the post
iheater. the War Department an
nounced recently.
Il was the second Negro group
10 complete the strenuous, l8-week
AAF training program for COM
bat navigators- The hrst unit,
numbering ~ Negro students. won
wings and commissions al Hondo
Field. February Is
The members of the latest class
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
COOPER ALTON
WITH FIGHTING
MEN EXCELLENT
By FLETCHER p. MARTIN
u A. War Corrsxpondsnt


Representing the Michigan Chronicles and
Negro Newspaper Publishers Assoeiation)
neutrality-suspicious. Prohibitsdl
BIAK ISLAND (By Courier)-
When American landings were
made on Hollandia, on Biak, on
Noemfoor, Negro troops were there
on D-Day. They fought on land,
at sea. Not as infantry, as il were.
but as armed quartermasters turned
infantry; as naval messmen turned
gunners.
The Battle of Biak is representa-
tive Of what armed quartermasters
taking part in amphibious opera
tons face. II was an intense strug-
gle between rugged American in
fantry division and strong enemy
embedded in the coral caves OF
the small island 1t is the story of
Negro troops at the helm OF am
phibious trucks shooting at enemy
aircraft. Further. ii is a simple tale
Of our men driving supply ladened
GMCs 10 the front, and bringing
back the wounded.
Once after the beachhead was
established the troops famed out,
the main force pushing toward the
important enemy-held aerodrome.
BY that time a wave of Negro quar-
termasters, general and amphibious,
were ashore handling ammunition.
Enemy Prepared
Our left flank, several miles I'D
the beach, was being hampered by
strong enemy resistance. An almost
insurmountable ridge thanking the
ocean was the point from which
the enemy poured his fire. 1t was
honeycombed with caves. dotted
with pill boxes. Behind this fort
ress his tank was in preparedness.
Negro troops at the helm of am
phibious ducks were dispatched
with supplies to the forward eche-
lon. On each duck was so calibre
machine gun. and several of our
troops armed with rifles and side
arms. They were to make the trip,
partly by land. partly by water,
carry in ammunition. evacuate
wounded. On one such trip enemy
aircraft struck.
The planes came in low machine
guns wide open. Ducks plowed
through the waves. answering shell
for she'll These Negro troops had
been thoroughly trained. The op-
Grafton had been briefed. Each
man was well acquainted with what
he was supposed to do. Before the
operation colored and white nom
CONS were brought together. the
facts put before them, the vital
importance OF coordination made
clear.
Aviation Unit Arrives
Six days after Dc - Capt. Wal
ton c. Jackson, of Cleveland. and
MS aviation truck people arrived
jackson, who attended Howard. un
loaded his trucks on the beachhead
Immediately his unit was dis
patched to the front with comb
personnel. ammo. oil. gas. ration.
BY sea this trip was difficulty,
land nigh impossible. The enem,
stu poured lead from his system
OF ounkers set into limestone
heights.
Inc general quartermasters were
set well entrenched and seeming.
~ on the beach TO stay. The ducks
oivouac was well out of range OF
enemy mortars Jackson's unit was
moved outside the small perimeter
ana placed in reserve position be-
mind the fighting front. In addition
70 hauling supplies, evacuating
wounded-his unit was commits.
stoned to guard the inner defences
against possible enemy infiltration.
Inc men were armed with general
rl1Ies' Browning automatics, side
arms, and grenades
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02

va
Omaha, Nebr.,
has been APP
pointed Deputy
G up Com
m a n d er. A $
Deputy Group
c o m m a n der,
Capt. Davis is
second in COM
mand TO West
Point Col. B. o.
Davis Jr.
T h e pioneer
N e gro Fighter
Group is part OF
the 18th AAF.
II iS stationed
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-09-02
Sgt. James Green
Killed In Action

IA James Green. son of Mr..
and Mrs. General Green and hus-
band OF Mrs. Marg ret Green OF
1867 Mclean street, was killed on
the Italian front after II months
overseas. He had previously seen
action in North Africl. He is the
father OF two children.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-30
Large Gain Reported
By Jefferson Standard

