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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07

Philadelphia, Mar ANp)
Tho Citizens and Southern
Bank and Trust company
here, the only bank owned,
managed and operated by col
ored north of the Mason and
Dixon line, has reached the
two million dollar class in to-
tal assets, according to an
announcement by the banks
board of directors this week
The membership of the
board of directors includes a
bishop, minister, accountant,
politician, businessman and
soldier, Maj. n. r. Wright, ST.,
III president Of the directors;
DIR. w. Williamson, pastor OF
White Rook Baptist church
here = vice president; IL. G.
Wright, member Of the board
OF directors, Is treasurer; and
Walter G. Beckett, an under
taker. secretary.
Other directors are Bishop
David III. Sims. head cf the
first Episcopal district Of the
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07

Under the leadership Of
Bisop Reverdy G. Ransom, the
presiding prelate Of the Third
Episcopal District Of the A.
M. e. Church, the ministers
throughout the District re-
ported S31, 900 cash for Viii
berforce University at the
Annual Educational Chautau-
qua which was held Thursday,
March 30, 1914 ait st. Paul A.
M. u. Church, Columbus, @.
Over 200 ministers through
out Ohio, West Virginia, and
Western Pennsylvania attend
ed and made reports. OF the
total amount raised So, 600
was applied directly to the
liquidation Of the Mortgage
OH the University, and over
x0, 1000 was turned over to DR..
Charles FL. Wesley, President
of Wilberforce for current ex-
penses.
Bishop Ransom was assist
ed by Bishop Noah w. Will,
Jams of the Fifth Episcopal
District of the A. MI. E.
Church and also Bishop Frank
M. Reid, presiding Bishop Of
the Fifteenth Episcopal Dis
trict and associate Bishop Of
the Third Episcopal District.
Bishop Williams was the guest
speaker at the opening exer-
cises in the morning and
preached q dynamic sermon.
AT the afternoon session
the Presiding Elders o + the
Third District read the finan-
cial reports. Greetings were
extended to the Third District
from the following visitors.
DR.. r. II. Hemingway, Sec
retary- Treasurer Of Church
Extension, Washington, ID. c.,
DR.. George Singleton, Editor
of the Christian Recordr. and
DR.. G. w, Blaely Of Little
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07
To BE Held At Bluebird
State College
Special To Forum

The fourteenth a nm u d |
E, eat Lakes Regional Confer.
clsce Of the Alpha Kappa Sor-
oeity will be held at Blueiield
State College, April TO, with
Eeta Omicron, undergraduate
chapter and Beta Lambda
hostesses.
Mrs. Carrie Daniel Prunty,
Omega, graduate chapter rs
baailens Of Beta Lambda Om-
ega is general chairman and
Misa Mildred Gore, basileus
Beta Omicron, co-chairman.
Registrations will begin
April Z at Ave o'clock. General
Sessions will be held in Arter
Hall Auditorium; rooms for
sectional meetings will be an
nounced. Three fronts one
cause" is the general theme Of
the conference.
Eppreme Basileus, Beulah
s. Whitby Of Detroit, is ex-
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07

White, one Of the first Negro
tighter pilots to lose his life
ircombat, were among q num-
ber Of Montgomery County
(Ala.) Negro youths honorea
ut d War Bond rally in Mont
goinery, Ala, on Lincoln's =
birthday. Z
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07
High Mark Hit By Bank
Headed By Major Wright

A.M.E. church; James III. Ir-
vim, councilman; William New
man, head of the famous Hol-
land caterors: and Dr. Ru-
dolph Winston, well known
physician.
Mrs. Harriet Wright Lemon,
daughter Of Maj. Wright. Is
the banks head teller. Mrs.
Lemon heads several thrift
clubs and housewives associa-
tons.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07

lilies. 2,4O0 votcsi Mrs. Dixie
Woods for Sylvia Mcneil,
5,4a5 votes; Mrs. Mable Dea-
ton for Ann Beverly Ross
100 votes, and Mrs. Cornelia
Lacy for Joseph Shaw Jr.,
1900 votes.
This contest will close Mon
day. April II, 7.:30 PM. at.
the Fifth Street YMCA at
which time q musical program
will be given.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07
ClO LEADER PLEADS
FOR FEp(

