St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-03-10

in New York and a short Wav
ing their papers in the European
and Mediterranean theatres of war.
While highly educational and fruit
full, the visit here climaxed the
week of activity and ended with
conference sessions of the pub
fishers. -
80 Minute Broadcast
The three-day activities got I'M
der "full sail" at 1900 o'clock g
o'clock to you landlubbers) on
Thursday when a round-table dis
cussion between four of the pub
fishers and Commander Armstrong
was broadcast for 80 minutes from
the Ross auditorium over the Blue
Network.
Joining Commander Armstrong
in the discussion were Frank L.
Stanley, Louisville, KY, Defender;
J. E. Mitchell, st. Louis Argus;
Roscoe Dungee, Oklahoma Black
Dispatch, and Miss Olive Diggs,
Chicago Bee.
Also featured on the broadcast
were Rear Admiral Louis E. Den
field, assistant chief of Naval Per-
sonnet from Washington, D. c., and
Capt. Robert R. M. Emmett, COM
handing officer. On the program
were the Negro regiments band,
Len Bowden, directing, and the oc-
tette, under the direction of Musi-
clan Wayman Hathcock of Chicago.
Announcer was Charles Anderson,
Los Angeles stage and radio actor,
who is now seaman first class.
Friday, the publishers were
guests at the regimental review at
1400 o'clock e o'clock civilian time)
in building 140O which is the drill
hall and recreation building. Fri
day afternoon an open discussion
took place with Commander Arm
strong, Lieut.. Commander White,
public relations officer; Lieut.. Com
mander Van Ess, Lieut.. Commander
Allen, Washington, D. c., and sew
eral other officers from the Great
Lakes station answering questions
of the publishers.
On Friday night was Happy
Hour" At no time was there any
special effort made to entertain the
publishers. While they were guests
of the Navy, it was specifically I'M
derstood that what the guests were
being given was "look in" on the
regular activities of the camp, it's
recreation work, induction, gradu-
alton and food. No program, other
than the broadcast, had been pre-
viously arranged.
The band, chorus, glee club and
octette all took part in the Happy
Hour" program. Also entertaining
were men with special talents from
the various companies.
Musician Smith HOnOred
Highlight of this program was
the presentation to Willie Smith,
saxophonist, clarinetist and soloist
in the band, of a trophy and a 500
war bond by Esquire's jazz expert,
Paul Miller of New York City, for
being one of the outstanding jazz
artists in the country. Smith for
merly played with several leading
orchestras.
Saturday, a tour of the service
schools, the induction center, hos
pital and barracks occupied the
morning. In the afternoon, the
Great Lakes Negro Varsity basket
ball team, spanked by the 1949 To-
ledo university star, Charley Har-
mon, who made IL field goals and
two free throws, defeated the Chief
Petty Officers quintet with Forrest
Anderson, former Stanford univer-
sity of California great in the line
up, "a to 48. Anderson is coach of
the Negro team and is assisted by
Ozzie Simmons, former grid star
at the University of Iowa, and
Windy" Wallace, former Michigan
State eager. Wallace was one of the
officials of the game. The Negro
team has a record of 20 victories
and three defeats this season.
Eat Regular "ChOw"
The visitors were dined in the
chief petty officers mess hall. The
food, well cooked, was the same as
served all sailors. There is a spe-
cial effort made to see that all
meals are well balanced.
The publishers were brought here
in a Navy bus and returned to Chi
cago the same way.
Negro training quarters here in
Moffett and Camp Lawrence. Com
clude Camp Robert Smalls, Camp
mander Armstrong is assistant re-
cruit training officer and in charge
of Negro recruit training. Comm.
William 81. R. Turek is the recruit