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The Omaha guide., 1945-01-13
Plain Talk
BY DAN GARDNER

NEGRO CASUALTIES md
THE ATLANTIC CHARTER
7 Through the strict field censorship
OF the army seep out stories involy-
ing huge Negro casualties in the fur
ious fighting now~going on in Bel
ium and parts of France where our
Third, First and Seventh Armies arc
attempting to stave off the last min
ute surprise counter attacks of the
Germans.
The daily papers carry correspond
ingly high lists of the manned and
killed white CTS but only occasion
ally mention those Of Negroes. This
conclusion was arrived at after a
study over a period of the casualties
released by the War Department for
publication in New York papers. Few
lame of Negroes were seer in this
test study for comparisons thus the
assumption that either the War De-
pariment is Withholding complete and
up to date lists Of the Negro war
wounded and dead, or that our boys
are not engaged in the thick of the
figh as many of US have been led to
believe.
EFEN GENERALS
GET KILLED-.....
Unlike World War l, this conflict
is one in which ever generals get
shot and killed in close quarters
since it is a war of movement and
not a war of tactical operations be-
cause there has been much stress
placed on the basic training of the
raw recruit III teaching him the rudi-
mcnts of elementary and advanced
warfare so as to prepare him to be a
soldier in every sense Of the word
Many generals use privates uniforms
TO avoid attention. That is why liz
this war there are few cases on rec
ord in which a CT knows nothing Of
fighting except with shoe-shine rag
and polish on the generals boots
from 500 miles TO the rear in some
fuiet rendezvous where only the dull
and distant boom of cannon would
indicate that a war is going on. The
truth Of the matter, it would appear
is hat Negro soldiers are catching
as much hell as any of the others.
While we are not inclined to give
O. much credence to wide-eyed re-
ports that Negroes are being carried
around in baskets, others with arms,
and legs shot off, some with brass
plates in the tops of their beads, etc.
we dc know that Negroes are contri-
buting their share of blood and lives
i'll this most costly of all wars.
GREAT INCREASE
IN CASUALTIES .....
AS the conflict draws near its final
stages, there is bound to be a great
increase in the number of men injur
ed and killed as bullets are no respect
-ers Of persons or color.
There must be a sense of futility
IN the hearts OF many of our soldiers,
sailors and others in the Armed Fore
es as the war progresses and the
brave words, which inspired them
with enthusiasm for the fight, fade
into hard, cold, and grim practical
tiles Of take and hold instead OF give
and let be.
The Atlantic Charter. we have been
told, has now turned out to be only
a few empty phrases discussed in the
abstract by Roosevelt and Churchill
to vile away the time because Church
hill announced later his attitude to-
ward the whole war and the principl-
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kegee Army Air Field. They are
from left to right: (first row FLO
William w. Stephenson. Washington
DC, Robert A. Cole, Mortified,
Vermont, I'd 1t. ames E. Harris,
Xeria' Ohio, FLO Dewitt Dickson,
New York City, F 20 Henry G. l..
Bohnler, Augusta, Ga, and I'd 1t.
Frederick D. Pendleton, Texarkana,
Texas. (Second row. FLO Melvin
Parker Baltimore, Nd, FLO Clar-
ence L. Shivers, St. Louis, Mo, FLO
Leroy Bryant, Houston, Texas. Flo
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BAD NEWS OF THE AXIS. ....
Tuskegce (PPNS) Bad news for
the enemies Of America are these
young and trim apiators, who recently
completed the prescribed course as
single-engine pilots Of the Army Air
Forces Training Command. Follow
ing a short but extensive training