Washington, p. G. lCl-
Always urging for d contlnu-
alton of the fight against job
discrimination, CIO Leader
Philip Murray voiced this
week an urgent demand for
Congress to support theF FEIaC
full appropriation would be Il
serious detriment to our coun-
try and q blow to our armed
forces. spoke President Muir
ray.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07
a.O0O NEGROES In N. y
SUBWAY SYSTEM

New York tGl n Liberal
New York Transit System has
over IS 900 Negro men and wo-
men on It's payroll. This Is a
four percent increase in the
last two years. Now Negroes
number III per cent Of all
the city's transit workers.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07
Dayton Locals
VOTES PILE UP

VOTES PILE UP
The following reports rela-
tive to the baby popularity
contest, sponsored by the pat
roness board Of the Delta so
rority, have been received. !.
Mrs. Melissa Bess for Horace
Coleman .r., 5000 votes; Mrs.
Myrtle EARLY for Kay Ann
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07
SOLDIERS
GIVE FAREWELL
PROGRAM

Wilherforce, 0.At d spe-
cial chapel program held this
week, Wilberforce bade fare
well to members of the first
ASTP trainees to have been
called away by the govern
for services elsewhere. The
soldiers presented an inn
promptu program which cap.
tured the hearts Or all Wilher-
forceans,
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07

Rev. Jacob A. Ashburn,
pastor Of Oakley Ave. Baptist
church, is a candidate for
nomination as member Of the
General Assembly from
Franklin county.
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07

Lieut.. William wild Bill
Campbell. first Negro airman
to bomb a Nazi target in this
war, ard Lieut.. Sherman
The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1944-04-07

m n, &, ssss s ss @ gs;s % Women % s he
Mrs o e mteradal
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to cOmpa
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04

A u. s. Navy task force
lying off the shore of newly
conquered Kwajalein Island
in the heart of the Marsh
alls where Seabees, housed
in tents on the island, have
begun the task of rebuild
ing the shell shattered base.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04
Serve Treet O'Brien for Dinner Tonight

to try mis- recipe for Treet O'Brieni
Cut S to 6 thin slices Of Treet for
frying and dice the remainder. With
y cup Star Bacon drippingsin frying
pan, heat 5 cups diced cooked potatoes
and cup sliced onions for 5 to 10
minutes Add the diced Treet, y cup
chopped green pepper / tsp. salt, and
continue cooking for Is minutes until
meat and potatoes are golden brown.
Fry remaining Treet slices minute 20,
each side and serve on same platter.
4 ARMOUR AND COMPANY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04

Here's a good hot meat and potato
dinner that satisfies hungry family
for Just few meat poIntsl And it's
easy TO fixl ~
You make il with Armour'sTreet and
Just one tin of Treet will serve FIVE or
six people, because it's all meat d. 4.
there no bone or waste in Treet. Treet
is made Of fine pork shoulder taste.
fully seasoned and vacuum cooked
in its natural meat juice. Armour s
Treet is ready 10 eat when you get
it. grand served hot or cold. BE sure
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04
SympdthyCdIIed
Vital for Parents

Formation Of good habits in
children of pre-school age consists
of showing that you have their
feelings al heart, declared Mrs.
Sidonie Gutenberg. director of the
Child Study Association Of Amer
lea, at a meeting of the Child
Health Institute IN the main audi
forum of the J, l.. Hudson Co.
Sympathy which produces good
home conditions is the earmark Of
skilled parents and contributes 10
the making of future model citi-
zenS. Mrs Gutenberg told her au-
dience of 300 people at the closing
meeting Of the three-day conven-
ton sponsored by the Health
Council OF Detroit.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04
Actress TO Wed Boxer

HOLLYWOOD. May 4 GNS)-
Gloria Dickson, blond screen
actress. confirmed reports today
that she would marry Bill F'itz-
gerald. former middleweight boxer
and an ovcrSeas marine victorian.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04
Kern S
Beauty Primer

Sheerer Than NyIon!
Leg Film by Elizabeth Arden ~
EverYone's doing il! lis smart and pracfi-
cal 70 cover your legs in smooth, opaque
liquid stockings Elizabeth Arden's Leg
Film goes on with few def strokes and
looks fIawIess all day long. Choose yours
from many popular summer shades.
PMS 7Oqe FRI Frr
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04
; tenants Sue Hotel Over Rent Ceilings

