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going to miss Mr.. anr Mrs. Carter
Wesley, Dr.. and Mrs. Karl Downs
of Samuel Houston College, Mr.. anr
Mrs, Mac Strauss, who are two Of
the finest white people we have ev
er known in Dixie, and others with
whom we rave broken bread in that
new communion of the borning
New South.
But | know that we are going to
a state which is doing its part in
Dixie's battle for democracy, a
state whose will to freedom is
shows by a recent editorial in the
courageous Nashville Tennessean Oil
the Souts and its people. One idea
expressed in he editorial is that oul
people Cannot and will not be for
ever denied"
Aid | want to share hat editorial
with you. The editorial starts out
by quoting a statement made by the
South's outstasding spokesman, Gov
ernor Ellis Arnall of Georgia:
Il am convinced that the people Of
the South and Georgia in particular
are much more liberal in their think
ing than many of our leaders,
Then it goes on to say:
Governor ArnalI's observation is a
commonplace of history. OF course
the people of the South would not
have to be more than a little left
Of extreme right to be more liberal
than the regions collection OF
Bourbon spokesman from the Smith
and Byrds of Virginia to the Pappy
O'Danniels of Texas. The Governors
point of emphasis was that the peo-
pie are much more" liberal than
these men who are called Southern
Representatives"
PROGRESS COMES FROM PEOPLE
1t is truism that political progress
does not originate in Legislative
halls. courts, and councils. Their
activities eventually respond and
correspond to the pressure of Soc
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William PickenS Writes Us
About Seventh War Loan

May 14th through June 3Oth-in
which IA billions is again the4gen-
eral goal but 7 billions of that IA
is being sought from individuals,
rather than from banks and other
organizations and corporations
The Individual citizen is the man
who counts in America. When he
saves his money. invested in the
safest institution and at the best
interest for the security. instead of
putting t into channels Of trade. he
defeats initiation. Reducing the
number of buyers, reduces the chanc
es for inflationary rise in the pric-
es Of consumer goods. Every dol
lar put into War Bonds by the in
dividua1. and allowed to stay there
is a dollar lined up with the anti
initiation ~forces)
We are going to win the war a.
| gainst the common enemy, in Eur
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ment to prevent it from being sub
ian era it was the need for a safe
world order. After a decade Of sup
preston, farmer and laborer and
white color worker forced consider
alton of the need for the recording
of our economy for abundance and
security instead Of scarcity and
fear. Even now the ground swell OF
popular demand for a system of
world cooperation for peace is so
great that no politician dare ignore
it.
The only w a these ground swells
can be safely ignored for the time
is to set up barriers against which
they will beat Intellectually. This
has been done in the South. with the
result that the people are more Of
ten misrepresented in legislatures
and Congress. Convinced as we are
of the basic liberalism Of the South
ern people. we are not to be per-
suaded that the people of Georgia
are more liberal than those of
Tennessee or Mississippi. If year.
of fr~ustation have produced an APP
parent apathy, it merely cloaks a
latent liberalism only waiting the
sunshine and rain of a free vote
and a responsible system of govern
ment to flower into sound political
progress.
The open and desperate efforts Of
bossism to entrench itself in this
state underscores the fact that the
people cannot and will not be for
ever denied.
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Two Detectives Slightly Injured
in Shooting -Arresting Fracas

Early Monday at Doctors hospit-;
~ Detective Sgt u. s.. Mathews.
vas treated for a fractured nose.
finger and head bruises: Detective
Sgt c c. Dudley was treated for
bruises Of his head and Ralph Hill
~. Of 29l6 North gath St.. was treat
ed for a bullet wound in his abdo
nen
II all started when Mathews and
Dudley. hearing shooting in the
Ham tavern, 2420 North cath st.
rushed III and arrested Hill and his
two brothers. Ronald and Richard
After putting the three disturb
crs in the police car, they started
our for Central police Jail but as
they neared 18th and Davenport st.
one Of the men slugged Mathews.
grabbed his blackjack and oeat him
with il. Sgt. Dudley who was
driving was assa'led by the othe
two. Dudley going to the assist
ance Of Mathews. fired a shot which
hit Ralp in the abdomen. Dudley
and Mathews succeeded in bringing
the arrestees to Jail and from there
all went to the hospital for treat
ment
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OF 8TH DISTRICT; TO
DIRECT BUSINESS OF
THE POST