course to make them into polished
flyers, the men will be assigned to
foreign theatres Of war to blast the
enemy from his stronghold. The
group were commissioned at the Tus-
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Lindsay L. CampbelL Washington, D.
G., and FLO LeeRoy Kirksey, ST.
Louis, Mo- third row FLO Dem
psey Nelson, r, Philadelphia, Pa,
FLO Horace A. Bohannon, Atlanta
a., I'd 1t. McWheeler Campbell,
Cambria Va, 1st 1t. Yancey Will
Jams, Tulsa, Okla, FLO Thomas w.
Smith, Lebannan, KY, I'd 1t. Isham
A. Burns, Los Angeles, Calf, and
FLO Eugene L. Guyton, Cleveland,
OHIO.
Official U. S. AAF Photo bv AAE
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LINCOLNsS AIRFTELD TO GET
NEGRO WACS..
Lincoln Army Air Field, Lincoln
Nebraska-Officials Of the Field an
nounced last Friday a detachment Of
100 Negro WACs, including two Of
ficers' will be stationed here soon to
fill vacancies.
The WACs, expected to arrive on
January 20 from Fl. Desmoines, Ia.
will be housed in existing WAC fac
%ilities, unused since a detachment left
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TO MOTHERS BEDSIDE
Mr.. Paul Lenrod, 2115 Maple was
called suddenly away from his work
al the Martin Bomber plant. to go to
Iowa when he received news Of his
mothers serious illness.
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Chicago, (PPNS) Alderman Os-
car DePriest of the 3rd Ward and
former Congressman, brought joy to
800 servicemen ami their families
when he acted as host to them. FRI
day night at a mammoth holiday din
ner. given in the Corpus Christi aud
itorium. The Alderman was all
smiles as he watched the men con
sumo with great relish the delicious
turkey dinner prepared by top chefs.
A short speech by the famous rae
champion was heartily applauded BY
his guests.
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CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD
Mottos CWFF.
1906 North gath Street
Rev. S. K. Nichols, Pastor
Rose Marie Oliver, Reporter
Sunday school ............9:45 am.
Morning Service ......-. .11:15 am.
Evening Services .........7 80 pm.
Women's work .... ...... 500 pm.
Sunday throughout the day was
grand Sunday school was really
wonderful. We had a very large
attendance and the Children showed
a great deal Of interest in the lesson.
The pastor preached a soui-stirring
sermon both morninv and night and
the spirit ran hivh. The pastors sub
ject for Sunday morning January IA
will be: Jesus begins His Ministry
at night Whose keeps his mouth and
tongue, keeps his soul from trouble"
Everyone is invited to come out.
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Is for which it is being fought. say
ins that he did not propose to pre-
size at the liquidation Of the British
Empire.
The Atlantic Charter was the bea-
con of sincerity Of this whole war
that attracted the do~wntrodden mil
lions of the world their hope of a
new day and a new deal on a world
wide scale For such principles,
Wendell Willkie fought and died.
Vice President Wallace declared at
the National Democratic Convention
i'll Chicago that the future belongs to
these who go unswervingly down the
line for the right regardless Of race,
color-or creed.
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NEGRO OFFICER APPOINTED
TO Army REVIEW BOARD
Washington (PPNS) The distinc-
tor CT being the first and only Ne
gro army officer t be appointed to
the War Department board goes to
Colonel Chauncey Hooper OF New
Yorv, whose duty will be to review
alcng with the other four officers Of
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James, Omaha. Services were held
Wednesday at 2 pm. from the Myers
Fueral Home, with burial in Forest
Lawn cemetery.
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NEGRO DOLLS!