Damages Of Sll7oo were sought
today under the rent control act
in a suit filed in federal court
against the Mount Royal Hotel
Co. owner of the Mount Royal
Hotel. SSAl Woodward. by three
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04

tenants, Clifford Williams. Frank
Pogart, and Clifford F. Hecken-
berg.
The three charge the hotel with
50 specific violations of the rent
ceiling in the last az weeks.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04
Posthumous Award Made

Posthumous award Of the Pur-
pie Heart 10 Fireman &c Fred c.
Bolan Jr. was announced today by
the navy department Bolan, who
was killed May s. 1912, aboard
the carrier Yorktown. was the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bolan, AL
Adeline.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-05-04
Hawaii BIackouts Ended

PEARL HARBOR, May 4 (INSr
1t. Gen Robert c. Richardson,
commander OF the Hawaiian
department. rescinded blackout
regulations today throughout the
territory of Hawaii but left un-
changed the 10 p. m. curfew
order.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
BY Thomas r. Henry,
Star Staff Correspondent.


WITH UNITED STATES End DIVI-
SION IN NORMANDY (By MaiD.-
Perhaps the most coveted shoulder flash
of the AEF in the last war was the
Indian Head of the I'd Division.
1t was the most publicized American
outfit in France. In the popular mind
1t was identified with the United States
Marines VINO provided one Of its regi-
ments and whose colorful exploits from
Belleau Woods through the Argonne ap-
pealed strongly to the popular imagina-
ton. Perhaps no other division had
such an aggressive morale. The deeds of
the I'd long since have passed into
American history and legendry.
That same I'd Division, lacking its
marines, has been very much in the
Normandy campaign and its accom-
plshments have been just as glamorous
as were those of 26 years ago. They
have been in the face of greater OBJ
stacles and against superior enemy.
Following its beach landings, the division
moved rapidly southwark, flushing Ger
mans out of the dark, eerie colonnades
of the great beech Foret de Cerisy upon
whose southern edge it established its
lines as the eastern flank of the drive
against ST. Lo There was nightly patrol
activity and innumerable fire fights with
rifles across hedges, eliminating in the
dramatic assault on the highest position
in the ST. Lo sector, the possession of
which made certain the eventual fall
of the city. The battle ragged between
dawn and dusk after the way for the
Evening star., 1944-08-06
BY George Kennedy.

A father who has had son in college
will appreciate one of Uncle Sans prob
lens incidental to waging war on a
world scale.
The old gentleman with the whiskers
has 1857 900 sons and a few daughters
abroad and he holds himself responsible
when they are liable for damages caused
by their work or play.
He won't pay out for combat damages.
The rubbed houses of Cherbourg are
the owners loss. From time imme-
mortal, nations have refused to pay for
the havoc in the fields they have fought
over. That's the fortunes of war.
But he will pay when one of his boys
in a recon car carelessly tips over an
apple cart in Normandy. About rs per
cent of the claims paid are for damages
caused by automobiles-by the thou
sands of trucks, tanks and jeeps the boys
in khaki are driving abroad
We're More Responsible Abroad
the paying end of some peculiar tort
claims. Here's one: Einar Thoroddsen
has an eiderfold on a bay in Iceland.
He makes his living removing from nests
the down the elder duck has plucked
from her breast to cushion her eggs. But
now guns boom practice shots from
shore batteries Uncle Sam has installed
in the bay and the ducks do not nest
there any more The claim is valid
one and Uncle Sam pays.
Uncle Sam feels more responsible for
his boys when they are abroad than
when they are at home. Should some
soldiers get little rambunctious in
Washington and push over Ninth
street bar, that's the owners hard luck.
But should the GIs in England give a
pub a good going overland it has hap
pened-Uncle Sam will pay for the
breakage if the owner did not invalidate
his claim by contributory negligence in
selling too many snorts.
In these United Kingdom cases Uncle
Sam pays-theoretically. Tbs fact is
they are charged off to reverse lease
lend.
The difference in policy is due to the
theory-it's little more than theory
that here the owner can sue the soldiers
and collect damages. In other lands
Uncle Sam tries to keep his soldiers out
of the civil courts-and just as i'm
portant, he wants the good will of the
people He is quick to make amends
when his boys misbehave abroad.
Slightly more than 10000 claim pay.
ments reviewed to date by a section
under 1t. Col Roy Deal, former Durham
N. c.. lawyer, on the staff of Maj. Gen
Myron c. Cramer, Judge Advocate Gen
eral of the Army, so far total $2,293 900
This averages less than so cents apiec,
for the boys abroad and the total is ,
very minor sum in the cost Of conduct
ing a world war.
There have been some misgiving
about this, both among soldiers, an,
civilians feeling that Uncle Sam
something Of . sap the way he pays ou
money.
Evening star., 1944-08-06
Strange Claims That Uncle Sam Pays in Waging World War