At a special meeting of the Exc
cutive Committee of Roosevelt Post
No 80. The American Legion Home,
April goth, 1915. the Committee un-
animously appointed Ray l.. Will
liams, Judge Advocate of the Sth
District of the Legion to conduct
the business of the Post.
immediately upon taking over the
affairs of the Post. the following
members were appointed to com
plete the organization of the Post:
Charles Coleman, Commander; Olin
B. P~restidge, LIST Vice Commander;
Fred Harris. End Vice Commander;
Roosevelt Covington. Sgt at arms;
Edward r.. Turner. A%djutant; A
X. Hines, Asst. A%djutant; Rev. S.
X. Nicholas. Service officer: Porter
Johnson, Chaplain. The following
persons were named Members Of the
Executive c o m m i t t e e: WendaIl
ter Terry Cole and John Gardner
The following Members were APP
pointed chairman of Committees.
Olin g.. Prestidge. Membership
Albert Wright. Milton Stromier and
A. X. Homes, Finance Committee
Publicity Committee: Olin C. Pres
tidge and Donald Coleman; Service
Committee: Rev. S. X. Nicholas
and Porter Johnson. A~mericanism
Committee: Aaron Glass, chairman;
Child Welfare Committee: DR.. w.
w. PEBBLES, Past Commander, chair
man. Welfare-Disaster i e f:
Phillip Barge, chairman. Defense
Committee: Rufus Long. Commun-
ity Co-ordinating &Legion's Public
Clinic: DR.. Westley Jones A. G
Wilson was appointed General Audi
tor of Post Funds.
The Post set up a House Com
mittee to operate the Legion Club
Rooms with Atty. Ray L.. Williams
chairman. Members to serve as
chairmen of the various sub-com-
mittees of the House Committee to
be announced at the mex regular
m e e g of the Post. Clifton c
Foster was appointed chairman in
Charge Of Bar Committee Atty w
B. Bryant was appointed legal adj
vior to House Committee.
The Officers and Members were
unanimous in their praise and APP
prevail of the plans for the future
conduct of the Posts affairs and
pledged their support to its pro-
gram. 1t was agreed, that the Post
has a tremendous responsibility and
should for the Home Com
ing of the Veterans of WWLL
They agreed to work and plan,
that these Veterans shall not face
the same problems and difficulties
met by them when they returned
home after the first World War.
CHARLES Coleman, Commander
Edward R. Turner, Adjutant
Ray l.. Williams udge Ad-
vocate Sth DIST.
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KILLED IN AIRPLANE CRASH
APRIL Is WITH STUDENT FLYER