To build RACE PRIDE. Every
home should have a COLORED
DOLL. Give her a beautiful brown.
sRin doll for Christmas. Three flashy
numbers with HAIR, MOVING
EYES, SHOES, STOCKINGS,
niclly dressed. Prices: 81 inches
Sass; Large size $3.50 and $6.ss.
c. 0. D. postage extra. Write
NATIONAL COMPANY, 254 West
.35th St, New York, 80, N. Y.
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nicely themselves on the
BOYS HAD LITTLE
TO HOPE FOR.

These boys, many of them from
our sidewalks who before they went
into the army had little to hope for,
have learned what to ask for because
they fought for it and many of their
buddies died for it. They will be in
no mood to keep on taking" the in
suits, ridicule, and mistreatment Of
the American majority. They will
know how to protect themselves and
will do that instinctiveiy and thus
end a lot Of the determinations and
social mal-adj ustments they were
forced to put up with before they
were rushed into the uniform which
they have SO glorified. Death itself
has been met by them and they have
not been found wanting. Those who
have gone "over the hill' have left a
rich heritage of inspiration for the
others to carry on.
The nearly one million Negroes in
our Armed FORCES VIII do more 10
help solve the race problem on the
home front than all the preaching,
writings, and campaigns Of many Of
u great professional race advisors
who managed to stay u of uniforms
They will be swept aside when they
start unloading the boats at the docks
BY younger men, many Of them more
than qualified % don the mantle OF
leadership because they will be the
vanguard of the procession leading
Us to the realization to what we have
all hoped and prayed for. That
world will be one Of young men, and
our best young men are coming home
some day.
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NO INSPIRATION
SEEN HERE.

The pronouncement that the Attain
tic Charter is not we a scrap of
paper that its principles are only ST.
much hot air, certainly do not seem,
to me to be a cause d'affaire Of in
spiration for Negroes in particular.
With the mounting list of Negro ca,
ualties coming in to dismay and dis
heartenen and sadden mothers, wives,
sweethearts, fathers, brothers, sisters
and sons, there should somewhere be
a promise Of omething concrete when
the survivors of this war finally are
sent home. These things should be
the very essence of the Roosevelt
Churchill-authored Atlantic Charter,
in which the four Freedoms, freedom
from want, freedom from fear, free
dom Of religion, and freedom OF
speech were born.
Unlike World War | when a be
WilutIeu group OF VlCefnen re-
turned home to breadelines, lynch
mobs, and denied opportunities, this
|, war-when over-will release an en-
tirely different type of ex-service-
man. They will be war-hardened,
thoroughly educated persons with the
primitive intention to ask for what
they want and, if they don't get it,
to take it. They are going to make
a lot Of changes in the way things
are going on here in spite Of the poll
i%ticians, the race relations experts,
and all those who are getting along
| nicely Themselves on the status quo.
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Money Back-If This Recipe Fails
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sands Sof folks who now take lemon juice
for rheumatic ~pain-have found that BY
adding Two tablespoonful of Allenru to one
tablespoonful Of Lemon Juice in q glass of
water. they get faster relief for the aches
and pains caused by rheumatism, lumbago.
It's no surprise either, for Allenru is q
Is year old formula to relieve rheumatic
aches and pains. In fact-if it does not help
your money back. What could be fairer7
Get Allenru today at any live druggist. Only
IS cents-Do 1t Now.
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Newsy Notes of The
Quacks...

Mrs. Blanche Lee Wright, President
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12

And another head of a veterans
hospital urges: eve hope that the
girls who have been doing so
much for the boys won't drop out
of the picture now that the flag
waving is over"
Evidently these hospital heads
fear that World Wa II veterans
will in time become as much for
gotten men as did the World
War I veterans, after the wartime
fever of patriotism subsidized with
the peace.
One such embittered veteran OF
the Spanish-American War, ate:
being visited by members of an
organization formed during this
war to entertain servicemen. said
Pm glad we had another war
Until recently we hadn't had a
visitor in 20 years"
Organized Plans
But how are we going to make
ourselves remember the men who
year after year lie in beds and sit
in wheel chairs because they
fought our wars for us? If we are
p-odded into remembering. ther
perhaps we will go on with or.
garized plans for making the lives
of wounded veterans little bit
happier, a little less lonely.
Shouldn't it be a project for our
women's clubs? Not the kind Of
project where group Of middle.
aged women go once a year to the
local veterans hospital with bright
smiles and cookies. But a we'll
thought out program where the
veterans get the best in entertain
ment whenever it. is available in
the town and where whatever is
done for the veterans is done
from their point of view and with
only their interests in mind.
At least it is something for
women to be thinking about-now
that so many of their wartime
projects have come to an end.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12
Fall Parade
Of Upsweeps
On The Beam
BY BETTY CLARKE
(Ap Newsfeatures Beauty Edi