GREENSBORO, April 29-End-
ing the first three months of the
year with a net gain of SO, 500, OOC
life insurance, the jefferson STAN
dard Life Insurance company re-
ports the largest first quarter gain
in company history. The total in
surance in force is now $512, O22,-
618.
New business paid for during the
first quarter was $14, 100000 an
increase of IA per cent as compar-
ed to the same period last year.
Vice President M. A. White,
head of the company's Agency de-
partment, states that the increase
in new business is particularly
gratifying when it is considered
that the business today comes
from a greatly reduced agency
force by reason of the many agents
who are now serving in the armed
forces. He also points out that dur
ing the past few years favorable
business conditions have ben re-
Elected through the constantly
downward trend of lapses. The
amount of business lapsed
last year was extremely low, but
this year approximately 5000, 900
less business has lapsed than for
the same period last year. The
company's excellent mortality ex-
perience continues and death
claims paid during the first quar-
ter this year are less than for this
period last year.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-30
|Hl-Y MINSTREL
| PLANNED MAY Il

The annual minstrel OF the Hi
Y club Of the New Hanover High
school will be presented in the
High school auditorium on Friday
night, May IL, under the direction
of Charles Taylor.
Barbara Leeuwenburg is manag-
er for the show. She is assisted by
Dick Phelps and Stanley Prouty.
Mrs. Russell Caudill will direct
the music. Jane Hobbs will be &C
companist.
In addition to large chorus the
cast includes: Interlocutor: Ger.
aid Baker; End Men: Harry Well
oft. Paul Baschon, Eugene Mont.
gonery and L. W. Fonvielle; Emo
Women: Elsie Corbett and Mary
Elizabeth Barefoot; Announcer
Ann Hurst.
The committees in charge are:
Bill Lassiter, chairman, Perry
James, Eloise jacob and Laura
Roe; Tickets: Lon Ussery, chair
man, Irl Sell, Virginia Mccormick
Thelma Gunnerson, and Bobby
Melton; Publicity: Bill Peters
chairman, Jimmy Burns, Nancy
Nesmith, and Mickey Martin; Cos
TUNES: Betsy Benson, Chairman
Joyce West, Lucille Comfy, Do
Romeo, and Jean Solomon; Pro
perties: Kenneth Blakeslee, chair
man, Archie Craft, Alan Blake
Jack Huffman, and Robert Strick
land.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-30
Industry Sees Postwar
Jobs Tied To Tax Policy

duction and the jobs it brings.
Often cited is the Baruch-Han-
cock report that:
cat current tax rates, few new
enterprises or individuals could re-
pay their borrowings out of earn
ings less taxes in any reasonable
period of time. There will be gen
eral agreement that tax rates
should be reduced after the war.
However, until it is definitely
known that postwar taxes are to
be reduced, the launching Of new
enterprises and the expansion of
existing ones will be deterrd.
eve recommend, therefor, that
a postwar tax law be drafted now,
during the war, and put on the
shelf to go into effect at the end
of the war"
Randolph Paul, former treasury
general counsel, in a speech this
week, went Baruch one better: he
proposed that two postwar tax
plans might be held ready-one
for a possible depressed transition
preiod, the other keyed to an in
flationary transition period.
Paul's assertion was in line with
business belief that the road ahead
would be a lot easier to travel if
future tax policies were outlined.
Another Paul suggestion paral-
Leled the industry-favored change
hat would ease levies on personal
income received as dividends from
corporate earnings after taxes.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-30
Three Months Preparations
Preceded Attack On PlOesti

gathered and shipped to a secret
airbase in the Mediterranean for
installation in the big B-24 Liber-
ators, the general said, because
"the round trip on the raid route
required the performance of COM
plete new engines in each of the
bombrs."
These were shipped on one Of
the nations fastest ships, a for.
mer luxury liner, that used a zig
gag course which reduced the dan
ger of even a random torpedo hit
to zone in a Million Duntor
said the dispatching of this ship
was preceded by survey of five
Mediterranean ports and study
of available fast ships on our east
coast.
The procurement, delivery anc
, installation of the engines was onl.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-30
BY GARETH MUCHMORE