KILLED IN AIRPLANE CRASH
APRIL Is WITH STUDENT FLYER
Jefferson City, Mo, April 21-All
that was mortal Of Capt Wendell
o. Pruitt, a L~incolnite flying ace.
was laid to rest with military hon
ors in his native St. Louis last Thur
sday. President Sherman d.
Scruggs. DR.. r. Clyde Minor, head
Of the department Of his major A.
cademic emphasis. Miss Fanniedell
Peoples, for the student body and
William Griffin from the Student
Council said farewell for Lin
coin. This filters flyer" met his
tragic death in an airplane crash
April Is with a student flyer, Air
plane Mechanic Pvt. Edward n
Thompson of Miami, Fla, at the
Tuskegee Air Field wrere Cant
Pruftt had recently been made a
flight instructor. His remains
were accompanied to st. Louis by
his campus pal and Tuskegee flight
instructor, Capt. Richard Pullam
Capt. Pruitt received his prelim-
intrv flying experieL'e w1i'e a
member of the University's Civil
Pilot Training Group, enlisting in
the armed forces in 1912 with so
flying hours to his credit
Pruitt Day was recently observed
in his honor in St. Louis and on
Lincoln's campus. following his re-
turn from overseas where he had
completed 20 missions, having des-
troyed three Nazis planes in the
air. eight on the ground. and sunk
a Nazi destroyer. He was award
ed the distinguished flying cross.
the air medal. and seven Oak Leaf
Clusters
Memorial services will he held
or the campus for Capt Pruitt
under the auspices of the University
Defense Council through the Com
mittee on War Information along
with services concentrating the
late President Roosevelt. The date
though not yet announced, will be
within 80 days of April IL
Details OF the crash are not avail
able, but a board of qualified offic-
ers has been appointed to determ-
inc the exact cause
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Dear Friend:
We and all of our fellow-Amer-
leans are now looking forward to
the Seventh War Loan, which is to
run officially from May A through
the month Of June. There will be
only two War Loan periods in 1945.
instead of the usual three. There
fore, the following facts are of
great Importance to you and me,
and to all the American people.
including the American Negro:
The previous War Loan, the Six
tn. was the greatest financial a.
chievement, so far, in the history
Of the world: it aimed at IA billion
dollars and reached more than 81
and a half billion dollars. Only :
billions was asked of individual
purchasers" in that War Loan
drive.
Now m the Seventh War Loar
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At his first press conference Pres
ident Harry S Truman treasured
Of the anti-poll tax bill
that his Senatorial record would not
be disowned
The President was asked to x
press his views on abolition Of the
poll tax and other issues
The President replied. as he did
"a many similar questions intended
20 establish new Administration poi
icy. that the reporter should read
the Senate record of Harry 5 Tru-
man
That record shows hat President
Truman. as U S Senator from
Missouri. vsted for closure Ito in
woke tbs rule of limitation Of de-
bate) in 1912 and in 194f when the
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has given rise to many complaints
from colored soldiers, was another
topic of the conference. as was
the use of the courts-martial in Ne
gro units. White gave Judge Pat
terson his views on the quality of
white officers assigned to colored
troops. and touched upon the man
ner in which news Of the achieve
ments of these troops is handled
Although Judge Patterson made
the appointment to hear the Pacific
report, the NAACP secretary pers-
onally presented a strong protest
on the mass arrest of 101 Negro Of
+ GERS at Freeman field Seymour,
Ind. because of their refusal to
sign a statement that they would
not enter a white" officers club
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anti-pon tax bill had been called
up for consideration A vote for
cloture was counted as a vote for
the bill by supporters and oppon-
ents President Truman was a
member Of the informal Senate
steering committee for HR Z,
headed by Senator Mead, ir the 18th
Congress
The Presidents Senate record IN
the anti-poll tax bill accents the
contention that poll tax repeal is a
national franchise issue Payment
Of a pll tax as a condition Of voting
disfranchises 10. 900, 900 citizens in Z
Southern States, Of whom 100, coo
are white, and proportionately dis
franchises free voters in the other
Al states.
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LEAVE YOUR CLOTHING
BUNDLES ON YOUR FRONT
PORCH SUNDAY
Plan H0HSe to House Canvass
IN National Clothing DiVc


Walter Cozard. chairman Of the
United National Clothing Collection
Drive. announced early this week
that his committee was arranging a
house toulouse pick up for Sunday,
April %. Mr.. Cozard said that on
Saturday the Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts OF Omaha will make a house
TO house drive to remind house
wives TO get the clothing. which
they are going 10 donate TO the
war-torn countries, selected and
bundled. ready for the collection
sunday morning. Donald C. Hosford
Of the Junior Chamber of Commerce
i in charge of the Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts solicitation Saturday.
1ozard said the following items
We're badly needed:
Infants Garments. Women's and
Girls Garments. Bedding. Blankets
and Sheets. disable Piece Goods
Wool, Cotton, Rayon-at least one
yard in length. Mems and Boys
Garments Caps and Knitted Head
wear. Shoes Sensible-N Higl
Heels. Thread and Yarn.
The man power for the Sunda,
clothing pickup viii be furnishe,
by the General Drivers and Helper
Union Local Number 554. and tn
trucks will be donated by Omahi
concerns. ~
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VIEW FOR
34TH SEABEEs