ZAP Newsfeatures. Beauty Editor
Hair fashions for fallare still or
the upswiep with a multitude Of
styles that include braids, buns
twists and poufs.
! The vogue hit a peak during
wartime when war workers found
it a heater proposition and less
dangerous than the long bob.
Not that the modern miss hasn't
retained her long bob-she has
But it's tucked away neatly.
One of the most interesting
things about the upsweep is that
it can be done at home so easily
for times when it is impossible
to reach hairdresser.
Braids are easily accomplished
by parting hair neatly from the
brow to the neckline, gathering
all hand on each side and brading.
Then cross the braids along the
top of the head.
If your hair isn't long enough
to BRAID. you might try winding
it around a hair roll band that is
stretchable and washable. The
band will keep the hair from
slipping.
Before you try any hairstyle,
however, make sure your hair is
washed thoroughly with one OF
the conditioning liquid shampoos
and rinsed until thoroughly clean.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12
Industrial Properties
Seek Financial Support

Stressing the immediate need
If funds for the construction CT
industrial buildings here, J. Good
lett Thornton, speaking before the
Merchants association of the
Chamber Of Commerce yesterday
morning, indicated to members
that an outstanding North Carolina
corporation was interested in 10.
eating here.
Mr.. Thornton, president of In.
dustrial Properties, Inc, which
h. been instrumental in attract
ir- at least one industry here by
providing industrial buildings at
a low rental, told members that
tbs and other industrial prospects
void require additional funds
amounting to 100000 for expansion
of the organization.
A similar appeal was made by
Frederick Willetts, who stressed
the need for additional funds, and
the general benefit to the com
munity resulting from Whining.
tons industrial expansion. He
pointed out that the location Of
new industries here would react
to the benefit of the merchants
as well as to the town as a whole
The merchants group also dis
cussed the possibility Of selling
the Credit Bureau now operated
by the Chamber of Commerce, tt
local businessmen who have indi
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12
Get Acquainted"
Party And Meeting
Held at Sunset Park

The Sunset Park Parent-Teache,
ASSOCIATION met yesterday after
doom in the new Luilding for the
flrst session of the fall term ane
was presided over by the presi
dent, Mrs. ]. A. Pierce, opening
with the singing of America the
Beautiful"
Mrs. Pierce welcomed the new
mothers and teachers to the asso.
clatlon and announced the theme
for the year as, Together We
Build" stressing better homes,
better schools and a better nation.
The Rev. G. Carl Lewis, pastor OF
the Sunset Park Baptist church,
lea the devotional using as his
theme, The Light and Darkness
OF Life" Mrs. M. F. Mattocks
rendered a solo, II Heard a
Thrush at Eve
Routine reports from the various
officers and chairmen were heard
at which time Mrs. Robert Bum
reported her committee had super.
vised the care of the school
grounds during the summer vaca.
ton. Mrs. B. G.. Blanton, magazine
chairman, urged members to sub
scribe to the State TT, A. maya
zine, and urged all interested to
contact her. The association voted
to send subscription of the
magazine to the program chairman
and one to the school library.
Mrs. Lucille Shuffler, principal.
outlined the work for the year tell
ing OF the changes in groups and
teachers. She stressed the fact
that the homes, the schools and
the churches are working together
towards making good citizens OF
the future. The group decided to
hold two meetings during the year
in the evening in order that the
fathers of the association might
be able to attend.
Mrs. Beatrice Souther1and's sec
ond grade and Miss Helen Woot
tens first grade won the attend
ance prizes.
Following the business meeting
the group adjourned to the hall o
the main building where ge
acquainted tea was held. The tie;
table was centered with an ar
rangement OF fall flowers and can
dies and at each end service!
were placed with Mrs. J. A. Bos
tic and Mrs. Solomon presiding
Mrs. j. A. Wright and Mrs. E. E
Dye assisted in serving cookies.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12