NEW YORK, April 29-R -
Streamlining of the terrifically il
volved corporation tax laws is next
on the schedule of the House Ways
and Means Committee as a result
of the speed with which it has
ironed the wrinkles out of the indi-
vidual income tax.
Concerned over both jobs and
production once war orders cease
and service men come home, bust
nessmen for months have been dis
cussing revision of tax laws to
make the reconversion road easier
for industry or at least to map it
out
Those who have come out in
favor of working over corporate
taxes, with proposals falling into
a broad general pattern, include
Bernard Baruch, elder economic
statesman Emil Schram, former
head Of the government recon-
: 4uction finance corp, and now
president of the New York Stock
Exchange and a long list of other
economists and business spokes
men.
The suggestions of Baruch and
others, however, including War
Mobilization Director James F.
Byrnes, received little encourage
ment until Chairman Doughton ID
NC) of the house group announced
Friday corporate levies, too, would
be simplified.
Business tax ideas have been Of
fered usually under the banner of
incentive taxation or "encour-
agement of venture capital"
In both cases the goal is pro-
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-30
L0NNIE CHESTNUT
INJURED in FIGHT

Lonnie Chestnut, Negro, Of Cox
North Eighth street, was treated
early Saturday morning at James
Walker Memorial hospital for sew.
ere decorations of the face, arms
and body, which he said were re-
ceived in a wholesale fight involv.
ing a dozen men at Eighth anc
Green streets.
Chestnut cited as his principa.
assailant a man named willie"
Later police found Willie Muir.
ray Of SOB North Seventh street
who also said he had been attack
ed and cut by men at the same
location. Chestnut said Murray
was not the willie" who had cut
him.
The men were treated and re.
leased.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-30
EXCURSION CRAFT
MAY OBTAIN OIL

The Wilmington District office OF
Defense Transportation yesterday
reminded excursion boat operators
that under new ODT procedure
they may obtain Bunker c. Fuel
oil to operate their craft during
the coming summer season
The new procedure, set forth in
Administrative Order ODT "a, pro-
vides that the assistant director Of
the ODT in charge of water trans
port may issue permits for fuel oil
for excursior boats when the pro-
posed operations will not deprive
NOR essential transportation Of
necessary fuel oil or manpoWer>
Because of the shortage of gaso'
line and Diesel soil, the ODT en-
phasized that it will grant no per-
mits for these fuels, for this class
of operation.
Under the new procedure per
mits issued by the ODT for fuel
oil for certain excursion boats will
be honored by local War Price and
Rationing Boards of the Office Of
Price Administration according to
George T.. Musselman. ODT Dis
trict Manager here.
Fuel oil'' is defined in the ad-
ministrative order as No. 5 or No.
6 or Bunker C fuel oil having an
tute) gravity of 20 degrees or be-
low.
Applications for permits under
the order must be made directly
to the assistant director in charge
Of water transport, Office of De-
tense Transportation, Washington
Is, D. c., and not to the Whining
ton District ODT office, Mr.. George
7. Musse1man emphasized.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-30
Trial Of IS Salt Lake
City Men In Morals
Case To Begin May IS

SALT LAKE CITY, April 49,
REDistrict Judge Ray Van Cott,
Jr., today set for May Is trial of
IS Salt Lake city men accused of
living with total of IS women not
their legal wives.
The IS. all charged with unlaw-
full cohabitation. are members of
t h ''fundamentalist'' cult which
processes belief in plural mar
riage as religious principle.
All Is pleaded innocent.
Trial will be conducted, state
and defense attorneys said, by
presentation of written statements
setting forth the facts the state
believes it could prove if witnesses
were called. Attached will be a
statement explaining the defend
ants believe in the principle of
plural marriage
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-30
DEAFENED?
Doctors New Discovery

Waco Ear Oil, prescription to treat
head noises. clogged up feeling, with
ringing. kissing. dizziness. roaring in
the head. Dry scaly itchy ears which
in many cases has proven a forerun-
ming of deafness. 1t is wonderful to
hear clearly after obstruction is re-
moved. Waco Ear Oil has instantly re-
lieved severe earache. Send $500 to-
day for twenty applications delivered.
General Hearing Aid Co.. 10 Odd
Fellows Building, Raleigh. N. C.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-04-30
NAMED EDITOR

sPARTANBURG, S. c., April 20
-lR-Kenneth D. Coates, an in
structor in English at Wofford col
lege for is years, has been ap-
pointed acting editor of the Spar
tanburg Journal, Publisher S. S.
Wallace. Jr., announced today.
Coates is a native of Smithfield,
N. c., and holds degrees from the
University of North Carolina.