Oxnard, Calf In the words Of
most of the men Of the oath Seabee
ing Of a new commanding officer
in the person Of commander Lester
NJ. Marks means a new Emancipa-
tion " Marks replaces Com ] P.
MacBean of Hattiesburg. Miss
MacBean's removal was asked Of
the Navy department BY the NAA-
CP after its Los Angeles branch
made an investigation of conditions
at Port Hueneme and recommend
ed the action.
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Resigns
NAACP Presidency
Goodwill Spring Musical Program
at Tech High Aud. Sunday Afternoon

The Omaha Goodwill Spring Mus
ical Choirs of this city in their 18th
Annual program Of familiar hymns
and spirituals will be held in the o.
maha Technical High School audit
orium Sunday afternoon April 29th
at 2:45 pm.
These massed coirs representing
~ Colored Churches OF Omaha will
be under the general direction of l..
L. McVay, the founder Of the or
ganization, with MI. E. L. Young,
Musical director and Mrs. Margar-
ct Dallas Moore, accompanist.
The Rev. E, F, Ridley, Pastor of
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sKC Calf Editor
Ok rs Truman

with an advanced social program
Public officials in Missouri have no.
been called upon to take sides on
the Negro question. But when is
sues like lynching came up, Harry
S. Truman voluntarily took a posi-
,p .fn.cn The CAN commended. the
veteran publisher further said
Franklin also added. MY further
reason for thinking We may have
all confidence in President Truman
is that in his meteoric rise he has
worked hard and qualified for every
advancement He will do just that
"a he presidency
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St. John AME. will give a brief
address on Goodwill
Miss Florentine Crawfor Of The
Pinkston School of Music, will do a
number from Chopin.
The Churches represented in this
program are: Cleaves CME., Bethel
Baptist; ST. John Baptist; Clair Me
Salem Baptist; Pleasant Green Bap-
fist; St. John AME: New Hope
Baptist; Freestone Primitive Bap-
fist; Bethel AME; Zion Imperial
and Zion Senior Choirs, Host.
This program will be Free to the
general public.
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1t was with regret when we
learned Of the resignation of the
Reverend j. E. Blackmore as the
President of the local branch of the
ancement of Col red People.
When he was interviewed as to
his reasons for resigning. the only
comment he made was that. he felt
Association.
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Washington.-In a w hour con
ference April is in the Pentagon.
Walter White, NAACP secretary, re
ported on his four month trip to
the Pacific war theatres to Under
Secretary Of War Robert r PatteI
son.
u addition to a confidential
memorandum sent directly to Wash
ington from the Pacific. Mr.. White
Mil file a formal written report
with the War Department.
With Judge Patterson he discus
sed the 93d Division and the use of
Negro combat troops generally in
the Pacific where the overwhelm-
ing majority of colored men are in
service units
The army promotion policy. which
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postwar period.
The new appointee. who is pres
ident of the insurance firm of John
R Pinkett, Inc is Sc years old.
and a graduate of Amherst College
in Massachusetts,. He has two sons
in the armed forces, Capt John r.
Pinkett, Jr., an Army Air Forces
instructor at Tuskegee Airport and
Corp. Clarence A Pinkett, now sta
toned in the South Pacific.
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Appoints Negro Q
Business Advisory Committed

Henry A Wallace. Secretary of
Commerce this week appointed
rlh" = Pinkett. Negro insurance
broker of Washington, DC to the
small Business Advisory Commit
tee Of the Department of Commerce
The committee. which held its
first meetings April 1919, will
make suggestions to the Secretary
on methods by which small busin-
ess Ian do it's full share in furn-
ishing maximum employment in the
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-28
:: YEAR OLD NEGRO CLERK
HONORED BY STETTINITS JR