Gated an interest in buying the
concern within the next sixty days.
Final action on the disposition
Of the bureau, however, will have
to be made by the Board of Direc.
tors of the Chamber of Commerce
to whom the suggestion will later
be referred.
Wclter ]. Cartier, Secretary o.
the Chamber, pointed out to the
merchants the necessity OF care
full planning of delivery schedules
to be resumed on November
when present ODT controls will be
lifted.
New flagholders for downtown
Wilmington, to be first exhibited
when the Community Chest cam
paign is launched, were approved
by the group, who agreed to pur
chase the flags for the stands, i
the city would bear the expense
of the flagholders. The new holder:
will be placed liz feet from the
ground, and forty poles, exhibiting
100 flags, have been approved.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12
CLUB CLOCK

A meeting OF the executive
committee of the Wrightsboro
Parent Teacher association
will be held on Thursday aft
ernoon at 2:15 o'clock at the
school. All members of the as
ISOLATION are asked to attend.
Goldenrod chapter, No. 142,
Order of the Eastern. Star will
hold the regular meeting
Thursday even ng at 8:15
O'Clock in the Masonic Tenn
pie, at which time Mrs. Pearl
MCGOWAN, district deputy ma.
tron, will pay her official visit.
All visiting Eastern Stars are
invited to attend.
The regular meeting OF Re-
bekah degree IOOF will be
held on Thursday evening at
8 O'Clock in the Odd Fellows
hall.
The Philathea class of the
First Baptist church will meet
with Mrs. c. L. Shaw, lis
Bryan avenue, Longwood, Fri
day evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs.
Henry Habinecht will be joint
hostess.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12
Pc RSON AL S

Miss Julia Harriss has returned
!. Danville, Va. TO take up hel
'r,dies at Stratford Hall, afte,
.o.nding the summer at her home
here
Lieut.. Harry M. Symmes, Jr.,
-. arrived from Fort Benning
No. no. to spend week with hi.
srents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. M
pp'mmes, 3O7 Wrightsville Ave.
~ s,s Lieut.. Symmes will report tc
r rsr Blanding, Fla, at the com
.,..ion of his leave here.
,,rs Matte Schachner has re.
.,rned to her home in Monroe,
.4 visit here with her sister,
Mrs, Minnie Emmett.
Mrs B. W. Worley, who has been
listing her son and family, Capt.
nd Mrs. B. W. Worley in Kins!on,
s a+urned to her home here this
Lock- Capt. Worley has just re.
wrned from two years overseas
duty.
cnl J. T. Hers is spending his
,~lough with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs, J. T. HERS at their home on
North M 18th street. Cpl. Heirs has
just returned IT. to r the states after
=, operations.
walker W. Bellamy, Jr., has left
for Chatham, Va, where he will
M Hargrove Military Academy.
H. is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. w.
", Bellamy Of Wrightsville Beach.
'"
Dr. and Mrs. Albert G. Moore
have returned to the city from
piah Point, where DR.. Moore at
tended the state osteopathic con-
vention
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12
Nine Local Girls
Enter The Woman's
College This Year