"At 1880 hours Dominic Padorani, 73
years old, retired, called at the office of
our barracks and made the following
statement:
To-day, about 1400 hours, was
warned by Francois Martinetti that
telling trees on my property at Sim
garchio along Route Rationale No. 1893.
I went to the place at once. I saw
American soldiers there; they had cut
down two chestnut and four fir trees.
I could not explain anything to them
nor understand their language. They
gave me paper. give it to you. The
loss is very large because Of the annual
production of the chestnut trees and
the growth of the fir trees. The amount
can be valued at 5000 francs $120) plus
600 francs for firewood also carried
off,"
On another sheet in the score or
more in the file an American claim Of
ficer had written:
Information received from the Bureau
of Agriculture in Ajaccio shows that
chestnut trees having trunk diameter
of so centimeters would be valued at
$500 francs each in this region. (The
old man had claimed 1000 francs, so his
demand was not so far out of line0 In.
formation received from the Bureau o1
Forestry Control discloses that pine
wood is worth 870 francs per meter cube
and firewood at 500 francs ton; tha
the wood from the four pine trees o.
such diameter would probably amount
to slightly more than one mete
Claimant produces a piece of papeI
given to him by one of the soldiers a
the scene, purporting to identify tn
personnel involved. Although said pape
does not establish the true identity o
the writer, it is convincing evidenc
that the trees were cut down by Amer
ican troops"
The pencilled name on the piece o
Evening star., 1944-08-06

paper given to the old man by one of
the soldiers telling his trees was Pvt.
Mortimer Snurd"
Some Literary Gems.
The files of the section in the NUM-
tions Building in Constitution avenue.
where the claims are reviewed contain
other occasional literary gems Let's
jump from Corsica to Persia and read
the deed which Aghare Saifullah Kahn
submitted to establish ownership of a
rice paddy across which United States
Army engineers, spurred by the neces-
sity of getting supplies to the Russians.
hastily built road without the formal
tiles of condemnation or negotiated
purchase
I'm the name of God," the deed
states, "the greatest of all, the rightful
Evening star., 1944-08-06

There's the story about the trees for
instance 1t has come back to the War
Department again and again. 1t brought
this reporter to the Army public rela-
tions Offices to ask If it were true that
Uncle Sam is paying IS for every COCO
nut palm destroyed in the Pacific.
That again?" groaned the officer
questioned. 1t seems there have been
close to 100 inquiries from editors all
over the country based on stories brought
back by soldiers who placed the price
paid for every ruined tree as high as
$1OO.
The editors probably thought of those
pictures of Maipan where every palm
had its fronds ripped to shreads by the
bombardment and wondered if all pre-
vious estimates of the cost of this war
even the astronomical ones-had not
been too low.
"Of course, we do not pay for trees or
anything else destroyed in combat,
said Col. Deal "As a matter of fact
we are not paying any claims for trees
in the Pacific theaters"
But Uncle Sam has been paying few
claims for trees in the European theater
1t is impossible to operate in that part
of the world without encountering
them. Coming from forested coun-
try the Yank in uniform just cannot get
through his head the value Of trees over
there. In the last war claims for trees
took up most of the time of our judge
advocate general officers in France. Well
Europe has not changed in that respect
The Corsican's Claim.
Here are some notes taken from tn,
file of claim on which $500 franc:
$500 were paid in Corsica:
I'VE, the undersigned, Rene Desmar'
est and Francois Fomasi, gendarmie o
the Department of Zocropano, Corsica
in our uniforms and complying with tn,
orders of our superiors, report the fol
lowing:
Evening star., 1944-08-06