A 72-year old Negro clerk who
has served in the offices Of nine
Secretaries of State and has assist
ed at diplomatic affairs for six
Presidents was personally honored
by Edward r. S~tettinius. Jr.. Sec
rotary of State, Thursday. April 10
at ceremonies marking his retire
ment after AZ years in Government
service.
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TEACHERS SALARY CASE
TO TRIAL APRIL &c

Birmingham. Ala-The suit Of vii
liam y. Bolden against the School
Board of this city seeking equaliz-
alton of the salaries of Negro and
white teachers has beer scheduled
for trial April 26. The cas- was
filed March 1927. 1912 Attorneys
for Bolden are Arthur D. Shores of
this city and Thurgood Marshall.
NAACP Special Counsel Of New
York. This is one of a series of
cases being handled by the NAACP
in a number of states
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q. A. FRANKLIN SAYS
NEGROES HAVE NOTHING
To FEAR FROM TRI MAN

In the passing OF Franklin ID
Roosevelt. the world has lost its
first citizen.
To the question. What about
Truman from the Negro point Of
View" my opinion based upon in
innate knowledge of the man and
his public record. is that Negroes
need have no fear Of him in the
presidency" says C.. A. Franklin,
owner and publisher Of the Kansas
city Call Missouri is not a state
The Omaha guide., 1945-04-28

New York "A world Bill Of Rights
(which will include unequivocal af-
firmatiion of equality of all peopl-
es and races will be a primary goal
of Walter White and DR.. w. E B
Dubois Of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
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-N
-ope and in Asia, and if we win the
war against inflation-in many
ways the worst enemy of all-our
victory will be complete ssla
All the people of the United Stat
es, including the colored people
are in this needed mitigating which
we must do at home, for the ulti-
mate Salvation of u country, our
way Of living, and ourselves.
In this domestic battle We must
continue to march, not only IN
til, but even after "the boys come
home"
Very truly yours,
WILLIAM PICKENS.
Chief, Interracial Sec.
National Organizations.
Subdivision.
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CAPT. WENDELL o. PRUITT-
Member of Doth Pursuit Squadron
Had completed 40 missions-des-
troyed three Nazis planes i'm the
mir. eight on the ground, and sunk
n Nazis destroyer Awarded the
distinguished flying cross. the mir
medal, and seven Oak Leaf CIus-
tiers
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DIMES PEOPLE and
DIMES "LEADERS".
When you reao this, we'll be pack
ing to leave my home state Of Tex
as for my wife's home state Of Ten
nessee.
Our hearts are heavy as we leave
Texas, knowing how much we art
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NAN INVOKES

SENATOR TRUMAN INVOKES
HIS SENATORIAL RECORD TO
INDICATE HIS SUPPORT OF THE BILL
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WALTER WHITE REPORTS
ON PACIFIC TRIP TO Under
SECRETARY PATTERSON
Nogales international., 1945-07-20
Whereabouts Of
Service Men

Tom Woodhouse, Paris.
Alex Durazo, Jr., England.
Joe Karam, Jr., Navy, University
of California at Los Angeles.
Tony Moreno, Okinawa.
Don A. Welty, San Diego.
Nose Valdez, Hammond General
Hospital, Modesto, Calf.
Raul Orozco, Hammond General
Hospital Modesto, Calf. Expects
to be discharged from Army in about
week. Is a former Nogales, Son
ora, boxer.
Cenobio P. Robles, Ft. Ord, Calf.
Charles Georgelos, New York
APO address.
Ruly Luna, San Francisco APO
address.
Joe M. Gonzalez, Camp Roberts,
Calf.
Ernest Aviles, Seal Beach, Calf.
Norman C. Barker, Kennedy Gen
eral Hospital, Memphis, Tenn.
Andrew Bettwy, Sr., Cobb, Wis
consin.
Lincoln L. Hathaway, submarine
base, New London, Conn.
Douglas w. Cumming, been to
Guam recently.
Gregory Hathaway, Guam.
Sam Frazier, ST. Louis, Mo.
Woodrow Richards, Manila.
Harry L. Ellis, Southwest Pacific.
George Ellis, Southwest Pacific.
Robert Richards, Okinawa.
Hector Terrazas, Rome. Phoned
from there to Nogales Wednesday
night.
Nogales international., 1945-07-20