GREENSBORO. Sept. 11.-En-
rolled at The Woman's college for
the 1945-'46 session are nine new
students from New Hanover coun-
ty. A number of others will re-
turn as former students.
Opening date for the 54th ses-
sion of the college is September
II, when freshmen and transfer
students will arrive for an crienta-
ton program that begins the fol-
lowing morning. One-year COM
mercial students will arrive on
the 10th with registration for them
and freshmen set for September
20. Juniors and seniors will have
consultations with their advisers
on September 20, and sophomores,
on the 21st. Both groups will com.
plete registration September 81.
Regular college work begins Sep
TENDER u.
Admitted to the freshman class
are the following from New Han
over county: Betty Mae Clark, 502
Greenfield Terrace; Thelma Cum
nerson, 1910 S. Fourth street; Bet
ty Jane Harrison, Box 1872; Eloise
jacob, 201 Colonial Drive; Janet
Jones, 1O6 Borden Avenue; and
Evelyn Jones Mercer, 2110 Greasy
Avenue, all of Wilmington, and
Margaret Jordan, ZIG Florence
Avenue, Carolina Beach. Entering
the one-year commercial class
will be Janice Pridgen, $40 S.
Fourth street, Wilmington. Mar.
garet Sprunt Hall, of 210 N. 18th
street, Wilmington, will be a grad.
uate student.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12

Something new in cuddle toys
flat little animals, cute as can be
with rounded heads and floppy
legs! Tots will adore them.
You'll love making them and
will want to keep right on. Simple
to do, take little fabric. Pattern
7018 has transfer; directions;
stitches.
Send FIFTEEN CENTS in coins
for this pattern to Wilmington
Star-News, Household Arts Dept,
259 W. 18th ST., New York II, N. Y
Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS
and PATTERN NUMBER.
Just out! Send fifteen cents more
for our NEW 1915 Needlework
Book-94 illustr ations of designs
crocheting, knitting, embroidery
dolls, other toys, home decoration
Free pattern for two crochetec
handbags printed right in the book
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12
Miss Eleanor Sneeden
WEEDS Pvt. r. L. Hess

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Earl Sneeder
announce the marriage of theii
daughter, Mary Eleanor, to Pvt
r, :hard Leland Hess of Columbus.
Ohio, son OF Mr.. ard Mrs. I. L.
Hess, also of Columbus.
The ceremony was solemnized
at Trinity Methodist church on
Friday, September 7, with the
pastor, DR.. Fred w, Paschall per-
forming the ceremony in the pres.
ence of the immediate family.
Tie brides uncle, J. B. vii.
hanson, rendered the nuptial
music.
Latin America has a population
of 100000 1000.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12
PLANS MADE FOR NEW
WHALING VENTURE

MELBOURNE, Australia.-RE
Whaling may form a new link
between Canada and Australia It
proposals now afoot for Cana
dian whaling company become a
reality.
Present plans are that the com.
pany, with $4,000, 900 of Cana.
dian and British capital, would
take whales in the Antarctic. Two
whaling units are planned. Each
would require a mother ship OF
10000 tons to treat whales, and
six small chasers to catch them.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12

Peter Stuyvesant lived 10 years
nj pleasant rural life on his Bow
erv farm after the British seized
New York in 1864. Stuyvesant,
who said that in preference to
surrender he ''would rather be
carried out dead" was not al
lowed by his people to join battle.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12
WV Board of Directors
Will Meet on Thursday

The Board of Directors Of the
Young Women's Christian Assoica'
ton will hold its first meeting OF
Fall on Thursday morning at II
O. clock at the Y. w. c. A. building
Third and Grace streets.
Reports of the summer program
and fall plans will be heard and
important business will be dis
cussed.
The Executive Committee will
meet at 10 o'clock just before the
Board meeting.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12

RALEIGH, Sept. 11.-Freshmen
will register for the fall term at
N. c. State college on September
10. Indications are that from
1000 to LOO students in all will
register for the term. The COL
lege's prewar enrolment was ap-
proXimately 1900.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-09-12
Informal Dance
Slated Tonight
AT Army Air Base

The weekly informal dance will
be held this evening at the Ser
vice club at Bluethenthal Army
Air base at 8 o'clock. Girls in
Wilmington, members of the city
recreational dance group, are
cordially invited to attend.
Buses will leave the Woodrow
Wilson hut and Second and Orange
USO at 7:45 o'clock for the base.
Friday evening the regular
bingo party will be held at the
service club on the base.