Maj. Gen. Walter M. Pob-
ertson of Nelson County, Va,
commander of the United
States I'd Infantry, the On
dian Head" Diuision, noD on
duty in Normandy. "A. P. Photo
wounded by small arms fire. He dressed
the wounds of both men and then
dragged one of them, who weighed 225
pounds, about $50 yards to the safety Of
a hedgerow ditch. The other was able
to drag himself back.
Meanwhile, however, the company
had withdrawn, leaving Cochran and
his patients behind the enemy lines. He
made the men as comfortable as pos
sible, crawled through the enemy, and
that night brought patrol to the spot
to rescue the men.
Next day, hearing of another sergeant
wounded inside Nazi lines, he borrowed
some field glasses to spot the place where
the man was said to have lain two days.
Then he took three men and litter
some 1000 yards through hedgerows.
often within few feet of German
machineguns positions, at night. Two
nights later patrol went out to rescue
another sergeant, but ran into machine
gun ambush, which proved very effective
Evening star., 1944-08-06

because the men were shouted by
burning house The leader was killed
and another member Of the patrol
wounded in the fight which followed
The others withdrew Cochran volun-
teered to 90 back and pick up the cas-
ualties. With three men and litter
he made three trips past the machine
gun emplacement which had ambushed
the patrol. despite the glare from the
blazing house. All the wounded were
brought back. The next day Cochran
modestly asked his supply sergeant for
dozen pairs Of socks. He had used up
eight pairs crossing a creek into enemy
territory eight times. He always takes
his shoes of when crossing this stream
and the wear and tear on socks is great.
Or take the case of another medical
aid man of the End Division, Pvt. Henry
G. Ibsen Of New York City, who calmly
carried on a half hours conversation
with a German of1cer and enlisted men
on the edge Of the enemy line where he
had gone to secure from the Nazis the
Identification tags Of a dead American
The conversation was devoted almost
entirely to discussing methods by which
opposing sides could cooperate in re-
moving dead from the field.
American Ingenuity
The native ingenuity of the American
soldier in the field nowhere has been
better exemplified than in the ranks of
the I'd Division. One of the most signifi-
cant technical developments Of the Nor
mandy campaign, for example, is cred
tied by Gen. Robertson to Sergt j. R.
May of Dallas, Tex In hedgerow fighting
the grenade proved to be an effective
weapon, but there was one great draw
back-a grenade launcher was difncult
to aim. May started tinkering with some
metal from an Army spoon and some
Evening star., 1944-08-06

peated the performance. Again the
emplacement was silent. So, it is be-
heved, two crews were knocked out.
There is no way of calculating, say
division officers, the number Of machine
guns and other enemy weapons elimi-
mated by means of this mechanism.
Sergt. May has even fired mortar shells
with it.
Field Music
Due to another doughboys ingenuity
1t was possible to utilize field telephone
lines during lulls in battle to carry music
and news to one Of the divisions field
artillery battalionS. Between fire mis-
sions and when the telephone system
between the unit was not in use for
other purposes a sextet played and sang
and radio music was picked up. The
division put on its own radio program
for its men, the chief attraction being a
sextet of hill billy" singers-James P.
Christian of WEIGH, w. Va; his brother,
Violinist Mike w. Christian; Grady r.
Lewis, Savannah, Tex; Clarence Moore,
Matoon. ILL.,; Curtis F. McAdoo, Temple,
Tex, and Carl A. Byrd, Carthage, Tex.
The artistic talents of Pvt. Floyd r.
Campbell, former Oklahoma City COM
mercial artist, came in handy. Before
infantry assaults he was employed to
camouflage certain members of rife
squads. He first painted helmets to
match camouflage suits. Then he
painted the mems faces and necks, tied
camoufiage cloth from trousers around
their leggings, and even made their
gloves look like speckled leaves. The
result was that the men were practically
invisible when among foliage. The only
trouble was that it required days to get
Evening star., 1944-08-06

"He Waved the free hand
vigorously and comrades
quickly got his head in the
open to saUe him from Sufo-
ont;o,, sketches by Newman Sudduth
CuLEOH. Star Stan Artist.
rounds The barrel got so hot he was
burned badly about the hands, but con-
tinued firing.
Everybody in the battalion had about
decided to go down fighting, but Shep-
herd gave the three companies involved
the precious minutes to reorganiZe for