and giving my consent to having
The international sent to me here,
so please do so as 1 really miss it.
Guam is larger than I expected
and very tropical. The heat is ter
rifle with temperature at from 100
to 40 degrees. Our rainy season is
just starting and it really rains
here.
Native villages are small and
their homes no bigger than your
kitchen and with straw roofs. Here
and there can be seen evidence of
the re-occupation of Guam. I'm
sorry I can't say just what I've seen.
Native horses and cattle are plain
low grade scrubs, but their water
buffaloes are big, powerful things.
They use them to work their small
farms and draw water. These
beasts can always be seen wallowing
in mud. They don't look friendly
so keep away from them.
The day before yesterday climb
ed my first coconut tree. I gave
two feet of skin off my er-legs to
climb up and get three lousy COCO
nuts which my dear buddies pro-
ceeded to devour by the time I got
down. And to top it off, used an
altogether brand new technique to
come down the last 10 or II feet.
The vegetation on the island is
very dense and there are coconuts
galore. 1t was curiosity at first
but that has worn off.
saw my first Jap prisoner here
There are still Japs up in the hills
They give up now and then.
Our hospital is very well set up
and much larger than I expected
and we get free laundry, barber
shop, tailor shop, and shoe repair
ing. So we haven't much to spend
money on. Our beer quota is two
bottles a week when there's some
on hand"
I'm still in the same neuro- -psychi-
atric work and I believe it will be
more interesting out here. At least,
it promises to be.
Say hello to all my friends for me
and don't forget my home town
paper.
T Yours,
ALFREDO MATIELLA
Nogales international., 1945-07-20
NEWS OF CUR
MENa.dWO
lM UNIFORM

Cirilo Ramirez, son of Mrs. Juli-
eta de Ramirez, has received GER
tificate of disability from the Army
and is back home. He was recently
discharged at Hammond General
Hoipital, Modesto, Calf. He took
part in lot Of fighting in France,
Belgium, Luxemburg and Germany.
1t. Gerald Zenizo, u. S. Cavalry,
arrived Monday from Camp Howe,
Texas, to spend a 15-day furlough
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
r. ZeniZo.
Among Santa Cruz County men
recently discharged from the Army
were o. G. Arlington and Floyd D.
Hale.
Ensign Charles v. Fowler, Jr., for
merly of Nogales, accompanied by
his wife and two children, Sob-Ann
and Charles Nv. is visiting his par
Nogales international., 1945-07-20

ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles V. Fow-
! Ter, of Tucson while on a short
, leave from overseas duty. He re-
Gently returned from Guam.
Frank Echevarria of the First Air
Force returned to Westover Field,
Mass, Sunday following a furlough
at his home here. He has been in
the Army IA months.
| Louis Fleischer left Sunday for
Santa Ana, Calf, for assignment
by the Army Air Forces. He re-
turned about month ago from long
service in England.
T/5 Jimmy Goodman, Bushmas-
ter, is expected home soon from the
Philippines. He left here in 1910
and it is expected he will be dis
charged soon under the Arn1y's
point system.
Army discharges have been filed
at the county recorders office by
Julio E. Valenzuela, Carlos A. Jury,
Robert A. Pesqueira, Jaime G. Teye-
chea, Frank A. Bennett, Modesto
Padilla and Lloyd D. Dale.
Bowman Russell, 18-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Bailey Russell of
Phoenix, formerly of Nogales, and
grandson of Writ G.. Bowman of
this city, left Phoenix yesterday for
training in the armed forces.
Ensign Charles v. Fowler, Jr., who
recently returned from long service
overseas, was in town yesterday. He
expects to be stationed for the re-
mainder of the war at the San
Diego Naval Training Station after
the middle of August.
Ralph Cruz left Wednesday for
Camp Roberts, California, after
spending a 15-day furlough here.